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Cristiano Ronaldo has paid a heartfelt tribute to Queen Elizabeth II as he joined the nation in mourning the "irreplaceable" loss of the beloved monarch.
Buckingham Palace announced the sad death of Her Majesty in a statement around 6:30pm on Thursday after concerns were raised for her health following an evaluation by doctors. Her family rushed to be by her side at her home in Balmoral where she passed away peacefully on Thursday afternoon.
Tributes have since poured in from all corners of the globe, with Manchester United superstar Ronaldo now penning his own message on social media. He wrote: "Seven years of my career were played in the Premier League, making this my 8th season living in England.
"Throughout these years, I’ve felt the everlasting love of the UK for it’s Queen, and how important Her Majesty was and will forever be to the British people. I pay my respect to her memory and I mourn this irreplaceable lost (sic) with the country that I’ve learned to call home. My thoughts and prayers are with the Royal Family."
Ronaldo was in United's squad for the Europa League tie vs Real Sociedad which took place shortly after Buckingham Palace's announcement. UEFA made the decision to allow the game to go ahead as many fans had already travelled to Old Trafford with some having already taken their seats inside the stadium.
An impeccable minutes' silence was observed prior to kick-off with both sets of players donning black armbands as a mark of respect to the Queen, who served as her country's leader for more than 70 years.
Despite the Europa League fixtures going ahead, the Premier League. along with the EFL and Women's Super League (WSL), has now opted to postpone all scheduled matches this weekend. A statement from Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said: “We and our clubs would like to pay tribute to Her Majesty’s long and unwavering service to our country.
"As our longest-serving monarch, she has been an inspiration and leaves behind an incredible legacy following a life of dedication.
"This is a tremendously sad time for not just the nation but also for the millions of people around the world who admired her, and we join together with all those in mourning her passing.”
The Government had suggested organising bodies may wish to postpone matches as a mark of respect for the Queen but insisted there was no obligation for them to do so.
Chair of the Digital, Culture, media and Sport select committee, Julian Knight, said: "This seems to be a sensible approach - that it's going to be up to individual sports how they mark the passing of our remarkable Queen.
"Whether that is silences, the wearing of black armbands or the singing of the National Anthem, or whether there will be those who wish at this time that perhaps there won't be having an event at all - it's completely up to the individual sports.
"But the Government guidance seems to be relatively flexible and understanding."
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WFO MEDFORD Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, September 10, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
344 AM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM PDT SATURDAY...
* WHAT...High Temperatures between 98 and 109 degrees with lows
in the mid 60s.
* WHERE...In California: West and Central Siskiyou County. This
includes the Shasta, Valley, Mt. Shasta City Area, Scott Valley,
Lower Klamath River Valley and the cities of Fort Jones, Etna,
Klamath River, Happy Camp and Somes Bar. This also includes
areas in and near the Mountain, Mill, and McKinney Fires. In
Oregon: Most of Jackson and Josephine Counties, including the
cities of Medford, Grants Pass, Ashland, Talent, Phoenix,
Jacksonville, Selma, Butte Falls, Shady Cove, the Applegate, and
the Rum Creek Fire.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Friday to 11 PM PDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...While smoke from area wildfires may
prevent temperatures from reaching their highest potential,
the smoke will also prevent people from finding relief at
night through open windows.
* View the hazard area in detail at
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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Pogba’s brother denies extortion attempt against France star
PARIS (AP) — The brother of French soccer star Paul Pogba has denied that he took part in extortion attempts against the Juventus midfielder. Mathias Pogba’s lawyer Richard Arbib said in a statement Friday that his client wants “to state emphatically that he is a complete stranger to any extortionate attempt against his brother.” French authorities are investigating allegations Pogba was the target of an extortion plot by his brother and childhood friends who demanded 13 million euros ($13 million) from the former Manchester United midfielder.
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Lily James has become a global ambassador for the Natural Diamond Council.
The 33-year-old actress has joined forces with the Natural Diamond Council - which seeks to advance the integrity of the modern diamond jewellery industry - and Lily features in the organisation's brand-new campaign.
The movie star - who was born in Esher in England - said: "Shooting the campaign in my home country was so special for me.
"Personally, I get sentimental over family heirlooms and tokens that have been passed down. I love the element of closeness that wearing a piece of diamond jewellery brings forward. I’m excited to represent this familiar feeling for so many in my new role as NDC’s Global Ambassador."
Lily plays a starring role in a new 45-second campaign video, which references some of her most well-known on-screen roles.
David Kellie, the chief executive officer of Natural Diamond Council, is thrilled to be working with Lily, who received an Emmy nomination for her performance in 'Pam and Tommy'.
He said: "Lily James is the modern epitome of natural diamonds.
"With her recent Emmy nomination, Lily has been recognised as one of the leading actors in the world. The talent, versatility and authenticity she brings to the table are the perfect attributes to represent natural diamonds. We are thrilled to have her join us as we build upon the success of another record-breaking year for natural diamond jewellery."
The campaign was directed by Manu Cossu and aims to personify the themes of "self-love and individuality".
Kristina Buckley Kayel, the managing director of the Natural Diamond Council, said: "Women self-purchasing natural diamond jewellery continues to be a dominant growth driver for the sector.
"Women today play many roles in life, and a natural diamond jewellery purchase is a way to express reward, self-love and individuality, which we aim to personify through our campaign film. The diamond jewellery is a constant reminder of her deservingness no matter what she has going on."
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Tims China and Easy Joy Launch Ready-to-Drink Coffee
Easy Joy stores now offer delicious co-branded coffee products in select stores
SHANGHAI, Sept. 7, 2022 – September 7, 2022 – TH International Limited, the exclusive operator of Tim Hortons coffee shops in China ("Tims China"), announced the launch of two co-branded ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee products in partnership with Sinopec's Easy Joy, China's largest convenience store chain. This new product roll-out is part of a broader collaboration between Tims China and Easy Joy, which was announced in July and began with the opening of three Tims Express coffee shops in Easy Joy stores in August.
Both new coffee products, available in latte and mocha flavors, were developed after significant consumer research and are brewed with premium arabica beans. The smooth and satisfying latte has touch of hazelnut chocolate, and the mocha has a rich chocolate taste with a light hazelnut finish. The stylish and convenient packaging is designed to be environmentally friendly.
Yongchen Lu, CEO of Tims China, said, "We are committed to continuous innovation for our customers, and this new product offers the convenience and flavor that consumers are looking for today and expect from the Tims brand. China's RTD coffee market is large and growing rapidly, and we are excited to take this next step in our partnership with Easy Joy, with their large customer base and footprint of over 27,800 stores."
Yan Liu, President of Easy Joy, said, "RTD is not only a reflection of the deepening cooperation between Tims China and Easy Joy, but also another useful attempt to expand and diversify the company's service ecosystem. I believe the launch of RTD products will provide more convenient choices for Easy Joy's 250 million loyal customers."
About TH International Limited
TH International Limited ("Tims China") is the parent company of the exclusive master franchisee of Tim Hortons coffee shops in China, including Hong Kong and Macau. TH International Limited was founded by Cartesian Capital Group and Tim Hortons Restaurants International, a subsidiary of Restaurant Brands International (TSX: QSR) (NYSE: QSR).
Tims China offers freshly brewed coffee, tea and other beverages, bakery & sides, and sandwiches and is an emerging coffee champion in China. The brand's philosophy is rooted in world-class execution and data-driven decision making and centered on true local relevance, continuous innovation, genuine community, and absolute convenience. For more information, please visit www.timhortons.com.cn.
About Easy Joy
Easy Joy is a leading convenience store chain in China, with over 27,800 stores and 190 million loyalty members. Easy Joy is a subsidiary of Sinopec, the largest gas station network in China. Sinopec is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (SNP), the Shanghai Stock Exchange (600028), and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (0386).
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Democrat vying to oust Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is facing calls from within her own party to fold her campaign, following the publication of additional leaked audio in which she appears to make disparaging remarks about her constituents.
The calls for state Rep. Krystle Matthews to withdraw just two months ahead of the general election came Thursday in reaction to leaked audio published by conservative activist group Project Veritas of Matthews speaking to one of its members, without her knowledge.
Sitting in a restaurant, Matthews, who is Black, is heard saying that she represents a “mostly white” district, adding, of white voters: “I keep them right here — like under my thumbs. … Otherwise, they get out of control — like kids.”
“You ought to know who you’re dealing with,” Matthews goes on to say. “You’ve got to treat them like s—-. That’s the only way they’ll respect you.”
In a statement, Matthews acknowledged her voice on the recording, calling Project Veritas a “satirical MAGA Powered news outlet.”
The compilation also features more of Matthews’ conversation, parts of which were previously published by Project Veritas, in which she spoke to an inmate about funding her campaign with “dope boy money” and having Democrats run as Republicans, saying “secret sleepers” represent “the only way you’re gonna change the dynamics in South Carolina.”
At the time of the earlier release, ahead of South Carolina’s June primary runoff, Matthews confirmed to The Associated Press that it was her voice on the tape but said the edited audio of a “tongue-in-cheek” exchange didn’t reflect the full picture.
Matthews won the runoff to face Scott, who is seeking what he’s said will be his final Senate term and is among South Carolina’s most popular politicians. The Black Republican is widely expected to win the general election in South Carolina, where no Democrat has won a statewide race in more than 15 years.
On Thursday, Democrats including gubernatorial nominee Joe Cunningham said he concurred with state Rep. Justin Bamberg, who in an op-ed published online called Matthews “toxic.”
“If any of our white counterparts had said the same thing with regards to blacks, the minority community, including myself, would be up in arms calling for that member’s immediate resignation,” Bamberg added.
In a statement provided to AP, Cunningham said that “there is absolutely no place in our political discourse” for Matthews’ comments, adding that “the Democratic Party cannot and should not tolerate such behavior from our elected officials and candidates.”
State Sen. Brad Hutto, Democrats’ leader in that chamber — who was also his party’s nominee to challenge U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2014 — echoed Cunningham’s comments about Matthews’ Senate bid, telling AP, “When candidates of either party start making irresponsible statements, beyond what party they’re from, they need to reevaluate their candidacy, and that’s what needs to happen here.”
One of the fellow Democrats Matthews defeated, Catherine Fleming Bruce, told AP she agreed with the calls for Matthews to step aside, saying the nominee “has made it impossible for her to be that standard bearer, representing our state’s diverse population.”
Trav Robertson, chairman of the state’s Democrats, emphasized on Thursday that Matthews didn’t represent the party’s perspective but stopped short of urging her to quit her campaign, which he said was “becoming a distraction to other Democrats on the ballot.”
“If I were advising her campaign, I would focus on her getting reelected to the (state) House of Representatives,” Robertson told AP.
Were Matthews to suspend her campaign, her name would likely still remain on ballots, which party officials said were already being produced for overseas voters. With no third-party candidate in the race, Scott’s name is the only other that would appear.
“Regardless of race, I love everyone,” Matthews said in her statement. “One thing you can learn from Project Veritas’s first audio attack on me, is obviously I have no biases toward a certain ethnic group.”
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Jason Arnie Owens helped carry his father’s casket to the hearse, then turned to embrace a relative. He never made it to the cemetery.
As mourners gathered outside a northern West Virginia funeral home on Aug. 24, two plainclothes officers with a fugitive warrant swooped in from separate vehicles, called Owens’ name and shot him dead, spattering his 18-year-old son’s shirt with blood as horrified loved ones looked.
“There was no warning whatsoever,” family friend Cassandra Whitecotton said.
In the blink of an eye, stunned friends and family already mourning one member lost another. Now, they want answers — not just why Owens was shot but why the encounter happened the way it did.
Law enforcement officials aren’t explaining much right now, citing an ongoing investigation. Owens, 37, was wanted on a fugitive warrant, but the U.S. Marshals Service hasn’t said what it was for. The agency also said in a statement that he had a gun when members of a fugitive task force approached. Multiple witnesses contend that’s not true.
Whitecotton and others who stood just feet away said Owens was unarmed, had been hugging his aunt, Evelyn O’Dell, and was fired on immediately after his name was called. Witnesses also dispute the U.S. Marshals’ assertion that first aid was performed right away, before emergency medical services arrived.
“They yelled Jason’s name. They just said ‘Jason’ and then started firing,” Whitecotton said. “There was no identifications they were U.S. Marshals — anything. They did not render this man any aid at all. Never once they touched him to render any aid whatsoever.”
As relatives prepared for services Friday for Owens, a state police investigation of the shooting was underway. But patience in the community is wearing thin.
Relatives and supporters protested outside the Harrison County Courthouse last week, accusing law enforcement authorities of overreach in the death of Owens, who was white. A Facebook page called Justice for Jason Owens has swelled to about 800 members — more than half of the population of Nutter Fort, where Owens was killed.
Underlying the unanswered questions is whether some boundary of decency had been crossed in arresting a man in the midst of burying his father.
“If they’ve been searching for someone and they finally figure out where they are, they’re going to get them,” said Tracy L. Hahn, a Columbus, Ohio-based security consultant who retired after 32 years in law enforcement, including as deputy police chief at Ohio State University.
Hahn said she knows agencies that have gone to funerals but have waited until afterward to approach the person.
“There must be some extenuating circumstance that they felt the urgency to arrest him then instead of waiting, if there was some risk factor, an escape risk or something like that,” Hahn said.
Family members aren’t so sure. They say it only adds to their sense of disrespect that the agencies involved feel no obligation to address their questions.
“We want to know why you would do this in front of his family,” said Owens’ cousin, Mandy Swiger. “And what gives you the right to do that to an unarmed man?”
Acting U.S. Marshal Terry Moore said he couldn’t answer questions during the investigation and messages left with state police weren’t returned.
It’s not clear whether video exists from police bodycams, a police vehicle dashboard or the funeral home itself. Unlike major cities where detailed incident reports and video footage are released after fatal police shootings — sometimes within hours — that rarely happens in West Virginia.
West Virginia law exempts police from having to release video footage during an investigation. And the U.S. Marshals Service office said it did not write a detailed incident report about the shooting, referring to the news release that withheld Owens’ name and other details.
Owens had been in trouble with the law before. He was sentenced in 2018 to three to 13 years in prison for fleeing a Harrison County sheriff’s deputy and trying to strangle him during a scuffle. He was released on parole in April 2021.
But Swiger said he committed a parole violation “for not checking in just once. And that’s why he promised his mom after the funeral he would turn himself in.”
Whitecotton said she was smoking a cigarette after the service when an SUV came flying down the side street where the hearse would pull out.
“It about hit me, so I jumped back up on the curb and kind of looked at him like, ‘What’s your problem?’” she said. A man in shorts and a T-shirt jumped out, leaving his door open.
Swiger said a white truck with another plainclothes officer inside almost hit her mother’s vehicle as the truck sped into the parking lot. Swiger said Owens was shot from different directions and estimated as many as 40 people were in the area. She, too, said she didn’t see a gun in Owens’ hands.
Some mourners instinctively rushed toward Owens after he fell to the ground, Swiger said, but were told by one of the officers, “You step back or I’ll shoot you.”
Whitecotton said she has lived in much larger cities such as Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth.
“Never in my life have I dealt with anything like this,” she said. “I would expect it there, honestly. But not here.”
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Some things are worth waiting for.
Case in point: Il Volo’s U.S. leg of their tour, originally scheduled for March 2022, is finally coming to North America this September and October.
The “popera” trio made up of Piero Barone, Gianluca Ginoble and Ignazio Boschetto announced the tour’s postponement back in February on Instagram.
Now that they’re back, the three will bring classic tunes with a modern twist to venues across the U.S., including Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino Event Center on Sept. 23, New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Sept. 27 and Bethlehem’s Wind Creek Event Center on Sept. 29.
Tickets for all upcoming Il Volo concerts are available on StubHub, Vivid Seats, TicketNetwork, Ticketmaster and TicketCity.
First-time Vivid Seats users can save $20 on ticket orders over $200 with promo code NJ20 at checkout.
You can find a complete calendar featuring all 17 Il Volo tour dates, venues, show start times and links to buy tickets here.
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Column: Has a UC Riverside researcher created the Holy Grail of drought-tolerant lawns?
The cheerleader for Public Enemy No. 1 greeted me at the gates to UC Riverside’s Agricultural Experiment Station with a smile and some choice words.
“Every time there’s a serious drought, I’m in the L.A. Times,” Jim Baird said, only half-jokingly. “Why is it always a knee-jerk reaction? When it’s not a drought, I don’t hear from you guys. I don’t hear from the water agencies. Then we go through our wasteful ways. ‘Lawns, you’re the bad guys,’ everyone then says.”
The tall, skinny, loquacious Baird is the head of UC Riverside’s Turfgrass Research & Extension program, devoted to the study of growing and maintaining lawns. He’s the only such faculty member in the University of California system, which makes him the state’s Mark Twain of turf. Our LeBron of lawns. The Ira Glass … of grass.
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I had asked to meet Baird at his workplace to see how he was weathering these times. As California and the American West suffer through the worst dry spell in a millennium and municipalities are ordering residents to let their grass die of thirst or rip it out altogether, a lawn evangelist like Baird seems as heretical a sight in Los Angeles as an Angels hat at Dodger Stadium.
Baird was not only unapologetic — he was more than happy to clap back at the haters.
“It’s not the grass’ fault,” he continued, his words rapid and passionate. “People waste the water. Government officials tell the public to water their lawns once a week. People then water for hours at a time and waste far more than they would’ve if they were left alone. You want to cut water use? Raise the prices. Educate. It’s amazing how little is conveyed to the homeowner. Instead, it’s all about, ‘We need to police you.’”
Around us, spread out over nine acres near the 215 Freeway, were lawns.
Full greens with large blades, and turf with spindly threads. Patches of grass surrounded by saltwater, and strands left to dry out. Smooth lawns and snaky ones and weedy ones and some resistant to herbicides. Some lacked nutrients; others had too many.
All served Baird’s purpose of trying to create a turf grass that might survive Southern California — not just our changing climate, but government officials and doubters like me.
We ended up at two small plots. Tufts of thin, light-green, densely packed Bermuda blades dotted the ground like a checkerboard. Tendrils spread out from all of them.
Honestly, it looked like baby artificial turf. It sure didn’t compare to the lush frontyard my dad still keeps at his Anaheim home.
But for Baird, what was sprouting before us was a botanical Holy Grail.
“This grass we’re about to release — they meet the state’s water requirements,” Baird said with the tone of someone who had just discovered a diamond-crusted perpetual motion machine. It hit all the notes he and his team had labored for over a decade to achieve.
Drought-tolerant to the point that it needs 50% less water than most lawns in Southern California. Soft enough to use for recreation. Attractive enough for customers to want to buy. Keeps a healthy green tone during the winter, when most other lawns go dormant.
“If we can get the state,” Baird said, “to have John Lawnowner get paid to take out his current grass and use one of ours …”
He let the thought linger.
“Don’t tell me that our grasses are water pigs. Don’t tell me we can’t compete in that arena.”
Baird’s grass cultivars — right now named UCR17-8 and UCR TP6-3 — were selected from more than 400 hybrids. The plot before us was planted last year, as a final exam of sorts before Baird felt confident enough to hit the publicity trail.
It’s time for their closeup.
Next week, he’ll host UC Riverside’s annual Turfgrass and Landscape Research Field Day, complete with a trade show, a barbecue lunch, a tour and a lecture to highlight the glories of UCR17-8 and UCR TP6-3.
Last month, he and his team talked about their work at the Southern California Golf & Water Summit in Chino Hills. Among those in attendance was Krista Guerrero, program manager for the Metropolitan Water District’s SoCal Water$mart Turf Replacement Program — you know, the people who want you to kill your lawn and replace it with natives.
“Jim’s research is very important to that industry that needs the changes,” Guerrero said. “That grass is excellent, and we’re so happy about that.”
It’s “absolutely a part of the solution” to combat the drought, she added.
If all goes according to plan, UCR17-8 and UCR TP6-3 will be out in limited release by 2024 — with more marketable names.
“It should be called something that means something to this region,” Baird said, now wistful. “Grasses have names like Santa Ana or Celebration, or TifTuf. We’ll get there.”
His love for lawns began at 16, as a golf course maintenance worker in Pueblo, Colo. Baird studied and taught at some of the best research universities for turf grass in the United States — Penn State, Colorado State, Oklahoma State, Auburn — before landing at UC Riverside in 2008.
Greeting him was a drought.
He became head of a program that had bred turf grass to adapt to California’s ever-changing climate for decades. Predecessors had developed cultivars that were resistant to smog and that could live under the lights of domed stadiums. Consumers had slowly switched from cool-season thirsty grasses such as fescue to warm-weather types such as St. Augustine and Zoysia.
By the time Baird arrived, the demand — nay, necessity — for lawns that were even more drought-tolerant was imminent.
“I’ve now been through three serious droughts since I’ve worked in Riverside,” he said. “This one is the worst one I’ve seen. Hopefully, things will get better. ... Removing what’s a perceived problem — lawns — might address the issue, but it doesn’t solve the bigger problem that there’s just not going to be as much water as there used to be.”
We were now in an area shaded with mesh tarps. His assistant researcher, Marta Pudzianowska, checked up on even more grassy experiments. The 38-year-old didn’t grow up with lawns in Poland, where native vegetation such as wheat and daisies were more common in yards. “Here, though,” she said with a smile, “lawns are the American dream.”
Pudzianowska took us to a collection of greenhouses, which contained hundreds of cultivars in individual nursery plots, each with a name. She lets them flower, then cross-breeds the best of the bunch.
“The best is yet to come,” Baird said excitedly, as Pudzianowska grabbed a promising specimen. “The next ones Marta brings will be even better than what we’re about to release. It’s a never-ending story. You can always improve.”
“It’s a darker color and has a higher density and a narrow leaf,” she replied. “But it’s in the greenhouse. I still don’t know how it’s going to do in the field. It might be bad. It might be very good.”
I said my goodbyes to Pudzianowska as Baird walked me back to my car.
“Are there parts of California where we don’t need turf?” he said. “Yes. But people need to understand the effects. There are consequences to that. For someone to say, ‘Rip them all out,’ it’s a little shortsighted — no, a lot shortsighted.
“I realize grass is not for everyone, but why are we singled out?” Baird concluded. “We shouldn’t send it into extinction. We just want our fair shake.”
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Participants have the opportunity to pitch for over $20,000 in cash and prizes. Applications are accepted through September 30 and the virtual finale event will take place November 3.
DETROIT, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Excelerate America, the Collective for small business entrepreneurs, announced they have begun accepting applications for a Grant Competition in partnership with leading B2B solutions provider ODP Business Solutions. The competition will focus on showcasing small business entrepreneurs working tirelessly to bring their dreams to life while also positively impacting their local communities. Any entrepreneur or small business owner meeting the eligibility requirements is able to apply for this opportunity now through September 30. Interested parties can learn more and apply here.
Semi-finalists for the competition will be announced on October 7. An open-to-the-public online voting process will determine the eight finalists who will go on to pitch for a chance to win over $20,000 in cash and prizes during the virtual finale event on November 3. The event will take place in the Excelerate America Discord server, and live streamed to the public via YouTube. A panel of judges will select the grand prize winner, and a fan favorite will also be determined by viewer votes. All eight finalists will additionally receive a prize package valued at $500 courtesy of MOO and Dell Technologies.
The eligibility requirements for applicants include:
- Must have a team of at least two or more employees
- Been in business at least one year and generating revenue
- Planning to expand or grow in the next six months
- Dedicated to improving local community or other businesses
"Excelerate America was built on the premise of helping small enterprises excel and grow to build vibrant communities," said CEO Roy Lamphier. "The grant competition is one way we can support and showcase enterprises doing the work and contributing to that vision."
About Excelerate America: Excelerate America is a place for small business owners and entrepreneurs to network, collaborate, and grow together. Founded in 2017, its mission is to create vibrant communities by empowering small business entrepreneurs through a collective network of peers, partnerships and solutions. Excelerate America believes that uniting small business entrepreneurs through an intentional, interactive community will make them stronger.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AirNet Technology Inc., formerly known as AirMedia Group Inc. ("AirNet" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: ANTE), today announced changes in its board of directors (the "Board") and management.
Change in Management
Ms. Dan Shao ("Ms. Shao"), the spouse of Mr. Herman Man Guo ("Mr. Guo"), has been appointed as the Company's chief executive officer to replace Mr. Guo, effective from September 9, 2022. Mr. Guo has resigned as chief executive officer of the Company for personal reasons, effective from September 9, 2022. Mr. Guo's resignation did not result from any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices. Mr. Guo will continue to serve as the chairman of the Board and interim chief financial officer of the Company.
Ms. Shao has served as a managing director of Air Media International (S) Pte Ltd, a company wholly owned by Ms. Shao, and as a managing director of Air Joy Media Private Limited, a subsidiary of AirNet, since December 2013 and November 2019, respectively. In addition, she has served as an executive director of Multiway International Consultancy Pte Ltd. since November 2020 and as a business development director at Elmwood Group Pte Ltd since August 2021. Ms. Shao worked at Shandong Hongzhi Advertising Co. Ltd. from December 2004 to December 2006, and at Sun Television Cybernetworks Enterprise Ltd. from January 2003 to November 2004. Ms. Shao graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of International Business and Economic in July 2003 and received a master's degree from National University of Singapore in June 2019.
Change in Board of Directors
The Board has also nominated and appointed Ms. Shao as a director of the Board, effective from September 9, 2022.
Upon the effectiveness of Ms. Shao's appointment, the Board will consist of six directors, including three independent directors.
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This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "is expected to," "anticipates," "aim," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "are likely to," "estimates," "may," "should" and similar expressions. The Company may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its reports filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual reports to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Forward-looking statements are based upon management's current expectations and current market and operating conditions, and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company's control, which may cause its actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information is included in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this announcement is as of the date of this announcement, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under law.
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The first clue that, no, Manu Ginobili did not invent the Eurostep should come from the move’s name. Ginobili isn’t from Europe. He’s from South America. And it’s not called the South Ameristep.
Perhaps it should be. The long, lateral move — step one way to get a defender leaning, then cut the other way into open space — was Ginobili’s signature, something he mastered, something that he brought into the mainstream.
In turn, it brought him to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
The four-time NBA champion with the San Antonio Spurs is one of the headliners for Saturday night’s enshrinement ceremony in Springfield, Massachusetts. Ginobili spent all 16 of his NBA seasons in San Antonio, partnering with Tim Duncan and Tony Parker to form a Big Three that was, and surely will remain, one of the best trios the league has ever seen.
“It’s something you never expect,” Ginobili said of entering the Hall. “You start playing ball because you love it, because it’s fun, because you’re there with your friends. … And now, when I thought there were not going to be more surprises after my career was done, you get a recognition like this which makes you think, go back a little bit in time, and relieve your story, and it’s incredible.”
Ginobili isn’t the first international NBA player to make the Hall. He is, however, the first to be selected by the North American committee, which means he got into the Hall solely on the merits of his NBA career and not what he did playing internationally.
He’s quick to point out that he won’t be the last name on that list. Parker, Dirk Nowitzki and Pau Gasol will be getting their calls before long.
“I’m proud of being part of that generation that changed the way the game was played, the game was perceived, the international players were recognized,” Ginobili said. “It was fun to be part of that.”
The Spurs drafted Ginobili in 1999, when he was playing in Italy, and it took more than three years for him just to come to the NBA. It’s not like San Antonio had made a huge investment: Ginobili was the next-to-last pick in his draft class, 57th out of 58. And most of the players taken in the bottom 15 picks of that draft never played a single game in the NBA.
But in 2002, he showed up. With his Eurostep.
“I didn’t know what the hell it was,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “But it didn’t look right.”
Turns out, it was legal and lethal. The true measure of whether a move has captured the attention of NBA players comes by seeing if others have copied it and tried to put it into their own repertoires. And that’s been happening for two decades now.
Nobody knows for sure how the move truly originated, and Ginobili insists that he didn’t create it, either. The commonly held belief is that Lithuanian great Sarunas Marciulionis — a Hall of Famer himself, class of 2014 — brought it to the NBA.
But there isn’t much argument that Ginobili is the one who made it popular. Thing is, he can’t teach it very well, despite being asked countless times to do so over the years.
“I couldn’t exactly explain it,” Ginobili said. “Some basics of it, yes, but it was super natural, it was super instinctive.”
It’s not the move that got Ginobili into the Hall, though. It was the winning.
When Ginobili played, the Spurs won. It’s that simple. They were 762-295 when Ginobili appeared during the regular season. That winning percentage of 72.1% is just a smidge better than the 71.9% posted by Duncan, who went into the Hall in 2020 and, fittingly, will present Ginobili this weekend.
Ginobili is one of two players (Bill Bradley being the other) to have won championships in the NBA, the Euroleague and the Olympics. He got four rings with the Spurs, the Euroleague title with Italian club Kinder Bologna in 2001, then led his native Argentina to Olympic gold at Athens in 2004. Ginobili had 29 points in the semifinal win over the U.S., outplaying everybody else who was on the court that day, Duncan included. The Americans haven’t settled for anything less than gold at any of the four Olympics that have been played since.
“It’s not just about individual accomplishments,” Ginobili said. “I never won a scoring championship, an MVP, even first-team. I’m here because of my surroundings, of the players I play with, of the coaches I’ve been coached with, and the organizations. I know I’ve been very lucky to have played with such teammates … so definitely, I don’t take it as an individual achievement. It’s just that I’ve been in the right place, in the right time.”
Case in point: San Antonio.
Ginobili didn’t know what, or even where, San Antonio was when he first went there. He never left — it’s still home for Ginobili and his family. He works for the Spurs now, drives his three kids to and from school, takes them to Argentina for time with family every summer, and then it’s back to San Antonio.
“I didn’t know how I was going to pair up with Tony and Tim, play with David Robinson, being coached by Pop, so yeah, full of uncertainties,” Ginobili said. “And I wanted to do good, I wanted to help, I wanted to grow, but I wasn’t the No. 1, first pick, right? I was 57, so I knew that the odds of me staying for long here were not with me because it doesn’t usually happen. So, it turned out to be an incredible story and enjoyed 16 wonderful years.”
There’s another place that Ginobili hasn’t been: Springfield, Massachusetts.
He was with Duncan for his enshrinement two years ago, but because of the pandemic, that ceremony took place at a casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. Ginobili didn’t get to Springfield on that trip.
He’s there now. Forever.
“We knew we had a wild, competitive, young man who was in love with basketball and was quite athletic and just fierce,” Popovich said. “Just seemed to have no fear and do whatever it might be that he needed to do to win. He was a force of nature.”
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two college campuses locked down. City buses stopped running. A baseball stadium halted a game, and frightened residents stayed indoors as a gunman spent hours cruising around Memphis and shooting people, apparently at random.
Authorities said the assailant suspected of killing four people and wounding three livestreamed some of the carnage using his cellphone. He was arrested late Wednesday after crashing a stolen car while fleeing police.
The violence unfolded just a few months after 19-year-old Ezekiel Kelly was released early from a three-year prison sentence for a pair of shootings in 2020. Now he’s charged with first-degree murder.
The bloodshed played out as the city was still reeling from the brutal killing of a jogger who was abducted during her early morning run less than a week earlier.
“This has been a horrific week for the city of Memphis,” Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said.
Authorities offered no explanation Thursday of a possible motive. Nor did they say how Kelly managed to obtain the gun or guns used in the attacks.
The shootings shut down much of the city, and police warned people to shelter in place. The minor-league Memphis Redbirds cleared the field during a game. Friends and relatives frantically called and texted each other, and TV stations cut into regular programming with updates.
Police said the first victim was killed more than 15 hours before the other shootings occurred.
Just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, at least three witnesses saw Kelly fatally shoot Dewayne Tunstall in the head outside a home in east Memphis, according to a police affidavit. It said Kelly pulled Tunstall to the side, then during their conversation drew a handgun and fired several shots.
Marcus Cash, a close friend and business partner of Tunstall’s, came running after he heard the gunshots from his home. One round pierced the window of his child’s bedroom.
When he saw Tunstall’s body, he laid down in anguish beside the man who had been like a brother. Cash said he was so distraught that police held him as a precaution for several hours to give him time to calm down.
Asked what he told police, Cash said: “You all better catch him before I do.”
The second shooting came hours later at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, when officers found a man dead from multiple gunshot wounds inside a vehicle, according to police. A woman who had been shot in the leg was discovered minutes later, still alive.
More shootings were reported over the next 4 1/2 hours. During that time, police received a tip at about 6 p.m. that the suspect was livestreaming himself and threatening to hurt people, Davis said.
In one clip from the video, the suspect casually speaks to the camera before opening the door to an AutoZone store and shooting someone inside with what appeared to be a pistol. That man was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
In another, a man narrates himself driving — “green light, green light” — and sings “no faking.” At one point, he fires two rapid bursts of gunfire from the driver’s window. Referring to police, he says he’s going to “go down to the valley, shoot it out with them in the valley.”
Three more shootings and two carjackings followed after police sent an alert warning people to be on the lookout for the suspect.
Police said Kelly killed a woman as he took her SUV, then shot and wounded a man nearby. The final victim, another woman, was found dead about an hour later, just before 9 p.m.
Kelly drove across the state line into neighboring Southaven, Mississippi, where he committed another carjacking at gunpoint but left the driver uninjured, police said.
Officers quickly spotted the stolen Dodge Challenger on Interstate 55. Kelly was arrested after he crashed during a high-speed chase, Davis said. Two guns were found in the vehicle.
It was not immediately known Thursday whether Kelly had an attorney.
One of the gunman’s victims, Allison Parker, was a medical assistant with three children, said Debbie Holland, Parker’s mother-in-law. Holland said her grandchildren now have no parents, since their father died a couple of years ago.
“She was beautiful, intelligent, kindhearted, giving — she would help anybody who asked,” Holland said of Parker. “She didn’t deserve to die at the hands of this monster.”
Facebook parent company Meta said Thursday that it removed the suspect’s livestream before Memphis police sent their initial alert, but the company declined to say for how long the live video was streaming. The company said it also removed the suspect’s Facebook account and has continuously removed content such as copies of the video or messages praising the attack.
Memphis has been shaken by several high-profile killings in recent weeks, including the shooting of a pastor during a daylight carjacking in her driveway, the shooting of an activist during an argument over money and the slaying of jogger Eliza Fletcher following her abduction near the University of Memphis.
Mayor Jim Strickland told reporters he was outraged that Kelly had been released early from prison in March after pleading guilty last year to aggravated assault charges.
“This is no way for us to live, and it is not acceptable,” said Strickland, who later pounded the podium as he demanded accountability. He added: “If Mr. Kelly served his full three-year sentence, he would still be in prison today, and four of our fellow citizens would still be alive.”
In February 2020, Kelly, then 17, was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder and other crimes in two shootings committed a few hours apart. Both victims survived but didn’t cooperate with prosecutors, according to court records, and Kelly pleaded guilty to reduced charges of aggravated assault in April 2021.
Kelly was sentenced to three years in prison, but was released in March after serving just over two years behind bars, including credit he received for time he was jailed prior to his plea.
Months before his release, Kelly was denied parole in September 2021. He told the Tennessee Board of Parole that he had an “anger management problem,” according to a recording of his parole hearing, and that he was taking medication to help with nightmares.
Strickland thanked legislators for passing Tennessee’s so-called “truth in sentencing” law this year. The statute, which took effect after Kelly was freed, requires inmates to serve entire sentences for certain violent felonies.
The area’s top prosecutor, Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy, is a fellow Democrat who was elected in August after arguing against the sentencing law, saying it drives up prison costs without reducing crime. Mulroy said there was no tension Thursday between him and the mayor.
“Both of us think that all these cases, including the tragic incidents from last night, need to be dealt with strongly,” said Mulroy, who played no role in Kelly’s prior prosecution and sentencing. “The public policy debate can be discussed another day.”
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Associated Press writers Kimberlee Kruesi, Jonathan Mattise and Travis Loller in Nashville, Tennessee; Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia; Jay Reeves in Birmingham, Alabama; Rebecca Reynolds in Louisville, Kentucky; Matt O’Brien in Providence, Rhode Island; and news researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this story.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AirNet Technology Inc., formerly known as AirMedia Group Inc. ("AirNet" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: ANTE), today announced changes in its board of directors (the "Board") and management.
Change in Management
Ms. Dan Shao ("Ms. Shao"), the spouse of Mr. Herman Man Guo ("Mr. Guo"), has been appointed as the Company's chief executive officer to replace Mr. Guo, effective from September 9, 2022. Mr. Guo has resigned as chief executive officer of the Company for personal reasons, effective from September 9, 2022. Mr. Guo's resignation did not result from any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices. Mr. Guo will continue to serve as the chairman of the Board and interim chief financial officer of the Company.
Ms. Shao has served as a managing director of Air Media International (S) Pte Ltd, a company wholly owned by Ms. Shao, and as a managing director of Air Joy Media Private Limited, a subsidiary of AirNet, since December 2013 and November 2019, respectively. In addition, she has served as an executive director of Multiway International Consultancy Pte Ltd. since November 2020 and as a business development director at Elmwood Group Pte Ltd since August 2021. Ms. Shao worked at Shandong Hongzhi Advertising Co. Ltd. from December 2004 to December 2006, and at Sun Television Cybernetworks Enterprise Ltd. from January 2003 to November 2004. Ms. Shao graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of International Business and Economic in July 2003 and received a master's degree from National University of Singapore in June 2019.
Change in Board of Directors
The Board has also nominated and appointed Ms. Shao as a director of the Board, effective from September 9, 2022.
Upon the effectiveness of Ms. Shao's appointment, the Board will consist of six directors, including three independent directors.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "is expected to," "anticipates," "aim," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "are likely to," "estimates," "may," "should" and similar expressions. The Company may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its reports filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual reports to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Forward-looking statements are based upon management's current expectations and current market and operating conditions, and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company's control, which may cause its actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information is included in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this announcement is as of the date of this announcement, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under law.
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Partnership will drive further collaboration around investment sourcing and deal flow in the digital assets space and beyond
NEW YORK and NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FTX Ventures, a multi-stage venture capital fund, today announced that it will acquire a 30% stake in SkyBridge Capital ("SkyBridge"), a global alternative investment firm. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
FTX Ventures' investment will provide SkyBridge additional working capital to fund growth initiatives and new product launches. Further, SkyBridge will use a portion of the proceeds to purchase $40 million in cryptocurrencies to hold on its corporate balance sheet as a long-term investment. SkyBridge remains profitable and debt-free, notwithstanding market conditions.
The deal is the latest collaboration between SkyBridge and FTX, following the multi-year partnership to sponsor global SALT conferences in North America, Asia and the Middle East, and co-present Crypto Bahamas, the leading institutional digital assets conference that launched in April 2022. The firms will expand their collaboration on venture and digital asset investing across current and future product offerings.
"Sam is a visionary who has built incredible businesses that are synergistic with the future of SkyBridge," said Anthony Scaramucci, Founder and Managing Partner, SkyBridge. "Our business has continued to evolve since we founded the firm in 2005. We will remain a diversified asset management firm, while investing heavily in blockchain."
"After working with Anthony and his team following our SALT conference partnership, we saw there was an opportunity to work closer together in ways that could complement both our businesses,'' said Sam Bankman-Fried. "We look forward to collaborating closely with SkyBridge on its crypto investment activity and also working alongside them on promising non-crypto-related investments."
Anthony Scaramucci and Sam Bankman-Fried will discuss the partnership together on stage at SALT New York's opening session on Monday September 12 at 9:00 a.m. ET.
FTX Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital fund focused on supporting the world's best teams building in crypto and web3. The fund provides flexible funding and strategic support from FTX and its network of global partners.
SkyBridge Capital is a global multi-strategy alternative investment firm, with a focus on hedge funds, fintech and venture capital. https://www.skybridge.com/
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A roundup of the week's most newsworthy energy industry press releases from PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the energy and natural resources industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
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- Energy Leaders Invest $60 Million to Transform America's Heartland into Hub for Energy Technology Startups
Spearheaded by venture capital firm Energy Innovation Capital (EIC), the first-of-its-kind initiative aims to attract energy technology startups to the region with access to resources including free office space and custom startup support services. - Juniper Capital and Boomtown Announce the Formation of North Peak Oil & Gas
North Peak will be the largest lease holder in the Wyoming DJ Basin with approximately 150,000 net acres. - Syncarpha Capital - First Community Solar Project In Maine Is Operational
This 6.5MW solar array is expected to generate electricity for about 1,050 Maine residents' homes connected with Central Maine Power. - Battery Swapping Beginning to Show Unique Capabilities, Reports IDTechEx
The new report "Battery Swapping for Electric Vehicles 2022-2032: Technology, Players and Forecasts" by IDTechEx includes forecasts for global adoption of this technology outside of China. - Open for Business! SCOA Teams Up with North Dakota to Develop Clean Energy Projects; Achieve Net-Zero
Both parties will study a wide variety of possibilities covering sustainable aviation fuel supply chain development, CCS/CCUS project development, hydrogen/ammonia supply chain development, geothermal utilization, CI (Carbon Intensity) measurement and agriculture optimization, and digital transformation. - Sortera Alloys Announces Expansion to Increase Capacity to Process 150 Million lbs. of Scrap Alloy Annually
Sortera's technology sorts, captures, and recycles high-quality aluminum from existing streams of mixed alloy scrap that are typically shipped abroad for processing or downgraded into lower-quality secondary materials. - Imperial advances renewable diesel plans, awards hydrogen contract to Air Products
Imperial will use Air Products' low-carbon hydrogen to produce renewable diesel at Strathcona (in Edmonton, Alberta) that substantially reduces greenhouse gas emissions relative to conventional production. The hydrogen and biofeedstock will be combined with a proprietary catalyst to produce premium low-carbon diesel fuel. - Arcelik Responds to Earth's Crisis Call in IFA Keynote with Urgent Appeal for Climate Action
In addition to championing resource efficient innovations, global household appliances manufacturer Arcelik also leverages the latest technologies across its own production operations to identify water risks and increase efficiency.
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A roundup of the week's most newsworthy energy industry press releases from PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the energy and natural resources industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
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- Energy Leaders Invest $60 Million to Transform America's Heartland into Hub for Energy Technology Startups
Spearheaded by venture capital firm Energy Innovation Capital (EIC), the first-of-its-kind initiative aims to attract energy technology startups to the region with access to resources including free office space and custom startup support services. - Juniper Capital and Boomtown Announce the Formation of North Peak Oil & Gas
North Peak will be the largest lease holder in the Wyoming DJ Basin with approximately 150,000 net acres. - Syncarpha Capital - First Community Solar Project In Maine Is Operational
This 6.5MW solar array is expected to generate electricity for about 1,050 Maine residents' homes connected with Central Maine Power. - Battery Swapping Beginning to Show Unique Capabilities, Reports IDTechEx
The new report "Battery Swapping for Electric Vehicles 2022-2032: Technology, Players and Forecasts" by IDTechEx includes forecasts for global adoption of this technology outside of China. - Open for Business! SCOA Teams Up with North Dakota to Develop Clean Energy Projects; Achieve Net-Zero
Both parties will study a wide variety of possibilities covering sustainable aviation fuel supply chain development, CCS/CCUS project development, hydrogen/ammonia supply chain development, geothermal utilization, CI (Carbon Intensity) measurement and agriculture optimization, and digital transformation. - Sortera Alloys Announces Expansion to Increase Capacity to Process 150 Million lbs. of Scrap Alloy Annually
Sortera's technology sorts, captures, and recycles high-quality aluminum from existing streams of mixed alloy scrap that are typically shipped abroad for processing or downgraded into lower-quality secondary materials. - Imperial advances renewable diesel plans, awards hydrogen contract to Air Products
Imperial will use Air Products' low-carbon hydrogen to produce renewable diesel at Strathcona (in Edmonton, Alberta) that substantially reduces greenhouse gas emissions relative to conventional production. The hydrogen and biofeedstock will be combined with a proprietary catalyst to produce premium low-carbon diesel fuel. - Arcelik Responds to Earth's Crisis Call in IFA Keynote with Urgent Appeal for Climate Action
In addition to championing resource efficient innovations, global household appliances manufacturer Arcelik also leverages the latest technologies across its own production operations to identify water risks and increase efficiency.
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BEIJING, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2022 Silk Road Maritime International Cooperation Forum kicked off on Thursday in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province, where participants shared constructive opinions and suggestions on enhancing the brand influence of Silk Road Maritime.
Focusing on effective measures to support the new development dynamic and boost the "dual circulation" of domestic and international markets, discussions at the forum covered multiple topics such as serving the unified domestic market, integrated development of international logistics and cross-border e-commerce, construction and application of port shipping big data, as well as financial innovation services of port shipping.
Aiming to build an inclusive and cooperative ecosystem for shipping and logistics among Belt and Road countries, the brand Silk Road Maritime was launched in December 2018 by Fujian Province, a core area of the Maritime Silk Road. By the end of August this year, a total of 9,014 trips have been made through shipping routes named after Silk Road Maritime, with the total container throughput reaching 10.182 million twenty-foot equivalent units.
Speaking highly of the achievements of Silk Road Maritime, participants at the forum pointed out the importance of integrating the essence of the Silk Road spirit with the practical efforts in deepening and expanding economic partnership with relevant countries. Through increasingly engaging themselves in Silk Road Maritime, the guests were committed to jointly maintain the safety and stability of global industrial and supply chain, in a bid to inject new impetus into the development of Belt and Road Initiative.
In the future, Silk Road Maritime will continue to make innovative efforts to achieve high-standard, sustainable and people-centered development, according to Chen Zhiping, chairman of Fujian Provincial Port Group Co., Ltd. and Fujian Silk Road Maritime Management Company.
A blue paper on the development of Silk Road Maritime from 2021 to 2022 was released at the forum, along with the tenth batch of shipping routes named after the brand. An awarding ceremony for new members of the Silk Road Maritime Alliance was also held during the forum.
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TORONTO (AP) — Elton John paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II at his final concert in Toronto on Thursday night, saying he was inspired by her and is sad she is gone.
“She led the country through some of our greatest and darkest moments with grace and decency and genuine caring,” John said.
“I’m 75 and she’s been with with me all my life and I feel very sad that that she won’t be with me anymore, but I’m glad she’s at peace,” he said. “I’m glad she’s at rest and she deserves it. She worked bloody hard.”
The singer-songwriter then performed his 1974 track “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.”
The queen died Thursday at her summer residence in Scotland at age 96.
John was knighted by the queen in 1998, a year after the death of his friend Princess Diana. Prince Charles also anointed the musician and charity patron as a member of the Order of the Companions of Honor last year.
John’s concert was the second of two nights at Toronto’s Rogers Centre and part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, billed as his final tour.
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The Dancing With the Stars ballroom might be known for its packed crowds, but Teresa Giudice only has her sights set on one pair of watchful eyes. The Real Housewives of New Jersey star joins the season 31 cast of DWTS just one month after her glamorous wedding to Luis Ruelas, and now she says she's determined to make him proud.
"Right after my wedding, I feel bad because it takes up a lot of time," Giudice told ET of the long rehearsal days ahead. "But Luis is really supporting me a million percent, he's so happy for me and he's going to be cheering me on." She added, "He's Latino so he knows how to move so I've got to make him proud."
Giudice said DWTS first invited her to compete almost a decade ago when she was released from prison in 2015 following her fraud conviction. "It just didn’t work out because I had to film Housewives," she explained, "and then it came back around years later so I guess it was really meant to be."
Though she has no formal dance training, Giudice stays active with yoga and hopes that the strength it brings will work to her advantage on the dance floor. She and her partner, veteran pro Pasha Pakhov, haven’t been able to start rehearsals yet in the aftermath of her wedding. Other contestants -- including Selma Blair, who impressed fans for competing amid her MS diagnosis -- told ET they've been underway with practice for a while now.
"I kind of had a little month honeymoon, and now I’m back and I’m getting down," Giudice said. "It's getting serious and I'm going to give it my all a million percent."
The pair was headed to their first four-hour rehearsal shortly after they spoke to ET on Thursday morning, and Giudice remained determined to impress on night one of competition. Her youngest daughter, 13-year-old Audriana, is a competitive dancer and will have to miss her mother's debut because of her own rehearsals, but Giudice isn’t worried. Audriana and her sister Gabriella both have plans to attend week two. "I'm definitely going to be on the first two weeks," Giudice said.
Family remains at the forefront of Giudice's inspiration for rehearsals and performances. Her DWTS casting announcement came on the day of her late father's birthday, a correlation she did not view as a coincidence. "My dad and I always watched Dancing With the Stars together," she said. She'll be thinking of him as she prepares for the coming weeks.
Dancing With the Stars streams live on Disney+ starting Monday, Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. ET.
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Decades after the attacks that sparked the nation’s longest war, Americans continue to mourn and honor the thousands of civilians, first responders, and members of the military lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
Seven days after the attacks, the US Congress established Patriot Day, an official holiday commemorating one of the most tragic days in our history. This is a day to not only honor the victims, but also honor the first responders and service members who sacrificed their lives during the aftermath of the attacks.
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue (HCFR), Consumer & Veterans Services, and the Veterans Council of Hillsborough County invite the community to the 21st Anniversary Patriot Day: 9/11 Remembrance event.
The event begins at 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Veterans Memorial Park & Rear Admiral LeRoy Collins, Jr. Museum, 3602 U.S. Highway 301 North in Tampa.
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Everton's home game with West Ham United is in doubt.
The club's trip to Arsenal has already been postponed, the Premier League confirming on Friday that this weekend's fixtures will not go ahead as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Officials said updates will be released in "due course" about further matches set to take place during the period of mourning. This includes Everton's match with West Ham at Goodison Park on Sunday, September 18 (2pm kick-off)
Official guidance released by the government following the death of the Queen stated sports events could go ahead and that any decision was in the hands of the organising bodies. Following a Premier League meeting on Friday morning it was confirmed this weekend's set of fixtures would be postponed, however.
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The decision was made, the organisation said, in order "to honour her extraordinary life and contribution to the nation, and as a mark of respect".
Richard Masters, chief executive of the Premier League, said: “We and our clubs would like to pay tribute to Her Majesty’s long and unwavering service to our country. As our longest-serving monarch, she has been an inspiration and leaves behind an incredible legacy following a life of dedication. This is a tremendously sad time for not just the nation but also for the millions of people around the world who admired her, and we join together with all those in mourning her passing.”
What remains unclear is whether the next set of Premier League fixtures - scheduled between September 16-18 - will go ahead. The Premier League said: "Further updates regarding Premier League fixtures during the period of mourning will be provided in due course." If the game is called off, the international break that follows means Everton will go almost a month between games - from the Merseyside derby on September 3 to the trip to Southampton on October 1.
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LONDON, UK — The death of Queen Elizabeth II has left many wondering what will happen to British money that bears her image, and whether it would be replaced by portraits of the new King Charles III.
Financial authorities sought to reassure people that there would be no big changes right away, but said little else.
“Current banknotes featuring the image of Her Majesty The Queen will continue to be legal tender,” the Bank of England said on its website. “A further announcement regarding existing Bank of England banknotes will be made once the period of mourning has been observed.”
The Queen was the first monarch to feature on British bank notes after the Treasury gave the central bank permission to use her image for a new 1 pound note issued in 1960.
The country began a 10-day mourning period Friday, with bells tolling around Britain and 96 gun salutes planned in London – one for each year of the queen’s long life. People around the globe gathered at British embassies to pay homage to the queen, who died Thursday in Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
King Charles III, who spent much of his 73 years preparing for the role, takes the throne in an era of uncertainty for both his country and the monarchy itself.
On his first full day of duties Friday, he is expected to return to London, meet Prime Minister Liz Truss, appointed just days earlier, and deliver a speech to the nation at a time when many Britons are preoccupied with an energy crisis, the soaring cost of living, the war in Ukraine and the fallout from Brexit.
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LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles has been preparing for the crown his entire life. Now, at age 73, that moment has finally arrived.
Charles, the oldest person to ever assume the British throne, became King Charles III on Thursday following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. No date has been set for his coronation.
After an apprenticeship that began as a child, Charles embodies the modernization of the British monarchy. He was the first heir not educated at home, the first to earn a university degree and the first to grow up in the ever-intensifying glare of the media as deference to royalty faded.
He also alienated many with his messy divorce from the much-loved Princess Diana, and by straining the rules that prohibit royals from intervening in public affairs, wading into debates on issues such as environmental protection and architectural preservation,
“He now finds himself in, if you like, the autumn of his life, having to think carefully about how he projects his image as a public figure,” said historian Ed Owens. “He’s nowhere near as popular as his mother.”
Charles must figure out how to generate the “public support, a sense of endearment” that characterized the relationship Elizabeth had with the British public, Owens said.
In other words, will Charles be as loved by his subjects? It’s a question that has overshadowed his entire life.
A shy boy with a domineering father, Charles grew into a sometimes-awkward, understated man who is nevertheless confident in his own opinions. Unlike his mother, who refused to publicly discuss her views, Charles has delivered speeches and written articles on issues close to his heart, such as climate change, green energy and alternative medicine.
His accession to the throne is likely to fuel debate about the future of Britain’s largely ceremonial monarchy, seen by some as a symbol of national unity and others as an obsolete vestige of feudal history.
“We know the monarch and certainly the monarch’s family – they’re not meant to have political voices. They’re not meant to have political opinions. And the fact that he’s been flexing, if you like, his political muscle is something that he will have to be really careful with … lest he be seen as unconstitutional,” said Owens, who wrote “The Family Firm: Monarchy, Mass Media and the British Public, 1932-53.”
Charles, who will be the head of state for the U.K. and 14 other countries, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, has defended his actions.
“I always wonder what meddling is, I always thought it was motivating,” he said in “Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70,” a 2018 documentary. “I’ve always been intrigued if it’s meddling to worry about the inner cities, as I did 40 years ago and what was happening or not happening there, the conditions in which people were living. If that’s meddling, I’m very proud of it.”
In the same interview, however, Charles acknowledged that as king, he wouldn’t be able to speak out or interfere in politics because the role of sovereign is different from being the Prince of Wales.
Charles has said he intends to reduce the number of working royals, cut expenses and better represent modern Britain.
But tradition matters, too, for a man whose office previously described the monarchy as “the focal point for national pride, unity and allegiance.”
That has meant a life of palaces and polo, attracting criticism that Charles was out of touch with everyday life, being lampooned for having a valet who purportedly squeezed toothpaste onto his brush.
But it was the disintegration of his marriage to Diana that made many question his fitness for the throne. Then, as he aged, his handsome young sons stole the limelight from a man who had a reputation for being as gray as his Saville Row suits.
Biographer Sally Bedell Smith, author of “Prince Charles: the Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life,’’ described him as being constantly overshadowed by others in the family, despite his destiny.
“I think the frustrations are not so much that he’s had to wait for the throne,” Smith told PBS. “I think his main frustration is that he has done so much and that … he has been sort of massively misunderstood. He’s sort of been caught between two worlds: the world of his mother, revered, now beloved; and Diana, the ghost of whom still shadows him; and then his incredibly glamorous sons.”
It took years for many in Britain to forgive Charles for his admitted infidelity to Diana before “the people’s princess” died in a Paris car crash in 1997. But the public mood softened after he married Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005 and she became the Duchess of Cornwall.
Although Camilla played a significant role in the breakup of Charles and Diana, her self-deprecating style and salt-of-the-earth sense of humor eventually won over many Britons.
She helped Charles smile more in public by tempering his reserve and making him appear approachable, if not happier, as he cut ribbons, visited houses of worship, unveiled plaques and waited for the crown.
Her service was rewarded last February, when Queen Elizabeth II said publicly that it was her “sincere wish” that Camilla should be known as “Queen Consort” after her son succeeded her, answering questions once and for all about her status in the Royal Family.
Prince Charles Philip Arthur George was born Nov. 14, 1948, in Buckingham Palace. When his mother acceded to the throne in 1952, the 3-year-old prince became the Duke of Cornwall. He became Prince of Wales at 20.
His school years were unhappy, with the future king being bullied by classmates at Gordonstoun, a Scottish boarding school that prides itself on building character through vigorous outdoor activities and educated his father, Philip.
Charles studied history at Cambridge University’s Trinity College, where in 1970 he became the first British royal to earn a university degree.
He then spent seven years in uniform, training as a Royal Air Force pilot before joining the Royal Navy, where he learned to fly helicopters. He ended his military career as commander of the HMS Bronington, a minesweeper, in 1976.
Charles’ relationship with Camilla began before he went to sea, but the romance foundered and she married a cavalry officer.
He met Lady Diana Spencer in 1977 when she was 16 and he was dating her older sister. Diana apparently didn’t see him again until 1980, and rumors of their engagement swirled after she was invited to spend time with Charles and the royal family.
They announced their engagement in February 1981. Some awkwardness in their relationship was immediately apparent when, during a televised interview about their betrothal, a reporter asked if they were in love. “Of course,” Diana answered immediately, while Charles said, “Whatever ‘in love’ means.”
Although Diana giggled at the response, she later said that Charles’ remark “threw me completely.”
“God, it absolutely traumatized me,” she said in a recording made by her voice coach in 1992-93 that was featured in the 2017 documentary “Diana, In Her Own Words.”
The couple married on July 29, 1981, at St. Paul’s Cathedral in a globally televised ceremony. Prince William, now heir to the throne, was born less than a year later, followed by his brother, Prince Harry, in 1984.
The public fairy tale soon crumbled. Charles admitted to adultery to a TV interviewer in 1994. In an interview of her own, Diana drew attention to her husband’s relationship with Camilla, saying: “There were three of us in this marriage.”
The revelations tarnished Charles’ reputation among many who celebrated Diana for her style as well as her charity work with AIDS patients and landmine victims.
William and Harry were caught in the middle. While the princes revered their late mother, they said Charles was a good father and praised him as an early advocate for issues like the environment.
Tensions persist inside the royal family, underscored by the decision of Harry and his wife, Meghan, to step away from their royal duties and move to California in 2020. In a televised interview, they later said a member of the royal family had raised “concerns and conversations” about the color of their baby’s skin before he was born. The explosive revelation forced William to publicly declare the family wasn’t racist.
Charles soldiered on, increasingly standing in for the queen in her twilight years. In 2018, he was named the queen’s designated successor as head of the Commonwealth, an association of 54 nations with links to the British Empire. The process accelerated after the death of her husband, Prince Philip, on April 9, 2021.
As Elizabeth declined, he sometimes stepped in at the last moment.
On the eve of the state opening of Parliament this year, on May 10, the queen asked Charles to preside, delegating one of her most important constitutional duties to him — evidence that a transition was underway.
Camilla said in a 2018 documentary that Charles was comfortable with the prospect of being king.
“I think his destiny will come,’’ she said. “He’s always known it’s going to come, and I don’t think it does weigh heavily on his shoulders at all.”
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U.S. Dollar Index (DX) Futures Technical Analysis – Sellers Eyeing 107.780 – 107.650
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The U.S. Dollar is edging lower against a basket of major currencies on Friday on profit-taking after posting a 24-year high earlier in week. The price action indicates the greenback is also headed for its first weekly loss in four weeks. Traders are saying the hawkish rate hike from the European Central Bank (ECB) is lifting the Euro, while putting pressure on the heavily-weighted U.S. Dollar Index.
At 05:14 GMT, September U.S. Dollar Index futures are trading 108.990, down 0.723 or -0.66%. On Thursday, the Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund ETF (UUP) settled at $29.39, up $0.05 or +0.17%.
ECB Remarks Outweigh Fed Comments
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell didn’t surprise anyone at the Cato Institute conference on Thursday when he reaffirmed the central bank’s aggressive stance against inflation. However, the ECB was surprising hawkish in promising further hikes after raising its key interest rate by an unprecedented 75 bps on Thursday.
Looking ahead…
There’s not much on the data front on Friday with FOMC Members George and Wallers scheduled to speak at 16:00 GMT before they move into the blackout period ahead of the Fed’s September 20-21 policy meeting.
Most traders are now positioning themselves ahead of the U.S. consumer inflation report next Tuesday, where the expectations are for a softer headline print. This may be one of the other reasons for the dollar’s weakness.
Daily Swing Chart Technical Analysis
The main trend is up according to the daily swing chart. However, the momentum shifted to the downside on Thursday, following the confirmation of Wednesday’s closing price reversal top.
A trade through 110.785 will negate the closing price reversal top and signal a resumption of the uptrend. A move through 107.480 will change the main trend to down.
The minor trend is also up. A trade through 108.235 will change the minor trend to down. This will confirm the shift in momentum.
The minor range is 107.480 to 110.785. The index is currently trading on the weak side of its pivot at 109.135, making it resistance.
On the downside, the first target is the long-term Fibonacci level at 107.780, followed by a minor 50% level at 107.650. These are the last potential support levels before the 107.480 main bottom.
Daily Swing Chart Technical Forecast
Trader reaction to the pivot at 109.135 is likely to determine the direction of the September U.S. Dollar Index on Friday.
Bearish Scenario
A sustained move under 109.130 will indicate the presence of sellers. If this move creates enough downside momentum then look for a pullback into the support cluster at 107.780 to 107.650.
Bullish Scenario
A sustained move over 109.135 will signal the presence of buyers. The first upside target is a minor pivot at 109.760. Overcoming this level will be a sign of strength with 110.785 the next target.
Side Notes
A close under 109.510 will form a potentially bearish weekly closing price reversal top. If confirmed, this could trigger the start of a 2 to 3 week correction.
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The death of Queen Elizabeth II has put many things on a brief pause, including production on the Netflix series “The Crown.”
Deadline reported Thursday that Peter Morgan, the writer and creator of the Emmy-winning period drama, expects to temporarily suspend production on Season 6 “out of respect” for the royal family’s loss.
“‘The Crown’ is a love letter to her and I’ve nothing to add for now, just silence and respect,” he told Deadline in an email. “I expect we will stop filming out of respect too.”
Morgan did not share exactly how long production would be on hold. A representative for Netflix did not immediately respond to the Los Angeles Times’ request for comment.
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-ruling monarch, died Thursday at her summer home in Scotland. She was 96.
The late monarch has been heavily featured in “The Crown,” which debuted in 2016. Claire Foy debuted as a young Queen Elizabeth II in the series’ first two seasons. Then Oscar winner Olivia Colman took over to portray the queen in Seasons 3 and 4. Imelda Staunton is set to pick up where Colman left off when “The Crown” returns for Season 5 in November.
Morgan, who also wrote the Oscar-nominated film “The Queen” starring Helen Mirren in the titular role, wasn’t the only British film and television figure mourning Queen Elizabeth on Thursday.
Mirren, who won the lead actress Oscar for her portrayal, wrote on Instagram, “I am proud to be an Elizabethan. We mourn a woman, who, with or without the crown, was the epitome of nobility.”
Other Brits who paid tribute to Her Majesty on social media included Elton John, Mick Jagger, Twiggy Lawson and Victoria Beckham.
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ROSE HILL, Kan. (KSNW) — There’s no doubt the impact of Queen Elizabeth II‘s death has been felt by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, including here in Kansas.
For Rose Hill resident Adam Smith, Exploration Place is a home away from home. Smith became the museum’s president in 2019 but is originally from Burnley, England. Years ago, he worked alongside Prince Philip to open another museum in Scotland and eventually met Queen Elizabeth II.
Years later, despite being so far from home, Smith says he feels just as connected to this tragedy, remembering the Queen as a mother and grandmother not just to her family but to an entire nation.
“For me, this feels like losing a close family member,” Smith said.
Growing up in England, Smith says Queen Elizabeth II was a constant part of life for himself, his parents and his grandparents.
“My grandparents bought their first television to watch the coronation, and you’ll find a lot of British people tell that story. 1953 was the date my mother first saw a television,” Smith said.
Smith’s first memory of the Queen also revolves around a special occasion: the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977.
“I was a young boy at school, and it was a very big deal,” Smith said.
Roughly 20 years later, Smith would get to meet the Queen face-to-face.
“I was working at a museum in Scotland at the time, and I had spent a lot of time working with her husband, Prince Philip, and he must have remembered that because they had a special reception,” Smith said.
Smith received a handwritten invitation to Buckingham Palace. His conversation with the Queen left a lifelong impact on the then 24-year-old curator.
“I think she personifies the whole concept of duty. She dedicated her entire life to public service, and I think that will be her legacy,” Smith said.
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GLENDALE, AZ — Glendale will be in the national spotlight six months from now for Super Bowl LVII and that means some big money-making opportunities.
Hotels are already filling up, so people who live near State Farm Stadium are cashing in by renting out their own homes to tourists.
That includes James Sirmans.
Inside his home, you'll see high ceilings, lots of counter space, and trendy decor. With the stadium just a mile away, he knew his crib would be a hot spot come February.
"It's one opportunity of a lifetime," he said. "I mean, how often do you get the Super Bowl right in your backyard?"
Sirmans listed his home on rental sites for $10,500 a night. He says a family from overseas has already booked it, planning to make him about a $40,000 profit.
And he's not alone.
There are hundreds of listings on sites like Airbnb and VRBO going for five figures the week of the Super Bowl.
ABC15 asked George Chebat, an Attorney with Enera Law who specializes in short-term rentals, what residents should know if they are planning on renting out their homes.
Chebat says first and foremost, do your research. In Arizona, short-term rentals are required to register through the state, county, and in some cases, the respective city. The regulations are in an effort to crack down on parties and other potential disturbances that could happen at the home.
A city of Glendale spokesperson tells ABC15 they are still working to set up their registration process, after recently passing an ordinance in May, but you can learn more about what is currently required here. The city of Phoenix also has a guide directing homeowners on how to register.
Chebat also recommends checking and updating your homeowner's insurance. He says most don't cover everything, and that includes the plans offered through rental sites.
"As your guest, they might commit some intentional act that won't be covered by the Air Cover Program through AirBNB, so I would think of the Air Cover Program and other coverage and liability coverage through various hosting platforms as supplemental," Chebat said.
Chebat says owners also need to make sure their home matches the description they give online and is kept clean, so guests don't come after them for unsanitary or unsafe conditions.
For Sirmans, he's going above and beyond for his guests, offering a limousine service and an in-house chef. He has this message for other Valley residents thinking of sharing their homes too:
"My theory is, just go for it," he said. "If you have the space and want to make a little extra money, it's a great way to put some cash in your pocket."
According to Airbnb, the last time the Super Bowl was in Glendale in 2015, hosts earned collectively over $1 million.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Jason Arnie Owens helped carry his father’s casket to the hearse, then turned to embrace a relative. He never made it to the cemetery.
As mourners gathered outside a northern West Virginia funeral home on Aug. 24, two plainclothes officers with a fugitive warrant swooped in from separate vehicles, called Owens’ name and shot him dead, spattering his 18-year-old son’s shirt with blood as horrified loved ones looked.
“There was no warning whatsoever,” family friend Cassandra Whitecotton said.
In the blink of an eye, stunned friends and family already mourning one member lost another. Now, they want answers — not just why Owens was shot but why the encounter happened the way it did.
Law enforcement officials aren’t explaining much right now, citing an ongoing investigation. Owens, 37, was wanted on a fugitive warrant, but the U.S. Marshals Service hasn’t said what it was for. The agency also said in a statement that he had a gun when members of a fugitive task force approached. Multiple witnesses contend that’s not true.
Whitecotton and others who stood just feet away said Owens was unarmed, had been hugging his aunt, Evelyn O’Dell, and was fired on immediately after his name was called. Witnesses also dispute the U.S. Marshals’ assertion that first aid was performed right away, before emergency medical services arrived.
“They yelled Jason’s name. They just said ‘Jason’ and then started firing,” Whitecotton said. “There was no identifications they were U.S. Marshals — anything. They did not render this man any aid at all. Never once they touched him to render any aid whatsoever.”
As relatives prepared for services Friday for Owens, a state police investigation of the shooting was underway. But patience in the community is wearing thin.
Relatives and supporters protested outside the Harrison County Courthouse last week, accusing law enforcement authorities of overreach in the death of Owens, who was white. A Facebook page called Justice for Jason Owens has swelled to about 800 members — more than half of the population of Nutter Fort, where Owens was killed.
Underlying the unanswered questions is whether some boundary of decency had been crossed in arresting a man in the midst of burying his father.
“If they’ve been searching for someone and they finally figure out where they are, they’re going to get them,” said Tracy L. Hahn, a Columbus, Ohio-based security consultant who retired after 32 years in law enforcement, including as deputy police chief at Ohio State University.
Hahn said she knows agencies that have gone to funerals but have waited until afterward to approach the person.
“There must be some extenuating circumstance that they felt the urgency to arrest him then instead of waiting, if there was some risk factor, an escape risk or something like that,” Hahn said.
Family members aren’t so sure. They say it only adds to their sense of disrespect that the agencies involved feel no obligation to address their questions.
“We want to know why you would do this in front of his family,” said Owens’ cousin, Mandy Swiger. “And what gives you the right to do that to an unarmed man?”
Acting U.S. Marshal Terry Moore said he couldn’t answer questions during the investigation and messages left with state police weren’t returned.
It’s not clear whether video exists from police bodycams, a police vehicle dashboard or the funeral home itself. Unlike major cities where detailed incident reports and video footage are released after fatal police shootings — sometimes within hours — that rarely happens in West Virginia.
West Virginia law exempts police from having to release video footage during an investigation. And the U.S. Marshals Service office said it did not write a detailed incident report about the shooting, referring to the news release that withheld Owens’ name and other details.
Owens had been in trouble with the law before. He was sentenced in 2018 to three to 13 years in prison for fleeing a Harrison County sheriff’s deputy and trying to strangle him during a scuffle. He was released on parole in April 2021.
But Swiger said he committed a parole violation “for not checking in just once. And that’s why he promised his mom after the funeral he would turn himself in.”
Whitecotton said she was smoking a cigarette after the service when an SUV came flying down the side street where the hearse would pull out.
“It about hit me, so I jumped back up on the curb and kind of looked at him like, ‘What’s your problem?’” she said. A man in shorts and a T-shirt jumped out, leaving his door open.
Swiger said a white truck with another plainclothes officer inside almost hit her mother’s vehicle as the truck sped into the parking lot. Swiger said Owens was shot from different directions and estimated as many as 40 people were in the area. She, too, said she didn’t see a gun in Owens’ hands.
Some mourners instinctively rushed toward Owens after he fell to the ground, Swiger said, but were told by one of the officers, “You step back or I’ll shoot you.”
Whitecotton said she has lived in much larger cities such as Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth.
“Never in my life have I dealt with anything like this,” she said. “I would expect it there, honestly. But not here.”
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Bayer, Regeneron's eye drug shown to work at higher dose, longer intervals
Eylea, which is normally given at 2 milligrams every eight weeks, was shown in two late-stage trials to be as effective when given at 8 mg at longer intervals, without any additional safety issues, the German company said in a statement.
Frankfurt: Bayer said on Thursday that its anti-blindness treatment Eylea, jointly developed with Regeneron, was shown to work as well when given at a higher dose at a longer interval between injections.
Eylea, which is normally given at 2 milligrams every eight weeks, was shown in two late-stage trials to be as effective when given at 8 mg at longer intervals, without any additional safety issues, the German company said in a statement.
The results will help Bayer compete with Roche, while rival drug Vabysmo was launched this year. The Swiss drugmaker is seeking to win over patients with longer intervals between injections.
Ajay Piramal, chairperson of PEL said the company is on track to achieve the completion of demerger and separate listing of PPL by the third quarter of the current financial year. Subsequently, in connection with the composite scheme of arrangement, the company has obtained consent from RBI, SEBI, stock exchanges, and clearances from its creditors and equity shareholders.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The DNA of a jailed elected official who was angered by past and upcoming newspaper stories was found on the hands of a Las Vegas investigative reporter who fought for his life while being stabbed to death outside his home, authorities said Thursday.
County Public Administrator Robert Telles stood handcuffed in court with bandages on his wrists and police officers at his elbows while a prosecutor told a judge that Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German’s death was a planned attack by an assailant who left his own cellphone at home and waited in a vehicle outside German’s home.
“The published articles regarding a public figure, the public administrator’s office, ruined his political career, likely his marriage, and this was him lashing out at the cause,” Chief Deputy Clark County District Attorney Richard Scow said of Telles.
Scow said German was stabbed seven times. His body was found Saturday.
Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Elana Lee Graham called a police report detailing the attack “chilling,” including the discovery of wounds on German’s arms and DNA believed to be from Telles in German’s fingernails.
“He was fighting for his life,” the judge said of the 69-year-old longtime journalist. “It appears from this report that Mr. Telles was waiting … and called (German) over to the side of his own home.”
Graham ordered Telles, 45, jailed without bail pending arraignment next Tuesday on a murder charge.
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson called German’s death “brutal and meaningless” and the case against Telles important for the community. Wolfson said a decision about whether to seek the death penalty will be made in coming months.
Earlier Thursday, police officials described Telles’ arrest late Wednesday after a brief police standoff at his home.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Telles was hospitalized for what the sheriff called “self-inflicted” wounds, hours after investigators served a search warrant and confiscated vehicles in the criminal probe of German’s killing.
Telles had been a focus of German’s reporting about turmoil, including complaints of administrative bullying, favoritism and Telles’ relationship with a subordinate staffer in the county office that handles property of people who die without a will or family contacts. Telles, a Democrat, went on to lose his bid for reelection in the June primary.
“This has been an unusual case from the beginning,” Lombardo told reporters at a news conference, “the murder of an investigative journalist, and the main suspect an elected official here in Clark County.”
Lombardo is the elected head of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and is running as a Republican for governor. He said Telles was quickly identified as a suspect with the help of media, including the Review-Journal.
“Every murder is tragic. But the killing of a journalist is particularly troublesome,” Lombardo said.
Telles was identified early in the investigation as a person “upset about articles that were being written by German, as an investigative journalist, that exposed potential wrongdoing,” Las Vegas Police Capt. Dori Koren said.
“Telles had publicly expressed his issues with that reporting,” Koren said. “We found out later there was additional reporting that was pending.”
In addition to Telles’ suspected DNA at the crime scene, Koren said investigators serving a search warrant at Telles’ home found shoes and a distinctive wide straw hat.
Koren said the items matched those worn by a person captured on security camera video wearing a blaze orange shirt and walking toward German’s home. He showed photos of the shoes and the hat and said they had been been cut up.
A murder weapon has not been found, but Lombardo said police have “distorted” video that shows the attack. He said investigators were attempting to enhance it.
Investigators said a distinctive maroon GMC Yukon Denali SUV was seen driving around German’s neighborhood Sept. 2, the morning of the killing, stopping several times. That vehicle, registered to Telles’ wife, departed Telles’ home around 9 a.m. and returned around noon, Koren said.
Police believe German was attacked about 11:15 a.m., and his garage door was open.
Telles was questioned by police Wednesday and then returned home, where he ignored reporters’ questions as he entered and did not respond to officers at his door until SWAT units and an ambulance arrived in the evening.
German joined the Review-Journal in 2010 after more than two decades at the Las Vegas Sun, where he was a columnist and reporter who covered courts, politics, labor, government and organized crime.
In a statement, German’s family called him “a loving and loyal brother, uncle and friend who devoted his life to his work exposing wrongdoing in Las Vegas and beyond.”
“We’re shocked, saddened and angry about his death,” the statement said. “Jeff was committed to seeking justice for others and would appreciate the hard work by local police and journalists in pursuing his killer. We look forward to seeing justice done in this case.”
Glenn Cook, executive editor of the Review-Journal, said the newsroom had mixed emotions following Telles’ arrest.
“We are relieved Robert Telles is in custody and outraged that a colleague appears to have been killed for reporting on an elected official,” the statement said. “Journalists can’t do the important work our communities require if they are afraid a presentation of facts could lead to violent retribution.”
“Hopefully, the Review-Journal, the German family and Jeff’s many friends can begin the process of mourning and honoring a great man and a brave reporter,” it said.
Telles, a lawyer who practiced probate and estate law, won his elected position in 2018, replacing a three-term public administrator. He lost his June party primary to Assistant Public Administrator Rita Reid, who faces a Republican challenger in November. Telles’ term expires Dec. 31.
Clark County officials said Thursday that Telles was suspended and banned from county offices or property pending a review of his position as an elected official.
“County employees of the administrator’s office are currently working from home, and the office will remain closed until a determination is made about when it can reopen,” the statement said.
In the weeks before the June 14 primary, German bylined reports about an office “mired in turmoil and internal dissension” between longtime employees and new hires under Telles’ leadership.
Telles blamed “old-timers” for exaggerating the extent of his relationship with a female staffer and falsely claiming that he mistreated them.
Telles later posted Twitter complaints about German, the Review-Journal reported, including claims in June that German was a bully who was “obsessed” with him.
German, widely known and respected for his tenacity, was working on follow-up reports, the newspaper said Wednesday. He recently filed public records requests for emails and text messages between Telles and three other county officials, including Reid and consultant Michael Murphy.
Murphy, the former Clark County coroner hired to address complaints about leadership in the public administrators’ office, did not immediately respond to a telephone message.
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New Board of Directors with Highly Skilled Executives Bring Significant Aerospace & Defense and Financial Expertise
MESA, Ariz., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MD Helicopters, LLC (MDH) is pleased to announce new ownership and leadership. An investment consortium led by MBIA Insurance Corp., Bardin Hill, and MB Global Partners has acquired the company and established new leadership.
Brad Pedersen will lead the team as MD Helicopters' President and CEO. Brad brings over 35 years of aerospace experience delivering accelerated growth and financial performance in leadership positions at Boeing Rotorcraft, Sikorsky Aircraft, Breeze-Eastern, and other aerospace and defense companies. Pedersen started his career at Hughes Helicopters and has almost 20 years of Engineering and Leadership experience with the MD Helicopter product lines. Brad has also led the turnaround of several private and publicly owned companies making him the ideal choice to lead MD.
"MD Helicopters has been an iconic name in the rotorcraft industry, and we will build on this rich heritage to serve and support our customers worldwide," said Pedersen. "Our immediate focus is to dramatically improve Customer Support, foster strong Supplier Relationships, and implement an aggressive Aircraft Sales Plan."
Pedersen will be supported by a highly experienced Board of Directors comprised of aerospace & defense executives and significant financial expertise:
Edward Dolanski, Chairman of the Board: Fortune 50 business executive with 30+ years of experience leading organizations through performance turnarounds and into sustained growth. Dolanski's experience includes President, Boeing Government Services, President & CEO Aviall (a Boeing company), and Vice President, Raytheon Aircraft Company (Hawker Beechcraft Customer Support / Aftermarket).
GEN (ret.) Gustave Perna, Board Member (chair, governance & compliance committee): served as Chief Operating Officer for Operation Warp Speed, in which he co-led the partnership of government, academia, and industry to successfully accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics for the Nation. As Commander of U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC), one of the Army's largest commands with over 190,000 military, civilian and contractor employees, he was responsible for installations, logistics, sustainment, and materiel readiness around the world.
Paul "Flip" Huffard, Board Member (chair, audit committee): 30+ year restructuring veteran with extensive financial management experience including as Senior Managing Director at Blackstone's Restructuring and Reorganization Group.
Anthony McKiernan, Board Member: Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of MBIA Insurance Corp.
Daniel Avitabile, Board Member: President and Chief Risk Officer of MBIA Corp.
John Greene, Board Member: Partner and Portfolio Manager at Bardin Hill Investment Partners
MD Helicopters, LLC (MDH) manufactures high-performance rotorcraft solutions that support operators flying military, commercial, law enforcement, utility, and VIP mission profiles. With thousands of aircraft in service worldwide, MDH has been designing and building aircraft known for their safety, versatility, responsiveness, speed, and reliability since 1947. Our commitment to product sustainment and customer success allows MDH to deliver aircraft unmatched in their performance and reliability. MD Helicopters, LLC is owned by an investment consortium comprised of MBIA Insurance, Bardin Hill Investment Partners LP, and MB Global Partners. To learn more about MD Helicopters, visit us at mdhelicopters.com, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch, dies at 96. EU ministers will meet to discuss Russia's energy disruptions. DOJ appeals special master review of documents seized by the FBI.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — There was more than one opportunity for sibling rivalry Thursday in a Milwaukee Brewers-San Francisco Giants doubleheader that featured two sets of brothers.
Brewers left-hander Taylor Rogers and Giants right-hander Tyler Rogers are twins who were warming up at the same time late in the opening game. Giants lefty Scott Alexander and his younger brother, Brewers right-hander Jason Alexander, conducted the lineup exchange before the second game.
“It was weird,” Scott Alexander said. “While we were playing catch, I saw him over there playing catch and it was hard not to keep looking over to see what he was doing. I’m sure it will hit days from now, but definitely a special moment.”
According to Elias Sports Bureau, the last time two sets of brothers played against each other in the same game was Aug. 6, 1977, when St. Louis’ Hector Cruz and Bob Forsch and Houston’s Jose Cruz and Ken Forsch all played in a game the Cardinals won 3-1.
Elias’ records only accounted for instances in which all four siblings saw action in the game. Only Tyler Rogers and Scott Alexander played in the opening game of Thursday’s doubleheader, a 2-1 Brewers victory.
Taylor Rogers struck out the side in the ninth inning of the second game to earn the save in Milwaukee’s 4-2 triumph.
“It’s one of those things you can’t really explain how cool it is watching your brother, and like Jason knows what I feel when I’m watching my brother,” Taylor Rogers said. “That’s kind of cool, we can share that.”
Although each of the Rogers twins were warming up late in the first game of the Brewers’ doubleheader sweep, only Tyler Rogers ended up pitching at that point.
“If I was going to go out in that inning, when the inning ended, I planned on just staying out there and handing him the ball if that had happened,” Taylor Rogers said.
In the first game, Scott Alexander pitched a scoreless first inning as the Giants’ opener and Tyler Rogers pitched a scoreless eighth inning.
Jason Alexander didn’t appear in either game of the doubleheader. He’s the Brewers’ scheduled starter Friday against the Cincinnati Reds.
Even so, the siblings considered this a special moment. They particularly appreciated the opportunity to meet for the lineup exchange.
“This will probably go down as one of my favorite moments in baseball,” Jason Alexander said.
The Alexanders said this was the first time they had ever been involved in the same game as teammates or opponents. Scott is almost four years older than Jason.
“So we missed each other in high school and things like that,” Scott Alexander said. “That was the first time we’ve ever been on the field at the same time.”
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Saying goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II who reigned for more than 70 years By A Martinez, Willem Marx Published September 9, 2022 at 5:21 AM MDT Facebook Twitter Email Queen Elizabeth II, the U.K.'s longest-serving monarch, died Thursday at the age of 96. The queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. Copyright 2022 NPR
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HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jiuzi Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: JZXN; the "Company"), a leading new energy vehicle (NEV) dealership group under the brand name "Jiuzi" in China, today announced that its subsidiary Hangzhou Jiuyao New Energy Automobile Technology Co. Ltd. ("Jiuyao") has entered into a purchase agreement ("Agreement") with Chongqing Dongfeng Fengguang Automobiles Sales Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Dongfeng Sokon Motor Co., Ltd. ("DFSK Motor").
Pursuant to the Agreement, by the end of 2022, DFSK Motor will deliver 5,000 micro electric passenger cars customized for Jiuyao ("Jiuyao Mini EV") based on its best-selling model "Dongfeng Mini EV Candy". The customized version will be upscaled with a combination of visual and performance characteristics including a stylish Jiuyao logo, dazzling wheel hubs, leather car seats, smart remote control function, and an extended battery range for up to 220 kilometers, which is rarely installed in A00-class micro electric passenger cars.
Serving as an important strategic move for JZXN's car rental and ride-hailing business initiatives, Jiuyao provides cost-effective vehicle procurement services for fleet management companies and ride-hailing companies. Jiuyao Mini EV is designed for JZXN's "Capital Partners" ("CP") clients who own, manage, and trade ride-hailing vehicle assets. The company has received preorders from seven CP clients by far.
"We are extremely pleased to see that our debut in the customized EV market is successful," said Mr. Shuibo Zhang, CEO of Jiuzi Holdings, Inc. "Our CP clients not only supply ride-hailing companies with transport vehicles, but also sell or rent vehicles to individual customers as car dealers. Supported by JZXN's capital strength and professional operation, we plan to work with other EV manufacturers to launch more customized SUV and MPV models in order to meet our CP clients' diversified requirements."
About Jiuzi Holdings, Inc.
Jiuzi Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Hangzhou, China, and established in 2017, franchises and operates retail stores under the brand name "Jiuzi" to sell New Energy Vehicles ("NEVs") in third and fourth-tier cities in China. The Company mainly sells battery-operated electric vehicles and sources NEVs through more than twenty NEV manufacturers. It has 51 operating franchise stores and one company-owned store. For more information, visit the Company's website at http://www.zjjzxny.cn/.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of historical fact in this announcement are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. They are based on current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that the Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs, including the expectation that the Offering will be completed. Investors can identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "potential," "continue," "is/are likely to" or other similar expressions. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events, circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct. The Company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to review other factors that may affect its future results in the Company's registration statement and its other filings with the SEC.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prologis, Inc. (NYSE: PLD), the global leader in logistics real estate, today announced that Tim Arndt, chief financial officer, will participate in two conferences in New York City:
- Barclays 2022 Global Financial Services Conference at the New York Hilton Midtown on Monday Sept. 12, at 10:30 a.m. ET.
- BofA Securities 2022 Global Real Estate Conference at the Conrad New York Downtown on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 1:25 p.m. ET.
Prologis' presentations will broadcast live via audio webcast and can be accessed on https://ir.prologis.com/events-and-presentations.
ABOUT PROLOGIS
Prologis, Inc. is the global leader in logistics real estate with a focus on high-barrier, high-growth markets. As of June 30, 2022, the company owned or had investments in, on a wholly owned basis or through co-investment ventures, properties and development projects expected to total approximately 1.0 billion square feet (95 million square meters) in 19 countries. Prologis leases modern logistics facilities to a diverse base of approximately 5,800 customers principally across two major categories: business-to-business and retail/online fulfillment.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The statements in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and markets in which we operate as well as management's beliefs and assumptions. Such statements involve uncertainties that could significantly impact our financial results. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," and "estimates," including variations of such words and similar expressions, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature. All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future—including statements relating to rent and occupancy growth, development activity, contribution and disposition activity, general conditions in the geographic areas where we operate, our debt, capital structure and financial position, our ability to form new co-investment ventures and the availability of capital in existing or new co-investment ventures—are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Although we believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained and, therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that may affect outcomes and results include, but are not limited to: (i) national, international, regional and local economic and political climates; (ii) changes in global financial markets, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates; (iii) increased or unanticipated competition for our properties; (iv) risks associated with acquisitions, dispositions and development of properties; (v) maintenance of real estate investment trust status, tax structuring and changes in income tax laws and rates; (vi) availability of financing and capital, the levels of debt that we maintain and our credit ratings; (vii) risks related to our investments in our co-investment ventures, including our ability to establish new co-investment ventures; (viii) risks of doing business internationally, including currency risks; (ix) environmental uncertainties, including risks of natural disasters; (x) risks related to the current coronavirus pandemic; and (xi) those additional factors discussed in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by us under the heading "Risk Factors." We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements appearing in this document except as may be required by law.
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Computer experts urge Georgia to replace voting machines
ATLANTA (AP) — A group of computer and election security experts is urging Georgia election officials to replace the state’s touchscreen voting machines with hand-marked paper ballots ahead of the November midterm elections, citing what they say are “serious threats” posed by an apparent breach of voting equipment in one county.
The 13 experts on Thursday sent a letter to the members of the State Election Board and to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who’s a non-voting member of the board. It urges them to immediately stop using the state’s Dominion Voting Systems touchscreen voting machines. It also suggests they mandate a particular type of post-election audit on the outcome of all races on the ballot.
The experts who sent the letter include academics and former state election officials and are not associated with efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The midterm elections are just two months away. A switch to hand-marked paper ballots could easily be made by then because state law already provides for them to be used as an emergency backup, the letter says.
State Election Board Chair William Duffey responded in an email to The Associated Press that the “security of our election equipment is of paramount interest to the State Election Board as is the integrity of the election process in Georgia.” He noted that the alleged breach in Coffee County is being investigated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and secretary of state’s office investigators and said the FBI has been asked to assist.
“The investigation is active and ongoing,” Duffey wrote. “Information developed will be considered to evaluate the impact of the Coffee County conduct.”
Raffensperger’s office has repeatedly said that Georgia’s elections remain secure because of varied security mechanisms in place. Spokesperson Mike Hassinger said in an email that the office will respond “in due time with due care” and that the response will be “addressed directly to the authors, rather than leaked to the media to obtain some sort of rhetorical advantage.”
The apparent unauthorized copying of election equipment in Coffee County happened in January 2021. It is documented in emails, security camera footage and other records produced in response to subpoenas in a long-running lawsuit that argues Georgia’s voting machines are vulnerable and should be replaced by hand-marked paper ballots.
Those records show that a computer forensics team traveled to the rural county about 200 miles southeast of Atlanta on Jan. 7, 2021, to forensically copy voting equipment. Emails show that Sidney Powell and other Trump-allied attorneys were involved in arranging for the visit.
The security video also shows that Doug Logan and Jeff Lenberg, who were involved in broader efforts to cast doubt on the 2020 election results, visited the office later that month.
The experts who sent the letter Thursday have long criticized Georgia’s voting machines, which print a paper ballot that includes a human-readable summary of the voter’s selections and a barcode that is read by a scanner to tally the votes. They argue the machines already made elections more vulnerable to tampering because voters cannot read the barcode to verify that it accurately reflects their selections.
But the copying and sharing of election data and software from Coffee County “increases both the risk of undetected cyber-attacks on Georgia, and the risk of accusations of fraud and election manipulation,” the letter says.
The expert letter also cites work by University of Michigan computer science professor J. Alex Halderman, who serves as an expert witness in the long-running voting machines lawsuit. He has identified what he says are security vulnerabilities in Georgia’s voting machines. The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in June issued an advisory based on Halderman’s findings.
In addition to urging a switch to hand-marked paper ballots, the experts say a statewide post-election, risk-limiting audit should be done on all of the races on the ballot. A risk-limiting audit essentially uses a statistical approach to ensure that the reported results match the actual votes cast. Current rules require only one statewide contest to be audited.
At least some of the experts who signed the letter sent to the Georgia State Election Board last year sent a similar letter to California’s secretary of state ahead of a recall election for the state’s governor urging a rigorous audit of that contest. The secretary of state did not act on the recommendations.
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Associated Press writer Christina A. Cassidy contributed reporting.
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If 2021 was the breakthrough year for mRNA vaccines, then 2022 may be the breakthrough year for artificial intelligence. So far there have been major advances in text generation, image generation, and now investor Nat Friedman is predicting big developments in AI personal voice assistants. More innovation will surely follow.
First, more AI does not necessarily mean fewer jobs. Automation and mechanization have been around for centuries, and they create jobs as well as take them away. The job created may be direct, as in robotics production and the surrounding infrastructure, or indirect, as when AI-supported animation is sold and marketed.
Prior to the pandemic, both Japan and the US had full employment and decent living standards. Both were also two of the most mechanized societies in the world and had plenty of robots.
Nonetheless, AI may bring big changes in compensation. Software can already write simple news articles, especially for standardized events such as earnings reports or sports scores. The wages of journalists will fall accordingly, while those of specialists who work on AI will rise.
But the benefits of AI do not accrue only to those in the technology sector. AI makes many goods and services cheaper, and that in turn benefits the poor and disadvantaged. If software routes packages and shipments more efficiently, then transportation costs will be lower. If software and AI programs help economize on the use of electricity, then it will be easier to mitigate climate change. As computational biology improves health care, the sick will benefit.
The people who least need AI are the super-rich. They already can hire armies of servants to manage their obligations, schedules, and so on. They do not need to economize on the use of human labor. The rest of us do, whether directly or indirectly through the businesses we patronize.
Another benefit for lower-income groups is that current manifestations of AI do not usually displace the jobs of the poor. Many poor individuals hold jobs in the service sector or perform manual labor. Those tasks are either hard to automate (a robot gardener?) or, because wages are low, less profitable to automate.
It may be true that the costs of AI in the labor force — displaced jobs — are more visible than the benefits of AI — new jobs and lower prices. So it’s not surprising if AI is not entirely popular.
AI also is going to require a lot of job retraining. More jobs will require new skills that involve working with software, sometimes in the form of AI. It’s not like everyone will have to know the intricacies of neural networks, but often this retraining will be more daunting than learning how to use the new espresso machine at Starbucks.
On average, better educated individuals are more skilled at retraining. So increasing the importance of retraining will have some significant inegalitarian effects, namely that the lesser educated may fall behind or be re-employed at lower wages. This is the real worry about AI, which is not the same as “the robots taking all our jobs.”
Ideally, continuing progress in AI will create a lot more jobs in teaching, training and retraining. That is the optimistic scenario. Still, given that so many Americans do not finish four-year college — even when doing so could lead to better jobs and higher wages — retraining probably won’t be so easy, either. Penalizing those who are bad at retraining may not be exactly the tonic American society needs right now.
Thinking about AI in terms of investments, one obvious play is to try to select the companies that will be making the breakthroughs. More generally, highly successful AI, other things being equal, probably means higher prices for land and natural resources. There will be a lot more economic activity, which will consume more energy and take up more space.
The US and the world economies are going through the early phases of a fundamental transformation, one that will be in large part driven by AI. When the history of our time is written, these will be seen as the years when everything got started.
More From Bloomberg Opinion:
• AI’s Hold Over Humans Is Starting to Get Stronger: Parmy Olson
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• Confronting AI’s Potential to Create New Chemical Weapons: Lisa Jarvis
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.
Tyler Cowen is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is a professor of economics at George Mason University and writes for the blog Marginal Revolution. He is coauthor of “Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World.”
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LONDON, UK — The Premier League has postponed its upcoming round of matches as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, adding to the cancellation of high-profile golf, cricket and horse racing events across Britain on Friday.
England's top-flight soccer clubs held a meeting on Friday and said they wanted to “pay tribute to Her Majesty’s long and unwavering service to our country.”
“This is a tremendously sad time for not just the nation but also for the millions of people around the world who admired her," Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said, “and we join together with all those in mourning her passing.”
The English Football League — the three divisions below the Premier League — also called off their games scheduled for the weekend.
The British government said it was at the discretion of individual sporting organizations whether fixtures went ahead following the death of the queen on Thursday at the age of 96.
British sport essentially shut down on Friday, but could be up and running by Saturday.
The BMW PGA Championship, the flagship event on the European tour, was paused near the end of the first round Thursday following the announcement of the queen’s death — there were still 30 players out on the course — and there will be no play Friday.
“We remain hopeful of restarting at some stage over the weekend,” the tour said Friday in a statement, adding that it would be reviewing “protocol guidance from Buckingham Palace” while also aligning with the decisions made by other sporting events in Britain.
The England and Wales Cricket Board has already announced that there would be no play on Friday in the third and deciding test between England and South Africa at the Oval. There was no immediate update on whether play would be resuming over the weekend.
Other events called off included cycling’s Tour of Britain, which also canceled the final two stages of the race scheduled for the weekend, and the third day of horse racing’s St. Leger festival in Doncaster. The St. Leger, one of British racing's classics, will now take place on Sunday, organizers said Friday.
Horse racing was the queen’s favorite sport.
Soccer matches in the English Football League — the three leagues below the Premier League — and in the Scottish lower league scheduled for Friday had already been postponed while matches scheduled to be played in Northern Ireland over the weekend were also canceled.
The Premier League said further updates regarding its fixtures during the period of mourning, which has begun in Britain, will be provided “in due course.”
Organizations are having to weigh up factors such as whether holding matches would use up police resources, the desire of broadcasters and the mood of the public.
There is little room in the schedule of this World Cup-affected season to fit in postponed fixtures.
The government said sporting organizations “might wish to consider canceling or postponing events or closing venues on the day of the State Funeral.”
That date of the State Funeral has not been set.
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Queen Elizabeth II: Tributes from across Somerset
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People from across Somerset have paid tributes to Queen Elizabeth II, following her death at Balmoral.
The Queen visited the county in her Silver Jubilee year of 1977.
Annie Maw, Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset, said, the Queen's message has always been one of "peace, unity and partnership".
"We have lost one of the greatest people of our age, a person without whom life will never be the same," she said.
The Queen also visited Yeovil and Crewkerne, in May 2012, as part of the Diamond Jubilee Tour, an occasion people described it as an "unforgettable day".
Rachel Smith was working as a cleaner at Taunton Police Station when the Queen was driven through the town on her way to Yeovil.
"I remember feeling upset that me and my work colleagues would miss the Queen's visit. However, the Chief Insp made an announcement we could all leave the police station to see it," she said.
"The moment she arrived was surreal. She was dressed in a light green suit and hat with flowers on and looked completely beautiful.
"She had that amazing ability to make you feel she had directly seen you and was waving to you alone. The moment lasted a few seconds but the memories will live forever."
Once the Queen had arrived in Yeovil, South Somerset Councillor Mike Best escorted her around the town.
"Once I put aside the fact she was the Queen, and we started talking I felt so relaxed," he said.
"It is amazing how she made me feel at ease in the conversation and the way she conducted herself was just wonderful.
"Her devotion to service carried on until her very last days and as a nation, I know she will be greatly missed and her memory will live on for a very long time."
The Queen's final visit to Somerset was to see the stables of champion horse racing trainer Paul Nicholls, in Ditcheat in 2019.
Mr Nicholls said: "It was a fantastic day, one I will never, ever forget.
"It was two weeks before the Cheltenham Festival, and I was more nervous on the day she visited than on the day of the festival.
"It was a privilege to invite her to yard and show her some of the champion horses. We chatted about the Cheltenham Races, and she said she'd seen some of them [the horses] in their winning races.
"She knew everything about racing, it was clearly her passion."
Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset, Mark Shelford, said: "As a young soldier of 19, I swore allegiance to the Queen and her family to protect this country.
"I deeply feel and share the sorrow felt by this united nation at the passing of our Commander-in-Chief."
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Political adviser to Interior Min. Shaked opposes continuing merger with Derech Eretz party.
Israel National News > News Briefs > When Ayelet Shaked kept her adviser away from a meeting When Ayelet Shaked kept her adviser away from a meeting 9.09.22, 15:43 Political adviser to Interior Min. Shaked opposes continuing merger with Derech Eretz party.Read more Found a mistake? Contact us
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LONDON, UK — The Premier League has postponed its upcoming round of matches as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, adding to the cancellation of high-profile golf, cricket and horse racing events across Britain on Friday.
England's top-flight soccer clubs held a meeting on Friday and said they wanted to “pay tribute to Her Majesty’s long and unwavering service to our country.”
“This is a tremendously sad time for not just the nation but also for the millions of people around the world who admired her," Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said, “and we join together with all those in mourning her passing.”
The English Football League — the three divisions below the Premier League — also called off their games scheduled for the weekend.
The British government said it was at the discretion of individual sporting organizations whether fixtures went ahead following the death of the queen on Thursday at the age of 96.
British sport essentially shut down on Friday, but could be up and running by Saturday.
The BMW PGA Championship, the flagship event on the European tour, was paused near the end of the first round Thursday following the announcement of the queen’s death — there were still 30 players out on the course — and there will be no play Friday.
“We remain hopeful of restarting at some stage over the weekend,” the tour said Friday in a statement, adding that it would be reviewing “protocol guidance from Buckingham Palace” while also aligning with the decisions made by other sporting events in Britain.
The England and Wales Cricket Board has already announced that there would be no play on Friday in the third and deciding test between England and South Africa at the Oval. There was no immediate update on whether play would be resuming over the weekend.
Other events called off included cycling’s Tour of Britain, which also canceled the final two stages of the race scheduled for the weekend, and the third day of horse racing’s St. Leger festival in Doncaster. The St. Leger, one of British racing's classics, will now take place on Sunday, organizers said Friday.
Horse racing was the queen’s favorite sport.
Soccer matches in the English Football League — the three leagues below the Premier League — and in the Scottish lower league scheduled for Friday had already been postponed while matches scheduled to be played in Northern Ireland over the weekend were also canceled.
The Premier League said further updates regarding its fixtures during the period of mourning, which has begun in Britain, will be provided “in due course.”
Organizations are having to weigh up factors such as whether holding matches would use up police resources, the desire of broadcasters and the mood of the public.
There is little room in the schedule of this World Cup-affected season to fit in postponed fixtures.
The government said sporting organizations “might wish to consider canceling or postponing events or closing venues on the day of the State Funeral.”
That date of the State Funeral has not been set.
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A bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved a $2.46 billion reorganization plan proposed by the Boy Scouts of America, which would allow it to keep operating while compensating tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as children while involved in Scouting.
Though legal hurdles remain, the ruling by Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein in Delaware marked an important milestone for the BSA, which sought bankruptcy protection more than two years ago to stave off a flood of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by Scout leaders and volunteers.
Lawyers for some of the victims said the amount an individual survivor may receive from the bankruptcy plan depends on multiple factors relating to the alleged abuse. The plan calls for the BSA and its local councils, along with settling insurance companies and troop sponsoring organizations, including Catholic institutions and parishes, to contribute to a fund for survivors. In return, those groups would be shielded from future lawsuits over Scout-related abuse allegations.
More than 80,000 men have filed claims saying they were abused as children by troop leaders around the country.
“Credit to the courageous survivors that this breakthrough in child and scouting safety has been achieved,” said attorney Jeff Anderson, whose firm represented more than 800 Boy Scout abuse survivors.
Anderson said most of the $2.46 billion is to be paid to survivors, but some funds would be set aside in a trust to continue litigation against entities that have not settled, mainly insurance companies.
It will likely take months for any of the abuse claimants to receive compensation.
Anderson said the settlement has drawn mixed reactions from his clients. Many are proud they stood up and demanded a cleanup of the Irving, Texas-based Boy Scouts, while others feel like they were dismissed because the organization “hid behind the statute of limitations” in some states.
The Boy Scouts of America said it is pleased the court has approved its reorganization plan.
“We continue to be enormously grateful to the survivor community, whose bravery, patience, and willingness to share their experiences has been instrumental in the formation of this Plan,” the organization said in a statement.
The Boy Scouts said the perspectives and priorities of the survivors ”will be ingrained in the BSA’s programming moving forward.”
The BSA also said that because certain parties have said they plan to appeal the order, the organization will next begin an appeal process in order to emerge from Chapter 11, “which will allow survivors to be equitably compensated and preserve the mission of Scouting for future generations.”
A federal district judge must sign off on Silberstein’s ruling.
When it filed for bankruptcy, the BSA faced about 275 filed lawsuits and was aware of numerous other potential cases. More than 80,000 abuse claims were eventually filed as part of the bankruptcy.
Attorneys for BSA insurers argued early on that the sheer volume of claims was an indication of fraud and the result of aggressive client solicitation by attorneys and for-profit claims aggregators. While some of those insurers later negotiated settlements, other insurers continued to oppose the plan. They argued that the procedures for distributing funds from the compensation trust would violate their contractual rights to contest claims and set a dangerous precedent for mass litigation.
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Associated Press writer Sarah Rankin in Richmond, Virginia, contributed to this report.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 55 to 65.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 69 to 83.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 52 to 62.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 65 to 80. Lows
50 to 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows 47 to 57.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 61 to 75. Lows
47 to 57.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Gasquet 97 59 88 /
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CAZ103-100245-
Northern Humboldt Coast-
435 AM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Haze in the morning. Highs 73 to 88. Northwest
wind around 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy fog overnight. Lows 53 to 63.
West wind around 5 mph shifting to the southeast overnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 69 to 81. South wind
around 5 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Areas of drizzle and patchy fog.
Lows 51 to 61. Southwest wind around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Areas of drizzle and patchy fog. Highs
65 to 75. West wind around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows 50 to
60. Highs 63 to 75.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows 46 to 56.
Highs 59 to 73.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
McKinleyville 73 54 68 /
Arcata 76 58 73 /
Eureka 70 57 71 /
Fortuna 79 58 77 /
$$
CAZ104-100245-
Southwestern Humboldt-
435 AM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 84 to 99. Northeast wind around 5 mph
shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 55 to 65. South wind up to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs 72 to 87. South wind 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Areas of drizzle and fog. Lows
54 to 64. South wind around 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of fog. Highs 71 to 86. Southwest
wind around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 51 to
61. Highs 71 to 86.
.TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 66 to 81. Lows
49 to 59.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Honeydew 92 57 83 /
$$
CAZ105-100245-
Northern Humboldt Interior-
435 AM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 94 to 109.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 61 to 71.
.SATURDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 88 to 103.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 55 to 65.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 78 to 93.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 52 to 62.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs 75 to 90. Lows
50 to 60.
.TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 70 to 85. Lows
47 to 57.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Orleans 107 64 102 /
Hoopa 106 61 100 /
Willow Creek 107 61 101 /
$$
CAZ106-100245-
Southern Humboldt Interior-
435 AM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 89 to 104.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 58 to 68.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs 79 to 94.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 53 to 63.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 73 to 88.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 51 to 61.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs 73 to 88. Lows
49 to 59.
.TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 68 to 83. Lows
46 to 56.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Garberville 101 56 88 /
$$
CAZ107-100245-
Northern Trinity-
435 AM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. Haze in the morning. Highs 99 to 114.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 61 to 71.
.SATURDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 91 to 106.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 55 to 65.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 85 to 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 55 to 65.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs 83 to 98.
Lows 51 to 61.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs 76 to 91.
Lows 45 to 55.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 75 to 90.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Trinity Center 99 63 92 /
Weaverville 105 63 96 /
$$
CAZ108-100245-
Southern Trinity-
435 AM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. Haze in the morning. Highs 92 to 107.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 60 to 70.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs 86 to 101.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 54 to 64.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 76 to 91.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 53 to 63.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs 76 to 91.
Lows 49 to 59.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs 69 to 84.
Lows 44 to 54.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 68 to 83.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Hayfork 107 57 98 /
Ruth 99 60 91 /
$$
CAZ109-100245-
Mendocino Coast-
435 AM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Haze in the morning. Highs 74 to 89. West wind
around 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows 49 to 59.
South wind around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 66 to
81. South wind up to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Areas of drizzle and fog. Lows
49 to 59. South wind around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Areas of drizzle and fog. Highs 64 to
79. West wind around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows 48 to 58.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Highs 65 to 80.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 45 to 55.
Highs 65 to 80.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Fort Bragg 68 53 67 /
Point Arena 66 54 63 /
$$
CAZ110-100245-
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-
435 AM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 94 to 109.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 56 to 66.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs 84 to 99.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 53 to 63.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 78 to 93.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 50 to
60. Highs 78 to 93.
.TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 72 to 87. Lows
46 to 56.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Leggett 93 55 83 /
Laytonville 99 60 88 /
Willits 98 57 86 /
$$
CAZ111-100245-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
435 AM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 94 to 109.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 60 to 70.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs 84 to 99.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 54 to 64.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 77 to 92.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 52 to
62. Highs 78 to 93.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs 71 to 86.
Lows 47 to 57.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 71 to 86.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Covelo 104 60 94 /
$$
CAZ112-100245-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-
435 AM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 87 to 102.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 52 to 62.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs 76 to 88.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 52 to 62.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 74 to 86.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 49 to
59. Highs 73 to 88.
.TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 68 to 81. Lows
47 to 57.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Boonville 97 56 85 /
$$
CAZ113-100245-
Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
435 AM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 94 to 109.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 59 to 69.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs 81 to 96.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 57 to 67.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 78 to 93.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 55 to
65. Highs 78 to 93.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 71 to 86. Lows
51 to 61.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 49 to 59.
Highs 70 to 85.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Ukiah 106 61 94 /
$$
CAZ114-100245-
Northern Lake-
435 AM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 94 to 109.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 62 to 72.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs 84 to 99.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 57 to 67.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 78 to 93.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 54 to
64. Highs 78 to 93.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 72 to 87.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 47 to 57.
Highs 72 to 87.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 46 to 56.
Highs 71 to 86.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Pillsbury 107 56 98 /
$$
CAZ115-100245-
Southern Lake-
435 AM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 97 to 107.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 62 to 72.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 83 to 95.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 60 to 70.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 79 to 90.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 60 to 70. Highs
79 to 94.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 52 to
62. Highs 79 to 94.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 72 to 83.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 50 to 60.
Highs 72 to 84.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lakeport 102 62 90 /
Middletown 104 57 90 /
Clearlake 107 62 93 /
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The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:
Angela sat in my office in the counseling area of Catalina High School crying unconsolably. As the result of my constant urging for all eligible seniors to complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) she had taken the form home to get the household info needed. Because of a combination of fear and embarrassment, Angela’s parents had never told her that they had come to the U.S., bringing her as an infant, escaping terror and economic woes in their home country, without documentation.
Both her parents went to work every day, paid withholding taxes and sales taxes, and had built a life for her that she was sure was leading to the college education and nursing career she had worked so hard in her high school classes to achieve. Now that was beyond reach. Not only would she not qualify for any federal or state tuition help, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Pima Community College and the University of Arizona was triple that of in-state students.
People are also reading…
The term “dreamers” is normally defined as students brought here as young children without documentation, including those who might or might not qualify for DACA status. These are young people who have grown up in our community and gone to school alongside our own children. They may or may not speak their native language fluently and many have never even visited their places of origin since immigrating to the U.S.
The Arizona Legislature passed a bipartisan bill last year (introduced by Republican state Sen. Paul Boyer) that will let voters decide if the state should expand in-state tuition access to dreamers who live in, and graduated from, high school in the state (Proposition 308).
If enacted, Arizona would join more than 20 states —including Florida, Texas, and Kansas — that recognize the financial hardship that out-of-state tuition imposes on them. Research shows that as many as 3,600 current Arizona high school students could benefit from this measure. That translates into $28 million in additional earnings for a workforce with two- or four-year degrees and certificates, $23 million in additional spending power, and $4.9 million in local, state and federal tax revenue, according to the American Immigration Council.
If Arizona is to continue to innovate and embrace the future of work, it must ensure that its workforce is equipped to meet employer demands in technology and the skilled trades. Our own community is faced with an ever-deepening shortage of well-trained workers in these areas. Look at the help wanted signs and online job listings for every auto repair, HVAC repair, aviation technology, electronic technology and major employers like Caterpillar and Raytheon.
The public service sector in our community especially struggles to find qualified first responders, including police, fire and EMT job candidates that could benefit from degrees and certificates earned at PCC if offered at affordable tuition rates currently prohibited by state law.
Most concerning for older folks like myself, is the dire status of available certificate and degree holding medical technicians, patient care assistants and registered nurses. According to online job postings, the overall demand in Arizona for candidates with health-care certificates increased from 2017 to 2021 by 147%.
So, this becomes much more than just about Angela (she is on her way now with help from organizations such as Scholarships A-Z with some limited resources to offer scholarships to nonresident students) and the other 3,600 dreamers.
It is about us as a community that desperately needs educated, skilled, certificate and degree bearing workers to ensure and improve the quality of life for everyone. To deny these students that chance to help themselves, their families and our entire community obtain that goal is not only morally untenable, it doesn’t help anyone, no matter what your political stance is.
Please consider a yes vote on Proposition 308 this November for all of us!
Mark Hanna is a retired TUSD high school college counselor and former Pima Community College Governing Board member.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs to counter the United States, which he accused of pushing to weaken the North’s defenses and eventually collapse his government, state media said Friday.
Kim made the comments during a speech Thursday at North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament, where members passed legislation governing the use of nuclear weapons, which Kim described as a step to cement the country’s nuclear status and make clear such weapons will not be bargained.
The law spells out conditions where North would be inclined to use its nuclear weapons, including when it determines that its leadership is facing an imminent “nuclear or non-nuclear attack by hostile forces.” The law requires North Korea’s military to “automatically” execute nuclear strikes against enemy forces, including their “starting point of provocation and the command,” if Pyongyang’s leadership comes under attack.
The law also says North Korea could use nukes to prevent an unspecified “catastrophic crisis” to its government and people, a loose definition that experts say reflect an escalatory nuclear doctrine that could create greater concerns for neighbors.
Kim also criticized South Korea over its plans to expand its conventional strike capabilities and revive large-scale military exercises with the United States to counter the North’s growing threats, describing them as a “dangerous” military action that raises tensions.
Kim has made increasingly provocative threats of nuclear conflict toward the United States and its allies in Asia, also warning that the North would proactively use its nuclear weapons when threatened. His latest comments underscored the growing animosity in the region as he accelerates the expansion of his nuclear weapons and missiles program.
“The purpose of the United States is not only to remove our nuclear might itself, but eventually forcing us to surrender or weaken our rights to self-defense through giving up our nukes, so that they could collapse our government at any time,” Kim said in the speech published by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency.
“Let them sanction us for 100 days, 1,000 days, 10 years or 100 years,” Kim said. “We will never give up our rights to self-defense that preserves our country’s existence and the safety of our people just to temporarily ease the difficulties we are experiencing now.”
Kim also addressed domestic issues, saying North Korea would begin its long-delayed rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in November. He didn’t specify how many doses it would have, where they would come from, or how they would be administered across his population of 26 million people.
GAVI, the nonprofit that runs the U.N.-backed COVAX distribution program, said in June it understood North Korea had accepted an offer of vaccines from China. GAVI said at the time the specifics of the offer were unclear.
North Korea rejected previous offers by COVAX, likely because of international monitoring requirements, and has also ignored U.S. and South Korean offers of vaccines and other COVID-19 aid.
Kim last month declared victory over COVID-19 and ordered preventive measures eased just three months after his government for the first time acknowledged an outbreak. Experts believe the North’s disclosures on its outbreak are manipulated to help Kim maintain absolute control.
The North Korean report about Kim’s speech came a day after South Korea extended its latest olive branch, proposing a meeting with North Korea to resume temporary reunions of aging relatives separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, which were last held in 2018.
Experts say it’s highly unlikely North Korea would accept the South’s offer considering the stark deterioration in inter-Korean ties amid the stalemate in larger nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang. The U.S.-North Korean diplomacy derailed in 2019 over disagreements in exchanging the release of crippling sanctions against the North and the North’s denuclearization steps.
Kim was combative toward South Korea in Thursday’s speech and urged his country to expand the operational roles of its tactical nuclear weapons and accelerate their deployment to strengthen the country’s war deterrent. Those comments appeared to align with a ruling party decision in June to approve unspecified new operational duties for front-line troops, which analysts say likely include plans to deploy battlefield nuclear weapons targeting rival South Korea along their tense border.
Cheong Seong Chang, a senior analyst at South Korea’s Sejong Institute, said Kim’s comments and the new North Korean law amount to a warning that it would launch immediate nuclear strikes on the United States and South Korea if they ever attempt to decapacitate Pyongyang’s leadership.
The North is also communicating a threat that it could use its nuclear weapons during conflicts with South Korea’s conventional forces, which would raise the risk of accidental clashes escalating into a nuclear crisis, Cheong said.
North Korea has been speeding its development of nuclear-capable, short-range missiles that can target South Korea since 2019. Experts say its rhetoric around those missiles communicates a threat to proactively use them in warfare to blunt the stronger conventional forces of South Korea and the United States. About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in the South to deter aggression from the North.
The U.S.-led diplomatic push to defuse the nuclear standoff has been further complicated by an intensifying U.S.-China rivalry and Russia’s war on Ukraine, which deepened the divide in the U.N. Security Council, where Beijing and Moscow have blocked U.S. efforts to tighten sanctions on Pyongyang over its revived long-range missile tests this year.
Kim has dialed up weapons tests to a record pace in 2020, launching more than 30 ballistic weapons, including the first demonstrations of his intercontinental ballistic missiles since 2017.
U.S. and South Korean officials say Kim may up the ante soon by ordering the North’s first nuclear test in five years as he pushes a brinkmanship aimed at forcing Washington to accept the idea of the North as a nuclear power and negotiating concessions from a position of strength.
Experts say Kim is also trying to strengthen his leverage by strengthening his cooperation with China and Russia in an emerging partnership aimed at undercutting U.S. influence.
North Korea has repeatedly blamed the United States for the crisis in Ukraine, saying the West’s “hegemonic policy” justified Russian military actions in Ukraine to protect itself. U.S. officials said this week the Russians are in the process of purchasing North Korean ammunition, including artillery shells and rockets, to ease their supply shortages in the war against Ukraine.
North Korea also has joined Russia and Syria as the only nations to recognize the independence of two pro-Russia breakaway territories in eastern Ukraine and has discussed send its construction workers to those regions to work on rebuilding.
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Brownfield high school football puts perfect record on line in Roosevelt home opener
After back-to-back road trips, the Roosevelt football team gets to play in the familiar confines of Eagle Field. But the opponent could be a disruptive houseguest.
The Brownfield Cubs come to town with a 2-0 record, with an average margin of victory at 30.5 points. Eagles coach Matt Landers expects another challenge, after a pair of stout foes have the team sitting at 0-2.
Roosevelt opened with a 15-12 loss to Amarillo River Road, which won a playoff game in Class 3A Division I last season. Hawley, a 2A D-I state finalist, blanked the Eagles 33-0 in Week 2.
Lumps weren't hard to predict for Roosevelt, which returned a handful of starters from its state-semifinal run. Landers hopes the payoff comes down the road when the results count toward the playoff race.
"We wanted a harder schedule," Landers said. "We felt like last year our schedule wasn't hard enough, obviously. And we kind of saw the effects of that in that last game, losing to Gunter."
Landers got his wish in a Brownfield squad that has won five of its past seven games — with a lot of players who were also responsible for the team's late-season surge in 2021. The Cubs carried that momentum into the year with wins over Post and Tulia. But Friday will be Brownfield's toughest test to date.
The Cubs have allowed 19 points on the year, including seven against Tulia a week ago. While the offense has been putting up numbers, the defense has stood out to fourth-year coach Aarrhon Flores.
"I know we've put a lot of points on the board, but I really, really am very proud of our defense," Flores said. "We almost pitched a shutout against Tulia. We only allowed two touchdowns against Post. (We've) just been able to focus defensively. We always talk about, 'Offense scores points, but defense wins games.' We've been able to make a lot of good, big defensive stops put our offense out on the field."
But even a Roosevelt offense chock-full of newcomers is a challenge. The flexbone scheme alone makes game-planning a nightmare.
Scout-team quarterback Flores can attest to that.
"You can't prepare for it," Flores said. "You hope old men like myself and guys that played back in the day can kind of mimic it for the kids."
Landers said the offense, which returned two starters, is a work in progress, but he's seeing improvement. That includes strides from a young offensive line and running backs Octavio Rodriguez and Angel Olivares. Quarterback Nate Casarez is running the show and had 131 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the opener.
Landers hopes the team can put it together and draw a boost from its home opener. It will be the Eagles' first home game since Oct. 28.
"We're excited to be playing here in front of our home crowd again, back on that turf field," Landers said. "We got some new Under Armour jerseys, so our kids are excited to get those out. We're going to try to go maroon more this year. Our kids are excited about wearing some new jerseys and new pants in front of our crowd."
Brownfield at Roosevelt
Non-district football
When: 7 p.m. Friday
Where: Eagle Field, Acuff
Records: Brownfield 2-0; Roosevelt 0-2
Coverage: Follow @byStephenGarcia on Twitter for live updates, with postgame analysis at lubbockonline.com.
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HONG KONG, Sep 9, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - CENTRESTAGE, Asia's premier fashion event organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and sponsored by Create Hong Kong* of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), opened today at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. A number of renowned and emerging fashion brands from Hong Kong and overseas are presenting their spring/summer 2023 collections during the three-day event, which is open to industry participants and the general public free of charge. Visitors have the opportunity to browse and shop for the latest designs from around the world, with some brands offering exclusive discounts.
Three thematic areas support brands' business expansion
Entering its seventh year, CENTRESTAGE has adopted "Inclusion and Diversity" as its theme in 2022, highlighting individuality and self-expression. The event is playing host to more than 240 brands from 15 countries and regions, including newly participating brands from Hong Kong such as 30menu, athenaeum(m.), Kowloon City Boy, Louise Castle, Natacha Van, PSY LAU, The Life Etc. and VO-YAGE. Exhibitors from other countries and regions include Koradior (Mainland China), C/W COLLECTIVE (Macao), HARIO Lampwork Factory (Japan), Stevie Crowne (UK), CEANNIS (Sweden), Dal Duca (Italy), Thierry Rabotin (Italy) and more. Three thematic zones feature a broad spectrum of designs and styles: METRO presents the leisure aspects of urban life; ICONIC represents modern, chic and avant-garde design; and ALLURE showcases the elegance and refinement of design excellence and craftsmanship. Visitors are free to explore and shop in this comprehensive one-stop fashion arcade.
The HKTDC has proactively engaged local and overseas fashion buyers to support CENTRESTAGE exhibitors in expanding their businesses. Local buyers such as Lane Crawford, Joyce, Next Sourcing, Palmers and online fashion store Farfetch have a physical presence at the event. In addition, online business meetings have been arranged to match exhibitors with fashion buyers from the mainland and overseas, including industry heavyweights Signe Du Temps from France, A PEBBLE by LABELHOOD from the mainland, Harry & Co from Korea, and NM International from Thailand.
Various fashion brands unveil their latest designs
A series of fashion shows are being held during the fair period, with the spotlight opening gala show, CENTRESTAGE ELITES, taking place this evening. The opening ceremony will be officiated by Paul Chan, Financial Secretary of the HKSAR. Immediately afterwards, DEMO, the Hong Kong label co-founded by Derek Chan and Mite Chan, will be joined by Children of the discordance, established by Japanese designer Hideaki Shikama, to present their spring/summer 2023 collections. The runway show marks the debut fashion presentation in Hong Kong for Mr Shikama, who is renowned for deconstructing and repurposing old fabrics into refined patchwork pieces. Louise Wong, winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer, will be guest model at the event, strutting down the runway in an outfit from DEMO's latest collection.
Following CENTRESTAGE ELITES, the Fashion Hong Kong Runway Show will run on the "Sustainable Fashion" theme, featuring six local designers that have participated in various international fashion weeks, including 112 mountainyam (by Mountain Yam), ANGUS TSUI (by Angus Tsui), Bettie Haute Couture (by Bettie Jiang), BLIND by JW (by Jessica Lau & Walter Kong), SUN=SEN (by Sun Lam), and V VISSI (by Vickie Au). These designers have collaborated with Hong Kong textile enterprise Novetex Textiles Limited to create environmentally-friendly Spring/Summer 2023 collections using upcycled fabrics made from The Billie System, a waterless textile recycling system developed locally. During the fair period, Fashion Hong Kong Studio (Booth number 1C-C07) will collect and upcycle unwanted white 100% cotton T-shirts or polo shirts from visitors. The first 100 donors will receive a limited-edition souvenir made from upcycled materials.
Serving as a platform to promote local design talents, FASHIONALLY Collection #19 features a number of Hong Kong brands, including ARTO., CAR|2IE, FromClothingof, KEVIN HO, Lapeewee, REDEMPTIVE and WHY. The other three FASHIONALLY presentations are being held on 9 and 10 September, giving the opportunity to three emerging local fashion brands - Wilsonkaki and first-time exhibitors Kowloon City Boy and VO-YAGE - to showcase their latest collections.
Another initiative to discover the fashion stars of the future is the Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers' Contest (YDC) 2022, the final will be held on the evening of 11 September. VIP judge Hideaki Shikama will join the judging panel to select the winners of four honours, namely Overall Champion, the Excellence Award, the Best Visual Presentation Award and the "My Favourite Collection Award", out of 10 shortlisted entrants. Members of the public can vote for their favourite designs on the FASHIONALLY website before midnight tomorrow (10 September) to stand the chance of winning one of seven HK$2,000 Lee Gardens Area e-gift coupons sponsored by Hysan Development.
Experience the application of technology in the fashion industry
In addition to numerous fashion shows, this year's CENTRESTAGE is staging various seminars and sharing sessions. Earlier today (9 September), representatives from AiDLab, an artificial intelligence design institute, and Code-Create Limited shared their insights into the application of artificial intelligence in the fashion industry. In another session, representatives from Virtual Touch, a 3D visual effects animation firm, and Mirum, one of the world's largest digital service providers, will look into topics such as the metaverse and sustainability in the fashion industry.
This year's CENTRESTAGE venue has integrated cyber and metaverse elements into its design and features a host of interactive virtual experiences. Visitors can create their own avatar and connect with others in the CENTREVERSE, as well as enjoying an augmented reality fashion try-on. To further enrich the visitor experience, workshops on making eco-friendly scented pouches and the co-creation of large-scale artworks are also on offer, while the CENTRESTAGE X Watch & Clock lucky draw will take place over the weekend (10 and 11 September).
*Disclaimer: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project only, and does not otherwise take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials/events (or by members of the project team) are those of the project organisers only and do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, Create Hong Kong, the CreateSmart Initiative Secretariat or the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee.
Websites
- CENTRESTAGE : https://www.centrestage.com.hk
- CENTRESTAGE visitor pre-registration: https://bit.ly/3QNzd7M
- Fashion Hong Kong: https://www.fashionhongkong.com.hk/en
- Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers' Contest (YDC): https://www.fashionally.com/en
- CENTRESTAGE in Town: https://centrestage.hktdc.com/home/highlights/centrestage-in-town/
- Photo download: https://bit.ly/3B4RM10
About HKTDC
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is a statutory body established in 1966 to promote, assist and develop Hong Kong's trade. With 50 offices globally, including 13 in Mainland China, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as a two-way global investment and business hub. The HKTDC organises international exhibitions, conferences and business missions to create business opportunities for companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in the mainland and international markets. The HKTDC also provides up-to-date market insights and product information via research reports and digital news channels. For more information, please visit: www.hktdc.com/aboutus. Follow us on Twitter @hktdc and LinkedIn
Media enquiries
For more information, please contact Raconteur:
Molisa Lau, Tel: +852 6187 7786, Email: molisalau@raconteur.hk
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The HKTDC's Communications and Public Affairs Department:
Snowy Chan, Tel: +852 2584 4537, Email: snowy.sn.chan@hktdc.org
Agnes Wat, Tel: +852 2584 4554, Email: agnes.ky.wat@hktdc.org
Copyright 2022 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.com
Three thematic areas support brands' business expansion
Entering its seventh year, CENTRESTAGE has adopted "Inclusion and Diversity" as its theme in 2022, highlighting individuality and self-expression. The event is playing host to more than 240 brands from 15 countries and regions, including newly participating brands from Hong Kong such as 30menu, athenaeum(m.), Kowloon City Boy, Louise Castle, Natacha Van, PSY LAU, The Life Etc. and VO-YAGE. Exhibitors from other countries and regions include Koradior (Mainland China), C/W COLLECTIVE (Macao), HARIO Lampwork Factory (Japan), Stevie Crowne (UK), CEANNIS (Sweden), Dal Duca (Italy), Thierry Rabotin (Italy) and more. Three thematic zones feature a broad spectrum of designs and styles: METRO presents the leisure aspects of urban life; ICONIC represents modern, chic and avant-garde design; and ALLURE showcases the elegance and refinement of design excellence and craftsmanship. Visitors are free to explore and shop in this comprehensive one-stop fashion arcade.
The HKTDC has proactively engaged local and overseas fashion buyers to support CENTRESTAGE exhibitors in expanding their businesses. Local buyers such as Lane Crawford, Joyce, Next Sourcing, Palmers and online fashion store Farfetch have a physical presence at the event. In addition, online business meetings have been arranged to match exhibitors with fashion buyers from the mainland and overseas, including industry heavyweights Signe Du Temps from France, A PEBBLE by LABELHOOD from the mainland, Harry & Co from Korea, and NM International from Thailand.
Various fashion brands unveil their latest designs
A series of fashion shows are being held during the fair period, with the spotlight opening gala show, CENTRESTAGE ELITES, taking place this evening. The opening ceremony will be officiated by Paul Chan, Financial Secretary of the HKSAR. Immediately afterwards, DEMO, the Hong Kong label co-founded by Derek Chan and Mite Chan, will be joined by Children of the discordance, established by Japanese designer Hideaki Shikama, to present their spring/summer 2023 collections. The runway show marks the debut fashion presentation in Hong Kong for Mr Shikama, who is renowned for deconstructing and repurposing old fabrics into refined patchwork pieces. Louise Wong, winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer, will be guest model at the event, strutting down the runway in an outfit from DEMO's latest collection.
Following CENTRESTAGE ELITES, the Fashion Hong Kong Runway Show will run on the "Sustainable Fashion" theme, featuring six local designers that have participated in various international fashion weeks, including 112 mountainyam (by Mountain Yam), ANGUS TSUI (by Angus Tsui), Bettie Haute Couture (by Bettie Jiang), BLIND by JW (by Jessica Lau & Walter Kong), SUN=SEN (by Sun Lam), and V VISSI (by Vickie Au). These designers have collaborated with Hong Kong textile enterprise Novetex Textiles Limited to create environmentally-friendly Spring/Summer 2023 collections using upcycled fabrics made from The Billie System, a waterless textile recycling system developed locally. During the fair period, Fashion Hong Kong Studio (Booth number 1C-C07) will collect and upcycle unwanted white 100% cotton T-shirts or polo shirts from visitors. The first 100 donors will receive a limited-edition souvenir made from upcycled materials.
Serving as a platform to promote local design talents, FASHIONALLY Collection #19 features a number of Hong Kong brands, including ARTO., CAR|2IE, FromClothingof, KEVIN HO, Lapeewee, REDEMPTIVE and WHY. The other three FASHIONALLY presentations are being held on 9 and 10 September, giving the opportunity to three emerging local fashion brands - Wilsonkaki and first-time exhibitors Kowloon City Boy and VO-YAGE - to showcase their latest collections.
Another initiative to discover the fashion stars of the future is the Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers' Contest (YDC) 2022, the final will be held on the evening of 11 September. VIP judge Hideaki Shikama will join the judging panel to select the winners of four honours, namely Overall Champion, the Excellence Award, the Best Visual Presentation Award and the "My Favourite Collection Award", out of 10 shortlisted entrants. Members of the public can vote for their favourite designs on the FASHIONALLY website before midnight tomorrow (10 September) to stand the chance of winning one of seven HK$2,000 Lee Gardens Area e-gift coupons sponsored by Hysan Development.
Experience the application of technology in the fashion industry
In addition to numerous fashion shows, this year's CENTRESTAGE is staging various seminars and sharing sessions. Earlier today (9 September), representatives from AiDLab, an artificial intelligence design institute, and Code-Create Limited shared their insights into the application of artificial intelligence in the fashion industry. In another session, representatives from Virtual Touch, a 3D visual effects animation firm, and Mirum, one of the world's largest digital service providers, will look into topics such as the metaverse and sustainability in the fashion industry.
This year's CENTRESTAGE venue has integrated cyber and metaverse elements into its design and features a host of interactive virtual experiences. Visitors can create their own avatar and connect with others in the CENTREVERSE, as well as enjoying an augmented reality fashion try-on. To further enrich the visitor experience, workshops on making eco-friendly scented pouches and the co-creation of large-scale artworks are also on offer, while the CENTRESTAGE X Watch & Clock lucky draw will take place over the weekend (10 and 11 September).
*Disclaimer: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project only, and does not otherwise take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials/events (or by members of the project team) are those of the project organisers only and do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, Create Hong Kong, the CreateSmart Initiative Secretariat or the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee.
Websites
- CENTRESTAGE : https://www.centrestage.com.hk
- CENTRESTAGE visitor pre-registration: https://bit.ly/3QNzd7M
- Fashion Hong Kong: https://www.fashionhongkong.com.hk/en
- Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers' Contest (YDC): https://www.fashionally.com/en
- CENTRESTAGE in Town: https://centrestage.hktdc.com/home/highlights/centrestage-in-town/
- Photo download: https://bit.ly/3B4RM10
About HKTDC
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is a statutory body established in 1966 to promote, assist and develop Hong Kong's trade. With 50 offices globally, including 13 in Mainland China, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as a two-way global investment and business hub. The HKTDC organises international exhibitions, conferences and business missions to create business opportunities for companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in the mainland and international markets. The HKTDC also provides up-to-date market insights and product information via research reports and digital news channels. For more information, please visit: www.hktdc.com/aboutus. Follow us on Twitter @hktdc and LinkedIn
Media enquiries
For more information, please contact Raconteur:
Molisa Lau, Tel: +852 6187 7786, Email: molisalau@raconteur.hk
Betsy Tse, Tel: +852 9742 7338, Email: betsytse@raconteur.hk
The HKTDC's Communications and Public Affairs Department:
Snowy Chan, Tel: +852 2584 4537, Email: snowy.sn.chan@hktdc.org
Agnes Wat, Tel: +852 2584 4554, Email: agnes.ky.wat@hktdc.org
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TORONTO, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Humble & Fume Inc. (CSE: HMBL) (OTCQX: HUMBF) ("Humble" or the "Company"), a leading North American distributor of cannabis and cannabis accessories, is pleased to announce it has entered into a new revolving credit facility pursuant to the terms of a loan agreement that provides for a $2,000,000 secured revolving credit facility (the "Credit Facility").
"We are pleased to complete this credit facility, which illustrates our ability to access alternative forms of financing and provides us with further financial flexibility to scale our business," said Joel Toguri, Humble's CEO. "We currently maintain strong liquidity with no debt on the balance sheet, combined with this new Credit Facility of $2 million, we are in a strong position to execute on our strategic plan."
In connection with the Credit Facility, Humble also issued 750,000 warrants, with each warrant exercisable to purchase Humble common share at a price of $0.25 per share for a period of three years.
Pursuant to the loan agreement, the Credit Facility is secured against the assets of the Company. The Credit Facility is expected to be used by the Company to fund working capital requirements in the ordinary course. The credit agreement will be filed under the Company's issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Humble & Fume, Inc. is a leading North American distributor of cannabis and cannabis accessories, supported by a customer-centric sales team and strong fulfillment infrastructure. As the only fully-integrated cannabis distribution solution, Humble bridges the gap for retailers, licensed cannabis producers, multi-state operators, and cannabis consumers to maximize sales penetration, and increase financial performance. With over 20 years of North American operating experience, Humble has cultivated extensive vendor and customer relationships, distributing premium cannabis consumables and consumption devices. The Company is comprised of four subsidiaries that represents its vertical integration across North America; B.O.B. Headquarters Inc. / Humble+Fume, Windship Trading LLC, Humble+ Cannabis Solutions and Fume Labs Inc.
This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws relating to, the Company's assessment of the cannabis edibles market in Canada, the demand for cannabis edibles in Canada and the expected results for brand partners of the Company. Any such forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "contemplates", "believes", "projects", "plans" and similar expressions. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Statements about, among other things, the potential impact on brands that engage Humble for their distribution and / or sales agency and the future of the cannabis edibles industry including the anticipated ongoing consumer demand, are all forward-looking information. These statements should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from those implied by such statements. Although such statements are based on management's reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that such forward-looking statements will occur as described herein. The Company assumes no responsibility to update or revise forward-looking information to reflect new events or circumstances or actual results unless required by applicable law. Readers are encouraged to refer to the Company's disclosure available on its SEDAR profile (at www.sedar.com) for information as to the risks and other factors which may effect the Company's business objectives and strategic plans.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe’s run to the U.S. Open semifinals is, first and foremost, about Tiafoe himself, a 24-year-old from Maryland who took up tennis because his father was a janitor at a junior training center, a player who never won a match past the fourth round at a Grand Slam tournament until now, who owns one career ATP title and a sub-.500 career record, and whose ranking ranged from 24 to 74 over the past two seasons.
“A Cinderella story,” to use his phrase.
Tiafoe’s tale — which already includes a victory over 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal along the way to Friday’s matchup against No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain with a berth in the final at stake — is about so much more, too.
It is a significant step forward for American men’s tennis right now and could help grow the sport in the future, too.
Tiafoe is the first man from the United States to reach the semifinals at Flushing Meadows since Andy Roddick, 16 years ago. He has a shot at giving the country its first male champion at any Slam since Roddick in New York, 19 years ago.
If he can get past Alcaraz on Friday — the other men’s semifinal is No. 5 Casper Ruud of Norway against No. 27 Karen Khachanov of Russia — Tiafoe would become the first Black man from the U.S. in a major final since MaliVai Washington was the runner-up at Wimbledon in 1996.
“American men’s tennis has been struggling for a couple of decades. Struggling with a standard that we set for ourselves: Grand Slam champions and Grand Slam finals,” Washington said in a telephone interview Thursday. “That has not happened on the men’s side in years.”
A high bar was set by the success of the likes of Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe — the last African American man in the U.S. Open semifinals, in 1972, and the person for whom the event’s main stadium is named — and, before that, Don Budge and Bill Tilden. Thanks to the Williams sisters, and other players who were major champs or runners-up more recently, such as Sloane Stephens, Madison Keys, Sofia Kenin and Danielle Collins, American women’s tennis has stayed relevant long past the days of Chris Evert and Billie Jean King.
“It absolutely helps the U.S. Open to have male and female champions from the U.S. Absolutely,” tournament director Stacey Allaster said. “We had the greatest of all time for decades on the women’s side. And obviously we’ve had amazing American champions on the men’s side, from Pete and Andre to Andy. But it’s been a while.”
As Serena Williams prepared to walk away from her playing days, current athletes such as Tiafoe, 18-year-old Coco Gauff and others spoke during the U.S. Open about the influence she and her sister, Venus, had on their careers.
Gauff has said she plays what she called “a predominantly white sport” because she “saw somebody who looked like me dominating the game.”
The importance of representation can’t be overstated.
“What Frances is doing now is inspiring me,” Washington said. “And I hope he inspires young players — not just Black, but white, Hispanic, Asian. Certainly, because of his background, and the the color of his skin, it’s going to have a certain impact on young Black players and especially young Black boys. And I hope it makes them think, ‘OK, I’ve been playing tennis for a bunch of years. This inspires me to keep going.’ Or: ‘I’ve never played tennis before. This inspires me to try.’”
Tiafoe’s on-court enthusiasm — “which you might see more readily in basketball,” Washington said — and off-court personality could help draw youngsters to tennis.
So could the sorts of social media that didn’t exist in Washington’s playing days.
“I don’t know if you can ever truly know what type of impact you’re having on the next generation until maybe years later, when someone says, ‘Hey, I started playing tennis because I remember watching you at Wimbledon,’” said Washington, whose youth foundation in Jacksonville, Florida, offers after-school and summer programs. “We’re always trying to look for a diverse group of players, trying to find that next player and maybe looking for that next player in unconventional places.”
Martin Blackman, head of the U.S. Tennis Association’s player development program, thinks Tiafoe “resonates and is relevant in the culture. He represents a huge opportunity to make tennis ‘cooler.'”
Tiafoe does not shy from the notion that he can lead the way for others.
“He wants to be a role model,” said his coach, Wayne Ferreira. “I always tell him, ‘If you want to be a role model, you have to win tennis matches.’ … If he can win this tournament, he can be an inspiration for a lot of kids.”
Tiafoe was 6 when he first crossed paths with Blackman, who at the time was a coach at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park, Maryland, where little Francis and his twin brother, stayed while Dad worked.
“He would watch the group lessons, he would watch the private lessons, he would hit on the wall,” Blackman said.
Blackman sees what Tiafoe is doing as the result of a process started more than a dozen years ago to try to develop future champions.
Blackman sees a “healthy peer pressure” in the group of American men around Tiafoe’s age who have come through the ranks — and rankings — together, including Taylor Fritz, Reilly Opelka and Tommy Paul.
“We want that same dynamic we had back in the early ‘90s, with Pete, Andre, Jim Courier and Michael Chang,” Blackman said. “That’s another part of why Frances’ breakthrough is so significant.”
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LIMASSOL, Cyprus, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XM is beyond proud to announce that it has ranked second (2) in a list of Europe's top employers in 2022, in the 'Best Medium Workplaces' category, as awarded by the Great Place to Work™ Institute.
To be recognised as a Great Place to Work™ by such a globally renowned institution is a true honour. It is proof of the company's commitment to creating a big, fair, and human workplace, as well as a company culture geared towards inclusivity. Furthermore, it reflects the growth and development of the FinTech industry in Cyprus, marking the first time a Cypriot company has achieved such a high ranking.
For Maria Hadjipanteli, the company's Group Chief People & Culture Officer, this accolade is reflective of all the hard work that has been done to build a positive working environment:
"Big. Fair. Human has always been at the core of our DNA as a company, and those values apply not only to the way we treat our clients, but also our employees. We appreciate that all the success XM has experienced over the last decade wouldn't have been possible without the hard work of our people, which is why we focus on fostering a positive workplace culture, so that they have the best environment not only to perform, but to grow and develop."
Kyriakos Iacovides, General Manager of Great Place to Work™ Cyprus had this to say about XM's important achievement:
"XM's exceptional distinction in being awarded second place on the list of Europe's Best Medium Workplaces in 2022 honours more than just the company, but Cyprus as a whole. By securing such a high ranking, XM represents the quality of the FinTech industry in Cyprus, on a Pan-European stage."
XM has been a global leader in multi-asset online trading for over a decade and employs over 750 professionals, across countless disciplines, all over the world.
To learn more about the company and the career opportunities on offer, visit https://www.xm.com/careers.
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Risk Warning: CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 74.89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Please consider our Risk Disclosure.
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LONDON (AP) — King Charles III's plane lands in London as new monarch starts to carry out royal duties after death of his mother.
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Everyone loves their pets, especially with many people adding a furry family member during the pandemic.
But unfortunately, "pet parenthood" keeps getting more expensive, even as other prices drop.
Stevie Miller loves her Australian shepherd, Jasper, but says food and other expenses are getting pricey.
"It's a little bit higher," she said, "but I am willing to pay a bit more for the good quality food."
Other families, though, are finding their pets are putting a big strain on their budgets.
Daryl Meyerrenke owns a pet supply store, the Family Pet Center, and hears weekly from families struggling to afford 50-dollar bags of food.
But he says beware of cheap food, which can be mostly filler. It's less healthy for your dog, and it will take more to fill them up.
"You can buy the cheapest food out there," he said, "but your dog may consume 50 percent more of it."
Meyerrenke says many people look at the price of a large bag of dog food these days and get a case of sticker shock.
They then purchase a smaller bag.
But he says you need to focus on the price per serving, and in that case, a larger bag makes much more sense.
If you keep a big bag sealed, it will last a long time. "It’s got a shelf life of a year," he said.
Most families report higher pet care prices
A survey by the pet care site Rover finds that 90 percent of pet parents are seeing a rise in costs this year.
While prices this fall are dropping for electronics, clothing, and toys, pet products are up 12.6 percent year-over-year, more than the Consumer Price Index.
Still, when it comes to spending, pet owners view their animals as family.
Rover trend expert Kate Jaffe says in the survey, "98 percent of them told us that their dog has provided them comfort during these difficult economic times."
She says pet owners looking to save should try a discount retailer instead of big-box pet chains or grocery stores.
"That way, they can also get some savings on those everyday essentials like toys or treats," she said.
Meyerrenke, meantime, suggests you talk to a manager at your favorite pet shop and ask about loyalty discounts or discounts for buying in bulk from them.
If you absolutely cannot afford pet food, such as after a job loss or family emergency, check with local shelters and veterinarian offices that may be able to put you in touch with a pet food bank.
The Humane Society has a list of programs that may help you find free or reduced-price pet food.
And if you're considering adding another pet to the family, Kate Jeffe says know the upfront costs, which include purchase/adoption fees, vaccinations, and spaying or neutering.
- A dog can cost $900 to nearly $4,500, depending on the breed.
- A cat can cost $700 to $3,000.
Stevie Miller watches expenses but refuses to go cheap regarding Jasper's food and care.
"It's something I'm willing to pay more for," she said.
So talk with your pet shop and veterinarian, check out big box stores and don't forget to comparison shop online.
That way, you don’t waste your money.
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With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Joe Biden gained the distinction of being the 13th and final U.S. president to meet the woman whose reign spanned seven decades.
The queen, who died Thursday at her summer residence in Scotland at age 96, had met every American president since Dwight Eisenhower, with the exception of Lyndon Johnson, who did not visit Britain during his presidency.
She was still a princess when she met President Harry Truman in Washington.
Every living former U.S. president — Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump — joined Biden in mourning her passing and sending condolences to her family.
Biden and first lady Jill Biden said the queen's “legacy will loom large in the pages of British history, and in the story of our world.”
Obama and his wife, Michelle, recalled the queen welcoming them, America's first Black president and first lady, to the world stage “with open arms and extraordinary generosity.”
Biden first met the queen in 1982 as a U.S. senator traveling in the U.K. with a delegation from Congress. He last saw her in 2021, several months after he became president, when he attended a world leaders' summit in southwestern England.
She mingled with Group of Seven leaders at a reception that she and other royals hosted at an indoor rainforest. After the summit, the Bidens traveled to Windsor Castle, near London, at the queen's invitation for a private audience.
The queen was a 25-year-old princess when she came to Washington in 1951 and stayed with Truman and his family. She met Herbert Hoover in 1957, more than 20 years after he left office.
Here are highlights of some of her meetings, on both sides of the pond, with past American presidents:
JOE BIDEN
Biden and his trademark aviator sunglasses met the queen at Windsor Castle on a sweltering afternoon in June 2021.
Biden emerged from a black car wearing his shades, stepped onto a covered dais where the queen waited, and, with his wife, posed with the queen as the two countries' national anthems played.
After walking around the courtyard to inspect the honor guard, he entered the castle for tea.
Back at the airport, Biden told journalists that the queen was “very gracious” and had asked him about the leaders of China and Russia.
While it's generally frowned upon to discuss one's private talks with the queen, Biden continued.
“I don't think she'll be insulted, but she reminded me of my mother,” he said.
Biden said he also had invited the queen to visit the White House.
DONALD TRUMP
Trump and the queen met in July 2018 at the castle during a visit to Britain that drew large anti-Trump protests to downtown London, including the hoisting of a balloon depicting Trump in a diaper.
He was criticized for breaking protocol by briefly walking in front of the queen — instead of alongside her — and turning his back on her as they reviewed an honor guard.
Trump later said he thought of his late mother, Mary Anne, who was born in Scotland and who loved the royal family, when he and his wife, Melania, sipped tea with the queen.
Trump's subsequent comment that the queen told him that Brexit — Britain's break from the European Union — was complex also created a stir. Most heads of state don't reveal their private conversations with the queen. She also doesn't discuss political matters.
The Trumps and the royals met again during the D-Day commemoration in 2019.
BARACK OBAMA
Obama and the queen had their first of three meetings in April 2009 at a reception for world leaders attending the Group of 20 nations summit in London.
It was there that first lady Michelle Obama broke protocol by briefly putting an arm around the queen's back as they commiserated about their achy feet. It's generally a no-no to touch the queen, but she returned Mrs. Obama's gesture.
The queen invited the Obamas for a state visit in 2011 that included a two-night stay at Buckingham Palace and a lavish banquet in the president's honor.
As Obama delivered a toast to the queen, he didn't miss a beat when the band assumed that a pause in his remarks meant he had concluded and launched into a rendition of “God Save the Queen.” Obama kept talking over the music until the band quieted down.
The couples saw each other again in 2016 when Obama visited the queen at Windsor Castle a day after her 90th birthday during another swing through Europe.
GEORGE W. BUSH
Bush detested stuffy, formal affairs, but he donned a white tie-and-tails tuxedo after the queen pulled out all the stops for a state dinner in his honor at Buckingham Palace in November 2003.
A few years later, Bush's slip of the tongue generated ripples of laughter at a White House welcoming ceremony for the queen, who was touring the U.S. in May 2007.
Stumbling on a line in his speech, Bush said the queen had dined with several of his predecessors and had helped the United States “celebrate its bicentennial in 17- ...” Bush caught himself and corrected the date to 1976, and paused to see if she had taken offense.
“She gave me a look that only a mother could give a child,” Bush said with a smile.
The queen later turned the tables on Bush with her toast at a dinner she hosted for the president at the British Embassy in Washington.
“I wondered whether I should start this toast by saying, ‘When I was here in 1776,'" she said to laughter.
BILL CLINTON
The queen hosted Clinton and his wife, Hillary, aboard her royal yacht, Britannia, in June 1994.
The ship, 412 feet (125 meters) long and 55 feet (17 meters) wide, was docked at the Portsmouth Naval Base and was home base for the Clintons as they attended the queen's dinner at Guildhall for leaders of Allied nations whose troops participated in the D-Day invasion of Normandy 50 years earlier.
The Clintons spent one night aboard the boat. The next day, the Britannia ferried Clinton to the USS George Washington aircraft carrier as it prepared to sail across the English Channel, from Portsmouth to Normandy, for D-Day anniversary celebrations.
GEORGE H.W. BUSH
One of the more memorable images from the monarch's third state visit to the U.S. came in 1991 when only her white-striped purple hat could be seen above the microphones when she spoke at an arrival ceremony on the White House grounds.
Someone forgot to adjust the lectern after the much taller Bush spoke.
The queen stayed strong and carried on, later making light of the incident as she opened an address to a joint meeting of Congress.
“I do hope you can see me today from where you are,” she deadpanned. Bush later apologized and said he felt badly for not pulling out a step for her to stand on.
RONALD REAGAN
Reagan and the queen bonded over a mutual love of horseback riding.
They rode side by side on an 8-mile (13-kilometers), hourlong tour on the grounds of Windsor Castle when Reagan visited her there in June 1982. Reagan was the first president to sleep over at the British royal family's historic home, an 11th-century estate overlook the River Thames.
While in the U.S. in 1983, the monarch and Philip stayed with the president and first lady Nancy Reagan at their ranch in Santa Barbara, California. She wanted to ride horses again, but a rainstorm wouldn't allow it. The Reagans served a lunch of regional staples, including enchiladas, chiles rellenos, refried beans, tacos, rice and guacamole.
They also hosted a state dinner for the queen in San Francisco at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum.
JIMMY CARTER
The queen hosted Carter in May 1977 on his first overseas trip at a dinner for NATO leaders at Buckingham Palace. At one point, as Carter stood with the queen and other guests, he noticed the arrival of the queen mother.
Ever the Southern gentleman, Carter broke away, took her by the hand and escorted her to the assembled line of guests.
The no-frills Georgia peanut farmer-turned-president ate chicken mousse off a gold plate and seemed excited by his dinner seating between the queen and her sister, Princess Margaret, and across from her son, Prince Charles, Prince Philip and the queen mother.
GERALD FORD
Ford threw a gala state dinner for the Brits in 1976 to mark the bicentennial of the American Revolution. The queen was resplendent in a diamond-studded tiara that sparkled for a crowd that included diplomats, star athletes and celebrities such as Cary Grant and Julie Harris.
The mood evaporated when Ford led the queen to the dance floor while the song “The Lady Is a Tramp” echoed throughout the State Dining Room.
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The world mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth II, with tributes pouring in from musicians, writers, actors — and even a famous bear.
Queen Elizabeth II sharing tea with Paddington Bear: A video released for her Platinum Jubilee in June 2022
Beyond her role as a monarch, Queen Elizabeth II was a pop culture icon who met (and knighted) acting and music legends. Many stars have been reacting to the news of her death.
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger wrote that Queen Elizabeth II had been in his life forever, tweeting that he remembered her from the time she was "a beautiful young lady, to the much beloved grandmother of the nation."
Sir Michael Phillip Jagger was knighted in 2003 at Buckingham Palace for his 40 years of service to popular music.
Another knighted British singer, Elton John, also shared the sentiment that she was "a huge part" of people's lives from childhood on.
The pianist and composer remembered Queen Elizabeth as "an inspiring presence to be around," he tweeted, adding that he would "miss her dearly."
A longtime friend of Princess Diana, to whom he dedicated a rewritten version of his hit song "Candle in the Wind" after her death, Sir Elton John was knighted at Buckingham Palace in 1998.
US singer and actress Barbra Streisand posted a photo of herself shaking hands with the queen. They met at the Royal Film Performance of "Funny Girl" in 1975.
"She was a constant for us all," she tweeted.
US actress and producer Whoopi Goldberg recalled her meeting with the British monarch in 2009. She remembers being "in awe," considering that she was simply "an American kid from the projects" who was suddenly in the "company of the Queen of England."
Bette Midler, who also appeared in the 2009 Royal Variety Performance, the annual British charity event attended by Queen Elizabeth II, noted that she was "steadfast, staunch, and dedicated until the very end," adding in her tweet: "70 years of duty. Unbelievable."
Former Beatle Paul McCartney, who was knighted in 1997, shared a brief tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, while also looking ahead to her son's reign on the throne with the words: "Long live The King."
Monthly US fashion and lifestyle magazine Vogue shared a tribute on Instagram. British editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who in 2017 was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to fashion and journalism, posted a photo of them together at the fashion show of designer Richard Quinn, where the queen was presenting an award in her name.
Even though Wintour left England for the US long ago, she remained a fan: "The admiration and respect I felt for her has never diminished. I'm not alone in that regard: the queen touched everyone," she wrote.
Also appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to drama in 2003, Helen Mirren is perhaps the person who came the closest to wearing Queen Elizabeth's shoes. Her portrayals of the British monarch in the 2006 biographical drama movie "The Queen," as well as in the Broadway version of the film, were crowned with awards.
She wrote on Instagram that she was "proud to be an Elizabethan," describing the queen as "the epitome of nobility."
Meanwhile, Peter Morgan, screenwriter of "The Queen" and of the successful Netflix series "The Crown," has said he expects filming of season 6 of the historical drama will pause, "out of respect."
"'The Crown' is a love letter to her and I've nothing to add for now, just silence and respect," he told Hollywood news site Deadline in an email. The series covers the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, from her wedding to Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 1947, up into the 21st century.
Queen Elizabeth had also developed a special relationship with a much-beloved fictional character from children's literature, Paddington Bear.
In a video for her Platinum Jubilee in June, they shared tea together and revealed to each other that they both loved marmalade sandwiches. The queen said she always had her own supply in her iconic handbag.
Paddington's tweet, one of the most popular tributes on Twitter, simply repeats a touching line from that video: "Thank you, Ma'am, for everything."
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Legend may have multiple Grammys and achieved the rare EGOT status, but the prolific singer still feels the need to prove himself.
That’s one of the reasons Legend cut back on traveling early last year to devote more time toward the writing process of his self-titled eighth studio album, “Legend,” which releases Friday. It’s the first double album project of Legend’s extraordinary career, which achieved new heights in 2018 when he became the first Black man to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.
After all his accolades, Legend still feels motivated to deliver fresh content about his joys of life, him being inspired by wife Chrissy Teigen and heartbreak after their pregnancy loss a couple years ago. His new album — executive produced by OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder — features several guest appearances including Jazmine Sullivan, Jhené Aiko, Muni Long, JID, Ty Dolla $ign and Rick Ross.
In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Legend spoke about his reluctance to make a double album, a potential EP with Ross, Las Vegas residency relevance and being nervously excited after Teigen announced she was pregnant last month.
Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.
AP: How does feel to be pregnant again after the unfortunate loss of Jack in 2020?
LEGEND: We’re excited. I think whenever you lose a pregnancy, your optimism is a little more guarded the next time. But we feel good. We feel excited, and we can’t wait to welcome our baby into the world. You know, we have so much fun being parents together and our kids bring so much light into our lives. We’re looking forward to another one doing the same thing.
AP: Chrissy talked about being nervous before making the announcement on social media. How did you both navigate everything?
LEGEND: She was going to start to be visibly pregnant. Either you tell people or you just stay in the house and try to hide for quite a long time, which seemed like an untenable way to go. We felt like we should tell people at some point. It’s tough to figure out when the right time is, but sooner or later, people are going to start to see it. We felt like we wanted to control the narrative and tell people when we were ready to.
AP: What made you want to do a double album?
LEGEND: I’ve never done a double album before, and I was always reluctant because it’s a lot of material for a fan to digest. But these are separate albums, with different moods.
A lot of this album is joyful, celebratory, fun, and sexy. But particularly on the second disc, we talk a little bit more about what it feels like to struggle and try to come back from a struggle, what it feels like to deal with challenges and how you make it through that together. Some of those songs are written as songs of comfort, as we were dealing with some tough circumstances in our lives.
AP: For this album, how did Chrissy inspire your music?
LEGEND: Quite a few of the songs are inspired by Chrissy. But also, I want them to be songs that you can dedicate to the women in your lives. Whenever I’m writing songs that are inspired by my own life and my own love and my own family, I want it to feel like you can find a way to apply that to your own life. I think particularly when I’m seeing the miracle of pregnancy and childbirth and all those things and knowing how difficult it is for someone carrying a pregnancy, you must marvel at the women in our lives and give them the honor that they’re due.
AP: How was it working with Ryan Tedder as your executive producer?
LEGEND: Both of us grew up in the church, and both of us grew up with that as our foundation. But he’s more in the pop rock world and I’ve been more obviously in the soul and hip-hop world with a little bit of pop. I think because we’re different, our skills and our sensibilities complement each other well. I’m dealing with a certain palette and a certain set of references, and he is, too. When we bring it together, it’s an interesting chemistry and it works well.
AP: How important is collaboration for you?
LEGEND: It’s been a part of my music life since the beginning. It was always about collaboration. A lot of it was with hip-hop artists, particularly with Rick Ross. I made more songs with him — either him featured on my project or me featured on his — than any other artists. We’re different, but we sync up very well. The kind of beats that we both like. That soulful kind of lush soundscape that we like. We even talked about doing an EP together or something like that. But if you put all the songs together that we’ve done, it would be pretty much a whole album by now.
AP: You, Usher, Bruno Mars and other big artists have had a residency in Las Vegas. How has the perception of Vegas changed for major acts over the years?
LEGEND: I think people used to look at it as kind of like this is your swan song. This is your retirement residency. But I think of late you really see a lot of artists still in their prime doing it. Some of my favorite artists like Usher, Bruno, Anderson .Paak and so many great kinds of younger artists, but still with enough repertoire to sustain the show are doing it. I think it’s a great way in the middle of our careers to say we’re so grateful for everything that has come before us. We’re going to celebrate that. But also, I’ve been previewing songs from the new album as well. It’s like looking back but also previewing what’s to come.
AP: After achieving EGOT status, what keeps you driven?
LEGEND: I don’t think about awards as accomplishments I’m trying to achieve. I think about every album and every project that I make that I must prove myself to my fans. I have to prove myself to the world every single time, so I don’t take anything for granted. I don’t rest on my previous accomplishments. I must prove myself with the music with the creativity and the product that we give people. If we don’t do that, then I’ll just be kind of a forgotten artist. A has been. I want to keep proving myself to them every single time.
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor returned Thursday to the Bronx community where she grew up to see the unveiling of her bronze statue at a shopping center in the heart of the community.
In brief remarks after the likeness was unveiled, Sotomayor, 68, said it was “always so heartwarming” to return to the neighborhood and that she was “deeply touched” by the bust with the Bronx Terminal Market.
Sotomayor, who became the first Hispanic justice to serve on the Supreme Court when she was sworn in in 2009, said she hoped every child who sees the statue of her at the Bronx market knows that she is a proud native.
“I love the Bronx. I love my community,” she said.
The justice said she grew up a few miles away from the shopping center, which sits at the site of a former wholesale fruit and vegetable market that’s been a local neighborhood landmark for generations.
The bust, encased behind protective glass, has her name on its base. It is surrounded by panels that feature a short biography about the justice.
Sotomayor marveled at how much the sculpture resembled her, remarking on how curly her hair is and noting with a laugh that she seemed to be wearing similar dangly earrings Thursday as were memorialized on the statue.
“It’s quite amazing. Looks a lot like me,” she said.
“I think they may have improved on the original a little,” she joked.
After looking through the glass at the bust, Sotomayor spoke to about a dozen people gathered around and wistfully noted that her mother, Celina Báez, died last year but had she been there Thursday, “she would have been bursting with pride.”
Sotomayor posed with several local eighth-grade students who helped unveil the sculpture but did not take any questions.
The statue at the Bronx Terminal Market shopping center is near Yankee Stadium, home to the justice’s beloved baseball team.
The bust was sculpted by artists Gillie and Marc. Sotomayor called them “two visionary artists who share a passion as I do for community service.”
“I am humbled to be a part of their vision,” she added.
The duo also created a bronze statue of the late former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which was unveiled in her native Brooklyn last year.
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How to watch NC State football vs. Charleston Southern on TV, live stream
The NC State Wolfpack are scheduled to host the Charleston Southern Buccaneers on Saturday, Sept. 10.
The game is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. ET at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh.
NC State is 1-0 after a thrilling 21-20 win over East Carolina last Saturday in Greenville.
The Buccaneers enter the game 0-1 after losing 52-38 to Western Carolina last Saturday.
Here's everything you need to know to watch Saturday's game.
How to watch NC State football vs. Charleston Southern on TV, live stream
Start time: 12:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 10
Location: Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina
TV: RSN
RSN stands for Regional Sports Network. Regional Sports Networks include Bally Sports South (formerly Fox Sports South) and Bally Sports Southeast (former Fox Sports Carolinas).
Bally Sports South is only available via DirecTV Stream.
Online live stream: ESPN.com/watch
Online radio broadcast: Wolfpack Sports Network
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Dave Doeren is the NC State football head coach. Autry Denson is the Charleston Southern football head coach.
Gabe Hauari is a digital producer for the USA Today Network. You can follow him on Twitter @GabeHauari.
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The Utah Utes reserve each Tuesday throughout the season for their longest and most physical practice. It’s a chance to fix things at near game speed – and then turn the page.
The 13th-ranked Utes (0-1) aren’t looking back at their 29-26 loss at Florida last weekend, the one that dented their College Football Playoff hopes.
They’re locked in on Southern Utah (1-0) for the home opener Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium. The Thunderbirds are a team that recently joined the Western Athletic Conference and enter the game as roughly a six-touchdown underdog. Understandable, given they happen to be the team in the way after the Utes’ close loss in ”The Swamp,” where quarterback Cameron Rising was intercepted in the end zone in the waning seconds.
”We’re just putting the focus on (Southern Utah),” receiver Devaughn Vele said. ”Just making sure we’re taking the things the coaches are telling us from `The Swamp,’ keying in on that, emphasizing it in practice and making sure it shows up on Saturday.”
Among the items to shore up: Red-zone defense. The Gators scored three touchdowns inside the red zone. Utah’s traditionally stingy defense also gave up 283 yards rushing.
”Obviously not good enough,” defensive end Van Fillinger said. ”It’s nothing that we can’t fix or can’t get better from.”
That’s what Tuesday’s intense practice sessions are for. They feature wind sprints, live tackling drills and correcting mistakes seen on game film. Labeled ”Bloody Tuesday,” this week’s version was a ”grinder,” cornerback Clark Phillips III said.
”One of those days of the week where we try to simulate it the most like the game, try to make it super violent, super crazy,” Phillips said. ”It’s the longest practice of the week in terms of length. … We’ve got some live periods in there. It’s `Bloody Tuesday.”’
Come Saturday, the Utes will be seeing red, which just happens to be a uniform color of Southern Utah.
”Everybody’s got to get better,” Utes coach Kyle Whittingham said. ”I think this team’s got a bunch of wins in it this year. We’ll see how far we can take it.”
Whittingham has a big fan in new Thunderbirds coach DeLane Fitzgerald, who arrived at Southern Utah from Frostburg State University in Maryland, where he patterned some of the schemes after those used by the Utes coach.
”They’re the best football program in the western United States,” Fitzgerald said on a recent edition of ” The Thunderbird Coaches Show.” ”If you have a map of the United States, draw a line right down the middle, and they are the best football program on the left side. Point blank. End of discussion. Period.”
HALL OF FAME CLASS
Among the Utah athletes who will be inducted into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame this weekend is standout defensive back Eric Weddle, an All-American in 2006. Weddle was a second-round pick by the Chargers in 2007, and became a six-time Pro Bowl selection. He won a Super Bowl ring with the Los Angeles Rams last season.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Southern Utah saw quarterback Justin Miller earn the league’s offensive player of the week honors for his performance in a 44-13 win over the University of St. Thomas. Miller threw for 364 yards and three scores. Punter Jake Gerardi was the special teams player of the week with four big punts, including two that pinned St. Thomas inside the 20 yard line.
BIG PAYDAY
The Utes will pay Southern Utah $600,000, according to the Salt Lake Tribune, to play in this contest.
”Win, lose or draw, it funds our athletic program and funds a bunch of our nonrevenue sports here on this campus,” Fitzgerald said on a segment of the Thunderbird show. ”We’re going up there to take one for the team.”
TOUGH ROAD
The Thunderbirds have lost 12 straight games against FBS teams, with their last win at South Alabama on Aug. 29, 2013, according to Pac-12 research. They’re 3-29 versus FBS opponents since 1996.
HOME SWEET HOME
The Utes have won 26 straight nonconference home games, with only Alabama (40) and Oregon (28) posting longer active streaks in the FBS.
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Industry veteran brings extensive experience to accelerate EV charging growth
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Autel Energy, an EV charging and energy solutions provider, appointed John Thomas to lead its newly created North American business unit as Chief Operating Officer. John will oversee sales, marketing, manufacturing and strategy at Autel Energy and report to Chloe Hung, CEO of Autel U.S.A.
"John is the right person to lead Autel Energy through our dynamic growth," said Hung. "We are aggressively investing in people and products, positioning ourselves as a leading global player in the electric vehicle and energy space. Together, John and I will pursue the North American market, creating partnerships, growing initiatives and brand expansion, and maintaining and building on the strengths and culture of our core business."
Thomas brings over 30 years of automotive, government relations and transportation expertise, including more than five years of leadership in the EV space. He previously served as president and CEO of Webasto Charging Systems Inc., leading the organization's transition from its core business as a Tier I automotive parts supplier to the EV charging space. He set a comprehensive strategy leading to substantial business growth and transformation.
"As the nation pivots toward renewable energy solutions, Autel Energy is poised to help the transition through disruptive technology that benefits our team, our customers and the planet," said Thomas. "As Autel Energy embarks on its journey to becoming a powerhouse in the North American market, I am confident that my experience, combined with Autel Energy's products and value proposition, will drive the company into a leading position in the EV market during this pivotal moment."
Autel Energy is a global company focused on positively impacting carbon neutrality through developing and deploying sustainable infrastructure solutions. These solutions help accelerate the adoption of clean vehicles and technologies. Autel Energy's mission is to set the industry standards for quality, reliability, functionality and value through comprehensive turnkey energy management solutions.
Learn more about Autel Energy at www.autelenergy.com.
Established in 2004, Autel—an abbreviation of Automotive Intelligence—is built on innovation, quality, performance and excellent service. The company is an automotive leader offering a complete line of premium diagnostic, alignment and calibration tools and components for automobiles, including Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) and components, EV and traditional battery testing and diagnostic tools, tire alignment systems and vehicle diagnostics hardware and software. Autel's products are sold through and to large national distributions, national and regional retailers, independent shops and repair shops.
Autel Energy's vision is to create a seamless customer experience to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles and energy management solutions worldwide. Autel Energy makes advanced products accessible and convenient for residential and commercial users, offering hardware, software, apps and cloud-based solutions to cover almost every use case and application. This includes world-class charging hardware for A/C (Level 2) home and commercial, D/C Bi-directional, V2X applications and D/C (Level 3) fast charging from 60kW to 480kW with innovative configurability and modularity
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Seasoned software veterans to bolster its product and go-to-market efforts
WEST CHESTER, Pa., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PrimePay, LLC., a national human capital management (HCM) technology and services leader announced the addition of two new executives: Robert (Robb) Ellis as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Yancy Oshita as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). The news follows the recent appointment of Scott Johnson as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on June 24, 2022.
Robb Ellis, Chief Operating Officer. Ellis most recently served as COO for AbacusNext. Robb is a highly skilled senior leader with a proven track record of providing strategic vision and leadership to both public and private software companies as both a Chief Operating Officer and a Chief Financial Officer. In his role at PrimePay, he oversees the company's day-to-day operations, including the design and execution of business strategies to meet both client and organizational needs. An effective decision maker and business partner, he is focused on generating client satisfaction throughout the entire client experience, as well as delivering operational innovation, excellence and efficiency across PrimePay.
Yancy Oshita, Chief Marketing Officer. Oshita most recently served as Chief Marketing Officer at Stardog, a global cloud data analytics provider. In his role at PrimePay, he leads the company's go-to-market strategy for its HCM and payroll products with a focus on scaling revenue growth and brand awareness. He brings extensive global experience in product marketing, product-led growth, pipeline generation, customer advocacy, and corporate marketing at startup and public software companies including Collibra, Catchpoint, and Oracle.
"PrimePay serves over 18,000 clients across multiple industries, and with the guidance of our new leaders, we will continue serving many more. Our expanded executive team brings decades of invaluable expertise with a rich background in innovative SaaS technology," said Scott Johnson, PrimePay, CEO. "We're thrilled to have Robb and Yancy join PrimePay. They bring a fresh perspective given their combined track record of accelerating growth and exhibiting strong leadership."
These appointments follow the company's earlier expansion of its HCM product offerings to meet growing business and talent demands for small and medium-sized businesses.
About PrimePay
PrimePay®, founded in 1986, is a payroll service and human capital management (HCM) provider, offering solutions that empower businesses to focus on what matters most. We deliver highly configurable HR and payroll solutions designed to create efficiencies and to maximize compliance for our clients across our nationwide presence. To learn more, visit primepay.com.
PrimePay is backed by Aquiline Capital Partners, a private investment firm based in New York and London with $9.6 billion in assets under management that invests in businesses globally across financial services and technology.
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US, NATO note Ukraine army gains but see war dragging on
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Ukrainian armed forces have made significant early gains in their counter-offensive against Russian forces in southern and eastern Ukraine but fighting appears set to drag on for months, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the head of NATO said Friday.
Blinken, who was at NATO headquarters to brief the 29 U.S. allies after a trip to Kyiv on Thursday, said that the six-month war in Ukraine is entering a critical period and he urged the conflict-torn country’s Western backers to maintain their support in the coming months and through the winter.
“The initial signs are positive, and we see Ukraine making real, demonstrable progress in a deliberate way,” Blinken said, referring to the recent push into southern Ukraine and the eastern Donbas region by local forces.
“But this is likely to go on for some significant period of time,” he said. “There are a huge number of Russian forces that are in Ukraine, and unfortunately, tragically, horrifically, President (Vladimir) Putin has demonstrated that he will throw a lot of people into this at huge cost to Russia.”
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the invasion launched by Putin in February is “entering a critical phase.”
“Ukrainian forces have been able to stall Moscow’s offensive in Donbas, strike back behind Russian lines and retake territory,” he said.
But Stoltenberg warned that allied unity will be tested in coming months, “with pressure on energy supplies and the soaring cost of living caused by Russia’s war.” He renewed calls for allies to supply special uniforms, generators, tents and equipment to help Ukraine’s army weather the coming winter.
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Police: Kentucky officer wounded, suspect killed in shooting
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A person who fired at officers, wounding one, was killed when police returned fire while answering a call at a Kentucky hotel, a statement from Lexington Police said.
Officers responded late Thursday to the Extended Stay America in Lexington and attempted to make contact with a suspect, a police statement said. The suspect fired a gun and one officer was wounded and taken to a hospital, but was expected to survive, police said.
Officers returned fire and the suspect was hit and taken to a hospital, but was later pronounced dead, the statement said. Police did not identify the suspect or any officers involved.
Kentucky State Police are investigating.
On the same night, two Georgia deputies were killed while serving a warrant in a suburb near Atlanta and two suspects were taken into custody, authorities said.
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The crash occurred around 7 a.m. at the guarded crossing at Orchard Avenue and 2nd Street, he said.
A video from inside a stairwell showed the brothers were pushing each other before the defendant sat down, looked up at a camera and shot his brother in the back of the head, court records state.
"He was asked if he knew he was in an accident, at which time he paused and said no as he began to cry, asking if anyone was hurt," Portage police said.
"The toxicology reports are pending and there is no evidence that a race was taking place."
Gary has temporarily closed Lake Street beach after an unknown substance was found in the water Thursday.
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EACH CHAPTER BUILDS ON ITSELF TO BECOME ONE LONG NARRATIVE WHEN WATCHED IN ORDER OR CAN BE ENJOYED INDIVIDUALLY
"BARBARA ANN" PREMIERES TODAY AT THE BEACH BOYS OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND THE SERIES WILL PLAY OUT OVER BACK-TO-BACK WEEKENDS
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Four of The Beach Boys' most timeless and legendary songs – "Barbara Ann," "Don't Worry Baby," "Wouldn't It Be Nice," and "God Only Knows" – serve as the soundtrack to a stunning, unprecedented four-part video series that builds on itself to become one long narrative when watched in order or can be enjoyed individually. Directed by Andrew Litten, who's worked with Anderson .Paak, Pusha T, and Earth, Wind & Fire, the cinematic story, which was beautifully filmed in South Africa with a local cast of actors, captures what it's like to be young and in love as it traces a high school romance between surfing-obsessed Helena (Zoe Manoek) and Lucas (Toby De Goede), an aspiring photographer who's the new kid in town, and the difficult decisions they each must make as graduation looms and their futures beckon.
The video series will play out over back-to-back weekends and kicked off today with the first installment, "Barbara Ann," which introduces Helena, a young teen who spends her waking hours daydreaming about surfing and getting out of her small town. The story of Lucas, a boy who moves to town with his dad, will be told in the ensuing video, "Don't Worry Baby," which follows tomorrow, September 10th at 9 am PT on The Beach Boys Official YouTube Channel.
Watch "Barbara Ann" here: https://thebeachboys.lnk.to/BarbaraAnnMusicVideoPR
"Wouldn't It Be Nice," which details the pair's relationship, will premiere next Friday, September 16th at 9 am PT and it will all culminate with "God Only Knows" on Saturday, September 17th at 9 am PT, where young love is at a crossroads as high school comes to an end. Each chapter explores an aspect of escapism for the two main characters who are at the intersection of innocence and adulthood and mirrors the sentiments of the songs which were written in the mid-1960s when The Beach Boys were teenagers and young adults themselves and which resonant as strongly today as ever.
Director Andrew Litten said, "A recurring theme throughout The Beach Boys' music is the feeling of being young and in love. Their most iconic songs were written when they were between the ages of 15 to 21, so there's this exciting view on life that's immortalized in their lyrics. I wanted to do the same with the music videos by capturing the spontaneity and playfulness of being a teenager, fantasizing about the future, pursuing new passions, and falling in love. I wanted to capture the feeling after your first kiss or how it felt leaving home for college. Each video builds on itself to become one long narrative but it was also very important that each video could stand on its own. If you're watching chronologically, you become more invested in the characters."
In addition to the emotionally engaging story, the videos are filled with several Easter Eggs that pay homage to The Beach Boys legacy.
Video Schedule:
Friday, September 9th @ 6 am PT/9 am ET – "Barbara Ann"
Saturday, September 10th @ 9 am PT/12 pm ET – "Don't Worry Baby"
Friday, September 16th @ 9 am PT/12 pm ET – "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
Saturday, September 17th @ 9 am PT/12 pm ET – "God Only Knows"
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SHANGHAI, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi STA, a subsidiary of WuXi AppTec, today announced the opening of a new sterile lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulation development and manufacturing facility at its Wuxi city campus. Created in response to the increasing demand for complex injection dosage forms, this new facility marks the company's fast-growing parenteral formulation capabilities and is yet another opportunity to enable customers as they develop and deliver better medicines for patients.
This new facility integrates multi-channel chip, micro-mixer system, and complex preparation system into a multi-channel micro-mixer core LNP manufacturing platform, offering significant advantages in drug-loading, liposome particle size control, and encapsulation efficiency. In addition, the modular design provides greater processing flexibility, enabling this platform to serve a wide range of manufacturing scales from 10-50 L per batch.
As a premier Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), WuXi STA's integrated drug product platform offers a full spectrum of services, including solid-state development, pre-formulation, formulation development, and clinical to commercial drug product manufacturing with a variety of drug delivery technologies, including a broad range of oral and injectable dosage forms. This new sterile LNP platform further expands our end-to-end capabilities.
WuXi STA has 12 sites across the U.S., Europe and Asia that offer a wide range of services and meet global regulatory standards. Together with other development and manufacturing sites, this new platform provides considerable synergy with the company's oligonucleotide CRDMO platform. The LNP delivery system is particularly advantageous in overcoming the bioavailability challenge of oligonucleotides and their conjugates.
Dr. Minzhang Chen, Co-CEO of WuXi AppTec and CEO of WuXi STA, commented, "We are pleased to support our partners with this state-of-the-art LNP facility to meet the growing demand for advanced injection dosage forms. We will continue to expand our CRDMO platform's capacity and capabilities to enable our partners to accelerate more innovative drugs to market for patients worldwide."
About WuXi STA
WuXi STA (stapharma.com), a subsidiary of WuXi AppTec, is a leading pharmaceutical development and manufacturing capability and technology platform company serving the life sciences industry, with global operations. As a premier Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), WuXi STA offers its worldwide partners efficient, flexible and high-quality solutions for integrated chemical, manufacturing and controls (CMC) from preclinical to commercial uses, including the development and manufacturing of small molecule, oligonucleotide, peptide and various complex chemical conjugate.
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Celtic forward Sead Haksabanovic is at the centre of a battle between former sides Rubin Kazan and IFK Norrkoping over an unpaid transfer case set to be taken to FIFA.
The 23-year-old completed his transfer to the Scottish Premiership champions on deadline day after the Russian side reluctantly allowed their star man to become Ange Postecoglou 's eight summer signing – just 12 months after signing him for £5.5million from the Swedish minnows. The Montenegro international reportedly moved for a fee in the region of £2.6million, which has been flagged by Norrkoping chairman Sakarias Mardh.
Mardh has told Swedish outlet NT Sport that the Rubin have yet to pay £3.2million of the transfer fee to the club following Haksabanovic's move to the Russian Premier League last summer. The club chief states that the Allskenskan side are set to pursue legal action to recoup their transfer fee, while confessing he was perplexed how a sale to Celtic could be rubber stamped amid the outstanding monies.
Mardh said: "We are working on it (recouping the transfer fee) with our lawyers. It is generally difficult with business contacts with Russia right now.
"Everything takes a long time. This is something completely new. It is nothing that anyone has experienced before, everything is untested.
"We have our lawyer with us in this and he is one of the best transfer lawyers in the country. It is FIFA we are in contact with. Should it become relevant to impose a transfer ban on them (Rubin Kazan) then that is FIFA's question. We are not alone in being in a situation like this."
When quizzed on how Rubin have been able to sell Haksabanovic to Celtic, he added: "That is what we are trying to figure out a little. We will contact them, but he is still their player."
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LONDON (AP) — The death of Queen Elizabeth II has triggered a series of carefully structured ceremonial and constitutional steps, as Britain undergoes a period of national mourning and heralds the reign of King Charles III.
Here is a look at what will happen in the coming days.
Friday, Sept. 9
— King Charles III and his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, travel from Balmoral Castle in Scotland to London.
— Noon local time (1100 GMT) — Church bells ring at Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral and cross the country in honor of the queen.
— Noon — Parliament holds a special session so lawmakers can pay tribute to the queen.
— 1 p.m. — Gun salutes are fired in London’s Hyde Park and at military sites around the country, one round for reach of the 96 years of the queen’s life.
— Afternoon — The king meets with Prime Minister Liz Truss.
— 6 p.m. — The king makes a televised address to the nation.
— 6 p.m. — A service of remembrance is held at St. Paul’s Cathedral for the queen.
Saturday, Sept. 10
— 10 a.m. — Charles meets at St. James’s Palace with a group of senior officials known as the Accession Council and is officially proclaimed king.
— 11 a.m. — An official reads the proclamation aloud from a balcony at St. James’s Palace. It is also read out in other locations across the U.K.
— 1 p.m. — Parliament holds a second day of tributes to the queen.
Subsequent days:
— The queen’s body is moved from Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands to Edinburgh, and then to London.
— She will lie in state for several days in Parliament’s Westminster Hall, where the public will be able to pay their respects.
— A state funeral at Westminster Abbey is due to be attended by leaders and dignitaries from around the world.
— The period of national mourning will end the day after the queen’s funeral.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Connecticut Sun made no secret about wanting revenge against Chicago in the teams’ WNBA Playoffs semifinal series, especially after the Sky sent them packing from the semifinals in 2021 while on the way to the title.
“We come up here every year and Chicago kicks our (butt),” Sun forward DeWanna Bonner said of the Sky, who swept all four regular-season meetings.
Jonquel Jones had 15 points and 10 rebounds and the Sun overcame an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter, beating the Sky 72-63 on Thursday night in the decisive fifth game. The Sun scored the final 18 points to overcome a 63-54 deficit with 4:46 remaining.
All the Sun starters scored in double figures and Connecticut advanced to the Finals for the third time overall and first time since 2019.
Connecticut will face the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces for the WNBA title. The first game of the series is Sunday in Las Vegas.
“There will be a new champion in this league,” Sun coach Curt Miller said. “There will be a first-time franchise champion. There will be a new coach, once again, that will be a first-time champion.”
Chicago was attempting to become the first team to repeat as WNBA champions since the Los Angeles Sparks in 2001-02.
Jones scored inside to put the Sun ahead with two minutes left, hitting an ensuing free throw for a three-point lead. A pull-up jumper by Courtney Williams with 47.5 seconds remaining gave the Sun a five-point cushion, and DeWanna Bonner knocked down four free throws to put the game out of reach.
Connecticut outscored Chicago 25-5 in the fourth quarter, recovering from a disastrous third period in which it scored eight points and turned the ball over seven times.
“When adversity hits, sometimes we fold,” Natisha Hiedeman said. “Not no more, we’re not folding no more. As you all saw (after) the third quarter, we picked up right back up once again. Now we’re going to the championship. Job not done yet.”
Kahleah Copper led the Sky with 22 points on 8-for-19 shooting, including 3 of 5 from long distance, and added four steals.
Bonner chipped in with 15 points, Hiedeman added 14 and Williams and Alyssa Thomas each added 12 for Connecticut.
Emma Meesseman, who finished with 14 points on 6-for-14 shooting and six rebounds, gave the Sky an 11-point lead with 7:20 to play.
Chicago coach James Wade called the late collapse “one of the biggest disappointments” of his professional career.
“We haven’t had a quarter like that, and to end the season off it, (that) didn’t display what we’ve actually done,” Wade said. “I just wish I could’ve got them a bucket and I just couldn’t. It’s just a tough feeling.”
In the opening half, the Sun continued the torrid shooting they had in Game 4, when they made 56.9% of their shots. But that slowed in the third quarter, as the Sky defense tightened.
Candace Parker buried a 3-pointer and Copper followed with three-point play to give Chicago a 10-point lead entering the fourth. But Chicago’s shooting went cold and the Sky missed their last eight shots.
“Of course it was not intentional, but maybe we stopped attacking,” Courtney Vandersloot said. “(Maybe) we were scared to lose, rather than trying to win. But I feel like we got good looks, we just didn’t knock them down.”
Parker finished with seven points and nine rebounds.
DOUBTERS BEWARE
Miller called the Sun’s fourth quarter performance “historic,” but he is well aware his team will once again be considered underdogs in the final against Vegas.
“Not many people will pick us against Vegas either, and that’s OK,” Miller said. “We’re going to prepare and try to make it a Connecticut Sun style of game.”
To do so, he’ll rely on more stellar post play from Jones, Thomas and Brionna Jones.
“(Parker) is an incredible, all-time great in this league,” Miller said. “But I hope that someone writes (about how) the combination of JJ, AT and Bri Jones have knocked her out three of the last four years. I hope that post group gets credit for what they do, night in and night for us.”
PARKER’S DECISION
Parker once again finds herself with a difficult decision about retirement after the 36-year-old decided to hunt back-to-back titles this year with Chicago.
“I’m going to go back and reevaluate whether I’m able to continue to play at the level that I hold myself to,” Parker said. “And I think that’s the biggest thing, I don’t ever want to cheat the game. I won’t cheat the game.”
Just as in 2021, Parker will take her time weighing her options during the offseason.
“So when I’m not able to go out and play and be the Candace that I want to be, I won’t play,” Parker said. “And I think that comes in the offseason.”
WINDOW CLOSED?
Parker, Vandersloot and Quigley all indicated they would make decisions about their basketball futures during the offseason.
All three of their contracts are set to expire. The same goes for Belgian forward Meesseman, who joined the Sky on a one-year deal in February.
“Every single day, we are all committed, 100% invested into winning a championship and making history,” Vandersloot said. “We fell short, but it wasn’t for lack of effort. It wasn’t for lack of commitment.”
Quigley reflected on her tenure with the Sky and expressed gratitude for how she and Vandersloot, now married, came to meet in Chicago.
“I never imagined it ending up like this or having the career I had,” Quigley said. “Especially being able to do it in Chicago with my family, meet my wife, it’s unbelievable. I couldn’t ask for anything better.”
TIP-INS
Connecticut’s 18-0 scoring run to end the game is the longest scoring run any WNBA team has mounted to finish a playoff game. … Chicago averaged over 40 points in the paint throughout the season, but scored just 24 on Thursday. … Parker added nine more boards to extend her all-time WNBA playoff record to 609 rebounds. She surpassed Tamika Catchings (598) on Tuesday.
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Chicago will face the top-seeded Aces in Las Vegas in the opener of the WNBA Finals on Sunday afternoon.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jacqueline Powell and her fourth grade classmates toiled over pencil and paper to write a letter in Spanish about what they did in class this year.
Powell explained the assignment in perfect Spanish before struggling to translate the words to end her sentence. The 10-year-old charter school student raised her forearms to her temples in a show of mental effort, making her large round glasses seesaw up and down.
That struggle, fought every week at the New Mexico International School in Albuquerque, has put her speaking ability far ahead of some of her high school peers. It has allowed her to speak in Spanish with her grandmother, who is from Chihuahua, Mexico, and she has fostered a secret language between her and her mom, whose husband and step children can’t speak Spanish.
While dual language programs are offered in thousands of schools across the U.S., New Mexico is the only state where the right to learn in Spanish is laid out in the constitution.
Dual language programs like the one at the New Mexico International School are championed by Hispanic parents who want their children to cultivate cultural roots. They are also seen by education experts as the best way for English learners to excel in K-12 schools.
The question for lawmakers in the nation’s most heavily Hispanic state is why New Mexico’s dual language programs aren’t being used by the students who most need them.
Legislative analysts are expected in the coming weeks to release a report that will highlight challenges facing dual language and other multicultural programs. It will include a look at decades-old trends such as a lack of oversight by education officials, declining participation, and a reduction in the number of multicultural programs, said Legislative Finance Committee spokesman Jon Courtney.
The report also will acknowledge the lack of information about how well language programs are doing after two years without comprehensive academic testing due to the pandemic.
The number of dual language immersion programs has increased from 126 before the pandemic to 132 last year.
State officials are supposed to assess the programs every three years. But the New Mexico Public Education Department has done only one in-person visit and evaluated only one school over the past three years, said department spokeswoman Judy Robinson.
The department has started a series of forums for parents around the Hispanic Education Act, a state law that informs multicultural programs.
While there isn’t a consensus among educators as to how to best teach young children languages, a New Mexico court found in 2018 that well-run dual language programs are the “gold standard” for English learners.
The alternative, more popular in Arizona, is to separate children out for remedial instruction.
In New Mexico, English learners make up a larger share of dual language program participants. They comprise 63% of participants in the current school year, up from 53% last year.
At the New Mexico International School in Albuquerque, around half of students are Hispanic, like Jacqueline, and reflective of the city’s population.
“Many of their parents are trying to reclaim the language,” school principal Todd Knouse said.
English-speaking parents say they have an easier time learning about the benefits of dual language programs and jumping through the hoops to get into charter schools. The schools are free but don’t provide bussing.
“It’s almost like a privilege type of experience to get your kid into these programs because it does take a lot of research. Tracking down the programs, the distance of how long you’re willing to drive, the (admission) lottery,” said Mary Baldwin, 34, whose daughter attends the Albuquerque school.
“And then there’s so much shame that gets placed on the Spanish language or the culture itself,” she said. “Some families might not be aware that being bilingual is a huge strength not just culturally but also professionally.”
Baldwin immigrated to the U.S. from Honduras when she was 10. Her daughter is the same age now and is fluent enough to cook banana-leaf-wrapped tamales with her Spanish-speaking grandmother as a result of the dual language program.
Fans of New Mexico’s programs say they elevate Spanish-speakers’ skills and give them confidence in an environment where everyone is equal as they learn a new language. The programs also increase fluency and literacy in their home language.
“It’s generally beneficial to have two languages,” said Stephen Mandrgoc, a University of New Mexico historian who has studied bilingual programs in the southwest and oversees Spanish colonial heritage programs.
When it comes to languages spoken by New Mexico’s Native American tribes and pueblos, there are some state laws that protect student rights. Still, only two dual language programs are offered in Native American languages — both in Diné, the language of the Navajo people.
Some tribes like Jemez Pueblo face a more pressing existential threat to their language because of a small population and cultural taboos that limit the creation of language materials. Other tribes like Santa Clara Pueblo say underinvestment is a problem.
New Mexico officials have appropriated millions of dollars to support curriculum projects, but much of the funds go unspent. Advocates say one problem is the time in which grants must be spent, from less than a year to sometimes as short as a month before it reverts back to the state.
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Attanasio is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues.
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Morning newscast for September 9, 2022 Published September 9, 2022 at 7:36 AM CDT Listen • 3:10 Ways To Subscribe Apple Spotify Amazon Alexa Google Stitcher Here's a roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA newsroom:Missouri and Kansas agriculture leaders urge U.S. Senate to approve changes to temporary labor visaLawsuit on recreational pot in Missouri nears endHearing to determine if Missouri boarding school will closeConstruction begins on new fire station
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Washington, D.C. – Molly Smith felt she had no choice: she had to birth a theater piece.
"When Roe v. Wade was struck down I was devastated, along with just about everyone I know," says Smith, longtime artistic director at Arena Stage. "So I contacted eight wonderful female writers and asked them each to write a monologue around choice."
The result is an evening called My Body No Choice, opening October 20th. In a nod to the voting age of 18, it will have an 18-performance run with tickets priced at $18, concluding the Sunday before November's midterm election.
Because a woman's right to choose is central to the evening, it made sense not to restrict the choices made by the playwrights, Smith tells NPR. "Many are writing about choice around reproductive freedom. But some are writing about choice in terms of the right to die; choice in terms of the right to be the body size that you want to be."
Hawaiian-born playwright Lee Cataluna, for instance, writes in her monologue, "Things My Mother Told Me," of how her mother worked within her societally-constricted choices to make strong decisions in child rearing, in life-lessons, in finding joy in the birth of six kittens after a doctor made her have her tubes tied. And then, after a lifetime of following orders, she chose to stop chemotherapy, even in the face of her daughter's opposition. "You're giving up and choosing death," Cataluna protests in the monologue, before noting the irony. "It was the only real choice she ever got to make over her own body, and I was furious with her over making that choice."
Smith suggests that these sorts of stories can prompt shifts in perception. "I looked at gay rights and when that quantum change [in acceptance] happened around the country. And I believe it's when gay people began telling family, friends, neighbors about who they were — the whole of who they were and their sexuality. There was a national shift.
"I think what's happened with abortion and reproduction is that for many, many years women have been silent. And I think now is really a time for women to speak out."
A purpose-driven stage
To facilitate the speaking out, Arena is inviting women, trans, and non-binary individuals to share their stories about choices and their bodies in short videos to be showcased on the theater's digital media properties, "extending the experience after the lights have gone down."
As the final production Smith will direct before ending her 25-year tenure at the waterfront D.C. arts complex she helped build, My Body No Choice fits her vision of a purpose-driven stage and its place in society.
"Theater is the closest art form to who we are as human beings," she says. "There's something that happens in the theater that changes people, and shifts maybe not who they are, but shifts their thinking."
Besides Cataluna, a Who's Who of women playwrights are contributors: Pulitzer Prize-finalists Dael Orlandersmith (Yellowman), and Sarah Ruhl (In the Next Room or the vibrator play), as well as playwright and screenwriter Lisa Loomer (Roe, The Waiting Room), and V (formerly Eve Ensler) a Tony and Obie-winning activist and author of the worldwide phenomenon The Vagina Monologues. Also performer/poet Fatima Dyfan; playwright/director/producer Mary Hall Surface; and a D.C. artist who's chosen to remain anonymous "to highlight how personal and private our choices are."
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Legend may have multiple Grammys and achieved the rare EGOT status, but the prolific singer still feels the need to prove himself.
That’s one of the reasons Legend cut back on traveling early last year to devote more time toward the writing process of his self-titled eighth studio album, “Legend,” which releases Friday. It’s the first double album project of Legend’s extraordinary career, which achieved new heights in 2018 when he became the first Black man to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.
After all his accolades, Legend still feels motivated to deliver fresh content about his joys of life, him being inspired by wife Chrissy Teigen and heartbreak after their pregnancy loss a couple years ago. His new album — executive produced by OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder — features several guest appearances including Jazmine Sullivan, Jhené Aiko, Muni Long, JID, Ty Dolla $ign and Rick Ross.
In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Legend spoke about his reluctance to make a double album, a potential EP with Ross, Las Vegas residency relevance and being nervously excited after Teigen announced she was pregnant last month.
Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.
AP: How does feel to be pregnant again after the unfortunate loss of Jack in 2020?
LEGEND: We’re excited. I think whenever you lose a pregnancy, your optimism is a little more guarded the next time. But we feel good. We feel excited, and we can’t wait to welcome our baby into the world. You know, we have so much fun being parents together and our kids bring so much light into our lives. We’re looking forward to another one doing the same thing.
AP: Chrissy talked about being nervous before making the announcement on social media. How did you both navigate everything?
LEGEND: She was going to start to be visibly pregnant. Either you tell people or you just stay in the house and try to hide for quite a long time, which seemed like an untenable way to go. We felt like we should tell people at some point. It’s tough to figure out when the right time is, but sooner or later, people are going to start to see it. We felt like we wanted to control the narrative and tell people when we were ready to.
AP: What made you want to do a double album?
LEGEND: I’ve never done a double album before, and I was always reluctant because it’s a lot of material for a fan to digest. But these are separate albums, with different moods.
A lot of this album is joyful, celebratory, fun, and sexy. But particularly on the second disc, we talk a little bit more about what it feels like to struggle and try to come back from a struggle, what it feels like to deal with challenges and how you make it through that together. Some of those songs are written as songs of comfort, as we were dealing with some tough circumstances in our lives.
AP: For this album, how did Chrissy inspire your music?
LEGEND: Quite a few of the songs are inspired by Chrissy. But also, I want them to be songs that you can dedicate to the women in your lives. Whenever I’m writing songs that are inspired by my own life and my own love and my own family, I want it to feel like you can find a way to apply that to your own life. I think particularly when I’m seeing the miracle of pregnancy and childbirth and all those things and knowing how difficult it is for someone carrying a pregnancy, you must marvel at the women in our lives and give them the honor that they’re due.
AP: How was it working with Ryan Tedder as your executive producer?
LEGEND: Both of us grew up in the church, and both of us grew up with that as our foundation. But he’s more in the pop rock world and I’ve been more obviously in the soul and hip-hop world with a little bit of pop. I think because we’re different, our skills and our sensibilities complement each other well. I’m dealing with a certain palette and a certain set of references, and he is, too. When we bring it together, it’s an interesting chemistry and it works well.
AP: How important is collaboration for you?
LEGEND: It’s been a part of my music life since the beginning. It was always about collaboration. A lot of it was with hip-hop artists, particularly with Rick Ross. I made more songs with him — either him featured on my project or me featured on his — than any other artists. We’re different, but we sync up very well. The kind of beats that we both like. That soulful kind of lush soundscape that we like. We even talked about doing an EP together or something like that. But if you put all the songs together that we’ve done, it would be pretty much a whole album by now.
AP: You, Usher, Bruno Mars and other big artists have had a residency in Las Vegas. How has the perception of Vegas changed for major acts over the years?
LEGEND: I think people used to look at it as kind of like this is your swan song. This is your retirement residency. But I think of late you really see a lot of artists still in their prime doing it. Some of my favorite artists like Usher, Bruno, Anderson .Paak and so many great kinds of younger artists, but still with enough repertoire to sustain the show are doing it. I think it’s a great way in the middle of our careers to say we’re so grateful for everything that has come before us. We’re going to celebrate that. But also, I’ve been previewing songs from the new album as well. It’s like looking back but also previewing what’s to come.
AP: After achieving EGOT status, what keeps you driven?
LEGEND: I don’t think about awards as accomplishments I’m trying to achieve. I think about every album and every project that I make that I must prove myself to my fans. I have to prove myself to the world every single time, so I don’t take anything for granted. I don’t rest on my previous accomplishments. I must prove myself with the music with the creativity and the product that we give people. If we don’t do that, then I’ll just be kind of a forgotten artist. A has been. I want to keep proving myself to them every single time.
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BRUSSELS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - European Union energy ministers on Friday tasked Brussels with drafting proposals to cap the revenues of non-gas fuelled power generators, in a bid to pull down energy costs for consumers, according to a draft summary of the ministers' meeting.
The ministers also asked the European Commission to propose other emergency temporary measures including a gas price cap, but held back from endorsing a price cap specifically for Russian gas, according to the draft document seen by Reuters.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Bernard Shaw, former CNN anchor and a pioneering Black journalist remembered for his blunt question at a presidential debate and calmly reporting the beginning of the Gulf War in 1991 from Baghdad as it was under attack, has died. He was 82.
He died of pneumonia, unrelated to COVID-19, on Wednesday at a hospital in Washington, according to Tom Johnson, CNN’s former chief executive.
A former CBS and ABC newsman, Shaw took a chance and accepted an offer to become CNN’s chief anchor at its launch in 1980. He later reported before a camera hurriedly set up in a newsroom after the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Regan.
He retired at age 61 in 2001.
As moderator of a 1988 presidential debate between George H. W. Bush and Michael Dukakis, he asked the Democrat — a death penalty opponent — whether he would support that penalty for someone found guilty of raping and murdering Dukakis’ wife Kitty.
Dukakis’ coolly technocratic response was widely seen as damaging to his campaign, and Shaw said later he got a flood of hate mail for asking it.
“Since when did a question hurt a politician?” Shaw said in an interview aired by CSPAN in 2001. “It wasn’t the question. It was the answer.”
Shaw memorably reported, with correspondents Peter Arnett and John Holliman, from a hotel room in Baghdad as CNN aired stunning footage of airstrikes and anti-aircraft fire at the beginning of U.S. invasion to liberate Kuwait.
“I’ve never been there,” he said that night, “but this feels like we’re in the center of hell.”
The reports were crucial in establishing CNN when it was the only cable news network and broadcasters ABC, CBS and NBC dominated television news. “He put CNN on the map,” said Frank Sesno, a former CNN Washington bureau chief and now a professor at George Washington University.
Shaw, who grew up in Chicago wanting to be a journalist and admiring legendary CBS newsmen Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, recognized it as a key moment.
“In all of the years of preparing to being anchor, one of the things I strove for was to be able to control my emotions in the midst of hell breaking out,” Shaw said in a 2014 interview with NPR. “And I personally feel that I passed my stringent test for that in Baghdad.”
Shaw covered the demonstrations in China’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, signing off as authorities told CNN to stop its telecast. While at ABC, he was one of the first reporters on the scene of the 1978 Jonestown massacre.
On Twitter, CNN’s John King paid tribute to Shaw’s “soft-spoken yet booming voice” and said he was a mentor and role model to many.
“Bernard Shaw exemplified excellence in his life,” Johnson said. “He will be remembered as a fierce advocate of responsible journalism.”
CNN’s current chief executive, Chris Licht, paid tribute to Shaw as a CNN original who made appearances on the network as recently as last year to provide commentary.
So guarded against any appearance of bias that he didn’t vote, Shaw asked tough questions of several politicians. He asked George H.W. Bush’s pick for vice president, Dan Quayle, if “fear of being killed in Vietnam” led to Quayle joining the National Guard in 1969.
As a member of the U.S. Marines, Shaw angled for a meeting with one of his heroes, Cronkite, in Hawaii in 1961.
“He was the most persistent guy I’ve ever met in my life,” the late Cronkite told the Washington Post in 1991. “I was going to give him five begrudging minutes and ended up talking to him for a half hour. He was just determined to be a journalist.”
He got a radio job in Chicago, where an early assignment was covering an appearance by Martin Luther King. Shaw recalled for CNN King telling him, “one day you’re going to make it. Just do some good.”
In retiring at a relatively young age, Shaw acknowledged the toll on his personal life that went with being a successful journalist. Because of all the things he missed with his family while working, he told NPR that “I don’t think it was worth it.”
His funeral will be private, with a public memorial planned for later, Johnson said. He is survived by his wife, Linda, and two children.
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ATLANTA (AP) — A pastor, political operative and former high-ranking Atlanta city official was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison after a jury found her guilty of charges stemming from a long-running federal investigation into corruption at City Hall.
U.S. District Judge Steve Jones told Mitzi Bickers that the evidence showed that she was involved in “a deliberate, calculated plan to cheat” the taxpayers of Atlanta over a number of years. In addition to the prison time, he ordered Bickers to pay nearly $3 million in restitution to the city and to serve three years of supervised release once she’s out.
Bickers, 56, was the first person to go to trial in the investigation into corruption during the administration of former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. She helped Reed win election and then worked as his director of human services for several years. Prosecutors said she used her influence to funnel roughly $17 million in business to city contractors Elvin “E.R.” Mitchell Jr. and Charles P. Richards Jr. in exchange for more than $2.9 million in bribes for herself and others.
A jury in March found Bickers guilty on charges including money laundering, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit bribery.
Prosecutors had asked Jones to sentence Bickers to serve 17 and a half years in prison. Her lawyers asked for a much lower sentence, pointing to the five years that Mitchell got and the two years Richards got.
Bickers told the judge that what prosecutors said about her was a “mischaracterization.”
“I pray and believe that God is not through with this situation and that you, sir, will see beyond this awful picture that has been painted,” she said.
Her mother, Ethel Bickers, said in court that her daughter “has been the glue that keeps our family and our church together” and that “her absence from the community would be a great loss.”
Bickers’ father served alongside Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement and founded Emmanuel Baptist Church next to an Atlanta housing project, according to a court filing. When her father died in 1998, she took over as pastor of the church.
She also was elected to the Atlanta Board of Education at 26 and held the position for a decade. And she was an effective political operative known for getting voters to turn out.
Defense attorney Drew Findling said prosecutors previously offered to recommend a five-year sentence if she took a plea deal and that she was being punished for going to trial. He has said they plan to appeal.
Prosecutor Jeff Davis said cases like this are difficult because “you have to try and balance an otherwise meaningful and productive life against egregious criminal conduct.” Bickers used the formidable skills that made her so effective in her honest pursuits to commit crimes, he said.
Public corruption convictions must carry harsh penalties, Davis argued, because they “damage the public’s faith in its government.”
Jones told Bickers that it’s clear that she has a “caring heart” and is “obviously a very smart person.” Referencing the roughly four dozen Bickers supporters in the courtroom, he said he was touched by her community’s support.
But he noted that 12 jurors who sat through a weekslong trial found her guilty on nine of 12 counts. He disputed the notion that her sentence was harsher because she went to trial.
Her actions were not accidental, he said, adding that she had a “deliberate plan” to put money in her pocket and in the pockets of the two contractors. Her actions “cast a shadow” over the many honest city employees in Atlanta, he said.
The corruption investigation became public in early 2017 when prosecutors accused Mitchell and Richards of conspiring to pay city officials to get contracts for emergency snow removal, sidewalk maintenance and bridge reconstruction from 2010 to 2015. Over the next several years, a half dozen others were charged, including high-ranking members of Reed’s administration. Reed himself was never charged, but the investigation loomed over his final year in office.
A 2018 indictment against Bickers said she accepted bribes from Mitchell and Richards and failed to disclose that companies she controlled received payments from the pair while she worked for the city. She also did not declare the income to the IRS and falsified tax documents, the indictment said.
The “pay-to-play” scheme continued after Bickers stopped working for the city, prosecutors said. When a January 2014 snowstorm paralyzed Atlanta, she used her influence to secure a multimillion dollar contract for Mitchell’s company, even though it “owned no snow-clearing or other equipment.”
She used the money for big purchases, like a lakefront home, a 2014 GMC Denali SUV and four Yamaha WaveRunners, and spent lavishly on travel and personal expenses, prosecutors said.
Bickers is to be under house arrest and to wear an ankle monitor until the federal Bureau of Prisons summons her to start her sentence, Jones said.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — A woman who pleaded guilty in June to dragging a woman out of her car and beating her with a hammer was sentenced Thursday to four to six years in prison.
Jamela Chatman, 28, of Youngstown, received the sentence from Judge Maureen Sweeney in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on a charge of felonious assault.
The sentence was agreed upon by defense attorneys and prosecutors and upheld by Judge Sweeney.
Chatman was arrested Aug. 21, 2021, after police were called about 12:50 p.m. to Gibson Street for a fight. Reports said a woman told officers that she was driving on Gibson Street with her twins in the car when a car driven by Chatman cut her off. Chatman dragged her out of the car and beat her with a hammer and her fists before taking the car keys, reports said.
Reports said Chatman also made a Facebook Live video bragging about taking the woman’s keys. Police were able to find out where she was after the video was posted and she was taken into custody there.
Police found a hammer but did not find the keys, reports said.
Chatman apologized before she was sentenced. Her attorney, Tony Meranto, asked the judge to stick to the sentencing agreement. He said his client’s criminal record was minor before her arrest, and he said she had previous issues with the victim in the case.
While she was free on bond after her guilty plea, Chatman was arrested July 28 on a misdemeanor assault charge for allegedly hitting another woman with an aluminum baseball bat. Her bond was revoked by Judge Sweeney after that arrest, and she has been in the county jail since then.
That case is still pending in court.
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Bioretec Ltd Inside information 9 September 2022 at 1.00 p.m. EET
"CORRECTION: Bioretec Ltd released a company announcement on 8 September 2022 at 5.00 p.m. EET. The announcement was missing information that it included inside information. The information that the annoucement includes inside information has been added to this corrective announcement on the basic data row. Additionally, the missing information on certified advisor contact information has been added into this corrective announcement."
TAMPERE, Finland, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Patent Office has announced to approve Bioretec Oy's hybrid composite material patent application EP3782657A1 and will grant and publish the patent after the Company's confirmation.
Approved patent concerns magnesium-based reinforced composite material, i.e., hybrid composite. The patent also includes the usage of the hybrid composite material in the manufacturing of a medical device or a part of such a device.
The patented hybrid composite material will be used in those products of Bioretec's RemeOs™ product family that require very high load-bearing capacity. Targeted applications include intramedullary nails in the long bones of the upper and lower extremities and implants for spinal fusion. The hybrid composite material biodegrades in the body similarly as the RemeOs™ magnesium alloy material and is replaced by bone while promoting fracture healing, thus eliminating the need for implant removal surgery.
The patent application process for the hybrid composite material in regions outside of Europe continues based on the international PCT patent application WO2021032882A1, and the Company will inform about patent approvals in other regions as the application process progress.
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Timo Lehtonen, CEO, p. +358 50 433 8493
Johanna Salko, CFO, p. +358 40 754 8172
Certified Adviser: Nordic Certified Adviser AB, tel. +46 70 551 67 29
Information about Bioretec
Bioretec is a globally operating Finnish medical device company that continues to pioneer the application of bioresorbable orthopedic implants. The company has built unique competencies in the biological interface of active implants to enhance bone growth and accelerate fracture healing after orthopedic surgery. The products developed and manufactured by Bioretec are used worldwide in approximately 40 countries.
Bioretec is developing the new RemeOs™ product line based on a magnesium alloy and hybrid composite, introducing a new generation of strong bioresorbable materials for enhanced surgical outcomes. The RemeOs™ implants are resorbed and replaced by bone, which eliminates the need for removal surgery while facilitating fracture healing. The combination has the potential to make titanium implants redundant and help clinics reach their Value-Based Healthcare targets while focusing on value for patients through efficient healthcare. With the U.S. and EU market authorization for the first RemeOs™ product expected in 2022, Bioretec is positioning itself to enter the addressable USD 7 billion global orthopedic trauma market and become a game changer in surgical possibilities.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Legend may have multiple Grammys and achieved the rare EGOT status, but the prolific singer still feels the need to prove himself.
That’s one of the reasons Legend cut back on traveling early last year to devote more time toward the writing process of his self-titled eighth studio album, “Legend,” which releases Friday. It’s the first double album project of Legend’s extraordinary career, which achieved new heights in 2018 when he became the first Black man to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.
After all his accolades, Legend still feels motivated to deliver fresh content about his joys of life, him being inspired by wife Chrissy Teigen and heartbreak after their pregnancy loss a couple years ago. His new album — executive produced by OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder — features several guest appearances including Jazmine Sullivan, Jhené Aiko, Muni Long, JID, Ty Dolla $ign and Rick Ross.
In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Legend spoke about his reluctance to make a double album, a potential EP with Ross, Las Vegas residency relevance and being nervously excited after Teigen announced she was pregnant last month.
Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.
AP: How does feel to be pregnant again after the unfortunate loss of Jack in 2020?
LEGEND: We’re excited. I think whenever you lose a pregnancy, your optimism is a little more guarded the next time. But we feel good. We feel excited, and we can’t wait to welcome our baby into the world. You know, we have so much fun being parents together and our kids bring so much light into our lives. We’re looking forward to another one doing the same thing.
AP: Chrissy talked about being nervous before making the announcement on social media. How did you both navigate everything?
LEGEND: She was going to start to be visibly pregnant. Either you tell people or you just stay in the house and try to hide for quite a long time, which seemed like an untenable way to go. We felt like we should tell people at some point. It’s tough to figure out when the right time is, but sooner or later, people are going to start to see it. We felt like we wanted to control the narrative and tell people when we were ready to.
AP: What made you want to do a double album?
LEGEND: I’ve never done a double album before, and I was always reluctant because it’s a lot of material for a fan to digest. But these are separate albums, with different moods.
A lot of this album is joyful, celebratory, fun, and sexy. But particularly on the second disc, we talk a little bit more about what it feels like to struggle and try to come back from a struggle, what it feels like to deal with challenges and how you make it through that together. Some of those songs are written as songs of comfort, as we were dealing with some tough circumstances in our lives.
AP: For this album, how did Chrissy inspire your music?
LEGEND: Quite a few of the songs are inspired by Chrissy. But also, I want them to be songs that you can dedicate to the women in your lives. Whenever I’m writing songs that are inspired by my own life and my own love and my own family, I want it to feel like you can find a way to apply that to your own life. I think particularly when I’m seeing the miracle of pregnancy and childbirth and all those things and knowing how difficult it is for someone carrying a pregnancy, you must marvel at the women in our lives and give them the honor that they’re due.
AP: How was it working with Ryan Tedder as your executive producer?
LEGEND: Both of us grew up in the church, and both of us grew up with that as our foundation. But he’s more in the pop rock world and I’ve been more obviously in the soul and hip-hop world with a little bit of pop. I think because we’re different, our skills and our sensibilities complement each other well. I’m dealing with a certain palette and a certain set of references, and he is, too. When we bring it together, it’s an interesting chemistry and it works well.
AP: How important is collaboration for you?
LEGEND: It’s been a part of my music life since the beginning. It was always about collaboration. A lot of it was with hip-hop artists, particularly with Rick Ross. I made more songs with him — either him featured on my project or me featured on his — than any other artists. We’re different, but we sync up very well. The kind of beats that we both like. That soulful kind of lush soundscape that we like. We even talked about doing an EP together or something like that. But if you put all the songs together that we’ve done, it would be pretty much a whole album by now.
AP: You, Usher, Bruno Mars and other big artists have had a residency in Las Vegas. How has the perception of Vegas changed for major acts over the years?
LEGEND: I think people used to look at it as kind of like this is your swan song. This is your retirement residency. But I think of late you really see a lot of artists still in their prime doing it. Some of my favorite artists like Usher, Bruno, Anderson .Paak and so many great kinds of younger artists, but still with enough repertoire to sustain the show are doing it. I think it’s a great way in the middle of our careers to say we’re so grateful for everything that has come before us. We’re going to celebrate that. But also, I’ve been previewing songs from the new album as well. It’s like looking back but also previewing what’s to come.
AP: After achieving EGOT status, what keeps you driven?
LEGEND: I don’t think about awards as accomplishments I’m trying to achieve. I think about every album and every project that I make that I must prove myself to my fans. I have to prove myself to the world every single time, so I don’t take anything for granted. I don’t rest on my previous accomplishments. I must prove myself with the music with the creativity and the product that we give people. If we don’t do that, then I’ll just be kind of a forgotten artist. A has been. I want to keep proving myself to them every single time.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department announced Thursday that it is levying sanctions against four Iranian companies that it says were involved in sending drones to Russia last month for use in Moscow’s war against Ukraine.
Tehran-based Safiran Airport Services, Paravar Pars Company, Design and Manufacturing of Aircraft Engines, and Baharestan Kish Company were all hit with the new sanctions.
“Russia is making increasingly desperate choices to continue its unprovoked war against Ukraine, particularly in the face of our unprecedented sanctions and export controls,” said Brian Nelson, under secretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence “The United States is committed to strictly enforcing our sanctions against both Russia and Iran and holding accountable Iran and those supporting Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.”
Safiran coordinates Russian military flights between Iran and Russia, including those that U.S. intelligence officials say transported Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles, personnel, and related equipment from Iran to Russia, over several days last month.
Paravar Pars Company is closely associated with Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard Corps-controlled Imam Hossein University, and has been involved in the research, development, and production of the Iranian Shahed-171 UAV. Design and Manufacturing of Aircraft Engines is an Iranian company involved in the research, development, and production of the Iranian Shahed-171 UAV. Baharestan Kish Company oversees various defense-related projects in Iran, including the manufacturing of UAVs.
The Biden administration said last week that Russia has faced technical problems with Iranian-made drones that were acquired from Tehran in August. The White House says Russian officials picked up Mohajer-6 and Shahed-series unmanned aerial vehicles over several days last month. The Biden administration says U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russia is looking to acquire hundreds of Iranian UAVs for use in Ukraine.
Earlier this week, the Pentagon confirmed that the U.S. intelligence community has determined that Russia is also in the process of purchasing rockets and artillery shells from North Korea for its ongoing fight in Ukraine.
The U.S. has frequently downgraded and made public intelligence findings over the course of the grinding war in Ukraine to highlight Moscow’s difficulties in prosecuting the war. Ukraine’s smaller military has put up a stiff resistance against the militarily superior Russian forces.
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TORONTO, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Humble & Fume Inc. (CSE: HMBL) (OTCQX: HUMBF) ("Humble" or the "Company"), a leading North American distributor of cannabis and cannabis accessories, is pleased to announce it has entered into a new revolving credit facility pursuant to the terms of a loan agreement that provides for a $2,000,000 secured revolving credit facility (the "Credit Facility").
"We are pleased to complete this credit facility, which illustrates our ability to access alternative forms of financing and provides us with further financial flexibility to scale our business," said Joel Toguri, Humble's CEO. "We currently maintain strong liquidity with no debt on the balance sheet, combined with this new Credit Facility of $2 million, we are in a strong position to execute on our strategic plan."
In connection with the Credit Facility, Humble also issued 750,000 warrants, with each warrant exercisable to purchase Humble common share at a price of $0.25 per share for a period of three years.
Pursuant to the loan agreement, the Credit Facility is secured against the assets of the Company. The Credit Facility is expected to be used by the Company to fund working capital requirements in the ordinary course. The credit agreement will be filed under the Company's issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Humble & Fume, Inc. is a leading North American distributor of cannabis and cannabis accessories, supported by a customer-centric sales team and strong fulfillment infrastructure. As the only fully-integrated cannabis distribution solution, Humble bridges the gap for retailers, licensed cannabis producers, multi-state operators, and cannabis consumers to maximize sales penetration, and increase financial performance. With over 20 years of North American operating experience, Humble has cultivated extensive vendor and customer relationships, distributing premium cannabis consumables and consumption devices. The Company is comprised of four subsidiaries that represents its vertical integration across North America; B.O.B. Headquarters Inc. / Humble+Fume, Windship Trading LLC, Humble+ Cannabis Solutions and Fume Labs Inc.
This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws relating to, the Company's assessment of the cannabis edibles market in Canada, the demand for cannabis edibles in Canada and the expected results for brand partners of the Company. Any such forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "contemplates", "believes", "projects", "plans" and similar expressions. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Statements about, among other things, the potential impact on brands that engage Humble for their distribution and / or sales agency and the future of the cannabis edibles industry including the anticipated ongoing consumer demand, are all forward-looking information. These statements should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from those implied by such statements. Although such statements are based on management's reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that such forward-looking statements will occur as described herein. The Company assumes no responsibility to update or revise forward-looking information to reflect new events or circumstances or actual results unless required by applicable law. Readers are encouraged to refer to the Company's disclosure available on its SEDAR profile (at www.sedar.com) for information as to the risks and other factors which may effect the Company's business objectives and strategic plans.
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Remaining brave in frightening times
The horrific news of Eliza Fletcher has affected more than just the Memphis community. It has rippled out across the country, leaving people grieving, angry, confused and scared. It’s hard to feel safe when something as innocent as a morning jog can end so tragically, but it’s important not to let that fear cripple you.
In this article: Defender Ring, She’s Birdie — The Original Personal Safety Alarm for Women by Women and Sabre Advanced Compact Pepper Spray
Why it’s important to face your fears
Fear is important. It helps keep you safe and alive. However, when irrational fear keeps you from living, it is no longer beneficial.
After learning there was a crime in your neighborhood, for instance, it can take a while to feel safe again, even if you weren’t directly affected. While it’s never wise to put yourself in a dangerous situation, facing your fears in a controlled way with a predictable outcome is one of the best ways to help you reclaim your life.
Tips for staying safe
The best way to stay safe is to never be alone. If you’re walking to your car after work or running through a park, always do it with at least one other friend. But if you find yourself alone, there are a few things you can do to help you stay safe:
- Always be aware of the people around you.
- Keep to populated, well-lit routes.
- In an urban environment, keep close to the curb, away from doors and alleys.
- Walk with purpose.
- Do not converse with strangers.
- Never do anything that disengages you from the environment — no talking on the phone or listening to music.
- Keep items at the ready that can help you avoid or get out of an unpleasant situation (a whistle, pepper spray, etc.).
What is a Defender Ring?
A Defender Ring is a ring that doubles as a defensive weapon. There are two types of Defender Rings. One has a concealed blade hidden beneath a decorative element. This element can be unscrewed in about two seconds. The other is a ring that has an exposed blade, so there is no prep time required before use.
According to the company, “Defender Ring was founded as a practical self-defense tool for women, following the deaths of Karina Vetrano and Vanessa Marcotte, two women who were attacked in broad daylight while out for a jog.”
A Defender Ring can inflict pain or damage to an attacker by puncturing, slicing or tearing. The ring will also collect a DNA sample from your attacker. The rings range in price from $45-$149 and are sold on the company’s website, with some options available on Etsy.
Open-blade Defender Ring options
The Solo Stacker is a white gold-plated stainless steel ring with stabilizing side supports that features one point. Sold by Etsy
The Duo Stacker is a white gold-plated stainless steel ring with stabilizing side supports that features two points. Sold by Etsy
The Trio Stacker is a stainless steel ring (no plating) with stabilizing side supports that features three points. Sold by Etsy
The Crest Stacker is a stainless steel ring (no plating) with stabilizing side supports that features a single, curved point. Sold by Etsy
Three other devices that may help keep you safe
She’s Birdie — The Original Personal Safety Alarm for Women by Women
When activated, the Birdie blasts a loud siren and flashing strobe lights to help frighten off a potential attacker. The device is easy to use, and the battery lasts for up to 40 minutes. Sold by Amazon
Sabre Advanced Compact Pepper Spray
This widely popular pepper spray has a three-in-one formula that includes CS tear gas for a more debilitating effect and UV marking to help identify suspects. The sprayer has a 10-foot range and contains 35 bursts. Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
The stainless steel whistles in this two-pack create a shrill 120-decibel sound that can scare away attackers before they even get close. The included lanyard means you’ll always have your whistle at the ready. Sold by Amazon
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Innovative beverage packaging solution to increase attractiveness of can end appearances and reduce carbon footprint
ZÜRICH, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Novelis Inc., a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider and the world's largest aluminium recycler and manufacturer of beverage can sheet, today announced the company's new laminated aluminium surfaces for beverage can ends that will be showcased September 27 to 29 at ALUMINIUM 2022 in Düsseldorf. This innovative application improves beverage container appearance, increases production process efficiencies and lowers CO2 emissions for European beverage brands and can makers. As a result, it further advances Novelis' leadership in the growing market for aluminium beverage packaging.
Colored aluminium beverage can ends, especially black, are particularly popular for new and innovative beverage products and energy drinks. However, producing lacquered, black ends also poses challenges in terms of color stability and can makers' production processes.
High-quality surfaces and color stability are especially important for the premium beverage segments. Novelis' new aluminium sheet comes with a black laminating film. The laminating film is free of Bisphenol A (BPA) and per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and meets all food and beverage industry requirements.
At Novelis' Göttingen site in Germany, which specializes in rolled aluminium surface finishing, the laminating film is applied by a combination of pressure and heat.
For beverage can makers, adoption of the laminated sheet is simple, as the production of laminated ends does not require any can line retooling. In fact, it requires less cleaning, leading to increased productivity.
Novelis' product innovation supports can makers and beverage brands in reaching their sustainability goals. The lamination of aluminium coils for can ends reduces CO2 emissions by 33%, compared to the conventional liquid coating, as the lamination process requires less heat and chemicals. Laminated ends have no adverse impact on beverage can recyclability. Similar to the conventional can coating, the laminating film is removed as an organic component in the recycling process by thermal pretreatment and waste heat is reused in the process.
"This innovation meets the food and packaging industry's requirements for high-quality, lower CO2 footprint material," said Alexander Kuzan, Vice President of Can for Novelis Europe. "Together with our customers, we are creating better, more sustainable products and efficient manufacturing processes. Using high levels of recycled aluminium in our products helps reduce the consumption of natural resources, strengthen the circular economy and limit climate change."
Novelis annually recycles approximately 80 billion used beverage cans worldwide. In Nachterstedt, Saxony-Anhalt, Novelis operates one of the world's largest, most technologically advanced aluminium recycling centers. At the facility, up to 400,000 tons of aluminium scrap is shredded, sorted, thermally decoated, melted, cast and returned to the infinite production cycle each year.
Together, with its partners along the value chain, Novelis is developing innovative, low-carbon aluminium solutions and creating closed-loop recycling systems for production and end-of-life scrap.
Learn more about laminated aluminium for can ends: https://www.novelis.com/can-innovations/
Novelis Inc. is driven by its purpose of shaping a sustainable world together. We are a global leader in the production of innovative aluminium products and solutions and the world's largest recycler of aluminium. Our ambition is to be the leading provider of low-carbon, sustainable aluminium solutions and to achieve a fully circular economy by partnering with our suppliers, as well as our customers in the aerospace, automotive, beverage can and specialties industries throughout North America, Europe, Asia and South America. Novelis had net sales of $17.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. Novelis is a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited, an industry leader in aluminium and copper, and the metals flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, a multinational conglomerate based in Mumbai. For more information, visit novelis.com.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright and catcher Yadier Molina made their 324th career start Thursday, tying the major league mark set by Detroit’s Mickey Lolich and Bill Freehan from 1963-1975.
Wainwright and Molina got a standing ovation from the crowd as they made their way in from the bullpen moments before first pitch against the Washington Nationals, as well as after the top of the first inning.
Wainwright and Molina are scheduled to break the record against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sept. 14.
The duo made their first start together on April 6, 2007, at Houston. Wainwright notched his first of 212 wins as a starter with Molina as his catcher, which is a major league record for batterymates.
Molina, 40, will retire at the end of the season, but Wainwright, 41, has not publicly announced a decision on his plans for 2023.
Molina debuted in 2004. Wainwright broke into the majors in 2005, but was used mostly as a reliever his first two seasons.
Notably, Wainwright struck out Carlos Beltrán to clinch the 2006 NLCS and Brandon Inge to clinch the 2006 World Series, both with Molina behind the plate.
Wainwright and Molina have 13 total All-Star Game appearances between them. The Cardinals have reached the postseason in 11 of the 17 seasons that the two have been on the roster.
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PointsBet-branded retail sportsbook will deliver elevated betting experience to sports fans in the DMV area
DENVER and CHARLES COUNTY, Md., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PointsBet, in partnership with The Riverboat on the Potomac, LLC, comprising Bodhi-Naav, a minority woman-owned business, and Delmock Technologies, Inc., a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), announced today the opening of PointsBet Retail Sportsbook, Maryland's newest retail sportsbook.
The PointsBet Retail Sportsbook at The Riverboat on the Potomac was designed to offer sports fans and bettors in the DMV area elite sports viewing and betting experiences. The retail sportsbook, located in The Riverboat on the Potomac, will feature 21 high-resolution screens, a bar setup with food and beverage offerings, an exclusive lounge area, booth seating, and standing room. Guests visiting the sportsbook, which is part of the larger 1,000-person capacity facility, will not only enjoy an enhanced sports viewing experience but will also enjoy the Riverside location with stunning views.
"PointsBet is delighted to commence operations with The Riverboat team in the brand-new sportsbook overlooking the beautiful Potomac River. This is a seminal achievement for the partnership and Maryland's gaming industry at large as the launch represents the first Minority Business Enterprise to go live with licensed gaming in the state's history, in line with the spirit of legislation," commented Paul Hannon, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at PointsBet. "It is a proud moment for The Riverboat and for us at PointsBet as their partner. We look forward to the prospective opportunity of bringing the renowned PointsBet mobile product to Maryland next and in doing so further enhancing The Riverboat's equity and inclusion in the space."
The launch of the PointsBet Retail Sportsbook comes in time for the peak season of the wagering calendar including the start of the NFL, NCAA Football, NBA, and NHL seasons. This strategic partnership with The Riverboat on the Potomac has positioned PointsBet to quickly offer its industry-leading sports betting products on the starting line in Maryland.
"I am proud of the work the members of our delegation, Senator Jackson, Delegate Proctor, Delegate Davis, Delegate Patterson, and Delegate Wilson, have put into the sports wagering bill. We fought hard for the sports betting industry in Maryland to be inclusive of both Charles County and minority businesses," noted Maryland State Senator Arthur Ellis. "The partnership between the Riverboat and PointsBet is a success on both fronts, proof that Maryland can be a leader in equity. This sportsbook gives Charles County a seat at the table, with 100% minority business enterprise (MBE) licensed ownership, in a billion-dollar industry. I trust that the Riverboat and all of its partners will keep up the hard work and be strong partners in our community, and a leader in this new industry for the State."
PointsBet is a corporate bookmaker listed on the Australian Stock Exchange with operations in Australia, the United States, Canada and Ireland. PointsBet has developed a scalable cloud-based wagering platform through which it offers its clients innovative sports and racing wagering products, advance deposit wagering on racing (ADW) and iGaming.
The Riverboat on the Potomac has been a staple of the local community for 28 years and is one of Maryland's four Off-Track Betting facilities. Located in Colonial Beach on the Virginia side of the Maryland owned Potomac River, because of its unique location, many Marylanders are unaware of its contribution to the state and Charles County. The Riverboat is moored in Virginia, however, because the betting lounge, restaurant, liquor store, and other facilities are located over the Maryland state line, the Riverboat contributes to Maryland lottery revenue and pays other Maryland state taxes. A little- known fact about Riverboat (aka Little Reno) is that between 1950-1968, it was one of only a few locations in the country where slots machines were available. Visit www.riverboatonthepotomac.com for more information.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seelos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEEL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapies for central nervous system disorders and rare diseases, today announced that it will participate in the Guggenheim Nantucket Therapeutics Conference, September 27th to 29th.
Raj Mehra, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO will hold 1x1 investor meetings and participate in a fireside chat hosted by Senior Biotechnology Analyst Yatin Suneja, on Wednesday, September 28th at 2:45 PM ET.
Webcast of the fireside chat may be accessed here.
About Seelos Therapeutics
Seelos Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and advancement of novel therapeutics to address unmet medical needs for the benefit of patients with central nervous system (CNS) disorders and other rare diseases. The Company's robust portfolio includes several late-stage clinical assets targeting indications including Acute Suicidal Ideation and Behavior (ASIB) in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA), Sanfilippo syndrome, Parkinson's disease, other psychiatric and movement disorders plus orphan diseases.
For more information, please visit our website: http://seelostherapeutics.com, the content of which is not incorporated herein by reference.
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Chief Communications Officer
Seelos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEEL)
300 Park Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10022
(646) 293-2136
anthony.marciano@seelostx.com
https://seelostherapeutics.com/
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/seelos
Mike Moyer Managing Director
LifeSci Advisors, LLC
250 West 55th St., Suite 3401
New York, NY 10019
(617) 308-4306
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SAN FRANCISCO , Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hagens Berman urges Sema4 Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SMFR) investors who suffered significant losses to submit your losses now.
Class Period: Mar. 14, 2022 – Aug. 15, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Nov. 7, 2022
Visit: www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/SMFR
Contact An Attorney Now: SMFR@hbsslaw.com
844-916-0895
Sema4 Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SMFR) Securities Fraud Class Action:
The complaint challenges Defendants' statements concerning Sema4's billing practices and reported revenues.
Specifically, Defendants allegedly misrepresented and concealed: (1) there was a significant risk that Sema4 would reverse a material amount of previously recognized revenue that it could not recoup from third party payors; (2) the company was experiencing declining selling prices for its reproductive health segment; and, (3) as a result of the foregoing, Sema4's financial results would be adversely affected.
The truth emerged on Aug. 15, 2022, when Sema4 announced disappointing Q2 2022 financial results, including revenues of just $36 million, or 23% lower than the prior year's quarter. The company blamed its dismal results on having reversed appx. $30 million revenues attributable to overpayments by a third-party payor prior to Q2 2022. The company also announced its President and Chief R&D Officer (Eric Schadt) was stepping down and it was eliminating approximately 13% of its workforce as part of a series of restructuring and corporate realignments.
This news sent the price of Sema4 shares crashing 33% lower on Aug. 16, 2022.
"We're focused on investors' losses and proving Sema4 misled investors about its financial results," said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.
If you invested in Sema4 and have significant losses, or have knowledge that may assist the firm's investigation, click here to discuss your legal rights with Hagens Berman.
Whistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding Sema4 should consider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under the new program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by the SEC. For more information, call Reed Kathrein at 844-916-0895 or email SMFR@hbsslaw.com.
About Hagens Berman
Hagens Berman is a global plaintiffs' rights complex litigation law firm focusing on corporate accountability through class-action law. The firm is home to a robust securities litigation practice and represents investors as well as whistleblowers, workers, consumers and others in cases achieving real results for those harmed by corporate negligence and fraud. More about the firm and its successes can be found at hbsslaw.com. Follow the firm for updates and news at @ClassActionLaw.
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Chelsea’s new American owners took a gamble with the first managerial appointment of their tenure, hiring Graham Potter from Premier League rival Brighton on Thursday despite his lack of experience coaching at soccer’s highest level.
The 47-year-old Potter agreed to a five-year deal as the replacement for Thomas Tuchel, who was fired on Wednesday after an apparent breakdown in his relationship with Chelsea’s recently installed ownership team fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly.
While Tuchel won the Champions League with Chelsea last year and previously ran a locker room of soccer superstars — such as Kylian Mbappé and Neymar — at Paris Saint-Germain, Potter has a more obscure coaching past and has won only one trophy, the Swedish Cup in 2017.
That came during a seven-year stint at remote Swedish club Ostersund (2011-18), which he led from the country’s fourth tier to the first division and then into the Europa League for the first time.
Since then, he has coached Swansea for one season in English soccer’s second division, guiding the team to the FA Cup quarterfinals, before taking over at Brighton in 2019. Brighton is currently in fourth place in the Premier League, having finished last season in ninth — the highest in the club’s history.
Chelsea said Potter would bring “progressive football and innovative coaching” to the club, while Boehly said the new coach “fits our vision.”
“Not only is he extremely talented on the pitch,” Boehly said of Potter, “he has skills and capabilities that extend beyond the pitch which will make Chelsea a more successful club.”
Potter, who played mostly for lower-league English teams in an undistinguished career from 1992-2005 before retiring at the age of 30 and going into higher education, is widely admired as one of the country’s best tacticians and has a brave, entertaining style of play that has won plaudits if not trophies. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said he is a “big fan” of Potter because of the way his “players move with freedom and … have the courage to play everywhere.”
And Boehly, the face of Chelsea’s ownership, has been convinced that Potter is the man to instill a long-term soccer ethos and identity throughout the club at the start of the new era.
The demands Potter will face at Chelsea will contrast sharply with those at his previous clubs, however, unlikely giving him as much time to cultivate a team as he has had so far in his career.
“He’ll be expected to win every week, to challenge for trophies,” said former Chelsea player and assistant coach Jody Morris. “It’s totally different to being in a club where you are expected to be midtable and can go a couple of months without winning a game. You go a couple of games without winning at Chelsea and it’ll be totally different.”
Potter’s time in Sweden offers an interesting insight into why he is lauded as a good man-manager and a thinker of the game.
Under Potter, Ostersund, which prides itself on developing its players as people before sportsmen, started what it called a “Culture Academy” where squad members and coaches were faced with challenges to their mental process and decision-making under pressure.
After achieving promotion one year, Potter and his players put on a modern-dance production in the city’s theater, set to music from Swan Lake.
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The first clue that, no, Manu Ginobili did not invent the Eurostep should come from the move’s name. Ginobili isn’t from Europe. He’s from South America. And it’s not called the South Ameristep.
Perhaps it should be. The long, lateral move — step one way to get a defender leaning, then cut the other way into open space — was Ginobili’s signature, something he mastered, something that he brought into the mainstream.
In turn, it brought him to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
The four-time NBA champion with the San Antonio Spurs is one of the headliners for Saturday night’s enshrinement ceremony in Springfield, Massachusetts. Ginobili spent all 16 of his NBA seasons in San Antonio, partnering with Tim Duncan and Tony Parker to form a Big Three that was, and surely will remain, one of the best trios the league has ever seen.
“It’s something you never expect,” Ginobili said of entering the Hall. “You start playing ball because you love it, because it’s fun, because you’re there with your friends. … And now, when I thought there were not going to be more surprises after my career was done, you get a recognition like this which makes you think, go back a little bit in time, and relieve your story, and it’s incredible.”
Ginobili isn’t the first international NBA player to make the Hall. He is, however, the first to be selected by the North American committee, which means he got into the Hall solely on the merits of his NBA career and not what he did playing internationally.
He’s quick to point out that he won’t be the last name on that list. Parker, Dirk Nowitzki and Pau Gasol will be getting their calls before long.
“I’m proud of being part of that generation that changed the way the game was played, the game was perceived, the international players were recognized,” Ginobili said. “It was fun to be part of that.”
The Spurs drafted Ginobili in 1999, when he was playing in Italy, and it took more than three years for him just to come to the NBA. It’s not like San Antonio had made a huge investment: Ginobili was the next-to-last pick in his draft class, 57th out of 58. And most of the players taken in the bottom 15 picks of that draft never played a single game in the NBA.
But in 2002, he showed up. With his Eurostep.
“I didn’t know what the hell it was,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “But it didn’t look right.”
Turns out, it was legal and lethal. The true measure of whether a move has captured the attention of NBA players comes by seeing if others have copied it and tried to put it into their own repertoires. And that’s been happening for two decades now.
Nobody knows for sure how the move truly originated, and Ginobili insists that he didn’t create it, either. The commonly held belief is that Lithuanian great Sarunas Marciulionis — a Hall of Famer himself, class of 2014 — brought it to the NBA.
But there isn’t much argument that Ginobili is the one who made it popular. Thing is, he can’t teach it very well, despite being asked countless times to do so over the years.
“I couldn’t exactly explain it,” Ginobili said. “Some basics of it, yes, but it was super natural, it was super instinctive.”
It’s not the move that got Ginobili into the Hall, though. It was the winning.
When Ginobili played, the Spurs won. It’s that simple. They were 762-295 when Ginobili appeared during the regular season. That winning percentage of 72.1% is just a smidge better than the 71.9% posted by Duncan, who went into the Hall in 2020 and, fittingly, will present Ginobili this weekend.
Ginobili is one of two players (Bill Bradley being the other) to have won championships in the NBA, the Euroleague and the Olympics. He got four rings with the Spurs, the Euroleague title with Italian club Kinder Bologna in 2001, then led his native Argentina to Olympic gold at Athens in 2004. Ginobili had 29 points in the semifinal win over the U.S., outplaying everybody else who was on the court that day, Duncan included. The Americans haven’t settled for anything less than gold at any of the four Olympics that have been played since.
“It’s not just about individual accomplishments,” Ginobili said. “I never won a scoring championship, an MVP, even first-team. I’m here because of my surroundings, of the players I play with, of the coaches I’ve been coached with, and the organizations. I know I’ve been very lucky to have played with such teammates … so definitely, I don’t take it as an individual achievement. It’s just that I’ve been in the right place, in the right time.”
Case in point: San Antonio.
Ginobili didn’t know what, or even where, San Antonio was when he first went there. He never left — it’s still home for Ginobili and his family. He works for the Spurs now, drives his three kids to and from school, takes them to Argentina for time with family every summer, and then it’s back to San Antonio.
“I didn’t know how I was going to pair up with Tony and Tim, play with David Robinson, being coached by Pop, so yeah, full of uncertainties,” Ginobili said. “And I wanted to do good, I wanted to help, I wanted to grow, but I wasn’t the No. 1, first pick, right? I was 57, so I knew that the odds of me staying for long here were not with me because it doesn’t usually happen. So, it turned out to be an incredible story and enjoyed 16 wonderful years.”
There’s another place that Ginobili hasn’t been: Springfield, Massachusetts.
He was with Duncan for his enshrinement two years ago, but because of the pandemic, that ceremony took place at a casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. Ginobili didn’t get to Springfield on that trip.
He’s there now. Forever.
“We knew we had a wild, competitive, young man who was in love with basketball and was quite athletic and just fierce,” Popovich said. “Just seemed to have no fear and do whatever it might be that he needed to do to win. He was a force of nature.”
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HOUSTON, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Supreme Court of Texas upheld an appellate ruling in favor of The John M. O'Quinn Foundation in its 12-year battle with Darla Lexington, the longtime companion of the late John O'Quinn (1941-2009), who sought to recover 50 percent of Mr. O'Quinn's Estate. In this latest litigation with Ms. Lexington, Bracewell LLP successfully represented The O'Quinn Foundation in the trial court and in the appellate courts.
The O'Quinn Foundation is the sole beneficiary of the famed trial lawyer's nine-figure estate. In July 2021, the Houston Court of Appeals affirmed entirely the trial court's dismissal of all claims brought by Lexington against The O'Quinn Foundation and others related to a prior settlement between the parties, the ownership of certain real estate, and the disinterment of O'Quinn's remains. The Court rejected Lexington's claim that she was O'Quinn's common-law spouse, as well as her claim that she owned the real estate on which O'Quinn was buried. On September 2, 2022, the Texas Supreme Court declined to accept Lexington's appeal, effectively ending the long-running saga and finding in favor of The O'Quinn Foundation.
"The John M. O'Quinn Foundation is pleased that the Texas Supreme Court brought an end to this long-running legal battle and honored Mr. O'Quinn's final wish that his Foundation would continue his legacy of charitable giving," said Bracewell's Christopher L. Dodson, who represented The O'Quinn Foundation, along with Warren W. Harris and Jeffrey L. Oldham.
Established in 1986, The John M. O'Quinn Foundation supports a wide variety of charitable activities, including conservation, education, healthcare and programs benefiting underprivileged youth in Houston and the surrounding areas. Rob Wilson, III, current President and long-time Trustee of The O'Quinn Foundation, as well as a close friend of Mr. O'Quinn prior to his death in 2009, reports that as of June 30, 2022, The O'Quinn Foundation has awarded more than $155 million in grants to charities in the Greater Houston and surrounding areas.
About Bracewell LLP
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The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners this week approved over $5.8 million in American Rescue Plan dollars in the categories of water, sewer and broadband.
The county board’s subcommittee on water, sewer and broadband made a recommendation to the full Board of Commissioners. The board then approved $5,803,882 in allocations at its Tuesday, Sept, 6, meeting, county Administrator/Controller Kevin Catlin told MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette.
Projects include investments in countywide broadband planning, strategy and implementation, lead waterline replacement, watermain replacement and water/sewer infrastructure investment to assist with housing development, Catlin said.
Here’s a look at the nine applications that received funding:
- Abbey Farm Development Co., LLC received $1.4 million toward a 16,000-linear-foot drinking water distribution system and an approximately 8,000-linear-foot sewer system to service a new mixed use multifamily housing development and a commercial and industrial development on approximately 200 acres. The systems will service a new 344-unit multifamily housing complex and a commercial and industrial park. The development began in 2019, but due to supply chain disruptions, increased costs, and inflation spawned by COVID, all of which have increased the projected cost of the by project by over 20%, the project is now tenuous without the support of outside funding, the application states. The requested grant funds will be matched by private funds. The applicant requested $2.5 million, according to county documents.
- Alamo Township received $850,000. The township does not have the funds in its budget to rebuild two township roads. The township plans to make the roads safe to travel on and not put a tax burden on the township residents. The document does not specify the specific roads.
- Charleston Township will receive $91,882 for upgrades and improvements to the Charleston Township municipal water system.
- Full Circle Communities Inc. will get $117,000 to install and provide free broadband internet access at two of its affordable and supportive housing properties: Selinon Park in Portage, and Maple Grove Village in Kalamazoo. These projects house Kalamazoo’s most vulnerable populations, including persons at risk of or experiencing homelessness, persons with disabilities and low‐income families, the application states.
- Mi Tendercare Homes LLC will get $20,000 to assist with expenses to start and continue the business. With this grant, they hope to pay for contractor fees and materials, the application states. Funds will be used to pay for an excavator to connect to the city of Portage water and to hire a contractor to build a handicap ramp in the front and the back of the house for easy entry and exit for elderly residents.
- The village of Augusta will get $1,400,000 to install new ductile iron pipe water mains in the village on the following streets: Lincoln, West Clinton, Cass and Church streets. The residents are on public water. However, the infrastructure is in critical need of repair. This is a low-income Census tract and would greatly benefit from new water mains, the application states.
- The village of Vicksburg will get $1,200,000 to help it meet the state requirements to replace an average of 5% of their lead service lines every year for the next 20 years. The village currently serves 2,402 meter equivalent locations (1,480 meters, but an additional 978 services. i.e. apartment buildings have 1 meter, but multiple units within building). There are 1,480 water line connection services within the village of Vicksburg’s municipal water system and it is estimated that 600 are required to be replaced due to lead‐line services, the application states. The village has replaced 61 lead water service lines to residential homes since Jan. 1, 2021.
- The W.E. Upjohn Institute will get $200,000. The Upjohn Institute is facilitating broadband planning work throughout its primary service area (Branch, Calhoun, Kalamazoo and St. Joseph counties). Kalamazoo County currently lags behind its peers in the region and the Upjohn Institute hopes these funds will bring them in line. To do so, the county needs to create a plan that will outline which homes have high‐speed service and which do not, how to best connect those who do not have service, determine who cannot afford high‐speed internet and how to best serve them, and understand digital literacy and equipment gaps throughout the county. The funds will enable the hiring of contractors to create a broadband access and adoption plan and buildout specifications for infrastructure coincidental to the plan. These documents are essential for understanding where investments should be located, how to prioritize those investments, and how much the improvements will cost, the application states. Broadband planning follows a four phase process: 1) assess current broadband access and adoption, 2) create goals for broadband availability and adoption, 3) develop engineered cost estimates to accomplish the goals for broadband availability and adoption, and 4) implement the plan by increasing those connected to the internet through additional access or adoption. Awarded funds would help a local coalition of local and regional governments accomplish phases 1‐3, the application states.
Below is the complete list of awarded applicants, along with requests that did not get funding, during the Sept. 6 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners meeting:
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The subcommittee that recommended the allocations for approval is made up of Chair Mike Quinn and Commissioners John Gisler, Jeff Heppler, Veronica McKissack and Roger Tuinier.
In May 2021, Kalamazoo County was granted $51,485,963 in stimulus funding to use through 2026. Commissioners formed six subcommittees to review application submissions.
The county approved $25,127,650 in funding during its first round of approvals in August.
Two additional subcommittees still need to meet, to discuss allocations for essential worker premium pay, and services to disproportionately impacted communities.
The county is also working to finalize employee premium pay by the second meeting, tentatively by October. The last two subcommittees are expected to meet in the future, possibly this month, Catlin said.
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BE'ER SHEVA, Israel, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rezilion, an automated software vulnerability management platform, announced today that it has been named a vendor providing Innovative tools for SBOM management in Gartner's new report, titled Emerging Tech: A Software Bill of Materials Is Critical to Software Supply Chain Management.
The report highlights the growing importance of SBOMs in managing software supply chain risk at a time when the software industry increases its reliance on third-party and/or open-source code. Unlike internally-developed components, which adhere to rigorous security and quality guidelines, open-source software (OSS) can come from many sources and is far more prone to risk. These security and compliance risks are exacerbated by a lack of visibility and understanding of open-source dependencies within the software supply chain. SBOMs answer that challenge by providing a much-needed view into an organization's inventory of software, as well as the dependencies, licenses, compliance posture and provenance information.
The software supply chain has become a target and is under constant attack, with high-profile breaches, such as the ones impacting SolarWinds and Kaseya. An SBOM is critical because it offers visibility, and also allows users to monitor vulnerabilities in parallel with whatever vulnerability management is conducted by the supplier. But having visibility isn't enough - organizations also need to be able to identify new software vulnerabilities. To meet this need, the report recommends that static SBOMs evolve to include dynamic and real time capabilities. Furthermore, the report highlights the need to go beyond identification of software vulnerabilities and leverage SBOMs to drive efficient remediation.
Using the Rezilion platform, customers can identify, prioritize, and remediate software vulnerabilities using a first-of-its-kind Dynamic SBOM. Unlike static SBOMs, which traditionally provide visibility into a single software environment at a specific point in time, Rezilion's Dynamic SBOM seamlessly plugs into all software environments, from development to production, and provides real-time visibility to all software components. Rezilion's Dynamic SBOM then does more than just uncover what software components are there: it reveals if and how they're being executed in runtime, providing organizations with an unparalleled solution to understand where bugs exist – but also whether or not they could be exploited by attackers.
Through Rezilion's Dynamic SBOM, customers benefit from:
- Dynamic Inventory - Continuous tracking and management of the software environment as changes are being introduced.
- Full Stack, Full Cycle Coverage - See all software components across dev and prod, on-prem and cloud, hosts, containers, and IoT devices.
- Vulnerability Scanning - Identify known vulnerabilities associated with the software components in your SBOM.
- Vulnerability Prioritization Using Dynamic Context - Know down to the function level what every component is doing in runtime. Triage vulnerable components that are executed and loaded to memory from the vast majority that's unloaded and therefore not exploitable.
- Dynamic Identification - Instantly search and pinpoint vulnerable components across millions of files and on thousands of hosts, containers, and applications.
- VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability Exchange) available as an exportable file, to communicate vulnerabilities and their impact with customers and regulators.
- Exportable Formats - Share the dynamic SBOM as a machine readable Cyclone DX artifact.
"Gartner's analysis and outlook on SBOMs arrives at a critical time," said Liran Tancman, Co-Founder and CEO of Rezilion. "As more organizations embrace SBOMs as a vital component of their software security tooling, we're thrilled to be among the named providers. Our Dynamic SBOM gives organizations the ability to know how their dependencies are being exploited, which solidifies how well-aligned our current capabilities are with the evolution of SBOMs in the future."
Rezilion was named a vendor in the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) category in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Open Source Software, 2022, and the SBOM and ASOC categories in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Application Security, 2022, in July of this year.
Rezilion's Dynamic SBOM is available now across CI and on-prem and cloud environments. A basic, free-of-charge version is available for use in CI through Rezilion's website. Get started today at www.rezilion.com/get-started.
About Rezilion:
Rezilion's platform automatically secures the software you deliver to customers. Rezilion's continuous runtime analysis detects vulnerable software components on any layer of the software stack and determines their exploitability, filtering out up to 95% of identified vulnerabilities. Rezilion then automatically mitigates exploitable vulnerabilities across the SDLC, reducing vulnerability backlogs and remediation timelines from months to hours, while giving DevOps teams time back to build.
Learn more about Rezilion's software attack surface management platform at www.rezilion.com and get a 30-day free trial.
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A tropical storm making landfall near the Mexican border has the potential to escalate the 27,000-acre Fairview Fire as it spreads through southern California, state officials warned, as high winds from the storm could make fire suppression a significant challenge.
Key Facts
California’s Riverside and San Bernardino counties were placed under extreme weather advisories Friday morning, including for high wind and flooding, as Tropical Storm Kay moves northward from Baja California.
Heavy rainfall from the storm has the potential to cause landslides in northwestern Mexico and flash flooding and urban flooding across Southern California Friday, packing maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center, and peak gusts up to 75 mph.
It comes as the Fairview Fire, which killed two people this week, spreads to an area larger than 27,000 acres in Riverside County—and as of Thursday evening it’s only 5% contained, according to the state’s wildfire agency, Cal Fire.
State officials warned the fire is likely to spread “in all areas” as the result of the storm’s shifting winds, with the potential to move westward toward the city of Hemet as the storm’s easterly “down slope” winds push the fire away from the San Jacinto Mountains to the east.
Big Number
22,000. That’s how many people state officials expect to evacuate. More than 18,500 people have been ordered to evacuate already, the New York Times reported, although that number could grow if the fire approaches Hemet, which has a population of more than 90,000, according to federal Census data.
Tangent
California is at the tail end of a late summer heat wave that brought record-breaking high temperatures to the state, threatening electricity blackouts.
Key Background
The Fairview fire is one of 71 large active wildfires that have burned nearly 500,000 acres across the West Coast and Rocky Mountains, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. So far this year, some 49,326 fires have scorched more than 6.3 million acres in the U.S., more than 1 million more acres than were burned in fires last year. Scientists warn wildfires could become more frequent and intense as climate change leads to more intense droughts and heat waves. A report from the Environmental Protection Agency found the damage caused by wildfires has grown from between 1 million and four million acres per year in the 1980s to up to 9 million in the 2010s.
Crucial Quote
Cal Fire division chief John Crater told reporters at a press conference Thursday evening he had “never seen a fire burn like this in Riverside County in my career,” calling it a “very stubborn fire” that’s “doing things we just haven’t seen.” With a smoke column approaching the city, he urged residents to have plans ready to evacuate if ordered.
Further Reading
California faces weather threats from fires to floods (Washington Post)
A California County Braces for Fire, Floods and Mudslides, All at Once (New York Times)
Officials prepare to evacuate 22,000 people from Hemet wildfire’s path, raising dire warnings of high winds (Los Angeles Times)
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BEIJING, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by China.org.cn on CPC centenary:
On a July day in 2022, two international students came to visit Huilian Zhao, head pastry chef at Beijing Minzu Hotel, to learn how to make creatively shaped Chinese pastries. The two students are Yisheng Zhang from Mali and Sisi Yang from Costa Rica.
Upon their arrival, they tasted some of the creatively shaped pastries made by Chef Zhao. They are stunned by the exquisiteness and great taste of these food. Yang exclaimed over a one that looks exactly like an apple, and Zhang kept saying "yummy" after tasting a "walnut". And then, Chef Zhao began to show them how to handmake a walnut-shaped pastry. Under his guidance, the two students soon got the hang of it. "Awesome!" Yisheng murmured exultingly.
Besides, these pastries also reflect good wishes. The beautiful walnut-shaped pastry signifies "harmony and beauty", as, in Chinese, the first character of "walnut"(hetao) is the homonym for "harmony"(he). If paired with an apple, it will mean world peace, as the Chinese word they formed is pronounced the same as "peace"(heping). "How brilliant! These pastries not only look beautiful, but also convey good wishes," Yang said admiringly.
When asked how he started his career in pastry-making, Huilian Zhao replied smilingly, "I began to be interested in it when I saw a chef demonstrate how to make pastries at a Mid-Autumn Festival. I can't help marveling at the exquisiteness of the artisan food. Since then, I began to love it. " Mr. Zhao, who was then just asked to work temporarily in the workshop due to chef shortages, wouldn't have thought that he would become a pastry chef later and pursue the career for the rest of his life. Today, many foreigners, attracted to his delicate pastries and superb craftsmanship, have come to visit him,wanting to see him at work.
Creatively delicate pastries made by Chef Zhao, which used to be served just for ordinary customers in a Beijing hotel, have now been in the state banquet menu and started to be known to the world. Huilian Zhao is presenting, in his own way, to the world the great charm of Chinese pastries. Chef Zhao is much more than a national master in pastry. He is also one of the Chinese artisans representing the spirit of craftsman.
After this hands-on experience, the two international students learned the basic procedure for making creatively shaped Chinese pastries, and more importantly, gained a better understanding of the Chinese craftsman spirit, the very working attitude seen in Huilian Zhao, who kept pursuing excellence in pastry-making in the hope of spreading Chinese pastries exhibiting oriental beauty and Chinese-style elegance all over the world.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jacqueline Powell and her fourth grade classmates toiled over pencil and paper to write a letter in Spanish about what they did in class this year.
Powell explained the assignment in perfect Spanish before struggling to translate the words to end her sentence. The 10-year-old charter school student raised her forearms to her temples in a show of mental effort, making her large round glasses seesaw up and down.
That struggle, fought every week at the New Mexico International School in Albuquerque, has put her speaking ability far ahead of some of her high school peers. It has allowed her to speak in Spanish with her grandmother, who is from Chihuahua, Mexico, and she has fostered a secret language between her and her mom, whose husband and step children can’t speak Spanish.
While dual language programs are offered in thousands of schools across the U.S., New Mexico is the only state where the right to learn in Spanish is laid out in the constitution.
Dual language programs like the one at the New Mexico International School are championed by Hispanic parents who want their children to cultivate cultural roots. They are also seen by education experts as the best way for English learners to excel in K-12 schools.
The question for lawmakers in the nation’s most heavily Hispanic state is why New Mexico’s dual language programs aren’t being used by the students who most need them.
Legislative analysts are expected in the coming weeks to release a report that will highlight challenges facing dual language and other multicultural programs. It will include a look at decades-old trends such as a lack of oversight by education officials, declining participation, and a reduction in the number of multicultural programs, said Legislative Finance Committee spokesman Jon Courtney.
The report also will acknowledge the lack of information about how well language programs are doing after two years without comprehensive academic testing due to the pandemic.
The number of dual language immersion programs has increased from 126 before the pandemic to 132 last year.
State officials are supposed to assess the programs every three years. But the New Mexico Public Education Department has done only one in-person visit and evaluated only one school over the past three years, said department spokeswoman Judy Robinson.
The department has started a series of forums for parents around the Hispanic Education Act, a state law that informs multicultural programs.
While there isn’t a consensus among educators as to how to best teach young children languages, a New Mexico court found in 2018 that well-run dual language programs are the “gold standard” for English learners.
The alternative, more popular in Arizona, is to separate children out for remedial instruction.
In New Mexico, English learners make up a larger share of dual language program participants. They comprise 63% of participants in the current school year, up from 53% last year.
At the New Mexico International School in Albuquerque, around half of students are Hispanic, like Jacqueline, and reflective of the city’s population.
“Many of their parents are trying to reclaim the language,” school principal Todd Knouse said.
English-speaking parents say they have an easier time learning about the benefits of dual language programs and jumping through the hoops to get into charter schools. The schools are free but don’t provide bussing.
“It’s almost like a privilege type of experience to get your kid into these programs because it does take a lot of research. Tracking down the programs, the distance of how long you’re willing to drive, the (admission) lottery,” said Mary Baldwin, 34, whose daughter attends the Albuquerque school.
“And then there’s so much shame that gets placed on the Spanish language or the culture itself,” she said. “Some families might not be aware that being bilingual is a huge strength not just culturally but also professionally.”
Baldwin immigrated to the U.S. from Honduras when she was 10. Her daughter is the same age now and is fluent enough to cook banana-leaf-wrapped tamales with her Spanish-speaking grandmother as a result of the dual language program.
Fans of New Mexico’s programs say they elevate Spanish-speakers’ skills and give them confidence in an environment where everyone is equal as they learn a new language. The programs also increase fluency and literacy in their home language.
“It’s generally beneficial to have two languages,” said Stephen Mandrgoc, a University of New Mexico historian who has studied bilingual programs in the southwest and oversees Spanish colonial heritage programs.
When it comes to languages spoken by New Mexico’s Native American tribes and pueblos, there are some state laws that protect student rights. Still, only two dual language programs are offered in Native American languages — both in Diné, the language of the Navajo people.
Some tribes like Jemez Pueblo face a more pressing existential threat to their language because of a small population and cultural taboos that limit the creation of language materials. Other tribes like Santa Clara Pueblo say underinvestment is a problem.
New Mexico officials have appropriated millions of dollars to support curriculum projects, but much of the funds go unspent. Advocates say one problem is the time in which grants must be spent, from less than a year to sometimes as short as a month before it reverts back to the state.
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Attanasio is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues.
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Unidentified persons decamped with valuables including 60 sovereigns of gold jewellery worth Rs 18 lakh from a locked home in Theni.
A. P. Rajaram, 75, a turmeric merchant of Pankajam House Street, Theni, said that he had gone to Thoothukudi on September 7 along with his family and stayed in their daughter’s house. Their domestic help informed him that the lock of the house was found broken. He returned home the next day and found that some people had gained entry into the house and taken away jewellery from the almirah, which was under lock and key.
A senior officer, who visited the scene of crime, said that some known people, who were aware of the movement of the inmates, could have committed the crime.
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