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Jill Biden tests negative for COVID-19, will go to Delaware
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 and will leave South Carolina, where she had isolated since vacationing with President Joe Biden, and rejoin him at their Delaware beach home, her office said Sunday.
The White House announced on Tuesday that the 71-year-old first lady, who like her husband has been twice-vaccinated and twice-boosted with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, had tested positive for the coronavirus. She first had symptoms on Monday.
The 79-year-old president recovered from a rebound case of the virus on Aug. 7.
Jill Biden was prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid and isolated at the Kiawah Island vacation home for five days before receiving negative results from two consecutive COVID-19 tests, spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander said. Jill Biden planned to travel to Delaware later Sunday.
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RADD's Highly Sought-After Inner Circle Opening Doors For The First Time in Four Months
TAMPA, Fla. and LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RAD Diversified ("RADD") is pleased to announce the re-opening of its elite Inner Circle program for a select number of new members.
RADD's exclusive Inner Circle was launched in 2015 as a way for interested real estate investors to partner with RADD on select properties and opportunities. RADD will host a live webinar for all interested investors on the August 22 at 7pm EST.
"Our Inner Circle is the upper echelon of our business. It's the top investment tier of RADD. We launched the program in 2015 at the urging of our shareholders and other stakeholders who wanted a way to invest directly alongside us in choice real estate opportunities," explains Co-founder and CEO Dutch Mendenhall.
"During our upcoming live event, we'll discuss the state of the real estate, offer a Q&A, and also highlight some of our recent success stories," Mendenhall continued. "Examples like our Inner Circle member Kitson, who turned a $20,000 investment into more than $90,000 partnering with us on a property in Big Bear, California."
"What we are most proud of with Inner Circle is the track record. Since launching it over seven years ago, not a single Inner Circle member has lost a penny on any deal they've participated on. We realize – and value – how special this is," added Co-founder Amy Vaughn.
Participation in Inner Circle is strictly limited to ensure a truly bespoke experience to each member.
Registration must be made in advance HERE, and an application must be completed prior to entry.
About RAD Diversified:
RAD Diversified is a real estate investment company that offers multiple ways to invest in residential, commercial, construction, and farmland real estate assets.
Our RADD REIT adjusts its share price quarterly based on changes in the underlying net asset value of its portfolio of assets. Since inception, RAD Diversified REIT and Companies have amassed over $100,000,000 in diverse property assets. View our offering circular here
Additional information on RADD can be found at its website.
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SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Korean skincare brand AXIS-Y has just announced the launch of their brand new product line, ay&me. The brand, who have always placed emphasis on being a community focused brand, has been looking forward to this launch for the past 2 years. The process for developing this unique skincare line featuring probiotics has been long but very rewarding for the AXIS-Y team along every step of the way.
To start the development of this line, AXIS-Y got feedback from over 1000 influencers from 68 different countries, in order to ensure that the products in this line align perfectly with what the community needs and wants, a value that the company holds very dear to them. Instead of creating a new line of products based on what the company thought consumers wanted, they asked the community what they thought their skin needed to create a line that would surely benefit many.Understanding how different skin types react in different climates helped the brand to envision the direction for this line. Listening to and acting on feedback is something that the brand always strives to do, having previously improved products based on customer feedback. They took this a step further by creating an entire line dedicated to their community.
The 2 year development process of the new ay&me line involved numerous surveys, testing real samples, and getting feedback from the 50 participants as well as 3 key skincare influencers. Learning more about their community's skin types and main skin concerns helped the brand to understand their audience more in depth and form an understanding of what their community is looking for when it comes to skincare. Testing real samples with the influencers allowed them to really develop the products in a way that suited their audience's skin.
AXIS-Y's special 5-probiotic complex is featured in each of the products in the new line, which works to improve the skin's natural biome, strengthening the skin barrier and promoting healthy, radiant skin. The featured key ingredients such as Adenosine also help to promote collagen synthesis and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Many skincare products nowadays are harsh on the skin and tend to weaken the skin's microbiome rather than strengthen it, and the goal with biome skincare is to work together with the skin's microbiome to allow it to function optimally.
One of AXIS-Y's core values is being a community focused brand. For them this means building a strong community and ensuring that their community's voices are heard. They have demonstrated how they strive to bring value and positivity to clothes, and taking feedback into consideration is just one of the ways they engage with their community. With this new line they are expressing their appreciation for their community and giving back by creating something especially for them.
The line launches today with three new products, one of which includes two products in a set. You can find it at their official website and it will also be launching in the Allure store.
Find AXIS-Y: https://www.axis-y.com/
At the Allure Store:
https://allure.shop/collections/vanity-2?sort=manual&compactView=true
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Float Down forecast: Rain likely, storms possible Sunday
Float Down participants might get rained on as storms are possible for the annual unsantioned event Sunday.
Showers are likely and thunderstorms are possible during the day. The day will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 78 degrees. Chance of precipitation is 70%, with new rainfall amounts between a quarter and a half of an inch, according to the National Weather Service.
The outside temperature was 66 degrees around 8:30 a.m.. There will be a calm wind from the south at about six miles per hour in the afternoon, according to the weather service.
The weather service also issued a hazardous weather outlook for St. Clair County and portions of southeast Michigan Sunday. While severe weather is not expected, the showers and thunderstorms will bring locally heavy thunderstorms which could bring minor flooding to low-lying areas.
Thousands of people descend on Lighthouse Beach in Port Huron during the annual event to float down the St. Clair River on inflatables and other flotation devices. Floaters typically exit at Chrysler Beach in Marysville, a seven-mile journey. The Moose Lodge in Port Huron is not open as an exit point for floaters who are not members.
In a post to its Facebook page Friday, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Detroit discouraged residents from taking place in the unsanctioned event, citing the possibility of rain and storms.
"Both the Canadian and U.S. Coast Guard strongly discourage participation in the event," the Coast Guard said in the post. "With the likelihood of deteriorating weather conditions and rainfall amounts expected between a quarter and half inch, faster than normal water current will likely be present and can create hazardous water conditions. It simply isn’t worth it."
While other first responding agencies have also discouraged participation in the event — citing lack of life jackets, alcohol consumption and the water temperature — there will be a presence from local agencies on the water to ensure everyone's safety.
People who choose to participate in the event should follow these safety tips:
- Regardless of age or ability to swim, all participants are encouraged to wear an appropriately sized, U.S. Coast Guard / Canadian approved personal flotation device or life jacket at all times
- Bring waterproof bags for your personal items and identification.
- File a “Float Plan” with someone not participating who can report your intentions to the Coast Guard in the event you do not check-in at the scheduled time.
- Never go alone. Use the buddy system, keep an eye on each other, and immediately report incidents of distress to the nearest first response agency representative.
- Refrain from consuming alcohol.
- Dress appropriately for the weather and cold water. Use a raft that limits your immersion in the water and can be controlled with oars or paddles.
- Stay near shore and remain out of the navigation channel.
- Mark your float with your name and cell phone number in waterproof ink.
Contact Laura Fitzgerald at (810) 941-7072 or lfitzgeral@gannett.com. | https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/2022/08/21/float-down-forecast-rain-likely-storms-possible-sunday/65412563007/ | 2022-08-21T16:20:53Z |
Authorities concerned ‘rainbow fentanyl’ could attract younger targets
Published: Aug. 21, 2022 at 12:14 PM EDT|Updated: 35 minutes ago
(CNN) – Two days in a row this week, Border Patrol officers busted someone with “rainbow fentanyl” crossing the Mexican border into Arizona.
The brightly colored pills look almost like candy.
Officials in a number of states are seeing more of this kind of fentanyl and worry this “trend” could be a way of targeting younger users.
The pills confiscated at the border and pictured above were strapped to someone’s leg. Authorities discovered 15,000 of them.
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Court puts on hold Graham’s testimony in Ga. election probe
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court on Sunday agreed to temporarily put on hold a lower court’s order requiring that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating possible illegal efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia.
A subpoena had instructed the South Carolina Republican to appear before the special grand jury on Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May last Monday denied Graham’s request to quash his subpoena and on Friday rejected his effort to put her decision on hold while he appealed. Graham’s lawyers then appealed to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
On Sunday, a three-judge panel of the appeals court issued the order temporarily pausing May’s order declining to quash the subpoena. The panel sent the case back to May to decide whether the subpoena should be partially quashed or modified because of protections granted to members of Congress by the U.S. Constitution.
Once May decides that issue, the case will return to the 11th Circuit for further consideration, according to the appeals court order.
Graham’s representatives did not immediately respond Sunday to messages seeking comment on the appellate ruling. A spokesperson for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis declined to comment.
Willis opened the investigation early last year, prompted by a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. During that conversation, Trump suggested Raffensperger could “find” the votes needed to overturn his narrow loss in the state.
Willis and her team have said they want to ask Graham about two phone calls they say he made to Raffensperger and his staff shortly after the 2020 general election. During those calls, Graham asked about “reexamining certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia in order to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump,” Willis wrote in a petition seeking to compel his testimony.
Graham also “made reference to allegations of widespread voter fraud in the November 2020 election in Georgia, consistent with public statements made by known affiliates of the Trump Campaign,” she wrote.
Republican and Democratic state election officials across the country, courts and even Trump’s attorney general found there was no evidence of voter fraud sufficient to affect the outcome of the election.
During a hearing earlier this month on Graham’s motion to quash his subpoena, Willis’ team said Graham may be able to provide insight into the extent of any coordinated efforts to influence the results of the 2020 general election in Georgia.
The U.S. Constitution’s speech or debate clause protects members of Congress from questioning about official legislative acts. The 11th Circuit court instructed May to determine whether Graham “is entitled to a partial quashal or modification of the subpoena” as a result.
Graham’s attorneys have argued that the calls were made as part of his legislative duties and that provision gives him absolute protection from having to testify in this case.
In her order last week, May noted that the clause doesn’t protect actions that are political rather than legislative. Even if she accepted that the calls were “comprised entirely of legislative factfinding,” and thus protected, “there would still be significant areas of potential testimony related to the grand jury’s investigation on which Senator Graham could be questioned that would in no way fall within the Clause’s protections,” she wrote.
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Associated Press writer Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report.
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PARIS, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prada announces the worldwide launch of Prada Paradoxe, the new women's fragrance that celebrates the multi-dimensionality of a woman impossible to frame. The campaign features Emma Watson, who plays both the starring role in the film short and makes her directorial debut in realising the film.
To view the Multimedia News Release, please click:
https://www.multivu.com/players/uk/9075451-prada-reveals-prada-paradoxe-fragrance-film-campaign/
The campaign celebrates the myriad unique elements of every woman that come together to create an authentic, ever-evolving whole: a woman that is never the same, yet always herself.
Starring award-winning actor and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson as the conductor of her own symphony of dimensions – the performer, the activist, the actor, the woman – in a dynamic, revelatory short capturing the empowered spirit of Prada Paradoxe.
"I think it was serendipitous that Prada came to me with this project. It was around the time when I had really made a decision in my heart and my head that I wanted to direct – and I found the concept of being a woman who is a paradox so compelling. I hope that the values behind Prada Paradoxe give women a little more space to celebrate themselves, to know that it's ok to be complex and to explore the different facets of themselves that make them the fullest expression of who they are." – Emma Watson, Actor, Director, Activist
"It is an honour to work with Emma Watson, not simply in the capacity of her acting talent, but in her directorial debut. Prada Paradoxe is inspired by the infinite and empowering facets that make every woman unique and Emma wholly embodies this. Her multiple dimensions and ability to speak to highly engaged generations make her the perfect embodiment of Prada Paradoxe." - Yann Andrea, Prada Beauty International General Manager
The Prada Paradoxe film campaign launches worldwide across television, digital channels and outdoor media from August 22nd.
Talent and Film Director: Emma Watson
Music: "Lord It's a Feeling" by London Grammar
Contact
Mickael Roux
Mickael.roux@loreal.com
Video - https://youtu.be/8MS7tr9zHNE
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Solution providers score SonicWall highest as top-performing channel provider for enterprise network security
MILPITAS, Calif., Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SonicWall today announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, named the cybersecurity leader as one of the winners in the Enterprise Network Security category of the 2022 CRN Annual Report Card (ARC) Awards. This award honors the industry's top technology vendors for success in providing high levels of satisfaction for channel partners through innovative products, services and partner programs.
"As a 100% channel company, we remain completely committed to delivering our partners and customers with the absolute best products and support to face today's increasingly complicated security challenges," said SonicWall President and CEO Bob VanKirk. "We're excited to be recognized by CRN, especially knowing that they celebrate best-in-class vendors that are committed to driving partner growth and demonstrating outstanding channel performance. SonicWall is uniquely positioned to help partners, including MSSPs, evolve and help facilitate their growth."
With 37 years of history, CRN's ARC Awards recognize best-in-class vendors devoted to boosting IT channel growth through innovation in technology and partner strategy. Through the ARC Awards — known as one of the most prestigious honors in the IT industry — solution providers offer key feedback that commends technology manufacturers for designing channel-friendly product offerings, developing strong partner programs, and building long-term successful relationships with solution providers.
SonicWall's SecureFirst Partner Program and its industry-leading security products help partners and MSSPs exceed customer demands. More than 17,000 active SonicWall partners help protect our customers every day, and because of them SonicWall is one of the unquestioned leaders in the cybersecurity space.
The ARC Awards are based on an invitation-only research survey conducted by The Channel Company. Responses from 3,000 solution providers across North America were evaluated in this year's survey, rating 82 vendor partners across four criteria: product innovation, support, partnership, and managed cloud services. Scores were awarded in 25 major product categories in technology areas that are critical to channel partner success.
"It's our pleasure to honor vendors that consistently deliver top-performing products and services to establish and foster successful channel partner relationships," said Blaine Raddon, CEO, The Channel Company. "In addition to highlighting our winners, CRN's Annual Report Card Awards provide vendors with actionable feedback and insight into their current standing with partners that can be incorporated into their channel strategies in the future."
Winners will be featured throughout The Channel Company's XChange 2022 conference, taking place August 21-23 in Denver, Colorado. Coverage of the CRN 2022 ARC results can be found online at www.CRN.com/ARC and will be featured in the October 2022 issue of CRN Magazine.
About SonicWall
SonicWall delivers Boundless Cybersecurity for the hyper-distributed era in a work reality where everyone is remote, mobile and unsecure. SonicWall safeguards organizations mobilizing for their new business normal with seamless protection that stops the most evasive cyberattacks across boundless exposure points and increasingly remote, mobile and cloud-enabled workforces. By knowing the unknown, providing real-time visibility and enabling breakthrough economics, SonicWall closes the cybersecurity business gap for enterprises, governments and SMBs worldwide. For more information, visit www.sonicwall.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
About The Channel Company
The Channel Company enables breakthrough IT channel performance with our dominant media, engaging events, expert consulting and education, and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the channel catalyst, we connect and empower technology suppliers, solution providers and end users. Backed by more than 30 years of unequalled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to envision innovative new solutions for ever-evolving challenges in the technology marketplace. www.thechannelcompany.com
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3 Indiana State University students killed in car crash
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana State University says three students have died in a single-vehicle accident.
According to a release from the university’s athletics department, five people were in the vehicle when it crashed, including several football players.
Police were working to identify the three who died.
Vigo County Sheriff John Plasse said the crash occurred around 1:30 a.m. Sunday in Riley, Indiana.
The vehicle left the roadway and hit a tree. It was on fire when deputies arrived.
Two passengers were able to be freed from the vehicle and were being treated for serious injuries, Plasse said.
The driver and two other passengers were pronounced dead at the scene.
Riley is about 10 miles from the university’s Terre Haute campus.
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3 Indiana State University students killed in car crash
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana State University says three students have died in a single-vehicle accident.
According to a release from the university’s athletics department, five people were in the vehicle when it crashed, including several football players.
Police were working to identify the three who died.
Vigo County Sheriff John Plasse said the crash occurred around 1:30 a.m. Sunday in Riley, Indiana.
The vehicle left the roadway and hit a tree. It was on fire when deputies arrived.
Two passengers were able to be freed from the vehicle and were being treated for serious injuries, Plasse said.
The driver and two other passengers were pronounced dead at the scene.
Riley is about 10 miles from the university’s Terre Haute campus.
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Authorities concerned ‘rainbow fentanyl’ could attract younger targets
Published: Aug. 21, 2022 at 12:14 PM EDT|Updated: 54 minutes ago
(CNN) – Two days in a row this week, Border Patrol officers busted someone with “rainbow fentanyl” crossing the Mexican border into Arizona.
The brightly colored pills look almost like candy.
Officials in a number of states are seeing more of this kind of fentanyl and worry this “trend” could be a way of targeting younger users.
The pills confiscated at the border and pictured above were strapped to someone’s leg. Authorities discovered 15,000 of them.
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Court puts on hold Graham’s testimony in Ga. election probe
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court on Sunday agreed to temporarily put on hold a lower court’s order requiring that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating possible illegal efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia.
A subpoena had instructed the South Carolina Republican to appear before the special grand jury on Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May last Monday denied Graham’s request to quash his subpoena and on Friday rejected his effort to put her decision on hold while he appealed. Graham’s lawyers then appealed to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
On Sunday, a three-judge panel of the appeals court issued the order temporarily pausing May’s order declining to quash the subpoena. The panel sent the case back to May to decide whether the subpoena should be partially quashed or modified because of protections granted to members of Congress by the U.S. Constitution.
Once May decides that issue, the case will return to the 11th Circuit for further consideration, according to the appeals court order.
Graham’s representatives did not immediately respond Sunday to messages seeking comment on the appellate ruling. A spokesperson for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis declined to comment.
Willis opened the investigation early last year, prompted by a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. During that conversation, Trump suggested Raffensperger could “find” the votes needed to overturn his narrow loss in the state.
Willis and her team have said they want to ask Graham about two phone calls they say he made to Raffensperger and his staff shortly after the 2020 general election. During those calls, Graham asked about “reexamining certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia in order to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump,” Willis wrote in a petition seeking to compel his testimony.
Graham also “made reference to allegations of widespread voter fraud in the November 2020 election in Georgia, consistent with public statements made by known affiliates of the Trump Campaign,” she wrote.
Republican and Democratic state election officials across the country, courts and even Trump’s attorney general found there was no evidence of voter fraud sufficient to affect the outcome of the election.
During a hearing earlier this month on Graham’s motion to quash his subpoena, Willis’ team said Graham may be able to provide insight into the extent of any coordinated efforts to influence the results of the 2020 general election in Georgia.
The U.S. Constitution’s speech or debate clause protects members of Congress from questioning about official legislative acts. The 11th Circuit court instructed May to determine whether Graham “is entitled to a partial quashal or modification of the subpoena” as a result.
Graham’s attorneys have argued that the calls were made as part of his legislative duties and that provision gives him absolute protection from having to testify in this case.
In her order last week, May noted that the clause doesn’t protect actions that are political rather than legislative. Even if she accepted that the calls were “comprised entirely of legislative factfinding,” and thus protected, “there would still be significant areas of potential testimony related to the grand jury’s investigation on which Senator Graham could be questioned that would in no way fall within the Clause’s protections,” she wrote.
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Associated Press writer Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report.
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PUKALANI, Maui (KITV4) - The Miss Maui Nui Preliminary Pageant takes place on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College.
It has been three years since the pageant has been in person.
The newly crowned titleholders will represent Maui Nui at the Miss Hawaiʻi USA and Hawaiʻi Teen USA State Pageant in December. This program is a feeder program to Miss USA and Miss Universe.
General admission tickets are $45 each and are now on sale through EventBrite. Livestream tickets are also $45 and will be available in early August.
Live performances feature DanceKlub and a fashion show from the local brand, Pulelehua Maui.
Those interested in supporting the growing program are invited to become an official sponsor, purchase an event ticket, or make a monetary donation. All donations made go directly toward production costs and expenses, creating workshops for wāhine participants, and fund various community initiatives.
To contact Lindsay about opportunities for the titleholders to volunteer in the community or to hire them for your event, you can email her at mauiusaprelim@gmail.com.
Do you have a story idea? Email news tips to news@kitv.com
Weekend Meteorologist and Maui County correspondent
Malika has been at KITV since July 2020. She graduated from the University of Hawaii and attended Mississippi State University for her certification in Broadcast Meteorology. Malika started her career in the Hawaii news industry in 2007. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/miss-maui-nui-pageant-grows-in-person-after-3-years/article_6dfd4e66-2175-11ed-9fc7-b3e08650100f.html | 2022-08-21T18:08:42Z |
PUKALANI, Maui (KITV4) - According to the National Weather Service in Honolulu, locally breezy trade winds and stable conditions will result in a dry trade weather pattern through early Monday.
The trade winds are expected to gradually weaken starting late Monday, which will allow local nighttime land breezes and afternoon sea breezes to develop from Monday night into mid-week.
In addition, a disturbance moving into our area plus increased low-level moisture may cause an increase in clouds and showers, including over leeward and interior areas Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons.
The trade winds are expected to strengthen again later this week.
Today, temperatures will climb into the upper 80's, possibly hitting 90 in some spots.
Winds are blowing out of the NE from 15-20 mph.
SURF:
Surf will peak along south facing shores today and tomorrow, with surf heights near advisory levels. Long period south swell energy will also bump up surf heights along most west facing shores due to wrap around effects. The current south swell will begin to decline by Monday afternoon and then gradually lower through the middle of next week. Only background south swells are expected through Friday.
Short period choppy surf will hold steady today along east facing shores, then lower slightly through much of next week as the trades weaken. Surf along north facing shores will remain just above summertime flat levels today. A new northwest swell is forecast to move into the Hawaii region on Monday, producing a slight boost to north shore surf heights.
North: 1-3'
West: 4-6' (Maui: 2-4')
South: 6-9'
East: 2-4'
A small craft advisory is posted for our usual windy coastal waters around Maui County and the island of Hawaii.
Do you have a story idea? Email news tips to news@kitv.com
Weekend Meteorologist and Maui County correspondent
Malika has been at KITV since July 2020. She graduated from the University of Hawaii and attended Mississippi State University for her certification in Broadcast Meteorology. Malika started her career in the Hawaii news industry in 2007. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/sunday-forecast-surf-is-up-and-so-are-our-winds/article_eba2dc4a-2167-11ed-8ede-232655dbfabf.html | 2022-08-21T18:08:48Z |
Extending fertility could also extend life of women, research says
(CNN) – Lengthening a woman’s fertility may extend her life as well.
Research shows women who have later menopause tend to live longer. Ovaries age twice as fast as all other tissues, which affects fertility and long-term health.
Researchers say when the ovaries stop working due to menopause they stop making a cocktail of hormones important for general health.
The average age of natural menopause is 51.
However, there is still little data about why women go through menopause at all. One reason for this is a historical lack of funding for reproductive research.
With the help of investors, there is now a Center for Reproductive Longevity and Equality.
The center is researching the underlying causes of accelerated aging in the ovaries.
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WATCH: Flash mob looters ransack convenience store, block off street
Published: Aug. 21, 2022 at 1:09 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CNN) – The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the flash mob robbery of a convenience store.
The incident started Monday night with a street takeover where vehicles blocked an intersection on L.A.’s south side. Some drivers were able to cut donuts in the blocked off street, leaving skid marks on the pavement.
The mob then rushed to a nearby 7-11 store and looted it, stealing lottery tickets and everything of value.
Before police could respond, the street was unblocked and the looters fled the scene.
If anyone recognizes any faces in the video, police ask them to call Crimestoppers at 800-222-TIPS.
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Ester Kristine Storkson was asleep on her father's small yacht earlier this month, sailing off the coast of France, when she was violently awakened.
Scrambling on deck, she spotted several orcas, or killer whales, surrounding them. The steering wheel swung wildly. At one point, the 37-foot sailboat was pushed through 180 degrees, heading it in the opposite direction.
They were "ramming the boat," Storkson says. "They [hit] us repeatedly ... giving us the impression that it was a coordinated attack."
"I told my dad, 'I'm not thinking clearly, so you need to think for me,'" the 27-year-old Norwegian medical student says. "Thankfully, he is a very calm and centered person, and made me feel safe by gently talking about the situation."
After about 15 minutes, the orcas broke off, leaving father and daughter to assess the damage. They stuck a GoPro camera in the water, she says, and could see that "approximately three-quarters of [the rudder] was broken off, and some metal was bent."
For any vessel, losing steering at sea is a serious matter and can be dangerous in adverse conditions and some sailboats have had to be towed into port after orcas destroyed their rudders. Fortunately, the Storksons had enough of their rudder left to limp into Brest, on the French coast, for repairs. But the incident temporarily derailed their plan to reach Madeira, off northwest Africa, part of an ambitious plan to sail around the world.
There is no record of an orca killing a human in the wild. Still, two boats were reportedly sunk by orcas off the coast of Portugal last month, in the worst such encounter since authorities have tracked them.
The incident involving the Storksons is an outlier, says Renaud de Stephanis, president and coordinator at CIRCE Conservación Information and Research, a cetacean research group based in Spain. It was farther north -- nowhere near the Strait of Gibraltar, nor the coast of Portugal or Spain, where other such reports have originated.
That is a conundrum. Up to now, scientists have assumed that only a few animals are involved in these encounters and that they are all from the same pod, de Stephanis says.
"I really don't understand what happened there," he acknowledges. "It's too far away. I mean, I don't think that [the orcas] would go up there for a couple of days and then come back."
These encounters — most scientists shun the word "attack" — have been getting the attention of sailors and scientists alike in the past two years, as their frequency seems to be increasing. Sailing magazines and websites have written about the phenomenon, noting that orcas seem to be especially attracted to a boat's rudder. A Facebook group, with more than 13,000 members, has sprung up to trade personal reports of boat-orca encounters and speculation on avoidance tactics. And, of course, there are no shortage of dramatic videos posted to YouTube.
Scientists don't know the reason, but they have some ideas
Scientists hypothesize that orcas like the water pressure produced by a boat's propeller. "What we think is that they're asking to have the propeller in the face," de Stephanis says. So, when they encounter a sailboat that isn't running its engine, "they get kind of frustrated and that's why they break the rudder."
Even so, that doesn't entirely explain an experience Martin Evans had last June when he was helping to deliver a sailboat from Ramsgate, England, to Greece.
About 25 miles off the coast of Spain, "just shy of entering the Strait of Gibraltar," Evans and his crew mates were under sail, but they were also running the boat's engine with the propeller being used to boost their speed.
As Evans was on watch, the steering wheel began moving so violently that he couldn't hold on, he says.
"I was like, 'Jesus, what's this?'" he recalls. "It was like a bus was moving it. ... I look to the side, and all of a sudden I could just see that familiar white and black of the killer whale."
Evans noticed "chunks of the rudder on the surface."
Jared Towers, the director of Bay Cetology, a research organization in British Columbia, says "there's something about moving parts ... that seem to stimulate them."
"Perhaps that's why they're focused on the rudders," he says.
The population of orcas along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts is small and de Stephanis believes that the damage to boats is being done by just a few juvenile males.
If a small number of orcas is involved, they may simply outgrow the behavior, de Stephanis says. As the young males get older, they will need to help the pod hunt for food and will have less time for playing with sailboats.
"This is a game," he speculates. "When they ... have their own adult life, it will probably stop."
Towers says such "games" tend to go in and out of fashion in orca society. For example, right now in a population he studies in the Pacific, "we have juvenile males who ... often interact with prawn and crab traps," he says. "That's just been a fad for a few years."
Back in the 1990s, for some orcas in the Pacific, something else was in vogue. "They'd kill fish and just swim around with this fish on their head," Towers says. "We just don't see that anymore."
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Updated August 21, 2022 at 12:52 PM ET
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore announced Sunday it will decriminalize sex between men by repealing a colonial-era law while protecting the city-state's traditional norms and its definition of marriage.
During his speech at the annual National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he believed it is the "right thing to do now" as most Singaporeans will now accept it.
"Private sexual behavior between consenting adults does not raise any law and order issue. There is no justification to prosecute people for it nor to make it a crime," Lee said. "This will bring the law into line with current social mores and I hope provide some relief to gay Singaporeans."
Lee vowed the repeal will be limited and not shake Singapore's traditional family and societal norms including how marriage is defined, what children are taught in schools, what is shown on television and general public conduct.
He said the government will amend the constitution to ensure that there can be no constitutional challenge to allow same-sex marriage.
"Even as we repeal Section 377A, we will uphold and safeguard the institution of marriage," Lee said. "We have to amend the Constitution to protect it. And we will do so. This will help us repeal Section 377A in a controlled and careful way."
The law has been under debate for years
Section 377A of the Penal Code was introduced under British colonial rule in the 1930s. British rule over the island ended in 1963 when Singapore became a state of Malaysia. It became independent two years later but retained the Penal Code, which made sex between men punishable by up to two years in jail.
Since 2007 when Parliament last debated whether to repeal Section 377A, its position was to keep the law but not enforce it.
But gay men say the law hangs over their heads and discriminates against them. Thousands of activists annually stage a rally in the city-state known as the "Pink Dot" in support of the LGBTQ community.
Lee said he hopes the government's move will help reconcile and accommodate both the concerns of conservative religious groups and the desires of gay Singaporeans to be respected and accepted.
"All groups should exercise restraint, because that is the only way we can move forward as a nation together," he said. "I hope the new balance will enable Singapore to remain a tolerant and inclusive society for many years to come."
One of Lee's nephews, Li Huanwu, is gay. The son of Lee's estranged younger brother Lee Hsien Yang married his partner in South Africa in 2019. Li Huanwu has attended Pink Dot events with his partner and parents.
Other former British colonies still retain similar laws that criminalize sex between men, including neighboring Malaysia where a former deputy premier was jailed twice for sodomy. He was sentenced in 2000 and again in 2014, in cases that critics say were politically motivated.
In 2018, India decriminalized gay sex after its Supreme Court in a historic ruling struck down Section 377 that punished gay sex by up to 10 years in prison. Some Asian countries have also moved to legalize gay marriage, with Taiwan as the first in 2019. Thailand also recently approved plans allowing same-sex unions.
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Extending fertility could also extend life of women, research says
(CNN) – Lengthening a woman’s fertility may extend her life as well.
Research shows women who have later menopause tend to live longer. Ovaries age twice as fast as all other tissues, which affects fertility and long-term health.
Researchers say when the ovaries stop working due to menopause they stop making a cocktail of hormones important for general health.
The average age of natural menopause is 51.
However, there is still little data about why women go through menopause at all. One reason for this is a historical lack of funding for reproductive research.
With the help of investors, there is now a Center for Reproductive Longevity and Equality.
The center is researching the underlying causes of accelerated aging in the ovaries.
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Georgia jury awards $1.7 billion in Ford truck crash case
WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia jury has returned a $1.7 billion verdict against Ford Motor Co. involving a pickup truck crash that claimed the lives of a Georgia couple, their lawyers confirmed.
Jurors in Gwinnett County, just northeast of Atlanta, returned the verdict late last week in the yearslong civil case involving what the plaintiffs’ lawyers called dangerously defective roofs on Ford pickup trucks, lawyer James Butler Jr. said Sunday.
Melvin and Voncile Hill were killed in April 2014 in the rollover wreck of their 2002 Ford F-250. Their children Kim and Adam Hill were the plaintiffs in the wrongful death case.
“I used to buy Ford trucks,” Butler said on Sunday. “I thought nobody would sell a truck with a roof this weak. The damn thing is useless in a wreck. You might as well drive a convertible.”
Ford did not immediately respond to requests for comment Sunday. But in closing arguments, lawyers hired by the company defended the actions of Ford and its engineers.
The Michigan-based automaker sought to defend the company against accusations “that Ford and its engineers acted willfully and wantonly, with a conscious indifference for the safety of the people who ride in their cars when they made these decisions about roof strength,” defense lawyer William Withrow Jr. said in his closing arguments, according to a court transcript.
The allegation that Ford was irresponsible and willfully made decisions that put customers at risk is “simply not the case,” another defense lawyer, Paul Malek, said in the same closing argument.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs had submitted evidence of nearly 80 similar rollover wrecks that involved truck roofs being crushed that injured or killed motorist, Butler’s law firm, Butler Prather LLP, said in a statement.
“More deaths and severe injuries are certain because millions of these trucks are on the road,” Butler’s co-counsel, Gerald Davidson, said in the statement.
“An award of punitive damages to hopefully warn people riding around in the millions of those trucks Ford sold was the reason the Hill family insisted on a verdict,” Butler said.
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Leon Vitali, Stanley Kubrick’s right-hand man, dies at 74
(AP) – Leon Vitali, the “Barry Lyndon” actor who became one of Stanley Kubrick’s closest associates, has died. He was 74.
Vitali died Friday in Los Angeles, his family told The Associated Press Sunday. He passed peacefully surrounded by loved ones including his three children, Masha, Max and Vera.
“Leon was a special and lovely man driven by his curiosity, who spread love and warmth wherever he went,” his children said in a statement provided by Masha Vitali. “He will be remembered with love and be hugely missed by the many people he touched.”
Though Vitali was often described as Kubrick’s assistant, Tony Zierra’s 2017 documentary " Filmworker " shed light on Vitali’s enormous and largely unsung contributions to the work of one of cinema’s greatest figures from “The Shining” through “Eyes Wide Shut.” He did everything from casting and coaching actors to overseeing restorations. Vitali even once set up a video monitor so that Kubrick could keep an eye on his dying cat.
Matthew Modine, who starred in Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket,” tweeted his condolences Sunday.
“There are people we meet who have a profound impact upon our lives. Leon Vitali was one such person in mine,” Modine wrote. “An artist in every aspect of his life. A loving father & friend to so many. A kind, generous & forgiving nature. He exemplified & personified grace.”
Filmmaker Lee Unkrich also tweeted that he was, “Completely heartbroken to hear about the passing of Leon Vitali. He helped me (asterisk)enormously(asterisk) with my Shining book and I’m gutted that he won’t see it. He was a sweet, kind, humble, generous man and a vital part of Stanley Kubrick’s team.”
Before meeting Kubrick, Vitali was a rising actor in England, appearing in several British television shows including “Softly, Softly,” “Follyfoot,” “Z Cars” and “Notorious Woman.” Then in 1974 he got his biggest break yet, when he was cast in “Barry Lyndon” as Lord Bullingdon, the son-in-law of Ryan O’Neal’s title character.
Vitali was so fascinated by Kubrick and his processes that he made an unusual decision: He gave up on acting and devoted himself entirely to the famously demanding director for over two decades. His next Kubrick credit was as “personal assistant to the director” on “The Shining,” though that’s only part of the story — Vitali famously helped cast 4-year-old Danny Lloyd to play Danny Torrance and Louise and Lisa Burns as the creepy Grady twins (citing Diane Arbus as inspiration).
“I made one truly, truly radical change in my life and that was when I said, ‘I’m more interested in that’ than I was in the acting,” Vitali told the Associated Press in 2017. “That’s the biggest conscious decision I’ve ever made. There were some sacrifices, but there were gains too.”
After Kubrick’s death in 1999, Vitali oversaw restorations for many of Kubrick’s films. He received a Cinema Audio Society award for his work. Vitali later worked with director Todd Field on his films “Little Children” and “In the Bedroom.”
Before making the documentary, Zierra said that he and many Kubrick-obsessed fans knew Vitali for his performances in “Barry Lyndon” and “Eyes Wide Shut,” in which he played Red Cloak, and as a key member of Kubrick’s inner circle. But when they finally met Vitali to make the film, they were struck by “his kindness, humility and the fascinating scope of his story.”
Zierra is working on a director’s cut of “Filmworker” that will include new footage that he and Vitali wanted in the film, but couldn’t get done in time for its Cannes debut in 2017.
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Lopez and Affleck celebrate marriage with friends, family
(AP) -- Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck said “I do” again this weekend.
But instead of in a late night Las Vegas drive through chapel, this time it was in front of friends and family in Georgia, a person close to the couple who was not authorized to speak publicly said Sunday.
According to People Magazine, the wedding was held at Affleck’s home outside of Savannah, Georgia, with all of their kids present for the proceedings on Saturday.
The celebrity couple were officially married last month in Las Vegas, which Lopez shared with fans in her “On the J Lo” newsletter.
“Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient,” Lopez wrote last month, signing off as Jennifer Lynn Affleck.
Lopez, 53, and Affleck, 50, famously dated in the early 2000s. They starred together in 2003′s “Gigli” and 2004′s “Jersey Girl” and became engaged but didn’t wed at the time.
Paparazzi has feverishly trailed the couple since they rekindled their romance last year, from the earliest stages of the courtship, to their red carpet debut at last year’s Venice International Film Festival and their recent honeymoon in Paris.
Representatives for the couple did not immediately respond to request for comment Sunday.
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WATCH: Flash mob looters ransack convenience store, block off street
Published: Aug. 21, 2022 at 1:09 PM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CNN) – The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the flash mob robbery of a convenience store.
The incident started Monday night with a street takeover where vehicles blocked an intersection on L.A.’s south side. Some drivers were able to cut donuts in the blocked off street, leaving skid marks on the pavement.
The mob then rushed to a nearby 7-11 store and looted it, stealing lottery tickets and everything of value.
Before police could respond, the street was unblocked and the looters fled the scene.
If anyone recognizes any faces in the video, police ask them to call Crimestoppers at 800-222-TIPS.
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Georgia jury awards $1.7 billion in Ford truck crash case
WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia jury has returned a $1.7 billion verdict against Ford Motor Co. involving a pickup truck crash that claimed the lives of a Georgia couple, their lawyers confirmed.
Jurors in Gwinnett County, just northeast of Atlanta, returned the verdict late last week in the yearslong civil case involving what the plaintiffs’ lawyers called dangerously defective roofs on Ford pickup trucks, lawyer James Butler Jr. said Sunday.
Melvin and Voncile Hill were killed in April 2014 in the rollover wreck of their 2002 Ford F-250. Their children Kim and Adam Hill were the plaintiffs in the wrongful death case.
“I used to buy Ford trucks,” Butler said on Sunday. “I thought nobody would sell a truck with a roof this weak. The damn thing is useless in a wreck. You might as well drive a convertible.”
Ford did not immediately respond to requests for comment Sunday. But in closing arguments, lawyers hired by the company defended the actions of Ford and its engineers.
The Michigan-based automaker sought to defend the company against accusations “that Ford and its engineers acted willfully and wantonly, with a conscious indifference for the safety of the people who ride in their cars when they made these decisions about roof strength,” defense lawyer William Withrow Jr. said in his closing arguments, according to a court transcript.
The allegation that Ford was irresponsible and willfully made decisions that put customers at risk is “simply not the case,” another defense lawyer, Paul Malek, said in the same closing argument.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs had submitted evidence of nearly 80 similar rollover wrecks that involved truck roofs being crushed that injured or killed motorists, Butler’s law firm, Butler Prather LLP, said in a statement.
“More deaths and severe injuries are certain because millions of these trucks are on the road,” Butler’s co-counsel, Gerald Davidson, said in the statement.
“An award of punitive damages to hopefully warn people riding around in the millions of those trucks Ford sold was the reason the Hill family insisted on a verdict,” Butler said.
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Leon Vitali, Stanley Kubrick’s right-hand man, dies at 74
(AP) – Leon Vitali, the “Barry Lyndon” actor who became one of Stanley Kubrick’s closest associates, has died. He was 74.
Vitali died Friday in Los Angeles, his family told The Associated Press Sunday. He passed peacefully surrounded by loved ones including his three children, Masha, Max and Vera.
“Leon was a special and lovely man driven by his curiosity, who spread love and warmth wherever he went,” his children said in a statement provided by Masha Vitali. “He will be remembered with love and be hugely missed by the many people he touched.”
Though Vitali was often described as Kubrick’s assistant, Tony Zierra’s 2017 documentary " Filmworker " shed light on Vitali’s enormous and largely unsung contributions to the work of one of cinema’s greatest figures from “The Shining” through “Eyes Wide Shut.” He did everything from casting and coaching actors to overseeing restorations. Vitali even once set up a video monitor so that Kubrick could keep an eye on his dying cat.
Matthew Modine, who starred in Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket,” tweeted his condolences Sunday.
“There are people we meet who have a profound impact upon our lives. Leon Vitali was one such person in mine,” Modine wrote. “An artist in every aspect of his life. A loving father & friend to so many. A kind, generous & forgiving nature. He exemplified & personified grace.”
Filmmaker Lee Unkrich also tweeted that he was, “Completely heartbroken to hear about the passing of Leon Vitali. He helped me (asterisk)enormously(asterisk) with my Shining book and I’m gutted that he won’t see it. He was a sweet, kind, humble, generous man and a vital part of Stanley Kubrick’s team.”
Before meeting Kubrick, Vitali was a rising actor in England, appearing in several British television shows including “Softly, Softly,” “Follyfoot,” “Z Cars” and “Notorious Woman.” Then in 1974 he got his biggest break yet, when he was cast in “Barry Lyndon” as Lord Bullingdon, the son-in-law of Ryan O’Neal’s title character.
Vitali was so fascinated by Kubrick and his processes that he made an unusual decision: He gave up on acting and devoted himself entirely to the famously demanding director for over two decades. His next Kubrick credit was as “personal assistant to the director” on “The Shining,” though that’s only part of the story — Vitali famously helped cast 4-year-old Danny Lloyd to play Danny Torrance and Louise and Lisa Burns as the creepy Grady twins (citing Diane Arbus as inspiration).
“I made one truly, truly radical change in my life and that was when I said, ‘I’m more interested in that’ than I was in the acting,” Vitali told the Associated Press in 2017. “That’s the biggest conscious decision I’ve ever made. There were some sacrifices, but there were gains too.”
After Kubrick’s death in 1999, Vitali oversaw restorations for many of Kubrick’s films. He received a Cinema Audio Society award for his work. Vitali later worked with director Todd Field on his films “Little Children” and “In the Bedroom.”
Before making the documentary, Zierra said that he and many Kubrick-obsessed fans knew Vitali for his performances in “Barry Lyndon” and “Eyes Wide Shut,” in which he played Red Cloak, and as a key member of Kubrick’s inner circle. But when they finally met Vitali to make the film, they were struck by “his kindness, humility and the fascinating scope of his story.”
Zierra is working on a director’s cut of “Filmworker” that will include new footage that he and Vitali wanted in the film, but couldn’t get done in time for its Cannes debut in 2017.
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Lopez and Affleck celebrate marriage with friends, family
(AP) -- Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck said “I do” again this weekend.
But instead of in a late night Las Vegas drive through chapel, this time it was in front of friends and family in Georgia, a person close to the couple who was not authorized to speak publicly said Sunday.
According to People Magazine, the wedding was held at Affleck’s home outside of Savannah, Georgia, with all of their kids present for the proceedings on Saturday.
The celebrity couple were officially married last month in Las Vegas, which Lopez shared with fans in her “On the J Lo” newsletter.
“Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient,” Lopez wrote last month, signing off as Jennifer Lynn Affleck.
Lopez, 53, and Affleck, 50, famously dated in the early 2000s. They starred together in 2003′s “Gigli” and 2004′s “Jersey Girl” and became engaged but didn’t wed at the time.
Paparazzi has feverishly trailed the couple since they rekindled their romance last year, from the earliest stages of the courtship, to their red carpet debut at last year’s Venice International Film Festival and their recent honeymoon in Paris.
Representatives for the couple did not immediately respond to request for comment Sunday.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Sports Accountability Project (ASAP) announced today that Rev. Al Sharpton, who has previously impressed upon the National Basketball Association (NBA) to work with greater urgency and transparency concerning the ongoing investigation into extensive reports of racism, sexism and abuse by Robert Sarver, sent a letter today to PayPal CEO Dan Shulman calling on the company to end its relationship with Mr. Sarver. As the NBA's investigation, now in its 10th month, has proceeded, PayPal announced a ground-breaking, international partnership with Mr. Sarver and entities under his ownership, including the Phoenix Suns, the Phoenix Mercury, and Real Club Deportivo Mallorca.
Rev. Sharpton's letter, which was published as a full-page ad in the AZ Central newspaper today, reads as follows:
Dear Mr. Schulman,
I am writing to demand that PayPal cease doing business with any entity owned or associated with Robert Sarver, including the Phoenix Suns, the Phoenix Mercury, and Real Club Deportivo Mallorca. Mr. Sarver's leadership has been riddled with credible allegations of racism, misogyny, and harboring a toxic work environment. As you may be aware, ESPN published a detailed investigative piece on these complaints last November, and Mr. Sarver is currently under investigation by the NBA.
In June 2020, in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, Paypal was one of many companies to announce a significant investment in fighting institutional racism and advancing diversity and inclusion. In total, PayPal announced it would commit $535 million toward these causes. Yet, PayPal has continued to do business with Robert Sarver, who is a known perpetrator of racism and hate, and is now expanding its business relationship with Mr. Sarver internationally.
In light of these commitments, PayPal cannot simply ignore Mr. Sarver's transgressions. As someone who has dedicated my life to fighting injustice and speaking out against hate in all its forms, it is my duty and responsibility to call out such hypocrisy and to call on PayPal to uphold the values for which it proclaims to stand.
It is time for PayPal to put its money where its mouth is. Issuing a press release and writing a big check two years ago is not equivalent to doing the hard work that is required to achieve real change. I reiterate my call for PayPal to end its relationship with Robert Sarver and help hold him accountable for his egregious behavior.
Sincerely,
Rev. Al Sharpton
President and Founder
National Action Network
For more information, please visit: www.AmericanSportsAccountabilityProject.com or contact press@americansportsaccountabilityproject.com.
About the American Sports Accountability Project (ASAP)
The American Sports Accountability Project (ASAP) is a group of individual advocates, community-based organizations, civil rights leaders, and sports fans who are committed to bringing accountability to perpetrators of hate speech, abuse, and harassment within the leadership of the American sports industry. There is zero tolerance for abuse of any kind in today's society. ASAP demands action in response to misconduct and a future where our arenas, fields and stadiums can be free from racism, sexism, and bigotry.
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Updated August 21, 2022 at 7:14 AM ET
On a recent summer day, President Joe Biden awarded the nation's highest civilian honor — the Presidential Medal of Freedom — to civil rights lawyer Fred Gray.
While Gray may not be as well known as other giants of the civil rights movement — names like John Lewis, Rosa Parks and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — his legacy is no less vital.
"One of the most important civil rights lawyers in our history, Fred's legal brilliance and strategy desegregated schools and secured the right to vote," Biden said during last month's Medal of Freedom ceremony. "An ordained minister, he imbued a righteous calling that touched the soul of our nation."
Fresh out of law school, Gray represented 15 year-old Claudette Colvin, who was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person — nine months before Parks did the same thing.
During the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. that Gray helped organize, he defended Parks and the others who were arrested for participating — including King, who once called Gray the "chief counsel" of the protest movement.
If Gray's life had a motto, it would be, as he often says, "To destroy everything segregated I could find." But growing up in Montgomery in the 1930s and 40s, Gray says he wasn't thinking about presidential medals. "It just was a matter of a Black boy living in a Black community where everything was completely segregated."
Gray, now 91 and still practicing law, recently sat down to speak with NPR about his work. Here are excerpts from that conversation, edited in parts for clarity and length.
Interview Highlights
What drove him to a career in law
As I grew up basically there were two professions that a young African American could think about being and that would be a preacher or a teacher.
So I thought I would end up being a preacher ... My family was very religious. Youngest of four children. My father died when I was two. Mother only had a sixth-grade education, but we had a preacher who was from Tennessee and he knew about a church school that prepared boys in the Church of Christ to be preachers. They found a way to get me up to that school ... and I apparently was a pretty good little boy preacher.
But I finished high school ... I was going to go to and had been accepted at what was then Alabama State College for Negroes, which is now Alabama State University in Montgomery. On the buses traveling from the west side of Montgomery to the east side I realized these problems African Americans were having and I decided that I was going to be a lawyer.
They told me that lawyers helped people who had problems. And I thought that Black people in Montgomery had problems. So I was going to become a lawyer and help solve those problems. But I didn't just want to practice law, I wanted to practice law in Alabama and help to solve the problems in my hometown.
Meeting Rosa Parks
I had met Mrs. Rosa Parks when I was a student at Alabama State before I went to law school. And she was the secretary to the branch of the NAACP. She was chairman of the youth committee. And I would go to some of her youth meetings when I was in college. And I opened my law office, which was located a block and a half from the Montgomery Fair, which was the department store where she was working. And we had a meeting during her lunch hour where she would walk up to my office and we would sit down and have lunches and we talked about our problems.
We talked about, if a person decided that they were asked to get up to give their seat to a white person, if they didn't want to do it how should they conduct themselves? We talked about segregation. We talked about improving youth conditions. And we did that about four or five days a week. And our last conversation was on December the First, 1955. I told Mrs. Parks that I had an engagement out of the city and I wouldn't be in that afternoon. She went back to work. When I got back she had been arrested. I was surprised, but I understood it.
While she never said if the opportunity presented itself ... what she would do, I had a feeling that if that opportunity presented itself she was well prepared and knew what to do.
The Montgomery bus boycott
Jo Ann Robinson ... was a professor at Alabama State, [and] chairman of the Women's Political Council, an organization of Black educated women who was trying to help solve the problems that African Americans have. We sat in her living room and planned what developed into the Montgomery bus boycott.
I told her, "Well, I can handle the legal aspect, but it takes a long time for a case to ultimately decide that's going to destroy segregation." She said, "Well why don't we just get a leaflet out asking the community to stay off of the buses and then meet at a church and we'll decide where we go from there."
I said "That's fine. The only thing with it is if we are successful and if people stay off of the buses we have to have a plan as to how to keep them off of the bus until there's a non segregated basis." In order to do that we need to get a spokesman. Somebody who can speak, keep the people together, and be able to communicate whatever our request is to the community and to the power structure in Montgomery. And, of course, we also need to have a transportation system.
[Robinson] said, "Well Fred, I tell you who the spokesman needs to be. My pastor. Martin Luther King Jr. hasn't been in town long, only been here a year, hasn't been involved in any civil rights activities but one thing he can do, and that is he can move people with words."
I said, "That's who we need."
And it was the beginning of what developed into the civil rights movement.
"We haven't changed the attitudes"
We were fortunate enough to have a court during the early stages of my career that really, in my opinion, looked at the Constitution and it wasn't a political matter. While it may have been a political appointment, they realized that once they took an oath of office as a Justice on the Supreme Court, everything else is unimportant: who appointed them, who voted for them or who voted against them. It's unfortunate that we're having the difficulties that we're having now with the current position that the court is taking on some of these important issues.
And this is a serious matter. While we have gained some things, if we're not careful we can end up losing some of the gains we have. And that's the challenge before us today. And while we have many of our people now who have jobs and doing a lot better than when I was coming up, we still have these problems and those basic problems are the same: racism and inequality.
We have changed the laws but we haven't changed the attitudes behind the persons who are enforcing those laws.
I think today, it's going to take demonstrations, but we're going to still have to do whatever it takes to get the courts to rule properly. That's why registration and voting is so important, so we can elect the right people, so that the right persons can be appointed or elected to these judgeships, including when they are appointed to the Supreme Court. And we still have to have faith in the legal system because that's the system that has brought us so far. But we have to do all these other things to help that legal system work.
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Amber Alert issued for 3-year-old Texas girl
(Gray News) - An Amber Alert has been issued for a 3-year-old Texas girl.
Lincy Guitry was last seen on Sunday at around 2:00 a.m. at her parents’ apartment complex in the 12800 block of North Borough Drive, Houston, Texas, according to the alert.
Lincy is described as having black hair and brown eyes, and is 3-feet tall. She was last seen wearing purple pajamas.
Authorities have identified the suspect as 50-year-old Holman Hernandez, according to the alert. He has black hair, brown eyes and is 5-feet, 4-inches tall.
The Houston Police Department tweeted that the suspect was believed to be in a 2007 gray Nissan Xterra with Texas license plate number NKD7882.
Houston TV station KPRC reports that Hernandez’s vehicle has been located in Houston, though Lincy and Hernandez have yet to be found.
Anyone with information regarding the case is asked to immediately call the Houston Police Department at 713-308-3600 or dial 911.
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City and school officials lay out preparations for Beaver-Graham game
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - If you’ve gotten to drive through either of the Bluefields, you’ve probably seen the signs. The Beaver-Graham football game is less than a week away, and there’s plenty of excitement building up.
”The football team is practicing, they’re working hard to get ready for that game,” said Graham Principal, Joanne Young.
“We’ve been working for five weeks, we’ve been putting our field show together, getting sideline songs together,” said Bluefield Band Director, Nick Hinkle
This year the preparations may be the biggest yet, as both Bluefields bring the celebration from Mitchell Stadium to the streets.
After two years of of cancellations and rain checks due to COVID, many leaders involved are excited to see a classic Mitchell Stadium packed with community members from both of the Bluefields.
“Anything that celebrates the kids, that can highlight them and talk about their greatness, I’m excited to be a part of it,” said Cecil Marson, the City Manager for Bluefield, West Virginia.
Friendly competition aside, this is nearly a century long rivalry that’s not to be underestimated
“It’s the real deal,” said Young. “This football game is probably one of the biggest events in the entire area. It’s probably bigger than Christmas to be totally honest,” said Marson.
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Scattered thunderstorms continue tonight. Things will be drier after lunchtime tomorrow.
Temperatures will warm up though the coming week
We will continue to see showers and thunderstorms throughout the evening hours. We are under a marginal risk for severe weather today.
Overnight temperatures will drop into the low 60s again. We could see some patchy fog developing overnight and of course some isolated storms.
Tomorrow we will see showers and thunderstorms through the morning hours. After lunchtime the chance for rain significantly drops off leaving us with partly cloudy skies, though we could still see a pop-up shower or two. Highs will be around the mid 70s.
Taking a look ahead we will see things warm up into the upper 70s low 80s by the end of the week. We will be dry for the most part through the middle of the week with only a slight chance of rain. Rain chances will be low, leading to spotty showers and thunderstorms by the end of the week.
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2 men arrested in sex trafficking sting operation, sheriff’s office says
CASEVILLE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WNEM/Gray News) – Two separate arrests were made on felony charges for sex crimes following a human trafficking sting operation in Michigan.
Authorities arrested 66-year-old Dennis Bales and 70-year-old Dale Ignash on Aug. 17 on suspicion of sex crimes and using a computer in the commission of a crime.
The operation followed another Huron County sex sting in July, according to WNEM.
The operation happened out of an undisclosed location in Caseville Township, which used internet sex and prostitution sites, Huron County Sheriff Kelly Hanson said.
“They would literally ‘shop’ these sites, then reach out believing they were communicating and arranging a meeting with an underage sex participant; however, they were actually reaching out and communicating with our tri-county team,” Hanson said.
When the suspects arrived at the undisclosed location, young deputy sheriff decoys were used to satisfy the suspicions and curiosities of the suspects, Hanson stated.
Both suspects acknowledged wanting to have sex with an underage male, Hanson said.
A 68-year-old man who was an acquaintance of Bales was released after being detained. He could face charges, Hanson said.
Several items of evidence were seized by officers during the operation such as cell phones, cash and vehicles.
The Huron County Prosecutor’s Office formally charged both men with three felony sex charges involving minors. They were arraigned Aug. 18.
Bales’ bond was set at $200,000 cash. Ignash has been released on bond.
Bales’ bond was likely amended due to him having past sex-related convictions that have him on the Michigan Sex Offender Registry, according to Hanson.
This incident did not involve actual teens forcibly being human trafficked for sex, according to Hanson. However, residents are asked to be on the lookout for this type of activity and report it to their sheriff’s office or local police.
Plans are underway for another operation to occur in the future, Hanson said.
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Amber Alert canceled after 3-year-old Texas girl found safe
Published: Aug. 21, 2022 at 4:21 PM EDT|Updated: moments ago
(Gray News) - An Amber Alert issued Sunday for a 3-year-old Texas girl has been canceled after the girl was found safe, authorities said.
The Houston Police Department tweeted late Sunday afternoon that Lincy Guitry was located safe and the suspect in the case, identified as 50-year-old Holman Hernandez, was arrested.
At the time of the Amber Alert, Lincy had last been seen on Sunday at around 2:00 a.m. at her parents’ apartment complex in the 12800 block of North Borough Drive, Houston, Texas, according to the alert.
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Tom Weiskopf, major champion and golf course architect, dies
(AP) – Tom Weiskopf’s golf skill went far beyond his 16 victories on the PGA Tour and his lone major at Troon in the British Open. He was always candid, often outspoken and unfailingly accurate in the television booth. He found even greater success designing golf courses.
Weiskopf died Saturday at his home in Big Sky, Montana, at the age of 79, his wife said. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2020.
Laurie Weiskopf said Tom was working last week at The Club at Spanish Peaks and attended a legacy luncheon at the signature club where he was designing “The Legacy: Tom’s Ten,” a collection of his 10 favorite par 3s.
“He worked to the end. It was amazing,” she said. “He had a big life.”
The son of a railroad worker in Ohio, Weiskopf once said he fell in love with the game before he even began to play. His father took him to the 1957 U.S. Open at Inverness and he was mesmerized watching Sam Snead make such pure contact.
“You had dinner with Tom and loved every minute of it,” Andy North said Sunday. “The sad thing that gets lost is how good he was. Every time he hit a shot, it was beautiful.”
Pure contact was his hallmark at Ohio State and then his career on tour. At 6-foot-3 — tall for golf in that era — Weiskopf had a swing that was powerful and rhythmic, natural and athletic. His best year was in 1973, when he won seven times around the world, including the claret jug and the World Series of Golf at Firestone before it was an official tour event.
He was known equally for the majors he didn’t win and the competition he faced — particularly Jack Nicklaus, the star from Ohio who preceded him by a few years on tour and cast an enormous shadow over Weiskopf for his entire career.
Weiskopf had four runner-up finishes in the Masters, the most of any player without having won the green jacket. Most memorable was in 1975, when Weiskopf and Johnny Miller stood on the 16th tee as they watched Nicklaus hole a 40-foot birdie putt up the slope that carried him to another victory.
He was famous for saying of Nicklaus: “Jack knew he was going to beat you. You knew Jack was going to beat you. And Jack knew you knew he was going to beat you.”
More telling was his interview with Golf Digest in 2008 when Weiskopf said: “Going head to head against Jack Nicklaus in a major was like trying to drain the Pacific Ocean with a teacup. You stand on the first tee knowing that your very best golf might not be good enough.”
Weiskopf was plenty good in so many areas, and yet he often said he didn’t make the most out of his talent. He attributed much of that to drinking, which he once said ruined his golf career. He gave up alcohol in 2007 and considered that one of his great victories.
Nicklaus once said of him, “Tom Weiskopf had as much talent as any player I’ve ever seen play the tour.”
He also said he was never passionate enough about golf. His love was the outdoors, particularly hunting and fishing. Weiskopf once skipped the 1977 Ryder Cup so he could go sheep hunting.
His free spirit and unfiltered thoughts were a big part of his personality. His temper led to nicknames like the “Towering Inferno” and “Terrible Tom.” So much of it was traced to his high standards when it came to golf.
“I could not accept failure when it was my fault,” he said after winning the U.S. Senior Open in 1995 at Congressional. “It just used to tear me up.”
Weiskopf’s last PGA Tour victory was the 1982 Western Open. His last full year on the PGA Tour was a year later. He played on the PGA Tour Champions, and perhaps it was only fitting his lone major was the Senior Open by four shots over Nicklaus.
His commentary on TV for CBS at the Masters and for ABC/ESPN was all about candor.
He was working the 1986 Masters when Nicklaus was charging his way to victory at age 46. Nicklaus was on the 16th tee when CBS host Jim Nantz brought in Weiskopf and asked, “What is going through Jack’s mind right now?”
“If I knew the way he thought, I would have won this championship,” Weiskopf replied with a laugh.
Weiskopf partnered with golf course architect Jay Moorish and their first collaboration was Troon Country Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, which Golf Digest rated as the best new course of 1986. He did 25 courses with Moorish and then worked with Phil Smith.
Among 80 courses Weiskopf designed were Loch Lomond in Scotland and in 2016 a renovation of the North Course at Torrey Pines that fit his standard — challenging at the highest level, enjoyable for all.
A standard of his design is the drivable par 4. The inspiration came from playing the Old Course at St. Andrews, where he could drive four of the par 4s, depending on the wind.
Weiskopf summed up his contributions to golf last summer to Golf Digest.
“Golf, to me, was always such a great challenge of the mind, and there were times I wish I had handled that challenge a little better,” he said. “But I love the game. I love talking about it and thinking about it and to me it is endlessly fascinating.”
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WESTAMPTON, N.J., Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Primepoint, a highly regarded payroll and HR technology company, has been named a New Jersey and a Philadelphia Top Workplace for 2022. This recognition is the result of strong values and a supportive culture.
The Top Workplaces are determined by anonymous employee surveys conducted by a third party, Energage, LLC. The survey measures items such as engagement, company values, innovation, and benefits.
Primepoint was recognized for being in the top 5% for Strong Values, Meaningful Work, Leaders In-The-Know, Employee Appreciation, and Work-Life Balance. Overall Primepoint was near the top of the list in both New Jersey and Philadelphia.
"Our employees come first. Success in their careers, work-life balance, and personal fulfillment is a priority to us," says Al Bothwell, Primepoint's CEO. "We're a family business at our core, and the supportive and caring environment that a family culture brings will stay with us no matter how much more we grow."
Primepoint started as a small, family operation 30+ years ago. Now, Primepoint has 70 employees and growing, services thousands of customers, and handles almost $7 billion in payroll annually.
Individuals interested in exploring employment opportunities with Primepoint should go to www.primepoint.com/career
About the company: Primepoint is a payroll processing & HR management system company offering advanced technology that integrates human resource management, payroll processing, time & attendance, employee scheduling, and employee self-service functionality for small, medium, and large organizations. The company is differentiated by its ability to partner with customers to develop tailored system implementations. Also, Primepoint has a different approach to customer service that creates the Primepoint Experience™ which provides a very high level of support for its customers ranging in size from a few employees to thousands. To learn more about Primepoint's services and the Primepoint Experience™ visit www.primepoint.com
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Ukraine's independence day celebrations won't have the usual fanfare as Russia persists in its invasion.
Aug. 24 marks the day when Ukraine's parliament vowed to separate from the Soviet Union in 1991. The date this year will also mark six months since the war began.
Perhaps the most striking departure from past festivities has to do with the parade.
Instead of the Soviet-style events — a ritual that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had called wasteful — Ukraine's military is lining the route with the burned-out husks of Russian military equipment.
"I think it's appropriate, if sad," Mykhailo Virchenko told NPR as he and his wife, Lubov, strolled past the installation on Sunday.
"We hope that we can celebrate independence without weapons in the future. Maybe with flowers and dances instead," Lubov said.
Thousands of people walked along the way as more flat-bed trucks brought in their cargo. Children played on the cannon barrels, while friends took selfies in front of armored personnel carriers.
Exposed to the elements, rust coated the armor where people etched graffiti like "revenge for Mariupol" or "for Mykolaiv," Ukrainian cities that Russia has attacked since February.
Ukrainian officials are warning civilians against gathering in major cities ahead of the holiday.
"Russia may try to do something particularly nasty, something particularly cruel," Zelenskyy said during his Saturday evening address.
Mykhailo Podolyak, a top adviser in Zelenskyy's office, said Russia would do whatever it could to make the people of Ukraine miserable.
"You'll remember they said they'd march in downtown Kyiv within three days of invading. Here we are six months later, having demonstrated how weak Russia is compared to Ukraine. So they'll want their compensation," Podolyak said.
Ukraine's Culture Ministry has confirmed there would not be any public celebration to mark the holiday. The current martial law prohibits large public gatherings.
"I think we can only celebrate once we win," Valentyn Paska, a Kyiv resident, told NPR. "I'm just going to work that day."
Instead, the military will conduct private flag-raising ceremonies, and some of the capital's monuments will be illuminated in blue and yellow, the flag's colors.
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A group of DC-area universities have formed an initiative to combat gun violence. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the presidents of two participating schools: Gregory Washington and Patricia McGuire.
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A group of DC-area universities have formed an initiative to combat gun violence. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the presidents of two participating schools: Gregory Washington and Patricia McGuire.
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Mitch Albom was intent on chronicling the Tuesdays he spent with Morrie Schwartz, his favorite college professor who was facing Lou Gehrig's disease. Albom's only goal was to write a book to pay for Schwartz' medical bills.
But publisher after publisher rejected his book proposal. Some said Albom's story of reconnecting with his professor who was determined to teach a final class on life's lessons was too much of a "downer." But Doubleday took a chance 25 years ago this month and published Tuesdays with Morrie in a limited press run.
There were no reviews at the outset. And mixed reviews in the early days.
Eventually, readers spread the news by word of mouth. Albom made an appearance on Oprah. Doubleday says to date, Tuesdays with Morrie has sold nearly 18 million copies globally and has been translated into 48 languages. It's one of the best-selling memoirs in the history of publishing.
"I'm a much different person than I was when I first started visiting him," Albom told NPR. "And I'm happy to give him credit for that."
At its core, the memoir is about the power of relationship — between a professor and his student, between a man approaching his 80s and one not yet out of his 30s, and one whose accumulated life experiences can be passed down to a former student and then to the world at large, literally.
Schwartz established a rapport on Day One of class
To understand how their relationship developed, wind the clock back to the 1970s, when Albom was a freshman at Brandeis University. Arriving for sociology class, he saw a dozen or so students gathered and figured it might not be easy to cut such a small class and go unnoticed. But before he could sneak out, the professor called attendance in alphabetical order, beginning with Albom.
"Mitchell?" the professor asked.
Albom raised his hand.
"Do you prefer Mitch? Or is Mitchell better?"
"Mitch. My friends call me Mitch," he said.
"And, Mitch?"
"Yes?" Albom replied.
"I hope that one day you will think of me as your friend."
Albom stayed in that class and took every lecture Schwartz offered during his undergraduate years. They had lunch together, and Albom visited Schwartz' home. At graduation, he promised to stay in touch.
As often happens with such promises, life intervenes. There was not so much as a phone call or email from Albom to Schwartz in 16 years.
Nightline brought Schwartz back into Albom's life
Then, late one night in March 1995, Albom was channel surfing and heard Ted Koppel say something at the top of Nightline that got his attention:
"Who is Morrie Schwartz, and why by the end of the night are so many of you going to care about him?"
Koppel explained that Schwartz was terminally ill — a disease medically known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — but there was no curling up in the fetal position. Schwartz wanted to use whatever time he had left to teach about life to whoever would listen.
"When I saw Morrie on Nightline, the horror of the fact that he was going to die was mixed with the guilt that I felt over not contacting him for 16 years," Albom said.
So, he worked up the courage to call the professor he had called "Coach." He got through to his nurse, who handed Schwartz the phone.
"I said, 'Professor Schwartz, my name is Mitch Albom. I was a student of yours in the '70s. I don't know if you remember me.' And the first thing he said to me was 'How come you didn't call me 'Coach'?"
That's all Albom had to hear and soon reconnected with Morrie, the start of more than a dozen Tuesday sessions.
As he faced death, Schwartz offered lessons in life
Among Schwartz' regrets during his conversations with Albom was how young people grasped onto what he called "the major cultural values, like money status and power ... and then you find out it's not a good life. It's too empty. There's no real substantial meaning but by that time it's too late."
What stunned Albom during his Tuesday visits was how others who came to cheer up Schwartz often left his office an hour later in tears because Schwartz turned the tables on them and asked them about their problems — their love life, divorce or job.
"'I don't understand — you're the one who's dying, why don't you accept their sympathy? Why are you spending time advising people on THEIR lives,' " Albom recalled. "And he said, 'Mitch, why would I ever take from people like that? Taking just makes me feel like I'm dying. Giving makes me feel like I'm living.' "
That's when the trajectory of Albom's life started to change from someone he described as a "self-absorbed 100-hour-a-week journalist to someone asked to speak at funerals and hospice groups."
Albom said that line from Morrie — that giving makes you feel more alive than taking — was the beginning of his philanthropic work.
Schwartz' final request
Today, Albom still writes sports columns and does a daily radio show, but his passion is the work he does with an umbrella charity organization in Detroit and the monthly visits he makes to the orphanage he runs in Haiti.
"We have 60-plus kids," he said. "Many of them come up here. I have one with me right now, a 7-month-old. I'm changing diapers in my 60s."
When the baby had arrived at the orphanage, Nadie was suffering from severe malnutrition, so Albom brought her to Michigan where he hopes he and others who are helping can nurse her back to health in three months and return her to Port-Au-Prince.
The last Tuesday Albom visited Schwartz ended up being days before the professor's death in November 1995. Schwartz asked his student to visit his grave, have a sandwich and bring a blanket.
"He wanted me to talk to him at his grave. And I said, 'You want me to sit at your tombstone and talk to the air like a crazy person?' And he said, yes, just like we're talking now," Albom said.
"'Well, Morrie it's not going to be like we're talking now because let's face it you won't be able to talk back,' " he recalled. "And he looked at me as if I were being very naive. And he said, 'Mitch, I'll make a deal after I'm dead. You talk, I'll listen.' "
Then as now, Albom talks and Schwartz listens.
And as the last four words of Tuesdays with Morrie say: The teaching goes on.
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In Los Angeles, tens of thousands of students were absent on the first day of school. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with superintendent Alberto Carvahlo about the challenges ahead.
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In Los Angeles, tens of thousands of students were absent on the first day of school. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with superintendent Alberto Carvahlo about the challenges ahead.
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The U.S. is facing a shortage of 300,000 teachers, according to the The National Education Association. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with three former teachers to get insight into the teacher shortage.
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The U.S. is facing a shortage of 300,000 teachers, according to the The National Education Association. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with three former teachers to get insight into the teacher shortage.
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As talks with U.S. and Russian officials continue, NPR's Michel Martin speaks to the President of the WNBA's Players Association, Nneka Ogwumike, about Brittney Griner's ongoing detention.
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As talks with U.S. and Russian officials continue, NPR's Michel Martin speaks to the President of the WNBA's Players Association, Nneka Ogwumike, about Brittney Griner's ongoing detention.
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Ukraine's independence day celebrations won't have the usual fanfare as Russia persists in its invasion.
Aug. 24 marks the day when Ukraine's parliament vowed to separate from the Soviet Union in 1991. The date this year will also mark six months since the war began.
Perhaps the most striking departure from past festivities has to do with the parade.
Instead of the Soviet-style events — a ritual that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had called wasteful — Ukraine's military is lining the route with the burned-out husks of Russian military equipment.
"I think it's appropriate, if sad," Mykhailo Virchenko told NPR as he and his wife, Lubov, strolled past the installation on Sunday.
"We hope that we can celebrate independence without weapons in the future. Maybe with flowers and dances instead," Lubov said.
Thousands of people walked along the way as more flat-bed trucks brought in their cargo. Children played on the cannon barrels, while friends took selfies in front of armored personnel carriers.
Exposed to the elements, rust coated the armor where people etched graffiti like "revenge for Mariupol" or "for Mykolaiv," Ukrainian cities that Russia has attacked since February.
Ukrainian officials are warning civilians against gathering in major cities ahead of the holiday.
"Russia may try to do something particularly nasty, something particularly cruel," Zelenskyy said during his Saturday evening address.
Mykhailo Podolyak, a top adviser in Zelenskyy's office, said Russia would do whatever it could to make the people of Ukraine miserable.
"You'll remember they said they'd march in downtown Kyiv within three days of invading. Here we are six months later, having demonstrated how weak Russia is compared to Ukraine. So they'll want their compensation," Podolyak said.
Ukraine's Culture Ministry has confirmed there would not be any public celebration to mark the holiday. The current martial law prohibits large public gatherings.
"I think we can only celebrate once we win," Valentyn Paska, a Kyiv resident, told NPR. "I'm just going to work that day."
Instead, the military will conduct private flag-raising ceremonies, and some of the capital's monuments will be illuminated in blue and yellow, the flag's colors.
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A group of DC-area universities have formed an initiative to combat gun violence. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the presidents of two participating schools: Gregory Washington and Patricia McGuire.
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A group of DC-area universities have formed an initiative to combat gun violence. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the presidents of two participating schools: Gregory Washington and Patricia McGuire.
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Mitch Albom was intent on chronicling the Tuesdays he spent with Morrie Schwartz, his favorite college professor who was facing Lou Gehrig's disease. Albom's only goal was to write a book to pay for Schwartz' medical bills.
But publisher after publisher rejected his book proposal. Some said Albom's story of reconnecting with his professor who was determined to teach a final class on life's lessons was too much of a "downer." But Doubleday took a chance 25 years ago this month and published Tuesdays with Morrie in a limited press run.
There were no reviews at the outset. And mixed reviews in the early days.
Eventually, readers spread the news by word of mouth. Albom made an appearance on Oprah. Doubleday says to date, Tuesdays with Morrie has sold nearly 18 million copies globally and has been translated into 48 languages. It's one of the best-selling memoirs in the history of publishing.
"I'm a much different person than I was when I first started visiting him," Albom told NPR. "And I'm happy to give him credit for that."
At its core, the memoir is about the power of relationship — between a professor and his student, between a man approaching his 80s and one not yet out of his 30s, and one whose accumulated life experiences can be passed down to a former student and then to the world at large, literally.
Schwartz established a rapport on Day One of class
To understand how their relationship developed, wind the clock back to the 1970s, when Albom was a freshman at Brandeis University. Arriving for sociology class, he saw a dozen or so students gathered and figured it might not be easy to cut such a small class and go unnoticed. But before he could sneak out, the professor called attendance in alphabetical order, beginning with Albom.
"Mitchell?" the professor asked.
Albom raised his hand.
"Do you prefer Mitch? Or is Mitchell better?"
"Mitch. My friends call me Mitch," he said.
"And, Mitch?"
"Yes?" Albom replied.
"I hope that one day you will think of me as your friend."
Albom stayed in that class and took every lecture Schwartz offered during his undergraduate years. They had lunch together, and Albom visited Schwartz' home. At graduation, he promised to stay in touch.
As often happens with such promises, life intervenes. There was not so much as a phone call or email from Albom to Schwartz in 16 years.
Nightline brought Schwartz back into Albom's life
Then, late one night in March 1995, Albom was channel surfing and heard Ted Koppel say something at the top of Nightline that got his attention:
"Who is Morrie Schwartz, and why by the end of the night are so many of you going to care about him?"
Koppel explained that Schwartz was terminally ill — a disease medically known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — but there was no curling up in the fetal position. Schwartz wanted to use whatever time he had left to teach about life to whoever would listen.
"When I saw Morrie on Nightline, the horror of the fact that he was going to die was mixed with the guilt that I felt over not contacting him for 16 years," Albom said.
So, he worked up the courage to call the professor he had called "Coach." He got through to his nurse, who handed Schwartz the phone.
"I said, 'Professor Schwartz, my name is Mitch Albom. I was a student of yours in the '70s. I don't know if you remember me.' And the first thing he said to me was 'How come you didn't call me 'Coach'?"
That's all Albom had to hear and soon reconnected with Morrie, the start of more than a dozen Tuesday sessions.
As he faced death, Schwartz offered lessons in life
Among Schwartz' regrets during his conversations with Albom was how young people grasped onto what he called "the major cultural values, like money status and power ... and then you find out it's not a good life. It's too empty. There's no real substantial meaning but by that time it's too late."
What stunned Albom during his Tuesday visits was how others who came to cheer up Schwartz often left his office an hour later in tears because Schwartz turned the tables on them and asked them about their problems — their love life, divorce or job.
"'I don't understand — you're the one who's dying, why don't you accept their sympathy? Why are you spending time advising people on THEIR lives,' " Albom recalled. "And he said, 'Mitch, why would I ever take from people like that? Taking just makes me feel like I'm dying. Giving makes me feel like I'm living.' "
That's when the trajectory of Albom's life started to change from someone he described as a "self-absorbed 100-hour-a-week journalist to someone asked to speak at funerals and hospice groups."
Albom said that line from Morrie — that giving makes you feel more alive than taking — was the beginning of his philanthropic work.
Schwartz' final request
Today, Albom still writes sports columns and does a daily radio show, but his passion is the work he does with an umbrella charity organization in Detroit and the monthly visits he makes to the orphanage he runs in Haiti.
"We have 60-plus kids," he said. "Many of them come up here. I have one with me right now, a 7-month-old. I'm changing diapers in my 60s."
When the baby had arrived at the orphanage, Nadie was suffering from severe malnutrition, so Albom brought her to Michigan where he hopes he and others who are helping can nurse her back to health in three months and return her to Port-Au-Prince.
The last Tuesday Albom visited Schwartz ended up being days before the professor's death in November 1995. Schwartz asked his student to visit his grave, have a sandwich and bring a blanket.
"He wanted me to talk to him at his grave. And I said, 'You want me to sit at your tombstone and talk to the air like a crazy person?' And he said, yes, just like we're talking now," Albom said.
"'Well, Morrie it's not going to be like we're talking now because let's face it you won't be able to talk back,' " he recalled. "And he looked at me as if I were being very naive. And he said, 'Mitch, I'll make a deal after I'm dead. You talk, I'll listen.' "
Then as now, Albom talks and Schwartz listens.
And as the last four words of Tuesdays with Morrie say: The teaching goes on.
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In Los Angeles, tens of thousands of students were absent on the first day of school. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with superintendent Alberto Carvahlo about the challenges ahead.
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In Los Angeles, tens of thousands of students were absent on the first day of school. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with superintendent Alberto Carvahlo about the challenges ahead.
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The U.S. is facing a shortage of 300,000 teachers, according to the The National Education Association. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with three former teachers to get insight into the teacher shortage.
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The U.S. is facing a shortage of 300,000 teachers, according to the The National Education Association. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with three former teachers to get insight into the teacher shortage.
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As talks with U.S. and Russian officials continue, NPR's Michel Martin speaks to the President of the WNBA's Players Association, Nneka Ogwumike, about Brittney Griner's ongoing detention.
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As talks with U.S. and Russian officials continue, NPR's Michel Martin speaks to the President of the WNBA's Players Association, Nneka Ogwumike, about Brittney Griner's ongoing detention.
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Participants undeterred by threat of rain, storms for Port Huron Float Down Sunday
People armed with inflatable rafts, kayaks, swimsuits and alcoholic beverages descended on Lighthouse Beach in Port Huron Sunday for the unsanctioned event known as Float Down.
Floaters drifted past Desmond Landing at about 2:15 p.m. While grey clouds covered the sun, forecasted rain had not yet come to dampen participants' revelry.
Emergency boats from the U.S. and Canadian coast guards, St. Clair County Sheriff Department and area police and fire departments bobbed on the water, keeping a watchful eye on the floaters as they entered the water around noon.
The turnout appeared to be in the hundreds. Roger Randall, St. Clair County Dive Team chief, said the turnout is about third or a half of what it has been previous years, probably due to the threat of rain or storms.
Some rafts had creative flair. Michelle Keagy traveled from Wood Haven for the event with a group of about 10 family and friends. A raft sporting an inflatable bull sported a blow-up man with a sign that said "Ship Faced Beaches."
Keagy said she has participated for a few years because she enjoys doing it with her group and they enjoy the adventure of it. One year, they were nearly blown to Canada, and had to be pulled back by the coast guard. Another year, their rafts deflated, and they were pulled out by coast guard members.
"It's like Christmas here," she said.
Jason Drake traveled to Port Huron with his wife, Missy Drake, from Holland to meet up with his father, Tom Drake. They said they enjoy being on the water and relaxing. They plan to pull out at a private residence on the border of Port Huron and Marysville to attend a party with family and friends after the event.
The threat of rain didn't deter them, but they said they were prepared with phones and water and have people to pull them out if the weather turns sour.
Robert Nead, a Port Huron resident who was attending the Float Down with his girlfriend and two friends, also was unconcerned about the weather. He stood on the beach next to his canoe. He said he enjoys being able to help people and pull them back if they stray too close to Canada with his small vessel.
"I just love the water, the fun, the adventure," Nead said.
Randall said there were no reported incidents at about 1:15 p.m.
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2 men arrested in sex trafficking sting operation, sheriff’s office says
CASEVILLE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WNEM/Gray News) – Two separate arrests were made on felony charges for sex crimes following a human trafficking sting operation in Michigan.
Authorities arrested 66-year-old Dennis Bales and 70-year-old Dale Ignash on Aug. 17 on suspicion of sex crimes and using a computer in the commission of a crime.
The operation followed another Huron County sex sting in July, according to WNEM.
The operation happened out of an undisclosed location in Caseville Township, which used internet sex and prostitution sites, Huron County Sheriff Kelly Hanson said.
“They would literally ‘shop’ these sites, then reach out believing they were communicating and arranging a meeting with an underage sex participant; however, they were actually reaching out and communicating with our tri-county team,” Hanson said.
When the suspects arrived at the undisclosed location, young deputy sheriff decoys were used to satisfy the suspicions and curiosities of the suspects, Hanson stated.
Both suspects acknowledged wanting to have sex with an underage male, Hanson said.
A 68-year-old man who was an acquaintance of Bales was released after being detained. He could face charges, Hanson said.
Several items of evidence were seized by officers during the operation such as cell phones, cash and vehicles.
The Huron County Prosecutor’s Office formally charged both men with three felony sex charges involving minors. They were arraigned Aug. 18.
Bales’ bond was set at $200,000 cash. Ignash has been released on bond.
Bales’ bond was likely amended due to him having past sex-related convictions that have him on the Michigan Sex Offender Registry, according to Hanson.
This incident did not involve actual teens forcibly being human trafficked for sex, according to Hanson. However, residents are asked to be on the lookout for this type of activity and report it to their sheriff’s office or local police.
Plans are underway for another operation to occur in the future, Hanson said.
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9 people arrested after disturbance at Kentucky State Fair, authorities say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) - Nine people have been arrested following an incident that occurred at the Kentucky State Fair Saturday night, authorities said.
Kentucky State Police (KSP) officers made eight arrests and the Kentucky Fair Board police made one.
Three arrests were adults and six were minors, according to a news release sent by KSP.
All the people arrested are from the Jefferson County area. Charges include disorderly conduct, menacing, possession of stolen property and possession of a handgun.
Around 9:20 p.m., KSP received a report of a disturbance in front of the Midway Area on the fairgrounds. As a safety precaution, the fair made the decision to close early.
Several guests that attended the fair Saturday night believe they heard gunshots.
The early stages of the investigation revealed a group of people “caused panic with noise-making devices,” the release said.
Those “devices” are what let fair-goers believe shots were fired, KSP said.
At this time, KSP said they have not found evidence that a weapon was fired during the incident.
The investigation of the incident is ongoing.
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Tom Weiskopf, major champion and golf course architect, dies
(AP) – Tom Weiskopf’s golf skill went far beyond his 16 victories on the PGA Tour and his lone major at Troon in the British Open. He was always candid, often outspoken and unfailingly accurate in the television booth. He found even greater success designing golf courses.
Weiskopf died Saturday at his home in Big Sky, Montana, at the age of 79, his wife said. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2020.
Laurie Weiskopf said Tom was working last week at The Club at Spanish Peaks and attended a legacy luncheon at the signature club where he was designing “The Legacy: Tom’s Ten,” a collection of his 10 favorite par 3s.
“He worked to the end. It was amazing,” she said. “He had a big life.”
The son of a railroad worker in Ohio, Weiskopf once said he fell in love with the game before he even began to play. His father took him to the 1957 U.S. Open at Inverness and he was mesmerized watching Sam Snead make such pure contact.
“You had dinner with Tom and loved every minute of it,” Andy North said Sunday. “The sad thing that gets lost is how good he was. Every time he hit a shot, it was beautiful.”
Pure contact was his hallmark at Ohio State and then his career on tour. At 6-foot-3 — tall for golf in that era — Weiskopf had a swing that was powerful and rhythmic, natural and athletic. His best year was in 1973, when he won seven times around the world, including the claret jug and the World Series of Golf at Firestone before it was an official tour event.
He was known equally for the majors he didn’t win and the competition he faced — particularly Jack Nicklaus, the star from Ohio who preceded him by a few years on tour and cast an enormous shadow over Weiskopf for his entire career.
Weiskopf had four runner-up finishes in the Masters, the most of any player without having won the green jacket. Most memorable was in 1975, when Weiskopf and Johnny Miller stood on the 16th tee as they watched Nicklaus hole a 40-foot birdie putt up the slope that carried him to another victory.
He was famous for saying of Nicklaus: “Jack knew he was going to beat you. You knew Jack was going to beat you. And Jack knew you knew he was going to beat you.”
More telling was his interview with Golf Digest in 2008 when Weiskopf said: “Going head to head against Jack Nicklaus in a major was like trying to drain the Pacific Ocean with a teacup. You stand on the first tee knowing that your very best golf might not be good enough.”
Weiskopf was plenty good in so many areas, and yet he often said he didn’t make the most out of his talent. He attributed much of that to drinking, which he once said ruined his golf career. He gave up alcohol in 2000 and considered that one of his great victories.
Nicklaus once said of him, “Tom Weiskopf had as much talent as any player I’ve ever seen play the tour.”
He also said he was never passionate enough about golf. His love was the outdoors, particularly hunting and fishing. Weiskopf once skipped the 1977 Ryder Cup so he could go sheep hunting.
His free spirit and unfiltered thoughts were a big part of his personality. His temper led to nicknames like the “Towering Inferno” and “Terrible Tom.” So much of it was traced to his high standards when it came to golf.
“I could not accept failure when it was my fault,” he said after winning the U.S. Senior Open in 1995 at Congressional. “It just used to tear me up.”
Weiskopf’s last PGA Tour victory was the 1982 Western Open. His last full year on the PGA Tour was a year later. He played on the PGA Tour Champions, and perhaps it was only fitting his lone major was the Senior Open by four shots over Nicklaus.
His commentary on TV for CBS at the Masters and for ABC/ESPN was all about candor.
He was working the 1986 Masters when Nicklaus was charging his way to victory at age 46. Nicklaus was on the 16th tee when CBS host Jim Nantz brought in Weiskopf and asked, “What is going through Jack’s mind right now?”
“If I knew the way he thought, I would have won this championship,” Weiskopf replied with a laugh.
Weiskopf partnered with golf course architect Jay Moorish and their first collaboration was Troon Country Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, which Golf Digest rated as the best new course of 1986. He did 25 courses with Moorish and then worked with Phil Smith.
Among 80 courses Weiskopf designed were Loch Lomond in Scotland and in 2016 a renovation of the North Course at Torrey Pines that fit his standard — challenging at the highest level, enjoyable for all.
A standard of his design is the drivable par 4. The inspiration came from playing the Old Course at St. Andrews, where he could drive four of the par 4s, depending on the wind.
Weiskopf summed up his contributions to golf last summer to Golf Digest.
“Golf, to me, was always such a great challenge of the mind, and there were times I wish I had handled that challenge a little better,” he said. “But I love the game. I love talking about it and thinking about it and to me it is endlessly fascinating.”
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9 people arrested after disturbance at Kentucky State Fair, authorities say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) - Nine people have been arrested following an incident that occurred at the Kentucky State Fair Saturday night, authorities said.
Kentucky State Police (KSP) officers made eight arrests and the Kentucky Fair Board police made one.
Three arrests were adults and six were minors, according to a news release sent by KSP.
All the people arrested are from the Jefferson County area. Charges include disorderly conduct, menacing, possession of stolen property and possession of a handgun.
Around 9:20 p.m., KSP received a report of a disturbance in front of the Midway Area on the fairgrounds. As a safety precaution, the fair made the decision to close early.
Several guests that attended the fair Saturday night believe they heard gunshots.
The early stages of the investigation revealed a group of people “caused panic with noise-making devices,” the release said.
Those “devices” are what let fair-goers believe shots were fired, KSP said.
At this time, KSP said they have not found evidence that a weapon was fired during the incident.
The investigation of the incident is ongoing.
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Matthew Wurnig creator of “50 Dates 50 States,” appeared on Good Morning Hawaii to talk about how he started the concept. “ I started 50 Dates 50 States when COVID first hit in 2020 and everyone was quarantined. I decided since everything was shut down that I would go on a virtual Zoom date in every state. Once I completed that and it gained traction over social media I decided to go meet all those girls in person and that was Season 1. Now I’m currently on Season 2 where over 10,000 girls applied to be dates in less than 2 months and Hawaii is my 49th date in Season 2!”
HONOLULU-HI (KITV-4) Matthew Wurnig creator of “50 Dates 50 States,” appeared on Good Morning Hawaii to talk about how he started the concept. Wurnig says, “I started 50 Dates 50 States when COVID first hit in 2020 and everyone was quarantined. I decided since everything was shut down that I would go on a virtual Zoom date in every state. Once I completed that and it gained traction over social media I decided to go meet all those girls in person and that was Season 1. Now I’m currently on Season 2 where over 10,000 girls applied to be dates in less than 2 months and Hawaii is my 49th date in Season 2!”
Wurnig talked about his Hawaii date and how he selected her. Wurnig says, “Her friend actually applied for her and after reviewing the application she seemed like the perfect date! We went parasailing, rode E Bikes in Kualoa Ranch, ate some Poke Bowls and watched the sunset.”
Wurnig says, I’m hoping that this will be the next Bachelor. I think the cool thing about 50 Dates 50 States is that it includes someone from every single state and shows the uniqueness of every state in the US. I’m really hoping I can eventually get this on a streaming service or network someday.
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The Actors' Mission hosted the inaugural "Page to Stage" at the Broadway Theater on Saturday, Aug. 20. Rock Springs resident Heather Pristash, middle, plays Caliope, a novelist struggling to finish her sci-fi/fantasy novel. She tries to figure out where her characters, The Dark Lord (left) and General Lover Boy (right) should be in a particular chapter. Roy O. Hansen plays The Dark Lord and Michael Black plays General Lover Boy.
ROCK SPRINGS – In 24 hours, Sweetwater County residents managed to bust out three plays, 15-30 minutes each, and received a standing ovation for their accomplishments at the Broadway Theater on Saturday, Aug. 20.
The challenge was part of Actors’ Mission’s 20th celebration.
The inaugural “Page to Stage” consisted of a dozen participants, ranging from technical crew to directors, writers, producers and actors. This gave participants the opportunity to take a dive into community theater, even for just a little while.
After enjoying a meal in Bunning Park, playwrights and actors started working endlessly throughout the night and into the next day.
Rock Springs resident Hannah Romero wrote the first play, “Rumpelstiltskin” which consisted of six actors. It was directed by Green River resident Nina Tyler.
“It was so much fun,” said Romero. “The cast did such a great job with it. It was really intense because I had only a couple of hours to write it. Before that, I had to wait to see who I was working with and as soon as I knew who the actors were, I started cranking it out. These guys are amazing. They were up all night, memorizing it and they did an incredible job.
“It’s one thing to write the words but to see other people bringing it to life and adding to the characters was really exciting.”
Romero had noticed the age variety among the male actors who were assigned to her before she wrote the play.
“I thought I could use the same character but at different points in his life,” she explained. “I love fairy tales in general. I wanted to use a fairy tale to mirror the life of the main character (Ralph) and make a point about the decisions he made in his life, his regrets and what he learned from them.”
Romero hopes the Actors’ Mission will make Page to Stage “a tradition.”
“I would do it again,” she expressed. “And I hope this will get more people involved in Actors’ Mission.”
“It’s a good time!”
The second on-the-fly performance was “Lost Time,” written by Michael Black and directed by Aaron Volner. This play focused on two friends who finally realized that supporting a friend during her time of need mattered.
Rock Springs resident Heather Pristash is an English professor at Western Wyoming Community College. She has taught Romero in the past and participated in “The 24-Hour Plays” as well.
Pristash played Caliope in “The Last Book on Earth,” written by Volner.
“It was equal parts amazing and exhausting,” Pristash described. “It’s amazing to see all this talent pull it off with all three brand new plays. I hope we can do it again. It was an incredible experience. I’m so glad to be a part of it.”
She added, “Aaron did such an amazing job with that play I acted in. All of our playwrights created some unbelievable stuff. I would love to see someone go further with each of these plays.
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20-Yard Dash: Moorefield
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Moorefield football is young but the team is eager to compete on Friday nights.
The Yellow Jackets were dominant in regular season play in 2021. The team went 7-3 overall with its only losses against Frankfort, Keyser, and Berkeley Springs. However, the team struggled in post-season play, falling to Wheeling Central in the first round of playoffs.
This year, Moorefield is looking to make a deep run in the playoff bracket. With 21 sophomores and only four seniors, the Yellow Jackets are relying on a young group of players to learn the playbook and step up on game days.
Moorefield Head Coach Matt Altobello is entering his fifth season at the helm of the program. According to Altobello, youth could be an advantage for the Yellow Jackets since the team is coachable and open to improving throughout the season.
“A lot of them don’t have bad habits,” said Altobello. “We can mold them and put them in a position to be successful.”
Senior offensive/defensive lineman Ryan Mongold believes the younger players could be an asset to the team this year.
“People might look down upon us since we’re young,” said Mongold. “But I’ve seen the guys in the weight room and they’ve been training hard. Our physicality is at its peak.”
Junior fullback/middle linebacker Alex Miller is ready to take the game field alongside the younger players.
“We’re hoping to dominate,” said Miller. “We have a lot of unproven guys but we can make it happen. It’s more than just a game... it’s about family and pride.”
Moorefield - 2022 Schedule
8/26 - at Frankfort
9/3 - vs. Pocahontas County*
9/9 - vs. Southern
9/16 - at Strasburg
9/23 - vs. Petersburg*
10/7 - at Tucker County*
10/14 - vs. East Hardy*
10/21 - vs. Keyser
10/28 - at Pendleton County*
11/4 - at Greenbrier West
*Potomac Valley Conference Opponent
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Capitol Records signs first AI virtual rapper FN Meka
(CNN) – A robot rapper that has over 10 million followers on TikTok has signed with Capitol Records.
FN Meka is the world’s first augmented reality – or “AR” – artist to sign with a major label. He has over one billion views on TikTok as the platform’s top “virtual being.”
His debut single “Florida Water” was released this week. The song is a collaboration between billboard chart-topper Gunna - who’s currently facing charges in a RICO case alongside Atlanta rapper Young Thug - and professional Fortnite player Clix.
While technically FN Meka is voiced by a human, everything else about his music is based in A.I.
Capitol Records said the project is a mix of music, technology and gaming culture.
The label said the signing is part of the evolution of the music giant’s 80-year history, calling it “a preview of what’s to come.”
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Staunton High School star athlete laid to rest Sunday
STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) - Sunday afternoon teammates, coaches, friends, and family gathered at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Staunton to lay to rest Josiah Williams.
Williams was a star athlete at Staunton High School. According to his mother, Mishal Merchant, he played basketball, tennis, and ran track, but she said football was his passion.
Merchant said he was admitted to the ICU on July 29 and passed on Aug 9.
In a statement to WHSV Merchant said “My son, Josiah was born with the heart of a true champion. He was athletically gifted at every sport including fishing, but football was his passion. He was planning to attend Louisburg College in North Carolina and play football there. At 6′6″, he was the biggest, strongest, toughest, most competitive, healthiest person I have ever known.”
After the funeral service, Williams had a police and motorcycle escort to his final resting place at Kerr’s Creek Baptist Church in Lexington, Virginia.
Merchant said she wants to do everything to honor her son’s legacy.
WHSV is not aware of the cause of Williams’ death.
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Amber Alert: Police say 2 girls abducted in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) – An Amber Alert has been issued for two missing children in Kansas City.
Police are trying to find Marlaya Owsley, 7, and Cassiah Owsley, 4.
Authorities have identified Jordan Owsley, 27, as the suspect in their abduction.
Owsley, the girls’ biological father, left the scene of a homicide in the 1300 block of 89th Street in a white KIA Optima with Missouri license plate VF2E2B, according to the Amber Alert.
Marlaya and Cassiah were in the vehicle, according to the alert.
The alert says the suspect “allegedly shot and killed a person associated to the mother, and forcibly abducted the children.”
Authorities said Jordan Owsley is armed with a gun.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Kansas City Police Department at 816-234-5043 or dial 911.
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‘The Classics Barber Studio’ gives free haircuts, school supplies at back to school bash
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Going back to school in style.
The Classics Barber Studio in Harrisonburg had a line wrapped around the Bluestone Crossing Shopping center this afternoon as kids waited to get their free hair cuts.
“I feel like it was a good way to bring everybody together and help out the community by giving people bookbags and stuff like that,” Calour, a student at the back-to-school bash said.
However, it was more than just a free haircut. There were school supplies like bookbags and notebooks for those who needed them.
To keep the kids occupied while they waited for their haircut, a mini spa to get their nails painted was offered with a variety of colors to choose from.
”You know it’s just a little community thanks,” Jayden, a student at the back-to-school bash said. “Meet new people, come and get a free haircut, but yeah they’re good guys and they cut good hair.”
Jayden and Calour said they were both just getting a little fade Sunday at The Classics Barber Studio before heading back to school.
The Classics Barber Studio is located of Neff Avenue in Harrisonburg, so if you missed out on today’s event you can still go see them throughout the week.
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-- Ascletis is China's first biotech company which has obtained IND approvals of an oral RdRp inhibitor from both China NMPA and the U.S. FDA
-- Ascletis has filed multiple patent applications for ASC10 and its use globally. Compared with molnupiravir, ASC10 has a new and differentiated chemical structure
-- ASC10 is an oral double prodrug. After administration, both ASC10 and molnupiravir are rapidly and completely converted in vivo into the same active metabolite ASC10-A. Ascletis is actively communicating with regulatory authorities to explore the possibility of further accelerating the clinical development of ASC10
HANGZHOU, China and SHAOXING, China, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKEX: 1672, "Ascletis") today announces that the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved the Investigational New Drug (IND) application of ASC10, an oral inhibitor drug candidate targeting RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) for COVID-19. Ascletis is China's first biotech company which has obtained IND approvals of an oral RdRp inhibitor from both China NMPA and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
ASC10 is an oral double prodrug which has a new and differentiated chemical structure from the single prodrug molnupiravir. After oral administration, both ASC10 and molnupiravir are rapidly and completely converted in vivo into the same active metabolite ASC10-A, also known as β-D-N4-hydroxycytidine (NHC). ASC10 was discovered and developed in-house. Ascletis has filed multiple patent applications for ASC10 and its use globally. ASC10 oral tablet formulation for the clinical study was developed with in-house proprietary technology of Ascletis.
By applying a double prodrug strategy, ASC10's permeability in Caco-2 cells (human colorectal adenocarcinoma cells) and active metabolite exposure in monkeys reached 3.2-fold and 2.1-fold of molnupiravir's, respectively. In the SARS-CoV-2 infected mouse models, ASC10 at 240 mg/kg twice daily led to a 4.0 log reduction in viral titer in lungs, equivalent to molnupiravir at 500 mg/kg twice daily[1]. Preclinical studies demonstrated that ASC10-A has potent cellular antiviral activity against Omicron variant (EC50 = 0.3 µM), Delta variant (EC50 = 0.5 µM) and wildtype virus (EC50 = 0.7 µM). It also suggested that there were no drug-drug interactions between ASC10 and other common medicines.
Ascletis is actively communicating with regulatory authorities to explore the possibility of further accelerating the clinical development of ASC10.
"The IND approvals of ASC10 from both China NMPA and U.S. FDA mark a great recognition to our in-house R&D capabilities. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause huge social and economic implications globally, we will continue to advance the clinical development of our proprietary COVID-19 pipeline including ASC10 (RdRp inhibitor) and ASC11 (3CLpro inhibitor) to fight against the pandemic." said Dr. Jinzi J. Wu, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Ascletis.
[1] Wahl, et al., Nature. 2021 March ; 591(7850): 451 -457.
About Ascletis
Ascletis is an innovative R&D driven biotech listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (1672.HK), covering the entire value chain from discovery and development to manufacturing and commercialization. Led by a management team with deep expertise and a proven track record, Ascletis focuses on three therapeutic areas with unmet medical needs from a global perspective: viral diseases, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and oncology. Through excellent execution, Ascletis rapidly advances its drug pipeline with an aim of leading in global competition. To date, Ascletis has three marketed products, i.e. ritonavir tablets, GANOVO® and ASCLEVIR®, and 20 drug candidates in its R&D pipeline. The most advanced drug candidates include ASC22 (CHB functional cure), ASC10 and ASC11(oral small molecules for COVID-19 treatment), ASC40 (recurrent glioblastoma), ASC42 (PBC, primary biliary cholangitis), and ASC40 (acne).
For more information, please visit www.ascletis.com.
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Capitol Records signs first AI virtual rapper FN Meka
(CNN) – A robot rapper that has over 10 million followers on TikTok has signed with Capitol Records.
FN Meka is the world’s first augmented reality – or “AR” – artist to sign with a major label. He has over one billion views on TikTok as the platform’s top “virtual being.”
His debut single “Florida Water” was released this week. The song is a collaboration between billboard chart-topper Gunna - who’s currently facing charges in a RICO case alongside Atlanta rapper Young Thug - and professional Fortnite player Clix.
While technically FN Meka is voiced by a human, everything else about his music is based in A.I.
Capitol Records said the project is a mix of music, technology and gaming culture.
The label said the signing is part of the evolution of the music giant’s 80-year history, calling it “a preview of what’s to come.”
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Amber Alert: Police say 2 girls abducted in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) – An Amber Alert has been issued for two missing children in Kansas City.
Police are trying to find Marlaya Owsley, 7, and Cassiah Owsley, 4.
Authorities have identified Jordan Owsley, 27, as the suspect in their abduction.
Owsley, the girls’ biological father, left the scene of a homicide in the 1300 block of 89th Street in a white KIA Optima with Missouri license plate VF2E2B, according to the Amber Alert.
Marlaya and Cassiah were in the vehicle, according to the alert.
The alert says the suspect “allegedly shot and killed a person associated to the mother, and forcibly abducted the children.”
Authorities said Jordan Owsley is armed with a gun.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Kansas City Police Department at 816-234-5043 or dial 911.
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Three law enforcement officers in Crawford County, Arkansas, have been placed on leave after a video shared on social media shows them beating and restraining a man in a parking lot.
In the video, a law enforcement officer repeatedly and brutally punches the man and slams his head against the cement ground several times. Another officer is seen kicking the man's lower body repeatedly while a third officer is seen holding the man down.
Two of the officers are deputies with the Crawford County sheriff's office and the third is an officer with the city of Mulberry Police Department, law enforcement confirmed.
Crawford County Sheriff James Damante is requesting that the Arkansas State Police investigate the incident.
"In reference to the video circulating social media involving two Crawford County Deputies, we have requested that Arkansas State Police conduct the investigation and the Deputies have been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation," Damante said in a statement posted to Facebook. "I hold all my employees accountable for their actions and will take appropriate measures in this matter."
In a separate statement from Mulberry Police, the department confirmed that the incident captured on video involved one of its officers, who it said has since been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of a state police investigation.
"The City of Mulberry and the Mulberry Police Department takes these investigations very seriously and holds all their officers accountable for their actions," officials said in the Facebook post. "We will take the appropriate actions at the conclusion of the investigation."
Law enforcement did not confirm when or where the incident occurred, but local media report it happened Sunday at a convenience store in Mulberry.
A user named Naomi Johnson uploaded a video of the incident to TikTok that she also shared on Twitter, and said: "my sister witnessed this today." Johnson's video appeared to have been removed from TikTok on Sunday evening.
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A group of Hawaiian Airlines workers who were either let go or put on leave are hoping the changes in CDC guidance will point the way to a return to work.
HONOLULU-- Hawaiian Airlines workers who were either terminated or put on leave because of vaccination status, held signs declaring the total years and work hours collectively put in for the company. The group also welcomed news of a recent settlement between an Illinois health care provider and unvaccinated health workers who sought religious exemptions.
"The settlement with the hospital. And also the updating of the CDC guidance, people are hopeful," flight attendant Leilani Soon said, "They see this as a great opportunity to be returned, if Hawaiian would open their hearts to do so, to bring people back."
In a partial statement, a Hawaiian Airlines Spokesperson told KITV, "We acknowledge that the conditions of the pandemic and CDC guidance are evolving and continue to review our vaccination policy in consultation with our medical advisors."
Hawaiian Airlines is the only US carrier which has upheld a vaccination mandate. Unvaccinated United Airlines workers returned to the job last spring.
Earlier this week, the company affirmed all U.S.-based teammates are currently required to be vaccinated or "receive reasonable accommodations."
Those "reasonable accommodations" are what flight attendant Dwayne Tuzon hoped he'd be granted before he was terminated. Tuzon had been with Hawaiian Air since he was 18 years old, and says only about a half dozen religious exemptions were granted.
"They offered us a one year leave of absence without pay. And at the end of that one year leave of absence I would have to come back vaccinated. I applied for a religious accommodation. They said I had a strong held religious belief but they were unable to accommodate me," Tuzon told KITV.
One pilot described his religious objection to the mRNA vaccines as they were announced as "experimental." At the time in early 2021, the mRNA vaccines also claimed to be 94 per cent effective in preventing Covid.
"But also the development factors. The vaccines were developed using fetal cell lines, which is in opposition to our religious beliefs," Alvin Reinauer said.
"The CDC did change their stance on not treating vaccinated and unvaccinated in different methods, in accordance with that I have asked the executives and supervisors at Hawaiian airlines what their plan is to bring us back to work -and i have received no response," Reinauer added.
The continued hope for those seeking a return, is that this story continues to develop and change.
Hawaiian Airlines is still currently hiring. A full statement by the airline, given to KITV, reads:
" About 270 of our colleagues took an unpaid leave of absence or separated from the company due to the vaccination requirement. We recognize the importance of these decisions and respect the choices that our employees made. Our priority has always been – and will continue to be – keeping our teammates, guests and communities safe.
Since the beginning of the year, we have hired about 1,200 team members, bringing the total number of employees to more than 7,000.
We acknowledge that the conditions of the pandemic and CDC guidance are evolving and continue to review our vaccination policy in consultation with our medical advisors."
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3 Arkansas law enforcement officers suspended over arrest
MULBERRY, Ark. (AP) — Three Arkansas law enforcement officers were suspended Sunday following social media outrage over a video that seemingly showed two deputies and an officer striking a suspect under arrest.
Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante issued a statement Sunday evening, stating two county deputies will be suspended during the course of the Arkansas state police’s investigation into the incident and the sheriff’s office’s internal investigation. A Mulberry police officer also was suspended.
“I hold all my employees accountable for their actions and will take appropriate measures in this matter,” Damante said.
In a statement released Sunday evening, Mulberry Police Chief Shannon Gregory said the officer involved in the incident is on leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
“The city of Mulberry and the Mulberry police department takes these investigations very seriously,” Gregory said.
According to police, a report indicated that a man was making threats to a convenience store employee in Mulberry on Sunday morning. Mulberry is located about 137 miles northwest of Little Rock.
Police said when the officers confronted the man, he pushed a deputy to the ground and punched the back of his head, leading to the arrest seen in the video. In the video, the three law enforcement officers are seen on top of the suspect, sometimes striking him with clenched fists.
The unidentified man was arrested and taken to a local hospital. He faces charges of terroristic threatening, resisting arrest and other assault charges, police said.
No further information was immediately available.
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HAI PHONG, Vietnam, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Indochina Kajima, a joint venture between Indochina Capital and Kajima Corporation (Japan), held the groundbreaking ceremony for their Core5 Hai Phong project in Deep C 2 Hai Phong Industrial Zone, Hai Phong, Vietnam. At completion, the project will deliver a total of approximately 96,000m2 world-class ready-built factory and warehouse for lease. Handover of the first factories and warehouses is expected in early Q2 2023.
Mr. Keisuke Koshijima, Representative Director and Executive Vice President of Kajima Corporation, said "Hai Phong has made enormous infrastructure investment, becoming a key link in the global logistics chain with Cat Bi International Airport, Lach Huyen International Deepwater Port, and direct accessibility to Hanoi via Hai Phong Highway, in the process attracting the presence of many large-scale manufacturers, among them LG and Pegatron. In addition, the economic growth of the province is very attractive as GRDP in H1 2022 increased by 11.1% YoY while foreign direct investment reached nearly USD1.1 billion. We believe Hai Phong is an excellent location for investment and ideal for the launch of Core5 Vietnam's first project.
Speaking at the event, Mr. Peter Ryder, CEO of Indochina Capital, said "Our belief in Hai Phong market is supported by our investment into the hospitality sector with Wink Hotel, Hai Phong and now in the industrial sector with Core5 Hai Phong. We believe in the current and long-term potential of this market given the excellent economic fundamentals and the attractiveness of this location for export processing enterprises, and its strategic location to several key ports within northern Vietnam. This combined with the supply chain shift from China to Vietnam bodes well for the manufacturing sector in northern Vietnam in general, and Hai Phong in particular. Core5 Vietnam looks forward to welcoming our first partners to this spectacular industrial facility which will be developed with a commitment to quality, innovation, sustainability and excellence in operations and service".
Core5 Hai Phong project provides ready-built factories and warehouses for lease with terraced design and various unit sizes, ranging from 3,174 m2 up to 25,509 m2. As committing to sustainable development, the project design has been implemented to optimize energy and water system efficiency, including the use of solar panels. Each unit will be equipped with factory area, truck loading zones modular office and parking. The common areas will provide ample circulation, green areas, and service areas to ensure tenants can maximize productivity. In addition, to ensure the smooth client onboarding process, Core5 Vietnam provides turn-key support including fitting-out, accounting, operations and business development.
Core5 Vietnam is committed to develop a nationwide portfolio of world class industrial facilities. Core5 Hai Phong's first factories and warehouses will be available to clients by early Q2 2023. Groundbreaking of projects in Hung Yen and Quang Ninh will occur in Q1 2023 and Q2 2023 respectively – both projects will add approximate 127,000 m2 net leasable area of ready-built factory and warehouse to the market.
About Indochina Kajima
In September 2016, Indochina Capital, a leader in Vietnam's rapidly growing real estate, financial services and capital markets, entered into a joint venture with Kajima Corporation, one of the largest Japanese general contractors and overseas real estate developers, to launch Indochina Kajima, a new real estate development platform in Vietnam. Indochina Kajima is fully committed to create innovative real estate developments that build value for our partners, clients and investors, while providing opportunities for our employees and enriching the communities. Indochina Kajima will establish a nationwide footprint with a focus on Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City.
About Core5 Vietnam
Core5 Vietnam, owned by Indochina Kajima, is a Vietnam based industrial real estate investment and development platform focused on the nationwide roll out of world class factory and warehouse properties for lease throughout Vietnam's key manufacturing and logistics markets. Core5 Vietnam offers a range of solutions including ready-built factory for lease, ready-built warehouse for lease and build-to-suit industrial properties. The platform was officially launched in Vietnam in July 2022.
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MOBRIDGE, S.D., Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Austin Felix views himself as a well-rounded angler but he loves to fish for smallmouth. So, it's fitting Felix's first Bassmaster Elite Series title would involve catching those big, beautiful brown fish.
With a five-bass limit that weighed 16 pounds, 3 ounces on Championship Sunday, the Eden Prairie, Minn., native secured the victory at the Guarantee Rate Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe with a total of 71-9, earning $100,000.
Felix overcame a disappointing Day 1 performance of 14-2 that put him in 34th and then rebounded with the VMC Monster Bag of the tournament at 23-3 that lifted him to second place after Day 2 and earned him an additional $2,000. Felix took the lead on Day 3 with 18-1 and held off a hard-charging Chris Johnston on the final day.
"I feel like I have an advantage on a smallmouth event over the field, at least most of them," the 2020 Bassmaster Rookie of the Year said. "It is my wheelhouse, I would like to think. I had never been here before but when I came here for (pre-practice) it was the most incredible fishing in the world.
"I fully expected driving out here that the 23-pound bag would be what you had to have to compete. But, when we got here, these fish have gotten a lot of pressure over the last year."
While he had close to 18 spots marked, two main-lake points on Lake Oahe produced the bulk of Felix's weight, one above the Highway 212 Bridge that crosses the lake south of takeoff in Mobridge and one below the bridge. These points had an important characteristic: they dropped off sharply into deeper water and had rockpiles on the bottom.
For the most part, Felix's smallmouth were relating to the bottom or close to the bottom. If he found they were set up on the bottom, he could stay off his spots and cast to them. But on many occasions, they would be constantly on the move and that's when his Lowrance Active Target came into play.
"The key is it had to have a really steep drop-off into the main river channel, and you wanted that break to be somewhere between 30 and 35 feet," Felix explained. "I think they like to be over the open water and then they can slide up.
"Their feeding zone was between 25 and 35 feet. Most of it had rocky patches on it. Sometimes they would settle on it. This afternoon there was a big group and all they did was swim around the point. They swam around the boat every 20 minutes."
A Z-Man Big TRD on a 1/4- or 3/8-ounce Ned head was a key bait for Felix, as well as a Carolina-rigged Zoom Speed Craw with a 5/8-ounce Ryugi Carolina rig weight. The weight has a plastic sleeve in it that keeps the line from getting nicked up on the bottom.
Fishing around Lee Livesay keyed Felix in to the Carolina rig bite that helped produce the giant Day 2 bag that turned his tournament around.
"I had one tied on in the box and ready to go," Felix explained. "After we wore them out on a drop shot, he pulled it out and slung it out there and caught one. I was like, 'It doesn't take me long to figure this out.' So, I yanked one out, threw it out there and caught one.
"We sat there for three hours and would each catch one every 15 or 20 minutes. It was just one of those days. We were chatting and joking, it was the best day ever."
On Sunday, Felix landed a smallie that was entered on BassTrakk as a 3-8 first thing in the morning and filled his limit on his starting spot. With his afternoon magic on Day 3 in mind, he waited as long as he could to run down the lake, and it paid off with three important catches late in the afternoon.
The bass he found there bit a Carolina rig on Semifinal Saturday, but he hunted them down with the Ned rig and Active Target Sunday.
"I figured out how to catch that group of fish way south and I caught three good ones yesterday and I left it with the idea I would come back," Felix said. "All day I was sitting there (telling myself) I wasn't going before noon. I bided my time.
"Fortunately, my starting hole paid off with a limit, which calmed me down a lot. At noon, I ran 25 miles south and I caught a good one really quick."
After catching two smallmouth that bumped him up to the 16-pound range, Felix realized a blue trophy was within reach. But before he got too excited, he refocused by thinking about the next event on the Upper Mississippi River scheduled for next week.
"It really hasn't hit me yet and the fact we have such a short turnaround before La Crosse, I was actually using that all day," Felix said. "When I started thinking about winning or daydreaming, I clicked over and thought about what I had to do for La Crosse when this is over. I tried to keep my mind off of winning and on something else.
"But I'm sure when I am driving home, I'll be screaming in the truck by myself going down the highway."
Johnston recovered from a Day 3 stumble to finish second with a 68-6. The Canadian pro secured 18-15 on Day 1 before catching 18-13 on the second day to take the lead. But a disappointing 13-12 on Semifinal Saturday dropped him to third, and his comeback attempt on the final day fell just short.
"I didn't think I was on the winning fish after practice, so to get second, I am still happy with it," he said. "Obviously I'm a little disappointed. I had one or two missed opportunities today that would have made it a little more interesting. But still, it was a fun week fishing and catching smallmouth."
One main-lake area produced almost all of Johnston's weight the first two days and on Championship Sunday, it reloaded with more quality smallmouth.
"It was just a flat, it wasn't like chunky rock, but it was a subtle point," he said. "They weren't grouped in one spot. They were just roaming it. They are out in deeper water and for whatever reason, they move up shallow on that flat point and hang out. Around midday, they go in the middle of the lake and chase bait if I had to guess."
Johnston secured a limit before 9:30 a.m. and landed a 4-pounder just before 10:30. Unfortunately, he could not get another big bass to commit to his presentation.
"I caught them the way I wanted to catch them. I used Garmin LiveScope and drop shots, Ned rigs and a Carolina rig," he said. "Some new ones moved up today and my first pass over them they were biting. My second pass I caught one or two more and then the gig was up."
Japanese pro Taku Ito finished third with 67-13 — a total he amassed with bags of 17-4, 16-13, 15-6 and 18-6. Ito continued an impressive streak of making the Day 3 cut at each of the seven smallmouth tournaments he has competed in on the Elite Series. He has now made five of the seven final-day cuts in those events.
"I tried to find the big schools and every day I changed my spot," Ito said. "I tried a new spot and found a big school. Easy to catch. Today the wind was strong and it was easy to catch a 4-pounder."
Ito focused his efforts on main-lake areas that had big groups of smallmouth that were constantly swimming and used Japanese finesse techniques. His go-to bait was an Ecogear Jukusei Aqua Swim Shrimp rigged on a 1/0 Ryugi Talisman Hook and a 3/16-ounce Boreas ANO ST TG Sinker.
The 4-8 smallie he caught late in the day earned him the $1,000 bonus for Phoenix Boats Big Bass of the day. South Carolina's Brandon Cobb earned $2,000 total for catching the Phoenix Bass Big Bass of the Tournament, a 5-12 he caught on Day 1.
Tyler Rivet of Raceland, La., took home $3,000 for being the highest-placing entrant in the Toyota Bonus Bucks program, and Missouri rookie Cody Huff earned $2,000 for being the second-highest placing entrant.
As part of the Yamaha Power Pay program, Ito also earned an additional $2,500 as the highest-placing entrant and Patrick Walters of Summerville, S.C., claimed an additional $1,500 for being the second-highest placing entrant.
Kentucky pro Mark Menendez won the $1,000 BassTrakk Contingency award for the most accurate weight reporting.
Rathdrum, Idaho, native Brandon Palaniuk leads the Progressive Insurance Bassmaster Angler of the Year race with 647 points entering the final event of the season next week. Tennessee pro Brandon Lester is second with 610 points, followed by Johnston with 601.
Wisconsin pro Jay Przekurat leads the Falcon Rods Bassmaster Rookie of the Year standings with 543 points, followed by Huff with 479 and Tennessee's Jacob Foutz with 456.
The Mobridge Chamber of Commerce hosted the tournament.
2022 Bassmaster Elite Series Platinum Sponsor: Toyota
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Media Contact: Emily Harley, B.A.S.S. Communications Manager, 205-313-0945, eharley@bassmaster.com
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HONG KONG, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MioTech, the AI-based sustainability data and technology provider, announced today the appointment of finance veteran Jack Lin as President effective immediately. With over 20 years of experience and leadership in the financial industry, Lin will provide MioTech with further depth and strategic guidance to accelerate international growth and innovation plans.
Jack Lin was previously Managing Director and Head of APAC Client Coverage at MSCI (MSCI:US), the world-renowned index, ESG and portfolio analytics provider. He was also a member of MSCI's Global Executive Committee. Prior to MSCI, Lin was a member of the Asia regional senior management team of the French asset management company Amundi, one of the world's largest investment managers by assets under management, which acquired Pioneer Investments, where Lin was its longtime Head of Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa. He spent decades leading and managing teams in the global asset management industry, including as Head of Asia Pacific and Co-CEO International at US-based Janus Capital and Managing Director in Asia at Franklin Templeton. In 2003, Lin was seconded by Franklin Templeton to be the founding CEO of Franklin Templeton Sealand Fund Management, one of the first Sino-Foreign JV Asset Management companies in China. Since 1994, Lin has helped Franklin Templeton to establish its operations in markets such as Japan, Vietnam, China and Korea.
At MioTech, Lin will provide visionary and strategic leadership as well as drive expansion across different markets. As President, Lin will also lead key partnerships and enrich MioTech's green finance offerings to financial institutions as the company continues to advance its growing pipeline.
"MioTech is a pioneer in the ESG industry in Asia," said Jack Lin. "Its proprietary AI-driven data and methodology offer clients unparalleled insights into the key factors that drive the trends of ESG metrics for individual institutions as well as the market overall. I am honored to play a role in helping MioTech to increase transparency and adoption of ESG standards to the benefit of its clients and their underlying constituents."
Co-founder and CEO of MioTech, Jason Tu, added: "Jack's experience pioneering businesses across APAC and his strong background in the financial industry will accelerate MioTech's presence and growth in the entire APAC region. We are thrilled to see his profound industry knowledge combined with MioTech's innovation and technology to boost our growth."
About MioTech
MioTech uses artificial intelligence to solve the sustainability, climate change, carbon emissions reduction, and social responsibility challenges faced by financial institutions, corporations, governments and individuals. Its comprehensive coverage of ESG data helps financial institutions make the right decisions in green finance and responsible investments. Its software helps corporations manage ESG reporting, improve energy efficiency, track and reduce carbon emissions. Its app builds green-conscious communities and promotes low-carbon lifestyles among individuals.
Founded in Hong Kong, MioTech also has offices in Shanghai, Beijing, and Singapore. Its world-renowned investors include ZhenFund, Horizons Ventures, TOM Group, Moody's, HSBC, Guotai Junan International, GIC, and J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
For more information, please visit https://www.miotech.com
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- NAVER takes initiative to operate its business in an environmentally friendly way following its 2040 Carbon Negative strategy, displaying strong commitment for joining global initiatives for the environment
- NAVER to participate in CDP and has become the first internet company in Korea to voluntarily manage its Scope 3 emissions, with plans underway to join EV100
SEONGNAM, South Korea, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NAVER Corporation (KRX: 035420) became the first among Korea's internet companies to join RE100, a global renewable energy initiative to accelerate change towards zero carbon electricity grids.
RE100 is a global initiative for businesses to convert 100% of their electricity sources to renewable energy, such as wind and solar. Joining RE100 is a significant step for NAVER as it shows greater commitment to be objectively recognized for its outstanding environmental management system through a global initiative, following its efforts back in 2020 to establish its own environmental management framework by announcing its '2040 Carbon Negative' strategy.
NAVER plans to initiate its 2040 Carbon Negative roadmap, established in 2021, to achieve RE100. The largest source of greenhouse gas emissions from NAVER, which amount to 99%, are from energy used in NAVER's office building and its IDC. By 2030, NAVER intends to convert 60% of all energy sources used in its office building and IDC to renewable energy sources and gradually achieve 100% renewable energy by 2040. To this end, NAVER aims to increase power purchases through agreements, such as PPA, and create action plans, such as building more renewable power plants in the office building and IDC and introducing energy efficiency technologies.
In addition to RE100, NAVER is planning to join various initiatives dedicated to the environment, a key segment of ESG. Towards the end of July last year, NAVER joined CDP , the world's largest ESG rating agency with approximately 13,000 companies from 91 countries in participation that is recognized as the most credible among global ESG rating agencies. NAVER is also the first internet company in Korea to voluntarily manage its Scope 3 emissions, conducting third-party verification to ensure higher accuracy.
"NAVER is making plans to reduce carbon emissions, including Scope 3 emissions, as a way to reduce its impact on the environment, while at the same time continuing to join other key global eco-friendly initiatives, such as EV100," said Lim Dong-a, the executive director of the environment program at NAVER. "We will establish ourselves as Korea's prime tech company that operates its business in an environmentally friendly way, comparable to that of other global tech giants."
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About RE100
RE100 is a global initiative bringing together the world's most influential businesses committed to 100% renewable power. Led by international non-profit the Climate Group in partnership with CDP, the group has a total revenue of over US$6.6 trillion and operates in a diverse range of sectors. Together, they send a powerful signal to policymakers and investors to accelerate the transition to a clean economy.
About Climate Group
Climate Group drives climate action. Fast. Our goal is a world of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with greater prosperity for all. We focus on systems with the highest emissions and where our networks have the greatest opportunity to drive change. We do this by building large and influential networks and holding organisations accountable, turning their commitments into action. We share what we achieve together to show more organisations what they could do. We are an international non-profit organisation, founded in 2004, with offices in London, New Delhi and New York. We are proud to be part of the We Mean Business coalition. Follow us on Twitter @ClimateGroup.
About CREF: Corporate Renewable Energy Foundation
CREF (Corporate Renewable Energy Foundation) is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting businesses' 100% transition to renewable energy. To tackle fossil-fuel based energy problems where business is the biggest contributor, CREF conducts campaigns, policy recommendations and research, in addition to working with NGOs around the world. As a local campaign partner of RE100 based on an agreement with The Climate Group, CREF supports Korean companies to exhibit climate leadership globally based on their RE100 membership, policy engagement and advocacy efforts.
About CDP
CDP is an international non-profit organisation that requires companies to disclose their environmental information such as plans to mitigate climate change on behalf of institutional investors around the world to gain insight and evaluate the environmental impact of these companies. CDP is an ESG rating agency that is globally recognized along with the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI).
About EV100
EV100 is a global initiative founded by 'Climate Group', a multinational non-profit organization based in London, to convert transportation vehicles owned or leased by companies into green vehicles by 2030 and build necessary charging stations.
About NAVER
Founded in 1999, NAVER is Korea's largest Internet company with hundreds of millions of users worldwide. As a global technology company, it operates the No.1 search engine in Korea, NAVER, as well as other online services, such as LINE mobile messenger, Webtoon and Webnovel publishing, SNOW video camera app and ZEPETO metaverse platform. NAVER recorded sales of KRW 6.8 trillion (USD 5.6 billion) in 2021 and is pursuing changes and innovations in technology platforms through continuous research and development of future technologies, such as artificial intelligence, robotics and mobility.
For media inquiries, please contact Weber Shandwick Korea, NAVER Corporation's global PR agency, at naverglobalpr@webershandwick.com
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SUZHOU, China, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 19, 2022, Porton Advanced Solutions (Porton Advanced) announced the completion of its Series B financing round with over US$80Million. Current round of financing was led by China Merchants Groups' healthcare PE fund Merchant Health, along with its sister fund China Merchants Capital, China Merchants Securities Investments. In addition, a number of renowned venture and private equity firms participated in the current round of financing, including Fosun Health Capital, Gortune Investment and SDICTK. Apart from the new investors, current Porton Advanced shareholders, Porton Pharma Solutions, CS Capital, HM Capital, Ruilian Investment and Momentum Venture, also participated in the current round. Porton Advanced will use the proceeds to continue its business expansion into different markets, with investment in core manufacturing infrastructures and in global commercial operations. Such expansion would put Porton Advanced in a great position to become a global end-to-end gene and cell therapy (GCT) CDMO platform to help bring cutting edge therapies to patients.
Focusing solely on gene and cell therapy CDMO services, Porton Advanced has rapidly established an integrated CDMO platform providing a spectrum of services covering plasmids, cell therapy, gene therapy, oncolytic virus, nucleic acid therapy and microbial vectors used for gene therapy (MVGTs). Current operational footprint includes a 40,000sqft R&D and GMP production facility already in operation for over two years, which successfully delivered a number of plasmids, viruses and cell batches to our sponsors. A 160,000sqft facility for commercial production will be operational in the end of 2022/early 2023. By then, Porton Advanced will have over 200,000sqft of PD, AD, and GMP manufacturing facility dedicated for gene and cell therapy. In total, Porton Advanced will have 10 GMP viral vector production lines, 10 GMP cell therapy production lines and hundreds of clean rooms. Such a scale and footprint would allow Porton Advanced to significantly upgrade its AAV, oncolytic virus and mRNA CDMO capacity and capability which in turn empower our sponsors and support the GCT industry.
Current round of financing will help Porton Advanced to further improve the development and manufacturing capacity in both China and overseas, with the aim of establishing a global end-to-end gene and cell therapy CDMO platform. Through its efforts to accelerate the development of GCT therapeutics, Porton Advanced intends to become a top player that help drive the transformation of medicine.
Dr. Wang Yangzhou, CEO of Porton Advanced, said, "we are very pleased and grateful for the recognition and trust by China Merchants Health and all the other new and current capital partners. With a talented and passionate team, proprietary technologies, state of the art production lines and equipment, as well as track records from both Porton Advanced and from our parent company, Porton Pharma Solutions, we will work hand in hand with our sponsors and partners to reach more milestones in the GCT field. In the coming months, we will continue to improve and optimize our internal quality and program management systems, enhance our ability to operate at overseas and domestic markets, and continue to provide best possible CDMO services to our customers with our open, innovative and reliable platforms, so that best medicine would reach the public sooner."
Representing the current consortium of investors, the lead investor China Merchants Health, expressed its great confidence in the GCT field and said that, "the cell and gene therapy holds great promises for patients as well as for long-term commercial success. Porton Advanced is a leading cell and gene therapy CDMO service provider with a very experienced, internationally oriented management and technical team. China Merchants Health is pleased to lead in this round of financing and looks forward to working with Porton Advanced to unlock the great benefit of GCT by serving global cell and gene therapy companies, and promote the development of the cell and gene therapy industry for the benefits of patients everywhere."
About Porton Advanced Solutions
Established in Suzhou Industrial Park in December 2018, by its parent company Porton Pharma Solutions Ltd. (Stock Code: 300363), Porton Advanced has built a CDMO platform integrating plasmid, cell therapy, gene therapy, oncolytic virus, nucleic acid therapy and microbial vectors used for gene therapy (MVGTs), providing end-to-end services from cell banking, process development and analytical development, cGMP production to final Fill and Finish , investigator-initiated clinical trials (IIT), investigational new drugs (IND), clinical trials to commercial production. Porton Advanced is dedicated to support sponsors advance their GCT drug development and market launches.
Porton Advanced focuses solely on gene and cell therapy services. Built on the professional experience of its cohort of world-class professionals, as well as on the successes of its parent company, Porton Advanced insists on "Customer First" and the tenet of "Compliance, Expertise, Focus, Open Collaboration". With its key focus on protecting IP for its sponsors, through its comprehensive project management and quality systems, Porton Advanced strives to bring gene and cell therapy products to the clinic and the market through its quality CDMO services, and help bring the best medicine to the public sooner.
About Porton Pharma Solutions
With over 5000 customer-centric employees, and operations and commercial offices across the US, EU and China, Porton Pharma Solutions Ltd. provides global pharmaceutical companies with innovative, reliable and end-to-end process R&D and manufacturing services across small molecule APIs, dosage forms and biologics. We are committed to being the most open, innovative and reliable pharmaceutical service platform in the world and enabling public's early access to good medicines.
About China Merchants Health
China Merchants Health Care Holdings Company Limited ("China Merchants Health"), is the major health care investment platform of China Merchants Group。The vision of the China Merchants Health Fund is "Empowering better Health care in the new Digital Era", and its mission is "Lead with Technology, build better healthcare value chain ". Focusing on key & Core Technologies , China Merchants Health is committed to driving the transformation of health-care sector and health care ecosystem through investment and operational empowerment.
About China Merchants Capital
China Merchants Capital Investment Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as "China Merchants Capital" or "CMC") specializes in alternative investment and asset management, and seeks opportunities across seven key sectors: green technology; healthcare; transportation, infrastructure and logistics; TMT; advanced manufacturing; real estate; financial services and fintech. At the end of 2021, China Merchants Capital manages 44 RMB funds and 8 Foreign Currency funds. Its total AUM exceeds 300 billion RMB, in which RMB AUM totals over 230 billion yuan, and foreign currency AUM totals over 70 billion yuan.
About China Merchants Securities Investment
China Merchants Securities Investment Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned alternative investment subsidiary of China Merchants Securities, with a registered capital of CNY7.1 billion, mainly engaged in equity investment and financial product investment. Focusing on national policies and industrial layout, it is committed to providing financial services covering the whole industry chain for its investees. It has invested in more than 20 leading companies in the medical market.
About Fosun Health Capital
Fosun Health Capital is a majority-owned subsidiary of Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical(Group)Co., Ltd.. It acts as the general partner of a number of RMB-denominated funds that focus on the healthcare sector, including incubation angel funds, venture capital funds and growth private equity funds. These funds invest in various healthcare sectors, including biopharmaceuticals, advanced medical equipment, in vitro diagnostics, life sciences, and treatment technologies, and leverage various exit options to achieve capital appreciation subsequently. Taking advantage of Fosun's global R&D advantages and industrial layout, Fosun Health Capital performs effective value-add and nurture growth to its portfolio companies throughout their entire life cycle.
About Gortune Investment
GORTUNE PRIVATE EQUITY FUND MANAGEMENT CO.,LTD. is the only private equity investment platform controlled by GORTUNE INVESTMENT CO., LTD. The key investment directions include life sciences, new energy, pan-consumption, agriculture and other fields. It is committed to long-term wealth management for investors.
About SDICTK
SDICTK Trust aims to serving the real economy, cultivates high-quality equity projects with professional investment and research capabilities, and empowers invested enterprises at multiple levels with its core strengths, such as industry-financing combination. Such efforts have won advantages for the active transition of the trust company!
About CS Capital
CS Capital ("CSC") is one of the largest private equity investment firms headquartered in Beijing with over RMB 100bn of AUM from a diversified investor base. Riding on the need for advances in technology, tech-enabled services, smart devices, and next-generation communication networks in China's NEV and healthcare industries, CSC invests in companies with attractive prospects for growth driven by anticipated emerging trends and proven technological advantages and has generated strong returns for its LPs over a ten-year period.
About HM Capital
HM Capital is a healthcare -focused investment firm committed to building an investment platform with a global view and local execution. Through the investment mode of dual-currency and multi-strategy, we aim to help early and growth-stage healthcare companies achieve accelerated development by leveraging the ecosystems of HM Healthcare Management Services. We work closely with fast-growing, innovative healthcare companies to harness the power of breakthroughs in sciences and technologies globally, and create value for the leading entrepreneurs through empowerment by sharing our global business and resource network.
About Ruilian Investment
Ruilian Investment——Hainan Hongde Ruilian Consulting Management Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huashan Ruilian Fund Management Co., Ltd. With accumulated AUM over RMB 15 billion, Ruilian Investment focus its investments on healthcare, advanced manufacturing and consumer goods.
About Momentum Venture
Momentum Venture is a venture capital focused on innovative teams in the field of life and health, dedicated to mining and cultivating revolutionary and disruptive technologies. The fund's investors include listed companies, government guidance funds, market-oriented fund of funds, and high-net-worth individuals. Working closely with the industry, we provide our portfolio companies with resources to accelerate their development and promote the industrialization of science and technology.
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HONG KONG, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirnaomics Ltd. (the "Company" or "Sirnaomics", stock code: 2257.HK), a leading biopharmaceutical company in discovery and development of RNAi therapeutics, announced that the Company has been selected as a constituent stock of eight index series including Hang Seng Composite Index ("HSCI"), Hang Seng Stock Connect Hong Kong Index ("HSHKI"), Hang Seng Stock Connect Hong Kong MidCap & SmallCap Index, Hang Seng Stock Connect Hong Kong SmallCap Index, Hang Seng SCHK Mainland China Companies Index, Hang Seng SCHK ex-AH Companies Index, Hang Seng Healthcare Index and Hang Seng Small Cap (Investable) Index by Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited, with effect from 5 September 2022.
HSCI offers a comprehensive Hong Kong market benchmark that covers about the top 95th percentile of the total market capitalization of companies listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. HSCI can be used as a basis for index funds, mutual funds as well as performance benchmarks, and assists international and local investors in formulating investment strategies. Inclusion into the HSCI will allow the Company's stock to be eligible for trading on the Hong Kong Stock Connect, a channel for stock trading between investors in Hong Kong and those in mainland China. HSHKI serves as a benchmark to reflect the overall performance of the securities listed in Hong Kong that are eligible for trading via the southbound trading link of Stock Connect. It covers equities eligible for trading via such scheme, with additional liquidity screening to make the covered equities a more investable reference set for mainland China investors.
The selection of the Company as a constituent stock of the above-mentioned index series of Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited is expected to be conducive in introducing more diversified investors for the Company, improving stock liquidity and promoting the Company's reputation in the capital market. Looking forward, the Company will continuously devote to the exploration and development of RNAi therapeutics to bring benefits to patients and create value for its shareholders.
About Sirnaomics
Sirnaomics is an RNA therapeutics biopharmaceutical company with product candidates in preclinical and clinical stages that focuses on the discovery and development of innovative drugs for indications with medical needs and large market opportunities. Sirnaomics is the first clinical-stage RNA therapeutics company to have a strong presence in both China and the United States, and also the first company to achieve positive Phase IIa clinical outcomes in oncology for an RNAi therapeutic for its core product, STP705. Learn more at www.sirnaomics.com.
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BEIJING, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new vlog series of China Factory Story, Fenjiu, Soul of Chinese Liquor, has recently been released. This is the first piece of this 10-episode vlog series, which is jointly produced by the National Brand Project Office of Xinhua News Agency, China Economic Information Service and Fenjiu Group.
The 10 episodes tell Fenjiu's liquor-making stories, from raw grain in green production base, a bottle of fragrant Fenjiu on the table, clear karstic water sources 800 meters underground, to modern workshops adopting time-honored techniques, which all speak of Fenjiu's craftsmanship, pursuit for excellence with a pragmatic approach, and spirits of staying true to tradition and innovation in brewing mild aromatic Baijiu.
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Mercury will be at elongation this week up in the sky
(WHSV) - Things stay pretty quiet this week, but we have a few things going on that will be worth checking out.
VENUS AND THE MOON
On Thursday morning, you can catch the moon and Venus together up in the sky. The moon will be very thin as it will be two days away from becoming a new moon. Venus will be located a palm’s width below the moon. You will have a tight window to view the duo, both will have rose in the east-northeastern sky by 5:30 am. This means you’ll have just more than an hour to spot the duo before daybreak.
MERCURY REACHES ELONGATION
On Saturday night, Mercury will reach elongation with the Sun. This means Mercury will have its maximum visibility. Mercury will be in the low western sky just after sunset. Mercury will set at around 8:10 pm, so there will be an exceptionally tight window to view it and the sky will not be very dark. Since the Northern Hemisphere is still in summer, the sun will set too late to create a good view. Folks near the equator or in the Southern Hemisphere will have a better look since sunsets are still fairly early in the evening in those locations.
WHAT IS ELONGATION?
When an object reaches elongation, it means that the angular distance is greatest to other said object. In this scenario, Mercury will be its farthest point from the Sun up in the sky. Mercury will be 27 degrees away to the east up in the sky from the Sun.
LOSING DAYLIGHT
We are continuing to lose daylight. This week we will chop off another 16 minutes of daylight. By August 29th, we will have 13 hours, and 7 minutes of daylight, and 10 hours and 53 minutes of nighttime. Sunrise will move from 6:36 am to 6:42 am. Sunsets will move from 7:59 pm to 7:49 pm. Monday will be the first day the sun sets before 8 pm since April 23rd.
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3 Arkansas law enforcement officers suspended over arrest
MULBERRY, Ark. (AP) — Three Arkansas law enforcement officers were suspended Sunday following social media outrage over a video that seemingly showed two deputies and an officer striking a suspect under arrest.
Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante issued a statement Sunday evening, stating two county deputies will be suspended during the course of the Arkansas state police’s investigation into the incident and the sheriff’s office’s internal investigation. A Mulberry police officer also was suspended.
“I hold all my employees accountable for their actions and will take appropriate measures in this matter,” Damante said.
In a statement released Sunday evening, Mulberry Police Chief Shannon Gregory said the officer involved in the incident is on leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
“The city of Mulberry and the Mulberry police department takes these investigations very seriously,” Gregory said.
According to police, a report indicated that a man was making threats to a convenience store employee in Mulberry on Sunday morning. Mulberry is located about 137 miles northwest of Little Rock.
Police said when the officers confronted the man, he pushed a deputy to the ground and punched the back of his head, leading to the arrest seen in the video. In the video, the three law enforcement officers are seen on top of the suspect, sometimes striking him with clenched fists.
The unidentified man was arrested and taken to a local hospital. He faces charges of terroristic threatening, resisting arrest and other assault charges, police said.
No further information was immediately available.
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Amber Alert canceled after 1-year-old Georgia girl found safe
Published: Aug. 21, 2022 at 10:48 PM EDT|Updated: moments ago
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray News) - Authorities canceled an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old girl from Georgia less than an hour after issuing the bulletin Sunday night.
Aurora Mobley-Miller has been found safe, and the suspect is in custody, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
The 1-year-old was allegedly abducted by 50-year-old Felecia Elaine Horne in Thomasville, Georgia, according to the Amber Alert bulletin.
The abduction occurred around 4 p.m. Sunday, according to authorities.
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ClassiJazzical – A Combination of Traditional Classical and Traditional Jazz Fused as One.
GLASTONBURY, Conn., Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It is 2022 and the Summer is ending, yet the music is heating up. James A Norkawich has released an EP entitled "Classical Elements" which highlights two Classical composers, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff. Both works by these immortal composers show not only the depth of their compositions, but also the technicality and diversity of James A Norkawich. Classical music and Jazz have a lot in common even though they are two separate styles of music. Classical music requires a certain skill set of staying on point to the music as written, and there is no room for any other interpretation, whereas Jazz opens the door for improvisation, colorful chord structure and more freedom to move around the instrument.
However, ……
Chopin's – Winter Wind (Op.25-11) and Rachmaninoff's Concerto (No.2) 1ST Movement, both display an element that is not only technically challenging, but also displays the improvisational elements that Jazz carries in the context of any given Jazz piece or performance.
James captures the key elements that provide the listener with a sense of excitement and movement while capturing an element of harmony and reality at the same time. This is the first Classical EP by James, and he hopes that this will bring more people to his brand of Jazz, Classical Crossover, and virtually any style he wishes to play on the keys or with his pen on the tablature.
Classical music, as like Jazz, has always been considered a special kind of music for a certain kind of audience. That stigma is something that James would like to break with his own brand and blend of artistic expression. James has had world acclaim with his Classical Crossover brand which is simply classically trained artists doing pop over music but keeping true to form in the style of Classical music.
This style, Classical & Jazz blended, James is trying to brand as ClassiJazzical which could have the beauty of a piece from the artistry of Mozart to the instrumentation of Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. "It has been done before," James said recently in an interview, "but now were going to take it to new heights never seen or heard by the mainstream music media. We need to think out of the box, develop something new, and be able to leave a legacy to our children, and our grandchildren. Music is what heals the soul. Music is the soundtrack of our lives, so why not make it a good one, and one that has sustenance and tangibility? That is what I am striving for, and I think this EP will show."
The EP Classical Elements will be available on all Streaming Platforms
Contacts Email -JamesANorkawich@gmail.com
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Twitter - https://twitter.com/JNorkawichMusic
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Deezer - https://deezer.page.link/ekDRVg4mFX7vHyHP8
I-Tunes - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/james-a-norkawich/1615404089
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BEIJING, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 15th, the first excavator SY315CKD manufactured in SANY's lighthouse factory in Indonesia rolled off the line, an epoch in SANY's intelligent manufacturing and also marking the overseas launch of the first lighthouse factory in the Chinese construction machinery industry.
A better one
Located 70 kilometers away from the capital city of Jakarta, the 10,000-square-meter plant sits in KIM Industrial Park in Indonesia, with a total investment of nearly 30 million USD. Supplying mainly the southeastern Asia market, the planned annual production of this excavator is 3,000 units.
With a high level of standardization, SANY lighthouse factories look almost identical: AGVs shuttle back and forth between production lines and warehouses, and 100 or so human operators and over 500 robots work together in a highly coordinated fashion. Now, online interconnection and autonomy have been realized in 12 major links throughout the production chain, including assembly, logistics and commissioning.
"In the sense of digitization and automation, SANY is the "smartest" construction machinery manufacturer in China," said Ding Shifeng, the project leader. "This factory in Indonesia, drawing experiences from over 40 of its counterparts already built in China, epitomizes the latest R&D achievements. It is the first "Industrial 4.0" production base outside of China in the industry." With a 5:1 ratio of robots to humans, the per-capita output reaches 1.62 million USD, making SANY's latest lighthouse factory deserving of being named "the smartest".
Made and created by SANY
More than a technology export, this factory is also an export of the standard of intelligent manufacturing of China's construction machinery industry.
Compared to SANY's other bases in the US, Germany, India and Pakistan, this lighthouse factory is completely made and created by SANY - from the design, construction and commissioning of the plant and its facilities to its operation and management.
SANY owns the independent intellectual property rights on all the digitized operational software systems applied in the plant, including IMOM and WMS, among others.
"Every piece of data in the industrial software and every bolt in the manufacturing facilities are produced according to SANY's standard," said Shifeng. "This is a first for us, in this industry, to see a "made in China" mark on a standard, not on a product."
10 more to go
Recently, SANY Heavy Industry was listed as one of the "50 smartest companies" by MIT Technology Review, becoming the first among Chinese heavy equipment manufacturers.
"Being smart means to be farsighted, and so we are now refocusing from international sales to international manufacturing, especially intelligent manufacturing," Shifeng added. "Indonesia is a significant test run of establishing a world map of our lighthouse factories, which will include 10 more in the future."
Moreover, SANY will establish a training center affiliated with the factory that will accommodate 600 local trainees.
Di Wu
+86-18890074901
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ROCK SPRINGS – The Muscular Dystrophy Association is committed to a cure and the Rock Springs Firefighters Local 1499 continues to help with the cause.
The annual MDA Fill the Boot event took place at Square State Brewing, 422 S. Main St. in downtown Rock Springs on Friday, Aug. 19.
According to the MDA, 85 percent of their clients are over the age 18 and 8,000 newly diagnosed patients register with MDA every year.
In 2017, $24 million was raised through Fill the Boot and other firefighter events for MDA. The next one takes place at Wal-Mart in Rock Springs during the first weekend of September.
According to Mike Forrest, Rock Springs firefighter and emergency medical technician, they donate 74 cents of every dollar they raise directly to research, services and education. The remaining funds go to helping them support their staff and events that make the work they do for families possible.
Forrest also mentioned that his team was number four in the nation for collections in 2020.
“We were also number one in our district, which included the U.S. and Canada because everyone was locked down,” said Forrest. “Normally, we’d have a conference every year and award those who did really well and that would have been my year but it was virtual.
“I didn’t get my ten seconds of fame but that’s OK!”
The event gave the firefighters the opportunity to share data with others about MS and how their donations are spent.
Even though there is no cure, Forrest said they are developing vaccines for pregnant women who are carrying their second child after having a child with symptoms of MS.
“It’s a huge step,” Forrest shared. “When you meet some of these kids with MS, it really changes your drive to do this. You see what they need to do every day just to function and it’s not easy.
“For every little thing we do here, we hope we can make life a bit easier for them.”
“We do really well because people here are so giving.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/committed-to-a-cure-local-firefighters-help-patients-with-ms/article_3d1a5e8c-21ad-11ed-af03-9b97bcd24c66.html | 2022-08-22T04:09:25Z |
Amber Alert canceled after 1-year-old Georgia girl found safe
Published: Aug. 21, 2022 at 10:48 PM EDT|Updated: 44 minutes ago
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray News) - Authorities canceled an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old girl from Georgia less than an hour after issuing the bulletin Sunday night.
Aurora Mobley-Miller has been found safe, and the suspect is in custody, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
The 1-year-old was allegedly abducted by 50-year-old Felecia Elaine Horne in Thomasville, Georgia, according to the Amber Alert bulletin.
The abduction occurred around 4 p.m. Sunday, according to authorities.
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Body, car found in lake near where Calif. teen went missing
NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. (KCRA) - The search team for a missing California teenager recovered a body and a car in a lake near where the teen was last seen.
The car is a silver Honda CR-V, the same type of vehicle 16-year-old Kiely Rodni was last seen driving two weeks ago.
A female body was found inside the car, but it has not yet been positively identified.
The veteran Adventures with a Purpose dive team made the discovery Sunday in the Prosser Lake Reservoir in Truckee, California. The area had previously been searched, but the dive team used sonar, which led to the discovery.
Law enforcement officers blocked off access to the recovery area in the Prosser Family Campground.
Rodni was last seen at a party with hundreds of other teens in the same area on Aug. 6. Investigators say the teen seemed to have disappeared without a trace at the time.
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Body, car found in lake near where Calif. teen went missing
NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. (KCRA) - The search team for a missing California teenager recovered a body and a car in a lake near where the teen was last seen.
The car is a silver Honda CR-V, the same type of vehicle 16-year-old Kiely Rodni was last seen driving two weeks ago.
A female body was found inside the car, but it has not yet been positively identified.
The veteran Adventures with a Purpose dive team made the discovery Sunday in the Prosser Lake Reservoir in Truckee, California. The area had previously been searched, but the dive team used sonar, which led to the discovery.
Law enforcement officers blocked off access to the recovery area in the Prosser Family Campground.
Rodni was last seen at a party with hundreds of other teens in the same area on Aug. 6. Investigators say the teen seemed to have disappeared without a trace at the time.
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MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenhouse has selected Sapia.ai, creator of the world's first AI Smart Interviewer, as its newest integration partner – enabling Greenhouse customers to access the first and only chat-based AI assessment tool on the Greenhouse marketplace.
Greenhouse offers businesses a complete suite of software and services for recruiting and onboarding, as well as a large partner ecosystem.
Sapia CEO, Barb Hyman said that the partnership is a game changer for organizations that need to fill roles efficiently while giving every candidate an engaging and fair experience.
"Partnerships with providers like Greenhouse are central to our mission to get ethical Ai into the hiring teams of as many organizations as possible. Our partnership makes it easier for companies to access our solution who want to solve their hiring challenges in a fair, efficient, and ethical way".
Sapia's solution interviews candidates through a blind chat conversation. From written responses, its AI Smart Interviewer accurately assess candidate suitability. Hiring teams accessing Sapia's Smart Interviewer via the Greenhouse marketplace achieve immediate efficiency gains, disrupting bias in the hiring process with a world-class candidate experience.
"From day one, we've designed Sapia to be seamlessly integrated into recruitment teams' daily processes. Integration with partners like Greenhouse helps organizations get a better return on investment of their existing HR technology stack, quickly. There's no 6-month implementation process - Sapia can be interviewing candidates in days, and hiring teams don't need to leave Greenhouse to access shortlists and candidate insights."
The Greenhouse announcement is hot on the heels of a number of exciting updates for the Australian-founded global AI startup, including global recognition for its work in mitigating gender bias, and taking home the 'cutting edge technologies and employee experience' innovation award at Vivatech Paris.
The award follows a series of innovations for 2022, including InterviewBERT, a development that uses Google's model for Natural Language Processing (NLP) to understand the contextual meaning of words in written job interviews.
Next month will see Sapia showcase their world-first technology alongside industry incumbents at the HRTech conference in Las Vegas.
"We're gaining incredible traction internationally, and we're seeing enormous interest in the US market, where disruptive technologies like ours can make a huge difference to the HR industry".
About Sapia.ai
Sapia's mission is to build a fairer, more human world through ethical AI. Using the world's first Smart Interviewer, powered by the world's largest source of first-party proprietary text data and advanced Natural Language Processing, Sapia turns simple text conversations into unprecedented talent intelligence – enabling organizations to interrupt hiring bias at scale, get to the right talent fast, and give every candidate an experience they love.
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--RMB Shares began trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market, making United Imaging Healthcare its largest IPO this year.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- United Imaging Healthcare (SHSE: 688271), a leading global medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment company, began trading today on the Science and Technology Innovation Board (STAR Market) of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE). As of press time, United Imaging Healthcare shares saw a rise of 72.91%, reaching CNY 189.99 per share, representing a market cap of over CNY 150 billion.
United Imaging Healthcare expects to use the net proceeds from the STAR Offering to fund its research and development of next-generation products, including high-end medical imaging equipment. Part of the funding will also go to industrialization projects and marketing service network projects, and serve as supplementary operating capital.
"Supported by our customers, partners and employees, United Imaging Healthcare has achieved huge leaps in the past 11 years. The listing of United Imaging Healthcare on the SSE STAR MARKET gives us bigger responsibilities, and higher expectations. We will better standardize our corporate governance, conduct highly efficient communications, work on long-term, sustainable value creation, and deliver great returns to our customers, shareholders, employees, and the society. " said Al Zhang, Chairman & CEO of United Imaging Healthcare, at the listing ceremony.
"We will seize this opportunity, adhere to the philosophy of putting customers and patients first and focus squarely on innovation and core technologies to ensure we remain an innovation and technology-driven, future-oriented, well respected high-tech company, and become a world-leading provider of high-end medical equipment and services," he added.
By the end of 2021, United Imaging Healthcare had launched more than 80 groundbreaking products globally, including a Total-Body PET/CT, HD TOF PET/MR, 75cm Ultra-Wide Bore 3.0T MR, 640-Slice CT Scanner, and Fully Integrated CT-linac. Based on the company's top technologies, it has established collaborations with many world-renowned clinical and scientific research institutions, including UC Davis, Washington University in St. Louis, Stony Brook University, King Hussein Cancer Center and Fujita Health University Hospital. So far, United Imaging Healthcare's products have been installed in medical and research institutions in more than 40 countries and regions, including the U.S., Japan, Italy, and New Zealand.
A registration statement relating to these securities was declared effective by the China Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About United Imaging Healthcare
Founded in 2011, Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. is dedicated to providing global customers with high-performance medical imaging products, radiotherapy equipment, life science instruments and intelligent digital solutions. With our mission, "To Bring Equal Healthcare for All" and our vision, "Leading Healthcare Innovation", United Imaging Healthcare is committed to creating more value for our customers and constantly improving the global accessibility of high-end medical equipment and services through in-depth cooperation with hospitals, universities, research institutions, and industry partners.
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Three people died and two were injured in a crash in Indiana on Sunday. The passengers are all believed to be students from Indiana State University, including football players, according to the school.
At 1:34 a.m., deputies with the Vigo County Sheriff's Office responded to a crash in Riley, Indiana. When they arrived to the scene, the vehicle had veered off the road into a tree and was on fire.
"Two of the occupants were able to be freed from the vehicle and were transported for medical treatment with serious injuries," Vigo County Sheriff John Plasse said. "Unfortunately, the driver and two other occupants were pronounced deceased on the scene.
Indiana State University postponed a women's soccer game in response to the accident and said it will be offering counseling services to students, faculty and staff.
"This is a terrible tragedy," ISU President Deborah Curtis said. "As we are waiting on additional details from authorities investigating this accident, our hearts go out to the families and friends of the students involved."
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, authorities said Monday, escalating political tensions in the country as he holds mass rallies seeking to return to office.
The terrorism charges come over a speech Khan gave in Islamabad in which he vowed to sue police officers and a female judge and alleged that a close aide had been tortured after his arrest.
Khan himself appeared to still be free and had not immediately addressed the police charge sheet being lodged against him. Pakistan's opposition Tehreek-e-Insaf party, Khan's political party, published online videos showing supporters surrounding his home to potentially stop police from reaching it. Hundreds remained there early Monday.
Khan came to power in 2018, promising to break the pattern of family rule in Pakistan. His opponents contend he was elected with help from the powerful military, which has ruled the country for half of its 75-year history.
In seeking Khan's ouster earlier this year, the opposition had accused him of economic mismanagement as inflation soars and the Pakistani rupee plummets in value. The parliament's no-confidence vote in April capped months of political turmoil and a constitutional crisis that required the Supreme Court to step in. Meanwhile, it appeared the military similarly had cooled to Khan.
Khan alleged without providing evidence that the Pakistani military took part in a U.S. plot to oust him. Washington, the Pakistani military and the government of Khan's successor, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, all have denied that. Khan also has been carrying out a series of mass rallies trying to pressure Sharif's government.
On Sunday, the internet-access advocacy group NetBlocks said internet services in the country blocked access to YouTube after Khan broadcast a live speech on the platform despite a ban issued by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority.
Police arrested Khan's political aide, Shahbaz Gill, earlier this month after he appeared on the private television channel ARY TV and urged soldiers and officers to refuse to obey "illegal orders" from the military leadership. Gill was charged with treason, which under Pakistani law carries the death penalty. ARY also remains off-air in Pakistan following the broadcast.
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...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST MONDAY FOR SOUTH
FACING SHORES OF ALL ISLANDS...
.A south-southwest swell (190 degrees) has built larger than
expected late this afternoon and evening, leading to advisory
level surf for south facing shores. The large surf will continue
into Monday afternoon.
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST MONDAY...
* WHAT...Surf of 7 to 10 feet.
* WHERE...South facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands.
* WHEN...Until 6 PM HST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Moderate. Expect strong breaking waves, shore break,
and strong longshore and rip currents making swimming
difficult and dangerous.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Beachgoers, swimmers, and surfers should heed all advice given by
ocean safety officials and exercise caution.
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WAIKIKI(KITV4) - City and County of Honolulu now owns the privately owned area between Leahi Avenue and Noela Street – affective Monday.
Some residents said it has been a long road to victory and they're ready for both convenient and safer roads.
"We're very grateful to mayor Blangiardi and his administration for making an exception to a long-time city policy of not accepting private roads that weren't already built to code," said Mary Jones, advocate for safer roads.
Jones and her non-profit “Safe Leahi” bought the area in 2020 and added renovations that many residents didn't agree with like "no parking signs”, reduced the speed limit, and created paid parking spots to raise funds for sidewalks.
She said too many families and children were walking to school on the street.
"There’s more people, more cars and no parking and what they want is more parking but at what cost? It’s not safe to walk on the street and have no sidewalks," said Christine Brown, Diamond Head resident.
However, those changes did create controversy in the neighborhood. Jones said several neighbors were upset because it limited parking and interrupted traffic flow which also sparked protests.
"There were a lot of standoffs and it wasn't us, it was just people going down the streets playing chicken with each other to see who could get around the cars the fastest. We had to call the police very often. Their safety rules created a lot of harm and potential danger more than it created safety," said Linda Wong, Diamond Head board member.
Now that the City and County of Honolulu has taken over, residents expect to see safety measures as well as traffic calming methods.
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Man, 21, severely injured in crash caused by street racers, mother says
HOUSTON (KHOU) - A Houston father is fighting for his life after surveillance video shows he was likely hit by street racers while on his motorcycle.
Mother Tracy Martinez says dramatic video from a neighbor’s camera shows the moment her son, 21-year-old Edwin Favela, was mowed down on his motorcycle by street racers.
“I know two cars were racing, and they hit my son,” she said.
Favela is now in very serious condition at the Texas Medical Center.
“He’s still swelling in the brain right now, so they don’t think he’s gonna make it. But we’re still hoping for a miracle,” she said.
Favela was on his way home from work early Friday morning. Video appears to show him turning and, moments later, two cars speeding by.
Favela’s co-worker and family friend, Ernesto Ovalle, says he was the first person on the scene, fighting back tears as he describes a loyal friend and employee.
“He was a great kid. He was a great friend,” Ovalle said.
Video obtained from a gas station a few blocks south around the time of the incident also appears to show two cars traveling at high speeds on the feeder road.
Martinez is especially heartbroken for Favela’s 4-year-old son Aiden, for whom he was working to pay for ear implants.
“He was doing everything he could to earn the money for his son,” she said.
As she prays for a miracle with Favela in the trauma intensive care unit, Martinez is asking whoever is responsible to do the right thing.
“He’s in the hospital. He’s hooked up to machines. You guys did this. You know you did this. No parent wants to go through this. No parent should have to go through this, not at 21,” she said.
The family asks anyone with information to call the police.
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NEWARK, N.J. and NANJING, China, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Biosion, Inc. ("Biosion"), a leading global R&D biotechnology company, today announced the appointment of Steven Knapp, PharmD., as Chief Regulatory & Quality Officer. In this position, he is responsible for the strategic leadership and execution of all regulatory and quality aspects of the company's pipeline globally. He will report to Hugh Davis, Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer, and President of Biosion USA, Inc. Prior to joining Biosion, Steven was most recently SVP of global Regulatory and Quality at Antares Pharmaceuticals.
"We are delighted to welcome Steven to our executive leadership team in this important role as we continue to expand our global R&D capabilities." said Hugh Davis Ph.D. "As we are progressing more oncology and autoimmune assets to the clinic in both the U.S. and China, Steven's strong Regulatory and Quality expertise will be extremely valuable to guide our Development, Regulatory and Filing strategies worldwide."
"I'm looking forward to working with the team at Biosion to continue the mission to deliver breakthrough therapeutics to patients globally." said Steven Knapp, PharmD., Chief Regulatory & Quality Officer. "Biosion has a rich pipeline of innovative biologics and I'm excited to be part of the global leadership team to drive the Biosion portfolio towards helping patients with unmet needs."
Steven Knapp, Pharm.D., brings to Biosion over 30 years of experience in the Regulatory and Quality aspects of pharmaceutical/biologic development and commercialization. He has worked on numerous global NDAs and BLAs at BMS and Biotechnology companies (Valeant pharmaceuticals and Antares pharmaceuticals). He has also worked on a number of partnerships and alliances with other firms to aid in the process of collaborative later-phase product development. Steven holds a BS in Pharmacy, an MS in Industrial Engineering and a PharmD all from Rutgers University. He also teaches courses at the graduate school as well. He is a member of the Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society at Rutgers.
About Biosion, Inc.
Biosion is a global, clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to developing antibody-based therapies to improve patient outcomes for the treatment of immune and oncologic diseases. Established in 2017, Biosion has built a pipeline of innovative biologics through its internally derived proprietary technologies including the H³ antibody discovery platform, SynTracer™ HT endocytosis platform, and Flexibody™ bispecific platform. Biosion's lead asset, BSI-045B (anti-TSLP mAb), is currently in phase-II for severe asthma and phase-I for atopic dermatitis. Biosion and partners have plans to progress the immune-oncology and antibody drug conjugate-based portfolio into clinic trials for oncology indications over the next year. Biosion has operations in the US, Australia, and China. To learn more about Biosion, please go to www.biosion.com.
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- Roche has developed a COVID-19 test for researchers that detects the latest subvariant BA.2.75 and can differentiate it from BA.4 or BA.5
- This new test is a highly accurate tool that specifically targets mutations found in the BA.2.75 subvariant - providing important epidemiological insights in monitoring the potential impact of therapeutics, vaccines, and public health interventions
PLEASANTON, Calif., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and its subsidiary TIB Molbiol have developed a COVID-19 test for researchers that detects and differentiates the latest subvariant of interest BA.2.75. The test specifically targets two of the known unique mutations in BA.2.75, which allows clear differentiation against other notable subvariants.
"Roche is pleased to have developed a test for researchers that provides insights into the epidemiology of BA.2.75, helping to understand its impact on public health," said Cindy Perettie, Head of Molecular Labs at Roche Diagnostics Solutions. "Being able to differentiate emerging variants and understanding their similarities and mutations, can provide a basis for experts to make predictions of their spread and response to treatment strategies."
Since it was first detected in India in May 2022, cases of BA.2.75 have been reported in more than a dozen countries. The BA.2.75 is a subvariant related to the Omicron variant. The subvariant is being monitored by both the World Health Organization as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It has not reached the level of a Variant of Concern, but differentiating it from BA.4 and BA.5 allows for improved tracking to understand how it is spreading.
The available research use only test, VirSNiP SARS-CoV-2 Spike 147E 152R, adds to the broad suite of COVID-19 test kits developed by Roche and TIB Molbiol, for instance for the detection of the recent BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, as well as other mutations present in the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant.
Roche and TIB Molbiol's researchers continue to work in collaboration with partners globally to continually screen for new variants and emerging diseases.
The test specifically targets two of the known unique mutations, K147E and W152R, in BA.2.75, which allows clear differentiation against other notable subvariants. This test is for research use only and is available globally. The VirSNiP SARS-CoV-2 Spike 147E 152R for use on Lightcycler(R) and cobas® z480 analyser.
As a leading healthcare company, we are doing all we can to support countries in their fight against COVID-19 and minimising its impact. That is why we are working with governments, policy makers, healthcare professionals and others to help contain the COVID-19 pandemic and make sure patients continue to receive the tests, treatment and care they need.
The pandemic has profoundly raised awareness of the role diagnostics play in COVID-19 diagnosis, treatment development and disease management. Roche has developed and launched more than 20 COVID-19 diagnostics solutions, including polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and rapid antigen and antibody tests. Our solutions serve the entire diagnostic continuum, from high-throughput laboratories to point-of-care and home self-testing, and cover all currently known variants. To help meet global demand, we have supplied more than 1.5 billion tests for COVID-19 since March 2020.
Roche continues to evaluate its existing therapeutic portfolio and is researching future options to help benefit patients with Covid-19. Our IL-6 inhibitor Actemra®/RoActemra® (tocilizumab) has been approved for patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19 in more than 30 countries including the European Union and is authorised for emergency use in the United States. The World Health Organization has prequalified Actemra for use in patients with severe COVID-19, facilitating its availability in low- and middle-income countries. In addition, we have been improving access to Actemra by introducing an international differentiated pricing strategy, providing the medicine at cost for use in low- and middle-income countries and non asserting patents in these regions during the pandemic.
We have also been partnering with Regeneron to jointly develop the antibody combination Ronapreve™ (casirivimab and imdevimab, known as REGEN-COV™ in the US). It has been approved in multiple territories including the European Union, Japan, and Switzerland and authorised for emergency or temporary pandemic use in many countries including the US. The antibody combination has been made available to patients in more than 60 countries, across many geographies including low and middle income countries. As the virus continues to evolve, we are constantly monitoring Ronapreve's activity against emerging variants of concern, and will share results with health authorities as soon as possible.
Our utmost goal remains to be a trusted partner who acts with urgency to save and improve the lives of patients with COVID-19 and to reduce its burden on society. For more information please visit our COVID-19 response page.
Founded in 1896 in Basel, Switzerland, as one of the first industrial manufacturers of branded medicines, Roche has grown into the world's largest biotechnology company and the global leader in in-vitro diagnostics. The company pursues scientific excellence to discover and develop medicines and diagnostics for improving and saving the lives of people around the world. We are a pioneer in personalised healthcare and want to further transform how healthcare is delivered to have an even greater impact. To provide the best care for each person we partner with many stakeholders and combine our strengths in Diagnostics and Pharma with data insights from the clinical practice.
In recognising our endeavor to pursue a long-term perspective in all we do, Roche has been named one of the most sustainable companies in the pharmaceuticals industry by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the thirteenth consecutive year. This distinction also reflects our efforts to improve access to healthcare together with local partners in every country we work.
Genentech, in the United States, is a wholly owned member of the Roche Group. Roche is the majority shareholder in Chugai Pharmaceutical, Japan.
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- Bringing Unprecedented Medical Experience by Strengthening Partnerships with Pharmaceutical Companies in Japan and U.S. to Build Medical Data Platform -
TOKYO and SINGAPORE, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ubie, Inc., a healthcare AI startup with the mission "To develop a healthcare guide for everyone," announced that it has raised $26.2 million (*1) in the 1st round of Series C funding. New investors in the round include Norinchukin Capital Co., Ltd., NVenture Capital Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Capital Solutions Limited), The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited, and Egg FORWARD, Inc., while existing investors include SUZUKEN CO., LTD. To date, Ubie has raised $59.8 million (*2).
Ubie is one of the few startups in the world with a medical data platform that has direct contact with both patients and medical institutions. Ubie offers two services that focus on the "medical questionnaire" as a gateway to healthcare, using AI as its core technology.
The "AI-powered symptom checker," provided for patients, asks around 20 questions about their symptoms to discover related diseases and provide more detailed actionable health information. Since its launch, it has been trusted by 5 million monthly users worldwide, including in Japan and the U.S.
Ubie offers "AI-powered patient intake," a service that streamlines the medical interview process for medical institutions. This service is based on a database of approximately 50,000 medical articles from around the world, created by more than 50 active physicians. The service has been introduced to more than 1,000 medical institutions worldwide and continues to improve the operational efficiency of these institutions.
Ubie will aim to bring a new medical experience to Japan and the U.S. by connecting patients, medical institutions, and pharmaceutical companies through the medical data platform it is building to solve the following medical issues;
- ensuring that patients visit the right medical institution at the right time,
- ensuring that physicians can access relevant, up-to-date knowledge from the vast amount of the latest information on diseases and rare diseases that are not their specialty, and,
- ensuring that pharmaceutical companies continue to provide patients with the appropriate information and scientific findings related to their conditions.
Series C funding will be used to fuel business growth in Japan and the U.S. to build a medical data platform that connects patients, medical institutions, and pharmaceutical companies.
Ubie Co-founder and CEO Yoshinori Abe, MD, said: "Not only in Japan, but also in other countries, the current healthcare system is suffering from various losses due to the fragmentation of information held by patients, medical institutions, and pharmaceutical companies. This fundraising aims to accelerate collaboration with pharmaceutical companies and create an unprecedented consumer-centered medical experience utilizing Ubie's data platform. Ubie already has business with more than 20 major pharmaceutical companies in Japan and other countries, and this brings Ubie closer to realizing its mission 'To develop a healthcare guide for everyone,' both in Japan and the U.S."
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(*1) $26.2 million = JPY 3.5 billion (as of August 12, 2022)
(*2) $59.8 million = JPY 7.98 billion (same as above)
About Ubie
Ubie is a Japanese health-tech startup founded by a medical doctor and an engineer in 2017. Using AI as its core technology, the company develops and provides an AI-powered patient questionnaire that guides patients from symptoms to appropriate medical care and improves operational efficiency in the medical field. Ubie is promoting the creation of a society in which anyone can access medical care that suits them best.
For more information, please visit: http://company.ubiehealth.com
AI-powered symptom checker: https://ubiehealth.com
(Japanese version: https://ubie.app/ )
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- Focused on developing treatments for rare diseases associated with vascular malformations
- Recruited first patients in Proof-of-Concept study for lead drug candidate VAD044
- Financed by Medicxi in 2020
BASEL, Switzerland, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vaderis Therapeutics AG (Vaderis), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for rare diseases associated with vascular malformations, today announced its emergence from stealth and initiation of its INSIGHT proof-of-concept clinical trial in patients suffering from Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT), also known as Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome. Vaderis was established in 2019 and in 2020 raised over CHF18 million from Medicxi, enabling progression of its lead asset into the clinic and successful completion of Phase 1a.
Emergence from Stealth
Vaderis was founded with the unique aim to develop therapeutics for rare and orphan diseases associated with vascular malformations. In April 2020 Vaderis acquired a portfolio of allosteric AKT inhibitors from Almac Discovery Ltd of Belfast, UK. AKT is a serine kinase which plays a crucial role in vascular growth and in vascular overgrowth. There is a significant number of rare diseases such as HHT in which upstream genetic mutations trigger over-activation of the serine kinase AKT, resulting in vascular overgrowth. Such diseases frequently manifest in ways that are debilitating, disfiguring, painful and sometimes life-threatening. The vast majority of these diseases are currently left untreated except for symptomatic interventions which tend to offer patients limited temporary relief of individual symptoms. VAD044 is a once daily, orally administered, allosteric AKT inhibitor which has the potential to treat the underlying cause of these diseases. If successful, Vaderis would be the first company in the world to develop a medicine for the treatment of HHT and other diseases associated with vascular malformations.
Initiation of Clinical PoC in HHT
In pursuit of the company's core objective, Vaderis announces the initiation of the first study of VAD044 in HHT patients. Known as the INSIGHT proof-of-concept trial (INternational Study InvestiGating HHT), the study is unique in its robust design aimed at achieving a thorough understanding of the safety of VAD044 in HHT patients. A total of 80 HHT patients across the USA, Canada and Europe will be randomised in a double-blind, controlled trial comparing two doses of VAD044 to placebo. Initiation of the INSIGHT trial follows Health Authority approvals including FDA, Health Canada and key European agencies.
J.J. Mager, MD, PhD, pulmonologist at St. Antonius Hospital Utrecht, Chairman of the Global Research and Medical Advisory Board of Cure HHT and lead investigator of the INSIGHT trial commented, "The first patients recruited into the INSIGHT trial mark an exciting milestone in HHT clinical research. If successful, this trial may demonstrate the potential of this new drug to be effective beyond the symptomatic treatments we currently offer HHT patients, by addressing the course of this rare, progressive, and debilitating disease."
Nicholas Benedict, CEO of Vaderis added, "Working together with the HHT community, both caregivers and patient associations, Vaderis hopes to be the catalyst which transforms patient care in HHT. Success in the INSIGHT trial would be a major step towards developing the first ever registered treatment for HHT anywhere in the world."
Giovanni Mariggi, Partner at Medicxi and Chairman of Vaderis said, "Our vision is to create a unique company dedicated to delivering breakthrough therapies for rare diseases caused by vascular malformations. Initiation of the INSIGHT trial is an important milestone on the way to realising this vision. It is testament to the significant progress made by the company over the last two years".
About Vaderis
Vaderis is a clinical stage biotech company with the aim to develop medicinal treatments for rare and orphan diseases associated with vascular malformations. Since its founding in 2019, Vaderis raised a Series A financing from Medicxi and acquired a portfolio of allosteric AKT inhibitors from Almac Discovery Ltd of Belfast, UK. There is a significant number of debilitating and largely untreated rare diseases, such as HHT (Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia), in which patients suffer from over-activation of AKT triggered by upstream genetic mutations resulting in vascular overgrowth. There are no drugs approved anywhere in the world which specifically treat HHT. Vaderis aims to be the first company to develop a medicine for the treatment of HHT and aims to treat other diseases associated with vascular malformations.
About Medicxi
Medicxi is a healthcare-focused investment firm with the mission to create and invest in companies across the full drug development continuum. Leveraging deep expertise in drug development and company creation spanning over two decades, Medicxi invests in early and late-stage therapeutics with a product vision that can fulfill a clear unmet medical need. For more information, please visit: https://www.medicxi.com
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Man, 21, severely injured in crash caused by street racers, mother says
HOUSTON (KHOU) - A Houston father is fighting for his life after surveillance video shows he was likely hit by street racers while on his motorcycle.
Mother Tracy Martinez says dramatic video from a neighbor’s camera shows the moment her son, 21-year-old Edwin Favela, was mowed down on his motorcycle by street racers.
“I know two cars were racing, and they hit my son,” she said.
Favela is now in very serious condition at the Texas Medical Center.
“He’s still swelling in the brain right now, so they don’t think he’s gonna make it. But we’re still hoping for a miracle,” she said.
Favela was on his way home from work early Friday morning. Video appears to show him turning and, moments later, two cars speeding by.
Favela’s co-worker and family friend, Ernesto Ovalle, says he was the first person on the scene, fighting back tears as he describes a loyal friend and employee.
“He was a great kid. He was a great friend,” Ovalle said.
Video obtained from a gas station a few blocks south around the time of the incident also appears to show two cars traveling at high speeds on the feeder road.
Martinez is especially heartbroken for Favela’s 4-year-old son Aiden, for whom he was working to pay for ear implants.
“He was doing everything he could to earn the money for his son,” she said.
As she prays for a miracle with Favela in the trauma intensive care unit, Martinez is asking whoever is responsible to do the right thing.
“He’s in the hospital. He’s hooked up to machines. You guys did this. You know you did this. No parent wants to go through this. No parent should have to go through this, not at 21,” she said.
The family asks anyone with information to call the police.
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The story of an enslaved woman who went to court to win her freedom more than 80 years before the Emancipation Proclamation had been pushed to the fringes of history.
A group of civic leaders, activists and historians hope that ended Sunday in the quiet Massachusetts town of Sheffield with the unveiling of a bronze statue of the woman who chose the name Elizabeth Freeman when she shed the chains of slavery 241 years ago to the day.
Her story, while remarkable, remains relatively obscure.
State Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli grew up not far from Sheffield in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts yet didn't hear her story until about 20 years ago. He found that many of his colleagues in the Statehouse were also largely in the dark about the significance of her case, which set the legal precedent that essentially ended slavery in Massachusetts.
"She's clearly a hidden figure in American history, and I really believe Black history is American history," said Pignatelli, a Democrat. "But unfortunately, Black history is what we haven't been told and taught."
The enslaved woman, known as Bett, could not read or write, but she listened.
And what she heard did not make sense.
While she toiled in bondage in the household of Col. John Ashley, he and other prominent citizens of Sheffield met to discuss their grievances about British tyranny. In 1773, they wrote in what are known as the Sheffield Resolves that "Mankind in a state of nature are equal, free, and independent of each other."
Those words were echoed in Article 1 of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780, which begins "All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights."
It is believed that Bett, after hearing a public reading of the constitution, walked roughly 5 miles from the Ashley household to the home of attorney Theodore Sedgwick, one of the citizens who drafted the Sheffield Resolves, and asked him to represent her in her legal quest for freedom, said Paul O'Brien, president of the Sheffield Historical Society.
Sedgwick and another attorney, Tapping Reeve, took the case.
Women had limited legal rights in Massachusetts courts at the time, so a male slave in the Ashley household named Brom was added to the case.
The jury agreed with the attorneys, freeing Bett and Brom on Aug. 21, 1781.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, and his wife, Diane, are residents of the Berkshires and have been instrumental in fundraising and organizational efforts. They led Sunday's ceremony.
"What I love about the story is that this remarkable woman, enslaved, sometimes brutalized, unable to read, listened carefully to the conversation around the table as the men she was serving discussed the concepts of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as 'inalienable rights,'" Patrick, the state's first Black governor, said in an email. "I love that this powerless woman could imagine these powerful ideas as her own, and could persuade others to test that question. And I love that the Massachusetts courts had the integrity of purpose to take her question seriously."
Pignatelli was inspired to raise a statue of Freeman last year when he attended the unveiling of a statue of Susan B. Anthony in Adams, the Berkshire County community where the suffragist was born.
He brought together stakeholders and raised about $280,000, enough money for the roughly 8-foot statue, as well as a scholarship fund in Freeman's honor for area high school students.
Gwendolyn VanSant, the CEO of BRIDGE, an area nonprofit that fosters racial understanding and equity, is overseeing the scholarships.
She called Freeman an icon and a trailblazer. "For me as an African American woman, it's amazing to be walking in her footsteps," she said.
After the court case, Ashley asked Freeman to return to his household as a paid servant, but she refused and instead went to work for Sedgwick, where she helped raise his children and was known by the affectionate name, Mumbet.
She was a healer, a nurse and a midwife, who bought her own property in nearby Stockbridge, VanSant said.
The Sedgwicks had such a deep respect for Mumbet that when she died in 1829 at about the age of 85 she was buried with them, the only non-family member in the family plot. Much of what historians know about her was written by one of Theodore Sedgwick's daughters, the novelist Catharine Maria Sedgwick, O'Brien said.
The statue, cast by renowned sculptor Brian Hanlon, was placed on the property of the First Congregational Church in Sheffield, not far from the Sedgwick home.
"We don't know if Elizabeth Freeman went to the church, but we know Ashley did, and it was common for enslavers to bring enslaved people to look after their children at church," said O'Brien.
Although some 200 people were expected to attend Sunday's unveiling, the culmination of three days of celebrations, organizers have been unable to find any of Freeman's descendants.
VanSant hopes a permanent memorial will spur interest into Freeman's story. "Maybe her descendants will find us," she said.
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Bridgewater hosting 4th Annual Leaderboard mini golf tournament
BRIDGEWATER, Va. (WHSV) - As summer comes to a close the town of Bridgewater will be hosting one last event featuring a 5k and a miniature golf tournament at Sandy Bottom Park.
Top scorers from throughout the summer will compete for a $250 cash prize.
Parks staff say the 4th annual Labor Day tournament is open to both residents of Bridgewater and non-residents and hope to carry the excitement of the last three years into 2022′s event.
“This will just be another opportunity for people to come out and in years past we’ve had family members and friends cheering on participants with signs so we hope it’s that same kind of energy this year,” Parks Coordinator Katie Newman said.
If you would like the chance to participate, Newman says you just need to play a round of miniature golf at Sandy Bottom and turn in your scorecard with your first and last name to staff there before August 22nd.
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Students and volunteers collect and study insects during BioBlitz event at Shenandoah County Landfill
EDINBURG, Va. (WHSV) - As part of the ongoing ‘Making Trash Bloom’ project by the Shenandoah County Landfill and environmental nonprofit Sustainability Matters, students and volunteers called a ‘Bug BioBlitz’.
Mountain Vista Governor’s School students swept three plots with nets to catch insects at three different plots at the landfill, which will be examined and studied with help from George Mason University’s Smithsonian Mason School of Conservation staff.
“We’ll take those samples back and we’ll identify the species and organisms that are in them. And that’s gonna give us some baseline that as this project grows as this habitat improves we can see how the community of insects is changing,” an Entomologist and Associate Professor of Conservation Studies for GMU said.
McNeil says those depending on what those samples contain, what they find can potentially provide benefits to farmers around the Valley.
“All of these predatory insects like praying mantises, like wheel bugs, that’ll go out into farm fields, hunt pest insects there and then come back to these refuges as places to lay their eggs, exist and be protected is a really great thing to start to encourage in the area,” McNeil explained.
The ‘Making Trash Bloom’ project also features a site at the landfill dedicated to plants that attract Monarch butterflies, which were recently listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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CHONGQING, China, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2022 Smart China Expo will be held in Liangjiang New Area of southwest China's Chongqing from August 22 to 24, with the theme of "Smart Technology: Empowering Economy, Enriching Life".
As the most influential event in China's intelligent industry, the Smart China Expo has been held for five years. Driven and guided by the expo, Chongqing Liangjiang New Area has promoted the development of a high-quality development leading area and a high-quality life demonstration area over the past five years, according to the Publicity Department of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area.
As a smart city in Chongqing, Liangjiang New Area has in recent years continuously injected smart factors such as digitalization, green growth and low carbon into industrial fields, including automobiles, electronic information, biomedicine and equipment manufacturing. Intelligent manufacturing has become the foundation of industrial development in Liangjiang New Area.
In Liangjiang, it takes 17 minutes to produce an excavator and 18 hours to produce a car. Intelligent innovation of big data not only brings about the optimization of production quality, efficiency and cost, but also drives the whole industrial chains and industrial clusters to upgrade simultaneously.
At present, Chongqing Liangjiang New Area has 79 digital workshops, 22 intelligent factories and 337 intelligent transformation projects, and the output value of high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 21.8 percent last year. Data showed that in the first half of this year, the output of new energy vehicles in Liangjiang New Area reached 69,000 units, the penetration rate of intelligent network connection reached 35 percent, and the output of electronic information industry totaled 109.75 billion yuan.
In addition, with the help of the resource agglomeration and window effect of the expo, the online business forms, online services and online management of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area have ushered in mushrooming development, driving the digital economy onto a fast lane.
At present, the three digital economy development strategy platforms of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area have gathered 8,000 active market players of digital economy, 608 high-tech enterprises, 261 specialized and sophisticated enterprises that produce new and unique products, 49 first-class domestic and foreign universities and institutes, and the added value of digital economy has exceeded one third of Chongqing's total. These achievements are vivid footnotes to the development of a smart city in Liangjiang.
At the same time, Chongqing Liangjiang New Area has invested much in promoting smart governance, smart education, smart medical care, smart transportation and other fields, turning the city into a smart life body that can feel and think.
Smart life can be felt almost everywhere in Liangjiang. With face recognition, it takes just 3 seconds for one to enter the community. Walking in the public leisure area, one can connect to the community Bluetooth stereo to play beautiful music. Through a smart app, one can quickly contact property management personnel to address daily issues.
In Liangjiang's Lijia Street, 115 smart technology application scenarios have been established, such as smart book houses, smart medicine cabinets, smart schools, and 24-hour smart and convenient service centers. The wide applications of intelligent big data have brought the strong presence of high-quality and beautiful life in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area.
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11 AUGUST 2022, Start 11am, 31 KM, 2,200 M ELEVATION GAIN
SIERRA, SWITZERLAND
ANNECY, France, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It's a small revolution in the world of trail running! While European and American runners have seemed to dominate the Golden Trail World Series races for years, this weekend African runners took control in the 4th stage in Sierre-Zinal in Switzerland.
The Africans performed magnificently!
While they have dominated road running for decades, African runners have never really succeeded in establishing themselves in trail running, a speciality that requires technical and muscular qualities that did not seem to fully correspond to their running style. However, during the 4th stage of the Golden Trail World Series in Switzerland, it was the Africans who stood out! Winners in both the men's and women's races, ahead of the best European runners in the world, they also managed to take many places of honour with five Africans in the men's top 10 and four women in the women's top 10. An unprecedented result in a world cup round!
Bracelets for a win
This result is very encouraging and is in line with what the Golden Trail World Series aims to do: have the best athletes in the world compete against each other at each stage. It is not always easy, however, for these African runners who struggle to get visas in time to participate in events and who sometimes have to be resourceful in financing their travel. This was particularly the case for Esther Chesang (team Sky Runners, Kenya) who had to sell bracelets to raise 1,400 Euros to pay for her trip to Switzerland. This victory in the Golden Trail World Series should make it easier for her to participate in other European races. Especially as African runners have a real desire to shine on the trails of Europe. This is the case of Mark Kangogo (team Daudin / On Running, Kenya), winner of the men's race, who claims to have trained for more than six months especially for this round of the GTWS.
Get ready for the USA!
After this incredible 4th stage in Switzerland, it's time for the runners to take a short month's rest before heading to the United States where two legendary races await them. The first one will take place on September 17 in Manitou Springs in Colorado which is to host the Pikes Peak Ascent!
Results
Men
1 – MARK KANGOGO (KEN – DAUDIN / ON RUNNING): 02:27:31
2 – ANDREU BLANES (ESP – HOKA ONE ONE / CARNICAS SERRANO): 02:29:19
3 - PATRICK KIPNGENO (KEN - RUN2GETHER): 02:29:35
4 – PETRO MAMU (ERI – SCARPA): 02:30:18
5 – KILIAN JORNET (ESP – NNORMAL): 02:30:19
Women
1 – ESTHER CHESANG (KEN – SKY RUNNERS KENYA): 02:52:01
2 – MAUDE MATHYS (SUI – SALOMON): 02:52:32
3 – PHILIARIES KISANG (KEN – DAUDIN / ON RUNNING): 02:58:00
4 – TERESIAH OMOSA (KEN – RUN2GETHER): 03:01:13
5 – SARAH MCCORMACK (IRL – INOV-8): 03:04:12
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HANGZHOU, China, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On World Photography Day 2022, IPRO Membrane launched an ePTFE membrane primarily used to protect action cameras from water ingress. This innovative solution allows action cameras to fully operate 10 meters underwater for over 2 hours. The ePTFE membrane provides exceptional air permeability without accumulating working heat, which typically causes internal and external pressure differentiation resulting in mechanical damage or loss of service life.
"We take control of the entire process; from material selection to R&D and experimentation, and all the way to final mass production. For sports cameras, the biggest difficulty of waterproofing is ensuring the membrane's pores are evenly distributed in an effective range of area. This guarantees that under complex environments, it can provide a relatively stable permeation volume. The ePTFE membrane balances condensation and avoids damaging internal components," Global Product Director of IPRO, James Lee, mentioned.
Sports cameras are often exposed to extreme weather conditions including high temperatures, wide ranges of pressure, extreme cold, and deep-water scenarios. This requires strict waterproofing and air permeability capacities for the camera's internal elements and lenses. A high-level of technical standards are required to maintain batch stability during mass production. Given that the membrane material is soft and ductile, it is easily deformed and can result in an inconsistent thickness or scattered pores.
IPRO, a well-known global enterprise in the field of ePTFE membrane production, has dedicated itself to the research and development of sensitive and outdoor component protection. Currently, it has over 10 years of experience in serving a wide range of enterprises, such as various automotive manufacturers, acoustic design companies, virtual reality designers, and smart watch brands. IPRO's capability for microporous membranes range from R&D to large-scale production. The ePTFE membranes provide all-around solutions for waterproofing, air permeability adjustment, oleophobic additions, and dustproofing. The air permeability of the membrane for sports cameras provided by IPRO range from 20ml/min/cm²/@7kPa to 25000ml/min/cm²/@7kPa.
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SHANGRAO, China, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that since August 15, 2022, the local government of Sichuan province, where certain of JinkoSolar' s manufacturing facilities are located, has imposed province-wide power rationing measures to ease the power shortage in the region. As a result of these measures, the production capacity of JinkoSolar' s manufacturing facilities in Sichuan province has been temporarily affected.
JinkoSolar is actively monitoring the situation and has implemented various measures to minimize the adverse impact from the power rationing on its business operations and financial performance, including but not limited to having its other manufacturing facilities assume more production, and actively communicating with the local government about power supply related matters. However, as it remains uncertain how long the power rationing measures will persist and when JinkoSolar's Sichuan manufacturing facilities can resume full production, JinkoSolar is currently unable to evaluate the extent to which its business operation and financial performance for full year 2022 will be affected.
About JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world. JinkoSolar distributes its solar products and sells its solutions and services to a diversified international utility, commercial and residential customer base in China, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Chile, South Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Greece and other countries and regions. JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of 40.0 GW for mono wafers, 40.0 GW for solar cells, and 50.0 GW for solar modules, as of March 31, 2022.
JinkoSolar has 12 productions facilities globally, 21 overseas subsidiaries in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, UAE, and Denmark, and global sales teams in mainland China, the United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Australia, Korea, India, Turkey, Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Hong Kong, as of March 31, 2022.
To find out more, please see: www.jinkosolar.com
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Cloud Service Achieved High Quality Growth, with 35.5% YoY Revenue Expansion
HONG KONG, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kingdee International Software Group Company Limited ("Kingdee International", "Kingdee" or the "Company" and its subsidiaries, collectively referred to as the "Group"; Stock Code: 0268.HK) today announced its interim results as of 30 June 2022 (the "Reporting Period"). During the Reporting Period, the Group continued to focus on subscription-based cloud services, powering a high quality growth of cloud service business. During the Reporting Period, cloud service business achieved a revenue growth of 35.5% year-on-year (yoy), accounting for approximately 76.4% of the Group's total revenue. Annual recurring revenue (ARR) of Kingdee subscription-based cloud services reached approximately RMB1.86 billion, representing a yoy increase of 46.5%, and the contract liabilities related to subscription-based cloud services expanded by 56.0% yoy.
During the Reporting Period, the Group recorded total revenue of approximately RMB2,197 million, representing an increase of approximately 17.3% comparing to 1H2021 (1H2021: RMB1,872 million). Revenue from ERP business decreased by 18.1% yoy. Loss attributable to owners of the Company amounted to RMB356 million for the current period, which was mainly due to increasing investment in research and development of cloud services products, in particular Kingdee Cloud Constellation and HR SaaS, and the adverse impact on the project implementation efficiency caused by the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Almost 30 years since its inception, Kingdee has provided digital management solutions to more than 7.4 million enterprises. Kingdee has also been well recognized by renowned domestic and international research institutions in 1H2022: 1) the only Chinese enterprise SaaS vendor ranked top-ten market share in Gartner's 2021 High Productivity aSaaS Platform; 2) ranked No.1 by IDC in China's aPaaS public cloud market ("China ERP Application Platform-based Cloud Services Market Insights"); 3) selected into Gartner's China Enterprise Low-Code Application Platform Competitive Landscape, as China's representative vendor in the enterprise low-code platform.
Large Enterprise - accelerating cooperation with Top 500 Companies, proceeded in building local substitution benchmarks
During the Reporting Period, Kingdee Cloud Cosmic and Constellation recorded RMB284 million in revenue, an increase of 77.6% yoy. Dollar retention ratio remained stable compared to the same period last year. In 1H2022, 476 customers were signed, including 194 new customers, such as Shandong Heavy Industry, China General Technology Group, Minmetals International, Gemdale Corporation, Liugong Group, Guangdong Energy, Chongqing Pharma, etc. In addition, the Company continued to introduce strategic implementation partners and achieved major breakthrough in direct implementation by partners. This initiative was to support Kingdee's large enterprise business growth plan. Cosmic and Constellation helped 122 enterprise customers to complete local substitution, and supported Huawei, Vanke, China Merchants Group, Wuchan Zhongda, Hesteel Group, Shagang Group and other global top 500 companies to carry out digital management reconstruction.
During the period, Kingdee Cloud Cosmic has received a series of industry recognitions: 1) selected into the "Cloud Native Products Directory" of the ICT Institute, 2) enlisted in the "Key Laboratory of Industrial Big Data Analysis and Integrated Application" of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Moreover, Kingdee Cloud Cosmic was deeply involved in Xinchuang ecosystem, including completing the full stack adaptation with four Xinchuang mainstream technology system and obtaining the "Digital Ecology Compatibility Certification" from the ICT Institute.
Kingdee Cloud Constellation is designed for large enterprise EBC, covering standard applications and features such as finance cloud, supply chain cloud, procurement cloud, marketing cloud, manufacturing cloud, etc. Among them, Constellation HR Cloud, combined with Huawei's leading global human resources management practice, focuses on the main business key points of human resources management in large Chinese enterprises. It is a global human resources management cloud service application product that satisfies the organizational transformation of the main business of large enterprises and the flexible adjustment of innovative businesses. In addition, financial middle office, EPM (Enterprise Performance Management) and smart finance have prominent differentiation advantages, helping large enterprises to build world-class financial systems and accelerate localization substitution.
Medium Enterprise - expanding the lead, subscription ARR achieved rapid growth of 53% yoy
During the Reporting Period, Kingdee Cloud Galaxy signed more than 300 national and provincial novel elites of SMEs; Newly signed DONG FANG ZHEN XUAN, Zhoushan Boeing, Shanghai Mabwell, Shenzhen Microgate, Digibird, Senba Dptoelectronic, HeyGears, Snapmaker, FACC, Zhongshan Lanju, Joyoung Soymilk & Food, Hong Kong Catalo and other enterprises. Galaxy's revenue reached RMB786 million in 1H2022 , an increase of 16.1% yoy. Cloud subscription ARR increased by 53% yoy. Dollar retention ratio was 89%. Galaxy's customer base reached 28,300 customers.
During the Reporting Period, Kingdee Cloud Galaxy improved the business layout of "one rocket, multiple satellites" by launching Kingdee Cloud Galaxy Ultra. Galaxy announced four major growth plans with EXIN, Amazon AWS, Ctrip Travel and Deloitte to accelerate the advancement of Galaxy's platform and ecosystem strategy. Galaxy also upgraded the Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) solution and launched special solutions for novel elites of SMEs, further enhancing the competitiveness of "PLM+ERP+MES". Galaxy launched supply chain control tower, a metrics design platform based on a customizable number of metrics, strengthening its data intelligence services.
Small and Micro Enterprise - strengthening business-finance-tax integrated solutions, continuously improved market share
During the Reporting Period, SME finance cloud business maintained rapid growth of 74.1% yoy. Kingdee Cloud Stellar recorded a revenue increase of 337.7% yoy, and dollar retention ratio was at 72%. Stellar's customer base reached nearly 20,000. Kingdee Cloud Stellar is positioned to meet the requirements of small commerce business and industrial trade business in growth stage. Stellar kept improving "management + operation" integrated solutions, helping enterprises to realize intelligent financial and tax management, digital and intelligent customer management, online integration, and supply and marketing collaborative integration. It redefined the industry benchmark for business-finance-tax integration. Through persistent product innovation and marketing promotion, the layout of Kingdee SME ecosystem continued to expand, which benefited Kingdee in market share gain.
Ecosystem - Cosmic ISV partners growing rapidly, moved forward in the layout of ecosystem strategy
Kingdee Cloud Cosmic ISV partner ecosystem continued to expand. Over 150 ISV partners developed their products based on Cosmic platform, covering 13 major sectors including intelligent manufacturing, transportation and logistics, wholesale and retail, finance, and life sciences. On strategic partners, Kingdee carried out cooperation with domestic and global consulting and service companies, and reached strategic partnership with Deloitte, Ernst& Young, ShineWing, HAND Enterprise, JGDT, etc. Meanwhile, Kingdee also deepened the collaboration with KPMG, iSoftStone and Chinasoft International. These partnerships formed Kingdee's implementation service ecosystem, and supported the Company's large enterprise market strategy. In addition, Kingdee co-built industry solutions with Huawei Cloud, Ali Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Amazon AWS and Meituan to offer comprehensive products on these platforms. Kingdee constantly improved the Xinchuang layout, completing product certifications with over twenty Xinchuang partners.
"Xu Shaochun WeChat Public Account" - listening to customers and improving Kingdee customer success ecosystem
Pioneering in the enterprise service industry, Xu Shaochun WeChat Public Account established the culture of "wholeheartedly serving the enterprise customers" through the entire user journey. In the first half of 2022, the Public Account received over 12,000 inquiries and consultations. Through optimizing the workflow, the Account enabled Kingdee's R&D team directly accessing to customer feedbacks, in order to promote product improvement. Going forward, Kingdee's customer success would take the Account as leverage for improving customer lifecycle experience.
Xu Shaochun, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Kingdee Group, noted that in the first half of 2022, the repetition of COVID-19 breakout in China and uncertainties in global economic recovery post many challenges. The challenging environment pushed for the acceleration of digital transformation to pursue high quality growth across different industries and verticals. Kingdee will play a major role in the enterprise digital transformation by offering the new generation composable EBC digital platform and delivering agile innovation capabilities to resolve challenges, and realizing "data-driven enterprise, resilient growth." Looking forward, the Group will adhere to the Kingdee philosophy of "Customer foremost, long-term adherence to professionalism; Strivers oriented, long-term adherence to pure and visionary minds," fighting alongside customers. On the basis of consistent self-innovation and advancing technology, Kingdee will promote open and win-win with ecosystem partners. Kingdee will continue to execute the "Platform + Finance & HR & Tax + Ecosystem" strategy and remain unswervingly committed to cloud subscription model, to achieve the mission of "Creating another Kingdee with the cloud subscription business model."
About Kingdee International Software Group Company Limited
Kingdee International Software Group Company Limited ("Kingdee International" or "Kingdee") was established in 1993. It is listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 0268.HK) and headquartered in Shenzhen, the PRC. Adhering to the core values of "Acting in all Conscience, with Integrity and Righteousness", the Company is committed to helping businesses achieve their growth targets and let the sun shine on every company through dedicated services. It strives to provide them with the most trusted enterprise service platform.
According to IDC, Kingdee ranked as No.1 in the SaaS ERM (Enterprise Resource Management Cloud Service) for Large, Medium and SME enterprises in China, maintaining the No.1 in the market share in terms of SaaS EA (Enterprise Application Software Cloud Services) and Finance Cloud. Meanwhile, Kingdee has become the only Chinese enterprise SaaS vendor ranked top-ten market share in Gartner's 2021 High Productivity aSaaS Platform, as well as the only Chinese vendor to be selected in IDC's Asia-pacific manufacturing ERP SaaS MarketScape, as a Contender. In addition, Kingdee Cloud was selected in "The State of Low-Code Platforms of Forrester", having the most case studies among all enterprise PaaS+SaaS platforms. Kingdee has attached great importance to user privacy and data security, and obtained the "grand slam" of security and privacy certifications, including ISO27001, ISO27701, Grade III Protection of Information Security, Cloud Security Alliance CSA-STAR.
Kingdee's diverse Cloud services and products are the preferred choices of leading enterprises. They include "Kingdee Cloud Cosmic" (an assemblable enterprise-grade PaaS platform), "Kingdee Cloud Constellation" (EBC of large enterprises), "Kingdee Cloud Galaxy" (EBC of high growth enterprises), "Kingdee Cloud Stellar" (SaaS management cloud for small enterprises). Kingdee have provided digital management solutions to more than 7.40 million enterprises and other organizations around the world.
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SOURCE Kingdee | https://www.whsv.com/prnewswire/2022/08/22/kingdee-international-announces-2022-interim-result/ | 2022-08-22T08:06:13Z |
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