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As fate would have it, the US-based Duke and Duchess of Sussex happened to be carrying out a rare string of European and UK engagements when the health of Prince Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, took a sudden turn. So it was that the couple were able to be in the UK when her death was announced, joining the Royal Family for a string of momentous events such as processions, vigils and the Queen’s state funeral in the following days.
Now that the official national mourning period is over, the couple have flown back to be reunited with their two young children, Archie and Lilibet, at their California home. But their homecoming won’t simply be a case of returning to business as usual. The pair may no longer be official working royals, but their relationship to ‘The Firm’ has inevitably shifted now that Prince Harry is in such close proximity to the British sovereign, as the son of the new King, Charles III. And with a degree of sensitivity required as they pursue their independent career ventures in the immediate wake of the Queen’s death, what do the coming months have in store for the couple?
It’s thought the event will be a comparatively restrained affair, in keeping with the current economic climate
One key consideration is what Charles’s accession as monarch means in terms of Harry and Meghan’s role within the institution. While there’s been no indication that they could be set to return to the Royal Family, have their HRH status restored or relocate back to the UK, it has been suggested that their two children could now be titled prince and princess. The King has reportedly agreed to a new Letters Patent, changing the one instituted by King George V in 1917 (dictating that only the grandchildren of the monarch and the first grandson of the Prince of Wales could use the title). If the reports are true, the duke and duchess’s children could become Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, like their royal cousins, the Prince and Princess of Wales’s children, George, Charlotte and Louis.
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Freshers’ Week can feel like just about the biggest deal of all time. It’s the beginning of your real adult life; it’s when your parents met all their friends and when they ‘really came into their own’. We're feverishly told we might meet the loves of our lives. And it might, at the very least, make or break the next three years, so no pressure.
The truth is that most students have no idea who they are or what they want from university until it’s over. But Freshers’ Week is a nice thing not to screw up. And that’s where Tatler comes in: here, words of advice from a medium-trustworthy intern/second year who has not yet dropped out. What more could you ask?
1. Bring an enormous teapot
No one ever doesn’t want a cup of tea. When you find yourself stumbling back from a 9am safeguarding talk, still fighting off a hangover, a warm mug of English Breakfast is one hell of a crowd-pleaser. Neighbours will be grateful and may supply biscuits, which is an encouraging foundation for a friendship.
2. You cannot do Freshers’ Week ironically
However chic that might sound, just don’t bother trying. Lose the sprezzatura and be enthusiastic about everything under the sun. Fill your calendar with anything, as long as it’s full, and the existential angst about having to fend for yourself won’t get a look-in. My best friend likes to warn people: if you don’t make plans, you won’t have plans. She is correct.
3. Freshers’ Flu will come along whatever you do
But getting it after standing outside in a storm for an hour, when the fire alarm went off and you didn’t realise you were allowed to stop to put on a coat and shoes, is unacceptably silly. Please do better than that. When you do get it, cut your losses and remain in bed with determination and Berocca — better to miss three days of term than to cough forlornly until Christmas.
4. Don’t stick your head above the parapet too early on
Being intense from the outset will freak people out. This means no controversial political opinions or immediate fallings-out, but it also means watch your dress sense. Dressing eccentrically or affectedly may bring you joy but it could bring others fear. (Never, for example, channel Brideshead Revisited — those who don’t get it will be baffled and those who do get it will find it tragically self-conscious.)
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There was something wonderfully comforting about the music of the state funeral on Monday, both at Westminster Abbey and at the committal service at St George’s chapel. Like a warm woolly scarf on a cold winter day, funeral attendees were engulfed in the glorious sound of melodic, soothing voices. As the Queen’s coffin made its way down the centre of the aisle, young choristers sang lines, known as The Sentences, from Revelation 14:13, used at every state funeral since the early 18th century.
Singers both from Westminster Abbey and St George’s chapel are amongst the most talented and elite in the country. The choir at Westminster was founded in the late 14th century when the Abbey was a Benedictine monastery, whilst the choir at Windsor can trace its history to the fifteenth century. Westminster Abbey’s choral selection is made up of 30 boys aged between eight and thirteen, and 12 professional adult singers, known as Lay Vicars. The choir at St Georges consists of 23 choristers who are normally appointed following a rigorous process. To sing at such a momentous occasion is considered the highest honour.
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GREENWICH, Conn., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AdminaHealth®, a leading provider of billing and payment solutions for the healthcare, insurance, and employee benefits marketplace, announced that Christopher Arcoleo has joined the company as a Senior Sales Executive.
A seasoned industry professional with over three decades of successful sales leadership, national account management, and channel development, Arcoleo brings specialized expertise to help clients with the digital transformation of their enrollment, benefits administration, and premium billing processes. Prior to joining AdminaHealth, Arcoleo was with Centivo as Head of National Broker Sales establishing and maintaining nationwide distribution partnerships. Previously, he was at miEdge (now Zywave), where he grew the company's national partnerships. Arcoleo has also held various positions at Liazon, OnlineBenefits (Benergy), bswift, and Decisely.
"I am excited to join the AdminaHealth team," says Arcoleo. "I've spent my career in the benefits industry where I have built and maintained long-term relationships at the highest levels with the top U.S. insurance brokers. I look forward to expanding the industry acceptance of automation and helping companies transform using AdminaHealth's premium billing solutions. Given how spreadsheets contribute to excessive errors, cost, and customer dissatisfaction, automation presents an area of tremendous opportunity. I am thrilled to be a part of this forward-thinking and expanding team."
"We are delighted to welcome Chris to the team," says Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Frank Bianchi. "Chris is well-known in the industry as a trusted and valued business partner. He understands the needs of clients and how to introduce digital transformation technology to enable strategic differentiation. The AdminaHealth solution is easily integrated with any benefit administration system and Chris has the experience to engage with brokers on the advantages of the new industry standard: packaging AdminaHealth's premium billing automation with all new renewals and contracts."
Arcoleo holds a B.A. from New England College in Henniker, NH. A semi-retired sports car racer, he enjoys watching Formula 1 and driving his own car on dedicated track days.
For more information about the industry-recognized AdminaHealth Billing Suite® SaaS technology platform, visit AdminaHealth.com.
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NANTICOKE RIVER, Md.- A man was killed after he went overboard while racing sailboats on the Nanticoke River on Sunday.
Maryland Natural Resources Police said two men were racing sailboats when a 64-year-old man was hit by a boom and knocked overboard. He was not wearing a life jacket.
The man was recovered by a passing tugboat. Police said those onboard performed life-saving measures, but he was later pronounced dead by responding medical units. His name has not yet been released.
The investigation is ongoing.
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CAMBRIDGE, Md. - Maryland State Police have released the name of a man who was shot to death Tuesday afternoon in Cambridge.
Troopers identified the victim as Kevin Dwayne Raeford, 20, of Salisbury, Md.
Police said that shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, officers from the Cambridge Police Department responded to a report of shots fired in the area of Wood Street and Fairmount Avenue in Cambridge. Cambridge police officers began to search the area and located the body of Raeford in a wooded area along the 600 block of Edgewood Avenue.
The Cambridge Police Department secured the scene and requested that the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit handle the investigation. Raeford’s body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy.
No arrests have been made yet in this case. The Dorchester County State’s Attorney responded to the scene and was briefed on the investigation.
The case remains under investigation.
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Three Lyons & Simmons partners recognized for personal injury litigation
DALLAS, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Co-founder of the trial law firm Lyons & Simmons Michael Lyons has been recognized for a second consecutive year among the Top 100 attorneys in the state by the Texas Super Lawyers. Additionally, for the fourth consecutive year, Lyons was honored among the Top 100 Super Lawyers for Dallas-Fort Worth.
Chris Simmons and Chris Carr also have both been selected to the 2022 Super Lawyers listing.
The selections further solidify Lyons & Simmons' position among the state's preeminent personal injury firms. The firm was recently selected as Dallas' top-rated personal injury law firm by readers of Texas Lawyer, securing the firm's place in the magazine's "Best of" Hall of Fame. This was the second time in the last three years the firm has received this recognition.
This is the 10th consecutive year Lyons has earned Texas Super Lawyers recognition based on his work on cases involving catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, and products liability. He has handled cases involving brain and spinal cord injuries, electrocutions, aviation disasters, trucking accidents, construction site and industrial accidents, motor vehicle products liability, pharmaceutical, and medical device products liability.
This is the first Super Lawyers selection for firm co-founder Simmons, following eight years on the companion Texas Rising Stars list, which honors attorneys under the age of 40. He has extensive experience representing people killed or injured in oilfield explosions, blowouts, and rig fires; aviation disasters; industrial accidents involving machines, vehicles, fires, and chemicals; defective products; electrocutions; and commercial trucking accidents.
Carr represents clients at trial in cases involving catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death and product liability, as well as complex commercial disputes. He has appeared as lead counsel in courts in more than 20 states. This is his 13th appearance in Texas Super Lawyers.
Published annually by Thomson Reuters, the full 2022 Texas Super Lawyers listing will appear in Texas Monthly and Super Lawyers magazines and can be found online at https://www.superlawyers.com.
About Lyons & Simmons LLP
Dallas-based Lyons & Simmons, LLP, is a trial boutique representing clients in wrongful death, personal injury, products liability and complex "bet-the-company" business litigation matters across the country. To learn more, visit http://www.Lyons-Simmons.com.
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While renowned for his comic genius, the award-winning actor and producer dives into the inspiration behind the recent success of his dramatic projects, his strategies when it comes to raising his daughters, and future plans for both on and off the stage
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Well into his sixth decade, Adam Sandler is a man of many titles – slapstick comedian, SNL alum, serious actor, movie producer, doting parent, ardent hoopster, perpetual kid and loyal pal. AARP The Magazine (ATM) caught up with Sandler (whose new project You Are SO Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah! just finished filming this August) to discuss his expansive career and reasons behind his recent and successful pivot into the dramatic films.
Sandler explains the importance of choosing roles that explore what it means to grow older, and grapple, with one's place in the universe, especially as he himself enters the age group he once made the target of jokes. Looking back on his time at SNL, Sandler reflects on the maturity he's gained since his 20s as well as how it feels having his daughters reach a similar age when he first began. Sandler also touches on his bucket list items still to be ticked off, and the legacy he hopes to leave behind.
The following are excerpts from ATM's October/November 2022 cover story featuring Adam Sandler. The cover story can be read online now at aarp.org/magazine/.
On getting to the age that young Adam Sandler loved to poke fun at:
"I like my age, and it's fun to play my age. It's freeing. I don't have to be true to anything other than what I look like and what I think and what I do in life. I'm nonstop commitment to my projects, though I don't have the same discipline to keep my body in shape. There hasn't been one movie where I've stayed the same weight throughout a three-month shoot. I used to worry about it. Now I'm okay."
On Drama vs. Comedy:
"I like giving myself over to a new challenge. Sometimes I feel like I'm tapped out with new thoughts, and then all of a sudden, something new comes up and I go, 'Okay, how can I make this happen?' It was cool as hell pushing myself in new ways like I did on Uncut Gems. Running around the Diamond District in New York, the intensity of that amazing character, or in Hustle, being around the greatest NBA players, and not worrying about laughs as much as what each character is going through and pulling for. But I do love comedy more than anything."
On growing up since SNL:
"I'm calmer than I used to be. I used to go nuts. I had a quick temper, quick reactions. I made a lot of dumb mistakes and said a lot of stupid things. Looking back on relationships, I could be an ass. I was selfish. I was competitive with other comedians and stuff. My father would say, "That guy's funny," and I would say, "Hey, I'm funny, blah, blah," and he'd be, like, "Why can't you both be funny?" Because I was hungry, I didn't always see clearly then."
"I'm also better at appreciation. I appreciate other people's talent now rather than competing with it—in every field, in every sport, every part of showbiz. A lot of young comedians, a lot of the new cast on SNL, they just make me laugh now."
On raising his daughters:
"My biggest challenge is trying not to steer them in certain directions to believe the things I believe and like the things I like. There are so many bands I love, starting with the Beatles but also Zeppelin, the Who, the Kinks. I'll try to sneak something on the radio, like Van Halen, and when they're singing along in the car go, "You like this?" Then I'll play a deeper track and another one, when I probably should have quit at that first one. My wife—and the shrink—say I should just let stuff happen instead of getting so involved. Let them come up with those equations themselves."
On his legacy:
"I want people to continue to enjoy what I'm doing. I hope they've had a good time with my movies, with what we've given them and, whether you've liked me or not, appreciate that I've tried my best.
"I'm just amazed people have trusted me as long as they have in this business and given me shot after shot. Because it would suck to do something else."
About AARP
AARP is the nation's largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people 50 and older to choose how they live as they age. With a nationwide presence and nearly 38 million members, AARP strengthens communities and advocates for what matters most to families: health security, financial stability and personal fulfillment. AARP also produces the nation's largest circulation publications: AARP The Magazine and AARP Bulletin. To learn more, visit www.aarp.org, www.aarp.org/espanol or follow @AARP, @AARPenEspanol and @AARPadvocates, @AliadosAdelante on social media.
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Texas Super Lawyers 2022 guide honors a total of 11 ONDA attorneys for Family Law expertise
DALLAS, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson (ONDA) is pleased to announce that four partners are among the state's Top 100 list of attorneys in the 2022 edition of Texas Super Lawyers. Seven other firm attorneys have also been recognized for their work in Family Law.
Name partners Keith Nelson, Scott Downing and Jeff Anderson and partner Brad LaMorgese were selected among the Top 100 attorneys in the state. They also made the Top 100 list for the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
San Antonio-based name partner Richard Orsinger was recognized among the Top 50 attorneys in Central/West Texas.
Adding to this year's Super Lawyers list are partners William Reppeto, Amber Liddell Alwais, Paula Bennett, David Housel, Paul Hewett and Holly Baird.
Each year, the Thomson Reuters peer review guide selects no more than 5 percent of the more than 100,000 attorneys practicing in Texas. The 2022 listing is compiled after independent research, surveys, peer nominations and evaluations by attorneys in the same practice areas. The 2022 guide is published in Texas Monthly and the Texas edition of Super Lawyers magazine in October and can be found online at http://www.superlawyers.com.
In addition to the above honors, Texas Super Lawyers magazine is publishing a 20th Anniversary edition, featuring the attorneys honored in the listing since its inception. Partners Richard Orsinger, Keith Nelson, Scott Downing and Jeff Anderson are among those attorneys named to the Texas Super Lawyers listing every year for the last 20 years.
Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson, LLP, is a nationally recognized firm with a reputation for handling complex Family Law matters, including divorce, child custody and international custody disputes, as well as property division and appellate issues. All firm partners have been recognized by Super Lawyers.
Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson has served families for more than 30 years. With offices in Dallas, Frisco and San Antonio, ONDA is one of Texas' largest Family Law firms. Each partner is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and each is a member of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists.
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Republic of El Salvador (the "Republic"), announced today the results of its invitation for each holder to submit offers (the "Offers") to tender for cash the notes set forth in the table below (collectively, the "Notes"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the invitation dated September 12, 2022 (the "Invitation"), subject to an aggregate amount not to exceed U.S.$360,000,000 to purchase the principal amount of Notes accepted for tender and pay accrued interest and any premium with respect to such Notes (the "Aggregate Maximum Tender Amount"). The Invitation and withdrawal rights expired as scheduled at 12:00 p.m. New York time, on September 20, 2022.
The following table sets forth the results of the Invitation:
(1) The approximate proration factor is subject to rounding on a case-by-case basis in connection with minimum denomination adjustments as described below.
As the amount to purchase the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered exceeded the Aggregate Maximum Tender Amount, the principal amount of each holder's validly tendered Notes accepted for purchase is determined by multiplying each holder's tender of Notes by the approximate proration factor indicated in the table above, and rounding the product down to the nearest U.S.$1,000. The Republic has only accepted tenders of Notes subject to proration to the extent such proration does not result in (i) the relevant holder transferring Notes to the Republic in a principal amount of less than U.S.$5,000, being the minimum authorized denomination of the 2025 Notes, or U.S.$10,000 being the minimum authorized denomination of the 2023 Notes, as applicable, and (ii) the Notes in a principal amount of less than the applicable minimum denomination being returned to the relevant holder. If, due to proration, less than the applicable minimum denomination would be returned to the holders, then the Republic has either accepted all or rejected all of the tendered amount.
The settlement of validly tendered and accepted Notes is scheduled to occur on or about September 22, 2022 (the "Settlement Date"), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Invitation. Holders whose Notes are accepted for purchase (after proration) by the Republic will be entitled to receive for such Notes the applicable purchase price plus applicable accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the Settlement Date ("Accrued Interest"). The aggregate purchase price plus Accrued Interest to be paid by the Republic is U.S.$359,999,926.49. Any Notes tendered that are not accepted and purchased by the Republic as a result of the operation of the applicable proration provisions are expected to be returned to the relevant tendering holders on the Settlement Date.
The Republic reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to delay the Settlement Date.
Any holder who fails to make delivery in accordance with the Invitation shall not be entitled to receive any payment therefore unless the Republic, in its sole discretion, determines to waive any such failure.
The Republic will cancel the Notes purchased pursuant to the Invitation following the Settlement Date.
The tender and information agent for the Invitation was D.F. King & Co., Inc. (the "Tender and Information Agent") and can be reached regarding the Invitation at: salvador@dfking.com, by telephone at 1 (800) 628-8532 (U.S. toll free) and (212) 269-5550 (collect), in writing at 48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor New York, New York 10005.
The Dealer Manager for the Invitation was Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (the "Dealer Manager") and can be reached regarding the terms of the Invitation by telephone at +1-212-250-2955 (collect) or +1-866-627-0391 (U.S. Toll-free).
Disclaimer
This announcement is not an offer to purchase or the solicitation of an offer to sell the Notes. The invitation for each holder to submit Offers is only being made pursuant to the Invitation. Holders of Notes should read the Invitation carefully prior to making any decision with respect to tendering Notes because it contains important information.
The distribution of materials relating to the Invitation, and the transactions contemplated by the Invitation, may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. The Invitation is made only in those jurisdictions where it is legal to do so. The Invitation is void in all jurisdictions where it is prohibited. If materials relating to the Invitation come into your possession, you are required to inform yourself of and to observe all of these restrictions. The materials relating to the Invitation do not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer or solicitation in any place where offers or solicitations are not permitted by law. The Invitation does not constitute an offer to buy or a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction in which the Invitation is required to be made by a licensed broker or dealer and in which the Dealer Manager or any of its affiliates is so licensed, it shall be deemed to be made by the Dealer Manager or such affiliates on behalf of El Salvador. See "Certain Legal Restrictions" and "Jurisdictional Restrictions" in the Invitation.
NONE OF EL SALVADOR, THE DEALER MANAGER OR THE TENDER AND INFORMATION AGENT MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION THAT ANY HOLDER TENDER OR REFRAIN FROM TENDERING ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH HOLDER'S NOTES, AND NO ONE HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BY ANY OF THEM TO MAKE SUCH A RECOMMENDATION. HOLDERS MUST MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS WHETHER TO TENDER NOTES, AND, IF SO, MUST DECIDE ON THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO TENDER.
Important Notice
The distribution of the Invitation and the transactions contemplated hereby may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. Persons into whose possession this Invitation come are required by El Salvador and the Dealer Manager to inform themselves of and to observe any of these restrictions. Each person accepting the Invitation shall be deemed to have represented, warranted and agreed (in respect of itself and any person for whom it is acting) that it is not a person to whom it is unlawful to make an Invitation pursuant to this Invitation (including under the applicable securities laws referenced below), it has not distributed or forwarded this Invitation or any other documents or materials relating to the Invitation to any such person, and it has (before offering the Notes for exchange) complied with all laws and regulations applicable to it for the purposes of its participation in the Invitation.
This Invitation does not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer or solicitation by anyone in any jurisdiction in which an offer or solicitation is not authorized or in which the person making an offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make an offer or solicitation. Neither El Salvador nor the Dealer Manager accepts any responsibility for any violation by any person of the restrictions applicable in any jurisdiction.
In any jurisdiction in which the Invitation is required to be made by a licensed broker or dealer and in which the Dealer Manager or any of its affiliates is so licensed, it shall be deemed to be made by the Dealer Manager or such affiliates.
European Economic Area
The Invitation is not intended to be offered, or otherwise made available to and should not be offered or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area ("EEA"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, "MiFID II"); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive 2016/97/EC (as amended, the "Insurance Distribution Directive"), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 (e) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129) (the "Prospectus Regulation"). Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the "PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them or the Invitation available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore making the Invitation or offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them or the Invitation available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.
United Kingdom
The Invitation is not intended to be offered, or otherwise made available to and should not be offered or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the United Kingdom ("UK"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("EUWA"); (ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the FSMA and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA. Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the "UK PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them or the Invitation available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore making the Invitation or offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them or the Invitation available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation.
The communication of this Invitation and any other offer material relating to the Invitation are not being made, and such documents and/or materials have not been approved, by an authorized person for the purposes of section 21 of the UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom. The communication of such documents and/or materials is exempt from the restriction on financial promotions under section 21 of the FSMA on the basis that it is only directed at and may only be communicated to persons (i) who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) (the "Financial Promotion Order"), (ii) who fall within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high net worth companies, unincorporated associations etc.") of the Financial Promotion Order, (iii) who are outside the United Kingdom, or (iv) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) in connection with the issue or sale of any securities, including this Invitation, may otherwise lawfully be communicated in accordance with the Financial Promotion Order (such persons together being "relevant persons"). Any investment or investment activity to which this Invitation or these other documents and/or materials relate are available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this Invitation or these other documents and/or materials or any of its or their contents.
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FN Media Group Presents USA News Group News Commentary
VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- USA News Group – According to trendspotting artificial intelligence platform Spoonshot, concerns over the clean label status and ultra-processing methods of plant-based products such as those from producers such as Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ:BYND) and B2B ingredient producers Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE:INGR). According to the International Food Information Council's (IFIC) 2022 Food and Health Survey, consumer preference for products labeled as "clean" and "natural" have continued to increase in 2022. This trend continues to benefit retailers such as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) subsidiary Whole Foods, and Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST), while also opening doors for natural foods producer newly publicly-listed Pangea Natural Foods (CSE:PNGA).
The University of Minnesota conducted in early 2022, which found a growing "trust gap" among American adults, showing less than 25% strongly trust information about where their food is grown and how it's produced. By 2024, the clean label ingredient market is forecasted to grow to US$51.14 billion globally, while potentially growing at a CAGR of +17.5% through to 2030.
After successfully launching its GMO-free, natural products to over 250 retail outlets in Canada, recently-IPO'd Pangea Natural Foods (CSE:PNGA) announced its expansion into the United States through the H Mart chain which has 84 stores in the USA, as well as more outlets in Canada and the UK.
The retail distribution is starting with Pangea's plant-based patties made of pea-protein and free of GMO ingredients, fillers, antibiotics, hormones, and bioengineered ingredients.
"Building on the positive momentum of our recent distribution across Canada, we're excited to now expand into the United States," said Pangea CEO, Pratap Sandhu. "We look forward to introducing our products to a broader range of customers - making delicious, nutritious and sustainable eating more accessible than ever before."
After founding Pangea in April 2021, Sandhu was named to the sixth annual Bay Street Bull 30X30. His company officially began public trading on the CSE on July 4, 2022 under the symbol PNGA, successfully raising $1.4 million in its seed financing round.
Pangea recently announced a further Canadian expansion to a running total of over 250 retail outlets with a national product listing in approximately 23 IGA Marketplace BC locations and all seven Fresh Street Market locations.
All of Pangea's products are manufactured in the Vancouver lower mainland at an in-house facility approved by both the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
"Pangea Natural Foods has partnered with experienced food scientists to formulate its products, with a focus on delivering high quality food products to consumers," said Sandhu. "We believe the key to the Company's growth will be providing consumers with very nutritious, satisfying foods with great taste and texture."
Recently Pangea also announced the successful launch of its Old Fashioned Ghee and Plant-Based Patties products to popular Canadian retailers IGA and Fresh Street Market, adding to its national distribution footprint that also includes Save-On Foods, Loblaws and Superstore.
Seen as the flag bearer for selling natural foods and championing the Clean Label Movement is Whole Foods—the subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN).
But their efforts haven't come without challenges. Late last year, both Amazon and Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) announced recalls that included Fresh Express bagged salads.
In-house, Costco has had recent successes with the launch of its Kirkland Signature label's cookies, which boast a neat, clean nutrition label and only a few simple ingredients. For those who don't hold a membership at Costco, the cookies can also be bought from Amazon.
Both Amazon and Costco have agreed to launch a new Pumpkin Spice Energy Drink from plant-based US energy brand Yerbaé, which will be available for a limited-time in fall 2022.
"This new energy drink only has eight ingredients which are non-GMO and plant-based," said the Yerbaé company in a statement. "By trading in a PSL, Yerbaé provides good plant-based energy without the guilt that can come with consuming the unhealthy amounts of sugar, artificial ingredients and calories."
The Pumpkin Spice Energy Drink launches in September on Amazon and in select Costco stores in Southern California.
Helping to provide the right types of ingredients for these cleaner products, Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE:INGR) has been meeting demands from clientele through its specialty ingredients arm. Through the company's Q2 2022, Ingredion saw a 16% increase in net sales.
"In response to continued strong demand for clean label texturizing starches, we accelerated the commissioning of new capacity at our Indianapolis facility," said Ingredion President and CEO, James P. Zallie. "In addition, our Sugar Reduction and Specialty Sweetener platform had another excellent quarter, growing net sales by more than 20% led by a double-digit top-line increase of PureCircle's stevia franchise."
Much like Pangea and is Plant-Based Patties, Ingredion has worked to capture some of the consumers looking for plant-based alternatives to meat.
Perhaps the most well-known publicly-traded, pure-play plant-based meat company out there is Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ:BYND). Back in 2020, the company went on the offensive in wake of attacks on its "ultra-processed" plant-based meat, which pointed fingers at "industry-funded" ads from The Center for Consumer Freedom, which attacked plant-based burgers.
"In the coming months, and for the balance of 2020, you will see us tell our story on ingredients and process with content across digital and print media helping consumers have the information they need to make informed purchasing decisions," said Beyond Meat President and CEO Ethan Brown.
However, while many of the the biggest claims of plant-based meat's benefits also seem to revolve around their environmental impact, debate continues over how health friendly they actually are.
Unfortunately for Beyond, something seems to be hurting their balance sheets, as the latest Q2 2022 financial highlights showed a 1.6% decrease year-over-year in net revenues, and a gross loss of $6.2 million or gross margin drop of 4.2% of net revenues.
"In Q2 2022, we recorded our second largest quarter ever in terms of net revenues even as consumers traded down among proteins in the context of inflationary pressures, and we made solid sequential progress on reducing operating and manufacturing conversion costs," said Brown. "Our transition to mass market consumption will occur as we actualize our vision: providing consumers with plant-based meats that are indistinguishable from, understood as healthier than, and at price parity with their animal protein equivalents."
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With fresh research, bright stars, and big ideas, O.C. Tanner hosts the world's most exclusive employee recognition and workplace culture conference
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- O.C. Tanner, the global leader in employee recognition and workplace culture, will host its sixth annual Influence Greatness conference September 27-29, 2022. Organizations continue to deal with change and uncertainty as a global pandemic subsides and the possibility of an economic recession looms. This year's conference, offered live and virtually, will focus on how companies can move more successfully into the future of the workplace and better address employee fulfillment in the midst of ongoing transformation. HR and senior leaders from all over the world will come together to learn, share, and connect on teamwork, connection, and building a culture where people thrive. Tickets to the in-person experience are sold out, but viewers can sign up to attend the event virtually for free here.
As a hallmark of the conference, the award-winning O.C. Tanner Institute will unveil its 2023 Global Culture Report, featuring data and insights gathered from over 36,000 employees across 20 countries. Attendees will be the first to learn about the latest trends and strategies to win and retain people, including: reconnecting workplace community, creating fulfilling employee experiences, fortifying weary leaders, and integrating recognition and symbolism early and often.
In addition to being able to glean on-demand insights from interviews with progressive HR leaders from leading organizations as they discuss unique recognition challenges and solutions, attendees will experience keynote speeches from luminaries such as:
- Dr. Brené Brown – research professor, storyteller, and New York Times bestselling author
- David Epstein – science and investigative reporter, and New York Times bestselling author
- Erica Dhawan – thought leader, bestselling author, and "Oprah of Management Thinkers"
- Tunde Oyeneyin – author of "Speak," motivational speaker and elite fitness instructor
- Nathan Chen – 2022 Olympic Gold Medalist and three-time World Figure Skating Champion
- Mindi Cox – host of Influence Greatness and chief marketing & people officer at O.C. Tanner
Also, there are even more ways to engage in this year's conference, including:
- Connect and interact with fellow HR leaders, peers, movers and shakers before, during, and after the conference in the conference LinkedIn group.
- Stream on-demand master classes presented by HR leaders from global companies like Infosys, Irdeto, and Workday. All master classes will be on demand for 30 days after the event.
What: 2022 Influence Greatness Conference, presented by O.C. Tanner
When: September 27-29, 2022
Where: Park City, Utah and online.
- While in-person registration is sold out, you can register virtually for free here: https://www.octanner.com/influencegreatness/landing/virtual-registration.html
About O.C. Tanner
O.C. Tanner is the global leader in software and services that improve workplace culture through meaningful employee recognition experiences. Our Culture Cloud™ employee recognition platform helps millions of people thrive at work.
Our team of more than 1,500 programmers, researchers, designers, client professionals, and craftspeople hail from 58 countries and speak 62 languages. Together, we create the technology, tools, and awards that help our clients shape productive work environments, drive innovation, and fuel positive business results. Learn more at octanner.com.
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Hosted by the Trade Office of the UAE Embassy in Washington, DC, the 60-person Utah delegation met with Emirati political and business leaders following a visit to Israel
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Trade Office of the UAE Embassy in Washington, DC hosted Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox and a high-level state delegation to Abu Dhabi and Dubai last week. The mission focused on establishing new business opportunities and partnerships in priority sectors, building on growing ties between the Beehive State and the Emirates.
Joining Governor Cox was First Lady Abby Cox, House Speaker Brad Wilson, Senate President J. Stuart Adams, and over 60 Utah government officials, business executives, and community leaders.
The trip was organized in collaboration with the State of Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity, World Trade Center Utah, and the U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council. Utah is the fastest growing U.S. state per capita, making for an excellent trading partner with the UAE.
"This trade mission led by Governor Spencer Cox is an essential element of establishing trade and commercial ties between our two dynamic economies – the state of Utah and the United Arab Emirates," said Saud Al Nowais, Commercial Counselor for the UAE Embassy to the U.S. "The Utah delegation saw firsthand the potential that exists when partnering with Emirati businesses and innovators and we agreed the opportunities for partnership are limitless."
The Utah delegates engaged with Emirati counterparts with expertise in healthcare and life sciences, aerospace and defense, transportation, and water security. The group also toured the Louvre Abu Dhabi and met with representatives from the local faith community. Just over two years ago, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the construction of a temple in Dubai, the first of its kind to be built in the Middle East. Utah is home to the largest Mormon population in the U.S., comprising more than 60 percent of the state's residents.
After visiting the Dubai Future Foundation, Governor Cox tweeted: "The UAE is teaching artificial intelligence and coding. In Utah, tech accounts for 68,184 employees – and Silicon Slopes is on the cutting edge of information technology."
Delegates also discussed opportunities in the innovation economy with UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work H.E. Omar Sultan Al Olama. In a meeting with H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, they reviewed opportunities for U.S. collaboration in projects related to water and renewable energy. With large areas of arid desert and limited water resources, climate is a priority for both the UAE and Utah. The state legislators also H.E. Mariam AlMheiri, UAE Minster of Climate Change and Environment.
Governor Cox noted the delegation arrived in the UAE following meetings in Israel. He emphasized the unlimited bilateral and multilateral commercial opportunities now possible between Utah, the Emirates, and Israel due to the Abraham Accords, the diplomatic normalization agreement signed two years ago between the UAE and Israel.
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Fourteen years ago on a tranquil day much like any other in the famously laid-back Cayman Islands, divers spotted a distinctively striped, alarm-raising spine sticking out from a reef. Reports of an underwater predator migrating toward the islands from the northeast already had locals on the lookout, and now their fears were confirmed: Lionfish had arrived.
Never before seen in this part of the world, at first there were just a few of the colorful lionfish—which can grow to be 18 inches long and boast brightly alternating bands of orange and white to form an design that is, admittedly, more tiger than lion. But their numbers swelled and before long this thriving corner of the ocean was tormented by a new environmental crisis. Local populations of fish and crustaceans were wiped out; reefs lay empty. As the plentiful underwater ecosystem upon which residents and visitors of the Cayman Islands rely for sustenance and income was devoured by this invasive species, humans and wildlife alike suffered.
Here began a tale of innovation and perseverance that would create an entirely new, in-demand industry—not to mention a novel addition to Cayman cuisine.
Lionfish: Invasive king of the sea?
No one knows exactly how lionfish, a species native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, made its way across to the Atlantic. The most widely shared theory is that the problem was created by humans and that the fish were introduced to the region when people owning them as pets dumped their aquariums into the waters off Miami. While the cause of their invasion might never be verified, more certain is the multifaceted destruction inflicted by the venomous, voracious predators.
Not only do lionfish eat enormous quantities of sea life spanning fish, fish eggs, crustaceans, and mollusks, but they also consume the algae responsible for cleaning coral reefs, which has the potential to fuel massive reef die-offs. Lionfish have no native predators and reproduce rapidly, laying up to 30,000 eggs every few days. This exponential population growth isn’t the only reason they’re difficult to eliminate. A prick from their highly venomous spines can lead to convulsions, numbness, and even death, making them dangerously difficult for humans to catch.
The government knew it needed to take action. Where previously spearfishing was illegal, the Department of Environment gave licensed individuals permission to cull the fish, and training was given on the use of harpoons. But the speed at which the fish bred meant divers simply couldn’t keep up, and merely killing the fish seemed like a cruel and unsustainable solution—at least according to conservationist Jason Washington and chef and seasoned spearfisherman Thomas Tennant, who joined forces to create a tastier solution.
Tides of change
Tennant was already familiar with preparing non-native species in his kitchen, having developed a cooking technique that added the invasive green iguana to menus across the Caymans. Then shortly after lionfish made their disastrous imposition, Tennant brought the fish to the menu at Michael’s Genuine, where he was named head chef in 2010. He later introduced lionfish dishes to a number of other regional restaurants he helmed, including the Brasserie on Grand Cayman and Fi’lia in the Bahamas. In 2018 he launched his current venture, Tomfoodery Kitchen, which often features lionfish on its menu.
While lionfish spines are venomous, their flesh isn’t poisonous to eat. After tasting the juicy, white meat—which has been described as a buttery cross between lobster and shrimp—he was keen to assist with conservation efforts.
“It wasn’t easy to convince people to eat lionfish,” Tennant told AFAR. “People assumed they were toxic to eat.”
But after months of positive campaigning and as the damage lionfish were inflicting became more apparent, more and more people were won over. Decimated reefs affected not only food supplies but also hurt the business of local fishermen and the tourism industry. As the problem grew, Tennant’s sustainable sea-to-table solution became ever more appealing.
Then in 2010, Jason Washington and the Department of Environment hosted the first official “Lionfish Tournament,” which encouraged divers to head out and catch as many of the creatures as possible. Lionfish tournaments are ongoing to this day, spearheaded by C.U.L.L (Cayman United Lionfish League), which rewards divers for their catch. At the first event, Tennant cooked up a storm using the culled lionfish in such dishes as lionfish ceviche and sandwiches, to many glowing reviews.
As of 2022, all three of the islands—Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac—are actively involved in culling lionfish, which now includes analyzing the fish for research before exporting them to restaurants both within the Caymans and overseas.
The future of lionfish
Lionfish have become a popular menu item not just in the Cayman Islands but across the Greater and Lesser Antilles and along the Florida coast as well, where the going rate is as high as $30 per fish. It can be eaten fried, steamed, grilled, or raw, and popular dishes include lionfish tacos, escovitch, and sushi. In addition to Tomfoodery Kitchen, another tasty place to try lionfish is Tukka, which has two locations on Grand Cayman.
Tennant particularly loves using the fish for ceviche and leverages it to put a creative twist on the classic Jamaican dish ackee and saltfish. “I’m also working on a savory doughnut using salted lionfish, local peppers, scallions, and brown butter,” he explained.
Lionfish have become so popular in the Caribbean that the islands can’t keep up with demand, and some local restaurants must import them from other countries. According to the Department of Environment, when culling began, divers would collect up to 200 lionfish from a single two-tank dive session. Now they’re lucky to find 10. This begs the question, with lionfish such a popular part of the Cayman Islands’ cuisine, what will happen when this invasive species is defeated?
The Department of Environment is aware that lionfish numbers are dwindling. Whether this is a permanent change due to the continuous local culling efforts or a momentary dip, this is still good news for the Cayman Islands.
According to Thomas Tennant, “The ultimate goal is to eliminate these fish from the waters where they don’t belong.” Using them as a tasty food is an added incentive when culling. “It’s not vital as food, but when people eat lionfish, they know they are helping other species to thrive.”
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Following a three-year investigation, New York's Democratic Attorney General Letitia James filed a civil lawsuit on Wednesday against former President Donald Trump.
"The complaint demonstrates that Donald Trump falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself, to cheat the system," James said at a press conference.
In a statement posted on the Truth Social media site, Trump blasted the lawsuit as "another witch hunt" which he said was motivated by James' reelection bid.
"She is a fraud who campaigned on a 'get Trump' platform," Trump posted.
The lawsuit also targets members of Trump's longstanding executive team, including members of his family: Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump.
Responding to the suit, Donald Trump Jr. used an expletive on Twitter next to a video of James: "The bullshit Dem witch-hunt continues!" he wrote.
Posting on the Truth Social media site, Eric Trump also accused James of a partisan attack: "Letitia James is the most corrupt Attorney General in United States History — she campaigned on the promised to sue my father."
During her press conference, James acknowledged she would face criticism that her lawsuit is partisan. She noted her three-year investigation of Trump "only started after Michael Cohen, his former lawyer, testified before congress about this conduct."
According to James, Trump's operation "repeatedly and consistently manipulated the value of assets" in order to win favorable loan terms from banks and to reduce tax payments.
"This conduct was all in violation of" New York state law," James said.
James is seeking roughly $250 million in penalties and also seeks to ban Trump, his children and members of their executive team permanently from operating businesses in New York state.
The lawsuit also aims to bar the former president and his organization from buying commercial real estate in New York for five years.
This lawsuit is filed in civil court, but James also alleged that Trump's operation violated state and federal criminal laws. She said a criminal referral is being sent to the U.S. Justice Department.
"In short, he lied to gain massive financial benefits for himself," James said in a post on Twitter.
During the press conference, James noted that when testifying under oath during the investigation, Trump repeatedly invoked his 5th Amendment rights to avoid testifying.
She also said that prior to Wednesday's announcement, her office had rejected a settlement offer from Trump and his organization.
James detailed Trump business practices that she alleges were fraudulent, including "representing that Mr. Trump had cash on hand that he did not have," while also "egregiously" inflating the market value of his real estate holdings in New York state and in Florida.
According to James, the behavior clearly represented fraud and was not done by mistake.
The lawsuit also targets Allen Weisselberg, who served as the Trump Organization's chief financial officer. Weisselberg's attorney Mary Mulligan declined NPR's request for comment.
The lawsuit announced Wednesday is only the latest in a long list of legal and financial troubles facing Trump, his organization and his family.
A separate criminal trial against Trump's firm and Weisselberg brought by Manhattan's district attorney is scheduled to begin next month.
As part of that proceeding, Weisselberg has pleaded guilty to numerous felonies and he is expected to testify.
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Police: Man stabs, kills woman as she slept outside business
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KVVU/Gray News) - Police in Las Vegas said a man is accused of walking up and stabbing an unknown woman while she slept outside a business.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said officers responded to the business around 6 p.m. Sept. 14.
Once there, officers said they found a woman suffering from an apparent stab wound, KVVU reported. First responders pronounced the woman dead on the scene, authorities said.
After an investigation, police determined the victim was sleeping outside of the business when the unknown man walked up and stabbed her. They said the suspect then fled the scene.
Authorities did not release any additional information.
The victim’s identity as well as her cause and manner of death will be released by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Las Vegas Metro Police Department Homicide Section at 702-828-3521 or by email at homicide@lvmpd.com. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or online at crimestoppersofnv.com.
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ROSELAND, N.J., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonprofit social enterprise AnitaB.org has again named ADP the 2022 Top Companies for Women Technologists Winner in the Large Technical Workforce category. The distinguished national program from AnitaB.org is the only benchmarking program that looks specifically at technical employees and awards companies that are embracing accountability and making the most progress toward the equity of women. This marks the third consecutive year ADP has earned this recognition for its commitment to creating a workplace where women can thrive.
See how ADP's culture of inclusion drives tech innovation
"We're thrilled to announce this year's winners of Top Companies for Women Technologists for their ongoing work to advance intersectional gender equity," said Brenda Darden Wilkerson, president and CEO of AnitaB.org. "The data and insights from the winners and participating companies provide the foundation to begin and continue much-needed conversations around diversity, allowing us to cultivate a truly inclusive community."
The 2022 AnitaB.org Top Companies for Women Technologists program collected and analyzed data on more than 400,000 technologists from 52 companies segmented by technical workforce size. The program analyzes data on gender and racial technical representation, as well as organizational programs and policies. ADP earned the highest score among the participating companies with a large technical workforce (10,000+).
"We believe that by finding great talent and giving them opportunities to uniquely contribute, we can amplify the impact we can all collectively make in our business and communities," said Bob Lockett, chief diversity and talent officer for ADP. "We are always expanding our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts to ensure our people and the solutions they design embody the diversity of our clients and their people. To design for the future of work, we need representative perspectives, experiences and ideas leading the way forward."
The best practice insights provided by the AnitaB.org Top Companies for Women Technologists program help organizations discover areas where they can improve to help build a more diverse, equitable and inclusive future. The assessment considers key factors including overall representation; representation by career level; trends in hiring, retention and advancement; leadership representation; and representation by race and gender. Policies and programs linked to greater representation are considered as well, including caregiver leave, flextime policies, gender pay equity policies, diversity and inclusion training, sponsorship programs and employee resource groups.
ADP has focused on putting programs in place to help women technologists thrive, including the rollout of an Advancing Women in Leadership Program within the company's global product and technology organization, which focuses on providing emerging leaders with the tools and support they need to grow. The International Women's Inclusion Network, a business resource group at ADP, drives opportunities for women as well, including a special committee that focuses on women in STEM. ADP continues to work with industry organizations and sponsor female-focused hackathons to inspire and empower the next generation of women technologists.
The full results of the 2022 AnitaB.org Top Companies for Women Technologists program can be found here. To learn more about ADP's culture of inclusion, visit https://tech.adp.com/careers/culture/inclusion-diversity/.
ADP additionally offers guidance and resources to help employers foster diversity, equity and inclusion. To learn more, join ADP's upcoming Inclusion Summit on September 28, 2022: http://www.adp.com/inclusionsummit2022
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DevSecOps Leader Showcases Flosum Trust Center Along with Speaking Sessions
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flosum, a leading provider of end-to-end secure DevSecOps, data management, data protection and security automation platforms built on Salesforce, today announced the release of its State of Cloud Security Report at Dreamforce 2022.
Focused on cybersecurity trends, organizational readiness and top enterprise challenges, the report spans a series of industry insights and broad recommendations to shore up cloud security for organizations in all industries. For a full copy of the report, visit https://www.flosum.com/state-of-security-2022.
Earlier this summer, the company launched Flosum Trust Center, an integrated security solution to monitor, alert and scan for any potential threats within a Salesforce environment. Flosum Trust Center demos will be available on site at Dreamforce
"Success in security is dependent on a shared sense of responsibility - one where the company, suppliers, employees, contractors, and customers all work together toward a common goal. Together, we can create an environment that addresses security threats and fosters innovation," said Girish Jashnani, CEO of Flosum.
Flosum is a Groundbreaker sponsor at Dreamforce 2022. Flosum is exhibiting at booth #1314, showcasing its Flosum Trust Center and release management platform.
In addition, Flosum will be speaking at the following times:
Sept. 21 at 1 pm PT, Theater 2
Jason Metzger
Salesforce developers and admins consistently hit the same roadblocks hindering organizations' ability to scale. Learn how companies harness Flosum to quickly and efficiently deliver changes to SFDC.
Sept. 22 at 11 am PT, Platform Theater
Ron Dunagan, Brian Boardman
Walk through a successful Salesforce DevOps strategy led by IBM Federal and Flosum, showing how to produce value and create high-quality experiences on SFDC.
To schedule a meeting at Dreamforce, visit https://www.flosum.com/dreamforce/san-francisco-cf
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Flosum is a leading provider of end-to-end secure DevSecOps, data management, data protection and security automation platforms, built 100% natively to Salesforce. Our mission is to enable IT leaders to manage the cloud with confidence and empower developers to innovate using Flosum's release management, Salesforce data backup and recovery and Salesforce security solutions. Enterprises around the world leverage Flosum to accelerate digital transformation by making the software release process fast and easy and increasing developer productivity while remaining secure and compliant. For more information, visit www.flosum.com.
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From bills being introduced to prohibit the teaching of “The 1619 Project” by Nikole Hannah-Jones to “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison being pulled off shelves, book bans are rising in the United States at unprecedented rates. Over the past two years, most bans are targeting books about the LGBTQ+ experience and race in America.
And the upswing in book bans shows no signs of letting up. This year has already seen a record number of books targeted — 1,651 unique titles from January 2022 through August 2022, according to a new report by the American Library Association. This surpasses 2021’s record of 1,597 banned titles, which had been the highest number of challenges or bans ALA has seen in its more than 20 years of keeping track.
Banning books equates to wanting to control a framework of thinking, whether it’s for certain people or issues or ideas, says Dr. Fedrick Ingram, secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of Teachers. This isn’t fair for young people, and it creates an uneducated populace, which isn’t good for democracy.
“Our public schools and libraries need to be protected,” Ingram says. “We need to be expanding access to universal books, and giving our students a comprehensive view of the world and their history and what they can actually become by reading everything so that they are independent thinkers.”
AFT’s Reading Opens the World campaign is helping to create more access to books by giving away 1 million books around the country. The ongoing bans haven’t impacted the campaign, but they are having a “chilling effect” on teachers. Ingram mentioned classics like “To Kill A Mockingbird” and “Of Mice and Men” — classics that are now banned in some states.
“Laws have been enacted that have teachers on their heels,” Ingram says. “They can no longer teach books that have been taught as curriculum in English classes for years.”
Which Books Are Being Banned?
The American Library Association isn’t the only group tracking book bans. PEN America, an organization dedicated to protecting free speech, created a database of book bans in libraries and classrooms from July 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022. In those nine months, the organization counted 1,586 bans against 874 authors and 1,145 books.
These bans span 86 school districts in 26 states, affecting 2,899 schools and over 2 million students.
Of the banned titles, the report found that 72% are fiction, 47% are classified as young adult novels, and 18% are picture books for children. And the content of the books in this database reflects the attacks around the country on books that discuss race and racism, LGBTQ themes, and sex ed.
In the database, 41% of banned books have protagonists or prominent secondary characters of color, and 22% directly address race and racism, the report found. It’s not just fiction that’s being banned, either. PEN America found that 16% of banned books are history books or biographies, and 9% have themes around rights and activism.
The LGBT memoir “Gender Queer” tops the list with 30 bans in that time period, followed by George M. Johnson’s Black queer autobiographical collection of essays “All Boys Aren’t Blue” with 21 bans. From PEN America’s database, only six books have received more than 10 bans, and four of them have to do with race.
Three prominent Black authors in the children’s and young adult space — Jason Reynolds, Angie Thomas, and Jerry Craft — are no strangers to book bans. Thomas and Reynolds are regular fixtures on the American Library Association’s annual Top 10 list of most challenged books. And despite writing the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Award, Craft’s “New Kid” has battled claims of espousing critical race theory.
The National Council of Teachers of English created a database of banned books and offers help to educators who need to write a formal “rationale” to be able to teach the books. However, you must be a member of NCTE to view them.
“Students have a right to read material that is of interest to them,” says Emily Kirkpatrick, the executive director of NCTE. She says recognizing Banned Books Week this year “is a reminder to all to remain vigilant, to remain committed to access to all kinds of material again, that speak to the interest of students, and, far more broadly, to readers across all ages.”
How Do These Bans Impact Schools?
Despite the widely publicized bans, books by Reynolds, Thomas, and Craft remain popular among teachers. From the 2020-2021 school year to 2021-2022, all three authors saw large bumps in requests for their books through DonorsChoose. There was a 58% increase for Craft’s books, a 29% increase for Reynolds’ books, and a 20% increase for Thomas’ books.
DonorsChoose works with schools and districts nationwide, classifying them as “equity focus” and “non-equity focus.” It defines equity focus schools as those with at least 50% of the student body being Black, Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander, or multiracial, and at least 50% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.
In the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years, there were a nearly equal number of requests for these books at both equity focus and non-equity focus schools, with only about 300 more requests at equity focus schools each year.
There was a slight bump in requests for these books in the 2021-2022 school year in non-equity focus schools, with requests jumping 13%. But equity focus schools saw a 55% increase in requests for books by these authors.
Craft, in particular, has seen huge increases for “New Kid” every year, showing that attempting to ban a book can popularize it. There was a 213% increase for his book through DonorsChoose from 2019-2020 to 2020-2021, following the headlines he made after his virtual appearance at a Texas school was canceled because parents claimed his book supported critical race theory.
While book bans are often counterproductive because they increase sales of a book, this isn’t the case for all authors of banned books. Breanna McDaniel’s 2019 text “Hands Up!” — a picture book for children — was banned or challenged in a few states. As a result, sales of her book dropped, McDaniel says.
“People are very sensitive about messaging to very young children,” says McDaniel, also the program manager at the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books. “Since picture books are targeted towards that audience, picture books are touchy.”
Book Bans Send a Message
There are many impacts of banning books from schools and libraries. One is missing out on “certified classics,” Ingram says, including Pulitzer Prize-winning books and others that have stood the test of time. In order for people to formulate their own ideas, Ingram says, they need to have access to the entire history.
“Unfortunately, our students don’t get the full service of our schools, our libraries, our curriculum, and what, sadly, would be their own knowledge,” Ingram says. “Those are things that do not bode well for an educated populace in this democracy in trying to make this a more fair play.”
In this day and age, banning a physical book from a physical location only does so much. Books can be purchased, accessed online, or borrowed from another library. But the act of banning still sends a message to students.
In a recent interview with Reader’s Digest, Ibram X. Kendi, author of the frequently banned or challenged “How to Be Antiracist,” said that books challenging notions of Black inferiority are considered indoctrination, but books that don’t say anything about Black people or don’t reinforce notions of Black inferiority are considered education.
That message of inferiority means Black and Brown students likely see, hear, and feel the impact more than their peers.
“That is unfortunate because we live in a society where Black and Brown students already have to deal with overt racism, they already have to deal with politicians talking about their native country, and they deal with all of the cynical types of politics that we see,” Ingram says.
NCTE launched a campaign in May 2022 called This Story Matters to help fight the ongoing censorship because it says something “very dramatic and very troubling” about the storylines that are being banned, Kirkpatrick says.
“When students identify with a storyline or a character, the ultimate message that has been communicated is that you don’t matter,” Kirkpatrick says.
McDaniel echoes what Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop, the “mother” of multicultural children’s literature, wrote in 1990.
“Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange,” Sims Bishop wrote. “These windows are also sliding glass doors, and readers have only to walk through in imagination to become part of whatever world has been created and recreated by the author. When lighting conditions are just right, however, a window can also be a mirror. Literature transforms human experience and reflects it back to us, and in that reflection, we can see our own lives and experiences as part of the larger human experience.”
“For anybody, especially people who don’t always have opportunities to explore beyond what they experience, books provide those windows,” McDaniel says, “just like they provide the mirrors and the sliding glass doors that Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop taught us about when it comes to these conversations.”
And having politicians in the classroom telling teachers what they can teach and which books are acceptable has dangerous consequences. This is why AFT is giving out books and helping to open more libraries to give students “the entire spectrum of education … so that they can be better stewards of society.”
“When we attack our public schools and our classrooms,” Ingram says, “then this is going to jeopardize what we know as democracy for years to come.”
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MUSKEGON, Mich. — A Muskegon County judicial candidate has been formally arraigned on a domestic violence charge.
Attorney Jason Kolkema is accused of physically assaulting a woman on Aug. 18, according to documents obtained by FOX 17.
The incident reportedly took place at an apartment complex in Muskegon. Court documents say Kolkema hit the victim repeatedly with a belt near Jefferson Street and Western Avenue.
Witnesses named Jason Kolkema as the perpetrator in the incident, the affidavit reads.
The misdemeanor charge carries a maximum sentence of a $500 fine and/or up to 93 days in prison, according to court documents.
Kolkema opposes Jenny McNeill in the midterm election this November.
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The new program, which began this fall, prepares students for careers in culture and diversity.
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For nearly 150 years, Prairie View A&M University has produced top leaders in the arts and sciences, education, agriculture, engineering and nursing. Now, thanks to a $1 million initiative, Enhancing the Humanities at PVAMU, students have the option to major or minor in African American studies.
"A part of the HBCU experience for many students is a journey to self-identification, Blackness, and trying to understand the Black experience better," said Director and Associate Professor of AAS Jeanelle Hope, Ph.D. "It [African American Studies] provides students with the language to understand the world around them and an opportunity to engage key theories, concepts and methods that seek to make sense of the Black experience and amplify our narratives."
Funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, an anonymous contribution, and a matching grant, the new Bachelor of Arts in AAS Program will prepare the emerging generation of leaders to communicate effectively, think critically, research and examine any field of work through a comprehensive cultural lens. The long-awaited program is a vision of President Ruth J. Simmons. She made it a priority to establish an AAS program at PVAMU.
African American Studies is a relatively new major for college campuses. According to the Chicago Tribune, the nation's first Black studies department was established in 1968 at San Francisco State University, born out of faculty and student activism. Only a handful of HBCUs have AAS programs, including Morehouse and Spelman Colleges and Howard, Florida A&M, Morgan State, and Claflin Universities, to name a few.
For more information about PVAMU's new BA in African American Studies Program, visit www.pvamu.edu/bcas/departments/swbps/programs/aastudies.
About Prairie View A&M University: Designated an institution of "the first class" in the Texas Constitution, Prairie View A&M University is the second-oldest public institution of higher education in the state. With an established reputation for producing engineers, nurses, and educators, PVAMU offers baccalaureate degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degree programs through eight colleges and schools. A member of The Texas A&M University System, the university is dedicated to fulfilling its land-grant mission of achieving excellence in teaching, research, and service. For more information regarding PVAMU, visit www.pvamu.edu.
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A Texas federal judge has ruled that people under felony indictment can't be barred from buying guns.
According to the Associated Press, U.S. District Judge David Counts, who former President Donald Trump appointed, ruled that it's unconstitutional for someone under felony indictment to be banned from buying a gun.
The news outlet reported that the ban goes against a person's Second Amendment right to bear arms.
The ruling stems from the indictment against Jose Gomez Quiroz, who, in 2021, bought a .22-caliber semiautomatic handgun after being charged in Texas with burglary and jumping bail, the Associated Press reported.
Quiroz was initially convicted for making a false statement during the purchase of the firearm while under indictment, but challenged it after an ensuing federal charge, the Associated Press reported.
Counts found that prohibiting Quiroz from receiving the gun while under indictment amounted to a prior restraint violation of the Second Amendment, the Associated Press reported.
Counts acknowledged that "this case's real-world consequences - certainly valid public policy and safety concerns exist," the Washington Times reported in his ruling.
Still, he added, a Supreme Court decision from this summer, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association vs. Bruen, “changed the legal landscape," the news outlets reported.
Prosecutors have filed a notice of appeal, the news outlets reported.
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77th Army Band rocks out at the Hear on Heard street festival. Heard on Hurd is a street festival in downtown Edmond powered by Citizens Bank of Edmond that features more than 60 retail and food vendors and local, live performing artists in Edmond, OK
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HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. — Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a Wednesday morning crash that closed all southbound lanes of a major highway.
Troopers said four tractor-trailers and a pickup truck were involved in the crash. At least one trailer was filled with cases of beer and had been opened up along one side.
The payload of beverages spilled out, covering several hundred feet of road with cans and boxes.
Traffic along southbound I-75 was diverted to a nearby state road. One lane of the highway was open again by 8:30 a.m.
Only minor injuries were reported; a cause for the crash has not been determined. An investigation is ongoing.
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Missing Georgia mom Debbie Collier was found naked and burned, clutching tree at bottom of embankment: docs
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A missing Georgia mom found dead earlier this month was discovered partially burned, stripped naked and "grasping a small tree," according to police documents.
Debbie Collier, 59, vanished on Sept. 10, according to authorities.
Her daughter, Amanda Bearden, told investigators that her mother’s car was in the shop at the time and that she left home in a rented Chrysler Pacifica SUV, carrying only her license and a debit card.
13-YEAR-OLD FOUND DEAD IN WOODED AREA BEHIND NEIGHBORHOOD
Authorities tracked the rental vehicle to a highway nearly 60 miles away with help from Sirius XM radio and arrived around 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 11.
The vehicle was "unlocked and unoccupied" in a parking area along the side of Georgia Route 15 north near Victory Home Lane in Clarkesville, according to Habersham County Sheriff’s Office records, obtained by Fox News Digital.
Authorities tracked the rental vehicle to a highway nearly 60 miles away with help from Sirius XM radio and arrived around 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 11.
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Officers and a K-9 unit found a red tote bag about a quarter-mile from the vehicle and "what appeared to be the remains of a fire" nearby.
Downhill from the scene, investigators found a blue tarp with burn marks, and "a nude female laying on her back, grasping a small tree with her right hand," according to the incident report.
She was "obviously deceased," and investigators quickly identified her as the missing mom, Collier.
Her remains were "apparently burned with what appeared to be charring to her abdomen."
The Habersham County Coroner's Office transferred Collier's remains to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Crime Lab for an autopsy, and GBI was also sent "various items of possible evidence" for enhanced analysis.
Collier’s last known communication was through the Venmo app, sending more than $2,300 to her daughter, according to the incident report. The payment also included a note, paraphrased in the report as saying, "They won’t let me go, there is a key to the house underneath a flower pot."
Before the remains were discovered, Bearden, who had been given an approximate location of the vehicle by Athens-Clarke County police, arrived on scene "in a hysterical state," according to police documents. She told investigators her mother did not suffer from any known mental health issues or "suicidal tendencies."
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NY attorney general sues Donald Trump, his company
NEW YORK - New York's attorney general is suing former President Donald Trump and his company, accusing business fraud involving some of their most prized assets, including properties in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington, D.C.
The lawsuit, which follows a three-year civil investigation by Attorney General Letitia James, also names Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump — the former president's eldest children — as well as two longtime executives for the Trump Organization, former CFO Allen Weisselberg and Jeffrey McConney.
"Donald Trump falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself, and cheat the system, thereby cheating all of us," James said at the news conference.
Her office has investigated what she said were the company's fraudulent or misleading valuations for its properties on annual financial statements that were given to potential business partners, banks or tax officials. The goal of the fraud was to burnish Trump's billionaire image and the value of his properties when doing so gave him an advantage, while playing down the value of assets at other times for tax purposes, the attorney general's office has said.
"All told, we uncovered more than 200 examples of false and misleading asset valuations that were used on his statements," James said. "The pattern of fraud and deception that was used by Mr. Trump at the Trump Organization for their own financial benefit is astounding, inflating the values of assets by whatever means necessary to increase Mr Trump's purported net worth. And then that net worth was used to further enhance his financial standing, intentionally misrepresenting his financial, his financials to obtain incredible economic benefit."
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Alina Habba, an attorney for Trump, said the lawsuit is "neither focused on the facts nor the law" but is about "advancing the Attorney General's political agenda."
"It is abundantly clear that the Attorney General's Office has exceeded its statutory authority by prying into transactions where absolutely no wrongdoing has taken place," Habba said. "We are confident that our judicial system will not stand for this unchecked abuse of authority, and we look forward to defending our client against each and every one of the Attorney General's meritless claims."
James is seeking to remove the Trumps from businesses engaged in the alleged fraud and wants an independent monitor appointed for no less than five years to oversee the Trump Organization’s compliance, financial reporting, valuations and disclosures to lenders, insurers and tax authorities.
She is seeking to replace the current trustees of Trump’s revocable trust, which controls his business interests, with independent trustees, to bar Trump and the Trump Organization from entering into commercial real estate acquisitions for five years, from obtaining loans from banks in New York for five years and permanently bar Trump and three of his adult children from serving as an officer or director in any New York corporation or similar business entity registered and/or licensed in New York State.
"This investigation revealed that Donald Trump engaged in years of illegal conduct to inflate his net worth to achieve to deceive banks and the people of the great state of New York," James said. "Claiming you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. It's the art of the steal. And there cannot be different rules for different people in this country or in the state. And former presidents are no different."
In August, Weisselberg, a senior Trump Organization adviser and the former CFO, pleaded guilty to state tax-evasion charges in connection with accepting a free apartment and other benefits from the company. In a plea deal with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, he agreed to testify at a criminal trial against the Trump Organization before serving a five-month jail sentence.
For several years, the DA's office has been conducting a criminal probe into Trump and his company in parallel to the attorney general's civil investigation. When Alvin Bragg Jr. became district attorney in January, he raised questions internally with his staff about the viability of a criminal case against the former president. However, after some public backlash, Bragg said the probe was continuing.
This is a developing story. With The Associated Press.
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Walmart to hire 40,000 mostly seasonal US workers for holidays
NEW YORK - Walmart is taking a cautious approach to the holiday shopping season, announcing it will hire 40,000 U.S. workers for the holidays, a majority of them seasonal workers.
The move, announced Wednesday, comes as the nation's largest retailer and largest private employer said it's in a stronger staffing position heading into the holidays than last year and is now focusing on hiring only seasonal workers, rather than permanent workers. Just like in past years, the company will first offer current workers the opportunity to pick up additional shifts if they want to earn extra money for the holidays.
A year ago, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based chain announced that it was looking to hire roughly 150,000 new U.S. store workers, most of them permanent, full-time positions. Last fall, it also said it was planning to hire 20,000 permanent workers for its distribution and fulfillment centers, as the pandemic created big disruptions at various points in retailers' supply chain networks.
Retailers face a slowdown in consumer spending as shoppers face surging costs in daily necessities including rent and food. A slew of retailers including Walmart, Best Buy and Stitch Fix have trimmed their staffing in recent weeks.
As a result, forecasts point to slower sales over the crucial holiday season than a year ago. AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, forecasts that holiday sales will be up anywhere from 4% to 7% over last year’s season. The current inflation rate of 8.3% means retailers would see a decrease in real sales. Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks spending on all kinds of payments including cash, expect holiday sales to be up 7.1% compared to an 8.5% increase last year.
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Even as retailers look to hire fewer holiday workers, it could still be challenging. Companies that typically hire thousands of seasonal workers are again heading into the holidays during one of the tightest job markets in decades.
The job market has slowed but still strong. Employers added 315,000 jobs in August, about what economists had expected, down from an average 487,000 a month over the past year, according to a government report earlier this month.
The jobless rate reached 3.7%, its highest level since February. But it increased for a healthy reason: Hundreds of thousands of people returned to the job market, and some didn’t find work right away, which boosted the government’s count of unemployed people.
Among other companies that have set their holiday plans, UPS plans to hire more than 100,000 workers to help handle the holiday rush this season, in line with the previous two years.
Holiday season volumes usually start rising in October and remain high into January. While online shopping has slowed from the height of the pandemic, it’s still well above historic norms.
Danelle McCusker Rees, the president of human relations at UPS, told The Associated Press that this year's job market remains just as competitive as last year.
RELATED: Walmart allows shoppers to use own photos to model clothing in virtual fitting room
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Gravity waves rippled near Chicago Tuesday
Chicago - Some fairly rare clouds stretched across the skies in southern Wisconsin first before rippling south into northern Illinois on Tuesday.
"Gravity wave" clouds were the result of thunderstorm activity to the north during the morning. The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison tweeted about it with time-lapse satellite imagery synced to views from rooftop cameras.
NASA's Terra satellite caught the image below of similar wave clouds on October 4th, 2020. The series of undulation bands of clouds was caught rippling over the waters of the Pacific Ocean near Baja California.
Here is NASA's explanation of this phenomena:
"Wave clouds (sometimes called undulatus or billow clouds) like these are the product of atmospheric gravity waves. They typically form when something forces a mass of air upward. The air cools as it rises and, if there is enough moisture in the air, the water condenses and forms clouds. After the air has passed over the obstacle, it typically sinks downward again. The air warms as it descends, preventing clouds from forming. But like ripples on a pond, the initial disturbance creates a propagating wave that continues to spread, causing air to rise and drop again and again until the wave dissipates. The end result is long lines of clouds that mark the crests of the waves, with cloud-free areas between them that correspond to the troughs of the waves."
Wave clouds are a lot more common along mountain ranges. The mountains force air upward on their windward side (the side facing the wind) but the air sinks on the leeward side (downwind side) of the range.
The windward side is where air is forced upwards. This region is favorable for cloud development as the air rises, expands and cools.
The leeward side is where the air sinks, compresses and warms. It is a region that is more favorable for clear skies. This is why there are bands of clouds in parallel with clear slots between them.
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According to the National Weather Service definition "a gravity wave is nothing more than a wave moving through a stable layer of the atmosphere."
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Zambia contains abundant natural resources, including minerals, wildlife, forestry, freshwater, and arable land. Zambia is a safe country, and the locals are generally very welcoming and friendly towards visitors.
Zambia is officially the Republic of Zambia. Zambia is a landlocked country in south-central Africa. It is situated on a high plateau and takes its name from the Zambezi River. Its neighbors are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is Lusaka. Zambia is a large, landlocked, resource-rich country with sparsely populated land. According to siyabona.com, Zambia is famous for pioneering the walking safari. Some say Zambia is the best-kept secret in Africa, an undiscovered mecca for a variety of safari and game-viewing activities. It is a raw slice of Africa-friendly and with many unspoiled wild places worthy of any pioneer!
1. The People of Zambia
Zambians are welcoming and genuine people. They are generally very welcoming and friendly towards visitors. You can find yourself immersed in a vibrant culture, sharing and enjoying celebrations and the everyday lives of the people there in a manner that is hard to find elsewhere. The majority of Zambians trace their ancestry to the Luba-Lunda and surrounding Central African states. They have seven official vernacular languages: Bemba, Nyanja, Lozi, Tonga, Luvale, Lunda, and Kaonde they can speak.
2. Weather
Zambia experiences a predominantly sub-tropical climate. The dry season and the wet season.
Its dry season is from May to October. In winter, there’s hardly any rain and the humidity is low. Thirsty animals crowd around the waterholes and rivers to drink. In May, temperatures are typical, 11°C/52°F in the morning and 25°C/77°F in the afternoon. Nighttime temperatures also start to drop and the rains have mostly come to an end. In June, July, and August, the average morning temperature is 10°C/50°F. Afternoons are pleasant, with temperatures around 23°C/73°F, although lower-altitude parks such as South Luangwa and Lower Zambezi will be hotter. In September and October, the heat slowly builds and the first rains bring relief from very dry conditions. Daytime temperatures are around 31°C/88°F in October, which is the hottest month. In the lower-lying parks, temperatures often peak at over 40°C/104°F.
The wet season, from November to April which is the summer, is accompanied by high rainfall. Due to high rainfall and bad roads, the Wet season months from December to March are not ideal for visiting Zambia. November, is an unpredictable month, but usually with some afternoon rain. Temperatures average between 18°C/64°F in the morning and 29°C/84°F in the afternoon. December, January, February, and March are the wettest months, with heavy downpours in the afternoon. Afternoon temperatures are around 26°C/78°F and the humidity is high. In April, the rain slows down and so does the humidity.
3. Population
According to worldometers.info, the current population of Zambia is 19,517,488 based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest. United Nations data. Zambia’s population is equivalent to 0.24% of the total world population. Zambia ranks number 65 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
4. Currency
The Zambian Kwacha is the 55th most popular currency in the world. The currency code for the Zambian Kwacha is “ZMW”. The currency symbol for the Kwacha is “ZK”. Forms of payment used in Zambia are Electronic Funds Transfers (EFTs), Cheques, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), Point of Sale (PoS), Remittance Systems (both domestic and international), and mobile payment systems. Zambia provides foreign exchange services.
5. Language
Zambia’s official language is English, which is used in business and education. However, Nyanja and Bemba are the main local languages. The following Zambian words are easy to learn
Good morning-Mwaikaleni /’Mwaombeni/ Mwashibukeni
Eya mukwai (reply)
how are you?- Ulishani? (informal) and Mulishani? (formal)
Ndi bwino, ngaiwe?/ Bwino, ngaiwe?(Reply)
Good evening- Chungulopo mukwai
Eya mukwai (reply)
6. Religion
According to Zambia Statistics Agency (ZamStats) estimates, 95.5 percent of the country’s population is Christian; of these, 75.3 percent identify as Protestant, and 20.2 percent as Roman Catholic.
7. Tradition
Some of the common customs are: always greet before starting a conversation, and if a person approaches you, offer the initial greeting. Men should withhold their hands when greeting a woman until the woman offers her hands. Gifts are presented as a sign of honor, friendship, or appreciation.
8. Is it visa-free for Nigerians?
According to visalist.com, among the 48 countries that Nigerians can travel to without a visa, Zambia Is one of the free visa countries for Nigerian citizens. The Zambian tourist visa is valid for 90 days. There are five documents required for a Zambia tourist visa for Nigerian citizens, which are a health document, a vaccination document, a visa application form, a passport photo (the photo must be no older than 6 months), and a Passport Copy.
How to apply for Zambia’s online e-visa from Nigeria
- Step 1: Nigerian citizens need to get a visa for Zambia online.
- Step 2: Fill out an online application form for Zambia.
- Step 3: After filling, provide the required documents and make the payment online and submit the necessary document
- Step 4: Once the visa application for Zambia is approved, the visa is sent to the applicant by email
- Step 5: After you get the visa, you can travel to Zambia and stay for the duration of your visa.
- How can you extend your stay?
According to visaguide.world, you may be able to ask for an extension of your Zambia visa. You have to apply for a 30-day Zambia visa extension from an office of the Department of Immigration in Zambia. The visa extension is free of charge, and you can apply twice for a total of 90 days.
9. Attractions
Here are some of the attractions in Zambia.
1. VICTORIA FALLS
One of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, Victoria Falls is fed by the Zambezi river and splits Zambia and Zimbabwe. Be rest assured the view is as stunning from whichever side you find yourself.
2. LUSAKA NATIONAL MUSEUM
The National Museum has four galleries full of information about the history of Zambia, including a display about witchcraft. The number of displays isn’t large but the amount of information on the signboards is well organized and everyone can get a deeper understanding of the country with a visit.
3. THE BLUE LAGOON NATIONAL PARK
The Blue Lagoon is an undiscovered gem 120 km from Lusaka that has recently opened to the public. In the dry season, the vast plains of dry land extend as far as the eye can see, differentiating this national park from others in the country. In the wet season, the plains transform into gorgeous wetlands, attracting birds and lechwe to the shallows. Keep your eyes peeled for an unusual animal at the Blue Lagoon National Park. Massive river pythons are drawn here by lechwe and birds, which are lucrative prey.
4. SOUTH LUANGWA NATIONAL PARK
Considered to be one of the best wildlife sanctuaries in the world, South Luangwa National Park is a popular destination for walking safaris. The number of animals around the river is impressive, with hippos and crocodiles two of the known residents of the 60-plus mammals that share the Luangwa River. The landscapes of the National Park change from dry, naked bushveld in winter to the summer’s deep green vegetation.
5. SIAVONGA
Siavonga is known as the ‘Riviera of Zambia’, attracting domestic and international tourists to the banks of Lake Kariba. The lake has a lot of activities for all ages, including building sandcastles on the beach, relaxing on a houseboat, and paddling along the shores in a canoe.
6. LAKE KARIBA
It is more than 139 miles long and shares the shore with Zimbabwe. The lake really stands out in landlocked Zambia, and you would think that you were gazing out over the ocean.
A popular activity on Lake Karib is to stay on a houseboat. Views of hippos, crocs, birds, and elephants are common as you drift along enjoying the view. A stay at the Lake Kariba Inn will put you right in the middle of the action. Along with world-class dining and spas, you can take a night cruise on the lake or visit the nearby Siavonga Market to learn all about traditional Zambia cuisine.
7. KAFUE NATIONAL PARK
Kafue National Park is the jewel in the crown of Zambia’s national parks. Founded in 1924, Kafue is the oldest and largest protected game area in the country and the second-largest in Africa. The park spans 22,400 square kilometres in central Zambia. In the far north of Kafue sits the Busanga Plains and wetlands, home to vast herds of antelopes, wildebeests, zebras, and the elusive cheetah. The Kafue River hosts hippos and some of the largest crocodiles in southern Africa. Here you can also spot wild African dogs in the high grass as you watch the large elephant population roam the savannah.
8. LOWER ZAMBEZI NATIONAL PARK
The Lower Zambezi is an incredibly beautiful reserve extending out along the glistening waters of the Zambezi River. This pristine wilderness contains a variety of landscapes, from grassland, forest, and floodplain, all supporting an enormous variety of wildlife. Lose yourself in the romantic waters as you drift past the submerged hippos as Nile crocodiles bask on the riverbanks. You can also enjoy some fly fishing, take guided walks, and enjoy a sunset river cruise
10. Average Monthly Salary
According to onlinevisa.com, Individuals visiting on business can spend a maximum of 30 days per calendar year in Zambia. People who want to stay for longer should look for an extension after they arrive. According to salary explorer.com, a person working in Zambia typically earns around 6,000 ZMK per month. Salaries range from 1,520 ZMK (lowest average) to 26,800 ZMK (highest average, the actual maximum salary is higher). This is the average monthly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits.
According to globalization-partners.com, Foreign nationals who plan to work in Zambia with a short-term work permit can travel to Zambia with a business visa and apply for a work permit after they arrive in the country. Applicants can apply for a business visa at the Zambian embassy or consulate in their country of residence.
11. Crime and Security
According to gov.uk, travel in major cities, as well as the major game parks are generally safe during daylight hours. However, serious crimes can and do occur. It is important to remain vigilant at all times and take sensible precautions. Be vigilant, keep all vehicle doors locked and windows closed when driving, and remain aware of your surroundings, especially after dark. Keep valuables and originals of important documents in a safe place and always carry a copy of your passport and immigration permit.
12. Average Cost of Living
According to expatistan.com, below are the average cost of living to take note of
- Food
Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district -69 Kwacha
Combo meal in fast food restaurant (big mac meal or similar) -72 Kwacha
500 gr (1 lb.) of boneless chicken breast -43 Kwacha
1 liter (1 qt.) of whole fat milk -24 Kwacha
12 eggs, large -41 Kwacha
1 kg (2 lb.) of tomatoes -29 Kwacha
500 gr (16 oz.) of local cheese -120 Kwacha
1 kg (2 lb.) of apples -27 Kwacha
1 kg (2 lb.) of potatoes -39 Kwacha
0.5 l (16 oz) domestic beer in the supermarket -19 Kwacha
1 bottle of red table wine, good quality -216 Kwacha
2 liters of coca-cola -27 Kwacha
Bread for 2 people for 1 day -18 Kwacha
- Housing
Monthly rent for 85 m2 (900 sqft) furnished accommodation in expensive area -11,206 Kwacha
Monthly rent for 85 m2 (900 sqft) furnished accommodation in normal area -18,321 Kwacha
Utilities 1 month (heating, electricity, gas …) for 2 people in 85m2 flat 4,574 Kwacha
Monthly rent for a 45 m2 (480 sqft) furnished studio in expensive area 30,000 Kwacha
Monthly rent for a 45 m2 (480 sqft) furnished studio in normal area 26,000 Kwacha
- Utilities
1 month (heating, electricity, gas …) for 1 person in 45 m2 (480 sqft) studio
Internet 8 mbps (1 month) -666 Kwacha
40” flat screen tv -6,200 Kwacha
Microwave 800/900 watt (bosch, panasonic, lg, sharp, or equivalent brands) -3,500 Kwacha
Laundry detergent (3 l. ~ 100 oz.) -126 Kwacha
- Clothes
1 pair of jeans (levis 501 or similar) -1,750 Kwacha
1 summer dress in a high street store (zara, h&m or similar retailers) -850 Kwacha
1 pair of sport shoes (nike, adidas, or equivalent brands) -1,850 Kwacha
1 pair of men’s leather business shoes -2,300 Kwacha
- Transportation
Volkswagen golf 1.4 tsi 150 cv (or equivalent), with no extras, new 360,000 Kwacha
1 liter (1/4 gallon) of gas -27 Kwacha
Monthly ticket public transport -850 Kwacha
- Personal Care
Cold medicine for 6 days (tylenol, frenadol, coldrex, or equivalent brands) -350 Kwacha
1 box of antibiotics (12 doses) -142 Kwacha
Short visit to private doctor (15 minutes) -850 Kwacha
1 box of 32 tampons (tampax, ob, …) -54 Kwacha
Deodorant, roll-on (50ml ~ 1.5 oz.) -39 Kwacha
Hair shampoo 2-in-1 (400 ml ~ 12 oz.) -106 Kwacha
4 rolls of toilet paper -28 Kwacha
Tube of toothpaste -27 Kwacha
Standard men’s haircut in expat area of the city -165 Kwacha
- Entertainment
Basic dinner out for two in neighborhood pub -370 Kwacha
2 tickets to the movies -145 Kwacha
2 tickets to the theater (best available seats) -200 Kwacha
Dinner for two at an italian restaurant in the expat area including appetisers, main course, wine and dessert -935 Kwacha
1 cocktail drink in downtown club –
Cappuccino in expat area of the city 65 Kwacha
1 beer in neighbourhood pub (500ml or 1pt.) 25 Kwacha
Ipad wi-fi 128gb -18,000 Kwacha
1 min. of prepaid mobile tariff (no discounts or plans) -2.00 Kwacha
1 month of gym membership in business district -526 Kwacha
1 package of marlboro cigarettes -37 Kwacha
Zambia is a nice place to be. Come enjoy the beautiful nature and people. It will be a fun-filled and memorable experience.
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When it comes to relationships, especially romantic ones, there are signs that could show that the person you are with is ‘the one.’
Knowing ‘the one’ requires an intentional level of decisiveness and being intuitive. ‘The one’,’ to be clear, means someone that you are willing to get married to or spend the most important parts of your life to with.
In this article, we’ll be looking at the signs that show that you have met ‘the one’.
It’s, in fact, a big and bold decision to make. It is usually based on intuition and the willingness to take the risk of being hurt by the one person that you think is good and true for you.
1. Alignment
Your core values, principles, goals, and thought patterns are all in alignment. For most people, this is usually the most important matter to them. They believe that if the basic things that matter to them can align, everything else is minor and can be worked out.
However, just because you have found a person whose values align with yours does not mean that you will see eye-to-eye on the same things. You are different people, remember?
No one really wants to do life with someone they would be at loggerheads with when it comes to basic principles that they uphold in their life. So, it’s usually a check when you see someone whose core values align with yours.
2. Knowledge about commitment
Your partner, just like you, knows that commitment is necessary to make your relationship work, and they are ready to commit. What is knowledge without implementation? You both know that commitment is an ingredient that would contribute to making it thrive. They are ready to commit to the relationship regardless of how rocky things get. Both of you know that a healthy relationship needs commitment to thrive. In the face of conflict and disagreement, ‘the one’ would be willing to commit to making things work. You will see them putting in the work and effort.
3. Vulnerability comes easy for you
If you can be the vulnerable version of yourself when with someone and still feel safe, then that is a sign that they are the ‘one.’ You don’t have to walk on eggshells around them. You are not guarded around them. If when around someone, you have to be extra careful, and the thought of being vulnerable to them makes you scared, then they are not the kind of partner you should settle for.
You may have found the one if it’s quite easy for you to express yourself and allow them to see sides to you that you are not comfortable enough to show any other person.
4. They are your number one supporter
You have probably found the one if he or she shows up to support what you do. Sometimes, this person does not understand what your vision is about, yet they believe so much in you. The one is someone who motivates you, inspires you, supports you and goes all out to support your dreams and make them a reality. They do not look down on you or try to preach you out of your dreams and vision even when they do not understand it.
5. Being around them feels safe
They bring you comfort and, around them, you feel safe. It just feels right to have them in your corner and be safe around them. Around them, you find a place to call home. How do you know that they can be called home? Your intuition just tells you that it feels right. Beyond the feelings, there is a sense that allows you to know that you’ll not have it any other way.
6. They esteem you highly
They ‘rate’ (this word in Nigeria means respect and honour) you. You are not sad around them, and your childlike self is preserved. You don’t have them in your life, and all of a sudden you take on an entirely new personality to conform to their rigid standards. They allow you to be yourself.
Conclusively, remember that there is no hard and fast rule for making a choice about who ‘the one’ is. Intentionally look out for genuine signs.
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The House of Representatives Wednesday at the plenary resolved to investigate the alleged murder of one miss Ummulkulthum Buhari, a Corps Member serving in Sokoto state by a Chinese national, Mr Geng Quanrong.
This followed the adoption of a motion moved by Hon. Kabiru Rurum (APC-Kano state) under matter of. urgent public importance
While moving the motion, Hon Rurum lamented that the gruesome murder of the young lady occurred last week while in her residence located at Janbulo, Dorayi Babba in the Gwale Local Government area of Kano State.
The lawmaker said that the deceased was carrying out her national duty as National Youth Service (NYSC) Corps Member in Sokoto state.
According to him, “the deceased was allegedly killed by Mr Geng Quanrong at about 9:30 pm with a premeditated intention to commit the provocative act.
“That it took Geng more than an hour to force himself into the room of the deceased, shows that the attack and subsequent killing of the deceased person was a well thought out plan by Geng.
“Concerned that five days after the murder of Ummulkulthum Buhari, the Nigerian Police are yet to come out with a preliminary report on their investigation;
“Cognisant of the fact that the constitutional duty of government as contained in Section 14, Sub 2(b) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As Amended) that
“The security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of Government” should be taken more seriously as the family members of the deceased and citizens of Kano and Nigerians at large are calling for justice,” he said.
While supporting the motion, Hon. Nkem Abonta (PDP-Abia) said that there was a need to determine the legal status of Geng and his activities in Nigeria and that the investigation should not be left to the police alone, suggesting that the house mandates relevant committee to investigate the matter and come up with a report that will be implemented.
Hon Abonta pointed out that the killing, torture and maltreatment of Nigerians by foreigners was become a thing a grievous concern and called for prompt action to curb the ugly trend.
While adopting the motion, the House urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to direct a thorough Investigation into the gruesome murder.
The lawmakers also urged the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria and the Chinese community in Kano state to condole with the Government and people of Kano state and Nigeria.
The House mandated the Committee on Interior to investigate the matter and report back to the House for further legislation
The House resolved that the activities of the company Geng works for be suspended pending the determination of the legal status of the Geng in Nigeria.
In his ruling, the Speaker of the house, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila called for a minute of silence in honour of the deceased.
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Apple started shipping pre-orders of the iPhone 14 last week. Google is expected to unveil a new Pixel phone next month and SAMSUNG should have another new device coming out at the beginning of the year. If you're currently looking at the old device you have now and thinking of upgrading, you should know that depending on where you go, the difference in what you can get for the older device can be hundreds of dollars.
Curious as to the possibilities, I compared prices at a number of places to find the best trade-in deals.
Apple will take trade-ins of iPhones and many Android devices but what they offer is a good bit lower than the carriers themselves.
For example, Apple's website offers the following trade values:
● iPhone 13, $470
● iPhone 12, $320
● iPhone 11, $220
● iPhone X, $130
● iPhone 8 $75
● iPhone 7 $40
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile offer more for those devices. For example, I found AT&T is offering $800 for an iPhone 11 towards the purchase of a new iPhone 14. Verizon and T-Mobile offer similar trade-ins. If you're upgrading to an iPhone 14, your best bet is to check with your carrier.
This is also a good time to shop around for better plans and lower prices. If you're looking to switch from one wireless company to another, carriers will make even better deals to encourage you to switch.
It's important to note that trade-in values depend heavily on the shape your current devices are in. Phones that have a cracked screen or back are often worth nothing. You can have them repaired but the cost of repairs may be more than the value of a trade-in. You should also make sure if you're having a phone repaired in hopes of trading it in, that the repair shop will use original Apple parts. A repaired back without the original Apple logo may make the value drop to nothing.
If you're looking to sell your phone outright, you can check Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, Gazelle, and Amazon. You'll be able to compare prices for the phone you're trying to sell.
And if you're looking to purchase a device without trading in another, you can check those same stores for older phones. I found several iPhone 8 devices for under $200.
One important note about buying a used device: make sure you meet the seller at a nearby carrier's store. Take that phone inside and ask them to check it out. If the phone is stolen it will be worth nothing to you. I once was in my carrier's store when a young woman brought in a phone she had purchased on the Facebook marketplace. The store technician checked and found that it had been stolen. She had paid several hundred dollars for a device she can only use as a paperweight.
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Two American veterans and five British citizens who had been held by Russian-backed forces for months have been released as part of the prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine that was brokered by Saudi Arabia.
Family members of Americans Alexander John-Robert Drueke, 39, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, 27, from Hartselle, Alabama confirmed they had been freed. They were captured while fighting for Ukraine north of Kharkiv in June.
British Prime Minister Liz Truss tweeted that five British citizens had been released.
"Hugely welcome news that five British nationals held by Russian-backed proxies in eastern Ukraine are being safely returned, ending months of uncertainty and suffering for them and their families," Truss said.
Drueke's aunt released a statement confirming the release of the two Americans.
"We are thrilled to announce that Alex and Andy are free. They are safely in the custody of the US embassy in Saudi Arabia and after medical checks and debriefing they will return to the States. We deeply appreciate everyone's prayers and especially the close communication and support of our elected officials, Ukrainian Ambassador Markarova, and our members of the US embassies in Ukraine and Saudi Arabia and the US Department of State," said Diana Shaw, a spokesperson for both families and Dreuke's aunt.
The families did not know that the prisoner exchange was in the works.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the release of 10 prisoners who are Moroccan, US, UK, Swedish and Croatian nationals.
They were "released as part of an exchange of POWs between Russia and Ukraine" and taken to Saudi Arabia, according to a statement from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This story is breaking and will be updated.
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NASA will broadcast its first attempt to modify the orbit of an asteroid on Monday.
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, will target a small asteroid called dimorphos.
NASA plans to use DART to smash head-first into the asteroid with the hope that it will slow it down and keep it from colliding with a larger asteroid.
NASA says there is no way for either asteroid or any material released by the collision to pose a threat to Earth.
DART is focused on real-world testing of how to protect Earth from actual threats.
NASA said being able to redirect asteroids that could potentially pose a threat in the future will be a major step forward for its planetary defense programs.
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The New York state attorney general filed a sweeping lawsuit Wednesday against former President Donald Trump, three of his adult children and the Trump Organization, alleging they were involved in an expansive fraud lasting over a decade that the former President used to enrich himself.
In the more than 200-page lawsuit, Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, alleges the fraud touched all aspects of the Trump business, including its properties and golf courses. According to the lawsuit, the Trump Organization deceived lenders, insurers and tax authorities by inflating the value of his properties using misleading appraisals.
"This conduct cannot be brushed aside and dismissed as some sort of good-faith mistake," James said at a news conference in New York.
"The statements of financial condition were greatly exaggerated, grossly inflated, objectively false, and therefore fraudulent and illegal," she added. "And as a result of that we are seeking relief, and Mr. Trump, the Trump Organization, his family -- they should all be held accountable."
Trump and his children, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump, are named as defendants in the lawsuit. Allen Weisselberg, former CFO for the Trump Organization, and Jeff McConney, another longtime company executive, are also named.
James said she believes state and criminal laws may have been violated and referred the matter to the US attorney's office for the Southern District of New York and the Internal Revenue Service.
The US attorney's office declined to comment.
"These acts of fraud and misrepresentation were similar in nature, were committed by upper management at the Trump Organization as part of a common endeavor for each annual Statement, and were approved at the highest levels of the Trump Organization -- including by Mr. Trump himself," the lawsuit states.
As part of the lawsuit, James is seeking $250 million in allegedly ill-gotten funds and to permanently bar Trump and the children named in the lawsuit from serving as the director of a business registered in New York state. She is also seeking to cancel the Trump Organization's corporate certificate, which, if granted by a judge, could effectively force the company to cease operations in New York state.
Trump previously called James a "renegade prosecutor" who he said is running a "vindictive and self-serving fishing expedition." The Trump Organization called her previously allegations "baseless" and denied any wrongdoing.
Responding to Wednesday's announcement, Trump attorney Alina Habba said in a statement to CNN: "Today's filing is neither focused on the facts nor the law -- rather, it is solely focused on advancing the Attorney General's political agenda. It is abundantly clear that the Attorney General's Office has exceeded its statutory authority by prying into transactions where absolutely no wrongdoing has taken place."
Weisselberg's attorney, Nicholas Gravante, declined to comment.
The civil lawsuit comes as Trump is under increasing legal pressure as prosecutors are taking investigative steps that move ever closer to his inner circle.
Trump is facing numerous criminal investigations from federal and state prosecutors involving the accuracy of his company's financial statements, interference in the 2020 presidential election, and his handling of classified documents after leaving office. Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
AG alleges that Trump lied 200+ times about the value of his assets
James alleges that the former President and his company made "scores of fraudulent, false, and misleading representations" over a 10-year period, according to the lawsuit, which specifically highlighted what it called "200 false and misleading valuations" of Trump's assets.
"The financial statements in question were issued annually; each contained a significant number of fraudulent, false, and misleading representations about a great many of the Trump Organization's assets; and most played a role in particular transactions with financial institutions," the lawsuit alleges.
"The number of grossly inflated asset values is staggering," the suit adds.
According to James, Trump's businesses prepared statements of financial condition every year to submit to banks and other financial institutions. The statements showed the financial position of the Trump businesses, James said, and were relied upon if the Trump Organization wanted to apply for loans.
Each statement was personally certified as accurate by Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., or Weisselberg, James told reporters on Wednesday.
Trump "made known" that "he wanted his net worth reflected on those statements to increase," James said, "a desire Mr. Weisselberg and others carried out year after year in their fraudulent preparation of those statements."
As an example of allegations Trump inflated valuations to increase his own profits. James highlighted what she says happened with 40 Wall Street, a property known as The Trump Building in New York City's financial district, which is referenced dozens of times in the lawsuit.
Trump's company obtained appraisals for the property in 2010 and 2012, which found that it was worth $200 million and $220 million respectively, according to the lawsuit. But Trump's company repeatedly claimed that the property was worth a lot more in its official financial statements, according to the lawsuit.
In 2011, Trump's company said the property was worth $524 million. He said it was worth $527 million in 2012, and $530 million in 2013, according to the lawsuit, which argued that there was not a valid basis for these inflated valuations, and that Trump falsely claimed these numbers came from "professionals."
During Wednesday's news conference James also said that Trump inflated the square footage of his Trump Tower triplex apartment in order to misrepresent the value at over $300 million.
"Mr. Trump represented that his apartments spanned more than 30,000 square feet, which was the basis for valuing the apartment. In reality, the apartment had an area of less than 11,000 square feet, something that Mr. Trump was well aware of," James said.
She added: "Based on that inflated square footage, the value of the apartment in 2015, in 2016, was $327 million. To this date, no apartment in New York City has ever sold for close to that amount."
Three-year investigation
The announcement is the latest development in what has been a three-year investigation led by James into the Trump Organization's finances.
In January, James' office said it found "significant" evidence indicating the Trump Organization used false or misleading asset valuations in its financial statements to obtain loans, insurance and tax benefits. The following month, Trump's long-time accounting firm resigned.
James' launched her investigation in 2019 after Trump's former fixer and personal attorney Michael Cohen testified before Congress alleging that Trump inflated the value of certain assets to obtain loans and insurance and undervalued others to gain tax benefits.
In addition to the new fraud lawsuit, the Trump Organization is going on trial next month on charges it was engaged in a 15-year tax fraud scheme and its long-time chief financial officer has agreed to testify against the company.
Weisselberg, who served as chief financial officer at the Trump Organization for decades, pleaded guilty in August to his role in a 15-year-long tax fraud scheme, and as part of the deal, he had agreed to testify against Trump's real estate company at trial.
In recent weeks, the Trump Organization had offered to settle to ward off the lawsuit even as they denied any wrongdoing, but James' office made it clear it wasn't interested in a deal, people familiar with the matter said.
Family was deposed by AG's office
In April, after a protracted legal fight to enforce subpoenas for Trump and his adult children's depositions, lawyers with James' office saying they were nearing the end of the investigation and needed the Trumps' testimony before making a decision.
Last month, Trump did not answer questions and asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when deposed by the attorney general's office. Eric Trump, who runs the business on a daily basis, also invoked his Fifth Amendment right in 2020 in response to more than 500 questions.
Since Trump and Eric Trump declined to answer questions, if the case goes to trial, the jury can draw an "adverse inference" against them for not answering questions. That could result in a higher judgment against them or the company if they're found liable.
Ivanka Trump and Trump Jr. both answered questions during interviews that spanned more than seven hours, sources told CNN.
James noted that Trump and Weisselberg invoked their Fifth Amendment privilege during her news conference.
"When asked under oath if he, Mr. Trump, continued to review and approve the statements after becoming president of the United States in 2017, Mr. Trump again invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege and refused to answer," James said Wednesday.
This story has been updated with additional details.
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Nearly one year after Microsoft launched its flagship Windows 11, the tech giant has officially rolled out its first major update to the operating system.
The update, which is available for free for current Windows 11 users, was released in more than 190 countries on Tuesday. Many of the new features hone in on Microsoft's vision for the future of hybrid work.
"We have formed new habits; and they stuck," Panos Panay, the EVP and chief product officer of Windows and Devices at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post announcing the update. "Our work is never done to ensure Windows evolves and adapts to you."
Panay, who said Windows 11 is the most used version of Windows in its history, detailed how the latest update aims to make remote work on the PC even easier and more secure. For example, a new tool called Smart App control uses AI to block malicious or untrusted apps from running on devices. Microsoft calls Windows 11 the most secure version of the operating system yet.
Other changes include enhancements to the Snap layouts program which helps people optimize their view when they need to have multiple apps or documents in front of them at the same time. It is also introducing a "Focus sessions" and "Do Not Disturb" feature to help minimize distractions that pull you away from the task at hand. When you start a new focus session, it will activate the Do Not Disturb feature which silences all notifications and turns off taskbar badges.
The Start menu is also getting some refreshing, including a faster and more accurate search function and new ways to customize the menu. There are also now tabs available in the File Explorer, which Panay said was the most requested ask from Windows users.
Meanwhile, a new tool called Windows Studio Effects helps to improve video and audio calls using AI technology that filters out background noise, such as lawnmowers and baby cries, and blurs out background objects. It also subtly lifts a speaker's eyes to make it appear as though they're directly looking into the camera on video calls.
Microsoft is also rolling out some of its previously announced accessibility features, including system-wide live captions that automatically generate captions from any form of audio content on Windows 11, and an update to Natural Voices for Narrator, which more closely mirrors natural speech patterns and helps assist in reading documents or browsing the web.
Microsoft previously told CNN that many of its new inclusivity features were developed in part by Microsoft employees who have disabilities.
The update is being offered via a "measured and phased rollout" approach, Microsoft said in a separate blog post. Users with eligible devices can simply get the update by opening "Windows Update" in their settings.
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PASADENA — San Rafael Elementary Elementary School Principal Rudy Ramirez returned to campus Wednesday, Sept 21, weeks after his controversial remarks rippled through close-knit campus community and prompted even the city’s mayor to weigh in.
Superintendent Brian McDonald announced the decision to bring back the popular principal Tuesday evening, Sept. 21, during a community conversation with more than 200 parents and staff of the San Rafael community.
The meeting and preceding protest outside of Blair High School — where the meeting was held — follows weeks of conversations in the community and among district leaders about Ramirez’s reaction after Pasadena police responded Aug. 14 to a non-emergency call that resulted in a local janitor being briefly handcuffed.
The detainment sent Ramirez on what authorities called a “rant,” in which he couched the incident in racial terms, saying that the janitor would not have been treated as he was, and cuffed, if he were White.
In a recording of the interaction, Ramirez is also heard discussing interactions with a neighbor and parent at his school, using a derogatory term about Mexican people. And a report noted his expletive-laced words about neighbors who would call the police over such an incident.
The issue galvanized the school community, sparking support and criticism of the principal, and it echoed at City Hall, where Mayor Victor Gordo criticized the tone and words used by Ramirez.
Ramirez had ultimately been contrite about his comments, and took leave from the campus for weeks until Wednesday.
Ramirez showed up early in the morning Wednesday, carrying his work bag over shoulder, wearing a tie, entering through a campus entrance.
But he refused to talk to a reporter.
“No comment,” he said. “I am not allowed to make comments.”
The remarks come less than 12 hours after Ramirez united with hundreds of parents and staff the evening prior at Blair High School, where chants of “Fire Ramirez” and “Character Matters” were prevalent while attendees flowed into the auditorium before the confidential meeting.
Andrea Toronian, who donned a Team Ramirez shirt to the community conversation, described the protest as “unfortunate, because we are here to to support in any way we can and move forward from all of this,” she said in an interview prior to the event.
“I hope that we can all be grownups and understand that we need to move past things and not dwell on the past. Once you when you dwell on the past, nothing good. Nothing happens. If we look to the future, hopefully there’s some resolve and we can move on and be the strong community that I know we can be.
Ingrid Sanchez, a former parent at San Rafael, disagreed.
“You know, when we go apply for jobs, the first thing they look is your rap sheet, so how does your past not matter?” Sanchez asked in an interview. “Your past is a reflection of who you are today. And what he displayed the day of the video when the (security) were recording him was the display that we have been seeing for numerous years.”
“So it does matter,” Sanchez said. “And this is a true reflection of the type of person that he is. How many times do we allow this behavior to continue?”
Nate Denver, a former parent at San Rafael Elementary School, agreed, which is why he found himself out in front of Blair High this week donning a sign in protest of Ramirez’s return to campus.
“I hope they don’t shuffle him to my daughter’s school,” Denver said, noting he hoped others would find a way to support his family if they were the subject of the remarks Ramirez made in the video.
“My daughter was there for six years, had a great experience. I witnessed a couple temper tantrums from the principal. I always thought he was inappropriate with parents, however, he was great with kids so it didn’t bother me too much,” Denver said. “But the more stories I’ve heard from more parents, the less confidence I have in him.”
And after seeing the video a few Sundays ago, Denver added, “it pushed me over the edge. I think he’s totally unqualified to be around kids in a leadership position.”
Not all in the community feel similarly, though.
On Wednesday, as parents flowed in to drop off their young ones at school, one man said “we’ve always liked him.” And residents in the neighborhood touted the principal’s work.
Pleas to save Ramirez’s job were prevalent prior to the district’s Board of Education heading into closed session to discuss the discipline, dismissal, or release of a principal in August, a few weeks after the incident.
A letter sent to Victor Gordo, PUSD’s superintendent and the PUSD Board of Education, on behalf of some San Rafael parents in advance of the meeting asked that district leaders allow Ramirez to remain as principal at the local elementary school.
“We understand that a small group of parents is requesting Mr. Ramirez be removed from his position. Doing so would add another layer of tragedy to an already tragic situation of which the timing could not be worse given the start of the new school year,” the letter reads. “We urge you not to let a momentary lapse in judgment be the end of a lifelong commitment to public education.”
The letter also explains it is difficult to understate Ramirez’s impact on our community before begging district leaders to “not to let a few loud voices dictate your decision and, instead, work with the school community on providing healing and closure.”
“One emotional act should not discredit the years of hard work for our school,” the letter reads.
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- The dot plot for September 2022 shows the median rate at the end of 2022 at 4.4%, up from 3.4% in June 2022.
- For 2023, the median Fed fund target rate is 4.6% vs. 3.8% in June 2022.
- For 2024, the median Fed funds target rate is now 3.9% vs 3.4% in June 2022
- The initial 2025 median rate is expected at 2.9%.
The dot plot for September 2022:
The dot plot from June 2022:
The table of central tendencies from September 2022 now shows:
A summary of the central tendencies now forecasts:
on inflation, the Fed does not see inflation returning to target 2% until 2025. The 2024 inflation rate is nearer the 2% target
- PCE inflation for 2022 rises to 5.3% – 5.7% from 5.0% – 5.3%
- PCE inflation for 2023 raise to 2.6% – 3.5% from 2.4% – 3.0% in June
- PCE inflation for 2024 modestly higher to 2.1% – 2.6% from 2.0% – 2.5% June.
- PCE inflation for 2025 basically at the Fed target rate of 2.0% – 2.2%
GDP:
- growth in 2022 just above 0.0% at 0.2% average vs. 1.5% – 1.9%
- 2023 growth 0.5% – 1.5%, down from 1.3% – 2.0% in June. Slower growth.
- 2024 growth 1.4% – 2.0%, slightly lower than 1.5% -2.0% in June. Near unchanged
Unemployment
- 2022 raise to 3.8% – 3.9% from 3.6% – 3.8%
- 2023 unemployment seen higher at 4.1% – 4.5% vs. 3.8% – 4.1% in June
- 2024 sees steady unemployment 4% – 4.6%. The estimate is wider than the 3.9% – 4.1% seen in June
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US Federal Reserve interest rate decision +75 bps vs +75 bps expected
Highlights of the FOMC rate decision on September 21, 2022
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Prior rates were 2.25-2.50% The implied probablity of a 100 bps hike was 17% ahead of the FOMC with the remainder at 75 bps Prior statement said "Committee is strongly committed to returning inflation to its 2 percent objective". That's repeated. Recent indicators point to modest growth in spending and production (repeat of last statement) Inflation remains elevated, reflecting supply and demand imbalances related to the pandemic, higher food and energy prices, and broader price pressures The Committee is highly attentive to inflation
Inflation
Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market.
Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market.
Read this Term risks (repeat) No dissents Prior to the statement, the November 2 meeting was 70% priced for another 75 bps to 3.75-4.00%, that's moved up to 89%. There is very little change in the FOMC statement but markets are reacting to the dot plot, which shows higher terminal rates and the Fed holding higher for longer.
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Ed Collari recently announced that he is stepping down as president and CEO of the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce after nearly six years.
Ed Collari recalls one of the most traumatic experiences in his life occurring when he was o…
Ed Collari recently announced that he is stepping down as president and CEO of the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce after nearly six years.
During a recent interview with The Outlook, Collari shared why he is stepping down as Chamber president and what Alexander City has meant to him as a local all that time.
In that same interview, Collari outlined the organization’s future, specifically the transition in leadership going into his final week.
With Thursday, Sept. 22 marking his last day, Collari said that the chamber of commerce’s board of directors will appoint an interim president and CEO who will lead the organization over the next several months.
“Those are just the discussions that they've had as they were just notified a week or two ago as that was when I submitted my resignation. I think there'll be an evaluation process over the next few months just to see how that goes,” he said.
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Collari explainted at some point, the executive board will determine whether that person will transition into the position full-time or if the position will be opened up to other candidates.
According to Collari, Chamber Chairman Lee Williams is helping the organization navigate through the transition as well and has been in contact with the organization’s investors concerning the transition.
“Lee has done a great job and contacted a lot of our investors and talked to our executive board about how this transition can happen. He's just trying to get as much feedback as he can to make the best decision possible,” Collari said.
Williams told The Outlook Tuesday that The Chamber will announce the organization’s interim president later this week.
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To some, private jets are a pipe dream. They signify wealth and power.
Who can argue? Private jets can cost more than $10,000 per hour to operate.
For the last two years the T.C. Russell Field Airport in Alexander City has seen an increase in jet traffic and jet fuel sales. The sale of jet fuel nearly doubled from 2020 to 2021 at the airport and while 2022 numbers will not double 2021, the numbers show the jets are still coming.
“We are seeing more and more jets coming in,” Alexander City’s Sonny Wilson said. “They have been coming in for Five Star and the events there for years. They still are, but we are also seeing jets coming in for the lake, especially to look at the development at Wicker Point.”
At times multiple jets are parked at the airport, some for just a few hours but others for a day or two at a time. Wilson wouldn’t give names but said the individuals own large businesses and even professional sports teams are taking advantage of the airport through planes they own or through services such as NetJets.
It’s also important to note the airport is operating without much financial help from the city.
“The profit of fuel sales pretty much covers the operating expenses of the airport,” Wilson said. “Many of those flying in are also spending time in and around town — in restaurants and shops spending money.”
Statistics provided by Alexander City Community Development Director Al Jones state on average six jets per week are landing at the airport and about half are getting fuel there.
Both Jones and Wilson believe that the trend will continue.
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“The people who can afford to fly private jets don’t bat an eye at 400, 500 gallons or more of fuel in the plane,” Wilson said. “With the Coore and Crenshaw golf course coming to Wicker Point and the opening of more lots, we expect jet traffic to increase.”
The Alexander City City Council has already approved a multiyear grant application for more than $5 million in expansions to ramp space at the airport to allow more jets and planes to park.
“The FAA is providing 90 percent of the funding and the state is providing five percent,” Jones said. “It only costs the city five percent to match. It’s an easy decision especially when it increases the ability of the airport to park more jets.”
The ramp expansion will take place over three to four years and the city’s matching funds will be spread out over as many years.
Wilson said the ramp isn’t the only place where things are improving at the airport. Wilson is over Alexander City Parks and Recreation Department crews have helped improve the hangar space at the airport too.
“We have removed rust and painted some of the hangars,” Wilson said. “We have also poured concrete making hangars more attractive. We charge rent for those and that also helps with the airport sustaining itself.”
Jones said the city is also looking at attracting the next generation of jets.
“In the future we want to lengthen the runway by at 1,000 feet,” Jones said. “We already own the property to do it. We should be able to get 95 percent in grant funding from the FAA and the state. It would allow the newest and largest private jets that are in the air now to land here. It could increase traffic even more.”
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After a 3-1 start to the year, and a record-setting 76 point victory over Barbour County on Friday, the Reeltown Rebels have been ranked 10th in Class 2A.
The ranking is the first ranking for the school since 2020, where the school was ranked as high as fourth in 3A.
The Rebels have won three straight games in dominant fashion, after dropping the season opener to rival Tallassee. Since the opening loss, Reeltown has gone on to win three straight games, putting up a shutout in two of the contests. Over the stretch, Reeltown has outscored opponents 159-22.
Reeltown has defeated LaFayette, Goshen and Barbour County on the year. The team’s Week 2 game against Dadeville was canceled due to rain and poor field conditions.
Reeltown is not the only area team to receive ranking nods in the latest AHSAA poll.
Dadeville and Benjamin Russell both received rankings votes, but did not break the top-10. Dadeville received a single vote for first place in 3A, while receiving 15 votes to be ranked.
Benjamin Russell was previously ranked 10th in 6A, but after a loss on Friday, dropped out of the rankings. The Wildcats did receive three votes to remain ranked.
Reeltown rides its big victory and its ranking into a bye week, before getting back into action on Sept. 30 at home against Lanett.
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According to Benton County Superior Court documents, Zhane Davis, 18, has been charged with Rendering Criminal Assistance in the First Degree, her boyfriend is a 15 year old juvenile suspect in the shooting.
The charge is a class B felony that carries a max sentence of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.
The affidavit of probable cause states that through the course of their investigation Pasco Police heard unconfirmed reports that Davis had recorded video of the shooting.
On August, 15, Davis reportedly told detectives that she wanted to show them a cell phone video.
The Pasco Police Department is now in possession of the cell phone pending a forensic examination.
Bail for Davis was set at $10,000 and she was placed under house arrest requiring electronic monitoring on September, 20.
Her next court appearance is scheduled for September, 27.
A total of six teens have now been charged in connection to this case:
Jalen Fields, 17, is being charged with 2nd degree murder as an adult. He is currently being held on $250,000 bail.
A 15 year old juvenile suspect will also be facing murder charges, but will be tried as a minor. He is currently under house arrest.
Osmond Morales Salto of Pasco is being charged with 2nd degree murder and 1st degree assault. He is being held on $250,000 bail.
Angel Garcia of Kennewick is also being charged with 2nd degree murder and assault in the 1st degree. He is being held on $250,000 bail.
Brian Pandoro Valenzuala is charged with 2nd degree murder and 1st degree assault. He is being held on $250,000 bail.
Zhane Davis, 18, is now charged with rendering criminal assistance in the 1st degree. She is currently under house arrest.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may be returning to California in “turmoil,” a close friend has revealed, without striking a “peace deal” with the royal family.
“CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King, who is Meghan’s friend, said the relationship with the Sussexes and the royal family is still tenuous — largely due to the couple’s bombshell interview with Oprah in 2021 after they made the decision to step down from their royal duties.
King — who became friends with Meghan after being introduced by Oprah — was in London reporting on Queen Elizabeth’s historic funeral, revealing to “Extra” that there have been efforts on “both sides to, sort of, make this right. We shall see.”
“Big families always go through drama, always go through turmoil,” she said in the “Extra” interview. “It remains to be seen — are they going to be drawn closer together or are they going to be drawn apart?
“I have no idea,” she added. “I have no inside information on that.”
According to the Daily Mail, the pair are returning to the US empty-handed, “without a peace deal being struck.”
However, King noted the effort was visible when William and Harry made several appearances together alongside their father King Charles III, as the family mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth.
“I will tell you this: It was good to see Harry standing with his family,” she said.
Although it was hoped the tragedy may pave the way for a reunion, royal experts have said the tension between the brothers and their wives, Kate Middleton and Markle, remains — despite presenting a united front at several events.
Prince Harry and Prince William marched side-by-side behind Queen Elizabeth’s coffin in the royal procession and the state funeral and appeared with Kate, the Princess of Wales, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, to view floral tributes at Windsor Castle.
It’s believed the Sussexes spent the night in Windsor after Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday but will be returning to the US to their children — Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1 — after almost two weeks away.
Royal author and former Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown suggested it would be wise for Prince Harry to ditch his upcoming memoir, telling British TV show “Lorraine” there can be “no trust” while its contents loom over the family.
“This is an incredible moment to be used. The country loved that feeling of unity and seeing the brothers back together. It was a beautiful sight,” she said on Tuesday.
“Unless he does give up his book and these tell-all documentaries and stops doing the interviews, then there can be no trust.”
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A man was stabbed to death in Brooklyn during a late-night clash with another guy — who didn’t say “thank you” for holding the door, according to cops and police sources.
The 37-year-old victim — whose name has not yet been released pending family notification — held the door open for a fellow customer who was walking into the 4th Ave. Tobacco Road Corp near President Street in Gowanus around 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, authorities and sources said.
But the ill-mannered customer didn’t bother saying “thank you” as he made his way inside — prompting the first man to ask him why not, the sources said.
A war of words ensued — escalating to violence as both men went outside the store, the sources said.
The door-holder punched the other man as he got on his e-bike to leave — prompting his rival to stab him with a “sharp object” in return, the sources said.
The victim was bleeding heavily as he fell back into the entrance of the store, the sources said.
He was rushed to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The suspect, who was still on the loose Wednesday, took off on his e-bike, heading south on Fourth Avenue toward Carroll Street.
He wore a black sweater, white shirt and jeans, and carried a black backpack, the sources said.
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The countdown to “Midnights” continues.
Fresh off of being honored as Songwriter-Artist of the Decade at the Nashville Songwriter Awards on Tuesday night, Taylor Swift revealed the first song title from her much-anticipated 10th studio album — due Oct. 21 — in a TikTok video posted, naturally, at the stroke of midnight.
Having previously only revealed that there were 13 tracks on “Midnights,” the 11-time Grammy winner debuted “Midnights Mayhem With Me” as a way to roll out the song titles with a lottery-style cage containing balls marked 1 through 13.
“I know I have a habit of dropping cryptic clues and Easter eggs when giving you information about new music, and I’m not here to deny that — I’m here to defy that,” she says in the TikTok. “Welcome to a series I’m calling ‘Midnights Mayhem With Me.’ I am going to be using this technologically advanced device to help me allow fate to decide exactly what tracks titles I’m going to be announcing and in what order.”
The 32-year-old entertainer then draws the first ball from the cage, and it just so happens to be for Track 13 — which any good Swiftie knows is Tay Tay’s lucky number.
“The first track I’m going to tell you about is Track 13, because, of course,” says Swift, who then picks up a red phone and reveals that “Track 13 is called ‘Mastermind.’ ”
And that title tease is all that eager fans get for now, and they will need to calm down and wait for what will presumably be 12 more videos — which are sure to be dropped at the witching hour — before getting the full track listing for “Midnights.”
But Swift wasn’t playing it so coy when she accepted her Songwriter-Artist of the Decade honor at the Nashville Songwriter Awards, which took place at Music City’s Ryman Auditorium on Tuesday night.
“Writing songs is a calling, and getting to call it your career makes you very lucky,” said Swift, who, of course, got her start in Nashville as a country artist. “You have to be grateful every day for it — and [for] all the people who thought your words might be worth listening to, this town is the school that taught me that.”
Swift — who got her own songwriter page on Spotify earlier this week — then sang the 10-minute version of “All Too Well” that won her a record third Video of the Year trophy at the MTV Video Music Awards last month. And it was during her acceptance speech that the superstar first announced the upcoming release of “Midnights.”
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An app designed to help you find the purr-fect pet to adopt is now even easier to use just in time for NBC and Telemundo’s annual Clear the Shelters initiative.
It’s the WeRescue app, which now has a dedicated tab for Clear the Shelters, allowing users to search by ZIP code to find participating rescue organizations near you. That way, you can see listings for all of the animals available for adoption.
There’s also a news feed feature in the app which now gives users the ability to upload pictures of their pets to share with the entire WeRescue community.
In addition, users will be able to see photos of other people’s rescued fur babies, read their adoption stories and comment on them. It’s a fun way to connect with other pet parents about the joys of animal adoption, while also drumming up excitement about Clear The Shelters.
“The WeRescue app team is proud to support the Clear The Shelters event for the fourth year — working with dedicated rescue shelter volunteers, foster parents, and NBCUniversal Local staff across the country to find forever homes for these amazing pets,” said WeRescue CEO Mark Wade. “There’s no greater joy than seeing a happy family walk out with a new rescue pet which they will love and cherish for years to come.”
The WeRescue app can be downloaded for all iPhone and iPad devices running version iOS 15.0 and above here.
This year’s Clear the Shelters event runs from Aug. 1 through Aug. 31.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The government on Thursday updated its estimate of the U.S. economy’s performance in the April-June quarter and confirmed what it had reported last month: That the economy shrank for two straight quarters.
Six months of contraction is a long-held informal definition of a recession. Yet nothing is simple in the post-pandemic economy. Growth may be negative, but the job market is strong. The economy’s direction has confounded Federal Reserve policymakers and many private economists since growth screeched to a halt in March 2020 as COVID-19 struck and 20 million Americans were suddenly thrown out of work.
Even as the economy shrank over the first half of this year, employers added 2.7 million jobs — more than in most entire years before the pandemic struck. In July, the economy added over a half-million more jobs. The unemployment rate sank to 3.5%, a half-century low. Robust hiring and exceedingly low unemployment aren’t consistent with a recession.
While most economists — and Fed Chair Jerome Powell — have said they don’t think the economy is in recession, some analysts still predict that an economic downturn will begin later this year or next.
Either way, inflation remains near its highest level in four decades, though gas costs and other prices have eased in recent weeks. Inflation is still so high that despite pay raises many have received, Americans’ purchasing power is eroding. The pain is being felt disproportionately by lower-income and Black and Hispanic households, many of whom are struggling to pay for higher-cost essentials like food, gas and rent.
Compounding those pressures, the Fed is jacking up interest rates at the fastest pace since the early 1980s, thereby magnifying borrowing costs for homes and cars and credit card purchases. As a result, regardless of whether a recession has officially begun, Americans have soured on the economy.
So how, exactly, do we know when an economy is in recession? Here are some answers to such questions:
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WHO DECIDES WHEN A RECESSION HAS STARTED?
Recessions are officially declared by the obscure-sounding National Bureau of Economic Research, a group of economists whose Business Cycle Dating Committee defines a recession as “a significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and lasts more than a few months.”
The committee considers trends in hiring as a key measure in determining recessions. It also assesses many other data points, including gauges of income, employment, inflation-adjusted spending, retail sales and factory output. It puts heavy weight on jobs and a gauge of inflation-adjusted income that excludes government support payments like Social Security.
Yet the NBER typically doesn’t declare a recession until well after one has begun, sometimes for up to a year. Economists consider a half-point rise in the unemployment rate, averaged over several months, as the most historically reliable sign of a downturn.
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DO TWO STRAIGHT QUARTERS OF ECONOMIC CONTRACTION EQUAL A RECESSION?
That’s a common rule of thumb, but it isn’t an official definition.
Still, in the past, it has been a useful measure. Michael Strain, an economist at the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, has noted that in each of the past 10 times that the economy shrank for two consecutive quarters, a recession has resulted.
Still, many economists doubt that we’re in a recession now. For one thing, there’s the robust job market. For another, Americans are still spending, if more tepidly. Though purchases of goods like appliances and furniture have dropped, spending on services, like airline trips and dinners out, keeps rising, indicating that millions of consumers are venturing out more.
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DON’T A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK A RECESSION IS COMING?
Yes, because many people now feel more financially burdened. With wage gains trailing inflation for most people, higher prices for such essentials as gas, food and rent have eroded Americans’ spending power.
Walmart has reported that higher gas and food costs have forced its shoppers to reduce their purchases of discretionary spending such as new clothing, a clear sign that consumer spending, the leading driver of the economy, is weakening. The nation’s largest retailer, Walmart has reduced its profit outlook and said it would have to discount more items like furniture and electronics.
And the Fed’s rate hikes have helped send the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate up to to 5.13%, compared with 2.86% a year ago, making homebuying increasingly unaffordable.
Higher rates will likely weigh on businesses’ willingness to invest in new buildings, machinery and other equipment. If companies reduce spending and investment, they’ll also start to slow hiring. Rising caution among companies about spending freely could lead eventually to layoffs. If the economy were to lose jobs and the public were to grow more fearful, consumers would further reduce spending.
The Fed’s rapid rate hikes have raised the likelihood of recession in the next two years to nearly 50%, Goldman Sachs economists have said. And Bank of America economists now forecast a “mild” recession later this year, while Deutsche Bank expects a recession early next year.
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WHAT ARE SOME SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING RECESSION?
The clearest signal that a recession is under way, economists say, would be a steady rise in job losses and a surge in unemployment. In the past, an increase in the unemployment rate of three-tenths of a percentage point, on average over the previous three months, has meant that a recession will soon follow.
Many economists monitor the number of people who seek unemployment benefits each week, which indicates whether layoffs are worsening. Weekly applications for jobless aid, averaged over the past four weeks, are just below 250,000, the highest level since last November. Though that is a potentially concerning sign, it is still a low level historically.
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ANY OTHER SIGNALS TO WATCH FOR?
Many economists also monitor changes in the interest payments, or yields, on different bonds for a recession signal known as an “inverted yield curve.” This occurs when the yield on the 10-year Treasury falls below the yield on a short-term Treasury, such as the 3-month T-bill. That is unusual. Normally, longer-term bonds pay investors a richer yield in exchange for tying up their money for a longer period.
Inverted yield curves generally mean that investors foresee a recession that will compel the Fed to slash rates. Inverted curves often predate recessions. Still, it can take 18 to 24 months for a downturn to arrive after the yield curve inverts.
For the past several weeks, the yield on the two-year Treasury has exceeded the 10-year yield, suggesting that markets expect a recession soon. Many analysts say, though, that comparing the 3-month yield to the 10-year has a better recession-forecasting track record. Those rates are not inverted now.
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WILL THE FED KEEP RAISING RATES EVEN AS THE ECONOMY SLOWS?
The economy’s flashing signals — slowing growth with strong hiring — have put the Fed in a tough spot. Chair Jerome Powell is aiming for a “soft landing,” in which the economy weakens enough to slow hiring and wage growth without causing a recession and brings inflation back to the Fed’s 2% target.
But Powell has acknowledged that such an outcome has grown more difficult to achieve. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s COVID-19 lockdowns have driven up prices for energy food, and many manufactured parts in the U.S.
Powell has also indicated that if necessary, the Fed will keep raising rates even amid a weak economy if that’s what’s needed to tame inflation.
“Is there a risk that we would go too far?” Powell said recently. “Certainly there’s a risk, but I wouldn’t agree that’s the biggest risk to the economy. The biggest mistake to make…would be to fail to restore price stability.”
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No. 19 Menards/Pelonis Toyota GR Supra News and Notes:
- JONES AT TEXAS: Brandon Jones has 13 NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) starts at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS). Jones has two top-five finishes, six top-10 finishes, 49 laps led, an average start of 6.3, and a 16.5 average finish at the track. In the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS), Jones has two starts with one top-10 finish at TMS.
- FEATURED ON THE HOOD: The No. 19 Menards Toyota GR Supra will carry the Pelonis logo on the hood this weekend at Texas. For more information, visit https://www.menards.com/.
- HONORING A CANCER HERO: The No. 19 Menards/Pelonis Toyota GR Supra will carry the name Sherri Jewell Edwards on the passenger side this weekend through the “Honor a Cancer Hero” program put on by the Martin Truex Jr. Foundation and The NASCAR Foundation. Edwards lost her battle to Acute Myeloid Leukemia in 2014 and is the mother of Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) employee Brittany Edwards.
- BRISTOL XFINITY SERIES RECAP: Jones finished second Friday night under the lights at Bristol Motor Speedway. Jones gave it his all in the final few laps but came up one spot shy of the victory. Jones started the race 11th and in stage one had to pit for a loose window net under an early caution. The team capitalized on pit strategy throughout the race and got Jones back in position to contend for a win.
- JGR AT BRISTOL: JGR has 110 NXS starts at TMS with 16 of those starts ending in Victory Lane. The last JGR NXS driver to win at Texas was John Hunter Nemechek in the 2021 fall race. The team has combined for 43 top-fives, 71 top-10’s, 9 pole awards, and 2,774 laps led.
- FOLLOW ALONG: Follow along for updates and a behind-the-scenes look at Jones 2022 NXS Season.
Twitter: @BrandonJonesRac I Facebook: Brandon Jones Racing I Instagram:@brandonjonesrac
- RACE INFO: The NXS Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 will start at 3:30 PM ET on Saturday, September 24. The race will be broadcasted on USA, PRN Radio, SiriusXM Radio, and available to stream on the NBC Sports app.
From the Cockpit:
Brandon Jones: “I’m excited to go to Texas this weekend and start our playoffs run. We’ve struggled at Texas a little bit recently. We have had good runs but struggle with closing the race, but we’ve got good notes and are working on getting better. I’ve had that one circled to work on for a while to do what I can to improve our run. We’re feeling confident after coming off a really good run last week at Bristol so hopefully we can take that momentum and get a win this weekend in the No. 19 Menards/Pelonis Toyota GR Supra.”
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- Jeffrey Earnhardt returns to Texas Motor Speedway for the second time this season in the No. 26 Toyota GR Supra with Sam Hunt Racing.
- In the Spring, Earnhardt brought home 19th-place finish at the 1.5-mile track in Fort Worth, Texas.
- Earnhardt will pilot the No. 26 YesWay / Allsup's Toyota GR Supra at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday for his ninth start with Sam Hunt Racing this season and 11th race overall in 2022.
- Sam Hunt Racing will make its fourth career start at the 1.5-mile oval, marking its first start at the track with a repeat driver.
- Earnhardt has nine career NXS starts at the track including one Top-10 and one Top-15 finish.
- Sam Hunt Racing and Earnhardt are coming off a 12th-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway which tied Earnhardt's career highest finish at the track.
"The Sam Hunt Racing guys brought a bad fast Toyota GR Supra to Bristol last weekend, and I"m excited to see how fast this week's machine is. We had a solid chance at a top-10 run in Bristol before we received a speeding penalty on pit road on the last caution, and I feel like we have a really solid opportunity for a top-10 or top-5 again this weekend. I'm looking forward to having YesWay and Allsup's on board with ForeverLawn. This race wouldn't be possible without them."
-- Jeffrey Earnhardt, Driver of the No. 26 Forever Toyota GR Supra
"I think our entire building is excited to build off the momentum we created at Bristol. The 12th-place finish didn’t quite reflect the race and speed our team had, and left everyone hungry for more going to Texas. Jeffrey has always gotten around [Texas Motor Speedway] well, and I have confidence we will bring a fast piece to the Lone Star State."
-- Sam Hunt, Owner of Sam Hunt Racing
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Fed raises rates 0.75 percentage points, signals more to come
The Federal Reserve enacted its third consecutive 0.75 percentage point interest rate hike Wednesday and released new forecasts that show the central bank envisions higher unemployment and yet higher rates in the coming months in its campaign to bring down inflation.
Driving the news: Following a two-day meeting, the Fed's policy committee increased its target for short-term interest rates to the 3 to 3.25% range, and said in a statement that it "anticipates that ongoing increases in the target range will be appropriate."
- In new forecasts, the median official of the central bank now expects their rate target to reach 4.4% by the end of this year, a full percentage point higher than they had projected at their June meeting. That would move that benchmark rate to its highest level since 2007.
- They anticipate at least one additional rate increase next year, with the median official now expecting a 4.6% rate target at the end of 2023, up from 3.8% in June.
State of play: There had been signs earlier this summer that inflationary pressures could have been fading, which would have given the Fed some flexibility to slow its pace of rate hikes.
- But the August Consumer Price Index numbers showed scorching 8.3% inflation over the last year, and an acceleration in various measures of core inflation that exclude the most volatile prices.
- Now, Fed Chair Jerome Powell is aiming to convey a whatever-it-takes determination to bring inflation down, even at the cost of significant economic pain.
- The new projections, showing higher rates, higher unemployment, and weaker GDP growth, are elements of that strategy, aiming to signal the central bank's resolve.
By the numbers: In new forecasts, the median Fed official envisioned the unemployment rate rising to 4.4% late next year and staying there through 2024. They previously envisioned the jobless rate peaking at 3.9%.
- They also downgraded GDP growth forecasts to 0.2% over the course of 2023 from 1.7% in June. They see GDP growth of 1.2% next year.
- The officials expect inflation as measured by their preferred gauge will move down from a projected 5.4% this year to their 2% target in 2025.
Already, the Fed's tightening campaign has driven home mortgage rates above 6%, causing home sale activity to slow dramatically, and walloped many financial markets.
What's next: Powell will take questions from the news media at 2:30pm ET.
Editor's note: This story will be updated with his remarks, and subscribe to Axios Macro for more analysis tomorrow.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — KXAN is keeping track of the number of confirmed monkeypox cases in Texas, as reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The first case in Texas was reported in Dallas County on June 7. The patient had traveled internationally.
Since then, DSHS has confirmed community spread of the virus within Texas.
Monkeypox is primarily transmitted through direct contact with infectious lesions, scabs or bodily fluids, but respiratory secretions can also transmit the virus, according to DSHS. Examples of activities that can spread monkeypox include wrestling, cuddling, kissing, sex or touching contaminated materials like bedding or linens.
The virus can also spread from animals to people through a bite or scratch of an infected animal, handling wild game or using products made from infected animals.
Most of the confirmed cases in Texas are among younger men. DSHS says most cases so far are among men who have sex with men, so that population “should be especially aware of the situation and take precautions to avoid direct contact with anyone with a rash.”
Monkeypox symptoms begin with a fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills and exhaustion. A rash that looks like pimples or blisters may appear soon after the initial symptoms.
DSHS says the incubation period — the length of time between infection to showing symptoms — is usually 7-14 days, but can range from 5-21 days. The rash typically begins within five days of the first symptoms.
The illness typically lasts for 2-4 weeks, according to DSHS.
“With the sharp increase in monkeypox cases worldwide, it’s not surprising to see the virus spread in Texas,” said Dr. Jennifer Shuford, the chief state epidemiologist in Texas. “We want people to know what the symptoms are, and if they have symptoms, to avoid the types of close contact with other people that can spread the disease.”
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Apparently, not everyone prefers their martinis shaken, not stirred. In an interview with Variety, longtime 007 film producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson said the search for the next Bond is not as easy as it may seem, with the two producers claiming that they have to pitch candidates on playing the iconic spy.
Broccoli and Wilson, the half-sibling producers who have led the Bond franchise since 1995’s Goldeneye, opened up about the difficulty of finding someone to commit to playing James Bond. “When we cast Bond, it’s a 10-, 12-year commitment,” Broccoli told Variety. “So he’s probably thinking, Do I really want that thing? Not everybody wants to do that. It was hard enough getting [Daniel Craig to do it].”
Craig recently wrapped up a 15-year stint as the suave spy, beginning with 2006’s Casino Royale and following that up with four more films: Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015), and 2021’s pandemic-delayed No Time to Die. Despite his impressive run, according to Broccoli and Wilson, Craig was apparently more than happy to retire by the end of his run.
“With [Craig], when we had the conversation at this very table about, you know, [whether he was] going to do it, he said, ‘Well, I’m going to do it. I really want to be a part of it, the whole thing.’ And he lived to regret that,” said Broccoli, laughing. “But it’s a big commitment. It’s not just showing up for a couple of months of filming.”
One of the early front-runners being considered to take on the Bond mantle was fan-favorite Idris Elba. But in a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Elba said he didn’t see Bond when he “[looks] in the mirror,” which some have interpreted as Elba taking himself out of contention for the role. Broccoli and Wilson admitted that they haven’t spoken to Elba about the opportunity in some time, but were quick to add that “he’s great. We love Idris.”
Casting Bond, for the pair, is about more than just finding a suave man who wears nice suits well, but about steering the multibillion franchise in a potentially new direction and keeping up with evolving audience tastes. “When people go, ‘Oh, who are you going to get?’ it’s not just about casting an actor for a film,” said Broccoli. “It’s about a reinvention, and ‘Where are we taking it? What do we want to do with the character?’ And then, once we figure that out, who’s the right person for that particular reinvention?”
“It’s an evolution,” she continued. “Bond is evolving just as men are evolving. I don’t know who’s evolving at a faster pace.”
The pressure is mounting for Broccoli and Wilson to find that special someone as the Bond franchise’s 60th anniversary approaches in October. It may not have helped that MGM was recently acquired by Amazon in an $8.5 billion deal, with the Bond franchise and IP believed to be a huge reason for the acquisition. The March sale was followed by the abrupt departures of MGM film bosses Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, in April, Variety noted. “It was a real blow when we lost Mike and Pam,” said Broccoli. “We were so happy with their leadership and so looking forward to smooth sailing. And then a hurricane came and things changed.”
But despite the change in weather and their new streaming-focused parent company, Broccoli and Wilson maintained that Bond will remain in theaters, where it belongs. “We’re trying to keep it theatrical,” Wilson said, before Broccoli interjected: “Well, we’re gonna keep it theatrical,” she said. “We’re not going to try; we’ve got to do it. It’s just a theatrical franchise.”
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“We need organizations like this,” declares Janelle Monáe. She’s speaking passionately about the Trevor Project, the country’s biggest suicide-prevention organization for LGBTQ+ youth. It’s perhaps because of this ardor that Monáe, a Grammy-nominated multihyphenate, is being honored with the organization’s Suicide Prevention Advocate of the Year Award.
She’s the second-ever honoree, after last year’s inaugural recipient, rapper Lil Nas X. It’s easy to see why the organization turned to Monáe next. Four years ago, the artist came out as pansexual—a revelation that caused a spike in Google searches for the term. “That was a big thing for me,” Monáe says in a recent phone call from Los Angeles. “There were a lot of people who texted me and were like, Yo, I identify in the same way.”
Five months ago, Monáe also came out as nonbinary in an interview on Red Table Talk and shared with the Los Angeles Times that she uses she/they pronouns. Though it was instantly picked up as a major bit of news, the revelation felt casual and anything but revelatory in the moment, Monáe says. “I think I’d already probably even talked about [it] before,” Monáe says with a laugh. But that’s how Monáe lives now, speaking freely about her identity, learning and growing in public alongside the people who watch her every move, figuring out how to free themselves along the way.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, the artist talks about her recognition from the Trevor Project, her performance in the hotly anticipated Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, and the upcoming Josephine Baker series she’s cooking up with A24.
Vanity Fair: How does this recognition from the Trevor Project resonate with you on a personal level?
Janelle Monáe: It hits home. I’ve definitely had moments where my mental health was not in the best place. I wanted to have conversations with friends or family members who didn’t know that I felt anxiety around sharing the person that I was becoming. I just remember having tough moments privately that I didn’t talk to anybody about. There are certain people that won’t love and accept you as you’re walking in your truth, and I had to become okay with that. I had to be okay with letting folks go who didn’t support me, with letting family members or friends go that did not want to support me as I walked in my truth.
I remember when I interviewed you for a Vanity Fair cover story, you said something very similar about feeling conflicted about sharing elements of your personal life with people and wondering if they would abandon you. Is getting recognition like this potentially affirming in that regard?
Yeah. Community is very important. Being affirmed by community is a human-to-human necessity. Just being seen and being heard by the people you love and admire and respect means a lot, right? I think this recognition brings more awareness to how important community is, how important our mental health is, how important it is that we’re around people that uplift us, who can be beacons of light to us in the times of darkness. We all go through different obstacles. Different stages of happiness and darkness. Hopefully, we can figure out how to be more compassionate toward one another and really check in on each other.
Different stages of happiness and darkness. I feel like that’s going to stick with me. You spoke really beautifully back in April when you were on Red Table Talk about being nonbinary. I was wondering if you could speak to what led to your decision at that time to share it. Was it something that you thought about sharing publicly before, or was it a spur-of-the-moment thing?
I’m growing in public. I have had to discover things about myself in the middle of being known, or famous. One of the things that I always do is have conversations with the people I think should be told those [things] privately, not publicly. It was important to talk to my mom, my immediate family, my close friends as I got rid of certain labels and discovered more about who I was. And I think once that happened, it wasn’t anything that I needed to hide. I don’t seek validation from the entire world. At the Red Table Talk, I felt like that was just a casual conversation.
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In the sage words of Olivia Rodrigo: God, it’s brutal out here. That was the prevailing sentiment to emerge from Tuesday night’s live three-hour finale of The Bachelorette, which contained a number of excruciating events—some entertaining, but many far from it.
Heading into the season-ender, dual Bachelorettes Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey each had only one suitor standing—Tino Franco and Erich Schwer, respectively. But given ABC’s decision to devote five hours (last Tuesday was labeled part one) to the finale and host Jesse Palmer’s ominous tone in front of the studio audience, viewers gathered that they were in for more than a pair of Neil Lane-sponsored engagements.
In a bizarrely suspense-zapping move, Palmer kicked off the episode by disclosing exactly what bombshells were on the docket. “Maybe tonight Tino can convince Rachel that his indiscretions were just a momentary lapse in judgment,” the host said. “And maybe Erich can explain away those damning text messages he sent to his girlfriend just a few days before stepping out of the limo on night one.”
The partially-spoiled festivities kicked off with Recchia and Franco, whose engagement was broadcast alongside picture-in-picture footage of the Bachelorette and her dutiful parents reacting in real-time to the lovey-dovey scene with stoic agony. Minutes after their fairytale engagement ending aired, Palmer asked Recchia about the couple’s post-show challenges. While living apart and keeping their engagement a secret had caused turmoil, Recchia dropped the real bomb just before the commercial break: “He cheated on me.”
Bachelor Nation was then treated to footage of Recchia and Windey meeting at an undisclosed location some amount of time ago to discuss Franco’s infidelity. Recchia is understandably wounded and Windey is unflinchingly supportive, but the real takeaway from their conversation is that our other Bachelorette is also engaged. During their chat, which aired prior to Windey’s final rose, one can’t help but notice the giant sparkler on her ring finger, draining any juice out of Schwer’s apparent resistance to proposing.
Armed with a notebook and looking like he crammed for a big test the night before, Franco arrives in the pre-taped portion to talk things out with Recchia. But any goodwill unravels immediately, as the pair talks in circles about—thank you, Ross and Rachel—whether or not they were on a break when Franco kissed another woman. Franco reads from his notes, claiming that Recchia was resistant to therapy and wanted to give her engagement ring back. Recchia, jaw often dropped, begs Franco not to lie. At one point, he storms outside and attempts to remove his mic, pleading with a producer, “Tell her to break up with me. Let me out.”
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In some ways, The Perks of Being a Wallflower’s legacy is like the tunnel that bookends its cinematic rendering: a warmly lit, strangely mystical-feeling portal. Nestled in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, the highway underpass opens the coming-of-age film, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this week, and serves as the setting for its most ethereal sequence. In its final moments, Logan Lerman’s Charlie races through that same tunnel, arms outstretched into the air, musing that one day his adolescence will inevitably fade away, but for now, “We are infinite.”
A decade later, the cult-classic film that Stephen Chbosky adapted and directed from his own 1999 debut novel feels like less of an old photograph and more…you know. “It’s always present to me,” he tells Vanity Fair. “Not a week goes by when I don’t talk to some young person or get a letter or a phone call or email from somebody who was very moved by it.”
And although his world-weary protagonist, Charlie, warns that there “are people who forget what it’s like to be 16 when they turn 17,” Chbosky, now 52, is not among them. “I am one of those that did not forget what it was like to be young,” he says wistfully. “And as the years go on, I find myself remembering even more.”
He is, however, the first to admit that “becoming somebody’s dad” (his first child was born the same year as Perks’ release) has shifted his perspective on the story’s more distressing subject matter, including suicide and childhood sexual abuse. “I’m grateful that I made the movie before I had children,” Chbosky says. “I find some of the more difficult things that the kids go through far more painful to watch as a parent of children than a young person myself. I would’ve pulled some punches, had I made it later, because it would’ve been too difficult to watch people you love go through difficult things.” He adds, “In life we can’t control that, but in art we can.”
Undoubtedly beyond Chbosky’s power is the alleged misconduct of Ezra Miller, who brought eccentric high school student Patrick (alongside a post–Harry Potter Emma Watson as his soulful step sister Sam), from page to screen. In 2022, to watch Miller’s performance as an outwardly charismatic, inwardly tormented teenager is to witness a star-making turn—Zack Snyder was convinced to cast Miller in The Flash off of Perks—but it’s also unavoidably complicated given the actor’s alleged misdeeds and troubled public image in recent years.
Chbosky, who spoke about Miller ahead of VF’s latest reporting on them, hasn’t had much contact with the now 29-year-old since Perks. “I guarantee you, you personally know a lot more about Ezra Miller these days than I do,” he insists. But the filmmaker can’t help but speak about the embattled star using the same kind of earnest reverence with which he gifts his characters. “I hope Ezra finds the light that they shined so brightly back when we shot the film, because the kid I met was a remarkably magical person,” Chbosky says. “And I always like to believe that that person is always in there and I hope that they can find the help that they need.”
In a wide-ranging conversation, Chbosky talks to VF about how The Perks of Being a Wallflower—an intimate indie with modest box office returns despite its glowing critical reception—has enjoyed a pop culture legacy far longer than the fleeting teenage season it chronicled.
Vanity Fair: What was your biggest fear about adapting your own work?
Stephen Chbosky: I don’t know if I had fears about adapting it, but I did feel an enormous responsibility. When I was writing the book back in New York in my twenties, it was just for me, but once I published it and heard from all the young people, I realized that it had gone far beyond me and that it meant a lot to a lot of really, really great people. I felt a responsibility to make a wonderful movie for them as much as for myself, but it wasn’t fear. It was more of a joy.
I just felt like I wanted to protect this and support it. Considering that I had so many offers over the years to sell the book to Hollywood and I turned it down time and time and time again, I just wanted to wait until I was ready with the tools to tell the story the right way. And when I look back on the amazing cast, that time when I made the film, I think the movie gods were smiling on me and that some things were really worth the wait.
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In this special episode of Inside the Hive, three guests—Vanity Fair editor in chief Radhika Jones, writer and podcaster Molly Jong-Fast, and stand-up comic and actor Patton Oswalt—discuss the cultural and political legacy of Generation X. Asks Hive cohost Joe Hagan: How has the slacker generation, once known for irony and ambivalence, weathered the 21st century?
The promise of ironic detachment might not have lasted, but Gen X’ers have become the last skeptics of the digital age. The generations that followed “introduced this 24/7 grind mentality,” says Oswalt, “where the people that wanted to live, like, little lives on the fringe, doing creative stuff and making enough money to survive—those people are being pushed out…It’s like, if you’re not grinding all the time, you should be wiped off the map. And that, to me, is really, really scary.”
“We are skeptical of effort for effort’s sake,” observes Jones. “So there’s a way in which we’re motivated by substance, and we’re skeptical of anything that is not substantive.”
Thirty years ago Generation X celebrated what’s now being called “quiet quitting,” but as some recent polling has shown, a large chunk of Americans born between 1965 and 1980 also leaned toward Donald Trump in recent elections—a perplexing data point. “We had this sort of belief that we were entitled to certain things,” surmises Jong-Fast. “And if you feel entitled to something, and mad and convinced that someone else has it, that can lead to Trumpism.”
If nothing else, Gen X has always been superb at spitballing from the sidelines: “We are good critics,” says Jones.
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On Wednesday morning, after a yearslong investigation into the ex-president and the business he owns and runs with his children, New York attorney general Letitia James dropped a bomb that is likely still reverberating through the halls of Mar-a-Lago: a massive, unprecedented lawsuit against Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization, for allegedly spending years lying to lenders and insurers, fraudulently inflating assets, and violating state criminal laws.
In addition to reportedly seeking $250 million in penalties, James hopes to bar the entire Trump family from ever running a business in New York again. “The number of grossly inflated asset values is staggering, affecting most if not all of the real estate holdings in any given year,” the suit reads. While Trump has long been suspected of inflating his own net worth for ego purposes, according to James, the lies her office uncovered were part of a bigger, organized plot.
Per The New York Times:
In announcing the action against the company, James said Wednesday the ex-president didn’t just “cheat the system” he cheated “all of us.” On Twitter, she wrote: “There aren't two sets of laws for people in this nation: former presidents must be held to the same standards as everyday Americans.”
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While James does not have the power to indict Trump on criminal charges, as this is a civil suit, the Times notes that in “a footnote in the lawsuit said she provided her findings to the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, noting that the conduct detailed in the complaint appears to violate federal law, specifically bank fraud and false statements to a bank.”
In a statement, Trump lawyer Alina Habba insisted the allegations are politically motivated and “meritless.”
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House Democrats on Wednesday are expected to pass a bill to reform the Electoral Count Act — the notoriously difficult-to-parse 1887 election law Donald Trump and his allies sought to exploit to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory. But they’ll have to do it without much help from their GOP colleagues, who seem to object to the proposal in the lower chamber because anti-Trump Republican Liz Cheney was involved in crafting it. “It’s clear that anything Liz Cheney touches is all about whacking Donald Trump and not about making meaningful changes,” Republican Study Committee Chair Jim Banks told Axios, saying that Cheney’s involvement “greatly diminishes the seriousness” of the legislation in his eyes.
“I know Liz is a Republican, but the fact is they just foist it on us,” Nebraska Republican Don Bacon added to Politico. “It’s typical [Nancy Pelosi]: Shove it down your throat.”
The House bill was drawn up by Cheney and Democrat Zoe Lofgren, who both serve on the January 6 committee, which is set to hold another public hearing later this month, and is similar to a separate bipartisan bill in the Senate. Both bills are designed to clarify the vice president’s role in the certification of presidential elections and to make it harder for lawmakers to object to electors. The idea of each is to clear up the uncertainties in the original law that Trump and his allies attempted to capitalize on in 2020, including by pressuring then-Vice President Mike Pence to not certify Biden’s electors on January 6, 2021; when Pence refused to go along with that plan, Trump unleashed a mob of angry, armed supporters on the Capitol to block the certification, as Cheney’s select committee detailed in public hearings over the summer.
The GOP, a large swath of which supported Trump’s bid to overturn the 2020 results, has seemed more open to ECA reform than to legislation protecting voting rights or holding the former president accountable for his actions. The Senate legislation, introduced by Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican Susan Collins, appears to have enough Republican support to pass the upper chamber. “I’m confident we can get this done,” Collins told the Washington Post. Ten Senate Republicans have already joined on, and some party leaders have suggested they would favor the bill even if Trump came out in explicit opposition to it. “I don’t think he gets a vote,” Texas Senator John Cornyn told the Post.
While Democrats can pass the bill on their own in the House, it’s not clear that bill will garner the same bipartisan support — and not just because of Cheney’s involvement. Though the bills are quite similar, the House version is somewhat stronger, as it would require a third of House lawmakers to object to elector count to overturn it, rather than a fifth of the body, as the Senate bill proposes. As the Post’s Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman pointed out Monday, it also provides stronger safeguards to prevent rogue governors from sending in alternative electors — a disturbing prospect that has come into clearer view as anti-democratic election deniers like Pennsylvania’s Doug Mastriano and Arizona’s Kari Lake vie for governor in their respective swing states. Republicans, including pro-Trump extremists like Andy Biggs and Dan Bishop, slammed the proposal. “If it comes out of a rotten process,” Bishop told Axios, “you probably ought to begin with a healthy level of skepticism.” But the House bill’s supporters suggest they aren’t trying to undercut the bipartisan Senate bill. “We’re not disrupting the compromise,” a House aide told CNN. “We think we are raising the floor for what this bill should look like.”
How the final legislation will ultimately look — and when and if it will pass — remain to be seen for now. But it’s vital that Democrats, and any Republicans willing to join them, update the ECA while they can. Two years ago, Trump came dangerously close to abusing the law’s uncertainties to overturn a free and fair election. Without reform, there’s no guarantee that he or some other bad actor won’t succeed in doing so next time around. “Our proposal is intended to preserve the rule of law for all future presidential elections by ensuring that self-interested politicians cannot steal from the people the guarantee that our government derives its power from the consent of the governed,” Cheney and Lofgren wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed Sunday. “We look forward to working with our colleagues in the House and the Senate toward this goal.”
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“Who’s the blonde? Who’s the blonde? The blonde?” A swarm of men—lust or dollar signs in their eyes—clamors to know at a 1950 screening of The Asphalt Jungle, featuring the newly minted Marilyn Monroe. As Joyce Carol Oates writes the scene in her 2000 novel Blonde (a film adaptation by Andrew Dominik arrives this fall, starring Ana de Armas), that word hangs in the air: a metonym for Monroe’s experience of being harangued, adored, and frayed to the very cortex, a hazard of preserving her self-described “pillow-case white.”
“That blonde,” the colorist Jenna Perry says, “it’s for a kept woman.” She is referring not to the Hollywood studio system (golden handcuffs of a peroxide sort) but to the tyranny of upkeep. Perry is known instead for her #NYCBlonde, a hand-painted, low-maintenance approach that gives clients (Chloë Sevigny, Tommy Dorfman) a longer reprieve from her new SoHo salon.
Style codes are a weather vane. “For a minute, it was not really cool to be a blonde, politically,” Perry ventures. I’m reminded of the post-2016 articles about the uniform dye jobs at Fox News (what New York’s Amy Larocca called a “dog whistle of whiteness”). Claudia Rankine, who co-mounted a 2018 exhibition on the hair color, sees a “complicit freedom” in the choice to go blonde: “What happens when what we want matches up with a kind of complicity around what is valued?”
This year’s two blonde poles, Marilyn and Barbie, suggest the comforts (and currency) of nostalgia but also signal a fresh assessment. It’s evident how these icons have been packaged for consumption, and what the costs are when women are treated as dolls and dolls as women (however adroit director Greta Gerwig’s protagonist might be on neon Rollerblades). Can self-awareness act as insulation against a caustic legacy of blonde?
At the formula level, it’s certainly a gentler road. After Olaplex debuted in 2014, promising to repair disulfide (or covalent) bonds in damaged strands, a product boom followed. (Such safeguards are why quick-change artists like Dua Lipa and Kim Kardashian can flirt with platinum for a break-the-internet flash.) Living Proof, a company built on research out of MIT’s Langer Lab, brings the latest high-tech salve: the heat-activated Triple Bond Complex, a weekly treatment that targets all three bonds. To Perry, who tested early samples, it’s a way of “future-proofing the hair,” even if the inspiration dates back decades. She foretells a comeback for bottle blondes—“and I say that with a little bit of sweat,” she adds, alluding to the maintenance involved and to a possible looming recession. We might soon find ourselves with a different new-old lodestar: punk-era Blondie.
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Fans of Lana Del Rey will no longer be relegated to obsessively analyzing the pop star's music during their free time, but can now do so as an actual homework assignment.
New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music announced this week that it will be offering a course on the singer in the fall, just as it did with Taylor Swift earlier this year. The two-credit class, titled “Topics in Recorded Music: Lana Del Rey,” will be taught by journalist and author Kathy Iandoli and runs from October 20 to December 8. An NYU representative told Variety that students will be given the opportunity to analyze Del Rey's contributions to 21st-century pop culture, her relationship to feminism, the music that has influenced her work, and artists she's influenced in turn, as well as her connection to various social justice movements, including Black Lives Matter, Me Too, and Time's Up.
According to the course description, “Over the course of eight critically-acclaimed albums, the six-time Grammy nominated artist has introduced a sad core, melancholic, and baroque version of dream pop that in turn helped shift and reinvent the sound (and mood) of mainstream music beyond the 2010s. Through her arresting visuals and her thematic attention to mental health and tales of toxic, damaged love, Del Rey provided a new platform for artists of all genders to create 'anti-pop' works of substance that could live in a mainstream once categorized as bubblegum.”
The class's teacher, Iandoli, also told the outlet, “In so many ways, I feel like Lana Del Rey is both a blueprint and a cautionary tale, a complicated pop star who resonates so much with her fans, not because of how she makes them feel about her, but rather how she makes them feel about themselves. She has changed the parameters of baroque pop and now more specifically 'sad girl pop' through her music, by expanding the subject matter which at times is controversial and challenging. There are so many pieces in this mosaic that we have now come to know as Lana Del Rey, and this course examines every dimension of it.”
The Clive Davis Institute often offers courses dedicated to examining the body of work of a single, particularly outstanding artist, and in the past has even held special classes taught by famed musicians themselves, including Questlove and Q-Tip. Jason King, the Chair of the Clive Davis Institute, explained to Variety, “When we offer artist-themed courses at the Clive Davis Institute, we are always asking: how does this artist’s work help students think through larger and complex cultural, social or political issues or movements? Lana Del Rey refracts so many changes in contemporary culture, especially as the role of contemporary women in pop music keeps shifting. Studying Lana Del Rey means thinking more critically the growing popularity of so-called anti-pop. It means finding ways to consider the increased interest in mental health and issues of psychological damage, and to evaluate changes in [the] way we think about identity, especially in terms of race, gender, nation and class. Lana is especially relevant, and controversial, when it comes to changing ideas about intersectional feminism over the past decade.”
He continued, “The point of our artist-themed classes at the Clive Davis Institute is to encourage students think more deeply and critically about the icons they admire and to develop a historical and contextual understanding of those artists. Students are expected to approach the study of Lana Del Rey with the same critical lens with which they approach the study of Led Zeppelin or John Coltrane or Bob Marley or Stevie Wonder or Joni Mitchell in other Writing/History/Emergent Media Studies courses we offer. There is a growing body of academic research and scholarly discourse on Lana Del Rey as well that seeks to assess her cultural meaning and impact, and students read and think through some of the work in class.”
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Tom Hardy shocked everyone at the 2022 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open Championship over the weekend when he not only decided to enter the contest, but also took home the gold medal.
The actor proved that he put in the hard work necessary to secure his blue belt in Jiu-Jitsu, entering the martial arts competition held at Oakgrove School in Milton Keyes, England on Saturday, located about an hour and a half north of London. A representative for Ultimate Martial Arts Championship, the tournament's organizers, told People that everyone had nothing but kind things to say about the action star. “Tom was a really nice guy,” they said, who “was very humble” and “happy to take time out for people to make photographs with him.” And, of course, “everyone” there also instantly recognized that there was a celebrity in their midst.
But while his appearance may have come as a shock to onlookers, the Mad Max star had actually been secretly arranging with the event's organizers to participate in the tournament for weeks ahead of time, per the Daily Mail. Event sponsor Sean Rosborough told the outlet, “We found out he was coming probably a couple of weeks before. He was brilliant. A lot of people were asking for photos, and coming up to him, and he had no problem with that at all. The mums were all over him. It didn't bother him.”
The movie star was able to bring each of his opponents that day to the ground. For his final match, Hardy faced off against Andry Leatherland, who said that he had actually signed up for the tournament after seeing the actor's legal name listed as a competitor. “I was contemplating the Milton Keynes tournament as it was very local. And then one morning—he goes by the name Edward Hardy—I saw that he'd actually signed up,” Leatherland explained. He went on to describe the actor as “very focused” and “absolutely sound” throughout the entire day of competition. He added, “The intensity that he brought to his movie roles, he brought that. He didn't say a word, he didn't say anything.” Ultimately, Leatherland says Hardy was able to best him after “I made a mistake and he capitalized on that. He absolutely nailed it, and he subbed me, and it was over relatively quickly.”
And this isn't even the first gold medal in Jiu-Jitsu that Hardy has taken home recently. In August, he won another two gold medals after competing in a charity competition in Wolverhampton. He received one in the gi category in his belt and weight division, named after the traditional martial arts uniform contestants wear, as well as one in the no-gi category in his belt and weight division. According to Newsweek, Hardy first began learning Jiu-Jitsu over a decade ago to prepare for his role in the 2011 film Warrior, working with REORG, an organization that offers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as a form of therapy for veterans, military and emergency service members dealing with depression, PTSD, and life-altering physical injury.
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The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that interest rates will go up .75 of a point as part of the board's effort to slow inflation. The increase marks the highest interest rates have been since 2008.
The higher interest rates make borrowing for items such as homes and cars more expensive.
The Fed Board voted unanimously to raise interest rates.
"Recent indicators point to modest growth in spending and production," the Fed said. "Job gains have been robust in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation remains elevated, reflecting supply and demand imbalances related to the pandemic, higher food and energy prices, and broader price pressures. Russia's war against Ukraine is causing tremendous human and economic hardship. The war and related events are creating additional upward pressure on inflation and are weighing on global economic activity. The Committee is highly attentive to inflation risks."
The risk of raising interest rates, experts say, is that it could cause the U.S. to slip into a recession.
The effective federal interest rate is now over 3% for the first time since January 2008. Interest rates peaked at 5.25% in late 2006 and early 2007, roughly a year before the U.S. went into a recession.
From 2009 through the middle of 2017, interest rates remained below 1% before reaching a peak of around 2.42% in 2019.
In response to the pandemic, the Fed lowered rates nearly to 0 until early this year. But with the highest inflation in over four decades, the Fed has responded with a rapid succession of rate hikes.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is responding to the claims made on social media by Matt Walsh, a conservative commentator and columnist for The Daily Wire.
"They now castrate, sterilize, and mutilate minors as well as adults, while apparently taking steps to hide this activity from the public view," Walsh claimed.
In a statement, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center says they began their Transgender Health Clinic because "transgender individuals are a high-risk population for mental and physical health issues and have been consistently underserved by the U.S. health system."
VUMC said they require parental consent to treat minors who are being seen for issues to those receiving transgender care and never refuse parental involvement for those under 18.
"We have been and will continue to be committed to providing family-centered care to all adolescents in compliance with state law and in line with professional practice standards and guidance established by medical specialty societies," they said in the statement.
They added that their policies allow employees to decline to participate in care they find morally objectionable.
They also do not permit discrimination against employees who choose to do so.
"This includes employees whose personal or religious beliefs do not support gender-affirming care for transgender persons," Vanderbilt continued.
"The Trans Buddy program mentioned in the video has received national acclaim. Its purpose is to provide peer volunteers who support persons who are seeking highly personal care in an unfamiliar environment, and who may have been refused medical services in the past or avoided seeking them out of fear of being met with hostility," said Vanderbilt Medical.
In one of Walsh's tweets, he indicated that Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is calling for an investigation into Vanderbilt.
Lee's office confirmed an ongoing investigation.
“The ‘pediatric transgender clinic’ at Vanderbilt University Medical Center raises serious moral, ethical and legal concerns. We should not allow permanent, life-altering decisions that hurt children or policies that suppress religious liberties, all for the purpose of financial gain. We have to protect Tennessee children, and this warrants a thorough investigation," a statement from the governor's office says.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said his office also confirmed an investigation.
"We are aware of allegations of illegal conduct at the Clinic for Transgender Health at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. General Skrmetti will use the full scope of his authority to ensure compliance with Tennessee law," the attorney general said.
Researchers with The Journal of the American Medical Association found in a recent study that gender-affirming care for trans youth aged 13-20 years old is associated with 60% lower odds of moderate or severe depression and 73% lower odds of suicidality over a 12-month follow-up period. This care includes puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones.
This story was originally reported by Kelly Broderick on newschannel5.com.
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A federal judge has indicated he will approve a $1.8 million settlement that would resolve a dispute by registered nurses at Menorah Medical Center over docked pay.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree found that the proposed settlement was fair and reasonable. But he declined to approve one settlement term that he said prevented him from approving the settlement as a whole.
He invited the plaintiffs to renew their request for approval by filing an amended settlement agreement — presumably without the offending settlement term.
The case was filed in July 2019 by nurses who worked for four different Menorah divisions. They alleged Menorah altered their time sheets to prevent them from being paid for all the hours they worked.
Specifically, they claimed that Menorah routinely adjusted their clock-in and clock-out times to prevent rounding in their favor. They also alleged they were expected to take 30-minute unpaid meal breaks on each of their shifts and were “encouraged” to take meal breaks only when “patient care needs” permitted them to do so.
If the settlement is ultimately approved by Crabtree, the plaintiffs’ attorneys would receive 30% of the settlement amount, or $540,000 – a standard percentage in settled cases.
The nurses would receive amounts ranging from $575 to $1,800 each, depending on which Menorah division they worked for.
An attorney for the plaintiffs did not respond to requests for comment. A spokesperson for HCA Midwest Health, which operates Menorah, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The settlement term standing in the way of Crabtree’s approval concerned so-called service awards totaling $36,000 to the three nurses who brought the suit. The money is meant to compensate them for the time and effort they devoted to the litigation and the risks they undertook.
In exchange for Menorah’s agreement not to contest the service awards, they agreed to release any and all claims against Menorah. Crabtree, however, said that release was overly broad and he could not approve it.
He said courts should approve such service awards based only on the plaintiffs’ prosecution of the lawsuit and the risks they undertook, and not in return for a general release of claims against the defendants.
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The Journey will make four stops in Washington state, from 9/20 to 10/13. Please see locations and timing below.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The All of Us Research Program's Journey mobile exhibit is traveling across the country to engage communities that have been historically underrepresented in medical research. All of Us is inviting one million or more people to help build one of the most diverse health databases of its kind and advance precision medicine.
Since the program launched in 2018, the mobile exhibit has visited more than 100 cities in over 40 states. In Washington, the Journey will be available to educate and register new participants for the program. Participants will be able to take health surveys and provide biosamples, such as a blood sample, as part of joining the program. With more enrollment and broader representation from area residents, researchers can help better address health issues that are prevalent in the previously underserved communities.
- FIRST STOP: Spokane, WA
- SECOND STOP: Seattle, WA
- THIRD STOP: Tacoma, WA
- FOURTH STOP: Wenatchee, WA
- All of Us tour managers will be available for interviews at the event or before the event via Zoom or phone.
- Journalists are welcome to shoot B-roll and take photos at the event.
- The mobile exhibit features hands-on activities to learn more about the program, including a digital gaming hub, an augmented reality experience, and more.
- COVID-19 safety guidelines:
More than 320,000 people nationwide have enrolled and completed the initial steps to participate in the research program, and over 80% of these participants belong to communities that have been historically underrepresented in biomedical research, including 50% from racial and ethnic minority groups. Researchers will use the data that participants contribute to learn how biology, lifestyle, and environment affect health. This may one day help them find more tailored ways to treat and prevent disease.
For more information, visit allofus.nih.gov. | To sign up, visit joinallofus.org.
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ASUU Strike: APC NWC member commends Industrial Court
•Says FG should pay striking lecturers' salaries to students
A member of the All Progressives Congress, ( APC) National Working Committee, (NWC), Salihu Lukman, has commended the National Industrial Court over its pronouncement on the intractable face-off between the federal government and university lecturers in the country.
Ruling on the seven-month strike by the lecturers, Justice Polycarp Hamman
ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its seven-month-old strike.
Justice Hamman in his ruling on Wednesday ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its seven-month-old strike.
The judge gave the order while ruling on the federal government’s application for an interlocutory injunction against the ongoing ASUU strike.
The federal government’s counsel, James Igwe, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), had filed the application seeking the court’s order restraining ASUU from continuing with the strike pending the determination of the suit initiated through a referral by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige.
Lukman who incidentally is the national vice-chairman, North West of the APC said the judgment was a welcome development as it would go a long way to mitigate the suffering of Nigerian students facing frustration as a result of the action of the university lecturers.
In his statement titled, “National Industrial Court Judgement on ASUU Strike: Better Late than Never, the former Director General of the Forum of APC Governors accused the Ministry of Labour of abdicating its responsibility as he noted that the Ministry failed to seize the initiative of approaching the Industrial Court, seven months ago to stop ASUU from taking the strike option.
He said:”Imagine that processes of mediation, conciliation and compulsory adjudication by Ministry of Labour as provided under the Trade Dispute Act immediately ASUU served notice of strike.
Certainly, a judgement by either Industrial Arbitration Panel (IAP) or NIC would have been obtained before the commencement of the strike. Sadly, here we are, the same judgement that would have been delivered before the strike commences on February 14 is only obtained about seven months into the strike.
“Better late than never. However, the demand must be made clearly, never again should the Ministry of Labour abdicate from its responsibility of arresting strikes based on the ability to activate processes of mediation, conciliation and compulsory adjudication.
The Ministry of Labour must be reformed to discharge these functions effectively and efficiently.
Democracy is about to rule of law. At all times, laws must be activated to regulate the conduct of citizens and government officials. Every step must be taken to enforce the judgement of Justice Polycap Hamman.
The last seven months have been traumatic for parents and innocent students. Everything must be done to bring to an immediate end the sufferings and hardships being inflicted by the seven months strike.”
On whether the striking lecturers deserved to be paid before resumption, the APC chieftain declared that the debate was unnecessary.
He called on the government to “compute what ASUU members could have earned during the period and pay it to students as scholarship or some sorts of compensation for the ‘irreparable damages to their careers’ occasioned by the strike.”
“The debate about whether the government should pay ASUU members for the seven months they are on strike should be treated based on the provisions of their employment contract. Anything to the contrary will amount to encouraging ASUU, and by extension other unions to engage in processes of collective bargaining based on blackmail antics and show of crude power.
This must be discouraged. If the government will at all consider any payment, it should be to compute what ASUU members could have earned during the period and pay it to students as a scholarship or some sort of compensation for the ‘irreparable damages to their careers’ occasioned by the strike. In fact, ASUU members should voluntarily and willingly accept this as part of the discharge of their community service function.”
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Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, has charged members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to always be law-abiding, just as he described the driving profession as a noble one.
The former Military Head of States stated this when the leadership of the union paid him a courtesy visit at his Hilltop residence in Minna, Niger State.
General Babangida, who is the life patron of the union, stated that no serious government would underrate the importance and contributions of the transport workers in the scheme of things and that he would continue to appreciate the roles of the union, especially during his regime.
The General said he was always proud to be associated with the union and would always be ready to assist the union in any capacity.
He advised members of the union throughout the federation to always maintain peace and unity and be law abiding in their day-to-day activities, especially now that elections are fast approaching.
Responding, the president of the union, Alhaji Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa, said the visit was long overdue.
“We ought to have been here before now to tap from your wealth of experience and to see how you are faring, but we couldn’t come due to the Covid19 pandemic, but thank God we are here today,” he said.
He thanked the former president for always being a pillar of support to the union.
He said the union would always be proud to be associated with the achievements of the president while in office. He mentioned the establishment of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), the Peoples Bank, and Better Life for Rural Women as some of the legacies of the Babangida regime.
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- EDITORIAL: The Worsening Oil Theft
- Babangida charges NURTW members to be law-abiding
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Firm founders earn repeat honors; Marisa Allen earns first-year ranking
TYLER, Texas, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Martin Walker PC is pleased to announce that each of the firm's three attorneys have been named to the 2022 list of Texas Super Lawyers, which recognized their work in medical malpractice and appellate law.
Firm founders Reid Martin and Jack Walker, who have built a reputation fighting for the rights of personal injury victims, were both honored for their expertise in medical malpractice. This marks the fourth consecutive year for Mr. Walker's honors and the third for Mr. Martin. Both name partners are Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
"To be endorsed by other legal practitioners who have a firm understanding of the work we do is always special," said Mr. Walker. "We are all very excited about this honor, but the greatest achievement we strive for is securing justice for those who have been wronged or harmed."
Mr. Martin agreed saying, "The fight for justice is always at the forefront of our minds. We are very thankful our determination is acknowledged by our peers."
Trial lawyer Marisa Allen earned recognition for her appellate practice. Ms. Allen was previously honored by Texas Super Lawyers as a Rising Star, for her exceptional work early in her career. She is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law.
The Texas Super Lawyers honors mark the latest accolades for the Tyler-based personal injury firm whose lawyers were recently recognized by Best Lawyers in America and Lawdragon's list of 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers. Martin Walker PC is also on the list of Best Lawyers' Best Law Firms in America.
Only 5 percent of Texas attorneys are named to the Texas Super Lawyers list each year. The legal guide is developed by researchers with Thomson Reuters who conduct a statewide survey asking attorneys to nominate their top legal peers. Then, following additional research, a blue-ribbon panel of lawyers assists Texas Super Lawyers' staff with final selections.
The complete list is available online at http://www.superlawyers.com
About Martin Walker PC
Martin Walker PC is a Tyler-based law firm with significant trial expertise representing individuals and businesses in high-stakes litigation, including medical malpractice, catastrophic injuries involving 18-wheeler accidents, oilfield injuries, wrongful death, and product liability.
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WINNIPEG, MB, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Laivly, a market leader in artificial intelligence and automation for contact centers, has won the Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award at the 9th Edition BPO Innovation Summit & Awards 2022 presented by UBS Forums.
The Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award recognizes organizations that apply AI solutions in the workplace to solve real-life challenges. Laivly was nominated for the extraordinary results its AI-driven attended automation platform provided global contact center 24-7 Intouch in supporting the customer service agents of a leading grocery delivery company.
By automating many of the checks previously done by hand, Laivly's AI platform reduced average handle time (AHT) for fraud investigation cases by 32% within 75 days of implementation while also substantially improving accuracy.
"Our industry is becoming increasingly digital, and our focus as an industry leader on attended automation technology has not only better equipped our team members to support our customers and stakeholders, but has also improved the overall employee experience," said Dishant Bhojwani, EVP, Head of APAC Region & Global Head of Operations Strategy for 24-7 Intouch. "This technology has enabled us to exceed our KPIs, win with customer experience, and boost our retention through increased job satisfaction."
Laivly is revolutionizing the contact center industry with AI-powered technology developed specifically to assist agents in their day-to-day responsibilities, removing many of the technical barriers and challenges.
"We know the best way to improve the customer experience is to improve the agent experience," said Jeff Fettes, CEO and founder of Laivly. "By augmenting human agents, artificial intelligence has the potential to completely transform the contact center and refocus customer service on personal connection and empathy. We're honored to be recognized for our innovation in this area."
UBS Forums, based in India, is a leading provider of informative, content-driven business conferencing with a focus on personalized learning and leadership. They host sessions designed for transformative learning featuring a mix of panel discussions, case studies, best practices and think tank sessions to actively engage participants.
Click here to read more about the BPO Innovation Summit & Awards 2022.
To learn more about Laivly and its attended automation platform, please visit the Company's website.
Laivly is part of the emerging class of CX technology that combines AI and automation with live agents to unlock the full value of human connection in customer care. By seamlessly connecting with existing contact center tools and systems (no API required), Laivly adds a powerful and intuitive artificial intelligence layer to the customer service agent's desktop, empowering them to make faster decisions, speedier resolutions, smarter appeasements, and perfectly on-brand responses.
Led by a team of experienced contact center veterans, Laivly grew out of the unique needs and challenges of customer service programs. Laivly works with the world's most influential brands to improve the customer experience by focusing on the agent experience. Laivly is a privately held company based in Winnipeg, Canada. Follow Laivly on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, or learn more at https://www.laivly.com.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Bad news for beer lovers. A Florida interstate was covered in cases of beer Wednesday morning after a crash involving multiple semi-trucks in Hernando County.
The crash happened shortly before 6:15 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 near milepost 296.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, two semi-trucks collided on the road after one of the drivers changed lanes.
Two other semi-trucks and a pickup truck were behind them, and were able to stop and avoid a collision. However, another semi-truck, which was carrying the beer, failed to stop and ran into the pickup truck.
The pickup went onto the shoulder of the roadway and hit one of the semis. Then the truck carrying beer hit another semi that was transporting concrete.
After the crash, the road was covered in concrete and cases of beer, troopers said.
The pickup truck driver suffered minor injuries, but no one else was hurt, according to the Highway Patrol.
The crash shut down the southbound lanes of the interstate for a couple hours, but the inside shoulder and travel lanes opened to traffic around 8:30 a.m., troopers said.
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in San Francisco 49ers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate.
The direction of the team
After Trey Lance’s unfortunate season-ending injury, many fans are debating the 49ers’ direction. One way to view this is Lance has lost another year of development. On the other hand, how many teams have a starting QB as their backup? The debate rages on about how Jimmy Garoppolo returned to the 49ers’, but one thing is for sure, the 49ers’ insurance policy paid off.
The expectations of this team change with Garoppolo under center. This is a “win now” roster. Fears of “wasting” this roster are put to bed. There will be no questions about replacing Garoppolo if he should struggle. The team will rally around Garoppolo now with the focus on making a deep run into the playoffs.
What’s the direction of this team? Full steam ahead with an elite defense built to travel and a QB who slides into a comfortable role. Discussions surrounding Lance and his development will be tabled for now. This team has a clear path and understands what is in front of them. No more talking. Go and get it done.
The Playcalling Shift
The obvious answer is: Yes, the playcalling will change with Garoppolo under center. With Lance, Kyle Shanahan felt the best way to sustain drives and convert first downs was with his legs. As far as Garoppolo goes, the offense will revert to last year. Some view this as a negative. I would argue that when a backup has to take over, there are huge unknowns about the offense. The stability provided by Garoppolo should be viewed as a relief.
Garoppolo spoke about the playcalling in his post-game press conference. To sum it up, Garoppolo talked about “new” and “old” plays. If you go back and watch the first full drive for Garoppolo, his first play is from the pistol formation. Shanahan was telling the truth about not changing the plan for Garoppolo. That was his plan for the third drive to have more passes after bludgeoning the Seahawks with his running attack.
Will the playcalling change? Absolutely. 49ers fans should be comforted by the change. It’s familiar, and the fear of the unknown is far worse than what you do know. If Nate Sudfeld or Brock Purdy took over, 49ers fans would feel much worse than with Garoppolo back under center.
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When I was initially going to write this article, the plan was to highlight five defensive plays from the 49ers' Week two win over the Seattle Seahawks. However, the more I deliberated on which five to pick, the more I kept coming back to how much the defensive line was jumping off the screen while watching the game film.
They flat out dominated the Seattle front and made life uncomfortable for Geno Smith all afternoon. What made it so special, too was the number of contributions being made by different players, as this was a game where the 49ers were able to flex the inordinate depth they have along the defensive line.
So I called an audible and scrapped the original idea for something new. This was done to provide insight on those big-time plays that stole the show while also highlighting some stand-out performances from some members on the 49ers defense who don’t get the same amount of shine as a Nick Bosa or an Arik Armstead.
This is why I want to start with Kevin Givens. Anyone who has followed me or my work knows how I feel about Givens and his potential for a breakout season. Givens was the natural heir to the recently departed DJ Jones, and Givens had a game on Sunday that Jones himself would be proud of.
Here are a couple of plays that highlight how disruptive Givens’ presence was to the Seahawks' ground attack in this one.
Welcome to the Kevin Givens Show pic.twitter.com/0mQLAg4cQ7
— Jordan Elliott (@splash_cousin) September 20, 2022
Charles Omenihu, Kevin Givens, and Mooney Ward combine to stuff this ruching attempt behind the line of scrimmage pic.twitter.com/9RKVbA17vh
— Jordan Elliott (@splash_cousin) September 21, 2022
Givens wasn’t alone as an unsung heroes on the defensive line Sunday, as free agent signing Hassan Ridgeway impacted this game in a huge way as well.
With 10:02 remaining in the second quarter, the Seahawks lined up for a 2nd & 12 from their own 40-yard line. Geno Smith dropped back to pass, and has he stepped up at the top of his drop, he was greeted by his own center being pushed back into his lap by Ridgeway.
This led to an errant throw that was tipped by Talanoa Hufanga and then picked by Tashaun Gipson. Look at Ridgeway's power while he drives Austin Blythe back on this play.
Hassan Ridgeway bull rush!
— Jordan Elliott (@splash_cousin) September 21, 2022
The pressure created by Ridgeway forced an errant throw that was tipped by Talanoa Hufanga and picked off by Tashaun Gipson
This interior DL is looking MEAN through two games pic.twitter.com/5USz5Gy9Gu
Javon Kinlaw also joined in on the party of interior defensive linemen laying waste to Seattle’s offensive line. The former first-round pick has flashed in a major way to start this season, and it feels like it has become a weekly occurrence to see Kinlaw casually discard a massive human being like he did on this rep.
Another strong bull rush from Kinlaw pic.twitter.com/XQoTiX4bCy
— Jordan Elliott (@splash_cousin) September 19, 2022
Kinlaw had a couple of eye-popping pass rushing reps as well, utilizing his massive frame to drive back the opposing lineman with a ferocious bull rush.
Another one pic.twitter.com/jjTVhVpxIE
— Jordan Elliott (@splash_cousin) September 21, 2022
Kinlaw looks like he has the potential to be a star, and his arrow is trending up in a big way as he is on a trajectory to be a difference maker on this unit for years to come.
Speaking of difference makers, Samson Ebukam has been one of the most impactful players on this team, dating back to the last half of the 2021 season. While Ebukam has garnered attention for his ability to rush the passer, the impact he has made in the run game has largely been overlooked.
Look at the way Ebukam uses what is generally more of a pass-rushing move to swim over the top of the left tackle to fill this run fit.
Samson Ebukam is the most underrated signing of the John Lynch/Kyle Shanahan era
— Jordan Elliott (@splash_cousin) September 20, 2022
Week after week Ebukam is a disruptive force against opposing offenses pic.twitter.com/7X3wSshJS3
Charles Omenihu logged three pressures in this game as well, including this impressive scissor swipe into a rip move to beat Gabe Jackson and force an errant throw that sailed over the head of Marquise Goodwin.
Charles Omenihu beats Gabe Jackson with a scissor swipe into a rip move to get into the backfield and pressure Geno Smith into airmailing this throw over the head of Marquise Goodwin pic.twitter.com/3pbj0gInQn
— Jordan Elliott (@splash_cousin) September 21, 2022
This next rep is the one that really jumped off the tape for me. Again, Omenihu flashed his potential in a big way. Once again, Omenihu beats Jackson with a scissor swipe move to pressure Smith and force the ball out of his hands well before he wanted to get rid of it.
Another Charles Omenihu scissor swipe leading to a pressure pic.twitter.com/vGXcRIqS7w
— Jordan Elliott (@splash_cousin) September 21, 2022
Nick Bosa and Drake Jackson left their mark in this one as well. Bosa finished this game with two sacks, including one on this rep where the defensive line runs a stunt, and he and Jackson both get deep into the Seattle backfield before Bosa brings down Smith.
A glimpse into the future of the edge position for the 49ers
— Jordan Elliott (@splash_cousin) September 21, 2022
Nick Bosa and Drake Jackson getting into the backfield on a stunt that ends with Bosa recording his second sack of the game pic.twitter.com/I5bcO3hI8j
I know one of the main goals of this piece was to highlight the unsung heroes, but it’s impossible to ignore how dominant Bosa was in this game. Rookie left tackle Charles Cross had his hands full all afternoon with Bosa, who finished the day with two sacks and seven pressures, including these two.
Charles Cross had a rough time with Nick Bosa
— Jordan Elliott (@splash_cousin) September 21, 2022
Which is understandable considering it was just his second start in the NFL and Bosa is a generational talent pic.twitter.com/E7U2cGnoq0
Nick Bosa had Seahawks rookie left tackle Charles Cross on skates with this bull Rush pic.twitter.com/3eSozQcHda
— Jordan Elliott (@splash_cousin) September 19, 2022
The 49ers defensive line generated 18 pressures in this game as a unit on 33 Seattle dropbacks. That pressure rate is even more impressive when you factor in how drastically Seattle altered their passing attack due to the vicious pass rush that was teeing off on them all afternoon.
They quickly shifted to getting the ball out of Smith’s hands quickly, and the rest of the 49ers' defense was able to capitalize by making plays in space on these throws that were being put well short of the sticks out of fear of holding the ball long enough to let that pass rush get home.
The 49ers' defense held the Seattle offense scoreless and sent a very loud message to the league and its fans. However, the quarterback position is not what will propel this team to great heights in the immediate future. It is and always was predicated on the success of the defensive line.
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Kyle Shanahan did nothing wrong.
I feel that this is a crucial point to restate when talking about the unfortunate and season-altering injury to Trey Lance that occurred against the Seahawks. Many people seem more than ready to once again throw Shanahan out with the bath water after what boils down to a reality of life in the NFL. Players get injured.
This situation from a franchise, team, player, and fan perspective is loaded about six ways from Sunday, which has led to the outpouring of reactions that range from devastated to enraged to relieved (the worst response, if you were wondering).
So, let’s break this down in the simplest terms possible.
First of all, as stated above, Kyle Shanahan did nothing wrong. He didn’t hang his player out to dry. He didn’t endanger his well-being. He absolutely didn’t hope that Lance would get hurt so Jimmy could move back to the starting role. He called football plays in a football game, and injury is the risk you run as a football player.
Remember what Shanahan said during the draft process? “You want to find Drew Brees, who can move like Lamar Jackson.”
That’s what Shanahan views as the ultimate in the trade of quarterbacking. Someone who can force the defense to play 11-on-11. Someone who can create when structure breaks down. Someone who can create mismatches all over the field with a combination of arm strength and speed. That’s the value Trey Lance brings to a team. That’s the value Shanahan wants to utilize when game planning and play calling for Trey Lance.
This concept is especially true for younger, less polished players who offer this extra dimension of athleticism. Learning how to read defenses, where to put the ball, and when to pull the trigger as an NFL quarterback represents the biggest set of challenges for any player jumping from the amateur to professional level in any sport. It can be a long, uneven, and, often, bumpy process that never truly ends.
You know what can smooth out that process and provide some stability to an offense?
Leaning on the natural ability of your quarterback to regularly make positive plays on the ground that outweigh any youthful lapses of judgment through the air. Simultaneously, you hope they continue to grow and mature as a passer until they are as much of a threat in the pass game as they are on the ground. It’s a simple formula. One that’s developed two-megawatt superstars of the modern NFL. Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen.
Look at their first two years in the league. Jackson had 265 designed run plays called for him. That’s the most ever in any two-year span in any quarterback’s career. To be fair, he’s a singular talent that defies much, if not all, comparison.
You know who was second in designed runs over their first two seasons? Josh Allen.
The Bills decided the seventh overall pick and their future franchise player should tuck it and run 106 times. In his second season, the Bills made the playoffs as the fifth seed, mostly powered by this additional wrinkle to their offense, which also included a healthy dose of RPOs. Defenses respected his threat to run, which opened up easier passes because Allen personally toted the rock over the goal line nine times.
Even more recently, Jalen Hurts led the league with 72 designed runs and 377 yards on those runs at 377 in 2021. His offensive coaching staff went all in on that approach after seeing it as their most viable path to winning games.
For the first seven weeks, the Eagles favored passing on early downs before shifting to the most active run game in the league on those same downs. Hurts proved key to this transition, and it immediately led to results for the Eagles, who backed into the playoffs.
The biggest difference between the 49ers’ Lance and all these other quarterbacks is the luxury of low expectations. The Bills tore their team down to the studs and rebuilt around Allen, accepting a 6-10 record in his rookie year as necessary lumps. Hurts stepped in as a replacement for a wilting Carson Wentz and showed enough promise in a 4-9-1 season to bet on moving forward.
Meanwhile, Lance stepped into a team just barely removed from a Super Bowl appearance that retained its core talent. Furthering compounding the urgency to win now, the Niners nearly advanced out of the NFC Championship game while he sat to learn the offense.
The pressure to win during this window of opportunity couldn’t be much higher, and not just for the young QB, but the coach, front office, and the team’s vets. Perhaps, this added layer pushed the issue of deploying Lance’s legs more often to help live up to everyone’s lofty aspirations.
On the other hand, many pundits and fans alike have claimed that Kyle Shanahan clearly didn’t trust his young quarterback to throw the ball, and by not having him throw, Lance’s development will be stunted. Beyond that, based on Shanahan’s presumed mistrust, you can read further into Garoppolo’s eventual return to the team. Thus, if the Niners had simply believed harder in Lance and had the guts to let Jimmy G go, none of this would’ve happened.
Alright, that might just be a vocal minority, so let’s take the tin foil hats off and leave the conspiracy theories aside. In fact, you don’t have to look any further than slightly up the screen, and then Jalen Hurts’ stats on Monday Night Football to dispel this ridiculous theory.
Hurts aired it out to the tune of 333 yards while also scoring two touchdowns on the ground, looking unstoppable against a hapless Minnesota defense. Doesn’t seem like the run-heavy attack of last season lengthened his learning curve too much, even if it did result in a high ankle sprain that required off-season surgery.
That’s the thing; injury remains a near-constant concern with dual-threat quarterbacks. Exposing the most valuable man on your roster to so many hits can be like running a 17-game gauntlet. That’s why nearly every offseason, there’s a deluge of stories about how these offenses, after having made it to the metaphorical safety of a mostly healthy QB season, will become more reliant on the pass to diminish the inherent risks.
A golden example is the aforementioned Josh Allen. The man whose usage led to one of the more tense exchanges in recent Shanahan pressers. Replying to a series of questions about how he deployed Lance, Shanahan barely contained his contempt when he, rhetorically or not, asked, “Do you guys watch other teams in this league? Do you watch Buffalo? You guys should watch other teams play.”
While that may sound like the statement of a man who knows everything, I have to disagree with Kyle. You wouldn’t have been able to flip to ESPN on Monday night to see Josh Allen running QB Power and barreling through defenders because he’s ascended to a stratosphere in which nearly any running attempt feels like a waste of his talents. The Bills no longer need to lean on the crutch of Allen’s legs to keep the offense churning forward at an unreal pace.
Is it possible that Trey Lance one day reaches these seemingly impossible heights? Frankly, it’s an unfair expectation to put on him, but if he does, it will almost certainly be under the guidance of Kyle Shanahan, and the process will involve all of his physical gifts to get there while winning games. Unfortunately, that development will have to wait one more year.
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by: Tammy Jones Posted: Sep 21, 2022 / 01:45 PM EDT Updated: Sep 21, 2022 / 01:45 PM EDT SHARE Jamarcus is talking with the Spartanburg County Public Library and it is National Library Card Sign Up Month. During the month of September you can submit your designs for their Design Your Own Library Card Contest. www.spartanburglibraries.org
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SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) -The Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office is investigating a death that stemmed from an incident at a home.
Spartanburg County Dispatch said a call came in at 7:46 a.m. Wednesday. An ambulance was on the scene and one person was taken to the hospital.
The sheriff’s office was on the scene for a few hours. The coroner’s office said one person died at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
7NEWS will update the story as more information comes in.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has activated an intricate process that hasn't been in motion since the passing of King George VI in 1952. Among many items that need to be changed will be currency and coinage.
Queen Elizabeth II has been depicted on British banknotes and coins for decades. Now the Bank of England and mints around the world that produce coins with her effigy will undertake the task of changing these to images of King Charles III. How will this process take place?
U.S. Money Reserve, America's Gold Authority®, asked two former United States Mint Directors for their insights into the process.
This is a new issue for the U.K. and its Commonwealth nations. When Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne, the monarch was not on banknotes (that occurred 8 years later in 1960, when she appeared on the £1 note). The closest precedent is when the U.K. went to a synthetic £50 banknote, and it took 16 months to recall existing banknotes and issue replacements. There will likely not be a recall and replacement of current banknotes, but instead the U.K. will print new notes with King Charles III that will co-circulate with existing banknotes.
U.K coins will likely change the same way. In the past, when there was a new monarch, the new coins circulated alongside the old.
New Zealand, Canada, Australia, and 25+ other countries of the Commonwealth (Grenada, Jamaica, Tuvalu, etc.) will follow suit.
Some collectors who want a keepsake might also collect (and thus take out of circulation) the coins/bills with Queen Elizabeth II made in the year of her passing and coins/bills with King Charles III made in the year of his ascendancy, as well as various numismatic products commemorating both Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III.
There are more than 29 billion coins depicting Queen Elizabeth II in circulation in the U.K, as well as 4.7 million banknotes, according to the Royal Mint. That number does not include banknotes from the numerous nations in the Commonwealth that also have her on their money. Initiating a new coin launch can be a complicated process, and it becomes even more intricate when every coin will be changed. The process of changeover will likely take a long period of time, during which the different versions of bills and coins will coexist.
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The 'Ponniyin Selvan' team who were in Trivandrum as part of their promotional tour across India, delighted fans by showing off some of their skills on stage.
Taking the lead was actor Vikram, who amused his fans by playing the chenda along with the artists who were on the stage. The actor continued to play for some time evoking a lot of cheers from the audience. Soon after, 'Archana 31 Not Out' actress Aishwariya Lekshmi who also plays a prominent role in 'Ponniyin Selvan' also started playing to the beats.
Meanwhile, actor Karthi who has a strong fan base in Kerala sang 'En Kadhal Solla Neram Illai' from his film 'Paiyaa'. He also spoke a few words in Malayalam.
Trisha and Jayam Ravi, who also are part of the film, also expressed their happiness on being able to visit Kerala.
Mani Ratnman's magnum opus 'Ponniyin Selvan', featuring an ensemble cast, is all set to hit theatres on September 30. There has been a lot of hype around the film as it is considered to be one of the biggest and most expensive projects in Indian cinema. Based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1955 novel Ponniyin Selvan, the film will revolve around the Chola dynasty.
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Don’t sneer, national mourning is a fundamental part of human bonding. Here's the neuroscience
The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II saw hundreds of thousands of mourners line the streets of London to pay their respects to Britain's longest-reigning monarch.
On 8 September 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96. At the time of writing, the UK is in the midst of a prolonged period of national mourning.
Regardless of your thoughts about the monarchy, it’s undeniable that countless people are genuinely saddened by the Queen’s passing, and are experiencing profound grief.
However, grief is a very complex and demanding process. so, why are so many experiencing grief, something taxing for our bodies and minds, over the loss of someone that so few of us have met? (Although nearly a third of Brits say they saw the queen in the flesh in their lifetime). Rather than an anomaly, such grief is actually commonplace. Because of how our brains work.
Human relationships
Humans are incredibly social creatures. It’s the basis for our dominance of the planet. We form emotional connections and investments in other individuals like no other species. But despite what many assume, this need not be a mutual thing. It’s entirely possible for us to become deeply emotionally invested in someone who doesn’t even know we’re there. Our brains are just that good at forming connections with others.
Dedicated neurological regions for social connections exist, like many of those found within an area of the brain called the striatum. As well as that, all the information we possess about another individual, the information which allows us to form and maintain strong emotional links to them, is stored as activity within our brain, in regions like the medial prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex.
Usually, this information is obtained via the senses, thanks to the things we see, hear, and learn about another person. But it’s no great leap to have this information largely generated by more ‘internal’ processes, like our imagination. It ultimately all ends up as neurological activity, in any case.
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It's hardly uncommon. Anyone who’s ever had a powerful adolescent crush on someone from afar, or who’s felt like a podcast host is a close personal friend, will know what it’s like to be in a parasocial relationship.
This is a relationship that is entirely one-sided, with all the emotional investment directed from one person towards another, with the latter being largely oblivious to the whole thing. Parasocial relationships are the basis of celebrity culture, and every sort of fandom.
After all, it’s entirely possible for people to develop deep and powerful emotions for individuals who don’t even exist. Taking this into account, it doesn’t seem so odd that people would develop genuine emotional connections and affections for a real individual who was a consistent part of their world, and represented them and their country for multiple decades.
Accordingly, they would also experience grief when that person dies. And because human sociability is so important, we’re often keen to express, or share, that grief with others, who feel similarly. It’s another way of bonding, of reinforcing our remaining connections, at a time when we’ve lost one.
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Social status
Humans are not just social. We’re also hierarchical; we instinctively care about status, about being looked up to by others, and looking up to others in turn.Being particularly low status, at the bottom rung of the social ladder, so to speak, or to be cut off from others entirely, is known to cause a lot of stress and anxiety for a social species. It actively causes the release of stress chemicals, like cortisol, from the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, the fundamental neurological network that controls levels of stress chemicals in our body.
And there are few species more social than humans. Our powerful brains can easily recognise high-status individuals, so in an effort to become one ourselves, we learn from others and the examples they provide, and often end up mimicking them. So, from back in the early days of our species, where aspiring to be like the best hunters or warriors was a useful survival trait, to the present day, we’re often inclined to look up to, to want to be like, and identify with, the visibly more successful members of our society.
In the case of the Queen, there’s a lot of this at work. In the UK, it was a commonly held belief that she was the best of us, that she represented us to the world, with grace, dignity, and decorum. So, many people identified with the Queen, felt that she was ‘on our side’, and so on.
Yes, she was immensely privileged and wealthy, but that wealth was also ‘ours’ in a way that the vast fortunes of folks like Jeff Bezos are not. Of course, many will also point out that this representation of the Queen is almost entirely a fictional construct, maintained by established interests to maintain the status quo, and behind closed doors, things were very different.
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The thing is, even if this 100 per cent true, those ‘closed doors’ are key. The vast majority, living busy lives with concerns and priorities of their own, will only know or see the portrayal of the Queen presented to them. It’s entirely reasonable for them to look up to and admire this ‘portrayal’, and experience heartache when it’s gone.
And because we value status so much when around similarly-minded people, it can lead to one-upmanship in the expression of grief, hence we’re seeing much overt, even competitive-seeming, expressions of grief. Because for many, it’s not enough to just be sad, they’ll need to be the saddest.
Change in an uncertain world
While the death of a high-profile and beloved individual often leads to widespread public mourning, the Queen’s passing is affecting us on an even more profound level. Because the Queen was visibly the (nominal) head of British public life for seven whole decades.
For someone living in the UK, she was just ‘there’. All day, every day. On our money, our stamps, in the anthem, involved in all our laws and politics. She was essentially inescapable. This means that, regardless of your actual feelings towards her, for British people under 70 (i.e., the large majority of us), the Queen has been a reliable part of our everyday existence, our whole life. Prime Ministers and politicians come and go, but the Queen was part of our world, like the white cliffs of Dover.
So, her death means that something about our world that seemed reliable and unchanging… isn’t. The world is suddenly, and fundamentally, more uncertain. And the human brain doesn’t like uncertainty; it causes stress and discomfort.
We maintain a ‘mental model’ of how the world works. This is where our brains combine our memories, our understandings, our beliefs, our attitudes, our assumptions, and everything else of use, in a vast complex network. This allows us to simulate, and therefore predict, how the world around us works, or will work in certain situations, which guides our behaviour, thinking, decisions making, and more.
When something challenges or disrupts the mental model, our brain doesn’t like that. It effectively undermines everything we think and do, which is why people are stressed by change, or uncertainty (which renders our mental model ineffective, because we can’t figure out what’s going to happen). It’s also another aspect of why grief is so devastating; our mental model of the world includes the people we’re close to, and when we lose them, all our assumptions and expectations about the world are lost too, massively increasing uncertainty and stress.
If someone truly did admire and love the Queen, it may well be a double whammy. Not only is someone they were emotionally invested in gone from the world, but their wider understanding of how the world worked inevitably would have included the Queen being the head of the UK state. As she had been their whole lives, more likely than not.
So, even if you were utterly ambivalent about the Queen, you may still find yourself reacting to her death with sadness or unease. Because she was a reliable part of everyday life. And when something you rely on is no longer there, that’s distressing in its own right.
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Dean is a neuroscientist, author, blogger, occasional comedian and all-round ‘science guy’. He is the author of the the popular Guardian Science blog ‘Brain Flapping’ (now ‘Brain Yapping’ on the Cosmic Shambles Network with accompanying podcast), the bestselling books The Idiot Brain and The Happy Brain, and his first book aimed at teens, Why Your Parents Are Driving You Up the Wall and What To Do About It.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is taking a cautious approach to the holiday shopping season, announcing it will hire 40,000 U.S. workers for the holidays, a majority of them seasonal workers.
The move, announced Wednesday, comes as the nation’s largest retailer and largest private employer said it’s in a stronger staffing position heading into the holidays than last year and is now focusing on hiring only seasonal workers, rather than permanent workers. Just like in past years, the company will first offer current workers the opportunity to pick up additional shifts if they want to earn extra money for the holidays.
A year ago, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based chain announced that it was looking to hire roughly 150,000 new U.S. store workers, most of them permanent, full-time positions. Last fall, it also said it was planning to hire 20,000 permanent workers for its distribution and fulfillment centers, as the pandemic created big disruptions at various points in retailers’ supply chain networks.
Retailers face a slowdown in consumer spending as shoppers face surging costs in daily necessities including rent and food. A slew of retailers including Walmart, Best Buy and Stitch Fix have trimmed their staffing in recent weeks.
As a result, forecasts point to slower sales over the crucial holiday season than a year ago. AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, forecasts that holiday sales will be up anywhere from 4% to 7% over last year, much slower than the 16% growth posted a year ago. The current inflation rate of 8.3% means retailers would see a decrease in real sales. Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks spending on all kinds of payments including cash, expects holiday sales will be up 7.1% compared to an 8.5% increase last year.
Even as retailers look to hire fewer holiday workers, it could still be challenging. Companies that typically hire thousands of seasonal workers are again heading into the holidays during one of the tightest job markets in decades.
The job market has slowed but still strong. Employers added 315,000 jobs in August, about what economists had expected, down from an average 487,000 a month over the past year, according to a government report earlier this month.
The jobless rate reached 3.7%, its highest level since February. But it increased for a healthy reason: Hundreds of thousands of people returned to the job market, and some didn’t find work right away, which boosted the government’s count of unemployed people.
Among other companies that have set their holiday plans, UPS plans to hire more than 100,000 workers to help handle the holiday rush this season, in line with the previous two years.
Holiday season volumes usually start rising in October and remain high into January. While online shopping has slowed from the height of the pandemic, it’s still well above historic norms.
Danelle McCusker Rees, the president of human relations at UPS, told The Associated Press that this year’s job market remains just as competitive as last year.
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Instant Genius Podcast: Spider season, with Prof Adam Hart
Published: 21st September, 2022 at 11:34
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That time of the year has come back around. It is spider season, but why do spiders choose this time and can UK spiders hurt you? Prof Adam Hart from the University of Gloucester gives us the lowdown.
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Federal prosecutors indicted 47 people in a scheme they say is the largest pandemic relief fraud scheme charged so far. The scheme involved using fake meals, fake names of kids and fake receipts to draw real money — nearly a quarter of a billion dollars.
Here & Now‘s Robin Young talks with Minnesota Public Radio reporter Matt Sepic.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Iranian women are burning their hijabs and cutting their hair short in protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by Iran's notorious "morality police," who enforce the country's rules on hijabs and other conservative Islamic modes of dress and behavior.
Here's what we know so far about Amini's death and the public furor it ignited, and the questions that remain:
Amini was arrested for allegedly breaking hijab rules
Amini, 22, died on Friday in northern Tehran. She had been arrested on Tuesday and reportedly was taken to a hospital shortly afterward.
Amini suffered multiple blows to the head before she died, according to London-based broadcaster Iran International.
Amini was arrested in her brother's car during a visit to see family members in the capital, the outlet reported. She was originally from Saqqez in Kurdistan province.
Her father says she was beaten to death in custody
Amini's family say officers beat her in the police van after her arrest, citing eyewitnesses who support that claim. Police reject the allegations, saying Amini died after being taken to a hospital because she had a heart attack.
Senior officials who are promising a full investigation include President Ebrahim Raisi, who called Amini's family on Sunday to assure them her death would be investigated.
"Your daughter is like my own daughter, and I feel that this incident happened to one of my loved ones," he said.
Iran's chief justice, Mohseni Ejei, has also promised a full investigation.
The United Nations called for a impartial inquiry into Amini's death.
"Mahsa Amini's tragic death and allegations of torture and ill-treatment must be promptly, impartially and effectively investigated by an independent competent authority, that ensures, in particular, that her family has access to justice and truth," acting U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif said in a statement.
Laws that require women in Iran to cover their heads in public remain "of concern," the U.N. said, adding that the morality police have recently stepped up street patrols.
Protesters and government loyalists cite powerful images of Amini
A photo of Amini lying comatose in a hospital is at the heart of a rallying cry for Iranians who want more freedoms and rights for women.
The government has pointed to its own images to prove Amini wasn't beaten in custody. Shortly after her death, Iranian police released surveillance camera footage of part of her arrest.
"The video shows the woman suddenly collapsing on a chair while she was talking by a female police in the police station," according to state-run IRNA news agency.
Critics want the morality police dismantled
"This is Iran's George Floyd moment," British-Iranian actor Omid Djalili said in a video posted online, drawing a parallel between demonstrators who want change in Iran and Americans who called for police reforms after Floyd's death in custody.
Social media has been buzzing with the unrest. On Wednesday morning, top hashtags in Iran included posts about police responses to ongoing protests over Amini's death and another that essentially states, "No to the Islamic Republic."
But backers of the establishment have been blasting out their own hashtag: "My Iran." Featuring patriotic images and photos of authority figures, the messages highlight how much the current dispute is part of a bigger fight over a country's national identity.
Women are burning their hijabs in protest
Iranians outraged by Amini's death have been demonstrating for nearly a week, with some women setting their headscarves on fire in the streets.
Video shared by BBC lead presenter Rana Rahimpour shows women standing on top of burning police cars, railing against the Islamic Republic.
"One question is whether this will stay as a hijab protest or mushroom into a larger anti-government movement," NPR's Peter Kenyon said on Tuesday.
At least seven people are reported to have been killed since the protests began throughout Iran, the BBC reported.
Amini is the latest symbol of the oppression of Iranian women
In 2019 an Iranian woman named Sahar Khodayari dressed up as a man to sneak into a stadium and watch a men's soccer match.
When the 29-year-old was arrested by police and learned she could spend six months in jail, Khodayari set herself on fire in protest and died.
The incident sparked outrage in the country and beyond over the strict rules – and consequences for breaking those rules – that women in Iran face every day.
Gender-based violence against women, including so-called honor killings, continues in Iran, and the country's laws do little to protect them, experts say.
In a tweet in response to Amini's death, Robert Malley, the U.S. special envoy for Iran, called on the country to increase protections for women.
"Iran must end its violence against women for exercising their fundamental rights," Malley said.
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The town of Quantico claims its former police chief was fired for not following an improvement plan rather than for enforcing state-mandated COVID-19 safety measures.
Meanwhile, lawyers for former Police Chief Mark McCoy are seeking court sanctions, saying the town is not complying with discovery ahead of next month’s planned jury trial.
McCoy is seeking $100,000 and alleging wrongful termination for his April 2020 firing.
McCoy’s lawsuit centers on the operation of barbershops at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 and the town’s response to orders for the businesses to close.
Recent filings and depositions of Mayor Kevin Brown and Town Attorney Olaun Simmons show the town is contending that any hesitation in enforcing safety measures was related to clarifying guidelines rather than skirting regulations.
Then-Gov. Ralph Northam’s first executive order causing sweeping shutdowns was issued March 12, 2020. A follow-up order, issued March 23, 2020, provided further guidance and closed a majority of businesses, including barbershops.
McCoy has claimed that the town’s police department received a complaint on March 31, 2020, that “several barbershops” in town were operating in violation of the order.
McCoy says he instructed an officer to provide a copy of the executive order to all the businesses, but Brown contacted the officer to say the town had “an arrangement” with its attorney that would allow the barbershops to remain open.
The town says Brown told the officer to “hold off on attempting to enforce the order against barbershops until the Town cleared up the intent of the Order.” Quantico has denied the existence of any agreement and said that as of March 31, 2020, its interpretation of the executive order allowed barbershops to remain open “as long as they limited patrons to 10 persons at a time and complied with social distancing guidelines.”
In court filings, the town has said that it changed its interpretation the following day and determined that barbershops must be closed. Officials indicated this change came after Simmons spoke with Prince William Commonwealth’s Attorney Amy Ashworth, Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Deborah Siegel and state Sen. Scott Surovell.
McCoy says he was “wrongfully terminated” as a “direct result” of his “refusal to refrain from enforcing” the executive order and his “refusal to the Mayor’s illegal agreement to defy the mandates.”
McCoy argues that the town is prohibited from firing him for reasons that “violate the public policy of the Commonwealth.” Essentially, the lawsuit says that because the alleged agreement between Brown and the barbershops violated Northam’s executive order, McCoy couldn’t legally be fired for violating it.
McCoy was suspended without pay for a week starting March 12, 2020, for allegedly refusing to meet with Brown about McCoy’s “poor performance and due to McCoy’s overall poor management of the police department.”
McCoy was placed on a performance improvement plan on March 20, 2020, the town says, showing that it had “identified significant performance deficiencies” before the executive order was issued.
The town’s concerns included installation of a security system purchased by McCoy at the police department without approval, failing to respond to Brown over several days, taking the town-owned patrol vehicle to his home and not showing up to a previously scheduled meeting, according to the town’s filings.
The Town Council heard McCoy’s appeal of his suspension on April 9, 2020, and, after a closed session, decided to fire him.
McCoy’s lawyers are seeking court intervention because they say the town has failed to respond to portions of discovery and provide dates for the deposition of Town Clerk Rita Frazier and because Brown’s deposition indicated the existence of documents that have not been turned over.
McCoy’s lawyers also say that town attorneys “improperly instructed” Brown and Simmons to not answer some questions related to the April 9 closed session.
The town contends it has waived attorney-client privilege only when it comes to discussion of the executive order, while McCoy’s attorneys say that once privilege is waived, the entire conversation is fair game.
Simmons testified in a deposition that the executive order was not discussed during the closed session, but McCoy’s attorneys say they are “not required to accept” Simmons’ “convenient, self-serving, unsupported and blanket assertion” that it wasn't discussed.
“Defendant is attempting to cherry pick what testimony is and is not waived by them under the attorney/client privilege,” McCoy’s attorney’s wrote. “They have no such right.”
A hearing is scheduled for Friday in Prince William County Circuit Court on McCoy’s motion to compel the town to comply with discovery and answer questions in depositions.
A jury trial is scheduled Oct. 3-5.
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A cornerstone of the redevelopment of Woodbridge has received the greenlight.
At its meeting last week, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted 7-0 to approve two rezoning requests on 19.25 acres for the North Woodbridge Town Center.
Supervisor Pete Candland, R-Gainesville, was absent from the meeting.
The IDI Group Cos. and Boosalis Properties are partnering for the estimated $380 million town center, which would sit at the corner of U.S. 1 and Occoquan Road and feature more than 900 housing units and 130,000 square feet of dining and stores.
The requests were to change the zoning of the property, which encompasses the vacant Cowles Ford auto dealership, from business to planned mixed district.
The project includes three full commercial buildings and three with a mix of residential and commercial.
The mixed-use buildings will include a total of 9,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities, including an outdoor pool, fitness center and club lounge. They will also include parking garages.
Sherman Patrick Jr., director of zoning and entitlements for Compton & Duling, the law firm representing the developers, said 78 units will be designated for affordable housing.
The developer is proposing to add two northbound left turn lanes from Horner Road to Gordon Boulevard and a right-turn entrance lane off U.S. 1.
The companies also plan to contribute $4.73 million to construct a pedestrian bridge across U.S. 1.
The developer estimates the project will generate $26.8 million in annual tax revenue and support 307 full-time jobs with an annual payroll of $13 million.
The project is expected to be constructed in phases over the next five to 10 years.
The redevelopment proposal is among several filed last year in north Woodbridge as officials simultaneously focus on improving transportation in the area.
“This is going to be the capstone of the Woodbridge District,” said Supervisor Margaret Franklin, D-Woodbridge. “This is going to be important in revitalizing the entire corridor.”
Across U.S. 1, The Caruthers Cos. is seeking to amend conditions of a previous rezoning on 170 undeveloped acres to bring more housing to Belmont Bay.
Farther down U.S. 1, a Maryland developer has proposed a redevelopment of the defunct Jefferson Plaza Shopping Center for 240 affordable multifamily units. Stanley Martin Homes is also proposing 48 two-bedroom apartments and condominiums in a wooded area off Marys Way.
Planners have also received applications for several small businesses and restaurants in the area.
“This is a great project,” said Supervisor Jeanine Lawson, R-Brentsville. “This is exactly what smart growth looks like.”
Several people spoke in favor of the project during a public hearing prior to the vote.
“This is a great redevelopment opportunity,” said Jack Kooyoomjian, president of the Lake Ridge-Occoquan-Coles Civic Association. “We’ve got a lot going on here that we are really excited about.”
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Some people find it challenging, upon retirement, to divine where their next stage in life will take them.
For Cragg Hines, the transition took a mere 24 hours.
After wrapping up four decades of work as a professional journalist, Hines in 2007 immediately signed on as a volunteer with the Arlington County Democratic Committee. Beginning with precinct work in the Rock Spring neighborhood, he’s taken on a variety of responsibilities that range from service as the 8th District’s presidential elector (in 2020 for Joe Biden) to election as the local party’s parliamentarian. For those who enjoy the food at Democratic events, Hines also serves as a member of the party’s Kitchen Crew.
“Showing up and stepping up – that’s what Cragg does for Arlington Democrats,” former party chair Kip Malinosky said on Sept. 17, as Hines joined Marjorie Hobart as the latest to be enshrined in the county Democratic Committee’s “Distinguished Democrats” pantheon.
“He brings the joy of politics to others,” said Malinosky, pointing to “your voice, your wisdom, your wit” as traits of Hines that stood out. After graduating from the University of North Texas in 1967, Hines – who professionally uses his middle name Cragg (pronounced akin to “Craig”) rather than his given name Charles – served with United Press International before beginning a 35-year career as a political reporter and later Washington bureau chief and columnist for the Houston Chronicle newspaper.
He covered the national political scene as well as international events including the fall of communism and the first Gulf War.
In his more recent life as a political partisan, Hines has served as a valued resource to Democratic candidates.
“Every successful political campaign in Northern Virginia runs through Cragg’s living room,” said Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, who received the counsel of Hines during her successful attempt to unseat incumbent Arlington Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos in the 2019 Democratic primary.
Dehghani-Tafti praised Hines’s “radical honesty.”
“He encouraged me to never compromise my values. I’m grateful,” Dehghani-Tafti said, calling Hines “a true friend.”
State Sen. Adam Ebbin gave Hines a share of the credit in his efforts to move up from the House of Delegates to the state Senate. “He was instrumental,” Ebbin said.
But more than that, Hines serves as a “resident optimist” even when Democratic fortunes are down. “He’s always generous with his jokes and the best political gossip,” Ebbin said.
As an aside, Ebbin noted that, in the last weeks of George McGovern’s doomed quest for the presidency in 1972, Hines was seatmate of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson on the McGovern campaign plane.
For the Arlington County Democratic Committee, Hines also proved instrumental in breathing life into efforts making get-out-the-vote phone calls to Arlington seniors.
“It is such an important project with some of our most reliable voters,” party chair Steve Baker said.
Noting his “rapier wit,” Baker praised the recipient’s “relentless work for the Democratic Party, not only in Arlington but across Virginia and the nation.”
Upon receiving the honor, Hines was humble yet ebullient. “I can’t tell you how thrilled I am,” he remarked at the ceremony, held in the party room of a Crystal City condominium.
Malinosky noted that the thrill was reciprocated.
“We love you back and thank you for everything you do,” the former party chair said.
The Distinguished Democrat award is effectively a lifetime-achievement accolade presented by the party while also raising funds in the heart of election season. Previous recipients have included Peg Hogan, Charley Conrad, Herschel Kanter, Joan McDermott, Charlene Bickford, Richard and Jean Barton, Sharon Davis and, last year, Tom and Mary Margaret Whipple.
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