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Chinese Astronauts Go On Spacewalk From New Station – Business News – Castanet.net https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/chinese-astronauts-go-on-spacewalk-from-new-station-business-news-castanet-net/ Spacewalk from new station The Associated Press – Sep 17, 2022 / 6:53 am | Story: 385616 Photo: The Canadian Press In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, a screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing shows Chinese astronaut Cai Xuzhe exiting the station lab module Wentian to conduct extravehicular activities, also known as a spacewalk, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022.  Two Chinese astronauts went on a spacewalk Saturday from a new space station that is due to be completed later this year. Cai Xuzhe and Chen Dong’s installed pumps, a handle to open the hatch door from outside in an emergency, and a foot-stop to fix an astronaut’s feet to a robotic arm, state media said. China is building its own space station after being excluded by the U.S. from the International Space Station because its military runs the country’s space program. American officials see a host of strategic challenges from China’s space ambitions, in an echo of the U.S.-Soviet rivalry that prompted the race to the moon in the 1960s. The latest spacewalk was the second during a six-month mission that will oversee the completion of the space station. The first of two laboratories, a 23-ton module, was added to the station in July and the other is to be sent up later this year. The third member of the crew, Liu Yang, supported the other two from inside during the spacewalk. Liu and Chen conducted the first spacewalk about two weeks ago. They will be joined by three more astronauts near the end of their mission in what will be the first time the station has six people on board. China became the third nation to send a person into space in 2003, following the former Soviet Union and the United States. It has sent rovers to the moon and Mars and brought lunar samples back to Earth.

How Social Media Is Literally Making Teens Mentally Ill – New York Post https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/how-social-media-is-literally-making-teens-mentally-ill-new-york-post/ Suzie* was a typical 22-year-old recent college grad from the Midwest who was admitted into my mental health clinic in Austin with a variety of increasingly common psychiatric disorders: depression, self-harm (cutting her arms) and a Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) diagnosis. BPD is a serious personality disorder that has 50 times the suicide rate of the general population and is typified by black and white thinking, self-harm behavior, emotional volatility, impulsive behavior, shifting self-image and feelings of “emptiness.” While Susie did initially present with some of the classic BPD symptoms (feeling empty and suicidal), something didn’t add up. Unlike most BPD clients, she didn’t have any of the early red flags; she had good grades and many friends in high school with stable relationships and a stable home environment — and no history of mental illness in her family. A screenshot of a TikTok page with the hashtag “borderline personality disorder” (BPD). The rise of BPD influencers and posts has led to an epidemic of youths self-diagnosing themselves with the condition. During Suzie’s treatment, we discovered the real culprit: she’d been spending 12-15 hours a day on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube after becoming depressed when her friends went away to university while she stayed home and attended community college. Initially trying to better understand her depression, she started to follow BPD influencers and joined online BPD groups, where she said that she felt a sense of belonging. Slowly and unwittingly, she started emulating what she was learning about BPD online — like cutting her arms after watching videos of influencers declare that cutting helped them feel in control — or at least “feel something.” Suzie admitted that she never liked cutting herself but did it because she thought that it might eventually offer her relief. And starved for a true identity, she also stated that the cutting and irrational behaviors that the influencers engaged in “made them interesting and authentic,” which she found appealing. By the time she was ready to admit into treatment, she had lost all her friends and spent her days and nights alone and online being shaped by her newly found BPD community. We are living in the age of Digital Social Contagion, in which many illnesses are spread by social media rather than biological agents. Isolation from COVID has only made the problem worse. Shutterstock But something quite amazing happened while she was in treatment; she got better very quickly once all her devices and social media were removed. Within two weeks, she was calmer and less reactive; she made friends in the program; she no longer cut her arms and all thoughts of suicide evaporated. But if she really had BPD, she shouldn’t have been “cured” that quickly; clients with real BPD typically require many months or even years of treatment before seeing improvement. So what was really happening?    We’re living in the Age of Digital Social Contagions. It’s a time where certain illnesses aren’t spread by biological transmission, but by a digital infection that attacks the psychological immune system. Using algorithms that find and exploit our psychological vulnerabilities, we get sicker as Big Tech gets stronger. Lisa Littman, a physician-scientist at Brown University, has charted the correlation between social media exposure and the rise of previously rare disorders such as gender dysphoria. Twitter And make no mistake: we are getting sicker as a society, with record rates of depression, suicide, loneliness, overdoses, anxiety, addiction, emptiness, gender dysphoria and mass shootings that are disproportionately impacting teens and young adults, all made worse by the isolation and fear during COVID.  Beyond just the depression of living sedentary, isolated lives, we have the congressional testimony of Frances Haugen, The Facebook Whistleblower, who shared internal emails that showed Instagram’s own research indicated that their product increased suicidality in teenage girls and worsened their eating disorders. It seems that being exposed to a constant torrent of toxic content and comparing ourselves to the curated faux-glamor of vapid and shallow influencers isn’t good for the psyche — but it’s even worse than this much-researched and toxic “social comparison effect.” Corey Johnson is serving life in prison after becoming so warped by ISIS videos on social media that he stabbed a child to death. Palm Beach Gardens Police Department Johnson sliced open the throat of his victim, Jovanni A. Sierra (above), after the 13-year-old made comments he deemed “offensive to Islam.” Two other victims were stabbed during the melee at a 2018 sleepover. GoFundMe Followers and views are the coin of the realm in the social-media hierarchy, and extreme content is what attracts that priceless human commodity: our attention. That’s why it’s the most over-the-top content and influencers that attract followers like moths to a lethal digital flame. And it’s also why we’re seeing dramatic spikes in once-rare disorders like Tourette Syndrome, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).  These disorders are now being injected into our collective consciousness via popular TikTok and Instagram “influencers” who’ve racked up hundreds of millions of views — and have left a wake of young followers like Suzie who, consciously or unconsciously, are indeed “influenced” as they emulate the psychiatric symptoms of their mentally unwell social media darlings.  This social-contagion group effect shouldn’t come as a shock; for thousands of years we’ve seen it shape human behavior; from donning tribal war paint, to smoking cigarettes, to following your favorite sports team or joining a political movement. We’re social animals hard-wired to mimic and emulate one another. The only difference now that social media has swallowed up our world is that the impact of toxic and digitally spread behaviors are greatly magnified as they go viral. A TikTok page focused on “multiple personality disorder” — yet another condition made popular by influencers whose posts are getting millions of views. Although we now know that social media is harmful to our mental health, we can’t seem to stop. Like a cirrhotic alcoholic, the health consequences be damned when you compulsively need another drink — or tweet. And the more of the digital toxin that we consume, the weaker and more compromised our psychological immune system becomes, making us even more vulnerable for further consumption, manipulation and behavior modification.  The Big Tech social media playbook is a simple three step process. Step 1: Create habituation. Use the most sophisticated algorithm-fueled behavior mod techniques to create dependency. Whistleblower Frances Haugen exposed internal Instagram research showing a link between the platform and increased bulimia and suicidal tendencies in teenage girls. Getty Images for Vox Media Step 2: Once addicted, the person’s psychological immune system begins to erode. As in any addiction, this is the realm of depression, hopelessness and a sense of emptiness — an emptiness that can only be temporarily filled by more of the toxin.  Step 3: Once weakened and addicted, a person is now susceptible to any number of manipulations; these include further addiction, ideological brainwashing, identity shaping and, sadly, an encroachment into the once hallowed ground of our thoughts. Free no more. The 1999 Columbine school shooting was the first in the digital age (such events had been almost unheard of before then). Since then, they have become a horrible part of daily life. However, even the FBI acknowledges that these are Internet-fueled copycat events; classic examples of a social contagion — spread and spawned on social media and hate-filled chat rooms that incite the unstable.  Members of a popular TikTok page focused on Tourette Syndrome. Social media experts say pages like these can literally influence healthy young people to feel unwell. This digital social contagion can also lead to ideological extremism. I was an expert witness this year in the capital murder trial of Corey Johnson in Florida, the white suburban teen radicalized by a nonstop stream of ISIS recruitment videos on YouTube. This year, he was sentenced to life in prison for stabbing a 13-year-old boy to death at a 2018 sleepover. And, of course, we have the logic-defying spike in gender dysphoria; a spike that trans psychologist Erica Anderson, who has helped hundreds of teens transition, says “has gone too far.” According to Anderson, teens — who have always gone through periods of identity confusion and experimentation — are now being exposed to and impacted by social media and trans influencers. Dr. Anderson’s insights were confirmed by Dr. Lisa Littman’s research at Brown, which showed the social media impact on what she termed “late onset gender dysphoria.”  Author and addiction expert Nicholas Kardaras’ new book chronicles the link between social media addiction and mental health woes. Rather than truly being ill, he says, many young people see pages about issues like BPD as a “place of belonging.” Like BPD, gender dysphoria is a real psychological phenomenon that people genuinely struggle with. However, what we’re seeing now is something different. We’re seeing social media shaping people in ways that seem to mimic some of these disorders yet are not the genuine article. Several colleagues and I have begun to call them cases of pseudo-BPD, pseudo-DID or pseudo-Gender Dysphoria. These are cases where the presenting symptoms dissipate when the person is removed from social media for several weeks, thereby provi...

What Channel Is Oklahoma Vs Nebraska Today? Time, TV Schedule As Cornhuskers Begins Post Scott Frost Era – Sporting News https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/what-channel-is-oklahoma-vs-nebraska-today-time-tv-schedule-as-cornhuskers-begins-post-scott-frost-era-sporting-news/ Oklahoma and Nebraska play the second half of their home and home Saturday, as the Cornhuskers host the No. 6 Sooners for Big Noon Saturday. For Oklahoma, much like last year, the game presents more than a rivalry matchup — It’s the embodiment of a trap game. Nebraska is beginning life without Scott Frost after firing him this week, with Mickey Joseph taking over. In that regard, the teams are on familiar ground. The Sooners are in the debut season of former Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables, and it’s going swimmingly thus far. Oklahoma won its first two games by a combined score of 78-16, but with those games coming against UTEP and Kent State, it’s fair to say Nebraska will be its first test of the year. Dillon Gabriel has lived up to the bill as OK’s quarterback early, whereas time will tell if Casey Thompson continues to find his groove under Joseph coming off a strong week. MORE: Updated college football rankings after Week 2 While this rivalry may not have the luster it once did, Nebraska is looking to play spoiler after taking Oklahoma to the wire in Norman las season. Perhaps they can finish the job in Lincoln. This rivalry does run deep. Oklahoma leads the series 46-38-3 and has won six of the last seven matchups, including last year’s 23-16 win in the two teams’ first meeting since 2010. Here’s what to know about Oklahoma vs. Nebraska on Saturday. What channel is Oklahoma vs. Nebraska on today? TV channel (national): Fox Live stream: Bally Sports app, fuboTV The inter-conference matchup between the Sooners and the Cornhuskers will be Fox’s “Big Noon Saturday” marquee game. After Texas nearly stunned Alabama in Austin last week, Nebraska is hoping to finish the job against the Sooners this week. Cord-cutters can stream the action on the Bally Sports app and fuboTV, which offers a free trial. MORE: Nebraska’s old cream puffs may offer best coaching solution Oklahoma vs. Nebraska start time Date: Saturday, Sept. 17 Kickoff: Noon ET Oklahoma vs. Nebraska will kick off at noon ET from Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Oklahoma schedule 2022 Date Opponent Result September 3 UTEP W 45–13 September 10 Kent State W 33–3 September 17 at Nebraska 12pm September 24 Kansas State TBD October 1 at TCU TBD October 8 vs. Texas TBD October 15 Kansas TBD October 29 at Iowa State TBD November 5 Baylor TBD November 12 at West Virginia TBD November 19 Oklahoma State TBD November 26 at Texas Tech TBD Nebraska schedule 2022 Date Opponent Result August 27 vs. Northwestern L 28−31 September 3 North Dakota W 38−17 September 10 Georgia Southern L 42–45 September 17 No. 6 Oklahoma 12pm October 1 Indiana TBD October 7 at Rutgers TBD October 15 at Purdue TBD October 29 Illinois TBD November 5 Minnesota TBD November 12 at Michigan TBD November 19 Wisconsin TBD November 25 at Iowa TBD

News Live: Government Has Used Technology To Strengthen The Logistic Sector, Says PM Modi – Deccan Herald https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/news-live-government-has-used-technology-to-strengthen-the-logistic-sector-says-pm-modi-deccan-herald/ 20:07 J P Nadda offers prayers at Jhandewalan temple in Delhi 20:03 2 police personnel injured after being attacked by criminals at Mufassil Police Station area in Bihar.”One criminal has been arrested & another escaped,” says police officer Ajit Kumar. 19:38 Magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits Taiwan An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Taiwan on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 1 kilometre (0.62 mile) below the Earth’s surface, EMSC said. 19:17 PM Modi inspects logistics exhibition at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi 18:49 Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) was launched today. This will ease the logistics services for the exporters. ULIP will integrate all the service related to transportation sector on one single platform, says PM Modi at the launch of the National Logistics Policy. 18:48 Increase in export directly helps small businesses to grow, says PM Modi. 18:45 Theworld is attracted towards products made in India. We must work towards capturing the world market. Indian vaccines helped save millions of lives in the world during the pandemic, says PM Modi. 18:43 Experts across the world are praising India for its development, says PM Modi. 18:41 Today we are the world’s 5th biggest economy. The country is transforming. ‘Pehle hum Kabootar chhodte the, aaj Cheetah chhod rahe hai’, says PM Modi at the launch of the National Logistics Policy. 18:39 There is a connection with the launch of National Logistics Policy and the release of cheetahs on the same day. We want our logistics to move at the same speed of the Cheetah, saysPMModi at the launch of the National Logistics Policy, in Delhi. 18:33 Use of drones will strengthenlogistic sector in the near future, says PM Modi. 18:29 The government has used technology to strengthen the logistic sector, says PM Modi. 18:28 National Logistics Policy is a comprehensive effort to enhance efficiency of the logistics ecosystem in India, says PM Modi. 18:09 Amit Shah attends wreath-laying ceremony at Shaheed Smarak in Hyderabad 17:50 Union Minister S Jaishankar will be on aUS tour from September 18 to 28.Apart from leading the India delegation for the High-Level Week at the 77th Session of UNGA, he will host a ministerial meeting of G4 & participate at High-Level Meeting of L.69 Group, says Ministry of External Affairs. 17:39 There will be a record blood donation & PM Modi has resolved to make India free from tuberculosis by 2025 whereas the rest of the world will be free from TB by 2030, says BJP PresidentJ P Nadda. 16:50 Delhi AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan’s close aide Hamid Ali Khan disclosed to ACB that Amanatullah kept weapons and cash in his house and all the transactions were done on his instructions, as per ACB sources. 16:33 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be on a 3-day visit to Cairo, Egypt from tomorrow.”Looking forward to holding discussions with my counterpart, General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki to further strengthen defence cooperation between both the countries,” saysRajnath Singh. 16:11 President Murmu emplanes for London to attend funeral of Queen Elizabeth II President Droupadi Murmu emplanes for London, United Kingdom to attend the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and offer condolences on behalf of the government of India. 15:55 Youths must upgrade their skills, says PM Modi. 15:51 Today, a new history has been written. For the first time, a ‘Kaushal Dikshant Samaroh’ for more than 9 lakh ITI students has been organised. Nation is again emphasising on skill development. We’ve to ensure our youth excels not only in studies but also skills, saysPM Narendra Modi. 15:49 Along with skill developments, soft skills too are important for students. We have been providing soft skills training to students studying at ITIs, says PM Narendra Modi. 15:45 Our government has been working towards introducing various skill based programmes in ITIs. This will help students improve their skills and become job-ready, says PM Modi. 15:43 Numerous National Skill Training Institues have been started in the country by our government, says PM Modi. 15:42 PM Modi speaks on theoccasion of Vishwakarma Jayanti atKaushal Deekshant Samaroh. 15:22 AP govt moves SC challenging HC’s judgement of declaring Amravati as only capital of state Andhra Pradesh government approaches the Supreme Court challenging the judgment of the High Court declaring Amaravati as the only capital of the State. 15:03 15:01 Andhra Pradesh government approaches the Supreme Court challenging the judgment of the High Court declaring Amaravati as the only capital of the State. (ANI) 14:03 “Our government is working continuously to create new possibilities for women entrepreneurs in the village economy. Through ‘One District, One Product’ we are trying to take local products from every district to big markets,” saidPM Modi at a program of Self Help Groups in Sheopur 13:55 “A huge difference between the India of the last century and the new India of this century has come as a representation of our Nari Shakti. In today’s new India, from Panchayat Bhawan to Rashtrapati Bhavan, the flag of women power is flying,” PM Modi 13:55 These cheetahs were handed over to you as we have full faith in you; People will not break my faith in them: PM Modi after releasing cheetahs flown from Namibia, in Kuno national park 13:48 Women of India are my source of inspiration: PM Modi 13:47 Women have created new hope in the country: PM Modi 13:42 Women all over – mothers and sisters – are my strength and inspiration: PM Narendra Modi at meet of self-help groups 13:42 Normally I meet my mother on my birthday and seek her blessings; today so many mothers of Madhya Pradesh have blessed me: PM Narendra Modi 13:36 PM Modi’s live address at Self Help Group program in MP’s Sheopur 13:30 One of India’s longest-serving Parliamentarians, Manikrao Gavit, no more Former union minister for state Manikrao Gavit passed away this morning.He was nine time Lok Sabha MP from Nandurbar in Maharashtra. (Photo credit: Twitter/ @AshokChavanINC) 13:30 Here is some breaking news for Modi, Shah and Azad. The Congress party has defeated the BJP by a convincing margin in the Temisgam bye-election to the Ladakh Hill Council. Congratulations to the Ladakh District Congress Committee! — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) September 17, 2022 13:13 On the occasion of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s seventy-second birthday I have written to him to offer my warmest good wishes and prayers for his continued good health. https://t.co/R2zAYvnkBi — Dalai Lama (@DalaiLama) September 17, 2022 13:10 Your dedication for the welfare of our country and its people is highly appreciated. May you have the strength and health to achieve all your goals. Take a day off and enjoy your Birthday, sir. Happy Birthday @narendramodi — Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) September 17, 2022 12:24 CBI and Forensic team arrive at hotel in Anjuna where Sonali Phogat was staying. (ANI) 12:21 TRS leader’s car ‘vandalised’ for parking it in front of Amit Shah’s cavalcade in Hyderabad TRS leader Gosula Srinivas parked his car in front of Home Minister Amit Shah’s cavalcade in Hyderabad, he was forced to move later after HM’s security forced him to do so. “The car stopped just like that. I was in tension. I will speak to them (Police officers). They vandalised the car. I will go, it’s unnecessary tension,” TRS leader Gosula Srinivas told ANI. 12:07 12:05 12:03 11:48 PM Modi addresses nation after releasing cheetahs in Kuno National Park on his birthday 11:45 Project Cheetah Live: Extinct in India, PM Modi releases cheetahs brought from Namibia into Kuno National Park 11:39 E-auction of gifts presented to PM Modi begins 11:37 Maharastra FDA cancels Johnson and Johnson’s licence to manufacture babypowder Maharastra FDA has cancelled Johnson and Johnson’s licence to manufacture babypowder in the State with immediate effect. The company has also been asked to recall stocks of the powder that were found not to be of standard quality. 11:24 Our ideological and political battles against him continues. His personal vendetta against us intensifies. Even so, here is wishing and greeting our Prime Minister @narendramodi on his 72nd birthday. — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) September 17, 2022 11:05 TN Guv, AIADMK greet PM on his 72nd birthday Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi and AIADMK’s interim general secretary K Palaniswami greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 72nd birthday on Saturday. Posting a photo of the Prime Minister on his Twitter site, the Governor said he extended, on behalf of the people of Tamil Nadu, his best wishes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a long and healthy life in service of the nation. Extending his heartfelt greetings to the “dynamic & visionary Hon Prime Minister Thiru @narendramodi Avl on his birthday,” Palaniswami said in his tweet. “May your vision & mission for our nation to lead the world shape into reality. I pray the almighty for a long, healthy life of duty & service. @PMOIndia,” he said. 11:05 Happy birthday to our Honourable Prime Minister – may he look out for our rapidly extinguishing constitional protections much the same way as he does for extinct cheetahs. — Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) September 17, 2022 10:21 Today, I would like to congratulate the Prime Minister Modi who decided that Hyderabad Liberation Day will be celebrated: Amit Shah in Hyderabad 10:16 The people of the state wanted to officially celebrate Hyderabad Liberation day. Different political leaders promised to celebrate the day. However, once in power, they refused due to vote bank politics: A...

HBCU Football’s Featured Games Of Week 3 – Sports Illustrated https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/hbcu-footballs-featured-games-of-week-3-sports-illustrated/ HBCU football has delivered a showcase of high-caliber talent from coaches and players across the HBCU landscape.  As we head into Week 3 of the highly anticipated season, some teams are preparing for conference matchups that will determine their chase to their respective championship games.  HBCU Legends’ featured football games across the conferences to watch this weekend. Credit: Virginia Union Athletics CIAA Livingstone at Virginia Union Virginia State is coming off a close win against the No. 2 ranked team in Division II football, Valdosta State. The Panthers have broken into the Top 25 at No. 23, right above the Bowie State Bulldogs. Sophomore running back Jada Byers broke a school and conference record for rushing yards in a single game with 319 yards. Byers accounted for 342 of the 438 yards of total offense the Panthers had, earning himself National Player of the Week honors by D2Football.com. Livingstone University beat Elizabeth City State 19-0 during a rainy-day matchup in Week 3. The Blue Bears had a great game defensively, forcing four fumbles. Christian Bostic led the way with eight tackles, a forced fumble, and a recovery in a breakout game, contributing to the shutout. Although this was a shutout win, there are still some things that the Blue Bears need to clean up; they had five fumbles of their own and nine penalties that cost them 70 yards. Players to watch: Jada Byers (RB, Virginia Union): Broke a school and conference record for yards in a single game with 319 yards. Christian Bostic (DE, Livingstone): Had a breakout game with eight tackles, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery. The game will take place at Hovey Field with a 6 PM ET kickoff. You can watch the game here. Credit: HBCU NY Football Classic 2022 SIAC Morehouse vs. Howard – 1st HBCU NYC Football Classic Morehouse and Howard are having their rivalry revitalized in the inaugural HBCU NY Football Classic at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. The teams hadn’t competed since 2015, when Howard won 25-17 in Washington, D.C. The contest between these two teams dates back to 1923, nearly a century ago. Howard leads the overall series 25-10-2. Both programs seek their first win of the season in this contest. Players to watch: Quinton Williams (QB, Howard): In three games has thrown for 730 yards and four touchdowns. Scroll to Continue Daylon Land (LB, Morehouse): Has recorded 20 tackles, one sack, three tackles for loss, and one forced fumble. The game will take place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, and game action starts at 3 PM. CNBC will televise the match, and Peacock will stream the game. Norfolk St. vs. Hampton; Credit: Hampton University Athletics MEAC Norfolk State at Hampton Norfolk State returns home after starting the season on the road against two FBS teams, Marshall (55-3) and James Madison (63-7). Norfolk is looking to build upon the progress made by Dawson Odums, who is entering his second year as head coach. Last year the program finished 6-5, the first winning season since 2007. Hampton has started the season undefeated after beating Howard (31-28) and Tuskegee (42-10). The Pirates have offensive weapons in the backfield and within the receiving core, leading them to average 413.5 yards each game. Players to watch: Tyler Long (LB, Norfolk State): All-MEAC 2nd team linebacker; Has recorded 18 tackles and one interception on the season. Jadakis Bonds (WR, Hampton): Has 213 yards and three touchdowns in two games. Norfolk State and Hampton will face off in the “Battle of The Bay” Saturday, Sep. 17 at 2 PM. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.  Sep 4, 2022; Miami, Florida, US; Jackson State Tigers head coach Deion Sanders receives the Orange Blossom Classic Trophy after beating Florida A&M Rattlers at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rich Storry-USA TODAY Sports SWAC Grambling State at Jackson State Grambling State is coming off a win against Northwestern State (47-21) that earned Coach Hue Jackson his first win as head coach. Quarterback Quaterius Hawkins earned SWAC Player of The Week honors, completing 13 of 23 passes for 293 yards and three touchdowns to lead his team to victory. The defense held their own, causing three turnovers and contributing to the scoreboard. Jackson State, led by Coach Deion Sanders is returning a star-studded squad including his son, Shedeur Sanders, who has completed 59 of 77 passes for 599 and six touchdowns in the last two games.  The Tigers’ defense, led by SWAC Defensive Player of the Week, Nyles Gaddy, has only allowed their opponents to score six points. Gaddy contributed 3.5 sacks and 4.0 TFLs in the Southern Heritage Classic. Grambling State leads the all-time series, 47-22-1, and has won the last eight of the ten meetings. Players to watch: Quaterius Hawkins (QB, Grambling State): Completed 13 of 23 passes for 293 yards and three touchdowns. Nyles Gaddy (LB, Jackson State): Recorded 3.5 sacks and 4.0 tackles for a loss in the Southern Heritage Classic against Jackson State. The Tigers will go head-to-head this week, Saturday, Sept. 17 at 1 PM CT, as they square off on the ESPN3 broadcast.

Going Incognito: How We Can Protect Our Privacy In The Metaverse – VentureBeat https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/going-incognito-how-we-can-protect-our-privacy-in-the-metaverse-venturebeat/ September 17, 2022 6:40 AM Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! Watch here. The image below shows me standing in a “Virtual Escape Room” that was created by academic researchers at U.C. Berkeley’s Center for Responsible Decentralized Intelligence. The simulated world requires me to complete a series of tasks, each one unlocking a door. My goal is to move from virtual room to virtual room, unlocking doors by solving puzzles that involve creative thinking, memory skills and physical movements, all naturally integrated into the experience.   Louis Rosenberg inside a Virtual Escape Room created by researchers at U.C. Berkeley (2022) I am proud to say I made it out of the virtual labyrinth and back to reality. Of course, this was created by a research lab, so you might expect the experience was more than it seems. And you’d be right — it was designed to demonstrate the significant privacy concerns in the metaverse. It turns out that while I was solving the puzzles, moving from room to room, the researchers were using my actions and reactions to determine a wide range of information about me. I’m talking about deeply personal data that any third party could have ascertained from my participation in a simple virtual application.  As I have been involved in virtual and augmented reality for decades and have been warning about the hidden dangers for many years, you’d think the data collected would not have surprised me. But you’d be wrong. It’s one thing to warn about the risks in the abstract; it’s something else to experience the privacy issues firsthand. It was quite shocking, actually.   That said, let’s get into the personal data they were able to glean from my short experience in the escape room. First, they were able to triangulate my location. As described in a recent paper about this research, metaverse applications generally ping multiple servers, which here enabled the researchers to quickly predict my location using a process called multilateration. Even if I had been using a VPN to hide my IP address, this technique would still have found where I was. This isn’t shocking, as most people expect their location is known when they connect online, but it is a privacy concern nonetheless.   Going deeper, the researchers were able to use my interactions in the escape room to predict my height, the length of my arms (wingspan), my handedness, my age, my gender, and basic parameters about my physical fitness level, including how low I could crouch down and how quickly I could react to stimuli. They were also able to determine my visual acuity, whether I was colorblind, and the size of the room that I was interacting with, and to make basic assessments of my cognitive acuity. The researchers could have even predicted whether I had certain disabilities.   It’s important to point out that the researchers used standard hardware and software to implement this series of tests, emulating the capabilities that a typical application developer could employ when building a virtual experience in the metaverse. It’s also important to point out that consumers currently have no way to defend against this — there is no “incognito mode” in the metaverse that conceals this information and protects the user against this type of evaluation.   Well, there wasn’t any protection until the researchers began building one — a software tool they call “MetaGuard” that can be installed on standard VR systems. As described in a recent paper by lead researchers Vivek Nair and Gonzalo Garrido of U.C. Berkeley, the tool can mask many of the parameters that were used to profile my physical characteristics in the metaverse. It works by cleverly injecting randomized offsets into the data stream, hiding physical parameters such as my height, wingspan and physical mobility, which otherwise could be used to predict age, gender and health characteristics.   MetaGuard Image from Nair and Garrido The free software tool also enables users to mask their handedness, the frequency range of their voice, and their physical fitness level and conceal their geospatial location by disrupting triangulation techniques. Of course, MetaGuard is just a first step in helping users protect their privacy in immersive worlds, but it’s an important demonstration, showing that consumer-level defenses could easily be deployed.   At the same time, policymakers should consider protecting basic immersive rights for users around the globe, guarding against invasive tracking and profiling. For example, Meta recently announced that its next VR headset will include face and eye tracking. While these new capabilities are likely to unlock very useful features in the metaverse, for example enabling avatars to express more realistic facial expressions, the same data could also be used to track and profile user emotions. This could enable platforms to build predictive models that anticipate how individual users will react to a wide range of circumstances, even enabling adaptive advertisements that are optimized for persuasion.  Personally, I believe the metaverse has the potential to be a deeply humanizing technology that presents digital content in the form most natural to our perceptual system — as immersive experiences. At the same time, the extensive data collected in virtual and augmented worlds is a significant concern and likely requires a range of solutions, from protective software tools like MetaGuard to thoughtful metaverse regulation. For those interested in pushing for a safe metaverse, I point you towards an international community effort called Metaverse Safety Week that is happening in December.   Louis Rosenberg, PhD is an early pioneer in the fields of virtual and augmented reality. His work began over 30 years ago in labs at Stanford and NASA. In 1992 he developed the first interactive augmented reality system at Air Force Research Laboratory. In 1993 he founded the early VR company Immersion Corporation (public on Nasdaq). In 2004 he founded the early AR company Outland Research. He earned his PhD from Stanford, has been awarded over 300 patents for VR, AR, and AI technologies and was a professor at California State University. DataDecisionMakers Welcome to the VentureBeat community! DataDecisionMakers is where experts, including the technical people doing data work, can share data-related insights and innovation. If you want to read about cutting-edge ideas and up-to-date information, best practices, and the future of data and data tech, join us at DataDecisionMakers. You might even consider contributing an article of your own! Read More From DataDecisionMakers

Spy Kids: Why Robert Rodriguez’s Family Film Became So Popular – MovieWeb https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/spy-kids-why-robert-rodriguezs-family-film-became-so-popular-movieweb/ Spy Kids is a 2001 family movie directed by Robert Rodriguez. It focuses on young siblings Juni (Daryl Sabara) and Carmen Cortez (Alexa PenaVega), whose parents, Ingrid and Gregorio (played by Carla Gugino and Antonio Banderas), are retired spies. After their parents are kidnapped, Juni and Carmen learn the truth about their family, and decide they must become spies like their parents in order to save them. At the time, Rodriguez was known for making more adult-centered action films, and seemed an odd choice for a family movie. However, he brought his unique perspective to the movie, which was a massive success and made nearly five times its small, $35 million budget at the box office. It also received positive critical reviews, and led to three sequel movies, with a reboot currently in the works. Here’s why the fun family movie became so popular with audiences. The Best Spies in Movies, Ranked It’s Perfect for its Desired Audience – But is Entertaining for Adults Too Dimension Films Spy Kids was a different kind of kids’ movie when it came out, and directly appealed to a younger audience. At the time of its release, most kids’ movies were animated, and the main spy movies were the James Bond films. While it was possible for a younger audience to enjoy them, they definitely were not geared towards kids. Spy Kids took all the coolness and gadgets of being a spy and addressed it directly to kids, making it fun and exciting. In addition, Carmen and Juni are normal kids; they don’t have any magical powers, and they aren’t royalty, like many characters in kids’ movies. Instead, they’re two average kids who get to become super spies, and it lets other kids feel like they were also super spies, saving the day. While the movie is definitely meant to be enjoyed by kids, older audiences can still find some excitement in it. It has an absurd sense of humor, with sly adult jokes and clever ways of sneaking in swearing (like shiitake mushrooms) that adults will find enjoyable. It also has many actors that appeal to adults. Along with Gugino and Banderas, Alan Cumming is delightfully over-the-top as the villainous TV host Fegan Floop, who kidnaps Ingrid and Gregorio. In addition, all the movies feature cameos from major stars, with the first movie featuring Danny Trejo as Carmen and Juni’s uncle, and George Clooney as spy chief Devlin. The movie is still aimed at kids, and will delight them. But there’s enough enjoyment for adults as well, making it an accessible movie. It Boasts Real Wonder and Imagination Dimension Films A main feature of Spy Kids is how imaginative it is, especially in its visuals. A lot of the movie’s settings and designs look, as Looper says, like “a kid made a kid’s movie.” The OSS, which is the spy agency headquarters, is actually shaped like the agency letters, with the kids’ section built like a playground. Floop’s henchmen are called Thumb Thumbs, and really have thumbs for all their limbs, including their heads. Even the gadgets are colorful and kid-friendly, looking more like toys than the serious equipment found in adult spy films. It’s a unique take on the typical spy movie settings that really feels like a kid designed it, and will delight viewers. All the details really establish the world of the movie, and let you fully enjoy all the imagination running free. The fun and interesting visuals, from the OSS building to the cool designs of Floop’s castle, make you view everything like a kid again. This fun world of color and action is not the world of a gritty, realistic spy movie, and it doesn’t need to be. Spy Kids really feels like it’s made by and for kids, and this imagination and wonder are part of what makes it so appealing and popular. Best Robert Rodriguez Movies, Ranked It Has Great Family Dynamics Dimension Films Spy Kids has always been a family project for Rodriguez. The movie was inspired by his uncle’s work in the FBI, and he wanted to pay tribute to his family and celebrate their ancestry. Most notably, according to Indie Wire, Rodriguez fought to keep the Cortezes as a Latin family, even when studio executives were against it. The studio wanted a typical American family, and Rodrgiuez said that his family was American, and that Spy Kids would still be a universal family story. This is completely true, and the Cortezes’ Latin background is prominent, important representation, while still showing them as a typical family. In addition, they have a great family dynamic. Carmen and Juni have a realistic sibling relationship, bickering and teasing but still coming together when they need to. They feel like real kids, making jokes and delighting in all the spy gadgets. Ingrid and Gregorio are strong and loving parents who have a healthy relationship with each other, and truly care about their kids. The Cortezes are the heart of the movie; a lovable family you want to watch as heroic spies. It’s easy to see the love the family has for each other, and they’re characters everyone can enjoy and relate to. It’s been 20 years since the first Spy Kids movie was released, and the franchise still remains well-loved. The first movie establishes the most important parts of the franchise, and showed that this fun, family take on a spy movie could be a success. Its all-ages appeal, fun designs, and a strong family at its heart make Spy Kids immensely popular and enjoyable. It’s a memorable family movie that continues to delight all ages.

Trade $COV (Covesting) On KuCoin And Win A Share Of The $50,000 Prize Pool – Cryptonews https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/trade-cov-covesting-on-kucoin-and-win-a-share-of-the-50000-prize-pool-cryptonews/ Disclaimer: The following article is part of Cryptonews Deals Series and was written as a promotional article in collaboration with the sponsor of this offer. If your company has an exclusive promotion that you would like to share with our readers, we invite you to reach out to us. Let’s build together. Covesting, PrimeXBT’s copy-trading module, is partnering with KuCoin to give the community a chance to win a cool $50,000! This is a trading competition that will end on September 21, 2022.  Covesting : copy-trading module First, a word about Covesting: In 2020, PrimeXBT launched Covesting, its copy trading module. Soon after, the platform integrated its utility token, the $COV.  Covesting is a module that allows copy trading, that is, the possibility for users of the site, especially less experienced traders, to literally copy the trading strategies of professional or very experienced traders.  It should be noted that with this system, everyone can benefit. On the one hand, novice users can learn by mimicking the winning strategies of the most successful traders and thus generate profits. On the other hand, the traders with the best results earn a share of the commissions of those who follow them and adopt the trading strategies they have developed. The $COV: the indispensable utility token  The COV token is an ERC-20 token built on Ethereum blockchain (ETH) smart contracts. It was explicitly designed for use via the Covesting copy trading module.  In particular, strategy managers can reduce their trading costs by up to 25% per month by paying a fixed amount of COV tokens. Please note that the rate reduction and the activation fee may change, so it is important to check the latest information on the offers listed in the Covesting module’s COV token dashboard on PrimeXBT. Another benefit of owning COV is that the token is regularly burned, which reduces the overall supply and therefore increases its value over the long term.  Three ways to win big There’s a lot to gain from this joint promotional campaign. Here are three ways to earn COV in three activities. There’s a lot to gain from this joint promotional campaign. Here are three ways to earn VOC in three activities. Activity #1: KuCoin will hold a draw for users whose transaction amounts (purchases + sales) reach 500 COV or more. No less than 500 lucky users will share the $5,000 COV prize pool. Each winning user will receive $10 in COV. Activity #2: During the campaign period, the first 100 accounts with the highest volume of COV trading (purchases + sales) on KuCoin will win a share of a COV prize pool worth $35,000. Activity #3: Users who reach 800 COV transactions (purchases + sales) and add COV/USDT, COV/BTC and COV/ETH trading pairs to their favourites list will share equally in a COV prize pool worth $10,000! You will find all the details of the offer on this page.  Good luck! This article is promotional content and does not constitute investment advice. Do your own research and only invest money you can afford to lose.

The First Drone To Collect Weather Data In The U.S. May Launch This Fall – The Washington Post https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/the-first-drone-to-collect-weather-data-in-the-u-s-may-launch-this-fall-the-washington-post/ All it takes is a patch of fog to ruin Thomas Swoyer’s day. Swoyer runs the first and only fully operational hub for researching, testing and developing commercial drones in the United States, from those used for military reconnaissance to ones that may drop packages at your front door someday. But local weather events like fog, ice, low clouds, or thunderstorms can suddenly pose risks to flights. In fact, about 30 percent of drone flights by Swoyer’s company, Grand Sky, in Grand Forks, N.D., are canceled because of weather. “If I’m going to deliver a package 20 miles down the road, I have to know what I’m flying into, and weather is my number-one risk,” Swoyer said. Canceled flights cost money, waste labor hours, slow research and sometimes even delay critical military missions. Now Grand Sky is looking into how to better predict weather conditions for its drone flights. The solution? Use another drone. Pending government approval, the “Meteodrone” will launch this fall and be the first drone to record weather data used operationally in the United States. The data collected would then be fed into computer models to improve forecasts for drone flight operations. The Meteodrone isn’t your average drone. It’s packed with small weather instruments, which can measure temperature, dew point, relative humidity, wind speed and pressure. An onboard camera can take valuable images as storm systems develop and progress. It’s also designed to withstand a range of intense weather, armed with safety features like heated propellers to ward off icing, and an emergency parachute. A pilot can remotely launch the drone into the atmosphere and send it up to to 20,000 feet, sampling the atmosphere both on its way up and down in a straight line. “The benefit of the Meteodrone here is being able to get those constant and frequent profiles, particularly when you have interesting or important weather events going on,” said Brad Guay, a meteorologist at Meteomatics, the company that creates the technology. All of the collected data will feed into a high-resolution computer model for the area around Grand Forks Air Force Base. Right now, “the data isn’t granular enough. We just don’t have enough data. Our models are not sufficient,” said Don Berchoff, co-founder and CEO of TruWeather Solutions, which will provide decision-support once the high-resolution modeling is completed. The data will also reveal previously poorly understood weather patterns between the ground and flight level, critical for drone flights across the country. The Meteodrone will be new to the United States, but it’s already used regularly in Switzerland. Fifteen Meteodrone stations are situated around the European country, collecting data from the atmosphere around the Alps. “We have done more than 20,000 vertical profiles, thousands of flight hours,” said Martin Fengler, founder of the weather forecast service Meteomatics. In conjunction with the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, Meteomatics has been working on data collection and high-resolution modeling in Switzerland. Fengler first became interested in the idea of using drones for weather collection about a decade ago in Germany, as he worked to obtain his private pilot license. “I had never experienced a bad weather forecast myself,” he said of his time before becoming a pilot. But many of his drone practice flights were disrupted by poorly forecasted fog or cloud heights. He started thinking about how he could fill the data gap in this key part of the atmosphere, where so much activity takes place. And there are many gaps to fill. In large states such as North Dakota, surface weather stations, radar towers, and balloon launch sites are spaced far apart and leave huge weather blind spots. Other areas are using outdated or broken instruments. The Chatham, Mass., weather balloon launch site, the only site in the six-state region, closed last fall due to coastal erosion, and has yet to be replaced. The National Weather Service says it hopes to have a new site finalized by the end of this summer, but until then, critical data is being missed, potentially impacting the performance of computer modeling and forecasts. Grand Sky is investing just under $1 million dollars in this new technology, but Swoyer believes it’s well worth it. With better data collection from the Meteodrone and more accurate high-resolution weather models, he hopes a launch could just be delayed by a few hours, instead of outright canceled. “If I can get 10 percent more flight hours, it pays for itself in the first year,” said Swoyer. “The real value for me is more flight time, more up time, more mission time.” For Berchoff, the potential to detect icing with the Meteodrone is particularly exciting. Icing is incredibly hard to forecast and extremely dangerous. It’s described as one of the biggest risks to drone flight, since ice buildup on the wings can dramatically impact the aircraft’s ability to stay airborne. “Icing is the key here. We’re going to put that thing up to see if there’s icing,” he says of the company’s plan to regularly sample the lower atmosphere. Fengler expects drone technology to keep evolving quickly in coming years. “In about 2 to 3 years from now, we’ll see drones that can fly to 10 kilometers,” he predicts. Berchoff says drones offer the “best business case ever for detecting micro-weather.” He’s optimistic that the data from North Dakota is just the start of a wider network for weather drones sampling data entirely missed by forecasters until now. Michael Page is a Boston-based certified broadcast meteorologist with more than a decade of experience covering meteorology, the environment, and science related news.

Energy Adviser: Utility Offers Help With Energy Bills – The Columbian https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/energy-adviser-utility-offers-help-with-energy-bills-the-columbian/ By Clark Public Utilities Published: September 17, 2022, 5:37am The representatives in Clark Public Utilities’ Community Care Department, better known as ComCare, are specially trained to help customers get assistance with their utility bills — regardless of how they heat their homes. “We know that many of our customers are doing their best to get by, but still need some assistance from time to time,” said Clark Public Utilities Community Care Manager Chiharu Russell. “In many households, one unexpected bill is all it takes to put their budget months behind,” she added. “Also, we’re just a couple months from the heating season, those winter utility bills put a lot of pressure on people living on fixed incomes.” ComCare representatives specialize in helping qualifying customers sign up for Clark Public Utilities’ in-house assistance programs and screening them for other programs they may qualify for. “Because the utility serves the entire county, other agencies recognized our department as an opportunity to reach the largest pool of potential candidates possible,” Russell said. The utility offers several energy assistance programs. The Guarantee of Service Plan helps customers eliminate built-up debt while making energy payments a more manageable part of their budgets. This 12-month program reduces electricity payments to a percentage of monthly household income. After successful completion of the program, any remaining account balance is forgiven. The Senior Rate Credit program is available to households with at least one person 62 or older who meets the income eligibility limits. The program offers an account credit based on the previous January through April electric heating bills. Upon qualification, the credit will be applied directly to the customer’s account. Senior Citizen Rate Credits are applied to eligible accounts annually and new applications can be processed at any time during the year. The federally funded Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, is administrated by the utility on behalf of Clark County. It offers heating assistance regardless of a home’s heat type. LIHEAP is unique because it doesn’t follow the calendar year. Instead it runs from October to mid-summer. While the utility’s in-house heating assistance programs are intended to help customers with only their electric heat bills, LIHEAP is “fuel blind,” meaning Clark County residents can receive support no matter how they heat their homes. Enrollment begins in October. Clark Public Utilities administers it on behalf of Clark County. Scheduling appointments for LIHEAP begin Sept. 19. The Columbian is becoming a rare example of a news organization with local, family ownership. Subscribe today to support local journalism and help us to build a stronger community. In addition to helping customers pay home energy bills, LIHEAP can help with emergency furnace repair or replacement, energy conservation guidance and resources, and offer referrals to weatherization programs. Operation Warm Heart is an income-based program that helps households pay energy bills during a financial crisis. The program is entirely donation supported. Since 1985, Operation Warm Heart has provided nearly $3.6 million to 14,800 limited-income families in crisis to help pay their electric bills. These recipients can barely make ends meet, but may not qualify for other financial assistance. Customers who are able can help the utility support those in need with a one-time or regular monthly contribution. Every dollar contributed to Operation Warm Heart goes directly to families in need and may be tax-deductible. Knowing that English is not every customer’s first language, the utility offers interpretation services for a broad spectrum of languages. To find out more about financial assistance for yourself or someone else, or to make a contribution to Operation Warm Heart, call our customer service department at 360-992-3000. Representatives are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Information is also available at clarkpublicutilities.com. Energy Adviser is written by Clark Public Utilities. Send questions to ecod@clarkpud.com or to Energy Adviser, c/o Clark Public Utilities, P.O. Box 8900, Vancouver, WA 98668.

I Like Cash Back Cards Better Than Travel Cards. Here’s Why – The Motley Fool https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/i-like-cash-back-cards-better-than-travel-cards-heres-why-the-motley-fool/ Image source: Getty Images Should you opt for cash back cards like I did? Key points Some credit cards offer cash back on purchases, while other cards offer travel rewards. I prefer cash back cards because of the flexibility they offer. Credit cards can be broadly divided into a few different categories. Some are travel cards that offer bonus rewards for purchasing travel and which often encourage you to use those rewards to pay for more trips. Others are cash back cards that give you money back for all of your purchases. While I’ve had both travel and cash back cards, I greatly prefer those that offer cash back. Here’s why. This is the big benefit of cash back cards over travel cards The main reason I prefer cash back cards over travel credit cards is because of the increased flexibility these cards offer. In most cases, if you have a travel card, you get the best value for your rewards points or miles if you redeem them for vacations. You usually have to book through a special portal established by your credit card company in order to get the maximum value for your points. And you often have to use your rewards points or miles for specific kinds of travel-related expenses, such as flights or hotels. Now, if you are absolutely confident that by the time you earn enough rewards to redeem that you’re going to want to use those rewards to pay for trips, then this may not bother you. But, as the past few years of COVID-related uncertainty has demonstrated, it can be hard to know what direction your life will take and if you’ll still be able and willing to use your points for a vacation in a few months or a few years when you’ve amassed enough of them. I have two small children, so it can be especially hard to predict what types of trips we’re going to be taking and when, since a lot depends on how my children are developing at the time and whether they can handle going on a plane without disturbing fellow passengers too much. I don’t want to be tied into booking trips just to get the most benefit out of my credit card, so cash back cards work better for me. With a cash back card, I can choose to use the cash I get back from my credit card company to pay for vacations if I want to. But I can also opt to do other things with the funds (for example, most often, I invest the money in a brokerage account to save for my future). I’m simply not willing to give up the flexibility that a cash back card provides. What type of cards are right for you? Figuring out what credit card is best for you can be complicated since it depends both on the types of things you tend to spend money on and your preferences for how you want to redeem your credit card rewards. If you want to defray the cost of your trips by using credit card points to pay for them, then a travel credit card could be the ideal choice. But if you’re like me and want a broader choice of how to use your rewards without feeling like you have to book trips to maximize their value, then a cash back card may be the better bet for you, too. Top credit card wipes out interest until 2023 If you have credit card debt, transferring it to this top balance transfer card secures you a 0% intro APR into 2023! Plus, you’ll pay no annual fee. Those are just a few reasons why our experts rate this card as a top pick to help get control of your debt. Read our full review for free and apply in just 2 minutes.

Chinese Factory Churns Out British Flags After Queen’s Death – 69News WFMZ-TV https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/chinese-factory-churns-out-british-flags-after-queens-death-69news-wfmz-tv/ 1 of 11 General manager Fan Aiping holds up one of the flag with the Queen’s image at the Shaoxing Chuangdong Tour Articles Co. factory in Shaoxing, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ninety minutes after Queen Elizabeth II died, orders for thousands of British flags started to flood into the factory south of Shanghai. General manager Fan Aiping holds up flags with the Queen’s image at the Shaoxing Chuangdong Tour Articles Co. factory in Shaoxing, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ninety minutes after Queen Elizabeth II died, orders for thousands of British flags started to flood into the factory south of Shanghai. Workers produce British flags at the Shaoxing Chuangdong Tour Articles Co. factory in Shaoxing, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ninety minutes after Queen Elizabeth II died, orders for thousands of British flags started to flood into the factory south of Shanghai. Workers produce British flags at the Shaoxing Chuangdong Tour Articles Co. factory in Shaoxing, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ninety minutes after Queen Elizabeth II died, orders for thousands of British flags started to flood into the factory south of Shanghai. Workers produce British flags at the Shaoxing Chuangdong Tour Articles Co factory in Shaoxing, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ninety minutes after Queen Elizabeth II died, orders for thousands of British flags started to flood into the factory south of Shanghai. Workers produce British flags at the Shaoxing Chuangdong Tour Articles Co. factory in Shaoxing, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ninety minutes after Queen Elizabeth II died, orders for thousands of British flags started to flood into the factory south of Shanghai. Workers pack British flags produced, at the Shaoxing Chuangdong Tour Articles Co. factory in Shaoxing, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ninety minutes after Queen Elizabeth II died, orders for thousands of British flags started to flood into the factory south of Shanghai. A worker produces British flags at the Shaoxing Chuangdong Tour Articles Co. factory in Shaoxing, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ninety minutes after Queen Elizabeth II died, orders for thousands of British flags started to flood into the factory south of Shanghai. A worker produces British flags at the Shaoxing Chuangdong Tour Articles Co. factory in Shaoxing, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ninety minutes after Queen Elizabeth II died, orders for thousands of British flags started to flood into the factory south of Shanghai. A worker packs British flags to prepare for shipping at the Shaoxing Chuangdong Tour Articles Co. factory in Shaoxing, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ninety minutes after Queen Elizabeth II died, orders for thousands of British flags started to flood into the factory south of Shanghai. A worker holds up a flag with the Queen’s image at the Shaoxing Chuangdong Tour Articles Co. factory in Shaoxing, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ninety minutes after Queen Elizabeth II died, orders for thousands of British flags started to flood into the factory south of Shanghai. 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‘It Is Not Something You Can Control’ : People With Obesity Face Both Stigma And Health Fears – Irish Examiner https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/it-is-not-something-you-can-control-people-with-obesity-face-both-stigma-and-health-fears-irish-examiner/ Just 170 patients underwent weight-loss surgery in the public system in Ireland in 2021, with people who are living with obesity waiting up to 10 years for operations. Others find their mental health impacted — and a small number die. Catherine O’Sullivan, 57, from Gorey in Co Wexford, delivered the mail for 20 years and enjoyed being on the move, chatting to people all day.  However, arising out of poor health, she had to retire from the job she loves and is awaiting bariatric surgery. ‘Just in the system’ She needs a hysterectomy and a knee replacement, neither of which she can have unless she goes under a certain weight.  She has tried all of the slimming clubs and had been on diets “practically every week”. Ms O’Sullivan first started gaining weight during her teenage years. She did a lot of walking in her job as a postal operative, but her weight was always a problem. Since her loss of mobility, she has found her weight gain to be unmanageable. “Once my mobility became bad, then the excess weight gain continued,” she said. “I was already heavy as it was, but now I am living with obesity and my quality of life is really bad. I am not even on the list for surgery. I am just in the system.” People who undergo the surgery have to reach strict criteria, and it is not an operation that is undergone without considerable assessment. Dangers of obesity According to the World Health Organization European Regional Obesity Report published earlier this year, Ireland ranks ninth of 53 European countries for obesity in adults, and 11th for overweight and obesity. Being overweight or living with obesity is the fourth-most common risk factor for non-infectious disease, after high blood pressure, diet, and tobacco, and it is the leading risk factor for disability.  Sleep apnoea and endometrial cancer also have quite a high prevalence among people living with obesity. Ms O’Sullivan said that it is understandable that priority is given to people who also have other conditions such as diabetes and depression.  She is grateful not to suffer from either, but fears the development of complications if she has to wait too long for surgery. For now, she feels she has to “grin and bear it”. “And just knowing that there is help there at the end of the road,” she said. “Hopefully it will go my way.” Ms O’Sullivan attends weekly Zoom classes with the Irish Coalition for People Living with Obesity (ICPO) which is a group that aims to support, educate, and raise awareness that obesity is a complex chronic disease. She said finding ICPO was the best thing to ever happen to her in relation to coping with her feelings about her body. “To know that there are so many out there living the same way as we are,” she said. “It just makes a difference.” Bariatric operations abroad Meanwhile, the lead of ICPO, Susie Birney, 47, from Dublin, said the long waiting list for bariatric operations has driven many patients to private overseas clinics. Susie Birney. Photograph: Abbie Trayler-Smith. She said surgery overseas works well for patients who have good communication with their GP back home who can provide aftercare. However, many times the knowledge about surgery aftercare is not present among doctors. “GPs will sometimes say: ‘I am not equipped.’  But if you have been waiting 10 years on a waiting list and your quality of life is poor, well then would you blame somebody for looking at those options abroad?” Ms Birney never had any problem with weight gain in her childhood, and was very sporty. However, she lived with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder from an early age and once she reached puberty, her weight started to rise. “I couldn’t eat vegetables,” she said. “I couldn’t eat fruit. So it was always a battle from the start.  “I got to my teens. I fully believed that my food disorder was the only reason that my health started getting worse. “At 19-20, everything was changing around that time so it was very hard to pinpoint. I had a serious knee injury and I also had mild depression coming into the winter. It would have been a case of putting on two or three stone, losing a stone. That continued that way right up to my 30s where I gained more than I lost each time. “The stigma was always awful. Which wasn’t intentional but was awful. Criticism like ‘what are you doing about your weight? ‘ I was swimming four or five days a week but I reached 25 stone.” In one year, she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and sciatica. Her feelings of depression increased and her quality of life deteriorated completely. At the age of 35, she started attending the Weight Management Service in Loughlinstown in Dublin and she had also been referred to Beaumont Hospital for her diabetes.  Ms Birney also attended a separate clinic for her polycystic ovarian syndrome. Susie Birney. Picture: Abbie Trayler-Smith. “So completely different directions,” she said. “Back then, I would have thought there was no link between them. “I had my appointments at the Weight Management Service and didn’t really understand what it was about. At the time I just felt complete shame about being there.  “How did I land here? How did I need this? I was fully fixated on fixing the food disorder.” Support groups Ms Birney joined a patient support group, which was a “defining moment” in her life as she was with people who were experiencing similar issues to her. “And we started coming up with ideas like family walks, healthy lunches, and so we were doing what most people don’t expect people living with obesity to do,” she said. We were trying to help ourselves. Most people think we don’t.” At one point, Ms Birney was about 110th on the list for bariatric surgery with just 30 operations having been completed in Ireland the previous year. She was about three or four years away from surgery when she began to suffer major secondary complications. “With diabetes, I had been diagnosed with retinopathy, which is in the eyes,” she said.  “You go through different stages with that, and you could actually end up blind.” Susie decided to find out what she was entitled to on her private health scheme. Her private health insurers said they would pay for half of her bariatric surgery if she opted to go private. “I had had two hernia operations at this stage as well,” she said.  My stomach wall was weak. My quality of life was poor. I wasn’t working full time. I couldn’t afford the surgery. “I wrote letters. I got the surgeon in Loughlinstown. I got the physiotherapist. I got my GP all to write to my health insurer to say my health was spiralling despite being on medication. I needed treatment.” Her surgery was approved, and Susie had her bariatric operation in 2015.  Surgery ‘pays for itself’ Susie says the day she had the surgery she went off all of her diabetes medications. She insists that the surgery pays for itself and she cannot understand why it is so under-resourced.  She said: “Being off all long-term illness medications for the last seven years — how much would that be? That would pay for the surgery in just a couple of years. It doesn’t make sense that the Government isn’t ploughing more services into treating obesity because of what it saves.” Susie warns that it is common for people to regain some weight after they have bariatric surgery, and they still face lifelong issues with weight. “I still have a team that is so important for anybody’s treatment,” she said. “I think everybody needs a team approach if you are dealing with obesity. “The team has helped me. I am on another treatment, so I am back down some of the weight I regained. It is this realisation that this is something that is for life. “Not all treatments work for life. And when one isn’t working, you have to find out what is the next best treatment that you can use.” Understanding obesity She says that people think that the reason for obesity is simply overeating. “But overeating in most cases comes from some other reason,” she said.  And that can be from the medication you are on. That can just be your genetics. Your hormones.” She feels that people living with obesity often feel immense shame when they cannot overcome immense cravings. “Science now shows that someone who lives with the genetics of obesity, as soon as you try to restrict yourself, you have intense cravings you can’t control,” she said. “People think that weight is under voluntary control. It is not. “It is not something you can control. Your body will fight against you for many different reasons. “I think slimming groups work fantastically for those whose weight doesn’t impact their health directly. But if you are somebody living with the chronic disease of obesity and are living with probably gaining or losing three, four, or five stone at a time, slimming groups can help, but they aren’t the only option. You need treatment.” Susie stresses that the majority of people they speak to in support groups do not want to live this sort of life. “They have tried and tested so many diets over the years and for a lot of them that lifestyle isn’t sustainable,” she said.  “Many will say that they have a healthier lifestyle than their partners do, but their partners don’t live with obesity. They get so tired of being stigmatised.” She says that obesity is a chronic disease for those who have it. “If society was to be a bit more understanding and not just look at it as a visual,” she said.  “When you visually look at someone with this disease, you assume their lifestyle choices. “But if somebody has Type 2 diabetes and that is uncontrolled because they weren’t taking their medication, you wouldn’t judge them. Just be...

Sports Roundup – The Capital Journal https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/sports-roundup-the-capital-journal/ 1 of 5 Stanley County’s Kori Gabriel sets the ball while playing Jones County on Thursday. Cadence Hand also had four kills and one block for Stanley County. Stanley County’s Grace Sargent had four blocks, two aces and one block for the Buffs. Stanley County’s Olivia Chase (middle) sets the ball while playing Jones County on Thursday. Stanley County’s Colt Norman, left, and Tyson Peterson during the Chamberlain Invitational on Thursday. Sep 17, 2022 11 min ago 0 1 of 2 Stanley County’s Kori Gabriel sets the ball while playing Jones County on Thursday. Stanley County’s Olivia Chase (middle) sets the ball while playing Jones County on Thursday. Buffs play Jones County It was a tough night for the Stanley County Buffaloes in Jones County on Thursday night. Cadence Hand also had four kills and one block for Stanley County. Michelle Hand Stanley County’s Colt Norman, left, and Tyson Peterson during the Chamberlain Invitational on Thursday. Mandy Trebbe Stanley County’s Grace Sargent had four blocks, two aces and one block for the Buffs. Michelle Hand Was the information in this article useful? Load comments Post a comment as anonymous Welcome to the discussion. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Don’t Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated. Be Truthful. Don’t knowingly lie about anyone or anything. Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person. Be Proactive. Use the ‘Report’ link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Share with Us. We’d love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article.

Top Tech News – Sept 17: YouTube Gets New Instagram-Like Feature, Moto Edge 30 Ultra Gets New Variant, More – News18 https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/top-tech-news-sept-17-youtube-gets-new-instagram-like-feature-moto-edge-30-ultra-gets-new-variant-more-news18/ Home » News » Tech » Top Tech News – Sept 17: YouTube Gets New Instagram-Like Feature, Moto Edge 30 Ultra Gets New Variant, More 1-MIN READ Last Updated: September 17, 2022, 18:06 IST New Delhi, India Top tech news – September 17, 2022. YouTube gets a new feature, Motorola has announced a new variant for the Moto Edge 30 Ultra. Technology is one of the major things that is driving world growth and the economy these days. Naturally, there is a lot to keep a track of and it is not easy for anyone to know everything at all times. Which is why, we bring you a couple of most important tech news of the day everyday, along with a tip that will enhance your experience with your gadgets. Let us take a look at today’s top tech news: YOUTUBE CREATORS WILL BE ABLE TO REPLY TO COMMENTS WITH SHORTS Google-owned YouTube has allowed creators to reply to comments from their fans on their videos with Shorts on iOS devices. The company said that it heard creators’ request to allow them to feature comments posted on their channels in the content on the short-form video app. “Invite your audience to connect with you via this new feature by answering their questions in your Shorts, taking content requests, reacting to comments in your videos, and whatever else you come up with,” YouTube Shorts said in a statement. MOTO EDGE 30 ULTRA GETS NEW VARIANT Motorola earlier this week launched its latest flgaships in India, the Moto Edge 30 Ultra and the Moto Edge 30 Fusion. Out of these, the Moto Edge 30 Ultra is the first smartphone with a 200-megapixel camera to have launched in India. Now, the Lenovo-owned brand has announced a new variant of the Moto Edge 30 Ultra. The new variant is the top-spec 12GB RAM variant of the Moto Edge 30 Ultra, which the company did not launch at the same time. Read all the Latest Tech News and Breaking News here Tech Desk Tech Desk: Get the latest and trending stories from the world of technology at News18’s Tech Desk consisting of reporters, writers, editors and opinio…Read More

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Off The Menu: Restaurant Giants Seek Gains In Metaverse – MassLive.com https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/off-the-menu-restaurant-giants-seek-gains-in-metaverse-masslive-com/ Updated: Sep. 17, 2022, 7:07 a.m.| Published: Sep. 17, 2022, 7:06 a.m. Chipotle Burrito Builder is a new simulation experience that challenges Roblox players to roll burritos in the metaverse to earn Burrito Bucks, the brand’s in-experience currency.Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Whether it’s just a marketing gimmick or the “next big thing,” the metaverse is currently attracting lots of attention from major restaurant brands. Attempting to define what the metaverse can be a challenge for even the savviest of digital natives -it’s part virtual reality, part cyberspace, part gaming environment. Most broadly defined, the metaverse represents a collection of virtual worlds that exist outside the realm of everyday life. Metaverse evangelists like to describe it as a digital realm that will someday overlay our presumably-mundane everyday existence. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.

The Weekly Authority: Google Parts With Pixelbook – Android Authority https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/the-weekly-authority-google-parts-with-pixelbook-android-authority/ Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Welcome to The Weekly Authority, the Android Authority newsletter that breaks down the top Android and tech news from the week. The 212th edition here, with Pixel 7 storage options, OnePlus 11 Pro renders, Sony’s State of Play and Nintendo Direct highlights, an “easier” way to make cup noodles, and more. This week I’m feeling quite smug to be writing this from the comfort of my new couch, in my new apartment. Ok, so I’m still not unpacked, but I made it! In other news, the temperature here in Scotland dropped to 6°C this morning, so I may need to unpack my sweaters first… Popular news this week Sony: At Tuesday’s Xperia event, Sony announced the Xperia Stream, a cooling accessory for the Xperia 1 IV with a variety of ports, but no word on pricing or availability yet. Movies/TV: HBO Max’s The White Lotus took home five gongs at the Emmys, beating Ted Lasso (four) and Succession (three). The new Google Chromecast HD might have a big advantage over its predecessor, but it may not be so cheap after all. Disney’s D23 event last weekend had lots of cool teasers and trailers, including an official trailer for Willow, several Star Wars trailers, a black and white trailer for Werewolf by Night, a trailer for Marvel’s Secret Invasion, starring Samuel L. Jackson, and much more. Mashable’s got some interesting reviews this week: “Tense social thriller” End of the Road (Netflix), “groundbreaking and glorious action epic” The Woman King (in theaters now), and classic rom-com Ticket to Paradise (coming to cinemas October 21). If you’re still stuck on what to watch this week, here’s our pick of the best new TV shows to stream, including season five of The Handmaid’s Tale, plus the best new streaming movies this week, from Ridley Scott’s epic The Last Duel to something lighter with black comedy Do Revenge. Paul Greengrass is adapting Stephen King’s Fairy Tale for the big screen: The book hit shelves earlier this month, and King believes the man behind several Bourne movies is “a wonderful choice.” Elsewhere, Glenn Powell and Regé-Jean Page will be Butch And Sundance for a new Amazon series set in an alternative history version of America. Also this week: We saw a new trailer for Park Chan-Wook’s Decision to Leave. described as “an intensely romantic cat-and-mouse thriller.” And Amazon greenlights Blade Runner 2049 sequel series. Finally: Netflix is holding its global fan event with first looks and company news on September 24. Gaming: Missed Ubisoft Forward on Sunday? Highlights included Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope gameplay, more Skull and Bones gameplay, stuff for the Division franchise, and a ton of Assassin’s Creed, including AC Red, set in Japan, AC Mirage, coming in 2023 and set in Baghdad, AC Codename HEXE, which looks sort of witchy, two undated mobile games (one announced for Netflix, the other set in China), and a multiplayer game codenamed Invictus. Tokyo Game Show 2022 started on Thursday running through Sunday: IGN has all the livestreams you need. At Disney’s D23 event, Disney Illusion Island was announced: the 2D co-op platformer starring Mickey Mouse and friends will come exclusively to Nintendo Switch in 2023. Eurogamer has a neat roundup of everything announced in Sony’s State of Play on Tuesday, but highlights included action-RPG Rise of the Ronin, a trailer for Tekken 8 (ooh!), some new PSVR2 games (like tabletop RPG Demeo), a new Hogwarts Legacy trailer, a glimpse of Yakuza spin-off Like a Dragon: Ishin, first-person driving survival game Pacific Drive, and much more. If you missed September’s Nintendo Direct on Tuesday, you can catch up here, but The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom headlined, coming May 12, 2023. We also saw an official announcement trailer for Pikmin 4, and Nintendo revealed Goldeneye 007 is coming to Nintendo Switch Online, with online play. Meta Quest Pro leaks online with unboxing video after claims prototype was left in a hotel room. On the topic of VR, Sony dashes hopes and confirms PSVR2 won’t be backwards compatible. Meanwhile, The Sims 4 is going free to play from October 18 across PC, Mac, and consoles, and current players will get a free content pack. And Discord finally comes to Xbox! Here’s how to use it. Which reminds us: Deathloop finally lands on Xbox on Tuesday, likely to only be on Xbox Series X/S consoles. Finally: Call of Duty Warzone 2.0 gets a release date and all-new third-person mode — November 16 is the date for your diaries. Reviews Ryan Haines / Android Authority Samsung Galaxy A23 5G review: Searching for the middle ground — “Its sizable crisp display and equally large and long-lasting battery are excellent among budget phones, though it has some rough edges in tender spots” (Android Authority). Honor MagicBook 14 (2022) review — “A solid productivity laptop, offering fast processing speeds, a great port selection, and good battery life. Its design isn’t so impressive, failing to stand out from rivals such as Apple and Huawei” (Trusted Reviews). MSI Summit E16 Flip Evo review — “A classy, fairly long-lasting semi-portable performance laptop with a large 360-degree 16-inch screen. The display of the version reviewed is not mind-blowing and you’d hope to see a glass touchpad at this level, but MSI has made few mistakes with this solid all-rounder” (Trusted Reviews). Features Weekly Wonder This week we’re wondering about the point of Thanko’s Cup Noodle Machine. Why does it exist? What’s its purpose? Exactly how much time is it supposed to save you? Who are these people that are too busy to boil water? Keep reading and you’ll find out exactly what we’re talking about. Rise of the ramen Cup noodles, instant noodles, ramen… whatever you call them, there’s no denying that this staple student food has become a quick go-to snack for many. Love them or hate them, cup noodles are here to stay — they’re cheap, cheerful, and delicious, even if they’re not the healthiest choice. Easier than boiling water Since preparing cup noodles involves nothing more than peeling open the lid of the cup, boiling some water, adding it to the cup, and waiting for the ingredients to rehydrate, why would anyone create a gadget designed to simplify that process? Japan’s Thanko obviously thought the task could be easier. The Makasetei looks a lot like a Keurig coffee machine. This one takes noodle cups, not pods, though. Just pop off the plastic seal, place your noodle cup on the device, lower the mechanism, add water, start the machine, and set a timer. The Makasetei will automatically boil the water, add it to the cup, and then let you know when your noodley-goodness is ready. It doesn’t exactly sound like one of the best smart kitchen tech products around. Though Thanko’s no stranger to quirky gadgets, from its folding fan umbrella to its car rice cooker (yes, really). We should add, the Makasetei will set you back $45, which seems like a lot to spend on a task that could easily be achieved with an electric kettle. Not to mention the kitchen counter real estate it’ll take up. True, it might come in handy if (like me) you’ve just moved house and have no idea which box you packed the kettle in. Or if you don’t own an electric kettle. And for those with a serious cup noodle habit, well, we guess it’s a bit of a novelty. Still… $45! Tech Calendar September 29: OnePlus 10T on sale October 6 @ 10 AM ET: Pixel 7 launch October 11 @ 1PM ET: Meta Connect Conference (new VR headset?) October 12 @ 10 AM PT: Samsung Developer Conference October 13: Pixel 7 on sale? (TBC) November 8: Skull and Bones release date on Xbox Series S/X, PS5, PC, Stadia, and Luna November 9: God of War: Ragnarok launches on PS4, PS5 November 15-17: Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit November 18: The Dark Pictures: The Devil in Me launches on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and PC Tech Tweet of the Week Have a great week! Paula Beaton, Copy Editor.

Legion Capital: Why This Revolutionary Project Is Thriving In A Bear Market – Cryptonews https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/legion-capital-why-this-revolutionary-project-is-thriving-in-a-bear-market-cryptonews/ Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that is not part of Cryptonews.com editorial content. Legion Capital, a promising 10-month-old innovative project, is turning heads in the crypto space. Despite the recent market pullback, this alt-coin has experienced an unparalleled YTD price increase of 1,100%. While it seems everyone else is experiencing yet another “crypto winter”, Legion holders are beyond thrilled with the performance of this ERC-20 token that boasts an impressive trajectory chart and is now positioned to explode. The Perfect Storm: Deflationary Tokenomics. Daily Buybacks. Digital Assets Backed By Tangible, Real-World Commodities Why is this revolutionary project thriving in a bear market? Legion’s unique business model offers the perfect storm of deflationary tokenomics, daily buybacks, and powerful income-generating digital assets backed by tangible, real-world commodities. Commodities like oil, natural gas, high-yield agriculture, real estate, and more. By allocating profits from their acquired assets for buybacks, Legion’s model produces a deflationary token designed for an ever-increasing price floor and long-term sustainability. For example, thus far Legion has burned 1.74 Billion $LEGION tokens – forever removing over 17% of their own coin from circulation. And they’re just getting started. These deflationary tokenomics create scarcity of $LEGION tokens, which will play a key role in the future real-world utility of the project, exclusively for $LEGION holders. Taking the Uncertainty & Complexity Out of Crypto The reality is most investors don’t have the time, capital, or industry experience to benefit from the greatest opportunities that blockchain technology has to offer. Legion Capital – holding several million dollars in assets already – bridges this gap by providing a simple, yet exciting solution for anyone to take advantage of crypto’s most powerful income-generating assets.   Legion’s aim is to take the uncertainty and complexity out of crypto by doing the heavy lifting – and  providing a simple gateway for anyone who wants to benefit from crypto’s greatest projects. Success Pillars: Discipline, Transparency & Balance Everything Legion Capital does – from investing strategies, buybacks, marketing, website design, company structure, etc. – is methodically and rigorously analyzed before execution. The team’s vision is highly dependent on their ability to (1) attract new users to their platform and (2) generate consistent cash flow from successful investments.  The team believes that integrity is imperative for success, and has structured the project in such a way that anyone can view, via their comprehensive Dashboard, how their investments are performing in real-time. Additionally, the team doesn’t make money unless their investments are profitable. And profitable investments are directly correlated with $LEGION buybacks. The end result: the team wins only when $LEGION holders win.  Finally, Legion Capital believes that balance sets the stage for prosperity and fulfillment. For example, the project donates 5% of all profits to charitable causes throughout the world because they believe in giving back and doing good. They even go as far as closing their Telegram chat every Sunday and encourage their community to spend quality time with loved ones or to go out and do what they love. About Legion Capital In 2017, Legion’s talented team with decades of combined experience in business, finance, and strategy began investing in cryptocurrencies. On their way to building a multi-million-dollar portfolio, they found that navigating the crypto space was often overwhelming. Growing and managing a successful crypto portfolio is extremely time-consuming, stressful, and complicated. The ongoing research required to consistently make good decisions and invest in the right projects can be very difficult. After witnessing many investors miss out on crypto’s greatest opportunities, the team found themselves asking: “Is there a better way?” In late 2021, the team set out to create a solution that allowed anyone to benefit from the best of crypto without its vices – and Legion Capital was born. If you want one access point to crypto’s most powerful assets, you’ve come to the right place. Legion’s disciplined, structured approach allows the team to utilize their expertise, time, and personal connections to provide a simple, yet incredibly rewarding experience for $LEGION holders. Website | Twitter | Telegram | Medium

The U.S. Safety Net Was Built For Cold Winters. Hot Summers Threaten It. – The Washington Post https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/the-u-s-safety-net-was-built-for-cold-winters-hot-summers-threaten-it-the-washington-post/ For decades, the federal government has helped the poor with energy costs during chilly winters. Now sweltering summers are straining the social safety net. September 17, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EDT Melissa Besong, 40, outside the NeedLink Nashville offices after filling out an applications to keep her electricity from being cut off. (William DeShazer for The Washington Post) NASHVILLE — The moment NeedLink Nashville opened its doors just after Labor Day weekend, Melissa Besong entered the nonprofit’s office holding her overdue electric bill. Four months after losing her job as a home health aide, she didn’t want to miss out on a chance to keep her power running. “Hopefully,” she said, shut-off warning in hand, “they’ll help me out before it’s time.” More than 40 years ago, Congress established a critical safety net, the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program, to help people financially survive frigid winters and the costs of run heat. But sweltering summers are now creating a huge new financial burden for Americans whose air conditioners run up energy bills for longer periods of time. The new financial toll of summer shows how government is struggling to keep up with the ways that climate change — during the hottest months of the year — threatens the financial livelihoods of some of the most vulnerable Americans. This year offers a vivid example. Thanks to pandemic-related funds, the Biden administration was able to more than double the $3.8 billion dollar federal energy assistance program. Administration officials said it marked the largest one-year investment in the program since it began in 1981. But advocates said about 85 percent has already gone to winter heating bills, which have also soared as global energy prices surged. This left little for people enduring another sweltering summer. By the time the administration instructed states in July to use the additional funding to subsidize summer cooling costs and build community cooling centers, many states had already used the stimulus money to pay off the huge debts that accumulated during the pandemic, said Mark Wolfe, executive director of the National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association. Some states had run out of money. Others, like Colorado and Pennsylvania, which focus their spending on heating costs, had closed their energy assistance programs for the summer. “The dilemma is, we don’t have enough funding to cover both heating and cooling,” Wolfe said. “This is a very serious problem.” From the Southeast to the Mountain West, leaders of private aid groups and state-run energy assistance programs said they have been flooded with requests for help with electric bills this summer. People who have never asked for assistance before are calling, emailing and showing up at their offices with overdue bills that are double or even triple the amount these groups typically see. As with rent and food price spikes, the burden of higher electricity bills falls mainly on low-income families who already spend a greater share of their earnings on utilities. In response to the pandemic, the Census Bureau began surveying Americans to see how they were coping with rising energy costs. An analysis by The Washington Post of survey responses collected from July 27 — Aug. 8 found that nearly 20 percent of households making less than $25,000 said they have kept temperatures in their homes at levels that felt unsafe or unhealthy for some months in the year. This was more common among Latino and Black respondents, regardless of their income, than among Whites and Asians. As temperatures rise due to climate change, air conditioning units are using more energy to keep homes comfortable, generating staggering bills and shut-off warnings for those who fail to pay. About 20 million Americans are behind on their utility bills, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association, which represents state officials administering energy assistance programs. They owe an average of $800, double the amount before the pandemic. “It’s definitely the case that cooling costs are not only increasing because of energy prices but also because cooling is more necessary as a result of climate change,” said Diana Hernández, an associate professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. This July ranked as Nashville’s second-hottest on record. At NeedLink Nashville, the number of applications for assistance this July and August has climbed 25 percent above the pre-pandemic norm, according to its senior program director Sarah Moore. The organization opens its online application on Monday mornings and shuts it down after 75 requests, the most it can process in a week. “We’ve been having to cut it off within 45 minutes,” Moore said. Several factors account for the surge of people in need this year, making it challenging to separate out the role of increasingly severe summer heat. The rising price of natural gas has made it more expensive to produce electricity. Electric bills in August soared 15.8 percent compared to the same period the year before, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the biggest increase since 1981. And though the job market has rebounded from its pandemic losses, many people are still struggling to pay off the debt racked up during that time. Even before supply chain disruptions and Russia’s war in Ukraine boosted U.S. energy prices, the question of how to stay cool during the summer — and how to pay for it — had become a growing problem for poorer Americans. In the hottest parts of the country, access to air conditioning is not just a source of comfort — for the elderly and people with chronic medical conditions, it can mean life or death. For 78-year-old Annette Todd Moore, who suffers from asthma and relies on a breathing machine, turning off the AC wasn’t an option. “I need my air conditioner in my house,” she said while sitting in Needlink Nashville’s waiting room after her electric bill doubled this summer. “With the heat index going up, it’s life and death.” Even after Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer, the crickets were still chirping and the temperatures were still balmy in Tennessee. “Oh my God, it’s so hot out there,” said one woman inquiring about aid before grabbing a cup of water. Since losing her job this spring, Besong spent time at home, keeping cool and cooking for her 7- and 5-year-olds. To help make ends meet, she cleaned two families’ homes. Her finicky air conditioner, she suspected, caused her electric bill this summer to skyrocket. “This summer was pretty hot,” she said, holding a bill with an overdue balance of $253. “Most definitely hotter than last summer.” Lawmakers from New England, whose constituents have historically benefited the most from the federal fuel assistance program, continue to press for more funding. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) led an effort to warn House and Senate Appropriations Committee members that without the assistance program “we will not meet the needs of low-income families this winter.” Wolfe and other advocates have urged Congress to increase the program next year above the $4 billion the House and Senate have tentatively agreed to budget. Olivia Wein, a staff attorney for the National Consumer Law Center, said funding must “move northward toward $8 billion” to meet year-round heating and cooling needs. “We’re literally turning over the couch shaking out coins,” said Joshua Hollins, executive director of the Louisiana Housing Corporation, which oversees the state’s energy assistance funds. Louisiana is no stranger to brutal summers. A spokesman for Entergy, the largest utility in the state, said this summer delivered some of the hottest weather on record across the four states it serves, “leading to record-level electricity usage by our customers.” The growing number of days of triple-digit temperatures has put a strain on the energy aid Louisiana gets from the federal government. Even in a year of seeming abundance, when funding is much higher than normal, Hollins said he is about two weeks away from running out of money. On top of the power price increases and extreme heat, Louisianans are also paying for the latest climate disaster. Since Hurricane Ida made landfall last year, utility companies have passed the cost of power line and equipment repairs onto customers, adding to already bloated electricity bills. And while people living in urban areas can seek refuge in air-conditioned movie theaters, malls and libraries, Hollins said that in rural parts of the state, those options don’t exist. “I have folks out there that have $600 and $700 energy bills — and they’re low income,” Hollins said. “I think about the access they may have to somewhere just to cool off, when you get into some of those rural areas, that’s just not there. That’s what keeps me up at night.” In Missouri, energy assistance officials saw such a spike in clients with high electric bills this summer that they doubled the benefit for residents in crisis to $600 — and then doubled it again to $1,200. While policymakers generally agree that a warm home is essential, some still see cooling as a luxury. Most states have policies preventing power shut offs during the winter, but less than half have similar policies for the summer. Though many states now offer assistance year-round, a handful still only help residents with their energy bills in the winter. This approach made sense decades ago, Wolfe said, when home heating costs in the coldest parts of the country could be two or three times the yearly electric bill. But today, heating and cooling bills are “balancing out” in some places, he said, while government aid ...

Takeaways From Tallahassee — Let Freedom Ring – Florida Politics https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/takeaways-from-tallahassee-let-freedom-ring-florida-politics/ Once again, FSU leads Florida schools on free speech. FIRE ratings Florida State University — located in the shadow of the Capitol during a period when Republicans have questioned whether or not conservatives on college campuses get a chance to speak out — has been named one of the nation’s top colleges for free expression. That’s according to the 2022-2023 College Free Speech Rankings, published by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), which conducts the nation’s largest annual survey on student free expression. FSU was ranked 15th overall — which made it the highest-rated Florida university on the list. FSU is down to 15th from 5th, but that’s mostly thanks to new methodology. “Universities are incredible places of intellectual debate where both students and faculty have the freedom to pursue unfettered academic scholarship and scientific inquiry,” FSU President Richard McCullough said. “We are pleased FIRE continues to recognize Florida State University as one of the nation’s top colleges and best in Florida for free expression.” FIRE surveyed nearly 45,000 students enrolled in four-year degree programs at about 200 schools nationwide. The rankings are based on a composite of several scores, including those that look at student perceptions of the speech climate on their campus. Some of the topics include tolerance for both liberal and conservative speakers. This is the third annual list compiled by FIRE. Last year, FSU was ranked fifth overall, but the organization altered its methodology for the latest rankings, including adding the tolerance criteria. At one point FIRE was critical of the free speech policies at FSU and other schools in the state, saying they were too restrictive. FIRE, however, gave FSU a “green light” on its free speech policies after the university revised them in early 2020. “Providing an environment that fosters the respectful exchange of ideas and civil discourse is a top priority for Florida State University, and we are delighted that our efforts to protect every individual’s right to free speech and expression continue to be recognized by FIRE,” said Amy Hecht, vice president for Student Affairs. FIRE is currently representing a University of South Florida professor as well as a student and student group in a federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s Individual Freedom Act, also known as the “Stop WOKE” act by its supporters. The group contends that the new law endorses censorship on college campuses and violates free speech rights. ___ Coming up, the usual assortment of news, intel and observations from the week that was in Florida’s capital city by Peter Schorsch, Drew Wilson, Renzo Downey, Christine Jordan Sexton and the staff of Florida Politics. But first … Take 5 The “Takeaway 5” — the Top 5 stories from the week that was: Ron DeSantis sends migrants to Martha’s Vineyard — Gov. Ron DeSantis has confirmed Florida on Wednesday flew from Texas two planes of immigrants who crossed the southern border to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. The act, which occurred on the eve of National Hispanic Heritage Month, seized national headlines and national scrutiny over possible human trafficking violations. Democrats like California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried are calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the matter. Charlie Crist is also requesting records. Speaking in Niceville on Thursday, DeSantis called the current border situation “indefensible.” “The minute even a small fraction of what those border towns deal with every day is brought to their front door, they all of a sudden go berserk, and they’re so upset that this is happening,” DeSantis said. “It just shows you, their virtue signaling is a fraud.” Ethics Commission finds probable cause Broward Sheriff lied — Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony must go before an administrative judge or agree to a state Commission on Ethics penalty for using his office corruptly when he failed to disclose on official documents that he was arrested for killing an 18-year-old as a juvenile. If the ethics panel recommends it, DeSantis could ultimately suspend Tony over the transgression. “The Commission rejected the recommendation of its advocate and found probable cause to believe Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony misused his public position when he provided false information or did not disclose information,” the Wednesday release said. BOG votes for RayRod as Chancellor — The Board of Governors (BOG) voted unanimously to begin negotiations with Sen. Ray Rodrigues to be the next Chancellor of Florida’s State University System. The hiring decision came at the same meeting where governors honored outgoing Chancellor Marshall Criser. Rodrigues, an Estero Republican who has served in the Legislature for the last 10 years, expressed gratitude and praised Florida’s higher education system as the best in the country. A national search conducted by the BOG resulted in a recommendation of Rodrigues over candidates from all over the world. AHCA fines abortion clinic over wait period law — Florida health officials are fining an Orlando abortion clinic $193,000 for violating a state law requiring a 24-hour waiting period before abortions are performed, according to a case assigned to an administrative judge Tuesday. The Agency for Health Care Administration filed the complaint against the Center of Orlando for Women this summer. State regulators used patient records to determine the clinic performed 193 abortions that violated the state’s 24-hour waiting period rule between late April and early May of this year, the complaint reads. State law allows for a fine of $1,000 per violation of the waiting period law. Providers unprepared for Medicaid minimum wage — Home- and community-based providers responsible for assisting the poor and elderly enrolled in Florida’s Medicaid managed long-term care programs are worried about meeting a new $15-per-hour minimum wage requirement for direct care workers that takes effect Oct. 1. Lawmakers earmarked an additional $135.9 million for Medicaid managed care long-term care plans to cover the increased salary costs. The money will begin to go out to the managed care plans the state relies on to administer that Medicaid program in the next two weeks. But the home- and community-based providers that contract with the managed care plans say the money won’t flow from the health plans to them quickly enough for them to cover the increased salary costs. Workspace Coast DeSantis is making $30 million available to develop the workforce in Florida’s Space Coast. The Governor announced a multi-agency initiative Friday to support industries in the area. The Department of Economic Opportunity, the Department of Education (DOE), CareerSource Florida, Enterprise Florida and Space Florida have partnered to provide workforce education opportunities to the region’s aviation and aerospace, defense, manufacturing, and cybersecurity and information technology industries. Florida is blasting a lot of money into the Space Coast. Image via AP. “I set a goal to make Florida the best state in the nation for workforce education by 2030 — and we are doing that by making investments that expand opportunity and meet industry needs,” DeSantis said in a news release. “Currently there are over 91,000 manufacturing and aerospace technology-related jobs on the space coast and this $30 million investment will build more opportunities for Floridians.” The multi-pronged approach contains $11.5 million through the Job Growth Grant Fund, $9 million through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, $6.4 million through DOE’s Pathways to Career Opportunities Grant Program and $3 million through DOE’s Cyber/IT Pathways Grant Program. “Governor DeSantis continues to build on our success to develop a robust space economy across Florida,” Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez said. “Today’s announcement regarding our innovative funding partnership with our state colleges and workforce boards will position Florida as a leader in the aerospace industry. As Chair of Space Florida’s Board of Directors, I look forward to meeting the needs of future growth of space exploration and aviation technology in Florida.” Road warriors The importance of truckers has received more attention amid supply chain woes and the spike in freight coming into Florida’s ports. Without truckers, many of the products consumers rely on — from gas to groceries — wouldn’t make it more than a mile inland from the coast. The transportation aspect of the profession, of course, is a major focus of “National Truck Driver Appreciation Week.” But Attorney General Ashley Moody wants to make sure Floridians know that truckers do more than fill store shelves — they help her catch the bad guys. Ashley Moody can get behind truckers. Moody this week highlighted the Highway Heroes program, which is a joint effort between her office and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The campaign, launched in October 2020, trains truck drivers to spot and report human trafficking. So far, it’s been a success, equipping thousands of road warriors with knowledge of the telltale signs of heinous crimes. “This week, we say thank you to all of Florida’s professional truck drivers for their hard work and commitment in undertaking one of our economy’s most demanding and important jobs,” Moody said. “Additionally, we show our gratitude to the more than 6,400 drivers who have gone the extra mile to receive expert training through our Highway Heroes program about how to effectively spot and report signs of human trafficking. Our state is a safer place because of these Highway Heroes.” FLHSMV Executive Director Terry Rhodes added, “Florida’s commercial drive...

Factbox-Europe’s Travel Disruption Stretches Into Autumn – Euronews https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/factbox-europes-travel-disruption-stretches-into-autumn-euronews/ – Strikes and staff shortages forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights to avoid hours-long queues at major airports in the first summer following widespread COVID lockdowns with disruptions set to continue deep into the autumn. Here is a summary of some of the key developments: LABOURUNREST After sweeping job and pay cuts when COVID-19 brought travel to a grinding halt, staff across the industry from pilots to baggage handlers are asking for big pay increases and better working conditions. ** European flights faced widespread disruption on Sept. 16 as a French air traffic controllers’ strike forced airlines to cancel half of those scheduled to arrive or depart Paris airports and others due to have flown over France. Ryanair said the travel plans of 80,000 passengers had been affected when it had cancelled 420 flights, mainly intended to fly over France. ** Ryanair’s Spanish cabin crew union members plan to strike from Monday to Thursday every week until Jan. 7 to press demands for higher pay and better working conditions. ** Lufthansa and pilots’ union VC reached a deal in a wage dispute on Sept. 6, averting a second strike after the first one forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights. ** EasyJet’s Spain-based pilots walked out for nine days in August from bases in Barcelona, Malaga and Palma in Mallorca. Cabin crew in the country suspended a three-day strike planned for late July after reaching a deal with the carrier. ** SAS and Ryanair in July agreed terms with pilot unions, while British Airways and KLM signed deals with ground staffers. ** Norwegian Air in June agreed a 3.7% pay rise for pilots among other benefits. SCHEDULECUTS, CAPS ON PASSENGERS Airlines including Lufthansa, British Airways, easyJet, KLM and Wizz Air cut thousands of flights from their summer schedules to try and ease disruption, while major airports including London’s Heathrow and Amsterdam’s Schiphol have extended caps on passenger numbers into autumn. ** Schiphol said on Sept. 16 it would reduce daily passenger numbers by 18% until at least Oct. 31 due to labour shortages, mainly in security staff. This will cut average passenger numbers through the airport to 54,500 a day for the rest of September and to 57,000 in October, it said. ** Having previously cut its summer schedule and halted ticket sales for short-haul flights departing Heathrow until mid-August, British Airways said on Aug. 22 it would make further cancellations up to the end of October, after the airport extended its cap on passenger departures. It will also reduce its winter schedule by 8%, impacting around 10,000 flights. ** Meanwhile, London’s Gatwick airport said it would not extend limits on passenger numbers beyond August after it ramped up security staffing, while a Lufthansa board member has said the worst of the flight chaos was over for the airline. HIRINGANDINCENTIVES Industry executives say it is hard to recruit for often physically demanding, relatively low paid work at airports often located out of town. Training new hires and getting them security clearance also takes months. ** Schiphol, one of Europe’s busiest airports, agreed to pay 15,000 cleaners, baggage handlers and security staff 5.25 euros ($5.25) extra per hour during the summer. It needed to hire 500 security staff after beginning the season with around 10,000 fewer workers than before the pandemic. ** Airport security company ICTS, which operates at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle, offered a one-off 180 euro bonus to those delaying their vacation until after Sept. 15 and 150 euros for staff who sign up new recruits, a CGT union representative said. ** Only around 150 airport workers from Turkey were hired by German airports, far fewer than initially expected. They will help with baggage handling under temporary contracts that will run through early November. ($1 = 0.9978 euros)

Bits’n’bytes: Know About Startup, Business News In Pune – Hindustan Times https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/bitsnbytes-know-about-startup-business-news-in-pune-hindustan-times/ iCreate and COEP’s Bhau Institute hosts EVangelise‘22 roadshow Tech innovation-based startup incubator iCreate (International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology) in association with College of Engineering Pune’s (COEP’s) Bhau Institute of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership hosted a roadshow with the aim of engaging with the startup and innovators ecosystem in Pune to attract participation for its flagship EV Innovation Challenge – EVangelise’22. Innovators, students and startups from around the city participated in the event to showcase their breakthrough solutions. Innovators also pitched their solutions on the spot to a distinguished panel, including Dhananjay Kumar, Emeritus prof, PGD in electrical mobility, COEP; Shantanu Chaturvedi, head EV-CoE, iCreate and Shantanu Poddar, head-sales and promotion, iCreate. Shortlisted applicants won a cash prize of ₹50,000 and a direct entry to EVangelise ‘22. The applications to EVangelise ‘22 closes on September 25, 2022. Maharashtra farmers bag Outgrow Kisan Pragati Awards Outgrow, an AI-based farmer engagement and real-time advisory platform from WayCool Foods, announced the winners of Outgrow Kisan Pragati Awards 2022. Established with an aim to identify best practices in the space of agriculture and farming, the award was conferred upon nine farmers from Maharashtra under three categories — farming innovations, natural farming initiatives and women agri-entrepreneurs. The winners are Vijay Gargote, Mayur Wagh, Bhushan Nikam for farming innovations; Nagesh Nanaware, Vishwanath Holage, Sharad Bonde for natural farming initiatives and Surekha Nandakumar Jadhav, Draupada Santosh Kangulkar and Rani Balasaheb Naik for women agri-entrepreneurs’ category. Sendhil Kumar, head, Outgrow and Farmer Engagement, said, “We work on ground along with farmers, shoulder-to-shoulder ensuring that they build a profitable and a sustainable future. While we work with farmer network, there are still many hidden innovations that need its due recognition.” The call for nomination process received over 500 applications and the winners were selected by a jury including Prof Mahaveer Singh Chavan, student welfare officer of Mahatma Phule Agricultural University Rahuri; RG Somkuwar, director, National Research Centre for Grapes; Prashant Naikwadi, national president, Residue free & Organic Mission India Federation (ROMIF INDIA) and Prashant Shete, senior scientist and head, Krishi Vigyan Kendra Narayangaon, Pune. Jatayu Unmanned Systems successfully tests indigenous combat UAV Drone startup Jatayu Unmanned Systems recently tested an indigenously developed combat unmanned aerial vehicle (CUAV) successfully. In collaboration with the law-enforcement agencies in Mumbai, a field test was conducted earlier this month where a standard issue assault rifle weapon was live-fired mounted on a UAV platform. The company has been building drones for defence applications since 2015 and calls it’s UCAV “India’s First Combat-Ready UAV”. Jatayu’s combat drone is indigenously designed and developed using modern precision manufacturing techniques. Capt Aman Johri, CEO, Jatayu Unmanned Systems, said, “Our Jatayu Aim-X is a fully ‘Make in India’ UAV platform built specifically for the Indian scenario. It’s been under development since 2016 and we’ve previously live-fired it successfully under trials with the Indian armed forces, obtaining an accuracy of 93 per cent on target. In the coming weeks, we’re due to test our platform with various other units of the Indian Army.” Awiros raises $7m led by Inflexor and Exfinity Tech-focused VC funds, Inflexor Ventures and Exfinity Venture Partners, led the Series A round in Awiros, a deep-tech startup that develops an AI-based computer-vision platform primarily for video processing. The current round of funding also saw participation from VedaVC, leading family offices and UHNIs. Awiros was founded in 2015 by Vikram Gupta and Yatin Kavishwar. Awiros is bridging a key gap in the market through its offering, a marketplace of Video AI “Apps” that allows its customers to discover and adopt suitable technology solutions quickly. Vikram Gupta, CEO and co-founder, Awiros, said “This funding round will help us build further momentum for global growth by increasing our market share, streamlining technical operations and investing in the R&D of existing and new product categories.” EMotorad expands operations in Europe Pune-based electric vehicle (EV) company EMotorad announced its global expansion into Europe to build a presence in major EV markets across the globe. Initially, EMotorad is planning to target five major countries in Europe – Spain, Italy, Germany, France and the Netherlands, to grow exponentially across the continent. The company projects a business growth of nearly 30 per cent to 40 per cent quarter on a quarter basis. Aditya Oza, co-founder and CMO, EMotorad said, “Europe is one of the largest and fastest-growing markets for electric vehicles with an affluent customer base. This will provide EMotorad with a huge opportunity to produce electric cycles for the mass market on a world-class infrastructure that already serves electric vehicles. We are confident that an Indian startup can prove its mettle and build confidence in terms of quality.” Founded in 2020, EMotorad has already expanded its business across 82 towns and cities in India and abroad – Japan, UAE and Nepal. Krishify app introduces voice search feature Krishify, social network and commerce platform for farmers, has introduced a voice search feature to help farmers easily search for relevant topics on its social network. 54 per cent of farmers on Krishify platform are using speech-to-text transcription in the comments section instead of typing comments, which guided the company to make a data-centric decision and launch this new feature. Krishify has onboarded a community of more than 9 million farmers as well as hundreds of businesses, SMEs, retailers, distributors on its network out of which more than 0.8 million users are from Maharashtra. Avinash Kumar, chief operating officer, Krishify said, “Consumers are shifting focus towards voice with each passing day. It’s quite natural for people to prefer to talk rather than type or click. Moreover, in rural India, voice search has a high utility purpose as our data suggests.”

Hibiscus Primary Promotes Health – South Coast Herald https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/hibiscus-primary-promotes-health-south-coast-herald/ Hibiscus Primary School staff and learners with staff from the department of health. Hibiscus Primary School recently held its Health Promotion Launch. The school was chosen to be a health promoting school in 2018. In 2019, the school was appraised by the department of health. A health promoting school is a site where everyone is constantly strengthening the capacity of the site as a healthy setting for living, learning and working. Learning sites are ideal settings to promote the health of learners, educators, parents and the communities. The school was assessed by the department of health and achieved a score of 98%. The school aims to continue with its promotion towards healthy living for all staff, learners and the community at large. HAVE YOUR SAY Like the South Coast Herald’s Facebook page, follow us on Twitter and Instagram

Here Is The Latest Pac-12 Conference Sports News From The Associated Press – Corsicana Daily Sun https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/here-is-the-latest-pac-12-conference-sports-news-from-the-associated-press-corsicana-daily-sun-4/ BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a new trial for a former decorated University of Southern California water polo coach convicted in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal. In throwing out Jovan Vavic’s fraud and bribery conviction, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani found some evidence introduced by the government to be unreliable and that prosecutors erred in their argument to jurors about some of the alleged bribe money. Vavic was convicted in April after being arrested in March 2019 in the headline-grabbing “Operation Varsity Blues” investigation. He had guided USC’s men’s and women’s water polo teams to 16 national championships. UNDATED (AP) — The 25th-ranked Oregon Ducks play their second ranked opponent of the season when No. 12 Brigham Young makes its first trip to Autzen Stadium since 1990 on Saturday. Oregon has won 29 straight nonconference home games, the second-longest active streak in FBS, including seven against ranked teams. Bo Nix had five touchdown passes against Eastern Washington last week after throwing two interceptions in the opener vs. Georgia. BYU won all five games against Pac-12 teams last season, including two against ranked teams. Jaren Hall is 7-1 as a starting quarterback against ranked teams. UNDATED (AP) — BYU’s double-overtime victory over Baylor moved the Cougars up nine spots to No. 12 in the AP Top 25 and gave the team a boost nationally in its final year as an FBS independent. But the attention quickly shifted to Saturday’s game at Oregon, and the latest opportunity to make BYU’s season special. The Ducks are coming off a 70-14 win at home over Eastern Washington. The rout helped Oregon move on from its disappointing season-opening loss to Georgia and popped the Ducks back into the rankings at No. 25. LOS ANGELES (AP) — No. 7 Southern California’s roaring start under Lincoln Riley has caught the college football world’s attention and driven the Trojans to their highest ranking in five years. Fresno State is exactly the type of opponent that could put the brakes on all the excitement around a rebuilding project that’s humming along smoothly. Caleb Williams looks to remain unbeaten on the West Coast when the quarterback leads USC back to the Coliseum to face coach Jeff Tedford, quarterback Jake Haener and the Bulldogs, who came agonizingly close to an upset of Oregon State. SEATTLE (AP) — No. 11 Michigan State and Washington have looked great for the first two weeks of the season against lesser competition. Now both teams seek validation when the Huskies host the Spartans on Saturday. Michigan State beat up on Akron and Western Michigan to open the season. Washington thumped Kent State and Portland State. A win for Washington would be big in coach Kalen DeBoer’s first season in charge. A win for the Spartans would be just as significant in proving they are worthy of their high ranking. UNDATED (AP) — No. 14 Utah found its quarterback in Cameron Rising a year ago in a three-overtime loss against San Diego State when he came off the bench to spark the Utes. Rising has gone 10-3 as a starter since taking over. He went on to guide the Utes to a Pac-12 title and a spot in the Rose Bowl. The Utes enter this year’s game against the Aztecs at Rice-Eccles Stadium as a 20 1/2-point favorite. The Utes are chasing after win No. 300 against Mountain West teams. Utah was a member of the  league before joining the Pac-12 in 2011. UNDATED (AP) — Marcus Freeman has lost his first three games since taking over as Notre Dame’s coach. His fourth chance comes Saturday when the Fighting Irish host unbeaten California. It’s the first time the teams have met since 1967. The biggest problem for Notre Dame has been a stagnant offense. The Irish rank No. 117 out of 131 FBS teams in scoring offense and total offense. And this week they’ll have a new quarterback running the show as Drew Pyne replaces the injured Tyler Buchner. UNDATED (AP) — Oregon State plays Montana State on Saturday at Portland’s Providence Park. The Beavers haven’t played in Portland since 1986, when they faced UCLA. Oregon State is 2-0 for the first time since 2014, coming off wins over Boise State and Fresno State. Montana State is coming off a 63-13 victory over Morehead State in Bozeman. The Bobcats beat current Pac-12 member Colorado 19-10 back in 2006. That was Montana State’s last victory over an FBS team. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

The Tech Weekender | Top News From The World Of Technology This Week – Moneycontrol https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/the-tech-weekender-top-news-from-the-world-of-technology-this-week-moneycontrol/ iPhone 14 models go on sale, Motorola flagship launched in India, Uber hacked, and more. September 17, 2022 / 03:45 PM IST Google is planning to shift the assembly of one of its flagship phone brands to India, as COVID-19-induced lockdowns continue to hit the pace of manufacturing in China. Google has asked manufacturers in India to submit bids for the assembly of 500,000 to 1 million units of its Pixel smartphones, The Information reported, citing a company source. Apple’s new iPhone 14 models recently went on sale in India alongside the Apple Watch Series 8 and new Watch SE. The iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max recently went on sale in India and globally, although the iPhone 14 Plus won’t be able to purchase until October 7. Additionally, the new Apple Watch SE and Apple Watch Series 8 are also available for purchase, although the Apple Watch Ultra will be available for purchase from September 23. Uber’s computer network was breached on Thursday leading it to take several internal communications and engineering systems offline, the New York Times reported.An Uber spokesman told the Times that it was investigating the breach and contacting law enforcement officials. Uber has reportedly said that there was no evidence that the hacker got access to sensitive user data. A group of 13 companies urged the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to approve a bill that would rein in giant tech companies like Alphabet’s Google and Meta’s Facebook. DuckDuckGo, Mozilla, Proton and other companies that advertise themselves as pro-privacy expressed support for a bill to ban self-preferencing by Big Tech platforms like Google and Amazon.com. A U.S. congressional leader on antitrust, Senator Amy Klobuchar, has spent much of the summer urging the Senate to pass the bill to no avail. Bharti Airtel announced that its subsidiary Nxtra Data Limited has joined hands with Bloom Energy to deploy low environmental impact fuel cell installation at its data center in Karnataka, reducing carbon emissions through a cleaner, hydrogen ready fuel supply. This venture will be the first ever data center company in India to deploy fuel cell technology in an attempt to reduce carbon emissions at its data center, thus reducing carbon emissions through a clearer hydrogen ready fuel supply. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) informed that it has partnered with the United States-based wholesale grocery and supply chain giant C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc to build a new operations platform on Google Cloud and help it reduce its carbon footprint while enhancing customer experience. TCS will help reduce C&S’s carbon footprint by migrating its data centre workloads to the carbon-neutral infrastructure of Google Cloud. Apple recently rolled out iOS 16 for iPhones ranging from the iPhone 8 to the iPhone 13 Pro Max. iOS 16 was first showcased at Apple’s WWDC 2022 event back in June. With iOS 16, Apple is taking customization to heart with new lock screen customization and novel ways to share and upload content with the family. iOS 16 will also bring updates to the Messages and Mail apps, while Live Text will now be able to translate videos. Apple Pay Later, Order Tracking and more are now coming to Wallet. Additionally, there are updates to updates to Safari, Apple Maps, Family Sharing and more. A new government report seen by Reuters, calls for a regulatory authority to monitor and classify online gaming websites in India. The report, drafted by a panel of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s top officials, called for intervention and a stricter classification of India’s online gaming sector. The new report follows up on this meeting and calls for extensive regulation and classification. It also proposes the industry be regulated through rules covered under India’s existing IT law as an “Interim measure.” Motorola recently unveiled its flagship smartphone in India. The Motorola Edge 30 Ultra arrives with a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, a 144Hz P-OLED display, and is the first smartphone to feature a 200 MP primary camera sensor. The Motorola Edge 30 Ultra features a starting price of Rs 59,999 in India. Motorola also launched the Edge 30 Fusion with a Snapdragon 888+ SoC, 144Hz OLED display, and a 50 MP triple-camera setup. The Motorola Edge 30 Fusion features a starting price of Rs 42,999 in the country. At the ongoing Tokyo Game Show, Capcom confirmed that fan favorite fighters Ken, Blanka, Dhalsim and E. Honda will be returning for the Street Fighter 6’s roster. The Japanese game developer also announced the dates for the upcoming closed beta test, scheduled for October 7-10. The test will feature eight playable characters from the roster and the game’s seven modes – Ranked Match, Casual Match, Battle Hub Match, Open Tournament, Extreme Battle, Game Center and Training Mode.

XIDAX Sets The Bar Higher With Lifetime Warranty On Gaming PCs – EIN News https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/xidax-sets-the-bar-higher-with-lifetime-warranty-on-gaming-pcs-ein-news/ With the number of gamers continually rising every day worldwide, the gaming industry has undoubtedly become a multi-billion dollar industry no one can miss. From the games developed and enhanced every day to their effects on the economy, gaming is truly here to stay, especially as technology is becoming more integrated with income generation. Players are no longer merely spending for their games but now have the opportunity to earn from their passion. This being said, having a reliable PC makes all the difference for gamers, and XIDAX has made it its mission to supply the best laptops and desktops for everyone, along with its game-changing lifetime warranty on desktop computers.  XIDAX is built by gamers. Much like their growing clientele, the founders were obsessed with building extraordinary PCs that not only cope but actually enhance one’s performance. For a gamer, a well-built PC is like a well-oiled car, ready to tackle any heavy-duty groundwork. With excellence in mind, XIDAX never failed to amaze its clients. Furthermore, the company’s dedication to customer service is unparalleled in the industry. On top of supplying its individual clients, the company is also trusted by industry leaders and organizations.  Above all, XIDAX is known for its lifetime warranty on its desktops, a true testament to its confidence in the products they build from scratch. The company sets the bar higher with its innovative lifetime warranty guarantee, further strengthening the trust their clients have given them. The lifetime warranty applies to both parts and services, an offer unmatched by any other proponents in the landscape. “When you believe in your product as much as we do, a lifetime warranty just makes sense,” said one of the founders, emphasizing that video cards become more expensive to replace through time. But the lifetime warranty takes the burden off the desktop users and ensures that their PCs are in premium shape at all times. Besides gaming, XIDAX PCs are also revered for their video editing capacity, making them perfect for content creators and creatives looking for highly-efficient partners in their daily grind. With high-quality cores and processors, rendering videos is much more efficient with XIDAX, and the company has been a top-of-mind-choice for video editing enthusiasts and professionals alike. XIDAX also pays great attention to crafting stunning and visually-pleasing computers that look as good as they perform.  XIDAX PCs are highly customizable, giving users the option to build their PCs however they see fit to suit their lifestyle and the functionalities they need from a computer. From hardware features to software upgrades, the company ensures its clients get nothing but the best. With a team of highly seasoned professionals who are passionate about gaming PCs, XIDAX is genuinely raising the bar. The company only welcomes PC geniuses that know and understand how PCs work down to the tiniest nuts and bolts.  XIDAX was built to satisfy the vision of changing the way people purchase gaming PCs online, and truly they have. Upholding its commitment to quality service and state-of-the-art products, there’s no doubt that XIDAX will be the next household name in the country.  Overclocked and cooled to perfection. Experience the quality and performance of a Xidax gaming PC or workstation. Configure yours at Xidax.com Media Contact Company Name: Xidax LLC Contact Person: David Larsen Email:Send Email Phone: 1-877-943-2972 Country: United States Website:https://www.xidax.com/ You just read: EIN Presswire’s priority is source transparency. We do not allow opaque clients, and our editors try to be careful about weeding out false and misleading content. As a user, if you see something we have missed, please do bring it to our attention. Your help is welcome. EIN Presswire, Everyone’s Internet News Presswire, tries to define some of the boundaries that are reasonable in today’s world. Please see our Editorial Guidelines for more information. Submit your press release

DJ Mal-Ski Announces Creator Community And Metaverse Residency On TuneGO – PR Newswire https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/dj-mal-ski-announces-creator-community-and-metaverse-residency-on-tunego-pr-newswire/ Superstar DJ / Producer to Launch Web3 Community and Metaverse Experience to Empower Creators and Engage Fans , /PRNewswire/ — DJ Mal-Ski, the official DJ of the NFL Super Bowl Champion L.A. Rams, WNBA L.A. Sparks, and USC Trojans, is taking his talents to the metaverse on TuneGO, a technology platform built to empower the creative community and accelerate the world’s transition to Web3. DJ Mal-Ski is a proven leader and innovator, who has reimagined and reinvented fan engagement for the NFL, by reshaping the live event experience for the Super Bowl Champion L.A. Rams. DJ Mal-Ski’s vision is being mirrored, but not duplicated, by professional sports teams and collegiate athletics across the country.  DJ Mal-Ski will take this vision to the metaverse with a focus on empowering creators and entertaining fans. DJ Mal-Ski will launch a forward-thinking Web3 community that provides artists and creators with a gateway to the new culture of fans, collectors and patrons.  “The same way you score a film to enhance the energy of a scene, I use music to enhance the emotion and energy of live audiences,” said DJ Mal-Ski. “Our team is rapidly growing and we’re going to use the power of Web3 to launch new live experiences that inspire, empower and entertain. Stay tuned, you’ve never seen this before,” explained DJ Mal-Ski.    DJ Mal-Ski’s Web3 community and Metaverse experience is powered by TuneGO and operates on the Flow blockchain, the home of NBA Top Shot, NFL ALL DAY, UFC Strike and LaLiga (coming soon). TuneGO creates a technology gateway between the creative ecosystem and consumers, and is bolstered by the ease-of-use and no gas fees of the eco-friendly Flow blockchain.    “DJ Mal-Ski is a forward-thinking visionary who creates a powerful bond and connection with live audiences,” said John Kohl, CEO of TuneGO.  “DJ Mal-Ski impacts live events the same way John Williams impacts movies. TuneGO is honored to work together to create exciting new experiences that will engage, reward, and entertain audiences everywhere with the power of Web3,” said Kohl. About TuneGO TuneGO’s mission is to secure and protect music and digital media, empower the creative community and accelerate the world’s transition to Web3. TuneGO demystifies and simplifies Web3, solves age-old problems that impact the music industry, provides an environment for safe and secure collaboration, and establishes a community gateway that connects artists and creators with the new culture of fans, collectors, and consumers. TuneGO’s robust, global, end-to-end proprietary technology is secured with 10 granted patents and hundreds of intellectual property claims. To learn more visit www.TuneGO.com or download TuneGO from the app store.   About DJ Mal-Ski DJ-Mal-Ski is on a musical expedition to engage audiences and inspire listeners through his work as the official DJ of the NFL Super Bowl Champion L.A. Rams, WNBA L.A. Sparks, and USC Trojans. DJ Mal-Ski has toured with Stevie Wonder and countless fellow chart-topping artists and his production talents include songs on Jill Scott’s #1 R&B Album “Light of the Sun” and Kenny Lattimore’s album “Back to Cool.” To learn more visit www.djmalski.com and https://djmalski.tunego.com. Media Contact: Sabrina Santucci JConnelly Phone: 862.783.0275 Email: [email protected] SOURCE TuneGO, Inc.

Mike Sonko’s Daughter Sandra Shows Off Exquisite Bathroom With Gold Plated Toilet – Tuko.co.ke https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/mike-sonkos-daughter-sandra-shows-off-exquisite-bathroom-with-gold-plated-toilet-tuko-co-ke/ Sandra Mbuvi alias Thicky Sandra has always flaunted her family’s wealth on social media while making controversial remarks Mike Sonko’s daughter showed off her family’s exquisite bathroom, which also has a gold-plated toilet The TikToker also own a bevvy of posh range rovers she loves, and the young girl is a true picture of her dad when it comes to spending money Former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko’s daughter Thicky Sandra has flaunted their posh exquisite bathroom. Thicky Sandra flaunts gold-plated walls and toilet. Photo: Thicky Sandra. Source: UGC Eating life with a big spoon? Sandra is known for flaunting her family wealth, and who could possibly blame her when she has everything money can buy at her disposal? The lovely lass took to TikTok to share their family’s expensive mansion that was located in Machakos County. PAY ATTENTION: Share your outstanding story with our editors! Please reach us through news@tuko.co.ke or WhatsApp: 0732482690. In the clip, she starts by showing off the landscape and architecture of their mansion while standing on the lawn garden before walking up to her destination to show off the big reveal. Toilet made of gold? Revealing their golden washroom, Sandra used the popular TikTok audio: “Everybody has that one thing in their house that everybody thinks is so cool. It could be a hidden cabinet, little movie room, a gadget but ours is this…” As her camera panned to the outdoor washroom, fans were left gobsmacked with a fully gold-coated toilet with a black Versace toilet cover. The walls were covered in gold-plated tiled walls, a huge marble white and golden sink, a medium-sized mirror and golden knobs. Sandra Mbuvi says she eats only special ugali In a related article published on TUKO.co.ke, one of Sandra’s fans wondered whether the young lady eats ugali. “You are such a diva! Do you even eat ugali?” the social media user posed. The rich kid responded by expressing her distaste for ugali, saying she eats the meal but not in the usual way most Kenyans do. “No I don’t. The only way I will eat ugali is if it’s cooked with butter or Blueband,” Sandra stated. Her response became the topic of discussion among a section of Kenyans. PAY ATTENTION: check out news exactly for YOU find “Recommended for you” block and enjoy! Source: TUKO.co.ke

Why Ethereum Could See Huge Inflows Of Fund From Institutional ESG Investors – Cryptonews https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/why-ethereum-could-see-huge-inflows-of-fund-from-institutional-esg-investors-cryptonews/ Source: Unsplash With Ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake (PoS) now behind us, more people are pointing to the network’s environmental benefits, saying ESG-minded investors will flock to ETH as they learn more about it. Following Ethereum’s transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake – an event known as the Merge – the network will use 99.95% less energy compared to before, according to the Ethereum Foundation. Additionally, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin also retweeted a claim on Thursday saying “the Merge will reduce worldwide electricity consumption by 0.2%.” Bitcoin, by comparison, continues to rely on the much more energy-intensive proof-of-work system as its consensus mechanism. Not surprisingly, the promise of significantly lower energy usage by Ethereum is attractive to ESG investors, who consider it important to reduce energy use and – in particular – carbon emissions. According to Conor Svensson, CEO and Founder of Web3 Labs, the switch to proof-of-stake for Ethereum could even make Bitcoin and other networks that remain on proof-of-work appear less attractive to these investors. “If you’re a corporate looking to invest in cryptocurrencies, given the ESG narrative I imagine a lot of them will be slightly hesitant about getting exposure to Bitcoin when there’s this other asset which doesn’t use huge amounts of power,” Svensson was cited in a recent Evening Standard article as saying, while also noting: “I do believe that Ethereum will long-term overtake Bitcoin.” ESG is short for environmental, social and governance, and so-called ESG investing has become extremely popular among both retail investors and financial institutions in recent years. According to a Bloomberg report on ESG investing, assets under management by ESG funds are set to reach $41trn by the end of 2022, with ESG-related assets now accounting for one in three dollars managed globally. Source: Bloomberg ETH is the world’s second-most valuable cryptoasset with a market capitalization at the time of writing of just over $173bn. And although some believe that ETH will one day overtake BTC as the most valuable cryptoasset, an event dubbed “the flippening,” ETH’s market cap still remains less than half that of BTC. ETH fell in price immediately following the Merge, and was as of Friday at 9:50 pm UTC down 4.2% for the past 24 hours to a price of $1,435.