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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a proactive system to protect an area against wildfires especially during dry conditions," said an inventor, from Grand Rapids, Mich., "so I invented the REMOTE FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM. My design could help to prevent, control and extinguish a small wildfire and could reduce potential destruction."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved way to prevent and fight wildfires in remote locations. In doing so, it offers an alternative to relying heavily on firefighters. As a result, it enhances safety and provides added protection and peace of mind. The invention features an innovative design that is easy to operate so it is ideal for fire departments and emergency services, government agencies, etc.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TLP-154, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Authorities in Cameroon say anglophone separatists have attacked a francophone village that was hosting people displaced by the five-year separatist conflict. Officials in the town of Bongourain say the rebels torched homes and markets and abducted at least five youths. Hundreds of English-speaking displaced fled into the bush for fear they would be blamed by the host community, underscoring tensions with Cameroon's French-speaking majority.
Scores of people talk among themselves as they shop at the Bangourain market square. Bangourain is located in Cameroon's French-speaking West region, which shares a border with the English-speaking Northwest region.
Local officials say that usually, more than 500 merchants and buyers visit the market each day.
But attendance has drastically dropped for fear the English-speaking rebels may strike at any time, according to Bangourain residents.
Aboubakar Hamagabdo is coordinator of militia groups created by local officials to prevent separatists from infiltrating the town.
Hamagabdo said civilians in Bangourain are in pain and serious difficulties after a series of hit and run rebel attacks in their town within the past three days. He said dozens of houses have been torched, money and goods stolen, scores of civilians wounded, and five youths abducted by English speaking separatists. Hamagabdo said the separatists cross over using the porous border that separates English and French speaking regions.
Hamagabdo has appealed to Cameroon’s central government to deploy more troops to protect Bangourain. He also asked the government to compensate people whose houses and goods were torched by the fighters and pleaded with separatists to spare the lives of abducted civilians.
Separatists have claimed responsibility over the attack on social media but have not said if they will release the abducted youths.
Cameroon government officials say Bangourain hosts at least 800 people who fled fighting between separatists and government troops in the Northwest and Southwest regions. A majority of the displaced people are school goers in search of education.
Eighteen-year-old high school student Agnes Ngoran fled from the northwest town of Kumbo.
Ngoran said on Monday, rebels chased students out of schools.
“We escaped from our towns and villages in the Northwest and in the Southwest and came here for our education. Fighters should allow us to go to school. Children need an education; it is a fundamental human right. These fighters should spare schools from their attacks,” said Ngoran.
The government on Wednesday dispatched a delegation to Bangourain to assure civilians that measures are being taken to safeguard people and their goods.
The group of government and military officials was led by West region governor Awah Fonka. Fonka said separatists are infiltrating the region from Bui, an administrative unit in the Northwest region.
He said troops stationed along the porous border need cooperation from local residents.
“We came to make the population know that we will continue to take measures to ensure their security, but of course for this to happen, at all times we need their participation. We need them to give information to the security services,” he said.
Fonka warned host communities against accusing English-speakers of hiding separatists who infiltrate Bangourain. He said all displaced English-speakers in Bangourain are also escaping from separatist atrocities.
Fonka pleaded with English and French speaking civilians in Bangouran to live in peace and help fight separatists whom he described as Cameroon’s common enemy. | https://www.voanews.com/a/cameroon-separatists-infiltrate-town-abduct-youths/6734751.html | 2022-09-07T14:44:29Z | https://www.voanews.com/a/cameroon-separatists-infiltrate-town-abduct-youths/6734751.html | true |
Suspect in deadly Canada stabbings has long criminal record
JAMES SMITH CREE NATION, Saskatchewan (AP) — As a Canadian Indigenous community comes to grips with a deadly stabbing rampage by two of its own, many blamed rampant drug and alcohol use that they linked to government failures — and others asked why the chief suspect had been recently freed from prison despite a long history of violence.
Myles Sanderson, has 59 criminal convictions, according to parole documents. He’d been serving a sentence of four years and four months on charges that included assault with a weapon, assault on a peace officer and robbery when he was released.
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said he’s been told by the parole board there will be an investigation into its assessment of Myles Sanderson, who remained a fugitive and the subject of a large-scale manhunt on Wednesday.
“I want the know the reasons behind the decision” to release him, he said. “I’m extremely concerned with what occurred here.”
Many of his past crimes happened when he was intoxicated, and he told parole officials substance use made him out of his mind. He had been sought for a parole violation since May.
“The drug problem and the alcohol problem on these reserves is way out of hand,” said Ivor Wayne Burns, whose sister was killed in the weekend attacks. “We have dead people and we asked before for something to be done.”
Sanderson, 32, and his brother Damien, are accused of killing 10 people and wounding 18 others in the attacks that spread across the rural reserve and into the nearby town of Weldon, Saskatchewan. Damien’s body was found Monday near the attacks, and police were investigating whether his brother killed him.
The Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service said Wednesday that nine of those killed were from James Smith Cree Nation: Thomas Burns, 23; Carol Burns, 46; Gregory Burns, 28; Lydia Gloria Burns, 61; Bonnie Burns, 48; Earl Burns, 66; Lana Head, 49; Christian Head, 54, and Robert Sanderson, 49, One was from Weldon, 78-year Wesley Patterson.
The coroner’s service and police said they will not identify or confirm any of the relationships of the individuals identified.
The reserve, population of about 1,900, gets its name from a chief who signed an agreement over lands with the Canadian Crown and other tribes in 1876, according to its website. More tribal members live off the reserve, for about 3,400 members total.
Like many Canadian Indigenous communities, it has been scarred by a dark history.
From the 19th century until the 1970s, more than 150,000 native children in Canada were ripped from their families and placed in government-funded Christian residential boarding schools. The aim was to Christianize and assimilate them into mainstream society, which previous Canadian governments considered superior.
Indigenous leaders blame the legacy of abuse and isolation at those schools as a root cause of the epidemic rates of alcohol and drug addiction now on Canadian reservations.
“This is the destruction we face when harmful illegal drugs invade our communities, and we demand all authorities to take direction from the chiefs and councils and their membership to create safer and healthier communities for our people,” said Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations.
The parole board cited the intergenerational impacts of residential schools, saying it may have contributed to Myles Sanderson’s criminal past. It wasn’t clear, though, whether the brothers or family members attended the schools.
Myles Sanderson’s childhood was marked by violence, neglect and substance abuse and led to a “cycle of substance abuse, seeking out negative peers and violent behavior,” the parole documents said. He lived between his father’s home in a city and grandparents’ house on a reserve. There was violence and abuse in both households, it said.
Sanderson started drinking and smoking marijuana at around age 12 to cope with problems, the document said. Cocaine followed soon after.
Parole documents said he barged into his ex-girlfriend’s home in July 2017 while she was with friends, punched a hole in the door of a bathroom while his two children were hiding in a bathtub and threw a cement block at a vehicle parked outside.
He got into a fight a few days later at a store, threatening to kill an employee and burn down his parent’s home, documents said.
That November he threatened an accomplice into robbing a fast food restaurant by hitting him in the head with a firearm and stomping on his head. He then stood watch during the robbery.
In April 2018, he stabbed two men with a fork while drinking and beat someone unconscious.
He got into trouble twice while in prison for having contraband before he was let out in August 2021 on statutory release. But he got into trouble that year and had his release changed for failing to be honest with his parole supervisor about continuing what he acknowledged was a “rocky” relationship with his common-law spouse.
Myles Sanderson said his childhood “normalized substance abuse and violence.”
But he said he’d “stayed sober, found employment assisting an Elder, arranged for a therapist to deal with domestic violence and other issues.” And in February, the board allowed him out of prison, while adding conditions to limit and monitor contact with his spouse and children.
Parole documents also stated he should not enter into relationships — either intimate or non-sexual — with women unless he had prior written permission from his parole officer.
“It is the Board’s opinion that you will not present an undue risk to society if released on statutory release,” parole documents said.
But officials say he violated parole, and in May, a Crime Stoppers bulletin was issued for Sanderson, warning he was unlawfully at large.
Sharna Sugarman, who was organizing a GoFundMe for the victims, questioned the parole board for releasing him and why Sanderson was still on the loose so many months after he was deemed “unlawfully at large.”
“That’s just egregious to me,” said Sugarman, a counselor who worked in the community in 2010 and 2011 and counted one of the stabbing victims — Gloria Lydia Burns — as a client. “If they claim that they’ve been looking for him, well you weren’t looking that hard.”
Mendicino, Canada’s public safety minister, said he wants “to know if any mistakes were made during the (parole) process.”
“It has to be an independent review,” he said.
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AP writer Heather Hollingsworth in Kansas City contributed to this report.
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(NEXSTAR) — Millions of federal student loan borrowers will soon have much or all of their debt forgiven under a recently announced plan by the Biden administration. Relief will come sooner for some borrowers than others.
The Biden administration estimates up to 43 million borrowers qualify for this federal student loan forgiveness. While the majority will have to wait until October to begin the application process, roughly 8 million borrowers are expected to receive forgiveness automatically, according to the Department of Education.
How do you know if you’re one of those 8 million borrowers?
These borrowers already have the necessary income data on file with the Education Department through one of two ways: a recent Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or an income-driven repayment application that uses income data from tax years 2021 or 2020.
Officials explain this data will be used to identify borrowers that meet the income cap of $125,000 for individuals or $250,000 for married couples or heads of households.
If you are one of those borrowers that has submitted income data for both 2021 and 2020, the Education Department says it will use the year with the lower income.
Borrowers that are found to be eligible for automatic relief will be sent an email and a text message (if signed up for one via your FSA account).
If you’re among the roughly 35 million borrowers that don’t qualify for automatic relief, there isn’t much to do right now.
The Biden administration says it will launch an application for federal student loan forgiveness “in the coming weeks.” The application will be available before the student loan repayment pause ends on Dec. 31.
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Real-Time Dark Web Intelligence Empowers Financial Institutions, Card Issuers, and E-commerce Providers to Prevent Payment Fraud
BOSTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recorded Future, the world's largest intelligence company, today announced the expansion of its Intelligence Cloud with Payment Fraud Intelligence, a single source of truth for identifying, mitigating, and preventing payment fraud. Payment Fraud Intelligence enables those focused on payment fraud, including financial institutions, card issuers, and e-commerce providers to disrupt the entire payment fraud lifecycle by helping to detect e-skimmer infrastructure, compromised cards, and crypto wallets associated with malicious activity.
Payment fraud is a multi-billion dollar industry impacting merchants, cardholders, and financial institutions, and will result in over $400 billion in losses globally over the next decade. Historically, the industry has taken a reactive approach, waiting until fraudulent purchases take place, then attempting to limit losses, resulting in further reputational damages and financial losses. Recorded Future has unparalleled visibility into the complete payment fraud infrastructure, enabling clients to disrupt criminal activity by proactively detecting payment data being sold on the dark web, finding e-commerce sites infected with e-skimmers, and mapping thousands of the tester merchants used to validate cards before they're used fraudulently.
Recorded Future's Payment Fraud Intelligence enables payment fraud teams to proactively:
- Pinpoint compromised common points of purchase (CPPs)
- Enhance risk-exposure models and lower fraud potential
- Improve average fraud rate metrics across an entire card portfolio
- Detect attacker infrastructure being used to skim payment card data
With Recorded Future Payment Fraud Intelligence, the Card Fraud Prevention team at Swedbank is automatically alerted when its cards have been compromised and posted for sale on the dark web, enabling them to preemptively block and replace cards before fraud can occur.
"Recorded Future integrates with fraud detection systems to improve efficacy of detection algorithms and proactively scans the dark web to find compromised cards and reveal attacker infrastructure to identify active infections and full exposure periods. Now, financial institutions can develop and implement effective mitigation strategies to counter the effect of payment card compromises and subsequent fraud attacks before attacks can occur." - Andrei Barysevich, Vice President, Fraud Solutions, Recorded Future
Learn more about Recorded Future Payment Fraud Intelligence: https://www.recordedfuture.com/platform/payment-fraud-intelligence
Request a demo of Recorded Future Payment Fraud Intelligence: https://go.recordedfuture.com/demo
Recorded Future is the world's largest intelligence company. Recorded Future's Intelligence Cloud provides complete coverage across adversaries, infrastructure, and targets. By combining persistent and pervasive automated data collection and analytics with human analysis, Recorded Future provides real-time visibility into the digital landscape and empowers clients to take proactive action to disrupt adversaries and keep their people, systems, and infrastructure safe. Headquartered in Boston with offices and employees around the world, Recorded Future works with over 1,500 businesses and government organizations across more than 64 countries. Learn more at recordedfuture.com.
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New backing follows a surge in customer demand and triple revenue growth for 1H 2022
1,000+ companies and close to $1B annualized payment volume (TPV) flow through the Mesh platform
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mesh Payments, the insight-driven finance automation platform, today announced $60 million in new financing, bringing the total amount raised to $123 million. Alpha Wave leads the equity round with participation from existing investors, including Tiger Global, TLV Partners, Entreé Capital, and Meron Capital. The funding will enable Mesh to expand its GTM efforts and further accelerate product innovation as it captures a growing share of the $100T+ B2B payments market.
Mesh brings efficiencies and innovation to the entire CFO tech stack so companies can operate more nimbly against changing market conditions. The 1,000 mid-market companies using Mesh today are 5X more efficient, in aggregate, saving their finance teams, on average, three days a month. Mesh powers some of the world's fastest-growing brands, including Monday.com, Hippo Insurance, Sezzle, Riskified, and Snyk.
Amidst a surge in customer demand and a dramatic shift from companies hyper-focusing on growth to cutting spend and costs, Mesh continues to enhance its platform to help finance teams automate, control, and optimize their corporate spend — from travel and expense (T&E) to SaaS subscriptions. Powerful integrations, including the category's most robust integration with NetSuite, bring additional efficiencies and reduce time spent on manual data entry and work.
"Since day one, Mesh has focused on giving CFOs the automation and insights they need to more effectively manage their day-to-day operations," said Oded Zehavi, co-founder & CEO, Mesh Payments. "And as companies operationalize distributed and remote workforce models, holistic visibility over company spend is even more critical. The confidence in Mesh from investors and customers, even in a turbulent market, reinforces that our finance automation platform is what companies want to help them navigate a cost-cutting environment.
"The best CFOs are looking to get the most out of every dollar and hour, particularly during times of economic turbulence. With its strategic partnerships and best-in-class finance automation platform, Mesh Payment delivers exceptional value to its customers," said Rick Gerson, co-founder chairman, and chief investment officer, Alpha Wave Global. "Mesh Payments represents the type of innovative, customer-focused company that we look for, that gives customers a clear and lasting benefit. The number of companies that are open to finding new and better ways to spend less and save more is pretty large and the Mesh team brings a best-in-class solution that is continually improving."
Mesh makes legacy corporate cards obsolete with its insight-driven automation platform that gives finance managers more granular control and leverage over their corporate spend. A focus on contextual payment models — including SaaS subscription management and other models to innovations including the industry's only numberless VISA physical card that syncs with virtual cards for added flexibility and control — are key differentiators that appeal to busy finance teams. Mesh continues to disrupt the CFO tech stack by bringing innovation and automation to every corner of finance operations to free up finance teams to focus on better managing day-to-day financial operations
Earlier this year, Mesh announced a strategic partnership with global payroll provider Papaya Global to remove friction from employee expense management. Mesh is set to announce additional strategic partnerships with global payments infrastructure providers in the near future.
For more information, visit www.meshpayments.com or follow on LinkedIn.
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Company further expands its process and automation expertise with new board appointment
BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nintex, the global standard for process intelligence and automation, today announced the appointment of Jeff Teper as its newest board member.
Teper is the President of Collaborative Apps and Platforms at Microsoft which includes Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive. With more than 30 years of product leadership experience at Microsoft, he brings the right combination of leadership, product advocacy and customer insight to help Nintex build products and services that will help define the process automation market.
"Jeff's depth of experience building and scaling businesses at Microsoft is unparalleled," said Eric Johnson, Nintex CEO. "His unique blend of technical and business expertise coupled with his ability to recognize trends make him the perfect addition to the Nintex board."
"I've worked closely with Nintex since their inception in 2006. Not only are they a trusted Microsoft 365 and Azure partner, but have also established a great reputation as leaders within the process automation market," said Jeff Teper, "which is testament to the incredible work of Eric and his team. I'm excited to play a role in helping build on this success."
According to Stephen Elop Nintex Board Chair "as the process automation market evolves Jeff's expertise will be a big help to the Nintex management team, driving product innovation and excellence to accelerate the company's growth. I've had the opportunity to work closely with Jeff throughout my career and I'm excited to work with him closely again."
To learn how more organizations across every industry are going digital faster and transforming the way people work with the Nintex Process Platform, visit https://www.nintex.com/why-nintex/case-studies/.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hagens Berman urges Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ: OKTA) investors who suffered significant losses to submit your losses now.
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Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ: OKTA) Investigation:
The investigation focuses on Okta's widely touted $6.5 billion May 3, 2021, acquisition of Auth0, a leading identity platform for application teams, and growth prospects for the combined company.
Specifically, after the acquisition Okta and its management repeatedly assured investors that integration of the Auth0 and Okta sales teams was progressing smoothly.
These statements came into question on Aug. 31, 2022, when Okta announced Q2 2022 financial results disclosing, in part, that "our top line metrics were not where we wanted them to be, due to challenges related to the integration of the Auth0 and Okta sales organizations" and the company lowered its calculated billings outlook for the year. During the earnings call with investors that same day, management blamed half of the billings outlook reduction on sales integration issues.
This news sent the price of Okta shares crashing over 33% lower on Sept. 1, 2022, injuring investors.
"We're focused on investors' losses and determining whether Okta hid problems with integrating Auth0," said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.
If you invested in Okta and have significant losses, or have knowledge that may assist the firm's investigation, click here to discuss your legal rights with Hagens Berman.
Whistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding Okta should consider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under the new program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by the SEC. For more information, call Reed Kathrein at 844-916-0895 or email OKTA@hbsslaw.com.
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Having photographs and memories of our families and friends is so important - it's nice to be able to sit and reminisce in the future and look back on good times. Not too long ago, these photos were usually printed and could be put into albums and were kept only in the family. With the rise in social media though, so many more people are uploading these memories to Facebook and similar social sites, which can make some people feel uncomfortable.
One woman took to Mumsnet to say that her sister-in-law had been posting pictures of her four-year-old daughter on social media - and she felt uncomfortable about it. She didn't want to cause a scene about it, however, so didn't know how to approach the situation.
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She wrote: "My sister-in-law has recently been posting pictures and videos of my daughter, four, on her social media and even as her profile pic.
"Am I being petty not being keen on it? I don’t know everyone on her friends list and would you ask before doing something like this?
"Just feels a bit weird. No other family/friends do this. I do it, but have strong privacy settings…Plus, she’s my child."
Many people suggested confronting her, but it was clear the woman didn't want to do this.
One said: " The only way you can avoid this if you don't want to confront her, is to stop sharing pictures yourself. You could set up an acquaintances group for her, and only share with friends, but that would depend on her not being friends with yours and their privacy setting."
Another suggested just speaking to her, commenting: "Just ask her not to if you don't like it. She is probably just a proud auntie but you can tell her you're uncomfortable with it. If you put up pics she probably doesn't know it bothers you."
"Tell her nothing she takes is to go on social media", someone wrote.
One Mumsnetter said: "You might have to lead by example on this - stop posting pictures of your daughter on social media and then in a couple of weeks tell her that you’ve decided to keep your kids off the internet, and please could she follow that. You can always have the option of sharing in Whatsapp groups after that."
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With libraries under threat, Literarian Award goes to Watts-raised super-librarian Tracie D. Hall
Tracie D. Hall has spent most of her professional life working in service to others: as a curator, a librarian, an advocate for digital literacy and equitable access — and currently as the executive director of the American Library Assn.
It made her a natural choice for the Literarian Award, bestowed annually by the National Book Foundation, which announced Hall as its 2022 honoree Wednesday morning, for “outstanding service to the American literary community.” But when she found out about it several months ago, Hall couldn’t quite believe it. Her first thoughts ran to the family that raised her in Watts.
“My grandparents both struggled with low literacy, and because of that they were avid that I would be a reader and a lover of books and ideas,” said Hall, 53, from her home in Chicago. Along with her mother, they spent a lot of time and energy nurturing Hall as a reader, writer and poet.
“It felt like a full-circle moment,” said Hall, an acknowledgment of their sacrifices and hard work more than a recognition of her own.
Hall will be honored on Nov. 16 in New York City during the 73rd National Book Awards ceremony, one of two lifetime-achievement recipients announced in advance (the other will be for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters). Five award winners will be announced at the ceremony for books in the categories of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, translated literature and young people’s literature.
Jason Mott took home the National Book Award for fiction. Other winners included Tiya Miles, Martín Espada and Malinda Lo.
This will be the second consecutive year the Literarian Award goes to a librarian; last year’s honoree was author and librarian Nancy Pearl.
That’s unusual but not a coincidence. “In this moment when books and libraries are under attack more than ever, we were thinking of her and her work,” said Ruth Dickey, executive editor of the National Book Foundation, in a video interview.
This year, book-banning efforts have rapidly spread across the country at a pace not seen in decades, fueled in part by politics, social media and increasingly aggressive tactics. And librarians are getting caught in the middle. From Michigan to Iowa to Idaho, libraries have been defunded or threatened with closure over complaints about books that, in at least one case, they don’t even stock. Among the most common targets are books about race, gender and sexuality.
The NBF’s board committee will recognize Hall’s long history of tacking in the opposite direction — toward greater inclusion and opportunity.
“She’s been a huge champion for equal access to information for everyone, not only for books but also literacy, which is so critical,” said Dickey. “[Hall] has been a real champion about the importance of dismantling racism in libraries and information services. … She’s incredibly inspiring and we’re so proud to be able to celebrate her work.”
Part of the joy of reading is the way it can disturb us.
Although the selection process is confidential, nominations are made by past National Book Award winners, finalists and judges and others from the literary community before the foundation’s board of directors makes the final selections. Honorees receive $10,000 and a brass medal.
Hall joins a distinguished roster of past Literarian honorees recognized for their work to advance literacy and culture, including Carolyn Reidy, CEO and president of Simon & Schuster; Dave Eggers, author and founder of McSweeney’s and 826LA; Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet and founder of San Francisco’s storied City Lights Booksellers and Publishers; Cave Canem, the literary organization; and legendary poet Maya Angelou.
Over the past two decades, Hall has worked in libraries across the country — from Seattle and Queens to New Haven and Hartford, Conn. In February 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, she became the first Black woman to helm the ALA, considered the oldest and largest library association in the world. Before that, she was the culture program director at the Joyce Foundation, where she created programs to advance inclusion and equitable funding for arts institutions founded by and for Black, Indigenous and other people of color.
Born and raised in South Los Angeles, Hall grew up in the shadow of the famous Watts Towers. Every Saturday with her grandmother and brother, she would visit the Watts Branch Library, which was then located on 103rd Street.
As Hall browsed the shelves for books to take home, Bessy, her grandmother, would sometimes comment: “We didn’t have anything like this growing up.”
“And that was really hard for me to understand,” said Hall. “She was speaking to a history of segregated libraries. ... I understand now, and I understand why she was so insistent that I make use of the library.”
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Upon hearing the news, Hall also thought of Jack, her grandfather, who left Louisiana with Bessy for Los Angeles in hopes of a better life for their family. He worked odd jobs during the day and would stand outside a meat processing plant until the evening, hoping they’d offer him work. Some of the employees eventually convinced the foreman to give him a chance.
“And that’s how he ended up getting the job that he would stay on until he retired,” said Hall. For years, the couple lived in rented rooms and garages until they saved enough money to buy and repair a condemned house. For most of their life, they poured many of their hopes for the future into Hall, her brother and their cousins.
It was in that spirit that Hall put her life’s work into serving those less fortunate than she was, in hopes of giving them the same chance she feels lucky to have had. This award, like all her success, is larger than her, she said: “It is about all of the people who poured into you, all of the people who sacrificed. All of the people who couldn’t enjoy some of the privileges that you’ve had.” We are all, she added, “feasting on the fruits of that collective labor.”
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Pro Video News: Panasonic introduces its HC-X2 and HC-X20 4K camcorders with 1.0" sensors and a fast, mobile workflow.
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- B&H is pleased to announce that Panasonic has upped its camcorder game with the release of two 4K 1.0"-type sensor models aimed at the fast-paced workflow of on-the-go videographers, the HC-X2 and HC-X20.
Panasonic HC-X20 4K Camcorder
The HC-X2 features pro interfaces like SDI (BNC) video ports, embedded SDI audio, BNC timecode in/out, and an RJ45 GbE (Gigabit Ethernet) for tethering or connecting to a network. It offers HDR and HLG recording offers 13 stops of latitude when using V-log and can output SDI and HDMI simultaneously. Dual codec recording where images are recorded simultaneously in UHD 4K and full HD (50 Mb/s) or full HD (100 Mb/s or higher) plus full HD (8 Mb/s) can be used to create an efficient post-production workflow.
Shared HC-X2 and HC-X20 Features
Features shared by both models that will help you get the footage you need range from a well-balanced shoulder mount to optical image stabilization and advanced autofocus options. Advanced autofocus functions include Face Detection AF, color peaking, and 1-touch AF in Manual mode. Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), 5-axis Electronic Image Stabilization, built-in ND filters, versatile recording modes, integrated Wi-Fi, "paintbox"-type image adjustments, and dual XLR audio inputs are just some of the additional functions shared by both the advanced HC-X2 and the more budget-friendly HC-X20 model.
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More Than $150,000 in Funding Will Benefit Shelters in Missouri, Rhode Island, California and Florida
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Purina and the nonprofit RedRover have awarded four new Purple Leash Project grants to help domestic violence shelters make pet-friendly renovations. The latest grant recipients include Finding Grace Ministries in Jefferson, County, Missouri; Women's Resource Center in Newport County, Rhode Island; Monarch Services - Servicios Monarca in Santa Cruz County, California and Seminole County Victims' Rights Coalition Inc in Seminole County, Florida. Funding will provide pet-friendly upgrades and resources to domestic abuse survivors and their pets at each shelter, including pet-safe housing, veterinary care, outdoor pet play yards and supplies.
Together, through the Purple Leash Project, Purina and RedRover are working to help domestic violence shelters across the country become pet-friendly so that survivors and their pets can escape abuse and heal together. Currently, only about 15% of domestic violence shelters in the United States allow pets.
"Nearly half of all domestic violence survivors will delay leaving their abuser if they can't bring their pet with them, which is a choice that nobody should have to make," said Nina Leigh Krueger, CEO and President of Purina. "Luckily, the number of resources to help survivors and their four-legged family members escape abuse and heal together is growing every day, and Purina is humbled to help lead the charge alongside our partners at RedRover to make more pet-inclusive resources available."
Since the Purple Leash Project was founded in 2019, Purina has provided more than $1 million in funding and is working together with RedRover toward a goal of helping to ensure that at least 25% of domestic violence shelters are pet-friendly by 2025. To date, 34 grants totaling $701,850 have now been gifted to domestic violence shelters across the US by Purina providing thousands of safe nights for survivors with pets.
- Finding Grace Ministries in Jefferson County, Missouri will receive $60,000 to build on-site outdoor play yards. Additional funds will support the installation of pet-friendly flooring and scratch guards for doors as well as pet supplies and veterinary care.
- Women's Resource Center in Newport County, Rhode Island will receive $40,000 to build dog play areas and a 'catio' - an enclosed cat patio. Remaining funds will go toward a fence installation.
- Monarch Services - Servicios Monarca in Santa Cruz County, California will receive $33,400, which will allow the shelter to house cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, fish, reptiles, small mammals and pocket pets. The remaining funds will go toward building pet play yards, providing pet supplies and covering veterinary costs.
- Seminole County Victims' Rights Coalition Inc in Seminole County, Florida will receive $19,450 to build pet-friendly suites where survivors can stay with their pets, in their own private rooms, and have access to a dog park on-site. Remaining funds will be allocated for a security system and pet supplies.
"RedRover and Purina's Purple Leash Project grant will help Finding Grace Ministries become the first pet-friendly human shelter in Jefferson County, Missouri," said Doreen Page, Finding Grace Ministries Executive Director. "We're so thankful to both organizations for helping us bring our dreams of providing real, impactful solutions to survivors of domestic violence to reality."
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Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday expressed confidence that the "landmark" 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' will help in "rejuvenating" the party
In a message at the launch of the 3,570 km yatra, she said she regrets that she cannot be present in person on the "momentous evening". Sonia, whose message was read by Rajya Sabha MP Amee Yagnik, is abroad for a medical check-up.
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"This is a landmark occasion for our great party with such a glorious legacy—the Indian National Congress. I am confident that our organisation will be rejuvenated," she said.
"It is also a transformational moment in Indian politics," she said, congratulating the around 120 party leaders and workers walking the whole stretch. She said there will be hundreds and thousands of others who will join the yatra in different states.
"Speaking for myself, I will be participating in the Bharat Jodo Yatra daily in thought and spirit. I will, of course, be seeing the Yatra Live as it progresses," she said.
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The 14th securitization of loans originated by GoodLeap is the largest to date
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GoodLeap, LLC, America's leading digital marketplace for sustainable home solutions, today announced the closing of GoodLeap Sustainable Home Solutions Trust 2022-3, the 14th securitization of loans originated by GoodLeap. Lime Residential, Ltd. (a Credit Suisse affiliate) sponsored the transaction and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC served as joint bookrunners. The transaction is backed by $493 million of solar and sustainable home efficiency loans originated on the GoodLeap platform that were made to approximately 12,000 homeowners. The securitization received ratings from S&P Global Ratings and Kroll Bond Rating Agency. The loans contributed to the securitization were originally purchased on GoodLeap's marketplace by investors including affiliates of Blackstone Credit, Credit Suisse, Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, Goldman Sachs, GoodFinch, and Varadero Capital, L.P.
"Amid market headwinds, investor demand for GoodLeap's loans remains constant," said Tanguy Serra, GoodLeap's President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Investment Officer. "We are grateful for the continued support of our investors and capital markets providers, enabling GoodLeap to help contractors access more products and homeowners live more sustainably while saving money."
GoodLeap's proprietary technology platform supports more than 40,000 home efficiency sales professionals at the point-of-sale, creating an efficient option for financial institutions to deploy their capital in high-performing ESG assets. Since 2018, GoodLeap has transacted more than $18 billion in loans on its platform.
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Photo taken: July 23, 2022, at Island Recycling in Freeland on Whidbey Island
Photographer’s description: “The Whidbey Island recycle center is one of my favorite places to find hidden beauty in what people throw away. Until their recent retirement, Dave and Jill Campbell ran their ‘dump’ with loving affection for 43 years. Dropping off my recyclables also meant an afternoon browsing through acres of amazing photographable gems. Photo was taken with a Nikon Z9. 24-120 mm lens. ISO 500.”
Critique: “This is an eye-catching crush of colorful cans. I love the contrast between the curves and the jagged lines, as well as that of the bare aluminum versus the bright colors. I think the ‘vignette’ effect is a little bit heavy here, as the corners appear to have been ‘burned’ darker, but overall, this is a beautiful and interesting photograph. Superfun to look at. Thanks for sharing!”
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'CoComelon' grows to include speaking characters, live tour
One of Netflix's most popular children's series, "CoComelon," a giggly, musical series with repetitive lyrics, dropped a new special on Monday., providing many parents, like Arinze Odira, of Windsor, Ontario, a reprieve.
"I had a lot of stuff I wanted to do and my my wife was sleeping," explained Odira, whose daughter, Keine, is 13 months. "I put `CoComelon´ on and she was there for almost three hours. I had the time to do everything I wanted to do."
Odira was so thankful, he took to Twitter to share his thanks: "To the producers of `CoComelon,´ I owe you guys a bottle of whisky. Thank you for helping millions of parents around the world."
It may not be as flashy or as high-profile as Netflix's adult programming, such as "Bridgerton" or "The Crown," but "CoComelon" is an important show for the streaming service. Besides the U.S., it's hit the top 10 in countries including the UK, Philippines, Canada and South Africa.
"CoComelon" and Netflix also plan to go big in 2023 by releasing a new series called, "CoComelon Lane" where the characters speak. Episodes will be set up by main character JJ, a toddler with a tiny curl of hair on the top of his head and two teeth.
"He talks directly to camera, so he talks to the kid at home. It really feels like he´s inviting you into a playdate with him and his friends. He´s asking you to come with him on whatever his journey of the day is," said Heather Tilert, Netflix's preschool content executive, who says "CoComelon Lane" is targeted for children a little bit older.
This image released by Netflix shows characters, from left, Bingo, YoYo, JJ and TomTom from "CoComelon." A new series called "CoComelon Lane" is launching in 2023 and will feature characters who speak. The franchise also has expanded to include a live tour kicking off Sept. 16 in Baltimore. (Netflix via AP)
"Cocomelon is really hoping to continue with kids who have fallen in love with JJ and friends already and kind of move with them through their development. So, `CoComelon Lane´ we see as really kind of for 3 to 5-years-olds."
The new hourlong special released this week, called "Fun with Family and Friends," consists of 20 new musical animated shorts. It´s the first "CoComelon" content exclusively available on Netflix. They´ve upped their music game too, licensing songs parents will recognize including "Twist and Shout" and "Stand by Me," but touching on skills for reaching pre-school milestones including colors, shapes, movement and even emotions.
"CoComelon" was originally created in 2005 by Jay Jeon, a father in California who had the idea to use songs to teach his own two kids. He began uploading the videos to YouTube. Those videos eventually grew to gain billions of views and "CoComelon" was acquired by Moonbug Entertainment in 2020.
It's expanded the franchise with spin-offs, a podcast on Spotify and a new live tour called " CoComelon Live! " kicking off Sept. 16 in Baltimore.
Tapping into exactly what makes "CoComelon" so popular with kids is "the big question," said Andy Yeatmen, Moonbug's managing director of Americas, but he thinks it is due in large part to putting the child first rather than going over kids' heads to entertain parents.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Karen Mangia, Salesforce Executive and Future of Work expert, today launches her new podcast, Success from Anywhere. An appetite for innovation and Future of Work insights intersects as Mangia chats with everyone from entrepreneurs to executives who are driving disruption and creating a Renaissance of Work. The first episode of the biweekly show, produced by TGC Worldwide, launches today on all podcast platforms.
In Success from Anywhere, Mangia and guests go behind the scenes to discover what's new, now, and next in the world of work and challenge the traditions of what it means to live well and to work well. The show is run in partnership with Robin, the industry-leading flexible workplace platform.
The eight-episode First Season focuses on the future of The Office, questioning whether everybody really has to convene in the conference room to collaborate. Select guests include Kate Clifford, CHRO of Accenture NA; Donna Letier, Co-Founder of Gardenuity; and David Horsager, author and CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute.
Season Two will focus on the 9-to-5 Culture and whether working this way is still the way to make a living. Season Three will take us deep into Silicon Valley, beyond Brotopia, hoodies, and avocado toast to discover starts ups disrupting the world of work.
"Success is not a location. It's not a job title or a number in your bank account," says Mangia. "It might just be one step away - especially when you take ownership of your own success. That is the throughline of Success from Anywhere."
Find all episodes by clicking here or search "Success from Anywhere" on your preferred podcast service.
Karen Mangia is a Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, TEDx speaker, Salesforce Executive, and one of the most sought after thought leaders in the world. She is a catalyst who empowers individuals, teams, and organizations to sustain success using her customer success and future of work expertise. Her keynotes, blogs, and books reach hundreds of thousands of leaders each year. Prior to Salesforce, Mangia held leadership roles in sales and Voice of the Customer at Cisco and AT&T. She is an avid volunteer, community contributor, and a professionally trained chef. Mangia resides in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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DOVER, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis campaigned in Dover Thursday, morning. Signage at the event read “Farmers Stand with DeSantis.” The event was hosted by the Florida Farm Bureau Federation FarmPAC.
DeSantis described Florida as a place of opportunity, commenting on the efforts the state has taken to boost Florida’s economy and deliver on promises they make to residents.
“We want to have a governor that people can depend on,” DeSantis said. He said the state had been able to do a lot, mentioning the Strawberry Festival held in Hillsborough, the “first after COVID,” saying it was a success, remembering bringing his own children to the festival and that those at the event had “enjoyed themselves” and “having a good time.”
DeSantis said that’s what was important, “people being able to live their lives,” and criticized California politicians for their issues with Florida, even as they “can’t even keep their power on.”
A series of heatwaves have led to near-blackouts in California, according to reports by the Associated Press.
Then DeSantis turned to comments on the national economy and ongoing inflation issues, mostly centered on power and energy supply in the U.S. He said Florida was fighting back against those economic headwinds and using a “record budget surplus” to do so. In 2022, Florida reported a $22 billion surplus, a historic high for the state.
Referring to the recently passed and signed federal Inflation Reduction Act, DeSantis said the U.S. government under President Joe Biden. DeSantis said compared to how Florida had kept tuition costs from rising and had programs like the Bright Futures Scholarship program, Biden’s student debt relief plan would add to inflation.
Then, DeSantis turned his focus to crime and politics. He said Florida was a law and order state, referencing his suspension of 13th Judicial Circuit State Attorney Andrew Warren, saying he was a state attorney who would not prosecute crimes.
Warren is currently fighting the suspension in court, though the governor has filed a motion to dismiss the suit.
Then, DeSantis spoke about state efforts to block vaccine mandates as requirements for work. He said Florida’s government had done a lot to protect jobs and give freedom of choice for vaccination, before mentioning the various workforce training initiatives undertaken by the Department of Education and the governor’s office to prepare residents for jobs and economic opportunity.
Speaking of education, DeSantis highlighted new legislation from the past session to increase teacher salaries, teach financial literacy, and update the state curriculum to include “important subject matters” like civics, which DeSantis said the state had doubled down on.
“It’s something really important to be teaching our students, what it means to be American, what the Constitution is all about, where our rights come from, the Bill of Rights,” DeSantis said. “We’ve put a premium on, which we weren’t before.”
Talking about the teacher salary increases, DeSantis said the state had made salary levels a categorical budget item, increasing salaries to $48,000, a “huge increase” compared to previous years and said they’ve added more funding for schools than ever before.
“We are very very insistent that the purpose of our education system is to educate students, not to indoctrinate students,” DeSantis said. “We believe in the rights of parents, that they have a fundamental role in the education and upbringing of their children. They have a right to know what curriculum is being used in the schools, that they have the right to object if they have inappropriate material. And some of the stuff they’re trying to get into middle schools is really grotesque.”
DeSantis said “corporate media outlets” was whitewashing the materials issues in Florida schools, saying the media was making “parents were like crazy,” but saying the books “were way outside the bounds” of what was appropriate for students.
“We think it’s important to arm parents to fight for their kids, to fight for a good education. I have a five, a four, and a two-year-old. My wife and I, we obviously want our kids to grow up well,” DeSantis said. “You turn on some of these cartoons even and they jam all this stuff in there. Cant we just send them to school and let them be kids? Why are you trying to jam transgenderism into first grade?”
The governor said Florida had passed a bill to prevent that from happening, which while unnamed was likely a reference to House Bill 1557, titled “Parental Rights in Education,” but called the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by its opponents. | https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/desantis-to-speak-at-campaign-event-in-hillsborough-county/ | 2022-09-07T14:53:07Z | https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/desantis-to-speak-at-campaign-event-in-hillsborough-county/ | true |
Mana Contemporary is sponsoring the creation of Endangered Rivers paintings by Montana-based artist Ben Miller from Saturday, Sept. 10, through Tuesday, Sept. 13, with a four-day residency that will allow Miller to create and exhibit work in response to the ecological terrain that inspires him throughout Jersey City’s natural habitats.
Participating organizations will include Liberty Science Center, Friends of Lincoln Park, Hackensack Riverkeepers, and Friends of Liberty State Park. A portion of the proceeds of sales of the artworks will benefit each of the organizations.
Miller is perhaps best known for his Endangered Rivers series, which he began six years ago. The series came from the painter’s passion for raising awareness of river preservation. The paintings were created on the back plexiglass panels, which when turned around are made to look like surface reflections and whitewater rills. His preparation and execution for the series involved finding the right spot to get a read of the river and the day so the works would represent the truth of the subject matter and not just be his own interpretation.
Miller’s residency kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Liberty Science Center, 222 Jersey City Blvd., Jersey City, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be an entrance fee required for participation. Miller will then paint the Hackensack River in Lincoln Park in Jersey City from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, followed by the Hudson River at Liberty State Park from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 12.
This series will culminate with a reception at Mana Contemporary, 888 Newark Ave., Jersey City, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, from 5 to 8 p.m. where guests will be able to observe Miller finish his painting until the event begins at 6 p.m. with an unveiling of all of the works completed during the residency.
The Ben Miller residency is part of a series of initiatives by Mana Contemporary that confronts environmental concerns. In 2021, Mana Contemporary mounted an exhibition “Implied Scale: Confronting the Enormity of Climate Change” focused on motivating mobilization toward reversing the climate crisis. | https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/09/montana-artist-will-paint-live-throughout-jersey-city-for-four-day-residency-by-mana.html | 2022-09-07T14:53:29Z | https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/09/montana-artist-will-paint-live-throughout-jersey-city-for-four-day-residency-by-mana.html | true |
UPDATE: 4-year-old falls to death from 11th story balcony at Laketown Wharf
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Authorities are giving new details in the investigation of a boy who fell to his death from a Laketown Wharf balcony over the weekend.
Panama City Beach Police Chief J.R. Talamantez said a boy, 4, fell from the 11th-floor balcony onto the third-floor recreational floor. Officials said the boy fell around 4:30 A.M. on Saturday and was found around 7 A.M. by someone going to the gym. Talamantez said that the boy and his family were visiting from Georgia. Detectives interviewed several people, including the family of the child. Officers are continuing to investigate how and why the child fell from the balcony.
“You come here on Labor Day Weekend with your child, and you have to go home without them. There’s no words to explain this tragic event that this is. This is just horrible. The only thing we can do is promise to bring as many answers to the family as possible,” said Talamantez.
Medical examiners are working to determine the cause of death.
We’ll keep you updated as we work to learn more.
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Stories of inductees to focus on outreach to HBCU students and graduates during Advancing Diversity Week, October 17-20
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AdvancingDiversity.org, a collective of more than 40 advertising and media companies and organizations, today announced the 2022 inductees into the AdvancingDiversity.org Hall of Honors. Joining 25 prior inductees, stories of diverse leaders from 11 new companies and organizations will be featured throughout Advancing Diversity Week, October 17-20, an annual industry-wide outreach event that this year will focus on attracting Black talent to media and advertising professions. Unlike other traditionally underserved communities, the industry's Black population has remained under 5%.
The four-day free virtual program will feature storytelling, interviews, and panels to be streamed at MediaVillage.com, AdvancingDiversity.org, Ask-GenZ.com, BlackLeadersMatter.info, LGBTQAdvancing.com, MulticulturalInSites.com, TheAgeofAging.com, LegendsLeaders.org, WomenAdvancing.org, ThePool.biz, YouTube, Facebook and partner websites reaching predominantly Black communities.
The 2022 AdvancingDiversity.org Hall of Honors inductees are:
- Comcast Advertising: James Rooke, President; Barbara Cowan, Vice President, Talent & Inclusion; Loren Hudson, Chief Diversity Officer, Comcast Cable (on behalf of the DE&I employee board members of FreeWheel and Effectv)
- GroupM: Kirk McDonald, Chief Executive Officer, North America; Serena Anthony, Chief People Officer, North America; Lukeisha Paul, Head of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, U.S.
- IPG Mediabrands: Eileen Kiernan, Global Chief Executive Officer; Hermon Ghermay, Global Chief Culture Officer
- IRTS Foundation (International Radio & Television Society): Joyce M. Tudryn, President and Chief Executive Officer
- Mastercard: Cheryl Guerin, Executive Vice President, Global Brand Strategy & Innovation
- NBCU: Gina LaRussa, Senior Vice President, Human Resources; Peter Blacker, Executive Vice President, Peacock Sales & Agency Partnerships, and Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Global Ad Sales; Kimberly King, Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- R/GA: Sean Lyons, Chief Executive Officer
- Savannah State University: David Marshall, Ph.D., APR, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, and Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications
- The One Club for Creativity: Kevin Swanepoel, Chief Executive Officer
- The Writers Lab: Elizabeth Kaiden and Nitza Wilon, Co-Founders
- UWG (UniWorld Group): Monique Nelson, Chair & Chief Executive Officer
The industry will acknowledge the 11 new inductees and prior inductees at an invitation-only event on October 19. The Advancing Diversity Hall of Honors was created in 2018 to recognize companies, organizations, and individuals, whose dedicated commitment to diversity has resulted in measurable success, proven to be good for their businesses, and been amplified as best practices for the industry.
Prior Advancing Diversity Hall of Honors inductees include P&G (Marc Pritchard), Unilever (Aline Santos), Budweiser (Ricardo Marquez), American Family Insurance (Sherina Smith), Verizon (Diego Scotti), Hershey Company (Jill Baskin), CITI (Tina Davis), Interpublic Group (Michael Roth), dentsu (Jacki Kelley), Publicis Media (Tim Jones), Association of National Advertisers (Bob Liodice and Elliot Lum), 4A's (Marla Kaplowitz), Advertising Council (Lisa Sherman), Allen Media Group (Byron Allen), Walt Disney Television (Tim McNeal), Howard University School of Communications (Gracie Lawson-Borders), The CW (Mark Pedowitz), Institute for Veteran and Military Families at Syracuse University (J. Michael Haynie), The Female Quotient (Shelley Zalis), Muslim Public Affairs Council (Sue Obeidi), Springboard Enterprises (Kay Koplovitz), 3% Solution (Kat Gordon), and MOBE (Yvette Moyo).
Jack Myers, who chairs AdvancingDiversity.org and has been a leading industry diversity activist for more than four decades, announced this year's Advancing Diversity Week focus on creating greater awareness of career opportunities in advertising-supported media among HBCU students, graduates, and career placement offices. This year's content is intended to reach, inform, and generate job interest among Black communities.
"We need to recognize and be proactive in responding to the continued dramatic underrepresentation of Black employees in media and advertising professions, while representation of other traditionally underserved groups has increased and approached national averages," Myers commented. "While there are thousands of open jobs across a wide spectrum of roles and responsibilities, we've failed to effectively communicate these opportunities, especially to the Black community. It's ironic that the communications business needs to be better at communicating. We're taking on that mission through collaboration with HBCU organizations and media to amplify the voices of our diverse leaders."
The industry has established a Resume Submission Portal at MediaVillage.com and AdvancingDiversity.org where all interested individuals can share their interests and have the option to submit a resume for consideration by specific companies: https://week.advancingdiversity.org/registration
Funds raised through sponsorship for Black Talent Outreach Week will support the organization's 501c3 College Loan Relief Fund and Continuing Education Scholarships. For partnership opportunities, contact Robin Wallace at Robin@MediaVillage.com. To learn more about Advancing Diversity Week and the year round AdvancingDiversity.org programs, visit https://week.advancingdiversity.org/
For press inquiries, contact Diane Stefani at Diane@MediaVillage.com. Follow @MediaVillageCom @JackMyersBiz; hashtags: #AdvancingDiversityHonors #AdvancingDiversityWeek
ABOUT MEDIAVILLAGE: MediaVillage is an open B2B marketplace where media companies and subject matter experts share thought leadership, business offerings, strategic insights and resources for industry professionals, educators, and job seekers. Underpinned by AvrioB2B SaaS technology, MediaVillage KnowledgeExchange, AdvancingDiversity.org, MeetingPrep.com and The Myers Report enable industry professionals, educators, and job seekers to learn and grow. MediaVillage hosts and manages dedicated destination B2B sites for more than 100 member companies and subject matter experts. In collaboration with our journalists and columnists, members contribute B2B educational resources, market intelligence, content marketing and diverse talent development resources. Become a MediaVillage and AdvancingDiversity.org subscriber here for free. Learn more about us at www.AboutMediaVillage.com; follow @mediavillagecom @jackmyersbiz
ABOUT ADVANCINGDIVERSITY.ORG: Under the AdvancingDiversity.org umbrella, over 10 content sites amplify the voices and best practices of diverse talent in the media, advertising, marketing, and entertainment community. They include: MediaVillage.com, AdvancingDiversity.org, Ask-GenZ.com, BlackLeadersMatter.info, LGBTQAdvancing.com, MulticulturalInSites.com, TheAgeofAging.com, LegendsLeaders.org, WomenAdvancing.org, ThePool.biz. AdvancingDiversity.org organizes and hosts the annual Advancing Diversity Week and the AdvancingDiversity.org Hall of Honors. The MeetingPrep.com content recommendation engine provides easy access to insights, intelligent and guidance for all those seeking knowledge about the advertising supported media business.
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OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney: Judge won't keep 'sexually explicit' evidence secret
MIAMI - A Florida judge Tuesday denied a request from OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney's lawyer to limit the release of "salacious" and "sexually explicit" evidence to the public.
Clenney, 26, who is charged with murdering her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, wore orange prison scrubs and a blue surgical mask as she looked on during the brief hearing in Miami-Dade County Court.
Her attorney, Frank Prieto, said that Clenney produced "adult" content on her phone for her OnlyFans page and asked for a protective order limiting the discovery that could be disclosed in the case.
Courtney Clenney in court on Sept. 6, 2022, in Miami-Dade County for an evidentiary hearing. She's been charged with second-degree murder for the stabbing death of her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli. (Screenshot of hearing courtesy FOX News)
"This is going to turn into a circus of media outlets publishing salacious materials, which have nothing to do with guilt or innocence in this case," argued Prieto, who described photos and video on her phone as "sexually explicit" and "pornography."
ONLYFANS MODEL COURTNEY CLENNEY PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO ALLEGED MURDER OF HER BOYFRIEND
Disseminating the material, he said, would deprive his client of a fair and impartial jury.
Prosecutors countered that the defense team is trying to "control the narrative" with an overly broad request to seal evidence that hasn't even been processed yet.
Judge Diana Vizcaino denied the motion.
A photo combination showing Courtney Clenney's mugshot from her extradition to Miami following her arrest in Hawaii for the alleged murder of Christian Obumseli. (Miami-Dade Corrections/Hawaii Police Department)
Clenney, who goes by Courtney Tailor online, is slated to go to trial Dec. 19 for the stabbing death of Obumseli, 27, her boyfriend of two years.
The social media star, who boasts 2 million Instagram followers, allegedly thrust a kitchen knife into her beau's heart on April 3 inside their waterfront luxury high-rise apartment. She was on the phone with her mom at the time, authorities said.
The pair's tumultuous two-year romance was marked by violent quarrels, according to prosecutors and police records.
The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office released surveillance footage from weeks before the slaying showing Clenney pummeling Obumseli in an elevator as he tried to restrain her.
Prosecutors say she was the primary aggressor in their doomed relationship.
Obumseli's family was initially outraged that police let Clenney go free after questioning her.
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She allegedly told police that she acted in self-defense after Obumseli attacked her.
It took authorities more than four months to charge her.
She was arrested Aug. 10 in Hawaii, where she was being treated for PTSD and substance abuse, her lawyer said.
After Clenney's extradition back to Florida, she has been held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami without bond.
She has pleaded not guilty to one count of second-degree murder.
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Due to high demand, the independent company is offering more Country Intensive voyages, as well as a new video series diving into local life and an expanded partnership with PerryGolf
MIAMI, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Azamara – the upmarket cruise line and leader in Destination Immersion® experiences – is pleased to unveil 84 Europe itineraries across its four-ship fleet for 2024. Of the 84 new itineraries, 53 are Country Intensive voyages with over 50% of port calls being a late night or overnight, allowing guests ample time to dive deeper into the local culture and hidden gems of an individual country. On September 9, the cruise line will also launch a brand-new video series, 'Lens of a Local,' allowing guests to get an exclusive look into the immersive excursions that can be experienced from a local's perspective on an Azamara voyage.
"Our Country Intensive voyages have continually proven to be a guest favorite with increased bookings throughout 2022, so we are pleased to offer even more options for our guests to discover all these incredible European countries have to offer," says Carol Cabezas, President of Azamara. "With unique new ports and plenty of late stays and overnights, we encourage guests to explore each destination at their own pace and travel off the beaten path, and our new 'Lens of a Local' video series can help our guests get immersed even before they board the ship."
'Lens of a Local' is designed to 'Change the Way you Sea,' allowing travelers to dive even deeper into some of the destinations included in Azamara's 2024 European sailings. This exclusive series tells the stories of local artisans around the globe, providing unique insight into their traditions and crafts which Azamara guests can partake in through the cruise line's immersive shore excursions. The video series will inspire guests with unique shore experiences both prior to sailing and following their travels to relive the memories after returning home. 'Lens of a Local' will feature firsthand accounts from a gondolier in Venice, Greek dancers in Crete, and a perfumer in Florence, to name a few, and will debut on Azamara's social channels with the first three episodes to be released on September 9, September 23, and October 7.
2024 Europe Itineraries
Azamara's 2024 European itineraries will feature stops in unique ports including:
- Taranto, Italy: A maiden port for Azamara, this historic spot tucked away in the Puglia region is often referred to as the capital of the ancient Magna Grecia and is home to the Ilva steelworks, one of the largest in Europe.
- Hamburg, Germany: After many years of absence, Azamara returns to this seafaring hub is known as "the gateway to the world" and offers incredible entertainment at the famous Elbphilharmonie, stunning architecture, and bustling nightlife.
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Azamara has only visited this vibrant port once before and will return to offer travelers the opportunity to explore the city's multi-cultural cuisine, stunning Red Sea shores, one-of-a-kind coral reefs, and more.
- Trollfjord, Norway: Being the largest ships able to navigate this narrow fjord, Azamara's fleet offers the rare opportunity to visit this natural wonder, surrounded by steep-sided mountains and steeped in history. The unspoiled environment is a thriving habitat for various species of birds and sea animals.
- Edinburgh (Leith), Scotland: Azamara will visit Scotland's capital during the annual Military Tattoo, allowing travelers to witness this special series of military tattoos performed by British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and international military bands, and artistic performance teams on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle.
Specialty Golf Voyages
Azamara is also expanding the company's longtime exclusive partnership with leading provider of international golf tours, PerryGolf, to offer the most worldwide golf sailings yet, with over 15 departures available to book in 2024. Highlights include:
- Azamara Quest's 12-Night British Isles Intensive Golf Voyage & The 152nd Open at Royal Troon: Beginning in Dublin, Ireland and concluding in Edinburgh, Scotland, this itinerary is beautifully balanced with famous city experiences like Liverpool, Belfast, Glasgow and Dundee plus exceptional golf at world renowned and highly revered venues around the British Isles such as Carnoustie, Kingsbarns, Royal Dornoch, Royal County Down & Royal Portrush. Guests will also have the opportunity to attend the final two days of The 152nd Open at Royal Troon with PerryGolf.
- Azamara Pursuit's 12-Night South Africa Intensive Voyage: This Country Intensive voyage allows guests to see more of South Africa's vibrant ports, exotic safaris, golden beaches, and UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Guests have the option to play five rounds of golf at East London Golf Club, one of South Africa's favorite championship venues for decades; Pearl Valley, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Course set in the famous Franschhoek Wine region; and more.
- Azamara Journey's 16-Night New Zealand & Australia Voyage: Travelers will discover natural wonders, Indigenous cultures, and extraordinary wildlife on this journey from New Zealand to Australia, sailing through the spectacular Milford Sound. PerryGolf offers six rounds of golf at some of the most renowned courses in the region, including the #1 course in New Zealand, Cape Kidnappers, as well as the second oldest course in New Zealand, Christchurch Golf Club.
- Azamara Quest's 9-Night Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil Voyage: Beginning in beautiful Buenos Aires and concluding with an overnight in spirited Rio De Janeiro, this sailing includes a round of golf at the Olympic Golf Course in Rio, site of golf's 2016 return to the Olympic Games. Travelers can also add on a post-voyage land program to visit the awe-inspiring Iguazu Falls from both the Argentine and Brazilian sides.
Azamara guests can take advantage of the Early Booking Bonus with the 2024 European sailings. This recently debuted offer includes 20% off select 2024 European voyages, a $300 Onboard Credit, unlimited Wi-Fi for one device, and a Premium Beverage Package. For more information, please visit www.azamara.com.
About Azamara:
Azamara is an upmarket cruise line and leader in Destination Immersion® experiences. With a fleet of four intimate-style ships, Azamara Journey®, Azamara Quest®, Azamara Pursuit®, and its latest ship, Azamara Onward, the cruise line allows travelers to reach marquee ports around the world and dock in smaller, hidden gem destinations. Azamara aims to Change the Way You Sea, through its commitment to creating immersive experiences for guests through longer stays, more overnights and night touring for a deeper and more meaningful travel experience. Guests can experience an intimate hotel at sea with inclusive amenities such as gratuities, select beverages, cultural events and can take advantage of exclusive loyalty membership benefits through the Azamara Circle Program. For more information visit www.azamara.com.
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ConvergeOne, the preeminent services-led provider of cloud, collaboration and digital modernization solutions, today announced that it has once again achieved Cisco Gold Partner status. ConvergeOne has also achieved Cisco Powered Service designations in Cisco SD-WAN, Managed Business Communications, and Managed Unified Contact Center.
As a Cisco Gold Partner, ConvergeOne is committed to remaining one of Cisco's most strategic partners. ConvergeOne earned this distinction by possessing broad expertise across multiple disciplines and demonstrating a measurably high level of customer satisfaction in assisting customers with infrastructure and applications cloud modernization. By delivering purpose-built solutions, ConvergeOne helps customers manage risk and accelerate digital transformation with modern infrastructure that is flexible, dynamic and able to evolve with the needs of the business.
"ConvergeOne's innovation strategy centers around the needs of our customers. With our status as a Cisco Gold Partner with Cisco Powered Service designations, we develop the highest level of knowledge and skills required to implement transformational solutions that empower customers to achieve key business outcomes," said D. Robert Martin, President, Field Organization, ConvergeOne. "ConvergeOne differentiates and reimagines the future through proven, progressive and purposeful solutions that modernize IT, enabling businesses to adapt at pace in this rapidly changing world."
Cisco has continually awarded ConvergeOne for being a top partner to demonstrate innovation, business growth, alignment with Cisco's strategic priorities and commitment to Cisco. In 2021, ConvergeOne was recognized with five awards at the Cisco Partner Summit. Notably, ConvergeOne received the Global Award for Customer Experience Partner of the Year for rising to market shifts and demonstrating transformative thought leadership for customers transitioning to subscription and XaaS pricing models.
ConvergeOne shares Cisco's customer-centric values. With world-class Customer Success Centers (CSCs) that assist customers 24x7x365, ConvergeOne is always prepared to stand by customers and proactively resolve their issues. ConvergeOne's focus on customer success is further evidenced by its 2021 Net Promoter Score of 80, a score that is nearly double the industry average (as reported by ClearlyRated) and places ConvergeOne in the NPS "World Class" category for the fourth consecutive year.
For more than a decade, ConvergeOne has developed deep technical expertise across the entire Cisco portfolio, including Cloud Customer Experience, Cybersecurity, Data Center, Enterprise Networking, and Unified Communications. ConvergeOne is one of a very select group of partners that has proven its dedication to Cisco by achieving the highest level of distinctions, having been awarded the distinctions of Cisco Master Collaboration, Security, Data Center & Hybrid Cloud, and Advanced Customer Experience Specializations. With these Master and Advanced Specializations, ConvergeOne is recognized as a top-tier Cisco partner with the highest skill level and expertise in architectures across the entire Cisco portfolio.
ConvergeOne is a proven, services led cloud and applications solution provider that utilizes its intellectual property and unique methodologies to create value for customers and develop progressive solutions that connect people with purpose. Over 14,000 enterprise and mid-market customers trust ConvergeOne to achieve their business outcomes with cloud, collaboration, enterprise networking, data center and cybersecurity solutions. Our investments in cloud infrastructure and professional and managed services provide transformational opportunities for customers to achieve financial and operational benefits with leading technologies. Our 2021 NPS of 80, placing us in the World Class category for the fourth consecutive year, is a testament to our ability to provide customers with the highest level of customer satisfaction, responsiveness and expertise. ConvergeOne has partnerships with more than 300 global industry leaders, including Dell Technologies, AWS, Avaya, Cisco, IBM, Genesys, and Microsoft to customize specific business outcomes. We deliver solutions with a total lifecycle approach, including strategy, design and implementation with professional, managed and support services. ConvergeOne holds more than 5,600 technical certifications across hundreds of engineers throughout North America, including three Customer Success Centers. More information is available at convergeone.com.
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in technology that powers the Internet. Cisco inspires new possibilities by reimagining your applications, securing your enterprise, transforming your infrastructure, and empowering your teams for a global and inclusive future. Discover more on The Network and follow us on Twitter at @Cisco.
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(The Hill) – Former secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said she will not run for president again.
“No, no,” Clinton said when asked by CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell she would ever run for a second time.
“But I’m going to do everything I can to make sure that we have a president who respects our democracy and the rule of law and upholds our institutions,” Clinton continued.
Clinton said former President Trump would not fit in that category and that if he runs again “he should be soundly defeated.”
“It should start in the Republican Party,” Clinton said. “Grow a backbone, stand up to this guy.”
Trump, who defeated Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, has been teasing another run for president in 2024 and polls show he has a good shot of clinching the Republican nomination.
Clinton has said that she would endorse President Biden if he runs for reelection the same year — which has repeatedly said he plans to do — saying that he would be “the person most likely to win.”
“Joe Biden beat in a huge landslide victory in the popular vote Donald Trump. I think that says a lot,” Clinton said in a conversation with NBC News anchor Yamiche Alcindor in late June.
On CBS, Clinton shot down any comparisons between her use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state and the recent discovery of classified materials at Trump’s Florida home, saying the two situations are “really different” from one another.
“I think it’s a really different comparison to what’s going on here,” Clinton said of her own skirmish with the FBI compared with Trump’s current situation. “When it appears that the justice department and the FBI have been incredibly patient, quiet, careful, until they finally apparently thought that national security was at stake.” | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/hillary-clinton-says-she-will-never-run-for-president-again/ | 2022-09-07T14:55:37Z | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/hillary-clinton-says-she-will-never-run-for-president-again/ | false |
In the history of Inc. 5000, less than 1% of the companies have made the list 10 times
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the 10th consecutive year, Fingerpaint Group has landed on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America, marking a decade of sustained growth for the group. Less than 1% of companies have made the list 10 times in the history of its publication.
Knox Lane–backed Fingerpaint Group experienced a 200% increase in revenue over the past 3 years, earning it a spot at number 2,746 on the annual list and jumping nearly 300 spots from the previous year.
"Appearing on the Inc. 5000 list for the past decade is a testament to our commitment of strategically growing our best-in-class capabilities and proactively providing innovative solutions to healthcare's most challenging problems," said Bill McEllen, President of Fingerpaint Group. "It signifies our sustainable strength as a global powerhouse."
This recognition is one of many this year for the group and its companies. In January, it was recognized by Ad Age's Best Places to Work; in April, it was honored as a DE&I Champion by Med Ad News; and in June, it was named to MM+M's Top 100 Agencies list. It also took home accolades from globally recognized outlets such as the Creative Floor and Clio Health for its work in the healthcare industry.
The past 12 months have also been a time of growth for Fingerpaint Group and its commitment to refining and expanding not only its operational capabilities to meet the needs of its clients but also its employee benefits to match the expectations of its global workforce.
In December, Fingerpaint Group acquired MedThink, boosting its medical communications offering through the addition of MedThink Communications and MedThink SciCom, and it solidified its global footprint with the acquisition of a London-based data and analytics firm. Most recently, Fingerpaint acquired Emcay, expanding its multicultural capabilities, and it announced the creation of Fingerpaint Multicultural, a specialty offering focused solely on Pharmacultural® marketing and tapping into both companies' multicultural expertise.
As part of Fingerpaint Group's growth commitment to its people, the company rolled out a number of new programs this year, including Reset and Reconnect, a program aimed at supporting employees' mental health; a revamped manager's training program; and a comprehensive career progression program.
Results Measured in Humanity™.
We are an integrated collection of healthcare companies. Our creative solutions are fueled by the deep human and scientific insights that drive change. Informed by data and driven by innate curiosity and creativity, Fingerpaint Group solves the business and human challenges that hinder positive health experiences. We believe everything we do can help paint a healthy future.
Fingerpaint Group is composed of Fingerpaint, 1798, Leaderboard Branding, MedThink Communications, MedThink SciCom, Engage, and Fingerpaint Multicultural. Collectively, its companies have been named Agency of the Year 5 times; honored by the Lisbon International Health Festival, DTC National, D&AD, the Clio Awards, and the Webby, Telly, and Global Awards; acknowledged as a DE&I Champion; named Best Places to Work twice by Ad Age; and included on Inc. Magazine's list of the 5,000 Fastest-Growing Companies for 10 consecutive years. Visit Fingerpaint Group at www.fingerpaint.com.
Based in San Francisco, Knox Lane is a growth-oriented investment firm composed of a team of accomplished investors and operators with a shared work history and a strong track record of partnering with leading companies to accelerate transformational growth. Knox Lane employs an investor-operator mind-set and seeks to provide support across a number of business components, including human capital, brand management, end-to-end digital transformation, sourcing, supply chain and logistics, strategic acquisitions, and business development. For more information, please visit www.knoxlane.com.
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mmaskaly@fingerpaint.com
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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- First Docs, a physician-led, Greater Philadelphia -based internal medicine practice, is proud to announce its investment partnership with healthcare-focused private equity firm Webster Equity Partners, and its subsequent national expansion.
Before the transaction, First Docs predominately operated in the Eastern Pennsylvania and Central New Jersey, where it has been known for its high-quality services across multiple environments, including hospitals, primary care clinics, assisted living facilities, LTACHs, and SNFs. First Docs Founder and President, Dr. Sanjay Bhatia, shared his enthusiasm on the recent transaction, "I'm thrilled about the partnership, which enables us to further expand on a national level. An expanded footprint means we'll be able to positively impact and serve more patients across the continuum of care, thereby advancing our mission of providing high-quality internal medicine across a variety of healthcare settings."
First Docs, founded by Dr. Sanjay Bhatia, has been providing high-quality, personalized healthcare across both inpatient and outpatient settings since 2010. By introducing a 360 Community Medicine Care Model®, it has become the preferred internal medicine team for hospitals, LTACHs, SNFs, assisted living, independent living, and hospice and palliative care organizations. For additional information on First Docs, please visit: www.1stdocs.net
Founded in 2003, Webster Equity Partners is a private equity firm that partners with healthcare service companies with a focus on high-impact growth strategies based on delivering the highest quality care and exceptional service.
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German inflation relief package to amount to 13 bln euros in 2022
BERLIN, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Germany's relief package to help citizens and companies cope with soaring inflation will amount to 13 billion euros ($12.86 billion) this year, of which the federal government will contribute 12 billion, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.
With year-on-year inflation running at 7.9% in August, Berlin has been under pressure to provide further aid for consumers and businesses hit by a surge in energy prices.
Aid for 2023 will amount to around 42.5 billion euros, of which 24.6 billion euros will come from federal coffers, according to a ministry breakdown of the package, which was announced on Sunday.
A one-off payment of 300 euros for pensioners would eat up almost half of the promised relief for 2022, amounting to 6 billion euros, while energy-intensive firms would get a total of 3 billion euros over this year and next, the document showed.
Some 7.5 billion euros in 2022 and 2023 will go to reducing gas revenue taxes and 10.1 billion, the biggest part of the allocated funds, will be dedicated to inflation compensation.
A discounted public transport ticket, a successor to the widely popular 9 euro ticket offered this summer, will take 3 billion euros next year.
The ministry said the breakdown did not yet include the financial effects of postponing a CO2 price increase, an agreed electricity price cap or the dampening of rising network charges which would amount to over 10 billion euros.
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Billy Horschel finally made a U.S. team as one of six players added Wednesday to a stacked American team that will try to win the Presidents Cup for the ninth straight time.
Captain Davis Love III took two other newcomers to team competition with Max Homa, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour last season and Cameron Young, a 25-year-old who nearly won two majors as a rookie.
The other picks went to three-time major champion Jordan Spieth, two-time major champion Collin Morikawa and Kevin Kisner, who thrives in match play and contended at Quail Hollow in the 2017 PGA Championship.
The Presidents Cup is Sept. 22-25 at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina, and these matches would seem to be as lopsided as any since the event began in 1994 to give players from outside Europe a chance to play team competition like the Ryder Cup.
International captain Trevor Immelman filled out his 12-man team on Tuesday, picks that were delayed a week over uncertainty of who would leave the PGA Tour for Saudi-funded LIV Golf. Immelman lost four players who otherwise would have been on the team, including British Open champion Cameron Smith and Louis Oosthuizen.
Former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama of Japan is the highest-ranked player on the International team at No. 16.
The Americans counter with nine players from the top 15 in the world, and no one ranked lower than Kisner at No. 26.
“These guys, this is their 12-man team that has never played together before,” Love said. "So they want to win for this team. So I don’t think we have to do too much messaging or motivation. Certainly you don’t want to be on a losing team ever. And we know we are up against it.
“Trevor is going to have a team that’s got a chip on their shoulder and that’s motivated and wants to prove that they can still be competitive. We have to be careful. Certainly these guys are not going to take it lying down."
Horschel played in the Walker Cup when he was in college, renowned for his fiery matches with Rory McIlroy. But he never made it through qualifying or was picked for a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup, usually a case of bad timing.
He won the FedEx Cup in 2014 with a runner-up finish and two wins. But the two wins came after the captain's picks were decided. Horschel won the Dell Match Play a year ago but was outside the qualifying and was not selected as a Ryder Cup pick. He won the Memorial this year and finished 11th in the U.S. standings.
“I’ve been around Billy a lot over the years and I haven’t figured that out, how to rein him in. You ride his wave a little bit,” Love said. “He can certainly be over the top sometimes. But that’s what we want.”
Horschel is playing the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth this week, the European tour's flagship event that he won last year.
Homa won his first PGA Tour title at Quail Hollow in the Wells Fargo Championship and made no secret that getting on the Presidents Cup was a chief goal this year.
The leading six qualifiers were Masters champion and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, PGA champion Justin Thomas, Sam Burns and Tony Finau. Thomas won his first PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in 2017.
Love went down the standings for all the picks except Kisner, who finished behind Tom Hoge and J.T. Poston, both of whom won this year, neither of whom have played in a cup. Kisner went 2-0-2 in the 2017 Presidents Cup at Liberty National.
“Kevin, again, adds some veteran leadership, a guy in the team room that everybody loves having around is really, really easy to pair,” Love said.
Cantlay, Schauffele, Thomas and Finau are the only four players from the 2019 team at Royal Melbourne that rallied on the final day to beat the International team.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker may be getting closer to debating in the state's U.S. Senate race.
Warnock said Wednesday that he will participate in the debate Walker prefers if Walker agrees to another forum Warnock wants, the latest turn in a monthslong debate over debates.
Georgia's Senate race is one of the most closely watched in the country as Republicans try to wrest back control of Congress. Twin 2021 runoff victories by Warnock and Jon Ossoff gave Democrats control of the Senate thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote, but Warnock has to run again this November to win a full six-year term.
Walker refused to participate in debates during the Republican primary race, brushing off criticism from GOP rivals as he cruised to victory. But Walker also repeatedly proclaimed his eagerness to face off with Warnock in the fall. Warnock responded in June by challenging Walker to three debates, one each in Atlanta, Macon and Savannah.
Last month, Walker instead accepted an invitation to an Oct. 14 debate hosted by a different Savannah television station, WSAV-TV, owned by Nexstar Media Group. The contest would be shown on Nexstar and other stations across Georgia.
The Nexstar debate promised a live audience, which Walker said was key, and also said candidates would get the question topics in advance. Warnock on Wednesday said he would do the Nexstar debate if Walker would agree to forgo knowing the topics in advance, and launched a campaign ad criticizing Walker for dodging him.
“The job of a U.S. senator isn’t one where you know the topics ahead of time or get a cheat sheet, and Herschel Walker shouldn’t need one to find the courage to walk on a debate stage,” Warnock’s campaign manager, Quentin Fulks, said in a statement.
Warnock and Democrats have relentlessly attacked Walker as unqualified and untrustworthy after months of news stories questioning Walker's past.
But Warnock also said he wants Walker to accept either an Oct. 13 debate sponsored by Mercer University and local news organizations in Macon or the Atlanta Press Club debate to be aired statewide on Georgia Public Broadcasting on Oct. 16.
Walker, who has attacked Warnock for dodging his chosen forum, said Wednesday that he accepts not knowing the topics in advance, but did not immediately commit to a second debate.
"Let's lock down Savannah Oct. 14th, Senator," Walker tweeted. "I don't care what the topics are. It's a fair debate. Open to the public. Televised statewide. And it's not run by your donors. You in? Let's do this for the people."
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MIAMI — In her just over 20 months as a federal judge, Aileen M. Cannon worked mostly in obscurity, becoming nominated and appointed to her position during the height of the coronavirus pandemic and at the end of a turbulent presidency.
Then, last month, she was assigned the most prominent case of her short judicial career, involving the very person who put her on the bench: former President Donald Trump.
On Monday, Cannon granted Trump’s request to appoint an independent arbiter known as a special master to review materials seized last month from his private Florida club. The extraordinary and unusually broad decision, which could delay the criminal investigation into Trump, drew scrutiny from experts who questioned her legal reasoning and criticized some of the language in her opinion about what rights a former president is entitled to.
William Barr, who was attorney general under Trump, took exception to her ruling, saying that the judge did not adequately address a key issue in dispute: whether a former president may invoke executive privilege to keep the executive branch itself from reviewing documents while investigating a potential crime. He said the answer is no.
“The opinion, I think, was wrong,” Barr said on Fox News on Tuesday. “And I think the government should appeal it. It’s deeply flawed in a number of ways.”
Little is publicly known about Cannon, 41, whose name quickly became familiar after her ruling during the holiday weekend. She joined the conservative Federalist Society as a law student in 2005 and maintained her ties to the group as her career unfolded, a fact that she made public during her Senate confirmation hearings in 2020. But according to people involved in the group’s activities, she was not an especially visible presence.
At the time of her nomination, Cannon had been a lawyer for 12 years, the minimum threshold to meet the American Bar Association’s qualification standard. Most of her career was spent as a federal prosecutor, though she had limited trial experience because she focused on appellate work.
As a judge, she had not overseen cases that attracted much attention before she was assigned Trump’s high-profile lawsuit. She got the case after Trump avoided visiting the issue with the magistrate who approved the search of his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Many of her hearings in the Southern District of Florida were at first handled via Zoom. And she works out of a courthouse in Fort Pierce, which has its share of routine drug and immigration cases but is generally a far quieter part of the region than bustling Miami.
“It’s usually like walking into a mausoleum up there,” Donnie Murrell, a criminal defense lawyer in West Palm Beach, said of the federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, an imposing structure that opened in 2011. “You hear footsteps echoing when you walk.”
Valentin Rodriguez Jr., a defense lawyer based in West Palm Beach who worked opposite Cannon when she was a prosecutor and has appeared before her as a judge, said she was thorough, meticulous and often willing to rule against the government, as she did in Trump’s case.
“The general feeling that I’ve gotten from her is, ‘I don’t buy everything the government has to tell me,’” Rodriguez said. “You can’t expect that if you and the government have some sort of agreement, over sentencing or a plea, that that’s necessarily going to convince. In that sense, you could call her something of a freethinker.”
Cannon went to lengths to allow Trump’s legal team to clarify its argument after an initial filing that was too vague. During a hearing in the Trump case last week, she also seemed to help one of Trump’s lawyers remember that his client’s request for a special master included not only to review documents under attorney-client privilege but also to assess any that could be covered under executive privilege.
Aileen Mercedes Cannon was born in Cali, Colombia, but grew up in Miami along with an older sister. Her mother, Mercedes Cubas, fled Cuba as a young girl after the 1959 Communist revolution. The family of her father, Michael Cannon, hailed from Indiana.
In cliquish Miami, where high school connections can run deep, she graduated from Ransom Everglades, a private school on the shores of Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove. She swam, played water polo and was known as popular and studious.
“Aileen was always an incredibly dedicated and diligent student,” said Alejandro Miyar, a lawyer who worked for the Obama administration. He was one of 17 Ransom graduates who signed a letter in 2020 supporting Cannon’s nomination.
The letter described her as “personable and trustworthy, a genuinely caring person who treats others as she would want to be treated herself.”
“What more can we ask of another human being?” it read.
Cannon graduated from Duke University, spending a semester in Spain and a summer writing short feature articles for El Nuevo Herald, a daily Spanish-language newspaper, then graduated from the University of Michigan Law School.
In 2008, she married Josh Lorence, who is an executive for Bobby’s Burgers, the celebrity chef Bobby Flay’s fast-casual restaurant chain, according to his LinkedIn profile, which was no longer publicly viewable on Monday. He proposed while they were on vacation in Greece. They have two children and live in Vero Beach, along Florida’s Treasure Coast. Public records show that Cannon has registered as a Republican. In 2018, she and her husband each contributed $100 to Ron DeSantis’ campaign for governor.
Through his office, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., reached out to Cannon in 2019 about filling a judicial vacancy, she said in her questionnaire to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Howard Srebnick, a Miami lawyer who went to high school with Cannon, said she had all the necessary credentials to be a federal judge. She worked as a federal prosecutor, clerked for a conservative federal judge and spent time in a large law firm, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, in Washington, where she was known as a quiet presence who disliked attention.
“I don’t think anyone could say she’s professionally or intellectually unqualified,” Srebnick said.
He added that as a prosecutor he found Cannon to be polite and respectful of defense lawyers — a trait that not all prosecutors share.
“As a judge,” he said, “you may not agree with her decisions, but she is always respectful of the process.”
As a clerk, she worked for Judge Steven M. Colloton, who sits on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Iowa and was at one point on Trump’s list of possible Supreme Court nominees.
At her Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing in July 2020, Cannon appeared via Zoom, framed by an American flag and her academic degrees. She recounted how her mother fled Cuba at age 7 and said her maternal grandparents “were forced to leave everything they had.”
“They taught me always to be thankful for this country and to cherish our constitutional democracy,” she said.
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(NewsNation) — On the day when Uvalde students went back to class for the first time since 21 people died in a massacre at their school, several officers were referred to a state watchdog for possible discipline.
The Office of the Inspector General will investigate five responding officers, the state’s public safety department confirmed to NewsNation. They did not provide any names, but did note two are on paid leave.
The law enforcement response has been under scrutiny since the hours after the community and country learned what happened on the morning of May 24 at Robb Elementary School. Nineteen students and two adults died as a shooter entered two classrooms before barricading himself.
In the days after the attack, police claimed a locked door prevented them from entering, but subsequent investigation found that door was open. All told the shooter was in a classroom for almost an hour while police stood outside.
There were no survivors in the classroom, but critics say law enforcement might have been able to get victims to hospitals sooner if they’d entered the room quicker.
After the shooting, police leaders said the situation was treated like a barricaded subject instead of an active shooter. In July, a memo went out emphasizing that all school shootings should be treated as active threats.
“DPS Officers responding to an active shooter at a school will be authorized to overcome any delay to neutralizing an attacker. When a subject fires a weapon at a school he remains an active shooter until he is neutralized and is not to be treated as a ‘barricaded subject,’ Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw wrote in a memo to his staff in July.
For the students’ first day back Tuesday, 30 state officers patrolled the district’s buildings.
Former Uvalde School police Chief Pete Arredondo has faced calls for accountability after his lawyer defended the police’s response in a scathing letter to the school board on the evening they fired him. The lawyer argued Arredondo was entitled to due process as a public employee, but the school board terminated his employment anyway.
Arredondo was elected to Uvalde’s City Council before the shooting, but resigned in July after being sworn in during a secret proceeding.
State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who represents Uvalde’s district, criticized the state’s transparency in a statement Tuesday.
“We cannot stop here. True justice requires transparency, accountability, and a commitment to solutions. Greg Abbott and DPS need to fess up and take action to stop the plague of gun violence in our communities,” he wrote. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/5-uvalde-officers-referred-to-inspector-general/ | 2022-09-07T15:04:21Z | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/5-uvalde-officers-referred-to-inspector-general/ | false |
MIDLAND, Mich., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Place to Work® and Fortune magazine have honored Dow (NYSE: DOW) as one of the 2022 Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production™. Dow has ranked #4 in the large organization category, and this is the second consecutive year the company is being named to this prestigious list.
Great Place to Work® is the only company culture award in the U.S. that selects winners based on how fairly employees are treated. Companies are assessed on how well they are creating a great employee experience taking into consideration all aspects including race, gender, age, disability status, and job responsibilities.
"This award from Fortune and Great Place to Work® is a testimony to one of our core beliefs – that our greatest differentiator will always be the people of Team Dow," said Jim Fitterling, Dow chairman and CEO. "Our people come first, and we know that translates into us delivering the products and solutions that benefit all our stakeholders and help solve some of society's most pressing challenges."
Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture, selected the list using rigorous analytics and confidential employee feedback. Companies were only considered if they are a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization. The Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production award is based on analysis of survey responses from 57,000 current employees across the manufacturing and production industry in the U.S.
"Dow's global inclusion, diversity and equity strategy is integrated into the Company's DNA" said John Sampson, Dow senior vice president for Operations, Manufacturing & Engineering. "Thank you to our employees, who are the catalyst that has enabled us to deliver on our promises and achieve this recognition."
"These companies have adapted to the challenges of an ever-changing workplace by their commitment to inclusive, high-trust cultures where employees are treated as human beings first and foremost," says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work. "Congratulations to the Best Workplaces in Manufacturing and Production."
In 2021, Dow ranked #3 in Fortune Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production™. The Company was also named in 2022 to the "PEOPLE Companies that Care" list for the 3rd consecutive year.
Visit Dow's website for additional information on the Company's commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity and to explore Dow's 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance report.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth; asset integration and scale; focused innovation and materials science expertise; leading business positions; and environmental, social and governance (ESG) leadership to achieve profitable growth and deliver a sustainable future. The Company's ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world. Dow's portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated, science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Dow operates 104 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 35,700 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $55 billion in 2021. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on Twitter.
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Seattle Plastic Surgeon Dr. Javad Sajan Provides Seattle School Children With Needed School Supplies
SEATTLE, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Javad Sajan and the team at Allure Esthetic Plastic Surgery prepared and donated backpacks and school supplies to local children in need. With school starting and many families unable to afford necessary supplies, the team at Allure Esthetic purchased quality backpacks for schoolchildren from primary to high school age.
On Saturday, September 3rd, the families came to collect the backpacks and supplies at the Allure Esthetic office in Seattle. The kids picked out their backpacks full of the supplies needed for their grade level. Some of the supplies donated included mechanical pencils, white out, rulers, notebooks, and binders.
Each child received at least $60 worth of school supplies. The fundraiser and donations were organized by Dr. Sajan's 501c3 nonprofit, the Zera Foundation. Allure Esthetic is proud to work with the organization to serve and give back to the community. One of the families whose children received backpacks said, "We came here to pick up backpacks for our two kids, and it's a great help because we now don't have to incur these expenses. And the money we saved can go towards other family expenses."
Allure Esthetic and Dr. Sajan regularly participate in community service projects including volunteering at local food banks, donating to frontline workers during the pandemic, and providing needed supplies to local women's shelters. Dr. Sajan also offers pro bono surgery to domestic abuse survivors and transgender patients through the Zera Foundation. He and his team are thrilled to serve his patients and community in a way that will impact the lives and well-being of local schoolchildren.
About Dr. Javad Sajan: Dr. Javad Sajan is a plastic surgeon and medical director of Allure Esthetic Plastic Surgery. With years of surgical and non-surgical experience in the aesthetic field, patients travel from across the world for his expertise. The Zera Foundation focuses on serving underprivileged women and children around the world and the local Seattle area. Find Dr. Sajan, Allure Esthetic, and their community service efforts on Instagram @realdrseattle.
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Harry Brook will make his Test debut for England, replacing the injured Jonny Bairstow, in the decisive third match of the series against South Africa at The Oval.
Captain Ben Stokes confirmed on Wednesday that the right-hander comes into the team in place of his fellow Yorkshireman, who was ruled out for the third Test and the T20 World Cup by a freak injury suffered on the golf course.
Brook had an unsuccessful stint with Hobart Hurricanes during the English winter, scoring 44 runs in seven innings, but has prospered since in the West Indies and back on home soil.
"I'm really looking forward to going out and watching him play this week, but he's deserved his opportunity," Stokes told a news conference at The Oval.
"I think I mentioned a few weeks ago he will be someone who represents England in all three formats for a long time," he said of the 23-year-old, who made his international T20 debut on the tour of the West Indies in January.
"It's exciting to see him get his opportunity this week with the whites on," Stokes added.
Brook is averaging 107.44 with the bat for Yorkshire in the County Championship and scored 140 runs for England Lions against South Africa in their warm-up match at Canterbury.
"The way in which our middle order has been playing this summer, I feel as if Harry coming in, the way he goes about his game with the bat in his hand is pretty much a like-for-like replacement.
"He's always going to look to take the bowling on, take the positive option. It's obviously devastating to not have Jonny but I'm very excited we get a replacement with the skill Jonny possesses," said Stokes.
The Oval Test will decide the series which is tied at 1-1.
Meanwhile, South Africa might make several changes on Thursday for a match their captain, Dean Elgar, said would be a "World Cup final" for his country.
South Africa won the first Test by an innings and 12 runs but were then thrashed by an innings and 85 runs in the second.
"We are going into this Test is pretty much like a World Cup final for us. We're going to go in with a result in mind and we got to give our best effort for that," Elgar said.
He said the weather would dictate whether they played with an all-seam attack or with three quicks and two spinners, but predicted two or three changes to the line-up.
The visitors have already been forced to make at least one change after Rassie van der Dussen fractured a finger.
South Africa's poor performance in the second Test was unexpected considering the way they had dominated the hosts in the opening encounter at Lord's.
As South Africa's gamble to change of tactics at Old Trafford backfired spectacularly, a return to a four-man fast bowling attack looks likely.
"Manchester was one of those tough ones when we went with what we thought was best for the moment and for the side. Hopefully the right decision will be made (this time)," Elgar added.
The first two Tests were decided inside three days and Elgar predicted the last in the series would also be swiftly resolved, weather depending.
"There's definitely going to be a winner in this, there's no doubt about that because of the styles of cricket that both teams have been playing," he said. | https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/cricket/brook-handed-debut-for-injured-bairstow-c-8162200 | 2022-09-07T15:07:24Z | https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/cricket/brook-handed-debut-for-injured-bairstow-c-8162200 | true |
BALTIMORE, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Schochor & Staton, P.A., a leading medical malpractice firm with offices in Maryland and Washington D.C., is pleased to announce two new additions to its legal team: Patrick Terrence Gaffney and Joshua Kahn.
"At Schochor & Staton, P.A., we're dedicated to growing our firm with the best and brightest talent in the profession," said Jonathan Schochor, founding partner and Chairman of Schochor & Staton, P.A.
Patrick Terrence Gaffney is a seasoned catastrophic medical malpractice and medical device trial attorney. He has substantial trial experience involving birth injuries, anesthesia catastrophes, failure to diagnose cancer, orthopedic malpractice, complex hematology issues, surgical errors, nursing negligence and a myriad of other issues. Gaffney has more than two decades of experience in catastrophic medical malpractice, as well as drug development and FDA regulatory matters. Throughout his career, Gaffney has managed hundreds of medical malpractice cases. He also has considerable trial experience in product liability cases, involving pharmaceuticals and tobacco. Mr. Gaffney has also been named a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers. Gaffney is a graduate of John Carroll University and the Cleveland State University Marshall College of Law. Additionally, he holds a Certificate in Pharmacology from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and has worked as a critical care nurses' assistant.
Joshua Kahn specializes in tort law with an emphasis on cases involving catastrophic personal injuries. Prior to joining Schochor & Staton, P.A., Kahn practiced as a civil attorney for more than a decade, primarily at a preeminent Maryland law firm in downtown Baltimore, where he was elected partner in 2020. Kahn's former practice focused on representing clients in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. Additionally, he has been involved in mass tort litigation, class action and qui tam cases pending in state and federal courts in Maryland, D.C., and beyond. Each year since 2015, Kahn was recognized as a Maryland Super Lawyers "Rising Star." Kahn earned two undergraduate degrees from the University of Maryland in College Park, where he graduated cum laude. He graduated cum laude again from the University of Maryland School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review. Following law school, Kahn served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Lawrence F. Rodowsky and the Honorable Charles E. Moylan, Jr., who were specially assigned cases on Maryland's highest and intermediate appellate courts. Kahn is co-chair of the American Bar Association's Mass Torts Subcommittee on Multi-District Litigation and Class Procedures. He also serves on the Judicial Selections Committee of the Bar Association of Baltimore City and on the board of directors of Capital Camps.
Since 1984, Schochor & Staton, P.A. has built one of the largest Plaintiffs' medical malpractice firms in the area. It has been recognized nationally and regionally, with more than 80 awards and honors for the firm and its lawyers. The Firm's resources include a team of full-time medical investigators and professional relationships with hundreds of Board-Certified medical experts throughout the United States.
The Firm has filed more medical negligence cases than any other lawyer or law firm in Maryland and has led the largest Class-Action settlement in Maryland state history regarding a single perpetrator sexual abuse case. Additionally, the Firm established an important precedent mandating a health care provider's duty to advise patients of a positive HIV status prior to surgery so that a patient could choose a different surgeon free of the disease. As well, the Court established a cause of action allowing monetary compensation for reasonable fear of a disease without actually contracting it. That new Maryland precedent was subsequently adopted by other states as well.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lunavi, a top provider of business technology consulting and managed IT services, has gained Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance accreditation for customers in the State of Colorado across its hosted services including colocation data centers and private cloud platforms.
This independently certified compliance measure assures strict data security for law enforcement and similarly regulated government organizations whose technology services are hosted by Lunavi. After attaining accreditation in Colorado, additional certifications for clients in other states will be a simple process.
CJIS is a stringent and comprehensive cybersecurity standard. The Criminal Justice Information Services Division is the largest division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and provides a centralized source of criminal justice data to various government agencies and authorized third parties. Any entity engaging with sensitive information from the US Justice Department is required to adhere to CJIS policies for networking, data encryption, and remote access, among other criteria.
"Achieving CJIS compliance is another example of the lengths Lunavi will go to satisfy client requirements as they change over time," said Bob Heskett, Director of Security and Compliance at Lunavi. "In this case we had a SLED [State, Local, Education Industry] customer who was adding police and emergency response systems to a Lunavi private cloud. While we already offer strong security and compliance measures like HIPAA and SOC, we were happy to implement new audits, logging, and training to our existing access controls and incident response programs in order to meet CJIS standards."
CJIS compliance is centered on the principal of least privilege or a "need-to-know, right-to-know" standard. These access controls, combined with logs, data management tools, encryption, and systems monitoring, allow Lunavi to help clients achieve CJIS compliance within their hosted information systems and prepare for a federal audit.
"Information Security continues to grow in importance as phishing, malware, ransomware, and other attacks proliferate," said Cortney Thompson, CIO at Lunavi. "Government agencies are a prime target for attackers due to large quantities of personal data stored within IT systems. Lunavi is always seeking to improve our security standards, monitoring, and response methods. This CJIS compliance further cements our cybersecurity leadership and abilities."
About Lunavi
Lunavi, based in Cheyenne, WY, helps companies digitally transform their businesses and illuminate the path forward in IT modernization through the power of human ingenuity. Lunavi helps organizations in technology, energy, financial services, healthcare, education, government and others to develop business applications, solve traditional IT challenges, and extract ROI with comprehensive services in cloud migration, modern application development, and managed services. With locations throughout North America in Denver; Cheyenne, WY; Omaha, NE; Atlanta; Seattle, and Toronto, and its status as a Microsoft Azure Expert MSP, Lunavi delivers a remarkable customer experience to help navigate what's possible, what's next. Visit http://www.lunavi.com to learn more or follow on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
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New backing follows a surge in customer demand and triple revenue growth for 1H 2022
1,000+ companies and close to $1B annualized payment volume (TPV) flow through the Mesh platform
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mesh Payments, the insight-driven finance automation platform, today announced $60 million in new financing, bringing the total amount raised to $123 million. Alpha Wave leads the equity round with participation from existing investors, including Tiger Global, TLV Partners, Entreé Capital, and Meron Capital. The funding will enable Mesh to expand its GTM efforts and further accelerate product innovation as it captures a growing share of the $100T+ B2B payments market.
Mesh brings efficiencies and innovation to the entire CFO tech stack so companies can operate more nimbly against changing market conditions. The 1,000 mid-market companies using Mesh today are 5X more efficient, in aggregate, saving their finance teams, on average, three days a month. Mesh powers some of the world's fastest-growing brands, including Monday.com, Hippo Insurance, Sezzle, Riskified, and Snyk.
Amidst a surge in customer demand and a dramatic shift from companies hyper-focusing on growth to cutting spend and costs, Mesh continues to enhance its platform to help finance teams automate, control, and optimize their corporate spend — from travel and expense (T&E) to SaaS subscriptions. Powerful integrations, including the category's most robust integration with NetSuite, bring additional efficiencies and reduce time spent on manual data entry and work.
"Since day one, Mesh has focused on giving CFOs the automation and insights they need to more effectively manage their day-to-day operations," said Oded Zehavi, co-founder & CEO, Mesh Payments. "And as companies operationalize distributed and remote workforce models, holistic visibility over company spend is even more critical. The confidence in Mesh from investors and customers, even in a turbulent market, reinforces that our finance automation platform is what companies want to help them navigate a cost-cutting environment.
"The best CFOs are looking to get the most out of every dollar and hour, particularly during times of economic turbulence. With its strategic partnerships and best-in-class finance automation platform, Mesh Payment delivers exceptional value to its customers," said Rick Gerson, co-founder chairman, and chief investment officer, Alpha Wave Global. "Mesh Payments represents the type of innovative, customer-focused company that we look for, that gives customers a clear and lasting benefit. The number of companies that are open to finding new and better ways to spend less and save more is pretty large and the Mesh team brings a best-in-class solution that is continually improving."
Mesh makes legacy corporate cards obsolete with its insight-driven automation platform that gives finance managers more granular control and leverage over their corporate spend. A focus on contextual payment models — including SaaS subscription management and other models to innovations including the industry's only numberless VISA physical card that syncs with virtual cards for added flexibility and control — are key differentiators that appeal to busy finance teams. Mesh continues to disrupt the CFO tech stack by bringing innovation and automation to every corner of finance operations to free up finance teams to focus on better managing day-to-day financial operations
Earlier this year, Mesh announced a strategic partnership with global payroll provider Papaya Global to remove friction from employee expense management. Mesh is set to announce additional strategic partnerships with global payments infrastructure providers in the near future.
For more information, visit www.meshpayments.com or follow on LinkedIn.
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ATLANTA, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will hold an Investor and Financial Analyst Conference on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at its Headquarters, 650 West Peachtree St., in Atlanta, GA.
Norfolk Southern's executive leadership team, including President and Chief Executive Officer Alan H. Shaw, will present an overview of the company's strategic plan and objectives, as well as updates on operational and commercial initiatives. Invitations will be sent for the in-person event, but all interested investors may participate via a live webcast. The event will begin at 10:00 a.m. ET.
A recording of the webcast and presentation materials will be posted on the company's website at www.norfolksouthern.com under the Investors section.
About Norfolk Southern
Since 1827, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today, it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight transportation network. Committed to furthering sustainability, Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid 15 million tons of yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail. Its dedicated team members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from agriculture to consumer goods, and is the largest rail shipper of auto products and metals in North America. Norfolk Southern also has the most extensive intermodal network in the eastern U.S., serving a majority of the country's population and manufacturing base, with connections to every major container port on the Atlantic coast as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. Learn more by visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com.
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Pitt stays at No. 17 in AP poll following week one
September 6, 2022
The Associated Press once again ranked Pitt at No. 17 following their week-one victory against West Virginia. The USA Today coaches poll viewed the Panthers more favorably following their performance, bumping them up two spots to No. 14.
Pitt’s No. 17 ranking in this season’s first AP poll was its highest pre-season ranking since 2010, and the Panther’s haven’t been ranked going into week two since 2003.
The Panthers rank lower than both No. 5 Clemson and No. 15 Miami in this week’s AP rankings, but NC State’s performance against East Carolina bumped them down five spots to No. 18. Wake Forest was once again the lowest of the five ranked ACC teams, coming in at No. 23.
The Panthers will face their first ranked opponent of the year on Saturday against No. 24 Tennessee. The Volunteers came into the season unranked, but a strong offensive showing against Ball State bumped them up into this week’s rankings. The game starts at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 10 at Acrisure Stadium and will air on ABC. | https://pittnews.com/article/174696/top-stories/pitt-stays-at-no-17-in-ap-poll-following-week-one/ | 2022-09-07T15:13:46Z | https://pittnews.com/article/174696/top-stories/pitt-stays-at-no-17-in-ap-poll-following-week-one/ | true |
Cinessance expands its curated library of classic and modern movies to French cinema fans with one new movie every day until the end of the year.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- One New French Movie per Day on the Platform For French Movie Fans.
With 13 million French speakers in North America, 10 million US residents who claim French ancestry and half a million French expats in the region, Cinessance solves a problem — the lack of easy access to French films — and offers the added benefit of eliminating streaming fatigue via a curated library. Cinessance aims to introduce and deepen appreciation of French culture through film.
While large streaming platforms have seen their subscriber growth stall or even decline since the beginning of the year, niche platforms with a focus on quality, curated content have accelerated their growth. Building on that success, Cinessance's Founder Clément Monnet announced today the addition of 85+ new French movies and documentaries to Cinessance's library.
"Launching last year with the most established French studios, like TF1 Studio, StudioCanal and EuropaCorp has paved the way for our content expansion strategy. Today, I'm delighted we've been able to add Distrib Film US to our list of trusted partners for movie distribution. It reinforces the attractiveness of Cinessance's offering in North America," said Monnet.
Cinessance is currently the only place in the US where you'll be able to stream Papicha (2019) (César Award for Best First Feature Film 2020, "Un Certain Regard" Cannes Selection 2019), Billy & Buddy (2013) (a children's classic, with hilarious duo Marina Fois & Franck Dubosc), On the Way to School (2013) (a documentary following four students from around the world)), and Conviction (2018) (a story of a mysterious disappearance sure to delight True Crime fans).
Famous French actors Jean Dujardin and Vincent Cassel will also be featured in the next batch of Cinessance releases, with the former starring in the comedic espionage series OSS117 (2006, 2009) and the latter in the based-on-a-true-story gangster film Mesrine (2008).
In addition to a growing catalog, Cinessance has expanded its partner network to include lesson plans for select movies. By providing these tools to schools and organizations who teach French language, Cinessance aims to educate audiences about French cinema, and about French culture in general.
Cinessance is the French cinema streaming platform for a global audience, making French cinema accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Subtitles EN/FR. Available on web, mobile, TV mirroring apps. Currently building apps for ISPs and smartTVs. Monthly pass starting at $6.99/mo. Free 15-day trial.
For more information, please visit www.cinessance.com or contact press@cinessance.com
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Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, built during the Soviet era and one of the 10 biggest in the world, has been engulfed by fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops in recent weeks, fueling concerns of a nuclear catastrophe.
Here is a look at the current situation:
WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW
The plant has six reactors, only one of which was operational as of Saturday.
The shelling so far hasn’t damaged the plant’s reactors or spent nuclear fuel storage, but has repeatedly struck some auxiliary equipment.
On Monday, the plant was knocked off Ukraine’s electricity grid after its last transmission line was disconnected because of a fire caused by shelling.
Pending repairs, the plant’s only operational reactor was generating the power the plant needs for its own safety in so-called “island mode.”
Two inspectors from the U.N.’s atomic watchdog have remained at the plant following a visit by a larger team last week.
WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL THREATS
Fighting near the plant has fueled fears of a disaster like the one at Chernobyl, where a reactor exploded and spewed deadly radiation, contaminating a vast area in the world’s worst nuclear accident.
Nuclear experts say while the buildings housing Zaporizhzhia’s reactors are protected by reinforced concrete that could withstand an errant shell or rocket, a disruption in the electrical supply could knock out cooling systems essential for the reactors’ safety. Emergency diesel generators can be unreliable.
“If power is lost in the fog of war, then we are in unchartered territory,” says Paul Dorfman, a nuclear safety expert at the University of Sussex in England.
WHAT IS “ISLAND MODE”
Functioning in “island mode” supplies power for the residual heat removal of the reactor cores and the spent fuel pools.
Experts say it is very unreliable.
Mycle Schneider, an independent policy consultant and coordinator of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report, said if the diesel generators fail, a core meltdown could occur within hours.
If the reactor is already turned off, the risk depends on the time since shutdown. The less time has passed, the more cooling is required, said Schneider.
While the pool containing Zaphorizhzha’s spent fuel is located inside the plant’s containment area, a serious reactor accident would likely affect the pool as well.
“Irradiated fuel overheats and catches fire spontaneously if it exposed to air and not cooled anymore,” said Schneider.
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Business Expanding in North America to Continue Supporting Customer Needs
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterprise Truck Rental is celebrating a significant milestone of 500 branches across North America — with 60 locations opened in the past year alone — reaffirming that more clients than ever trust Enterprise for their truck rental needs.
Opening at least one branch weekly for 60 consecutive weeks, Enterprise Truck Rental continues to expand its footprint to meet rising demand for seasonal, project-based and e-commerce delivery rentals, as well as vehicles for personal truck rental needs. The business manages a versatile fleet of trucks and vans to support key industries such as moving and storage, final mile, construction and telecommunications, among others.
"Despite nationwide supply chain shortages and other challenges across the industry, our truck business has seen a strong uptick in demand throughout the global pandemic — largely driven by the rise of online shopping and home delivery services," said Mike Pugh, Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Truck Rental. "We're proud to expand access to our truck rental services throughout North America to best serve our customers' needs."
Enterprise Truck Rental's growth is expected to continue across North America. The openings are part of a broader commitment to provide short- and long-term transportation solutions when and where customers need them.
From its beginnings in 1999 in Southern California, Enterprise Truck Rental quickly expanded to 100 locations by 2007. Since then, the business has grown its location count by 400% with 500 branches throughout the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. Each Truck Rental branch is staffed by local professionals specializing in commercial truck rentals.
Enterprise Truck Rental's journey toward 500 branch locations resulted in three concurrent openings in Greenville, North Carolina; Newark, New Jersey; and Rogers, Arkansas. The sites were strategically selected to meet rising customer demand in each region. The branches offer a wide range of cargo vans, box trucks and tow-capable pickup trucks.
"There was actually a three-way tie for Enterprise Truck Rental's 500th location, which speaks to our fast-paced growth over the past two years," said Mike Pugh. "Our business is scaling fast — and our expert teams have done a great job with managing the demand while continuing to provide flexible, efficient and reliable transportation solutions to our customers."
A service of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Enterprise Truck Rental provides the same renowned, high level of service as its flagship brand. Enterprise has delivered convenient, local transportation solutions to customers for more than 65 years and is an integral part of the multi-modal transportation infrastructure.
Enterprise Truck Rental is a service of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car brand, which is owned by Enterprise Holdings, the largest car rental company in the world. With locations across North America, the division offers a range of trucks, cargo vans and tow-capable pickup trucks. Enterprise's legacy of superior customer service has contributed to Enterprise Truck Rental's growth over the past few years, specifically in the commercial segment. All Enterprise Truck Rental customers receive the Enterprise brand's renowned high level of service, including free pickup and 24-hour roadside assistance. The business also rents its commercial-grade trucks to consumers for personal use. In addition, Enterprise sells well maintained and low-mileage used medium-duty commercial trucks. For more information, please visit www.enterprisetrucks.com.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico state district court judge on Tuesday disqualified county commissioner and Cowboys for Trump cofounder Couy Griffin from holding public office for engaging in insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The judgment from state District Court Judge Francis Mathew permanently bars Griffin from federal and local public office. It arrived amid a spate of lawsuits aimed at sidelining political candidates and elected officials linked to the Capitol riots.
Griffin was previously convicted in federal court of a misdemeanor for entering Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, without going inside the building. He was sentenced to 14 days and given credit for time served.
The new ruling immediately removes Griffin from his position as a commissioner in Otero County in southern New Mexico. He also is barred from serving as a presidential elector.
“Mr. Griffin aided the insurrection even though he did not personally engage in violence,” Mathew wrote. “By joining the mob and trespassing on restricted Capitol grounds, Mr. Griffin contributed to delaying Congress’s election-certification proceedings.”
Griffin said he was notified of his removal from office by Otero County staff, who prevented him from accessing his work computer and office space at a county building in Alamogordo.
Griffin, who served as his own legal counsel at a two-day bench trial in August, called the ruling a “total disgrace” that disenfranchises his constituents in Otero County.
“The actions that are being taken are, I believe, perfect evidence of the tyranny that we’re right now living under,” Griffin said. “The left continues to speak about democracy being under attack, but is this democracy? Whenever you’re removed from office by the civil courts by the opinion of a liberal judge.”
A flurry of similar lawsuits around the country are seeking to punish politicians who took part in Jan. 6 under provisions of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which holds that anyone who has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution can be barred from office for engaging in insurrection or rebellion.
The provisions were put in place shortly after the Civil War.
“It was written to deal with former Confederates … and it’s basically been dormant ever since with one or two odd exceptions,” said Gerard Magliocca, a professor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. “There was nothing else that could be described as an insurrection against the Constitution until Jan. 6.”
At trial, Griffin invoked free speech guarantees in his defense and argued that removing him from office would cut against the will of the people and set a “dangerous precedent.” Elected in 2018, Griffin withstood a recall vote last year but isn’t running for reelection or other office in November.
Mathew wrote that Griffin’s arguments “disregard that the Constitution itself reflects the will of the people.”
Griffin “overlooks that his own insurrectionary conduct on January 6 sought to subvert the results of a free and fair election, which would have disenfranchised millions of voters.”
The lawsuit against Griffin was brought by three plaintiffs in New Mexico with assistance from the Washington-based Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Supportive briefs were filed by the NAACP and progressive watchdog group Common Cause. A federal court declined a recent request to take up the case.
Tuesday’s judgment is “a historic win for accountability for the January 6th insurrection and the efforts to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power in the United States,” Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics President Noah Bookbinder said in a statement.
Griffin, a Republican, forged a group of rodeo acquaintances in 2019 into the promotional group called Cowboys for Trump that staged horseback parades to spread President Donald Trump’s conservative message about gun rights, immigration controls and abortion restrictions.
This year, Griffin voted twice as a county commissioner against certifying New Mexico’s June 7 primary election, in a standoff over election integrity fueled by conspiracy theories about the security of voting equipment in the Republican-dominated county.
Two other commissioners eventually agreed to certify, but Griffin cast the lone dissenting vote while acknowledging that he had no specific basis for questioning the results of the election — attributing his decision to “my gut feeling and my own intuition.”
Griffin is among a dozen people charged in the Jan. 6 riot that had either held public office or ran for a government leadership post in the two and a half years before the attack. Of those, seven have been convicted of crimes for their participation.
Unlike Griffin, the members of Congress targeted for disqualification were neither charged nor convicted of crimes associated with the Capitol riot.
In Georgia, a federal judge allowed a 14th Amendment challenge against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green to advance, but a state administrative law judge found there wasn’t sufficient evidence to back voters’ claims that she had engaged in insurrection, and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Greene was qualified to run.
Greene won her primary, and the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the decision last week to leave her on the ballot. The federal appeal is pending.
In North Carolina, a federal judge blocked the state elections board from formally examining whether U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who spoke at the rally that preceded the riot, should remain on the state’s May 17 primary ballot.
Cawthorn narrowly lost that election, and later in May a federal appeals court reversed the lower court decision. The panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the trial judge got it wrong when he ruled that an 1872 law that removed office-holding disqualifications from most ex-Confederates also exempted current members of Congress like Cawthorn. The lawsuit was ultimately dismissed as moot because Cawthorn isn’t on the November ballot.
Arizona state courts have kept U.S. Reps. Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs and a state legislator on the ballot amid efforts to disqualify them. A judge agreed in April with the lawmakers that Congress created no enforcement mechanism for the 14th Amendment, barring a criminal conviction.
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Gary D. Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina, Mark Sherman in Washington, and Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix contributed to this report.
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Billy Horschel finally made a U.S. team as one of six players added Wednesday to a stacked American team that will try to win the Presidents Cup for the ninth straight time.
The other picks went to three-time major champion Jordan Spieth, two-time major champion Collin Morikawa and Kevin Kisner, who thrives in match play and contended at Quail Hollow in the 2017 PGA Championship.
The Presidents Cup is Sept. 22-25 at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina, and these matches would seem to be as lopsided as any since the event began in 1994 to give players from outside Europe a chance to play team competition like the Ryder Cup.
International captain Trevor Immelman filled out his 12-man team on Tuesday, picks that were delayed a week over uncertainty of who would leave the PGA Tour for Saudi-funded LIV Golf. Immelman lost four players who otherwise would have been on the team, including British Open champion Cameron Smith and Louis Oosthuizen.
Former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama of Japan is the highest-ranked player on the International team at No. 16.
The Americans counter with nine players from the top 15 in the world, and no one ranked lower than Kisner at No. 26.
“These guys, this is their 12-man team that has never played together before,” Love said. “So they want to win for this team. So I don’t think we have to do too much messaging or motivation. Certainly you don’t want to be on a losing team ever. And we know we are up against it.
“Trevor is going to have a team that’s got a chip on their shoulder and that’s motivated and wants to prove that they can still be competitive. We have to be careful. Certainly these guys are not going to take it lying down.”
Horschel played in the Walker Cup when he was in college, renowned for his fiery matches with Rory McIlroy. But he never made it through qualifying or was picked for a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup, usually a case of bad timing.
He won the FedEx Cup in 2014 with a runner-up finish and two wins. But the two wins came after the captain’s picks were decided. Horschel won the Dell Match Play a year ago but was outside the qualifying and was not selected as a Ryder Cup pick. He won the Memorial this year and finished 11th in the U.S. standings.
“I’ve been around Billy a lot over the years and I haven’t figured that out, how to rein him in. You ride his wave a little bit,” Love said. “He can certainly be over the top sometimes. But that’s what we want.”
Horschel is playing the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth this week, the European tour’s flagship event that he won last year.
Homa won his first PGA Tour title at Quail Hollow in the Wells Fargo Championship and made no secret that getting on the Presidents Cup was a chief goal this year.
The leading six qualifiers were Masters champion and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, PGA champion Justin Thomas, Sam Burns and Tony Finau. Thomas won his first PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in 2017.
Love went down the standings for all the picks except Kisner, who finished behind Tom Hoge and J.T. Poston, both of whom won this year, neither of whom have played in a cup. Kisner went 2-0-2 in the 2017 Presidents Cup at Liberty National.
“Kevin, again, adds some veteran leadership, a guy in the team room that everybody loves having around is really, really easy to pair,” Love said.
Cantlay, Schauffele, Thomas and Finau are the only four players from the 2019 team at Royal Melbourne that rallied on the final day to beat the International team.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russia resumed shelling in the vicinity of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, a local official said Wednesday, a day after the U.N. atomic watchdog agency pressed for the warring sides to carve out a safe zone there to protect against a possible catastrophe.
The city of Nikopol, located on the opposite bank of the Dnieper River from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, was fired on with rockets and heavy artillery, regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko said.
The reports of nearby shelling, which couldn't be independently verified, have caused international alarm. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, warned the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that “something very, very catastrophic could take place” at Zaporizhzhia.
“There are fires, blackouts and other things at the (plant) that force us to prepare the local population for the consequences of the nuclear danger,” Reznichenko said.
The potential peril led the U.N. atomic watchdog agency to urge Russia and Ukraine to establish a “nuclear safety and security protection zone” around the plant.
There are fears the fighting could trigger a catastrophe on the scale of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. The plant was built during the Soviet era and is one of the 10 biggest in the world.
Neither Moscow nor Kiev officials would immediately commit to the idea of a safety zone, saying more details of the proposal were needed.
The plant is currently generating electricity only to power its safety systems, a senior Ukrainian official said.
Any further disruption could force the plant to use a back-up diesel generator, but that would entail bringing four diesel transport trucks a day through the fighting, said Oleh Korikov, acting Chief State Inspector for the Nuclear and Radiation Safety of Ukraine.
“We could potentially be in a situation where we run out of diesel,” he said. “And this can lead to an accident with damage to the active zone of the reactors, and, accordingly, the release of radioactive products into the environment.”
Authorities could consider shutting down the plant, he said, without offering details about how that would work.
Russian President Vladimir Putin defied pressure to halt the war, saying Wednesday that Moscow will forge ahead with its military offensive in Ukraine until it achieves its goals. He also mocked Western attempts to stop Russia with sanctions.
The eastern city of Sloviansk came under Russian fire on Wednesday morning, damaging a school and another building, according to the head of the city administration Vadym Lyakh.
Firefighters in the city dug deep into the still-smoldering rubble of an apartment building and removed at least one body bag.
Chunks of bricks, masonry and concrete lay among the torn branches of nearby trees, mixed with broken glass and roof tiles. Metal doors, buckled by the force of the blast, hung off their hinges.
The strike came at around 4 a.m., said local resident Raisa Smelkova, 75, who lives in another part of the building. She and her husband were unhurt.
Smelkova and her husband lived through the previous war in Ukraine in 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimea region. But this time, she said, things are much worse.
“What is happening now is not just scary, it’s gruesome,” she said. “There is more destruction. Everything is worse. Just everything.”
Three civilians were killed in Russian shelling in the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian presidential office said. Kharkiv city was hit by rockets twice during the night.
But Ukrainian forces have taken control of an unspecified number of towns in the Kherson region, according to Nataliya Humenyuk, a spokesperson for the southern military command. She said details would come later from the military leadership.
The U.K. defense ministry said there had been heavy fighting on three fronts: in the north, near Kharkiv; in the east in the Donbas; and in the south in Kherson Oblast.
Amid a Ukrainian counterattack in the east, “multiple concurrent threats spread across 500 kilometers (310 miles) will test Russia’s ability to coordinate operational design and reallocate resources across multiple groupings of forces,” the ministry said Wednesday.
The Russian military held large-scale military drills that began last week and ended Wednesday in the country’s east that involved forces from China. It was seen as another show of increasingly close ties between Moscow and Beijing amid tensions with the West over the military action in Ukraine.
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Elena Becatoros in Sloviansk contributed to this report. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/nation-world/shelling-resumes-nuclear-plant-ukraine/507-39308278-6fdd-400a-92d4-0391fe37f550 | 2022-09-07T15:22:32Z | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/nation-world/shelling-resumes-nuclear-plant-ukraine/507-39308278-6fdd-400a-92d4-0391fe37f550 | true |
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The countdown is on for the climax of the IMC 2022 Championship, which takes place this Saturday, 10th September at Kirkistown Motor Racing Circuit.
With only three of the championship titles decided it’s all to play for and the chase will run to the final flag.
In the Dualways supported BamBam Class, Joel Haire leads from Max Robinson’s eight point deficit. Paige Mullen will be hopeful of holding onto her six point lead from Boyd Knipe for the final podium position.
Buster Sherman-Boyd has retained the Road Racing Ireland supported Junior Gearbox Class, while Max Robinson looks sure to clinch second. The fight for third, however, is a much closer affair, with just two points separating Joel Haire and Fionn Stephens.
In the Misano Moto Imports UK supported Junior Mini GP Class, Jack Burrows looks set to seal the Championship given his 25 point lead over Lewis Mullen. While the lads are very much on a level playing field, Lewis’s obligations to the FIM Ireland Series proved costly. Buster Sherman-Boyd finds himself in a secure third, an advance from his 2021 fifth place.
Within the Mini GP Class is the additional award of the original Neil Robinson Memorial Trophy, kindly offered up to the ‘Stars of Tomorrow’ by custodian Trevor Armstrong. Given the prestige and history such an award carries, we can be sure the front runners, separated by a mere four points, will be vying for the honour.
Lewis Mullen is hopeful of making it a double celebration by claiming the title of the EPG Machinery supported Junior Elite 4-stroke Class. Lewis heads into the weekend with an 11-point lead over Matt Davidson, who, in turn, holds the same lead over 2022 IMC- Dualways Scholar Cody Miskelly.
The Eurol Lubricants Ireland supported Senior Stock 140cc Class is decided – Ruben Sherman-Boyd the Champion from Luke Johnston and James Thompson.
In the Martha Beatty supported Senior Stock 140cc Group 2 Class, current leader Joe Quinn holds a 21-point lead over newcomers Nathan Babb and Brian McGeough. Just 10 points separate youngster Mark Carey from Luke Johnston in the David Beatty supported Senior Open Class, while Mark’s older brother, Adam, occupies third.
James Thompson and Nathan Ingram - each of them a winner throughout the season - sit on equal points in fourth. Kelan Smith has sewn up the Temple Tree Services supported Stock Vets Class with an impressive seven out of nine overall wins. Last year's champion Eoin Smith has secured secnd from Michael Murphy whose consistency reaped the reward.
As well as the 2022 titles, riders have battled throughout the season for the additional accolade in the form of prestigious historical trophies bestowed upon the championship. In addition to the Neil Robinson Memorial mentioned above, the championship was entrusted with the Gene McDonnell Trophy (winner of the Senior Open), the Mago Racing Perpetual Cup (highest scoring 2-stroke competitor), the Jim Farlow Perpetual Cup (best Senior Stock competitor across all three stock classes – Group 1, 2 and Vets), and the Tudor Rose Shield provided by Anne Forsythe in support of our growing female fraternity. Quite an honour to us all.
Practice and qualifying will commence at 10am with racing from 12.30pm approx. | https://www.colerainechronicle.co.uk/motor-sports/2022/09/07/news/the-2022-imc-final-showdown-this-saturday-30494/ | 2022-09-07T15:23:37Z | https://www.colerainechronicle.co.uk/motor-sports/2022/09/07/news/the-2022-imc-final-showdown-this-saturday-30494/ | true |
WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, September 7, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
951 AM CDT Wed Sep 7 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SMITH AND NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
At 953 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mount Selman,
or 8 miles north of Jacksonville, moving southwest at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. This storm has a history of producing wind
damage near Bullard.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Tyler, Jacksonville, Whitehouse, Bullard, Troup, Mount Selman, Mixon,
Reese, New Chapel Hill, Cuney and Teaselville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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Did you see it? Arizonans report seeing row of lights in sky
PHOENIX - Residents across the Phoenix metropolitan area woke up to an interesting spectacle early Wednesday morning after a row of lights were seen drifting across the Arizona sky.
The lights were witnessed in areas like Ahwatukee, Chandler and west Phoenix.
Luckily, there's an explanation - SpaceX's Starlink satellites are in orbit and could be seen over the Phoenix area at around 5 a.m. this morning, according to satellite tracker FindStarlink.com.
Arizonans have reported seeing Starlink satellites several times before. The technology is meant to bring "high-speed, low-latency internet to users all over the world," according to the SpaceX website.
Thousands of the satellites are currently in orbit.
Phoenix residents will get another chance to see the lights in action at around 7:49 p.m. on Sept. 8.
Astronomers express concerns over Starlink satellites
The technology can provide much-needed internet access in rural areas, but it comes with a dilemma: the satellites are so bright and so numerous, astronomers worry about the future of the night sky.
For many astronomers, a photo taken by Victoria Girgis a few years ago that showed dots moving across the sky was a wakeup call that "satellite constellations" could be a problem.
Jeff Hall, director of Lowell Observatory, said "everyone was caught off guard at how bright the satellites were. Including SpaceX, they were a little taken aback, too, at just how bright they were."
Once the satellites reach their final orbit, they’re just at the edge of human vision, "but for a major research telescope that is blindingly bright, even a smallish research telescope," Hall said.
This is the dilemma: how do you get desperately needed internet to rural areas while protecting the night sky?
SpaceX is trying to darken their satellites, and Amazon will put its constellation in a low orbit to keep it out of sunlight for most of the night. These are voluntary actions by the companies, not mandated.
John Barentine of the International Dark Sky Association said there aren’t many rules to regulate space.
"The core of this policy is from a time when the concern was who was going to get to the moon first, was it going to be the US or the Soviets?," said Barentine, referring to the Outer Space Treaty signed in 1967 when only a few dozen satellites had been successfully launched into orbit.
The growing numbers of satellites, Barentine said, is "putting pressure on this need to more clearly define the roles and responsibilities with respect to managing that sense of orbital space as this commons that belongs to all of us."
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/did-you-see-it-arizonans-report-seeing-row-of-lights-in-sky | 2022-09-07T15:24:09Z | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/did-you-see-it-arizonans-report-seeing-row-of-lights-in-sky | true |
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Cricut calls the Cricut Explore Air 2 “the original dream machine” — and if you’re at all creative, you’ll probably agree. Basically a smart electronic cutting machine, a Cricut is a great tool for crafting, whether you’re looking to create personalized labels, T-shirts with iron-on-transfers or cool-looking home decor. It’s a much more versatile machine than you might realize.
The possibilities with a Cricut seem endless for homes, classrooms and businesses. Parents can use them to create Halloween costumes and crib mobiles while teachers can design interactive learning boards for their students. Some use them to repurpose empty jars and other household items, or create products that they then sell on places like Etsy.
If you are in the market for a new Cricut machine or want to dabble in your own DIY crafts, you can get one on Amazon today.
Cricut Explore Air 2
Currently ranked as Amazon’s Choice in Scrapbooking Die-Cut Machines, the neat and compact Cricut Explore Air 2 is available for $199. This popular device lets you tackle all kinds of DIY projects. Cut over 100 materials, including thick leather, using four tools for cutting, writing and scoring.
The Cricut Explore Air 2 comes with a trial subscription to the app Design Space, which pairs with the machine through wireless Bluetooth connectivity. It features an image library and ideas from community members and lets you create your own custom designs. You’ll also get the brand’s Premium Fine-Point Blade to be used in the machine, a fine point black pen, a light-grip machine map, a welcome book, USB cable, power adapter and 50 ready-to-make projects.
You’ll also want to get some additional items so you can get started with your Cricut machine right away. Accessories like a bonded-fabric blade, foil-transfer tool, deep-point blade and a scoring stylus offer more options. Cricut basic tools, cutting mats, transfer tape and other items can help make the creative process even easier — and can be purchased from third-party companies as well.
This Cricut machine has a 4.8 out of 5-star rating from more than 28,400 users. Its fans say it’s durable, versatile, and easy to use.
One user named Carleen said this machine is now her “new favorite hobby” and that it’s the best Prime purchase she’s made. She said, “Very versatile as far as projects you can do. Most of my projects are cute keychains, T-shirts, canvas bags and bottle stickers!”
While the Cricut Explore Air 2 is the original standard model, you can upgrade to Cricut’s Explore 3 or go for the “ultimate smart cutting machine” line with the Maker. You could also consider Cricut machines with a bit less versatility but a better price point for beginners — like the Cricut Joy. It all depends on your personal needs. Here are a few to consider:
Cricut Maker
The Cricut Maker, which is being offered right now on Amazon from third-party sellers for $248.49 and up, lets you cut more than 300 different materials — everything from delicate paper to matboard and leather. Compatible with 13 different tools and even more materials, this Cricut machine increases the creative possibilities. The Maker comes with its own set of powerful blades, pens and scoring tools and 50 free ready-to-make projects, including 25 sewing patterns.
With more than 18,000 global ratings and an average score of 4.8 out of 5 stars, the machine boasts 16,000+ 5-star reviews! Users found it durable, giftable and a great value for the money.
Cricut EasyPress 2 Heat Press Machine
If creating bespoke tote bags, pillows, aprons or T-shirts is more your jam, this heat press will have you crafting to your heart’s content. Currently on sale for $129.99 (that’s 31% off the list price!), the Cricut EasyPress 2 Heat Press Machine in a mint color provides professional-grade heat transfers in a snap. Get prints to stick even after several washes.
The 9-by-9-inch machine offers heat control up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and is great for regular-sized projects. It has more than 36,000 global ratings and comes highly rated with an average of 4.8 out of 5 stars.
“I have been using an iron for heat transfer vinyl for years. I bought this and my only regret is not having bought it sooner,” user Gregory R. said. “It heats up faster, maintains its heat better, is more accurate in regulating temperature, has more even heat distribution and is much safer.”
Currently Amazon’s #1 Best Seller in Heat Press Machines, this Cricut machine is well-liked because it heats up quickly and is sturdy and easy to use. Several users referred to it as a “game changer.”
Cricut EasyPress Mini
Best for heat-pressing small objects such as hats, shoes, stuffed animals and onesies, the Cricut EasyPress Mini is designed for oddly-shaped projects (think curves and contours). You can run it between buttons and use it across seams. The pocket-sized heat press is easy to handle and comfortable to grip. It also comes with a precision tip for additional control.
With a heat capacity of up to 400 degrees, it has three heat settings for iron-on and infusible ink projects. It weighs less than two pounds and comes with an a smaller price of $49.99. We like that after a period of inactivity, its auto-shutoff feature kicks in and powers it down.
The Cricut EasyPress Mini also has an impressive 4.8 out of 5 stars rating. Users found it better than using an iron because it offers more flexibility and is more lightweight.
“Highly recommend if your [sic] needing something small to work with,” tara nau said. “I use this to make my keychains and small parts in shirts and shoes! I love using this versus heating up my big easy press.”
Axel Soliz agreed this device is a hit, calling it small but mighty.
“I figured this size and price was most affordable for me for the small things I wanted to do but when using the heating guide for this I found it’s possible to use this same mini for T-shirts,” the reviewer said. “Highly recommend this for small and medium projects!”
Is one of these Cricut machines your key to amazing projects? If so, here’s a crafty playroom idea for kids that you can create using this handy device!
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TEMPLE, Texas — An inmate in the Bell County Jail died in the hospital after having what was described as a "medical emergency" in the jail, according to the Bell County Sheriff's Department.
Juan Antonio Rodriguez was booked into the jail Aug. 25 on two separate drug possession charges, according to the sheriff's department. They said Rodriguez was housed in the infirmary "for an undisclosed medical condition."
He was taken to the Baylor Scott and White Emergency Room on Sept. 4 around 7:30 p.m. He was pronounced dead just after 2 a.m. on Sept. 5, the sheriff's department said.
"An investigation into this event is on going as required by state law," the sheriff's department said in a statement.
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Full agenda now available for September 28–October 1 event
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced the release of the full agenda for its inaugural Illumina Genomics Forum. The agenda for the four-day event can be seen here.
The forum will feature over 70 speakers and panelists, spanning leaders from translational and clinical research organizations, government institutes, and academia, as well as hospital leadership, clinicians, payers, and patient advocates. This speaker lineup includes former President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, 23andMe co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki, tennis legend and cancer survivor Chris Evert, and American Cancer Society CEO Karen Knudsen, among other visionary leaders in health care and genomics.
"Illumina is honored to host this unique gathering of the brightest minds discussing solutions to today's biggest health challenges, redefining what's possible together," said Francis deSouza, Illumina's CEO. "Genomic innovation will transform lives around the world and I'm excited to share Illumina's powerful technology breakthroughs in our Innovation Roadmap session on September 29."
The agenda covers a variety of topics, including insights and actions for operationalizing genomic health care, revolutionizing patient care with precision medicine, implementing global oncology insights, and enabling innovation to fuel groundbreaking advances. Through their experiences and expertise, speakers and panelists will shine a light on the real-world impacts of clinical genomics as well as our collective responsibility to ensure that genomic health is equitable, ethical, and sustainable.
Key themes of the forum include:
- How genomic technology is driving more informed, proactive, and personalized patient diagnosis and treatment in clinics
- Ways in which whole-genome sequencing is revolutionizing patient care
- The role of genomics in supporting health care's quadruple aim to improve population health, reduce costs, enhance the patient experience, and improve provider satisfaction
"Our team is thrilled to welcome some of the world's foremost visionaries to the Illumina Genomics Forum in San Diego, an event built upon the promise of more informed, inclusive, and proactive care ensuring all people everywhere have access to genomic health," said Kathryne Reeves, chief marketing officer of Illumina. "As a health care leader, we are committed to the safety and well-being of our international community of attendees and speakers and we will observe all CDC-recommended COVID-19 protocols."
Illumina Genomics Forum will take place in San Diego from September 28 through October 1. For more information and to register for the conference, go to illuminagenomicsforum.com.
Illumina is improving human health by unlocking the power of the genome. Our focus on innovation has established us as a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, serving customers in the research, clinical, and applied markets. Our products are used for applications in the life sciences, oncology, reproductive health, agriculture, and other emerging segments. To learn more, visit illumina.com and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.
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PLAINVIEW, N.Y. and CLEVELAND, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Acupath Labs and UroGPO announced in April a partnership to make URO17® available to the UroGPO membership nationwide. URO17® is a non-invasive, cost-effective urine-based biomarker used in diagnosis and management of bladder cancer, the 6th most common form of cancer in the US. Available as a Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) in the United States, Acupath was the first lab worldwide to offer URO17® in July 2019 and has performed over 20,000 tests since that time. UroGPO will offer discounted reagents and information for the URO17® test to the members of their Group Purchasing Organization.
Each year over 85,000 new cases of bladder cancer are diagnosed, while many more patients are subjected to unnecessary and invasive procedures to address common symptoms such as hematuria, or blood in the urine. With a high sensitivity and negative predictive value (NPV), URO17 can provide invaluable information and help clinicians better risk stratify patients, identifying those that require additional and often invasive follow up treatments, and those that do not. Further, for urology practices with Physician Office Labs (POL's) or commercial / hospital pathology labs, URO17 represents an opportunity to generate a significant new and clinically relevant revenue stream.
"Acupath has worked closely with UroGPO for the last several years and we are excited to formally make URO17® available to urology practices nationwide through the UroGPO network. In addition to the compelling clinical utility, our clients appreciative how URO17 can be seamlessly integrated into their practices' workflow and in office pathology labs, often with no additional investment." says John Cucci, Chief Sales Officer of Acupath Laboratories, Inc.
"As we expand our solutions around bladder cancer care, UroGPO has been pleased with the addition of URO17® to our membership offerings. Acupath partners with members as a consultant for all things implementation and optimization, which has proven to be a unique point of value in this offering. This partnership has strengthened our commitment to improving patient outcomes," says Palmer DePetro, Sr. Director, Contracting at Specialty Networks.
Founded in 1998 and based in Plainview, New York, Acupath is a provider of sub-specialized anatomic pathology services focused on the following specialties; Urology, Gastroenterology, Dermatology, Women's Health, Otolaryngology, Podiatry, and Hematology / Oncology. Acupath offers an extensive test menu on both a global and TC/PC basis, processes over 500,000 specimens annually, and is the first lab worldwide to offer URO17™, an innovative bladder cancer biomarker, designated as a "Breakthrough Device" by the FDA in 2019.
UroGPO, a Specialty Networks Company, is the first and largest urology-specific Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) in the United States, comprised of more than 700 of the largest, most progressive independent urology practices in the country. Our membership includes more than 7,500 urology providers, including 4,000 practicing urologists in 3,200 locations spanning 49 states. UroGPO is committed to helping urology groups remain independent by providing them with pre-negotiated purchasing contracts, development of new revenue streams such as In-Office Dispensing of Oral therapeutics, Clinical Guideline Development, and other resources in all areas of urology. The goals of UroGPO are to build stronger patient relationships by improving patient care, make significant positive impacts on in-practice operational efficiencies and streamline operational costs.
Specialty Networks brings together the functional expertise of UroGPO, GastroGPO, PPS Analytics, and SN Research to deliver innovative and meaningful solutions for independent specialty providers. Specialty Networks serves a highly specialized member network of 765+ physician group practices consisting of over 7,700 providers in urology and gastroenterology. Specialty Networks' mission is to help create clinical, economic, and operational value for our members leading to a positive patient impact.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Give our country $100 billion — or stop lecturing us about making money from fossil fuels.
That was the message East Timor President and Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos-Horta had Wednesday for those raising environmental concerns about his nation’s proposal to build a new gas-processing plant.
Ramos-Horta was speaking in Australia after the two countries signed a new defense agreement. He delivered his remarks at the National Press Club in Canberra with humor but also with an edge.
East Timor, an impoverished nation of 1.5 million, is hoping to break a 20-year deadlock with the new Australian government over the development of the Greater Sunrise gas field that lies beneath the seabed separating the two countries.
Australia wants the gas piped to an existing gas hub at its northern city of Darwin. East Timor expects more economic benefit if the gas is piped to its south coast.
Ramos-Horta was visiting Australia in part to try and resolve the dispute. A reporter asked how East Timor could justify the project given the climate impacts.
Ramos-Horta replied that gas was cleaner than some fossil fuels. He then listed countries that had benefitted from fossil fuels, including the U.S. and Japan, and then later China and India.
“But first the Europeans, you were the ones who polluted the whole world with coal, with oil, and everything that you can imagine,” he said. “And we, unfortunately, discover oil and gas only now. And the Europeans are lecturing us: We have to move away from fossil fuel.”
He said the gas field could generate $100 billion or more in revenue.
“I have no authority to make any proposal, but I can make one off the top of my head,” Ramos-Horta said. ”The Europeans, Australia, the U.S., give us $100 billion and we give up on the Greater Sunrise development. As simple as that.”
Earlier Wednesday, Australia and East Timor signed a defense agreement aimed at increasing the military and security cooperation, especially along their shared maritime border.
The agreement aims to increase joint military exercises and training, as well as cooperation on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
“We have been working towards a DCA (defense cooperation agreement) for over a decade and today’s signing is a significant step forward in our partnership,” said Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The agreement comes at a time of heightened tensions in the region, particularly after the Solomon Islands in April signed a new security pact with China.
Asked about his views on the move by the Solomon Islands, Ramos-Horta said he wasn’t that familiar with the nation but that the wider region is a “very sensitive strategic location.”
“Any leader that is serious about being a leader, you have to be sensitive to your neighbors,” he said. “Don’t bring in extraterritorial, regional interests, powers, that might not be welcomed by our neighbors.”
Ramos-Horta shared the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize with East Timorese Bishop Carlos Belo for their efforts to end conflict in their homeland. | https://www.yourbasin.com/business/ap-east-timor-president-pushes-back-on-environmental-criticism/ | 2022-09-07T15:33:34Z | https://www.yourbasin.com/business/ap-east-timor-president-pushes-back-on-environmental-criticism/ | false |
PARAMUS, N.J., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As students return to the classroom for the new school year, Savvas Learning Company is helping educators move learning forward with engaging, easy-to-use K-12 solutions that offer data-informed instruction and adaptive technology to take personalized learning to the next level.
"A one-size-fits-all instructional approach doesn't work in a classroom where every student brings their own unique learning style. More than ever, personalized learning is critical in getting students engaged and motivated to learn and supporting academic growth," said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company. "Teachers know best how to personalize learning for their students. This is why Savvas delivers learning solutions that are powered by adaptive technology, enabling educators to easily tailor instruction to address each student's learning needs, interests, and abilities."
Whether delivered via visually engaging textbooks or powered by the most advanced digital technology on the award-winning Savvas Realize LMS, Savvas Learning Company's rigorous, standards-aligned resources focus on putting the student at the center of learning. It does this by leveraging adaptive learning practices and interactive technology to provide dynamic, real-world learning experiences that foster greater student engagement.
"Savvas approaches learning as more than just absorbing content and curriculum," Forsa continued. "It is about that aha! moment when a seemingly unintelligible math problem suddenly becomes understandable. It's about creating immersive experiences to make history come alive, or using a pop song as a hook to make a 400-year-old Shakespeare play more relevant to students. These active learning experiences are key because we know that with increased engagement comes increased learning, and with increased learning comes greater opportunities for success."
Savvas offers educators an easy, fast, and seamless way to assess learning needs and differentiate instruction for every student in the grade K-8 math and literacy classroom. Savvas screener and diagnostic assessment tools identify each student's greatest opportunities for growth by pairing actionable data and targeted recommendations with personalized instructional content to help students master grade-level skills. Delivered on Savvas Realize and equipped with multistage adaptive technology, the Savvas Math Screener and Diagnostic Assessments (MSDA) and Savvas Literacy Screener and Diagnostic Assessments (LSDA) work directly with enVision Mathematics, myView Literacy, and myPerspectives ELA, the company's core K-8 math and literacy curricula, to deliver customized instructional content and resources.
The screeners and diagnostic assessment tools also work with SuccessMaker, a proven-effective, continuously adaptive K-8 math and reading program that meets the highest efficacy rating (Tier 1 — "Strong Evidence") under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). When paired together, the combined solution delivers cutting-edge assessments, curriculum, and adaptive personalized learning all on one platform, providing an individualized pathway to success for each student.
Leading the industry with personalized learning solutions that promote student engagement, Savvas offers many interactivities within its high-quality instructional content. These include: the award-winning Experience Chemistry and Experience Physics programs, which use an interactive learning model with a wealth of hands-on and virtual activities, such as inquiry labs, animations, simulations, and engineering workbenches, to reach every learner; and the Hook & Inspire feature spanning several Savvas product disciplines that piques students' interest and inspires learning by incorporating relevant multimedia resources such as music, videos, and more to help connect students to what they are learning.
Brand-new for this school year, Savvas is introducing Savvy Adaptive Practice for enVision Mathematics (3-12), which adapts to each student's learning needs and offers the exact instruction and practice they need, at the moment they need it. Savvy tracks student proficiency against a set of pre-requisite skills, and adjusts in real-time, offering specific problems based on how a student performs. Like a tutor, Savvy provides instruction and videos when an error is made, delivering a personalized learning approach for all students.
With a focus on project-based learning experiences and hands-on activities, Savvas continually looks for ways to help teachers meet students where they are and provide students choice in how they learn. Some of the innovative learning solutions that it has developed and enhanced for the coming school year include:
- Savvas Essentials: Foundational Reading © 2023 is a new, blended K-2 supplemental program, aligned to the Science of Reading, that targets concepts of print, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, and the teaching of high-frequency words. The easy-to-implement, three-step instructional routine includes explicit instruction and multisensory practice.
- Savvas Now Literacy © 2023, a brand-new K-5 supplemental digital resource library built by literacy experts, lets teachers easily search for and find high-quality instructional content that addresses a wide range of learning needs, from foundational skills and vocabulary to comprehension to writing. Educators can request a free trial of Savvas Now Literacy at Savvas.com/SavvasNow-Trial.
- Reading Spot is a curated collection of digital ebooks that instills a love of reading in K-5 students and encourages them to read more. Teachers can use Reading Spot with the entire class, during small group time, or for independent reading, allowing students to browse thousands of high-interest, popular, and culturally relevant books, with select titles available in Spanish.
- Magruder's American Government Interactive © 2023, the innovative new digital edition of the premier high school program, is designed to keep up with changing times. It's the first high school program with continuously updated digital resources complementing a foundational textbook, keeping the content fresh with current events to help students discover how government is found in their everyday lives.
- Civics Interactive © 2024 is a brand-new, all-digital program that's designed to actively promote civic engagement for young adults in grades 6-12. The curriculum develops important civic competencies and life skills needed to become informed and responsible citizens.
Also new this school year, Savvas is rolling out major enhancements to the highly acclaimed Savvas Realize platform, which is recognized as one of the most innovative learning management systems in the industry. Through a collaborative effort with educators and designed with them in mind, Savvas is revamping the Realize platform user experience to include a more streamlined interface with faster grading workflows, improved classroom management tools, and greater integration with the edtech tools that schools use most.
"Savvas supports educators with the data-informed, differentiated instruction and integrated teaching resources they need to personalize learning and increase student achievement," concluded Forsa. "Our solutions make learning engaging and exciting for students."
At Savvas, we believe learning should inspire. By combining new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new ways of interacting, we design next-generation learning solutions that help prepare students to become global citizens in a more interconnected, digital world. To learn more, visit Savvas Learning Company. Savvas Learning Company's products are available for sale in Canada through its subsidiary, Rubicon.
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Full agenda now available for September 28–October 1 event
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced the release of the full agenda for its inaugural Illumina Genomics Forum. The agenda for the four-day event can be seen here.
The forum will feature over 70 speakers and panelists, spanning leaders from translational and clinical research organizations, government institutes, and academia, as well as hospital leadership, clinicians, payers, and patient advocates. This speaker lineup includes former President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, 23andMe co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki, tennis legend and cancer survivor Chris Evert, and American Cancer Society CEO Karen Knudsen, among other visionary leaders in health care and genomics.
"Illumina is honored to host this unique gathering of the brightest minds discussing solutions to today's biggest health challenges, redefining what's possible together," said Francis deSouza, Illumina's CEO. "Genomic innovation will transform lives around the world and I'm excited to share Illumina's powerful technology breakthroughs in our Innovation Roadmap session on September 29."
The agenda covers a variety of topics, including insights and actions for operationalizing genomic health care, revolutionizing patient care with precision medicine, implementing global oncology insights, and enabling innovation to fuel groundbreaking advances. Through their experiences and expertise, speakers and panelists will shine a light on the real-world impacts of clinical genomics as well as our collective responsibility to ensure that genomic health is equitable, ethical, and sustainable.
Key themes of the forum include:
- How genomic technology is driving more informed, proactive, and personalized patient diagnosis and treatment in clinics
- Ways in which whole-genome sequencing is revolutionizing patient care
- The role of genomics in supporting health care's quadruple aim to improve population health, reduce costs, enhance the patient experience, and improve provider satisfaction
"Our team is thrilled to welcome some of the world's foremost visionaries to the Illumina Genomics Forum in San Diego, an event built upon the promise of more informed, inclusive, and proactive care ensuring all people everywhere have access to genomic health," said Kathryne Reeves, chief marketing officer of Illumina. "As a health care leader, we are committed to the safety and well-being of our international community of attendees and speakers and we will observe all CDC-recommended COVID-19 protocols."
Illumina Genomics Forum will take place in San Diego from September 28 through October 1. For more information and to register for the conference, go to illuminagenomicsforum.com.
Illumina is improving human health by unlocking the power of the genome. Our focus on innovation has established us as a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, serving customers in the research, clinical, and applied markets. Our products are used for applications in the life sciences, oncology, reproductive health, agriculture, and other emerging segments. To learn more, visit illumina.com and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.
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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.yourbasin.com/health-2/ap-health/ap-philippines-ending-compulsory-mask-wearing-outdoors/ | 2022-09-07T15:35:21Z | https://www.yourbasin.com/health-2/ap-health/ap-philippines-ending-compulsory-mask-wearing-outdoors/ | false |
Companies sign three-year deal to launch billing, financial services, employee engagement, and long-term COVID support solutions after successful 2021 roll-out
ATLANTA, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the success of Michigan Medicine's chatbot during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ann Arbor-based academic medical center has agreed to a three-year contract to expand its relationship with Loyal, the preferred digital health platform for the nation's leading health systems and hospitals.
Michigan Medicine will soon expand its chatbot to answer consumer questions about locations and relevant providers, billing and payments, and long-term COVID support services. The health system will also be able to offer appointment location assistance and appointment details, address employee questions, and support deeper click-to-call functionality to connect chat users with broader, more accurate routing to call centers and offices.
Finally, the deal includes the development of conversational AI with unique, context-driven dialogs for consumers who visit the specialty-center hospital websites of the Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Rogel Cancer Center, and the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. This addition to Michigan Medicine's existing AI technology will more efficiently recognize consumers' intent, point them to answers and provide the information they need. Michigan Medicine's chatbot will answer consumer questions about locations, relevant providers, billing, and COVID-19 long-term support. These updates reinforce recent research from Deloitte showing that health system leaders' top desired outcome is achieving a better patient experience from digital transformation projects, and many health systems are looking for new ways to engage patients following the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Consumers today have different expectations of healthcare providers; they want a digital experience that's personalized and meets their immediate needs," said Chad Mallory, CEO of Loyal. "We're excited about expanding our relationship with Michigan Medicine. It's an honor to work with health systems that not only understand the challenges of connecting the dots of the digital healthcare journey and are actively looking for solutions, but recognize the need for personalization throughout -- not just for their consumers, but for their employees as well."
"During the pandemic, Loyal went above and beyond as we dealt with a flood of questions about the COVID-19 vaccine. Not only did they help significantly lighten the load on our staff, but they proactively identified a need around mental health and quickly delivered a solution to the benefit of our community," said Rose Glenn, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer at Michigan Medical. "Building on our successful track record, we look forward to rolling out additional capabilities over the next three years with Loyal to improve our employee and patient experiences – further advancing our world-class healthcare experience for the digital age."
Affiliated with the University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine is one of the largest hospitals in the state of Michigan with over 2.6 million patient clinic visits and 94,700 emergency department visits annually. In 2021, Michigan Medicine was ranked No.11 for hospitals nationwide by U.S. News and World Report and employs more than 24,400 people.
To learn more about Loyal and its full range of patient experience solutions, visit loyalhealth.com.
Loyal is a healthcare consumer experience company solely dedicated to the betterment of patient care. As the preferred platform for improved care utilization used by the nation's leading health systems and hospitals, Loyal's AI-powered solution makes it easier for patients to connect and access care across their entire health journey, thereby driving loyalty with their trusted health provider. Streamline patients' navigation of your health system and network of clinical services with LoyalHealth.com.
At Michigan Medicine, we advance health to serve Michigan and the world. We pursue excellence every day in our five hospitals, 125 clinics and home care operations that handle more than 2.3 million outpatient visits a year, as well as educate the next generation of physicians, health professionals and scientists in our U-M Medical School.
Michigan Medicine includes the top ranked U-M Medical School and University of Michigan Health, which includes the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital, University Hospital, the Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Metro Health and the Rogel Cancer Center. The U-M Medical School is one of the nation's biomedical research powerhouses, with total research funding of more than $500 million.
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VENICE, Italy — Harry Styles will never be just a singer-songwriter, he's now an actor and a fashion powerhouse as well.
The former member of British pop boy band “One Direction” has shed his musician’s skin for the male lead role alongside Oscar nominee Florence Pugh in the highly anticipated dystopian thriller film “Don’t Worry Darling," directed by Olivia Wilde.
The film had its buzzy world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival on Monday, taking the internet and the world by storm with behind-the-scenes controversies and most of all, fashion.
Styles arrived on the Venice carpet dripping in a navy blue Gucci suit with bold broad shoulders and a very peaked collar, Sarah Karmali, executive editor (digital) at Harper’s Bazaar, described to The Associated Press.
Laura Jordan, fashion & lifestyle features director at Grazia magazine, said Styles' partnership with his stylist Harry Lambert has created “absolute magic."
"(Styles' fashion) always got this kind of retro bit camp vibe. He loves the big collar, the tinted shades, lots and lots of Gucci," Jordan said.
In 2018, Styles began to build his personal style and brand by becoming one of the ambassadors for the Italian fashion house Gucci. Styles has worn the brand in several editorial campaigns but more noteworthy was the dress he sported for the November 2020 Vogue cover. The musician-actor was the fashion magazine's first solo male cover star.
The highly talked about cover depicted Styles in an open green field under clear skies and dressed in Gucci's Alessandro Michele-designed blue dress that was lined with black lace for a pop of contrast, multiple ruffled tiers and to top it all off — a classic black blazer.
Since his transition from member of a boy band to a solo artist with multiple bestselling albums, he has become synonymous with a flamboyant signature look — a colorful array of oversized 70s-inspired three-piece suits and jumpsuits with flared bellbottoms and an occasional feather boa, mimicking the likes of Elton John.
Each outfit for his “Love On Tour 2022,” which currently includes an impressive 15-day residency at New York's Madison Square Garden, sparks a pattern — literally.
Exclusively dressed in Gucci every night, Styles has worn a different pattern-filled two-piece jumpsuit ranging from stripes to dots, all in different colors like bright hues of red, pink, blue and yellow.
If there is a takeaway from Styles' personal wardrobe evolution, it is that it's personal, eclectic and most of all, fun.
“Harry Styles knows exactly who Harry Styles is,” Jordan said. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/nation-world/harry-styles-evolution/507-5dd46bde-a549-451e-ab47-38f63a13f632 | 2022-09-07T15:38:24Z | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/nation-world/harry-styles-evolution/507-5dd46bde-a549-451e-ab47-38f63a13f632 | true |
Photography News: Panasonic has launched the Panasonic Lumix S 18mm f/1.8 lens that gives full-frame photographers an expansive ultra-wide-angle view of the world.
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- B&H is excited to announce that Panasonic has rounded out its L-mount family of f/1.8 prime lenses with the addition of the Panasonic Lumix S 18mm f/1.8 lens. This addition gives full-frame mirrorless camera photographers and videographers an ultra-wide-angle view of the world while allowing them to capture expansive landscapes and inject images and videos with a sense of vast scale.
The new ultra-wide-angle prime lens joins its Lumix S 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm f/1.8 partners, completing an expansive focal length range from wide-angle to portrait-length telephoto. With a maximum aperture of f/1.8, photographers get serious light-gathering prowess without some of the weight and expense of larger f/1.4 or f/1.2 lenses. With these economics in mind, Panasonic has created this f/1.8 family of prime lenses that are designed to be compatible and virtually interchangeable—featuring identical front filter size, optical performance, and matching designs, as well as similar controls and an overall tactile feel between lenses. Due to the similar form factors, you can swap out these f/1.8 primes on a gimbal with minimal center of gravity shift adjustments needed.
The 18mm lens is designed to produce beautifully sharp images from corner to corner with its 13 lens elements in 12 groups. Three of the lenses are aspherical, three are UED (Ultra Extra-Low Dispersion) optics, and one UHR (Ultra High Refractive Index) lens suppress chromatic aberrations and help create beautiful bokeh. Minimum focus distance is 7.1".
Identical to the other Lumix f/1.8 lenses in the L-mount quiver, the autofocus system features internal focusing along with a linear motor to promote responsive and accurate focusing for both photography and video. Focus breathing is minimized, making the lens a good choice for video work that involves racking focus. Additionally, the manual focus control can be personalized to function in either nonlinear or linear operation, or when used with Lumix cameras, a set rotation angle can be used for improved tactile control and focus indexing. This, combined with a 9-bladed aperture featuring micro-step control for smooth exposure change, makes the lens perfectly suitable for professional quality video capture.
Lastly, the lens is dust and splash resistant and can operate in temperatures down to 14°F, making it ready for the field from the get-go.
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, September 7, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
945 AM CDT Wed Sep 7 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Anderson County through 1015 AM CDT...
At 945 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles west of Maydelle, or 12 miles east of Palestine, moving south
at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Elkhart.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3159 9528 3155 9563 3192 9552 3189 9543
3185 9545 3182 9540 3176 9540 3175 9536
3173 9537 3173 9534 3172 9534 3170 9533
3171 9531 3168 9528 3163 9529 3162 9526
3161 9526
TIME...MOT...LOC 1445Z 013DEG 15KT 3180 9544
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY...
At 947 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
Carthage, moving southwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Carthage, Deadwood, Front and Woods.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, September 7, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
850 AM CDT Wed Sep 7 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Cherokee County through 915 AM CDT...
At 850 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Mount Selman, or near Jacksonville, moving southwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Jacksonville, Bullard, Mount Selman, Mixon and Reese.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3196 9545 3199 9545 3214 9530 3206 9513
3180 9524 3188 9543 3190 9544 3190 9543
3191 9543 3193 9542 3194 9544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1350Z 027DEG 9KT 3202 9530
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, September 7, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1002 AM CDT Wed Sep 7 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SMITH AND NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
At 1002 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Reese, or 8
miles west of Jacksonville, moving southwest at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Tyler, Whitehouse, Bullard, Mount Selman, Reese, New Chapel Hill,
Cuney and Teaselville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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Document with foreign government’s nuclear information found at Mar-a-Lago, report says
(CNN) - A Washington Post report said agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago last month found a document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities.
The report highlights the concerns of U.S. intelligence officials about classified material that Trump kept in his Florida home.
The Post did not identify the foreign government named in the document.
The Post also reported some of the seized documents detail top-secret U.S. operations that are so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them.
Only the president, some cabinet members, or a near-cabinet-level official could authorize other officials to know the details.
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I have to sign a waiver to enter Fuzzy Navels.
That’s not something required at Silverado or Stag, Portland’s only other two gay strip clubs. “This is not Silverado or Stag,” owner Justin Clouse says.
At the main stage, the club’s other two guests this Saturday night have already paid to get our first dancer completely naked—which, according to Fuzzy Navels’ tipping incentive policy, costs at least $35. The young man wiggling on a small chair to the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way” looks somewhat like Harry Styles: skinny with a few tattoos and wavy, sandy blond hair.
Clouse reminds the four of us that we’re allowed to touch the dancer and direct him from our seats, should we want him to show us our favorite parts of his body. We’re told to be creative with our demands. For $40 more, any one of us could buy the dancer’s underwear as a souvenir. One of the other men moves to the front row and strokes the dancer’s thigh and biceps but doesn’t venture further.
For the past two months, Fuzzy Navels has been operating Friday and Saturday nights, its blue neon glowing between a poker lounge and a shuttered dancing school on a dreary stretch of Northeast Sandy Boulevard out by the airport.
The Parkrose neighborhood storefront previously held the clubs Passionate Dreams and Secret Rendezvous, lingerie parlors where women modeled negligees at the request of straight men. Such businesses are often referred to as “jack shacks” for their reputations as barely concealed fronts for prostitution.
Clouse says Fuzzy Navels isn’t that, exactly. Signs are posted around the club forbidding patrons and dancers to touch each other anywhere in “the Speedo zone”—that is, the penis, testicles, sphincter and spaces in between.
But touching anywhere else? That’s encouraged—making Fuzzy Navels the only hands-on gay strip club in Portland.
“Our unofficial motto is, if it’s legal and you can afford it, we’ll make it happen,” Clouse says.
Clouse concedes attendance has been hit and miss. On its busiest night, Fuzzy Navels was only half full. “I think all industries are still suffering right now,” he tells WW.
The new club is part of an expansion in homoerotic entertainment businesses east of Interstate 205. A mile south, along Southeast Stark Street, the storied gay bathhouse Hawks opened a new, two-story location built from shipping containers. Inside: an outdoor hot tub, gym-style showers, caged lounge, glory holes, a sling swing, and scores of private rooms.
The grand openings arrive at an awkward moment, however.
Portland’s queer community might celebrate the launch of more venues to physically connect if only they didn’t appear during the outbreak of a virulent contagion most commonly known as the human monkeypox virus. Health officials are now calling it hMPXV, or mpox, in an effort to distance the virus from racist and homophobic connotations.
Nearly 20,000 infections have been diagnosed in the United States as of Sept. 2, with 141 cases in Oregon, 119 of which originated in Multnomah County.
The disease, characterized by fever, sore throat, aches and rashes followed by painful sores across the body, is spread by any kind of prolonged contact with infected skin and surfaces, and is disproportionately affecting men who have sex with men.
None of which sounds like great news for a gay adult entertainment venue where the central selling point is touching.
“I guess there’s always something coming down the line,” Clouse says. “It’s like anything: You just adapt as you go.”
Portland has long been ripe territory for lingerie parlors and sex shops, thanks to Oregon free-speech protections that rank among the nation’s strongest.
Lake Perriguey, a Portland lawyer who worked on Oregon Supreme Court cases that reaffirmed those protections, says the practices at Fuzzy Navels likely fall under what’s protected.
“The court affirmed that there is a lot of breathing room in Oregon’s constitution,” Perriguey says. “Indeed, a lot of heavy breathing room.”
Clouse, 46, decided to start Fuzzy Navels as an extension of his career in online content. His previous projects include the porn sites Straight College Boys and Redheaded Men, which he founded more than 20 years ago, and Bait & Tackle, a Las Vegas porn modeling agency and studio. Clouse lived in Las Vegas for 10 years, and now lives in Vancouver, Wash.
Fuzzy Navels has so far signed only two house entertainers, who closely resemble the models on Clouse’s previous sites: young, lean men in their early 20s who could pass for “Portland straight,” as Clouse puts it.
Clouse’s dream: a club where guests can meet erotic performers in the flesh—and direct softcore scenarios in real life that men often pay to watch online.
“At the base level, when the crowd tips at least $15, the guy’s butt will be visible with no underwear,” Clouse said. “If you spend $35 from the crowd in any which way, there’s going to be a guy fully nude onstage.”
The reality? Fuzzy Navels has the potential to stand out in Portland’s gay nightlife scene, especially for anyone with a penchant for bossing around boys, but it’s still a work in progress.
Photos of supposedly straight men with erect penises and hairy ass cheeks from Clouse’s archives are plastered throughout the club, both a celebration of his work and a last-ditch effort to deter straight men who didn’t notice the new signs or read the waiver‚ which states that their likenesses can be used online if recorded for the club.
Lap dance booths are still under construction, as are the club’s kitchen and full bar. “I say if you’re here to eat, you’re here for the wrong reason,” Clouse says.
You cannot yet order a fuzzy navel at Fuzzy Navels. For now, it’s soda or beer.
Bryant Haley of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission confirms that Fuzzy Navels has a limited license to serve beer, wine and cider. “We do not have a specific regulation that covers ‘touching,’ as other similar businesses have differing forms of contact with dancers,” Bryant adds.
There is a photo booth to snap memento pics, and a VIP room where guests can pay to play card and classic video games with dancers. On my second night at the club, I spent more than an hour playing Uno with the two dancers. No one else entered the club until it closed at midnight.
A few blocks north, the new Hawks location has stark white walls, bright white light, and narrow corridors. It feels more like a repurposed corporate park than a bathhouse designed from scratch.
Moody dance pop and techno played. Men soaked in the hot tub, chatted on the cannabis-friendly smoking patio, showered together, and reclined in lounge areas on both floors, occasionally disappearing into dark corridors or private rooms. The most basic of these contains a locker and a cot-style twin mattress pad, and the most deluxe boasts full-size mattresses and a Dutch door-style glory hole obscuring a participant’s upper body.
Hawks’ employees made the most laps throughout the club, checking rooms regularly for any signs that sheets needed changing or surfaces required spraying and wiping down. Cleaning instructions to new employees were heard louder than any other noises.
Hawks originally opened on Southeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in 2012. It hosted regular HIV and STI testing clinics through the Multnomah County Health Department and Cascade AIDS Project.
The new Hawks will soon feature clinics for administering mpox and COVID vaccines from the health department, along with its other health care offerings.
Dr. Kim Toevs, director of the county’s communicable disease and harm reduction programs, says it’s actually safer to allow places like Fuzzy Navels and Hawks to operate than to leave people vulnerable to mpox to their own devices.
“Folks are going to connect with each other anyway, and it is a better use of our relationships with those venues to be sites where we can provide vaccinations,” Toevs says. “It’s an important pathway to reach folks in the community who are highest risk.”
Multnomah County provides education for all businesses where contact with strangers is unavoidable—including hotels, gyms, nail salons, barber shops, massage parlors, and medical clinics, along with nightclubs, dance parties, and sex clubs—and advises them to continue following their COVID sanitation regimen, wear hygienic personal protective devices such as gloves and face masks, and quarantine if they suspect infection.
Toevs says it’s too early to tell if mpox cases will continue to fall, but its spread is nowhere near as rapid as COVID or HIV, and she attributes the LGBTQ+ community’s education about symptoms and vaccines as a reason for comparatively low case numbers.
Meanwhile, at Fuzzy Navels, Clouse is not discouraged by the bad timing of his club’s opening.
“We just want people to come in, have fun, and not worry about anything else,” he says. “You’re not seeing the guy you’re going to go on a date with. But it’s fun for the night, we play the fantasy, and I guess I’m not conservative about nudity, so I thought, why not make an experience that you know what you’ll get?” | https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/09/07/portlands-first-hands-on-gay-strip-club-faces-challenges-in-the-era-of-mpox/ | 2022-09-07T15:43:14Z | https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/09/07/portlands-first-hands-on-gay-strip-club-faces-challenges-in-the-era-of-mpox/ | false |
Judge revokes bond for man charged in kidnapping, killing of Eliza Fletcher
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) - The man accused of killing a Memphis wife, teacher and mother of two had his bond revoked Wednesday amid charges being upgraded to murder.
Police found 34-year-old Eliza Fletcher’s body Monday night. Cleotha Abston, aka Cleotha Henderson, faced the judge for the second day in a row.
Abston was originally charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with/fabricating evidence in this case. That was until investigators located and identified Fletcher’s body.
On Tuesday, additional charges of first-degree murder and first-degree murder in perpetration of kidnapping were brought against Abston.
This is Abston’s second kidnapping offense. He was sentenced to 24 years in prison at the age of 16 for a kidnapping in May 2000 but only spent 20 years behind bars.
Fletcher was reported missing Friday after not returning from her morning jog.
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A report released last week on first-year spending of a tax to aid homeless people in the tri-county area showed Clackamas County had spent only 6.6% of its available funds.
On Friday, Metro Council President Lynn Peterson and Metro Councilor Christine Lewis said in a statement that the committee tasked with overseeing spending of the tax would “identify and daylight the impediments and barriers to spending that existed in Clackamas County in the first year of the program—both operational and political.”
That’s a not so thinly veiled rebuke of Clackamas County Chair Tootie Smith, a Republican whose relationship with more liberal jurisdictions is often strained.
In a statement to WW last week, Clackamas County said it didn’t have infrastructure in place to swiftly allocate the dollars. County spokeswoman Kimberly Webb added that the county “tends not to spend money before we have it.”
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Running community honors Eliza Fletcher by finishing her last run
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) – Community members in Memphis and people across the country are honoring 34-year-old Eliza Fletcher’s life in a special way.
The teacher and mother of two is believed to have been kidnapped and killed during an early morning jog near the University of Memphis campus on Sept. 2.
Cleotha Abston, 38, is accused of forcing Fletcher into an SUV and is charged with murder in connection to her death. He is facing several other charges, like kidnapping and identity theft, as well.
Memorials filled with flowers, balloons and messages to Fletcher have formed around Memphis, from the UofM area at the site where police say she was abducted to South Memphis where her body was recovered.
A run is planned for Friday morning on Central Avenue in the UofM area where Fletcher’s run came to an abrupt stop. Organizers say this event is a way to honor and finish the run Fletcher started the day she was abducted.
Friday morning’s 8.2-mile run is set to begin at 4:20 a.m. at Central and Belvedere. According to the Facebook page for the event, more than 550 people say they are taking part.
A gym in Jonesboro, Arkansas held similar events to symbolize the end of Fletcher’s run.
“We’re going to come together as a gym family, as a local community, as a running family to finish the run for her,” Callie Talley said.
Talley says some gym members knew Fletcher and her family and wanted to put on this event to pay tribute to her life.
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'I've just stabbed my husband twice... he's dying': Harrowing 999 call from crying nurse, 52, who murdered her partner as he slept is revealed - as she is jailed for life
- WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT:
- Rebecca Searing, 52, stabbed her husband Paul to death at their Essex home
- The nurse asked police at the scene if she was going 'to get 25 years for this'?
- Chelmsford Crown Court heard Searing had been a victim of domestic violence
- She was today jailed for life to serve a minimum term of 17 years
A nurse who told a 999 call handler 'I've just stabbed my husband twice... he's dying' was today jailed for a minimum of 17 years.
Rebecca Searing, 52, told call handlers that she had stabbed her husband Paul, and they should send police and an ambulance.
Searing was today jailed for life to serve a minimum term of 17 years following her trial at Chelmsford Crown Court.
The court heard that after police arrived, Searing said: 'I can't believe I've just done this' and 'I will go down for this.'
Rebecca Searing, 52, stabbed to death her husband Paul at their home in Harlow, Essex early in the house of February 12
Police and paramedics rushed to the scene and placed Mr Searing in the back of an ambulance and raced him to hospital where he was pronounced dead
She even asked a police officer: 'I'm going to get 25 years for this, aren't I?'
She attacked 57-year-old Paul Searing early on February 12, several hours after he returned from the pub to their home in Harlow, Essex, Chelmsford Crown Court heard.
Judge Christopher Morgan said the defendant, who had also been drinking, helped her husband upstairs then returned downstairs at their home in Ryecroft.
'Shortly before 2.30am you took a knife from the kitchen, you made your way upstairs and you stabbed your husband as he lay in bed,' said the judge.
He said Searing had later said: 'Tonight I took my chance.'
She had also sent a message to someone saying 'it's time to kill'.
The judge said the defendant's husband had 'presented no threat' and 'in all probability he was asleep'.
He said Searing had suggested that her husband called her 'worthless' or 'useless'.
The judge said: 'At whatever stage, those words were no justification for what you were to do later on.'
Searing was found guilty of murder following an earlier nine-day trial.
Prosecutor Allan Compton QC read a statement from Mr Searing's sister Karen Krokou, in which she said he had 'worked hard as a cabinet maker and took pride in his work'.
She described him as 'happy go lucky and football mad, he loved Tottenham Hotspur'.
Mr Searing, who had children, was an 'exceptionally loyal man, caring, warm and kind', Ms Krokou said.
She described the defendant's 999 call as 'chilling', adding: 'She may have been a good nurse but that doesn't make her a good person.'
Sasha Wass QC, mitigating, said the married couple had a 'complex relationship'.
She said: 'She loved him despite the complexity of that relationship and she still loves him.'
Chelmsford Crown Court heard that the couple had a tumultuous relationship with allegations of domestic violence
Judge Christopher Morgan told Searing that her husband had not presented a threat to her on the night she killed him
Ms Wass said it was 'a relationship that involved regular domestic violence'.
Searing, who wore a grey prison-issue tracksuit, looked straight ahead as the judge sentenced her to life in jail.
She must serve 17 years before she can be considered for parole.
Judge Christopher Morgan acknowledged that the relationship between Rebecca and Paul Searing had been 'complicated' with acts of violence carried out against her, along with an act of violence against Paul when Rebecca Searing struck him with a pool cue. He accepted that she was a victim of domestic violence, however, he dismissed any notion that on the night in question Rebecca Searing had been under any threat.
He said: 'Even if there had been verbal abuse constantly from 2018 to you killing your husband, you weren't dependent on your husband and you could have left the relationship. But I accept that it's difficult when you claim you still love your husband and still attach yourself emotionally.
'Your husband came home shortly before 11pm. You assisted him up to bed. If he had threatened you at that stage when he was upstairs you could have left and sought help, but you didn't do so. You went upstairs shortly after 2.30am and you stabbed him.
'He presented no threat. You would recognise even if you were in drink that he wasn't going to present any violent harm to you that evening.' Judge Morgan gave Searing a minimum of 17 years in prison before being eligible for parole.
Senior investigating officer Detective Inspector Lydia George said: 'My thoughts are with the family and loved ones at this time. 'While this does not bring Paul back, I hope that today's sentence can provide his family with some justice and they can begin to re-build their lives.
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Cycling world pays last respects to mountain biker star Rab Wardell, 37, who died from cardiac arrest as his double Olympic gold-winning girlfriend Katie Archibald battled to save his life
- Rab Wardell suffered a cardiac arrest while lying next to partner Katie Archibald at their home in Glasgow
- His death was confirmed on August 23 - two days after he had won the Scottish Cross Country Championship
- Mourners gathered at Dunfermline Crematorium today, where a large group of cyclists followed the cortege
- Friends were seen consoling each other outside the crematorium among lycra-clad cyclists paying respects
The cycling world has paid its last respects to Scottish mountain bike champion Rab Wardell, who died from a cardiac arrest as his Olympian partner Katie Archibald desperately battle to save his life.
Mr Wardell, 37, suffered the cardiac arrest while lying next to the Team GB star at their home in Glasgow last month.
His death was confirmed on August 23 - just two days after he had won the Scottish Cross Country Championship at Kirroughtree Forest near Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire. He had also appeared on BBC Scotland's The Nine the evening of his death to talk about his victory.
Mourners gathered for a funeral at Dunfermline Crematorium this afternoon, where a large group of cyclists gathered to follow the cortege to the service.
Friends were seen consoling each other outside the crematorium, with lycra-clad cyclists interspersed with men and women dressed in black attire.
Tributes to the cycling champion were also written on cards placed among flowers outside the funeral today.
At the time of his tragic death, Ms Archibald, who won gold medals at both the 2016 and 2020 Olympics, emotionally shared how she 'tried and tried' to save him and that her heart 'stopped' with his.
Olympian Katie Archibald, 28, desperately tried to save her partner Rab Wardell, 37, who died from a cardiac arrest (pictured together)
The funeral procession for Rab Wardell arriving at Dunfermline Crematorium, with a large group of cyclists following the cortege
The coffin of Rab Wardell arriving at Dunfermline Crematorium today covered in flowers and two cards paying poignant tributes
A person holds an order of service outside of the Dunfermline Crematorium ahead of the funeral service of Mr Wardell this afternoon
Mourners gather outside Dunfermline Crematorium as the cortege carrying the flower-covered coffin arrives ahead of the funeral service
Friends were seen consoling each other outside the crematorium, with lycra-clad cyclists interspersed with men and women dressed in black attire
A large number of people gathered at the crematorium today to pay their respects to the Scottish cycling champion, who won a major tournament just two days prior to his death
Lycra-clad cyclists, pictured with their bikes laid on grass outside the service, followed the cortege as the cycling world paid its respects to Mr Wardell today
Cyclists and mourners lined the road outside Dunfermline Crematorium as the funeral for Mr Wardell took place this afternoon
Flowers and messages left by Mr Wardell's family among the flowers on top of his coffin today, where the cycling world came together to pay its respects
Mourners were seen hugging and consoling each other as they attended the funeral for Mr Wardell, who died from a cardiac arrest last month
She tweeted: 'I think you've heard that Rab died yesterday morning.
'I still don't understand what's happened; if this is real; why he'd be taken now – so healthy and happy.
'He went into cardiac arrest while we were lying in bed. I tried and tried, and the paramedics arrived within minutes, but his heart stopped and they couldn't bring him back.
'Mine stopped with it. I love him so much and need him here with me. I need him here so badly, but he's gone. I can't describe this pain.'
Ms Archibald added: 'Thank you to those making tributes. I can't bear to talk about him in the past tense to say anything myself. You mean everything to me, Rab. I love you.'
Her comments came after Scottish Cycling said it was 'devastated to confirm the news that international mountain biker & former employee, Rab Wardell, has passed away'.
The sporting body added: 'We have very little information at this stage, but we send our love and support to his family, friends and all those in our community who knew him.
'We ask that you respect Rab's family's privacy at this incredibly sad time.'
Ms Archibald holds 17 gold medals in European elite track championships which is an all-time record for that championships. She also holds the women's British national record for the individual pursuit.
Champion Scottish mountain biker Rab Wardell, pictured, died aged 37, just two days after winning a race at Kirroughtree Forest near Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire
The Scottish cycling champion died after suffering a cardiac arrest while lying in bed with his partner, Olympic cyclist Katie Archibald
The funeral procession for Rab Wardell arriving at Dunfermline Crematorium ahead of the funeral service this afternoon
Her brother, John, is also an elite cyclist and they both won medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games representing Scotland. Katie won gold in the women's individual pursuit and John silver in the men's.
Fellow gold medal cyclist Callum Skinner, said: 'Sorry to hear of the passing of another great Scottish cyclist. Some of my earliest memories in the sport featured a strong, witty personality who’d help anyone.'
In 2020 Mr Wardell, who lived in Glasgow, set the fastest known time for mountain biking the West Highland Way, completing it in nine hours, 14 minutes and 32 seconds.
He represented Scotland in the Commonwealth Games and competed in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup series.
His win at Kirroughtree Forest two days prior to his death was described as a 'show of incredible resilience' by British Cycling after Mr Wardell managed to catch the early race leaders to take the win.
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Leading Senior Care Franchise Advancing Care, Support and Research Efforts with National Team Fundraising for Walk to End Alzheimer's Nationwide
ROSEVILLE, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Always Best Care Senior Services, the leading senior care franchise system in the United States, today announced its 12th anniversary as a Walk to End Alzheimer's® National Team. Over the past 11 years, participating Always Best Care teams around the country have raised $785,986, earning the National Team Longevity Award for more than a decade of support and the Lifetime Achievement Level for raising over half a million dollars. This year, the company is on track to raise another $100,000 at Walks nationwide and continues to share helpful tips for caring for Alzheimer's patients in honor of World Alzheimer's Month in September.
"As a leader in senior care, Always Best Care is proud to partner with the Walk to End Alzheimer's every year on behalf of the more than 6 million Americans living with Alzheimer's disease," said Jake Brown, President & CEO of Always Best Care. "We know that extra attention and tender compassionate care must accompany every service we provide. This is especially true for our clients who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's."
As a Silver National Team, Always Best Care offices form teams for Walks across the country and raise funds that advance the care, support and research efforts of the Alzheimer's Association. Each team's donations play an important role in improving the lives of people living with Alzheimer's, their families and caregivers.
Two teams that have continually rallied together for the cause are Always Best Care of Delaware and Always Best Care of Philadelphia, which are both owned by Bryant Greene. His work on behalf of the cause has landed him in the Top 25 of national fundraisers and the top fundraiser in the Delaware Valley for the past eight years. Greene, who has also been named to the Board of Directors for the Alzheimer's Association's Delaware Valley chapter, has raised more than half a million dollars in his markets over the past 10 years.
"It is my honor to build awareness of and promote the important resources the Alzheimer's Association provides and to help connect my audiences with those resources," said Bryant Greene, who also hosts popular television and radio programs in the Philadelphia market. "I grew up with a beloved babysitter who lost her battle with Alzheimer's. Through my Always Best Care businesses, I've made many more personal connections with individuals and families impacted by this disease, and I see the struggles they endure. That's why this cause is near and dear to my heart."
Always Best Care is one of the nation's leading providers of non-medical in-home care and assisted living referral services, with skilled home health care in limited markets. The company delivers its services through an international network of more than 225 independently owned and operated franchise territories throughout the United States and Canada. By working with case managers, social workers, discharge planners, doctors, and families, Always Best Care franchise owners provide affordable, comprehensive solutions that can be specifically matched to meet a client's particular physical or social needs.
About Always Best Care
Founded in 1996, Always Best Care Senior Services is based on the belief that having the right people for the right level of care means peace of mind for the client and family. Always Best Care has been assisting seniors with a wide range of conditions and personal needs for over 25 years and currently provides thousands of hours of care every year.
Always Best Care also offers exclusive programs such as Always in Touch, Balance Tracking System and remote patient monitoring. For more information regarding Always Best Care's solutions, visit www.alwaysbestcare.com.
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Iraq top court says it can’t dissolve parliament amid crisis
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top court has ruled that it does not have the constitutional right to dissolve the country’s parliament. The much anticipated ruling on Wednesday raises the stakes in Iraq’s unprecedented 11-month political crisis. The court ruled it doesn’t have the authority under the country’s constitution to dissolve the legislature, which was a key demand by influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Al-Sadr won most votes in elections last October but has been unable to form a majority government. He has now been calling for the dissolution of parliament and early elections and has been in a power struggle with his Iran-backed rivals. Many anticipate the decision will instigate more unrest. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/09/07/iraq-top-court-says-it-cant-dissolve-parliament-amid-crisis/ | 2022-09-07T15:47:04Z | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/09/07/iraq-top-court-says-it-cant-dissolve-parliament-amid-crisis/ | false |
Power outage at Austin airport leads to flight delays
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An early morning power outage Wednesday at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport caused flight delays that continued even after electricity was restored.
The airport reported it lost power shortly before 5 a.m., and soon after said flights had been stopped. The lights were back on by 8 a.m., but airport officials told passengers that flights would be delayed.
The airport shut down roadways leading to the airport, which led to traffic backups on a nearby freeway. Austin police asked people to stay in their vehicles until the roadways reopened.
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Bed Bath & Beyond has named Chief Accounting Officer Laura Crossen as interim chief financial officer to replace Gustavo Arnal, whose death late last week adds to a cloud of financial uncertainty for the company and further complicates its plans for a turnaround.
According to the New York City Police Department, police found the 52-year-old Arnal unconscious with injuries showing he fell from the 57-story Jenga residential tower in Manhattan. The medical examiner’s office ruled Arnal’s death a suicide, and police said an investigation was underway.
The news of Arnal’s death landed just days after Bed Bath & Beyond said that it would close about 150 of its namesake stores and slash its workforce by 20% as it tries to fix its beleaguered business. The company also said last week it was considering selling more of its stock to shore up its finances and had lined up more than $500 million of new financing.
“The underlying factors were bad before,” said Allen Adamson, co-founder of marketing consultancy Metaforce. “This (tragedy) just makes a difficult situation even worse.”
Arnal himself, who joined the company in May 2020 after holding senior executive jobs at Avon, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Procter & Gamble, was facing a lawsuit accusing him and activist investor Ryan Cohen of conspiring since March to boost the price of Bed Bath & Beyond shares and then dump the stock for a profit. It also accused Cohen of making a false filing and manipulating the timing of disclosing the sale of most of his stock.
Pengcheng Si, who filed the lawsuit in August against Arnal, Cohen, Bed Bath & Beyond and its bankers, couldn’t be reached for comment on Tuesday.
Bed Bath & Beyond said it is in the early stages of evaluating the complaint, “but based on current knowledge the company believes the claims are without merit.” It disclosed in a separate filing in August that Arnal sold about 55,000 shares for $1.4 million in six different transactions that still left him with more than 255,000 shares.
Founded in 1971, Bed Bath & Beyond had for years enjoyed its status as a big box retailer that offered a vast selection of sheets, towels and gadgets unmatched by department store rivals. It was among the first to introduce shoppers to many of today’s household items like the air fryer or single-serve coffee maker, and its 15% to 20% coupons were ubiquitous.
But for the last decade or so, Bed Bath & Beyond struggled with weak sales, largely because of its messy assortments and lagging online strategy that made it hard to compete with the likes of Target and Walmart, both of which have spruced up their home departments with higher quality sheets and beddings. Meanwhile, online players like Wayfair have lured customers with affordable and trendy furniture and home décor.
In late 2019, Bed Bath & Beyond tapped Target executive Mark Tritton to take the helm and turn around sales. Tritton quickly scaled back coupons and started to introduce store label brands at the expense of national labels.
But the pandemic, which happened shortly after his arrival, forced the retailer to temporarily close its stores and it was never able to use the health crisis to pivot to a successful online strategy as others had, analysts said. And while many retailers were grappling with supply chain issues, Bed Bath was among the most vulnerable.
During last year’s crucial holiday shopping season, the stores were missing many of their 200 best-selling items, including kitchen appliances and personal electronics, taking a hit of $100 million in sales, the company said early this year. The retailer ousted Tritton in June after two back-to-back quarters of disastrous sales.
“He went too far, too fast,” said Neil Saunders, managing director at GlobalData Retail. “He didn’t think about the customer.”
Then came turbulence with the retailer’s shares, which made a monstrous run from $5.77 to $23.08 in a little more than two weeks in August. The trading was reminiscent of last year’s meme-stock craze, when out-of-favor companies suddenly became darlings of smaller-pocketed investors.
But the stock fell back to earth after Cohen, the billionaire co-founder of online pet-products retailer Chewy Inc. who purchased a nearly 10% stake in Bed Bath & Beyond in March, sold off all his shares.
The company is now being led by board member and retail consultant Sue Gove while a search firm looks for a permanent CEO. Last week, it announced that the chief operating officer and chief stores officer had left. Meanwhile, Crossen will continue as principal accounting officer while serving as interim CFO.
Bed Bath & Beyond executives say they are reverting back to the company’s original strategy of focusing on national brands instead of its own private labels, getting rid of one-third of its store brands. It would also stop embracing the “pile high” merchandising approach and work more closely with its suppliers.
But Saunders and other analysts fear that suppliers will demand stricter financial terms as they worry about the health of the company. He thinks that the company is just biding time before a bankruptcy filing.
Shares of the company fell more than 17% in afternoon trading, to $7.12. Shares have lost nearly 70% of their value in the past 52 weeks.
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Ballymacash triumph over Moyola Park
The Cash travelled to Castledawson on September 3 to take on one of the Lough 41 Premier Intermediate League favourites Moyola Park FC, and quickly started on the attack, as was to be the story for most of the afternoon.
ith plenty of possession the Cash created plenty of chances in the first half hour with Barr, Armstrong and Smith all going close.
The best chance of the half came from a Dylan Davidson header but the match remained goal less at half time.
Moyola Park started the second half brightly , but Ballymacash were getting the upper hand with Davidson providing some excellent crosses and the energetic running of Justin Armstrong on the right causing the home team problems. The crowd were soon on their feet applauding a great save by the Moyola Park goalkeeper who dived to his right to scoop goal bound header off the line.
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The Cash were soon to open the scoring with another cross from the left by Dylan Davidson picking out Man of the Match Justin Armstrong to slot home. Minutes later the busy Jack Smith made it 2-0 to Ballymacash and the away team were starting to show their class.
Ballymacash skipper Jordan Morrison rose to head home another terrific corner from Davidson to make it 3 nil to the visitors.
This was a terrific team performance from Ballymacash Rangers, with Lifetime Honorary President Tommy Heasley remarking that “it was one of, if not the best team performance” that he had witnessed in almost 40 years of watching the Cash.
A positive start to life in the Irish League from Ballymacash sees them top of the Lough 41 Premier Intermediate League on goal difference from favourites Bangor.
This week sees Ballymacash host Derriaghy CC FC in Steel and Sons Cup 3rd Round, the first competitive match between the two clubs despite them only being a few miles from each other.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
8-0-2, FIREBALL: 9
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JACKSON, Miss (AP) — 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 in a statement to The Associated Press on Tuesday that schools had re-opened after a drop in water pressure forced a move to virtual instruction.
A line of cars snaked around the block in front of Spann Elementary in northeast Jackson as parents arrived to pick up their children. Syreeta Tatum waited for her fourth grader to emerge from the building and lamented the uncertainty Jackson’s water woes had foisted upon parents and students.
“It was very frustrating,” said Tatum. “As a mother, you want to make sure your child is getting the best education possible, especially knowing that my child functions better in person.”
In a statement posted to Twitter on Monday, 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 students who attend Forest Hill 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.
“The safety net that has been built up has decreased and has diminished,” Lumumba said. “That is why we’re prayerful that everything remains consistent.”
If a challenge arises with plant operation Tuesday, it will likely impact customers, the mayor said.
In a Monday news conference, Gov. Tates Reeves said water distribution at schools would be scaled down in preparation for students’ return to campuses.
“We are moving those resources to our other water distribution mega-sites,” Reeves said. “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.”
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. He hauled the garbage container up a short incline back to the high school with water sloshing over the sides.
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.
“There may be more bad days in the future,” Reeves said.
Liz Oviede, a student at Delta Technical College, picked up her 10-year old brother Tuesday so her mother wouldn’t have to miss work. Her mother missed work at least three days last week to supervise the boy as Spann shifted to virtual learning. Recounting a recent weekend trip to Houston, Texas, she longed for cleaner water.
“My face cleared up, my hair was so much softer and my hair is always so crunchy here and it doesn’t feel clean,” Oviede said. “I just wish they’d get it together and stop bringing politics into it.”
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New integrations open innovative paths to revenue for B2B growth teams
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LeanData, the modern revenue orchestration platform for today's growth leaders, today introduced new out-of-the-box integrations with popular sales and marketing solutions from 6sense, Clearbit, Cloudingo, Cognism, Crossbeam, Kronologic, Microsoft Teams, SalesIntel, Sendoso and UserGems.
LeanData's newest integrations significantly expand its ecosystem of long-standing integrations, which includes Salesloft, Slack, Outreach and others.
LeanData's Revenue Orchestration platform features flexible, easy, drag-and-drop workflows which seamlessly orchestrate data, processes and plays across Salesforce CRM and leading third-party applications in the revenue tech stack.
With LeanData's integrations, customers can now seamlessly:
- Ingest unique buyer signals with 6sense and UserGems.
- Enrich records with 6sense, Clearbit, Cognism, SalesIntel and others.
- Improve data quality with Cloudingo.
- Strengthen partner co-selling motions with Crossbeam.
- Trigger cadences with Salesforce Sales Engagement, Salesloft and Outreach.
- Send tailored calendar invites with Kronologic.
- Integrate gifting plays with Sendoso.
- Deliver real-time notifications with Slack and Microsoft Teams.
"We've released highly successful integrations in recent years based on customer demand—and their momentum continues to grow," said Hendrick Lee, Chief Product Officer, LeanData. "We're committed to leveraging synergies between LeanData and the products and solutions customers have adopted to power their revenue engines."
Later this month, LeanData will showcase its new integrations alongside partners at OpsStars 2022. Held alongside Salesforce's Dreamforce event, the seventh-annual OpsStars conference will take place September 21-22 at The San Francisco Mint in San Francisco, Calif. To register, visit www.ops-stars.com.
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Today's growth leaders are powering their B2B selling with LeanData, the gold standard in modern revenue orchestration and an essential element of the modern RevTech stack. The LeanData Revenue Orchestration Platform, powered by No-Code Automation, simplifies and accelerates coordination of all the plays, people and processes needed to transform buyer signals into buying decisions. LeanData is inspiring a global movement among its 800+ customers and community of 5000+ OpsStars worldwide, empowering them with revenue operations excellence that translates into compelling buyer experiences and competitive advantage. See www.leandata.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Karen Khachanov stood on court, arms raised, basking in a rowdy crowd’s cheers after reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal at the U.S. Open. Not far away, Nick Kyrgios took out some of his frustration at the so-close-yet-so-far result on a pair of rackets.
First, shortly after the last point of his 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4 loss to Khachanov, Kyrgios cracked his piece of equipment against the ground — once, twice, three, four times. Then, for good measure, Kyrgios grabbed yet another racket out of his bag, reared back and hit that one on the sideline, too.
Kyrgios could not quite follow up his victory over defending champion Daniil Medvedev at Flushing Meadows, bowing out in a high-quality, topsy-turvy quarterfinal that began Tuesday night and concluded more than 3 1/2 hours later at about 1 a.m. Wednesday in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
“It’s just devastating. Like, it’s heartbreaking,” said Kyrgios, a 27-year-old from Australia who was the runner-up at Wimbledon in July. “Pretty much every other tournament during the year is a waste of time, really. You should just run up and show up at a Grand Slam. That’s what you’re remembered by.”
Asked about Kyrgios’ display of disappointment, Khachanov said he saw “rackets were flying,” and added: “I feel the pain for him.”
Early in the match, two spectators were kicked out after one gave the other a haircut in the stands. By the end, the late-staying spectators were pulling for Kyrgios loudly. At one point in the fourth set, chair umpire James Keothavong pleaded: “Once again, ladies and gentlemen: Respect both the players.”
“I was prepared. I was expecting that the crowd would be more for him, that he was the favorite in their eyes,” said the No. 27-seeded Khachanov had been 0-2 in major quarterfinals before this one against No. 23 Kyrgios.
Khachanov will face No. 5 Casper Ruud on Friday for a berth in the championship match.
“I’m really proud of myself,” Khachanov said. “I was really focused from the beginning to the end.”
Both he and Kyrgios are equipped with booming serves, and they combined for 61 aces (31 by Kyrgios). They combined for 138 total winners (75 by Kyrgios).
Two stats that were real difference-makers: Kyrgios made 58 unforced errors, Khachanov 31. And Khachanov saved 7 of 9 break points he faced.
The breakthrough at Wimbledon, and two recent victories over No. 1 Medvedev — including in the fourth round, ending his title defense — made Kyrgios a popular pick to claim his first Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows.
Khachanov was not allowed to play at Wimbledon this year after the All England Club banned all players from his country, Russia, and Belarus because of the invasion of Ukraine.
Against Kyrgios, he picked up key breaks of serve in the last game of the first and third sets. After the opener, Kyrgios complained of a sore knee and was visited by a trainer.
He did not appear to show any ill effects once play resumed, and broke early in the second.
Kyrgios had a chance to break again at 4-all in the third, but couldn’t convert, flubbing a forehand, then spiked his racket. Two games later, he put a backhand into the net to drop that set, then sat in his changeover chair, dumped his racket and threw a drink, drawing a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct from Keothavong.
Khachanov came within two points of victory while ahead 6-5 as Kyrgios served in the fourth set. Kyrgios held on there and dominated the ensuing tiebreaker to force a fifth.
Then Khachanov broke to begin the last set, soon was up 3-1 and was on his way.
“The deeper you go, the expectations rise up,” he said. “I did a step forward.”
In Wednesday’s quarterfinals, it’ll be No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz vs. No. 11 Jannik Sinner, and No. 9 Andrey Rublev vs. No. 22 Frances Tiafoe.
None of the last eight men in the bracket has won a major title.
Ruud headed into the 2022 season with just one Grand Slam appearance that lasted as far as the fourth round anywhere and was determined to improve his record at the four most important events in tennis.
Then, a day before the Australian Open began in January, he twisted his ankle in practice and needed to withdraw. Hardly ideal. Just look at him now: Ruud is into the semifinals at the U.S. Open and has a shot at moving up to No. 1 in the ATP rankings, following a run to the final at the French Open.
The 23-year-old from Norway — who is coached by his father, former professional player Christian — parlayed what he called “a better start than I ever had before in a match” to a 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (4) victory over 2021 Wimbledon runner-up Matteo Berrettini on Monday.
“During Paris, something clicked, and I feel like I, this year, have sort of figured out the better way how to play five sets and knowing that it’s very different from playing best-of-three sets. … Sometimes realizing, or knowing, that you can sort of let one set go every once in a while to save some energy for the rest of the sets,” said Ruud, 12-2 in Grand Slam play in 2022. “So I think I matured.”
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The boyfriend of a slain 5-year-old New Hampshire boy's mother plans to plead guilty to manslaughter, according to a court document.
Joseph Stapf, 31, was originally charged with child endangerment and witness tampering in connection with Elijah Lewis' disappearance. He also plans to plead guilty to second-degree assault, falsifying physical evidence, and witness tampering, according to a plea notice filed Friday in court.
A plea-and-sentencing hearing for Stapf was scheduled for Jan. 4, 2023. The fully negotiated plea carries a sentence of 22 to 45 years in prison, according to the document filed by Stapf's lawyer.
Elijah's mother, Danielle Dauphinais, 36, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
Lewis was missing and later found dead in Abington, Massachusetts, last October. An autopsy showed he suffered facial and scalp injuries, acute fentanyl intoxication, malnourishment and pressure ulcers.
When Lewis was still missing, Stapf and Dauphinais were arrested in New York that month on charges of witness tampering and child endangerment. Days after their arrest, Elijah's remains were found. Both Dauphinais and Stapf remain in jail.
Dauphinais was indicted earlier this year on one count of first-degree murder alleging that she purposely caused her son’s death, one count of second-degree murder alleging she acted recklessly in causing his death, and three counts of witness tampering. She pleaded not guilty. Some motions have been filed in her case; a hearing is scheduled for Oct. 26.
Dauphinais is accused of killing her son sometime between Sept. 27, 2020, and Sept. 24, 2021. She also is accused of telling two people to lie and say the boy was with them in October and telling a third not to talk to investigators.
Arrest records have been sealed and lawyers are under an order keeping the information confidential.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia had not lost anything as a result of its ongoing military actions in Ukraine.
Speaking at an economic forum in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Putin attempted to defend the costs of what he termed his country's "special military operation" in Ukraine, despite recent Western intelligence reports that indicate Russia is facing severe shortages of military personnel and equipment.
"We have lost nothing and are not going to lose anything. Our main gain is the strengthening of our sovereignty. We didn't start anything, in terms of military action, but are only trying to finish it," Putin told the audience.
In a statement Monday, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said more than 25,000 Russian soldiers are estimated to have died since the start of Putin's invasion in February this year.
Russia has paid an economic price for its aggression, too. A wave of punishing sanctions from Western nations targeting Russia's vital energy exports and its financial system has left the country grappling with recession, and potentially facing a prolonged period of stagnation.
Wednesday's Eastern Economic Forum, which focuses on building investment ties between Russia's eastern region and global investors, comes on the heels of an announcement from Russian energy giant Gazprom on Tuesday that it had signed an agreement to start switching payments for gas supplies to China to yuan and rubles instead of dollars, a development that was referenced by Putin in his address Wednesday.
The forum also saw China's number three leader, Li Zhanshu, a member of the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee and the country's top legislator, meet in person with Putin on Wednesday, in what was the most senior-level, face-to-face meeting between the two countries since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The two were pictured together at a forum plenary session.
Military junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also attended the forum, according to Russian state media.
Paving the way
The meeting between Li and Putin could pave the way for China's top leader Xi Jinping's face-to-face meeting with Putin in Uzbekistan next week.
Xi will meet Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit scheduled on September 15 and 16, Russia's envoy to Beijing Andrey Denisov told reporters on Wednesday, according to Russian state news agency Tass.
It would be the first in-person meeting between the two leaders, who have established a close relationship, since the Russian invasion of Ukraine earlier this year. It would also be the first overseas trip for Xi since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
Li arrived in Vladivostok on Wednesday to attend the forum, becoming the most senior Chinese official to leave China since the start of the pandemic, which has seen the country close borders and limit in-person diplomacy. The stop is part of a 10-day overseas tour, where Li will visit Russia, South Korea, Mongolia and Nepal from Wednesday, Chinese state media reported this week.
The diplomatic visit underlines the importance of the Russian relationship for China, even in the face of international blow back against Moscow after its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine earlier this year.
It also comes weeks before a critical five-yearly political meeting in Beijing, where Xi is expected to break with tradition and assume a third term in power, cementing his role as China's most powerful leader in decades.
Moscow and Beijing have emerged as closer partners in recent years as both face tensions with the West, with Xi and Putin declaring the two countries had a "no limit" partnership weeks before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Beijing has since refused to condemn the aggression, instead repeatedly laying blame for the conflict on NATO and the United States.
The two countries have signaled that their partnership remains strong, with China's Foreign Ministry saying last month that the two sides agreed to "deepen practical cooperation" during a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of a regional gathering in Phnom Penh.
Ahead of his expected visit to Russia, Li made similar comments during a meeting last week with Russian Ambassador Denisov in Beijing. There Li, who is also chairman of China's Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, stressed the two nations were "headed toward the right direction under the strategic guidance of the two leaders, with firm mutual support and constant political trust," according to Chinese state media.
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CAIRO (AP) — Cowering in a bare corner, the 15-year-old boy begs for mercy and holds up his arms, trying to fend off the rifle pointed at his face. “Where is the money? Where is the money?” the holder of the rifle barks, over and over.
The unseen man pulls the trigger. “Click-click-click!” The magazine is empty, it seems. The man wants to scare him, and it works. The boy flinches with each click.
“Where is the money? Where is the money?” the man keeps shouting, swatting the boy on the head with the rifle muzzle. “I swear, I don’t have,” the boy cries.
The boy, Mazen Adam, a refugee in Libya from Sudan’s conflict-torn Darfur region, was kidnapped last week by unknown gunmen demanding ransom. Hours after the video depicting this scene spread on social media, the boy’s father was taken by gunmen from his home in western Libya.
Their saga is all too common in the chaotic, war-torn Mediterranean country, where powerful militias and traffickers have for years taken advantage of the desperation of migrants fleeing wars and poverty and trying to reach Europe. But the abuse is rarely caught on-camera, and the story of the boy and his father has raised concerns among regular Libyans and rights workers.
The video has underscored how abuses, torture, sexual violence and killings of migrants are rampant in Libya, where the European Union is using fragments of the broken-down state as an out-sourced policeman to block migrants from reaching its shores, trapping them there.
Libya has been in chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. The country has split into many factions, each supported by rogue militias and foreign governments.
Without a functioning government for most of the past decade, the country became a hub for migrants, with thousands coming in every year from Arab nations or sub-Saharan Africa, aiming to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
A lucrative trafficking business has flourished and militias, most of which are on the government payroll, are involved at every stage. They sometimes receive payments from the smugglers who arrange the migrants’ journeys. Militias often kidnap migrants and torture them to extort money from them.
Militias are part of the official state forces tasked with intercepting migrants at sea, including in the coast guard. They also run state detention centers, where abuses of migrants are common. As a result, militias — some of them led by warlords the U.N. has sanctioned for abuses — benefit from millions in funds the European Union gives to Libya to stop the migrant flow to Europe.
U.N.-commissioned investigators said last year such practices may amount to crimes against humanity. The U.N.’s refugee agency has warned that Libya “isn’t a country of asylum, nor a place of safety.”
Fleeing Sudan’s Darfur, Mohamed Adam arrived in Libya with his four children in December 2017. A few months earlier, his wife died when their house was set on fire during a bout of tribal violence in Darfur.
Adam settled in Tripoli, waiting for the opportunity to reach Europe. He and his children were registered with the U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, as asylum-seekers, according to a registration document shared with The Associated Press. Adam found work as a day laborer.
The AP spoke to Adam by phone. A few hours later, he was abducted by armed men in uniform, according to his 20-year-old daughter, Rehab Adam.
He described how in January, despite their recognized asylum-seeker status, the whole family was rounded up in a crackdown on migrants by Libyan authorities. They were held for over three months in a detention center in the town of Ain Zara, where guards abused them and burned their few belongings, he said.
They were released on April 25 after intervention by the UNHCR, he said. They then moved to Warshefana, a town on Tripoli’s southwestern outskirts where living expenses were cheaper.
The town is also home to militias that have been implicated in human trafficking, said Tarik Lamloum, a Libyan activist working with the Belaady Organization for Human Rights.
Mazen, the second oldest of the four siblings, worked also as a day laborer in farms and workshops to help the family survive. On Aug. 30, he left home in the morning for work as usual. But he did not return.
That afternoon, Adam received a call from another Sudanese woman in Libya, telling him that his son was likely kidnapped. The woman sent him the video of Mazen being abused, which she had seen on a WhatsApp group of Sudanese migrants. How the video made it there is unclear, but it’s highly likely that Mazen’s captors wanted it to reach his family to pressure them to send money. Migrants are regularly held for ransom inside Libya’s formal and informal detention centers, although they are usually told to contact family in a phone call.
In the video, Mazen’s captor demands 5,000 Libyan dinars, around $1,000, and tells the boy to call friends or family to get it.
“Is he still alive or dead?” his father, Adam said, speaking hours after the video emerged. “I don’t have the money to free him.”
In response to a request for comment, UNHCR said it was aware of the “distressing video … and is following up on it and in direct contact with the family.”
Lamloum, the activist, says the U.N. agency should have been able to do more to protect the family, whether providing them shelter or hurrying their resettlement abroad, arguing that Libyan authorities in practice don’t recognize the agency’s papers for asylum seekers.
The video was shared on social media by activists in Sudan and by other Libyans worried for the boy’s safety. A day after it appeared, three vehicles pulled in front of Adam’s house in Warshefana. Rehab said armed men got out and took her father away.
No group claimed responsibility for the child’s abduction nor his father’s detention. A spokesman for the Tripoli-based government did not answer phone calls or a message seeking comment.
Now Rehab and her younger sister and brother, 11-year-old Manasek and 9-year-old Mustafa, are at a U.N. refugee agency facility in Tripoli, waiting for news.
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Portland State vs. Washington picks, predictions: Who wins Week 2 college football game?
The Portland State Vikings face the Washington Huskies at Husky Stadium in a Week 2 college football game on Saturday.
Which team will win the game?
Check out these picks and predictions for the game, which is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. MST and can be seen on Pac-12 Washington.
There is currently no line for the game.
Picks and Parlays: Washington 42, Portland State 17
It writes: "New head coach Kalen DeBoer is off to a good start with Washington, and we expect another win in Week 2. The Huskies opened 2021 losing to FCS powerhouse Montana with less than 291 total yards total offense. DeBoer’s new offense surpassed that total in the first half against Kent State. Portland State has a knack for putting a scare into FBS schools, but the Huskies will cruise in this one."
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The Athletic: Washington 49, Portland State 17
Christian Caple writes: "If this game is close at any point, it’s fair to be concerned about the direction of the program — especially with the Montana debacle still fresh in everyone’s minds. I see minimal chance the Huskies overlook this one. Maybe you’ll see Dylan Morris or Sam Huard at some point."
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San Jose Mercury News: Washington will beat Portland State in Week 2 game
Jon Wilner writes: "Home favorites are vulnerable to a look-ahead sinkhole, but Portland State lacks the personnel of, say, Montana."
More:Pac-12 football Week 2 schedule: ASU vs. Oklahoma State, Mississippi State vs. Arizona, more
Sports Chat Place: Washington looks to build off 1-0 start
Chris Ruffolo writes: "The Washington Huskies will try to build on their 45-20 win over Kent State in their last game. Michael Penix Jr has thrown for 345 yards and 4 touchdowns on 66.7% passing while Wayne Taulapapa leads Washington with 57 rushing yards and a touchdown. Jalen McMillan has a team-high 87 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns while Rome Odunze has a team-high 7 catches for 84 yards and Taj Davis has 72 receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Alphonso Tuputala leads the Huskies with 8 total tackles while Asa Turner has a pair of interceptions and Bralen Trice has a sack."
ESPN: Washington has a 98% chance to win the game vs. Portland State
The site gives Portland State a 2% shot to pick up the victory in Seattle.
Odds Shark: Portland State 27, Washington 25
Yes, the site predicts that Portland State will beat Washington in the Week 2 college football game in Seattle.
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USC vs. Stanford picks, predictions: Who wins Week 2 college football game Saturday?
The USC Trojans face the Stanford Cardinal at Stanford Stadium in a Week 2 college football game on Saturday.
Which team will win the game?
Check out these picks and predictions for the game, which is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. MST and can be seen on ABC.
USC is a 9.5-point favorite in the game, according to Tipico Sportsbook.
Pac-12 football Week 2 picks, predictions:
- Southern Utah vs. Utah | Washington St. vs. Wisconsin
- Colorado vs. Air Force | Portland State vs. Washington
- UNLV vs. Cal | Alabama St. vs. UCLA | USC vs. Stanford
- ASU vs. Oklahoma St. | Eastern Washington vs. Oregon
- Oregon St. vs. Fresno St. | Mississippi State vs. Arizona
- Republic's picks | Odds | Schedule, how to watch on TV
Picks and Parlays: USC 42, Stanford 7
It writes: "The Cardinal did luck out and looked great defensively in their last game. However, the Stanford team is going to have their hands full in this game as the USC offense is quite a bit better than Colgate. Look for the USC team to get the win by a big score here and keep the Cardinal offense from doing much."
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Sports Chat Place: Take USC to cover against Stanford
It writes: "I’m probably going to stay with USC. This should be a better matchup than either team’s opening game, however. The Trojans managed 538 yards of offense versus Rice, bagging 9.3 yards per play, 27 first downs, a 5-of-7 mark on third-down tries and just one punt. There’s really not much to complain about from that victory. As for Stanford, they drilled Colgate for 497 yards, 8.6 yards per play and 20 first downs. The Cardinal were pretty sketchy on ball control however, losing three fumbles and an interception. If Stanford pulls it together I think they’ll be competitive here but I like USC on the eventual cover."
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Sports Gambling Podcast Network: Take Stanford with the points vs. USC
All four of the site's writers are taking Stanford with the points against USC.
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Odds Checker: USC will cover vs. Stanford
Jason Radowitz writes: "On the other hand, Caleb Williams started for USC in their game against Rice. Williams was dominant, going 19-for-22 with two touchdowns in the air. The offensive line held up well and gave Williams all the time he needed in the pocket. Williams also scrambled for 68 yards on six carries for USC. The run game for USC is still a question mark. While the offensive line did so well in the passing game, the running game didn't look as good. Sure, USC still added 208 yards on the ground, but that's still an area they will want to clean up. The Trojans were good at making tackles, and the coverage looked very elite for the Trojans. If the pass rush can force some more pressure, the Trojans will be good on the defensive end this season. I like USC to get the win by at least two touchdowns."
Fansided: USC 38, Stanford 28
Evan Desai writes: "Look--Stanford likely isn't going to beat USC this year. They have holes up and down their roster and USC's offense is a massive force to be reckoned with. Don't be surprised, however, if the Cardinal make the Cardinal and Gold earn it in Week 2 up in Stanford Stadium."
ESPN: USC has a 74.6% chance to win the game vs. Stanford
The site gives Stanford a 25.4 shot to pick up the victory at Stanford.
Odds Shark: USC 31.2, Stanford 16.4
The site predicts that USC will win the game against Stanford and cover the spread, but predicts that the total will go under.
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Only second in Texas to achieve this level of recognition for expertise, quality care
DALLAS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- White Rock Medical Center in Dallas, Texas is now accredited as a Comprehensive Bariatric Surgery Center with Adolescent Care and Obesity Medicine.
White Rock Medical Center joins only 10 other healthcare facilities in the nation that have achieved the three designations required for this elite level of accreditation, and is only second in Texas to earn this recognition.
The accreditation was awarded by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®), a joint program of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
To achieve accreditation, a center must adhere to established best practice standards, meet rigorous reporting requirements regarding medical care that show positive outcomes and quality of care, and undergo an on-site review.
"The accreditation is a testament to our commitment to clinical expertise and compassionate health care. It's one of the reasons people come from across Texas and neighboring states to place their care in the hands of our expert bariatric surgeons and the holistic support program that offers a higher quality of life," said Shawn Lovelady, chief operating officer of White Rock Medical Center.
White Rock Medical Center's bariatric surgery program employs the latest surgical advancements, including robotic assisted, minimally invasive surgery that improves recovery time and reduces risk of post-surgery complications.
The My New Beginning bariatric clinic employs a wholistic approach to weight loss, including not only bariatric surgery but also medical weight loss, on-site psychological support, nutrition counseling and more.
Managing obesity with these tools can improve chronic health issues, such as reversing diabetes, lowering blood pressure, decreasing depression, reducing sleep apnea, and many other health benefits, explained Charlotte Hodges, MD, director of bariatric surgery.
"The accreditation affirms our practice as a bariatric center of excellence. We are committed to improving our patients' health by achieving weight loss that reduces life-threatening risk factors, improves self-esteem, and enhances all aspects of life," said Dr. Hodges.
In 2018, obesity prevalence in the U.S reached more than 42%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Obese adults have a BMI of 30 or higher.
Obesity is a complex disease. Several factors play a role in the development of obesity, including genetic, biochemical and physiological factors. Certain biological factors such as environmental, cultural, socioeconomic and psychological issues also contribute to the development of obesity.
Learn more about obesity in the U.S., prevention strategies and the latest research at www.cdc.gov/obesity.
Learn more about bariatric surgery accreditation at www.facs.org/quality-programs/mbsaqip.
White Rock Medical Center is a 200-bed acute care hospital in Dallas, Texas known for expert medical services that include bariatrics, cardiology, orthopedics, women's health and emergency care. The hospital offers a range of recovery and wellness programs that include physical therapy and cardiac rehab, a sleep center, women's imaging and more. For more information about our expertise and care, including bariatrics, please visit www.whiterockmedicalcenter.com.
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- Centinel Spine now has four FDA-approved cervical total disc replacement (TDR) devices for 1-level indications, offering the broadest spectrum of solutions to address surgeon preference and individual patient anatomy.
- Centinel Spine continues its leadership in total disc replacement, becoming the first-and-only company with a portfolio that allows matching the disc to patient anatomy.
- The variety of cervical TDR endplate configurations, coupled with the proven and well-documented prodisc® CORE technology, represents a major advancement in patient care.
- The prodisc technology is the most studied and clinically-proven TDR system in the world, validated by over 540 published papers.
WEST CHESTER, Pa., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Centinel Spine®, LLC, a leading global medical device company addressing cervical and lumbar spinal disease through anterior surgical access, today announced the first implantation of its prodisc® C Vivo Cervical Total Disc Replacement (TDR) product. In July, the company received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for 1-level indications for prodisc C Vivo, prodisc C SK, and prodisc C Nova. Along with the currently available prodisc C implant, which remains the most studied TDR technology, Centinel Spine now has the broadest offering of cervical TDR solutions in the world to address surgeon preference and individual patient anatomy.
The first prodisc C Vivo procedure was performed in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX by orthopedic spine surgeon Jason Tinley, MD, founder of DFW Center for Spinal Disorders.
"This patient had severe left-sided neck pain radiating into the forearm and thumb and a left C5/6 disc herniation," said Dr. Jason Tinley. "Having the intraoperative options of a convex dome with spikes (prodisc C Vivo) versus a flat endplate component with keel (prodisc C) gave me the modularity to maximize endplate contact and stability, thus decreasing bone removal, risk of heterotopic ossification, subsidence, or implant failure. Ultimately, this allows me to best restore motion while also minimizing risk," Dr. Tinley adds.
Centinel Spine CEO Steve Murray stated, "This is a historic milestone for the company, and we appreciate the support from our surgeon partners. Total disc replacement is one of the fastest growing global segments in all of orthopedics, and we continue innovating in this area to advance patient care. With our recent regulatory achievements, we are now able to offer surgeons a unique range of options to match the disc to patient anatomy."
The prodisc C Vivo system has been in clinical use internationally since 2009 and is currently one of the most frequently implanted TDR devices outside of the U.S. The device has keel-less fixation and combines a unique anatomically-designed superior endplate with lateral spikes to optimize fit and provide immediate fixation. Similar to all prodisc products, the prodisc C Vivo device incorporates prodisc CORE technology, the basis behind the predictable clinical outcomes of the prodisc platform after 30 years and over 225,000 implantations worldwide*.
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Centinel Spine®, LLC is a leading global medical device company addressing cervical and lumbar spinal disease through anterior surgical access. The company offers a continuum of trusted, brand-name, motion-preserving and fusion solutions backed by over 30 years of clinical success—providing the most robust and clinically-proven technology platforms in the world for total disc replacement (prodisc®) and Integrated Interbody™ fusion (STALIF®).
Centinel Spine continues to advance its pioneering culture and corporate mission to become a catalyst of change in the spine industry and alter the way spine surgery is perceived. Centinel Spine remains the only company with comprehensive motion-preserving and fusion solutions for both cervical and lumbar anterior column reconstruction.
For more information, please visit the company's website at www.CentinelSpine.com or contact:
Centinel Spine
Varun Gandhi
Chief Financial Officer
900 Airport Road, Suite 3B
West Chester, PA 19380
Phone: 484-887-8871
Email: v.gandhi@centinelspine.com
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Sometimes you don't have time to go to the gym, but you want to get in some sort of a workout.
In this week's Workout Wednesday, fitness trainer Rhonda Murphy shares some exercises you can do if time is not on your side
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Sometimes you don't have time to go to the gym, but you want to get in some sort of a workout.
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SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sangel Capital ("Sangel" or the "Company"), a leading biotech and healthcare venture capital company based in China, has announced that Liu Mulong, Founding Partner with the Company, has been awarded as one of China's top early-stage investors of 2021 by the acclaimed ChinaVenture Awards. The accolade recognizes the Company's position as a leader in the venture capital community, whose forward-looking investment strategy and expertise in life sciences set a strong foundation for a series of highly-promising fledgling healthcare projects to grow into ground-breaking solutions.
"Our uniquely differentiated investment strategy has enabled us to find diamonds in the rough. We are one of a small number of local institutions in China with a solid track record of discovering and investing in early-stage bio-medicine, medical technology and medical device companies. The last 12 years have seen us investing in some of the most transformative, helping them to advance and deliver their disruptive medical breakthroughs to address unmet medical challenges," said Liu.
One of Sangel's most noteworthy recent successes include its leading investment in the seed funding round of Ascentawits Pharmaceuticals, a company focused on the development of anti-tumor drugs. As early as 2016, Sangel identified the company's unique technical strengths and long-term development potential underpinned by the founder Dr. Duan Jianxin's 20-year research experience in the tumor microenvironment and his potent product strategy.
"Sangel values innovation and the drug's affordability," Liu added. "Different from macromolecules, the new small molecule drug developed by Ascentawits based on the AKR1C3-enzyme-activated prodrug platform will greatly improve patient accessibility."
"Sangel is not an IPO chaser, but rather a persevering cultivator that plows and weeds the seeds. We believe an IPO is no longer the only criteria for successful investments in Biotech, particularly, after the second half of 2021, when a large number of preclinical Biotechs experienced a fall in their share price just after listing. Sangel burrows to the core to understand the true factors that drive future growth and empower those breakthrough projects that not only demonstrate their ability to achieve commercialization but also the possibility to retain their business value over the long-term," said Liu.
Yinyi Biotech is a good example. In 2017, Sangel predicted that Yinyi Biotech's drug-eluting balloon (DEB) was disruptive innovation at the forefront of medical research with the ability to capture the new market before they were launched. Benefiting from China's volume-based procurement scheme and "winner takes all" rules, according to Frost and Sullivan, sales of the company's Bingo® coronary drug delivery system were largely booming and ranked the top-selling product of its kind in China in 2021, successfully breaking the monopoly of other imported options. "Only the real market realization ability can support continuous positive stock price performance post-IPO," added Liu.
With long-termism embedded in its investment philosophy, Sangel has harnessed its industry know-how and market insights to help unleash the potential of numerous biotech companies which have emerged to be market winners. As the biotech sector is reaching a new inflection point, Sangel Capital is well-positioned to navigate through market uncertainties and translate high-potential early-stage innovations into next-generation medical solutions that can eventually create better returns for investors.
About Sangel Capital
Established in 2010, headquartered in Shenzhen with offices in Beijing, Suzhou, and Chicago, Sangel Capital is one of the first healthcare-focused venture capital firms in China that focuses on investing in innovative emerging-market enterprises in the life sciences sector. Led by a broad range of expertise, including entrepreneurs, scientists, industrial professionals and advisors, Sangel is now managing a series of RMB and USD funds, with an investment approach to discover well-researched, innovative projects with a focus on market potential, capacity for original innovation and core technological assets. Sangel's investment over 70 portfolios includes Huaheng Biotech (688639.SH), Sirnaomics Ltd (2257.HK), 3D-Medicines, InnerMed, Yinyi Biotech, Ascentawits Pharmaceuticals and Magpie Pharmaceuticals.
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Funeral for cyclist Rab Wardell to take place in Dunfermline
The funeral of a mountain biking star, who died aged 37, will take place in Dunfermline today.
Rab Wardell died after suffering a cardiac arrest while lying in bed with his partner, Olympic cyclist Katie Archibald, on August 23.
A service will be held at Dunfermline Crematorium at 1.15pm and police have said cyclists can gather from 12.30pm to follow the cortege, according to Scottish Cycling.
Wardell had won the Scottish MTB XC Championships just days before his death and had appeared on BBC Scotland’s The Nine the evening of his death to talk about his victory.
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Archibald said she had “tried and tried” to save her partner
In an emotional statement, posted on Twitter, Archibald – who won gold medals at both the 2016 and 2020 Olympics – said: “I still don’t understand what’s happened; if this is real; why he’d be taken now – so healthy and happy.
“He went into cardiac arrest while we were lying in bed. I tried and tried, and the paramedics arrived within minutes, but his heart stopped and they couldn’t bring him back.
“Mine stopped with it. I love him so much and need him here with me. I need him here so badly, but he’s gone. I can’t describe this pain.”
Archibald added: “Thank you to those making tributes. I can’t bear to talk about him in the past tense to say anything myself.
“You mean everything to me, Rab. I love you.”
Her comments came after Scottish Cycling said it was “devastated to confirm the news that international mountain biker & former employee, Rab Wardell, has passed away”.
The sporting body added: “We have very little information at this stage, but we send our love & support to his family, friends and all those in our community who knew him.
“We ask that you respect Rab’s family’s privacy at this incredibly sad time.”
Wardell had won the elite men’s title at the Scottish MTB XC Championships on Sunday overcoming several punctures to win on the final lap.
A film about Scots cyclist Rab Wardell's record-breaking ride of the West Highland Way is to be shown as part of the Banff Mountain Film Festival a month after his untimely death. | https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/people/funeral-for-cyclist-rab-wardell-to-take-place-in-dunfermline-3833880 | 2022-09-07T16:01:38Z | https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/people/funeral-for-cyclist-rab-wardell-to-take-place-in-dunfermline-3833880 | true |
Heads of government schools say integration of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, for strengthening student-teacher bond, is delivering results along desired lines.
Going by the experience in the last two months, there is a marked difference in the behaviour of students in the classroom, according to a senior headmaster of a school in a rural pocket in Thuraiyur block.
Heads of schools are apparently exercising the leverage provided to them by the Education Department to utilise two periods every week for co-curricular activities.
Teachers have been appointed as supervisors for each of the co-curricular activities. Formation of literary forum, consumer club, NCC and NSS are being accorded a thrust, said another school head.
According to teachers performing supervisory roles, the activities conform well to the areas of emphasis of the National Education Policy 2020.
According to a senior official of the School Education Department, the teachers did require training for gaining insights into the extra-curricular activities, and that there was likelihood for in-service trainings in these aspects in future.
"Initially, the teachers were not at ease. But, there are indications that the teachers are making the most of the content available in YouTube, to perform their assigned tasks," the official said.
On their part, school heads are happy with the progress of the initiative. In particular, the experiment has worked very well in making students behave well in classrooms and to respect teachers on own volition. Buoyed by the results, the school heads are understood to have sounded the School Education Department about the higher degree of advantages that would accrue from assigning academic credits for the extra-curricular activities. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/extra-curricular-activities-in-government-schools-delivering-desired-results/article65862701.ece | 2022-09-07T16:01:44Z | https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/extra-curricular-activities-in-government-schools-delivering-desired-results/article65862701.ece | false |
Run with more security, visibility, and data to secure operations at scale
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Netenrich, a leading security and operations analytics company, today announced its sponsorship of MSSP Alert Live. Presented by the CyberRisk Alliance and MSSP Alert, the inaugural event kicks off September 19 – 21, 2022 at The Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. Security leaders and practioners, representing top managed service providers (MSSPs and MSPs), will convene to discuss ways to advance their security operations practice.
Netenrich will showcase its Resolution Intelligence Cloud, a SaaS analytics platform, gaining widespread adoption with service providers for solving the data analytics, automation, and prioritization issues tied to security operations.
Conference attendees are invited to meet company representatives to share their most challenging security issues. They can learn how to better investigate, detect, analyze, and respond to critical threats and incidents that matter.
Conference Business Hall
- Netenrich Booth #17
- Monday, 9/19: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Tuesday 9/20: 7:30 am – 7:00 pm
- Wednesday 9/21: 7:30 am – 10:30 am
Schedule a time to speak with Netenrich by contacting marketing.info@netenrich.com
Designed for Service Providers and Enterprises
For large enterprises and managed service providers (MSPs, MSSPs, and GSIs), Resolution Intelligence Cloud uniquely solves the immediate challenges of upleveling cybersecurity services. With Netenrich, they can scale operations by:
- Streamlining threat analytics for service providers and their customers.
- Managing multiple Google Chronicle tenants with multi-level multitenancy which gives analysts the ability to manage and apply rules to one, some, or all tenants in one place for increased control and efficiency.
- Offering optional service packs including implementation, threat hunting and more.
Netenrich in Action
Resolution Intelligence Cloud is a data analytics SaaS platform for managing secure operations. The platform takes a risk-based approach to prioritize critical situations aligned to high-value business assets. It combines real-time analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to provide situational awareness with intelligence to accurately predict, detect, score, and prioritize critical issues.
Netenrich's platform operationalizes Google Chronicle to deliver insights and context that speed resolution, promote scale, and keep operations aligned to risk. Built-in multitenancy and task automation streamline rule-building, threat analytics, case management, and collaboration out of the box. The platform does the hard work so service provider ops teams don't have to.
The open platform integrates with Chronicle, Siemplify, and other third-party technologies (like ServiceNow, Jira, OpsRamp) to correlate and analyze potential incidents. Using Google's BigQuery and native search, the platform intuitively processes advanced analytics and management.
To learn more about the Netenrich Resolution Intelligence Cloud™ for secure digital operations, visit https://netenrich.com/platform.
Resources
- Netenrich customers: service providers' testimonials
- "Evaluating TCO, Productivity, and Performance of SOC Solutions," webinar featuring Simon Aldama, Netenrich Sr. Director of Risk Ops Practice and Jonas Kelly, Google Head of Americas MSSP Partnerships
- Resolution Intelligence Cloud on Google Cloud Marketplace available here
- Resolution Intelligence Cloud and Chronicle overview
- Resolution Intelligence Cloud data sheet
Netenrich boosts the effectiveness of organizations' security and digital operations so they can avoid disruption and preempt risk. Its Resolution Intelligence Cloud™ is a native SaaS data analytics platform for managing secure operations. Resolution Intelligence uses advanced analytics and machine learning to transform security and operations data into intelligence that organizations can act on before critical issues occur. More than 3,000 customers and managed services providers rely on Netenrich to deliver secure operations at scale and speed.
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Running community honors Eliza Fletcher by finishing her last run
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) – Community members in Memphis and people across the country are honoring 34-year-old Eliza Fletcher’s life in a special way.
The teacher and mother of two is believed to have been kidnapped and killed during an early morning jog near the University of Memphis campus on Sept. 2.
Cleotha Abston, 38, is accused of forcing Fletcher into an SUV and is charged with murder in connection to her death. He is facing several other charges, like kidnapping and identity theft, as well.
Memorials filled with flowers, balloons and messages to Fletcher have formed around Memphis, from the UofM area at the site where police say she was abducted to South Memphis where her body was recovered.
A run is planned for Friday morning on Central Avenue in the UofM area where Fletcher’s run came to an abrupt stop. Organizers say this event is a way to honor and finish the run Fletcher started the day she was abducted.
Friday morning’s 8.2-mile run is set to begin at 4:20 a.m. at Central and Belvedere. According to the Facebook page for the event, more than 550 people say they are taking part.
A gym in Jonesboro, Arkansas held similar events to symbolize the end of Fletcher’s run.
“We’re going to come together as a gym family, as a local community, as a running family to finish the run for her,” Callie Talley said.
Talley says some gym members knew Fletcher and her family and wanted to put on this event to pay tribute to her life.
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Gas prices continue to drop for the 12th week in a row
(Gray News) – Gas prices are on the decline for the 12th consecutive week, which is the longest streak since 2018, according to GasBuddy.
The national average price of gas has fallen to $3.75, which is down 29.5 cents from a month ago but is still 57.6 cents higher than a year ago.
Gas analysis experts are hopeful the decrease in gas prices will continue into the fall but could be contingent upon what happens in the tropics.
“According to weather analysts, it’s the first time in 25 years that a named Atlantic storm did not develop in August. That’s the good news,” said Andrew Gross, AAA spokesperson. “But we still have another month of peak hurricane season, and these storms can affect gas prices by disrupting oil production and refining.”
GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan noted that the switch to winter gasoline will happen in just over a week and should provide some additional relief at the pumps.
Most of the country’s least expensive markets fall in the southern region and include states like Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Georgia.
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Judge: Musk can use Twitter whistleblower but not delay case
(AP) - Elon Musk will be able to include new evidence from a Twitter whistleblower as he fights to get out of his $44 billion deal to buy the social media company, but Musk won’t be able to delay a high-stakes October trial over the dispute, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick, the head judge of Delaware’s Court of Chancery, denied Musk’s request to delay the trial by four weeks. But she allowed him to add evidence related to whistleblower allegations by former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko, who is scheduled to testify to Congress next week about the company’s poor cybersecurity practices.
Twitter has sued Musk, asking the Delaware court to force him to go through with the deal he made in April to buy the company. Musk has countersued, and a trial is set to start the week of Oct. 17.
Musk’s legal team has argued that the allegations made by Zatko to U.S. officials may help bolster Musk’s claims that Twitter misled him and the public about the company’s problem with fake and “spam” accounts.
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