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Company launches its first locations outside of Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Equity Union's CEO, Harma Hartouni, announced the addition of two branches in Riverside County to be located in Palm Springs and Palm Desert.
With the addition of the new branches, Equity Union announced the expansion of its operations to open in the desert with temporary locations at the Flannery Exchange in Palm Springs and Fusion Workplaces in Palm Desert. The permanent Palm Springs branch to be located at 460 S. Palm Canyon Drive is scheduled to complete interior renovations and open at the beginning of Q4 with a permanent office in the east valley to be announced soon.
Equity Union has offices in Sherman Oaks, Encino, Woodland Hills and Brentwood, as well as immediate plans to open locations in Toluca Lake and Santa Clarita. With these additional locations, Equity Union will operate 8 branches by the end of 2022.
About Equity Union: Founded by Harma Hartouni, groundbreaking REALTOR® and inspiring author of the memoir Getting Back Up, Equity Union was created to be a completely unique real estate company. With an unparalleled commitment to service, integrity and excellence, we're ready to both inspire your vision and help you bring it to life.
About Harma Hartouni: Harma Hartouni is a self-made entrepreneur and developer, owns a real estate company employing hundreds of residential and commercial real estate agents in Southern California. Among awards and recognition received, The National Association of REALTORS® named Harma one of their top "30 Under 30" brokers in the country, and the Los Angeles Business Journal has recognized him as one of their "40 Under 40" Most Influential Business Owners.
Media Contact; Dan Stueve, +13105955875, dan@equityunion.com
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Matregenix is headquartered at University Lab Partners, the premier life science incubator located in UCI Research Park.
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Matregenix announces a grant award from the National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research under the auspices of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant will be utilized to develop a new dental barrier membrane for guided bone regeneration.
Guided bone regeneration (GBR) is a common technique used in the dental industry for the treatment of bony defects, among other conditions. Barrier membranes are crucial components of GBR procedures, used to cover the bone defect and create a secluded space that facilitates growth of the bone by preventing connective tissue from interfering in that growth while also protecting the wound. Legacy membranes fall short of attaining the desired properties for GBR techniques leading to additional costs and unnecessary pain for patients.
"Our new approach will address the limitations of current products by eliminating the need for animal-based materials while introducing a new biomaterial to benefit the areas of soft tissue repair applications. This award will help us validate the clinical significance of our innovative membrane to provide a more suitable armamentarium for oral and craniomaxillofacial bone regeneration compared to the gold standard collagen membrane," stated Dr. Sherif Soliman, Founder and CEO of Matregenix.
The research will be conducted in collaboration with Prof. Marco Bottino's research group from the University of Michigan. "This project is built on the extensive published and preliminary data that my lab has generated in collaboration with Matregenix over the past 3 years, and I strongly believe that successful completion of this project is the critical step to translating the next-generation of barrier membranes for guided bone regeneration applications," stated Prof. Marco Bottino, University of Michigan School of Dentistry.
Matregenix has also been recognized as a finalist in the 2022 High Tech Awards powered by Octane. In addition, the Matregenix Transparent Nanofiber Mask was announced as a Phase 2 finalist in the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)-NIOSH-NIST Mask Innovation Challenge.
Matregenix Inc. is a California-based technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures highly tunable nanofibrous materials adaptable to customized needs in a wide range of applications.
University Lab Partners (ULP) is a premier, nonprofit, wet lab incubator located in UCI Research Park in Irvine, CA. ULP is a professionally managed and equipped wet lab facility along with the benefits of peer-to-peer interactions among a life science-focused entrepreneurial community.
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CHARLESTON, S.C., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Ink Technologies Corp., an integrated hardware and software company providing end-to-end zero trust immutable solutions for products and services, confirmed today that it has licensed its 20th filed patent. "Management and Tracking of Patient Encounters and Medical Information including Immutable Tokens, Digital Assets, and Smart Contracts."
A variety of studies over the last 2 decades have found that administrative expenses account for approximately 15% to 25% of total national health care expenditures, an amount that represents an estimated $600 billion to $1 trillion per year of the total national health expenditures of $3.8 trillion in 2019. Black Ink Tech subsidiary Paired Pharma Inc aims to "Put Care Back In Health Care" by utilizing blockchain, tokens, and NFTs to remove friction and provide immutable confirmed data to improve these admin processes, and reduce or eliminate fraud and patient encounter misclassification and thus ultimately save money which could result in lower health care costs to consumers. Ultimately, the platform makes the patient encounter experience easier and faster for both patient and health care professional allowing care, not paperwork, to become the priority.
Black Ink Tech has exclusively licensing 11 awarded patents this year alone related to NFTs, Blockchain, Smart Contracts, and Digital Assets. CEO Jeremy Blackburn stated "I am very excited about the coming month's developments and product releases as we have exclusive rights to multiple awarded patents that form the foundation of our platform that we will be able to grow from for decades to come. The first patents related to blockchain and smart contracts were filed in 2019, and awarded in 2020, with additional filings expected to continue for the foreseeable future. This positions Black Ink Tech to competitively implement its platform across multiple industries, proving truth and providing transparency that ultimately benefits the consumer and overall industries by maximizing asset and service value through necessary efficiency creation."
Founded in 2019, Black Ink Tech (BIT) provides transparency to every business and market segment by focusing on truth rather than trust in data information. With approximately 52 global team members on four continents, Black Ink Tech's development and market growth never sleep. Through BIT's multi-patented integrated blockchain software and hardware platform it produces end-to-end immutability which reduces or eliminates friction to increase efficiency, allows for full transparency, and maximizes product or service value. Initially starting in construction, BIT has expanded its product offering vastly and continues to expand to reach additional industries and markets.
To learn more about Black Ink Tech, please visit https://www.blackinktech.io
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Chernew M, Mintz H. Administrative Expenses in the US Health Care System - Why So High? JAMA Network article. Published online October 2021. Accessed August 20, 2021. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2785479#:~:text=A%20variety%20of%20studies%20over,of%20%243.8%20trillion%20in%202019.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Carvana Co. (NYSE: CVNA) between May 6, 2020 and June 24, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important October 3, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action commenced by the firm.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Carvana securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Carvana class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6457 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 3, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Carvana faced serious, ongoing issues with documentation, registration, and title with many of its vehicles; (2) as a result, Carvana was issuing unusually frequent temporary plates; (3) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana was violating laws and regulations in many existing markets; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana risked its ability to continue business and/or expand its business in existing markets; (5) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana was at an increased risk of governmental investigation and action; (6) Carvana was in discussion with state and local authorities regarding the above-stated business tactics and issues; (7) Carvana was facing imminent and ongoing regulatory actions including license suspensions, business cessation, and probation in several states and counties including in Arizona, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and North Carolina; and (8) as a result, defendants' statements about Carvana's business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Carvana class action, go https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6457 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Coupang, Inc. (NYSE: CPNG) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with Coupang's March 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 25, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Coupang securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Coupang class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8383 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 25, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the IPO Registration Statement featured false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Coupang was engaged in improper anti-competitive practices with its suppliers and other third parties in violation of applicable regulations, including: (a) pressuring suppliers to raise prices of products on competing e-commerce platforms to ensure Coupang's prices would be more competitive; (b) coercing suppliers into purchasing advertisements that would benefit Coupang financially; (c) forcing suppliers to shoulder all expenses from sales promotions; and (d) requesting wholesale rebates from suppliers without specifying any terms relating to rebate programs, all of which served to artificially maintain Coupang's lower prices and artificially inflate Coupang's historical revenues and market share; (2) Coupang had improperly adjusted search algorithms and manipulated product reviews on its marketplace platform to prioritize its own private-label branded products over those of other sellers and merchants, to the detriment of consumers, merchants, and suppliers; (3) unbeknownst to its Rocket WOW members (a customer loyalty program for the Company's most engaged and frequent customers), Coupang was selling products to non-member customers at lower prices than those offered to its Rocket WOW members; (4) Coupang subjected its workforce to extreme, unsafe, and unhealthy working conditions; (5) all of the above illicit practices exposed Coupang to a heightened, but undisclosed, risk of reputational and regulatory scrutiny that would harm Coupang's critical relationships with consumers, merchants, suppliers, and the workforce; and (6) Coupang's lower prices, historical revenues, competitive advantages, and growing market share were the result of systemic, improper, unethical, and/or illegal practices, and, thus, unsustainable.
To join the Coupang class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8383 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
Follow us for updates on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rosen-law-firm, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosen_firm or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosenlawfirm/.
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The Rosen Law Firm, P.A.
275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 686-1060
Toll Free: (866) 767-3653
Fax: (212) 202-3827
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NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of 17 Education & Technology Group Inc. (NASDAQ: YQ) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with 17EdTech's December 2020 initial public offering (the "IPO"), of the important September 19, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline, in the securities class action commenced by the Firm.
SO WHAT: If you purchased 17EdTech securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the 17EdTech class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7395 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 19, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the IPO Registration Statement featured false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Defendant 17EdTech's K-12 Academic AST Services would end less than a year after the IPO; (2) as part of its ongoing regulatory efforts, Chinese authorities would imminently curtail and/or end 17EdTech's core business; and (3) as a result, Defendants' statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the 17EdTech class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7395 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
Follow us for updates on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rosen-law-firm, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosen_firm or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosenlawfirm/.
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Laurence Rosen, Esq.
Phillip Kim, Esq.
The Rosen Law Firm, P.A.
275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 686-1060
Toll Free: (866) 767-3653
Fax: (212) 202-3827
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NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Azure Power Global Limited (NYSE: AZRE) between June 15, 2021 and August 26, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 31, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Azure Power securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Azure Power class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8433 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 31, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's business operations and prospects. Specifically, defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) there were procedural irregularities, including deviations from safety and quality standards, at one of Azure Power's plants; (2) certain project data was manipulated; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's internal controls and procedures were not effective; (4) Azure Power had received a credible whistleblower report alleging such misconduct; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Azure Power class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8433 mailto:or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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Laurence Rosen, Esq.
Phillip Kim, Esq.
The Rosen Law Firm, P.A.
275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 686-1060
Toll Free: (866) 767-3653
Fax: (212) 202-3827
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NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of Celsius Financial Products, including CEL Tokens, Earn Rewards high-interest accounts, and/or Celsius Loan products, between February 9, 2018, and June 13, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), against Celsius Network LLC ("Celsius"), Celsius Lending LLC, Celsius KeyFi LLC (collectively, the "Celsius Entities") and its executives Alexander Mashinsky, Shlomi "Daniel" Leon, David Barse, and Alan Jeffrey Carr (together, "Defendants"), of the important September 13, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Celsius Financial Products, including CEL Tokens, Earn Rewards high-interest accounts, and/or Celsius Loan products you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Celsius class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7586 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 13, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, Defendants violated provisions of the Securities Act by selling non-exempt securities without registering it. The complaint alleges that Celsius and Individual Defendants violated provisions of the Securities Act by also participating in Celsius' failure to register the Celsius Financial Products. The complaint alleges that the Defendants violated provisions of the New Jersey Common Law by possessing the monetary value of Celsius Financial Products of inflated value which rightfully belongs to the Plaintiff and members of the Class.
Also according to the lawsuit, Defendants violated provisions of the Exchange Act by carrying out a plan, scheme, and course of conduct that Celsius intended to and did deceive retail investors and thereby caused them to purchase Celsius Financial Products at artificially inflated prices; endorsed false statements they knew or recklessly should have known were material misleading, and they made untrue statements of material fact and omitted to state material facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading.
To join the Celsius class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7586 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
Follow us for updates on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rosen-law-firm, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosen_firm or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosenlawfirm/.
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Contact Information:
Laurence Rosen, Esq.
Phillip Kim, Esq.
The Rosen Law Firm, P.A.
275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 686-1060
Toll Free: (866) 767-3653
Fax: (212) 202-3827
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ROCKLEDGE, Fla. and PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Valeo Networks, a leading Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), today announced it is acquiring Alura Business Solutions, LLC, a Managed Service Provider (MSP) based in Plymouth Meeting, PA. Financial terms are not being released.
Alura Business Solutions provides IT solutions for organizations in a number of markets, including manufacturing, non-profit, and healthcare. It will operate as DBA Alura Business Solutions (A Valeo Networks Company). The company will continue its normal operations out of its location in Plymouth Meeting.
Alura was founded in 2005, and has provided high quality, customized IT solutions for small and mid-sized organizations in and around Plymouth Meeting. It has implemented efficient and effective managed IT services that enhance security, increase productivity, and maintain exceptional operational reliability for its clients.
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Praise for Dr. Naganathan
I read with disgust your recent negative article about Oregon Tech and Dr. Nagi, My wife and I retired to Klamath where she was born and I have been on the Oregon Tech Foundation for a number of years.
In addition, we set up a scholarship for students and I am an active scholarship reader. Dr. Nagi has done an outstanding job. He has been instrumental in guiding the university with the success that OIT has achieved. He has received substantial state support and funding and donations for the renovation of Cornell Hall and for the creation of the Center for Excellence and Engineering. He has created a PhD program for physical therapists and an advanced dental program in addition to other substantial accomplishments. He is a true visionary and one who we are fortunate to have.
There were comments about the tuition. College is not a free lunch. Oregon Tech has provided many and an increasing number of scholarships to deserving students. The tuition on a relative and absolute basis is reasonable and the results for those who have graduated have been outstanding. I can't understand why people think that guiding a university is easy. Do the people who are complaining expect every decision be made by all the professors, staff, union leaders, and students? That is not the way the world runs.
Dr. Nagi has done as much or more for the university that almost all the previous presidents. It is time to work with him and not against him.
Gerald Freschi
Klamath Falls
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On a Portland visit mid-August, one evening we caught a TV item about an Ohio school district that revamped an old school building’s ventilation system, with COVID recovery money. A demonstration of great consideration for safety and health. Not cheap, of course, but thought for today’s students and staffers, and the future. (Label it inherent worth and dignity of every person.)
Across our nation many schools are not young. Remember the multitude, ”hiccups” in the remodel of Klamath Union High?
It is theorized spending recovery funds on a, “Jet on a Stick”: (a) recognizes our military folk, (b) will attract tourists. No doubt our region also has unique natural draws! And lest I forget, remind me of the name of our lovely downtown park; and don’t forget all those name bricks.
Meantime, in our old school buildings nine months of every year, are current military offspring, maybe even your kids or grandkids, plus staffs (our neighbors).
I site just two Herald & News editions, Aug. 10 and 20 (read post-Portland): Headline on Aug. 10, page A3 City/Region, “Children’s wellness report reveals ’mental health pandemic’". Right below page one masthead on Aug. 20, print item was “Stress Tests"; subhead beneath, “Mental and behavioral health solutions and anti-bullying interventions refocused as anxious students, parents and staff return to schools after recent shootings”.
Are we blind to the handwriting on the wall?
Also, check the Peanuts cartoon on Saturday, Aug. 27.
Spending whatever funds, ask this all-encircling question, quoted from Rosey Grier, 90, offered all to ask, “What’s good for our house?”
Barbara H. Turk
Klamath Falls
Beware candidates supporting MAGA Big Lie
When Oregon and Jackson County Republicans endorse the MAGA Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen, they tell voters where they stand. Voters beware!
This confirms that local and state Republican candidates seek voter suppression, an end to women’s reproductive choice and other personal freedoms, the continued massacre of our children in school, and policy based on QAnon delusions rather than evidence and science.
In Oregon, the 2022 election is as much about defending democracy and our individual freedoms against the Republican onslaught as it is anywhere else. Republicans claim to be the party of law and order, but they now promote defunding the Department of Justice and rioting in the streets if they don’t get their way.
As conservatives across the nation desert the MAGA party, they argue genuine conservatives need to put country and state above party and vote for Democratic candidates who still stand for democracy.
Trisha Vigil
Medford | https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/letters-to-the-editor-for-sept-3-2022/article_51b1e3fe-297a-11ed-a9ef-ff5d6e9c3164.html | 2022-09-02T02:15:31Z |
Collisions between vehicles and large animals, like deer, are not only scary. The medical, car repair and cleanup costs really add up. That is according to a new study out of Washington State University that supports the case for building more wildlife crossings on highways.
The Oregon and Washington transportation departments are adding wildlife overpasses, underpasses and related fencing bit by bit, as scarce funding allows. The new study published in the journal Transportation Research Record by a WSU doctoral student looked at the efficacy and economics of those road safety improvements.
Wisnu Sugiarto of the WSU School of Economic Sciences tallied the number of serious animal-vehicle collisions in the vicinity of 13 crossing structures in Washington. He compared those numbers to a control group of highway stretches that didn’t have the wildlife safety features. The raw data came from crash reports filed to WSDOT from 2011-2020.
Sugiarto found a favorable cost-benefit analysis. The study estimated each crossing structure could save society between $235,000 and $443,000 annually through collision reductions. The savings varied based on structure size, design and location.
“If you plan on a structure having a 30-year lifespan, then there’s a lot of benefits,” Sugiarto said in an interview. “I hope that with this amount of benefits – in terms of quantified benefits – can give some information for transportation planners to think about.”
The study said the construction cost for a wildlife underpass can range from $500,000 to $2.7 million. The cost for an overpass can range from $2.7 million to $6.2 million. Often, the cost represents an incremental add-on to a large highway improvement project.
By Sugiarto’s analysis, the more expensive wildlife bridges were more effective in reducing collisions than cheaper culvert designs. This finding derives partly from which species prefer which structure design. Deer are by far the most commonly found carcasses along state highways in the Pacific Northwest. Previous studies using wildlife cameras showed deer prefer airy, open crossings and shy away from enclosed culvert underpasses. On the other hand, tunnel-like passages appeared popular with bears and amphibians.
WSDOT published a report of its own earlier this year on the benefits of wildlife crossings for road safety. Aside from matters of life and death, WSDOT estimated the average vehicle-deer collision resulted in economic costs of $9,175. Hitting an elk ballooned the average cost per collision to $24,242 and a moose even more, $42,652 per collision.
Notably, the bipartisan infrastructure package passed by Congress in 2021 created a new $350 million competitive grant program for states, local governments and tribes specifically to build more wildlife crossings over the next five years.
"A survey of close to 500 state and federal transportation agency representatives identified funding as the #1 barrier to making a national investment in wildlife crossing structures," ARC Solutions executive director Renee Callahan said in a statement celebrating the bipartisan infrastructure package as "a crucial tipping point in improving human safety, reducing wildlife mortality, restoring connectivity and creating jobs." ARC (Animal Road Crossing) is a partnership of groups seeking to promote road safety through wildlife passages.
The decade-long project to widen I-90 from Hyak to Easton, Washington, on the east slope of the Cascade Range includes a number of new wildlife underpasses. In addition, one prominent overcrossing was completed in 2018. A second overhead bridge solely for animals is planned and funded near Easton.
On a different stretch of highway, SR 522 near Monroe, the state rebuilt a bridge with an increased span to accommodate wildlife crossings underneath. Highway 97 in Washington’s Okanogan Valley is another deer collision hotspot getting attention.
Driving under the striking, arched and landscaped animal crossing over the six lanes of I-90 is what originally got Sugiarto interested in the topic.
“I was really curious because, first, it didn’t seem like there were any cars driving on the bridge,” Sugiarto said. “So, after I did some reading I learned that wildlife-vehicle collisions are an issue in many locations.”
During the 2022 Session of the Oregon Legislature, lawmakers increased funding for wildlife crossing projects. ODOT has focused on Highway 97 south of Bend, which had a very high rate of mule deer versus vehicle collisions. ODOT has already lined miles of this highway with 8-foot-tall fencing to guide deer and other wildlife to underpasses for safe crossing. Those sections then experienced major drops in collisions.
The WSU study did not attempt to quantify the benefit of improved habitat connectivity, but acknowledged that this is another valid reason for policymakers to justify spending on wildlife crossings. Major interstates such as I-90 and I-5 in Washington and I-405 in California sever the ranges of animals, such as cougars, and can consequently contribute to inbreeding within isolated populations. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/animal-crossings-over-and-under-highways-can-save-big-dollars-not-just-lives-says-new/article_9a91bcf8-2a3c-11ed-a9a0-13759fc4ec53.html | 2022-09-02T02:15:37Z |
The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that animals can’t file lawsuits, a relief to farm advocates who had worried about potentially expansive new litigation over livestock production.
The appellate court has determined a horse lacks the legal right to sue its former owner, who’d pleaded guilty to neglecting the animal.
The Oregon Farm Bureau, Oregon Cattlemen’s Association and Oregon Dairy Farmers Association feared the case could set a precedent, exposing meat and dairy producers to lawsuits from activists.
“If you look at the mission of most of these groups, that is the ultimate goal: to stop the ownership of animals,” said Mary Anne Cooper, the Farm Bureau’s vice president of government affairs.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund, which sought to represent the horse, is planning to petition the Oregon Supreme Court to review the dismissal, said Christopher Berry, the group’s managing attorney.
“It’s an unjust result to say an animal cruelty victim can’t have their day in court,” Berry said.
A three-judge appellate panel has unanimously rejected the argument that Kim Mosiman, the executive director of an animal rescue nonprofit, could seek damages on the horse’s behalf from Gwendolyn Vercher, who surrendered the animal in 2017.
Vercher was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay $4,000 in fees, including restitution for the veterinary treatment of the horse’s malnourishment, lice and infections, but the animal still needs specialized medications and care, according to court documents.
In 2018, a judge in Washington County dismissed a tort complaint against Vercher ostensibly filed by Justice, the horse, because a “non-human animal” doesn’t have the “legal qualifications necessary for the assertion of legal rights and duties in a court of law.”
Mosiman, who now cares for the horse, admitted that Justice cannot independently file a lawsuit but argued that she could represent the animal’s interests in court as a guardian.
However, the appeals court said the situation isn’t sufficiently similar to those in which a guardian is appointed for a child or a person with cognitive disabilities.
An animal “inherently lacks self-determination and the ability to express its wishes in a manner that the legal system would recognize,” the ruling said.
Allowing attorneys to represent animals this way would be “susceptible to abuse,” with the animal potentially serving as a “pawn to be manipulated on a chessboard larger than his own case,” the appellate court said, citing legal precedents.
Only human beings and their legal entities can pursue lawsuits while animals “are neither natural nor artificial persons,” the ruling said.
Despite animal welfare laws that recognize them as “sentient beings capable of experiencing pain, stress and fear,” animals nonetheless remain a form of property without “substantive or procedural rights,” the ruling said.
“That the legislature intended to protect animals from needless suffering does not change that legal reality, and neither we nor the Oregon Supreme Court has suggested otherwise,” the appellate court said.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund claimed the appellate court could have recognized the limited procedural right of animals as crime victims to sue their offenders.
“The lawsuit is fundamentally about an animal’s right to be free from illegal animal cruelty,” said Berry, the group’s managing attorney. “It does not extend any further than that.”
However, farm and livestock organizations were concerned a broad ruling could throw open the door for other lawsuits on behalf of animals, such as cattle suing ranchers to challenge their confinement.
Even a narrower ruling could have served as a foot in the door, inviting additional cases that sought “limitless” legal recourse for animals, said Cooper, the Farm Bureau’s vice president of government affairs.
It’s unlikely that state lawmakers are prepared to give animals the right to file lawsuits, as the ruling suggests is possible, but “it’s absolutely something we will be watching for,” she said. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/animals-lack-the-right-to-file-lawsuits-oregon-court-of-appeals-says/article_cdfc4da2-2a3b-11ed-aad9-e74182e83b59.html | 2022-09-02T02:15:44Z |
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Oregon and California rank tops in the U.S. for workers — including women who work as well as tipped workers such as bartenders, according to international relief agency Oxfam America.
A worker replaces shingles on a roof July 20 in Oklahoma City, before the heat of the day sets in. Summer heat waves have hit across the U.S. this summer.
Oregon and California rank tops in the U.S. for workers — including women who work as well as tipped workers such as bartenders, according to international relief agency Oxfam America.
Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP
A worker replaces shingles on a roof July 20 in Oklahoma City, before the heat of the day sets in. Summer heat waves have hit across the U.S. this summer.
Oregon, California and Washington state rank as the best U.S. states for workers, according to Oxfam America, an international relief agency.
Oxfam favors raising the $7.25 per hour federal minimum wage and enacting more leave and protections for workers, especially those in lower-paying positions. That approach favors Democratic states in the rankings.
Oxfam ranked U.S. states on their regulations and policies related to family leave, pay levels, rights to organize labor unions and working conditions.
“This is a perilous time for millions of working families in the U.S., who are struggling every day just to make ends meet,” said Oxfam researcher Kaitlyn Henderson pointing to the 40-year highs with inflation. “As some states have stepped up to protect and support working families, others have refused to act, leaving workers with poverty wages, dangerous conditions, and no rights to organize or act collectively. This is about the reality of life in our country, and the urgent need for federal action.”
Oxfam likes Oregon, California and other progressive states minimum wages, pro-union labor laws and workplace regulations.
Oregon has a $13.50 per hour minimum wage while the baseline mandated pay is $14 per hour in California and $14.49 in Washington state, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour — which translates to $15,080 per year for a full-time worker.
There are U.S. states — including Idaho, Texas, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Louisiana — that have wage laws tied to the federal baseline or no state minimum wage at all.
Oregon also ranks well on Oxfam’s rankings for prohibiting pay secrecy (including related to gender, racial and other biases) and offering protections for workplace breastfeeding, paid family leave, domestic workers and employees who work outside and are exposed to heat.
The worst five states, according to Oxfam, are North Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama and Texas.
Those states have right-to-work laws which inhibit union organizing, minimum wages laws at the federal $7.25 level and pro-business and pro-employers regulations.
Among other states, Florida ranks 29th, New York fifth, Maryland 14th and Kansas 46th.
The federal minimum wage was last increased in 2009 with GOP and business groups opposing additional hikes.
“The federal government has failed America’s workers, refusing for decades to pass updates in labor laws--as a result it has fallen to the states to improve wages, working conditions and rights,” said Henderson. “Fortunately, there is important work happening at the state level that deserves celebration; and it’s vital to recognize that these policies are the direct result of workers who have organized and demanded change for years.”
Oxfam points to pregnancy accommodations and job protections for workers in Louisiana, new paid family leave mandates in Maryland and Connecticut and a Nevada law that restricts employers from asking new hires about their pay histories.
Oregon also tops Oxfam America’s ranking for the best U.S. states for working women. That includes state laws and regulations aimed gender pay disparities.
California is second followed by New York. Washington state and Connecticut. North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas rank at the bottom.
The rankings also looked at wage rules and levels for tipped workers — such as bartenders and food servers. Women make up the majority of tipped workers. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/oxfam-oregon-california-tops-in-u-s-for-workers-working-women/article_e4b9a5be-2a1b-11ed-9135-e71241d7168f.html | 2022-09-02T02:16:02Z |
Senate Bill 744, passed by the Oregon Legislature last year, ordered the Oregon Department of Education to deliver a report evaluating the state’s graduation requirements by Sept. 1, 2022.
Released Thursday, ODE’s report outlines research and recommendations on what’s expected of Oregon high school graduates, with two main findings and eight suggestions.
In the first review of Oregon’s graduation requirements in 15 years, the Oregon Department of Education examined graduation requirements in other states and solicited feedback from thousands of Oregonians. The report concluded that Oregon’s graduation requirements should change to be more equitable and better aligned with what businesses and colleges want from future employees and students.
ODE director Colt Gill said the recommendations focus on changing Oregon’s education system to better serve students and get them to graduation.
“We know students can meet requirements when we put them in front of them … one of the reasons you see so many of our recommendations focused on the system is because we think that’s what needs to be addressed to help our students, to help Oregon’s graduation rates, and help more students earn a diploma in Oregon,” Gill said.
But both feedback and data collected for the report show inequities in graduation among student groups — from the types of diploma students receive, to the method by which they fulfill graduation requirements.
ODE Administrator for Research and Accountability Dan Farley said the changes Oregon needs to make are systemwide, not based on individual student achievement.
“The accountability in our prior graduation requirements was almost squarely placed on individual students,” Farley said. “Whereas, graduation really is a community indicator, and it reflects students’ access to high quality learning resources across their K-12 experience.”
Gill said the data collected for the report informed ODE”s recommendations, which will be presented to legislators and the State Board of Education later this month.
The community feedback
State officials heard from 3500 people over the last year, including students, parents, educators and community members. The majority responded via a statewide survey, but state officials also hosted Zoom meetings and community conversations with specific groups.
The report summarizes the feedback received into several themes, among them flexibility, the value of skills like financial literacy and critical thinking, and the assessment methods for testing student knowledge in areas including math, reading and writing.
“My high school did not prepare students for the real world. They didn’t even teach students how to write a proper resume. They didn’t offer or point students in the direction of internships… The school just wanted to get kids to graduate; they were not focused on what happened after,” said one Oregon resident, quoted in the report.
Gill noted that access to high-quality education for all students was a repeated point.
“Our students and their families, and our educators weren’t so concerned about where we set the standard, they feel like they can meet it, and the students feel like they can meet it,” Gill said, “as long as they have access to an equitable education to help them get there.”
The state by state comparison
Compared to other states, Oregon’s graduation rate is near the bottom in the country’s rankings, a statistic that has long been mentioned by politicians and other officials. But when it comes to the number of credits required for graduation, Oregon is one of 14 states that require 24 credits, the most of any state.
Gill noted that Oregon’s diploma requirements are among the “most rigorous, most stringent” and aren’t equivalent to states with higher graduation rates and different standards for graduation.
“All that can feel like excuses, but what I’m really trying to say there, is that these are not measuring the same outcome for our students,” Gill said. “So we’re all calling it a diploma as an outcome, but that’s not what we’re reaching.”
The report’s authors say Oregon’s graduation rate falls below other states “partly due to differences in systemic investments.”
Farley said those systemic investments include better per-student funding, as well as higher pay for teachers.
“It’s not necessarily that we haven’t paid attention to or invested in these areas that we know are needed,” Farley added, citing the Student Success Act, a corporate tax legislators passed a few years ago to directly help fund schools. “But there are some states who are farther down in that investment process than we are.”
The recommendations
The recommendations include requiring a ‘future planning’ course that would include skills like financial planning or resume building. The report also recommends going from three Oregon diploma options (the Oregon diploma, the Modified Oregon Diploma, and the Extended Oregon Diploma) to just one.
The report found some Oregon schools were “increasing their use” of a modified diploma and that the differences between diploma types were not always communicated to parents and students. Some parents felt districts were “pushing” a modified diploma.
“They want to give my son a modified diploma but they haven’t given me enough information about what it means and that my son will have barriers if he receives the certificate or what will he be allowed to study,” said one parent’s comment in the report, translated from Spanish.
ODE also recommends keeping the list of Essential Skills but updating it with input from businesses, industry leaders, and colleges.
To prove students have mastered those skills, the report suggests connecting the skills to the recommended ‘future planning’ course, and removing the requirement that students prove their Essential Skills mastery with a test.
In addition to ordering this report, SB 744 dropped the Essential Skill requirement through the 2023-2024 school year, prompting concern that students would no longer have to prove they can read, write, or do math to graduate from high school.
“The review of statewide data shows the Assessment of Essential Skills requirement was implemented inequitably and did not ensure anticipated benefits for students in their preparation for postsecondary transition,” according to the report.
Other recommendations include better preparing students for life after high school by requiring two-year post graduation plans for students.
What’s next
What happens next to Oregon education depends on the Legislature and Oregon State Board of Education.
With a gubernatorial election coming just a couple of months away, the future of Oregon’s graduation requirements also lie with its next governor.
Gill said he hopes Oregonians take the time to read the report before coming to conclusions about the state agency’s position on graduation requirements.
“It will be easy to politicize and to make statements about, you know, ‘these recommendations will lead us to a higher level of rigor for our students or a lower level of rigor for our students,” Gill said. “But I think if you take a look at what people in Oregon said, what our students said, what our families said, and you tie that to the data, these recommendations will make a lot of sense.” | https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/new-report-suggests-changes-for-oregon-graduation-requirements/article_365e4e36-2a3c-11ed-bb5e-c70439a72bd2.html | 2022-09-02T02:16:08Z |
MERLIN — The Rum Creek Fire continued to burn Thursday, Sept. 1 with containment at 1% and the size at 14,940 acres.
The fire is expected to burn actively due to high temperatures and low relative humidity, according to a press release from Inciweb. On Friday, Sept. 2 in the afternoon or early evening, a dry cold front will move through the area.
“While this will bring slightly cooler temperatures, the front is also expected to bring gusty winds from the northwest,” the release states. “Fire personnel will be monitoring the weather closely and watching for wind-driven flare-ups.”
According to the release, “Firefighters continue to concentrate on the east side of the Rum Creek Fire, focusing on areas of slop-over from Tuesday evening. [Wednesday, Aug. 31] and overnight, crews established new fire lines and cooled its edge, keeping the fire from spreading further east. Fire managers connected new fire lines to previously established lines south toward the Rogue River and conducted a tactical burn.”
The blaze, caused by lightning, began around noon Wednesday, Aug. 17.
Inciweb’s press release states that firefighters were concentrating in and near McKnabe Creek on Thursday, Sept. 1.
“This area, described as steep, deep and full of snags, was unsafe for night work by firefighters,” the release states. “The fire is burning actively in the McKnabe Creek drainage, and firefighters intend to initiate line construction in this area [Thursday]. Firefighters and dozers are also working south from Grave Creek, preparing fire lines for a tactical firing in the coming days.”
Overnight Wednesday, according to the release, firefighters successfully burned a pocket of residual fuel near Ennis Island with no spot fires found south of the Rogue River which helped secure the south edge of the fire.
Evacuation orders are still in effect for the area around the blaze, including a new Level 1 — Be Ready order issued Wednesday, Aug. 31 by the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office.
That new order is for the area north of Copper Queen Road and the 2000 block of Dog Creek Road as well as south of Rattlesnake Road and Tunnel Creek, east of Brimstone Road and Lower Grave Creek Road, and for Joe Count Road west of Interstate 5.
An interactive map showing evacuation levels according to address can be found at JosephineCounty.gov/FireMap.
For the most current evacuation information and resources, go to Josephine County Incident Information (rvem.org). | https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/rum-creek-fire-blazing-strong-1-contained/article_8691f8e8-2a38-11ed-a050-6317f79b8adc.html | 2022-09-02T02:16:15Z |
The Uber model is changing America. First, it made a business out of the family car. Then it made a business out of the spare room or vacation house. Soon it might make a business out of the roof over your head.
That is the dream of a group of hugely successful entrepreneurs who see roofs as the next big monetization of a widely held capital asset.
This group, which at present chooses to remain anonymous, believes that with the right communications network and smart computer linkage, the nation’s sun-trapping roofs could become a new source of electricity; and, if connected to in-home batteries, a virtual power plant of scale and reliability.
What Uber did for ride-sharing and what Airbnb did for lodging, these entrepreneurs believe could be done for the electric utility industry.
One of them told me, “A network can be many different things, but in the context of a network of potentially millions of solar rooftops, it means virtually real-time capture and analysis of billions of data points. Only a wireless network, using the latest broadband technologies — similar to those that support our smartphones — can handle that workload.”
Rewind the clock to when solar cells became generally available: Utilities encouraged their use and bought electricity from customers when it was generated, not when it was needed.
At the same time, large solar plants began to be developed and owned by the utilities, which worked better for them, and they soured on rooftop solar.
In talking to utilities, I find them to be cool-to-indifferent to rooftop solar but enthusiastic about solar central station generation, particularly if linked with battery storage. Mostly, utilities like solar generation because of its predictability.
The idea of hooking together a vast network of millions of solar panels on roofs with their own batteries puts demand back in the hands of the utilities, giving them the flexibility of having a great new resource.
Also, like the Uber model, there would be variable pricing: In a crisis or a high-demand situation, the utility or the system operator would order power from homeowner batteries at surge prices, befitting all. Owners of solar rooftop and battery setups would become “citizen solarizers.”
The concept of a vast, on-demand, virtual power plant isn’t entirely speculative. Brian Keane, president of SmartPower, told me that what might be a frontrunner is already being tested in Connecticut.
“All residential customers who choose the ‘Connecticut Green Bank’s CT Storage Solution’ option receive the generous, upfront rebate incentives for agreeing to have their battery drawn from every weekday afternoon during June, July and August, as well as on high-need ‘critical’ days on the weekends, in September, and for a handful of days during the winter months. Customers will get a payment each year based on the amount of electricity that is drawn from the battery,” Keane explained.
Developing a national virtual power system would enhance something that is happening quietly, which is what I call the “buttressing of the grid.”
It might be seen as the tacit acceptance that the grid isn’t going to be rebuilt in any substantial way, but it will be buttressed by new generation and limited new transmission. Uberizing rooftop solar could be an important part of this buttressing — and a gift to the nation both as a source of clean power and citizen involvement.
It remains to be seen whether regional solar networks would be subject to regulation by the federal government or by the states.
Going forward, a rooftop solar installation might be more than a convenience for a household and a way of signaling green virtue.
Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. He wrote this for InsideSources.com. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/opinion-your-roof-may-be-the-next-big-thing-to-be-uberized/article_84bda660-2a3e-11ed-aa13-8f208b54da49.html | 2022-09-02T02:16:21Z |
Season tickets for the 2022-23 Oregon Tech men’s and women’s basketball campaign are now on sale.
Fans will be treated to 12 doubleheaders (the 11 Cascade Conference twinbills, along with a non-conference set against Pacific Union), with the Hustlin’ Owls hosting two non-conference dates (exhibition vs. Seattle Mountaineers, opener vs. William Jessup) and the Lady Owls hosting the Lithia Classic.
Reserved season tickets for the 30-game schedule are $175 – with current season-ticket holders having the opportunity to renew their seats from the 2021-22 season through Oct. 1.
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Oregon Tech, all general admission tickets have been slashed this season to $75 – less than $3 per game.
In addition, a general admission family pass – for two adults and two children – is $200.
For fans unable to purchase their tickets online, the Oregon Tech ticket office in the Athletic Center will be open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Additional questions can be directed via email at tickets@oit.edu.
The season-opening basketball contest is set for Oct. 22, when the Hustlin’ Owls host the Seattle Mountaineers in an exhibition game.
Prep volleyball
Henley 3, St. Mary's 2: Kenzie Carpenter had 10 kills as the Hornets opened their season with a 20-25, 25-11, 25-14, 17-25, 15-7 victory.
Lily Cline had 33 assists for Henley and Kendal Hadwick added five aces, five kills and a block. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/sports/basin-roundup-season-tickets-on-sale-for-oregon-tech-basketball-teams/article_f32c016a-2a5b-11ed-8af6-2f5ee32a7a5c.html | 2022-09-02T02:16:27Z |
Oregon Tech’s Payton Canon didn’t earn All-American honors last season because the NAIA changed to a selection committee. She’ll come back for a fifth year to try again.
Ranked in the Top 25 to start a fourth straight season, the Oregon Tech women’s golf team returns three of its top four players in search of its fifth trip to the NAIA Championships in the past seven seasons.
The Lady Owls claimed team wins last season at both the Coastal Collegiate Classic and the OIT Spring Invite – while placing a close second to NAIA national champ, British Columbia, in every Cascade Collegiate Conference event. Their efforts landed the club the No. 23 ranking in last month’s NAIA preseason coaches’ poll.
Tech will have to replace senior Ashley Zhu, an all-CCC selection, who recorded a 78.2 stroke average as the Owls' No. 2 player. The squad will also have to replace a trio of seniors – Grace Hull, Madison Darnold and Kirsten Reed – all who spent time at the No. 5 spot or played as individuals.
Anchoring the club is four-time all-CCC pick and 2022 NAIA national qualifier Payton Canon. The fifth-year senior owns the majority of OIT’s all-time records – posting four of the top six single-round scores and three of the top four 36- and 54-hole stroke totals – and holds a school-record 77.0 career stroke average. Canon has four tournament victories – including last season’s Lewis-Clark State Invitational and OIT Spring Classic titles – and 23 career top-10 finishes.
Fellow senior Maiya Baker returns after posting a 79.8 stroke average in 2021-22. Baker earned all-CCC honors as a sophomore, while picking up an individual title last season at the Coastal Collegiate Classic.
Junior Quincy Beyrouty starts her first full season with the Lady Owls after joining the squad early in 2022. Beyrouty made a splash early in her OIT career, shooting a school-record, final-round 67 to share medalist honors with Canon at the OIT Spring Classic and finished last season with a 79.7 stroke average.
Two freshmen round out the roster – Brittney Barrington from California and Baylee Hodgman from Arizona. Barrington was a three-time All-Valley Oak League selection at East Union High in Manteca and was the 2021 VOL Player of the Year. Hodgman was a two-time state tournament participant while at Highland High in Mesa.
OIT will play five tournaments during the fall season – beginning Labor Day weekend at the Coastal Collegiate Classic in Gleneden Beach. The Owls will travel to Caldwell, Idaho, for the C of I Invitational and to Portland for the Multnomah Invite, before hosting the Oregon Tech Fall Classic at the Running Y Ranch. The fall season ends in Silvis, Ill., at the TPC Deere Run Invitational – the site of the NAIA National Championships. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/sports/payton-canon-returns-to-lead-oregon-tech-womens-golf-team/article_d74064a8-2a53-11ed-b2ef-7f4d232cab64.html | 2022-09-02T02:16:33Z |
CLASS 4A
MAZAMA VIKINGS
Coach: Vic Lease (10th season, 68-20)
Last season: 9-3 overall, 5-0 in Skyline Conference (lost in state semifinals)
Key returnees: RB/LB Trevor Anderson (sr., 5-10, 190); RB/DB Brody Hubble (sr., 5-10, 180); QB/DB Tyson Van Gastel (jr., 6-2, 205); OL/DL Keegan McDonald (6-5, 285); OL/DL Caleb Moran (6-3, 285); TE/LB Brendon Monteith (sr., 6-2, 210); K Treyce Horton (sr., 5-10, 165)
Of note: The Vikings won their eighth consecutive Skyline Conference title last season but are headed into new league that includes defending state champion Marshfield, the only team to defeat them in 2021. ... Mazama will have to replace three first-team all-league offensive linemen in Nathan Tramp, Isaac Pena and Daniel Yancey. Tramp and Pena were also first-teamers on the defensive line. Also gone is first-team DB Savien Burk. ... Anderson took over at fullback after Zeke Heaton was hurt in a non-league game and made the all-conference first team by rushing for 739 yards and 11 touchdowns on 118 carries. He was also received honorable mention on the all-state team at linebacker. ... Hubble was a first-team all-Skyline pick at wide receiver and linebacker. ... Van Gastel replaced all-state QB Tristan Lee and was a second-team all-Skyline selection, throwing for 604 yards and seven TDs and rushing for 312 yards and eight scores. ... Moran is the lone returning starter on the offensive line. ... The Vikings outscored regular-season opponents 401-141 last season. They defeated North Eugene 42-0 and Banks 21-14 in the playoffs before a 36-0 defeat to Marshfield in the semis.
HENLEY HORNETS
Coach: Alex Stork (sixth season, 28-17 overall)
Last season: 9-2 overall, 4-1 in Skyline (lost in state quarterfinals)
Key returnees: QB Shaw Stork (sr., 6-2, 190); WR/DB Owen Cheyne (sr., 6-2, 170); OL/DL Owen Northcutt (sr., 6-5, 200); RB/LB Logan Whitlock (jr., 5-10, 180); WR/DB Luke Bennett (jr., 6-2, 170); OL/DL Braeden Morris (jr., 5-10, 240); OL/DL Nate Tappan (sr., 5-10, 230); TE/DB Tyler Harper (sr., 6-2, 200); OL/DL Juan Manzo (sr., 5-10, 225); OL/DL Emiliano Ortiz (jr., 5-11, 245).
Of note: The Hornets' nine victories last year were their most since 2000 and they won a playoff game for the first time since 2017. ... Stork was the Skyline Conference's offensive player of the year, throwing for 1,075 yards and 11 touchdowns and rushing for 863 yards and a team-high 15 TDs. ... Cheyne was an all-league selection at four positions, making the second team on offense and defense and getting honorable mention as a kicker and punter. ... The Hornets will have to replace RB/LB Tulson Higgins, who was first-team selection on offense and the Skyline's defensive player of the year. WR/DB Coltin Smith has also graduated after being a two-way first-team pick last season. In addition, WR/DE Austin Fitts moved to Florida. ... With Higgins gone, Whitlock figureds to get most of the carries. He suffered a broken collarbone in the Hornets' final non-league game last year after rushing 11 times for 133 yards. ... The Hornets outscored regular-season opponents 322-120 last year. They defeated Tillamook 35-14 in the playoffs before a 42-7 loss to eventual state champion Marshfield in the quarterfinals.
KLAMATH UNION PELICANS
Coach: Tom Smith (13th season, 47-60)
Last season: 1-7 overall, 1-4 in Skyline
Key returnees: WR/DB Tony Ortiz (sr., 6-2, 185); OL/DL Indrani Espinoza (sr., 6-1, 230); WR/DB Braden Dawson (jr., 5-10, 160); QB/DE Lamar Cuellar (jr., 6-0, 215); RB/LB Liam Garrett (jr., 5-8, 165); OL/DL Hayden Smith (sr., 6-2, 295).
Of note: The Pelicans haven't had a winning season since 2018, going 1-7 in the fall of both 2019 and 2021. .... Klamath Union will have to replace first-team Skyline OL Luis Garcia, as well as season-team WR/DB Jaymus Dutra. ... WR Ortiz was a first-team all-conference pick on offense last season. ... Cueller, who was an honorable mention all-Skyline pick at linebacker last season, figures to battle senior Wayce Saluskin II, a transfer from Oakridge, for the starting QB job. ... Smith received all-state honorable mention after the 2021 spring season. ... WR/DB Javan Zumwalt returns after taking last season off. ... The Pelicans were outscored 260-132 last season, with their lone victory a 56-20 decision at Phoenix.
CLASS 3A
LAKEVIEW HONKERS
Coach: Ryan Moss (second season, 10-2 overall)
Last season: 10-2 overall, 6-0 2A Special District 4 (lost in state semifinals)
Key returnees: QB Benny Alves (jr., 6-2, 160); OL/DL Hunter Greer (sr., 6-3, 295); C/DL Wyatt Julian (sr., 5-11, 260); WR Brayson Granger (sr., 5-11, 150); WR/DB Nikko Maita (5-9, 150); OL/LB Adrian Stubbs (jr., 5-10, 185); OL/LB Jayden Schulte (jr., 5-11, 180); RB/LB Brandon Markus (jr., 5-10, 155).
Of note: The Honkers are moving up to Class 3A after winning the 2A Special District 4 title last season and advancing to the semifinals of the state playoffs for the first time since 2008. ... Alves, who earned first-team all-league honors last season, returns at quarterback. ... The Honkers should be strong up front with Greer, a second-team all-state selection, and Julian, a first-team all-conference pick, anchoring the lines. Stubbs received all-league recognition on defense. ... The Honkers outscored opponents 305-110 in the regular season last year. They beat Grant Union 59-6 and Bandon 27-26 in the playoffs before falling to Kennedy 21-0 in the semis.
CLASS 1A (8-MAN)
BONANZA ANTLERS
Coach Kelly Greif (first season)
Last season: 5-4 overall, 3-1 1A Special District 1 South (lost in opening round of playoffs)
Key returnees: RB Adrian Mojica (sr.), QB/DB Andres Mojica (sr.), WR/LB W.D Kness (sr.), DE/OL Cameron Motz (sr.), LB/OL Bryce Nunn (sr.), QB/DB Allen Hill (sr.), RB/LB Austin Seminski (sr.).
Of note: Andres Mojica returns after earning second-team all-conference honors at quarterback. Kness was a second-team all-league defensive back and Adrian Mojica received honorable mention at linebacker. ... Narrowly lost to league champion Lost River 24-22 last season before falling 46-6 at Crane in the state playoffs. ... Greif moved up to replace Donny Cloud as coach. ... The Antlers were narrowly outscored 237-244 in the regular season last year.
CHILOQUIN PANTHERS
Coach: Ron Schroeder (fourth season)
Last season: 2-5, 0-4 1A Special District 1 South
Key returnees: Utility Orville Schroeder (sr., 6-2, 185); RB O'Riley Lewis (so., 5-6, 165); QB Aiden Miller (sr., 5-11, 152); WR Jaden Jackson (sr., 5-8, 160); OL Desmond Jackson OL (sr., 5-11, 210); OL Kade Wright (sr., 5-6, 195).
Aiden Miller QB (sr., 5-11, 152) was WR last year.
Utility Orville Schroeder (sr., 6-2, 185); All-league 1st OL.
RB O'Riley Lewis (so., 5-6, 165); returning All-league HM DL
Of note: Coach Schroeder said he hopes the Panthers' new stadium, which includes FieldTurf, will help revitalize the program. There were 17 players at preseason workouts and five more are expected once the school year begins. ... Orville Schroeder, a returning all-league first-team offensive lineman, could see action all over the field for the Panthers. He even stepped in to play quarterback at the Gold Beach camp this summer. ... Miller is expected to start at QB after playing WR last season ... Lewis, who is expected to get most of the carries, received all-league honorable mention for his play on the defensive line last season. ... The Panthers were outscored 270-166 last season, when they played their only "home" games at Mazama and Henley. They opened with victories against the JV teams from Bonanza (44-14) and Lost River (40-38) before losing their final five, one by forfeit.
CROSSPOINT CHRISTIAN WARRIORS
Coach: Mike Homfeldt (second season, 5-3 overall)
Last season: 5-3, 2-2 1A Special District 1 South
Key returnees: TE/DB Tucker Moore (sr., 5-11, 160); RB/DE Lucas Heryford (sr., 6-2, 185); TE/DE Connor Nickelson (sr., 6-2, 190); RB/LB Garrett Little (jr., 5-9, 155); QB/S Kody Sparks (so., 5-9, 130).
Of note: Homfeldt spent four seasons as the head coach and 12 overall at Triad before taking over the Warriors' program last season following the merger of Triad and Hosanna. ... The Warriors graduated six seniors from last year's team, so they're young at the skill positions, with Homfeldt saying those players will face the "baptismal fire." The coach was pleased with the overall numbers, as there are 18 players out this fall. ... Nickelson returns after breaking his collarbone in preseason practices last year and missing the entire season. ... Sparks is expected to start at QB. ... The Warriors outscored opponents 264-253 last season. ... They finished the 2021 regular season with three consecutive victories, defeating Glendale 38-18 and Days Creek 56-38 at home before winning the finale 48-20 against Chiloquin at Henley High. Their league losses were to Lost River (51-0) and Bonanza (50-28), who both made the state playoffs.
LOST RIVER RAIDERS
Coach: Dennis Dunlea (24th season, 163-76 overall)
Last season: 10-2, 4-0 1A Special District 1 South (lost in state semifinals)
Key returnees: FB/LB Nathan Dalton (sr., 5-11, 190); TE/LB Grady Dunlea (sr., 5-11, 180); G/NT Adan Garcia (sr., 6-0, 205); SE/DB Isaac Hernandez (5-10, 150); RB/DB Codey Lyman (sr., 5-9, 155); G/DE Carson Parrish (sr., 5-10, 180); RB/FS Connor Dunlea (jr., 5-10, 170); QB/SS Chase McAuliffe (jr., 6-3, 175); TE/DE Emmett O'Brien (jr., 5-11, 165); TE/DB JC Navarro (jr., 5-8, 145); G/DE Joel DeJong (jr., 5-11, 180); C/DE Brock Lacy (so., 6-1, 160); C/NT Beau Saunders (so., 5-10, 225)
Of note: The Raiders are returning seven of eight starters on both offense and defense from a team that reached the state semifinals last season. ... Coach Dunlea said a key to the team's success will be how the younger players develop, specifically on the offensive and defensive lines. ... The Raiders outscored opponents 422-126 in the regular season last year and posted three shutouts. ... They put together a 10-game winning streak after a 36-24 loss to St. Paul in the season opener. ... The Raiders defeated Camas Valley 38-0 and Waldport 63-34 to reach the state semifinals before a 62-20 defeat to Adrian.
CLASS 1A (6-MAN)
GILCHRIST GRIZZLIES
Coach: Rick West (seventh season)
Last season: 1-5 overall, 1-5 in 1A Special District 3
Key returnees: QB Ron Ronning (sr.), WR Kaleb Bivens (sr.), OL Sebastion Cline (jr.)
Of note: Coach Rick West said 2021 was the start of a rebuilding process for the Grizzlies' program and there is a "great turnout" this fall. ... The Grizzlies were outscored 261-146 last season. Their only victory came in their season opener, 57-19 against host North Lake. They came close in the regular-season finale before dropping a 41-38 decision at Elkton.
NORTH LAKE COWBOYS
Coach: Barry Anderson (seventh season)
Last season: 0-7, 0-7 1A Special District 3
Key returnees: RB/DL Trevor Williams (sr., 6-1, 185); OL/DL Dani Bates (sr., 5-7, 130); RB/DB Blake Herincks (jr., 5-8, 155); OL/DL Marcus Roberts (jr., 6-0, 205); C/DL Garrett Joye (jr., 5-8, 175).
Of note: Coach Anderson said the Cowboys have 15 players out this fall, the most in the past two or three seasons as they rebuild the program. ... Herincks, Bates and Williams all received honorable mention on the all-league team last year. ... After taking a year off, Hayden Joye returns as the starting QB, with Herincks and Williams expected to get most of the carries. ... Anderson expects several newcomers to make an impact, including junior DL Stephen Griffen and sophomore RB/DB Logen Grassman, who are both playing high school football for the first time. In addition, the Cowboys added a pair of sophomore transfers in DL Ben Duffner and SE/DB Carter Golson and have high hopes for freshman DL Bryce Williardt. ... The Cowboys were outscored 306-76 last season in finishing winless for the second consecutive year.
CALIFORNIA
BUTTE VALLEY BULLDOGS
Coach: Ivan Mendoza (second season, 2-5 overall)
Last season: 2-5 overall, 2-3 in Division II 8-man
Key returnees: RB/LB Kyler Hensley (sr.); OL/DL Joseph Cilione (sr.); LB Daniel Lane (sr.); QB/LB Jordan Cynor (jr.); WR/DB Ray Olson (jr.); WR/DB Jacob Allen (jr.); OL/DL Ethan Burrow (jr.); OL/DL Cooper Faivre (jr.); WR/DB Wyatt Langford (so.)
Of note: The Bulldogs opened their season last week with a 26-20 loss to Greenville despite Hensley's 261 all-purpose yards. ... Hensley and Cilone received honorable mention on the all-league team last season. ... Cynor will be the starting QB after sharing the job with Michael Rodriguez last season. ... The Bulldogs should be strong up front with the return of starters Cilone, Burrow and Faivre and they have experience at WR/DB with Allen, Olson and Langford. ... Lane will take over as the MLB.
MODOC BRAVES
Coach: Wyatt Valena (first season)
Last season: 8-4 overall, 3-2 in Mid-Valley Conference (lost in division championship game)
Key returnees: OL/DL Tytus Potap (sr., 6-2, 230); OL/LB Michael French (sr., 5-10, 200); RB/LB Troy Lewis (sr., 5-9, 165).
Of note: Made it to the division championship game last season before falling 37-6 to Fall River. ... Will be moving from the Mid-Valley League to the Cascade Valley League with Fall River, Portola and Quincy. .. French is a returning all-league selection who averaged 4.9 tackles per game last season and had four sacks. ... QB/DB Jafeth Mendez and WR/S Ryan Weber, both juniors, are expected to make contributions after moving up from the JV. RB Jake Hallmark could also make a difference.
TULELAKE HONKERS
Coach: Matt Andrade (first season)
Last season: 4-7 overall, 3-4 in Division II 8-man (lost in second round of playoffs)
Key returnees: RB/DE Gio Loza (sr., 5-10, 180); TE/LB Koen Brown (sr., 6-0, 180); RB/LB Brian Perez (jr., 5-7, 160); OL/DL Erik Salazar (so., 5-10, 190); WR/DB Tony Loza (so., 5-6, 160).
Of note: The Honkers have only three seniors on the roster after graduating nearly half of last year's team (nine of 20 players). ... Sophomore Xavier Silva is expected to start at QB, with Gio Loza, Perez and newcomer Max Martinez-Bravo getting most of the carries. ... Perez and Salazar each received honorable mention on the all-league team last season. ... Sophomore C Kevin Larsen-Pena is expected to help anchor a young line, which includes freshmen David Garcia-Chavoya and Abraham Chavolla.
Staff reports | https://www.heraldandnews.com/sports/prep-football-capsules/article_9d703cae-296c-11ed-b270-23a099335ec7.html | 2022-09-02T02:16:39Z |
Mazama's Zeke Heaton, left, and Tyson Van Gastel try to keep Marshfield's Dominic Montiel from getting to the end zone on a two-point conversion attempt during their Class 4A state semifinal game Nov. 20, 2021 at Grants Pass High School. Marshfield won 36-0 on its way to the state title.
Mazama's Tyson Van Gastel is hit while trying to throw a pass during the Class 4A state semifinal game against Marshfield on Nov. 20, 2021 at Grants Pass High School.
Mazama's Zeke Heaton, left, and Tyson Van Gastel try to keep Marshfield's Dominic Montiel from getting to the end zone on a two-point conversion attempt during their Class 4A state semifinal game Nov. 20, 2021 at Grants Pass High School. Marshfield won 36-0 on its way to the state title.
Mazama's Tyson Van Gastel is hit while trying to throw a pass during the Class 4A state semifinal game against Marshfield on Nov. 20, 2021 at Grants Pass High School.
Friday night lights are back in the Klamath Basin as Mazama, Henley and Klamath Union get ready to kick off their high school football seasons.
The Skyline Conference is gone, with the teams now competing in the new 4A-Special District 4 – also being called the Big Sky Conference. The three Basin teams will be joined by Hidden Valley and three newcomers, North Bend, Ashland, and reigning Class 4A state champion Marshfield.
Mazama, who won the final eight Skyline titles, will have its hands full with the new conference arrangement, especially with playing Marshfield, who knocked them out of the state playoffs last year by shutting them out in the semifinal round.
Mazama is ranked No. 4 in the state's Class 4A preseason coaches' poll, with Marshfield No. 5 and Henley No. 8. Ashland was among the teams just outside the top 10 also receiving votes.
While the new conference appears intimidating, Mazama coach Vic Lease said he intends on keeping the Vikings at the top, despite several roster changes.
“We believe the conference will be tougher overall, we plan to keep the same approach as the past,” Lease said, “We will approach each game as it is our last, if we take it one week at a time and prepare correctly, we will be fine, the winning will take care of itself.”
Mazama returns just one starter on its offensive line, but Lease said he's confident the newcomers will jell to make the Vikings just as good up front as in previous seasons.
“We are all about offensive line here at Mazama, we develop our linemen from a young age," Lease said. "I have the best line coach (Eric Mills) in 4A football, so I know we will be fine.”
Henley coach Alex Stork said his Hornets are also up for the challenge of the new Big Sky Conference.
“The conference will be very strong this year, it will require each team to play their best every week,” Stork said. “If we keep improving and stay healthy, I like our chances of competing for a conference title.”
The Hornets are coming off a season in which they won their first state playoff game since 2017. They lost o Marshfield in the quarterfinals.
Klamath Union also looks to improve on a one-win season from last year.
Mazama and Henley will start their seasons on the road, with the Hornets at at Seaside, which also received votes in the coaches' poll, and the Vikings at No. 3 Estacada.
Klamath Union is scheduled to host Class 5A Woodburn at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Modoc Field. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/sports/prep-football-preview-mazama-henley-klamath-union-wlll-face-challenge-in-new-league/article_b64b3f32-2a55-11ed-a153-afccc71e621f.html | 2022-09-02T02:16:46Z |
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:
In many parts of the country, kids are about to wrap up their first week of school. And teachers are happy to have them back for what they hope is a relatively COVID-free school year. But there's one more thing educators and health care providers are preparing for - another wave of kids struggling with their mental health. NPR's Rhitu Chatterjee reports.
RHITU CHATTERJEE, BYLINE: To understand why educators and health care providers are concerned about kids' mental health, we have to step back to this time last year, when students came back into classrooms, many for the first time since spring of 2020, and educators were thrilled.
BOB MULLANEY: We were very excited because we were going to have all our kids back.
CHATTERJEE: Bob Mullaney is superintendent of Mills Public Schools in Massachusetts. But he says the last school year turned out to be a tough one.
MULLANEY: We had a lot of kids with elevated levels of anxiety and stress, kids who are fearful coming to school, fearful of contracting COVID. We had an increase in students reporting suicidal ideation. It was a lot.
CHATTERJEE: Data from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that in the previous academic year, 76% of public schools reported concerns around student mental health, and only half said they felt equipped to address the problem. And data from emergency rooms show a rise in the number of kids seeking help for mental health crises. Even after schools closed for the summer, hospitals have continued to see children and adolescents seeking care for mental health. So health care providers and educators are expecting that kids are still struggling, especially in the country's most marginalized communities, where families are still reeling from the impacts of the pandemic.
ELISA VILLANUEVA BEARD: Things like loss of life, loss of jobs, food insecurity, homes - you know, kids not having, you know, predictable homes, the predictability and routine completely disrupted.
CHATTERJEE: Elisa Villanueva Beard is CEO of Teach for America, which caters to schools in underserved communities. She says her organization is sensitizing teachers to the emotional states of their students.
VILLANUEVA BEARD: We have to actually equip our teachers to be able to approach classrooms in a trauma-informed way. And they all want this. So we, as part of our training curriculum, are really teaching our teachers how to be emotionally available.
CHATTERJEE: That's the right approach, says psychologist Janice Beal, who works with schools in the Houston area.
JANICE BEAL: Every morning, five minutes - check in with the students and have everybody share how they're feeling for that particular day.
CHATTERJEE: Beal says it's something she's been telling teachers as they prepare for the school year.
BEAL: So the teachers - we don't want them to be mental health professionals. We want you to be able to understand what mental health concerns may be in your classroom and to be able to recognize them so that you can refer them.
CHATTERJEE: Beal has also created a team of mental health ambassadors, students who have been trained as peer counselors.
BEAL: The ambassadors' role will be able to, if someone was, you know, having some type of difficulty, to come and talk to them.
CHATTERJEE: So kids feel more comfortable sharing their mental health struggles and seeking help before they reach a crisis point. Dr. Tami Benton is psychiatrist-in-chief at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She says she's heartened by how proactive schools have been regarding student mental health going into the school year.
TAMI BENTON: This year, what we can expect is a more open approach by schools and communities to understanding these mental health challenges and actually having much more education about how to respond.
CHATTERJEE: And that gives her hope that this school year might make it a little easier for students to get help. Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR News.
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Oklahoma's top education official wants to strip a former teacher of her credentials after she tried to give students access to books that may be banned in schools under a new state law.
In a letter he tweeted on Wednesday, Oklahoma Secretary of Education Ryan Walters called on the state board of education to revoke the teaching certificate of Summer Boismier, a former teacher at Norman High School.
Days earlier, Boismier resigned her position at the school following a complaint from a parent who suggested that Boismier had made political comments in the classroom.
According to the Norman Transcript, Boismier put paper over her classroom bookshelves with the message, "Books the state doesn't want you to read," in response to HB 1775, a state law enacted in May that restricts what public school educators can say about race and gender.
Boismier also posted a QR code that directed students to the Brooklyn Public Library's Books Unbanned project, which gives young people across the country access to books that may be outlawed in their schools.
Republican-led states like Oklahoma are increasingly banning specific books or attempting to limit the discussion of topics such as race and sexuality in schools.
Boismier declined NPR's request for comment about Walters' call to revoke her teaching certificate.
She previously told Gothamist that posting the QR code for her 10th-grade students was an effort to allow them to read materials that were restricted by the state.
"I saw this as an opportunity for my kids who were seeing their stories hidden to skirt that directive," she said. "Nowhere in my directives did it say we can't put a QR code on a wall."
Wes Moody, a spokesperson for Norman Public Schools, said the issue did not center around the QR code Boismier displayed in the classroom, but didn't specify what the issue was. A statement from the district alleged that Boismier made "personal political statements" and made a "political display" in the classroom.
But Walters, in his letter, suggested that Boismier gave students access to "banned and pornographic" material – without giving specifics – and cited that as justification to revoke her teaching certificate. "There is no place for a teacher with a liberal political agenda in the classroom," he said, adding that officials must "ensure she doesn't go to another district and do the same thing."
Walters did not reply to NPR's request for an interview.
Rob Crissinger, a spokesperson for the Oklahoma State Department of Education, told NPR that the department is not currently planning to file an application to revoke Boismier's teaching certificate.
"There is a process in place, and we understand Norman is reviewing this matter at the local level at this time," Crissinger said. "Based on their review, we will proceed accordingly but there is no reason to speculate on anything regarding Norman Public Schools until their local review is concluded."
Moody said Norman High School students never had access to pornographic material and added that the district had no response to Walters' letter.
The district, in its statement about Boismier's resignation, said some colleagues shared her concerns about HB 1775. "Like many educators the teacher has concerns regarding censorship and book removal by the Oklahoma state legislature," the statement said. "However, as has always been our expectation, we want our classrooms to be places where ALL students feel welcome."
If Boismier were to face any discipline from the state board of education, she would be the first teacher to do so for violating HB 1775, according to NPR member station KOSU.
Linda E. Johnson, president and CEO of Brooklyn Public Library, said in a statement to NPR that the library continued to support Boismier.
"The democratic principles on which both our nation and public libraries were founded include the right of every individual to seek information from all points of view," Johnson said. "Brooklyn Public Library stands firmly with Summer Boismier and all who champion free expression, intellectual freedom, and the right to read."
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President Biden is heading to Pennsylvania tonight, where he will give a rare primetime speech on what the White House calls the battle for the soul of the nation. The speech in downtown Philadelphia is about threats to democracy. It's a return to a message that Biden used in his 2020 campaign. And Biden is expected again to take sharp aim at Republicans tonight. Here to talk about all of this is NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez. Hey, Franco.
FRANCO ORDOÑEZ, BYLINE: Hey, Ailsa.
CHANG: OK. So what else can you tell us about what to expect from the president's speech tonight?
ORDOÑEZ: Well, Karine Jean-Pierre, Biden's press secretary, told us to expect the president to speak about how he sees Republican followers of former President Donald Trump as a threat to democracy. Biden says they don't respect the rule of law and that they have refused to accept the results of the election. He calls them MAGA Republicans and says they support a kind of semi-fascism. The president has been more aggressively taking on Republicans in recent weeks, you know, as he did in Maryland last week.
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PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: They refuse to accept the will of the people. They embrace - embrace - political violence. They don't believe in democracy.
ORDOÑEZ: You know, it's really quite a shift from his earlier efforts to find compromise with Republicans over the course of much of his first year.
CHANG: I mean, but this message, it isn't a new area for him, right? Like, why is he giving this speech now? Is he basically - I don't know - just campaigning for the midterms?
ORDOÑEZ: You know, Biden has cited recent events as an example of why fighting for democracy is more important than ever. You know, he's pointed to the suppression of voting rights and threats to abortion and reproductive health care, for example. You know, the White House says this is not political. But, I mean, of course, the midterms are just around the corner. You know, I talked with Doug Sosnik. He was a former adviser to President Bill Clinton. You know, he says Biden was struggling but really changed his momentum recently.
DOUG SOSNIK: He was teetering on getting to that point where people just weren't going to pay attention to him and they tuned him out.
ORDOÑEZ: You know, that new momentum has come from his legislative wins and concerns about the abortion ruling in the Supreme Court, as well as the ongoing coverage of Trump's legal problems. And Sosnik says people are now more willing to listen, especially independent voters. You know, he specifically cited new polling that shows independents have moved more into the Democrats' camp before the midterm elections.
SOSNIK: In a world that's increasingly become bifurcated, I mean, to the center. You know, there's 30% of the people out there who are open, you know, to persuasion.
ORDOÑEZ: You know, and he said those are the people who are now probably more willing and interested to hear what the president has to say tonight. And that's part of the reason why Biden is giving this primetime address.
CHANG: Well, President Biden's second stop in Pennsylvania, this is his second stop in Pennsylvania in, like, three days, right? And he's going back there again over the long weekend. Can you just explain why there's so much focus on Pennsylvania in particular?
ORDOÑEZ: You know, Biden is from Scranton, and Pennsylvania is where he launched his 2020 campaign. And this week has been kind of a kickoff for Biden, who promises to do more campaigning before the midterms. And Pennsylvania is an incredibly important state in those upcoming races. You know, it has competitive House races and a gubernatorial contest and a key Senate race that could help determine control of the Senate. So there's a lot riding on this period.
CHANG: That is NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez. Thank you, Franco.
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President Biden is giving a rare prime-time speech on Thursday on what he calls the "battle for the soul of the nation" — including threats posed by a faction of the Republican party tied to former President Donald Trump.
It's a message that comes just two months ahead of the midterm congressional elections, where Democrats are fighting to keep their slim majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives. Biden is expected to travel to key states in upcoming weeks to campaign for Democratic candidates.
The speech from the Independence National Historical Park in downtown Philadelphia marks a return to a message Biden used in his 2020 campaign.
Watch the speech here at 8 p.m. ET:
"For a long time, we've reassured ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed," Biden will say, according to excerpts of remarks released by the White House. "But it is not. We have to defend it. Protect it. Stand up for it. Each and every one of us."
The White House calls supporters of Trump "MAGA Republicans" — referring to the 'Make America Great Again' slogan used by the former president. Biden says they must be confronted.
"MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards," he will say, according to the excerpts. "Backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love."
In recent weeks, Biden has said they support a form of semi-fascism, and has excoriated them for embracing political violence in their refusal to accept the results of the election.
Republicans have criticized Biden for being divisive. Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said the president was pitting Americans against each other.
"Joe Biden is the divider-in-chief and epitomizes the current state of the Democrat Party: one of divisiveness, disgust, and hostility towards half the country," McDaniel said in a statement.
After months of struggling in the polls, Biden is seeking to capitalize on a series of legislative wins, concerns about the impact of the Supreme Court's abortion ruling --- as well as from ongoing coverage of Trump's legal problems, said Doug Sosnik, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton.
Democrats are working to capitalize on this newfound momentum ahead of the midterms, particularly with independent voters, Sosnik said.
"In a world that's increasingly become bifurcated, the center here is the 30% of the people out there who are, you know, open to persuasion," he said.
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Indiana cop shot in head hangs on after life support removed
Published: Sep. 1, 2022 at 9:03 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An eastern Indiana police officer shot in the head during a traffic stop has been taken off life support but her department said she remained alive with vital signs that were stable.
Richmond Police Department Officer Seara Burton, 28, has been treated at a hospital in Dayton, Ohio, since being shot on Aug. 10.
The department said in a news release posted on Facebook Thursday afternoon that “at this time Officer Burton is still alive and surrounded by family.”
The decision was made Wednesday to remove Burton from life support. She was shot Aug. 10.
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Serena, Venus Williams lose in 1st round of US Open doubles
NEW YORK (AP) — Serena and Venus Williams traded fist bumps or palm slaps and chatted between points. They smiled while conversing in their seats at changeovers.
When their first doubles match together in 4 1/2 years ended with a loss at the U.S Open on Thursday night, the siblings hugged each other, then left the court to a standing ovation.
The Williams sisters were eliminated by the Czech pair of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova 7-6 (5), 6-4 at Flushing Meadows.
Arthur Ashe Stadium had never hosted a first-round doubles match — for women or men, during the night or day — until this one featuring two members of one family who have combined to claim 14 Grand Slam titles in doubles.
They were partnering up for the first time since the 2018 French Open. This was their fourth first-round doubles defeat at a Slam; the most recent had been at the 2013 French Open.
“I’m still in shock that we won,” Hradecka said in an on-court interview right after the match’s conclusion.
Speaking to the crowd, she said: “I’m so sorry for you that we beat them, but we are so happy that we did it.”
An announced sellout of 23,859 showed up, just like for each of Serena’s two victories in singles so far this week, although the fans were not quite as boisterous Thursday as they had been for those other night matches involving a player who has hinted that this will be the final event of her career.
Serena plays Ajla Tomljanovic on Friday night in the third round of singles; Venus was bounced from that bracket in the first round.
After a rather subdued entrance from the locker room by Hradecka and Noskova, who were competing as a team for the first time, a video tribute to the Williams-Williams pairing played on the Ashe videoboards, with a narrator introducing “two of the greatest athletes on Planet Earth” and, in a reference to Serena’s looming retirement, saying, “It’s not too late to change your mind.” There was footage of them through the years, including as kids with white beads in their hair (like Serena’s daughter, Olympia, wore on opening night) and, later, winning titles.
Olympia, who turned 5 on Thursday, was not there for this one, Serena’s husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian was, as were the sisters’ mother, Oracene Price, and their sister, Isha.
During the pre-match warmup, the announcer noted that the sisters are 14-0 in Grand Slam doubles finals and declared: “They’ve transformed and elevated the sport as we know it.”
The spectators saved their biggest cheers for some of Serena’s best efforts, whether aces or putaways or an on-the-run forehand winner. The sisters went up 5-4 early and held two set points there on Noskova’s serve, but could not convert either.
The loudest moment probably arrived after a 19-stroke point won by the sisters during the first-set tiebreaker, featuring three swinging volleys by Serena. That put them ahead 4-3, and soon it was 5-3.
But Hradecka and Noskova grabbed the next four points to claim that set. They then jumped ahead 3-0 in the second, and after the Williams sisters made it 4-all, the Czech team pulled away.
The Williams siblings received a wild-card entry into this year’s doubles field. Serena, who turns 41 next month, and Venus, who turned 42 in June, won doubles trophies at the U.S. Open in 1999 -- the year Serena won her first major singles trophy at age 17 in New York -- and 2009.
They have a total of 30 major trophies in singles: 23 for Serena, seven for Venus.
Hradecka is a 37-year-old who won two major doubles trophies with Andrea Hlavackova, at the 2013 U.S. Open and 2011 French Open. Noskova, 17, was making her Grand Slam doubles debut.
“Playing against the Williams sisters,” Noskova said, “is a special moment for everybody.”
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Woman dealing with rare eye infection; doctors say contacts could be to blame
GRETNA, Neb. (WOWT/Gray News) - A brain-eating amoeba killed a young boy last month in Nebraska, and now a woman says the same type of microorganism is in her eye.
Tiffani Zeleny said she receives several deliveries of medicine for the bug that got in her eye.
“Acanthamoeba keratitis is a horrible infection,” she said. “We are very optimistic that a miracle can happen, and my eye can be saved.”
But that involves a constant regimen of drugs she carefully administers herself. She said she has to use about 60 eye drops a day.
“Eighty-five percent of acanthamoeba infections are associated with contact lenses,” said Dr. Ron Krueger, director of Truhlsen Eye Institute of Nebraska Medicine.
Having worn soft contacts since the third grade, Zeleny said she wore her contacts while riding an inner tube this summer at a lake.
“I didn’t put my head underwater, but I may have been splashed,” she said.
Zeleny said she also did some yardwork that could have caused the infection.
“I helped tear down an old fence and cut some trees without any safety glasses,” she said.
Dr. Mike Feilmeier, a corneal surgeon at Midwest Eye Care, said those who wear soft contacts should clean them properly, not sleep in them and try to avoid wearing them when swimming.
“I would say over the past 15 years, maybe, I’ve seen five or six cases this severe,” Feilmeier said.
With her sister-in-law driving, Zeleny has been traveling four hours about once a week to the University of Iowa, where a prognosis of a corneal transplant is a possibility.
“If I get to save my eye, I’d like to wear contacts again. I’ll just be much more careful,” Zeleny said.
And to fight the amoeba that infected her eye, Zeleny said she needs seven different formulas of eye drops. A GoFundMe has been set up to help pay the costs, which she said are out of pocket.
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Lawrence William Lamm 1933- Lawrence “Larry” William Lamm, died August 29th, 2022 at home, surrounded by his children. He was born February 27th, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York. Larry retired after 40 years of combined service in the Army Reserve, US Air Force, Wyoming Air National Guard, and the Air Force Reserve. He was the first full-time clinic and aeromedical evacuation technician for the Wyoming Air National Guard. He also served a tour with the USAF Medical Inspector General’s Office for two years. He served on active duty during the Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf War Conflicts in which he received numerous citations including the United States Meritorious Service Award twice. Larry was a member of The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, Knights of Columbus, Civitan’s Club, and Cheyenne Frontier Days Heels. He served as a volunteer for CFD on the Grounds Committee and former Park Police and was instrumental in establishing the first aid station for the CFD Grounds Committee. He was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and sang in the church choir. Above all, he was a proud father, grandfather, and great grandfather. He is survived by his children: David L. Lamm, Michelle Beahm (Steve), Elizabeth Lamm Pollock (Richard), Georjean Lamm (Rob), Cindy Rivera (Jerry), Sharon Lamm Acord (Melvin), Lynn Mosier (Brad), and Gregory Lawrence Lamm. Grandchildren: Heather Richardson (Brian), Krystal Lamm, Lyndsey Lamm Bobo, Marina Lamm, Jeshua Lamm, Marisa Beahm (Richard), Jenna Beahm, Justin Turano, Mason Rivera (Mona), Analiese Rivera, Kelsi Rae Rivera, Brycen Sullivan, Lunden Mosier, and Delaney Mosier. Great grandchildren: Brody Sullivan, Olivia Richardson, Kenzie Lamm, Lyndon Bobo, Ayda Lamm, Ethan Walsh, Keara Turano, Steven Rivera, Israel Rivera, and Bianca Rivera. He was preceded in death by his father, Dr. George C. Lamm, and mother, Jeanne Lamm of Forest Hills, NY. Larry served his family, his community, his country, and his God well, and brings a basket full of fruit to his final account. Rosary Service will be held at Holy Trinity Church, 1808 Hot Springs Avenue, Cheyenne WY, on Thursday, September 8th, 2022 at 6:00 PM Funeral will be held at Holy Trinity Church, 1808 Hot Springs Avenue, Cheyenne WY, on Friday, September 9th, 2022 at 1:00 PM, with reception following at the Buckle Club, 1230 West 8th Avenue, Cheyenne, WY at 4:00 PM. Internment will take place at the Cheyenne National Cemetery on Hildreth Road, Cheyenne, WY on Monday, September 12th, 2022 at 1:00 PM In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Larry’s name to: Cheyenne Frontier Days Memorial Scholarship Foundation, or the CFD Volunteer Crisis Fund at The Foundation - Cheyenne Frontier Days (cfdrodeo.com); or the Friday Food Bag Foundation http://cheyenneffbag.org/. 2022
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LARAMIE and CHEYENNE – Confirmation via lab testing that an Albany County cat has died of plague has state health officials cautioning pet owners statewide, including in the Cheyenne area.
The infected animal was mostly an outdoor cat in the rural area, as opposed to being from the part of the county that includes the city of Laramie, the Wyoming Department of Health reported in a Thursday news release. WDH noted the animal lived primarily in outbuildings.
Other cats in a group in the same area also have died over the past several months, according to WDH, “indicating likely spread of plague.”
The warning comes as the Cheyenne Animal Shelter has seen several cats get sick with feline panleukopenia. The situations in Cheyenne and in Albany County are separate, representatives of the shelter and WDH told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle.
“Plague is a serious bacterial infection that can be deadly for pets and people if not treated as soon as possible with antibiotics,” said Courtney Tillman, epidemiologist with WDH, in the department's written announcement. “The disease can be passed to humans from ill animals and by fleas coming from infected animals. We are letting people know of the potential threat.”
Regarding the announcement, WDH's spokesperson told the WTE that "people in Albany County may want to know there is current confirmation of plague in their area." Additionally, the spokesperson wrote in an email, "people anywhere in Wyoming should be aware that plague is a potential threat."
At the animal shelter in Cheyenne, various steps are being taken to treat cats who are infected with a different disease. Feline panleukopenia, also known as feline distemper or feline parvo, has been found among cats there, and the goal is to help prevent continued spread within the shelter's building, officials from the organization said.
The director of medicine at the Cheyenne Animal Shelter has explained that "we are dealing with very different symptoms" than occur with plague, wrote a spokesperson for the organization in an email to the WTE. The shelter, the spokesperson added, has "several confirmed cases of feline panleukopenia" that were detected "after administering tests."
No human illnesses
Meanwhile, in Albany County, there have been no human illnesses associated with the current situation, WDH reported.
A human case of pneumonic plague was reported in a Fremont County person last September, according to the new WDH announcement. In that case, the person had exposure to a sick outdoor cat.
WDH's Tillman said the disease is rare in humans, and is naturally found in the western U.S. among populations of rodents, spread mostly by infected fleas. “It is safe to assume a risk for plague exists all around our state,” she said.
Because fleas are often the main vehicle of spreading plague to pets, the state health agency has tips for pet owners:
- Use repellent if exposure to fleas is possible during activities such as camping, hiking or working outdoors. Products containing DEET can be applied to skin, as well as to clothing.
- Keep fleas off indoor and outdoor pets by applying flea control products. Animals that roam freely outdoors are more likely to come into contact with plague-infected animals or fleas.
- Avoid unnecessary exposure to rodents, including avoiding areas with unexplained rodent die-offs and rodent carcasses.
- If pets become sick, take them to a veterinarian.
- Don't allow dogs or cats that roam free to share beds with people.
- Reduce rodent habitats around the home, workplace and recreational areas by removing brush, rock piles, junk, cluttered firewood and possible rodent food supplies.
- Wear gloves and a mask if handling potentially infected or dead animals to prevent contact between your skin and the plague bacteria and to prevent inhaling the plague bacteria.
Laramie shelter
While the WDH is warning people about plague spreading in a rural area of the county, there haven’t been any noticeable issues with pet health in the city of Laramie, said Elena Vargas, office manager for Laramie Animal Welfare Society.
Vargas said LAWS hasn’t noticed any unusual or alarming health issues with pets the shelter has come into contact with.
“Definitely not, thank goodness,” she told the Laramie Boomerang by phone. Other than a bout with feline pinkeye, “we’ve seen nothing deadly to our cats since I’ve been here.”
The potential for pets to catch and spread plague is “always something that’s in the back of our minds,” Vargas said.
She said LAWS takes measures to reduce the risk of local animals catching and/or spreading disease and recommends pet owners do the same.
“We take measures no matter where we take an animal,” she said. “We always clean everything the animal touches. We have a veterinary-grade cleaner, and we spray everything down.”
Plague symptoms in pets can include enlarged lymph glands; swelling in the neck, face or around the ears; fever; chills; lack of energy; coughing; vomiting; diarrhea and dehydration. Symptoms in people can include fever, swollen and tender lymph glands, extreme exhaustion, headache, chills, coughing, difficulty breathing, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea.
More information about plague is available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at cdc.gov/plague/. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/plague-confirmed-in-albany-county-cat/article_5b15e4e8-2a44-11ed-ba16-8f209ab60f6a.html | 2022-09-02T02:31:19Z |
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In many parts of the country, kids are about to wrap up their first week of school. And teachers are happy to have them back for what they hope is a relatively COVID-free school year. But there's one more thing educators and health care providers are preparing for - another wave of kids struggling with their mental health. NPR's Rhitu Chatterjee reports.
RHITU CHATTERJEE, BYLINE: To understand why educators and health care providers are concerned about kids' mental health, we have to step back to this time last year, when students came back into classrooms, many for the first time since spring of 2020, and educators were thrilled.
BOB MULLANEY: We were very excited because we were going to have all our kids back.
CHATTERJEE: Bob Mullaney is superintendent of Mills Public Schools in Massachusetts. But he says the last school year turned out to be a tough one.
MULLANEY: We had a lot of kids with elevated levels of anxiety and stress, kids who are fearful coming to school, fearful of contracting COVID. We had an increase in students reporting suicidal ideation. It was a lot.
CHATTERJEE: Data from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that in the previous academic year, 76% of public schools reported concerns around student mental health, and only half said they felt equipped to address the problem. And data from emergency rooms show a rise in the number of kids seeking help for mental health crises. Even after schools closed for the summer, hospitals have continued to see children and adolescents seeking care for mental health. So health care providers and educators are expecting that kids are still struggling, especially in the country's most marginalized communities, where families are still reeling from the impacts of the pandemic.
ELISA VILLANUEVA BEARD: Things like loss of life, loss of jobs, food insecurity, homes - you know, kids not having, you know, predictable homes, the predictability and routine completely disrupted.
CHATTERJEE: Elisa Villanueva Beard is CEO of Teach for America, which caters to schools in underserved communities. She says her organization is sensitizing teachers to the emotional states of their students.
VILLANUEVA BEARD: We have to actually equip our teachers to be able to approach classrooms in a trauma-informed way. And they all want this. So we, as part of our training curriculum, are really teaching our teachers how to be emotionally available.
CHATTERJEE: That's the right approach, says psychologist Janice Beal, who works with schools in the Houston area.
JANICE BEAL: Every morning, five minutes - check in with the students and have everybody share how they're feeling for that particular day.
CHATTERJEE: Beal says it's something she's been telling teachers as they prepare for the school year.
BEAL: So the teachers - we don't want them to be mental health professionals. We want you to be able to understand what mental health concerns may be in your classroom and to be able to recognize them so that you can refer them.
CHATTERJEE: Beal has also created a team of mental health ambassadors, students who have been trained as peer counselors.
BEAL: The ambassadors' role will be able to, if someone was, you know, having some type of difficulty, to come and talk to them.
CHATTERJEE: So kids feel more comfortable sharing their mental health struggles and seeking help before they reach a crisis point. Dr. Tami Benton is psychiatrist-in-chief at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She says she's heartened by how proactive schools have been regarding student mental health going into the school year.
TAMI BENTON: This year, what we can expect is a more open approach by schools and communities to understanding these mental health challenges and actually having much more education about how to respond.
CHATTERJEE: And that gives her hope that this school year might make it a little easier for students to get help. Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR News.
SHAPIRO: If you or a loved one is experiencing a mental health crisis, you can dial or text the new suicide and crisis lifeline at 988. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | https://www.keranews.org/2022-09-01/a-new-school-year-brings-fresh-concerns-about-the-mental-health-of-students | 2022-09-02T02:49:33Z |
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President Biden is heading to Pennsylvania tonight, where he will give a rare primetime speech on what the White House calls the battle for the soul of the nation. The speech in downtown Philadelphia is about threats to democracy. It's a return to a message that Biden used in his 2020 campaign. And Biden is expected again to take sharp aim at Republicans tonight. Here to talk about all of this is NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez. Hey, Franco.
FRANCO ORDOÑEZ, BYLINE: Hey, Ailsa.
CHANG: OK. So what else can you tell us about what to expect from the president's speech tonight?
ORDOÑEZ: Well, Karine Jean-Pierre, Biden's press secretary, told us to expect the president to speak about how he sees Republican followers of former President Donald Trump as a threat to democracy. Biden says they don't respect the rule of law and that they have refused to accept the results of the election. He calls them MAGA Republicans and says they support a kind of semi-fascism. The president has been more aggressively taking on Republicans in recent weeks, you know, as he did in Maryland last week.
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PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: They refuse to accept the will of the people. They embrace - embrace - political violence. They don't believe in democracy.
ORDOÑEZ: You know, it's really quite a shift from his earlier efforts to find compromise with Republicans over the course of much of his first year.
CHANG: I mean, but this message, it isn't a new area for him, right? Like, why is he giving this speech now? Is he basically - I don't know - just campaigning for the midterms?
ORDOÑEZ: You know, Biden has cited recent events as an example of why fighting for democracy is more important than ever. You know, he's pointed to the suppression of voting rights and threats to abortion and reproductive health care, for example. You know, the White House says this is not political. But, I mean, of course, the midterms are just around the corner. You know, I talked with Doug Sosnik. He was a former adviser to President Bill Clinton. You know, he says Biden was struggling but really changed his momentum recently.
DOUG SOSNIK: He was teetering on getting to that point where people just weren't going to pay attention to him and they tuned him out.
ORDOÑEZ: You know, that new momentum has come from his legislative wins and concerns about the abortion ruling in the Supreme Court, as well as the ongoing coverage of Trump's legal problems. And Sosnik says people are now more willing to listen, especially independent voters. You know, he specifically cited new polling that shows independents have moved more into the Democrats' camp before the midterm elections.
SOSNIK: In a world that's increasingly become bifurcated, I mean, to the center. You know, there's 30% of the people out there who are open, you know, to persuasion.
ORDOÑEZ: You know, and he said those are the people who are now probably more willing and interested to hear what the president has to say tonight. And that's part of the reason why Biden is giving this primetime address.
CHANG: Well, President Biden's second stop in Pennsylvania, this is his second stop in Pennsylvania in, like, three days, right? And he's going back there again over the long weekend. Can you just explain why there's so much focus on Pennsylvania in particular?
ORDOÑEZ: You know, Biden is from Scranton, and Pennsylvania is where he launched his 2020 campaign. And this week has been kind of a kickoff for Biden, who promises to do more campaigning before the midterms. And Pennsylvania is an incredibly important state in those upcoming races. You know, it has competitive House races and a gubernatorial contest and a key Senate race that could help determine control of the Senate. So there's a lot riding on this period.
CHANG: That is NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez. Thank you, Franco.
ORDOÑEZ: Thank you, Ailsa. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | https://www.keranews.org/2022-09-01/biden-speech-will-address-fight-for-the-soul-of-the-nation | 2022-09-02T02:49:39Z |
You can own this three-story Victorian mansion for nearly $750K
The Heather House in Marine City is back on the market after a winter hiatus and ready for new owners to fall in love with the 135-year-old Victorian bed-and-breakfast.
Helen and Mark Lally, longtime guests of the Heather House, snatched up the property after it was listed for sale by its previous owners, Heather and Bill Bokram, in 2014. While the Lallys love living in and running the bed and breakfast, they are ready for retirement and a new adventure.
"We're looking to eventually just get an RV, a fifth wheel and hit the road for a few years," Helen Lally said.
Located at 409 N. Main St., the house was relisted in late June with Michael Kuligowski of Signature Sotheby's International Realty for $749,900 after being off the market for about six months. The house was originally listed in July 2021 with a different broker.
"This is a one in a million property. So there's one out of a million for a buyer," Kuligowski said. "So we put it in front of a million people to find that one person who can truly appreciate what it is."
Kuligowski said since it was relisted, the property has had decent interest, including buyers from out of state who are seeking large, affordable waterfront properties.
The house has 5,569 square feet of finished living space with three floors and a basement. The house currently includes six guest suites, each with their own bathroom, and a separate owners suite that could be converted to another guest suite, according to its online listing.
Each guest suite is a little different, with two large suites, one mid-sized room and three smaller rooms. The rooms include classic bed-and-breakfast features, such as plush carpets, fireplaces, stained glass windows and wooden furniture, as well as modern updates like TVs and WiFi. Other features of the property include:
- About 1,500 square feet of attic space with a cathedral-style ceiling, stained glass, and an open floorplan that could be converted to two more rooms or a massive primary suite
- Laundry rooms on each floor and the basement
- Updated electrical, central air, commercial range, two dishwashers and a commercial-style walk-in fridge
- Balconies on each guest suite with beautiful views of freighters on the St. Clair River
- The potential for 9,000 square feet of finished living space, including attic and all four levels
The Lallys said while they would prefer the home remain a bed and breakfast, there are also numerous other opportunities for the property as a single-family home or an AirBnb.
The property could also be a combination of the two. A large family could live in the home and rent out the guest suites or owner's suite on Airbnb or Vrbo, or use the guest rooms as a place to stay for visits from extended family. A couple or individual could live in the home for part of the year and rent it out for the other part, the Lallys and Kuligowski said.
More on the history of the house
The house was built in 1885 in the traditional Queen Anne style of architecture by William Sauber, chief engineer for the Mitchell fleet of Great Lakes steamers. Sauber traveled the Great Lakes extensively, bringing goods to and from the lakes on the wooden ships of his time, according to the Heather House website.
Guests to the Heather House can see the area's shipping history continue to this day while they watch freighters go by outside the house's many porches and windows.
"This is a small piece of that (maritime) history that you can live in and see the culmination of industrialization," Kuligowski said.
Originally designed as a single-family home for Sauber and his ten children, the house has also served as a single-family home for another family and was later converted to an apartment building. The Bokrams purchased the home in 1991 and converted it to a bed and breakfast, Helen Lally said.
Heather House brings people together
Over the years, people from all professions and walks of life have stayed at the Heather House. The Lallys said they have enjoyed meeting many different people and hearing their stories.
"Every sort of profession you can think of, we've had here. We've had cow farmers, we've had rocket scientists, we've had actors," Mark Lally said.
"Brain surgeons, authors, it's just such an interesting mix of people," Helen Lally added.
Helen Lally said she also enjoys how the Heather House brings people together.
"The majority of people would sit at one table, and be perfect strangers, and within five minutes I'm hearing from the kitchen, roaring laughter and people just connecting," Helen Lally said.
Contact Laura Fitzgerald at (810) 941-7072 or lfitzgeral@gannett.com. | https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/2022/09/02/you-can-own-this-three-story-victorian-mansion-for-nearly-750000/65463546007/ | 2022-09-02T03:04:09Z |
Escapism Escape Rooms joins businesses in downtown Harrisonburg
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - It’s all about getting out at just the right time, and it’s attracting people to downtown Harrisonburg.
The Escapism Escape Rooms opened along W. Water Street earlier this summer.
Owners Sam and Suzanne Lambert said it’s a way for friends and families to have fun, as well as team building for co-workers.
The summer was filled with people from the Shenandoah Valley and tourists stopping by, but now it’s ready to welcome local college students to give the escape rooms a try. Escapism ranks the escape room’s difficulty from level 1 to level 5.
The Shot Caller room is level 4 and a level 5 room will be coming soon. Another room will be a level 3 or 4 depending on how puzzle development goes, Sam Lambert said, but it will also be adding a level 2 room for beginners and children.
“A fourth room will come at the end of getting three rooms totally up and running and being able to staff that properly,” Sam Lambert said. “Our goal is to have four fully-functioning rooms by Christmas break and hopefully add a fifth room next year.”
Escapism hopes to have four rooms open by the end of the year. For more information, click here.
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Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance looks forward to fall events after successful summer
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Summer 2022 comes to its unofficial end this weekend and for downtown Harrisonburg, it was a busy season with many events making their first comeback in years.
“It’s felt really good to bring the community back together and to celebrate being in Harrisonburg and to provide something fun for our communities and tourists to do while they’re here,” Andrea Dono, the Executive Director of the Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance, said.
Thousands of people flocked to the Turner Pavilion for the Rocktown Beer and Music Festival in April and the sold-out Downtown Dinner Party brought people together in May. Both events came back from a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Best.Weekend.Ever. featured live music, a sip and stroll, and food trucks in June. Block Party in the ‘Burg welcomed James Madison University students back to the Friendly City at the end of August. Both events were able to happen last summer.
“They come back because they love Harrisonburg and they just need an excuse to come here, so it’s really important for people to maintain their connections with our community,” Dono said. “I think people are just hungry for togetherness and for activities to get back into things.”
Events were reformatted so they are all not at the Turner Pavilion or Court Square, but all around the 40-blocks making up downtown Harrisonburg.
This fall there are still plenty of events and festivals to look forward to:
- Harrisonburg International Festival: Saturday, Sept. 22, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- Shenandoah Valley Pride: Saturday, Oct. 8 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Skeleton Festival: Saturday, Oct. 15, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Harrisonburg Half Marathon: Oct. 15 at 7 a.m.
“It’s just going to be a phenomenal time in downtown Harrisonburg starting this month,” Dono said.
While big events happen several times a season in downtown Harrisonburg, Dono encourages people to check out events that small businesses host frequently and check out First Fridays every month.
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KAPOLEI (KITV4) -- Permits were filed today to begin construction on the Kapolei DreamHouse Center and High School building.
The project, an expansion of the school's current location in Kalaeloa, is scheduled to be completed by the summer of 2024 in Kapolei, near the Kapolei Park and library.
The new space will feature two floors for DreamHouse High School, and a ground floor for retail.
The new facility will allow DreamHouse ‘Ewa Beach Public Charter School to grow their community, with 100 students anticipated to enroll each year over the next 4 years. The new center plans to accommodate up to four hundred high school students.
“DreamHouse is the newest and fastest-growing charter school in Hawai‘i,” said Alex Teece, founder and Chief Education Officer for DreamHouse ‘Ewa Beach. “Our commitment to empowering homegrown leaders for our islands would not be possible without the shared vision and partnership of Avalon to create and bring DreamHouse Center to life.”
Currently located in Kalaeloa, ‘Oahu and expanding to Kapolei, DreamHouse was imagined in 2012. After seven years of development, the school was approved in July 2017 and launched in August 2019.
DreamHouse School's mission is to promote active, collaborative, inquiry-based learning through a culturally responsive pedagogy and a culture of high expectations.
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Kathryn spent the last decade in the Bay Area working in nonprofits, education, and communications consulting. She has a B.A. in English from St. Mary's College of CA and an M.A. in Public Affairs and Politics from the University of San Francisco. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/new-dreamhouse-center-and-high-school-slated-for-summer-2024-finish/article_0953793e-2a5f-11ed-a84a-0319e9451dae.html | 2022-09-02T03:36:03Z |
Former officer, firefighter sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting minor, authorities say
CHARLESTON, W. Va. (WSAZ/Gray News) - Authorities say a former police officer and firefighter in West Virginia was sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting an underage girl.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Christopher Osborne, 26, was sentenced to 14 years in prison and must also serve five years of supervised release and register as a sex offender.
According to the criminal complaint, on Jan. 25, 2021, troopers received a complaint about a sexual assault that occurred at the Danville Fire Department.
WSAZ reports the victim, a juvenile, told troopers Osborne sexually assaulted her in the bunk room at the fire department and forcibly made her engage in sexual intercourse against her will.
Authorities said they reviewed surveillance footage which showed Osborne and the victim leaving the TV room of the department together and then entering the bunk room.
Danville Fire Chief Justin Chafin said they dismissed Osborne from the Danville Fire Department as soon as they were notified about the criminal investigation.
Officials with the Marmet Police Department said they immediately suspended Osborne without pay once hearing about the investigation.
According to WSAZ, investigators said Osborne used his position, authority and status as a firefighter to assault the victim.
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Anne Heche died without a will, son files to control estate
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Anne Heche died without a will, and her 20-year-old son has filed court papers to control her estate.
Homer Laffoon, Heche’s son with ex-husband Coleman Laffoon, filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday requesting that he be allowed to administer his mother’s estate.
The petition lists Homer Laffoon and 13-year-old Atlas Tupper, Heche’s son with former partner James Tupper, as her only heirs.
The document says the value of Heche’s estate is unknown. That is often the case on such initial filings, before anyone has the legal authority to assess the dead person’s assets.
Homer Laffoon also filed a petition asking that someone be appointed to represent his brother’s interests in court.
A representative of Heche declined to comment on the filing.
On Aug. 5, a car Heche was driving jumped a curb, smashed into a Los Angeles home and burst into flames. She was declared brain dead on Aug. 11, and was kept alive on life support for three more days so her organs could be donated.
Heche, 53, was among the biggest film stars of the late 1990s, starring opposite actors including Johnny Depp and Harrison Ford, and had worked consistently in movies and television for more than three decades.
She was married to Coleman Laffoon, a television camera operator, from 2001 to 2009, and was in a relationship with James Tupper, an actor, from 2007 to 2018. She had a son with each.
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Former officer, firefighter sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting minor, authorities say
CHARLESTON, W. Va. (WSAZ/Gray News) - Authorities say a former police officer and firefighter in West Virginia was sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting an underage girl.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Christopher Osborne, 26, was sentenced to 14 years in prison and must also serve five years of supervised release and register as a sex offender.
According to the criminal complaint, on Jan. 25, 2021, troopers received a complaint about a sexual assault that occurred at the Danville Fire Department.
WSAZ reports the victim, a juvenile, told troopers Osborne sexually assaulted her in the bunk room at the fire department and forcibly made her engage in sexual intercourse against her will.
Authorities said they reviewed surveillance footage which showed Osborne and the victim leaving the TV room of the department together and then entering the bunk room.
Danville Fire Chief Justin Chafin said they dismissed Osborne from the Danville Fire Department as soon as they were notified about the criminal investigation.
Officials with the Marmet Police Department said they immediately suspended Osborne without pay once hearing about the investigation.
According to WSAZ, investigators said Osborne used his position, authority and status as a firefighter to assault the victim.
Copyright 2022 WSAZ via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.wvva.com/2022/09/02/former-officer-firefighter-sentenced-prison-sexually-assaulting-minor-authorities-say/ | 2022-09-02T03:55:35Z |
Most of Friday looks dry; showers/storms work in for the holiday weekend
It will be a nice wrap up to the work week
We’ll be quiet overnight and into the end of the work week. Temps tonight should fall into the 50 for most, under clear skies.
The humidity should still stay on the lower end for one more day, but we’ll start to get muggy again by this weekend. Friday looks mainly dry with a mix of sun and clouds and high temps in the low-upper 80s for most. We could see a stray shower/storm by Friday night, but most will stay dry for Football Friday. Friday night will be partly cloudy overall with lows in the upper 50s-low 60s.
Saturday, we could see a few isolated/showers storms, but not everyone is guaranteed to see rain. We’ll otherwise be partly cloudy with highs in the low-upper 80s again for most. Saturday night will be partly cloudy with lows in the upper 50s-low 60s.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are looking more likely Sunday-Monday (Labor Day). While not a wash-out, rain is looking a bit more widespread- so if you’ve got outdoor plans you might have to occasionally dodge a few showers/storms!
Next week is looking a tad unsettled but a little bit cooler...STAY TUNED!
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) -
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CLASS 4A
MAZAMA VIKINGS
Coach: Vic Lease (10th season, 68-20)
Last season: 9-3 overall, 5-0 in Skyline Conference (lost in state semifinals)
Key returnees: RB/LB Trevor Anderson (sr., 5-10, 190); RB/DB Brody Hubble (sr., 5-10, 180); QB/DB Tyson Van Gastel (jr., 6-2, 205); OL/DL Keegan McDonald (6-5, 285); OL/DL Caleb Moran (6-3, 285); TE/LB Brendon Monteith (sr., 6-2, 210); K Treyce Horton (sr., 5-10, 165)
Of note: The Vikings won their eighth consecutive Skyline Conference title last season but are headed into new league that includes defending state champion Marshfield, the only team to defeat them in 2021. ... Mazama will have to replace three first-team all-league offensive linemen in Nathan Tramp, Isaac Pena and Daniel Yancey. Tramp and Pena were also first-teamers on the defensive line. Also gone is first-team DB Savien Burk. ... Anderson took over at fullback after Zeke Heaton was hurt in a non-league game and made the all-conference first team by rushing for 739 yards and 11 touchdowns on 118 carries. He was also received honorable mention on the all-state team at linebacker. ... Hubble was a first-team all-Skyline pick at wide receiver and linebacker. ... Van Gastel replaced all-state QB Tristan Lee and was a second-team all-Skyline selection, throwing for 604 yards and seven TDs and rushing for 312 yards and eight scores. ... Moran is the lone returning starter on the offensive line. ... The Vikings outscored regular-season opponents 401-141 last season. They defeated North Eugene 42-0 and Banks 21-14 in the playoffs before a 36-0 defeat to Marshfield in the semis.
HENLEY HORNETS
Coach: Alex Stork (sixth season, 28-17 overall)
Last season: 9-2 overall, 4-1 in Skyline (lost in state quarterfinals)
Key returnees: QB Shaw Stork (sr., 6-2, 190); WR/DB Owen Cheyne (sr., 6-2, 170); OL/DL Owen Northcutt (sr., 6-5, 200); RB/LB Logan Whitlock (jr., 5-10, 180); WR/DB Luke Bennett (jr., 6-2, 170); OL/DL Braeden Morris (jr., 5-10, 240); OL/DL Nate Tappan (sr., 5-10, 230); TE/DB Tyler Harper (sr., 6-2, 200); OL/DL Juan Manzo (sr., 5-10, 225); OL/DL Emiliano Ortiz (jr., 5-11, 245).
Of note: The Hornets’ nine victories last year were their most since 2000 and they won a playoff game for the first time since 2017. ... Stork was the Skyline Conference’s offensive player of the year, throwing for 1,075 yards and 11 touchdowns and rushing for 863 yards and a team-high 15 TDs. ... Cheyne was an all-league selection at four positions, making the second team on offense and defense and getting honorable mention as a kicker and punter. ... The Hornets will have to replace RB/LB Tulson Higgins, who was first-team selection on offense and the Skyline’s defensive player of the year. WR/DB Coltin Smith has also graduated after being a two-way first-team pick last season. In addition, WR/DE Austin Fitts moved to Florida. ... With Higgins gone, Whitlock figureds to get most of the carries. He suffered a broken collarbone in the Hornets’ final non-league game last year after rushing 11 times for 133 yards. ... The Hornets outscored regular-season opponents 322-120 last year. They defeated Tillamook 35-14 in the playoffs before a 42-7 loss to eventual state champion Marshfield in the quarterfinals.
KLAMATH UNION PELICANS
Coach: Tom Smith (13th season, 47-60)
Last season: 1-7 overall, 1-4 in Skyline
Key returnees: WR/DB Tony Ortiz (sr., 6-2, 185); OL/DL Indrani Espinoza (sr., 6-1, 230); WR/DB Braden Dawson (jr., 5-10, 160); QB/DE Lamar Cuellar (jr., 6-0, 215); RB/LB Liam Garrett (jr., 5-8, 165); OL/DL Hayden Smith (sr., 6-2, 295).
Of note: The Pelicans haven’t had a winning season since 2018, going 1-7 in the fall of both 2019 and 2021. .... Klamath Union will have to replace first-team Skyline OL Luis Garcia, as well as season-team WR/DB Jaymus Dutra. ... WR Ortiz was a first-team all-conference pick on offense last season. ... Cueller, who was an honorable mention all-Skyline pick at linebacker last season, figures to battle senior Wayce Saluskin II, a transfer from Oakridge, for the starting QB job. ... Smith received all-state honorable mention after the 2021 spring season. ... WR/DB Javan Zumwalt returns after taking last season off. ... The Pelicans were outscored 260-132 last season, with their lone victory a 56-20 decision at Phoenix.
CLASS 3A
LAKEVIEW HONKERS
Coach: Ryan Moss (second season, 10-2 overall)
Last season: 10-2 overall, 6-0 2A Special District 4 (lost in state semifinals)
Key returnees: QB Benny Alves (jr., 6-2, 160); OL/DL Hunter Greer (sr., 6-3, 295); C/DL Wyatt Julian (sr., 5-11, 260); WR Brayson Granger (sr., 5-11, 150); WR/DB Nikko Maita (5-9, 150); OL/LB Adrian Stubbs (jr., 5-10, 185); OL/LB Jayden Schulte (jr., 5-11, 180); RB/LB Brandon Markus (jr., 5-10, 155).
Of note: The Honkers are moving up to Class 3A after winning the 2A Special District 4 title last season and advancing to the semifinals of the state playoffs for the first time since 2008. ... Alves, who earned first-team all-league honors last season, returns at quarterback. ... The Honkers should be strong up front with Greer, a second-team all-state selection, and Julian, a first-team all-conference pick, anchoring the lines. Stubbs received all-league recognition on defense. ... The Honkers outscored opponents 305-110 in the regular season last year. They beat Grant Union 59-6 and Bandon 27-26 in the playoffs before falling to Kennedy 21-0 in the semis.
CLASS 1A (8-MAN)
BONANZA ANTLERS
Coach Kelly Greif (first season)
Last season: 5-4 overall, 3-1 1A Special District 1 South (lost in opening round of playoffs)
Key returnees: RB Adrian Mojica (sr.), QB/DB Andres Mojica (sr.), WR/LB W.D Kness (sr.), DE/OL Cameron Motz (sr.), LB/OL Bryce Nunn (sr.), QB/DB Allen Hill (sr.), RB/LB Austin Seminski (sr.).
Of note: Andres Mojica returns after earning second-team all-conference honors at quarterback. Kness was a second-team all-league defensive back and Adrian Mojica received honorable mention at linebacker. ... Narrowly lost to league champion Lost River 24-22 last season before falling 46-6 at Crane in the state playoffs. ... Greif moved up to replace Donny Cloud as coach. ... The Antlers were narrowly outscored 237-244 in the regular season last year.
CHILOQUIN PANTHERS
Coach: Ron Schroeder (fourth season)
Last season: 2-5, 0-4 1A Special District 1 South
Key returnees: Utility Orville Schroeder (sr., 6-2, 185); RB O’Riley Lewis (so., 5-6, 165); QB Aiden Miller (sr., 5-11, 152); WR Jaden Jackson (sr., 5-8, 160); OL Desmond Jackson OL (sr., 5-11, 210); OL Kade Wright (sr., 5-6, 195).
Of note: Coach Schroeder said he hopes the Panthers’ new stadium, which includes FieldTurf, will help revitalize the program. There were 17 players at preseason workouts and five more are expected once the school year begins. ... Orville Schroeder, a returning all-league first-team offensive lineman, could see action all over the field for the Panthers. He even stepped in to play quarterback at the Gold Beach camp this summer. ... Miller is expected to start at QB after playing WR last season ... Lewis, who is expected to get most of the carries, received all-league honorable mention for his play on the defensive line last season. ... The Panthers were outscored 270-166 last season, when they played their only “home” games at Mazama and Henley. They opened with victories against the JV teams from Bonanza (44-14) and Lost River (40-38) before losing their final five, one by forfeit.
CROSSPOINT CHRISTIAN WARRIORS
Coach: Mike Homfeldt (second season, 5-3 overall)
Last season: 5-3, 2-2 1A Special District 1 South
Key returnees: TE/DB Tucker Moore (sr., 5-11, 160); RB/DE Lucas Heryford (sr., 6-2, 185); TE/DE Connor Nickelson (sr., 6-2, 190); RB/LB Garrett Little (jr., 5-9, 155); QB/S Kody Sparks (so., 5-9, 130).
Of note: Homfeldt spent four seasons as the head coach and 12 overall at Triad before taking over the Warriors’ program last season following the merger of Triad and Hosanna. ... The Warriors graduated six seniors from last year’s team, so they’re young at the skill positions, with Homfeldt saying those players will face the “baptismal fire.” The coach was pleased with the overall numbers, as there are 18 players out this fall. ... Nickelson returns after breaking his collarbone in preseason practices last year and missing the entire season. ... Sparks is expected to start at QB. ... The Warriors outscored opponents 264-253 last season. ... They finished the 2021 regular season with three consecutive victories, defeating Glendale 38-18 and Days Creek 56-38 at home before winning the finale 48-20 against Chiloquin at Henley High. Their league losses were to Lost River (51-0) and Bonanza (50-28), who both made the state playoffs.
LOST RIVER RAIDERS
Coach: Dennis Dunlea (24th season, 163-76 overall)
Last season: 10-2, 4-0 1A Special District 1 South (lost in state semifinals)
Key returnees: FB/LB Nathan Dalton (sr., 5-11, 190); TE/LB Grady Dunlea (sr., 5-11, 180); G/NT Adan Garcia (sr., 6-0, 205); SE/DB Isaac Hernandez (5-10, 150); RB/DB Codey Lyman (sr., 5-9, 155); G/DE Carson Parrish (sr., 5-10, 180); RB/FS Connor Dunlea (jr., 5-10, 170); QB/SS Chase McAuliffe (jr., 6-3, 175); TE/DE Emmett O’Brien (jr., 5-11, 165); TE/DB JC Navarro (jr., 5-8, 145); G/DE Joel DeJong (jr., 5-11, 180); C/DE Brock Lacy (so., 6-1, 160); C/NT Beau Saunders (so., 5-10, 225)
Of note: The Raiders are returning seven of eight starters on both offense and defense from a team that reached the state semifinals last season. ... Coach Dunlea said a key to the team’s success will be how the younger players develop, specifically on the offensive and defensive lines. ... The Raiders outscored opponents 422-126 in the regular season last year and posted three shutouts. ... They put together a 10-game winning streak after a 36-24 loss to St. Paul in the season opener. ... The Raiders defeated Camas Valley 38-0 and Waldport 63-34 to reach the state semifinals before a 62-20 defeat to Adrian.
CLASS 1A (6-MAN)
GILCHRIST GRIZZLIES
Coach: Rick West (seventh season)
Last season: 1-5 overall, 1-5 in 1A Special District 3
Key returnees: QB Ron Ronning (sr.), WR Kaleb Bivens (sr.), OL Sebastion Cline (jr.)
Of note: Coach Rick West said 2021 was the start of a rebuilding process for the Grizzlies’ program and there is a “great turnout” this fall. ... The Grizzlies were outscored 261-146 last season. Their only victory came in their season opener, 57-19 against host North Lake. They came close in the regular-season finale before dropping a 41-38 decision at Elkton.
NORTH LAKE COWBOYS
Coach: Barry Anderson (seventh season)
Last season: 0-7, 0-7 1A Special District 3
Key returnees: RB/DL Trevor Williams (sr., 6-1, 185); OL/DL Dani Bates (sr., 5-7, 130); RB/DB Blake Herincks (jr., 5-8, 155); OL/DL Marcus Roberts (jr., 6-0, 205); C/DL Garrett Joye (jr., 5-8, 175).
Of note: Coach Anderson said the Cowboys have 15 players out this fall, the most in the past two or three seasons as they rebuild the program. ... Herincks, Bates and Williams all received honorable mention on the all-league team last year. ... After taking a year off, Hayden Joye returns as the starting QB, with Herincks and Williams expected to get most of the carries. ... Anderson expects several newcomers to make an impact, including junior DL Stephen Griffen and sophomore RB/DB Logen Grassman, who are both playing high school football for the first time. In addition, the Cowboys added a pair of sophomore transfers in DL Ben Duffner and SE/DB Carter Golson and have high hopes for freshman DL Bryce Williardt. ... The Cowboys were outscored 306-76 last season in finishing winless for the second consecutive year.
CALIFORNIA
BUTTE VALLEY BULLDOGS
Coach: Ivan Mendoza (second season, 2-5 overall)
Last season: 2-5 overall, 2-3 in Division II 8-man
Key returnees: RB/LB Kyler Hensley (sr.); OL/DL Joseph Cilione (sr.); LB Daniel Lane (sr.); QB/LB Jordan Cynor (jr.); WR/DB Ray Olson (jr.); WR/DB Jacob Allen (jr.); OL/DL Ethan Burrow (jr.); OL/DL Cooper Faivre (jr.); WR/DB Wyatt Langford (so.)
Of note: The Bulldogs opened their season last week with a 26-20 loss to Greenville despite Hensley’s 261 all-purpose yards. ... Hensley and Cilone received honorable mention on the all-league team last season. ... Cynor will be the starting QB after sharing the job with Michael Rodriguez last season. ... The Bulldogs should be strong up front with the return of starters Cilone, Burrow and Faivre and they have experience at WR/DB with Allen, Olson and Langford. ... Lane will take over as the MLB.
MODOC BRAVES
Coach: Wyatt Valena (first season)
Last season: 8-4 overall, 3-2 in Mid-Valley Conference (lost in division championship game)
Key returnees: OL/DL Tytus Potap (sr., 6-2, 230); OL/LB Michael French (sr., 5-10, 200); RB/LB Troy Lewis (sr., 5-9, 165).
Of note: Made it to the division championship game last season before falling 37-6 to Fall River. ... Will be moving from the Mid-Valley League to the Cascade Valley League with Fall River, Portola and Quincy. .. French is a returning all-league selection who averaged 4.9 tackles per game last season and had four sacks. ... QB/DB Jafeth Mendez and WR/S Ryan Weber, both juniors, are expected to make contributions after moving up from the JV. RB Jake Hallmark could also make a difference.
TULELAKE HONKERS
Coach: Matt Andrade (first season)
Last season: 4-7 overall, 3-4 in Division II 8-man (lost in second round of playoffs)
Key returnees: RB/DE Gio Loza (sr., 5-10, 180); TE/LB Koen Brown (sr., 6-0, 180); RB/LB Brian Perez (jr., 5-7, 160); OL/DL Erik Salazar (so., 5-10, 190); WR/DB Tony Loza (so., 5-6, 160).
Of note: The Honkers have only three seniors on the roster after graduating nearly half of last year’s team (nine of 20 players). ... Sophomore Xavier Silva is expected to start at QB, with Gio Loza, Perez and newcomer Max Martinez-Bravo getting most of the carries. ... Perez and Salazar each received honorable mention on the all-league team last season. ... Sophomore C Kevin Larsen-Pena is expected to help anchor a young line, which includes freshmen David Garcia-Chavoya and Abraham Chavolla.
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Anne Heche died without a will, son files to control estate
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Anne Heche died without a will, and her 20-year-old son has filed court papers to control her estate.
Homer Laffoon, Heche’s son with ex-husband Coleman Laffoon, filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday requesting that he be allowed to administer his mother’s estate.
The petition lists Homer Laffoon and 13-year-old Atlas Tupper, Heche’s son with former partner James Tupper, as her only heirs.
The document says the value of Heche’s estate is unknown. That is often the case on such initial filings, before anyone has the legal authority to assess the dead person’s assets.
Homer Laffoon also filed a petition asking that someone be appointed to represent his brother’s interests in court.
A representative of Heche declined to comment on the filing.
On Aug. 5, a car Heche was driving jumped a curb, smashed into a Los Angeles home and burst into flames. She was declared brain dead on Aug. 11, and was kept alive on life support for three more days so her organs could be donated.
Heche, 53, was among the biggest film stars of the late 1990s, starring opposite actors including Johnny Depp and Harrison Ford, and had worked consistently in movies and television for more than three decades.
She was married to Coleman Laffoon, a television camera operator, from 2001 to 2009, and was in a relationship with James Tupper, an actor, from 2007 to 2018. She had a son with each.
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Biden to help unveil Obama White House portrait
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, for the unveiling of their White House portraits, part of a beloved Washington tradition that for decades managed to transcend partisan politics.
President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are set to revive that ritual — after an awkward and anomalous gap in the Trump years — when they host the Obamas on Wednesday for the big reveal of their portraits in front of scores of friends, family and staff.
The Obama paintings will not look like any in the White House portrait collection to which they will be added. They were America’s first Black president and first lady.
The ceremony will also mark Michelle Obama’s first visit to the White House since Obama’s presidency ended in January 2017, and only the second visit for Barack Obama. He was at the White House in April to mark the 12th anniversary of the health care law he signed in 2010.
Portrait ceremonies often give past presidents an opportunity to showcase their comedic timing.
“I am pleased that my portrait brings an interesting symmetry to the White House collection. It now starts and ends with a George W,” Bush quipped at his ceremony in 2012.
Bill Clinton joked in 2004 that “most of the time, till you get your picture hung like this, the only artists that draw you are cartoonists.”
Recent tradition, no matter the party affiliation, has had the current president genially hosting his immediate predecessor for the unveiling — as Clinton did for George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush did for Clinton and Obama did for the younger Bush.
Then there was an unexplained pause when Donald Trump did not host Obama.
Two spokespeople for Trump did not respond to emailed requests for comment on the lack of a ceremony for Obama, and whether artists are working on portraits of Trump and former first lady Melania Trump.
The White House portrait collection starts with George Washington, America’s first president. Congress bought his portrait.
Other portraits of early presidents and first ladies often came to the White House as gifts. Since the middle of the last century, the White House Historical Association has paid for the paintings.
The first portraits financed by the association were of Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, and John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, said Stewart McLaurin, president of the private, nonprofit organization established by first lady Kennedy.
Before presidents and first ladies leave office, the association explains the portrait process. The former president and first lady choose the artist or artists, and offer guidance on how they want to be portrayed.
“It really involves how that president and first lady see themselves,” McLaurin said in an interview with The Associated Press.
The collection includes an iconic, full-length portrait of Washington that adorns the East Room. It is the only item still in the White House that was in the executive mansion in November 1800 when John Adams and Abigail Adams became the first president and first lady to live in the White House.
Years later, first lady Dolley Madison saved Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Washington from almost certain ruin. She had White House staff take it out of the city before advancing British forces burned the mansion in 1814. The painting was held in storage until the White House was rebuilt.
President and first lady portraits are seen by millions of White House visitors, though not all are on display. Some are undergoing conservation or are in storage.
Those that are on display line hallways and rooms in public areas of the mansion, such as the Ground Floor and its Vermeil and China Rooms, and the State Floor one level above, which has the famous Green, Blue and Red Rooms, the East Room and State Dining Room.
Portraits of Mamie Eisenhower, Pat Nixon, Lady Bird Johnson and Lou Henry Hoover grace the Vermeil Room, along with a full-length image of Jacqueline Kennedy. Michelle Obama’s portrait likely will join Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush along the Ground Floor hallway.
The State Floor hallway one floor above features recent presidents: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Gerald Ford’s portrait and the likeness of Richard Nixon — the only president to resign from office — are on view on the Grand Staircase leading to the private living quarters on the second floor.
Past presidents’ images move around the White House, depending on their standing with the current occupants. Ronald Reagan, for example, moved Thomas Jefferson and Harry S. Truman out of the Cabinet Room and swapped in Dwight Eisenhower and Calvin Coolidge.
In the Clinton era, portraits of Richard Nixon and Reagan, idols of the Republican Party, lost their showcase spot in the Grand Foyer and were replaced with pictures of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Truman, heroes of the Democrats. Nancy Reagan temporarily moved Eleanor Roosevelt to a place of prominence in the East Room in 1984 to mark the centennial of her birth.
One of the most prominent spots for a portrait is above the mantle in the State Dining Room and it has been occupied for decades by a painting of a seated Abraham Lincoln, hand supporting his chin. It was placed there by Franklin Roosevelt.
Bill Clinton’s and George W. Bush’s portraits hang on opposing walls in the Grand Foyer.
Clinton’s would be relocated to make room for Barack Obama’s if the White House sticks to tradition and keeps the two most recent Oval Office occupants there, McLaurin said.
“That’s up to the White House, to the curators,” he said.
The association, which is funded through private donations and the sale of books and an annual White House Christmas ornament, keeps the portrait price well below market value because of the “extraordinary honor” an artist derives from having “their work of art hanging perpetually in the White House,” McLaurin said.
Details about the Obamas’ portraits will stay under wraps until Wednesday.
Biden will be the rare president to host a former boss for the unveiling; he was Obama’s vice president. George H.W. Bush, who held Ronald Reagan’s ceremony, was Reagan’s No. 2.
Betty Monkman, a former White House curator, said during a 2017 podcast for the White House Historical Association that the ceremony is a “statement of generosity” by the president and first lady. “It’s a very warm, lovely moment.”
The White House portraits are one of two sets of portraits of presidents and first ladies. The National Portrait Gallery, a Smithsonian museum, maintains its own collection and those portraits are unveiled before the White House pair. The Obamas’ unveiled their museum portraits in February 2018.
Linda St. Thomas, chief spokesperson for the Smithsonian Institution, said in an email that a $650,000 donation in July from Save America, Trump’s political action committee, was earmarked for the couple’s museum portraits. Two artists have been commissioned, one for each painting, and work has begun, St. Thomas said.
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Associated Press writer Jill Colvin in New York contributed to this report.
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Iran sends nuclear talks response; US casts doubt on offer
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sent a written response early Friday in negotiations over a final draft of a roadmap for parties to return to its tattered nuclear deal with world powers, though the U.S. cast doubt on Tehran’s offer.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a statement that “the sent text has a constructive approach with the aim of finalizing the negotiations.”
However, as in the last round of written proposals and counters, Iran offered no public acknowledgment of what it said. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all matters of state in the country’s Shiite theocracy, largely has been silent in recent weeks on the negotiations.
In Washington, the State Department confirmed it received Iran’s response through the European Union, which has served as an intermediary for the indirect talks after then-President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the accord in 2018.
“We are studying it and will respond through the EU, but unfortunately it is not constructive,” the State Department said, similarly not elaborating on what the proposal contained.
The 2015 deal saw Iran greatly curtail its enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. Under the deal, Iran could have only 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 3.67% under constant scrutiny of International Atomic Energy Agency surveillance cameras and inspectors.
Now, however, the last public IAEA count shows Iran has a stockpile of some 3,800 kilograms (8,370 pounds) of enriched uranium. More worrying for nonprofileration experts, Iran now enriches uranium up to 60% purity — a level it never reached before that is a short, technical step away from 90%. Those experts warn Iran has enough 60%-enriched uranium to reprocess into fuel for at least one nuclear bomb.
While Iran long has maintained its program is peaceful, officials now openly discuss Tehran’s ability to seek an atomic bomb if it wanted. Meanwhile, a series of attacks across the wider Mideast since the deal’s collapse have raised tensions of a wider conflict breaking out.
Both the U.S. and Iran have tried to portray the ongoing negotiations as bending in their favor on issues like the American sanctions targeting Tehran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Earlier this week, Iran’s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi maintained that an IAEA investigation into traces of man-made uranium found at undeclared nuclear sites in the country must be halted.
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Associated Press writer Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.
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Three-Hour Football Preview Special Airs LIVE Saturday, September 3rd at 12 noon ET from the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio on HBCU GO and Features Interviews with NFL, HBCU Alumni and Icons Including Deion Sanders, Doug Williams, Troy Vincent, Carl Francis, Will Packer, Tracey Edmonds, Keisha Knight Pulliam and More
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Byron Allen's Allen Media Group (AMG) FREE-streaming digital platform, HBCU GO -- the leading media provider for the nation's 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will launch its inaugural football season with an event special featuring the nation's top Gridiron NFL and Black College Football Hall of Famers and HBCU Alums. The "The HBCU GO Sports Kickoff Show" is not your average game day program. This star-studded special offers fans an exclusive look at the cultural engagement that can only be experienced at an HBCU football game. The pre-season show will air LIVE on Saturday, September 3 at 12 noon/ET on the AMG platforms HBCU GO, theGrio television network, theGrio Streaming App, Sports.TV, Local Now, and on broadcast television stations throughout the U.S.
Led by legendary HBCU sports analyst Charlie Neal, with color commentary by Jon Kelley and sideline reporting by Ashley Holder, the HBCU GO sportscasters will provide insight about the nation's HBCU conferences, the Black College Football Hall of Fame and authentic, thought-provoking analysis of the competition on the field. The all-star team will offer viewers a taste of what they can expect every Saturday this fall from the action-packed Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAA) football schedule.
This three-hour football preview special will showcase the college marching bands, provide player profiles, game highlights, exclusive interviews and cameos from NFL and HBCU alumni and icons including: Pro Football Hall of Fame member and Jackson State University head coach, Deion Sanders, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Doug Williams, NFL legend and current Executive Vice President, Troy Vincent, NFL Players Association Communications and Brand Manager Carl Francis, film and television producer Will Packer, Emmy and NAACP award-winning film and television producer Tracey Edmonds, actress Keisha Knight Pulliam, and many more.
"The HBCU GO Sports Kickoff Show is another great milestone for America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities," said Byron Allen, Founder/Chairman/CEO of Allen Media Group. "We at Allen Media Group are one-thousand percent committed to building the HBCU sports conferences into great American franchises."
"The HBCU GO Sports Kickoff Show" will be broadcast live from the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio – also home to the Black College Football Hall of Fame
For more information about HBCU GO visit HBCUGO.TV or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram.
About HBCU GO
HBCU GO is a cultural lifestyle destination and leading sports media provider that embraces and represents the voice of Black Excellence every day of the year through an all-new platform that captures the rich history, diversity, perspectives, and cultural experiences at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). HBCU GO also provides a platform for emerging creatives in media production, branding, and broadcasting. We offer our viewers the best in live sports, original series, documentaries, films, comedy, and edutainment programming produced by African-American leading producers, directors, and students from select HBCUs.
Launched in 2012, the free-streaming service HBCU GO was purchased by Byron Allen in 2021 and is part of Byron Allen's Allen Media Group (AMG). AMG is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Charleston, SC. AMG owns 27 ABC-NBC-CBS-FOX network affiliate broadcast television stations in 21 U.S. markets and twelve 24-hour HD television networks serving nearly 220 million subscribers: THE WEATHER CHANNEL, THE WEATHER CHANNEL EN ESPAÑOL, PETS.TV, COMEDY.TV, RECIPE.TV, CARS.TV, ES.TV, MYDESTINATION.TV, JUSTICE CENTRAL.TV, THEGRIO, THIS TV, and PATTRN. AMG also owns the streaming platforms HBCU GO, THE GRIO STREAMING APP, SPORTS.TV, THE WEATHER CHANNEL STREAMING APP, and LOCAL NOW -- the free-streaming AVOD service powered by THE WEATHER CHANNEL and content partners, which delivers real-time, hyper-local news, weather, traffic, sports, and lifestyle information. For more information, visit www.entertainmentstudios.com and www.hbcugo.tv
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This essential appliance fully charges in 1.3 hours, boasts a 10-year lifetime, and powers 90% of appliances.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EcoFlow, an eco-friendly energy solutions company, today launched the DELTA 2, an industry-leading upgrade to the revolutionary DELTA Portable Power Station. With an industry-leading recharging speed that's seven times faster than the industry average, up to 3kWh of expandable capacity, an up-to-ten-year product lifetime and more, the DELTA 2 is a must-have for every family.
A powerful 1800W AC output makes the DELTA 2 an ideal backup solution in times of soaring energy costs and growing power supply insecurity. However, the DELTA 2 Portable Power Station is much more than just a battery. Possessing the capability to be recharged to 80% in just 50 minutes, supporting charging via solar panels and capable of running 90% of all accessories, the DELTA 2 makes users feel at home whether they are camping outdoors or living off-grid in RVs and cabins.
"Building on the success of our original DELTA Portable Power Station, the EcoFlow DELTA 2 demonstrates our commitment to refining our existing technologies," said Bruce Wang, CEO of EcoFlow. "A recharging speed seven times faster than the industry average, an up to 3KWh of expandable capacity, and a powerful output mean the DELTA 2 is an essential, modern-day appliance for all families. Whether used at home, outdoors or on the go, the DELTA 2 sets a new benchmark in eco-friendly power solutions."
Expandable Capacity Across a Wide-Ranging Ecosystem
While boasting a large 1024Wh capacity, the EcoFlow DELTA 2 also benefits from an expandable capacity design for boosted performance. The DELTA 2 can also be combined with a DELTA 2 Extra Battery or DELTA Max Extra Battery, providing an impressive 2048Wh or 3040Wh of energy. The resulting long run-time offers users a flexible option for on-demand energy, whether for everyday use or as an emergency power supply.
In addition to its compatibility with extra batteries, DELTA 2 functions across EcoFlow's existing product ecosystem which comprehensively addresses power generation, storage, and usage. Comprising solar panels, the Wave Portable Air Conditioner, the Smart Generator and many other products and accessories, the EcoFlow ecosystem seamlessly integrates with the DELTA 2 to free users from the restrictions of fixed power supplies.
Best-In-Class Recharging Speeds
The DELTA 2's revolutionary X-Stream technology allows for an unbeatable new standard in fast charging. The DELTA 2 can charge from 0-80% in just 50 minutes, with a full charge achievable in just 80 minutes. Seven times faster than the industry average, DELTA 2's industry-leading recharging speed allows flexibility for everything from sudden emergencies to last-minute camping trips.
Ideal for adventures in the great outdoors, DELTA 2 can also be charged using EcoFlow Portable Solar Panels. Supporting a maximum 500W solar input, the DELTA 2 can be fully recharged in three to six hours, providing a sustainable power supply in outdoor and off-grid scenarios.
Safe Power Supply for 90% of Appliances
The DELTA 2's powerful 1800W AC output allows it to run 90% of all appliances including heaters, hair dryers, coffee makers, and electric grills. Whether used as a backup supply or to boost outdoor expeditions, the DELTA 2's fifteen outlets deliver a new level of energy freedom, simultaneously powering everything from fridges to phones and washing machines to drones. For high-wattage appliances, the DELTA 2 provides users with peace of mind via EcoFlow's X-Boost technology, supplying an output of up to 2200W.
Industry-Leading Lifetime
Utilizing the same premium LFP batteries as deployed in Tesla vehicles, the DELTA 2 boasts a lifetime six times as long as the industry average of 500 cycles. As a result, with the potential for an incredible 3,000 cycles over its lifetime, users can power their lives with the DELTA 2 for up to ten years.
With an advanced BMS (Battery Management System) protection system monitoring performance to ensure power is delivered safely, as well as an exclusive five-year guarantee, the DELTA 2 delivers long-lasting energy security unlike any other portable power station on the market.
Availability
The EcoFlow DELTA 2 will retail for $999 and will be available for order on the EcoFlow website on September 16.
About EcoFlow
EcoFlow is an eco-friendly energy solutions company. Since its founding in 2017, EcoFlow has provided peace of mind to customers in over 100 markets through its DELTA and RIVER portable power stations and varied accessories. EcoFlow's mission is to reinvent the way the world generates, stores and uses energy through creative, environmentally-conscious innovation.
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LIMA, Peru, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nautilus Inkia Holdings SCS (f/k/a Nautilus Inkia Holdings LLC), Nautilus Distribution Holdings LLC and Nautilus Isthmus Holdings LLC (collectively, the "Issuers") today announced the expiration of the early tender period, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 1, 2022 (the "Early Tender Date"), of their previously announced cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer") for their 5.875% Senior Notes due 2027 (CUSIP Nos. 45721R AC7; G4808VAC4) (the "Notes"). In addition, the Issuers announced that they have increased the Maximum Tender Amount (as defined below) to $225,000,000.
On August 19, 2022, the Issuers commenced the Tender Offer for up to an amount of their outstanding Notes that would not result in the aggregate purchase price (excluding accrued and unpaid interest) exceeding $200,000,000 (the "Maximum Tender Amount"). The terms and conditions of the Tender Offer are described in the offer to purchase, dated August 19, 2022 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, including pursuant to this press release, the "Offer to Purchase"), and remain unchanged except for the increased Maximum Tender Amount.
As of the Early Tender Date, $478,489,000 aggregate principal amount, or approximately 79.7%, of the Notes, had been validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn). The Issuers have accepted for purchase approximately $227.3 million principal amount of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Date pursuant to the Tender Offer. Because the aggregate principal amount of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of the Early Tender Date exceeds the Maximum Tender Amount, such Notes will be accepted on a pro rata basis as set forth in the Offer to Purchase, subject to a proration factor of approximately 43.3%. Furthermore, since the Tender Offer was fully subscribed as of the Early Tender Date and the Issuers have elected to have an Early Settlement Date, holders who validly tender Notes following the Early Tender Date will not have any of their Notes accepted for purchase.
Holders who validly tendered (and did not validly withdraw) their Notes at or prior to the Early Tender Date, and whose Notes are purchased pursuant to the Tender Offer, will be entitled to receive the "Total Consideration" of $990.00 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which includes an "Early Tender Payment" of $50.00 for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to proration as described in the Offer to Purchase. In addition to the Total Consideration, holders will receive accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes tendered and accepted for payment in the Tender Offer from the last interest payment date up to, but not including, the applicable settlement date for the Tender Offer. Payment for the Notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) at or prior to the Early Tender Date and that have been accepted is to be made on the Early Settlement Date, which is expected to be September 7, 2022.
Subject to applicable law, the Issuers may further amend, modify or terminate the Tender Offer at any time in their sole discretion.
The Issuers retained Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Santander Investment Securities Inc. and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. to act as Dealer Managers for the Tender Offer. D.F. King & Co., Inc. is the Information Agent and Tender Agent for the Tender Offer. Questions regarding the Tender Offer should be directed to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC at (800) 820-1653 (toll-free) or (212) 538-2147 (collect), Santander Investment Securities Inc. at (855) 404-3636 (toll-free) or (212) 940-1442 (collect) or SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. at (888) 284-9760 (toll-free) or (212) 224-5328 (collect). Requests for documentation should be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at (866) 864-4943 (toll-free) or (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers) or at inkia@dfking.com. This press release is for informational purposes only.
Neither the Offer to Purchase nor any related documents have been filed with or reviewed by any federal or state securities commission or regulatory authority of any country, and the Offer to Purchase or any related documents have not been reviewed or approved by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange, the Luxembourg Supervisory Commission for the Financial Sector (Commission De Surveillance Du Secteur Financier), the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (Bourse De Luxembourg), the Peruvian Superintendency of the Securities Market (Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores), the Lima Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de Lima) or the Singapore Exchange. No authority has passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Offer to Purchase or any related documents, and it is unlawful and may be a criminal offense to make any representation to the contrary. The Tender Offer is being made solely on the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase.
This press release is not an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to purchase with respect to any Notes or any other securities. The Tender Offer is being made solely pursuant to the terms of the Offer to Purchase. The Tender Offer is not being made to holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. None of the Issuers, the Dealer Managers or the Information Agent makes any recommendation as to whether holders should tender or refrain from tendering their Notes. Holders should carefully read the Offer to Purchase and the related materials, because they contain important information, including the various terms and conditions of the Tender Offer. Holders must make their own decision as to whether to tender Notes and, if so, the principal amount of the Notes to tender.
This document may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are not based on historical facts and are not assurances of future results. These forward-looking statements are identified by terms and phrases such as "anticipate," "believe," "intend," "estimate," "expect," "continue," "should," "could," "may," "plan," "project," "predict," "will" and similar expressions and include references to assumptions and relate to the future prospects, developments and business strategies of the Issuers and their subsidiaries. These statements include but are not limited to forward-looking statements about the Tender Offer, including whether the Tender Offer is consummated in whole or in part. These estimates and forward-looking statements are based upon the Issuers' current expectations and estimates on projections about future events and trends, which affect or may affect the Issuers' businesses and results of operations. Although the Issuers believe that these estimates and forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, they are subject to several risks and uncertainties and are made in light of information currently available to the Issuers. Estimates and forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations and the Issuers' future results may differ materially from those expressed in these estimates and forward-looking statements.
All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and you should not place reliance on any forward-looking statement contained in this document. The Issuers undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or future events or for any other reason.
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Gogoro is enabling new business models with its battery-as-a-service platform that allow vehicle fleets to adopt sustainable transportation that is safe, reliable, scalable, and always available.
Gogoro and Jardine Cycle & Carriage to launch a pilot in Singapore with a view to expand across other markets in the region.
SINGAPORE, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gogoro® Inc. (Nasdaq: GGR), a global technology leader in battery swapping ecosystems that enable sustainable mobility solutions for cities, today announced that Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded it with a sandbox pilot to deploy and validate battery swapping as a means for next generation smart mobility.
Gogoro is kicking off its sandbox pilot by partnering with Jardine Cycle & Carriage (SGX: C07), a diversified group with market-leading businesses across Southeast Asia. Jardine Cycle & Carriage's subsidiary Cycle & Carriage will be the exclusive distributor of Gogoro's electric scooters in Singapore as well as the operator and installer of Gogoro's battery swapping infrastructure in the city-state.
"Cities are in desperate need of sustainable transportation solutions, not just for consumers, but for businesses. Gogoro battery swapping provides a sustainable path for urban fleets that is safe, reliable, scalable and always available. Today in Taiwan, Gogoro's battery swapping enables more than a quarter of all quick commerce deliveries like food and online purchases and nearly 100% of all electric deliveries," said Horace Luke, founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Gogoro. "We are partnering with Jardine Cycle & Carriage Group to introduce this new sustainable business model for food delivery and logistics fleets in Singapore today and in other cities across the region in the future."
JC&C's Managing Director for Direct Motor Interests, Wilfrid Foo, added, "In support of the Singapore Green Plan 2030, we are excited to collaborate with Gogoro to introduce an innovative electric two-wheeler solution for our city-state's green ambitions. We are confident that we are well-placed to accelerate the implementation of Gogoro's best-in-class battery swapping solution by deploying our existing infrastructure to operate the GoStation network in Singapore. Together with Gogoro, we are looking for partners in the delivery or logistics space that are interested in harnessing this potential and benefitting from this platform with us. Jardine Cycle & Carriage participates across the automotive value chain from manufacturing, distribution, retail to aftersales in several Southeast Asian countries. With our regional network, we look forward to the prospect of facilitating opportunities for the penetration of electric scooters and battery swapping stations in new markets."
Launching soon, the Gogoro battery swapping sandbox pilot will include Gogoro Smartscooters, Gogoro GoStation battery swap stations and Gogoro smart batteries. Cycle & Carriage will manage Gogoro's battery swapping network and vehicle fleet in Singapore. Cycle & Carriage will also explore working with a variety of food delivery and logistics fleets in the country. The Gogoro sandbox supports Singapore's Green Plan 2030 and vision for transitioning Singapore to sustainable energy and transportation.
The Singapore Green Plan 2030 is a national sustainability movement which seeks to rally bold and collective action to tackle climate change. The Green Plan charts ambitious and concrete targets over the next 10 years, strengthening Singapore's commitments under the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Paris Agreement, and positioning Singapore to achieve its long-term net zero emissions aspiration as soon as viable. More information can be found on Singapore's Green Plan 2030 here https://www.greenplan.gov.sg/.
"Gogoro is honored to be given approval by the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) to operate a sandbox to validate Gogoro battery swapping as a smart mobility refueling solution for the future, and we applaud the Singapore Green Plan 2030 and its proactive commitment to sustainable energy and transportation," said Luke.
In early 2022, Gogoro announced its participation in the development of Singapore's new Technical Reference (TR25) standard for charging electric vehicles, where Gogoro focused on battery swapping for electric two-wheel vehicles. TR25 established new requirements for safe installation, maintenance and operation of EV charging including battery swapping systems that provide a significant path to accelerating EV adoption in Singapore. A key objective of the sandbox is to achieve TR25 certification of Gogoro's battery swapping platform.
Singapore and other Southeast Asian cities require sustainable mobility solutions for logistics and delivery fleets that not only achieve the best alternative to gas-powered vehicles but are well suited to their specific market and industry needs. The Gogoro ecosystem combines the greatest vehicle optimization and reliability for businesses while providing the easiest and most sophisticated battery swapping system that enables logistics companies to better manage their fleets and deliveries more efficiently.
Launched in 2015, Gogoro battery swapping has become the refueling leader for electric two-wheel vehicles with more than 92% market share in Taiwan in the first half of 2022. Gogoro's open battery swapping ecosystem currently supports ten different vehicle brands, accounting for more than 25% of all two-wheelers sold in Taipei City, Taiwan in the first half of 2022.
At the heart of Gogoro's ecosystem is the Gogoro Network, an open and interoperable battery swapping platform that was recognized in 2021 by Guidehouse Insights as the leading battery swapping solution for lightweight urban vehicles. The Gogoro Network is an open platform for battery swapping and smart mobility services, delivering a fresh alternative to legacy fuel. Gogoro Network is a new generation of swappable battery refueling that is smart, scalable, and continually optimizing itself to be dynamic and versatile for people, communities, and businesses. With more than 500,000 riders and nearly 11,000 battery swapping GoStation cabinets at over 2,240 locations, Gogoro Network is hosting 340,000 daily battery swaps with more than 325 million total battery swaps to date.
Founded in 2011 to rethink urban energy and inspire the world to move through cities in smarter and more sustainable ways, Gogoro leverages the power of innovation to change the way urban energy is distributed and consumed. Gogoro's battery swapping and vehicle platforms offer a smart, proven and sustainable long-term ecosystem for delivering a new approach to urban mobility. Gogoro has quickly become an innovation leader in vehicle design and electric propulsion, smart battery design, battery swapping, and advanced cloud services that utilize artificial intelligence to manage battery availability and safety. The challenge is massive, but the opportunity to disrupt the status quo, establish new standards, and achieve new levels of sustainable transportation growth in densely populated cities is even greater. For more information, visit www.gogoro.com/news and follow Gogoro on Twitter: @wearegogoro.
Jardine Cycle & Carriage (JC&C) is the investment holding company of the Jardine Matheson Group in Southeast Asia. JC&C seeks to grow alongside Southeast Asia's urbanisation and emerging consumer class by investing in market-leading businesses. With interests across diversified businesses, JC&C works closely with its businesses to enable them to achieve their potential and to elevate their communities. JC&C has a significant automotive presence in the region including Astra and Tunas Ridean in Indonesia, THACO Corporation in Vietnam, as well as the Cycle & Carriage businesses in Singapore, Malaysia and Myanmar. Together with its subsidiaries and associates, JC&C employs around 240,000 people across Southeast Asia. For more information, visit www.jcclgroup.com.
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SAO PAULO, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Intersolar South America 2022, one of the largest and most influential PV trade fairs in South America, was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil from August 23 to 25, 2022. Talesun, a world-leading solar module manufacturer in China, attended the exhibition with three high-efficiency modules, in a move to expand into the South American market by establishing more relationships, and by doing so, creating a low-carbon future together with the region.
At the exhibition, Talesun's booth received close attention from all parties and was inundated with visitors. Based on the special needs of the South American market, three high-efficiency modules -- BISTAR_TP7F72M, BIPRO-TD8G66M and FEATHER_TP7F54 (lightweight) were on display.
BISTAR_TP7F72M 144-cell monocrystalline module and FEATHER_TP7F54 (lightweight module)'s unique circuit design significantly reduces hot spot temperature and power loss, while increasing power generation. BIPRO-TD8G66M bifacial dual glass module features a maximum power of 670W on the front side and an additional yield of up to 30% on the back. All three modules have the capability of being suitable for different application scenarios across South America, making possible an extremely low cost of electricity in Brazil where solar resources are abundant.
Due to the scarcity of coal, Brazil is short of electricity supply, but its location and climate mean that the country has one of the highest levels of insolation in the world. This, combined with the promotion of Brazil's "Energy Plan", indicates a PV market with great potential. Talesun foresees a significant opportunity to provide green energy to the South American market with its excellent products and strong market support.
Talesun is committed to boosting the development of clean energy worldwide by playing an active role in building an ecological "Grand Alliance", as part of a global movement to develop low-carbon resources and implement low-carbon solutions everywhere.
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CANGZHOU, China, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cangzhou city downtown section of the world's oldest and longest man-made river, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, is open to navigation for tourism on September 1 and will give visitors a chance to appreciate the masterpiece of ancient China's artificial waterway, announced an official with the Cangzhou city government of north China's Hebei Province.
"We and more than 230 representatives from all walks of life in the city gathered to witness the historic moment of the opening of tourism in the Cangzhou central urban area of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal," said Xiang Hui, mayor of Cangzhou at the opening ceremony, adding that the Grand Canal is now ushering in a new century of revival.
The opening of the 13.7- kilometer long Cangzhou section of the Grand Canal is an important move to advance the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in North China.
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is 1,794 kilometers (1,115 miles) long and has a history of over 2,500 years. It starts in Beijing in the north and ends in Hangzhou in the south, and served as a significant transportation artery in ancient China. About one-eighth of the Canal runs through Cangzhou, 180 km away from Beijing. A stretch of over 1,000 km of the canal was declared a world heritage site in 2014.
Cangzhou, known as "Northern Town of the Grand Canal", has upgraded the supporting projects along the Grand Canal, newly built 12 tourist piers, six landscape walking bridges, and renovated 8 existing main bridges. The city strives to provide a one-of-a-kind destination for tourists at home and abroad by taking the Grand Canal as the center and takes efforts into preserving historical and cultural projects such as the Hundred Lions Garden, Canal Park, Nanchuanlou Cultural Block, Garden Expo Park, Children's entertainment, sports park, catering, and accommodation facilities.
To make Grand Canal regain its vitality, Cangzhou has actively implemented water diversion and water replenishment projects in recent years. Based on the diversion of180 million cubic meters of water in 2021, another 300 million cubic meters of water was completed this year. More than 67,000 stems of arbor trees were planted on both sides of the Canal, with a green area of 2,065 mu (1.37 square kilometers), forming a vibrant ecological corridor, and reinforcing the greening and upgrading projects. Cangzhou has truly "protected, passed down and made good use of" the Grand Canal culture and made this precious heritage blossom into a new era.
Fifteen cruise ships have lined up by the piers for their first rides. From September 1st, tourists will be able to experience Cangzhou's historical and cultural relics along the Grand Canal.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- People across the nation are fighting to bring a U.S. Navy officer home from Japan, where he has been imprisoned for more than a year.
People rallied in Aiea on Wednesday and Thursday, hoping to have their voices heard by U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
Sullivan took part in a meeting with his counterparts from Japan and South Korea at the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command at Camp Smith.
People outside of Camp Smith gathered with signs. Their message -- "Bring Ridge Home."
Ridge Alkonis is a U.S. Navy Lt. who is currently in prison in Japan.
His wife, Brittany, has been leading the effort to "Bring Ridge Home."
The family was living in Japan, with Alkonis based at Yokosuka.
In May 2021, Alkonis was driving his family down Mt. Fuji after going on a hike, when he went unconscious and the vehicle ended up crashing into and killing an 85-year-old woman and her 54-year-old son.
Alkonis was sentenced to three years in prison for negligent driving, and his appeals were denied.
His family and friends, which include some people who live in Hawaii, joined in the fight to #BringRidgeHome.
Seth Hannemann lives on Oahu's North Shore. Alkonis is his cousin. He was one of the people rallying outside of Camp Smith.
Hannemann said: "And our hope is that our voices will be loud enough so that ultimately the Biden administration will get behind Ridge's story, hear him out, and to correct something that has terribly been wrong.
"Where Ridge Alkonis is now suffering three years in jail, where he will be stripped of his title, he will essentially be stripped from his position in the Navy, his benefits will be lost, he'll lose his job, his retirement."
The family says Alkonis had acute mountain sickness, and did not simply fall asleep at the wheel. They believe he is being unfairly punished.
The demonstration outside of Camp Smith is part of an ongoing effort.
On Friday, supporters plan to protest in Los Angeles, outside of the Japanese Consulate-General.
Meanwhile, Brittany and their three kids continue to camp outside of the White House daily. She hopes to meet with President Joe Biden to plead for his help to "Bring Ridge Home."
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Biden to help unveil Obama White House portrait
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, for the unveiling of their White House portraits, part of a beloved Washington tradition that for decades managed to transcend partisan politics.
President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are set to revive that ritual — after an awkward and anomalous gap in the Trump years — when they host the Obamas on Wednesday for the big reveal of their portraits in front of scores of friends, family and staff.
The Obama paintings will not look like any in the White House portrait collection to which they will be added. They were America’s first Black president and first lady.
The ceremony will also mark Michelle Obama’s first visit to the White House since Obama’s presidency ended in January 2017, and only the second visit for Barack Obama. He was at the White House in April to mark the 12th anniversary of the health care law he signed in 2010.
Portrait ceremonies often give past presidents an opportunity to showcase their comedic timing.
“I am pleased that my portrait brings an interesting symmetry to the White House collection. It now starts and ends with a George W,” Bush quipped at his ceremony in 2012.
Bill Clinton joked in 2004 that “most of the time, till you get your picture hung like this, the only artists that draw you are cartoonists.”
Recent tradition, no matter the party affiliation, has had the current president genially hosting his immediate predecessor for the unveiling — as Clinton did for George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush did for Clinton and Obama did for the younger Bush.
Then there was an unexplained pause when Donald Trump did not host Obama.
Two spokespeople for Trump did not respond to emailed requests for comment on the lack of a ceremony for Obama, and whether artists are working on portraits of Trump and former first lady Melania Trump.
The White House portrait collection starts with George Washington, America’s first president. Congress bought his portrait.
Other portraits of early presidents and first ladies often came to the White House as gifts. Since the middle of the last century, the White House Historical Association has paid for the paintings.
The first portraits financed by the association were of Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, and John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, said Stewart McLaurin, president of the private, nonprofit organization established by first lady Kennedy.
Before presidents and first ladies leave office, the association explains the portrait process. The former president and first lady choose the artist or artists, and offer guidance on how they want to be portrayed.
“It really involves how that president and first lady see themselves,” McLaurin said in an interview with The Associated Press.
The collection includes an iconic, full-length portrait of Washington that adorns the East Room. It is the only item still in the White House that was in the executive mansion in November 1800 when John Adams and Abigail Adams became the first president and first lady to live in the White House.
Years later, first lady Dolley Madison saved Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Washington from almost certain ruin. She had White House staff take it out of the city before advancing British forces burned the mansion in 1814. The painting was held in storage until the White House was rebuilt.
President and first lady portraits are seen by millions of White House visitors, though not all are on display. Some are undergoing conservation or are in storage.
Those that are on display line hallways and rooms in public areas of the mansion, such as the Ground Floor and its Vermeil and China Rooms, and the State Floor one level above, which has the famous Green, Blue and Red Rooms, the East Room and State Dining Room.
Portraits of Mamie Eisenhower, Pat Nixon, Lady Bird Johnson and Lou Henry Hoover grace the Vermeil Room, along with a full-length image of Jacqueline Kennedy. Michelle Obama’s portrait likely will join Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush along the Ground Floor hallway.
The State Floor hallway one floor above features recent presidents: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Gerald Ford’s portrait and the likeness of Richard Nixon — the only president to resign from office — are on view on the Grand Staircase leading to the private living quarters on the second floor.
Past presidents’ images move around the White House, depending on their standing with the current occupants. Ronald Reagan, for example, moved Thomas Jefferson and Harry S. Truman out of the Cabinet Room and swapped in Dwight Eisenhower and Calvin Coolidge.
In the Clinton era, portraits of Richard Nixon and Reagan, idols of the Republican Party, lost their showcase spot in the Grand Foyer and were replaced with pictures of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Truman, heroes of the Democrats. Nancy Reagan temporarily moved Eleanor Roosevelt to a place of prominence in the East Room in 1984 to mark the centennial of her birth.
One of the most prominent spots for a portrait is above the mantle in the State Dining Room and it has been occupied for decades by a painting of a seated Abraham Lincoln, hand supporting his chin. It was placed there by Franklin Roosevelt.
Bill Clinton’s and George W. Bush’s portraits hang on opposing walls in the Grand Foyer.
Clinton’s would be relocated to make room for Barack Obama’s if the White House sticks to tradition and keeps the two most recent Oval Office occupants there, McLaurin said.
“That’s up to the White House, to the curators,” he said.
The association, which is funded through private donations and the sale of books and an annual White House Christmas ornament, keeps the portrait price well below market value because of the “extraordinary honor” an artist derives from having “their work of art hanging perpetually in the White House,” McLaurin said.
Details about the Obamas’ portraits will stay under wraps until Wednesday.
Biden will be the rare president to host a former boss for the unveiling; he was Obama’s vice president. George H.W. Bush, who held Ronald Reagan’s ceremony, was Reagan’s No. 2.
Betty Monkman, a former White House curator, said during a 2017 podcast for the White House Historical Association that the ceremony is a “statement of generosity” by the president and first lady. “It’s a very warm, lovely moment.”
The White House portraits are one of two sets of portraits of presidents and first ladies. The National Portrait Gallery, a Smithsonian museum, maintains its own collection and those portraits are unveiled before the White House pair. The Obamas’ unveiled their museum portraits in February 2018.
Linda St. Thomas, chief spokesperson for the Smithsonian Institution, said in an email that a $650,000 donation in July from Save America, Trump’s political action committee, was earmarked for the couple’s museum portraits. Two artists have been commissioned, one for each painting, and work has begun, St. Thomas said.
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Associated Press writer Jill Colvin in New York contributed to this report.
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Iran sends nuclear talks response; US casts doubt on offer
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sent a written response early Friday in negotiations over a final draft of a roadmap for parties to return to its tattered nuclear deal with world powers, though the U.S. cast doubt on Tehran’s offer.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a statement that “the sent text has a constructive approach with the aim of finalizing the negotiations.”
However, as in the last round of written proposals and counters, Iran offered no public acknowledgment of what it said. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all matters of state in the country’s Shiite theocracy, largely has been silent in recent weeks on the negotiations.
In Washington, the State Department confirmed it received Iran’s response through the European Union, which has served as an intermediary for the indirect talks after then-President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the accord in 2018.
“We are studying it and will respond through the EU, but unfortunately it is not constructive,” the State Department said, similarly not elaborating on what the proposal contained.
The 2015 deal saw Iran greatly curtail its enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. Under the deal, Iran could have only 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 3.67% under constant scrutiny of International Atomic Energy Agency surveillance cameras and inspectors.
Now, however, the last public IAEA count shows Iran has a stockpile of some 3,800 kilograms (8,370 pounds) of enriched uranium. More worrying for nonprofileration experts, Iran now enriches uranium up to 60% purity — a level it never reached before that is a short, technical step away from 90%. Those experts warn Iran has enough 60%-enriched uranium to reprocess into fuel for at least one nuclear bomb.
While Iran long has maintained its program is peaceful, officials now openly discuss Tehran’s ability to seek an atomic bomb if it wanted. Meanwhile, a series of attacks across the wider Mideast since the deal’s collapse have raised tensions of a wider conflict breaking out.
Both the U.S. and Iran have tried to portray the ongoing negotiations as bending in their favor on issues like the American sanctions targeting Tehran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Earlier this week, Iran’s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi maintained that an IAEA investigation into traces of man-made uranium found at undeclared nuclear sites in the country must be halted.
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Associated Press writer Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.
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WATCH: NYPD officer shoves woman while taking man into custody
(CNN) - The New York Police Department released bodycam footage of an officer shoving a woman to the ground.
Police say officers were attempting to take a man into custody Tuesday when 19-year-old Tamani Crum approached the scene.
Crum and the officer exchanged shoves and slaps during the incident.
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She was taken into custody and later released.
The officer identified as detective Kendo Kinsey, received a total of six complaints levied against him between 2011 and 2015.
The complaints against the officer included abuse of authority, force and offensive language.
Two of the complaints were substantiated, while an additional two were dismissed and two others were marked closed due to a lack of witnesses.
Crum is due back in court in October, while the officer remains the subject of an internal investigation.
The New York Police Department declined a request for comment from the officer.
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HONOLULU (KITV4)- Officials are warning about traffic safety, after a pair of major accidents on Oahu over the past 24 hours.
Wednesday night, a car and a moped collided sending a 21-year-old woman to the hospital. Police are warning drivers to be attentive and drive safety heading into Labor Day weekend. On Thursday, police and safety advocates held demonstrations in four places on Oahu, waving signs asking people to drive safer.
"It was like a nightmare. The moment I saw the car pull up and stop -- I know it was too late," said Edward Odquina. Odquina says he saw the car-versus-moped accident happening at Waialae and 16th, but couldn't do anything to stop it. "It was literally [over in] a second," said Odquina.
He says it was more about the moped hitting the car, than the other way around. "You could see the white car take an abrupt left, before the time it is supposed to take to left, to beat the traffic. And then he stopped when he saw the moped," said Odquina.
Law enforcement says the woman was not wearing a helmet. "I remember hearing her hitting the car, and the windshield, then flipping like a ragdoll, and the sound of screeching," said Odquina.
Officials say people need to be extra observant during this time. More vehicles are on the road, and crashes are up.
"This holiday weekend, the labor day weekend, we want to remind the public to not to speed, not to drive recklessly and certainly not to drive impaired," said Honolulu Police Lt. Michael Campbell.
"No matter how good a driver or rider you are -- you can't always predict or foresee," said Odquina.
"Keep your head on a swivel, be aware of your surroundings, use your safety measures in your vehicles, use seatbelts, stay off cell phones, and try not to be distracted," said Lt. Campbell.
Police are also reminding people not to drink and drive coming into the holiday weekend. DUI checkpoints are set up starting today and running through the end of October. Call a friend, Uber, Lyft, or a cab. Don't drink and drive.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) –Light trade winds with a few trade wind showers Friday. Increasing winds for the weekend.
Tonight, a few passing trade wind showers windward and mauka. Partly cloudy skies. Lows in the middle 70s.
Friday, a few showers windward and mauka in the morning. Windward spots will see light trades out of the east at 10-15 mph. Sunny leeward in the morning, some clouds in the afternoon with isolated showers. Variable to east winds 5-15 mph.
Highs in the low to middle 80s windward with highs close to 90 leeward. Humidity will not be as high as it was earlier in the weekend making it feel more comfortable.
Increasing trades as we head into the weekend. No tropical development in the Central Pacific expected for at least the next 5 days. Tropical Depression 11-E will eventually weaken in the Eastern Pacific and not threaten the islands.
North: 1-3 ft
West: 0-2 ft
South: 1-3 ft
East: 1-2 ft
No meaningful swells expected this week. A moderate South Swell possible next weekend Sept. 10-11.
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WATCH: NYPD officer shoves woman while taking man into custody
(CNN) - The New York Police Department released bodycam footage of an officer shoving a woman to the ground.
Police say officers were attempting to take a man into custody Tuesday when 19-year-old Tamani Crum approached the scene.
Crum and the officer exchanged shoves and slaps during the incident.
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She was taken into custody and later released.
The officer identified as detective Kendo Kinsey, received a total of six complaints levied against him between 2011 and 2015.
The complaints against the officer included abuse of authority, force and offensive language.
Two of the complaints were substantiated, while an additional two were dismissed and two others were marked closed due to a lack of witnesses.
Crum is due back in court in October, while the officer remains the subject of an internal investigation.
The New York Police Department declined a request for comment from the officer.
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CAUGHT ON CAM: Taxi driver drags elderly woman out cab, leaving her on street
(CNN) - In New York, the search is on for a cab driver caught on camera forcefully pulling an elderly woman out of his vehicle and leaving her on the street.
The woman’s family says she was absolutely terrified, but is incredibly grateful for a Good Samaritan, who recorded the incident and came to her aid.
Ezra Halawani, the Good Samaritan, couldn’t believe what he saw when he was out for a walk on East 35th street in Marine Park.
“I saw someone pulling out another person from their vehicle, so I pulled my phone out and started recording,” Halawani said.
Halawani says he realized the person being pulled out of the car was an elderly woman hitting the driver with her cane, causing him to approach the scene.
The elderly woman screamed to him, ”He’s got my phone!”
While confronting the driver, Halawani says “Can you give her the phone? Can you give her the phone? This is an old woman!”
He followed the driver to get him to stop, but he got back in his car and took off. Halawani was also hit by the cab driver’s vehicle in the process.
“When he hit me, I fell on top of his hood, and I fell on the floor on my shoulder.”
He says he got right back up and went to help the woman.
“I just couldn’t believe that someone could do something like that too, forget just an old woman, just any person in general,” he says.
Police confirm the incident happened around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon when the woman and driver got into a dispute about where he would drop her off.
Halawani says she told him she was going to physical therapy when the driver dropped her down the block and expected her to get out and walk, but she couldn’t.
“She was in bad shape, so he got upset and he went around and pulled her out of the car.”
The woman’s daughter says they’re grateful for Halawani, who made sure the 78-year-old woman got to the hospital.
Police say the cab was operating as an “access-a-ride.”
The Taxi & Limousine Commission says it is aware of the incident and is working with the NYPD on their investigation.
The New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers released a statement saying the driver’s actions were totally unjustified and that his driving privileges should be revoked.
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Smart management on both the Zepp App and adidas Running facilitates efficient and streamlined wellness tracking
BERLIN, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amazfit, a leading global smart wearables brand of Zepp Health (NYSE: ZEPP), has teamed up with the award-winning digital health partner adidas Runtastic to provide unrivaled motivation for the diverse international athletic community, through industry-leading workout tracking and sharing.
As a brand committed to providing products and resources to promote healthier and happier living, Amazfit's proprietary multi-generation BioTracker™ PPG biometric tracking optical sensor technology allows users to accurately monitor a comprehensive range of health and fitness metrics, before generating a detailed activity report in the Zepp App, the brand's mobile app. Friendly to Android and iOS users, the Zepp App facilitates smart management of Amazfit devices - and when combined with the powerful motion and workout status algorithms on those devices, it makes the Amazfit fitness tracking experience one of the most all-inclusive available to global users across 90+ countries.
adidas Runtastic is a well-established digital platform that empowers its 182 million athletes to reach their fitness goals with adaptive guidance and motivation. Its integrated Partner API system enables safe and scalable data transmission, while allowing members to sync select activity data from their smart wearables to the adidas Running app, for efficient data tracking and comprehensive activity reports.
Data dimensions that can be synchronized include: distance, duration, heart rate, speed, start/end time, and so on - enabling users to instantly check their physical status on their Amazfit smart wearable, while also sharing their activity to a global online community. After each workout, users will also receive a customized sports report on the adidas Running app to assist with targeted and effective training improvements in the future.
Speaking on this partnership, Amazfit's Vice President, Bin Fan, said, "We are excited to have entered into this partnership with adidas Runtastic. As two global brands with a shared passion for creating products that help users advance their fitness journeys, we hope this partnership will further support Amazfit's continued growth and expansion into the larger global sports community."
Stuart Wells, VP Marketing at adidas Runtastic, also commented: "adidas Runtastic are stoked to collaborate with brands that recognize the importance of maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle. With Amazfit as a new health partner, we'll continue to change lives through supporting athletes of all shapes and sizes in achieving their fitness goals."
The official partnership kicks off in Q4, 2022. All features will be available with the brand-new Amazfit GTR 4 and GTS 4 to begin with, with compatibility for other Amazfit health and fitness smartwatches to be added. For more information, visit the official websites of Amazfit and Runtastic.
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About Amazfit
Amazfit, a leading global smart wearables brand focused on health and fitness, is part of Zepp Health (NYSE: ZEPP), a health technology company. Offering a wide selection of smart watches and bands, Amazfit's brand essence is "Up Your Game", encouraging users to live their passions and express their active spirits freely. Amazfit is powered by Zepp Health's proprietary health management platform that delivers cloud-based 24/7 actionable insights and guidance to help users attain their wellness goals.
Launched in 2015, Amazfit is today embraced by millions of users. Its products are available in more than 90 countries across the Americas, and EMEA and APAC regions. For more information about Amazfit, visit https://www.amazfit.com/de/
About adidas Runtastic
Through sport, we have the power to change lives. adidas Runtastic, founded in 2009, has been a proud member of the adidas family since 2015. Through the adidas Running and adidas Training apps, Runtastic empowers athletes to reach their fitness goals with adaptive guidance and motivation. adidas Runtastic creates a best-in-class running and training experience for its more than 185 million member registrations by inspiring and enabling connected athletes to achieve their goals at every stage in their fitness journey.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - DESERT MOUNTAIN ENERGY CORP. (the "Company") (TSXV: DME) (OTC: DMEHF) (Frankfurt: QM01) is pleased to announce that $5.3M has been received with the balance of the announced $5.98M private placement expected to be received shortly. The financing will be closed upon receiving TSXV conditional approval.
The completion rig is on the Gunnar Dome Well site. Completion and testing should be completed next week with sampling results to be announced as soon as they are received from the independent laboratory.
Desert Mountain Energy Corp. is a publicly traded resource company primarily focused on exploration, development and production of helium, hydrogen and noble gases. The Company is primarily looking for elements deemed critical to the renewable energy and high technology industries.
We seek safe harbor
"Robert Rohlfing"
Robert Rohlfing
Exec Chairman & CEO
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in polices of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. The statements made in this press release may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ from the Company's expectations.
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Such forward looking statements and information herein include but are not limited to statements regarding the Company's anticipated performance in the future the planned exploration activities, receipt of positive results from drilling, the completion of further drilling and exploration work, and the timing and results of various activities.
Forward-looking statements or information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company and its operations to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such statements. Such factors include, among others, changes in national and local governments, legislation, taxation, controls, regulations and political or economic developments in Canada and the United States; financial risks due to helium prices, operating or technical difficulties in exploration and development activities; risks and hazards and the speculative nature of resource exploration and related development; risks in obtaining necessary licenses and permits, and challenges to the Company's title to properties.
Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions management believes to be reasonable, including but not limited to the continued operation of the Company's exploration operations, no material adverse change in the market price of commodities, and such other assumptions and factors as set out herein. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements or information, there may be other factors that cause results to be materially different from those anticipated, described, estimated, assessed or intended. There can be no assurance that any forward-looking statements or information will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements or information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information. The Company does not intend to, and nor does not assume any obligation to update such forward-looking statements or information, other than as required by applicable law.
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HONG KONG, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fosun International Limited (HKEX stock code: 00656, "Fosun International"), together with its subsidiaries ("Fosun" or the "Group") held its 2022 interim results presentation on 31 August in the form of online webcast. The management of Fosun International introduced Fosun's corporate strategies, operational indicators, ESG performance and other topics of investors' concern.
"Globalization is not just about exporting Chinese products overseas, nor just importing overseas products to China, but it is more about using global resources to create greater value for customers worldwide." Guo Guangchang, Chairman of Fosun International, said that Fosun's globalization strategy aims to take the world as a whole, through deepening its global business presence and building a diverse talent pool, use the most suitable resources to deeply cultivate key areas, and achieve mutual empowerment and rapid growth within the ecosystem. "In the future, Fosun will unswervingly consolidate its globalization capabilities and create more value for customers."
Against the backdrop of the complex and volatile external environment, Fosun achieved steady revenue growth in the first half of the year, with total revenue reaching RMB82.89 billion, representing an increase of 17.7% over the same period in 2021; enterprise operation profit amounted to RMB2.33 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 35.5%; profit attributable to owners of the parent amounted to RMB2.70 billion, representing a year-on-year decrease of 32.6%; industrial operation profit was RMB3.61 billion, representing a year-on-year decrease of 35.9%
"The decline in the Group's net profit attributable to owners of the parent in the first half of the year was mainly affected by the pandemic, rising commodity raw material prices and fluctuations in the capital market." said Gong Ping, Executive President and Chief Financial Officer of Fosun International, "We also noticed that after entering the second half of the year, the financial and operational indicators of companies in multiple segments have rapidly shown a steady recovery, thanks to the Group's long-term adherence to profound industry operations."
In the interim results announcement, Fosun disclosed its enterprise operation profit, which includes the profit contribution of the major members of the Group, of which the profit of A-share listed members is adjusted to exclude the gain/loss of the non-recurring items. "The enterprise operation profit excludes the influence of secondary market investment and other factors in the industrial operation profit disclosed in the same period. When the market entered a period of severe fluctuations, this indicator increased significantly, reflecting the Fosun's continuous consolidation of the industry operations of its member companies over the years, which is also the driving force for Fosun's long-term sustainable development." Gong Ping said.
Fosun continued to strengthen its presence in four major segments of Health, Happiness, Wealth and Intelligent Manufacturing and achieved steady business development. In the first half of the year, all segments achieved revenue growth. The total revenue of the Health segment was RMB23.37 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 21.2%. The total revenue of the Happiness segment was RMB32.07 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 12.5%. The total revenue of the Wealth segment was RMB22.97 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 16.9%. The total revenue of the Intelligent Manufacturing segment was RMB5.13 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 43.6%.
In the first half of the year, Fosun Tourism Group in the Happiness segment delivered outstanding results, its revenue nearly increased by two-fold year-on-year. "This was mainly due to the lifting of travel restrictions in major overseas tourism destinations. The business of Club Med has rebounded strongly, its business volume recovered to 90% of the same period of 2019, and subsequent bookings have also shown a growth momentum." Xu Xiaoliang, Co-CEO of Fosun International said, with the rising winter sports and the Chinese market, Fosun Tourism Group will increase investment and accelerate its development in such area. From the beginning of this year to the end of 2024, Club Med has signed contracts and planned to open a total of 17 new resorts.
While developing its businesses, Fosun emphasizes the use of ESG criteria to assess its own sustainable development capability. Fosun has achieved remarkable ESG performance. As at the end of the reporting period, Fosun International was the only conglomerate in the Greater China region with a MSCI ESG rating of AA. Wang Qunbin, Co-Chairman of Fosun International, said: "Fosun has established a comprehensive top-down ESG governance structure and management system, including the incorporation of ESG performance into KPIs of executive directors, the establishment of an ESG committee to strengthen ESG management of the board of directors, etc. to integrate sustainability into its industry operations, and continue to practice the original aspiration of Self-improvement, Teamwork, Performance, and Contribution to Society."
This year, Fosun enters into the 30 years of establishment. It has developed into a global innovation-driven consumer group, dedicated to creating happier lives for families worldwide. Guo Guangchang said that looking ahead, Fosun will adhere to its strategic leadership and leverage the advantages brought by its long-term accumulation of core competencies to stimulate potential, promote faster and better development of the Group, and join hands with customers, partners, investors and all parties in the society to create a happy ecosystem and share happiness and value of Fosun.
About Fosun
Founded in 1992, Fosun is a global innovation-driven consumer group dedicated to providing high-quality products and services for families around the world in Health, Happiness, Wealth, and Intelligent Manufacturing segments. In 2007, Fosun International Limited was listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 00656.HK). As of 30 June 2022, Fosun International's total assets amounted to RMB849.7 billion. Fosun International ranks No.589 on the 2022 Forbes Global 2000 List, with a MSCI ESG rating of AA.
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SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the step-by-step clarification of regulatory policies at home and abroad, the industry is experiencing unprecedented iterations and upgrades. After reshuffling, how can the remaining manufacturers deploy future strategies to meet the interests of the state, industry and users? The key lies in whether they can have a thorough understanding of user needs,and how they can practice their "user-centric" philosophy to bring users a better vaping experience.
Along with the continuous innovation of atomization technology, people's consumption habits of vape devices keep changing. According to the research of Sullivan, before 2014 was the initial experience stage of e-cigarette users, when the e-cigarette devices were mixed and the quality varied; between 2015 and 2019, with technology development and the rise of numerous business brands, vape gradually accepted by the public and the global market continues to expand. Nowadays, taste has become the core factor of user experience in a diverse and bloom market,and the key to the taste is the use of new technology and new materials. Therefore,atomization core, one of the most important core components of electronic atomizers, attracts the most attention and its iteration also promotes the transformation and upgrading of electronic cigarette products and the industry.
Chapter 1. Future trends in atomization cores: the place where vape brands must fight
The iteration of the atomization core mainly carried out by increasing the safety, enhancing the vaping experience,replacing the material and improving the structure, etc. The aim is to strengthen the processability of the atomization core. So far, the material of the atomization core has experienced from glass fiber rope wrapped heating wire, to resistance wire cotton core, to ceramic core the three generations of technology iterations. At present, the ceramic core in the Chinese market accounts for 85%.
Head Leopard released "2021 China electronic atomizer industry overview" and it shows that in the Chinese market, ceramic core is more favored by business and consumers because of high efficiency, stable taste and not easy to be burnt. From a global perspective, ceramic core with high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, strong adsorption, good stability and better environmental friendly advantages, has also become the development direction of vape device upgrades, and many manufacturers have shown the latest ceramic core solutions. Ceramic core technology has become a key indicator to a company's technological level,and it has obvious advantages compared to cotton core technology in terms of market share and product features.
After years of development, the use of ceramic cores has formed a more complete industry chain. According to the introduction of R & D team of ICCPP, head enterprise in vaping industry, up to now, ceramic cores have experienced four different development stages, roughly presenting five major trends.
- The development of heating way comes from line heating to surface heating and the requirements of the heat uniformity is increasing.
- The ceramics used comes from low-temperature ceramics to high-temperature ceramic and the strength requirements of the ceramic continues to improve.
- Greater attention to the sticky powder on the ceramic calcination process,and the ceramic technology development comes to powder-free.
- The requirements for reduction of ceramics are getting higher and higher, and low reduction ceramics are gradually being eliminated.
- The ceramic atomization energy efficiency requirements continue to improve,and the lower the atomization power, the large smoke, the better.
Based on the forward-looking layout of the atomization core research, ICCPP,started from 2019, cooperated with several universities in China to carry out innovative material research. It set up an R&D group led by talents from the "Peacock Plan", and established Basic Material Institute to focus on the R&D and application of new electronic atomization materials. In terms of industralization effort, its goal is to reach the top of the industry in the 3rd to 4th generation of ceramic cores, the 5th to 6th generation to achieve a comprehensive surpass.
Chapter 2. How to make a good "Chinese atomization core"
Making a good atomization core has become a big issue in Chinese electronic atomization industry in recent years, and the key factor is the use of new materials. But the development of new things is always meandering. Due to materials and process defects, current ceramic core still exists many problems,such as poor taste reduction,poor stability and the problem of powder remains, even some mainstream products are also difficult to avoid. The taste is a key indicator for consumers to measure electronic atomization devices, while it is directly affected by the formulation, pore size, porosity as well as the atomization efficiency of ceramic core.
More critically, ceramic atomization technology has know-how barriers, mainly in the suitability of the e-liquid and ceramic core, micron-level pore size synthesis control and consistency , nicotine transfer efficiency, mass production defect rate, harmful substances precipitation rate and other professional fields. All of the above determines the stability, safety, harm reduction and even mass production costs of ceramic atomizaiton technology, so if you want to produce a ceramic core that perfectly meet the market demands, you need an overall upgrade on technical innovation, production process and vaping experience.
Enterprises at the front end of the industry chain today are also relying on their own in-depth research and development in ceramic materials, combustion process, ceramic structure, pod structure and other aspects of in-depth research and development and product experience, to have the opportunity to stand firm in the global market, and they have to adapt to the new changes constantly occuring in the market to withstand the verification of the authorities and industry.
It is reported that the Gene Tree nano-microcrystalline ceramic core was launched in October last year by ICCPP, which once again refreshed the value benchmark of ceramic cores and was regarded as a "deep water bomb" in the industry. In addition to solving the two pain points of powder remining and taste decay, Gene Tree ceramic core also has the advantages of longer battery life, higher energy efficiency and higher compacibility to e-liquid. During the research period, ICCPP has submitted more than 300 IPR applications, which will become one of its technology killer applications. In July this year, Gene Tree Special Edition, an innovative series of Gene Tree products, was released and has been well received by the industry. In the future, ICCPP will continue to play its core technology advantage and will launch more heavyweight products,apart from original ceramic core products to create a new high ground for electronic atomization.
Based on the manufacturing advantage, each Gene Tree ceramic core launched by ICCPP is produced by GMP 100,000 class clean workshop and supports 168 testing procedures to ensure quality. Its ceramic core plant covers an area of 60,000㎡, employs more than 5,000 people, with a maximum annual production of 300 million ceramic cores, and will next be in full swing to provide quality ceramic cores to global electronic atomizer brands and their own brand products. Of course, this is also few companies can be compared with it in the vape industry.
Chapter 3. Gene Tree 4.0:the latest ceramic core generation up to the international advanced level
In order to break the understanding of ceramic core technology barriers, atomization industry-related technical identification institutions and authoritative research institutes,pratice from data research, technical identification and other aspects of the overall atomization industry to let the technology back to the technology itself, so as to promote industry technological development and to bring consumers a better vaping experience.
The safety of ceramic cores is now recognized by authoritative institutions, which is inseparable from the head enterprises' continuous efforts,taking ICCPP for example.It upgraded the ceramic material formula and production process, which greatly improved the heating uniformity performance of ceramic cores and made accurate the temperature range control more accurate, while extending the ceramic life. With the top innovative technology and comprehensive taste performance, Gene Tree ceramic core will bring a refreshed technological experience for global consumers.
Recently, an appraisal committee consisting of Tsinghua University Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen Institute of Inspection and Quarantine Science and other relevant units appraised the scientific and technological achievements of Gene Tree ceramic cores independently developed by ICCPP, and they unanimously agreed that the Gene Tree ceramic cores are novel, innovative and have an independent intellectual property right. The appraisal committee agreed that the two performance indexes of atomization reduction degree and atomization efficiency reach international advanced level, and agreed to pass the appraisal of scientific and technological achievements,which can also further strengthen the advantageous position of ICCPP in atomization core technology.
All these successes are inseparable from the efforts of ICCPP. After more than 1300 days of research and testing, more than 2500 groups of material formula attempts, and more than 45000 repeated analyses, ICCPP has launched a new generation of Gene Tree ceramic core.
- Powder-free ceramic atomization core: using self-developed "powder-free" innovative technology and pioneering ceramic material formula, breaking the bottleneck of traditional ceramic powder remains after calcination, so that the ceramic surface no longer has powder layer adhesion, to achieve a pure vaping product experience.
- Nano-microcrystalline ceramic core: the use of new eco-friendly mineral materials, three-dimensional network ceramic skeleton, crystal boundary microstructure and nano-level high-temperature crystal nuclei of new materials to improve the toughness of ceramic materials, so that the reduction degree of ceramic is greatly enhanced, the consistency of nicotine increases by 44% and the reduction of various flavors is also more adequate.
- Special innovative process application: adjusting the particle size and ratio of raw materials to create microscopic pore-making modifications and prepare an innovative multi-stage pore structure, fully guaranteeing Gene Tree's superb oil delivery compacity and oil absorbility. Besides, the atomization volume increases,the energy effectivity improves under the same power. The original M-shaped uniform heating film design, to achieve an overall atomization efficiency of 53.3%.
These successes are not over for the whole atomization industry, and there are many possibilities for the innovation and application of ceramic cores.we believe that in the future, it will continue to refine on the road to industrial empowerment.
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BERLIN, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dreame Technology ("Dreame"), a global leading company in smart home cleaning appliances, is displaying its industry-leading technologies and products to European customers at IFA 2022 in Berlin from Sept. 2-6. Dreame, whose cleaning products are widely popular in the European markets, are introducing their advanced technologies at the exhibition as better understand the needs of European users.
Dreame considers the exhibition a window to showcase new products and an important occasion to exchange with industry insiders. Joining the exhibition is also an important step for the brand's global development.
Dreame is presenting products of three main categories at IFA: cleaning robots, wet and dry vacuums, and cordless stick vacuums. The company's latest products are ushering in a new era of fully automation in home cleaning, thanks to its innovation success with lightweight motors and technologies of AI Action and DualBoost 2.0 and more.
Highlighted at the Dreame IFA booth is the new flagship robot: DreameBot L10s Ultra. DreameBot L10s Ultra is capable of completely automated, hands-free cleaning. With Dreame's advanced motor technology and exclusive DualBoost 2.0, DreameBot L10s Ultra provides thorough cleaning and features various functions, including vacuuming, mopping, automatic dust collection, mop washing, mop drying, water refilling, and cleaning solution adding. The large dust bags of 3L can free users from emptying the dust bag for around 2 months.
With Dreame's advanced AI Action, 3D structured light, and powerful RBG cameras, DreameBot L10s Ultra can accurately assess the environment and adjust path to clean effectively and avoid obstacles. It can support Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant. Users can just speak to their favorite voice assistant to start cleaning whenever they want. The lite model, DreameBot L10s Pro, which sports many of the same features (though without the automation provided by the base station) is also on display.
The Dreame H12 Steam cordless steam wet and dry vacuum cleaner is designed to provide hard floor cleaning that eliminates even the toughest dried-on messes, with steam cleaning, hot water cleaning, and cool water cleaning,
At its core, H12 Steam features world-class high-speed motors with a maximum speed of 180,000 revolutions per minute. Powered by a high-capacity 8x 4,000mAh battery pack, the wet and dry vacuum delivers up to 45 minutes of hard floor cleaning. Dreame's also ensured convenience and a user-friendly cleaning experience with an advanced mess detection system, an edge-cleaning design, one-press self-cleaning and brush drying, an intuitive LED display, helpful voice prompts, and strong forward traction.
Another headlining wet and dry vacuum being presented is the Dreame M12. Adopting an advanced water circulation system and a powerful motor to deliver robust mopping and suction, it goes beyond hard floor cleaning with an ingenious detachable main unit which is usable as a handheld vacuum once its extension is attached.
Other new products on display include DreameBot D10s Pro, equipped with AI Action, intelligent path planning, obstacle avoidance, and DualBoost 1.0 auto-empty; DreameBot X10 Ultra equipped with AI Action, auto-empty, mop-washing, mop drying, automated mop installment and removal, and other advanced features; and the J10 cordless stick vacuum with incredibly powerful suction, a long-lasting battery, high-quality filtration, and an assortment of useful attachments. Dreame's array of already popular products, including T20, T30, D9 Max, D10 Plus, and W10 Pro, are also included for visitors to interact with at Dreame's booth.
"The whole team at Dreame is excited to be participating in IFA this year. We believe it is an important opportunity for us to show off our hard work and dedication to innovation and product design," said Yu Hao, CEO and founder of Dreame. "From the beginning, we have always insisted on placing consumers' needs at the core of our R&D efforts and building products. We hope to solve their problems and create completely new cleaning experiences."
Due to the rapid market growth and popularity of Dreame products throughout Germany and other European markets, following IFA 2022, Dreame plans to set up an office in Germany. This move should allow them to further develop their coordination with German retailers, build up a localized team to further expand their brand advantages, and better serve local consumers.
About Dreame
Established in 2017, Dreame Technology is an innovative product company that focuses on smart home cleaning appliances with the vision to empower lives through technology. The company is a global leader in smart technologies, owning over 1,300 authorized patents in the fields of high-speed digital motors, fluid mechanics, robot control, and SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping). Currently, the company focuses on four product categories: automated cleaning robots, wet and dry vacuums, and cordless stick vacuums and high-speed hair dryers. Its products are sold in more than 100 countries and regions, including China, the United States, Germany, France and South Korea.
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BANGKOK, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MCFIVA, a renowned result-oriented marketing consultancy and advertising agency, joins hand with world-class partners to host a very exclusive seminar, the SEAT 2022: Southeast Asia Technology Conference 2022 - Bringing together world-class experts and investors, including 200 billionaire executives and top entrepreneurs, under the theme "Future of Everything" that will prepare you to step into the future on 3rd-4th October 2022 at The Crystal Box, Gaysorn Urban Resort, Gaysorn Village, Bangkok, Thailand
Mr.Warachya Urupongsa, Chief Digital Officer of MCFIVA, says: "In the past 2 years, it seems as if the world has turned more slowly and the economy has slowed down, but actually the technology, especially Frontier Technology or 'Deeptech' has progressed and grown by leaps and bounds, whether in the new financial industry that has grown very rapidly, in virtual reality (Metaverse), or in the added opportunities for new business creation through collaboration with Startups. We can see that there have been plenty of new opportunities emerging, as is readily observable from the massive growth of investment in technology businesses. I would like to suggest 6 technological trends that are worth watching closely, as follow:
1. Cloud and Edge Computing: This technology has become more mainstream during the past 2 years, since people started realizing that Edge is a crucial component of IoT that will help to fulfil Cloud's operation by reducing latency along with solving data storage and network congestion problems. The market has grown 1.5 times, totalling USD 136 Billion in value.
2. Sustainability: Since consumers have started to support brands that place importance on sustainability, they have also started to replace existing products with alternative products that emphasize sustainability. They are happy to pay more for products that are manufactured on the basis on sustainability. As such, non-profit organization has grown 1.6 times, totalling USD 109 Billion.
3. AI or Artificial Intelligent: This industry grew 2.5 times, totalling USD 165 Billion. This is a very influential technology that is a 'Game Changer' in raising organizations' ability to response better to the changing consumers' habit that now gravitates towards digital lifestyle. Especially in the era where data is akin to a treasure trove for business operations, AI-derived solutions have only been on the increase.
4. HealthTech: Certainly, Covid-19 has affected people's health and lifestyle globally. As such, everybody now gives importance to having a more efficient healthcare system. This industry has grown 2.9 times, totalling USD 28.3 Billion. Since this is the digital and customer-centric era, healthcare provision is becoming more focused towards being patient-centric than ever before.
5. Immersive-Reality Technology: This industry has grown 3 times and now totals USD 30 Billion. It is also expected to create impacts to society in multiple dimensions, whether in education, economy, medicine, and ICT. Analysis from Bloomberg Intelligence indicates that the industry will have a global market value of USD 800 Billion by 2024.
6. Web 3.0: This has grown 5.5 times, now totalling USD 110 Billion. Web3.0 has turned everything into being Human-Centric, with transparency in data collection. Users can now control their own data with a high degree of security. This can be seen with the emergence of Decentralised Finance (DeFi) and the commercial world has now turned into a Decentralized Marketplace, where every shop can access the market without an intermediary.
These technologies form the basis of the SEAT Conference 2022, with the objective of connecting the world of Frontier Technology together, shrinking it down, and turning Thailand into the centre of Technology, resulting in many forms of cooperation. The event is a very exclusive one, only 200 people. For the first 100 VIPs, we will invite the most respected executives and entrepreneurs, both domestic and international, and the remaining 100 will be selected amongst the target group who have submitted their applications for the event.'
Ms.Pireeya Wiriyapan, Chief Operating Officer MCFIVA, adds: "The event will be packed with content and experience that you won't find anywhere else for the whole 2 days. The content will be about future trends regarding Metaverse, FinTech, HealthTech, AgriTech, Venture Capital, FoodTech, IoT&Hardware, Web3.0, and much more. Some of the world-renowned speakers, such as Apipat Virdi, former Global head of Metaverse, Meta(Facebook), Karthik Iyer, CEO, BlockchainMonk, the No.1 Bitcoin Analyst and Investor, Gabe Sibley, Co-Founder and CEO, Verdant Robotics that create robots that will transform the AgriTech industry, Sara Naseri, CEO and co-founder, Qvin, leader in WomenTech among others.'
Unmissable Highlights of the Event
- More than 30 World Class Speakers from all over the Globe
- Attendees by invitation only, with top-tier executives and world-class entrepreneurs
- Networking & Curated Business Matching – strike a conversation with well-respected people from many industries and curated business matching
- Organized in cooperation with our partners Gaysorn Village, RISE, SeaX Ventures, and SO (Siamrajathanee)
Interested person can submit application for the chance to join the event. For further information please visit https://seatcon.co/ or contact seat@seatcon.co
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STOCKHOLM, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New Wave Group has today acquired 100 % of the shares in the UK promotional, corporate and teamwear apparel company B.T.C. Activewear Limited. The consideration for the purchase of the shares is £33 million on a cash and debt free basis and is paid in cash.
B.T.C. Activewear was founded in 2000 through a merger of three regional businesses and has its distribution center and head office in Birmingham. The company is the UK's third largest wholesale distributor within its sector, offering ca. 50 leading international apparel brands. B.T.C. Activewear's sales model showcases the potential of e-commerce for B2B sales, as ca. 90 % of orders are placed via the company's webshop www.btcactivewear.co.uk (where you may also find further information about the company).
In 2021, B.T.C. Activewear's revenue was £53.0 million. The acquisition will have a positive impact on New Wave Group's result already this current year but will have a negative impact on the group's gross and operating margin, as these are lower in B.T.C. Activewear than in New Wave Group. The introduction of New Wave Group's own brands to the company's portfolio will however allow for a considerable increase in both the gross and operating margin of B.T.C. Activewear in the coming years.
The UK is one of Europe's biggest markets for promotional products, with a clear trend towards increased focus on own-brand products. Together with B.T.C. Activewear, who has a broad and well-established customer base, New Wave Group will have a strong platform for the distribution of the group's brands in the UK.
CEO and co-founder of B.T.C. Activewear, Stephen Pope, who will continue as CEO for the company comments New Wave Group's acquisition: "I am delighted to have a strong financial owner, that is known for its long-term commitment and deep industry knowledge. B.T.C. Activewear will be able to grow and take further steps together with New Wave Group, where the mix between our understanding of and position in the UK market and New Wave Group's experience and brands will be an unmatched combination."
Stephen Pope sees big opportunities for B.T.C. Activewear through the addition of New Wave Group's own brands: "With a more comprehensive and improved customer offer, we will be able to reach new customers and compete in new areas. Of course this will be beneficial to the business and also allows us to grow sales of our existing portfolio of brands."
Torsten Jansson, CEO and founder of New Wave Group, also has a bright view of the future: "Through this acquisition, we establish New Wave Group as one of the main players on the UK market, which of course feels great. In addition, we will add a very attractive and well-run company to our company group, as well as invaluable industry knowledge that will benefit all New Wave Group companies."
B.T.C. Activewear will be a part of the Corporate operating segment with its primary focus on the promo sales channel.
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GÖTEBORG, Sweden, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nina Aresund has been appointed new member of Volvo's Group Executive Board and Executive Vice President Group Legal and Compliance. She will succeed Sofia Frändberg who after ten years will step down from her current role and continue as a senior leader for the Volvo Group.
Nina Aresund, born in 1974, began her career at the Volvo Group in 2007 and currently holds the role as Head of Legal and Compliance for Volvo Construction Equipment. Prior to her current role she held the position as head of Group Legal.
"The change to Nina is carefully planned and shows our strong succession pipeline", says Martin Lundstedt, President and CEO. "Sofia has a long and successful career in the Volvo Group and will continue to contribute on our growth journey."
Nina Aresund will take on her position as of January 1st, 2023.
September 2nd, 2022
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The Volvo Group drives prosperity through transport and infrastructure solutions, offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers' uptime and productivity. Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to shaping the future landscape of sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions. The Volvo Group is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, employs almost 100.000 people and serves customers in more than 190 markets. In 2020, net sales amounted to about SEK 338 billion (EUR 33.6 billion). Volvo shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
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NortonLifeLock Receives Approval from U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
TEMPE, Ariz., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NortonLifeLock (NASDAQ: NLOK), a global leader in consumer Cyber Safety, today announced its merger with Avast plc ("Avast" or the "Company") is now expected to close on September 12, 2022, following the issuance of the CMA's final report clearing the transaction.
The Merger is proposed to be effected by means of a U.K. court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under which Nitro Bidco Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of NortonLifeLock, will acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Avast, and remains subject to the terms and additional conditions to closing set out in the scheme document that was published on October 28, 2021. This timeline may be subject to change. To see the additional details regarding the transaction, visit https://investor.nortonlifelock.com/Offer-for-Avast.
About NortonLifeLock Inc.
NortonLifeLock Inc. (NASDAQ: NLOK) is a global leader in consumer Cyber Safety, protecting and empowering people to live their digital lives safely. We are the consumer's trusted ally in an increasingly complex and connected world. Learn more about how we're transforming Cyber Safety at www.nortonlifelock.com.
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STOCKHOLM, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sandvik has completed the previously announced acquisition of the Portugal-based company Frezite. Frezite's offering primarily consists of made-to-order polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tools for metal and wood applications, with exposure to the automotive, general engineering and aerospace segments. The company will be reported within Walter, a division within Sandvik Manufacturing and Machining Solutions.
In 2021, the company had revenues of approximately SEK 450 million and an EBITA margin that is slightly dilutive to Sandvik Manufacturing and Machining Solutions. Impact on Sandvik's earnings per share will be limited, yet positive.
Stockholm, September 2, 2022
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LINKÖPING, Sweden, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra's (STO: SECT B) contracted order bookings amounted to SEK 2.2 billion during the quarter, which is the highest ever level for a single quarter. The result includes two major multiyear customer contracts for subscriptions for enterprise imaging. A growing customer base and recurring revenue contributed to consolidated sales growth during the quarter. To increase transparency regarding the strategic transition to service sales and cloud deliveries, Sectra's financial reporting has been complemented with a performance measure for recurring revenue from cloud-based services.
May–July 2022 period in figures
- Contracted order bookings rose 468.5% to SEK 2,235.4 million (393.2), of which SEK 705.3 million (393.2) pertained to guaranteed order bookings. Of the guaranteed order bookings, 12% were recognized during the quarter and a further estimated 36–46% pertains to revenue within 12 months after the end of the quarter.
- Net sales increased 19.3% to SEK 484.1 million (405.7). Based on unadjusted exchange rates, the increase was 10.7%.
- Recurring revenue accounted for SEK 310.4 million (253.0) of net sales, up 22.7%. Based on unadjusted exchange rates, the increase was 15.1%. Cloud recurring revenue (CRR) increased 19.3% to SEK 50.0 million (41.9).
- Operating profit declined 28.5% to SEK 64.4 million (90.1), corresponding to an operating margin of 13.3% (22.2). Based on unadjusted exchange rates, operating profit decreased 41.9%. The change in the outcome compared with the comparative quarter was primarily attributable to strengthened delivery capacity, the transition to cloud deliveries and an accumulated need for sales and marketing activities.
- Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 68.2 million (92.1).
- Cash flow from operations amounted to a negative SEK 64.1 million (pos: 9.8) and was mainly attributable to a settlement of current liabilities.
Comments from Torbjörn Kronander, President and CEO of Sectra AB:
"Sectra offers critical components for modern healthcare, medical education and increased cybersecurity in society. Our success is the result of longstanding relationships with satisfied customers who expand their use of our solutions and recommend Sectra to others. Customer confidence is the foundation of our strong order bookings.
"Sales are growing in all operating areas, and we delivered favorable profit for a first quarter, despite an exceptional comparative quarter. This was mainly attributable to an improved gross margin as well as positive currency effects from the USD. The trend for recurring revenue and cloud deliveries is positive, which shows that the transition to supplying products and software as a service is progressing.
"Sectra allows customer needs, combined with our knowledge of trends and technology, to govern the renewal of our customer offerings. We have therefore chosen to expand our offering in diagnostics to include IT support for genomics, an area that is undergoing rapid growth in cancer care. We are doing so in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which is an existing customer and one of the most prominent US hospitals in cancer care. We will work together to drive innovation and product development of IT support that will help to manage the dramatic increase in volumes of genetic analyses. Sectra is carrying out this initiative in a new business unit in the incubator Business Innovation."
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Time: September 2, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. CEST
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SHANGHAI, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Electric announced that Phase B of the 900-MW fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park has entered operation. As part of the world's largest photovoltaic (PV) plant under construction, the project will aid Dubai's push to upgrade and transform its energy mix by providing 2.268 billion kWh of power supply per year upon completion, enough to serve up over 240,000 homes and capable of reducing 1.1 million tonnes of carbon emission annually.
"We are so proud to see the solar park hit another historical milestone after Phase A was connected to the grid in 2021. Now, work on Phase C is well underway and is expected to complete in 2023, " said Meng Chuanmin, Project Manager of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Phase V.
"The construction process of the fifth phase of MBR Solar Park is marked by a series of challenges, culminating in the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic that severely disrupted global supply chains. The team overcame the difficulties and ensured the procurement and delivery of the raw materials for the project were timely implemented to avoid any delay to the overall progress," Meng added.
Shanghai Electric has also made great efforts to control the costs. Compared to the pre-pandemic period, container shipment has become widely unavailable, with transportation prices for cables having generally increased by a factor of ten. To ensure the project can be completed on schedule, the team decided to ship cables via bulk carriers, despite the new solution driving up the workload.
In addition, due to the natural movement and fluidity of sand dunes, the team later discovered that the construction site was elevated by hundreds of thousands of cubic meters compared to the previously surveyed value, translating to an addition of $3 million to the overall cost. After a thorough investigation and research, Shanghai Electric came up with a plan that helped the team solve the issue while guaranteeing no interruption was caused to the construction progress.
Acwa Power, owner, developer and operator of the fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park, appointed Shanghai Electric as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the project in 2020. Starting in July 2020, the project consisted of Phrase A, B and C, with a total installed capacity of 1050 MW.
With the international team of the project employing over 2,500 workers during the peak period, Shanghai Electric's effort to unite the best global workforces, resources and supplies to build one of the most advanced solar complexes in the country has been recognized by the project owner and its partners. In addition, the project also created over 4,000 direct and 10,000 indirect work opportunities, playing a key role in promoting local employment and economic development.
Shanghai Electric has also participated in the construction of the 950MW fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which includes a 700MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant and a 250MW photovoltaic (PV) plant. The CSP is able to store the thermal energy during the daytime, which can later be used for electricity generation at night, offering a clean, stable and reliable energy supply around the clock.
Since it commenced in 2018, the project has hired over 8,500 workers during the peak period, with the 100 MW CSP tower plant and the 200MW parabolic trough plant-II scheduled to be connected to the grid at the end of 2022. It features the world's most advanced solar technologies that will provide clean energy for around 320,000 households and abate 1.6 million tonnes of carbon emissions every year, going a long way to helping Dubai achieve its 2050 renewable vision.
About Shanghai Electric
Shanghai Electric Group Company Limited (SEHK: 2727, SSE: 601727) is a world-class high-end equipment manufacturer, focusing on smart energy, intelligent manufacturing and smart infrastructure to provide green and intelligent industrial-grade system solutions. It has a global presence in industries such as new energy, efficient clean energy, industrial automation, medical devices, and environmental protection.
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Specially designed for generation Z users, TECNO MEGABOOK T1 offers stunning features with stylish designs, making it thinner and better in every aspect with a very competitive price.
BERLIN, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TECNO, the global premium smartphone and smart device brand, debuts its first laptop product MEGABOOK T1 at the IFA in Berlin today. TECNO MEGABOOK T1 is designed for the young generation Z with a lighter but better MEGA performance laptop in a cost-effective price of this range. Designed for their carry-by usage, MEGABOOK T1 features the ultra-thinner up to 14.8mm, featherweight 1.48kg of 15.6 inches with a shining design. It also provides a 17.5 hours long-lasting battery satisfying up to 3 days of work, plus the 65W smallest size with gallium nitride (GaN) charger to carry-free. The MEGABOOK T1 will be available at retail in Q3, 2022.
Designed for GEN Z
TECNO MEGABOOK T1 has a unique look with Startrail Phantom that breaks the normal design by adding the expose linear at the surface. The Startrail Phantom features a dual tone with multiple shiny strips running across, which acts like the trajectory of the universe plants. The indistinct "MEGABOOK" bounce on the linear, like the young generation Z who are young and wild. Meanwhile, the whole body of MEGABOOK T1 is made with premium aluminum metal to improve the texture with more silky and glassy. The laptop provides 7 colors catering to the young generation's desire of self-expression. As the Windows 11 slogan "make the everyday easier", As the Windows 11 slogan "make the everyday easier", which can help GEN Z use smoothly in daily work, creative, and watch YouTube movies. MEGABOOK T1 provides a 15.6 Inch IPS FHD screen of 100% sRGB and brightness in 350nits, plus the TÜV Eye Comfort Certification for their all-day for work and watching movies without worry. The self-developed TECNO VOC sound system cooperates with DTS sound and AI-powered technology to give an immersed experience in audio and meeting for daily scenarios. The keyboard comes with a starry backlit is fully matched the stylish of the young generation's needs.
Since launching its AIoT strategy in 2019, TECNO keeps consistent investment to build its smart device ecosystem. "To deliver convenience for every person, home and business to create an intelligent connection of life moments," said Jack Guo, General Manager of TECNO. Meanwhile, while TECNO continues strengthening its advantages as a premium smartphone brand, the launch of TECNO MEGABOOK series laptop will deliver the TECNO LINK that gives an intelligent connection for users to connect their daily work and life by wireless transmission.
MEGA performance for GEN Z
With the expectation to hit the MEGA experience, TECNO MEGABOOK T1 is powered by the Intel® Core i5-1155G7 processor. And it comes with two options of 12GB RAM/512GB and 16GB RAM/1TB SSD storage. Meanwhile, it provides Intel® Core i7 version for professional designers. MEGABOOK T1 understands the high-frequency usage and scenarios, it comes with 9 ports. There are two Type-C ports, an HDMI port, a USB 3.1, and two USB 3.0, as well as a headset jack and a TF card reader. In short, TECNO MEGABOOK T1 will highlight a cost-efficient laptop for GEN Z in their workplace.
For more information, visit MEGABOOK T1 or follow on Instagram & Facebook @TECNOMOBILE and@TECNOAIoT.
About TECNO
TECNO is a leading international smart device brand with operations in over 70 counties globally. With "Stop At Nothing" as its brand essence, TECNO is committed to unlocking the best contemporary technologies for progressive individuals globally, giving them stylishly designed intelligent products that inspire consumers to never stop perusing their best selves. TECNO not only offers a wide range of smartphones spearheaded by sub-brand PHANTOM and CAMON Series, the company also has built its AIoT ecosystem since 2019 from laptops, tablets, smart wearables and to smart home devices, changing the way how daily tasks are done and how consumers interact between multiple devices. For more information, please visit TECNO's official site: www.tecno-mobile.com.
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SINGAPORE, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The ZILLION (ZAX) token will soon be listed on XT.COM as a ZAX/USDT trading pair. The token is officially available for trading on September 1, 2022 (UTC), at 10:00 (UTC). Enthusiastic crypto traders will soon be given the option to enhance the ZAX token trading on the platform.
The community audience of both XT.COM and ZILLION will be enticed into trading the ZAX. The listing is also a remarkable opportunity for everyone to explore trading the token for the first time on the exchange. The deposit option has been opened, allowing users to go ahead and deposit their crypto assets and start trading when the listing goes live.
ZAX is a utility token and governance currency of the Zillion Aakar Xo platform, built on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC). The token gives users access to all the products and services in the ZILLION ecosystem. Holding ZAX allows users to fully participate exclusively in the platform. Additionally, the token frequently has transparency in its operation principles and it is safe to use. The majority of companies and trending brands of automobiles have been integrated with the token.
On September 2, 2022, at 10:00 (UTC), the withdrawal option of ZAX will be made available to all participants who will be trading the token.
About ZILLION Zillion Aakar Xo (ZAX)
Zillion Aakar Xo is a comprehensive cryptocurrency platform with a clear vision designed to be a community-governed decentralized ecosystem of crypto services to remove third-party network charges. The platform's native currency ZAX, which was built on top of the Binance Smart Chain (BSC), is used to pay transaction fees on the Zillion Aakar Xo ecosystem.
In the Zillion Aakar Xo ecosystem, ZAX is also used to give governance voting rights to the Zillion community participants to make an informed decision in the platform's infrastructure process. Furthermore, Zax makes it possible for businesses and consumers to communicate directly and instantly with one another, as well as for services to be delivered and low-cost cryptocurrency payments to be processed.
Website: https://zillionxo.io/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZillionXO
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CAUGHT ON CAM: Taxi driver drags elderly woman out cab, leaving her on street
(CNN) - In New York, the search is on for a cab driver caught on camera forcefully pulling an elderly woman out of his vehicle and leaving her on the street.
The woman’s family says she was absolutely terrified, but is incredibly grateful for a Good Samaritan, who recorded the incident and came to her aid.
Ezra Halawani, the Good Samaritan, couldn’t believe what he saw when he was out for a walk on East 35th street in Marine Park.
“I saw someone pulling out another person from their vehicle, so I pulled my phone out and started recording,” Halawani said.
Halawani says he realized the person being pulled out of the car was an elderly woman hitting the driver with her cane, causing him to approach the scene.
The elderly woman screamed to him, ”He’s got my phone!”
While confronting the driver, Halawani says “Can you give her the phone? Can you give her the phone? This is an old woman!”
He followed the driver to get him to stop, but he got back in his car and took off. Halawani was also hit by the cab driver’s vehicle in the process.
“When he hit me, I fell on top of his hood, and I fell on the floor on my shoulder.”
He says he got right back up and went to help the woman.
“I just couldn’t believe that someone could do something like that too, forget just an old woman, just any person in general,” he says.
Police confirm the incident happened around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon when the woman and driver got into a dispute about where he would drop her off.
Halawani says she told him she was going to physical therapy when the driver dropped her down the block and expected her to get out and walk, but she couldn’t.
“She was in bad shape, so he got upset and he went around and pulled her out of the car.”
The woman’s daughter says they’re grateful for Halawani, who made sure the 78-year-old woman got to the hospital.
Police say the cab was operating as an “access-a-ride.”
The Taxi & Limousine Commission says it is aware of the incident and is working with the NYPD on their investigation.
The New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers released a statement saying the driver’s actions were totally unjustified and that his driving privileges should be revoked.
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Cros-Lex football erupts for nine touchdowns with its offense 'clicking now'
RICHMOND — In total silence, the Croswell-Lexington football team walked onto the field.
There was no running, yelling or jumping. Instead, the Pioneers calmly made their way to the visiting sideline and waited for kickoff. They were all business. And just like Cros-Lex has become accustomed to doing, it took care of business as well.
"Once coach gets our offense rolling and we see weaknesses in the defense, we just keep attacking," Cros-Lex quarterback Gavin Espinoza said. "We don't stop. And that's what happens. We find weaknesses in defenses."
The Pioneers found the end zone nine times and demolished Richmond, 61-7, at Ben Boldt Stadium on Friday. Cros-Lex improved to 2-0 with the win, while the Blue Devils dropped to 1-1.
"They're a fantastic football team," Richmond coach Sean Misko said. "One of the things we worked on all week was trying to come out and not give too much respect out the gate. But they jumped on us pretty early. We had some guys waver in that department. So the whole rest of the game, essentially, became a discussion of heart and courage."
The Blue Devils showed plenty of fight. But like many teams that've done the same against Cros-Lex in recent years, it wasn't nearly enough. The Pioneers are now 18-4 under Mike LeGrow since he took over as coach two years ago.
"I'm absolutely thrilled with the way that we're working," LeGrow said. "We didn't do anything that was outside of our base stuff. So it's nice to see that our base stuff is clicking now."
"Clicking" would be an understatement. Espinoza finished 10-for-20 passing for 218 yards and four touchdowns (to four different receivers) against two interceptions. He also ran for 41 yards and one score. Running back Gabriel Groppi was spectacular, as the junior rushed for 254 yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries.
"I can see the gaps pretty well with the (offensive line) doing their job," Groppi said. "They give me holes to run through. It makes it easier for me. A lot easier."
Four turnovers (two by each team) were committed in the first 3:50 of the game. Three of those occurred consecutively. By the time the first quarter ended, 46 minutes had passed. And yet, the Pioneers held a 27-0 edge.
They broke the scoreless tie on Espinoza's 55-yard touchdown pass to Drew Hosterman with 9:18 left in the first. Then in typical fashion, Cros-Lex quickly added to its lead.
Groppi scored on a 30-yard run up the middle at 5:55. Exactly two minutes later, he ran for a 74-yard touchdown. With 45 seconds remaining in the quarter, Groppi bullied his way across the goal line once more for a three-yard strike.
Richmond's lone score came at the 8:10 mark of the second quarter. Sophomore Trey Graham returned a kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown. He ran towards the left side of the field to make the catch, juked out a defender and then beat the Pioneers in a foot race to the end zone.
But by that point, Cros-Lex still held a 40-7 advantage. And it continued to grow.
"I saw our guys not giving up (after the early turnovers) and trusting what we do," LeGrow said. "We have a good enough defense to where if we make mistakes, we can erase them. That's a nice benefit to have. It means we can take some risks at times."
Speaking of the Pioneers' defense, it appeared to be in midseason form. Cornerback Nick Monzo had two interceptions, both of which came in the third quarter. Defensive tackle Benito Mendoza totaled four tackles (three for loss) and two sacks.
Cros-Lex will now turn its attention to another BWAC rival in Armada. The Tigers, who are also 2-0, come to town Sept. 9.
"Their size and their physicality (stick out)," LeGrow said. "We've got to try and match their physicality. And I think we will. It's going to be a fun one, that's for sure."
The Blue Devils are heading into a bye week. They'll use the extra time to recover and regroup.
"The biggest thing for us is that we're going to get back in the weight room," Misko said. "This game is over. It's passed. We still have our goals for the season and we're going to continue to work towards those."
Contact Brenden Welper at bwelper@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @BrendenWelper. | https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/sports/2022/09/02/croswell-lexington-football-erupts-nine-touchdowns-offense-clicking-now/65468301007/ | 2022-09-02T09:19:34Z |
Democrats have picked up some momentum this election cycle with wins in multiple special elections, following the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.
And the FBI search of former President Trump's Florida home has thrust Trump back into the spotlight, front and center. Lots of his candidates have won contentious primaries; he's consolidated his base; and his renewed presence has threatened to make the November elections a choice rather than a referendum on President Biden.
Biden and the White House leaned into that Thursday night with an unusual prime-time address that broke no news or made any big announcements. Instead, Biden took the opportunity to elevate Trump and make it a choice between what Biden and Democrats stand for and MAGA Republican extremism, as he sees it, and their rising influence in positions of power throughout the country.
"I believe America is at an inflection point," the president said in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the same city, where he launched his 2020 presidential campaign, "one of those moments that determine the shape of everything that's to come after. And now America must choose to move forward or to move backwards."
On the eve of Labor Day weekend, the traditional pivot to the final sprint of general elections across the country, here are three takeaways from Biden's speech:
1. Biden tried to reinforce the idea that this election is a choice, not a referendum... on him
Elections, especially midterm elections, are traditionally a check on the president. Inflation is high, Biden is unpopular and people are pessimistic about the direction of the country. That usually would mean a wipeout in a president's first midterm.
So this gave Biden an opportunity to deflect from that – and lay out a choice.
"MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards," Biden said, "backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love."
He highlighted threats to democracy as being urgent and instigated by Trump. Biden doesn't often use Trump's name, but he name-checked him three times in this speech. And when you do that, it's going to look and sound political. And that was obviously intentional.
With Trump back in the news, it offered Biden a way to elevate him, hold him up as the standard-bearer of the GOP, what it stands for, and draw a line in the sand.
"It's pretty clear they want to amplify the MAGA message," said Democratic strategist Joel Payne. "Almost feels like a pre-argument against what a Republican House might be pushing for the next two years, setting up a broader narrative about how he is fighting to stop Republicans from anti-democratic moves."
2. This may have been a political speech, but that doesn't mean there aren't real threats
You'd be forgiven if you confused Biden's address for a convention speech, because that's where you draw contrasts with your opponent and lay out a vision for the country.
But that's not to say there aren't real or urgent threats. Election deniers are closer to controlling elections in key places, and as we've said many times watching the Jan. 6 hearings, the institutions of democracy may have held in 2020, but only because of the people who were running them.
Now many of those structures are run by people who support Trump and his election lies all the way.
We've seen political violence, the FBI is facing threats, as are poll workers and local election officials. There is no doubt that conspiratorial elements of Trumpism are more potentially operational now than they were before the 2020 presidential election.
"Democracy cannot survive when one side believes there are only two outcomes to an election – either they win or they were cheated," Biden said.
And with the election two months away, the White House would argue highlighting that threat is key.
3. There is a degree of risk in Biden's strategy
Democrats' recent momentum in multiple special elections has largely been due to abortion rights, not necessarily about threats ts to democracy.
Yes, a recent NBC poll showed threats to democracy rising to the No. 1 issue, and that is significant, as it overtook cost of living, which was second. But it was only with 21% of respondents. Economic-related items when combined – cost of living and jobs and the economy – were 30%, higher than threats to democracy.
What's more, when you break down those who said threats to democracy were their top issue, 53% were Democrats, while 32% of Republicans and 11% of independents did. And Democrats and Republicans certainly view the "threats to democracy" very differently. Democrats obviously see Trump and "MAGA extremism" as the threat, while many Republicans, who have believed Trump's election lies, believe Democrats and (not) rigged elections are the problems.
So the White House might be overreading polls here.
Republicans, many of whom are now aligned with Trump, are incensed.
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy gave a speech before Biden spoke and said the president needed to apologize for what he saw as insulting the millions of Americans who voted for Trump.
It certainly shows the 180-degree shift McCarthy has made since after Jan. 6 in his quest to become House speaker. But it also highlights the high bar Biden has in trying to make clear he is talking about Republican elected officials and not voters.
"Not even a majority of Republicans are MAGA Republicans," Biden said. "Not every Republican embraces their extreme ideology. I know because I've been able to work with these mainstream Republicans. But there's no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans. And that is a threat to this country."
That is a very fine line for a president, who isn't always artful with his words, to walk and stick to. The GOP will obviously use this to fire up their base against Democrats and Biden in these midterms, but the White House is gambling that conservatives who dislike him are already fired up – and Democrats need to keep their base engaged.
"There is a risk of overreaching on this," Payne said, "especially at a point when Republicans are on their heels trying to protect some anticipated gains in the '22 midterms."
But, he added, "I think it also helps juice the base [with] moral clarity on saving the democracy."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.keranews.org/2022-09-02/bidens-speech-walks-a-fine-line-in-its-attack-on-maga-republicans | 2022-09-02T09:43:20Z |
Rachel Martin speaks with David Cohen, a special master who serves in federal cases, about the request from former President Donald Trump's legal team for an independent review of seized materials.
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Rachel Martin speaks with David Cohen, a special master who serves in federal cases, about the request from former President Donald Trump's legal team for an independent review of seized materials.
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Democrats have picked up some momentum this election cycle with wins in multiple special elections, following the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.
And the FBI search of former President Trump's Florida home has thrust Trump back into the spotlight, front and center. Lots of his candidates have won contentious primaries; he's consolidated his base; and his renewed presence has threatened to make the November elections a choice rather than a referendum on President Biden.
Biden and the White House leaned into that Thursday night with an unusual prime-time address that broke no news or made any big announcements. Instead, Biden took the opportunity to elevate Trump and make it a choice between what Biden and Democrats stand for and MAGA Republican extremism, as he sees it, and their rising influence in positions of power throughout the country.
"I believe America is at an inflection point," the president said in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the same city, where he launched his 2020 presidential campaign, "one of those moments that determine the shape of everything that's to come after. And now America must choose to move forward or to move backwards."
On the eve of Labor Day weekend, the traditional pivot to the final sprint of general elections across the country, here are three takeaways from Biden's speech:
1. Biden tried to reinforce the idea that this election is a choice, not a referendum... on him
Elections, especially midterm elections, are traditionally a check on the president. Inflation is high, Biden is unpopular and people are pessimistic about the direction of the country. That usually would mean a wipeout in a president's first midterm.
So this gave Biden an opportunity to deflect from that – and lay out a choice.
"MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards," Biden said, "backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love."
He highlighted threats to democracy as being urgent and instigated by Trump. Biden doesn't often use Trump's name, but he name-checked him three times in this speech. And when you do that, it's going to look and sound political. And that was obviously intentional.
With Trump back in the news, it offered Biden a way to elevate him, hold him up as the standard-bearer of the GOP, what it stands for, and draw a line in the sand.
"It's pretty clear they want to amplify the MAGA message," said Democratic strategist Joel Payne. "Almost feels like a pre-argument against what a Republican House might be pushing for the next two years, setting up a broader narrative about how he is fighting to stop Republicans from anti-democratic moves."
2. This may have been a political speech, but that doesn't mean there aren't real threats
You'd be forgiven if you confused Biden's address for a convention speech, because that's where you draw contrasts with your opponent and lay out a vision for the country.
But that's not to say there aren't real or urgent threats. Election deniers are closer to controlling elections in key places, and as we've said many times watching the Jan. 6 hearings, the institutions of democracy may have held in 2020, but only because of the people who were running them.
Now many of those structures are run by people who support Trump and his election lies all the way.
We've seen political violence, the FBI is facing threats, as are poll workers and local election officials. There is no doubt that conspiratorial elements of Trumpism are more potentially operational now than they were before the 2020 presidential election.
"Democracy cannot survive when one side believes there are only two outcomes to an election – either they win or they were cheated," Biden said.
And with the election two months away, the White House would argue highlighting that threat is key.
3. There is a degree of risk in Biden's strategy
Democrats' recent momentum in multiple special elections has largely been due to abortion rights, not necessarily about threats ts to democracy.
Yes, a recent NBC poll showed threats to democracy rising to the No. 1 issue, and that is significant, as it overtook cost of living, which was second. But it was only with 21% of respondents. Economic-related items when combined – cost of living and jobs and the economy – were 30%, higher than threats to democracy.
What's more, when you break down those who said threats to democracy were their top issue, 53% were Democrats, while 32% of Republicans and 11% of independents did. And Democrats and Republicans certainly view the "threats to democracy" very differently. Democrats obviously see Trump and "MAGA extremism" as the threat, while many Republicans, who have believed Trump's election lies, believe Democrats and (not) rigged elections are the problems.
So the White House might be overreading polls here.
Republicans, many of whom are now aligned with Trump, are incensed.
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy gave a speech before Biden spoke and said the president needed to apologize for what he saw as insulting the millions of Americans who voted for Trump.
It certainly shows the 180-degree shift McCarthy has made since after Jan. 6 in his quest to become House speaker. But it also highlights the high bar Biden has in trying to make clear he is talking about Republican elected officials and not voters.
"Not even a majority of Republicans are MAGA Republicans," Biden said. "Not every Republican embraces their extreme ideology. I know because I've been able to work with these mainstream Republicans. But there's no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans. And that is a threat to this country."
That is a very fine line for a president, who isn't always artful with his words, to walk and stick to. The GOP will obviously use this to fire up their base against Democrats and Biden in these midterms, but the White House is gambling that conservatives who dislike him are already fired up – and Democrats need to keep their base engaged.
"There is a risk of overreaching on this," Payne said, "especially at a point when Republicans are on their heels trying to protect some anticipated gains in the '22 midterms."
But, he added, "I think it also helps juice the base [with] moral clarity on saving the democracy."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-09-02/bidens-speech-walks-a-fine-line-in-its-attack-on-maga-republicans | 2022-09-02T09:54:29Z |
Chile is debating a new constitution, to replace the one written during the country's 17-year-military dictatorship. Now it'll be ratified - or rejected - by voters in a September 4th referendum.
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Chile is debating a new constitution, to replace the one written during the country's 17-year-military dictatorship. Now it'll be ratified - or rejected - by voters in a September 4th referendum.
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How an ice cream truck became a core memory for these two sisters NPR | By Jo Corona Published September 2, 2022 at 3:40 AM MDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Flipboard On StoryCorps, two sisters growing up in an Ohio farmhouse get a visit from an ice cream truck. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-09-02/how-an-ice-cream-truck-became-a-core-memory-for-these-two-sisters | 2022-09-02T09:54:42Z |
Jazz may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of The Juilliard School, but perhaps this series of Tiny Desks will change that. Tiny Desk and Jazz Night in America celebrate the 20th anniversary of Juilliard Jazz with three Tiny Desk concerts featuring performances by current students and alumni of the prestigious institution.
When the starry-eyed students of the Juilliard Jazz Ensemble first saw the Tiny Desk, they stopped short, exuding awe and wonderment. After all, several of their favorite artists had performed in this very space — and now here they were, ready to prove themselves and carry on the legacy of both the Tiny Desk and jazz.
The Juilliard Jazz Ensemble performed at the Tiny Desk in celebration of the jazz studies program's 20th anniversary. Made up of current students, the ensemble embodies the spirit of community and collaboration that is an essential part of the students' learning experience.
The ensemble opens with "June" a hypnotic composition by alto saxophonist Coby Petricone-Berg. We understand immediately despite the members' relative youth, this ensemble is not to be trifled with. A shout-out to the rhythm section is absolutely necessary, as drummer John Sturino, bassist Nico Martinez and pianist Esteban Castro lay back in the cut while ensuring the path ahead for the horns, with Jasim Perales giving us soulful trombone, is smooth like whipped shea butter. This is grade-A musicianship — everyone listening and unselfishly supporting each other.
For the final selection, Ekep Nkwelle presents her arrangement of Geri Allen's "Timeless Portraits and Dreams." Her voice soars in this contemplative ballad, a perfect closer that allows each member of the ensemble to shine as they share the hope that, "In tomorrow's world, let joy and love run free / Let's hold on to our dreams."
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NPR's A Martínez speaks with migrants in Tijuana, Mexico about why they chose to leave their home countries in hopes of reaching the U.S.
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NPR's A Martínez speaks with migrants in Tijuana, Mexico about why they chose to leave their home countries in hopes of reaching the U.S.
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New York City is announcing new gun-free zones that will include Times Square and the subway system. The new rules follow the Supreme Court decision overturning New York's handgun licensing law.
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New York City is announcing new gun-free zones that will include Times Square and the subway system. The new rules follow the Supreme Court decision overturning New York's handgun licensing law.
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Steve Inskeep talks with NPR's Nina Totenberg about her upcoming book, "Dinners with Ruth," and her decades-long friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and others in positions of power.
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Steve Inskeep talks with NPR's Nina Totenberg about her upcoming book, "Dinners with Ruth," and her decades-long friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and others in positions of power.
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Brandy Bottone, the Texas woman who said she had a right to the HOV lane because her fetus counted as a second passenger, is at it again.
The 32-year-old from Plano was issued a second traffic citation in July for riding solo in a high-occupancy lane, Claire Crouch, a spokeswoman from the Dallas District Attorney's office, told NPR.
"It was about a month after the first ticket that she was pulled over and ticketed again," Crouch said, adding that "the current case is pending."
Bottone's initial story attracted international attention.
After being questioned by Dallas County sheriff's deputies for appearing to ride alone, Bottone pointed to her belly and told the officers, "My baby girl is right here," she told the Dallas Morning News. By that logic, she said, she hadn't violated the law, which requires at least two passengers in a vehicle in an HOV lane.
At the time, she wasn't "trying to make a political statement," she said. But, when the deputies looked at her blankly, she felt a need to provide some context for them.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, and under Texas' abortion laws, all abortions are banned except in circumstances under which the birth would threaten the mother's life. And under the state's fetal homicide laws, a fetus is considered to be a person when determining whether a crime has been committed.
"Do you understand, with everything that's going on, this is a baby and she's 34 weeks," she told the deputies.
A judge agreed with her, and the June ticket was dismissed.
It's unclear if the second violation will also be tossed out. But it may be a while before Bottone can use it again. Crouch told NPR that, since this latest incident, Bottone has given birth.
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Nuclear facilities, like the one Russia controls in Ukraine, should be off limits to warring parties. Russia's seizure of the nuclear plant sets a dangerous precedent.
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Nuclear facilities, like the one Russia controls in Ukraine, should be off limits to warring parties. Russia's seizure of the nuclear plant sets a dangerous precedent.
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The current Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, may be the most business-friendly high court of the past century, according to a new study.
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The current Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, may be the most business-friendly high court of the past century, according to a new study.
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