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Gifting more than $10,000 in school supply shopping sprees to educators across the country
Season Two of "Abbott Elementary" Premieres
Wednesday, September 21 at 9/8c on ABC
CARSON, Calif., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lakeshore Learning Materials, a leading provider of educational products and services, is excited to team up with seven-time Emmy-nominated ABC series "Abbott Elementary" to give back to teachers with special offers throughout the month of September.
Teachers can post a photo of their classroom (with no students, please!) to Instagram using #AbbottElementarySweepstakes and follow @abbottelemabc for a chance to win a $500 Lakeshore Learning gift card!
Then, all teachers that visit a Lakeshore store September 16-18 will receive $5 off* their purchase and "Abbott Elementary" giveaways.
Plus, Lakeshore will also be offering double Loyalty Points for all Rewards Members when they shop either in-store or online from September 16-18.
Entering its second season on ABC, "Abbott Elementary" is a mockumentary series following the lives of teachers in a Philadelphia public school. "Abbott Elementary" received seven Emmy nominations this year, including Best Comedy Series. With Lakeshore's founding mission of supporting teachers, it was a natural fit to team up with the popular series to give back to educators across the country.
"Teachers are truly at the heart of everything we do and we're always looking for ways to help them especially during back-to-school time," said Bo Kaplan, Lakeshore's president and CEO. "We're passionate about our educators and excited to invite them in store to take advantage of these fun giveaway opportunities made possible through our partnership with ABC."
In addition to developing classroom furniture and hands-on learning materials, Lakeshore also provides teachers with organizational tools and decorating essentials, such as classroom borders, bulletin board sets, posters and wall accents. Lakeshore's wide selection of teaching materials and supplies is available both online and in Lakeshore's 61 stores nationwide.
To find the nearest Lakeshore store visit the store locator on LakeshoreLearning.com. For more information about the weekend of giveaways in partnership with "Abbott Elementary," visit lakeshorelearning.com/abbottelem
Season two of "Abbott Elementary" premieres on Wednesday, September 21 at 9/8c on ABC. Season one is currently available to stream on Hulu.
Lakeshore Learning Materials is a leading developer and retailer of top-quality materials for early childhood education programs, elementary schools and homes nationwide. Since 1954, Lakeshore has offered innovative learning materials distinguished by their quality, educational merit and safety. To learn more, visit LakeshoreLearning.com.
In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible educators may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don't love the school district's less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.
*In-store only, minimum $5 purchase, with teacher/school ID, valid Fri-Sun (Sept. 16-18, 2022)
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NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Enter Sweepstakes between 9/7/22 at 9:00 AM PT and 10/5/22 at 11:59 PM PT. Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. & D.C., who are 18+ & a teacher in a private or public school of grades of K-8 at time of entry. Limit 1 entry per person. See Official Rules www.AbbottElementarySweepstakes.com for full details on how to enter, eligibility requirements, odds of winning, prize descriptions and limitations. Void where prohibited. Sponsors: American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., 500 South Buena Vista St, Burbank, CA 91521 and Lakeshore Learning Materials, LLC, 2695 East Dominguez Street, Carson, CA 90895.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a way to keep a drywall putty knife close at hand while working at a jobsite," said an inventor, from Fort Worth, Texas, "so I invented the DRYWALL KNIFE HOLDER. My design would offer a more professional-looking alternative to storing the knife in a pocket or tool belt. My father has 25 years in the drywall business, and he has never seen anything like this before, something like this in the market would be successful and its time to everyone to have one."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective belt holder for securing a drywall knife. In doing so, it ensures that the drywall knife is readily available for use. As a result, it increases convenience. It also helps to reduce messes and it provides a more professional appearance. With the years of experience in the inventor's family they have seen many workers carry their drywall knife in their back pocket with the knife pointing up. This has cost a lot of injuries in the workplace, and is a great inconvenience, so besides giving the worker a professional look, their objective is to also bring safety to its owner. The invention features a practical design that is easy to attach and use so it is ideal for drywall contractors, painting contractors, construction workers, do-it-yourselfers, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Dallas sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DAL-202, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lycoming College once again moved up in the U.S. News and World Report National Liberal Arts Colleges ranking for 2022-2023, leaping 13 spots to land at No. 111. U.S. News & World Report provides objective college rankings that help students and their families compare the academic quality of higher education institutions across the country. Lycoming's ascent in industry rankings over several years is evidence of the rising quality and value of a Lycoming education.
Lycoming was once again named a top performer in the U.S. News and World Report Social Mobility ranking, rising 21 spots to the No. 11 position, providing validation that the College's efforts to graduate a high percentage of Pell-awarded students has been successful.
U.S. News ranks institutions based on multiple factors of academic quality, including graduation rates, social mobility, and faculty resources. The College's investments in high-impact academic programs — including efforts to increase access to experiential learning opportunities such as internships, research, and global education, as well as improving its student-faculty ratio from 12:1 to 11:1 — have been central features to Lycoming's continued ascent in U.S. News.
"Lycoming continues to innovate, invest in our facilities and provide students with transformative opportunities, and it is gratifying to see our efforts reflected in improved rankings" said Kent Trachte, president of Lycoming College. "While rankings have their limitations, they remain a valuable resource for college-bound students pursuing a post-secondary education. I strongly encourage prospective students and their families to visit Lycoming College to learn more about how the College can positively impact their education and life."
The Princeton Review again named Lycoming one of the Best 388 Colleges and Universities and included Lycoming on its Best Value List. Lycoming also came in at No. 89 in the Washington Monthly 2022 Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking. Lycoming College's full U.S. News and World Report profile is available at https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/lycoming-college-3293.
Founded in 1812, Lycoming College is one of the nation's oldest and most respected liberal arts colleges. Today, our community of 1,200 active learners from 31 states and territories and 15 countries comprises a student body that is 35 percent domestic students of color or international, all of whom work with our renowned scholars to craft customized combinations of market-driven majors, minors and concentrations across our 40+ academic programs. Students compete in 19 NCAA Division III sports, participate in faculty-driven research, thrive in a robust program of internship experiences, and study abroad in more than two dozen countries. Lycoming College has one of the highest endowment-per-student ratios in the country. The institution is a member of the Annapolis Group of Liberal Arts Colleges and is recognized by The Princeton Review as one of The 388 Best Colleges. Lycoming College is dedicated to providing a high-quality liberal arts and sciences education for all students. Learn more at http://www.lycoming.edu.
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Industry Veteran Joins Firm as New York Metro Region Head of Major Projects
NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shawmut Design and Construction, a leading $1.3 billion national construction management firm, is pleased to announce Charles Avolio as head of major projects for its New York Metro region, the next step in its aggressive growth plan to increase market share in large-scale projects and expand into new sectors.
Shawmut's significant ten-year growth trajectory will be driven by a dedicated effort to increase market share of larger, more sophisticated projects. This includes continuing to bolster expertise in the commercial, education, healthcare, and life sciences sectors as well as adding large-scale project builders to its team. Hiring Avolio in the newly-created head of major projects role is a pivotal move to drive the New York Metro region's growth and expansion. He brings 36 years of New York experience, most recently leading Suffolk Construction's New York division as president and general manager.
"As we contribute to the fabric of New York City, it's our ethical approach to business as a 100% employee-owned company that allows us to increase the scale of our capabilities and share of work in the market," said Dave Margolius, executive vice president of Shawmut's New York Metro region. "Charlie's tenure and reputation in the industry, dedication to the highest standard of client service, deep roots in New York, and alignment with Shawmut's culture and vision made him a natural fit to drive our growth."
As head of major projects for the New York Metro region, Avolio will spearhead the pursuit and execution of large projects with a focus on the diversification of sectors. He brings operational best practices from an impressive portfolio of major projects for top commercial developments, higher education institutions, and advanced technology facilities for both private and public clients. Avolio will also serve on the regional executive leadership team.
"I was drawn to Shawmut by the people and culture of the firm who share a dedicated commitment to serving clients, partners, and the community," said Avolio. "Joining the New York Metro region at this pivotal business point is extremely energizing, and I'm looking forward to contributing to Shawmut's growth trajectory."
Avolio is actively involved in the construction and real estate industry of New York City, currently serving as a board member for the New York Building Congress. He previously served as co-chair of the Building Trade Employer's Association and was involved with The Association for a Better NY and the Regional Plan Association. His philanthropic relationships include The Salvadori Center in NYC and the Villanova College of Engineering Advisory Board. Recognized for his contributions to the New York market, Avolio was named to City & State's 2021 Construction Power 50 List and honored with the Subcontractors Trade Association's 2020 Silver Shovel Award.
Avolio joins Shawmut as it completes and progresses on marquee projects, including City Harvest's newly-unveiled Cohen Community Food Rescue Center in Brooklyn, The Diagrid Club and Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten's restaurant at 425 Park Avenue, Marymount Manhattan College's new creative hub at the Judith Mara Carson Center for Visual Arts, and Brooklyn Public Library's first new branch in 40 years with the opening of the Adams Street Library in DUMBO.
Shawmut Design and Construction is a $1.3 billion national construction management firm with a reputation for completing extremely complex and logistically challenging projects. As a 100% employee-owned company, Shawmut has created a culture of ownership, proactive solution-making, and forward-thinking. Over eighty percent of its business comes from repeat clients, with a strong focus on building lasting partnerships. Shawmut has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Miami, West Palm Beach, and Las Vegas. For more information, please visit www.shawmut.com.
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The Communist Party of India (CPI) State secretary K. Ramakrishna condemned the alleged comments by Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Thammineni Seetharam on the Maha Padayatra by the Amaravati farmers on Monday.
Mr. Ramakrishna said that the farmers had been protesting against the State government’s decision to trifurcate the State capital for the last 1,000 days. The government, which told the High Court that it was withdrawing the three capitals Bill, was raking up the controversy again.
The government had already spent Rs. 10,000 crore on the development of the capital. The Jagan Mohan Reddy’s government had ‘wicked plans to destruct’ the Capital Amaravati. Hence, the farmers were taking out a walkathon. At this juncture, the Speaker made unsavoury comments against the padayatra. He should have been a role model for all the legislators. Instead, he stooped down to such a low that his comments were a threat to democracy. As a Speaker, he ought not to have made such comments. He could step down from his post if he had such a strong desire to make unruly comments, he felt.
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This year’s 118th annual celebration took place recently with a Founders Day ribbon cutting and blessing of the new Assisi Hall – A Pilgrim Experience. This special hallway dedicated to St. Francis and St. Clare will carry its visitors through Assisi, Italy, a homeland, and lessons each person can take away from their lives of humility and service.
JEFFERSON — The past weekend marked the St. Coletta of Wisconsin’s 118th year of service to individuals with disabilities nationwide.
Although St. Coletta is headquartered in Jefferson, its staff currently serves 400 individuals in Wisconsin and Illinois — many who have moved to these locations to receive services from St. Coletta.
“What makes the difference with a non-profit like St. Coletta is (we) are rooted in Franciscan, Christian, values and deliver services with compassion, dignity and respect,” a release from St. Coletta stated. “Founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi, (we) have been leaders in providing services to children and adults with disabilities.”
This year’s special celebration took place recently with a Founders Day ribbon cutting and blessing of the new Assisi Hall – A Pilgrim Experience. This special hallway dedicated to St. Francis and St. Clare will carry its visitors through Assisi, Italy, a homeland, and lessons each person can take away from their lives of humility and service.
To see and tour Assisi Hall – A Pilgrim Experience, contact Betsy Bright at 920-674-8308 or blbright@stcolettawi.org.
St. Coletta of Wisconsin, serving Northern Illinois, Brookfield, Jefferson, and Waukesha, provides quality day programs, residential services, job coaching and recreational activities for individuals with disabilities and other challenges, and depends on strong community partnerships to carry out its mission with compassion, dignity and respect.
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This acquisition empowers UL Solutions to help wire and cable customers optimize their product development and manufacturing processes while enhancing product safety and compliance.
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, today announced its acquisition of Cimteq Limited ("Cimteq"), a leading design support and manufacturing software provider for the global wire and cable manufacturing industry based in the U.K.
"Emerging technologies within smart cities, Industry 4.0, mobility and communications industries all rely on wire and cable to serve as the delivery backbone for new service offerings," said Jennifer Scanlon, president and CEO, UL Solutions Inc. "We are confident the acquisition of Cimteq allows us to help wire and cable customers continue to evolve and succeed as these technologies introduce new challenges and opportunities."
The acquisition of Cimteq strengthens UL Solutions' software capabilities to better serve small and large wire and cable customers across the product life cycle. Powered by state-of-the-art technology, Cimteq's innovative enterprise-level software enables manufacturers across the globe to be more efficient through improved productivity and streamlining of product development and manufacturing processes.
Cimteq's technology also helps simplify the complex management of cable design data, from the initial concept to delivering a full bill-of-materials directly to enterprise resource planning systems. With Cimteq software, UL Solutions is now able to provide wire and cable manufacturers tools to effectively plan, manage and control every aspect of the development and manufacturing process by utilizing the latest industrial Internet of Things (IoT) technology to optimize cable manufacturing operations.
"Process excellence throughout the research and development cycle is increasingly crucial to safe product deployment, especially as the complexity of design requirements increases," said Weifang Zhou, executive vice president and president of Testing, Inspection and Certification, UL Solutions. "Cimteq will enable UL Solutions to help customers optimize operations while enhancing product safety and compliance."
"Cimteq was founded to develop software solutions for the wire and cable industry and help manufacturers achieve their digital transformation ambitions while developing safe and compliant products," said Michael Braddock CEO of Cimteq. "We share UL Solutions' mission-centric safety culture and are proud to join them to help advance innovations for the wire and cable industry."
Cimteq was co-founded in 1998 by software industry veterans Ali and Amanda Shehab and is headquartered in Wrexham, Wales, approximately 35 miles south of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. In 2018, Cimteq received an equity investment from listed private equity and infrastructure investment manager, Foresight Group.
The transaction closed on September 9, 2022.
About UL Solutions
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Certification Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
UL Solutions offers a broad portfolio of services to companies. UL Solutions maintains separate legal entities for conformity assessment and consultancy services and has processes in place to identify and mitigate potential conflicts of interest and maintain impartiality.
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike(BBMP) started a programme called “Wonder on Wheels’” across the city on Monday by procuring 10 buses from Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC).
BBMP Chief Commissioner Tushar Giri Nath launched the initiative at the BBMP headquarters, which, according to him, will be beneficial to 300-500 out-of-school children in the city.
The project is the initiative of Freethinking Foundation and is being undertaken with the BBMP. This is the continuation of the Montessori School on Wheels programme launched in May.
“Architects have remodelled the bus with a detachable amphitheater and musical areas, among others. The bus is furnished with detachable seating, shelves and storage to allow for free creative movement. Art, craft, musical instruments, library books and audio-visual systems, permanent art and craft teachers will be present in the bus,” said in a release from the BBMP.
“The objective of the programme is to provide innovative learning material, trained teachers and different environment to the aganwadi children. Through this, the holistic learning ability of children can be enhanced. This programme will be extended across the city,” Mr. Giri Nath said.
Each of these buses will accommodate up to 50 children, have two teachers trained in Montessori schooling, a group D worker and study and play materials for children. Children can learn in English, Kannada and Hindi mediums in these buses everyday.
The BBMP will park the bus in gardens and parks to help children learn in the open, in a stress free environment and explore nature, says officials.
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NOVI, Mich., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hinduja Tech (HT), an integrated Product Engineering and Digital Technologies Solutions provider for the e-mobility industry, is participating in 'The Battery and Electric Technologies Trade Show, North America', 2022, between September 13 – 15 at the Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi, MI.
Visit Hinduja Tech at booth #1160 to discover its end-to-end services & solutions for Electric Vehicle Development and Battery Integration Capabilities.
Hinduja Tech will showcase case studies and solutions for Battery Module Packaging & Integration involving the sub-systems like Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Thermal, and Hardware & Embedded Software. HT's cutting-edge Thermal Management & Simulation supports OEMs and Tier-1s in packaging and integrating the battery pack efficiently with the electric powertrain. Hinduja Tech's Cost Engineering & Sourcing team is also well-positioned to support through their established databases and processes. With 700+ Quality-Certified Supply Chain Partners, HT supports OEMs and Tier-1s through its frugal 'design to cost' process in identifying the right suppliers with robust manufacturing quality yet at a reduced cost.
"Hinduja Tech aims for a global leadership position in e-mobility by providing innovative and accurate engineering solutions. With over a dozen portfolios of end-to-end EV programs for a range of vehicle applications, the automotive clients can expect answers to many first-time complex engineering questions such as Optimum Battery Tray Design or Optimized Battery Disconnect Unit arising from Electrification," stated Vijay Malik, President - Americas and Global Marketing, Hinduja Tech.
About The Battery Show
The Largest 'Battery and Electric Vehicle Technologies Trade Show' in North America brings together engineers, business leaders, top-industry companies, and innovative thinkers to discover ground-breaking products and create powerful solutions for the future. This platform provides the opportunity to Discover, Upgrade and Connect with leading industry experts in the automotive electrification space. This year, the show will look forward to 10,000+ attendees, 750+ suppliers, and 150+ speakers.
About Hinduja Tech
Hinduja Tech, part of the multi-billion-dollar Global Business Conglomerate, Hinduja Group, is the integrated Product Engineering and Digital Technologies Solutions provider for the mobility industry with a global delivery model. Hinduja Tech is committed to accelerating its client's journey towards sustainable profitable innovation.
As a partner of choice, Hinduja Tech works with leading automotive organizations (OEMs & Tier-X Suppliers) and disruptive mobility players in the US, Mexico, Canada, India, the UK, Germany, Japan, China, and Romania.
Hinduja Group, headquartered in the UK, has a presence in over 38 countries and employs a total of 200,000 people. Hinduja Group has a significant presence in Commercial Vehicle Engineering & Manufacturing verticals.
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Good Morning Britain viewers have shared a message with ITV after Kate Garraway hosted its first Sunday episode. The 55-year-old presenter took to the helm of the ITV news programme after it aired over the weekend following the death of the Queen.
In a rare move, ITV chose to bring in its usual weekday presenters, including Kate, Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard, to cover the historic event on rare Saturday and Sunday episodes of the news programme, which is usually on air Monday to Friday between 6am and 9am.
While Ben and Susanna hosted Saturday's show, with Kate back at Buckingham Palace as mourners headed to the Queen's central London home to pay their respects and leave tributes, Kate was back in the studio on Sunday. Kate was joined by various guests during the episode before the Queen's coffin began its journey to London from Balmoral, starting with a stop in Edinburgh.
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Royal photographer Chris Jackson and royal commentator Emily Andrews were among those to join Kate in the studio. When asked what she thought about the Prince William and Harry's reunion, which was seen at Windsor on Saturday afternoon, Emily said: "I thought it was incredible for William and Harry to come out and be so assured and to meet the public and to share in their grief, because one does have to wonder as well whether this might bring back memories of the death of their mother."
Kate then commented: "I was wondering that, there’s potential triggering isn’t there? The rawness of that grief for whom William said in his statement, the Queen was absolutely there with him through those darkest days. And so to be there thinking about her passing… I mean very very poignant moments."
But as Kate hosted the show solo, fans were making a demand on social media. @ShellzJackson tweeted: "Chose Kate Garraway for Her Majesty’s final journey coverage. I feel like I’ve done the right thing. BBC is the norm, but I don’t feel I’ve don’t [sic] wrong choosing Kate
@Steadyeddie41 said: "What a moment and @kategarraway doing a fantastic job at covering events this morning. More of this please over the coming days." @Candyooke added: "#gmb Kate Garraway shows her professionalism on tv today. Her OB reports are so detailed and interesting a true professional."
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President Joe Biden will present initiatives aimed at bolstering his cancer moonshot endeavor on the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s moonshot address.
Biden is expected to deliver an address on his goal of reducing cancer in Boston on Monday.
He is expected to announce the appointment of Dr. Renee Wegrzyn as the inaugural director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. The White House said the agency will “ support programs and projects that undertake challenges ranging from the molecular to the societal, with the potential to transform entire areas of medicine and health in order to prevent, detect, and treat some of the most complex diseases such as Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and cancer, providing benefits for all Americans.”
The White House said Biden will also sign an executive order that establishes the Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative to ensure cutting-edge biotechnologies necessary to end cancer. The White House said the program “will save lives, create jobs at home, build stronger supply chains, and lower prices for American families even in times of global turbulence.”
Earlier this year, Biden announced the formation of a cancer cabinet. He said the group has the following five goals: (1) close the screening gap, (2) understand and address environmental exposure, (3) decrease the impact of preventable cancers, (4) bring cutting-edge research through the pipeline to patients and communities, and (5) support patients and caregivers.
Biden’s son Beau died of brain cancer in 2015. Following his death, then-President Barack Obama tasked Biden with leading efforts to reduce cancer rates in the U.S.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1,752,735 new cancer cases were reported and 599,589 people died of cancer in 2019 in the United States.
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Borrowers who hold student loan debt must apply for relief of up to $20,000, according to the White House.
President Joe Biden’s plan dismisses up to $20,000 in student loans for Pell Grant recipients and $10,000 for federal loan holders. To qualify, individuals need 2020 or 2021 Adjusted Gross Income, or AGI, of less than $125,000 or $250,000 for combined household income. Those seeking relief will have to submit an application – but it’s not available yet.
According to the White House, the application “will be available no later than when the pause on federal student loan repayments terminates at the end of the year.” The Federal Student Aid website clarifies that further by saying the debt forgiveness application forms will be available online the first week of October. Borrowers will have until Dec. 31 to submit their applications.
Once a borrower completes the application, they can expect relief within 4-6 weeks, the website noted. Borrowers are urged to apply before Nov. 15 to receive loan dismissal before the current payment pause expires on Dec. 31.
The Department of Education will begin processing applications are soon as they are received and will continue to do so after the pause expires.
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HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans used their opener Sunday against Indianapolis to honor and remember the victims of the Uvalde Elementary school shooting.
The Texans hosted the Uvalde high school football team and wore “Uvalde Strong” decals on their helmets after 19 children and two teachers were killed in a shooting there in May.
The team joined with grocery store chain H-E-B to pay for the team to travel the 280 miles from Uvalde and watch the game from a suite. It’s part of the team’s continuing support for the community after donating $400,000 to the Robb Elementary School memorial fund soon after the shooting.
Senior linebacker Justyn Rendon said it was the first time most of his teammates had ever attended an NFL game.
“It means a lot to a lot of these guys just to get away from Uvalde in general and just enjoy being here,” he said. “A lot of these guys may never experience an NFL game like this. So it’s a real big thing.”
Uvalde coach Wade Miller said they want to do whatever they can to continue to honor those who lost their lives in the shooting.
“As far as the memory of 21, it’s important to us,” he said. “We all either lost somebody or knew somebody (that did) and … we’re like the rest of the world, we just want to help in some way. And hopefully this helps.”
A video recognizing the team was shown on the video board in the stadium during a timeout in the first quarter Sunday. Uvalde players cheered as they were shown on the screens before a message that read: “We stand with Uvalde” flashed on the boards.
A contingent from the Texans including linebackers Christian Kirksey and Kamu Grugier-Hill visited Uvalde earlier this month and surprised the team with new uniforms provided by Nike during a team dinner.
They were both thrilled to have the team at Sunday’s opener.
“Whenever those kind of things happen, news comes in, people come in and they’re with them for a little bit,” Grugier-Hill said. “But at the end of the day, the reality is the people leave and they’ve got to still deal with the reality of what happened. So to just be with them for a little bit and just try to bring some joy to them and get them out here is great (and) I’m glad they’re here today.”
Kirksey said he’s built relationships with some of the players and enjoyed getting to know them before their visit to Houston.
“For them to allow me to come visit their city and sit down and go to their school, go to their field, it was good to have them come to Houston and see us play as well,” he said. “So it was great to have them in the stands.”
Miller has been overwhelmed by the support the Texans have give his team.
“It’s unbelievable,” he said. “You live out in a small southwest Texas town, and to know people care about us and when these guys find out that those guys want to know what their score is, it means the world.”
Rendon was asked if he was a Texans fan before the game. He paused and looked sheepish before answering.
“I’ll be totally honest, I’m 49ers fan,” he said. “But it’s just amazing and wonderful what the Texans have done for us and the whole city of Houston, too.”
Added Miller: “We have a lot of fans on our team of a bunch of different teams — but we’re all Texans fans now.”
Both Miller and Rendon spoke about how sports has helped the city find a distraction and try to heal in the wake of such an unthinkable tragedy. Rendon takes special pride in wearing No. 21 on his jersey to remember the victims every time he takes the field.
“It means a lot, especially to the city of Uvalde just being able to run out on Friday nights and represent the 21 lives that were lost on May 24,” he said. “I’m representing them on and off the field.”
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RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital Square, one of the nation's leading sponsors of tax-advantaged real estate investments and a developer of mixed-use multifamily communities, announced today the promotion of Whitson Huffman to co-chief executive officer. Huffman has overseen approximately $6 billion in real estate transactions since joining the firm in 2018.
"Whitson has been a vital part of Capital Square's notable success," said Louis Rogers, founder and co-chief executive officer of Capital Square. "He is a valued member of our executive team, who possesses a rare combination of exceptional management skills, impressive academic background and natural leadership ability. These traits, plus his expertise in real estate transactions and extensive knowledge of the market, make him ideally suited to serve as co-CEO. I look forward to Capital Square's next chapter and even greater success in the future."
Huffman joined Capital Square in early 2018 and most recently served as its chief strategy and investment officer, leading the company's real estate investment activity. During his tenure at Capital Square, he has overseen approximately $6 billion in real estate transactions, grown total assets under management by more than $5 billion and established a successful development division that has initiated nine development projects totaling 1,700 apartment units and in excess of $600 million in development cost.
In his new role as co-CEO, Huffman will work in concert with company founder and co-CEO, Louis Rogers, to manage all aspects of the firm. Rogers will remain actively engaged in the day-to-day management of the company and will work closely with Huffman in the firm's continued expansion and strategic direction.
"I'm honored to have the opportunity to lead Capital Square beside Louis as co-chief executive officer," said Huffman. "It has been incredible to be a part of the company's exceptional growth over the past five years, and I'm excited to continue the momentum with our talented team. Our motto at Capital Square is 'building the future,' and we've just gotten started."
Prior to joining Capital Square, Huffman was an associate with JBG SMITH Properties, a real estate investment trust and fund manager listed on the New York Stock Exchange. While at JBG SMITH, Huffman participated in the development of 1,300 residential units and over 210,000 square feet of retail space with a total capitalized value of more than $650 million. He also sought entitlements for over 1,500 residential units and 350,000 square feet of retail, with a projected capitalized value in excess of $400 million. Huffman was previously employed as a consultant in the financial services group of Ernst & Young, working on multifaceted banking and capital markets projects for systemically important financial institutions. He earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Miami University Farmer School of Business and a Master of Real Estate, finance from Georgetown University.
About Capital Square
Capital Square is a national real estate firm specializing in tax-advantaged real estate investments, including Delaware statutory trusts for Section 1031 exchanges, qualified opportunity zone funds for tax deferral and exclusion and a real estate investment trust (REIT). In recent years the company has become an active developer of mixed-use multifamily properties in the southeastern US, with eight current projects totaling approximately 2,000 apartment units with a total development cost in excess of $600 million. Since 2012, Capital Square has completed more than $6 billion in transaction volume. Capital Square's related entities provide a range of services, including due diligence, acquisition, loan sourcing, property/asset management, and disposition, for a growing number of high-net-worth investors, private equity firms, family offices and institutional investors. Since 2017, Capital Square has been recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest growing companies in the nation for six consecutive years. In 2017, 2018 and 2020, the company was also ranked on Richmond BizSense's list of fastest growing companies. Additionally, Capital Square was listed by Virginia Business on their "Best Places to Work in Virginia" report in 2019 and their "Fantastic 50" reports in 2019 and 2020. To learn more, visit www.CapitalSq.com.
Disclaimer: Securities offered through WealthForge Securities, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC. Capital Square and WealthForge Securities, LLC are separate entities. There are material risks associated with investing in DST properties and real estate securities including illiquidity, tenant vacancies, general market conditions and competition, lack of operating history, interest rate risks, the risk of new supply coming to market and softening rental rates, general risks of owning/operating commercial and multifamily properties, short term leases associated with multi-family properties, financing risks, potential adverse tax consequences, general economic risks, development risks, long hold periods, and potential loss of the entire investment principal. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Potential cash flow, returns and appreciation are not guaranteed. IRC Section 1031 is a complex tax concept; consult your legal or tax professional regarding the specifics of your particular situation. This is not a solicitation or an offer to see any securities. Please read the Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) in its entirety, paying careful attention to the risk section prior to investing. Private placements are speculative. Diversification does not guarantee profits or protect against losses.
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A 56-year-old man was killed Saturday in a motorcycle crash in Jefferson County.
Authorities said Woodrow Larrie Williams Jr., of Sylvan Springs, was the lone rider of a motorcycle traveling west in the 5700 block of Birmingport Road at 6:33 p.m. Saturday.
Williams reportedly swerved to avoid a collision with another vehicle entering the roadway from a private driveway, and lost control of the motorcycle. Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said the motorcycle left the roadway and hit a drainage culvert.
Williams was pronounced dead on the scene at 7:01 p.m.
The crash remains under investigation by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
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PORSGRUNN, Norway, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement on 5 September 2022 by HydrogenPro AS (the "Company") regarding the extraordinary annual general meeting held the same date.
The resolutions made by the general meeting, inter alia amendments to the Company's articles of association, including the conversion of the Company into a public limited liability company, change of company name and amendment to the share capital as a result of the bonus issue, have now been registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises. The new name of the Company is HydrogenPro ASA. The Company's new share capital is NOK 1.160.563,42, divided by 58 028 171 shares, each with a nominal value of NOK 0,02.
About HydrogenPro:
HydrogenPro is a technology company and an OEM for high pressure alkaline electrolyser and supplies large scale green hydrogen plants, all ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certified.
The Company was founded in 2013 by individuals with background from the electrolysis industry which was established in Telemark, Norway by Norsk Hydro in 1927. We are an experienced engineering team of leading industry experts, drawing upon unparalleled experience and expertise in the hydrogen and renewable energy industry.
Contact:
Richard Espeseth, interim CEO, +47 958 43 007
Martin T. Holtet, CFO, +47 92 24 49 02, ir@hydrogen-pro.com
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We thought there could be an easier way to collect and dispose of leaves and other yard debris," said one of two inventors, from Olympia, Wash., "so we invented the LEAF BAG. Our design would save time and effort and it would eliminate the need to struggle with traditional plastic yard bags."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved bag for collecting yard debris. In doing so, it prevents the bag from folding over or collapsing. It also increases convenience and safety and it reduces hassles and strain. The invention features a practical design that is easy to load, lift and carry so it is ideal for homeowners, landscapers, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Seattle sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-FED-2395, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PRAGUE (AP) — Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis went on trial on Monday in a $2 million fraud case involving European Union subsidies.
The case involves a farm known as the Stork’s Nest that received EU subsidies after its ownership was transferred from the Babis-owned Agrofert conglomerate of around 250 companies to Babis’ family members. Later, Agrofert again took ownership of the farm.
The subsidies were meant for medium- and small-sized businesses, and Agrofert wouldn’t have been eligible for them.
Agrofert later returned the subsidy.
Lawmakers have had to lift Babis’ immunity from prosecution three times in the course of the years in the case that dates to 2007.
Prague’s public prosecution office completed the review of the case in March and went ahead with Babis’ indictment. It was repeatedly recommended by police investigators.
Babis, a populist billionaire, denies any wrongdoing and has repeatedly said the allegations against him were politically motivated.
He was present at Prague’s Municipal Court on Monday. His former associate, Jana Nagyova, stood trial with him.
The prosecution asked for suspended sentences and fines for them. It’s not immediately clear when a verdict might be issued.
Babis’ ANO political movement lost the parliamentary election in October. A coalition of five parties formed a new government, and ANO ended up in opposition.
He is currently considering running for the largely ceremonial post of the country’s president.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a way to keep a drywall putty knife close at hand while working at a jobsite," said an inventor, from Fort Worth, Texas, "so I invented the DRYWALL KNIFE HOLDER. My design would offer a more professional-looking alternative to storing the knife in a pocket or tool belt. My father has 25 years in the drywall business, and he has never seen anything like this before, something like this in the market would be successful and its time to everyone to have one."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective belt holder for securing a drywall knife. In doing so, it ensures that the drywall knife is readily available for use. As a result, it increases convenience. It also helps to reduce messes and it provides a more professional appearance. With the years of experience in the inventor's family they have seen many workers carry their drywall knife in their back pocket with the knife pointing up. This has cost a lot of injuries in the workplace, and is a great inconvenience, so besides giving the worker a professional look, their objective is to also bring safety to its owner. The invention features a practical design that is easy to attach and use so it is ideal for drywall contractors, painting contractors, construction workers, do-it-yourselfers, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Dallas sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DAL-202, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — At the government headquarters in NATO-member Montenegro, the computers are unplugged, the internet is switched off and the state’s main websites are down. The blackout comes amid a massive cyberattack against the small Balkan state which officials say bears the hallmark of pro-Russian hackers and its security services.
The coordinated attack that started around Aug. 20 crippled online government information platforms and put Montenegro’s essential infrastructure, including banking, water and electricity power systems, at high risk.
The attack, described by experts as unprecedented in its intensity and the longest in the tiny nation’s recent history, capped a string of cyberattacks since Russia invaded Ukraine in which hackers targeted Montenegro and other European nations, most of them NATO members.
Sitting at his desk in Montenegro’s capital, Podgorica, in front of a blackened PC screen, Defense Minister Rasko Konjevic said government officials were advised by cyber experts, including a team of FBI investigators that was dispatched to the Balkan state, to go offline for security reasons.
“We have been faced with serious challenges related to the cyberattack for about 20 days, and the entire state system, the system of state administration, and the system of services to citizens are functioning at a rather restrictive level,” Konjevic told The Associated Press.
He said experts from several countries are trying to help restore the Montenegro government’s computer system and find proof of who is behind the attack.
Montenegro officials said the attack that crippled the government’s digital infrastructure was likely carried out by a Russian-speaking ransomware gang that generally operates without Kremlin interference as long as it doesn’t target Russian allies. The gang, called Cuba ransomware, claimed responsibility for at least part of the Montenegro cyberattack, in which it created a special virus for the attack called Zerodate.
Montenegro’s Agency for National Security blamed the attack squarely on Russia.
Russia has a strong motive for such an attack because Montenegro, which it once considered a strong ally, joined NATO in 2017 despite the Kremlin’s opposition. It has also joined Western sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine invasion, which led Moscow to brand Montenegro an “enemy state” along with several other countries that joined the embargo.
“In such attacks, there are usually organizations that are a mask for state intelligence services,” Konjevic said, adding that the defense ministry’s NATO-related data is protected “in a special way” while the other possible leaks “are being investigated.”
The cyberattack comes amid an apparent attempt by Moscow to destabilize the Balkan region that was at war in the 1990s through the Kremlin’s Balkan ally Serbia, and thus at least partly shift the world’s attention from the war in Ukraine.
Montenegro, which split from much larger Serbia in 2006, is currently run by an interim government that has lost parliamentary support because of Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic ’s shady deals with the influential Serbian Orthodox Church without the consent of the whole coalition that supported the government.
Montengro’s roughly 620,000 people are deeply split between those who want the country to restore its close ties to Serbia and Russia and those who want it to continue on its path of the European Union membership.
“A real war is being waged in Ukraine, with bombs, a war of conquest by Russia,” political analyst Zlatko Vujovic said. “Something similar is happening in Montenegro. There are no bombs, but there is a huge tension, a huge hybrid conflict in which the interests of Russia and its and Serbian intelligence services are interconnected.”
Other Eastern European states deemed enemies of Russia have also faced cyberattacks, mostly nuisance-level denial-of-service campaigns that render websites unreachable by flooding them with junk data but don’t damage them. Targets have included networks in Moldova, Slovenia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Albania.
Last week, Albania severed diplomatic relations with Iran and kicked out its diplomats after a cyberattack in July that it blamed on the Islamic Republic.
“Montenegro remains a target within both the public and private sector, as well as many other countries in that region,” said Patrick Flynn, head of the advanced programs group at Trellix, a U.S.-based cybersecurity company. “We have observed a blend of historically based nation state actors and well-known ransomware groups.”
“This recent focus on NATO member countries reinforces the need for hyper vigilance within key businesses as well as government (and) critical infrastructure cyber security environments,” he said in an email to the AP.
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(WFRV) – Drink your beer and eat it too!
Natasha from The Melting Pot is ready to celebrate Oktoberfest and shared a delicious recipe you can try at home.
The Melting Pot is located at 2295 W. College Avenue in Appleton. See more at meltingpot.com.
Bavarian Beer Cheese Fondue
Ingredients
- 1 cup Cheddar
- 1 tblsp Parmesan
- ½ bottle of Sam Adams Octoberfest
- 1 tsp Bavarian Mustard
- ¼ tsp Paprika
- 1/2 tsp Garlic
- Grilled Bratwurst, Pretzel Bread, Braised Short Rib, Roasted Garlic Dijon Potatoes, Steamed Carrots, Cornichons, for dipping
Preparation
- Place a metal bowl over a saucepan filled with 2 inches of water. You may also want to use a conventional double boiler.
- Bring the water to a boil over high heat.
- Add Sam Adams Octoberfest beer, then place a fork inside the metal bowl.
- Add Bavarian Mustard and Garlic
- Add half of the cheddar cheese and mix thoroughly using the fork
- Add remaining cheddar cheese and mix thoroughly until all of the cheese is melting and incorporated, using a whipping motion to fluff up the cheese.
- Top with parmesan and paprika
- Serve with suggested dippers for dipping.
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Sign Up for a Working Group. Register for September 22 Kick-off Webinar
NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- America Makes and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced today plans for the America Makes and ANSI Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (AMSC) to develop version 3 of its Standardization Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing, last published in June 2018. Following a survey about the use of the roadmap conducted earlier this year, the AMSC advisory group – comprised of industry, government, and standards developing organization (SDO) representatives – concluded that it was time to update the document to ensure it remains relevant and aligns with current practices and stakeholder needs.
The roadmap revision process will consider the previously identified gaps and priorities, including progress by SDOs and others to address the recommendations. It will also identify potentially overlooked issues. A new working group will be established to address data throughout the additive manufacturing (AM) lifecycle. Gaps will be considered as they relate to different industry sectors, material types, process categories, and qualification and certification. Subject-matter experts interested in participating are invited to review the working group architecture, sign up for one or more working groups, and indicate their industry sector.
A one-hour virtual kick-off event providing more details will be held at 2 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, September 22, 2022. Register via Webex for the webinar. It is envisioned that the working groups will hold virtual twice-monthly meetings for six months. A draft roadmap will be targeted for public review in April 2023 before being finalized for publication by the end of June 2023. Participation is open to AM stakeholders that have operations in the United States.
The AMSC was launched in 2016 as a cross-sector coordinating body whose purpose is to accelerate the development of industry-wide AM standards and specifications consistent with stakeholder needs. Developed with input from hundreds of experts from industry, government, SDOs, and academia, the AMSC's roadmap describes the current and desired future standardization landscape for AM. The AMSC also tracks ongoing work by SDOs and research and development organizations to address the gaps identified in the roadmap. The goal is to drive coordinated standards development activity to help the AM industry thrive.
During 2020-2021, the AMSC held a series of virtual events addressing different aspects of the roadmap, including process control to enable qualification, design for additive manufacturing, feedstock materials, and inspection/monitoring. The group also has been issuing semi-annual progress reports to maintain the roadmap as a "living document," tracking the publication of new standards or the initiation of new standards projects by SDOs to address the gaps and recommendations outlined in the roadmap.
"America Makes looks forward to bringing together subject matter experts from the various industry sectors using AM to discuss their needs, the current state of standards, and the roadmap recommendations. We welcome those not previously involved to expand the breadth of expertise brought to this important initiative," said Brandon Ribic, Technology Director, America Makes.
"ANSI is delighted to again convene affected stakeholders in a neutral setting to identify robust solutions that standards and conformance can bring to advance the use of additive manufacturing," said S. Joe Bhatia, President and CEO, ANSI.
For more information, visit www.ansi.org/amsc or reach out to ANSI staff: Jim McCabe, senior director, standards facilitation, (jmccabe@ansi.org; 212-642-8921) and Christine Bernat, associate director, standards facilitation (cbernat@ansi.org; 212-642-8919).
About America Makes
America Makes is the nation's leading public-private partnership for additive manufacturing technology and education. America Makes members from industry, academia, government, workforce and economic development organizations work together to accelerate the adoption of AM and the nation's global manufacturing competitiveness. Founded in 2012 as the Department of Defense's manufacturing innovation institute for AM and first of the Manufacturing USA network, America Makes is based in Youngstown, Ohio, and managed by the not-for-profit National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM). Visit www.americamakes.us to learn more.
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Wayne, NJ twin brothers charged in sexual harassment of neighbor
WAYNE — A woman's call to police about being sexually harassed by a neighbor led to the arrest of twin brothers.
Even after the arrest, one of them continued to harass the woman after being released from custody, police said.
The woman, whose identity was not disclosed, called police on Aug. 29 and said she was approached by a man on a bicycle as she walked with her young child.
She said the cyclist threatened to force himself on her sexually, according to police Capt. Dan Daly. The woman told police it was not the first time that she had been threatened by Ryan Kayal and his twin brother Daniel Kayal.
Daly said officers found Ryan riding a bike but was “evasive and uncooperative” and tried to walk away while ignoring their orders to stop.
After Ryan was eventually arrested and placed in the back of a police vehicle, Daniel Kayal came out of their house and tried to open the door of the vehicle in order to free his brother, according to Daly.
Another incident after arrest
The brothers were charged with harassment, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Daniel was also charged with obstruction of the administration of law. Both were released until their next court date.
The worried woman called police again Wednesday and said Daniel had pulled his car into her driveway, whistled at her and drove off, according to Daly.
Because of an "ongoing pattern of harassment" against the woman and her family, Daniel was further charged with harassment and stalking and was taken to the Passaic County Jail.
Daly said that detectives learned of other recent incidents of harassment by the brothers and asked anyone who had not reported an incident to contact the department at 973-633-3541.
Dan Alexander is a reporter for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach him at dan.alexander@townsquaremedia.com
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Prince Harry is 'banned' from wearing military uniform at final vigil for The Queen at Westminster Hall but Prince Andrew is allowed to 'as special mark of respect'
- Prince Harry has allegedly been banned from wearing military uniform at final vigil at Westminster Hall
- But the Duke of York will be allowed to 'as special mark of respect' for his late mother the Queen
- Omid Scobie claimed the Duke of Sussex will not be allowed to don Armed Forces outfit during mourning
- The Queen will lie in state at Westminster Hall from Wednesday 5pm until 6.30am next Monday
- Buckingham Palace has not confirmed when the vigil will take place or which royals will attend
- ***Click here to follow MailOnline's liveblog as more events take place following the Queen's death***
King Charles III's son Prince Harry has been banned from wearing military uniform if he attends the final vigil for Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Hall - but the monarch's shamed younger brother Prince Andrew will be allowed to don his Armed Forces outfit 'as a special mark of respect' for their late mother, it has been claimed today.
Royal sources have said the disgraced Duke of York - a Falklands War veteran who exiled from public life amid the fallout from his role in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal - will be entitled to wear military colours if he attends the ceremonial event on Wednesday.
However, Meghan Markle's friend and preferred journalist Omid Scobie claimed that the Duke of Sussex - who has also seen military action by serving two tours of Afghanistan - has been banned from wearing his uniform at all ceremonial events during mourning for Her Majesty.
'I understand that, unlike Prince Andrew, Prince Harry will NOT be allowed to wear uniform at the final vigil in Westminster Hall. No doubt a huge blow for the Duke of Sussex, who served for 10 years and this morning spoke of the Queen being his ''commander-in-chief''', he tweeted this afternoon.
The Queen will lie in state at Westminster Hall from Wednesday at 5pm until 6:30am Monday 19 September, the day of the state funeral.
A ceremonial procession is due to take place, which will see the Queen's coffin travel from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster for the lying in state. Her coffin will be closed and will rest on a raised platform, called a catafalque, in the hall and will be draped in the Royal Standard with the Orb and Sceptre placed on top. It will be guarded around the clock by a vigil of units from the Sovereign's Bodyguard, the Household Division, or Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London.
Buckingham Palace has yet to confirm what time the vigil will take place and which royals will attend the event, though it is believed that it will take place before the late monarch's lying in state opens to the public that evening.
Working members of the Royal Family will wear uniform when present at five ceremonial events during the period of mourning the Queen.
These are the service of thanksgiving at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, the procession to Westminster Hall and service of prayer and reflection, the Vigil at Westminster Hall, and next Monday's state funeral at Westminster Abbey and the committal service at St George's Chapel in Windsor.
Andrew gave up his HRH status and was stripped of all his honorary military roles, including Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, over his friendship with Epstein and allegations made by one of the paedophile's 'sex slaves' Virginia Roberts that the royal sexually abused her when she was a minor under American law - claims that culminated in a bombshell US lawsuit and a multimillion-pound out of court settlement. The Duke of York has consistently denied the allegations.
Harry and Meghan were also stripped of their titles after they quit royal duties and left the UK for California. The ensuing Megxit saga, which has seen the Duke and Duchess of Sussex make a series of astonishing allegations against The Firm including claims of racism against Meghan and her unborn son Archie by an unnamed senior royal, has sparked a civil war in the House of Windsor and plunged the monarchy into one of its most severe crises.
Royal sources have said the disgraced Duke of York - a Falklands War veteran who exiled from public life amid the fallout from his role in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal - will be entitled to wear military colours if he attends the ceremonial event on Wednesday. However, Meghan Markle's friend and preferred journalist Omid Scobie claimed that the Duke of Sussex - who has also seen military action by serving two tours of Afghanistan - has been banned from wearing his uniform at all ceremonial events during mourning for Her Majesty
The arrival of the hearse carrying Queen Elizabeth II from Balmoral to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh
King Charles III's son Prince Harry has been banned from wearing military uniform at the final vigil for the Queen at Westminster Hall - but Prince Andrew will be allowed to 'as a special mark of respect' for his mother, it has been claimed
Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence, Prince Andrew, Princess Anne, Sophie the Countess of Wessex and Prince Edward watch as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland, completes its journey from Balmoral to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh yesterday
The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on the Long Walk at Windsor Castle on Saturday
The Duke of Sussex has paid an emotional tribute to his late grandmother the Queen as he thanked her for her 'sound advice'
Soldiers in the Life Guards at Wellington Barracks in London practise for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral procession this morning
The King described Westminster Hall as a 'great hall' which holds 'reminders of medieval predecessors of the office to which I have been called' during a speech given to MPs and peers in Parliament.
Charles's address is the latest speech to take place in the hall, a location which has been used to mark momentous moments in British history.
It dates back more than 900 years and has witnessed the trials of Guy Fawkes and King Charles I, and the lying in state of William Gladstone, Sir Winston Churchill, King George VI and his wife, the Queen Mother.
Westminster Hall was built in 1097 under William II (Rufus), the son of William the Conqueror, and was completed two years later.
According to the UK Parliament website, the hall was created to impress William II's new subjects with his power and the majesty of his authority.
It holds the title of Europe's largest unsupported medieval roof and, despite a fire which destroyed the original Palace of Westminster and the dropping of a dozen German bombs in 1941, the hall still stands as a proud reminder of British history.
It measures 240ft long, 68ft wide and 92ft high. The roof was originally supported by two rows of pillars but in 1399 Richard II wanted to make the hall more impressive by making it unsupported.
It was a challenge met by carpenter Hugh Herland and architect Henry Yevele by building huge hammer-shaped oak beams and strengthening the walls.
In the 14th century the hall became a centre of London life, housing the law courts and selling a host of legal paraphernalia including wigs, pens and books.
It was also the scene of the trial of Guy Fawkes and his fellow Gunpowder Plot conspirators in 1606, and King Charles I, who was tried for treason and beheaded in the 17th century.
During its use, Westminster Hall has twice escaped destruction, following the fire of 1834, caused by a stove overheating and which razed the rest of the Palace of Westminster to the ground, and during the Second World War when German bombers dropped a dozen bombs on the neighbouring House of Commons chamber in 1941.
It is reported in Brewer's Politics that Tory MP Colonel Walter Elliot broke down the hall's oak door after the bombing with an axe, shouting: 'Let the pseudo-Gothic go. We must save the Hall!'
The historic roof and the hall were saved although Elliot could simply have opened the side door kept unlocked for emergencies.
Despite the hall being used as the location for several royals and former prime ministers to lie in state, the Queen's husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, did not follow suit after his death in 2021.
In accordance with his wishes, the duke did not lie in state, however his death also took place during the Covid-19 crisis and at that point such mass gatherings were against the law.
The hall has also been used for celebrations to mark important moments in British history, such as the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977, Golden Jubilee in 2002 and Diamond Jubilee in 2012. To mark her Diamond Jubilee, a stained glass window was installed in the hall.
The Duke of Sussex earlier released an emotional statement, promising to 'honour' his father as the new King.
King Charles III was visibly emotional as MPs and peers sang the national anthem following tributes to his mother
The ceremony dates back centuries but has never been seen publicly until today
Britain's King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla stand for the national anthem
Charles said he was moved by the tributes to his mother - who he said 'set an example of selfless duty' that he said he would faithfully folllow
King Charles III and Camilla Queen Consort arrive at Houses of Parliament
A huge sea of flowers pictured at the Royal Sandringham Estate on Monday morning. Over the weekend people queued to leave tributes to the Queen at the royal residence in Norfolk
A mourner covers her face while paying respects to Queen Elizabeth II at the Green Park memorial next to Buckingham Palace on Monday, September 12
Two schoolgirls could be seen laying flowers in the central London park on Monday morning in a touching tribute to the Queen, who died 'peacefully' at Balmoral on September 8, aged 96
Harry's emotional statement also paid tribute to his grandmother's 'everlasting legacy', saying: 'You are already sorely missed, not just by us, but by the world over.'
He reflected on his 'first meetings' with the Queen, including 'the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your beloved great-grandchildren'. And in a poignant final line referencing the late Duke of Edinburgh, he said: 'We, too, smile knowing that you and grandpa are reunited now, and both together in peace.'
Harry also referenced his father, with whom his relationship is said to have been strained, saying: 'And as it comes to first meetings, we now honour my father in his new role as King Charles III.'
The duke said: 'In celebrating the life of my grandmother, Her Majesty The Queen - and in mourning her loss - we are all reminded of the guiding compass she was to so many in her commitment to service and duty.
'She was globally admired and respected. Her unwavering grace and dignity remained true throughout her life and now her everlasting legacy.
'Let us echo the words she spoke after the passing of her husband, Prince Philip, words which can bring comfort to all of us now: 'Life, of course, consists of final partings as well as first meetings.''
He added: 'Granny, while this final parting brings us great sadness, I am forever grateful for all of our first meetings-from my earliest childhood memories with you, to meeting you for the first time as my Commander-in-Chief, to the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your beloved great-grandchildren. 'And as it comes to first meetings, we now honour my father in his new role as King Charles III. Thank you for your commitment to service. Thank you for your sound advice.
'Thank you for your infectious smile. We, too, smile knowing that you and grandpa are reunited now, and both together in peace.'
Harry's statement comes two days after the Prince and Princess of Wales put on a united front with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as they joined forces on a walkabout at Windsor Castle over the weekend.
William and Harry have a well-documented troubled relationship but the death of their grandmother saw the rivals shelve their differences when, with their wives, they viewed floral tributes left to the late Queen.
It is understood the prince invited his brother to join them in meeting well-wishers outside the castle, and a royal source said William thought it was an 'important show of unity'. Two years have passed since William, Kate, Harry and Meghan were together side-by-side in public, during the 2020 Commonwealth Day church service on March 9, 2020.
As the couple's first engagement under their new titles, William and Kate were joined by Harry and Meghan as they inspected flowers and balloons before a walkabout at the castle on Saturday.
A royal source said the Prince of Wales asked his brother and his wife to join them in viewing the tributes.
The source said: 'The Prince of Wales invited the Duke and Duchess to join him and the Princes of Wales earlier.'
The last time William was joined in public by his brother at Windsor Castle was at the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh in April last year.
Both couples left in the same vehicle as the engagement, which lasted more than 40 minutes, came to a close. All four were dressed in black as they walked along the gates of the castle.
The crowd was heard chatting excitedly and taking photographs as William and Kate and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stopped to speak to each person at the front of the barriers.
The royal couples walked along separately from one another, with William and Kate speaking to people on one side of the road and Harry and Meghan speaking to people on the other side of the road.
Royal sources claim Harry ate dinner separately from William and King Charles on the night the Queen died, just days before the feuding princes reunited in an historic show of unity at Windsor Castle.
William and Harry have a well-documented troubled relationship but the death of their grandmother saw the rivals shelve their differences when, with their wives, they viewed floral tributes left to the late Queen.
But one royal insider told the Daily Mail's Richard Kay that the warring brothers did not see one another at all at Balmoral on the evening of the Queen's death - making their show of unity outside the castle even more extraordinary.
Instead of joining his father, King Charles and his older brother at Birkhall, Harry remained at Balmoral with the Queen's other children - Andrew, Prince Edward and Anne, the Princess Royal.
'Two dinners were being hosted on the royal estate that night and there was a clear divide: One was for the new king and his heir, the other was for the rest of the family,' the source said.
On the historic evening the nation was plunged into grief as the Queen passed away, Harry had faced a race against time to be at his grandmother's bedside before she passed.
The Duke had been due to speak at the Wellchild Awards in London that evening, but instead bolted north of the border as news of the monarch's grave health became apparent.
With grief etched on his face, he finally arrived at Balmoral at 7.52pm, more than an hour after the Queen's death was confirmed in a short, black-edged note from Buckingham Palace.
The hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland, passes along Canongate towards the Royal Mile as it completes its journey from Balmoral to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh
The Queen's coffin is lifted out of the hearse and carried inside the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh
A royal source told the Telegraph's Camilla Tominey that Prince William and Kate, the Princess of Wales, felt 'the focus should solely be on this period of deep mourning and nothing else. The focus should only be on his late grandmother'.
It comes as the King promised 'faithfully to follow' the example of his mother in a speech in Westminster Hall as both Houses of Parliament gathered to express their condolence to the new monarch.
In a short response inside the hall after a formal expression of condolence from MPs and peers, the new King quoted Shakespeare as he spoke movingly of tributes and monuments to his mother inside the Palace of Westminster and spoke of feeling the 'weight of history' as he stood inside the historic room.
Speaking from a gilded lectern, Charles said: 'I am deeply grateful for the addresses of condolence.'
He said the addresses 'touchingly encompass what our late sovereign, my beloved mother the Queen, meant to us all'.
Charles once again reached for Shakespeare, after quoting from the play Hamlet in his address to the nation last week.
'As Shakespeare says of the earlier Queen Elizabeth, she was 'a pattern to all princes living'. As I stand before you today, I cannot help but feel the weight of history which surrounds us and which reminds us of the vital parliamentary traditions to which members of both Houses dedicate yourselves with such personal commitment, for the betterment of us all.'
Prime Minister Liz Truss, as well as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, joined MPs and peers on Monday morning under the cavernous timber roof of the ancient building in central London.
A fanfare of trumpets sounded as the King and Queen Consort, both dressed in black, arrived in Westminster Hall. The crowds in the hall stood to attention and only sat once the King had done so, before the Lord Speaker followed by the Speaker of the House of Commons made a formal address to Charles.
The King told the assembled audience that Parliament is the 'living and breathing instrument of our democracy' as he referenced the connections to 'my darling late mother'.
In reply to addresses from both Houses of Parliament, Charles said: 'Parliament is the living and breathing instrument of our democracy. That your traditions are ancient we see in the construction of this great hall and the reminders of medieval predecessors of the office to which I have been called and the tangible connections to my darling late mother we see all around us.'
Inside Westminster Hall, Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle extended the sympathy of MPs to the new monarch, as well as pledging loyalty to the new King.
'In 1988, we celebrated the 300th anniversary of the revolutions of 1688 to 1689,' he told the King. 'It is perhaps very British to celebrate revolutions by presenting an address to Her Majesty; but those revolutions led to our constitutional freedoms, set out the foundation for a stable monarchy, which protects liberty.'
The Lord Speaker also pledged his loyalty to Charles, as he praised the Queen's 'inspiring reign of deep and unparalleled devotion'.
Lord McFall read an address, unanimously agreed by peers, conveying 'the deep sympathy felt by this House in the grief Your Majesty has sustained by the death of our late beloved Queen Your Majesty's mother of blessed and glorious memory'.
In the address, he said: 'To extend to all the royal family the deep sympathy of this house in their grief which is shared by all its members. To assure Your Majesty that the example of selfless public service, which our late sovereign displayed over her reign over 70 years, her untiring endeavours for the welfare of her peoples and her fortitude in adversity will ever be held in reverent, affectionate and grateful remembrance.
'And to express to Your Majesty our loyalty to Your Majesty's royal person and our firm conviction that under the blessing of divine providence Your Majesty will throughout your reign further the happiness and protect the liberties of all your peoples in all your realms.'
The King also referenced the connections between his historic surroundings and his mother, naming the various monuments to the Queen in the parliamentary estate.
The ceremony ended with both Charles and the Queen Consort standing as the national anthem was played.
Eight days of national sorrow: From the Queen lying in state in Edinburgh and London to royal vigil by her coffin and King Charles III touring his new realm... day-by-day guide to the next week before late monarch's funeral
King Charles III will travel to Edinburgh today as the nation continues in its period of national mourning following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday in her Scottish home of Balmoral.
Today is the first opportunity for well-wishers to pay their last respects at the Queen 's coffin, as it moves from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles' Cathedral.
The nation was plunged into mourning following the Queen's death last week, with King Charles' accession being formally carried out on Saturday, before accession ceremonies were held in Scotland and Wales yesterday.
The next eight days will see a series of events, including a service of prayer and reflection for the Queen's life at St Giles' Cathedral today, which will be followed by a vigil, held by the King and attended by other members of the royal family.
Tomorrow, the Queen's coffin will be flown to London, accompanied by the Princess Royal, before being driven to Buckingham Palace. The Queen's lying in state will begin in Westminster Hall, London, on Wednesday afternoon.
Once her body has returned to London, approximately 750,000 people are expected to file past in silence as they pay their respects to the late Queen until the morning of her funeral, on Monday, September 19.
Mourners have been told to expect 'airport-style security' to be prepared to 'wait for a long time, even overnight' in order to pay their respects.
Every stage of the extraordinary journey will be closely followed by a British public coming to terms with the loss of a beloved monarch.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96 at her summer home in Balmoral, Scotland, on Thursday. Pictured is her coffin arriving at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh yesterday
King Charles III meeting well-wishers as he returns to Clarence House from Buckingham Palace on Saturday, September 10
Princess Anne curtseys as the Queen's coffin is carried into the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh yesterday
William and Harry could walk side by side during the Queen's funeral procession on Monday, September 19
Prince William and Kate, Prince and Princess of Wales met well-wishers in Windsor with Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex on Saturday, September 10
Prince William and Kate, Princess of Wales and Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex view the floral tributes for the late Queen Elizabeth II outside Windsor Castle
D+3 - Monday September 12
The House of Commons and the House of Lords will come together in Westminster for a Motion of Condolence, which the King will attend.
He will address MPs and peers for the first time as monarch, before flying to Edinburgh to attend Scottish Parliament later today.
At 12.45pm, the King and the Queen consort will arrive at Edinburgh Airport and travel to the Palace of Holyroodhouse where Charles III will inspect the Guard of Honour.
As is traditional when the monarch arrives in Holyrood, the Ceremony of the Keys will follow.
At 2.35pm, the procession of the Queen's coffin will be held along the Royal Mile, travelling from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles' Cathedral.
The procession will consist of a hearse, flanked by the Bearer Party of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and the detachment of The King's Body Guard in Scotland, the Royal Company of Archers.
The King and other senior members of the Royal Family will walk the 1,200 yard route on foot.
King Charles will be joined by his brothers, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, and his sister, the Princess Royal.
It is expected that her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence will also join on foot - while the Queen Consort and other members of the monarchy will follow in cars.
It is not known if this will include William and Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales, or Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
Once laid in St Giles' Cathedral, the Crown of Scotland will be placed on the Queen's coffin.
Members of the public gather at St Giles Cathedral to view the cortege carrying Queen Elizabeth II from the Palace of Holyroodhouse today
Charles III during a reception with Realm High Commissioners and their spouses in the Bow Room at Buckingham Palace yesterday
Today members of the royal family will walk behind the Queen's coffin during a procession from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, at 2.35pm. Pictured, the coffin arrives in Edinburgh yesterday
Following the procession this afternoon, King Charles will hold audiences with leaders, and speak at the Scottish parliament.
This will include audiences with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Alison Johnstone, the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.
His journey will mark the start of tour of the nations.
At 7.20pm, the King and other family members will mount a vigil by the coffin.
Full details about the royal mourners have yet to be released but there is speculation the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the new Prince and Princess of Wales, who on Saturday put on a united front during an appearance at Windsor Castle, will be part of the group.
The Queen will then lie at rest for 24 hours, with thousands expected to file past as they pay their respects.
After leaving England and visiting Scotland, King Charles will at some stage travel to the other countries of the UK - Wales and Northern Ireland - known as Operation Spring Tide.
People in Banchory line the street as the Queen's coffin was driven from Balmoral to Edinburgh on Sunday, September 11
Military guards march in Edinburgh prior to the arrival of the cortege carrying the coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth II
An Accession Proclamation Ceremony at Mercat Cross, Edinburgh, publicly proclaims King Charles III as the new monarch on Sunday, September 11
While the King has declared his mother's state funeral as a Bank Holiday, there is no legal requirement for employers to give staff the day off. King Charles III is pictured on Sunday as he arrives at Buckingham Palace in London
The King and Queen Consort are to fly to Northern Ireland on Tuesday to visit Hillsborough Castle (pictured)
Members of the public leave flowers at the gates following the proclamation of King Charles III at Hillsborough Castle on Sunday, September 11
D+4 - Tuesday September 13
The King and Queen Consort are to fly to Northern Ireland on Tuesday to visit Hillsborough Castle, where they will view an exhibition about the late Queen's long association with the province.
The King will then meet Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris and party leaders, and receive a message of condolence led by the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
After a short reception at Hillsborough, the King and Queen Consort will travel to St Anne's Cathedral for a service of prayer and reflection.
Before the event, King Charles will meet leaders from all the major faiths in Northern Ireland.
The royal couple will return to London later in the day, as the Queen's coffin flies into the capital.
At 5pm on Tuesday, the Queen's coffin will be taken by hearse to Edinburgh airport, where it will be met by a Guard of Honour from the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
The Royal Air Force bearer party will then carry it on to a waiting RAF aircraft, where it will be flown to London at 6pm.
She will be accompanied by Princess Anne and arrive at RAF Northolt in West London shortly before 7pm.
The coffin will then be driven to Buckingham Palace where it will be met by a Guard of Honour.
There it will rest in the Bow Room, under the watch of a rota of chaplains.
A rehearsal for the procession of the coffin from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster is also expected to take place.
Details about the route for the lying-in-state queue will be provided late on Tuesday September 13.
It is not yet known where other members of the royal family will be on Tuesday.
At 6pm on Tuesday, the Queen's coffin will be flown from Edinburgh airport to RAF Northolt in West London. Pictured, King Charles and Camilla, Queen Consort, arriving at RAF Northolt on Friday, September 9
Her body will lie in state at Westminster Hall from 5pm on Wednesday until 6.30am on the morning of her funeral on September 19. Pictured, the Queen Mother's coffin lying-in-state in Westminster Hall
Members of the public who pay their respects at Westminster will be subject to strict security checks and restrictions, including a ban on large bags, flowers and photos (Pictured mourners filing past the coffin of The Queen Mother in Westminster Hall)
Details of the route for the lying-in-state queue will be published at 10pm tomorrow. It is likely to snake for miles, all the way along the southside of the River Thames to Tower Bridge
D+5 - Wednesday September 14
The Queen's lying in state is expected to begin in Westminster Hall - Operation Marquee - following a ceremonial procession through London that will begin at 2.22pm.
The King will walk behind the gun carriage carrying his mother's coffin to Westminster Hall, in the Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament, marking the second time he has walked behind her in three days.
The coffin, adorned with the Imperial State Crown, be transported on a gun carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery from Buckingham Palace.
The King, members of the royal family and senior staff of the late Queen and King's households will walk slowly behind in a dignified silence without music in a route that will take 38 minutes.
On arrival, the coffin will be placed on a raised bier where the Queen will lie in state for four full days.
The Archbishop of Canterbury will conduct a short service following the coffin's arrival.
Hundreds of thousands of people will file past the coffin on its catafalque and pay their respects, just as they did for the Queen Mother's lying in state in 2002.
Those wishing to pay their respects will be able to file solemnly past the Queen's coffin 24 hours a day from 5pm on Wednesday September 14 until 6.30am on the day of the funeral - Monday September 19.
Well-wishers have been told to expect 'very little opportunity to sit down as the queue will be continuously moving'.
Visitors will only be allowed to bring one small bag with them, smaller than 40cm x 30cm x 20cm, and have been told to dress for the weather and bring refreshments.
People are not allowed to film, take pictures or use their phones inside the Palace of Westminster.
Large crowds are expected to attend, with delays on public transport and road closures anticipated.
Details of the route for the lying-in-state queue will be published at 10pm tomorrow, with full guidance on the gov.uk website.
Security staff manning the queue route to Westminster Hall said today that crowds are expected to swell ahead of Wednesday afternoon.
They said the queue is likely to snake for miles, all the way along the southside of the River Thames to Tower Bridge.
And the Army may be drawn in to help, with 1,500 personnel available to help staff the queues.
It is understood that people will also be given wristbands so that they can temporarily leave the queue for toilet breaks.
Senior royals are also expected to pay their own moving tribute, standing guard at some stage around the coffin — the tradition known as the Vigil of the Princes.
This could include the Queen's children and grandchildren, although details have not been confirmed.
The management of the queues outside is Operation Feather.
During the Covid-19 crisis, plans included the possibility of the introduction of timed ticketing for those wanting to attend.
In Cardiff, the 3rd battalion of the Royal Welsh and The Band of the Royal Welsh arrive at Cardiff Castle accompanied by the regimental mascot during of the Welsh Proclamation of King Charles III on Sunday, September 11
Lance Corporal Shenkin IV, the regimental mascot goat, accompanies the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Welsh regiment on Sunday, September 11
Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary, Thomas Lloyd, reads the proclamation in English at the Accession Proclamation Ceremony at Cardiff Castle on Sunday, September 11. To the left stands Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford
On Friday, King Charles will continue his tour of the UK, travelling to Wales to receive a motion of condolence at the Welsh Parliament. Pictured, the Senedd
D+6 - Thursday September 15
Lying in state continues and a rehearsal is likely to take place for the state funeral procession.
It is not yet known where members of the royal family will be on Thursday.
D+7 - Friday September 16
On Friday, King Charles will continue his tour of the UK, travelling to Wales to receive a motion of condolence at the Welsh Parliament, and attend a service at Llandaff Cathedral, in Cardiff.
Lying in state continues at Westminster Hall.
It is not yet known where members of the royal family will be on Friday.
D+8 - Saturday September 17
The lying in state continues and heads of state will begin to arrive for the funeral.
Foreign heads of state and their spouses have been banned from using private jets and helicopters to get to the Queen's funeral – and told to take the coaches instead.
Whitehall has issued strict guidance for dignitaries arriving in the UK to pay their respects to the monarch when she is laid to rest at Westminster Abbey on Monday, September 19.
Leaked documents obtained by the Politico news website reveal the world's political elite will be banned from using their own cars to get to the abbey, and instead will be asked to park in west London and take a coach.
The UK's foreign office has also asked attendees to refrain from using private jets, and has limited spaces at the funeral to two per nation.
Elements of the plan have been met with incredulity in some quarters, with one foreign ambassador complaining: 'Can you imagine Joe Biden on the bus?'
Organisers blamed 'tight security and road restrictions', and said Heathrow is 'not available for private flight arrangements'. Helicopter transfers from airports are banned 'due to the number of flights operating at this time'.
D+9 - Sunday September 18
Heads of state will continue arriving for the funeral. An evening reception will be held for funeral guests, including prime ministers, heads of state and other dignitaries from across the world.
This may also include members of the royal family, although details have not been confirmed.
At 8pm, people will be invited to come together to 'mourn and reflect on the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II' during a minute's silence.
The Prime Minister's official spokesman confirmed that there will be a one-minute silence the night before the state funeral.
'The public are invited to come together and observe a national moment of reflection to mourn and reflect on the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II,' they said.
'The silence can be marked privately at home on your own or with friends and neighbours, out on your doorstep or street with neighbours, or at any locally arranged community events and vigils.
'We encourage local community groups, clubs and other organisations to mark this moment of reflection. And if you are overseas, people are encouraged to mark the silence at their local time.
'The shared national moment of reflection is an opportunity for everyone across the UK to mark the death of Her Majesty and we will set out details of where the Prime Minister will mark it closer to that time.'
The King will also hold an audience with the Prime Minister on Sunday.
Pictured, Britain's Prince Harry, Prince Phillip, Peter Phillips and Princess Anne walk behind the Royal coffin at the State Funeral of the Queen Mother April 9, 2002 outside Westminster Abbey in London
During the Queen's funeral, senior members of the royal family will follow behind - just like they did for the funeral of the Queen Mother. Pictured, the Duke of York, Prince Charles, Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Royal, and Earl of Wessex walk behind the Queen Mother's coffin on April 9, 2002
D+10 - Monday September 19
On Monday, there will be a national bank holiday to allow as many people as possible to watch the Queen's funeral.
Lying in state will continue until 6.30am, after which well-wishers will no longer be able to pay their respects to the Queen in Westminster Hall, with the funeral beginning in less than five hours.
The Queen's state funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey in central London at 11am.
The coffin will be taken in a grand military procession from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey for the state funeral.
The original plans are for the Queen's coffin to process on a gun carriage to the abbey, pulled by naval ratings — sailors — using ropes rather than horses.
Senior members of the family will follow behind - just like they did for the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh.
It is not clear yet who will be involved in this, but it may include King Charles, the Princess Royal and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and Prince Andrew, Duke of York.
It could also include the Queen's grandchildren; William, the Prince of Wales; Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex; Princess Beatrice and Eugenie, the Duke of York's daughters; Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, the Princess Royal's children; and Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn; Prince Edward's children.
Kate, the Princess of Wales and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, will also be in attendance at the funeral. The Princess of Wales may play a more significant role in proceedings as spouse to the heir apparent, William, the Prince of Wales.
The military will line the streets and also join the procession.
Heads of state, prime ministers and presidents, European royals and key figures from public life will be invited to gather in the abbey, which can hold a congregation of 2,000.
The service will be televised, and a national two minutes' silence is expected to be held at midday.
After the service, the coffin will be taken in procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch and then travel to Windsor.
Once there, the hearse will travel in procession to St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle via the Long Walk, after which a televised committal service will take place in St George's Chapel.
Later in the evening, there will be a private interment service with senior members of the royal family.
The Queen's final resting place will be the King George VI memorial chapel, an annex to the main chapel - where her mother and father were buried, along with the ashes of her sister, Princess Margaret.
Philip's coffin will move from the Royal Vault to the memorial chapel to join the Queen's.
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Out of the gate, the platform tackles the most pressing issues facing the industry: jobsite profitability, safety, and regulatory compliance
COSTA MESA, Calif., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Foresite Technology Solutions, LLC (Foresite), announces today the release of its SaaS-based Construction Management Platform available starting today. The platform unifies team members across the building lifecycle, providing clients with the tools to establish benchmarks, monitor performance, and optimize results across all critical functions of the jobsite.
Utilizing the Foresite platform, clients are now able to tackle previously unattainable outcomes such as the reduction of construction rework, elimination of trade dry runs, increase in worker productivity, and reduction of warranty spend. No longer challenged with navigating the maze of single solution applications and spreadsheet-based processes, the platform removes the IT burden, allowing clients to focus their attention on increasing revenue, gross margin, and brand value.
"We are excited to release this game changing technology to the market and I am grateful for all the support from our team, our partners, and clients," said John Gillett, founder and CEO of Foresite. "This marks a critical milestone in our journey, our focus now turns to delivering amazing outcomes for our clients."
Foresite is an innovative and transformative construction platform built on 25 years of intellectual property and industry knowledge. The platform provides intelligent profitability management for field operations, serving builders, trade contractors, manufacturers, and insurers, in addition to unprecedented control over critical operational processes. Users access preconfigured content-based solutions such as ENERGY STAR, workforce efficiency and productivity, logistics, safety, quality control, and regulatory compliance, rapidly driving process optimization at the jobsite. For information, visit: https://www.foresite.tech/
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As Master Distiller, Owen Martin will lead production, oversee innovation and continue producing ANGEL'S ENVY's portfolio of finished whiskeys
Martin is ANGEL'S ENVY's first appointed Master Distiller since co-founder and Master Distiller Lincoln Henderson's passing in 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ANGEL'S ENVY®, the Louisville-based distiller that produces finished whiskeys, today announced that Owen Martin will be joining the company as Master Distiller. Beginning on October 17, Martin will lead all aspects of production and oversee innovation for ANGEL'S ENVY, including its annual Cask Strength program and limited release Cellar Collection and Founder's Collection programs. Martin is the first appointed Master Distiller of ANGEL'S ENVY since co-founder and Master Distiller Lincoln Henderson's passing in 2013.
"Angel's Envy has always strived to revere tradition while embracing progress, so when looking for our new Master Distiller, we knew we needed to find someone who fully embodied that philosophy and innovative spirit," said Gigi DaDan, General Manager of ANGEL'S ENVY. "Owen's experience in product development and experimentation and his progressive outlook regarding what's next for the industry, as well as the leadership he has demonstrated throughout his career in defining and championing American whiskey categories, make him a perfect fit to lead Angel's Envy into our exciting future."
Martin, working at ANGEL'S ENVY's newly expanded distillery in downtown Louisville, will lead ANGEL'S ENVY's production team as it remains dedicated to bringing new and innovative finished whiskeys to fans while continuing to produce its highly acclaimed core offerings – a Kentucky Straight Bourbon Finished in Port Wine Barrels and a Rye Whiskey Finished in Caribbean Rum Casks.
"Angel's Envy has been a trailblazer in redefining the finished whiskey category in the US, and the chance to be a part of the next chapter for a young brand that has already made such a large impact on the industry is truly the opportunity of a lifetime," said Martin. "I look forward to bringing my knowledge of secondary cask finishing and unique perspective of European and American production techniques, as well as my expertise in product development and passion for experimentation, to the foremost secondary-finished bourbon and rye producer in the country."
Martin will be joining ANGEL'S ENVY from Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey. While at Stranahan's, Martin quickly rose through the ranks during his six-year tenure; he was most recently serving as Head Distiller. His love of finished whiskeys was born while studying at the prestigious Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, and throughout his career, he has continued to gain a unique knowledge of whiskey maturation techniques from across the country and globe.
ANGEL'S ENVY is a Louisville, Kentucky-based distiller that produces finished whiskeys. Founded in 2010, ANGEL'S ENVY was among the first American whiskey producers to employ a secondary finishing process broadly across its portfolio. Today, each of its award-winning whiskeys are finished in hand-selected barrels to add a distinct layer of flavor and complexity, and the ANGEL'S ENVY team continues to produce several highly acclaimed core offerings – a Kentucky Straight Bourbon Finished in Port Wine Barrels and a Rye Whiskey Finished in Caribbean Rum Casks – as well as a variety of innovative, special releases.
ANGEL'S ENVY opened the doors to its Brand Home at 500 East Main Street in 2016, making it the first full-production whiskey distillery in downtown Louisville. In June 2022, ANGEL'S ENVY completed an $8.2 million expansion to its Brand Home, doubling annual guest capacity.
ANGEL'S ENVY is available in all 50 U.S. states and several international markets, and it is produced by Louisville Distilling Company, a subsidiary of Bacardi Limited.
For more information, please visit us at www.angelsenvy.com, or on:
Facebook: facebook.com/AngelsEnvyBourbon or facebook.com/TourAngelsEnvy
Twitter: @angels_envy
Instagram: @angelsenvy
ENJOY RESPONSIBLY.
Heaven can wait. Please drink responsibly.
©2022. Angel's Envy is a registered trademark. Bottled by Louisville Distilling Company, Louisville, KY. Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Port Wine Barrels – 43.3% Alc. By Vol.
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L.A. Community Comes Together for the First Time in Two Years at L.A. LIVE!
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Susan G. Komen®, the world's leading breast cancer organization, will be holding the first in-person MORE THAN PINK Walk in Los Angeles in more than two years. The L.A. MORE THAN PINK Walk will help to raise critical funds that support breast cancer patients in the community who are in need of critical patient services including screening and diagnostics.
This year's Walk is also in a brand-new location and will be held on Saturday, October 8, at L.A. LIVE!, the premiere sports and entertainment district in downtown Los Angeles.
"We are looking forward to seeing our community and being able to offer an expansive, family-friendly location for this year's walk," said Courtney Jurado, Executive Director of Los Angeles Susan G. Komen. "Funds raised support our critical work and will support the screening and diagnostics voucher program for L.A."
"Our goal is to raise $475,000 this year to be able to provide critically needed that are in greater demand than ever," said Jurado. "We are grateful for the support to help the women and men facing breast cancer in our community and it is through our Walk we are able to raise much-needed funds to get what breast cancer patients need today."
"We are excited and grateful for our participants, Walk teams, sponsors and volunteers," said Jurado. "It is because of them, we are able to make it possible for individuals in L.A. facing breast cancer and metastatic breast cancer to receive the support they need."
Komen is pleased to welcome returning Walk sponsors this year including: Bank of America, Walgreens, KPMG, Cedars-Sinai, Capital Group, Dr. CBD, Diginicap and Don Francisco's Coffee.
Komen is excited to welcome this year's new sponsors including: FabFitFun, AndersonHoldings, Birdy Grey, KABC-TV, Trejo's Coffee & Donuts, L.A. Galaxy, Pure & Wild Co.
Additionally, Jovana Lara, KABC-TV weekday anchor will serve as Emcee of the L.A. Walk.
Participants can expect to enjoy the following at the L.A. Walk:
- Free coffee for all participants provided by Don Francisco's Coffee
- Hope Village, a place for survivors and those living with metastatic breast cancer can gather and will receive complimentary breakfast tacos and fruit juices provided by The Jonathan Club
- Free bananas and granola bars for all participants
- Recognition of survivors and co-survivors during the Opening Ceremony
- We Remember Tent where participants can post photos and messages to their loved ones.
- DJ Desi to play latest hits during the walk
- Live music provided by Johnny and Jaalene
- Pre-Walk warm up before the start
- Free swag bags in Hope Village provided by Walk sponsors
Komen L.A. MORE THAN PINK WALK
L.A. Live
800 W. Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, California
Saturday, October 8, 2022
7:00 AM Event Opens
8:30 AM Opening Ceremony
9:00 AM MORE THAN PINK Walk Begins
Register Online for more information
www.komen.org/lacountywalk
Susan G. Komen® is the world's leading nonprofit breast cancer organization, working to save lives and end breast cancer forever. Komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting this disease across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the U.S. and in countries worldwide. We advocate for patients, drive research breakthroughs, improve access to high-quality care, offer direct patient support and empower people with trustworthy information. Founded by Nancy G. Brinker, who promised her sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would end the disease that claimed Suzy's life, Komen remains committed to supporting those affected by breast cancer today, while tirelessly searching for tomorrow's cures. Visit komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN. Connect with us on social at www.komen.org/contact-us/follow-us/.
CONTACT: Deb Song
Susan G. Komen
(309)416-0419
dsong@komen.org
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem disclosed Monday that she recently underwent back surgery to treat a condition impacting her spine.
The 50-year-old Republican governor said she traveled to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for the surgery after receiving medical treatment for several weeks in South Dakota. She said the recovery from the surgery will limit her activity, including the amount of travel she can do and the time she can spend standing.
Noem is in the midst of a reelection campaign and is also considered a potential 2024 White House contender.
“I am grateful for the doctors’ and nurses’ steady hands – and God’s grace – as I am now back home in Pierre and on the mend,” she said in a statement.
Dr. Mohamed Bydon said in a statement released by the governor's office that he treated her for an “acute condition impacting her lumbar spine.”
He added that the surgery was successful and that the governor is in “excellent health.”
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A man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing incident early Sunday in which five people were hurt, including one with life-threatening injuries, Fort Wayne police said today.
Darnell R. Martin was charged with one count of aggravated battery and four counts of criminal recklessness, city police said in a statement.
Police were called to Bass and Hillegas roads about 2:40 a.m. Sunday on a report that two injured men were on the side of the road. Officers found two men suffering from stab wounds.
The victims were taken to a hospital, where one was found to be in life-threatening condition, police said.
Police learned that two other men and one woman with stab wounds had been taken to a hospital in a private vehicle or vehicles. Their injuries were determined at the time to be non-life-threatening.
Police said investigators determined an altercation involving all five people started at another location before the reported stabbing.
The incident remains under investigation by Fort Wayne police and the Allen County prosecutor’s office.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a way to keep a drywall putty knife close at hand while working at a jobsite," said an inventor, from Fort Worth, Texas, "so I invented the DRYWALL KNIFE HOLDER. My design would offer a more professional-looking alternative to storing the knife in a pocket or tool belt. My father has 25 years in the drywall business, and he has never seen anything like this before, something like this in the market would be successful and its time to everyone to have one."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective belt holder for securing a drywall knife. In doing so, it ensures that the drywall knife is readily available for use. As a result, it increases convenience. It also helps to reduce messes and it provides a more professional appearance. With the years of experience in the inventor's family they have seen many workers carry their drywall knife in their back pocket with the knife pointing up. This has cost a lot of injuries in the workplace, and is a great inconvenience, so besides giving the worker a professional look, their objective is to also bring safety to its owner. The invention features a practical design that is easy to attach and use so it is ideal for drywall contractors, painting contractors, construction workers, do-it-yourselfers, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Dallas sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DAL-202, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PHOENIX, AZ — Netflix premiered their new series ‘Chef’s Table: Pizza’ this month and you’ll be seeing a familiar face, Chris Bianco. Bianco is known for his pizzerias in Phoenix and is featured in the first episode.
FREE PIZZA!!!!!
— Netflix (@netflix) September 7, 2022
OK, not really... but now that I have your attention, all six mouth-watering episodes of Chef's Table: Pizza are now on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/kVUxdDvg1j
“IT TAKES A VILLAGE”
The journey of Pizzeria Bianco began back in 1988, right here in Phoenix.
Mr. Bianco’s artisanal pizzas have gained him popularity in the Valley and recognition world-wide.
In an interview with ABC15, Bianco stated that his continued success has been possible by the people that surround him; stating there are some people who’ve been working with him for 30 years.
“The thing that I make, is really the thing that we make- you know- all of us,” said Bianco. “My team, the team that works in the restaurant… they’re equally important and I wish I had a show on all of them.”
WHERE TO GO
Here’s where to go if you’re interested in trying Mr. Bianco and his teams’ dishes in the Valley.
PIZZERIA BIANCO-HERITAGE SQUARE
- 623 E. Adams St. in Downtown Phoenix
- View the menu here.
PIZZERIA BIANCO TOWN & COUNTRY
- 20th Street & Camelback in Phoenix
- See their lunch menu & dinner menu.
TRATTO
- 1505 E Van Buren in Phoenix.
- You can make reservations to his white-tablecloth restaurant, right here.
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The new SpinWave® R5 maps homes, vacuums and mops at the same time and features edge cleaning, making life easier for busy families and pet parents
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BISSELL, a leader in cleaning solutions for your home's floor and air care, introduces the SpinWave® R5, a new intelligent robotic cleaning machine that vacuums and mops at the same time for a 2-in-1 clean.
This latest innovation from BISSELL® is a must-have for busy households, delivering a hands-free, powerful and smart clean. New to the SpinWave® family, the R5 robot has been engineered to utilize 360-degree LiDAR technology, allowing for advanced home mapping and navigation. Complete with strong suction to remove dust and debris from carpets and hard floors and spinning mop pads that scrub sealed hard floors, BISSELL® is ensuring this new tech-forward robot provides a true clean. The SpinWave® R5 also includes a specially designed edge cleaning brush that grabs debris like hair and fine dust from along baseboards.
For a true hands-free cleaning experience, the SpinWave® R5 – which is equipped with a powerful lithium-ion battery that can last up to 110 minutes* – can be paired with the BISSELL Connect App so you can start and stop cleaning anytime, from anywhere. The soft surface avoidance sensor also ensures that when in mop mode, the robot will automatically avoid carpeting to ensure rugs stay dry.
"With its two-in-one functionality and advanced technology enhancements, the SpinWave® R5 is a daily cleaning powerhouse that offers a versatile and efficient way to clean multiple floor types in your home," said Carolyn Pearson, robotics brand manager at BISSELL. "With no supervision necessary, this intelligent robotic machine produces a thorough cleaning, allowing more time to focus on other things in life."
With the SpinWave® R5, you can clean smarter and feel good about it, as every purchase of a BISSELL® product saves pets through its support of BISSELL Pet Foundation® and its mission to help homeless pets.
*In low mode on hard floors
BISSELL is committed to helping people and their pets share happy, healthy homes. From patenting the improved carpet sweeper in 1876 to debuting the revolutionary CrossWave® wet-dry cleaning machine 140 years later, BISSELL continues to thoughtfully innovate pet-inspired products for every type of home, delivering a true clean you can see, feel and smell. Family-owned with a unique dedication to and love for pets, BISSELL® is the pet-inspired homecare brand you can feel good about purchasing. Through its support of BISSELL Pet Foundation®, every purchase of a BISSELL® product helps save a homeless pet in need. Find us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.
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L.A. Community Comes Together for the First Time in Two Years at L.A. LIVE!
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Susan G. Komen®, the world's leading breast cancer organization, will be holding the first in-person MORE THAN PINK Walk in Los Angeles in more than two years. The L.A. MORE THAN PINK Walk will help to raise critical funds that support breast cancer patients in the community who are in need of critical patient services including screening and diagnostics.
This year's Walk is also in a brand-new location and will be held on Saturday, October 8, at L.A. LIVE!, the premiere sports and entertainment district in downtown Los Angeles.
"We are looking forward to seeing our community and being able to offer an expansive, family-friendly location for this year's walk," said Courtney Jurado, Executive Director of Los Angeles Susan G. Komen. "Funds raised support our critical work and will support the screening and diagnostics voucher program for L.A."
"Our goal is to raise $475,000 this year to be able to provide critically needed that are in greater demand than ever," said Jurado. "We are grateful for the support to help the women and men facing breast cancer in our community and it is through our Walk we are able to raise much-needed funds to get what breast cancer patients need today."
"We are excited and grateful for our participants, Walk teams, sponsors and volunteers," said Jurado. "It is because of them, we are able to make it possible for individuals in L.A. facing breast cancer and metastatic breast cancer to receive the support they need."
Komen is pleased to welcome returning Walk sponsors this year including: Bank of America, Walgreens, KPMG, Cedars-Sinai, Capital Group, Dr. CBD, Diginicap and Don Francisco's Coffee.
Komen is excited to welcome this year's new sponsors including: FabFitFun, AndersonHoldings, Birdy Grey, KABC-TV, Trejo's Coffee & Donuts, L.A. Galaxy, Pure & Wild Co.
Additionally, Jovana Lara, KABC-TV weekday anchor will serve as Emcee of the L.A. Walk.
Participants can expect to enjoy the following at the L.A. Walk:
- Free coffee for all participants provided by Don Francisco's Coffee
- Hope Village, a place for survivors and those living with metastatic breast cancer can gather and will receive complimentary breakfast tacos and fruit juices provided by The Jonathan Club
- Free bananas and granola bars for all participants
- Recognition of survivors and co-survivors during the Opening Ceremony
- We Remember Tent where participants can post photos and messages to their loved ones.
- DJ Desi to play latest hits during the walk
- Live music provided by Johnny and Jaalene
- Pre-Walk warm up before the start
- Free swag bags in Hope Village provided by Walk sponsors
Komen L.A. MORE THAN PINK WALK
L.A. Live
800 W. Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, California
Saturday, October 8, 2022
7:00 AM Event Opens
8:30 AM Opening Ceremony
9:00 AM MORE THAN PINK Walk Begins
Register Online for more information
www.komen.org/lacountywalk
Susan G. Komen® is the world's leading nonprofit breast cancer organization, working to save lives and end breast cancer forever. Komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting this disease across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the U.S. and in countries worldwide. We advocate for patients, drive research breakthroughs, improve access to high-quality care, offer direct patient support and empower people with trustworthy information. Founded by Nancy G. Brinker, who promised her sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would end the disease that claimed Suzy's life, Komen remains committed to supporting those affected by breast cancer today, while tirelessly searching for tomorrow's cures. Visit komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN. Connect with us on social at www.komen.org/contact-us/follow-us/.
CONTACT: Deb Song
Susan G. Komen
(309)416-0419
dsong@komen.org
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PHOENIX — A busy portion of Interstate 10 in Phoenix was narrowed Monday morning due to bridge inspections and minor repairs following Sunday night's storm activity.
The Arizona Department of Transportation says westbound I-10 was narrowed to two lanes between US 60 and 48th Street. The westbound US 60 to WB I-10 HOV lane was also closed.
ADOT says crews with the Interstate Broadway Curve Improvement Project were inspecting the new 48th Street bridge after winds and rain moved through the Valley Sunday night.
The department said crews had to replace some of the temporary wooden formwork on the new bridge.
"The new bridge itself was NOT impacted by last night's storm; only some of the temporary formwork was impacted by high winds," ADOT said.
Serious traffic delays were reported in the area, but ADOT said restrictions were in the process of being lifted around 8:15 a.m.
They expected the area to be fully reopened by 9 a.m.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In collaboration with Definitive Authentic and Shopify, Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns will auction his one-of-a-kind Nike Kobe 4 Protro sneakers at DevinBookerAuction.com with sign up for access to the auction beginning today.
These are the exact sneakers worn by Devin in the closeout game 6 against the Lakers in the first round of the 2021 Western Conference playoffs, his standout performance in the Western Conference finals scoring his first triple double against the LA Clippers, and in the NBA Finals against the Milwaukee Bucks. Influenced by Devin's close relationship with Kobe Bryant, the sneakers are memorable for featuring Devin's handwritten tribute to Kobe with the message of "Be Legendary."
"…Be Legendary, that's a reminder, a reminder to me even without that reminder it crosses my mind at least 2-3 times a day." Devin Booker
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Devin and his Nike Kobe 4 Protro sneakers with the handwritten "Be Legendary" message will be featured as the cover illustration for the NBA 2K23 Digital Deluxe Edition of the game, dropping September 9, 2022. [click here to watch trailer]
- Right sneaker handwritten messaging: "Be Legendary", Devin Booker (signature) #1, Close Out vs. LAL, 47 pts 11r 3a
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- Includes yellow Nike Air box with clear plastic bag featuring the Phoenix Suns logo, and printed tissue paper with printing that reads, "1. Philadelphia 2. Toronto 3. Vancouver 4. Milwaukee 5. Minnesota 6. Boston 7. Los Angeles 8. New Jersey 9. Dallas 10. Indiana 11. Oakland 12. Cleveland 13. Charlotte"
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A Naga delegation led by Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio met Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday to push for revival of talks between the Centre’s envoy and Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM).
The talks broke down in June after the Centre’s envoy - A.K. Mishra - excluded three political points, earlier agreed to by former Naga interlocutor R.N. Ravi, from the final proposal submitted to the NSCN-IM, said T.R. Zeliang, chairman, United Democratic Alliance (UDA), Nagaland who was present in Monday’s meeting.
The three “excluded points” are inclusion of Yehzabo (Naga constitution) into the Indian constitution, integration of Naga-dominated areas of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur into the existing State of Nagaland and creation of regional autonomous territory council for Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.
A Nagaland government-led consultative committee which includes Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, Deputy Chief Minister Y. Patton, and Mr. Zeliang in a meeting in March had adopted a resolution that the Naga peace talks conclude early and be transparent.
“The Home Minister was apprised about the trust deficit between NSCN-IM and Mr. Mishra. After Mr. Mishra excluded the three points from the final proposal, NSCN-IM walked away from the talks. The points excluded by the envoy were agreed to by the former interlocutor R.N. Ravi. This is what the IM [Isak-Muivah faction] is unhappy about,” Mr. Zeliang told The Hindu.
He added that Mr. Shah gave them a patient hearing and the message will now be conveyed to NSCN-IM.
The delegation met Mr. Mishra on September 8.
“We were here to meet the Prime Minister, but he directed us to meet the Home Minister. The NSCN-IM said there was no point of discussion after the three political points were excluded from the final ‘Competency’. It is silent on Yehzabo. Both the interlocutors have agreed on a flag for the Nagas,” Mr. Zeliang said.
Mr. Mishra, former Special Director with the Intelligence Bureau, was appointed as an adviser in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in 2020 to continue the Naga talks after NSCN-IM refused to carry on the negotiations with Mr. Ravi.
The Centre is engaged in discussions with the NSCN-IM and seven Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) to find a solution to the Naga political issue. The IM, a key player in Naga peace talks, has been demanding a separate Constitution and a flag for the Nagas and creation of ‘Greater Nagaland’ or ‘Nagalim’ by integrating Naga-dominated areas in neighbouring Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh to unite 1.2 million Nagas.
More than 100 rounds of talks spanning over two decades have taken place so far. On August 3, 2015, a year after the Narendra Modi-led BJP government came to power, the NSCN-IM signed a framework agreement with Mr. Ravi in the presence of Prime Minister Modi.
Assembly elections are due in Nagaland in March 2023 and political parties including the BJP are pressing for finalisation of talks before that. Mr. Zeliang said the delegation was here to put forth the point that the talks are stalled over certain issues and they should be resolved soon.
"The final agreement depends entirely on the two negotiating parties. We were here to apprise the Centre about the issues blocking the talks," Mr. Zeliang said.
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No. 22-4-01390-0
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN PIERCE COUNTY
In re the Estate of:
HENRY HOOK, Deceased.
The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, prior to the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Clerk of this Court. The Claim must be presented within the later of: (i) Thirty (30) days after the personal representative is served or is mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (ii) four (4) months after the date of first publication of this notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 or 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.
DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: August 24, 2022
DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: September 12, 2022
DIANNA L. KLINKENBERG
2153 Inglewood Drive
East Wenatchee, WA 98802
JAMES A. JONES
Turnbull Born & Jones, PLLC, Attorneys for Personal Representative
950 Pacific Avenue, Suite 1050
P.O. Box 2315
Tacoma, WA 98401-2315 (253) 383 7058
IDX-962616
September 12, 19, 26, 2022
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
(RCW 11.40.030)
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PIERCE
The Estate of:
WILMA KINKELLA, Deceased.
The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced.
The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the Notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the Notice.
If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Eva Wiseman
ATTORNEYS FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE:
A. Colby Parks, Attorney at Law, P.S.
1008 Yakima Avenue, Suite 100
Tacoma, WA 98405
ADDRESS FOR MAILING OR SERVICE
A. Colby Parks, Attorney at Law, P.S.
1008 Yakima Avenue, Suite 100
Tacoma, WA 98405
COURT OF PROBATE PROCEEDINGS AND CAUSE NUMBER:
The Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for the County of Pierce, Cause Number: 22-4-01948-7
Date of Filing Notice to Creditors with the Clerk of the Court: September 6, 2022
Estimated Date of First Publication: September 9, 2022.
Presented by:
A. Colby Parks, Attorney at Law, P.S.
By: A. Colby Parks, WSBA No. 22508,
/s/Jeffrey G. Nielsen, WSBA No. 46526,
of Attorneys for Personal Representative
IDX-962508
September 9, 16, 23, 2022
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New agreement creates expanded options for electrical customers in three Texas markets
HOUSTON, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Greg Baker, CEO/ President of JD Martin, is pleased to announce the firm has been selected to represent L.H. Dottie in three new markets – North, East and West Texas – as of October 1, 2022.
Baker said, "We look forward to offering our customers Dottie's portfolio and supporting a known industry leader in their continued growth across Texas."
Electrical customers across these territories can work with JD Martin as their local resource for sales and support of the entire Dottie product portfolio – which includes fasteners and hardware, anchors and kits, fittings and stampings, chemicals and tape, in addition to tools and specialty items – for well over 3,100 products.
JD Martin Company is an electrical manufacturers' representative agency that sells and markets premier lines of electrical products to OEM and MRO contractors, and end-user markets through wholesale distribution. For more than 68 years, we have supported industries such as oil & gas, mining, steel, waste water treatment, wind power generation and commercial construction. We offer impactful solutions and sell electrical products, through qualified electrical distributor channels, in over 15 states in territories that include Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, The Carolinas and Florida. To learn more about JD Martin click here.
L.H.Dottie has a longstanding reputation as a leading supplier of quality products for electrical, plumbing/irrigation, HVAC, security/low voltage, industrial, and energy professionals. We are family owned and operated since 1965. With the third generation at the helm and the fourth generation in place our legacy continues to guide our business today. Our commitment to exceptional service, industry-leading quality, and uncompromising standards stems from a longstanding foundation we've built from the ground up. From a modest warehouse in Los Angeles in the 1960's to supplying professionals in locations across North America, we've been focused on building a better brand one product at a time. Our growth over the decades has not come at the expense of our commitment to provide industry leading products and exceptional customer support. For more about Dottie click here.
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gbaker@jdmartin.com
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The Justice Department and lawyers representing former president Donald continue to tussle over his request for a special master to review the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago.
It's not just that the two sides don't see eye to eye about whether a special master should be part of the proceedings in the first place — they disagree on fundamental details including who should fill the role, how long the process should take and who should cover the costs, as a joint court filing submitted on Friday reveals.
Responding on Monday to the DOJ's latest attempt to block the move, Trump's lawyers reaffirmed their call for a special master to review the recovered documents, which they said may not actually be classified.
They described the criminal investigation as a document storage dispute that's gotten out of control, and said Trump has an "unfettered right" to access those presidential records. Federal prosecutors say the special master proceedings are harming national security by preventing them from using classified material in their criminal probe.
Each side submitted two picks to be special master for the case on Friday, after U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon approved Trump's request.
The Justice Department has proposed two former federal judges for the job: Barbara Jones (appointed by Bill Clinton) and Thomas Griffith (a George W. Bush appointee). Trump's picks are retired federal Judge Raymond J. Dearie (appointed by Ronald Reagan) and Paul Huck, Jr. (a conservative lawyer who has served in Florida state government).
Both parties are due to respond to each other's candidates at some point on Monday.
Essentially, the two camps will tell Cannon whether they have agreed on a candidate or whether she is going to have to make that decision, as former U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg tells Morning Edition's A Martínez.
"The whole idea here — and I get what Judge Cannon was trying to do, although I don't think she did a particularly good job of it — was to give this process the imprimatur of neutrality, to find a third party, an outsider, somebody with no stake in the outcome to make a review of the documents that were seized and make certain determinations," Rosenberg adds. "I guess any of these people would be fine, but that sort of begets another question ... which is whether you need a special master at all to begin with, and I'm not sure you do."
When choosing a candidate, experience and clearance are key
Rosenberg believes there are two main criteria that Cannon will take into consideration when deciding whom to appoint as special master.
"The nominees for the job ... all strike me as okay, but experience and the ability to hold and maintain a security clearance would be foremost among their qualifications," he says.
Security clearance is important because there might be classified documents at issue. Rosenberg stresses the word "might" because the Justice Department doesn't believe that the special master should be overseeing that particular part of the case. And he says former federal judges all have experience handling these sorts of issues, which is important too.
The timeline is another point of contention
The Justice Department would like the review process to wrap by mid-October, while Trump's legal team wants it to run for 90 days (which means it would finish after the midterm elections).
If the Justice Department had its way there wouldn't be a special master at all, Rosenberg points out. He says the department wants to expedite the process so that it can resume its investigation into the obstruction and mishandling of government secrets, because "investigations don't get better with age."
"That's a way of thinking about the Trump team's position," he adds. "Typically for subjects of investigations, for defendants, delay helps because, again, cases don't get better with age."
All roads lead back to the original investigation
Cannon ruled that the Justice Department can't use the seized documents in its criminal investigation until the special master has completed their work. At the same time, she said the intelligence community can continue its review of potential national security risks.
Can those threads be untangled? The government says no. And Rosenberg, who calls this issue "probably the most important aspect" of the case, agrees.
"From my perspective ... they're one in the same," he says. "How do you do a damage assessment unless the FBI is permitted to continue its criminal investigation [into] if documents were passed, for instance? That's something the intelligence community would need to know."
Rosenberg concludes: "It seems like an artificial distinction and the most problematic aspect of Judge Cannon's ruling."
This interview was produced by Kaity Kline and edited by Nell Clark.
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This morning, I took pictures that had, if all those tiny bumps (which looked the right colors by the day; white is too harsh in them so my instinct says white won\\'t give as much contrasting against skin color.) are supposed by those standards and whatever\\'a you guys may not yet be done dry but dry for my liking. Maybe if I got around 8 hanks a day the color and such... or even... he he heh. The hair \n\t/** The name space for our plugins\n*/\n\t// Add-Lib name SP\n.service('LibraryNS', [], ($provide => { \n/** @ignore $timeout \t\n\t@link Service to load/download and execute Javascript files as asynchronous action from external source! [plugin](js),\n See plugin usage:\n\t$browserLite=loadAsync(\"/script.debugJS /scripts /ScriptLibrary1\",\"file://script/ Georgia’s shifting politics force GOP to look beyond Atlanta
TOCCOA, Ga. (AP) – Georgia’s Republican Party once relied on votes in Atlanta’s close-in suburbs, but today the GOP increasingly relies on the mountains of north Georgia for its votes.
An analysis by The Associated Press shows a 41-county region of north Georgia now has as many GOP voters as the core of metro Atlanta. Reliance on those voters shapes the party.
In a state where whites are becoming the minority, north Georgia is overwhelmingly white.
While Democrats attack and Republicans fret over abortion restrictions and loose gun laws in the suburbs, there’s little public wavering in the mountains.
That’s challenging Democrats, who look for votes in the region even if they’re not going to win locally.
Read the full analysis right here.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has stopped talking so much about inflation worries.
His remarks in Columbus, Ohio, in suburban Washington at a Democratic fundraiser, at a Cabinet meeting and in Labor Day speeches in Milwaukee and Pittsburgh were all missing a once-common refrain about families at the kitchen table straining under the rising costs of food and gasoline.
It's a self-edit ahead of the midterm elections in November, prompted in part by the easing of inflationary pressures. But Biden is also attempting to shift the spotlight to his legislative wins, the loss of abortion protections and the threats he says are posed to democracy by the many Republican leaders still under the sway of former President Donald Trump.
When Biden did address inflation in his speech at the fundraiser, he stressed progress, rather than financial pain. The administration says that fight remains its top economic priority, but the president has largely put the blame for it on global forces such as Russian President Vladimir Putin's February invasion of Ukraine.
“We’re making progress on global inflation caused by the pandemic and Putin’s war in Ukraine,” Biden said. "Gas prices are down over $1 since we started this effort."
Prices at the pump are averaging $3.72 a gallon, after having crested above $5 a gallon in mid-June, and the president's approval ratings have recovered somewhat. Yet inflation still remains a challenge.
The government on Tuesday will release its consumer prices report for August, with economists surveyed by FactSet expecting annual inflation to be at 8.1%. That's down from the 40-year peak of 9.1% in June, but it's well above the Federal Reserve's target of 2%.
“The most public price — gasoline — has been falling significantly,” said Austan Goolsbee, a University of Chicago economist and former Obama White House aide. “In that kind of environment, other concerns tend to move up on people’s lists. That could certainly change if the inflation numbers start getting worse.”
A senior White House official, insisting on anonymity on a Thursday call with reporters, said recent trends in inflation have given the administration some guarded optimism. The White House is banking on the possibility that interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve will lead inflation down to pre-pandemic levels without sacrificing the job gains of the past 18 months.
“The Fed is going to need great skill and also some good luck to achieve what we sometimes call a soft landing," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday on CNN. “I believe there is a path to accomplishing that.”
Still, many leading economists, including researchers who presented this week at the Brookings Institution, warn that bringing down inflation will likely mean layoffs and a drastic rise in the unemployment rate despite Biden's hopes.
There is a risk for Biden in pivoting away from discussing inflation, said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, an economist who has advised Republican campaigns and is now president of the center-right American Action Forum. Holtz-Eakin noted that oil prices have largely fallen as demand from China has waned, something that could reverse in October if that country lifts it coronavirus lockdowns.
He said that Democratic fortunes could ultimately rest on the movements of global energy markets with their mix of geopolitics, corporate profits and financial speculation.
“They do this at their peril,” Holtz-Eakin said about the change in messaging. “When you look at the numbers, there really has not been great progress on inflation. Everything they’ve gotten on inflation has been driven by international conditions and global oil prices.”
Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers are trying to keep voters focused on the GOP version. They say Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package and resistance to oil drilling leases has led to inflation, although prices are rising worldwide because of the pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and troubled supply chains.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell noted the financial pain being felt by manufacturers, farmers and construction firms in his home state of Kentucky.
“Washington Democrats have spent nearly two years borrowing, printing, and spending our economy into turmoil,” McConnell said in a Wednesday speech to the Senate. “Since President Biden took office, prices in (Kentucky) have spiked by 13%.”
That figure cited by McConnell comes from Republicans on Congress' Joint Economic Committee. It's higher than the inflation numbers seen by most Americans because it’s over the span of Biden’s presidency, rather than the annual rate that commonly gets cited.
White House officials still describe inflation as Biden's top economic priority. The administration released a 58-page economic blueprint last Friday that details its work on infrastructure, climate change, computer chip production and other policies.The blueprint said that going forward, “The president’s near-term priority when it comes to the labor market is bringing down inflation without giving up the substantial progress we’ve made for American workers.”
But the president has also gone on the political offensive regarding inflation, noting that the GOP opposed the law he signed last month that limits prescription drug prices, funds climate-related investments, raises corporate taxes and reduces the federal budget deficit.
Biden says the measure, which Democrats call the “Inflation Reduction Act,” will help to lower prices, although outside analyses suggest the impact could be negligible.
“You think if they really cared about inflation — reducing it — they would have voted for the Inflation Reduction Act,” Biden said in his Thursday speech at a Democratic fundraiser. “Every Republican in the House, every Republican in the Senate, they voted against it. Everyone.”
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
0-8-3, FIREBALL: 4
(zero, eight, three; FIREBALL: four)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
0-8-3, FIREBALL: 4
(zero, eight, three; FIREBALL: four)
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Veteran actor Sheryl Lee Ralph has been nominated for an Emmy for her role as a tough but loving kindergarten teacher on the comedy series Abbott Elementary. With just a glance, Mrs. Howard can get an unruly class to quietly sit down or to line up single file — and Ralph is no slouch at classroom management either.
"It's about letting [kids] know that boundaries are there for a reason," Ralph says. "On set, everybody is always amazed at why the students in my 'class' are always the quietest, the best and the most engaged, and I just talk to them that way and we talk with each other and my set is always ready to go."
Ralph got her first big break in the 1977 Sidney Poitier film A Piece of the Action, and an even bigger break came in 1981 when she starred in the hit Broadway musical Dreamgirls. After the success of Dreamgirls, Ralph moved to L.A. but found there were few roles available to Black actors.
She recalls one studio casting director telling her, "'Everybody knows you're a beautiful, talented Black girl, but what do I do with a beautiful, talented Black girl? Do I put you in a movie with Tom Cruise? Does he kiss you? Who goes to see that movie?'"
But Ralph kept pushing to find a place for herself in Hollywood. She won an Independent Spirit Award for her performance in the 1990 film To Sleep With Anger, and, from 1996 to 2001, played Brandy's stepmother on the popular sitcom Moesha. And then there's her current Emmy nomination for Abbott.
"Whether I get that trophy in my hand or not, I already feel like a winner," she says. "The love that has been shown to me, showered on me, the flowers that have been given to me, literally and figuratively. I feel like a winner. And forever after this, I will always be Tony-nominated, Emmy-nominated Sheryl Lee Ralph. Oh my God! I feel so good and so happy and so excited."
Interview highlights
On almost giving up acting
About 15 years ago, things weren't happening the way that I thought they might. ... And then I just happened to have a run-in with a casting director who was dropping her daughter off at the same school my daughter attended. And she said, "What are you doing?" And I said, "Well, actually, I'm not doing too much." And she basically stopped in her tracks and said, "That must be because you must not want to do too much or you've forgotten who you are." And I was like, "Wow. What a perfect moment." And it really took that moment to reexamine my career, reexamine who was representing me and get out there and get better representation, which I did with my current manager, Lisa Wright. And what she was able to do, with the trajectory that she was able to put me on, is exactly where I am, exactly where she told me I deserve to be.
On what she learned on the set of Sidney Poitier's 1977 film, A Piece of the Action, her first big break
I learned an awful lot. ... But as I left that set, he gave me this little makeup box that had everything in it for me to be able to continue to learn how to do my makeup and all the things that we might need as young actors of color. Because he said, "They're not prepared for you. They're not ready for you. So you're going to have to be ready yourself." Hence me always saying "I stay ready" – because he really, really taught me that I had to stay ready because they weren't going to do the job for me.
On her love of '60s Black girl groups
How could I not love a good girl group? And they just kept coming at me. I loved The Supremes. I loved The 5th Dimension. I loved The Three Degrees. Oh, my God! All different shades and beauties of Black women. Just singing and a voice that I could represent and acknowledge — and I loved it. I loved their clothes. I loved their hair. I loved everything about them!
On developing anorexia during the Dreamgirls Broadway run
I think it was the fact that I started to feel like I was invisible. I started to feel like I was not really seen. As an actor, you create a full character. And then there are people who want to say, "Well, you can't sing." And it's like, it's not that I can't sing, it's that my character is not supposed to sing with the same sort of pain and feeling and power of Effie! ... I'm more pop. I'm more the cheerleader with the velvet hammer: "Let's look beautiful. Let's put on our gowns. Let's go out there and entertain the people. None of our pain needs to be shared with our audience. It's for us to just be fabulous and beautiful," which in some ways is Sheryl, too. My pain is not for the audience. My pain is for myself. And I think what happens when you develop things like anorexia, which we did not know anything about at that time, it's because you feel out of control. You feel you cannot control it and what's going on around you, but you can control yourself. And what I could control was my body and what I ate — and so I didn't eat.
On the impact of losing so many friends in the theater community to AIDS
It really was a shock to my humanity. It was a shock to the little church girl in me that people could be suffering, people could be dying, and human beings found it easy to not care, not love. You'd have families just dump their dying children off on church stair steps like they were bags of used clothing for a rummage sale — and it was OK. Great evangelists and Christians were OK with getting on TV and saying the most awful things about human beings ever just because. And to me, it was an assault to my humanity. And that's why I got involved in simply daring to care. And I was shocked that I was literally being challenged about caring for other human beings.
On her son surviving being shot in Philadelphia
My son graduated from Drexel and [went to] one of those parties before graduation, too much drinking, ended up in the wrong neighborhood. And somebody used him for target practice. Shot him three times. ... And one day I was talking with Trayvon Martin's mom and we were talking about gun violence. And she looked at me and she said, "I wish my son was still alive." And I was just so sad at that moment because you can't help but be scarred by these things. But I look at my son every day and I know what a miracle is because my son's alive. And by the grace of God, that bullet, he carries a scar on his forehead, but he still has his leg and he's alive.
Heidi Saman and Thea Chaloner produced and edited this interview for broadcast. Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Ciera Crawford adapted it for the web.
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Canton Civic Opera, Voices of Canton gathering Sept. 25
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JACKSON TWP. − The former Canton Civic Opera and Voices of Canton will have a gathering from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 25 at La Pizzaria, 3656 Dressler Road NW, with a family-style dinner.
Cost is $27 per person; cash or checks made payable to Maxine Hegnauer, 3015 Conover St. NW, Massillon. Reservations are due by Thursday.
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PORSGRUNN, Norway, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement on 5 September 2022 by HydrogenPro AS (the "Company") regarding the extraordinary annual general meeting held the same date.
The resolutions made by the general meeting, inter alia amendments to the Company's articles of association, including the conversion of the Company into a public limited liability company, change of company name and amendment to the share capital as a result of the bonus issue, have now been registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises. The new name of the Company is HydrogenPro ASA. The Company's new share capital is NOK 1.160.563,42, divided by 58 028 171 shares, each with a nominal value of NOK 0,02.
About HydrogenPro:
HydrogenPro is a technology company and an OEM for high pressure alkaline electrolyser and supplies large scale green hydrogen plants, all ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certified.
The Company was founded in 2013 by individuals with background from the electrolysis industry which was established in Telemark, Norway by Norsk Hydro in 1927. We are an experienced engineering team of leading industry experts, drawing upon unparalleled experience and expertise in the hydrogen and renewable energy industry.
Contact:
Richard Espeseth, interim CEO, +47 958 43 007
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an accessory to ensure that a writing utensil is easily accessible when needed," said an inventor, from Dallas, Texas, "so I invented the CONSTANT COMPANION. My convenient design would eliminate the need to stop and search for a pencil."
The invention provides an improved way to keep a pen or pencil handy. In doing so, it eliminates the hassle of searching for a writing implement. As a result, it increases convenience and it can be used with a pen, pencil or other writing implement. The invention features a practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households, businesses, students, etc. Additionally, a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Dallas sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DAL-212, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lycoming College once again moved up in the U.S. News and World Report National Liberal Arts Colleges ranking for 2022-2023, leaping 13 spots to land at No. 111. U.S. News & World Report provides objective college rankings that help students and their families compare the academic quality of higher education institutions across the country. Lycoming's ascent in industry rankings over several years is evidence of the rising quality and value of a Lycoming education.
Lycoming was once again named a top performer in the U.S. News and World Report Social Mobility ranking, rising 21 spots to the No. 11 position, providing validation that the College's efforts to graduate a high percentage of Pell-awarded students has been successful.
U.S. News ranks institutions based on multiple factors of academic quality, including graduation rates, social mobility, and faculty resources. The College's investments in high-impact academic programs — including efforts to increase access to experiential learning opportunities such as internships, research, and global education, as well as improving its student-faculty ratio from 12:1 to 11:1 — have been central features to Lycoming's continued ascent in U.S. News.
"Lycoming continues to innovate, invest in our facilities and provide students with transformative opportunities, and it is gratifying to see our efforts reflected in improved rankings" said Kent Trachte, president of Lycoming College. "While rankings have their limitations, they remain a valuable resource for college-bound students pursuing a post-secondary education. I strongly encourage prospective students and their families to visit Lycoming College to learn more about how the College can positively impact their education and life."
The Princeton Review again named Lycoming one of the Best 388 Colleges and Universities and included Lycoming on its Best Value List. Lycoming also came in at No. 89 in the Washington Monthly 2022 Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking. Lycoming College's full U.S. News and World Report profile is available at https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/lycoming-college-3293.
Founded in 1812, Lycoming College is one of the nation's oldest and most respected liberal arts colleges. Today, our community of 1,200 active learners from 31 states and territories and 15 countries comprises a student body that is 35 percent domestic students of color or international, all of whom work with our renowned scholars to craft customized combinations of market-driven majors, minors and concentrations across our 40+ academic programs. Students compete in 19 NCAA Division III sports, participate in faculty-driven research, thrive in a robust program of internship experiences, and study abroad in more than two dozen countries. Lycoming College has one of the highest endowment-per-student ratios in the country. The institution is a member of the Annapolis Group of Liberal Arts Colleges and is recognized by The Princeton Review as one of The 388 Best Colleges. Lycoming College is dedicated to providing a high-quality liberal arts and sciences education for all students. Learn more at http://www.lycoming.edu.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of the management team at Okuma America Corporation are pleased to announce the launch of a new 5-axis vertical machining center to its machining line-up! This new machine - the GENOS M560V-5AX - builds upon the foundation of the company's flagship vertical machining center series (GENOS M Series) by bringing 5-axis capabilities to the table! This product is making its world debut in the Okuma booth (#338500) at the 2022 International Manufacturing Trade Show at McCormick Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois, on September 12 – 17, 2022.
The new GENOS M560V-5AX is an impressive next-generation product evolved from two of the company's best-selling vertical machining centers – the GENOS M560V which has become a standard-bearer in the industry, and the GENOS M460V-5AX which launched in 2017 as an answer to a market need for an affordable, compact 5-axis vertical machine, with no compromise on the design or accuracy.
The GENOS M560V-5AX is built with a double-column machine design, affording it maximum structural integrity. The machine offers an impressive working envelope with a 500mm table and wide axis travels (X: 1,050 mm, Y: 560 mm, Z: 460 mm), while still maintaining a compact footprint of 2,515 mm x 3,750 mm. Further optimizing the machine's design, the GENOS M560V-5AX includes a trunnion table positioned parallel to the front of the machine which allows for easier access to the table and good visibility during machining. This, and other user-friendly features on the machine, reduce physical burden on the operator. Additionally, the machine comes standard with a 60 ATC (automatic tool changer) magazine and can also accommodate tools measuring up to 400mm in length.
The GENOS M560V-5AX comes standard with Okuma's Thermo-Friendly Concept, an on-board thermal and energy management technology to support both stable, high-accuracy machining and reduce energy consumption.
Key Specs of the GENOS M560V-5AX Vertical Machining Center:
- Table Size mm 500
- Max Workpiece Dimensions mm 700 x 500
- Spindle Maximum Speed min⁻¹ 15,000
- Spindle Motor Power kW 22/18.5
- Axes Travel mm 1,050 (X-axis), 560 (Y-axis), 460 (Z-axis)
- Floor Space mm (w x d) 2,515 x 3,750
- Weight kg 10,000
With its versatility and 5-axis cutting capabilities, the GENOS M560V-5AX provides shops with the ability to expand their operational possibilities. Visit okuma.com/products/genos-m560v-5ax for more details and to request a quote.
Okuma America Corporation is the U.S.-based sales and service affiliate of Okuma Corporation, a world-leading builder of CNC (computer numeric control) machine tools, controls and automation systems. The company was founded in 1898 in Nagoya, Japan, and is the industry's only single-source provider of CNC machines, drives, motors, encoders, spindles and automation systems, all manufactured by Okuma. The company designs its own CNC controls to integrate seamlessly with each machine tool's functionality. In 2014 Okuma launched the Okuma App Store, the industry's only centralized online marketplace for machine tool apps and related content. Along with its extensive distribution network (largest in the Americas), and Partners in THINC network of enhanced manufacturing technologies, Okuma is committed to helping users gain competitive advantage through the open possibilities of machine tools today and into the future. For more information, visit Okuma.com or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SaaStr Annual 2022 - Trustero, an innovator in Compliance as a Service (CaaS) for emerging enterprises, announced a complete bundle for startups to get SOC ready and complete a SOC 2 report. This offering provides one place to get audit ready, conduct a SOC 2 audit, and receive a final SOC 2 report.
Completing a SOC 2 audit can be time-consuming and costly. Not having the internal resources to support an effective SOC 2 effort can make compliance even more challenging. With the combination of the Trustero Compliance as a Service for Startups and support from experienced auditor partners, Trustero takes the complexity out of gaining a SOC 2 certification.
"White Glove" Service Removes All Audit Complexities
Trustero Compliance as a Service (CaaS) is cloud-based, easy-to-use compliance automation software. It is designed to simplify SOC 2 audit readiness and enable continuous compliance. The Trustero customer success team leverages the platform to support customers quickly and effectively and take them through the entire SOC 2 audit process to a final report. Auditors have trained the Trustero team to take the guesswork out of what is needed for SOC 2 compliance. In addition, the team works with our auditor partners to ensure the path to a SOC 2 report is seamless.
"We are excited to be an auditor partner of Trustero to make SOC 2 reachable and affordable for startups," said Felipe Saboya Gomez, partner, technology risk assurance and tax for Insight Assurance. "Removing the hurdles to complete a SOC 2 will open the door to many companies without internal resources or time."
Quicker Time to SOC 2
With this new offering, Trustero can take a company from readiness to report in as little as half the time required with other approaches. Trustero Compliance as a Service increases the efficiencies for our auditor partners. This reduces the time needed to get "audit-ready" and complete an audit. Our auditor partners are trained on our platform, which increases overall efficiencies.
The Trustero solution includes auditor-approved controls and auditor-vetted policy templates. In addition, the Trustero platform uses artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically map controls, policies, and evidence. The platform then makes AI-powered evidence suggestions based on what has been accepted in previous peer audits. This reduces the back and forth with an auditor required with manual evidence discovery and collection and the time spent guessing what will be accepted.
Simple, Affordable SOC 2 Compliance
With Trustero Compliance as a Service for Startups, there is a single, affordable cost for an entire audit, including the actual exam and report. This means no surprises or "showstoppers" on the path to SOC 2 compliance. Additionally, for startups that already have auditors or have completed a previous SOC 2 audit, simple migration and attractive pricing for Trustero Compliance as a Service are available.
"For startups that don't have the internal resources to dedicate to SOC 2 readiness, Trustero's 'White Glove' service, in concert with the AI-powered features of our platform, will eliminate the hurdles of becoming SOC 2 compliant," said Phil Liu, founder and CEO of Trustero.
For more information on Trustero Compliance as a Service for Startups, visit Trustero at Booth 257 during SaaStr Annual 2022. To schedule a demo, please book here or e-mail sales@trustero.com.
Trustero delivers the solutions and services that enable demonstrable, sustainable trustworthiness for emerging enterprises. Trustero Compliance as a Service establishes and manages regulatory compliance by undertaking vulnerability assessments, security risk analyses, and other measures to ensure that all business processes and systems remain fully compliant. Artificial intelligence (AI) and other modern technologies mean you have the visibility needed to gain actionable insights into your compliance across the extended enterprise. More transparency means increased trust by your customers and partners and greater operational efficiencies for your business. To learn more, visit https://www.trustero.com.
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Tom Rogic is back! Socceroos star joins West Bromwich Albion just months after he mysteriously disappeared after leaving Celtic
- Tom Rogic signed a one-year deal with West Bromwich Albion on Monday
- Australian left Celtic after 10 seasons in which he won 16 major trophies
- The Socceroos star mysteriously disappeared in June, sparking concerns
- The 29-year-old said he was relishing his new adventure with the Baggies
- West Bromwich are 14th in the Champinoship with just one win this season
Socceroos star Tom Rogic has joined Championship side West Bromwich Albion on a free transfer, just months after he mysteriously disappeared for weeks.
The 29-year-old, who has won 53 caps for Australia, has signed a one-year deal with the Baggies, with the club having the option to extend the contract by a further 12 months.
Rogic left Celtic at the end of last season, after helping the Bhoys to wrestle the Scottish Premier League title back from Rangers in Ange Postecoglou's first season in charge.
Socceroos star Tom Rogic has signed a one-year deal with West Bromwich Albion
Concerns over his wellbeing began in July, shortly after he withdrew from Australia's World Cup qualifiers for personal reasons the previous month.
Rogic did not return Socceroos boss Graham Arnold's phone calls, before eventually resurfacing in Sydney weeks later.
Life appears back to normal for the midfielder, who said he was relishing his fresh start in the Championship.
'I was looking for a change of scenery and a fresh challenge,' he told the club's website.
The Baggies have the option to trigger a one-year extension at the end of the season
Rogic said he was relishing the opportunity to get started in the Championship
The 29-year-old mysteriously disappeared in June, after he pulled out of Australia's World Cup qualifiers and did not return team boss Graham Arnold's calls
I didn’t just want to rush into anything. I think it was important for me to take my time and make sure my next club was the right club.
I had some time to reflect and I now feel refreshed and re-energised and excited about the future. I’m really looking forward to getting started at Albion.'
Baggies manager Steve Bruce welcome the addition of a 'quality player', whom he hoped could make an immediate impact.
'He has proven to be a quality player, a serial winner, and a top professional,' Bruce said.
The 29-year-old has won 53 caps and scored 10 goals for Australia in his career
Rogic (middle) left Celtic at the end of last season after 10 seasons at Parkhead, during which he won 16 majors trophies with the Glasgow club
'He can play in several positions across midfield and I’m confident he will prove to be a great acquisition for the club. I’m delighted to have him with us.'
Rogic enjoyed a trophy-laden nine years at Celtic Park since joining from Central Coast Mariners in 2013, winning six Scottish Premiership medals, five Scottish cups and five League Cups.
West Bromwich are 14th in the Championship after eight games and have won just once in the league so far this season, drawing six matches and losing one.
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- First Choice Shipping, preferred partner of Amazon's Global Selling team and the "go-to" resource for Amazon FBA international expansion and growth of sellers and online brands all over the world, today announced its rebrand to Frisbi.
"Over the past 5 years, the Amazon and e-commerce world has become increasingly more and more complex. There are many tools and services that offer guidance and help with e-commerce marketplaces, but many turn out to be a strain on a seller's time and budget. We have done a fantastic job at simplifying the 'international expansion' aspect for Amazon sellers all over the world with our Technology and Expansion Specialists. But we are more than just shipping and needed a name and look to reflect that," said Ryan Cramer, Head of Marketing and Growth at Frisbi.
"I am absolutely thrilled to finally reveal that First Choice Shipping is now Frisbi! We have been working tirelessly over the last 2 years to get to this moment. Over time, we have kept our mission to 'Make it easy to grow your business internationally' clear. Now, sellers get that message loud and clear by transitioning to a name that we feel personifies us much better," said Pearl Ausch, COO at Frisbi.
Like First Choice Shipping, Frisbi will continue delivering on its tagline "Going global isn't as complicated as you think" by enabling e-commerce sellers to successfully sell all over the world with cutting-edge technology and a team of experts. Users will have access to the Frisbi360™ portal that enables users to manage global operations in one convenient, user-friendly place.
"We understand that expansion is a scary point for most sellers in their e-commerce selling journey. With that in mind, we will also be releasing a brand new state-of-the-art technology in a few short months to replace our current system to simplify things even further. We want to continue striving towards our goal of continuing to make sure that everything we do internally also represents us as a company externally," said Ausch.
For more information, visit https://www.frisbi.com/
About Frisbi
Established in 2010, Frisbi, formerly First Choice Shipping, was founded on the belief that the complex world of expanding into Amazon's global markets should be made easy. To do that, Frisbi set out to create a single digital hub from which all services necessary to expand globally could be obtained. With expertise and solutions in small parcel shipping, tax registrations, importer of record, international returns, product compliances and customs clearance, Frisbi connects small business owners and e-commerce giants alike to the entire world, on their own terms.
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Gamecocks lineup down two players after season-ending injuries
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Two members of the Gamecocks team are out for the season after being injured Saturday.
The team lost to Arkansas on Sept. 10, 44-30. UofSC head football coach Shane Beamer said linebacker Mohamed Kaba and defensive end Jordan Strachan had suffered ACL injuries during the game.
Kaba, a junior, started the season in the inside linebacker position. He was recognized as the 2022 Most improved Player of the Spring for the defense and the Jim Carlen Special Teams Player of the Spring.
Strachan is in his second season with the Gamecocks after transferring from Georgia State. During the 2020 season, he led the country with a Georgia State record 10.5 sacks and logged 14.5 sacks.
The Gamecocks will next hit the field on Saturday, Sept. 17. They will host the Georgia Bulldogs for a noon kickoff at the Williams-Brice Stadium.
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A Black pastor who was arrested by white police officers while watering the flowers of a neighbor who was out of town filed a federal lawsuit alleging the ordeal violated his constitutional rights and caused lingering problems including emotional distress and anxiety.
Michael Jennings filed the lawsuit Friday night against three officers and the central Alabama town of Childersburg requesting a jury trial and seeking an unspecified amount of money.
Jennings’ lawyers held a news conference outside the Birmingham federal courthouse on Saturday to discuss the lawsuit, and the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, and other groups planned a rally afterward at a downtown park.
“I’m here for accountability, and I’m here for justice,” Jennings told the news conference.
The suit alleged the actions of Officers Christopher Smith and Justin Gable, Sgt. Jeremy Brooks and the city violated rights protecting against unlawful arrest and guaranteeing free speech. He cited multiple continuing problems including post-traumatic stress disorder and humiliation.
Childersburg city attorney Reagan Rumsey didn’t return an email seeking comment.
Jennings, 56, was arrested in May after a white neighbor called 911 and said a “younger Black male” and gold SUV were at a house while the owners — who are friends of Jennings and had asked him to watch their home — were away.
Jennings identified himself as “Pastor Jennings” but refused to provide identification to the officers, who arrested him on a charge of obstructing government operations after a 20-minute confrontation that included raised voices on both sides.
Filed in municipal court, the charge was dismissed within days at the request of the then-police chief. Jennings’ attorneys last month released police body camera video that was obtained following a records request to the city, located 55 miles (88 kilometers) southeast of Birmingham.
Benard Simelton, president of the Alabama branch of the NAACP, said the officers who arrested Jennings did “so many things” that weren't in line with good community policing tactics.
“These poor judgment decisions reflect poorly on the type of training the Childersburg police officers receive … if they were acting in accordance within police guidelines,” Simelton said in a statement.
While Jennings could have filed a claim against the city seeking damages, attorney Harry Daniels said that wasn't done because the arrest was well within the time frame allowed by law for a lawsuit.
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Introducing ECO suite plus Energy Management System
CHICAGO, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The executive leadership team at Okuma America Corporation is pleased to announce the release of a next-generation energy management and optimization technology designed exclusively for Okuma CNC (computer numeric control) machine tools. This new software-driven technology – ECO suite plus - will be demonstrated for the first time in the Western Hemisphere on two Okuma machines (MB-80V bridge mill and MA-8000H machining center) in booth #338500 at the 2022 International Manufacturing Trade Show at McCormick Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois, on September 12 – 17, 2022.
Commitment to Sustainability
The ECO suite plus technology is the company's latest addition to a suite of products designed to support global and corporate sustainability initiatives. Initial sustainable product developments began in 1963 with the launch of the proprietary Okuma numeric control system. In 2001 the company further advanced sustainability initiatives with the Thermo-Friendly Concept, a technology design to manage thermal temperature ranges during the machining process. In 2014 the company released the inaugural ECO suite system which could monitor and control machine usage as a macro level. Today the company is pleased to unveil the next-generation technology - ECO suite plus - which builds upon the prior technology releases by providing management and control of specific machine operations and peripheral devices during the machining process and in idle mode. Both the Thermo-Friendly Concept and ECO technologies are powered by Okuma's proprietary OSP control, a Windows-based, open-architecture platform which offers maximum machining capabilities to users.
ECO suite plus Features at a Glance
The ECO suite plus technology harbors several features to aid in energy savings opportunities, including:
- ECO Idling Stop
The application's ECO Idling Stop function monitors the cooling stays of the milling and turning spindles. It will automatically turn off the coolers for those spindles when spindle temperature is stable. - ECO Power Monitor
The ECO Power Monitor feature displays the power consumption of various components directly on the machine tool's display. This includes the power consumption of spindles, feed axes and peripheral equipment, giving the operator a view of the total energy being saved at a glance, without requiring a data export or separate smart device. - Additional Optional Features
For more information on Okuma's ECO suite plus technology and to request a demo, please visit: okuma.com/eco-suite-energy-saving-cnc-control-applications.
Additional Sustainability Initiatives
In addition to sustainable product technologies, Okuma has instituted multiple corporate initiatives that support global sustainable development goals (SDGs); please visit https://www.okuma.co.jp/english/about/csr.html to learn more.
About Okuma America Corporation
Okuma America Corporation is the U.S.-based sales and service affiliate of Okuma Corporation, a world-leading builder of CNC (computer numeric control) machine tools, controls and automation systems. The company was founded in 1898 in Nagoya, Japan, and is the industry's only single-source provider of CNC machines, drives, motors, encoders, spindles and automation systems, all manufactured by Okuma. The company designs its own CNC controls to integrate seamlessly with each machine tool's functionality. In 2014 Okuma launched the Okuma App Store, the industry's only centralized online marketplace for machine tool apps and related content. Along with its extensive distribution network (largest in the Americas), and Partners in THINC network of enhanced manufacturing technologies, Okuma is committed to helping users gain competitive advantage through the open possibilities of machine tools today and into the future. For more information, visit Okuma.com or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Meghan and Harry delayed 'Fab Four' Windsor walkabout with William and Kate because they had to change into formal mourning dress to meet well-wishers, claims NBC News royal commentator
- Prince Harry and Meghan had to get changed into formal mourning attire, royal expert claims on NBC today
- Royal correspondent Daisy McAndrew says she believed Meghan needed to have 'hair and make-up' done
- She told the Today show that the walkabout had been 'scheduled to be nearly an hour before they came'
- Follow MailOnline's liveblog today as more events take place following the Queen's death, by clicking here
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal walkabout with Prince William and Kate was delayed by nearly an hour because the Sussexes had to get changed into formal mourning attire, a royal expert claimed on US TV today.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had to 'quickly go and get changed' to meet mourners with the Prince and Princess of Wales outside Windsor Castle on Saturday afternoon, according to NBC's Daisy McAndrew.
The NBC News royal commentator told the network's Today show that she believed Meghan needed to have her 'hair and make-up' done and that the walkabout had been 'scheduled to be nearly an hour before they came'.
William and Harry have a well-documented troubled relationship but the death of their grandmother last Thursday saw the rivals shelve their differences when, with their wives, they viewed floral tributes left to the late Queen.
The new heir to the throne is understood to have invited his brother Harry in a text message to join them in meeting well-wishers outside the castle, which sources said William thought was an 'important show of unity'.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex walk to meet members of the public at Windsor Castle on Saturday after the Queen's death
The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on the Long Walk at Windsor Castle on Saturday
NBC News royal commentator Daisy McAndrew spoke on the network's Today show about the Windsor Castle walkabout
Ms McAndrew said: 'Interestingly, the reason that the walkabout was so late - it was scheduled to be nearly an hour before they actually came – was because of course Harry and Meghan had to go and get changed.
'They weren't wearing the proper formal mourning attire, so they had to quickly go and get changed – I guess, do hair and makeup for Meghan. So that's why they were late.'
The claim comes after the Daily Mail's Richard Kay reported that the walkabout had originally been planned for 4.30pm but was delayed by 45 minutes as the brothers communicated with one another.
Ms McAndrew also claimed that the meeting was 'very much the King's desire', because Charles III 'wanted to see the boys together because of course it was overshadowing the beginning of his reign'.
But the Daily Mail reported today that the walkabout was not carried out on the direction of Charles, with one royal source saying such suggestions were 'absolutely not the case'.
It is also said to be false that William acted only after learning Harry was set on his own walkabout among the crowds complete with an attendant TV crew, with one source saying this was 'complete b******s'.
Ms McAndrew also said: 'They are a stone's throw from each other (in Windsor), just a really short walk. That's one of the things that people kept remarking on, how sad it was that they could be so physically close but so emotionally distant.
'Now of course, one swallow doesn't make a summer. We know this probably isn't the end of it, that there will still be residual bad feeling.
'Everybody is waiting for that book that Harry is bringing out some time between the autumn and the winter of this year. But for now it looks like a rapprochement.'
As the couple's first engagement under their new titles, William and Kate were joined by Harry and Meghan for the first time in more than two years since Commonwealth Day on March 9, 2020.
They inspected flowers and balloons before a walkabout at the venue on Saturday.
A royal source said the Prince of Wales asked his brother and his wife to join them in viewing the tributes.
The source said: 'The Prince of Wales invited the Duke and Duchess to join him and the Princess of Wales earlier.'
The last time William was joined in public by his brother at Windsor Castle was at the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh in April last year.
Both couples left in the same vehicle as the engagement, which lasted more than 40 minutes, came to a close.
All four were dressed in black as they walked along the gates of the castle. At one point during the walkabout, Meghan was seen being given a close hug by a young girl in the crowd.
The duke and duchess held hands as they looked at the tributes, with Harry at one point affectionately putting his hand on Meghan's back.
Each member of the royal family was seen pointing at different tributes and discussing them amongst each other as members of the crowd waved at them.
William and Kate and Harry and Meghan then greeted well-wishers at Windsor Castle with a number holding up mobile phones to take a photo of the royals.
A crowd at the castle broke out into applause as the couples approached members of the public and spoke to them.
William was seen speaking intently to a member of the crowd, at one moment shaking a woman's hand. Both William and Kate could be seen thanking people.
Kate crouched down at one moment and began speaking to a child who had started to cry. The child stopped crying when Kate approached her.
Kate, William, Harry and Meghan on the Long Walk at Windsor Castle on Saturday afternoon as they go on a walkabout
Meghan, Harry, William and Kate view floral tributes left at Windsor Castle on Saturday afternoon as royal fans watch on
The Duke of Sussex has paid an emotional tribute to his late grandmother the Queen as he thanked her for her 'sound advice'
Meghan was also seen shaking the hands of several children and well-wishers at Windsor. She walked over to a section of the crowd and approached a teenager, who was seen putting her hand over her mouth in shock.
The duchess and her husband spoke briefly for a few moments and Meghan could be seen assuring a young girl by putting her hand on her shoulder.
The girl then said: 'Can I have a hug?' and Meghan was seen nodding, before leaning in and giving her a big hug. The touching moment was filmed by other members in the crowd.
The duke and duchess were handed bunches of flowers which they both accepted.
William and Kate were also given bunches of flowers by members of the crowd as one visitor waved a Welsh flag in the background. At one moment, a small Paddington Bear was given to William, which he passed on to an aide.
He was seen lightly touching Kate's back at one moment as she crouched down again to speak to a child at the front of the gates.
The crowd was heard chatting excitedly and taking photographs as William and Kate and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stopped to speak to each person at the front of the barriers.
The royal couples walked along separately from one another, with William and Kate speaking to people on one side of the road and Harry and Meghan speaking to people on the other side of the road.
Today, Harry paid an emotional tribute to his late grandmother the Queen as he thanked her for her 'sound advice' and 'infectious smile'.
The Duke of Sussex also described her as a 'guiding compass' through her commitment to service and duty.
In a statement released today, which is understood to have been held back a day out of respect for the anniversary of September 11, the duke also said he wanted to honour his father at the start of his reign as King.
Harry said: 'In celebrating the life of my grandmother, Her Majesty The Queen - and in mourning her loss - we are all reminded of the guiding compass she was to so many in her commitment to service and duty.
'She was globally admired and respected. Her unwavering grace and dignity remained true throughout her life and now her everlasting legacy.
'Let us echo the words she spoke after the passing of her husband, Prince Philip, words which can bring comfort to all of us now: 'Life, of course, consists of final partings as well as first meetings.''
He added: 'Granny, while this final parting brings us great sadness, I am forever grateful for all of our first meetings-from my earliest childhood memories with you, to meeting you for the first time as my Commander-in-Chief, to the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your beloved great-grandchildren.
'I cherish these times shared with you, and the many other special moments in between. You are already sorely missed, not just by us, but by the world over.
'And as it comes to first meetings, we now honour my father in his new role as King Charles III. Thank you for your commitment to service. Thank you for your sound advice.
'Thank you for your infectious smile. We, too, smile knowing that you and grandpa are reunited now, and both together in peace.'
Last Friday, the King shared his love for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as they continue to build their lives in America.
Charles referenced his love for his son, Harry, and wife Meghan during an address to the nation in which he also shared his 'feelings of profound sorrow' over the death of the Queen.
After referring to his eldest son William and his wife Kate in their new titles, as the Prince and Princess of Wales, he said: 'I want also to express my love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas.'
The duke and duchess live in Montecito in California with their two children, Archie and Lilibet, having stepped down as senior working royals in 2020.
The couple were visiting Europe for a series of events when news of the Queen's worsening health emerged.
Harry arrived at Balmoral Castle on Thursday evening, having cancelled an appearance at a charity awards ceremony in London to join fellow royals who had gathered in the Aberdeenshire residence, while Meghan remained in the capital.
Two years have passed since William, Kate, Harry and Meghan were together side-by-side in public, during the Commonwealth Day church service at Westminster Abbey on March 9, 2020
After the Harry and Meghan's bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in March last year, the Queen said in a statement that 'some recollections may vary' but the Sussexes 'will always be much-loved family members'
Harry left the residence around 12 hours later at 8.15am on Friday, with a convoy seen passing by flowers that had been laid in tribute to the late monarch.
The duke then boarded a British Airways flight at Aberdeen International Airport, dressed in a black suit.
As he walked towards the steps of the plane, he was seen speaking to a woman in a hi-vis vest, at one stage placing his hand on her shoulder.
His flight arrived at Heathrow Airport shortly after 11.30am and he was believed to have returned to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor.
The Sussexes, who were coming to the end of a whistlestop visit to Europe when the Queen died, are expected to stay in the UK to attend the Queen's state funeral, which is likely to be held on September 19.
The couple have a troubled relationship with their relatives amid the Megxit saga, the rift between Harry and his brother, allegations of racism against an unnamed royal and accusations that the institution failed to help a suicidal Meghan.
After the Sussexes' bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Queen said in a statement that 'some recollections may vary', the Sussexes 'will always be much-loved family members' and that the issues raised would be 'addressed by the family privately'.
Throughout, the Sussexes have made efforts to publicly praise the Queen, even naming their daughter Lilibet after her - her family nickname since childhood.
MailOnline has contacted Harry and Meghan's representatives at Archewell for comment on the claims about the delay to the walkabout. NBC was the broadcaster to whom the Duke of Sussex gave an interview in April.
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A growing number of Republican politicians are moving to penalize Wall Street investors who consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when they decide where to put clients' money.
In Florida, a state board chaired by Gov. Ron DeSantis recently barred investment fund managers and advisors from considering "social, political, or ideological interests" when making decisions for Florida's retirement system. In Texas and West Virginia, GOP leaders say they will block investors from state business who they claim "boycott" the fossil fuel industry. Fifteen other states are considering similar measures. And Republicans have said that if they retake Congress in the midterms, they plan to push federal legislation to curtail investment decisions they attack as "woke."
Anti-ESG Republicans say big financial firms are abusing their power to advance a liberal agenda on issues like diversity, social justice and, especially, climate change.
Many experts disagree, saying Republicans are distorting the goals and strategies of ESG investing.
It's hard for most people to get a clear read of what ESG is amid the overheated rhetoric. Is the idea to bring about social changes that couldn't be achieved at the ballot box? And what does it mean for things like your 401K when investors follow ESG principles?
This FAQ is for anyone who wants to better understand an investing trend that is becoming core to global financial markets and a new battlefront in American politics — including, possibly, in your own state.
What is ESG?
It's probably easiest to think of this as a set of considerations that investors are using to try to understand risks and opportunities that aren't accounted for in traditional financial models.
Climate change is one of the simplest examples: Investors are trying to find out how physical risks from things like rising sea levels and worsening drought could impact a company's operations. For example, does a company rely on water to operate its factories, or to move goods in places like Europe or China where rivers have dried to a trickle this summer?
Investors also want information about "transition risk" — how companies will fare as governments enact policies aimed at cutting emissions and demand grows for things like renewable energy and batteries.
"It's about looking at a business and saying, 'Are they prepared for the climate transition that's coming?'" says Witold Henisz, faculty director of the ESG Initiative at The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. "Some companies are, and some companies aren't. And that tilts your portfolio, it shifts your investment strategy."
ESG is different from impact investing, where the goal is to make money by investing in companies that are trying to achieve certain social or environmental outcomes.
"In our view, ESG is more of a sort of defensive framework," says Kunal Shah, a managing director at iCapital, a financial technology company. "Whereas impact investing ... is focused on investing in companies with a clear mission to make a change to the positive."
Are ESG investors boycotting fossil fuels?
It doesn't look that way. Big banks continue to provide hundreds of billions of dollars in financing to the fossil fuel industry every year. BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager and a favorite target of anti-ESG Republicans, is one of the top shareholders in many leading oil and gas companies.
"ESG isn't about a boycott," says Henisz of the Wharton School. "It's a question of which fossil fuel company do you hold? And how long do you hold them?"
In fact, BlackRock's CEO, Larry Fink, has said he thinks selling off fossil fuel stocks — or divestment — is an ineffective way to fight climate change. Instead, Fink has advocated for engagement, urging shareholders to press fossil fuel executives to be transparent about their plans for the future.
That said, it has gotten more expensive for fossil fuel companies to borrow money in recent years, reflecting the risks those companies face from climate change, says Tensie Whelan, director of New York University's Stern Center for Sustainable Business.
"It's not so much that [lenders are] punishing the companies. They're just saying, 'Hey, there's risk. And just like we would with any other products, we need to financially assess those risks and build them into the cost of credit,'" Whelan says.
Is ESG hurting the financial performance of companies or investors?
It doesn't appear to be.
NYU's Whelan co-authored a report examining the relationship between ESG and financial performance. After reviewing more than 1,000 research papers published between 2015 and 2020, Whelan's team found that corporate sustainability initiatives often seemed to drive better financial performance. They also found that in many cases, using ESG investment strategies appeared to deliver similar or better financial results compared to conventional approaches.
That doesn't mean proponents of ESG investing think it's being done perfectly. ESG disclosures vary from company to company. Ratings agencies that assess the data use proprietary methods, making it hard for investors to know how firms reach their conclusions. And there is growing concern that some asset managers are slapping ESG labels on funds that don't deserve them.
"The problem is we don't have good data," says Henisz of the Wharton School. "And so we struggle to measure whether companies are delivering."
Why is ESG becoming a political fight now?
Observers point to two potential factors, which aren't mutually exclusive.
One is that ESG — and climate considerations more broadly — are becoming ingrained deeply enough in corporate America and financial markets to begin changing the way some industries operate, says Mindy Lubber, CEO of Ceres, a sustainability nonprofit.
Hundreds of companies and investment firms, for example, have now promised to eliminate or offset their greenhouse gas emissions. Only a few years ago, there were hardly any.
The other explanation is that Republicans are trying to score political points ahead of elections.
"Taking climate risk as investment risk is just good business," says Henisz of the Wharton School. "Now, we can argue about how we do it and who does it well and who does it poorly. That's a legitimate argument. [But] the idea that ESG is ideological and not economics is a political argument."
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Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards issued an apology after making homophobic comments on social media.
Edwards posted a video from his car on Instagram. In the video, he rolls down the window and makes derogatory comments about a group of men standing on a sidewalk.
Following backlash, Edwards issued an apology on Twitter, where he has 179,000 followers.
"What I said was immature, hurtful, and disrespectful, and I’m incredibly sorry," Edwards said. "It’s unacceptable for me or anyone to use that language in such a hurtful way, there’s no excuse for it, at all. I was raised better than that!"
Edwards has not apologized to his 1.2 million followers on Instagram, where the video was posted.
It's unclear whether Edwards will face disciplinary action from the NBA. In the past, it has fined and suspended numerous players for making homophobic remarks.
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Cops are looking for a man who groped an 8-year-old girl as she looked at toys in a Five Below store on Brooklyn's Fifth Avenue over the weekend, authorities said Monday.
According to police, the child and her mother were in the discount chain store around 3:45 p.m. Sunday. The girl was checking out some toys when cops say the man approached her.
He allegedly engaged the girl in conversation, and the two bent toward the toys to pick them up, police said. That's when the man groped the girl. Her mother confronted him and he ran off.
No injuries were reported.
Police released surveillance video of the suspect (above). Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-77-TIPS.
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NEXTGEN TV Delivers Enhanced Broadcast Video and Audio Features, Future Interactive Applications, and Upgradable Technology
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Louisville television viewers can now experience the future of broadcast television as five local TV stations join together to launch NEXTGEN TV. Block Communications' WBKI will host five stations including Block's WDRB and market partners WAVE, WHAS and WBNA; Kentucky Educational Television's (KET) WKMJ will launch on Sept. 19. Delivering more expansive audio and video options, as well as other innovative new capabilities, NEXTGEN TV delivers an enhanced live broadcast viewing experience to more than 660,000 viewers in the metro and outlying areas of Louisville.
NEXTGEN TV is the first major overhaul to the Advanced Television Systems Committee's standard for receiving over-the-air (OTA) signals in 25 years. Now broadcasting in more than 50 markets, NEXTGEN TV is expected to reach 60% of U.S. television households by the end of 2022.
Louisville—a top 50 ranked media market in the US—will now get the most out of live news, events, and sports programming, as NEXTGEN TV incorporates internet content so that viewers are informed and entertained. As Louisville is home to a unique and bold sports market spanning college and professional teams, sports fans have a lot to be excited about, as the interaction between them and their screens will be revolutionized.
"For nearly 120 years, Block Communications has reflected a diversified media group, bringing news and entertainment to our viewers," said Dale Woods, vice president of TV broadcasting, at Block Communications. "As broadcast television has fundamentally changed over the last 10 years, our team recognized that the introduction of NEXTGEN TV would do the very same, and our viewers are the biggest benefactors of this innovation. Our excitement about this new standard and the opportunities it presents the business of broadcasting today and in the future has only grown since we joined Pearl TV in this transition."
Just in time for the fall sports season and the FIFA World Cup, viewers can find NEXTGEN TV-enabled televisions from Hisense, Sony, LG Electronics and Samsung at local and national retailers, starting at $599. While features available on NEXTGEN TV will vary by device and broadcaster as commercial service launches in local markets, it is designed to be upgraded, enabling a viewer's television set to advance seamlessly with the latest technology—in addition to sophisticated day-one video and audio features.
NEXTGEN TV delivers:
- Consistent volume across channels
- Added voice clarity with Dolby's Voice +
- Stunning 4K, High Dynamic Range (HDR) video
- Movie theater-quality sound
- Enhanced internet content on demand
Associated with NEXTGEN TV is the RUN3TV web platform that brings interactive experiences and streaming content to over-the-air viewers. Built by broadcasters for broadcasters, RUN3TV's web-based platform architecture enables stations to develop, innovate, and differentiate at the application services layer, allowing a consistent viewer experience across all NEXTGEN TV devices. The broadcaster can leverage advanced advertising in live and streaming content, audience insights, and premium content distribution thanks to the new platform.
"NEXTGEN TV delivers unprecedented entertainment, information and engagement opportunities to consumers and it will revolutionize Louisville viewers interactions with their screens," stated Anne Schelle, managing director of Pearl TV. "Today and in the future, Louisville viewers will have a television experience that is more immersive, visually and audibly better, and will continue to be enhanced as more features from broadcasters and device manufacturers become available."
Louisville viewers can find five channels over-the-air on channel 16 with NEXTGEN TV: Block Communications' WBKI and WDRB (CW and Fox); Gray Television's WAVE (NBC); TEGNA's WHAS (ABC); and Word's WBNA (Independent). Shortly following will be KET's WKMJ, (PBS), on channel 34. Viewers watching these channels can look forward to enhanced television viewing enabled by NEXTGEN TV as a complement to streaming platforms, as NEXTGEN TV doesn't compete for household bandwidth with over-the-top content, but is provided as a free over-the-air service to elevate viewers' experiences.
The participating stations have worked together to ensure that current programming remains available to all viewers, regardless of whether their television service is provided over-the air or by a cable or satellite company. Antenna viewers can simply rescan their TV sets to ensure full service. Rescan instructions are available at: fcc.gov/rescan. Cable and satellite subscribers do not need to take any action.
Louisville viewers can learn more about NEXTGEN TV by visiting www.WatchNextGenTV.com, which offers a guide to cities carrying the service, as well as links to available NEXTGEN TV models.
About Pearl TV:
Pearl TV is a business organization of U.S. broadcast companies with a shared interest in exploring forward-looking broadcasting opportunities, including innovative ways of promoting local broadcast TV content and developing digital media and wireless platforms for the broadcast industry. Pearl's membership, comprising more than 820 TV stations, includes eight of the largest broadcast companies in America: Cox Media Group, Graham Media Group, Gray Television, Hearst Television Inc., Nexstar Media Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group, the E.W. Scripps Company, and TEGNA Inc.
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Assassin's Creed Mirage looks like an exciting return to the classic Assassin’s Creed format that Ubisoft introduced with the very first game.
Gone are the RPG elements and it appears we’re getting back to basics, with more subdued and stealth-based combat.
The setting is also a welcome change: Mirage heads back to the Middle East, to the hub of civilization and the sprawling, glittering city of Baghdad.
Players take on the role of Basim, a street thief suffering from ‘nightmarish visions’ who joins the ancient organization ‘The Hidden Ones’ and becomes—you guessed it!—an assassin bound to the Creed.
Ubisoft assures us that this is “a modern take on the iconic features and gameplay that have defined a franchise for 15 years. Journey to Alamut, the legendary home of the Assassins who laid the foundations of the Creed in this heartfelt homage to the game that started it all.”
So what’s up with the Adult’s Only rating spotted on both the US Xbox Store and the PEGI 18+ rating on this UK store?
It appeared at first that the ESRB rating was due to ‘Real Gambling’ which was listed along with “"Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Partial Nudity” and indicated the inclusion of loot boxes—a blast from the past, if true, and extremely surprising given Ubisoft’s “return to the series roots” (though we should expect an Item Shop to distinguish revenue models from the original still).
Ubisoft has since clarified that this is an error, though where it stems from remains a mystery. Eurogamer received an update from the French game company that dispels any notions of loot boxes:
"Following the announcement of Assassin's Creed Mirage during Ubisoft Forward, some store pages mistakenly displayed the game for preorders with an Adults Only ESRB rating," a Ubisoft spokesperson told Eurogamer. "While Assassin's Creed Mirage is still pending rating, Ubisoft wants to reassure players that no real gambling or lootboxes are present in the game."
This is welcome news. Unless the game features some other shocking content—perhaps some full-frontal nudity or disturbing incest scenes (oh wait, that’s House Of The Dragon!)—I expect it will be rated ‘M’ like every other Assassin’s Creed title.
Here’s the trailer:
And here’s the full Showcase video:
I think Mirage looks good! I was spellbound by the original Assassin’s Creed and its beautiful graphics and unique gameplay. I’ve been . . . less enamoured of the series as it’s become a near-yearly endeavor. The new RPG games have some cool innovations and stories but require far, far too much of a time investment and even the Viking setting of Valhalla—a setting that I adored—was not enough to draw me in for long.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage releases in 2023.
What do you think of Mirage so far? A cool return to form, or just another entry in a series you’ve long burned out on? (And what will the modern stuff be, I wonder—always my least favorite part of these games!)
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Introducing ECO suite plus Energy Management System
CHICAGO, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The executive leadership team at Okuma America Corporation is pleased to announce the release of a next-generation energy management and optimization technology designed exclusively for Okuma CNC (computer numeric control) machine tools. This new software-driven technology – ECO suite plus - will be demonstrated for the first time in the Western Hemisphere on two Okuma machines (MB-80V bridge mill and MA-8000H machining center) in booth #338500 at the 2022 International Manufacturing Trade Show at McCormick Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois, on September 12 – 17, 2022.
Commitment to Sustainability
The ECO suite plus technology is the company's latest addition to a suite of products designed to support global and corporate sustainability initiatives. Initial sustainable product developments began in 1963 with the launch of the proprietary Okuma numeric control system. In 2001 the company further advanced sustainability initiatives with the Thermo-Friendly Concept, a technology design to manage thermal temperature ranges during the machining process. In 2014 the company released the inaugural ECO suite system which could monitor and control machine usage as a macro level. Today the company is pleased to unveil the next-generation technology - ECO suite plus - which builds upon the prior technology releases by providing management and control of specific machine operations and peripheral devices during the machining process and in idle mode. Both the Thermo-Friendly Concept and ECO technologies are powered by Okuma's proprietary OSP control, a Windows-based, open-architecture platform which offers maximum machining capabilities to users.
ECO suite plus Features at a Glance
The ECO suite plus technology harbors several features to aid in energy savings opportunities, including:
- ECO Idling Stop
The application's ECO Idling Stop function monitors the cooling stays of the milling and turning spindles. It will automatically turn off the coolers for those spindles when spindle temperature is stable. - ECO Power Monitor
The ECO Power Monitor feature displays the power consumption of various components directly on the machine tool's display. This includes the power consumption of spindles, feed axes and peripheral equipment, giving the operator a view of the total energy being saved at a glance, without requiring a data export or separate smart device. - Additional Optional Features
For more information on Okuma's ECO suite plus technology and to request a demo, please visit: okuma.com/eco-suite-energy-saving-cnc-control-applications.
Additional Sustainability Initiatives
In addition to sustainable product technologies, Okuma has instituted multiple corporate initiatives that support global sustainable development goals (SDGs); please visit https://www.okuma.co.jp/english/about/csr.html to learn more.
About Okuma America Corporation
Okuma America Corporation is the U.S.-based sales and service affiliate of Okuma Corporation, a world-leading builder of CNC (computer numeric control) machine tools, controls and automation systems. The company was founded in 1898 in Nagoya, Japan, and is the industry's only single-source provider of CNC machines, drives, motors, encoders, spindles and automation systems, all manufactured by Okuma. The company designs its own CNC controls to integrate seamlessly with each machine tool's functionality. In 2014 Okuma launched the Okuma App Store, the industry's only centralized online marketplace for machine tool apps and related content. Along with its extensive distribution network (largest in the Americas), and Partners in THINC network of enhanced manufacturing technologies, Okuma is committed to helping users gain competitive advantage through the open possibilities of machine tools today and into the future. For more information, visit Okuma.com or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Electrically driven, alternative-fuels-capable pump supports vehicle electrification
DETROIT, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stanadyne, a leading global fuel and air management systems supplier, has developed an electrically driven gasoline direct injection (GDI) fuel pump as part of its approach to fuel delivery system technology based on electrification. Called the "E-Pump Module," it is powered by 24- and 48-volt vehicle architectures and is decoupled from the internal combustion engine drivetrain. This enables the fuel flow and pressure to be electrically controlled to optimize and reduce fuel consumption, as the pump speed is now independent of engine revolutions per minute.
"Moving to an electrically powered GDI pump breaks from the standard design of connecting it to the engine for operation," said Stanadyne Chief Technology Officer Dr. Brad Stroia. "This is an important innovation for hybrid vehicles. Pump operation can be reduced, or even suspended entirely, when the engine has low fuel delivery demand to improve overall vehicle efficiency."
The E-Pump's compact, modular, and scalable design uses a Stanadyne proprietary controller and software. It is scalable for 250- to 500-bar fuel systems and suitable for a wide range of engine applications. The pump is compatible with E10 to E85 and M15 fuels with a top-end fueling capacity of 1000 cc per revolution (up to 100 liters per hour).
When tested on a demonstration vehicle and compared to base 200-250 bar GDI system technology on a 2.0 liter turbo engine:
- Emissions were reduced by an approximately 10 percent.
- Mechanical noise emission was reduced by approximately 9 dB(A).
- Start time was improved by approximately 0.7 seconds.
- A system pressures of up to 400 bar were achieved.
"Stanadyne's new E-Pump enables vehicle electrification by offering lower power absorption, a quieter noise signature, and features such as start-stop and on-demand fueling, providing higher system efficiency by decoupling vehicle accessories from the engine," said Stroia. "Its lower fuel consumption provides environmentally friendly emissions benefits that help reduce pollution."
Stanadyne's Electrified Gas Direct Injection Fuel Pump is the first in a line of electrified products being developed by Stanadyne to enable clean propulsion for electrified applications. It is making its industry debut at the North American International Auto Show (aka Detroit Auto Show) and will be on display at the company's Automobili-D vehicle pod during Industry Days being held September 14-15, 2022.
Stanadyne designs, manufactures, and remanufactures fuel delivery systems and components for gasoline and diesel engines, as well as low-carbon alternative fuels. Founded in 1873, the company specializes in pioneering technology for engines that move our world and remanufactured components that help keep them operating efficiently. The company provides customers with customized design, engineering, and manufacturing solutions from its United States, China, Italy, India, and United Arab Emirates locations in partnership with its global aftermarket service dealers and distributor network. For more information, visit stanadyne.com.
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DETROIT, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- University of Detroit Mercy ranks among top national universities by U.S. News & World Report for a fourth year in a row, earning a No. 202 rank in the 2023 National Universities category. Detroit Mercy is the highest ranked private university in Michigan.
Other ranks include:
- Best Value Schools, National Universities – No. 40
- Best Undergraduate Business Programs, Finance – No. 44
- Best Undergraduate Nursing Programs – No. 172
- A+ Schools for B Students
"Detroit Mercy is pleased to be ranked among the top institutions of higher education in the U.S. The outstanding quality and affordability of a Detroit Mercy education is what attracts top students to the University. Our efforts to ensure their success represent the core of everything we do and I want to thank our faculty, staff, board of trustees, alumni, the neighborhood community and friends for helping us achieve these new rankings," said President Donald B. Taylor.
This year's rankings also provide an opportunity to highlight initiatives and developments that have taken place this past year.
Detroit Mercy recently opened the new Student Union, where they can complete financial aid, registration, eat, congregate and socialize. The Student Union is one phase of the multi-million-dollar McNichols Campus Renovation Project.
In February, the College of Engineering & Science received a $1-million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that allows Detroit Mercy and partners to improve access to high-quality computer science education to high school students in Detroit Public Schools Community District.
The McAuley School of Nursing (MSON) was selected as one of only 50 schools from 28 states to participate in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) project "Building a Culture of Belonging in Academic Nursing," which works to create inclusive learning environments and build a more diverse nursing workforce.
Philosophy Professor Juan Carlos Flores recently won a $295,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create the first critical edition of writings by 13th Century philosopher Henry of Ghent.
Detroit Mercy has also established programs geared toward student and industry needs.
- An accelerated 5-year Health Services Administration master's program (Health Professions).
- A Master of Science in Ethical Leadership (College of Business Administration).
- An accelerated Bachelor of Social Work geared toward transfer students that can be completed in one year.
For more, please visit www.udmercy.edu.
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The partnership will provide users with access to unique, high-quality, and up-to-date publications on international commercial arbitration
NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. today announced the renewal of Kluwer Arbitration's partnership with International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), providing users with access to vital materials on arbitration law and practice. All ICCA publications are available on Kluwer Arbitration.
Through Wolters Kluwer's relationship with ICCA, customers will have access to court reporting on key arbitration conventions, a unique set of anonymized awards from major institutions, country overviews, topical reports, and in-depth analyses of past and current issues by leaders in the field. ICCA provides arbitrators with this valuable content across its publications, including the ICCA Yearbook, ICCA Handbook, ICCA Congress Series, ICCA Reports Series, and ICCA NYC Series. ICCA's excellent content combined with technology will help arbitrators find the right arguments as they build their cases and in general, support arbitration specialists in their daily practice.
"Through our partnerships with industry leading organizations such as ICCA, we are able to provide customers with the most complete, in-depth, and up-to-date online arbitration service across the field," said Gwen de Vries, Director of Content and Market Development for the International Group within Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. "We are very proud to continue our partnership with ICCA to not only empower arbitration practitioners to develop case-winning strategies for their clients, but also support ICCA's mission to advance the use of international dispute resolution worldwide."
The International Council for Commercial Arbitration is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that seeks to promote, develop, and harmonize the use of international dispute resolution worldwide and contribute to critical debate in the arbitration field. Since its founding, ICCA has developed into a 1000-member-strong, global organization responsible for the largest regular Congress dedicated to international arbitration as well as leading publications on the subject.
"ICCA is pleased to continue our long-term collaboration with Wolters Kluwer to deliver high-quality curated resources to the arbitration community," said Lucy Reed, ICCA President. "Together with Wolters Kluwer, we look forward to expanding our collections and developing innovative products and tools that will serve the many and varied needs of arbitration specialists."
To learn more, visit: https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/kluwerarbitration/icca
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Wolters Kluwer (WKL) is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the healthcare; tax and accounting; governance, risk, and compliance; and legal and regulatory sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services.
Wolters Kluwer reported 2021 annual revenues of €4.8 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 19,800 people worldwide. The company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.
Wolters Kluwer shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Wolters Kluwer has a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program. The ADRs are traded on the over-the-counter market in the U.S. (WTKWY).
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Keith Duffy on Boyzlife, friendship with Brian McFadden and finding his voice again
Dream collaborations do not come much better than Keith Duffy and Brian McFadden. The two Irish singers, who forged successful careers as part of ’90s and ’00s boybands Boyzone and Westlife, teamed up to form Boyzlife and with new music under their belt, and their Old School tour set to kick off imminently, the duo are by all accounts in a good place.
The tour will see them performing hits from their first album of original music – also titled Old School and released earlier this year – as well as some of the much-loved tunes from Westlife and Boyzone, and will also be a welcome return to performing live in big venues.
“We’re very aware that a lot of our fans are coming to hear the classics from Westlife and the classics from Boyzone, and we won’t let anybody down,” Duffy, 47, vows. “We’ll make sure that we do the big hits, but we will slot in a few of the new songs…”.
Among their new music are tunes like The One, which was co-written previously by McFadden and songwriter Guy Chambers, who has worked with a long list of music superstars including Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue and more. It was important to the duo they got the sound and songs right for their original material.
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Duffy explains: “This is something that we’ve been thinking about for a long time.
"And we did put a lot of thought into it, because we wanted to make sure that when we found the sound of Boyzlife that we really did believe in it, and that we could back it up and that we enjoyed performing it.”
He says music from the treasure chest of hits Westlife and Boyzone had, although great songs, were not always the type of music he would listen to.
“With Boyzlife, we’ve much more artist control, creative control, we want to not make music for the sake of it, we wanted to make music that we genuinely loved to listen to,” he says earnestly.
“Both of us loved the ’80s, we loved those power ballads from the motion pictures like Top Gun and The Karate Kid, all those great movies of the ’80s…
"We wanted the lyrically led songs with the love story and the fist pumping, and the hair standing on the back of your neck style songs, so that was our template in our heads.
“We’re very, very, very happy with what we have now. And it’s a different world now than the ’90s. I suppose to be honest, we’re probably not a current act.
"So it’s difficult to get as much radio play as we would have liked it to, to get out to the general masses, to build a new audience, but we’re lucky enough that the audience that we have are very, very loyal and their kids and their grandkids are all listening to our stuff now as well. So we are gathering a new network of fans.”
Despite knowing each other from their time as members of successful boybands, the pair have formed a closer friendship now they are musical partners.
Duffy recalls how they were previously “good buddies” who would play the odd round of golf together or whose paths would cross while touring and they would enjoy a night out.
It was, he says, “a good social friendship” but “we never had a solid kind of brotherly friendship”.
That has all changed now. “It took us a long time to find that common ground between us because although we’re very alike, we’re not kids. We have our own ways about us, we have our own habits, good and bad.
“And when you’re living with somebody inside out and backwards, and you’re in each other’s pockets every day, you do upset and wind each other up to a certain… until you kind of understand each other and then I think your friendship either gets stronger or you fall apart.
“And thankfully, I think our friendship has got much stronger, I would go as far to say we are like brothers. We love each other and we’re a big part of each other’s families, which is obviously very important as well.
“And I think it’s a very healthy way that we work, we’re very honest with each other. If either of us let each other down, we’re very quick to pull each other up on that.
"And we don’t bury anything under the carpet, we will have full on arguments, we will have full on honest, kind of, let’s say, debates about what we think is right and wrong.”
Duffy credits performing one of their new songs, called All This Time, with helping build up his confidence in performing live again. “I think All This Time is a song that’s a little bit more mature than the rest of the songs on the album, a little bit more in the direction that we want to go in,” he says.
“Performing that song live, it took me a while to get my confidence up about what I was just talking about, when I first started singing live with Brian and upfront and I wasn’t projecting my voice very well, because I was self-conscious.
“And I needed to build up my confidence and I needed to assure myself that I was in tune and I still had an ability to be able to sing.
“So it took me quite a while to get there and with the recording of this song and the writing of the song, I feel it’s one of the best vocals in my life to be fair.
“Getting the opportunity to do that live with the live drums and electric guitar, it’s a great feeling. It’s a real feeling of achievement.
“I’m making the most of the opportunities that I have now. And ultimately, to get on stage and sing a song that you wrote, recorded, produced, it’s a great feeling – a really, really good feeling.”
Boyzlife’s Old School headline tour is scheduled to start later this month, with several dates in Yorkshire, in Sheffield, York and Bradford.
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As the week begins, here's a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week.
What to watch this week
Ukraine's counteroffensive is expected to continue, and military analysts will watch for signs of recaptured territory, as well as Russian counterattacks and other moves.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet China's Xi Jinping and other foreign leaders at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
What happened last week
Sept. 5: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and thanked him as a great friend of the Ukrainian people. The following day, Zelenskyy said he was the first foreign leader to call new Prime Minister Liz Truss. Her office said she accepted his invitation to visit Ukraine soon.
Russia added 25 Americans to its sanctions list, including Sean Penn and Ben Stiller, in retaliation for Washington's sanctions against Russian citizens. Moscow banned the celebrities along with U.S. lawmakers, academics and business leaders from entering Russia.
Sept. 6: The International Atomic Energy Agency listed damage to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, in its report following an inspection. It warned military attacks at or from the plant could have catastrophic consequences, even as shelling in the area continued.
Sept. 7: Russia is allegedly buying millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea, according to a U.S. intelligence report, which Moscow denies.
Sept. 8: Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Kyiv. He said the U.S. will provide $2.2 billion in long-term regional security funds to Ukraine and 18 other countries including Baltic states as well as Greece and Poland. On top of that, the Pentagon also announced President Biden had authorized $675 million in arms and military equipment for Ukraine.
Zelenskyy and Putin were both among the foreign leaders to express condolences upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Sept. 9: Ukrainian forces advanced in a swift offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region. By the next day, Ukraine said it had recaptured key areas including Izium, as Russia withdrew troops from the town they were using as a command and supply hub.
Sept. 10: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock paid a surprise visit to Kyiv to show support for Ukraine. Germany has sent howitzers, rocket launchers and anti-aircraft weapons to Ukraine in recent weeks, and is due to send more as part of a 500 million euro security aid package.
Sept. 11: Owners of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant announced they were shutting down the last working reactor as fighting continued in the area.
In the Kharkiv region, Russia hit Ukrainian power plants and other infrastructure, sparking a big fire on Kharkiv's western outskirts and leaving Ukraine's second-largest city without electricity.
In-depth
Traumatized and displaced but determined, kids in Ukraine head back to school.
Ukrainian forces break through Russia's front lines in the east and retake key towns.
How much did Russia's war with Ukraine change in a single weekend?
Here's why the risk of a nuclear accident in Ukraine has significantly increased.
The last reactor at Zaporizhzhia, Europe's largest nuclear power plant, has stopped.
Ukrainians prep for winter. If Russia hits heating systems, cities will freeze.
Meet the Chechen battalion joining Ukraine to fight Russia — and fellow Chechens.
Special report
Russia's war in Ukraine is changing the world: See its ripple effects in all corners of the globe.
Earlier developments
You can read past recaps here. For context and more in-depth stories, you can find more of NPR's coverage here. Also, listen and subscribe to NPR's State of Ukraine podcast for updates throughout the day.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Andrews McMeel Publishing (AMP) will partner with Afro Unicorn creator April Showers to release kids' graphic novels in the Spring of 2024, announced Kirsty Melville, AMP president and publisher. Showers, an entrepreneur, innovator, and founder of the lifestyle brand for kids, established Afro Unicorn, the first-ever licensed character brand about Black Unicorns, with a mission to provide a platform to uplift, promote and remind children of color how unique, divine and magical they truly are. Showers is represented by Karen Kilpatrick of the East West Literary Agency.
"We are thrilled to bring Afro Unicorns to the world of books," said Melville. "April is an exceptional visionary creator, and we can't wait for kids to revel in harnessing their inner crowns and unicorn powers in a world inhabited with such vibrant characters as Unique (the leader), Divine (the motivator), and Magical (the persuader)."
"I am so excited to partner with AMP to bring Afro Unicorn to life through graphic novels," said Showers. "When I first met with the AMP team, I felt the magical synergy and knew we would be the perfect match. I can't wait for our readers to be able to dive into the world of Afronia."
Established in 2019 with the mind frame of 'representation matters,' Afro Unicorn incorporates the brand values—unique, divine, magical–that every child of color needs to be reminded of. Showers launched her concept with a direct-to-consumer program of apparel and accessories featuring the characters, and has garnered multiple licensing partners with numerous product lines since its inception. The authenticity of Afro Unicorn appeals to a passionate and engaged following, which includes a number of accomplished Black women such as Alicia Keys and Tiffany Haddish, among others. The success of Afro Unicorn has also garnered national media exposure including Showers' appearances on CBS Mornings and GMA3. This is Afro Unicorn's first foray into books. Additional key categories in the works for the brand include toys and animated content, among others.
About AMP
Andrews McMeel Publishing is a leader of more than 50 years in humor, inspiration, and gift books, calendars, and greeting card publishing for children and adults. It is a division of Andrews McMeel Universal, an independent Kansas City-based global media company that partners with a world-class roster of creative and diverse talent. Through publishing, syndication, entertainment, and interactive experiences, AMU connects audiences to universal messages of truth, humor, and hope that have the power to connect people and change lives.
Contact: Kathy Hilliard, khilliard@amuniversal.com
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Berlin to host Yondr's 42MW data center project, deliver major network and fibre routes
BERLIN, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yondr Group, a global leader, developer, owner operator and service provider of data centers today announced its plans to develop a number of data center facilities in Berlin, Germany. The first phase of the project, located in the municipality of Ragow, is expected to deliver 10MW of capacity and is expected to be ready for service in 2024. When fully developed, the data center campus will have a total capacity of 42MW.
Yondr's latest project in Berlin will bring the company's total IT capacity in the German market to 82MW and deliver critical network routes across key German and European metros, including opening up new network routes into Eastern Europe. This announcement follows the recent launch of the company's 40MW data center facility in Frankfurt.
The German data center market size will see an investment of $6.46 billion by 2026, and is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 2.35 percent during the 2020-2026 period. Berlin's strength as an emerging technology hub and its proximity to major network routes makes this metro a highly attractive location for cloud providers looking for a viable alternative to Frankfurt.
"We're bullish in our growth expectations for 2022. We see significant client interests in tier II metros, closely interconnected to the FLAP markets. Berlin will bolster our German portfolio and allow us to serve a greater number of clients with growing cloud computing and connectivity needs," said Pete Jones, Chief Development Officer and Founder at Yondr Group.
Yondr's Berlin site is in close proximity to primary network routes connecting Dresden and Leipzig. The main network routes additionally connect east towards Eastern Europe, where multiple carriers such as Colt Technology Services, EXA Infrastructure, Arelion (formerly Telia Carrier), euNetworks and Zayo are present.
Berlin joins Yondr's growing European presence, with data center projects currently under development in Amsterdam, London, and Frankfurt.
Yondr Group is a global developer, owner operator and service provider of data centers. The company specialises in delivering and operating dedicated infrastructure that is engineered for scale. As an organisation, our mission 'Global capacity responsible delivery' ensures that we achieve our vision of a tomorrow without constraints. For more information, visit www.yondrgroup.com
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CHICAGO, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 3Cloud is transforming the healthcare, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries by modernizing data estates and applications while driving interoperability with the Microsoft Azure cloud. 3Cloud's broad array of offerings, including high performance computing, bioinformatics, application modernization, modern data platform, FHIR and interoperability have led them to become the go to partner across the industry.
With forward-thinking data estate and app modernization solutions, 3Cloud enables physicians and other healthcare providers to see a more complete view of their patients and develop a better understanding of their utilization rates and demand for services. 3Cloud is empowering decision-makers across the industry to look at how healthcare providers access and use health information to drive better models of care, improve patient safety and clinical outcome, and enhance the overall patient experience.
Healthcare systems must always balance the delivery of care with operational efficiency. Clinical outcomes, revenue cycle management, progressive research, and administrative efficiency compete for attention. 3Cloud helps providers create modern data platforms to improve revenue cycle analytics, supply chain management, nurse schedules, reimbursement rates and more to ensure that their internal operations run smoothly and effectively.
Insurers often have a large variety of sources and levels of complexity when it comes to data. A leading U.S. healthcare payor – whose tens of thousands of employees serve millions of members – is working to transform their business by embracing a nimble, elastic modern data architecture. By partnering with 3Cloud to launch their business transformation, the insurer saw almost instantaneous benefits, including rapid access to accurate data and predictive analytics.
3Cloud is also helping healthcare payors and providers tackle data integration challenges and comply with the CMS interoperability requirements under the 2016 Cures Act. 3Cloud's solutions for Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR) are designed to create a modern, secure and highly flexible environment. By implementing a framework leveraging Azure Health Data Services for the consumption, storage and aggregation of data with industry-leading architecture and data design patterns, they provide a simple and digestible way for developers to interact with healthcare data. This allows for the focus to shift more towards innovation and less on managing infrastructure supporting interoperability use cases. Once this framework is established, focus can be shifted to advancing innovation through SMART on FHIR application development, complex integrations, and advanced analytics, all of which lead to a better patient or member experience.
Their experience building, managing and migrating HIPAA-compliant applications on the cloud helps organizations create and execute the right plan to modernize their applications, without affecting current business operations or compromising proprietary applications. Prioritization is put on reducing operating costs and gaining the agility to iterate and innovate with ease.
The cloud offers opportunities to perform bioinformatics analyses interactively and at-scale, helping to overcome the struggle for genomics research to analyze vast amounts of data in an efficient way. 3Cloud has perfected this by using Azure Synapse to analyze millions of variants quickly as opposed to the old way of using large, on-premise high performance computing (HPC) cluster jobs. Another method 3Cloud utilizes to pave the way for genomics research is by using Azure Data Lake to centralize data and automate bioinformatics pipelines in the cloud, while also providing enterprise-grade data security. 3Clouds' Azure Data and Analytics Platform solution makes creating new research enclaves for research projects a templatized, automated process, taking research startup time from days to hours. It also provides researchers with the ability to use traditional frameworks or High Compute (HCP) services, streamlining the process of delivering results.
The strong relationship with Microsoft is a cornerstone of 3Cloud's proven success. This year they were awarded Microsoft Partner of the Year across multiple categories, including:
- Worldwide Winner Migration to Azure
- Worldwide Winner Solution Assessments
- US Winner Solution Assessments
- US Winner Modernizing Applications
- Worldwide Finalist Analytics
- Worldwide Finalist Healthcare & Life Sciences
3Cloud was selected from over 3,900 worldwide and 1,800 national partner nominations, for demonstrating excellence in digital innovation and modernizing clients' data estates and applications on the Microsoft Azure platform.
As a top Microsoft services partner focused 100% on the Azure platform, 3Cloud helps clients build, migrate, modernize and manage their applications, infrastructure, data and analytics in the cloud. Founded by Mike Rocco and Jim Dietrich who served over 15 years together at Microsoft, 3Cloud combines a team of highly experienced cloud architects and technologists with a strong network of Microsoft sales and engineering relationships to deliver the ultimate Azure experience for clients. 3Cloud is headquartered in Chicago and serves clients throughout the U.S. To learn more, visit www.3cloudsolutions.com.
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Using blockchain technology, artists can control price and access time to content and remain compatible with multiple marketplaces
BOSTON, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Formless, Inc. announced that the whitepaper titled, SHARE: Decentralized distribution using peer-to-peer, pay-for-access micro-transactions on blockchain describes a revolutionary way to distribute music and other digital content, enabling creators to make orders of magnitude more money by eliminating the dependence on centralized content streaming platforms (e.g. Apple, Spotify, and YouTube).
Author Brandon Tory explained, "We've always distributed music as a standalone file, such as an MP3, and we put that file on platforms like Spotify or SoundCloud. Blockchain is a new way to distribute music, not just as a file, but as a program. Although blockchains are most widely known for digital currencies, the larger vision is that blockchains are actually programmable world computers. This is important because programs control how money flows on the internet. As artists, if we want to have any control of the way that the money moves, we have to have some say in the actual code that's associated with the song and not just the song. Blockchain technology enables us to do that. Whether you believe music should be free, or available at a non-zero price, I believe those decisions should be made by each individual artist, while remaining compatible with multiple consumer-facing streaming applications."
Using the whitepaper as a foundation, Tory and his team at Formless developed a Web3 protocol, called SHARE, that enables artists to control access terms to audio or video content and directly distribute it to consumers, or to marketplaces that interoperate with blockchain. The Alpha version of the protocol is available on the Ethereum and Polygon blockchains, with a Beta version expected later this year.
Today, content creators and developers can register to try out the first decentralized application that showcases the power of the protocol, and organizations and builders can review the protocol documentation.
Formless is a Boston, Massachusetts music technology company with the mission of creating virtual and physical experiences that enable people to live more fulfilling lives. Formless was founded in 2018 by Brandon Tory, a signed artist, former Staff Engineer at Google AI, and former Senior Engineer at Apple. Tory's story of pursuing his dreams as a musician and engineer in parallel is featured in national media that include: Forbes, CNN Great Big Story, CNBC, and Yahoo Finance.
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MIAMI, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida International University is the fastest-rising institution in the nation among U.S. News & World Report public university rankings in the past 10 years.
FIU, located in Miami, climbed six spots to #72 among public universities in the nation, according to rankings announced today.
The university also ranked among the Top 5 universities for social mobility, a testament to FIU's commitment to providing significant upward mobility to students on a path of success and prosperity.
In addition, FIU is among the Top 50 best value public universities and among the Top 15 most innovative public universities.
This year, FIU made its debut on the list for best undergraduate teaching at #16 among public universities.
Individual programs also ranked among the best in the nation with international business holding on to the #2 spot.
Computer science and undergraduate engineering moved up four and nine spots, respectively, among public universities.
In addition to the U.S. News rankings, FIU recently received two other rankings that speak directly to the university's mission:
Degree Choices has ranked FIU among the Top 25 universities nationally for the economic return on graduates' investment, along with Princeton, Stanford and MIT.
Washington Monthly College Rankings placed FIU at #32 nationally, recognizing the university's contribution to the public good in three broad categories – social mobility, research, and providing opportunities for public service.
"Our climb in the U.S. News rankings, together with these additional rankings, point to incredible momentum and put FIU among the nation's most prestigious institutions," said FIU Interim President Kenneth A. Jessell. "By focusing on academics, research, and student success, we are elevating our community and the state and creating an extraordinary return on investment for our students."
CONTACT: Madeline Baro, 1-305-348-2234, mbaro@fiu.edu
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Man accused of stealing TVs from Walmart and selling them in the parking lot, police say
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) – A man in Tennessee is accused of stealing TVs from Walmart and selling them in the parking lot of the store, according to an incident report obtained by WVLT.
Officers responded to a Walmart in Knoxville around 9 p.m. Saturday and found Donald Kirkland in possession of stolen items, the report stated.
Police said Kirkland ran from the officers but was eventually taken into custody.
Kirkland told the officers he had stolen three TVs, a karaoke machine and camping equipment from the retail store and was selling the items in the parking lot, according to the report.
A Walmart manager corroborated his story, telling officers he saw Kirkland loading one of the TVs into a cart in the store.
Kirkland was charged with theft of merchandise.
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Why This 1 Growth Stock Could Be a Great Addition to Your Portfolio
For new and old investors, taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals. Zacks Premium provides lots of different ways to do both.
The popular research service can help you become a smarter, more self-assured investor, giving you access to daily updates of the Zacks Rank and Zacks Industry Rank, the Zacks #1 Rank List, Equity Research reports, and Premium stock screens.
It also includes access to the Zacks Style Scores.
What are the Zacks Style Scores?
The Zacks Style Scores, developed alongside the Zacks Rank, are complementary indicators that rate stocks based on three widely-followed investing methodologies; they also help investors pick stocks with the best chances of beating the market over the next 30 days.
Based on their value, growth, and momentum characteristics, each stock is assigned a rating of A, B, C, D, or F. The better the score, the better chance the stock will outperform; an A is better than a B, a B is better than a C, and so on.
The Style Scores are broken down into four categories:
Value Score
For value investors, it's all about finding good stocks at good prices, and discovering which companies are trading under their true value before the broader market catches on. The Value Style Score utilizes ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, Price/Cash Flow, and a host of other multiples to help pick out the most attractive and discounted stocks.
Growth Score
Growth investors are more concerned with a stock's future prospects, and the overall financial health and strength of a company. Thus, the Growth Style Score analyzes characteristics like projected and historic earnings, sales, and cash flow to find stocks that will see sustainable growth over time.
Momentum Score
Momentum trading is all about taking advantage of upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook, and these investors live by the saying "the trend is your friend." The Momentum Style Score can pinpoint good times to build a position in a stock, using factors like one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates.
VGM Score
If you like to use all three kinds of investing, then the VGM Score is for you. It's a combination of all Style Scores, and is an important indicator to use with the Zacks Rank. The VGM Score rates each stock on their shared weighted styles, narrowing down the companies with the most attractive value, best growth forecast, and most promising momentum.
How Style Scores Work with the Zacks Rank
The Zacks Rank is a proprietary stock-rating model that harnesses the power of earnings estimate revisions, or changes to a company's earnings expectations, to help investors build a successful portfolio.
#1 (Strong Buy) stocks have produced an unmatched +25.41% average annual return since 1988, which is more than double the S&P 500's performance over the same time frame. However, the Zacks Rank examines a ton of stocks, and there can be more than 200 companies with a Strong Buy rank, and another 600 with a #2 (Buy) rank, on any given day.
This totals more than 800 top-rated stocks, and it can be overwhelming to try and pick the best stocks for you and your portfolio.
That's where the Style Scores come in.
You want to make sure you're buying stocks with the highest likelihood of success, and to do that, you'll need to pick stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2 that also have Style Scores of A or B. If you like a stock that only as a #3 (Hold) rank, it should also have Scores of A or B to guarantee as much upside potential as possible.
Since the Scores were created to work together with the Zacks Rank, the direction of a stock's earnings estimate revisions should be a key factor when choosing which stocks to buy.
For instance, a stock with a #4 (Sell) or #5 (Strong Sell) rating, even one that boasts Scores of A and B, still has a downward-trending earnings forecast, and a much greater likelihood its share price will decline as well.
Thus, the more stocks you own with a #1 or #2 Rank and Scores of A or B, the better.
Stock to Watch: Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (KNSL)
Headquartered in Richmond, VA, Kinsale Capital was established in 2009. It offers various insurance and reinsurance productsacross all 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It operates primarily through two markets – Commercial and Personal. While personal lines include homeowners insurance; commercial lines offerings cover construction, small business, excess casualty, commercial property, product liability, allied health, general casualty, management liability, inland marine, commercial insurance and public entity.
KNSL is a #2 (Buy) on the Zacks Rank, with a VGM Score of B.
Additionally, the company could be a top pick for growth investors. KNSL has a Growth Style Score of A, forecasting year-over-year earnings growth of 26% for the current fiscal year.
Three analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days for fiscal 2022. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.33 to $7.23 per share. KNSL boasts an average earnings surprise of 25.7%.
With a solid Zacks Rank and top-tier Growth and VGM Style Scores, KNSL should be on investors' short list.
This Little-Known Semiconductor Stock Could Be Your Portfolio’s Hedge Against Inflation
Everyone uses semiconductors. But only a small number of people know what they are and what they do. If you use a smartphone, computer, microwave, digital camera or refrigerator (and that’s just the tip of the iceberg), you have a need for semiconductors. That’s why their importance can’t be overstated and their disruption in the supply chain has such a global effect. But every cloud has a silver lining. Shockwaves to the international supply chain from the global pandemic have unearthed a tremendous opportunity for investors. And today, Zacks' leading stock strategist is revealing the one semiconductor stock that stands to gain the most in a new FREE report. It's yours at no cost and with no obligation.>>Yes, I Want to Help Protect My Portfolio During the Recession
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TULSA, Okla., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Folds of Honor provides life-changing scholarships to the spouses and children of fallen or disabled US service members. Today, the foundation's mission expands to America's first responders including police, fire, EMTs, and paramedics.
There are over 2 million first responders in the US; made up of 800,000 law enforcement officers, 1,062,800 firefighter personnel, and 241,000 full-time EMTs and paramedics. They respond to approximately 240 million calls made to 9-1-1 each year.
"This move reflects our purpose to meet sacrifice with hope. The decision to launch our first responder scholarships is in reverence to those who paid the ultimate price on September 11th, 2001. The following day was a defining moment in our history, as Americans responded to tragedy by putting differences aside, rallying together, and standing as one. It is our hope that the expanded Folds of Honor mission will inspire unity once again. Without question, it will let first responders and their families know that they are not alone." – Folds of Honor Founder and CEO, Lieutenant Colonel Dan Rooney.
The story of Folds of Honor began when Rooney was on a flight home from his second tour of duty in Iraq. As his flight landed, the pilot announced they carried the remains of Corporal Brock Bucklin on board. Rooney watched through the window as Bucklin's twin brother walked somberly alongside the flag-covered casket to meet his family on the tarmac. Among them was the deceased Corporal's young son. At that moment, Rooney truly understood the meaning of the term "freedom isn't free".
Since that night, Rooney has committed his life – through the Folds of Honor – to provide scholarships to spouses or children of America's fallen and disabled service members. From its inception in 2007, Folds of Honor has awarded nearly 44,000 scholarships totaling nearly $200 million. The scholarship recipients are as diverse as the place they call home. Minority recipients represent 41% of all scholarships awarded.
Helping the dependents of American heroes pursue their educational dreams is possible only with the generosity of corporations and everyday citizens. If you would like to support our nation's military and first responder families, you can become a Squadron member by joining thousands of committed American patriots who pledge $13 every month.
The Folds of Honor needs the help of corporate partners for this mission to be successful. The expansion into America's first responders creates a powerful opportunity for new corporate partners to show their community where their values lie. Those corporations interested in partnering should contact the foundation for more information.
For those interested in a scholarship, the application window is open between February 1 and March 31 each year. More information can be found on our scholarships page.
Folds of Honor is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that provides educational scholarships to the spouses and children of military members who have fallen or been disabled while serving in the United States armed forces. Beginning in 2022, Folds of Honor expanded its mission to include first responders. Its educational scholarships support private-school tuition or tutoring in grades K-12 as well as post-secondary tuition. It is rated a four-star charity by Charity Navigator and Platinum on GuideStar. It was founded by Lt Col Dan Rooney, an F-16 fighter pilot, who is currently stationed at Headquarters Air Force Recruiting Service Detachment 1, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, TX. For more information visit FoldsOfHonor.org.
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Cornwall Council meetings postponed after Queen's death
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Cornwall Council meetings have been cancelled or postponed following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Cabinet meeting leader, councillor Linda Taylor, said it would feel "inappropriate" to hold a meeting during "a period of national mourning".
She said they would be rescheduled "as soon as possible".
The council had previously said it would not cancel or postpone its meetings following the Queen's death, but this has since changed.
On the Isles of Scilly, the council has cancelled all public meetings and events during the national period of mourning.
Ms Taylor said: "Although the work of Cornwall Council has not stopped, it feels inappropriate to hold a cabinet meeting during a period of national mourning.
"We will reschedule the meeting as quickly as possible, and will inform everyone of the new date as soon as possible."
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Communication is key to staying on budget for a wedding
Define priorities first and budget around them
InvestigateTV - The average cost of a wedding in the United States is $22,500 and according to experts, the best way to save on this high price tag is to be flexible.
A venue is your biggest expense, depending on what state you live in. The average cost according to WeddingWire is $6,000
Nate Johnson, a wealth management advisor with Merrill Lynch, said while you are in the planning stages it’s important for the family members to be on the same page in terms of the budget.
Defining your priorities, be it the ceremony, the food, or the venue, will help you all know where to rein in other costs, Johnson said. He stressed how important it is for everyone involved in the planning and financing to be open and honest with each other.
Johnson said it is still traditional for the bride’s side of the family to cover the costs associated with the ceremony and the reception and the groom’s side of the family to cover the costs associated with the rehearsal dinner and maybe any excursions around the wedding weekend.
The Better Business Bureau has free resources for anyone planning a wedding along with tips on how to find reputable vendors in your areas.
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KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Among the boarded-up windows and blast-scarred buildings of Ukraine’s second-largest city, where Russian missiles and rockets strike during the day and the night, fear forms the backdrop of life.
As Ukrainian forces advance in their counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region, pushing Russian forces out of territory they have held for months, strikes have continued unabated on the city, already hammered by artillery during months of war.
A missile strike on a power station Sunday night sparked a major fire and plunged Kharkiv into darkness for hours. In the blackness, another missile slammed into a residential building at around midnight, collapsing part of it and killing one person, local officials said.
“It’s dangerous to live in Kharkiv, every day is dangerous. It’s dangerous during the day and night,” said Kateryna Protsenko, a 29-year-old veterinarian living across the street from the apartment building.
“The nights are sleepless, but anyway you continue to live because you have a family and you need to survive and work somehow,” she said, visibly shaken at the sight of the building, a gaping hole where part of the third story used to be.
The building’s facade had peeled off and piles of rubble lay strewn on the ground, mixed with the twisted metal shrapnel of the missile. On the building’s second story, a closet stood suddenly exposed, a single coat hanger dangling precariously from its rail.
Protsenko said she couldn’t leave Kharkiv — she needed to work, and there were still sick animals to treat.
“So you live where you can live, and you understand that today you are alive but you can be gone in a minute," she said.
More explosions sounded out in the middle of the day Monday, with a police administrative building set on fire by a strike that killed one person in a neighboring building.
“Russia carried out a rocket attack against a peaceful city, where peaceful people live, just the same as the people living in the United States of America, or anywhere else in the world, who go to school, have their ordinary lives, raise their children,” Kharkiv regional police chief Volodymyr Timoshko said.
Behind him, firefighting crews clambered up ladders with hoses, dousing the flames leaping out of the top story of the building as choking smoke billowed out over the city.
Timoshko said authorities believed the building was hit by a rocket from a Smerch multiple rocket launcher.
“It’s quite a powerful weapon which is used for mass destruction, I repeat, mass destruction of the population,” he said. “They are using it during the daytime in the city center, the city which is living a normal life.”
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CHARLESTON, S.C., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EverGlade Consulting ("EverGlade"), a national consulting firm, with employees in locations across the country, has opened an office location in Washington, D.C. in the heart of Chinatown. EverGlade's new office is located at 700 K Street N.W.
The company currently works with a variety of life science and defense companies nationally and views D.C. as a logical next location for a physical presence.
"EverGlade was named partly as an acknowledgment that we know how to navigate the swamp," commented Eric Jia-Sobota, Founder and National Leader of the Consulting Practice. "It made sense to have an office location right in the heart of the swamp on K Street," he concluded.
While EverGlade has its roots in Washington D.C., Charleston is home and remains the Company's headquarters. EverGlade has already opened the office and plans to recruit for positions in regulatory affairs, quality assurance, program management, project management, and government contract administration and compliance as part of its expansion plan.
EverGlade Consulting is a national consulting firm that helps clients navigate the federal landscape. We are inspired by technology-driven companies whose focus is to secure non-dilutive funding from the federal government. We offer services ranging from opportunity identification and proposal support through post-award contract management and the implementation of systems to comply with federal regulations at agencies including ASPR, BARDA, NIH, CDC, DHS, FEMA, JPEO, DTRA, DLA, and DARPA.
Since its inception, EverGlade has quickly grown into one of the leading service providers for the life sciences industry, helping dozens of clients identify and secure federal funding.
For additional information about EverGlade Consulting, visit:
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I was struggling to make over easy eggs. The egg yolks would break or the egg would fly out of the pan and onto the stovetop, creating a mess. My wife and I thought there could be a better pan," said an inventor, from Hillrose, Colo., "so we invented the E Z FLIP PAN. Our design would save cooks time and energy in the kitchen."
The patented invention provides a revolutionary new type of frying pan with a deceasing radius shaped like that of a breaking ocean wave. This new shape allows food to roll over onto itself and prevents food from spilling out of the pan. It would also feature two handles that can be reversed to accommodate left-handed cooks. As a result, it enables food to be flipped with minimal effort and it helps to prevent damage or mess to stovetops. The invention features a versatile, heat-resistant and durable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households and commercial kitchens. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Denver sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DNV-399, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - YourWay Cannabis Brands Inc. (CSE: YOUR) (OTC: YOURF) (FSE: HOB) ("YourWay" or the "Company") announces today that Jacob Cohen has resigned as Chief Executive Officer of YourWay effective immediately. Mr. Cohen will continue to serve as President of Arizona Operations and as a director on the Company's board of directors (the "Board").
The Company's Executive Chairman, Jakob Ripshtein, will assume the position of Acting Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Ripshtein was appointed as Chairman of the Board in 2021 and as Executive Chairman earlier this year. He previously served as the President of Aphria Inc., which was acquired by Tilray Brands Inc., where he was responsible for corporate strategy, marketing, and sales. Mr. Ripshtein holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from York University, as well as a CPA and International Tax designation. Mr. Ripshtein is currently CEO of Perennial Brands Inc., a full life-cycle brand strategy organization.
In addition, the Board resolved to demand repayment of all amounts advanced to Ionic Brands Corp. ("Ionic") pursuant to a demand promissory note dated May 20, 2022. YourWay has provided notice to Ionic of its demand for repayment.
YourWay continues to work diligently to finalize the Company's audited annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 and the related management's discussion and analysis (the "Annual Filings") as well as the Company's unaudited interim financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and the related management's discussion and analysis (the "Interim Filings"). Once the Annual Filings and Interim Filings are completed, the Company will apply to have the British Columbia Securities Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission (on behalf of the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities) revoke the general "failure to file" cease trade order (the "CTO") dated May 9, 2022 pursuant to National Policy 11-207 – Failure to File Cease Trade Orders and Revocations in Multiple Jurisdictions. YourWay anticipates that trading of the common shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE") will recommence shortly after revocation of the CTO. Further details will be provided in the coming weeks.
YourWay is a publicly traded, multi-state and consumer-centric House of Brands committed to redefining the way consumers and cannabis brands interact, with sales and operations in Arizona and California. Through building their own brands, partnering with others, and supporting retail partners control brand strategy, they are dedicated to expanding their reach; remolding the cannabis industry and ultimately, redefining the way consumers and cannabis brands interact.
YourWay aims to connect with the cannabis consumer on a deeper level, utilizing decades of brand-building expertise and an integral understanding of the customer experience to create an intuitive suite of branded products that closely aligns with consumer need states. The YourWay portfolio is an all-encompassing house of brands designed to create a sense of belonging for every cannabis consumer regardless of their relationship with the plant. Please visit www.yourwaycannabis.com or follow on Twitter at @yourwaycannabis for the latest news and information about YourWay and its brands.
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This news release includes certain "forward-looking information" as defined under applicable Canadian securities legislation, including statements regarding the plans, intentions, beliefs, and current expectations of the Company with respect to the Meeting. Forward-looking information is often identified by the words "may", "would", "could", "should", "will", "intend", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect" or similar expressions and includes information regarding: the repayment of the funds advanced to Ionic; the filing of the Annual Filings; the filing of the Interim Filings; the revocation of the CTO; the reinstatement of trading of the common shares on the CSE; and expectations for other economic, business, and/or competitive factors. Forward-looking information is necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information.
Investors are cautioned that forward-looking information is not based on historical fact but instead reflects management's expectations, estimates or projections concerning future results or events based on the opinions, assumptions and estimates of management considered reasonable at the date the statements are made. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking information are reasonable, such information involves risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on such information, as unknown or unpredictable factors could have material adverse effects on future results, performance, or achievements of the Company. Among the key factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information are the following: the timing for filing the Annual Filings and the Interim Filings; regulatory and licensing risks; changes in consumer demand and preferences; changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; the global regulatory landscape and enforcement related to cannabis, including political risks and risks relating to regulatory change; compliance with extensive government regulation; public opinion and perception of the cannabis industry; the impact of COVID-19; and the risk factors set out in the Company's annual information form dated August 28, 2020, filed with Canadian securities regulators and available on the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
The Company, through several of its subsidiaries, is indirectly involved in the manufacture, possession, use, sale, and distribution of cannabis in the recreational and medicinal cannabis marketplace in the United States. Local state laws where the Company operates permit such activities however, investors should note that there are significant legal restrictions and regulations that govern the cannabis industry in the United States. Cannabis remains a Schedule I drug under the US Controlled Substances Act, making it illegal under federal law in the United States to, among other things, cultivate, distribute or possess cannabis in the United States. Financial transactions involving proceeds generated by, or intended to promote, cannabis-related business activities in the United States may form the basis for prosecution under applicable United States federal money laundering legislation.
While the approach to enforcement of such laws by the federal government in the United States has trended toward nonenforcement against individuals and businesses that comply with recreational and medicinal cannabis programs in states where such programs are legal, strict compliance with state laws with respect to cannabis will neither absolve the Company of liability under United States federal law, nor will it provide a defense to any federal proceeding which may be brought against the Company. The enforcement of federal laws in the United States is a significant risk to the business of the Company and any proceedings brought against the Company thereunder may adversely affect the Company's operations and financial performance.
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking information prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated, or expected. Although the Company has attempted to identify important risks, uncertainties and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be others that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information, which speak only as of the date of this news release. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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The fight against an age-old effort to block Americans from voting
As a new wave of restrictions makes voting harder for people who struggle to read — now 1 in 5 Americans — people like Olivia Coley-Pearson have taken up the fight, even if it makes her a target.
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InvestigateTV - For nearly 10 hours on Georgia’s primary day, Olivia Coley-Pearson tracked down every potential voter she could find, working two cellphones as she paced the parking lot outside the polls, repeating the same message: “You need to tell all your cousins, your brothers, your sisters, your aunts, your uncles — everybody you know — to come on down here to vote.”
A third of her neighbors in Coffee County struggle to read at a basic level, and she wanted to make sure they had help navigating their ballots. In the late afternoon, she slid behind the sparkly pink steering wheel of her SUV for her final push of the day, heading down a long stretch of road where buildings gave way to fields and thickets of pine. She turned in to the Kinwood Estates mobile home park and stopped at the edge of a familiar dirt driveway just as Shondriana Jones, 30, bounded down the steps of a trailer.
“I can’t find my ID and Mama, she’s still at work,” Jones said.
Coley-Pearson has helped the family vote for years — she’s known them since she and Jones’ mother, Sabrina Fillmore, were young. Now 60, Coley-Pearson serves as a city commissioner in Douglas, the majority-Black county seat. Fillmore, 54, works at the local poultry plant cutting chickens. Neither Fillmore nor her daughter can read beyond a first-grade level, but they rarely miss an election, believing their votes can influence everything from their electricity costs to the way police treat them.
Coley-Pearson urged Jones to track down a utility bill to prove her identity at the election office just as Fillmore returned from a 10-hour shift, exhausted. With the women aboard, Coley-Pearson started the car, anxiety brewing in her mind.
Even though federal law guaranteed the two women the right to have someone help them vote, Coley-Pearson knew too well that this right was under attack. For all of the recent uproar over voting rights, little attention has been paid to one of the most sustained and brazen suppression campaigns in America: the effort to block help at the voting booth for people who struggle to read — a group that amounts to about 48 million Americans, or more than a fifth of the adult population. “How the system is set up, it disenfranchises people,” said Coley-Pearson, who blames Southern political leaders for throwing up hurdles. “It’s by design, I believe, because they want to maintain that power and that control.”
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Conservative politicians have long used harsh tactics against voters who can’t read — poor, often Black and Latino Americans who have been failed by the U.S. education system and who conservatives feared would vote for liberal candidates. Some states have required voters who needed help to sign an affidavit explaining why they need assistance; some have prevented voters who couldn’t read from bringing sample ballots to the polls and limited the number of voters that a volunteer could help read a ballot. Time and again, federal courts have struck down such restrictions as illegal and unconstitutional. Inevitably, states just create more.
Over the last two years, the myth of election fraud, supercharged by former President Donald Trump in the wake of his 2020 loss, has fueled a barrage of new restrictions. While they do not all target voters who struggle to read, they make it especially challenging for voters with low literacy skills to get help casting ballots.
Last year, Georgia passed a law limiting who can return or even touch a completed absentee ballot. Florida expanded the radius around election locations in which volunteers are prohibited from asking people if they need help. Texas passed a law prohibiting voters’ assistants from answering questions or paraphrasing complicated language on the ballot; a federal judge struck down several sections of the law in June. But the court left other provisions in place, including ones that increase penalties for helping voters who don’t qualify and require people who assist voters to fill out more paperwork. Texas did not appeal the decision.
To understand the impact of low-literacy voters going uncounted, ProPublica analyzed data on turnout from the three most recent national elections and compared it to average estimated literacy levels for over 3,000 counties. We found that as literacy rates decline, voter participation tends to decrease. (Read more about our analysis, and the data used, in our methodology.)
It is impossible to say precisely what role literacy plays in voter turnout. There are many other factors that contribute to lower participation, including some closely intertwined with literacy, such as income and education level. But to put the importance of reading ability in perspective, our analysis found that if low-literacy counties had turnout similar to high-literacy counties, they could have added up to about 7 million votes to the national total for each of those three elections.
This is meaningful, considering that some of the most consequential elections of our time have come down to the narrowest of margins:
Despite losing the popular vote, Trump secured the presidency in 2016 by winning Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan by a margin of just under 80,000 total votes.
President Joe Biden prevailed in 2020 by winning Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin by just over 40,000 votes combined.
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Coley-Pearson recognizes the importance of this moment for Georgia, which is no stranger to close elections. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp faces another challenge from Democrat Stacey Abrams, and Sen. Raphael Warnock is attempting to hold on to his seat in a race that could tip the Senate back to Republican control. But to Coley-Pearson, helping people vote isn’t only about politics or even just about their rights as individuals. It is about the future of democracy at a time when it seems like the views of the majority are being marginalized by the actions of the few.
As a child in the 1970s, she’d watched as her mother, Gladys Coley — who stood just above 5 feet and had only an eighth grade education — rose to the helm of the local NAACP and challenged the discriminatory school system and police department. Her mother begged her not to return from college in Atlanta, but Coley-Pearson wanted to fight for the people of Coffee County, too. As she headed to the polls on primary day this past May, though, she couldn’t subdue her fear that by helping Jones and Fillmore, she was putting a target on her own back.
Over the course of several years, she’d become tangled in an investigation of supposed voter fraud, which took aim at her attempts to assist voters who requested help. She had pleaded her case to television cameras and at a hearing before the state’s highest election official. She had even wound up in jail.
“Intimidation is real,” Coley-Pearson said. “If we don’t continue to vote, they’re going to have us right back where it used to be.”
Coley-Pearson was born in an era when Southern states forced convoluted literacy tests on voters to keep Black people out of the polls. In those days, local voting officials often made exceptions for white people who couldn’t read. In 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act prohibiting racial discrimination at the polls. That didn’t stop white conservatives, especially in the South, from continuing to discriminate against voters with low literacy skills, who, due to centuries of oppression, were disproportionately Black.
Conservatives argued that removing barriers for voters who couldn’t read would allow the federal government to overrule states’ decisions on how to run local elections and would hand more votes to liberal candidates. Clearly, they said, voters with low reading skills would be easily swayed by anyone assisting them, leading to rampant fraud.
“Today the bureaucrats are issuing certificates to vote to people who cannot read the ballot nor even the instructions on a ballot or on a voting machine,” segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace declared in late 1965. “The left wing liberals need as many illiterates as they can get to vote in order to keep them in power.”
The Rev. Fred C. Bennette Jr., a civil rights movement organizer, right, instructs Black people in Atlanta how to fill out registration forms in 1963. (AP Photo/Horace Cort)
By 1981, voters of color, including those with low literacy levels, still faced “white resistance and hostility,” according to a U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report. “For many minority voters, the kind of assistance that they receive at the polls determines whether they will vote,” the report stated. “If minority voters who do not speak English or who are illiterate receive inadequate assistance, they may become too frustrated and discouraged to vote or they may mark their ballots in such a way that they will not be counted.”
Congress amended the Voting Rights Act in 1982 to affirm that voters who need help due to an “inability to read” could bring someone, other than their employer or union representative, to assist them in the voting booth. A string of subsequent lawsuits shows this federal action again failed to eradicate the discrimination.
In a 2001 case, the federal justice department claimed that white poll managers in Charleston County, South Carolina, were intimidating Black voters who requested assistance. According to testimony given in the case, the poll workers launched a barrage of questions at these voters, such as, “Can’t you read and write? And didn’t you just sign in? And you know how to spell your name, why can’t you just vote by yourself? And do you really need voter assistance?”
A federal judge found that there was “significant evidence of intimidation and harassment,” but said evidence of the mistreatment was too “anecdotal” to take direct action.
In 2012, the chairman of Coffee County’s board of elections filed a complaint against Coley-Pearson and three other residents, alleging that they’d assisted voters who didn’t legally qualify for help. Georgia law only allows voters to receive assistance if they are disabled or cannot read English. The secretary of state’s office, then under Kemp’s leadership, initiated an investigation.
The following summer, a 52-year-old line cook named Alvin Williams answered his phone to find a state investigator on the other end. The man had questions about the 2012 election. “It looks like you were assisted by Olivia Pearson,” said state investigator Glenn Archie, in a recording obtained by ProPublica. (Archie did not respond to a request for comment.) “It’s not marked why she assisted you and I was wondering why you needed assistance.”
The tone of the man’s voice made Williams nervous. “Because I can’t read. I’m illiterate,” Williams told Archie. He’d dropped out of school at 16 to work full time catching chickens and selling them to the local poultry plant, a job he’d skipped classes for since he was 11 to help support his family.
“I’m sure she read the candidates to you,” Archie said. “Did you get to pick the people you wanted to vote for?”
“Yes, sir,” Williams said. “I can’t read. That’s why she was helping me.”
“That’s no problem,” the investigator assured him. “She can assist you if you have problems reading.”
But the call left Williams humiliated and fearful of how his vote could be used against him or Coley-Pearson. “I don’t fool with the law,” he said in a recent interview. “And I don’t do nothing for them to fool with me.”
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Some other voters told investigators that they had requested and received help even though they could read. The investigation found that Coley-Pearson and the other volunteers neglected to verify whether some voters qualified for help and incorrectly filled out forms indicating why voters needed assistance. It also found that election workers failed to include required information on many forms and turned them in without making sure they were accurate.
Testifying at a 2016 hearing chaired by Kemp, Coley-Pearson maintained that she hadn’t broken any laws. In response to a poll worker’s claim that she’d touched the voting machine, Coley-Pearson said she’d merely accompanied voters who had requested her assistance and stood by to answer questions about the process or read names on the ballot. She said she followed the instructions of the poll workers, signing forms when directed.
“If someone asks me for help, I felt an obligation to try to assist if I could,” she testified at the hearing, stressing that she never told anyone who to vote for. Coley-Pearson suspected there was a deeper significance to the investigation and told the board, “Sometimes things are done to try to maybe dis-encourage, or whatever, other people from voting, and I don’t feel like that is fair.”
The state election board chose not to recommend her case for criminal prosecution, but a local district attorney’s office prosecuted her anyway, which made national headlines in BuzzFeed. It charged her with two felonies for improperly assisting a voter and for signing a form that gave a false reason for why a voter needed assistance. The trial ended with a hung jury. One of two Black people on the jury told a local reporter that she was the only holdout; everyone else voted to find Coley-Pearson guilty. She was tried again in a nearby county and, after about 20 minutes of deliberations, the new jury acquitted her of all charges. The district attorney’s office did not respond to ProPublica’s emailed questions.
On the day of Georgia’s primary elections in May, ProPublica followed Olivia Coley-Pearson to capture what it takes to ensure that voters who need help can get it.
Three other volunteers took plea deals in which they admitted to making false statements on forms indicating the reason that a voter needed assistance; in exchange, they got probation, after which any fines would be waived. One of them, James Curtis Hicks, said that if he had fought his case and lost, he could have faced jail time or a mountain of fines. He didn’t want to take any risks. “Around here, to me, they target the leaders, the people that are standing up for the rights of the minority,” he said in a recent interview. “To shut me and Ms. Pearson down, it would stop a whole lot of people going to the polls.”
For years, the 59-year-old truck driver had kept tabs on Coffee County voters to see if they needed help reading the ballot. But after the settlement, he stopped. “I didn’t want a focus on me to suppress anyone else,” he said. “I really felt intimidated.”
But the charges didn’t deter Coley-Pearson.
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Before Jones could vote that May afternoon, she needed to get temporary identification. Dodging the pouring rain, she and Coley-Pearson scuttled into the elections office shortly before it closed. At nearly 6 feet tall, Coley-Pearson towered over the woman sitting behind a plexiglass barrier.
“She needs a voter ID, sweetie,” Coley-Pearson said, leaning in. The woman handed Jones an application.
“You need me to do it, baby?” Coley-Pearson asked softly.
Jones nodded, “Yes, ma’am.”
The woman at the counter emphasized that Jones had to complete it on her own.
“She has trouble reading and writing,” Coley-Pearson said.
After a tense moment, the woman agreed that Coley-Pearson could fill out the form. She read the questions out loud and filled in Jones’ answers, pointing out which lines to sign and date.
Jones is in the third generation of her family that is not able to read. Her grandmother never learned how, and her mother, Fillmore, left high school in her sophomore year, after frequently being disciplined for fighting. As an adult, Fillmore briefly attended an education program to help her learn how to read, but she felt discouraged and left.
Jones graduated from high school in Coffee County but says she reads at the same first-grade level as her mother. She remembers attending special education classes with more field trips than written assignments and says teachers never diagnosed her with a learning disability or gave her one-on-one assistance. School administrators also frequently suspended her for fighting, she said. “They were trying to get rid of me.”
Coffee County has long failed to provide an equal education for students of color. In 1969, federal officials sued its school board for refusing to integrate white and Black schools. Even after the school system was integrated, Black students continued to receive fewer academic resources and harsher punishments than their white peers. A decade ago, the district acknowledged its shortcomings in reading instruction and the need to rectify its problems with literacy, which were more pronounced for Black students.
The county’s lower literacy rate is related to its high poverty rate, and since integration, the district has worked to increase opportunities for students of color, Coffee County School District Superintendent Morris Leis said in an email; he added that the district does not use discipline to “push out” children who have academic challenges, and it has reduced racial disparities in discipline after it initiated a new program in 2014. By that time, Jones had graduated.
She aspires to learn how to read through an adult education program and to eventually work at a child care center, but she cannot do so without steady transportation. She has not applied for a driver’s license; though she could take the written test orally like her mother did, she hasn’t been able to find someone who has time to help her study the examination booklet.
Ordinary tasks are often insurmountable for her. She owns a smartphone, but mining the web for information is daunting. After she fell several months behind on her electric payments, she could not read the notice that warned her lights would be cut off. She likely qualifies for low-cost internet, but she cannot navigate the instructions for accessing it. When she takes her son to the doctor’s office, she prints his first and last name on the forms but asks the staff for help with the rest. Unable to decipher her most valuable documents, like her birth certificate, she entrusts them to her aunt, who can read and helps determine what she needs for appointments and applications.
Jones worries most about keeping up with her 4-year-old son as he grows. She can read beginner books to him, but she knows his knowledge will soon surpass her own.
For Jones, the voting process itself is like a literacy test. If she changes her address, she cannot easily update her registration. If she enters the polling booth alone, she may recognize a few names on the ballot, but any unfamiliar words could confound her, particularly when it comes to the often-confusing constitutional amendments. She prefers voting by mail, which allows her more time to process her choices, but Georgia’s new election law is making that more difficult. The law has banned outside groups from mailing out absentee ballot applications that have the resident’s information already filled in, and it has limited who can submit the applications on voters’ behalf. The law does include exceptions for people helping “illiterate” voters, but experts say its limit on assistance could still discourage those voters from requesting help.
“Any law that limits assistance is going to have an impact on voters with limited literacy,” said Sean Morales-Doyle, acting director of voting rights at the Brennan Center for Justice. “Whether or not that’s the intention of the lawmakers, that’s always a difficult thing to say. But I do think sometimes it may very well be the intention.”
Across the country, people like Jones are stumbling through inscrutable election processes fraught with poor ballot design and rigid registration rules. Some are choosing not to vote at all. (Read more about how some states are trying to make voting more accessible.) “We know in general that the more barriers we put in front of people, the lower the participation rate,” said Donald Moynihan, a professor of public policy at Georgetown University. “Even if someone with lower literacy has the same desire to vote as someone reading this article, they have to overcome more barriers.”
In 2014, for example, Ohio legislators began requiring voters to fill out more complicated versions of absentee and provisional ballot forms while at the same time limiting the assistance they could get from poll workers. Minor errors in the paperwork could lead to people’s votes not being counted. In a lawsuit, the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless claimed that the laws disproportionately harmed poor, nonwhite and low-literacy voters who would be more likely to have their ballots rejected for minor errors.
Data submitted as evidence shows that thousands of forms were tossed in the 2014 and 2015 general elections for simple problems such as incomplete addresses and birthdays. Poll workers refused one form because the street name “Cuthbert” was misspelled as “Cuthberth.” Several others were rejected because birth dates were listed as the current date, an indicator that voters may not have understood the instructions.
In 2016, a federal judge struck down the measures, concluding they disproportionately harmed Black voters. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that state rules requiring perfect completion of absentee ballot forms posed an undue burden to voters. But the panel said the other measures were minimally disruptive and left in place regulations that limited the assistance voters could get from poll workers and the amount of time voters were given to correct errors on absentee and provisional ballots.
“What the case demonstrates is the indifference of officials from one political party, and of unfortunately many federal judges, to voting rights and to the need to make voting not only secure, but relatively unburdensome,” said Subodh Chandra, an attorney for the plaintiffs.
A similar law in Georgia suspended voter registration applications when the information on the form didn’t exactly match a driver’s license or social security record. (If voters didn’t correct the information within 26 months, Georgia could cancel their registrations.) When then-Secretary of State Kemp ran for governor against Stacey Abrams in 2018, his office suspended the applications of an estimated 53,000 voters, most of them Black, due to these discrepancies. Kemp won the election by about 55,000 votes.
A federal judge ordered Georgia to ease the restrictive program, calling it a “severe burden” on some voters. Politicians, academics and advocates have accused Kemp of voter suppression not only for suspending registration applications over minor discrepancies, but also for purging tens of thousands of infrequent voters from the rolls — a more aggressive effort than is made in other states.
Kemp press secretary Katie Bryd disputed the allegations and noted that Kemp had implemented automatic voter registration through the state’s department of motor vehicles in 2016, which added hundreds of thousands of eligible voters to the rolls. “Politically driven, irresponsible accusations of voter suppression alleged at Governor Kemp have been repeatedly found void of basic facts and validity,” Byrd said in an email.
Today, voters flagged for minor discrepancies in their registration paperwork can no longer be removed from the rolls, but they do have to show a photo identification before they vote.
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As Coley-Pearson parked at the polling station, her thoughts flew back to a similar day not long ago when she wound up handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser.
In October 2020 — more than two years after she was cleared of the felony charges — she was standing in a voting booth helping a young woman with low literacy skills read a ballot, as is allowed by law, when the county’s election supervisor, Misty Martin, confronted her. Martin yelled at Coley-Pearson to not touch the machines and told her she was barred from returning to the polls. Coley-Pearson said she wasn’t touching any machines. “We’re done,” she told the young woman after she finished voting. “Let’s go.”
Martin, who also has used the last names Hampton and Hayes, called the police to report that Coley-Pearson was disruptive, and the department issued a trespass warning barring her from the polls indefinitely. Later that morning, when Coley-Pearson returned to drop off another voter, she was arrested in the parking lot and charged with criminal trespassing. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into election interference claims in Coffee County, including an incident in which Martin allowed several computer experts connected with Trump’s efforts to challenge the 2020 results into her offices, where they may have had access to election systems; Martin resigned from her county post under pressure last year. She did not respond to ProPublica’s questions related to either incident.
The charge hung over Coley-Pearson for nearly two years; this past June, a state judge agreed to drop the case if she signed a consent order agreeing to follow election law. “There was no evidence of any crime here,” Coley-Pearson said. “It feels like you’re fighting a losing battle.”
Her daughters see how the last several years have worn her down. AiyEsha Coley said she would sometimes wake up at 4 a.m. to feed her newborn and would find her mother on Facebook, reading through disparaging comments. Her daughters have long campaigned for her to retire from city commission, scared that the stress might eventually kill her. She’s starting to come around, and she plans to leave her post next year.
Now peering into her back seat, Coley-Pearson worried her presence could interfere with Jones and Fillmore’s ability to vote. “I did not want any type of confrontation, I did not want any kind of accusations, I just didn’t want any hassle,” she said.
She told them she would not be going in with them and instructed two close friends to help them instead. “When you get through, you all come down there to the tent,” she said, motioning to where her volunteers were sitting out of reach of the rain.
Coley-Pearson watched the women shuffle into the building and fretted as she waited, leaning on her mobile walker at the edge of the parking lot with a group of volunteer canvassers. She had reminded her friends of the rules, but she knew that sometimes, following them was not enough. “They might try to look for anything they could use against them,” she said.
After nearly an hour, Jones and her mother emerged, beaming.
Coley-Pearson’s nerves settled, at least for the moment.
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Portion of road washes away in Indiantown
Published: Sep. 12, 2022 at 1:30 PM EDT|Updated: 17 minutes ago
Drivers in Martin County should be aware of a traffic alert impacting a road in Indiantown.
The Martin County Sheriff's Office on Monday closed a portion of Allapattah Road at the intersection of Warfield Boulevard after a portion of the road collapsed and washed away.
Warfield Boulevard has not been affected at this time, deputies said.
Drivers can use Fox Brown Road as an alternate route.
Residents who live in the Indianwood, Little Ranch and Minute Maid neighborhoods will be allowed local access. However, other traffic is not being permitted on the road right now.
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LONDON, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- REVIV President and CEO Sarah Lomas announces that REVIV has partnered with Australian premium skincare brand Grown Alchemist.
Beauty and urban lifestyle brand, Grown Alchemist, have launched into the UK partnering with Nobu Hotel London Portman Square to deliver their revolutionary three phase system; Cleanse, Detox, Activate – which works to restore skin cell function for healthy, radiant skin.
Grown Alchemist's treatments have been crafted to embody the brand's values, viewing beauty in the context of overall health and wellness. Grown Alchemist are at the forefront of innovation in skincare, and alongside the typical facials and massages, they will be delivering IV drip therapy to perfectly complement the benefits of their treatments. A truly great fit for those that want a holistic approach to skincare and wellness.
Grown Alchemist partnered with REVIV, the global leader in IV drip therapy, to design a bespoke infusion. Designed by expert doctors and scientists The Grown Alchemist Exclusive IV focuses on aiding the hydration and detoxification of the body - nourishing skin, hair and nails, in addition to supporting the body's processes for energy and collagen production and digestion. REVIV's highly skilled medical practitioners will be administering our exclusive IV for a quality experience.
Jeremy Muijs, co-founder and CEO of Grown Alchemist says: "Part of being a skincare company is to find the opportunity - whatever the mechanism, to create function and health. Restoring health is anti-aging. Health restoring and anti-aging are identical. So for us, if we can do those two things – restore health and create function in the body, it doesn't matter the mechanism we employ to do it and if science moves in a better way to deliver that, we need to be there. Partnering with REVIV allows us to remain right at the forefront of innovation in beauty and wellness."
About REVIV
REVIV is a life science led provider of nutritional health solutions, and their goal is to be the only personalized nutritional health company that offers precision nutrition solutions, using big data coupled with AI, to evidence that nutrition can have a positive impact on medical conditions or disease. REVIV's vision is to pioneer the democratization of nutrition-based treatments which will reduce disease, extend life and allow people to live better and healthier lives.
For more information about REVIV Global visit our website: www.revivme.com or email Emma Robertson on erobertson@revivme.com, +44 7398 213452
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Terrifying moment building marquee collapsed in Brazil, killing five people and injuring nine
- Five people were confirmed dead and nine suffered injuries after a marquee fell off a building in Aliança, Brazil on Sunday
- The residents had gathered to celebrate the city's 94th anniversary of its emancipation when the building structure crashed over a group
- One of the victims, a 46-year-old married mother-of-one, died at a local hospital while her 16-year-old niece was pronounced dead at the scene
At least five people were killed and nine were injured after a building marquee collapsed over them while they were watching a parade in northeast Brazil on Sunday.
At the time of the incident, residents were enjoying festivities that marked the 94th anniversary of the emancipation of the city of Aliança.
Video footage showed a crowd standing in front of a store that was closed when the signboard crashed over them.
Among the dead victims were a 13-year-old girl, a 16-year-old girl, a 25-year-old man, a 46-year-old woman and a 70-year-old woman.
Four of the nine who were injured have been discharged from local hospitals.
Revelers stand next to a store during a parade in Aliança, Brazil on Sunday moments before marquee crashed and fell on top of a group of people, killing five and injuring nine
Authorities are looking into what caused a store marquee to loosen and fall off a building in Brazil on Sunday while residents were celebrating the 94th anniversary of the emancipation of the city of Aliança. The incident left five people dead and nine others with injuries
Aliança Civil Defense coordinator, Armando Freitas, told Brazilian news outlet G1 that investigators were looking into what cause the marquee to fall off the building.
'It was a tragedy. The business is still closed …,' Freitas said. 'The law says that it is the responsibility of the owner to cherish the good condition of the building.'
Freitas added that it is the owner's responsibility to have the marquee inspected every three years.
Marli Alves was among the five people who were killed Sunday when a store's marquee fell on top of a group of people who were watching a parade in the Brazilian city of Aliança
Beatriz Alves, 16, was one of two teenagers who died after the marquee of a Brazilian store fell on them
A grieving family identified the dead victims as Marli Alves, a 47-year-old housewife, and her 16-year-old niece, Beatriz Alves.
They joined other relatives in making the 90-minute drive from the Atlantic coast city of Recife to attend the annual parade in Aliança.
Carlos Alberto told the outlet that his cousins, Marli and Beatriz, were standing just 13 feet apart when the marquee crushed them.
Beatriz Alves was declared dead by paramedics at the scene. Marli Alves, a married mother-of-one, was rushed to a local hospital and died upon arriving.
The Aliança city government has cancelled the the remaining festivities that were on schedule.
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TULSA, Okla., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Folds of Honor provides life-changing scholarships to the spouses and children of fallen or disabled US service members. Today, the foundation's mission expands to America's first responders including police, fire, EMTs, and paramedics.
There are over 2 million first responders in the US; made up of 800,000 law enforcement officers, 1,062,800 firefighter personnel, and 241,000 full-time EMTs and paramedics. They respond to approximately 240 million calls made to 9-1-1 each year.
"This move reflects our purpose to meet sacrifice with hope. The decision to launch our first responder scholarships is in reverence to those who paid the ultimate price on September 11th, 2001. The following day was a defining moment in our history, as Americans responded to tragedy by putting differences aside, rallying together, and standing as one. It is our hope that the expanded Folds of Honor mission will inspire unity once again. Without question, it will let first responders and their families know that they are not alone." – Folds of Honor Founder and CEO, Lieutenant Colonel Dan Rooney.
The story of Folds of Honor began when Rooney was on a flight home from his second tour of duty in Iraq. As his flight landed, the pilot announced they carried the remains of Corporal Brock Bucklin on board. Rooney watched through the window as Bucklin's twin brother walked somberly alongside the flag-covered casket to meet his family on the tarmac. Among them was the deceased Corporal's young son. At that moment, Rooney truly understood the meaning of the term "freedom isn't free".
Since that night, Rooney has committed his life – through the Folds of Honor – to provide scholarships to spouses or children of America's fallen and disabled service members. From its inception in 2007, Folds of Honor has awarded nearly 44,000 scholarships totaling nearly $200 million. The scholarship recipients are as diverse as the place they call home. Minority recipients represent 41% of all scholarships awarded.
Helping the dependents of American heroes pursue their educational dreams is possible only with the generosity of corporations and everyday citizens. If you would like to support our nation's military and first responder families, you can become a Squadron member by joining thousands of committed American patriots who pledge $13 every month.
The Folds of Honor needs the help of corporate partners for this mission to be successful. The expansion into America's first responders creates a powerful opportunity for new corporate partners to show their community where their values lie. Those corporations interested in partnering should contact the foundation for more information.
For those interested in a scholarship, the application window is open between February 1 and March 31 each year. More information can be found on our scholarships page.
Folds of Honor is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that provides educational scholarships to the spouses and children of military members who have fallen or been disabled while serving in the United States armed forces. Beginning in 2022, Folds of Honor expanded its mission to include first responders. Its educational scholarships support private-school tuition or tutoring in grades K-12 as well as post-secondary tuition. It is rated a four-star charity by Charity Navigator and Platinum on GuideStar. It was founded by Lt Col Dan Rooney, an F-16 fighter pilot, who is currently stationed at Headquarters Air Force Recruiting Service Detachment 1, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, TX. For more information visit FoldsOfHonor.org.
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Makkal Needhi Maiam on Monday demanded that the State Government fix the minimum wage and basic benefits for domestic workers and prevent modern untouchability and labour exploitation.
In a statement, MNM’s State Women’s wing secretary Mookambika Rathinam, said that it was important to ensure that women engaged in domestic work are treated with dignity and their exploitation prevented.
“They should be allowed to join the unorganised workers welfare board and should be given all the benefits. The State Government must pass a law for their benefit,” she said.
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Man accused of stealing TVs from Walmart and selling them in the parking lot, police say
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) – A man in Tennessee is accused of stealing TVs from Walmart and selling them in the parking lot of the store, according to an incident report obtained by WVLT.
Officers responded to a Walmart in Knoxville around 9 p.m. Saturday and found Donald Kirkland in possession of stolen items, the report stated.
Police said Kirkland ran from the officers but was eventually taken into custody.
Kirkland told the officers he had stolen three TVs, a karaoke machine and camping equipment from the retail store and was selling the items in the parking lot, according to the report.
A Walmart manager corroborated his story, telling officers he saw Kirkland loading one of the TVs into a cart in the store.
Kirkland was charged with theft of merchandise.
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Amazon delivery driver helps family escape burning home
SYOSSET, N.Y. (WCBS) – An Amazon delivery driver in New York rushed into a burning home to save a family Saturday afternoon.
Firefighters arrived at the home just four minutes after the 911 call and found a family outside, thanks to the help of Kevin Rivera.
“I just saw the fire getting bigger and bigger. That’s when I rushed in,” Rivera said. “Everyone is calling me a hero.”
The Amazon driver said he was finishing his route when he saw the flames near the front of the home.
He said he saw several people inside through an open front door, including a woman and a baby who were apparently unaware of the fire.
“I just rushed in. I didn’t want anyone to die in that house,” Rivera said.
Rivera said he told the six or seven people inside about the flames, but a language barrier made it difficult for them to understand at first.
He urged them to leave through the back door, away from the flames.
Eventually, they did and then saw the house in flames.
“They just started crying,” Rivera said. “They just got emotional.”
A neighbor captured video of the fire and said it could have been a lot worse. When she heard about Rivera’s actions, she posted his story on social media to praise the driver.
“I thought it was great,” Amanda Johnson said.
Now, the neighborhood that normally thanks him for his deliveries is thanking him for much more.
“To be honest, I just feel great that I did something,” Rivera said.
Investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire.
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Communication is key to staying on budget for a wedding
Define priorities first and budget around them
InvestigateTV - The average cost of a wedding in the United States is $22,500 and according to experts, the best way to save on this high price tag is to be flexible.
A venue is your biggest expense, depending on what state you live in. The average cost according to WeddingWire is $6,000
Nate Johnson, a wealth management advisor with Merrill Lynch, said while you are in the planning stages it’s important for the family members to be on the same page in terms of the budget.
Defining your priorities, be it the ceremony, the food, or the venue, will help you all know where to rein in other costs, Johnson said. He stressed how important it is for everyone involved in the planning and financing to be open and honest with each other.
Johnson said it is still traditional for the bride’s side of the family to cover the costs associated with the ceremony and the reception and the groom’s side of the family to cover the costs associated with the rehearsal dinner and maybe any excursions around the wedding weekend.
The Better Business Bureau has free resources for anyone planning a wedding along with tips on how to find reputable vendors in your areas.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Jeff Bezos’ rocket company suffered its first launch failure Monday. No one was aboard, only science experiments.
The Blue Origin rocket veered off course over West Texas about a minute after liftoff. The capsule’s launch abort system immediately kicked in, lifting the craft off the top. Several minutes later, the capsule parachuted onto the remote desert floor.
Blue Origin's launch commentary went silent when the capsule catapulted off the rocket, later announcing: “It appears we've experienced an anomaly with today's flight. This wasn't planned."
The mishap occurred as the rocket was traveling nearly 700 mph (1,126 kph) at an altitude of about 28,000 feet (8,500 meters). There was no video shown of the rocket - only the capsule - after the failure occurred. The rocket usually lands upright on the desert floor and then is recycled for future flights; clearly, that did not happen this time.
Launch commentator Erika Wagner said the capsule managed to escape successfully, with the webcast showing it reaching a maximum altitude of more than 37,000 feet (11,300 meters). Thirty-six experiments were on board, half sponsored by NASA.
“Booster failure on today’s uncrewed flight. Escape system performed as designed,” the company tweeted later.
No further details were provided.
It was the 23rd flight for the New Shepard program, named after the first American in space, Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard. The same kind of rocket and capsule have been used to carry paying passengers on 10-minute rides to the edge of space. It was the ninth flight for this rocket.
Its most recent passenger flight was just last month. Bezos was on the first New Shepard crew last summer. Altogether, Blue Origin has carried 31 people to the edge of space. The company's headquarters is in Kent, Washington.
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King Charles III is leading a procession of Queen Elizabeth II's coffin as it moves from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, where it will lie until Tuesday evening.
The 73-year-old monarch has been joined on foot by the late Queen's other children -- Princess Anne and Princes Edward and Andrew, while Camilla, the Queen Consort, is traveling in the hearse.
Charles is wearing full day ceremonial uniform with the rank of Field Marshal, and is carrying the Field Marshal Baton given to him by his mother when he was awarded the rank in 2012.
The procession is moving through crowds of onlookers standing in near-total silence on Edinburgh's streets.
Elizabeth's coffin is draped in the Royal Standard in Scotland and is dressed with a wreath of flowers, which includes dried white heather from Balmoral.
The hearse is flanked by a bearer party of the Royal Regiment of Scotland as well as a detachment of the King's bodyguard in Scotland, the Royal Company of Archers.
After processing along the Royal Mile, where, once more, thousands of people have gathered to pay their respects, the coffin will receive a guard of honor from the Royal Company of Archers at the cathedral.
The royal family will then attend a short service of prayer and reflection, joined by a congregation made up "from all areas of Scottish society," according to Buckingham Palace. The coffin will then lie there for 24 hours to allow the Scottish public to see it.
Following the service, the King will have an audience with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, in addition to a meeting with the presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament. He will also go to the Scottish Parliament to receive a motion of condolence.
Monday evening, the King and and members of the royal family will mount a vigil of the Queen's coffin.
Earlier, the King vowed to continue the Queen's "dedicated service" to the British people in his first address to the UK Parliament.
Camilla, the Queen Consort, accompanied Charles on his first visit to the Palace of Westminster since becoming King. In the ancient Westminster Hall, both Houses of Parliament offered their condolences on his mother's death.
"We gather today in remembrance of the remarkable span of the Queen's dedicated service to her nations and people," the King said. "While very young, her late Majesty pledged herself to serve her country and her people.
"This vow she kept with unsurpassed devotion. She set an example of selfless duty which, with God's help and your councils, I am resolved faithfully to follow," Charles continued.
As he concluded his short speech, a rendition of "God Save the King," the British national anthem, was played.
Following the visit, the monarch and his wife flew to Edinburgh, Scotland, where the Queen had been lying at rest since Sunday. The pair headed straight to the Palace of Holyroodhouse for the Ceremony of the Keys -- a tradition whereby the Lord Provost offers the monarch the keys to the city.
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