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Dalrada Corporation Brings Metaverse-Based Digital Ecosystem To Averett University – Business Wire https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/dalrada-corporation-brings-metaverse-based-digital-ecosystem-to-averett-university-business-wire/ SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dalrada Financial Corporation (OTCQB: DFCO, “Dalrada”) announced last week its breakthrough partnership with Averett University in Virginia to design, develop, and implement a unique digital ecosystem while creating an immersive metaverse experience for students. The futuristic experience will be gifted to the university by Dalrada to help educate Averett students on the ownership of data, personalized artificial intelligence, and the effects of digital currency on an economic system. Dalrada will facilitate the metaverse experience through proprietary technology and specific tools that will ultimately lead to further learning and the understanding of the foundational technologies to establish a modern metaverse-based economic system. Dalrada is expected to invest over $2 million to create this cutting-edge Web 3.0 educational experience. The new metaverse builds on Dalrada’s existing partnership with technology incubator, imagineeer, and is made possible through a larger clean energy initiative on the Averett University campus which will also deliver significant cost savings. The effort will include digital twinning capabilities that will not only optimize energy use across the campus and capture carbon emissions reductions, but will create new educational opportunities focused on data-driven sustainability initiatives. Additionally, the partnership is expected to help Averett University tackle ongoing societal challenges – including student happiness and overall wellness. The partnership may set the bar for colleges across the country while providing students with the tools they need to be successful after graduation. Averett students will gain firsthand knowledge and experience to compete for jobs that will drive the industries of the future. According to Averett University President, Dr. Tiffany Franks, “Partnering with Dalrada will ensure that Averett does its part to foster an educational environment designed to propel our students into the digital future, preparing them to not only find jobs after they leave, but help create them as well.” Recognizing the advanced technology capabilities of the metaverse highlights its importance to organizations like college campuses: “Delivering an educational experience like this to Averett University gives us the ability to immerse students in the digital environment of the future,” said Jose Arrieta, Dalrada’s Chief Strategy Officer and President of Dalrada Technologies. “When students participate in a metaverse-based ecosystem with digital twinning capabilities, they gain immeasurable experience that will help them long after they graduate.” Echoing Dr. Franks’ sentiments, Arrieta confirmed, “Our goal is to eventually have students create the jobs of the future rather than just look for the jobs of the future.” Dalrada’s innovative approach toward digital ecosystems leverages modern capabilities that will ultimately revolutionize the scale and speed at which additional related technologies can be adopted. For more information, visit www.dalrada.com. About Dalrada Financial Corporation Dalrada Financial Corporation drives innovation that positively impacts people, businesses, and the planet. With subsidiaries that are firmly positioned in the world’s top-growing industries of healthcare, energy, precision manufacturing, and technology, Dalrada creates solutions that are sustainable, affordable, and accessible. The company works continually to produce disruptive products and services that accelerate positive change for current and future generations. Dalrada’s global solutions directly address climate change, post-pandemic gaps in the healthcare industry, and technology solutions for a new era of human behavior and interaction, ensuring a bright future for the world around us. Established in 1982, Dalrada has since grown its footprint to include the unique business divisions: Dalrada Health, Dalrada Precision Manufacturing, Dalrada Energy, and Dalrada Technologies. For more information, please visit www.dalrada.com, and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. About Averett University Since 1859, Averett University has grown and developed into a dynamic institution that serves students of all ages, offering more than 40 undergraduate majors with a number of concentrations and minors, along with 12 graduate programs in several concentrations. Dedicated to preparing students to serve and lead as catalysts for positive change, the University’s historic main campus is embedded in the heart of Southern Virginia with regional learning centers throughout Virginia and online. Averett enrolls a diverse student body and boasts an alumni network that spans the globe. At Averett University, we are altogether different. We know that relationships fuel futures, which explains our unmistakable family atmosphere. On campus or online, Averett students feel a sense of true belonging. Through relentless support and unwavering dedication, we equip our students with the skills for a lifetime of success. Knowing that personal growth and community well-being go hand-in-hand, we serve others with confidence and distinction, and with a more than 160-year legacy, our influence is far-reaching in the world around us. This is Averett. Visit www.averett.edu for more info. Disclaimer Statements in this press release are not historical facts. The statements are forward-looking, including statements regarding future revenues and sales projections, plans for future financing, the ability to meet operational milestones, marketing arrangements and plans, and shipments to and regulatory approvals in international markets. Such statements reflect management’s current views, are based on certain assumptions, and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results, events, or performance may differ materially from the above forward-looking statements due to a number of important factors and will be dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, our ability to obtain additional financing that will allow us to continue our current and future operations and whether demand for our products and services in domestic and international markets will continue to expand. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date hereof or to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations regarding these forward-looking statements or the occurrence of unanticipated events. Factors that may impact the Company’s success are more fully disclosed in the Company’s most recent public filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including its annual report on Form 10-K.

Our Medical Expert Shares How To Sleep Better Using These Gadgets And Supplements – KETK | FOX51 | EastTexasMatters.com https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/our-medical-expert-shares-how-to-sleep-better-using-these-gadgets-and-supplements-ketk-fox51-easttexasmatters-com/ What you need to get a good night’s sleep Getting seven to eight hours of uninterrupted sleep each night is one of the best things you can do for your body. Unfortunately, because of work, stress or other factors, a lot of us don’t get that, and our overall health is affected. While it is possible to scour the internet for sleeping tips, we thought it would be best to talk directly to an expert. We asked Dr. Michael Huynh, M.D., what tools were available to help the average person get the proper amount of sleep needed to live a healthy life. What is sleep? We are diurnal animals. That means we are active during the day. According to Dr. Huynh, low-light conditions trigger the production of a hormone called melatonin. This is what makes us sleepy at night. Before electricity and light bulbs, people naturally fell asleep when it got dark. When the sun came out, it would trigger the body to decrease melatonin levels, so we could naturally wake up. While you are sleeping, Dr. Huynh explained that it’s not a constant state. You go through four to six cycles of non-rapid eye movement sleep and rapid eye movement sleep. During NREM, the body is not in a deep sleep. You tend to move around to prevent bedsores. Staying in one position for too long puts pressure on one area of the skin, which can break and become infected. In REM sleep, the body is paralyzed, in a sense, and you are dreaming. REM sleep is the deepest sleep. It is when you get the most rest and your brain recovers from the previous day. While doctors still aren’t 100% sure why we need sleep, one prevailing theory is that we sleep to help clear the brain of debris and plaque that build up while awake. It is currently believed that poor sleep contributes to high levels of beta-amyloid protein in the brain, which can cause the formation of amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease. What causes poor sleep? Lack of sleep can be brought about by anxiety, depression and other medical issues. However, Dr. Huynh said that prescription medicines are used to help people get better sleep in those situations, so they are beyond the scope of this article. The focus is on factors that the individual can control with behavior or other types of sleep aids. For example, anything that disrupts the natural sleep cycle can contribute to poor sleep. This includes being on a computer, looking at your phone or watching the TV at night. Poor sleep can also result from the type of work you do, taking long naps during the day, the type of lifestyle you lead or the environment in which you live. What can help you get a good night’s sleep? Blue-light-blocking glasses “There are not too many well-studied devices when it comes to what can improve sleep or sleep hygiene,” Dr. Huynh stated. “But one of the big topics is a blue-light filter, either one that is built into your device or a pair of glasses that filter out blue light.” When you use a device, such as a phone, a computer or a TV, at night, the blue light that comes from this device can keep you awake. “There is no harm in activating a blue light filter on your phone or on your screen or wearing glasses because some studies show it can help with reducing being awake for a long time.” Earplugs and white noise machines If a noisy environment keeps you from sleeping, the doctor suggested using a white noise machine to help filter out sounds that disrupt your sleep. He also recommended trying earplugs, but only if they cause no discomfort. A mouthguard If you or your partner snores, that can wake you up abruptly and disrupt your sleep, so you never reach that deep state of rest. Dr. Huynh said one of the best devices to reduce or eliminate snoring is an over-the-counter mouthguard that molds to the shape of your jaw and teeth.  “Usually, you put the mouthguard in warm water and bite into it,” he explained. “Let it cool down and harden so it can conform to the shape of your jaw and your mouth. If you are not comfortable doing that, there is a mandibular advancement device, which is a little bit more extreme than a plastic mouthguard. The mandibular advancement device pulls your lower jaw a little bit forward to open up your airway. This helps reduce snoring at night.” Blackout curtains and sleep masks If you are in an area with prolonged sunlight, Dr. Huynh recommended using blackout curtains or a sleep mask. “Both of these block light to help with better sleep hygiene,” he said.  Better pillow and mattress If your pillow holds your head up too high or lets it sink too low, it can create discomfort that decreases your ability to have a restful night’s sleep because you toss and turn. The same with your mattress. Unfortunately, not one option is best for everyone, so the doctor admitted that finding the right option might take a little trial and error.   Sunrise alarm clocks While a sunrise alarm clock isn’t an obvious answer to getting a more restful night’s sleep, Dr. Huynh pointed out that you could use it in the morning to wake you up gently. The trick is to use it consistently to reset when you wake up. He believes this could eventually readjust your sleeping pattern and your circadian rhythm, allowing you to train yourself to sleep for seven to eight hours each night. Supplements For his experience of working in a hospital where sleep is constantly disrupted, Dr. Huynh would only recommend one supplement: melatonin. While he said that 3 milligrams is usually enough, in some cases, Dr. Huynh may prescribe up to 6 mg. “Melatonin is a very safe over-the-counter supplement to take,” he said. “It just increases the melatonin amount in your body and tells your body, ‘Hey, it’s time to go to sleep.’” He cautioned about taking other supplements, mostly because the Federal Drug Administration does not regulate supplements. “That’s how they get around selling them to people without a prescription. They’re not really tested.” And some, such as kava and valerian, can cause liver failure in some cases. OTC medications While Dr. Huynh said two other effective over-the-counter sleep aids were NyQuil and Benadryl, he cautioned not to take either in excess or for a prolonged amount of time. “These medicines have an anticholinergic effect — you can get delirious or have difficulty with urination and severe dryness,” he noted. Products that can help you get a better night’s sleep Blue Cut Blue-Light-Blocking Glasses  If you just want a pair of anti-fatigue, nonprescription blue-light-filtering glasses, this pair from Blue Cut is a solid option. Available with or without magnification power. A viable choice if you work on the computer or enjoy gaming. Sold by Amazon Flents Ear Plugs For people with trouble sleeping, these comfortable-fit earplugs can be a godsend. They are latex-free, have a 33-decibel noise reduction rate, and come in a large container that holds 50 pairs. Sold by Amazon HoMedics White Noise Sound Machine If you need a little background noise to sleep, this model offers six options: white noise, thunder, ocean, rain, summer night and brook. The autotimer will play sounds for 15, 30 or 60 minutes. Sold by Amazon ZQuiet Anti-Snoring Mouthpiece If you or your partner snores, it can be impossible to get a restful night’s sleep. There are two models, one that moves your jaw forward 2 millimeters and one that moves your jaw forward 6 mm to keep your airway open while you sleep. Sold by Amazon Eclipse Fresno Modern Blackout Curtains These premium-quality blackout curtains block out between 98% to 99.9% of sunlight. They can also help reduce unwanted noise and cut down on your energy bills. Sold by Amazon Asutra Silk Eye Pillow for Sleep This soothing eye pillow is made of 100% silk for comfort. It is filled with lavender and flax seeds and comes with a gel mask for additional comfort. Sold by Amazon Original Casper Pillow The original Casper pillow is breathable, so it helps keep you cool while sleeping. It provides both support and comfort to help ensure better neck alignment. The pillow is resistant to clumping. Sold by Casper and Amazon Saatva Classic Mattress This luxurious mattress is supportive and breathable. It is designed to deliver proper spine alignment, no matter how you sleep and comes with a 365-night home trial. Sold by Saatva Nature Made Melatonin Melatonin helps you fall asleep naturally by increasing the level of melatonin in your system. This 240-count jar contains 3 mg tablets. Sold by Amazon and iHerb Philips SmartSleep Wake-Up Light By using the Philips SmartSleep Wake-Up light, you can help put your body on a better sleep cycle. It has 10 brightness settings, five different natural wake-up sounds and a dimmable display. Sold by Amazon Benadryl Ultratabs Antihistamine Allergy Medicine While the primary purpose of Benadryl is to reduce allergy symptoms, it also functions well as a sleep aid. Talk to your doctor before using this OTC medicine for the first time. Sold by Amazon ZzzQuil Nighttime Sleep Aid  ZzzQuil is the non-habit-forming sleep aid that can help you fall asleep in less than 20 minutes. It keeps you sleeping throughout the night, giving you seven to eight hours of uninterrupted rest. Sold by Amazon Want to shop the best products at the best prices? Check out Daily Deals from BestReviews. Sign up here to receive the BestReviews weekly newsletter for useful advice on new products and noteworthy deals.  Allen Foster writes for BestReviews. BestReviews has helped millions of consumers simplify their purchasing decisions, saving them time and money.  Copyright 2022 BestReviews, a Nexstar company. All rights reserved.

Crypto Exchange Huobi Global Enables Cryptocurrency Purchases With Fiat In Latin America – CoinDesk https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/crypto-exchange-huobi-global-enables-cryptocurrency-purchases-with-fiat-in-latin-america-coindesk/ Andrés Engler is a CoinDesk editor based in Argentina, where he covers the Latin American crypto ecosystem. He holds BTC and ETH. Huobi Global, a crypto exchange founded in China but now registered in the Republic of Seychelles, is enabling cryptocurrencies to be purchased with fiat currency in Latin America through a partnership with the online payment solution AstroPay. The exchange, one of the world’s largest by trading volume, now provides a new fiat on-ramp in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Uruguay, Huobi said in a statement. “Users in these countries will then be able to purchase and trade through a variety of payment methods including credit and debit cards, bank transfers and local alternative options,” the company added, including the Brazilian government’s payment system Pix and Mexico’s system of interbank electronic payments (SPEI). With its latest move, Huobi joins other global players that have recently enabled crypto purchases via fiat in Latin America, such as Bybit and MetaMask. In May, Huobi Global acquired the Latin American crypto exchange Bitex, which operates in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Paraguay, and plans to launch operations in Peru and other undisclosed countries in the region. Astropay was founded in 2009 by Uruguayans Andrés Bzurovski and Sergio Fogel. It currently has offices in the U.K. and Latin America, offering more than 200 payment methods globally, the firm said in a statement. Sign up for Market Wrap, our daily newsletter explaining what happened today in crypto markets – and why. By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk product updates, events and marketing and you agree to our terms of services and privacy policy. DISCLOSURE Please note that our privacy policy, terms of use, cookies, and do not sell my personal information has been updated . The leader in news and information on cryptocurrency, digital assets and the future of money, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. As part of their compensation, certain CoinDesk employees, including editorial employees, may receive exposure to DCG equity in the form of stock appreciation rights, which vest over a multi-year period. CoinDesk journalists are not allowed to purchase stock outright in DCG . Andrés Engler is a CoinDesk editor based in Argentina, where he covers the Latin American crypto ecosystem. He holds BTC and ETH. Andrés Engler is a CoinDesk editor based in Argentina, where he covers the Latin American crypto ecosystem. He holds BTC and ETH.

Opinion | Why Does The U.S. Have A Labor Shortage After The Pandemic? – The Washington Post https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/opinion-why-does-the-u-s-have-a-labor-shortage-after-the-pandemic-the-washington-post/ Nicholas Eberstadt, the Henry Wendt chair in political economy at the American Enterprise Institute, is the author of “Men Without Work: Post-Pandemic Edition,” published this week. The reasons for Americans’ growing angst and discontent about their circumstances and prospects are many, but this seemingly new normal is easier to understand when we recognize just how significantly U.S. economic performance has faltered over the past few decades. Since the start of the 21st century, per capita growth dropped to less than half its previous 1950-2000 tempo. With the rate creaking along now at just over 1 percent per annum, incomes would take more than 60 years to double; from 1980-1999, the doubling pace was 31 years. A significant factor in modern America’s slower growth — and the lower expectations it unforgivingly imposes — is the drop-off in work. The country is aging, of course, but population graying does not explain the collapse of employment for men of the 25-54 prime working age (women’s labor force participation rates have been declining too, but not as steeply). Nor can it account for the anomalous emergence of a peacetime labor shortage in post-pandemic America, even as workforce participation rates remain stuck well below pre-pandemic levels. Instead, these are manifestations of a troubling, once unfamiliar but now increasingly entrenched syndrome. Call it the “flight from work.” Although the unemployment rate for prime-age men in August was a mere 3 percent, only 86 percent reported any paid labor. The remaining 11 percent were labor-force dropouts — neither working nor looking for work. These “not in labor force” men, who now outnumber the formally unemployed by more than 4 to 1, are the main reason that the country’s prime male work rate has been driven below its 1940 level — when national unemployment rates were nearly 15 percent. Astonishingly, yes, the United States has a Depression-scale work problem. In academic and policy circles, conventional wisdom holds that declining male workforce participation (i.e., Depression-style work rates) is a function of economic and structural change — declining demand for less skilled labor and manufacturing; China in the World Trade Organization; outsourcing and globalization. But that wisdom is incapable of explaining why the prime male flight from work traces an almost straight line upward since 1965, irrespective of recessions, or such disruptive shocks as China’s joining the WTO. Nor can that storyline tell us why the U.S. labor market suddenly has 11 million unfilled jobs, with businesses in every sector nationwide desperate for workers, including positions that do not require high school diplomas. Roughly speaking, about a quarter of the manpower shortfall appears to be immigration-related. Migrant flows, legal and illegal alike, were severely disrupted by the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. (Data for 2022 is unavailable because migrant employment isn’t measured month-to-month.) The two-year interruption of in-migration offered a natural experiment. Would Americans fill the jobs vacuum these missing foreign workers would otherwise have occupied? We now know the answer: The flight from work prevailed. Moreover, almost all of the residual manpower shortfall appears to be among native-born Americans as foreign-born workforce participation appears to be back up to pre-pandemic levels. Lingering health woes from the covid-19 catastrophe figure into this post-pandemic flight from work, of course. But that impact on the manpower availability might be less severe than many assume. The Census Bureau’s real-time Household Pulse Survey started asking adults about “long covid” this summer. Most recently, almost 7 million adults not in the workforce say they are currently affected by long covid. On the other hand, among those reporting long-covid-associated challenges, the number who gave covid illness as the reason they were out of the workforce, either suffering from it themselves or caring for someone else, totaled about 700,000. That’s a consequential number in its own right, and enough to explain some of the workforce drop-off, but not most of it. And these reported covid effects don’t entirely match up with workforce losses. Most post-pandemic workforce dropouts were 55 or older, with the 65-74 group especially affected. But according to the Pulse findings, fewer than 200,000 people 55-and-over (and just 50,000 65-and-over) say they are not in the labor force because of long-covid illness or caregiving. The disproportionate post-pandemic decline in labor force participation by older men and women is troubling, not only because it suggests a new front has opened in the flight from work, but also for what it might presage for the ever-grayer United States that lies ahead. It might be that some older Americans are just taking a break, spending down some of the wealth bestowed on them through Washington’s pandemic emergency policies. If so, some might be lured back into the labor force after a bout of premature retirement. Some. Might. Absent a dramatic reversal of the current flight from work, the U.S. labor shortage will probably have to be solved by some combination of immigration, automation and recession. That mix is far from likely to reduce popular angst and discontent.

UiPath, Automation Anywhere Partner Roboyo Acquires Lean Consulting – ChannelE2E https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/uipath-automation-anywhere-partner-roboyo-acquires-lean-consulting-channele2e/ by Ty Trumbull • Sep 20, 2022 Hyperautomation professional services company Roboyo Group has acquired Lean Consulting for an undisclosed amount. This is technology M&A deal number 827 that ChannelE2E has covered so far in 2022. See more than 2,000 technology M&A deals involving MSPs, MSSPs & IT service providers listed here. Roboyo, founded in 2016, is based in Nuremberg, Germany. The company has 442 employees listed on LinkedIn. Roboyo’s areas of expertise include robotic process automation (RPA), intelligent automation, business process management, artificial intelligence, consulting, process and task mining, rapid app development, conversational AI and chatbots. The company is a UiPath and Automation Anywhere partner and works closely with such RPA software providers as UiPath, Blueprism, Automation Anywhere, Microsoft and Hyland RPA, among others. Lean Consulting, founded in 2007, is based in Essex, United Kingdom. The company has eight employees listed on LinkedIn. Lean Consulting’s areas of expertise include lean consulting, administration improvement, lean operations, Six Sigma analysis, target operating model, transformation programs, efficiency and productivity improvement, cost reduction, profit maximisation, contact center improvement, lean contact centers, robotic process automation, lean training, online training, UiPath, Automation Anywhere, BluePrism, Pega, business process management and BPM. The acquisition, which is part of the company’s global growth strategy, will strengthen Roboyo Group’s UK presence, the company said. The deal will also boost Roboyo’s headcount to more than 450 employees working from 19 cities across 13 countries, Roboyo said. Roboyo Acquires Lean Consulting: Leadership Insight Nicolas Hess, co-founder and CEO, Roboyo Nicolas Hess, co-founder and CEO, Roboyo, commented: “Roboyo’s Consulting offering has been a huge factor in our phenomenal growth over the past few years, so it was an extremely easy decision to invite Lean Consulting to join us. Their expertise and honed skillset will strengthen our real-world, value-led, end-to-end automation offering and by consolidating our UK presence we’re able to reach more clients and provide next-level hyperautomation solutions to UK businesses.” Cameron Turner, managing director, Lean Consulting, said: “Lean and Process Improvement go hand in glove with automation and the powerhouse that is Roboyo, along with our Lean Six Sigma expertise will be a brilliant combination. I’m looking forward to taking our Lean vision to customers across the globe and joining the Roboyo family.” Robotics M&A The fast-growing robotic process automation (RPA) software market continues to generate strong merger and acquisition (M&A) activity. ChannelE2E maintains an expansive RPA M&A deal list, which you can find here.

Job Report: Clark County Fares Better Than State, Seattle – The Columbian https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/job-report-clark-county-fares-better-than-state-seattle-the-columbian/ Business services, social assistance sectors see growth Published: September 20, 2022, 6:04am This article is available exclusively to subscribers like you. Restaurants are suffering from staff shortages and Skippers in Hazel Dell has had trouble retaining staff over the summer, as seen on Sept. 9. Food services is one sector that saw gains in August. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Eight hundred jobs were added to Clark County’s local economy in July, according to seasonally adjusted statistics from Scott Bailey, regional economist for the Washington Employment Security Department. Business services and social assistance sectors both saw growth that month. Business services added 300 jobs, while social assistance added 200. Gains have been seen in these categories this year, as well as in arts, entertainment and recreation; private education; accommodations and food services; and construction, mining and logging. Over the year, the retail trade and federal government sectors lost jobs. Seasonal summer layoffs at schools meant a reduction of 300 jobs, meanwhile, in state government and K-12 education. Since the onset on the pandemic in February 2020, Clark County has gained a net 11,400 jobs, a 6.7 percent increase. That is better than the national rate, the state rate, the Oregon rate, the Seattle metro rate and the Portland metro rate. The county’s unemployment rate was 3.8 percent in July, down from 4.4 percent in June and down from 5.6 percent in July 2021. The number of unemployed residents in July was 9,600, which is 31 percent below the estimated 13,800 unemployed folks a year ago. Washington, meanwhile, added about 16,100 jobs to its economy in August — a number that has been seasonally adjusted, according to the Washington Employment Security Department’s latest monthly labor report. Government, education, health services, professional and business services and retail trade were the industries with the biggest growth on the state level. The July preliminary estimate was also revised to show that the state actually gained 10,200 jobs that month. Still, the state’s labor force declined in August, coming in at 4,020,700, down by 9,700 people from the month before. Washington’s unemployment rate sat at 3.7 percent in August, down from 5 percent one year ago.

What Was The First Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party Date To Sell Out? – The DIS https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/what-was-the-first-mickeys-very-merry-christmas-party-date-to-sell-out-the-dis/ The first date for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party has sold out, and it isn’t the one you would imagine. The official Walt Disney World website is now showing that the first date to hit its availability threshold is none other than… November 10th? All other dates are currently showing some availability but judging by the first to go grey; it seems you never know when your preferred date will follow suit and be unexpectedly showing the SOLD OUT stamp. I know what you are thinking, it’s only September; I do the same thing every year when the Halloween party sells out before summer is even over. Though, if there is one thing we do know, it’s that when it comes to seasonal Disney parties, the saying, you snooze, you lose has never been more true. Be sure to contact your Dream Unlimited Travel agent today and get your preferred dates locked in.

Igbos Celebrate 10 Years Of Throne In Ghana – Ghana Business News https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/igbos-celebrate-10-years-of-throne-in-ghana-ghana-business-news/ Eze Dr Chukwudi Ihenetu, the Paramount King of the Igbo Community in Ghana, has inspired hope for his subjects and other people as the Igbo community celebrated 10 years of the Igbo throne in Ghana, and the Igbo new yam festival, in Accra. As the celebrants filled the air with joy with dance, music and firing of musketry, the Igbo King, attired in beautiful Igbo white robe, led royalty on a red carpet to a table, arranged with plump tubers of yam. He then invoked divine blessing on the tubers, cut into the roasted ones and dipped a cut into a bowl of stew and later took a bite. Eze Dr Ihenetu was enstooled as the Eze Igbo of the Ghanaian community on August 30, 2012. The Efua Sutherland Children’s Park went agog with excitement as the King declared the opening of the eating of the new yam, with thanks to God Almighty for the 10-year success of the Igbo throne in Ghana, and for the success of Igbo agricultural and other activities, symbolised in the harvested yam. The New Yam Festival, in the Ogidi community, of Anambra State in Nigeria is an important way of marking the beginning and end of the farming season and is a celebration of life, accomplishments in the community, culture and well-being. The essence of the festival is to express gratitude to Almighty God for life, protection, and bountiful yam harvest. The colourful occasion was a visual spectacle of coherence, dance, joy, and feasting for community members to mark the end of the cultivating season. The festival, which attracted tourists and people from all occupations and 0 recognised by UNESCO, an arm of the United Nations, Ghana traditional institutions and Ghana Ministry of Tourism and Culture was on the theme “Ten Years of Promoting and Preserving Igbo Culture in the Diaspora.” “As we mark the 10 anniversary of Ghana Igbo history, we are hopeful that our tomorrow will be better teeter that today. God bless you,” the Igbo Paramount King had earlier said. Eze Dr Ihenetu said: “The New Yam Festival is time to thank God for His grace on our businesses, our health, and the resources to harvest our crops. “So, today we are alive to harvest that which we have planted which is represented by yam. “By thanking God at this time, we also plead for good health and the resources needed for the net farming season so that we can gather again next year to celebrate Thanksgiving.” He repeatedly gave thanks to God, and invoked divine blessing for the new cropping season, good harvest, prosperity, and health as he advised that resources gathered should go into the care of one’s dependents, and especially care of the family, foremost in caring children and their education. The Eze identified Africans as one people, who have been divided by artificial borders, and stressing unity among Africans and among people of African descent and those in the Diaspora, called in Africans too maintain, practice, and teach African culture. Eze Dr Ihenetu recalled that the relationship between Ghana and Nigeria began many years began through then Public Works Department and the West African Frontier Forces ran by the then British West African Government. ‘And also, during the struggle for independence, people like the first president of Nigeria Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe lived in Ghana, where he passed through working as a journalist studying in the US Eze Dr Ihenetu noted that establishing the Igbo throne in Ghana 10 years ago was met with challenges like the Ebola scare, but with tenacity “certain dates have become cemented as part of the communal narrative” that define the Igbo people in Ghana. “These are days that, in diverse ways have made us display our culture and identity, to show who we are. Which is, why it is essential to learn about them and to learn from them.” He reminded Igbo leaders and parents in the Diaspora, as a shared responsibility, to teach new generations the Igbo culture and traditions. “We owe it to them to make them a better people, a wiser clan, and to create a better Nigerian –Igbos I in Ghana for those who come after us,” Eze Dr Ihenetu said He expressed thanks to Government and People of Ghana for accommodating Igbos and giving Igbos the space to operate freely. Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress also symbolically cut the yam and took a bite. Aside the cutting celebration of the yam festival, cola was also blessed for the celebration. Sub-kings took turns and paid homage to the Igbo Paramount King. Among the personalities that were recognized by the Igbo Paramount King, at the festival was Ghanaian gospel musician, Empress Gifty Osei, who was installed a chief She was named Ugo Ima Ndi Ngbo, to wit beautiful eagle. Empress Gifty, accompanied by husband Hopeson Adorye member of the ruling New Patriotic Party, to the event said she was the “eagle of the time” and expressed delight at the recognition, pledging to continually respect tradition and continue to use music to advance the progress of humanity. Source: GNA

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS PARTNER WITH DAIRY FARMERS OF ONTARIO – GlobeNewswire https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/toronto-maple-leafs-partner-with-dairy-farmers-of-ontario-globenewswire/ “Milk” patch to be featured on team sweaters starting this season September 20, 2022 11:28 ET | Source: Dairy Farmers of Ontario Toronto, Sept. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Toronto Maple Leafs today announced that Dairy Farmers of Ontario’s “Milk” patch will appear on all the team’s game sweaters starting this NHL season, building on the two organizations’ multi-year partnership to support healthy active living, community programming and access to hockey for players and fans everywhere. The multi-year agreement comes into effect as the NHL introduces a sweater partner branding program to all clubs this season. “Just as milk nourishes healthy bodies, Ontario’s dairy farming families proudly nourish healthy communities, and that’s been the focus of our ongoing partnership with the Toronto Maple Leafs,” said Cheryl Smith, CEO of Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO). “Placing our Milk logo on the Leafs’ sweaters is a symbol of this shared commitment, and of milk’s role in building strong bodies and healthy lives.” DFO’s “Milk” insignia will appear in the upper right chest area of the Maple Leafs’ home, road and specialty sweaters. Fans will first see it in action as the Maple Leafs open their pre-season exhibition schedule with a double-header against the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Arena on Saturday, Sept. 24 (1 p.m. and 7 p.m. start times). To celebrate the enhanced Maple Leafs partnership, DFO will provide 5,000 tickets to the game to community youth groups, providing more access to hockey for young fans who might not otherwise have the opportunity to attend a Maple Leafs game. DFO’s partnership with the Maple Leafs and MLSE will include even more grassroots and community programming to support healthy active living and access to the game of hockey for all players and fans. “Given our pride in our partnership with Dairy Farmers of Ontario, and the immense benefits of milk to both elite and everyday athletes, it’s a perfect fit to see the blue-and-white Milk logo on the Maple Leafs’ iconic blue-and-white sweaters,” said Jordan Vader, Senior Vice President, Global Partnerships, at MLSE. “Alongside MLSE and DFO’s shared values of support for grassroots initiatives, we look forward to further grow our partnership to reach the next generation of fans and give back to communities across Ontario.” About Dairy Farmers of Ontario Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO) is the marketing board for the largest sector of Ontario agriculture. Our mission is to provide leadership and excellence in the production and marketing of Canadian milk for a dynamic, profitable growing dairy industry. Ontario’s more than 3,400 dairy farmers, their families and employees are proud to produce high-quality milk for Canadians. For more information, visit www.milk.org. -30- Jersey Photo Jersey Photo New Toronto Maple Leaf jersey shows the new Milk logo addition Contact Data Dairy Farmers of Ontario Heather MacGregor, Director, Communications (416) 894-1043 heather.macgregor@milk.org MLSE Charzie Abendanio Manager, Corporate Communications, MLSE (416) 970-4613 charzie.abendanio@mlse.com Argyle PR for Dairy Farmers of Ontario Jessica Lawson, Consultant 9023172916 jlawson@argylepr.com

Premier League News Live Updates: Tables, Fixtures And Build-Up To International Football – The Athletic https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/premier-league-news-live-updates-tables-fixtures-and-build-up-to-international-football-the-athletic/ September 20, 2022 at 11:36 AM EDT Forest make another signing… Goalkeeper Adnan Kanuric has joined the club, but will link up with the Under-21 side. Kanuric, who turned 22 last month, has impressed while on trial over the last few weeks, when he did work with the first-team squad. (Photo: Nottingham Forest) Luke Bosher· Junior Editor, News GO FURTHER Nottingham Forest sign goalkeeper Adnan Kanuric September 20, 2022 at 10:48 AM EDT Manager at centre of blackmail case facing FA investigation and possible ban The football manager at the centre of an extraordinary blackmail case — revealed by The Athletic last week — is facing an investigation by the Football Association and the probability of a ban. Luke Bosher· Junior Editor, News September 20, 2022 at 9:59 AM EDT Sven Botman withdraws from Netherlands U21 squad to focus on Newcastle Sven Botman has turned down the opportunity to link up with the Netherlands’ Under-21 squad in order to focus on his Newcastle United career. The 22-year-old centre-back — who joined Newcastle from Lille in a deal worth up to €37million plus add-ons in June — was an unused substitute during his side’s 1-1 draw with Bournemouth on Saturday. He has since told Netherlands Under-21 coach Erwin van de Looi that he wants to train with Newcastle during the current international break. Click here to read the full story. (Photo: Getty Images) Omar Garrick· Staff Editor, News September 20, 2022 at 9:24 AM EDT Youri Tielemans happy to get away from ‘tough’ environment at struggling Leicester Youri Tielemans has suggested life is “tough” at bottom of the Premier League Leicester City. Leicester have lost their last two matches 5-2 and 6-2 against Brighton & Hove Albion and Tottenham Hotspur respectively. They have collected just one point from seven games and have lost six league games on the spin. Tielemans is now away with Belgium for their Nations League games but admitted the situation at the King Power Stadium was not good. Click here to read the full story. (Photo: Getty Images) Omar Garrick· Staff Editor, News September 20, 2022 at 7:37 AM EDT Jordan Henderson added to England squad for matches against Italy and Germany Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has been added to England’s squad for the Nations League matches against Italy and Germany after recovering from injury. The 32-year-old has already linked up with the squad at St. George’s Park as they continue preparing for their upcoming matches. Henderson was originally ruled out for three weeks after damaging his hamstring in Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Newcastle United on August 31. Click here to read the full story. (Photo: Getty Images) Omar Garrick· Staff Editor, News September 20, 2022 at 6:49 AM EDT One-minute silence in honour of Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland vs Ukraine Scotland have confirmed they will hold a one minute silence before their match against Ukraine in memory of Queen Elizabeth II. Omar Garrick· Staff Editor, News Following discussions with UEFA, we can confirm that there will be a minute’s applause ahead of our match against Ukraine, in memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. pic.twitter.com/CGEY30xwut — Scotland National Team (@ScotlandNT) September 20, 2022 September 20, 2022 at 5:56 AM EDT England confirm Morgan Gibbs-White and Keane Lewis-Potter out of the England Under-21s squad to face Italy and Germany England have confirmed that Morgan Gibbs-White and Keane Lewis-Potter have pulled out of the England Under-21s squad to face Italy and Germany. Both players will return to their clubs for assessments over the coming days. It has also been confirmed that midfielder Tyler Morton has been called up as a replacement by manager Lee Carsley for the first time. Omar Garrick· Staff Editor, News September 20, 2022 at 5:25 AM EDT Barcelona forecast €274million profit this season Barcelona have forecast a profit of €274million (£240m, $274m) for the current 2022-23 season. The Spanish side also say they recorded a profit of €98m with a turnover of €1.017billion for the 2021-22 financial year. Barcelona had their spending cap increased by La Liga to €656.5million earlier this month after moving to fix their financial situation this summer. Click here to read the full story. (Photo: Getty Images) Omar Garrick· Staff Editor, News September 20, 2022 at 4:21 AM EDT Oldham Athletic appoint David Unsworth as manager Oldham Athletic have confirmed the appointment of David Unsworth as the club’s new first-team manager. Omar Garrick· Staff Editor, News September 20, 2022 at 3:50 AM EDT Ten Hag has brought a Guardiola and Klopp ‘discipline’ to Manchester United – Bruno Fernandes Bruno Fernandes believes Erik ten Hag has brought a disciplinarian attitude to Manchester United, similar to the styles of Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp. United confirmed the arrival of Ten Hag as their new manager in April this year, with the Dutchman agreeing to move from Ajax to the Premier League club. While he endured a difficult start with worrying defeats to Brighton and Brentford, United have since won their last four Premier League matches in row, including victories against Liverpool and current leaders Arsenal. Click here to read the full story. (Photo: Getty Images) Omar Garrick· Staff Editor, News September 20, 2022 at 2:40 AM EDT ICYMI: Hugo Lloris withdraws from France squad due to thigh injury Tottenham Hotspur’s Hugo Lloris has withdrawn from the France squad for their upcoming Nations League matches due to a thigh injury. France captain Lloris will miss games against Austria and Denmark and has been replaced by Nantes No 1 Alban Lafont in Didier Deschamps’ squad. Lloris played the entire 90 minutes of Spurs’ 6-2 thumping of Leicester City on Saturday, and impressed with excellent shot-stopping during the match. Click here to read the full story. (Photo: Getty Images) Omar Garrick· Staff Editor, News September 20, 2022 at 2:20 AM EDT Chelsea sporting director appointment not imminent, good chance Christoph Freund remains at Red Bull Salzburg Chelsea’s installation of a sporting director is not imminent and there is a good chance that front-runner Christoph Freund now stays at Red Bull Salzburg. Optimism inside Stamford Bridge that a deal for Freund was almost done is believed to have been premature, with Salzburg keen to keep hold of him. Read more from our football correspondent, David Ornstein. Omar Garrick· Staff Editor, News September 20, 2022 at 2:12 AM EDT Good morning! We will be building up to all the Nations League fixtures taking place this week, plus bring you live updates throughout the Premier League. Stick around for updates! Omar Garrick· Staff Editor, News

Fast Company Highlights Imagining The Internet Center Report On The Future Of The ‘metaverse’ – Today At Elon https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/fast-company-highlights-imagining-the-internet-center-report-on-the-future-of-the-metaverse-today-at-elon/ The report reflects the work of the center with the Pew Research Centers to survey hundreds of experts about how extended-reality tools and the “metaverse” will evolve in the next two decades. A recent report by Elon’s Imagining the Internet Center and the Pew Research Centers has been featured an article appearing in Fast Company that explores the future of the “metaverse.” The report encapsulates and analyzes a survey of hundreds of experts who were asked about how they see technologies that extend the bounds of reality, such as augmented- and mixed-reality systems, evolving during the next two decades and how the “metaverse” that taps into those technologies will impact daily life. In the article “Everything you always wanted to know about the metaverse,” Fast Company editor Harry McCracken explores where the quest to establish the metaverse as a fully immersive digital experience is now, and what needs to happen to make it a reality. McCracken turns to the new Imagining the Internet Center and Pew Research Centers report to answer questions about how long it will be until we are all “sucked into the metaverse — ready or not.” This could take a while. In a recent survey of 624 technologists conducted by Pew Research Center and North Carolina’s Elon University, only a slim majority—54%—thought that the metaverse would be a highly evolved part of everyday life for at least 500 million people by 2040. Even that figure is equal to just one-tenth of the internet’s global population in 2022. It’s not just about the technology being ready. Among Pew/Elon respondents, “a large share predicted that the metaverse will not be broadly adopted if the public perceives it to be an even more invasive and threatening geography of intrusive surveillance and rampant monetization” than the current internet, says Janna Anderson, the director of Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center. Along with being published online, the article was also included in the October 2022 edition of the monthly magazine.

Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs To Imagine Flourishing Futures By Seth Goldenberg | The Wonder Of New Ideas – Stanford Social Innovation Review https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/radical-curiosity-questioning-commonly-held-beliefs-to-imagine-flourishing-futures-by-seth-goldenberg-the-wonder-of-new-ideas-stanford-social-innovation-review/ Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures Seth Goldenberg 325 pages, Crown, 2022 Buy the book » We often associate awe with an experience of vastness, like standing at the Grand Canyon. Or the introduction of a new idea in such conflict with our previous understanding that it catalyzes awe. In recent years, science is helping us understand the implications of awe. Psychologists Dacher Keltner and Jonathan Haidt have codified how awe violates our normalized understanding of the world, provoking us to shift our mental models to accommodate, assimilate, and adjust to a new experience. Awe can catalyze the re-booting of the thinking structures we use to understand the world. As we seek new tools for leading cultural change, creating social impact, and bringing fresh currency to the improvement of social systems, awe might just be a secret weapon. If the innovation we seek is social in nature, it may not be a product, a service, or a digital tool that we need to design. We may need to design cultures that seek, embrace, and point toward awe as core operating systems of our organizations and communities. Innovation as a practice of awe aspires to exceed our current conception of the world. As I demonstrate in this chapter from Radical Curiosity, this type of sublime simplicity requires us to re-examine the very assumptions behind our current definition of innovation.—Seth Goldenberg * * * Innovation—as practiced today—is overrated, misunderstood, and in service to the wrong outcomes. In contemporary business, too frequently innovation has been redefined as a vehicle for economic gain. Why is innovation so closely associated with economic growth, when there are many types of growth—personal, intellectual, ecological—worthy of innovation? Innovation has become the language of financial accounting rather than the language of cultural progress. Imagine if the CEO of a corporation announced, “This year we will achieve double-digit growth”—and the metric referred to the increase in knowledge, happiness, or meaning that employees experienced in a calendar year. Imagine if the president of the United States was elected on a promise of “an era of growth like America has never seen”—and that growth referred to the increase in equity, culture, and collective care of all its citizens, rather than GDP. Innovation has historically meant the creation of new ideas—but in modern times it often seems as though the only idea that matters is money. We’ve inverted the equation. Money should be a byproduct of profoundly valuable ideas, not the idea itself. When ideas are culturally relevant, they are valued by the market. Profit, then, is an outcome of ideas that are culturally valued by society. This inversion—treating money instead of ideas as the primary objective—is making us idea impotent. The irony is that our financialization of ideas is preventing the very thing we need for valuable new ideas to emerge. Ideas with resilient, transformative, purposeful value come from changes in the way people think. If we want big, bold ideas, we need to re-engineer our minds, not engineer new products. The work ahead is not mechanical, technological, or production-based. True innovation requires us to ask the Radically Curious questions that lead to deeper insights, not greater profits. To change not the tools that we wield, but what we wield them for. Such a task is not easy. And it requires something unexpected. It requires awe. Experiences of awe shift or expand our conception of the world. To describe the experience of awe, we often say, “That was mind-blowing.” We have blown our minds, in that an awe-inspiring experience blows up a previous worldview. Then our minds can accommodate a new, reorganized view of the world. Awe catalyzes an operating system upgrade. But not merely at a surface level. Awe can play with our minds in ways that challenge what we think we know to be certain. Causing our “truths” to feel uncertain and our core beliefs to feel unstable. Is the Earth the center of the universe, or is the Sun? Is there one God, many gods, or no God? What is the relationship between humans and the natural world? Awe tends to make us question the big stuff. We need to become more comfortable with this sort of questioning. To be content viewing knowledge as not a static object but an activity, a sustained inquiry in which the blowing of minds is a constant. The most valuable explorations are always elusive. They yield not answers but new questions, better questions, until we go deep enough to see that the process of inquiry is itself awe-inspiring. This is where the magic lies. In the space between what is known and what is unknown. That is where awe yields tremendous possibility. Helen De Cruz wrote about the bridge between what is known and unknown in her essay “The Necessity of Awe.” In it she describes the difficult human experience of innovation in terms of dismissing one narrative and harvesting a new one: When a scientific paradigm breaks down, scientists need to make a leap into the unknown. These are moments of revolution, as identified by Thomas Kuhn in the 1960s, when the scientists’ worldview becomes untenable and the agreed-upon and accepted truths of a particular discipline are radically called into question. Beloved theories are revealed to have been built upon sand. Explanations that held up for hundreds of years are now dismissed. A particular and productive way of looking at the world turns out to be erroneous in its essentials. The great scientific revolutions—such as those instigated by Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Lavoisier, Einstein and Wegener—are times of great uncertainty, when cool, disinterested reason alone doesn’t help scientists move forward because so many of their usual assumptions about how their scientific discipline is done turn out to be flawed. So, they need to make a leap, not knowing where they will land. … To change the field or accept radical changes in it, you need to alter your outlook on the world. Awe can do this. It focuses attention away from yourself and makes you think outside of your usual thought patterns. This is a useful articulation of the difficulty in breaking out of legacy narratives. De Cruz challenges us to look at what we ask of ourselves when we innovate: to accept the possibility that beloved theories have been built upon sand, that centuries-old views of the world must be dismissed. There are profound and frightening implications when innovation means the breaking and rebuilding of mental models. Margaret J. Wheatley, in her book Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future, asks us to consider our willingness to be challenged, to risk revealing that our personal truths have been built upon sand. She proposes: As we work together to restore hope to the future, we need to include a new and strange ally—our willingness to be disturbed. Our willingness to have our beliefs and ideas challenged by what others think. No one person or perspective can give us the answers we need to the problems of today. Paradoxically, we can only find those answers by admitting we don’t know. We have to be willing to let go of our certainty and expect ourselves to be confused for a time. We live in perplexing times. Times in which innovation has come to mean something less profound. Our resistance to spending more time not knowing—at a time when there is so much we don’t know—has left us with a kind of innovation we might not recognize. Somewhere along the way we substituted the awe of radically new ideas with a desire for anything new. The production economy loves a shiny new object. Which perhaps explains why the buzzword “innovation,” the most overused, misunderstood, and meaningless term in recent years, has become synonymous with the notion of any new transaction. If we look back in history, there are some important clues to why the term “innovation” has evolved in the way it has. The Canadian historian Benoît Godin has researched the foundational origins of “innovation” as a practical, theoretical, legal, and business concept. One of his most significant books, Innovation Contested: The Idea of Innovation over the Centuries, offers a studious historical examination: In the particularly entrenched religious atmosphere of sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe, doctrinal innovation was anathema. Some saw this kind of newness as an affiliation with Puritanism, or worse popery … in an extreme case from 1636, when an English Puritan and former royal official, Henry Burton, began publishing pamphlets advocating against church officials as innovators, levying Proverbs 24:21 as his weapon: “My Sonne, feare thou the Lord, and the King, and meddle not with them that are given to change.” In turn, the pot-stirring Puritan was accused of being the true “innovator” and sentenced to a life in prison and worse—a life without ears. Henry Burton’s invocation of Proverbs 24:21 is particularly meaningful. The final phrase, “meddle not with them that are given to change,” has been reinterpreted to mean “don’t associate with the rebels” or “don’t get involved with the revolutionaries,” suggesting that being an innovator was synonymous with being a heretic. Likely because innovators destroy beliefs that had gone unquestioned for centuries. The fear of newness is innate. Instinctually, when we take our first steps as babies, we feel our way forward with trepidation, as though the floor may fall out from under us. As adults, newness and uncertainty produce a similar se...

Best Crypto To Buy Trending Today: USTC, APE, HNT, CHZ, LUNC, ALGO, CVX, LUNA, QNT, LDO, IBAT – Cryptonews https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/best-crypto-to-buy-trending-today-ustc-ape-hnt-chz-lunc-algo-cvx-luna-qnt-ldo-ibat-cryptonews/ The cryptocurrency market has experienced modest gains over the past day after trading significantly below average to begin the week. Despite investors’ cautious optimism about coin prices, it appears that there are still opportunities to profit. In this article, we’ll examine the best crypto to buy trending today: 1. TerraUSD Classic (USTC) The first option among the top trending coins is USTC. Formerly the stablecoin of the Terra ecosystem, USTC has depegged against the dollar but is striving towards regaining its value.  USTC currently trades at $0.032, marking a 0.92% price increase in the past 24 hours. The asset is poised for a major 1.2% tax burn which should go live on September 21. Along with Terra Classic (LUNC), USTC is expected to see some upside once the tax burn takes effect.   2. ApeCoin (APE) APE, the native token for the ApeCoin non-fungible token (NFT) and metaverse ecosystem, is one of the most valuable assets in the market – despite only launching in March 2022. The coin currently trades at $5.87, a 12.53% uptrend in the past day.  APE investors will be anticipating an important coin unlock that should happen this week. The ApeCoin ADO is expected to unlock 25 million APE tokens, which have been allocated for “launch contributors.” These unnamed companies and contributors could flood the market with their tokens, although investors are optimistic that APE would withstand the selling pressure.  3. Helium (HNT) HNT is the native token for Helium Network – a blockchain that allows anyone to own and operate a wireless network of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The asset is currently trading at $4.47, marking a 4.3% price drop in the past 24 hours.  It would appear that HNT is among the top trending coins because of a bug on Binance that led to the mishandling of HNT tokens. Binance reportedly misallocated about 4.8 million HNT tokens, sending them to random users who quickly sold the coins for profits.  4. Chiliz (CHZ) The Chiliz platform is one of the most popular Web3 services available. Chiliz runs Socios, which allows sports and entertainment franchises to launch fan tokens that allow them to engage better with their fans.  Trading at $0.23, CHZ, the platform’s native token, surged by 0.28% in the past 24 hours. Investors are especially excited about Chiliz’s intention to transition from the Ethereum blockchain to its native chain, CHZ 2.0.  The move is expected to make Chiliz a self-sustaining platform, allowing it to compete with some of the biggest platforms in the NFT and Web3 spaces. 5. Luna Classic (LUNC)  LUNC is the former primary asset for the Terra ecosystem. After the USTC stablecoin was depegged, LUNC lost over 99% of its value in a downturn that affected the entire market. However, LUNC remains a hot-ticket item for many who still believe in the environment.    Trading at $0.00028, LUNC’s price slumped by 4.73% in the past 24 hours. However, like USTC, investors anticipate the 1.2% tax burn launch later this week. The tax burn already has support from exchanges like Binance, KuCoin, and MEXC, and it could be a major catalyst for a price surge.   6. Algorand (ALGO)  ALGO powers Algorand – a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain that describes itself as the home of FutureFi. The asset currently trades at $0.34, an uptrend of 8.3% in the past 24 hours.  Algorand appears on the list of the top trending coins because the blockchain protocol recently signed a partnership deal with FIFA – the global football governing body. As part of the deal, FIFA will launch FIFA+ Collect, an NFT platform, on the blockchain. With FIFA+ Collect, football fans can purchase soccer highlights, imagery, and art. Also, as the World Cup is less than two months away, this could be a bullish time for the asset. 7. Convex Finance (CVX) Convex Finance is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that allows users to earn rewards, interest payments, and trading fees. While it isn’t one of the largest DeFi protocols, users are attracted to Convex because of the opportunity to earn extra income.  CVX trades at $4.70, a price jump of 1.48% in the past 24 hours.  8. Terra (LUNA) LUNA is the new asset for the Terra ecosystem. After the initial ecosystem crashed, investors moved on to LUNA, a fork of the old blockchain. LUNA currently trades at $2.70, a price drop of 4.87% in the past day.  The digital asset is trending as South Korean investigators continue their search for Do Kwon, Terra’s founder. Kwon has maintained that he isn’t on the run, although his whereabouts remain unknown.  9. Quant (QNT)  QNT is the native token for Quant – a blockchain interoperability network that ensures seamless collaboration and resource movement between multiple blockchains. It is popularly known as the first operating system to be built for blockchains to connect different blockchains and networks.  With a price of $103.93, QNT has been trading up by 1.74% in the past 24 hours. 10. Lido Finance (LDO)  LDO powers Lido Finance – a liquid staking protocol that allows users to stake cryptocurrencies and earn returns. The asset is controlled by the Lido DAO – a decentralized autonomous organization that operates Lido.  LDO, which currently trades at $1.77, has surged by 3.21% in the past 24 hours. LDO appears to be experiencing a bull run as more investors turn to Lido Finance to stake their coins. Days before the Ethereum Merge, Lido reportedly held 30% of all staked ETH. It is expected that this should increase, further bolstering LDO’s prospects. 11. Battle Infinity (IBAT) Rounding out the list of top trending coins is IBAT. The native token for the Battle Infinity fantasy sports ecosystem is shaping to be one of the most exciting new coins in the market. Battle Infinity’s seamless blend of the metaverse, NFTs, and fantasy sports has led to massive investor interest in the platform.  IBAT currently trades at $0.0029. The asset experienced a 5.54% increase in the past 24 hours, although investors are even more excited about the asset’s staking launch later this week. Staking should add more functionality to the coin, which recently completed its presale and is seeing growing investor demand.

In A First, Health Panel Calls For Routine Anxiety Screening In Adults – The Washington Post https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/in-a-first-health-panel-calls-for-routine-anxiety-screening-in-adults-the-washington-post/ In a nod to the nation’s pressing mental health crisis, an influential group of medical experts for the first time is recommending that adults under age 65 get screened for anxiety. The draft recommendations, from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, are designed to help primary care clinicians identify early signs of anxiety during routine care, using questionnaires and other screening tools. Anxiety disorders are often unrecognized and underdetected in primary care: One study cited by the task force found the median time for initiating treatment for anxiety is a staggering 23 years. While the task force’s initial deliberations on anxiety screening predated the coronavirus pandemic, the new guidance comes at a critical time, said task force member Lori Pbert, a clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester, Mass. “Covid has taken a tremendous toll on the mental health of Americans,” Pbert said. “This is a topic prioritized for its public health importance, but clearly there’s an increased focus on mental health in this country over the past few years.” In April, the task force made similar recommendations to begin anxiety screening in children and teens, ages 8 to 18. The proposal announced Tuesday focuses on young and middle-aged adults, including those who are pregnant or postpartum, citing research showing that screening and treatment can improve anxiety symptoms in those younger than 65. But the guidance, somewhat surprisingly, stops short of recommending anxiety screening for people 65 and older. One reason: many common symptoms of aging, such as trouble sleeping, pain and fatigue, can also be symptoms of anxiety. The task force said there wasn’t enough evidence to determine the accuracy of screening tools in older adults, which may not be sensitive enough to distinguish between anxiety symptoms and conditions of aging. The task force advised clinicians to use their judgment in discussing anxiety with older patients. The task force also reiterated an earlier recommendation that adults of all ages undergo routine screening for depression. The task force, an independent panel of experts appointed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, wields enormous influence, and while its advice isn’t mandatory, the panel’s recommendations often change the way doctors practice medicine in the United States. Some doctors questioned how the recommendations would play out in the real world, where mental health providers say they already can’t meet patient demand, and patients complain of waiting months for an appointment with a therapist. “Screening is great, but with a dire shortage in the workforce, it’s perplexing unless there are plans for increased funding of clinicians,” said Eugene Beresin, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and executive director of the Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds. Global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25 percent during the first year of the pandemic, the World Health Organization reported earlier this year. By the end of 2021, the WHO said, “the situation had somewhat improved but today too many people remain unable to get the care and support they need for both pre-existing and newly developed mental health conditions.” Anxiety, with its telltale dread and gut-wrenching, heart-pounding, palm-sweating physical signs, can manifest in a number of distinct diagnoses, including generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder and others. Together, these make up the most common mental illnesses in the United States, afflicting 40 million adults each year, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. Treatment can include psychotherapy, notably cognitive behavioral therapy; antidepressant or anti-anxiety medications; as well as various relaxation, mindfulness and desensitization therapies, physicians said. The panel also considered the benefits of screening patients for suicide risk but concluded that even though suicide is a leading cause of death among adults, there is “not enough evidence on whether screening people without signs or symptoms will ultimately help prevent suicide.” Still, the panel urged providers to use their own clinical judgment to determine whether individual patients should be screened for suicide risk. For primary care physicians, already in the throes of a “crisis” of burnout, pandemic-driven stress and their own mental health challenges, adding yet another screening test to a long list of clinical tasks may feel burdensome. “If primary care providers are asked to screen for one more thing, we are going to break without more resources,” said a nurse practitioner in Northern California, who asked not to be named because she didn’t have permission from her clinic to speak about the issue. Ticking off current requirements, like verifying up-to-date screenings for cervical, colon and breast cancer, as well as food insecurity, domestic violence, alcohol and tobacco use, she said everything must be packed into a 15-minute appointment, while also treating patients with complex, chronic conditions. “It just feels wrong if people are positive for depression or anxiety, and we don’t have the mental health support to help them,” said the practitioner. But Mahmooda Qureshi, an internal medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, said that additional support for patients suffering from depression or anxiety will help. “After 2020, it’s the rare patient who is not anxious,” said Qureshi, who noted that she now routinely asks patients, “How’s your stress?” “We have found that when it comes to mental health, if we don’t ask, often we don’t know.” The task force acknowledged the challenges of delivering mental health care to all those in need, adding that fewer than “half of individuals who experience a mental illness will receive mental health care.” The panel also cited “racism and structural policies” that disproportionately affect people of color. The panel noted that Black patients are less likely to receive mental health services compared to other groups, and that misdiagnosis of mental health conditions occurs more often in Black and Hispanic patients. Pbert said the latest guidance is just one step in addressing the urgent mental health needs of patients. “Our hope is that this set of recommendations can bring awareness of the need to create greater access to mental health care throughout the country,” she said, as well as highlight “gaps in the evidence so funders can support critically needed research in these areas.” The proposed recommendations are open for public comment through Oct. 17, after which the task force will consider them for final approval.

CRISPR Technology Market Report 2022: Widespread Potential Applications Drives Opportunities – ResearchAndMarkets.com – Business Wire https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/crispr-technology-market-report-2022-widespread-potential-applications-drives-opportunities-researchandmarkets-com-business-wire/ DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “CRISPR Technology Market, By Product, By Application, By End User, and By Geography – Size, Share, Outlook, and Opportunity Analysis, 2022 – 2028” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. CRISPR technology is driving advances in genome editing across medicine, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and agriculture, which has enabled scientists to conduct research in these fields through faster and more efficient genome editing across the world. CRISPR is also used to correct genetic defects, treat human diseases, and yield better crop varieties. It has a number of potential applications that include treating and preventing the spread of diseases, correcting genetic defects, and also, improving crops. The CRISPR-Cas9 system has a wide diversity of applications. In medicine, it has been applied in research related to cancer, virus infections, genetic diseases and detection of pathogens. CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes and, as such, will likely change the world. Market Dynamics: The outbreak of COVID-19 across the globe, increasing number of ongoing clinical trials, and expanding research in gene editing tools are some major factors expected to augment growth of the global CRISPR Technology market during the forecast period. For instance, in March 2020, scientists at the University of Toronto developed CHyMErA, a CRISPR-based tool for more versatile genome editing. CRISPR technology have great potential for application in both the prevention and control of COVID-19. In March 2020, researchers at New York genome center developed a new CRISPR screening technology to target RNA, including RNA of novel viruses (COVID-19). Moreover, in November 2019, researchers at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, swapped CAS9 enzyme for CAS 12a, which allowed the researchers to edit genes in 25 target sites. Key features of the study: This report provides in-depth analysis of the global CRISPR Technology market, and provides market size (US$ Million) and compound annual growth rate (CAGR %) for the forecast period (2022-2028), considering 2021 as the base year. It elucidates potential revenue opportunities across different segments and explains attractive investment proposition matrices for this market. This study also provides key insights about market drivers, restraints, opportunities, new product launches or approval, market trends, regional outlook, and competitive strategies adopted by key players. It profiles key players in the global CRISPR Technology market based on the following parameters such as company highlights, products portfolio, key highlights, financial performance, and strategies. Key companies covered as a part of this study include Merck KGaA, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Origene Technologies, Inc., New England Biolabs, GenScript, GeneCopoeia, Inc., Cellecta, Inc., Agilent Technologies, Inc., PerkinElmer, Inc. (Horizon Discovery Ltd.), and Danaher Corporation (Integrated DNA Technologies), among others Insights from this report would allow marketers and the management authorities of the companies to make informed decisions regarding their future product launches, type up-gradation, market expansion, and marketing tactics. The global CRISPR Technology market report caters to various stakeholders in this industry including investors, suppliers, product manufacturers, distributors, new entrants, and financial analysts. Stakeholders would have ease in decision-making through various strategy matrices used in analyzing the global CRISPR Technology market. Detailed Segmentation:Global CRISPR Technology Market, By Product: Enzymes Kits & Reagents Guide RNA Others Global CRISPR Technology Market, By Application: Biomedical Agricultural Industrial Others Global CRISPR Technology Market, By End User: Pharmaceutical companies and Biotechnology Companies Academics and Government Research Institutes Others (CROs etc.) Global CRISPR Technology Market, By Geography: North America Europe Asia-Pacific Middle East and Africa South America Key Topics Covered: 1. Research Objectives and Assumptions 2. Market Purview 3. Market Dynamics, Regulations, and Trends Analysis Market Dynamics Rising demand and adoption of CRISPR High cost of CRISPR The outbreak of COVID-19 (global pandemic) Impact Analysis Key Highlights Regulatory Scenario Product launch/Approvals PEST Analysis PORTER’s Analysis Merger and Acquisition Scenario 4. Global CRISPR Technology Market – Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic 5. Global CRISPR Technology Market, By Product, 2017-2028, (US$ Mn) 6. Global CRISPR Technology Market, Application, 2017-2028, (US$ Mn) 7. Global CRISPR Technology Market, By End User, 2017-2028, (US$ Mn) 8. Global CRISPR Technology Market, By Geography, 2017-2028, (US$ Mn) 9. Competitive Landscape 10. Section Companies Mentioned Merck KGaA Thermo Fisher Scientific Origene Technologies Inc. New England Biolabs GenScript GeneCopoeia Inc. Cellecta Inc. Agilent Technologies Inc. PerkinElmer Inc. (Horizon Discovery Ltd.) Danaher Corporation (Integrated DNA Technologies) For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/r0cc33

Analysis: Overstretched U.S. Companies Feel Pinch Of Higher Borrowing Costs – Reuters https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/analysis-overstretched-u-s-companies-feel-pinch-of-higher-borrowing-costs-reuters/ Sharpie markers owned by Newell Brands are seen for sale in a store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Sept 20 (Reuters) – When U.S. consumer products company Newell Brands Inc (NWL.O) refinanced $1.1 billion worth of bonds earlier this month, it saw its borrowing costs jump by more than half. The maker of Sharpie pens and Rubbermaid storage containers agreed to pay annual interest of between 6.4% and 6.6%, up from the 3.9% annual coupon it was paying, in exchange for pushing back the bonds’ maturity by four and six years. Newell Brands had seven months left until it had to pay back the principal on these bonds and could have held out in the hopes of a cheaper debt deal. But with the Federal Reserve rushing to raise interest rates to combat rampant inflation, it made sense for the Atlanta, Georgia-based company to refinance now, credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service Inc said in a note. Newell Brands is rated Ba1 by Moody’s. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com A Newell Brands spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. The company said in its latest quarterly earnings in July that it was betting on strong cash generation in the second half of 2022, driven by less spending on inventory, to help pay down its debt. With a debt mountain net of cash of close to $5 billion and projected negative free cash flow this year of about $300 million, Newell Brands is one of hundreds of U.S. companies with overstretched balance sheets. Many of these companies binged on cheap debt in the past 15 years and are now confronted with higher borrowing costs as a result of central banks tightening their monetary policies. This is restricting their ability to hire and retain employees, as well as invest in their business and return capital to shareholders. The companies under the greatest strain are prolific users of debt rated as “highly speculative” by credit ratings agencies. Asset manager AllianceBernstein estimates that the average company with a B3 or B- rating — highly speculative in credit rating agency parlance — could see an 80% or more reduction of their free cash flow because of the decline in the junk debt markets. “Our belief is that a large number of B3 rated companies, by virtue of higher interest rates and deterioration of earnings, will become severely free cash flow-constrained,” said Scott Macklin, director of leveraged loans at AllianceBernstein. Moody’s analyzed 208 B3-rated companies in June and found that 124 of them saw their free cash flow turn from positive to negative this year. Those funded by loans that have floating interest rates are more vulnerable, Moody’s analysts said. Jessica Gladstone, associate managing director at Moody’s and co-author of the report, said bigger companies have more funding options and have been able to secure some fixed-rate financing at less onerous rates. But most companies with junk-rated debt have significant exposure to higher interest rates. “If we’re talking about the typical six times cash flow-leveraged, private equity-owned, all-loans and relatively small B3 company, the vast majority of them are going to see a very significant hit to their cash flow,” Gladstone said. HIGHER BANKRUPTCY RISK The burden of higher interest payments is expected to lead to more companies filing for bankruptcies. Moody’s projects that 3.7% of companies with junk-rated debt will file for bankruptcy by August 2023, up from 2.1% a year earlier. Among the highly indebted companies facing this bankruptcy risk are healthcare provider Surgery Center Holdings, dentistry operator Heartland Dental, energy infrastructure servicer Artera Services and collision repair provider Wand NewCo 3, according to Moody’s. The vulnerability of these companies is partly due to floating-rate loans comprising a big chunk of their debt pile, according to Moody’s. Representatives for Surgery Center Holdings, Heartland Dental, Artera Services and Wand NewCo 3 did not immediately respond to requests for comment. While most of the debt-laden companies will remain afloat in the short term, they will have to adjust to higher borrowing costs moving forward. Jeremy Burton, portfolio manager for high-yield bonds and leveraged loans at asset manager PineBridge Investments, said this will be an adjustment many companies will struggle with. With interest rates having gone up “materially” in recent months, issuers are “probably going to need to come in at a discount” with new debt, Burton said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Reporting by Matt Tracy in Washington; Editing by Greg Roumeliotis and Andrea Ricci Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Rackspace Technology Brings The Benefits Of Private Cloud To Hoteles City – EIN News https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/rackspace-technology-brings-the-benefits-of-private-cloud-to-hoteles-city-ein-news/ Customer Experience Transformation Supported by Rackspace Managed Cloud Services /EIN News/ — SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rackspace Technology® (NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end multicloud technology solutions company, announced today that it has implemented a private cloud managed services solutions for Hoteles City, the leading Mexican hotel development, construction, and management company. Running in a VMware environment, the platform will enable Hoteles City to continue to transform its infrastructure, deliver superior guest experiences, and face new business challenges within the hospitality industry. “We have a longstanding relationship with Hoteles City, and the private cloud solution we have developed in collaboration with their team reflects our commitment to Fanatical Experience® for our clients,” said Enrique Valladares, Chief Sales Officer for LATAM at Rackspace Technology. “Throughout the process we have been closely allied, from analysis to implementation, through operation and optimization of the solution.” In an industry where the guest experience is paramount, hospitality organizations are under pressure to alter their business models to meet ever-evolving customer expectations. Today’s guests demand more personalized interactions but also the autonomy to control their own experiences. In response, hospitality companies have leveraged cloud technologies to streamline the user journey and create unforgettable customized experiences. “Our relationship with Rackspace Technology is as close as if they were members of our own team,” said Francisco Fabregat, Information Technology Director, Hoteles City. “We don’t see them as just a hosting and virtualization provider, but rather as true strategic partners. They not only make sure the solution works, but they understand our business in depth.” “When guests arrive at any of our hotels, we are focused on doing everything possible to make the experience unforgettable,” Fabregat added. “We need to be able to count on our technology, so the user doesn’t have to worry about where the data is, how it is stored, if it is secure, or if it is going to be available.” Rackspace Technology’s relationship with Hoteles City dates back more than seven years, and has evolved to include hosting, server virtualization, and operation of the company’s entire technological infrastructure, leveraging private cloud-managed services in a VMware environment. To read more about the Rackspace Technology solution for Hoteles City click here. About Rackspace Technology Rackspace Technology is a leading end-to-end multicloud technology services company. We can design, build and operate our customers’ cloud environments across all major technology platforms, irrespective of technology stack or deployment model. We partner with our customers at every stage of their cloud journey, enabling them to modernize applications, build new products and adopt innovative technologies. About Hoteles City Hoteles City is a Mexican hotel development, construction, and management company. It has the most extensive hotel coverage in Mexico, with a presence in 30 states and 68 cities, as well as operations in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Chile. Hoteles City began its international expansion in 2012. It currently has a portfolio of more than 150 hotels and more than 17,000 rooms in four countries. Its five brands include: City Centro, City Express Suites, City Express Plus, City Express, and City Express Junior. Media Contact Casey Shilling publicrelations@rackspace.com

Intel Might Be Moving On From Its Gaming GPU Ambitions — That Wouldn’t Be A Bad Thing – The Motley Fool https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/intel-might-be-moving-on-from-its-gaming-gpu-ambitions-that-wouldnt-be-a-bad-thing-the-motley-fool/ Rumor has it that Intel‘s (INTC -1.19%) Arc lineup of video gaming GPUs (graphics processing units) is already being nixed — just a handful of years after originally being announced and long before any of these dedicated graphics cards ever really took root in the market. The rumor was recently circulated by YouTube poster Moore’s Law Is Dead. For sure, it’s just a rumor, and Intel has subsequently defended its Arc gaming lineup as safe. Time will tell what happens next. Before I go into what I think all this means for the company (and the stock), I first want it known that I’m certainly not rooting against Intel. On the contrary; Intel is responsible for advancing much of the computing technology we take for granted every day, and I believe the world really needs this company to succeed. However, the fact is that times have changed, and the competitive landscape is very different than it was a decade ago. Intel axing its Arc GPUs might not be happy news for gaming enthusiasts, but it could actually be a really good thing for Intel’s long-term health — as well as the health of the tech industry at large. Let me explain. No low-hanging fruit in computing hardware Let’s not be naive about this. Intel was always going to have a steep uphill battle in the consumer GPU market — especially for high-end chips that appeal to serious video game hobbyists and professionals. This is a space exclusively dominated by Nvidia (NVDA -1.48%) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD -1.20%), and they’ve been at it for years. Even if Intel could design hardware that could compete (and I don’t doubt it could with enough financial resources to pour into it), marketing it in such a way that consumers would take a high-end Arc GPU seriously is another story entirely. Basically, Intel might simply need to cancel Arc because the payoff could take longer than it can afford to wait. Some estimates by industry analysts claim Intel has already lost billions on its Accelerated Computing and Graphics Group (AXG), and I don’t think that is an exaggeration. Even simple chip-design work is costly and time-intensive. And you have to add the cost to set up new manufacturing lines to produce new chips because these modern tech building blocks are nothing short of marvels of engineering. But here’s the real rub: Intel just started breaking out the revenue of AXG in 2022, and so far, it’s been underwhelming. AXG hauled in $186 million in Q2 2022 (up 5% year over year) and just $219 million in Q1 2022 (up 21% year over year). One might argue that this GPU segment is growing, but bear in mind that this is at a far slower pace than the multibillion-dollar GPU businesses of Nvidia and AMD have maintained for the last few years. Plus Intel has been losing market share in its Client Computing Group (CCG), a catch-all division for consumer-facing PCs and laptops, for quite some time, which makes the recent AXG performance all that more painful. If that wasn’t bad enough, Intel is going to take the same hit from the current downturn in consumer spending that other chip companies are starting to report. And even CEO Pat Gelsinger admitted that the Data Center Group (DCG, Intel’s second-biggest moneymaker after CCG) would likely lose market share for at least a couple more years. If Intel was an asset-light chip-engineering company only, maybe this wouldn’t be such a big deal. At the very least, perhaps the company could report lower sales but still salvage its profit margins. But this isn’t an asset-light chip-engineering company only; it’s a vertically integrated engineering and manufacturing company. Lower chip sales indicate the company is running manufacturing lines that aren’t being utilized at an efficient capacity. In other words, Intel’s profitability is about to get a really big haircut. With that being the case, it’s time to start trimming the excess. My prediction? Farewell, Arc GPUs, we hardly knew you. If not GPUs, then what? GPUs might (or might not) be only the latest casualty. Gelsinger has been cutting loose lots of projects that don’t jive with the IDM 2.0 strategy the company announced in early 2021. With extra savings realized from these cuts, Intel is revamping its manufacturing capabilities — both for itself and for other chip-engineering companies. This new segment is called Intel Foundry Services, or IFS. Yup, another acronym to memorize, which really speaks to the sprawling and unfocused nature of Intel’s chip empire in years past. IFS is currently one of the tiniest business segments, bringing in just $122 million in sales in Q2 2022. But IFS lies at the heart of what Intel wants to do. Historically, the company has focused on producing its own in-house-designed silicon. Opening up its foundries to outsiders will be a big task — and potentially a game changer for Intel (not to mention the semiconductor industry). Intel’s been busy on this front. It announced new fab investments at existing facilities in Arizona, a new fab complex in Ohio, research and manufacturing facilities across the European continent, and the acquisition of chip fab Tower Semiconductor (TSEM -0.13%). With tens of billions in expected investment over the next decade, it’s no wonder Gelsinger has been praising the passage of the U.S. Chips Act (about $52 billion dedicated to support U.S. chip manufacturing, as well as 25% tax credits for companies that expand operations in the States). It’s just in time because Intel could surely use the help with its ambitious plan. But here’s the thing: Chip-manufacturing facilities take years to build and years more to ramp up to full production capacity. Intel will also have a marketing push to make as it tries to woo its semiconductor-design peers. The good news is that the world’s demand for chips isn’t going to diminish anytime soon. But it’s going to be a long journey for Intel to transform itself. How does all this affect Intel’s stock? This is no cheap stock. Shares currently trade for less than 16 times trailing-12-month free cash flow. However, the current outlook from Gelsinger and company is for adjusted earnings per share to get more than cut in half this year from 2021 and for free cash flow to turn negative. That means a much higher price-to-earnings ratio and nil free cash flow are coming. This is an evolving story, and perhaps Intel moving on from its gaming GPU ambitions will help the profit picture for the immediate future. In fact, I believe it would be a good thing as Intel tries to support the booming chip manufacturing that will be needed in the decade ahead. But I wouldn’t buy Intel stock given all the present uncertainty — not yet at least. Give this one some time to develop. There are better chip stock buys out there for now. Nicholas Rossolillo and his clients have positions in Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Advanced Micro Devices, Intel, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool recommends the following options: long January 2023 $57.50 calls on Intel and short January 2023 $57.50 puts on Intel. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

What The Las Vegas Raiders’ Booming Franchise Value Means For The A’s – San Francisco Chronicle https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/what-the-las-vegas-raiders-booming-franchise-value-means-for-the-as-san-francisco-chronicle/ Matt Kawahara Sep. 20, 2022 This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of2 FILE – Exterior view of the Allegiant Stadium before the Las Vegas Raiders played the Kansas City Chiefs during an NFL Professional Football Game Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, in Las Vegas. Las Vegas is adding the NFL’s crown jewel with the Super Bowl coming to cap the 2023 season. The league’s biggest event will follow the Pro Bowl this season and the NFL draft next year. (AP Photo/John McCoy, File) John McCoy / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 2of2 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 18: An announcement is made inside Allegiant Stadium during a game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Las Vegas Raiders after the Las Vegas Aces defeated the Connecticut Sun in Game Four of the 2022 WNBA Playoffs finals to win the 2022 WNBA championship on September 18, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Owner and managing general partner Mark Davis of the Las Vegas Raiders also owns the Aces. The Cardinals defeated the Raiders 29-23 in overtime. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Ethan Miller / Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less Early returns on the Raiders’ move to Las Vegas indicate the team hit the jackpot. In the latest NFL franchise valuations by Forbes, the Raiders are worth $5.1 billion, up from $3.4 billion just last year. As the Oakland Athletics explore making a similar move, it invites a question: What are the A’s prospects if they were to follow their former Coliseum co-tenants to Nevada? Sports economists say any parallels to be drawn are limited. The A’s franchise value surely would increase with a new ballpark, whether it’s in Las Vegas or Oakland, but that increase wouldn’t match the magnitude of the Raiders’ jump for a few reasons. A primary one is that team value “is largely a function of the overall financial trajectory of the league,” said David Carter, founder of the Sports Business Group and an adjunct professor at USC. The NFL outpaces other leagues in that regard. Average value of NFL teams rose 28% from last year, to $4.47 billion, in Forbes’ rankings, which list 16 NFL teams worth at least $4 billion, compared with five total in the NBA and MLB. Sportico, in its own valuations, pegged the average NFL team’s worth at $4.14 billion, up 18% from last year. Both outlets cited the Denver Broncos’ recent sale for $4.65 billion as a big factor. But NFL teams also generated nearly twice as much total revenue as the next-closest NBA team, per Sportico, with almost two-thirds of it from equally shared sources like the league’s massive national media-rights deals. MLB teams’ value also climbed, but more modestly. Forbes reported a 9% average rise to $2.07 billion, pegging the A’s worth at $1.18 billion. Sportico calculated a 5% average increase, to $2.31 billion, tempered by lagging value of the regional media deals upon which MLB teams more heavily rely. “The NFL isn’t a decent barometer because it’s … such a huge universe compared to every other sports property,” said Maury Brown, a sports business analyst and senior contributor to Forbes who isn’t involved in that outlet’s franchise valuations. “You can’t just extrapolate what the jump for the Raiders is and apply that to the A’s.” The Raiders’ move certainly contributes to their higher value. One separating factor for NFL teams is stadium- and brand-generated revenue, like sponsor deals and luxury-seating sales. After opening Allegiant Stadium without fans in 2020, the Raiders received huge demand last year, bolstering their value. League disparities aside, the A’s value would grow if they uprooted to Vegas, Carter said. “The ability to develop and monetize sports-anchored real estate is also vital, as is unlocking new interest from sponsors and fans — all of which the A’s (would) have at their disposal,” Carter said in an email. “So, although the upside may not be as great for the A’s as it was for the Raiders, a substantial opportunity awaits in Las Vegas because meaningful upticks in all revenue-generating categories can be anticipated.” Aspects of the Raiders’ stadium deal don’t necessarily compare with how a potential A’s ballpark in Nevada could impact value. A key question is whether the A’s would receive public funding to build a stadium, as the Raiders did. Financing for $2 billion Allegiant Stadium included $750 million in public funds raised through an increase to the hotel-room tax in Southern Nevada, mitigating the cost to the Raiders for their state-of-the-art home. “The first question that has to be answered is — how much of a public investment is there going to be?” said Mark Rosentraub, professor of sports management at the University of Michigan. “If the answer’s little to none, then the value increment’s going to be quite a bit lower.” Some Nevada and Clark County officials have stated they have little interest in putting public funds toward a ballpark. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has said he wouldn’t consider another room-tax hike to help finance one, though that isn’t the only avenue for a public contribution. A’s President Dave Kaval has said the team is exploring potential public-private partnerships in Southern Nevada, but identifying the location for a potential ballpark is necessary first. Another potential boost to team value comes from hosting non-game events. Allegiant Stadium brought Las Vegas something new: a 65,000-seat stadium for large-scale concerts and events. A ballpark with half as many seats might not create the same boost, said Rosentraub, who added an A’s move to Las Vegas would be going from the country’s sixth-largest media market (albeit one shared with the Giants) to the 40th largest. “Would the value go up? Perhaps,” Rosentraub said. “But like what happened with the Raiders? No.” The A’s could expect at least improved attendance, gate and venue revenue in the first few years after a potential move — up to a point, says Michael Leeds, a sports economist at Temple University. “There would also be a honeymoon effect in Oakland if they built a new stadium, but I think it would be significantly larger in Las Vegas,” Leeds said. “However, what we’ve seen is these honeymoon effects become shorter and shorter. … I just think fans are less distracted by bells and whistles and want to see their teams win.” Roger Noll, Stanford economics professor and a stadium-financing expert, said it’s important to consider an element Nevada offers that California doesn’t, yet: legal sports gambling. In-game betting, Noll said, is seen as a “huge” potential revenue generator for all sports. In states where sports betting is legal, fans at games can wager online from their seats and teams can try to capitalize on its popularity. The Washington Nationals became the first MLB team with an active sportsbook connected to their park. The Cubs and DraftKings have plans for a sportsbook next to Wrigley Field. In California, sports gambling is the subject of two propositions on the November ballot. Proposition 26 would legalize in-person sports gambling at tribal casinos and horse racetracks, but not online. Proposition 27 would legalize online sports betting. This could have some bearing on the A’s, Noll said, in that legalizing online sports betting in California would erase one difference in the markets the team is exploring. “Vegas is not a better place to have a sports team than Oakland, it’s a roughly comparable place,” Noll said. “But it currently has this big advantage, that the next great source of revenue for sports is already in place.” In Oakland, the A’s propose a $12 billion project that includes a privately financed $1 billion ballpark at Howard Terminal. The A’s and Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred have expressed urgency in achieving a resolution of their pursuit of a ballpark in Oakland, with their lease at the Coliseum expiring after the 2024 season. “If they wind up at Howard Terminal or they wind up in Vegas, the (A’s) value is going to go up,” Brown said. “The question is how much more would it be in Vegas as opposed to Howard Terminal.” Rosentraub said that would hinge on financial arrangements the team is able to strike. “If you go to Las Vegas, you’re not going to have the kind of wealth that exists in the Oakland-San Jose-San Francisco market, so the ability to charge higher prices for a luxury product is going to be much less,” Rosentraub said. “Now, you could make the case that casinos would buy tickets as an amenity for their guests. I don’t know that baseball’s got that kind of draw compared to football.” An MLB schedule with 81 home dates presents more games to fill, but also, Brown said, a big platform for potential sponsors. Las Vegas would offer a variety, given its wide reach. Yet the sponsor pool could be limited with the Raiders, the NHL’s Golden Knights and the WNBA’s Aces already there. In either place, Brown said, development around the ballpark will be a key element — whether that’s in the Jack London Square area or on or near the Las Vegas Strip. “It’s largely around John Fisher and what he wants, and what he wants is more than the ballpark,” Brown said. “He wants to able to make money outside, he wants to leverage the money of people going to the ballpark and then hitting restaurants and shops and filling condos around the ballpark. “That is a mode all owners are going after now. The ballpark is the key piece. The other things around it, now every one of them want because it allows them to make more money.” Matt Kawahara covers the A’s for The San Francisco Chronicle. Email: mkawahara@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @matthewkawahara

Pup’s Welcome: Aruba Invites Pet Parents And Their Dogs To Experience The Aruba Effect With ‘Have Dog, Will Travel’ – PR Newswire https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/pups-welcome-aruba-invites-pet-parents-and-their-dogs-to-experience-the-aruba-effect-with-have-dog-will-travel-pr-newswire/ , /PRNewswire/ — To celebrate National Dog Week (September 19 through September 24), Aruba is launching Have Dog, Will Travel and collaborating with two pet-centered companies, Wag! and Avvinue. Have Dog, Will Travel spotlights dog-friendly hotel deals which aim to extend The Aruba Effect, a state of being that visitors experience on the One happy island, to pet owners and their four-legged best friends. Have Dog, Will Travel Starting today through October 20, 2022 travelers will be able to take advantage of Aruba’s dog-inclusive experiences more than ever. By working with Wag!, the number #1 platform connecting pet owners with both on-demand and scheduled pet care services, and with Avvinue, an online pet travel startup that helps travelers discover pet-friendly destinations by providing professional assistance with booking flights and pet reservations, Aruba is offering visitors discounted expert pet travel assistance for the first time. “Aruba is a destination that not only allows you to bring your dog but welcomes them with open arms,” said Ronella Croes, CEO of the Aruba Tourism Authority. “Through this promotion, we aim to help pet-owners enjoy an idyllic experience on the One happy island, whether they are planning to bring their companion or safely board them while they travel.” Visitors who book their pet-friendly travel through Avvinue and enter the promo code “ARUBA” at checkout will receive a $25 discount on an upcoming flight for themselves and their dog. Meanwhile, travelers who prefer to leave their dogs at home can sign up for one month free of Wag! Premium through this promotion and enjoy a 10% discount on any service booked through Wag!, which includes boarding and sitting services, as well as access to top-rated pet caregivers, free 24/7 chat with credentialed veterinary professionals, and more. Aruba is home to several pet-friendly hotels visitors can choose from: Amsterdam Manor Beach Resort Aruba extends their AAA Three Diamond hospitality to even the furriest of guests, welcoming them with tasty treats and a water bowl upon arrival. For just $10 a day, visitors and their dogs of any size are encouraged to enjoy their paradise vacation. Bucut & Tara Beach Resort, Aruba welcomes dogs up to 20lbs to stay at the adult-only hotel, where their personal concierge will be extended to their canine companion who can provide dog-friendly recommendations and resources. The additional rate for an accompanying dog is $15/night in the Bucuti Wing and $20/night in the Tara Wing. Courtyard by Marriott Aruba Resort ensures vacationers and their furry companions will have a truly memorable getaway with its ideal location on Palm Beach. As part of the Have Dog, Will Travel promotion, vacationers who stay for 4 nights or more with their furry friends will receive 15% off their total. Travel must be valid through November 6, 2022. Pets must weigh no more than 20lbs and travelers are subject to a $150 cleaning fee. Hyatt Place Aruba Airport provides travelers and their four-legged friends with quick access to Aruba’s top attractions and spacious guest rooms to unwind and relax at the end of the day. Travelers bringing their dog are subject to a $75 fee for stays up to 6 nights. For additional information, visit Hyatt.com. Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort Spa & Casino offers travelers and their four-legged friends a welcome letter, biscuit, comfy dog bed, and food + water bowls upon arrival. For a $150 fee for up to 7 nights, owners can enjoy the added bonus of a hands-on concierge that provides recommendations such as nearby walking routes, other pet-friendly establishments and more. For additional information, visit aruba.regency.hyatt.com. The Ritz-Carlton, Aruba offers pet-friendly amenities designed to create an ultimate luxury experience for pets and their owners, including mini pet cabanas, gourmet pet food options on the room service menu and restaurant, and non-motorized water activities. To learn more about Have Dog, Will Travel visit Aruba.com. For further information on planning a trip with your furry best friend, visit Aruba’s dedicated pet travel page. Follow the conversation on social using the #OneHappyIsland hashtag and tag @ArubaTourism. I would add here #TheArubaEffect as well. About Aruba As one of the most revisited Caribbean destinations, Aruba – One happy island – offers breathtaking beaches, diverse culinary delights, a sprawling and unforgettable Arikok National Park, and award-winning hotels and villas. A leader in innovation, the country was awarded a top spot on Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2020 list due to their ambitious sustainability efforts. In today’s ever-changing world, Aruba’s ‘Health and Happiness Code’ safety protocols provide peace of mind, while still delivering a relaxing on-island experience. Located outside the hurricane belt, explore all Aruba has to offer, from romantic beach getaways, unique wellness experiences and more, on Aruba.com. This material is distributed by Zeno Group, Inc. on behalf of Aruba Tourism Authority. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Contact: Zeno Group [email protected]  SOURCE Aruba Tourism Authority

4 Ukrainian Separatist Regions Plan Votes To Join Russia – Southwest Virginia Today https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/4-ukrainian-separatist-regions-plan-votes-to-join-russia-southwest-virginia-today/ 1 of 19 Ukrainian servicemen stand atop a destroyed Russian tank in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Ukrainian servicemen stand atop a destroyed Russian tank in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Ukrainian servicemen check the site where a body of a Ukrainian soldier was found inside an armored vehicle in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. In this operation seven bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were recovered from what was the battlefield in recent months. Ukrainian national guard servicemen examine the body of a Ukrainian soldier in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. In this operation seven bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were recovered from what was the battlefield in recent months. Local residents collect wood for heating from a destroyed school where Russian forces were based, in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world’s largest mass grave sites. A view on destroyed bridge across Siverskiy-Donets river in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world’s largest mass grave sites. A view on exhumated unidentified graves of civilians and Ukrainian soldiers in a cemetery in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world’s largest mass grave sites. Emergency workers load a body into a refrigerator truck after its exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world’s largest mass grave sites. Emergency workers carry bodies to a refrigerator truck after their exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world’s largest mass grave sites. Hennadiy Lysenko, 58, stands in front of his family’s house which was used by Russian troops and destroyed during fighting in the recently retaken area of Kamyanka, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world’s largest mass grave sites. Burned mortar shells lie on the ground in the recently retaken area of Kamyanka, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world’s largest mass grave sites. A van with sign “Z” is parked in a residential neighbourhood of the recently retaken area of Kamyanka, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world’s largest mass grave sites. A dog walks in front of destroyed Russian MSLR BM-21 Grad with sign “Z” in the recently retaken area of Kamyanka, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world’s largest mass grave sites. A man walks in front of destroyed car with the sign “Z” in the recently retaken area of Kamyanka, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world’s largest mass grave sites. A man stands in the garage with Russian artillery shells in the recently retaken area of Kamyanka, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world’s largest mass grave sites. A man cycles on a road past a Ukrainian flag in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world’s largest mass grave sites. Soldiers of Ukrainian armed forces walk to their position in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world’s largest mass grave sites. Tetyana, 68, collects a wood to heat for heating from a destroyed school where Russian forces were based in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world’s largest mass grave sites. Liudmila Teresenko, 82, hauls a cart with wood for heating her house which she took from a destroyed school where Russian forces were based, in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world’s largest mass grave sites. By JON GAMBRELL – Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The separatist leaders of four Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine said Tuesday they were planning to hold votes starting later this week for the territories to become part of Russia as Moscow loses ground in the war it launched. The four regions are Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia. The announcements of referendums starting Friday came after a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said they were needed. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev also said that folding Luhansk and Donetsk in eastern Ukraine into Russia itself would make their redrawn frontiers “irreversible” and enable Moscow to use “any means” to defend them. Such votes would almost certainly go Moscow’s way, but not be recognized by Western governments. The votes could set the stage for Moscow to escalate the conflict as Ukrainian forces battle with growing success to take back territory. Denis Pushilin, the head of the Donetsk region, said that the “long-suffering people of the Donbas have earned the right to be part of the great country that they always considered their motherland.” He added that the vote will help “restore historic justice that millions of the Russian people were waiting for.” THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin said Tuesday that there are no prospects for a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine and gave its blessing to efforts to swiftly bring regions already captured under Russia’s complete control. Such a move could set the stage for Moscow to escalate the conflict if Ukrainian forces try to take the regions back. A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, former President ...

Healthy Living: Link Between COVID-19 And Diabetes – ABC27 https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/healthy-living-link-between-covid-19-and-diabetes-abc27/ (WHTM) — Multiple studies show people who have contracted COVID-19 may be at greater risk for developing type 2 diabetes, but doctors with Cleveland Clinic say more research still needs to be done to understand why that is. “In scientific terms, what we usually say is we have shown an association, we have not shown any causation,” said Dr. Abhijit Duggal with Cleveland Clinic. “So this is something we are seeing that kind of goes hand in hand, but we cannot prove right now that this is the cause of diabetes itself.” Duggal says they also have to consider the possibility that these individuals were already at greater risk for developing diabetes, and the virus just unmasked it. Another factor could be that more cases of diabetes are being reported now since long-haulers are being more closely monitored by their physicians. With that being said, if you suspect you may have diabetes after contracting COVID, there are certain symptoms to look out for like being very thirsty and hungry, having frequent urination, experiencing numbness in your hands and feet, and losing weight without trying. Duggal says in order to prevent these kinds of COVID-related issues, it’s important to make sure you’re vaccinated and boosted. “We are seeing a lot of consequences in terms of long COVID and in terms of other factors, so absolutely, vaccinations, boosters, and prevention remain the bedrock for our fight against COVID,” Duggal said. Duggal says it’s hard to say whether people who had COVID and developed diabetes will have to deal with it long-term, or if it could just be temporary. He says more research needs to be done on this topic, as well.

Embattled Rhule Says Skidding Panthers Are Close To Winning – Morganton News Herald https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/embattled-rhule-says-skidding-panthers-are-close-to-winning-morganton-news-herald/ TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — While many are wondering how much longer Matt Rhule is going to remain the coach of the Carolina Panthers, he insists the team is close to turning things around. The Panthers had their losing streak stretch to nine games on Sunday when they dropped a 19-16 decision to the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. It was their second close loss this season, coming on the heels of a 26-24 setback to the Cleveland Browns on a late 58-yard field goal. Carolina lost this one because it spotted New York and coach Brian Daboll six early points on a couple of fumbles — one of the opening kickoff — and then allowed the Giants to drive 47 yards for a go-ahead field goal by Graham Gano with 3:34 to play. The bottom line was the Giants made a few more plays, especially in clutch situations. Baker Mayfield and the Panthers were 2 of 12 on third down. “They’re trying, they’re grinding, they’re working,” said Rhule, who is 10-25 in his third season. “They left it all on the field today but we are coming up a play or two short. I know how frustrated they are.” Rhule knows the pressure is on, especially starting a three-game homestand next weekend with contests against New Orleans, Arizona and San Francisco followed by a trip to Los Angeles to face the Super Bowl champion Rams. “We’re close. I believe that with all my heart,” the 47-year-old said. “We haven’t found a way to get it done. That’s my job, to help us get over that last hump. It’s the hardest part. We haven’t done it yet and didn’t do it today.” Carolina got a great effort from its defense. After allowing Cleveland to rush for 217 yards, the unit limited New York to 103 yards rushing. The Giants had a league-high 238 yards against Tennessee with Saquon Barkley leading the way with 164. Barkley was held to 72 yards on 21 carries, but he had consecutive runs of 10 and 8 yards to start the go-ahead drive. Christian McCaffrey also stepped up for Carolina, rushing for 102 yards. His long run of 49 yards set up Eddy Pineiro’s third field goal, which tied the game at 16 with 10:46 to play. The Panthers didn’t score again. They got the ball back after Gano’s fourth field goal. Mayfield hit McCaffrey with a 10-yard pass and Carolina got a 7-yard gain and another first down on a pass-interference penalty. With a first down at its own 42, Mayfield connected with McCaffrey for 4 yards, threw an incompletion and then was sacked by safety Julian Love, forcing the Panthers to punt. New York then ran out the clock after Daniel Jones scrambled on third down for 11 yards and a first down. Mayfield, who was 14 of 29 for 145 yards and a TD, said the Panthers’ failure to convert third downs was the difference. “I don’t know what our conversion percent on third down was but it wasn’t very good,” Mayfield said. “Getting down there and getting field goals instead of touchdowns in the red zone. You look back at that. That will kill us.” The Panthers still have 15 more games to go. Whether Rhule will be there for all of them is in question. “We have to settle in and believe what we’re capable of and just go execute,” Mayfield said. “It comes down to execution on Sundays.” If that doesn’t improve, Mayfield’s time in Carolina may be short, too. Safety Jeremy Chinn said the Panthers have to keep working. “Can’t be too discouraged,” he said. “One day we will look back at today and this time and have a lot of answers and learn a lot from it. We got everything we need in this locker room and trust these guys in here.” Get local news delivered to your inbox!

Brelyon Raises $15 Million Series A To Forge New Metaverse Experiences That Go Beyond Headsets – PR Newswire https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/brelyon-raises-15-million-series-a-to-forge-new-metaverse-experiences-that-go-beyond-headsets-pr-newswire/ World-class investors join Brelyon’s investment round to reimagine the future of work and play Inventor of the world’s first no-headset virtual monitor with monocular depth Financing to accelerate product development and hiring driven by rapidly growing enterprise and consumer demand , /PRNewswire/ — Brelyon, the MIT spin-off pioneering a new category of ultra-immersive display technology to enable access to the metaverse, today announced it has raised $15 million in Series A financing led by Lockheed Martin Ventures and the MIT-affiliated E14 Fund with participation from Corning Incorporated, LG Technology Ventures, UDC Ventures (the corporate venture arm of Universal Display Corporation), and Franklin Templeton. Brelyon, the MIT spin-off pioneering a new category of ultra-immersive display technology to enable access to the metaverse, announced it has raised $15 million in Series A financing led by Lockheed Martin Ventures and the MIT-affiliated E14 Fund with participation from Corning Incorporated, LG Technology Ventures, UDC Ventures (​​the corporate venture arm of Universal Display Corporation), and Franklin Templeton. Brelyon With the company’s patented light-field technologies, Brelyon’s Ultra Reality uses precise wavefront engineering to create a massive field of view with true optical depth layers, generating an immersive panoramic virtual screen that engulfs the viewer without the need for a headset, and all in a small desktop footprint. In doing so, Brelyon facilitates a desktop metaverse experience, enabling new types of immersive applications like gaming, simulation, and virtual offices, meeting rooms, events, and collaboration spaces. “With Ultra Reality, Brelyon is introducing a new perspective on the future of work and play, while forging new inroads as an immersive portal to metaverse experiences,” said Barmak Heshmat, CEO and Founder of Brelyon. “For our Series A, we looked for world-class investors who share Brelyon’s vision and bring a depth of experience in scaling cutting-edge technology. The rise of GPUs and efficient graphic neural nets in computer graphics is enabling an array of computational optics in displays and making them more accessible to the mass market. This opens the possibility to provide immersive services far superior to 32″ desktop monitors and headsets today.” Brelyon’s Ultra Reality is sparking demand from a growing roster of strategic partners worldwide that include enterprise and consumer brands from Fortune 500 and multinational companies across a range of industries for gaming, financial, productivity and industrial applications. “Brelyon’s computational optics technology presents an opportunity to develop, modernize and advance our capabilities in a digital environment,” said Chris Moran, Vice President and General Manager of Lockheed Martin Ventures. “Their virtual and multi-depth display has the potential to provide the U.S. and our allies a competitive advantage with 21st century navigation and visualization technologies.” Built upon groundbreaking research from MIT, Brelyon is pioneering a set of technologies that leverage computational optics to provide immersion. One of the first results of these technologies is realization of virtual displays which manipulate the light to allow the viewer a window-like experience with extended meters of depth.    “As the pioneer of an entirely new generation of display technology, Brelyon is opening up tremendous possibilities for new types of form factors and applications,” said Calvin Chin, Managing Partner at E14 Fund. “With its partnership program and Ultra Reality now on the market, Brelyon is already working with industry-leading customers on a variety of use cases that transform user experiences now and into the future.” “Brelyon has a completely new take on metaverse and virtual worlds,” said Anshul Agarwal, Managing Director at LG Technology Ventures. “Unlike conventional wisdom that is focused on binocular 3D and holograms, Brelyon’s approach is to leverage depth to push on visual and functional performance in the virtual domain. This opens the door to visual experiences that have orders of magnitude better fidelity at significantly lower computational cost.” “We are excited to be an early supporter of Brelyon and their impressive technology that is helping to expand the OLED ecosystem deeper into the metaverse and creating more use cases for premium immersive display technology,” said Josh Epstein, Managing Partner at UDC Ventures. Brelyon launched Ultra Reality in January at CES, where the company also announced its partnership with LG Display. ABOUT BRELYON Headquartered in San Mateo, CA, Brelyon is a technology pioneer in hardware and software technologies for headset-less immersive experiences. Helmed by a founding team of scientists and industry executives from MIT, UCF, DARPA and IMAX, Brelyon has developed the world’s first no-headset display technology with monocular depth. Companies interested in joining Brelyon’s early access partner program, please visit www.brelyon.com SOURCE Brelyon

Miller: MotoGP Bike Gadgets Can’t Be Blamed For Aragon Lap 1 Chaos – Autosport https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/miller-motogp-bike-gadgets-cant-be-blamed-for-aragon-lap-1-chaos-autosport/ The returning Marquez was rear-ended by championship leader Fabio Quartararo when the Honda rider had a small moment applying the throttle through Turn 3 on the opening lap. This sent Quartararo into a sickening crash while bits of his Yamaha got stuck in the rear of Marquez’s Honda. When the six-time MotoGP world champion engaged his rear ride height device exiting Turn 7, he lost drive from the rear wheel as the system locked, which caused a second collision with LCR’s Takaaki Nakagami. This incident has led to a renewed debate on whether the later technical advances in MotoGP, such as ride height devices and aerodynamic wings, should be banned on safety grounds. But Miller – whose Ducati team has been against all proposed bans to these items in recent years – feels the gadgetry can’t be blamed for what happened on lap 1 at Aragon. “Yeah, I mean, that’s a part of it. At the end of the day this is racing, shit’s going to happen,” Miller began. “Are we blaming them [gadgets] are we now? Shit seems to happen when you ride up the arse of other people. “The bike on its own seems to be perfectly fine, so I don’t think we can blame the gadgetry in this circumstance. Jack Miller, Ducati Team Photo by: Dorna “Someone running up the arse of someone else and breaking a lot of components off the motorcycle, of course the motorcycle’s not going to work properly. “I mean, either way whether that broke it or the subframe broke it, whatever, shit’s going to break when two bikes come together. It’s inevitable.” He added: “When we came up there, there was shit all over the track: wings and rocks and all sorts. “Right up the apex of Turn 4, where you go right up the kerb, there were thousands of stones. “Pecco [Bagnaia] ran up to the kerb in between four and five because we all went in there and all lost the front on all those stones across the track. So, it’s part of it. That’s why this sport is so cool.” Quartararo – who was involved in a scooter incident on his way back to the paddock after his retirement – only suffered some abrasions to his chest in the incident with Marquez, while Nakagami’s Japanese GP is in doubt after he suffered lacerations to his hand in his collision.

How Many People Own & Use Bitcoin In 2022? – Cryptonews https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/how-many-people-own-use-bitcoin-in-2022-cryptonews/ Source: Adobe Stock Bitcoin is the world’s leading cryptocurrency, with millions of users and holders across the globe. But how many people actually own or use bitcoin? That’s what we are diving into in this guide. Read on to learn more about the latest bitcoin usage statistics. Bitcoin Adoption Has Been Growing Exponentially Since its Launch Bitcoin was created as a digital peer-to-peer payment network, creating a cheaper and faster way for people to make cross-border payments. Additionally, due to bitcoin’s unique features, including a limited supply and a disinflationary monetary policy, it also established itself as a store of value, an inflation hedge, and a popular investment asset.  In a little over a decade, Bitcoin’s market capitalization temporarily touched $1 trillion dollars, representing close to 1% of the total market capitalization of all publicly traded companies. It’s no wonder that publicly traded companies, and financial institutions have started adding bitcoin to their balance sheets. Bitcoin mainly came to be appreciated as an investment opportunity that could help diversify an investment portfolio as it has traditionally had limited correlation with assets like stocks and bonds. It also appealed as a great hedge against central bank monetary policies and global economic uncertainty. On the back of this, Bitcoin has experienced massive growth since its inception, retaining its dominance as the most traded cryptocurrency in the world since day one.  How Many People Own Bitcoin in the United States? There is no definitive way to determine how many bitcoin users there are due to the pseudonymous nature of the Bitcoin network.  As a result, we can only estimate how many holders and users there are based on several data points, including the number of wallets created, the number of active wallets, user numbers at leading Bitcoin companies, and third-party research that has used similar methodologies to arrive at an estimate.  So, let’s take a look at what the numbers say about bitcoin users in the US.  Business Insider Intelligence, a research firm, estimates that there will be more than 25 million bitcoin owners by the end of 2022, a 16.7% growth over last year.  Conversely, a survey conducted in 2021 by the New York Digital Investment Group found that roughly 22% of the US adult population, 46 million Americans, own bitcoin. Responses were received from 1,050 participants with incomes above $50,000 and a margin error of 3.1%, which is regarded as statistically significant.  Though another report from the US-based cryptocurrency exchange Gemini in 2021 had a larger sample of 3,000 people but estimated only 21.2 million people own cryptocurrencies. In the same report released in 2022, it says one in five people in the US own cryptocurrencies, which implies 20% of the current US population of 332, 403,650. That is 66,480,730 people owning cryptocurrencies.  The report didn’t specify the cryptocurrencies, but we can reasonably expect that at least 50% hold bitcoin, which is more than 33 million bitcoin owners. The research sample size for the Gemini Crypto 2022 report is 2,300 adults.  Judging by the data points we have collated, we can say that there are probably between  How Many People in the World Use Bitcoin?  Bitcoin on-chain data shows there are now more than one billion wallet addresses. But people can have more than one wallet address or keep their bitcoin on centralized custodial exchanges, making it tough to estimate the actual number of people that use bitcoin in the world. Interestingly, the global crypto exchange Coinbase has over 100 million verified users globally, many of which hold bitcoin. Crypto analytics company, Intotheblock, reported in May 2022 that the number of addresses holding bitcoin surpassed 40 million. How Many People Use Bitcoin Every Day? The Bitcoin network currently processes around 250,000 transactions per day and has around 1,000,000 daily active addresses.  Bitcoin reached over 330,000 daily transactions in December 2020, and 400,000 in early January 2021.  How Many People Will Use Bitcoin in the Future? Crypto.com’s market size report says the number of cryptocurrency owners globally will reach one billion by the end of 2022, with bitcoin likely as the leader of the pack.  Though this forecast was made during a bullish sentiment in the market, and might not happen in 2022, it’s expected that the crypto market will continue to grow in the future. It’s tough to envision a future with bitcoin. While the digital currency has already successfully established itself as an investment asset for all types of investors, the growing application of bitcoin as a payment layer (primarily powered by the Lightning Network) could help the digital currency to become a globally used and accepted currency, which could see the number of bitcoin holders and users exceed one billion in the coming decade.

Will The Queen’s Death Change The “special” U.S.-U.K. Relationship? – The Washington Post https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/will-the-queens-death-change-the-special-u-s-u-k-relationship-the-washington-post/ The reign of Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022) ran almost directly parallel with the British state’s most crucial diplomatic project of the post-war period, claiming a “special relationship” with the United States. In the hands of successive British governments, this was a project which has used the ties of history — and an occasional dose of royal spectacle — to secure a close partnership with Washington. Queen Elizabeth II was pivotal to this work. Taking the throne in 1952, at the very moment Britons grappled with a profoundly changed world after World War II, the queen was one of those figures (Winston Churchill was another) whose very life was woven into a mythic-history of Anglo-American relations. A key challenge before the new king, therefore, will be to assume this imposing mantle in a post-Brexit age in which British power and prestige have declined even further. The British monarchy’s connections to the United States reach back over 250 years (and of course the relationship with the American colonies goes beyond even this). From the War of Independence — precipitated in part by the obstinance of George III — to the outpouring of grief in the U.S. following news of the death in 1901 of Queen Victoria (a response not unlike that which we have just witnessed) British royalty has often engaged American interest. The first British royal to visit the U.S. was in fact Victoria’s son, the Prince of Wales, who toured North America in 1860. His itinerary included a visit to Mount Vernon in Virginia, where the future King Edward VII paid homage at the tomb of George Washington, the man who had repeatedly bested the armies of his ancestor in the 1780s. During the 20th century, however, the sight of British royalty in the U.S. became a more regular occurrence, especially when international tensions escalated. The first monarch to tour in an official capacity was the late queen’s father, George VI, who visited America in 1939, just as storm clouds gathered in Europe. Supported by his wife, Queen Elizabeth (later affectionately known as the Queen Mother), the king’s task was to cultivate American sympathy and support, a significant challenge given the strains that were placed on Anglo-American relations by his predecessor, Edward VIII, who had renounced the throne to pursue his relationship with an American divorcée, Wallis Simpson. President Franklin D. Roosevelt hosted the king and queen, and like the Prince of Wales in 1860, they also took time to visit Mount Vernon, laying a wreath to Washington (a powerful symbolic expression of the distance traveled since Washington’s victory at Yorktown in 1781). By all accounts their visit was a success, and they were greeted by flag-waving crowds in both Washington and New York. After World War II, Anglo-American relations entered a new era. The call for a U.S.-U.K. “special relationship” was first made by Churchill in a 1946 speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. During the speech, the former British prime minister famously declared that an “Iron Curtain” had descended across central Europe. As Churchill saw it, world peace, stability and security at the onset of the Cold War demanded a close relationship between the United States and the “British Empire and Commonwealth.” In the years that followed, some close connections were certainly established, perhaps most notably between the U.S.-U.K. militaries and intelligence agencies. But Britain was an empire in decline. Decolonization, growing global industrial competition and of course the severe drain on resources occasioned by two world wars all combined to ensure that after 1945, Britannia’s former economic and military might was much reduced. This became especially apparent in the aftermath of the Suez Crisis of 1956, an event that placed an enormous strain on the Anglo-American relationship. Washington went so far as to reprimand Britain for its role in the Anglo-French-Israeli invasion of the Suez Canal zone. And so, Britain’s contribution to the “special relationship” has increasingly hinged on cultivating image and historical memory, with ritual and ceremony becoming especially useful. Be it the dedication of Anglo-American memorials and monuments (such as the unveiling by the queen of the American Memorial Chapel at St. Paul’s Cathedral in 1958) or the various ceremonies hosted at Balmoral or Buckingham Palace, memory became the coin of British transatlantic diplomacy. The queen has been integral to this assertion of “soft power,” and her historically resonant meetings with American presidents (from Harry S. Truman in 1951, when she was still Princess Elizabeth, to Joe Biden in 2021) have usefully bolstered the activities of successive British prime ministers and foreign secretaries. In 1957, for example, the queen was hosted at the White House by wartime friend and confidant Dwight D. Eisenhower, an invitation reciprocated in 1960 when Eisenhower visited her in Scotland (for several years the two also corresponded via letter). Their relationship was a powerful reassertion — in the aftermath of the rancor and recriminations connected to the Suez Crisis — of underlying Anglo-American unities born of World War II. A year later, there was an eagerly anticipated meeting in London with President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy (rumor had it that Her Majesty felt rather upstaged by the glamour that accompanied the King and Queen of Camelot). With the British establishment initially fearful that Kennedy — the first Irish American president — might be less committed to maintaining close Anglo-American ties, this meeting once again reaffirmed (and re-performed) the idea of transatlantic connection and common purpose. In June 1982 — following several weeks of occasionally tense Anglo-American relations linked to the Falklands crisis — the queen was seen chatting amicably with President Ronald Reagan as the two rode on horseback through the grounds of Windsor Castle. And in the 21st century, several carefully choreographed state visits for presidents George W. Bush (2003), Barack Obama (2011) and Donald Trump (2019) took place. Indeed, inviting American presidents to make a state visit (and thus be formally greeted and hosted by the queen) has emerged over the last 20 years as a key feature of the U.K.’s diplomacy toward the U.S. While the fine details of such visits might differ, the fundamentals were always consistent. These were purposeful and planned rituals that used history, memory and ceremony for diplomatic gain. And for 70 years, such rituals have frequently revolved around the figure of Queen Elizabeth II. Seen like this, the queen’s death has profound consequences for the “special relationship” — already strained by the tumult of recent years — and now her son, King Charles III, is left to fill the substantive diplomatic void she has left.

Inovatec And Jericho Information Technology Partner To Advance Data Analytics Solutions – Monitor Daily https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/inovatec-and-jericho-information-technology-partner-to-advance-data-analytics-solutions-monitor-daily/ Inovatec Systems, a provider of a cloud-based software solutions for lenders, partnered with Jericho Information Technology, a provider of advanced data analytics solutions, to offer lenders “Inovatec Data Insights Powered by Jericho Analytics.” The new offering will enable lenders to leverage real-time, artificial intelligence-driven analytics to improve portfolio performance, mitigate risk and maintain compliance. These analytics capabilities can be accessed through APIs integrated into Inovatec’s LOS and LMS platforms. Founded in 2007, Jericho Information Technology develops AI-centric analytics solutions for financial services organizations. The Dallas-based company’s varied analytics capabilities are offered to consumer lenders across North America, including banks, credit unions and finance companies. “Lenders have embraced the intelligence use of real-time data analytics as a highly effective resource to improve all aspects of lending, from validating applicants to decisioning to reporting and compliance,” Bob Metodiev, head of business development for Inovatec, said. “Our partnership with Jericho Information Technology allows us to bring these compelling benefits directly to our customers. We anticipate that our lenders will lean heavily on the new ‘Inovatec Data Insights powered by Jericho Analytics’ feature. It will bring greater efficiency and profitability directly into their organizations and help them flourish in a highly competitive market.” Inovatec’s cloud-based LOS, LMS and consumer direct technology enables lenders to streamline loan processing, decisioning and management with intelligent automation that can be configured to meet lender needs. The company’s solutions aim to give lenders the power to easily change workflows and utilize advanced features like analytics and alternative data. “Inovatec has consistently demonstrated uncommon vision and creativity in bringing valuable solutions to the lending marketplace,” Dave McCune, president of Jericho Information Technology, said. “We are delighted to combine our efforts with Inovatec and help bring our suite of highly effective analytics capabilities to Inovatec customers across the United States and Canada.”

Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale: Gaming Accessories To Revamp Your Setup In Under Rs 30000 – The Indian Express https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/amazon-great-indian-festival-sale-gaming-accessories-to-revamp-your-setup-in-under-rs-30000-the-indian-express/ Building a gaming PC is only half the battle. The other half is trying to find good gaming accessories. This festive season, if you are trying to upgrade your PC accessories on a budget, here are some of the best budget gaming accessories that you can buy during Amazon’s Great Indian Festival. We’ll be looking at gaming headphones that you’ll need for multiplayer sessions to co-ordinate with your teammates, monitors that give you the best visual experience and mice and keyboards, which you will need to enjoy competitive as well as casual titles with ease. Let’s begin with the audio. Gaming headphones Eksa E900 Pro The Eksa E900 Pro is one of the best options if you are on a budget. Powered by 50mm drivers, the headphone supports Virtual 7.1 surround sound. Users can either connect the headphones using the included 1.8 metre USB Type-C cable or the 3.5mm audio interface. The earpads are made from memory foam and are really comfortable if you plan to wear it for hours. Also, they can be easily detached and replaced with earpads of your choice. Made from a mixture of plastic and metal, the Eksa E900 Pro comes with a flexible detachable microphone that performs better than some expensive gaming headphones. The sound quality is on-par with some premium headphones and it can be used to listen to music as well. Eksa E900 Pro can be purchased for Rs 2,999 using the Rs 800 coupon. Logitech G435 If you want to buy wireless gaming headphones, the Logitech G435 is a pretty solid choice. It comes with a wireless dongle that offers low latency Bluetooth connectivity. The Logitech G435 offers 18 hours of battery life. (Image Source: Amazon India) The headphone is lightweight and comfortable even if you wear it for a few hours. With a maximum range of 10 metres and a battery life of up to 18 hours, the headphone has built-in volume control and a dedicated mute switch. Currently, the headphone can be bought for Rs 6,145 using the Rs 350 coupon. JBL Quantum 100 Those on a tight budget might want to take a look at the JBL Quantum 100. Featuring a 3.5 mm audio jack, the headphone comes with a detachable boom mic and a dedicated mute button. It is lightweight and the earpads are made from memory foam, which means you can wear them for a long time without any problem. The audio quality seems to be on par with other headphones in the range as well. The JBL Quantum 100 can be currently purchased for Rs 2,000. Monitors LG Ultragear 24Gl600F The LG Ultragear 24Gl600F is a 23.6-inch 1080p LCD monitor that offers a refresh rate of 144Hz. Compatible with AMD Freesyc, it has a response time of 1ms and 300 nits brightness. Connectivity options include one DisplayPort, two HDMI ports and one 3.5mm headphone jack. It is currently available for Rs 12,799. Acer Nitro VG270 S The Acer Nitro VG270 S is one of the best value-for-money gaming monitors you can buy right now. It has a 27-inch IPS LED HDR10 screen that offers Full HD resolution. Compatible with AMD Freesync, the monitor has a refresh rate of 165Hz and 0.5 ms response time when VBR is enabled. It has a response time of 0.5 ms when VBR is enabled. (Image Source: Amazon India) Connectivity options include two HDMI 2.0 ports and one DisplayPort. It comes with two 2W stereo speakers and a DisplayPort cable out of the box. The Acer Nitro VG270 S costs Rs 16,699 and comes with a three-year warranty. LG Qhd 2K – 27Qn600 The LG Qhd 2K – 27Qn600 is one of the cheapest 27-inch HDR10 2K monitors available right now. Offering a refresh rate of 75Hz, it has a response of 5ms, which should be good enough if don’t play competitively. Compatible with AMD Freesync, connectivity options include two HDMI ports, one DisplayPort and a 3.5mm headphone jack. It comes with a three-year warranty and is priced at Rs 21,039. Mouse Ant Esports GM320 If you don’t want to spend more than Rs 1,000 on a gaming mouse, then the Ant Esports GM320 is a good choice. It has eight programmable buttons and the polling ranges anywhere between 500Hz-100Hz. There are four DPI modes which allow users to choose from 1,000 to 12.800 DPI. It comes with one year warranty and has a price tag of Rs 699. Logitech G 102 The Logitech G 102 is one of the best options for those getting started with competitive gaming. Featuring a gaming-grade sensor and six programmable buttons, the mouse has a maximum DPI of 8,000 and a polling rate of 1000Hz (1ms). It has six programmable buttons. (Image Credit: Amazon India) It even allows users to change the lighting according to their preferences using the Logitech G Hub Gaming software. It can be purchased for Rs 1,495. Asus Strix Impact II The Asus Strix Impact II is definitely a bang for the buck. The ambidextrous mouse has a polling rate of 1000Hz and a maximum DPI of 6,200. Users can customize the buttons and lighting using Aura Sync. It is one of the few products in this price segment that has replaceable mice switches. Currently, it can be bought for Rs 2,699. Keyboard Cosmic Byte CB-GK-27 Vanth The Cosmic Byte CB-GK-27 Vanth is one of the cheapest full-sized mechanical keyboards. Made of plastic, it comes with Oetemu Blue switches and molded double-shot colour keycaps. Users can also switch between six keys anti-ghosting and full keys anti-ghosting. There are eight backlight effects to choose from and the brightness and speed can be adjusted using keyboard shortcuts. It is priced at Rs 1,799. Redragon K55 If you are looking for a premium wired mechanical keyboard, you might want to consider the Redragon K551. Boasting a metal and ABS build, it comes with five lighting modes with users having the option to control the RGB backlighting. The Redragon K55 has Oetemu blue switches.(Image Source: Amazon India) The keyboard has Outemu blue switches and all 104 keys are anti-ghosting. Currently, it is available for Rs 3,199. Redgear Shadow Blade If you are looking to buy a keyboard under Rs 2,500, you might want to consider the Redgear Shadow Blade. It comes with Blue switches and even has a dedicated control knob that lets you control media or game volume. There are 22 LED modes to choose from and it even has a built-in wrist rest. You can buy Redgear Shadow Blade for Rs 2,499.

Football Standouts Take Center Stage In Top Performers List For Sept. 12-17. – Watertown Public Opinion https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/football-standouts-take-center-stage-in-top-performers-list-for-sept-12-17-watertown-public-opinion/ Skip to main content This content is only available to subscribers. Get unlimited digital access. $1 for 6 months. Your subscription supports: Investigative reporting that makes our community a better place to work, live and play Expert coverage of high school sports teams The best tips on places to eat and things to do Daily newsletter with top news to know Mobile apps including immersive storytelling This content is only available to subscribers. Get unlimited digital access. $1 for 6 months. Your subscription supports: Investigative reporting that makes our community a better place to work, live and play Expert coverage of high school sports teams The best tips on places to eat and things to do Daily newsletter with top news to know Mobile apps including immersive storytelling