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Here Are The Standard Cancellation Policies For Each Major Cruise Line – Travel Market Report https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/here-are-the-standard-cancellation-policies-for-each-major-cruise-line-travel-market-report/ Cruise line cancellation policies are as varied as the cruise lines themselves. Some cruise lines let clients cancel up to three months before sailing with no penalty. Others charge an administrative fee for a cancellation from the minute a cruise has been booked. One universal truth does apply, though: the more expensive or longer the cruise, the less time people have to cancel their sailing with the least penalty. To help advisors quickly and easily identify the cancellation policy for ocean-going cruise lines, Travel Market Report has rounded up each line’s standard policy. This roundup does not include any special promotions that require either a non-refundable deposit or a non-refundable fare. Additionally, unless noted otherwise, cancellation charges are person. In this article: American Cruise Lines | Azamara | Atlas Ocean Voyages | Carnival Cruise Line | Celebrity Cruises | Celestyal Cruises | Cunard | Disney Cruise Line | Holland America Line | Lindblad Expeditions | MSC Cruises | Norwegian Cruise Line | Oceania Cruises | Paul Gauguin Cruises & Ponant | Princess Cruises | Regent Seven Seas Cruises | Royal Caribbean | Scenic | Seabourn | Silversea Cruises | UnCruise Adventures | Viking | Virgin Voyages | Windstar Cruises American Cruise Lines Days Prior to Departure | Cancellation Charge 91 days or more | $250 per person (unless cancelled within 24 hours of booking) 90-46 days | 50% + $250 per person 45 days or less | 100% + $250 per person Azamara Days Prior to Departure | Cancellation Charge 121+ days | $75 per person 120-91 days | 25% of booked fare 90-61 days | 50% of booked fare 60-31 days | 75% of booked fare 30 days or less | 100% of booked fare Atlas Ocean Voyages Days Prior to Departure | Cancellation Charge Deposit-91 days (Deposit – 121 days for Antarctica sailings) | $250 per person 90-76 days (120-76 days for Antarctica sailings) | 50% cancellation fee 75-46 days (same for Antarctica sailings) | 75% cancellation fee 45 days or less (same for Antarctica sailings) | 100% cancellation fee Carnival Cruise Line Days Prior to Departure | Cancellation Charge Final payment – 56 days | Deposit amount 55-30 days | 50% of booked fare (or standard deposit, whichever is greater) 29-15 days | 75% of booked fare (or standard deposit, whichever is greater) 14 days or less | 100% of booked fare COVID-19 Exception: If you, your family members living with you in the same household or a travel companion assigned to the same stateroom cancels a cruise booking due to testing positive for COVID-19 within seven days of embarkation, you and those traveling companions assigned to the same stateroom are entitled to an FCC for the amount paid to Carnival. To qualify for the FCC, you are required to notify Carnival within 24 hours or receiving a positive COVID-19 test result. Results must be presented to Carnival in an “acceptable” format – ie, a laboratory test record, digital certificate or healthcare record that indicates your full legal name, date of birth, type of test, date and time sample was taken, test result stating “POSITIVE” and laboratory, testing site, and/or healthcare provider details. Handwritten test results and photographs of at-home test results are not acceptable. Celebrity Cruises Days Prior to Departure | Cancellation Charge For 1 to 4 Night Cruises (including holiday sailings) 74-61 days | 50% of total price 60-31 days | 75% of total price 30 days or less | 100% of total price For cruises of 5 nights or longer (including holiday sailings & cruise/tours) 89-75 days | 25% of total price 74-61 days | 50% of total price 60-31 days | 75% of total price 30 days or less | 100% of total price COVID-19 Exception: For cruises departing through November 30, 2022, Celebrity will provide a 100% refund (or FCC) for any guest and their traveling party, if any test positive for COVID-19 within 10 days prior to embarkation. To qualify for a refund or FCC, the person who has tested positive must present a verified positive test in a form acceptable to Celebrity. Celestyal Cruises Days Prior to Departure | Cancellation Charge For 2022 Cruises 89-30 days | full deposit 29 days or less | 100% (minus port and service charges) For 2023 Cruises 90 days or more | $60 per stateroom 89-30 days | full deposit 29 days or less | 100% (minus port and service charges) Cunard Days Prior to Departure | Cancellation Charge For voyages of 30 nights or less on Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria, departing through February 23, 2023 (including World Voyage segments 89-61 days | 40% of full fare 60-31 days | 50% of full fare 30-15 days | 75% of full fare 14 days or less | 100% of full fare For all other cruises or voyages of 30 nights or less on Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria, departing after February 23, 2023 129-90 days | 25% or deposit amount 89-61 days | 40% of full fare 60-31 days | 50% of full fare 30-15 days | 75% of full fare 14 days or less | 100% of full fare For voyages of 31 nights or longer on Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria, departing through February 2023 (including World Voyages & World Voyage segments) 89-64 days | 50% of full fare 63-43 days | 75% of full fare 42 days or less | 100% of full fare For all other cruises or voyages of 30 nights or less on Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria, departing after February 23, 2023 150-120 days | 20% or deposit amount 119-91 days | 40% of full fare 90-64 days | 50% of full fare 63-43 days | 75% of full fare 42 days or less | 100% of full fare Disney Cruise Line Days Prior to Departure | Cancellation Charge For sailings that depart on or before March 31, 2023) Cruises of 1 to 5 nights (excluding suites and concierge staterooms) 59-45 days | full deposits 44-30 days | 50% of vacation fare per guest 29-15 days | 75% of vacation fare per guest 14 days or less | 100% of vacation fare Cruises of 6 nights or more (excluding suites and concierge staterooms) 59-56 days | full deposits 55-30 days | 50% of vacation fare per guest 29-15 days | 75% of vacation fare per guest 14 days or less | 100% of vacation fare Suites and Concierge Staterooms 60 days or more | full deposits 59-56 days | 50% of vacation fare per guest 55-30 days | 75% of vacation fare per guest 29 days or less | 100% of vacation fare For sailings that depart after March 31, 2023 Cruises of 1 to 5 nights (excluding suites and concierge staterooms) 89-45 days | full deposits 44-30 days | 50% of vacation fare per guest 29-15 days | 75% of vacation fare per guest 14 days or less | 100% of vacation fare Cruises of 6 nights or more (excluding suites and concierge staterooms) 119-56 days | full deposits 55-30 days | 50% of vacation fare per guest 29-15 days | 75% of vacation fare per guest 14 days or less | 100% of vacation fare Suites and Concierge Staterooms 90 days or more | full deposits 89-56 days | 50% of vacation fare per guest 55-30 days | 75% of vacation fare per guest 29 days or less | 100% of vacation fare Holland America Line Days Prior to Departure | Cancellation Charge Voyages Up to 6 Nights 75-57 days | Full deposits 56-29 days | 50% of gross fare 28-16 days | 75% of gross fare 15 days or less | 100% of gross fare Grand World, Grand Voyages, Segments of Grand World or Grand Voyages, 28+ Day Hawaii, Tahiti & Marquesas, Tales of the South Pacific, Amazon Explorer, Incan Empires (including segments), 30+ Day Transatlantic Voyages (including segments) 120-91 days | Full deposits 90-76 days | 60% of gross fare 75 days or less | 100% of gross fare All Other Voyages of 7 Nights or Longer 90-76 days | Full deposits 75-61 days | 50% of gross fare 60-31 days | 75% of gross fare 30 days or less | 100% of gross fare COVID-19 Exceptions: All cruises booked through September 30, 2022 that depart through December 31, 2022 can be canceled up to 30 days before departure through Holland America’s “Worry Free Promise” policy and receive a Future Cruise Credit in the amount of any non-refundable cancellation fees, with the remainder of what was paid for the cruise refunded to the original form of payment. Additionally, on these cruises a guest may cancel up to sailing date if they test positive for COVID-19 and receive the same remuneration. Lindblad Expeditions Days Prior to Departure | Cancellation Charge For Departures through December 31, 2023 (National Geographic Venture, National Geographic Quest, National Geographic Sea Bird, National Geographic Sea Lion, National Geographic Endeavour II, National Geographic Islander II, Delfin, The Jahan, Lord of the Glens, Oberoi Philae, and Sea Cloud) 120 days or more | $350 (will be credited in the form of a Lindblad Expeditions Travel Certificate, which may be applied towards final payment on any future booking, no expiration date) 119-90 days | Advance payment cost (will be credited in the form of a Lindblad Expeditions Travel Certificate, which may be applied towards final payment on any future booking, no expiration date) 89-60 days | 25% of trip cost 59-45 days | 50% of trip cost 44 days or less | 100% of trip cost For Departures Starting January 1, 2024 (National Geographic Venture, National Geographic Quest, National Geographic Sea Bird, National Geographic Sea Lion, National Geographic Endeavour II, National Geographic Islander II, Delfin, The Jahan, Lord of the Glens, Oberoi Philae, and Sea Cloud) 120 or more days | Advance payment cost (will be credited in the form of a Lindblad Expeditions Travel Certificate, which may be applied towards final payment on any future booking, no expiration date) 119-90 days | 50% of trip cost 89 days or less | 100% of trip cost For Departures through March 31, 2024 (National Geographic Explorer, Natio...

AP Top Business News At 4:59 P.m. EDT – WTMJ https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/ap-top-business-news-at-459-p-m-edt-wtmj/ AP Top Business News at 4:59 p.m. EDT  WTMJ

Healthy Living For ME Network Announces Free Workshops In October – Daily Bulldog – Daily Bulldog https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/healthy-living-for-me-network-announces-free-workshops-in-october-daily-bulldog-daily-bulldog/ MAINE –  The Healthy Living for ME network has announced the workshops that will be starting up across the state in October. Topics addressed by the workshops include managing chronic conditions and chronic pain, improving fitness and balance, and managing diabetes. Healthy Living for ME welcomes referrals from healthcare providers. The network’s evidence-based programming can help patients manage and prevent conditions before they become more serious or result in emergency situations. “Our October workshops include a few being offered by two new partners in the network, Catholic Charities of Maine and Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital. We’re so pleased to be able to continue to expand our network and provide more access to free and low-cost resources that help Mainers improve their health and wellness,” said Maija Dyke, Business Manager of Healthy Living for ME. The workshops starting in October are: A Matter of Balance – This workshop emphasizes practical strategies to reduce fear of falling and increase activity levels. Participants learn to view falls and fear of falling as controllable, set realistic goals to increase activity, change their environment to reduce fall risk factors, and exercise to increase strength and balance. A Matter of Balance is being offered in-person in Presque Isle by Healthy Living for ME network partner, Aroostook Agency on Aging. The workshop begins on October 3, 2022 and will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30am-11:30am through October 31, 2022. Living Well for Better Health – This workshop helps participants deal with ongoing conditions such as diabetes, COPD, arthritis, and high blood pressure. Topics covered include: handling frustration, fatigue, pain and isolation; appropriate exercise for maintaining and improving strength, flexibility, and endurance; appropriate use of medications; communicating effectively with family, friends, and health professionals; nutrition; and evaluating new treatments. There are two in-person sessions of Living Well for Better Health launching in October; one in Caribou and one in Fairfield. A third session will also be offered online. Healthy Living for ME network partner, Cary Medical Center is offering Living Well for Better Health in person in Caribou. The workshop begins on October 3, 2022 and will be held on Mondays, 10:00am-12:30pm through November 14, 2022. Healthy Living for ME network partner, Catholic Charities of Maine is offering Living Well for Better Health in person in Fairfield. The workshop begins on October 6, 2022 and will be held on Thursdays, 9:00am-11:30am through November 10, 2022. Healthy Living for ME network partner, Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital is offering Living Well for Better Health online. The workshop begins on October 6, 2022 and will be held on Thursdays, 4:00pm-6:30pm through November 10, 2022. Bingocize – This workshop combines a bingo-like game with exercise and health education with the goal of increasing older adults’ functional fitness, health knowledge, and social engagement. Bingocize is being offered online by Healthy Living for ME network partner, Aroostook Agency on Aging. The workshop begins October 3, 2022, and will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:00pm-3:00pm through December 12, 2022. Better Health Now with Pain – This workshop is designed for those who experience long-term pain; their friends, family, and/or caregivers are also welcome to join. Participants in this workshop receive a toolkit in the mail and work with a leader either by themselves or in small groups. Topics covered include pacing and planning, medication management, and the Moving Easy Program. Better Health Now with Pain is being offered over the phone by Healthy Living for ME network partner, Spectrum Generations. The workshop begins October 6, 2022 and will be held on Thursdays, 1:00pm-2:00pm through November 10, 2022. Living Well with Chronic Pain – This workshop is designed for people who are dealing with persistent pain such as back pain, post-surgical pain, headaches, and other ongoing pain. Topics covered include: dealing with frustration, fatigue, isolation, and poor sleep; appropriate exercise for maintaining and improving strength; appropriate use of medications; communicating effectively with family, friends, and health professionals; nutrition; pacing activity and rest; and evaluating new treatments. Living Well with Chronic Pain is being offered online by Healthy Living for ME network partner, Aroostook Agency on Aging. The workshop begins on October 11, 2022 and will be held on Tuesdays, 1:00pm-3:30pm through November 15, 2022. Better Health Now – This workshop is designed to help those living with chronic conditions, including heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, or other conditions. Participants in this workshop receive a toolkit in the mail and work with a leader either by themselves or in small groups. Topics covered during the workshop include: techniques to deal with frustration, fatigue, pain, and isolation; appropriate exercise for maintaining and improving strength, flexibility, and endurance; appropriate use of medications, communicating effectively with family, friends, and health professionals; nutrition; and how to evaluate new treatments. Better Health Now is being offered by phone by Healthy Living for ME network partner, MaineGeneral’s Peter Alfond Prevention and Healthy Living Center. The workshop begins on October 12, 2022 and will be held on Wednesdays, 3:00pm-4:00pm through November 16, 2022. Living Well with Diabetes – This workshop is designed to help people with type 2 diabetes learn how to live well. Topics include: techniques to deal with the symptoms of diabetes, fatigue, pain, hyper/hypoglycemia, stress, depression, anger, fear and frustration; appropriate exercise for maintaining and improving strength and endurance; healthy eating, appropriate use of medication; and working with healthcare providers. Living Well with Diabetes is being offered in-person in Augusta by Healthy Living for ME network partner, MaineGeneral’s Peter Alfond Prevention and Healthy Living Center. The workshop begins October 17, 2022 and will be held on Mondays, 12:30pm-3:30pm through November 21, 2022. Though the workshops are free for participants, registration is required. Family, friends, caregivers, and supports of participants are also welcome to register and participate. Please contact Healthy Living for ME at 1-800-620-6036 or info@healthylivingforme.org for more information and to register. You can also register online at www.healthylivingforme.org.

South Florida Vs. East Carolina: How To Watch Live Stream, TV Channel, NCAA Football Start Time – CBS Sports https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/south-florida-vs-east-carolina-how-to-watch-live-stream-tv-channel-ncaa-football-start-time-cbs-sports/ How to watch South Florida vs. East Carolina football game By Scout Staff Sep 30, 2022 at 7:00 pm ET • 2 min read Who’s Playing East Carolina @ South Florida Current Records: East Carolina 2-2; South Florida 1-3 What to Know The East Carolina Pirates and the South Florida Bulls will face off in an American Athletic clash at 2:30 p.m. ET Oct. 1 at FAU Stadium. Given that these two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup. East Carolina fought the good fight in their overtime game against the Navy Midshipmen last week but wound up with a less-than-desirable result, falling 23-20. This was hardly the result the Pirates or its fans were betting on, as they were favored by 16.5 points over Navy heading into this contest. Despite the defeat, East Carolina got a solid performance out of WR Isaiah Winstead, who caught ten passes for one TD and 138 yards. Holton Ahlers’ 67-yard touchdown toss to Winstead in the fourth quarter made for one of the most memorable moments of the evening. Meanwhile, South Florida played a game they are hoping to forget as they lost a 41-3 blowout to the Louisville Cardinals last week. South Florida was in a tough position by the half, with the score already sitting at 28 to nothing. The Pirates are now 2-2 while the Bulls sit at 1-3. A couple defensive stats to keep in the back of your head while watching: East Carolina ranks 13th in the nation when it comes to rushing touchdowns allowed, with only two on the season. As for South Florida, they come into the game boasting the 15th fewest passing touchdowns allowed in the nation at three. How To Watch When: Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET Where: FAU Stadium — Boca Raton, Florida TV: ESPN Plus Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.) Follow: CBS Sports App Odds The Pirates are a big 9-point favorite against the Bulls, according to the latest college football odds. Over/Under: -110 See college football picks for every single game, including this one, from SportsLine’s advanced computer model. Get picks now. Series History South Florida have won five out of their last seven games against East Carolina. Oct 28, 2021 – East Carolina 29 vs. South Florida 14 Oct 10, 2020 – East Carolina 44 vs. South Florida 24 Oct 26, 2019 – South Florida 45 vs. East Carolina 20 Sep 22, 2018 – South Florida 20 vs. East Carolina 13 Sep 30, 2017 – South Florida 61 vs. East Carolina 31 Oct 08, 2016 – South Florida 38 vs. East Carolina 22 Nov 07, 2015 – South Florida 22 vs. East Carolina 17

The Mugglehead Technology Roundup: The Metaverse Is Real Edition – Mugglehead https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/the-mugglehead-technology-roundup-the-metaverse-is-real-edition-mugglehead/ Mark Zuckerberg’s introduction of the metaverse was the mainstream realization of a project that’s been in the works for years. As with all new projects there have been detractors and doubt, and some of those arguments have some merit. The history of virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality are fraught with failures and setbacks. Is it all just vaporware? Some companies beg to differ. Here’s a short list of companies taking advantage of NFTs and the metaverse. Powerbridge Technologies gets onboard with soccer collectable NFTs The NFT craze is beginning to slow down and took a serious hit during the advent of the crypto-winter, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t companies that see something valuable in these lines of code. It could also be that these companies are the long-tail late adopters long after the bubble has burst. It’s hard to tell. Regardless, Powerbridge Technologies (NASDAQ:PBTS) acquired an exclusive right to offer soccer collectable NFTs on Ali Auction through a partnership with World Football Collection. Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) is behind Ali Auction, and has made it into one of the biggest online auction marketplaces, sporting over two million active users everyday. The auction benefits from being attached to the largest e-commerce platform in China with over 100 million users. “I am thrilled that we have successfully launched our NFTs on Ali Auction. We will continue to strive and expand our new business in metaverse applications and NFTs, and we anticipate continuous growth from our new business,” said Stewart Lor, CEO of Powerbridge. Powerbridge’s has its finger in a lot of pies. Its business is in multi-industry tech solutions. These range from software apps and services for global trade industry to intelligent devices for smart cities, and much more.  Powerbridge is also up to its neck in the metaverse and smart offerings for travel and leisure, cryptomining and digital asset operations. In this case, it’s involved in soccer NFTs. These NFTs launched on Ali Auction on Sept 20, 2020, and have since pulled in over 240,000 views from potential participants. The first batch of NFTs sold out entirely within the first hour of the auction. Color Star new phone is your gateway to the metaverse Color Star Technology (NASDAQ:CSCW) is entering the mobile industry through the development and manufacturing of a metaverse phone called DONO. The DONO phone is an ESG-compliant, eco-friendly, with all of the sourcing for materials that go into making the phone completely mapped out over the lifespan of the device. Each phone will carry the Color Star logo along with the ColorWorld Metaverse software pre-installed. “The mobile industry is our new business segment, and we are very excited and confident about developing this segment in the years to come. We are a technology company, and combined with our continuous development and optimization of our metaverse platform, our DONO phone will be a significant entry in the industry. While the public has been studying the features of our metaverse, we have been looking into user safety and protecting their privacy. Moreover, we will combine our metaverse with other services and businesses in order to widen our market. We are not your typical tech company. Here, everything is possible,” said Farhan Qadir, CEO of Color Star. Color Star Technology is one of those mixed bag companies that gets as many fingers into as many different sectors as it can manage that are decently common on the fringes of the crypto-markets. In this case, it’s an entertainment and education company that provides online performances and online music education services. It runs through its subsidiaries, Color China Entertainment and CACM Group NY, and also it’s metaverse offering, Color World. Now it’s apparently into technology and phones. “Color Star is a technology company, so there are two things we value highly: one is software development, and the other is cyber security. Our upcoming DONO phone is aimed at the global market, and our priority is to ensure exceptional user safety and software stability. Our own Color World app will also introduce more people to the metaverse experience. We will provide more technology services and front-end projects in the future,” said Qadir. The phone will also be highly resistant to tampering and hacks because of its tech and security. The team behind it will be providing full support in the development process, and the Color World platform will be on display to generate publicity for the phone. DONO gives push-button connection to the metaverse, giving access to entertainment, collaboration, and educational content. The Color World app comes pre-installed, and users can visit new virtual locations, digital products, celebrity endorsement and other such things. The DONO will be unveiled in October at the 2022 Gulf Information Technology Exhibition in Dubai. FaZe Clan optimizes in The Sandbox FaZe Holdings (NASDAQ:FAZE) is a lifestyle and media platform that derives its value from gaming and youth culture. The Sandbox is a decentralized ‘metaverse’ or virtual gaming world, and a subsidiary of Animoca Brands. Faze Holdings is joining The Sandbox. The specifics of this include a 12 x 12 plot of LAND named “FaZe World.” The company will this LAND to promote its lifestyle, products and culture. The two companies will come together to produce digital experiences for the community in The Sandbox through shared digital infrastructure, virtual events, games, and digital product releases. Essentially, this gives FaZe the chance to produce a gamified digital space where users can engage the brand, its talent and ultimately create new revenue options for FaZe. “FaZe Clan has established itself through the power of the gaming and esports communities as a leading gaming, esports, entertainment, and culture brand. We’re thrilled to collaborate in bringing FaZe World to The Sandbox as we prepare to launch many exciting activations that put players and creators in control of the next phase of Internet culture comprising user-generated content, Web 3, metaverse, and gaming,” said Sebastien Borget, co-founder and COO of The Sandbox. LANDS surrounding FaZe World will be available to the public for digital real estate purposes, giving fans of the brand a chance to be neighbours with the gaming and media organization. The Sandbox will sell LAND later this year and anticipates FaZe World going live in 2023. The Sandbox is a curious creation. It’s part virtual real estate and part amusement park. The Sandbox embraces the idea of the metaverse as a consensual shared digital space where creativity and commerce meet. FaZe Clan is one of the largest gaming and lifestyle organizations, joining content creators and esports teams in The Sandbox. Over 400 existing partnerships are there, including Warner Music, Ubisoft, Tony Hawk, The Walking Dead, Snoop Dogg and more. “FaZe Clan’s leadership position at the apex of gaming and youth culture presents an ideal opportunity to build bridges and lead the gaming community at large into the metaverse,” says Lee Trink, CEO of FaZe Clan. “Through FaZe World and our partnership with The Sandbox, our already digitally native fans can experience FaZe Clan in a new immersive way.” Read more: The Mugglehead technology roundup: into the future edition Read more: Super League Gaming extends branding options to Roblox metaverse Orange Comet and AMC bring Anne Rice to NFTs and the metaverse Orange Comet and AMC Networks (NASDAQ:AMCX) have expanded their partnership to launch NFTs and virtual environments for The Immortal Universe of Anne Rice. This is a metaverse-space. It will begin when Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire goes live on Sunday, October 2, on AMC and AMC+. The two companies are expanding the scope for The Walking Dead NFT Collection to include the show’s expanding universe. This will include the upcoming The Walking Dead: Dead City spinoff starring Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. “AMC Networks has a proven track record of producing shows that break through the pop culture noise and attract highly passionate and committed fans. As The Walking Dead Universe enters its exciting second chapter, and we embark on the launch of our next epic franchise with Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, we’re excited to continue working with Orange Comet to deliver our viewers a world-class digital collectible experience that complements and enhances their favorite shows,” said Clayton Neuman, VP of games at AMC. AMC Networks is a global entertainment company with a strong content base. Its brands include streaming services AMC+, Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now, and more. Beyond streaming, its in-house studio, production and distribution arm is behind some of the biggest titles and brands known to a global audience, including The Walking Dead, the Anne Rice catalog and the Agatha Christie library. Orange Comet is a Web 3.0 entertainment company dealing in NFTs and metaverse experiences. The company’s claim to fame includes attracting some of the world’s largest award-winning media creators, producers and artists to partner with its biggest brands, IP and talent. Its founders include Hollywood producer, Dave Broome, NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner and Grammy award-winning musicians Gloria and Emilio Estefan. Orange Comet runs its entire blockchain based operation on green severs to build a carbon-negative solution for the NFT space. The NFT marketplace, OpenSea, hosts the NFTs for The Walking Dead and The Immortal Universe of Anne Rice. Additionally, The Walking Dead and Anne Rice products will come to life in a cinematic Metaverse environment. “The first mint initiated a fan frenzy among dedicated supporters of ...

It’s Easy To Falsify Photo Geotags On Your IPhone To Keep Real Locations Secret – Gadget Hacks https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/its-easy-to-falsify-photo-geotags-on-your-iphone-to-keep-real-locations-secret-gadget-hacks/ Without realizing it, you may be giving away the GPS coordinates of your home, workplace, school, and other important or secret locations. Unless you’ve blocked the feature on your iPhone, location data is stored in almost every photo and video you take, and anyone you share the content with can find out where you are or were. But there are a few things you can do to safeguard the information. When you opened up the Camera app for the first time, it asked you if it was OK to use your location when using the app, and you likely approved the request. And that’s perfectly fine. Tagging your photos and videos with location data helps you organize and keep track of important moments in your life, and it helps the Photos app create Memory videos for you, to name just a few benefits. However, you may not remember that each image’s metadata stores the precise or approximate location where it was captured, or that anyone you share the image with can easily look up that information. You could even be sharing the GPS coordinates with hackers and the entire world if you upload content to services like DeviantArt, Flickr, Google Photos, and Unsplash. Don’t Miss: Apple Photos Has 20 New Features for iPhone That Make Your Life Easier Without Location Services disabled for camera apps, your iPhone doesn’t just use GPS networks to find your coordinates — it also uses Bluetooth connections, local Wi-Fi networks, and your cellular network. So even if you don’t have cellular or Wi-Fi coverage, location data could still be invisibly stamped on your images. Jump to a section: Disable Geotagging Altogether Delete Geotags When Sharing Delete Geotags Before Sharing Fake Geotags Before Sharing Option 1: Disable Geotagging Altogether If you never want your iPhone to tag photos and videos with geographical information, you can disable Location Services for Camera and any other camera apps you use. To do so, go to Settings – Privacy (iOS 15) or Privacy & Security (iOS 16) – Location Services, then choose “Camera” or another app from the list. From the app’s settings, you can: Disable “Precise Location” to generalize recorded location data. Change “While Using the App” to “Never” to disable the location access period. Change “While Using the App” to “Ask Next Time Or When I Share.” When you open a new session in your camera app, it will ask you for location access. You can turn off Precise Location and choose “Don’t Allow” (to never let it access your location) or “Allow Once” (to have it ask the same question with every new session). Option 2: Delete Geotags When Sharing Since iOS 13, you can quickly remove the location from any picture or video you share from the Photos app. Once you open the share sheet, tap “Options” at the top, and toggle off the “Location” switch before sharing the content with any person or service. This even works when sharing multiple photos or videos with embedded geotags. If you don’t see the “Location” toggle, the content doesn’t have any location data in its Exif metadata. Option 3: Delete Geotags Before Sharing Since iOS 15, you can delete the geotags in your photos and videos from the Photos app, which comes in handy if you don’t plan on sharing the content just yet but know you probably will. To delete the geotag of one photo or video: Open the content, then swipe it up or tap the info (i) button to reveal the content’s metadata. Tap “Adjust” below the map, then hit “No Location.” Open the content, tap the ellipsis (•••) icon, choose “Adjust Location” from the quick actions menu, then hit “No Location.” (This works on iOS 16 and later only.) Open the content on iOS 15, tap the share icon, choose “Adjust Location” from the share sheet, then hit “No Location.” (This works on iOS 15 only.) To delete the geotag of one or more photos or videos: Hit “Select” from the grid view, choose the content, tap the ellipsis (•••) icon, choose “Adjust Location” from the quick actions menu, then hit “No Location.” (This works on iOS 16 and later only.) Hit “Select” from the grid view, choose the content, tap the share icon, choose “Adjust Location” from the share sheet, then hit “No Location.” (This works on iOS 15 only.) To revert back to the original location: If you need the actual location back, use the same process above for single photos and videos. Open the content, then swipe it up or tap the info (i) button to reveal the content’s metadata. Tap “Add a location” below the map, then hit “Revert.” Open the content, tap the ellipsis (•••) icon, choose “Adjust Location” from the quick actions menu, then hit “Revert.” (This works on iOS 16 and later only.) Open the content on iOS 15, tap the share icon, choose “Adjust Location” from the share sheet, then hit “Revert.” (This works on iOS 15 only.) You cannot revert multiple photos or videos to the original location simultaneously, so you’ll have to do them individually if you have more than one that needs to be changed back. Option 4: Fake Geotags Before Sharing While removing the location data altogether when sharing photos and videos is quick and easy to do, you can also make it look like you were somewhere else. That way, if anyone looks up the content’s metadata, they’ll see a fake location instead of the real one. It could take them on a wild goose chase if they attempt to locate your whereabouts, favorite hangouts, or frequently visited locations. It’s pretty much the same process to change the address for a photo or video in the Photos app as it is to delete it, as seen in Option 3 above, only you choose a specific location instead of “No Location.” To falsify the geotag of one photo or video: Open the content, then swipe it up or tap the info (i) button to reveal the content’s metadata. Tap “Adjust” below the map, then search for and select any location you want. Open the content, tap the ellipsis (•••) icon, choose “Adjust Location” from the quick actions menu, then search for and select any location you want. (This works on iOS 16 and later only.) Open the content on iOS 15, tap the share icon, choose “Adjust Location” from the share sheet, then search for and select any location you want. (This works on iOS 15 only.) To Falsify the Geotag of One or More Photos or Videos: Hit “Select” from the grid view, choose the content, tap the ellipsis (•••) icon, choose “Adjust Location” from the quick actions menu, then search for and select any location you want. (This works on iOS 16 and later only.) Hit “Select” from the grid view, choose the content, tap the share icon, choose “Adjust Location” from the share sheet, then search for and select any location you want. (This works on iOS 15 only.) To revert back to the original location: If you need the actual location back, use the same process above for single photos and videos. Open the content, then swipe it up or tap the info (i) button to reveal the content’s metadata. Tap “Adjust” below the map, then hit “Revert.” Open the content, tap the ellipsis (•••) icon, choose “Adjust Location” from the quick actions menu, then hit “Revert.” (This works on iOS 16 and later only.) 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Study: Hawaii Is Among Most Crypto-Obsessed States – KHON2 https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/study-hawaii-is-among-most-crypto-obsessed-states-khon2/ HONOLULU (KHON2) — Despite crypto interest being at an all-time low, Hawaii is among the Top 10 states that are still obsessed with digital currency, according to a new study. Finance website AtoZMarkets.com found that interest is over 80 times lower than the peak of early November 2021; analysis of Google Trends data also revealed that crypto interest in the last 12 months has reached an all-time low. The study looked at which states still have their crypto obsession intact, despite the drop in online interest. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You Each state was given a total score determined by main crypto-oriented search terms over the last 12 months, including “bitcoin” and “cryptocurrency.” California was ranked as having the highest interest in crypto with a score of 675, followed by Nevada and New York. Hawaii was ranked as the seventh most crypto-obsessed state with a total score of 548, according to the study. Top 10 Most Crypto-Obsessed States State Crypto Bitcoin Ethereum Dogecoin Cryptocurrency NFT Coinbase Total Score 1. California 100 92 100 100 83 100 100 675 2. Nevada 91 100 84 87 87 89 79 617 3. New York 83 75 92 91 78 89 94 602 4. New Jersey 89 81 90 91 81 77 83 592 5. Florida 84 89 75 89 80 77 82 576 6. Washington 77 79 79 87 76 76 88 562 7. Hawaii 90 93 80 69 97 77 42 548 8. Utah 82 71 70 76 69 69 81 518 9. Massachusetts 74 76 81 67 65 77 75 515 10. Oregon 73 73 82 77 66 71 71 513 To see the full list, click here. Hawaii’s crypto market almost took its last breath after House Bill 2108 was indefinitely deferred in early May. The bill would have established a program for the licensure, regulation and oversight of digital currency companies in the state. Without its passing, the Digital Currency Innovation Lab was scheduled to close for transactions on June 30 for both businesses and consumers. Then on June 2, a two-year extension of the DCIL was announced. The news was a sigh of relief for the cryptocurrency companies participating in the pilot program. They can continue to do business in Hawaii without having to first obtain a state money transmitter license, at least until June 30, 2024. Check out more news from around Hawaii Those that choose to withdraw from the program will have to abide by the terms of the DCIL and wind down procedures starting on July 1 and concluding on Dec. 31.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Jackson, Embarking On First Term, Says Her Appointment Inspires Pride Among Americans – Reuters https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/u-s-supreme-court-justice-jackson-embarking-on-first-term-says-her-appointment-inspires-pride-among-americans-reuters/ U.S. Supreme Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson waves during a photo opportunity outside the U.S. Supreme Court following an investiture ceremony for Justice Jackson at the court in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Major race cases loom for first Black woman U.S. justice Biden attends Jackson’s ceremonial swearing-in at court Only one of justices to have worked as a public defender Sept 30 (Reuters) – Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said on Friday that her appointment as the first Black woman to serve on the court has inspired pride among Americans she has encountered She hears arguments for the first time as the Supreme Court opens its new term on Monday and the conservative-dominated judicial body has shown an increasing willingness to exert its power on a range of issues. Jackson did not discuss the court’s ideological split in remarks at the Library of Congress on Friday following her formal investiture, instead focusing on how historically marginalized communities benefit from seeing her elevation to the high court. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com “People from all walks of life approach me with what I can only describe as a profound sense of pride. And what feels to me like renewed ownership. I can see it in their eyes,” Jackson said. “They stare at me as if to say, ‘Look at what we’ve done … this is what we can accomplish if we put our minds to it.”http://www.reuters.com/” Jackson and her eight new colleagues will consider a slate of important cases over the next nine months. These involve race-conscious admissions policies used by colleges and universities to foster student diversity, voting rights, environmental regulation, LGBT and religious rights, the power of federal agencies – and even a dispute over Andy Warhol paintings. “Given how the docket is shaping up, there’s no indication this is going to be a quiet term for Justice Jackson to join,” said law professor Allison Orr Larsen of the College of William & Mary in Virginia. The court has a 6-3 conservative majority, with Jackson joining a liberal bloc that has been relegated to issuing strongly worded dissents in the most important decisions. For example, the court’s conservative majority powered rulings on back-to-back days in June overturning its 1973 precedent that had legalized abortion nationwide and expanding gun rights by declaring that the U.S. Constitution protects an individual’s right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense. A Reuters/Ipsos survey conducted after those rulings showed a majority of Americans holding an unfavorable view of the court. Jackson’s two fellow liberal justices, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, during public appearances this summer raised concerns that the court was gambling with its hard-earned legitimacy among the public by appearing political. “I do not think those sorts of concerns will be enough to persuade five of the right-wing justices in many of these cases to not simply leverage their raw power to obtain the ends that they are looking for,” Boston University School of Law professor Jonathan Feingold said. ‘WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR’ President Joe Biden, a Democrat, appointed Jackson to succeed now-retired liberal Justice Stephen Breyer. The Senate in April confirmed the federal appellate judge, despite broad opposition among Republicans. Mitch McConnell, the Senate’s top Republican, called Jackson the choice of the “radical left.” “I decide cases from a neutral posture. I evaluate the facts, and I interpret and apply the law to the facts of the case before me, without fear or favor, consistent with my judicial oath,” Jackson told the Senate Judiciary Committee during her March confirmation hearing. Jackson took an oath administered by Roberts on Friday in a ceremony attended by Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, the other justices and retired Justices Breyer and Anthony Kennedy. Her formal swearing-in took place in June. “Today for the first time Americans will see a Black woman serving on our nation’s highest court. This is a proud day for America, for our democracy, and in particular for women and Black women,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. The new term’s first month includes arguments in cases that present the conservative justices opportunities to limit the scope of a major environmental law, cripple an important civil rights law’s protections against racial discrimination in voting and end affirmative action admissions policies used by colleges and universities to increase their numbers of Black and Hispanic students. The affirmative action litigation involves challenges to policies used by Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Jackson, who earned undergraduate and law school degrees from Harvard and has served on its Board of Overseers, recused herself from the Harvard case but is set to participate in the North Carolina one. While the liberal justices may play merely the role of dissenters in some cases, Jackson could help shape some decisions, particularly when her expertise comes to the fore. Her perspective on criminal justice issues is informed by past service both as a trial judge and as a public defender – a job none of the other sitting justices ever performed. Jackson also served on a commission that addressed sentencing guidelines for the federal judiciary. “Those are all issues I suspect Justice Jackson would care about,” Larsen said. Jackson joins the court amid an investigation ordered by Roberts into the May leak of a draft version of the abortion ruling, a disclosure he called a betrayal. “That’s not a wound that’s going to heal quickly. The reality is that she’s stepping into a court that has endured a particularly difficult circumstance in the leak,” said Megan Wold, a former Alito law clerk now at the law firm Cooper & Kirk. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Additional reporting by Andrew Chung in New York and Jeff Mason in Washington; Editing by Scott Malone, Will Dunham and Cynthia Osterman Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Nate Raymond Thomson Reuters Nate Raymond reports on the federal judiciary and litigation. He can be reached at nate.raymond@thomsonreuters.com.

House Approves Scaled-Down Bill Targeting Big Tech Dominance | News, Sports, Jobs – The Adirondack Daily Enterprise https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/house-approves-scaled-down-bill-targeting-big-tech-dominance-news-sports-jobs-the-adirondack-daily-enterprise/ WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday approved sharply scaled-down legislation targeting the dominance of Big Tech companies by giving states greater power in antitrust cases and increasing money for federal regulators. The bipartisan measure, passed by a 242-184 vote, pales in comparison with a more ambitious package aimed at reining in Meta, Google, Amazon and Apple and cleared by key House and Senate committees. That proposal has languished for months, giving the companies time for vigorous lobbying campaigns against it. The more limited bill would give states an upper hand over companies in choosing the location of courts that decide federal antitrust cases. Proponents say this change would avert the “home-court advantage” that Big Tech companies enjoy in federal court in Northern California, where many of the cases are tried and many of the companies are based. Many state attorneys general have pursued antitrust cases against the industry, and many states joined with the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission in their landmark lawsuits against Google and Meta (then called Facebook), respectively, in late 2020. The bill also would increase filing fees paid by companies to federal agencies for all proposed mergers worth $500 million or more, while reducing the fees for small and medium-sized transactions. The aim is to increase revenue for federal enforcement efforts. Under the bill, companies seeking approval for mergers would have to disclose subsidies they received from countries deemed to pose strategic or economic risks to the United States — especially China. “We find ourselves in a monopoly moment as a country,” Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., said before the vote. “Multibillion-dollar corporations have grown into behemoths, eliminating any real competition in their industries and using their dominance to hurt small businesses and consumers. Meta’s monopoly power has enabled it to harm women, children and people of all ages without recourse. Amazon has used its dominance to copy competitors’ products and run small businesses into the ground.” The Biden administration, which has pushed for antitrust legislation targeting Big Tech, endorsed the bill this week. Even in reduced form, the legislation drew fierce opposition from conservative Republicans who split from their GOP colleagues supporting the bill. The conservatives objected to the proposed revenue increase for the antitrust regulators, arguing there has been brazen overreach by the FTC under President Joe Biden. Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., described the FTC’s leader, Lina Khan, as a “a radical leftist seeking to replace consumers’ decisions with her own.” Another California Republican, Rep. Darrell Issa, told his colleagues: “If you want to stifle innovation, vote for this.” If Republicans win control of the House or Senate in the November elections, they are certain to try to crimp the activism of the FTC and to challenge its broader interpretation of its legal authority. The broader antitrust package would restrict powerful tech companies from favoring their own products and services over rivals on their platforms and could even lead to mandated breakups separating companies’ dominant platforms from their other businesses. It could, for example, prevent Amazon from steering consumers to its own brands and away from competitors’ products on its giant e-commerce platform. The drafting of that legislation marked a new turn in Congress’ effort to curb the dominance of the tech giants and anti-competitive practices that critics say have hurt consumers, small businesses and innovation. But the proposal is complex and drew objections to some provisions from lawmakers of both parties, even though all condemn the tech giants’ conduct. Lawmakers have faced a delicate task as they try to tighten reins around a powerful industry whose services, mostly free or nearly so, are popular with consumers and embedded into daily life. So with time to act running out as the November elections approach in about six weeks, lawmakers extracted the less controversial provisions on antitrust court venues and merger filing fees, putting them into the new bill that passed. Lawmakers added the provision targeting foreign subsidies to U.S. companies. Republicans especially have vocally criticized the Chinese ownership of popular video platform TikTok. In the Senate, Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar is sponsoring similar legislation with Republicans Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Mike Lee of Utah. “Effective antitrust enforcement is critical to ensuring consumers and small businesses have the opportunity to compete,” Klobuchar said in a statement Thursday. “Enforcers cannot take on the biggest companies the world has ever known with duct tape and Band-Aids.” Today’s breaking news and more in your inbox

Nevada Governor Orders Prison Head To Resign After Escape – The Washington Post https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/nevada-governor-orders-prison-head-to-resign-after-escape-the-washington-post/ RENO, Nev. — The head of Nevada’s Department of Corrections has resigned at the request of Gov. Steve Sisolak in the wake of an escape by a convicted bombmaker that went unnoticed for four days. Sisolak “requested and received Nevada Department of Corrections Director Charles Daniels’ resignation, effective immediately,” the governor’s office said in a statement Friday. Six other officers were placed on administrative leave. Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, 42, escaped from the Southern Desert Correctional Center outside Las Vegas on Sept. 23 without anyone noticing for four days, before a tip led to his capture at a transit center in Las Vegas on Wednesday night as he prepared to board a bus out of town. State corrections officials didn’t realize until Tuesday that Duarte-Herrera was not at the medium-security prison where he was serving a life sentence for a deadly 2007 explosion outside a Las Vegas Strip resort. The escape and subsequent fallout has political overtones because Sisolak, a Democrat, is running for re-election against Republican Joe Lombardo, the Clark County sheriff in charge of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The two are scheduled to debate Sunday in Las Vegas. Lombardo said Thursday at a joint news conference with an FBI special agent and the head of the U.S. Marshal’s Service for Nevada that they were fortunate to catch up with Duarte-Herrera so quickly given he had a “four-day head start” before anyone knew he was missing. “The policies and procedure and all the failures that occurred on Friday and up to Tuesday need to be addressed,” Lombardo said. “Infrastructure issues and prison system staffing issues, the ability for this individual to do it — from what I’ve been told — as simply as he did it is a grave concern to me and the entire law enforcement community and the community as a whole,” he said. The Department of Corrections has been silent on the circumstances of the escape from the beginning and officials declined to attend Thursday’s news conference on the escape. Efforts to reach Daniels on Friday weren’t immediately successful. No personal phone number is listed for him and department spokespeople did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking assistance reaching Daniels for comment. The president of a union that represents corrections officers in Nevada told Fox5Vegas that Duarte-Herrera made a dummy and used battery acid to break down the window frame of his jail cell. The guard tower that would have had eyes on the unit he escaped from was unmanned and had been for a couple of years, Paul Lunkwitz, the president of Fraternal Order of Police Nevada C.O., told the station. Officials were investigating whether he had an accomplice. Criticism of the handling of the escape began as soon as Sisolak first announced Tuesday afternoon that Duarte-Herrera had escaped on Sept. 23, that the inmate’s absence hadn’t been detected until a head count at the prison Tuesday morning and that he was ordering an investigation into the matter. Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske, a Republican who serves on Nevada’s three-member Board of Prison Commissioners with Sisolak and Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford, said she was “outraged” the department didn’t notify commissioners of the escape, which she learned about from the media. Sisolak ordered the corrections department to investigate the escape “to ensure any lapses in protocol are immediately addressed.” Sisolak also said Friday he is convening advisers to look specifically at the prison Duarte-Herrera escaped from and make recommendations on how to improve conditions there. Daniels’ resignation comes after a tumultuous month at the Southern Desert Correctional Facility and another Clark County prison, High Desert State Prison, that led many to call for his ouster. Earlier this month, a group of medical and mental health staff at the two prisons wrote to Sisolak describing “increasingly erratic, hostile and abusive” behavior from the prison director. In staff meetings after two inmates died by suicide within seven hours of each other in the same unit at High Desert, Daniels proceeded to “berate the medical and mental health staff,” which the letter-writers called the beginning of “a witch hunt and blame game.” At the second meeting, Daniels allegedly showed up an hour late and “screamed at the staff present in the room and pounded his fist on the podium,” shouting that “no one here is special, and everyone is replaceable.” The Department of Corrections did not respond to those allegations, which were first reported by KLAS-TV in Las Vegas. Sisolak said Friday that his office will work closely with the department “to ensure the safety and well-being of both NDOC employees and inmates who are in the State’s care.” “Corrections institutions across the nation are facing severe staffing shortages and together, we are working with NDOC to look at innovative ways to increase recruitment at all facilities within this state,” he said in the news release. ___ Associated Press writer Scott Sonner in Reno contributed to this report. ___ Stern is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Stern on Twitter: @gabestern326.

ALLEGIANT GIVES $100,000 TO AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR HURRICANE RELIEF – PR Newswire https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/allegiant-gives-100000-to-american-red-cross-for-hurricane-relief-pr-newswire/ Travel company pledges support and activates platform for online donations , /PRNewswire/ — Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT) today announced a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross as the nonprofit provides critical disaster relief to communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. In addition, the Las Vegas-based company activated an online giving platform to empower anyone wishing to make an immediate donation to the American Red Cross. To donate, please visit HERE. The nonprofit has more than 500 volunteers in the hardest-hit areas in Florida, providing lifesaving assistance including shelter, food, water and other relief supplies for more than 60,000 victims. Hundreds of evacuation centers are open, providing shelter to more than 10,000 people displaced by the hurricane. “Our hearts are with everyone grappling with the destruction carved out by Hurricane Ian,” said John Redmond, Allegiant’s CEO. “As we confront difficult days ahead, we cannot forget the incredible resiliency that has been demonstrated by the people of Florida. Time and time again, we have seen first responders, volunteers, Allegiant team members and entire communities step up to help. With this donation, we hope to make a difference to Florida residents impacted by this storm.” In addition to serving 10 airports throughout Florida, Allegiant is building Sunseeker Resort in Charlotte Harbor, near Punta Gorda Airport. The community was among those hardest hit by the storm. Other Allegiant communities impacted by the storm include St. Pete-Clearwater, Orlando–Sanford, Sarasota Bradenton, Key West and Jacksonville. “The Red Cross is thankful for Allegiant’s generous donation, which enables us to provide shelter, food and comfort to families and communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian,” said Elizabeth Penniman, vice president of communications at the American Red Cross. The greatest needs during these times are funds, blood donations and volunteers, according to the American Red Cross. However, monetary donations are the most efficient way to make a difference immediately. For that reason, Allegiant and the American Red Cross activated a “microsite,” an online platform for disaster relief donations. To donate, please visit HERE. Through this initiative, Allegiant has previously raised hundreds of thousands of dollars after hurricanes wreaked havoc on communities where Allegiant employees live and work.   The American Red Cross anticipates a great need for additional volunteers in the next 30 to 60 days. For more information, please visit this website. Additionally, people are asked to participate in community blood drives during this time of urgent need for donors. Click here to schedule an appointment to give blood. Anyone affected by Hurricane Ian needing a safe place to go can find information for open Red Cross shelters on redcross.org, the Red Cross emergency app or by calling 1-800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767). Allegiant – Together We Fly Las Vegas-based Allegiant (NASDAQ: ALGT) is an integrated travel company with an airline at its heart, focused on connecting customers with the people, places and experiences that matter most. Since 1999, Allegiant Air has linked travelers in small-to-medium cities to world-class vacation destinations with all-nonstop flights and industry-low average fares. Today, Allegiant’s fleet serves communities across the nation, with base airfares less than half the cost of the average domestic roundtrip ticket. For more information, visit us at Allegiant.com. Media information, including photos, is available at http://gofly.us/iiFa303wrtF Media Contact Phone: 702-800-2020 Email: [email protected] SOURCE Allegiant Travel Company

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Thousands Of Refugees Seeking Permanent Visas Still Living In Uncertainty – 9News https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/thousands-of-refugees-seeking-permanent-visas-still-living-in-uncertainty-9news/ More than 30,000 refugees living in Australia are still on various temporary visas, limiting their ability to work, study, reunite with their loved ones and create stable lifestyles.  History repeated itself in Afghanistan after the Taliban returned to power in 2021, forcing thousands of Afghans, majority belonging to ethnic Hazaras, to dangerously flee their country in order to escape the looming genocide under the group’s regime. Sajeda Zaki, a Hazara woman and law student at Victoria University, told 9news.com.au she arrived in Australia after leaving Pakistan with her mother and five siblings in 2016, reluctant to abandon her previous life and Hazaragi culture. Sajeda Zaki (right), pictured here with her mother and father. (Supplied) Her father was smuggled into Australia on a ship in 2009, where “all he could see was black ocean onboard a giant ship with hundreds of other terrified people”, fleeing Afghanistan to establish a better life for a family he would not see for seven years. “Dad always tells me he came by boat for us, to have a better future for his children, even though he was told there was only a one-in-100 chance of surviving the trip to Australia,” Zaki said. After being “overwhelmed by unhappiness” seeing people on temporary protection visas (TPVs) suffering mentally, Zaki began working with the Victorian Afghan Youth Association (VAYA) to communicate for refugees and rally for action to be taken by the Australian Government.  “I have a lot of friends who are on temporary visas and they suffer emotionally and mentally from not being able to reconnect with their families or build a permanent life in Australia,” she said. Sajeda Zaki advocates for refugees in Australia, helping them navigate the visa and citizenship pathway. (Supplied) Once Zaki was reunited with her father in 2016, she realised the importance of reuniting displaced people with their families. She now assists individuals with filling out their paperwork to apply for permanent visas and citizenships.  “There are a lot of people who aren’t healthy, living in constant uncertainty and we are not seeing results from the government who are meant to be improving the rate of permanent visa processing,” she said.  “I want the people of Australia to know that refugees have the same emotions, dreams and plans as you do, the only differences are that we weren’t born here and that English isn’t our first language.” ‘Psychological damages’ from temporary visas Asylum seekers who arrive in Australia irregularly, either by boat or plane and without a valid visa, are not counted in the government’s permanent Humanitarian Program and are not granted a permanent visa.  Under changes made to the Migration Act 1958 by the Abbott Government in 2014, refugees are granted one of two temporary visas – a three-year temporary protection visa (TPV) or a five-year safe haven enterprise visa (SHEV).   Hazara refugees rallying for permanent visas which will allow them to reunite with families. (Supplied) In both cases, individuals holding temporary visas have to wait in uncertainty for at least three years before being allowed to re-lodge another application for protection at the end of their visa period. Former Policy Officer with the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) and lawyer Shukufa Tahiri advocates for the human rights of refugees. She told 9news.com.au the uncertainty of being on a temporary visa causes all sorts of “psychological damages” for already traumatised individuals.  “One of the key policy platforms from the Labor government during the last election was to grant permanent residency to current TPV holders, a commitment which they now need to honour,” Tahiri said.  “Thousands of individuals have held temporary visas for over 10 years and the uncertainty of remaining in limbo has meant extended trauma that should have been prevented many years ago.” Shukufa Tahiri gathers information on policies and issues affecting the protection of refugees. (Supplied) TPV and SHEV holders cannot travel outside of Australia to reunite with their families in developing countries, have limited access to state benefits such as Centrelink and Medicare, no access to emergency housing and limited ability to attend English classes or translation services.  Australia’s offshore resettlement component of the Humanitarian Program includes people who are proposed for resettlement by someone already living in Australia, usually a relative, which is one of the only pathways for separated families to reunite and settle in Australia.  Federal government urged to improve permanent visa processing The Albanese government has stated processing the backlog of visa applications is an “urgent priority”, with those who have been waiting for permanent visas for years pleading for certainty. Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Andrew Giles said in June the department was working through large numbers of older cases but noted reducing the backlog couldn’t happen overnight. Immigration Minister Andrew Giles says Labor government is prioritising permanent visas for refugees. (AAP) “The number of applications received in June 2022 is 6.5 per cent higher than May 2022 – over the same period, there was a 10.6 per cent increase in applications finalised,” Giles said. “The former government devalued immigration, with the visa application backlog increasing to nearly 1,000,000 on their watch. “The Albanese government is determined to reduce the backlog and restore the importance of the immigration function of our government.” Tahiri is asking for more empathy from the government to reunite families through extended Humanitarian Programs, but admits not everyone seeking asylum will gain permanent protection right away.  “Our community is not saying that Australia is in a position to save everyone, but for people who are here, who have worked and lived in this community for 10 years and who have proven to be very valuable members of society, we need to give them permanency,” she said. Poverty, oppression as Afghanistan marks one year of Taliban rule

The Weekend Planner With St. Joe Today | News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM – News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/the-weekend-planner-with-st-joe-today-news-talk-sports-94-9-wsjm-news-talk-sports-94-9-wsjm-2/ Daniele joins Jonny to talk about all the great things happening this weekend in Michigan’s Great Southwest! Plus Jonathan and April join us in the WOW Factor to talk about their new business The Aesthetics Lounge and Spa opening in St. Joe! Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:36 — 21.2MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | Email | | More

Hadean, Metaverse Company, Sees Funding Become Proxy For U.S.-China Tech Fight – Washington Times https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/hadean-metaverse-company-sees-funding-become-proxy-for-u-s-china-tech-fight-washington-times/ The escalating competition between the U.S. and China for advanced technology has spread to the alternate reality metaverse, where the two global powers are fixated on the U.K.-based company Hadean. Hadean has plans to create the infrastructure needed to build digital worlds, including things like a multidimensional land warfare simulator that it said in July it was making for the British Army. The company’s work lured funding from the U.S. intelligence community, via its strategic investment fund In-Q-Tel, and it also attracted the China-based tech titan Tencent. The mutual interest raised concerns in the U.S. that taxpayers’ money could serve to build new tools for China. After learning of China’s big-tech play for the cutting-edge metaverse business, Sen. Marco Rubio said he has worked to prevent American dollars from creating new capabilities for China. “We will continue conducting oversight to ensure that any investments by the IC are not also advancing the national security capabilities of our adversaries,” the Florida Republican said in a statement. “For too long, the Chinese Communist Party has successfully poached, stolen, or taken advantage of research and development performed by industry, academia, and the government funded by U.S. taxpayers or our allies.” Hadean was initially set to collect a multimillion-dollar sum from a group of funders including In-Q-Tel and Tencent, according to reports. In-Q-Tel is a nonprofit contracted with the CIA that spends taxpayer dollars on private sector companies to help solve national security problems. Tencent is based in China, where the communist regime’s policies of military-civil fusion force cooperation between businesses and the government. The initial funding plan for Hadean also included financing from the British government, according to the Telegraph in August. The National Security Strategic Investment Fund, a U.K. corporate fund similar to In-Q-Tel in the U.S., was also reportedly advising Hadean. The Senate Intelligence Committee learned of the investment plan and privately pressed In-Q-Tel about its investment and about Hadean’s efforts to raise cash from other sources, according to a spokesperson for Mr. Rubio. In-Q-Tel was not looking to partner with the Chinese tech giant. The fund told The Washington Times it invested in March 2021, before Tencent.   When Hadean announced its funding plans in September, the total amount of cash was higher than anticipated in previous reports, a new investor had emerged, and Hadean acknowledged taking less from Tencent than the Chinese company offered. Hadean said it reached an agreement raising $30 million from a range of investors including In-Q-Tel and bolstered by an additional investor Epic Games, the behemoth video game and software developer. Epic Games was already a Hadean investor and collaborator.   Hadean CEO Craig Beddis told TechCrunch his company ultimately took less from Tencent to become compliant with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which is a federal government entity that reviews commercial transactions for national security problems. Mr. Beddis did not answer The Washington Times about whether In-Q-Tel urged him to take less funding from Tencent, nor whether his company heard from the U.S. government directly. In-Q-Tel did not answer whether it encouraged Hadean to take less money from Tencent. Hadean’s business may face additional scrutiny in the U.S. The Senate Intelligence Committee is in contact with elements of the intelligence community performing oversight related to the Hadean investment, according to a spokesperson for Mr. Rubio. Precisely what Hadean’s investors will receive remains to be seen, but Mr. Beddis said Hadean is working to enable its customers and partners to “build, run and monetise vast virtual worlds.” “The funding will accelerate the development of our groundbreaking cloud computing technology which can be used to increase the scale, complexity and security of 3D environments and deliver a unique experience to users with no latency,” Mr. Beddis said in a statement. “It will also allow us to continue to innovate and make advancements that will overcome key challenges for the metaverse such as its massive computational demands or limitations in concurrent users.” Tencent has big plans for virtual worlds. The company said on Wednesday it has explored building a “digital factory” with the help of an unnamed partner and the end result would rely upon cloud computing and digital twin, or virtual reality, technology. “There will soon be a new connection that integrates digital and physical forms, transcending time and space,” said Tencent CEO Pony Ma on the company’s website detailing his plan for “Immersive Convergence.” The CIA declined to comment for this story.

26 Best Gifts For Cousins In 2022 – Cheap Cousin Gift Ideas – Good Housekeeping https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/26-best-gifts-for-cousins-in-2022-cheap-cousin-gift-ideas-good-housekeeping/ Sure, you generally have a good idea of what to get your parents, your grandparents and even your brother and sister when it comes time to buy gifts for their birthdays and the holidays. But your cousins? That can be trickier, especially if you don’t see them as frequently as your other loved ones. On top of that, if you’re a part of a big family, trying to find the best gifts for an endless list of cousins with a wide range of interests and ages can easily get overwhelming. But gift shopping for your cousins doesn’t have to exhaust you — or break the bank. We’re here to help with this list of cool and affordable gift ideas. Here, you’ll find budget-friendly personalized options, best-selling Amazon gift picks with free shipping, funny gag gifts and gift ideas that will delight even the pickiest relatives, so you can dial back the stress during the upcoming holiday season. 1 Heartfelt and Sentimental Custom Typewritten Note Candle Read More 2 Small Gift on a Budget “Being Related to Me Is Really the Only Gift You Need” Card Maplelon Read More 3 Best Cousin Gift on Amazon Energize Aromatherapy Shower Steamers Body Restore Read More 4 For the Cousin Who Has Everything Redbubble Gift Card Read More 5 For the Cousin Who Is Practically Your Sister “Love Makes Us Family” Charm Bangle WEAR FOR LOVE Read More 6 Best Gift for Your Male Cousin Personalized Beer Pitcher & Pint Glasses Personalization Mall Read More 7 Functional and Affordable Linen Wireless Magnetic Phone Charger Read More 8 Best Personalized Gift for Cousins Custom Wall Print MariAngShop Read More 9 Funny Gift for Big Families Cousin Superlatives Shirts FlawlessArtShop Read More 10 Personalized Necklace WhiteCarnationDesign Read More Once you find the perfect gift for your cousin, don’t forget to check out more of our top gift guides for everyone on your list, including the best gifts for women, the best gifts for men and the best gifts for teens. 1 Heartfelt and Sentimental Custom Typewritten Note Candle 2 Small Gift on a Budget Maplelon “Being Related to Me Is Really the Only Gift You Need” Card 3 Best Cousin Gift on Amazon Body Restore Energize Aromatherapy Shower Steamers 4 For the Cousin Who Has Everything Redbubble Gift Card 5 For the Cousin Who Is Practically Your Sister WEAR FOR LOVE “Love Makes Us Family” Charm Bangle 6 Best Gift for Your Male Cousin Personalization Mall Personalized Beer Pitcher & Pint Glasses 7 Functional and Affordable Linen Wireless Magnetic Phone Charger 8 Best Personalized Gift for Cousins MariAngShop Custom Wall Print 9 Funny Gift for Big Families FlawlessArtShop Cousin Superlatives Shirts 10 WhiteCarnationDesign Personalized Necklace 11 Cozy Lavender Warming Booties 12 If Your Cousin Is Your BFF opossumdeals “I’ll Be There for You” Cousins Hoodie 13 For the Cousin Headed to College Collegiate Pouches 14 Great Last-Minute Gift Idea NEFF Daily Beanie 15 Great Couples’ Gift Carved With Love Personalized Coasters 16 Supports Small Business CanDidArtAccessories Scribble Earrings 17 For the Cousin Who Loves to Read UncommonGoods Banned Book Socks 18 iandgeco Socks and Soap Gift Box 19 For Your Littlest Cousin BlueGiraffeApparel “Cousin Crew (For Life)” Onesie 20 Best Birthday Gift for Cousins Crate Joy Marshmallow of the Month Club 21 Funny Gift Under $20 AviiGifts “I’d Walk Through Fire for You Cousin” Tumbler 22 Legendary Whitetails Standard Buck Camp Flannel Shirt 23 For the Hostess With the Mostess Little Flower Snack Bowls (Set of 6) 24 fenty beauty by rihanna Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer 25 BluePoppyGallery Sentimental Dictionary Art Wall Decor 26 Good Gift for Cousins of Any Age Amazon Echo Dot Smart Speaker Annie O’Sullivan Assistant Editor Annie O’Sullivan (she/her) covers holiday, gift guide, travel, and lifestyle content at Good Housekeeping.

Quarter’s Big Crypto Bankruptcies Revealed Nearly $10 Billion Owed To Creditors – The Wall Street Journal https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/quarters-big-crypto-bankruptcies-revealed-nearly-10-billion-owed-to-creditors-the-wall-street-journal/ About this page Stock Market Today, Sept. 30, 2022: Stocks Drop as Quarter Ends Last Updated: Sep 30, 2022 at 5:06 pm ET Follow The Wall Street Journal’s full markets coverage.

Wall St Week Ahead Investors Expect No Peace In U.S. Stocks Until Bond Gyrations Subside – Reuters https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/wall-st-week-ahead-investors-expect-no-peace-in-u-s-stocks-until-bond-gyrations-subside-reuters/ NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Investors believe the feedback loop between U.S. stocks and bonds will likely be a key factor in determining whether the gyrations that have rocked markets this year continue into the last months of 2022. With the third quarter over, both assets have seen painful sell-offs – the S&P 500 (.SPX) is down nearly 25% year-to-date and the ICE BofA Treasury Index has fallen by around 13%. The twin declines are the worst since 1938, according to BoFA Global Research. Yet many investors say bonds have led the dance, with soaring yields slamming stock valuations as market participants recalibrated their portfolios to account for stronger-than-expected monetary tightening from the Fed. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com The S&P 500’s forward price-to-earnings ratio fell from 20 in April to its current level of 16.1, a move that came alongside a 140 basis point surge in the yield on the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury , which moves inversely to prices. “Interest rates are at the core of every asset in the universe, and we won’t have a positive repricing in equities until the uncertainty of where the terminal rate will settle is clear,” said Charlie McElligott, managing director of cross-asset strategy at Nomura. Volatility in U.S. bonds has erupted in 2022, with this week’s Treasury yield gyrations taking the ICE BofAML U.S. Bond Market Option Volatility Estimate Index (.MOVE) to its highest level since March 2020. By contrast, the Cboe Volatility Index (.VIX) – the so-called Wall Street “fear gauge” – has failed to scale its peak from earlier this year. “We have emphasized … that interest rate volatility has been (and continues to be) the main driver of cross-asset volatility. Nevertheless, even we continue to watch the rates volatility complex with incredulity,” analysts at Soc Gen wrote. Bond volatility expectations have risen to multi-year highs while the VIX has remained relatively muted Many investors believe the wild moves will continue until there is evidence that the Fed is winning its battle against inflation, allowing policymakers to eventually end monetary tightening. For now, more hawkishness is on the menu. Investors on Friday afternoon were pricing in a 57% chance that the U.S. central bank hikes rates by 75 basis point rates at its Nov. 2 meeting, up from a 0% chance one month ago, according to CME’s FedWatch tool. Markets see rates hitting a peak of 4.5% in July 2023, up from 4% a month ago. Next week’s U.S. employment data will give investors a snapshot of whether the Fed’s rate hikes are starting to dent growth. Investors are also looking to earnings season, which starts in October, as they gauge to what degree a strong dollar and supply chain snafus will affect companies’ profits. For now, investor sentiment is largely negative, with cash levels among fund managers near historic highs as many increasingly choose to sit out the market swings. Retail investors sold a net $2.9 billion of equities in the past week, the second largest outflow since March 2020, data from JPMorgan showed on Wednesday. Still, some investors believe a turnaround in stocks and bonds may soon come into view. The deep declines in both asset classes make either an attractive investment given the likelihood of longer-term returns, said Adam Hetts, global head of portfolio construction and strategy at Janus Henderson Investors. “We’ve been in a world where nothing was working. Most of that agony is over, we think,” he said. JPMorgan’s analysts, meanwhile, said high cash allocations may provide a backstop for both equities and bonds, likely limiting future downside. At the same time, the fourth quarter is historically the best period for returns for major U.S. stock indexes, with the S&P 500 averaging a 4.2% gain since 1949, according to the Stock Trader’s Almanac. Of course, dip buying has fared poorly this year. The S&P 500 has mounted four rallies of 6% or more this year, with each rebound sputtering out to be followed by fresh bear market lows. Wei Li, Chief Investment Strategist at BlackRock Investment Institute, believes more jumbo rate hikes from the Fed may dent growth, while a slower pace of tightening could hurt bonds by making inflation more entrenched. She is underweight developed market equities and fixed income, believing that “difficult choices” faced by central banks will spur more market ructions. Equities may have further to fall than bonds given the high likelihood of a recession in 2023, said Keith Lerner, co-chief investment officer and chief market strategist at Truist Advisory Services. “We think the upside for equities will be capped because there will be more earnings pain and more central bank tightening,” he said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Reporting by David Randall; Additional reporting by Saqib Iqbal Ahmed; Editing by Ira Iosebashvili, Jonathan Oatis and David Gregorio Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Vegas Survivors Signal Hope Even As Mass Shootings March On – The Washington Post https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/vegas-survivors-signal-hope-even-as-mass-shootings-march-on-the-washington-post/ LAS VEGAS — It’s been five years since carnage and death sent his family running into the night, leaving them separated and terrified as a gunman rained bullets into an outdoor country music festival crowd on the Las Vegas Strip. The memories don’t fade, they sharpen, William “Bill” Henning said as he prepared for ceremonies in Las Vegas marking the date of the Oct. 1, 2017, massacre. “Chaotic and unreal,” he recalled. “A human stampede. People were bleeding and screaming and running. We all got separated. We didn’t know who was alive. That was the most difficult.” He’s now part of a survivor community thousands strong, one that’s helped him sort through the horror of what happened during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Fifty-eight people were killed and more than 850 were injured among a crowd of 22,000. In the years since, the grim drumbeat of mass shootings has continued: schools in Uvalde, Texas, and Parkland, Florida; grocery stores in Buffalo, New York, and Boulder, Colorado; bars in Dayton, Ohio, and Thousand Oaks, California; a city building in Virginia Beach, Virginia; a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Meanwhile, the debate over gun laws in the U.S. rages on, including a renewed challenge to the federal regulation sparked by the Las Vegas shooting. The massacre is part of a horrifying uptick of shootings with especially high numbers of people killed, said James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University in Boston. Five of the nine mass shootings in modern U.S. history with more than 20 people killed have taken place since 2016, starting with the Pulse nightclub in Orlando and continuing through the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. “The severity of public mass shootings has increased in the past few years. That’s clear,” Fox said. “And worrisome.” Fox oversees a database maintained by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University that tracks mass killings involving four or more people slain, not including the perpetrator. The information is drawn from media reports, FBI data, arrest records, medical examiners’ reports, prison records and other court documents. Watching the steady stream of shootings in the U.S. is tough for survivors, said Tennille Pereira, director of a Clark County recovery and support program called the Vegas Strong Resiliency Center. “I know when it keeps happening, people often express feelings of hopelessness,” Pereira said. “I think the big thing for Las Vegas is to be able to share with those other communities that healing does occur, and that there is hope.” For people like Henning, part of that hope has been the bond formed with other survivors. The retired computer technician was celebrating his 71st birthday at the Route 91 Harvest Festival with friends, his wife, daughter and three teenage grandchildren when the gunfire began. He suffered a knee injury while escaping that required surgery, but his group made it out without being struck by gunfire. “At first, the first few years, it’s not really sinking in,” he said. “The more we organize ourselves, the more that we see each other, it actually brings us back to how serious this situation was.” Many in Las Vegas who won’t name the man who police said fired 1,057 bullets from 32nd floor windows of the Mandalay Bay resort during a span of time now memorialized in a Paramount+ streaming service documentary called “11 Minutes.” “We don’t want to give him any more power, credibility, infamy,” Pereira said. “In this survivor population, words matter. We don’t use the word ‘anniversary.’ We use ‘remembrance.’ We try not to use the word ‘victims.’ We try to use the word ‘survivor.’” Police and the FBI spent months investigating and concluded that gunman Stephen Paddock acted alone, meticulously planned the attack and intentionally concealed his actions. He amassed an arsenal of 23 assault-style rifles in his hotel room, including 14 fitted with bump stock devices that help the weapons fire rapidly. Caches of weapons also were found at Paddock’s homes in Reno and Mesquite, Nevada. But he killed himself before police reached him, and local and federal officials said they never identified a clear motive for the attack. Shortly after the shooting, the administration of then-President Donald Trump banned bump stocks under the same federal laws that prohibit machine guns. Gun-rights advocates sued, saying the weapons didn’t qualify as machine guns and it would take an act of Congress to ban them. The ban has survived several court challenges. But a federal appeals court in New Orleans revived a case there in June, the same day the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling expanding gun rights. That case marked the high court’s first major gun decision in more than a decade and has sparked a wave of court challenges to gun laws around the country. Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, survivors are working toward a permanent memorial on a corner of the former Las Vegas Strip festival ground. A sunrise remembrance ceremony is scheduled Saturday at the Clark County Government Center, and the names of those killed will be read 10:05 p.m. — the time the shooting started — at a downtown Las Vegas Community Healing Garden. Survivor Sue Nelson, 67, said she fled from her front-row seat and hid for hours on the Las Vegas Strip, forming deep bonds with others who escaped. She declared she has “survivor sorrow, not survivor guilt” because she didn’t do anything wrong. Nelson drives two hours to Las Vegas from her home in Lake Havasu, Arizona, for memorial events and gives out lapel pins shaped like little guitars and rubber wrist bands stamped with: “We Remember 10.1.17 #Honors58.” “I’m not afraid anymore,” she said. “It makes a big difference in healing when you’re not afraid anymore.” ___ Whitehurst reported from Washington.

Carnival Is Zeroing In On First-Time Cruisers – Travel Weekly https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/carnival-is-zeroing-in-on-first-time-cruisers-travel-weekly/ Carnival Corp. is beefing up advertising spending and zeroing in on new cruisers as it gears up for the 2023 Wave season, executives said on a call with investors Friday.  Prior to the pandemic, about one-third of Carnival Corp. guests had been first-time cruisers, with advertising and word of mouth as the biggest levers to attract those guests, said Josh Weinstein, Carnival Corp.’s CEO. Although the company is now carrying a higher proportion of past guests, he said Carnival Corp. is seeing improving trends for booking new cruisers and “will increase awareness and actively target those new recruits.”  Related: Cassidy Gifford named godmother of the Carnival Celebration Between the company’s nine brands, Carnival Corp. carried more guests in this year’s third quarter than it had in all of 2021, said Weinstein. Occupancy across the brands was 84% in the quarter, up from 69% in Q2. In August, occupancy reached 90%.  A passenger volume increase bodes well for past guests to share their experiences by word of mouth, he said.  “We have been building back our army of advocates who leave ships spreading the word about the unparalleled vacation experiences we build every day in and day out,” Weinstein said. The company saw a meaningful acceleration in booking volume in August after announcing it would drop pre-voyage Covid testing and vaccination requirements. That’s a trend Royal Caribbean Group and travel agents also reported. In Carnival Corp.’s case, booking volume is now running “considerably higher” than in 2019.   Carnival Corp. made a decision to curtail its advertising spending during the pandemic. But when the company did advertise, ads were targeted at loyal guests. Up until last March, Carnival Corp. spent less money on advertising over the previous two years of the pandemic than it had in all of 2019.  This year, the company has spent more money on advertising in Q2 and Q3 than had in all of 2019, said Weinstein.  This higher advertising spending is meant to drive revenue for 2023 as the company plans for a more traditional Wave season in the first three months of the year.  “We have volume, but we want to get volume plus price and fill the ships at good pricing, and we need to be doing more to accomplish that,” he said. “It’s not just for the moment and filling the ship for the next quarter. It’s setting the groundwork for awareness and consideration, and ultimately making that booking decision [over the next two-and-a-half years],” he said. Cumulative advanced bookings for Q4 are below historical ranges at lower prices, much of that due to future cruise credits. Pricing for 2023 booked business is at “considerably” higher levels than in 2019, with bookings slightly above historical ranges, said David Bernstein, Carnival Corp.’s CFO. Noting that booking volume and prices for Q4 are below historical ranges but looking up for 2023, Truist Securities analyst Patrick Scholes said Carnival’s outlook is improving but “painfully slowly.”

Suffolk Clerk’s Office To Resume Title Searches – Long Island Business News https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/suffolk-clerks-office-to-resume-title-searches-long-island-business-news/ Get our free LIBN e-alerts & breaking news notifications! Suffolk County offices in Hauppauge. / Google Maps image By: David Winzelberg September 30, 2022 After a cyberattack forced a three-week shutdown of much of Suffolk County’s digital infrastructure, its clerk’s office will resume in-person title searches next week.  In an email sent to title insurance companies late Thursday, the county clerk’s office said it will open for title searching at 8 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 3.   “We will have roughly 120 terminals available throughout the clerk’s office for searches to be conducted. At this point we believe all of the programs you are accustomed to using will be available. There are still some issues we are working out through testing which we hope to resolve over time. There are currently two printers available and we are working towards bringing additional ones online,” read the email.  The clerk’s office warned that the system will likely be slower than usual and added that the goal is to increase business hours once it’s confirmed that the “computer environment” can handle the increased volume expected.  In addition, the clerk’s office said it is working towards getting its systems up to be able to handle services regarding recordings and other related filings, though the office didn’t offer a timeframe when those functions would be up and running.  As for now, there will be no ability to search the county website or for examiners to access the systems from remote computers.  As LIBN previously reported, the cyberattack has wreaked havoc throughout the Long Island real estate industry because it paralyzed the county clerk’s office, which is responsible for recording documents and assisting with records searches for properties.  The attack shut down the county’s online systems earlier this month, and has delayed or cancelled real estate closings, especially on larger commercial deals, as title companies can’t search county databases to accurately ensure that the properties have no liens, judgments or other encumbrances in order to pass title.  Suffolk County websites and web-based applications were taken down on Sept. 8, after officials found malware in county systems. Ransomware postings on the website DataBreaches.net showed images of county documents and the hackers claimed to have extracted court records, sheriff’s office records, contracts with the state, and personal data of citizens from the domain of the county clerk.  County officials have yet to respond to requests for comment on when its systems will be back online and operating normally.  × Enjoy This Free Article We Have 2 More For You All You Need To Do Is Register To Receive Your 2 Additional Free Articles

Experts Have Beef With Study Linking Depression And Vegetarian Diet – Healthline https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/experts-have-beef-with-study-linking-depression-and-vegetarian-diet-healthline/ Health experts raise questions about new research that suggests vegans and vegetarians experience depressive episodes twice as often as meat-eaters. Vertikala/Stocksy A new study has found a link between meatless diets and depressive episodes. People who did not eat meat were depressed about two times as often. It was not possible to determine whether this was due to nutritional deficiencies. Nutritionists say certain nutrients may be more difficult to obtain on a meatless diet. However, meatless diets can be nutritionally adequate with good planning. According to a new study published this month in the Journal of Affective Disorders, vegetarians experienced depressive episodes twice as often as those who ate meat. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics explains that vegetarianism is defined in various ways, with some people opting to still consume dairy and/or eggs. However, the common thread in all forms of vegetarianism is the avoidance of meat. Vegans, on the other hand, do not eat any animal products at all, including honey. There are many reasons that people choose to eat a meatless diet, including ethical considerations, concern for the environment, religious beliefs, and health benefits. The survey looked at 14,216 people in Brazil between the ages of 35 to 74. A food frequency questionnaire was used to determine whether people followed a meatless diet. A diagnostic tool called the Clinical Interview Schedule-Revised (CIS-R) was used to determine whether people had episodes of depression. The researchers found, upon analysis of the data, that meatless diets were associated with twice the frequency of depressive episodes. Further, this association was independent of socioeconomic factors as well as lifestyle factors like smoking, alcohol intake, physical activity levels, and body mass index (BMI). The exact reason for these findings is unclear. Mary Mosquera-Cochran, a registered dietitian at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center who was not a part of the study, said that due to the way the study was designed — analyzing data rather than conducting a controlled experiment — it can’t be concluded whether a meatless diet actually does cause depression. “The researchers found that diet quality was somewhat associated with higher rates of depression, but it did not fully explain the association,” said Cochran. She further explained that the researchers hypothesized that this link might exist because people who are depressed are more likely to try dietary changes (like cutting out meat, for example) because they are hoping to feel better. Cochran said that the study was done on Brazilian citizens, so it also may not apply to other populations. She additionally pointed out the fact that it was only a very small percentage of people in the sample studied were actually vegetarians — 82 people out of around 14,000 total. “The authors note that it’s currently estimated that 5-14% of Brazilians currently follow a vegetarian style diet, so this sample may not be reflective of all vegetarians in Brazil either,” said Cochran. Though the authors also note that they adjusted for factors like protein and micronutrient intake, concluding that they believe “nutrient deficiencies do not explain this association,” other experts disagree. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics spokesperson Monique Richard, said meatless diets and depression could be linked for a variety of reasons, with one being nutrient deficiencies. “Whenever an individual excludes an entire food group, in this case, protein and fat sources, and does not replace it with equally nutritionally-adequate options, it will affect a variety of systemic and physiological functions such as cognitive health,” she said, noting that it is important to look deeper into the dietary patterns of these individuals to learn whether this might have been the case. “If an individual does not have an adequate intake of nutrients such as B12, omega-3 fatty acids, and protein, certain enzymes and proteins may be compromised, altering specific pathways in the body,” said Richard. “This could affect mood, anxiety, memory, perceived stress, sleep, etc.” As an example, she cites the amino acid tryptophan, which is needed to make serotonin, an important neurotransmitter that has been linked to mood disorders like depression. Tryptophan is found in meat as well as oats, nuts, and seeds, explained Richard. But it’s important that people are educated on what foods contain it and how to consume enough to meet their own personal needs. “Other factors that would be important to assess would be if the person felt isolated or disconnected from others related to their dietary choice,” said Richard. “Is there a personal, religious, or moral consideration for the choice that may also be contributing to these feelings and state of mind?” Dr. Mary-Jon Ludy, Chair of the Department of Public and Allied Health and Associate Professor of Food and Nutrition at Bowling Green State University, advised that “[w]ith or without meat, it is important to follow a healthy, high quality eating pattern that is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean protein.” “Eating a variety of nutrient-dense foods as well as limiting added sugars, solid fats, and sodium is key,” she said. According to Samantha Coogan, Program Director of the Didactic Program in Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the main vitamins and minerals of concern when it comes to depression are the B vitamins, zinc, magnesium, and selenium. Vitamin B12, in particular, is only found in animal products, said Coogan. However, it, along with other B complex vitamins, are responsible for mood regulation and brain function. “B vitamins can be found in fortified breakfast cereals, and B12 in fish, eggs, meat, and milk products,” she said. Additionally, most people who don’t eat meat will need to take a B12 supplement. She further notes that a B complex supplement may be a better option since you’ll get the amount of B12 that you need along with the other B vitamins. “Zinc may play a role in endocrine pathways that may lead to increased levels of cortisol, and the regulation of neurotransmission as a potential mechanism of action, so a deficiency could disrupt usual neurotransmitter firing/signaling to other areas of the body, such as elevating the expression of the hippocampus and decreasing cortisol,” explained Coogan. She noted that zinc is mainly found in red meat, crab, and oysters, making it difficult for a vegan or vegetarian to get enough. However, it can also be found in nuts, whole grains, fortified cereals, and dairy products. Coogan further explained that magnesium is responsible for the activation of more than 300 enzyme systems that play important roles in brain function. “Low magnesium can lead to inflammation, dysregulation of oxidative pathways possibly inducing oxidative stress, and may dysregulate the release of serotonin, dopamine, noradrenaline, and sleep cycles (i.e. interrupting sleep/insomnia),” she said. But, when it comes to getting enough magnesium, plant eaters are in luck, according to Coogan. This important mineral is found mostly in plant-based foods, including leafy greens, legumes, nuts, seeds, and whole grains. Lastly, selenium deficiency can cause thyroid dysfunction, inflammation, oxidative stress, and dysregulation of important mood regulators like serotonin, dopamine, and noradrenaline. “Selenium is primarily found in seafood, poultry, meat, eggs, and fish,” said Coogan. However, it can also be found in bread and grains. Ludy concluded by stating, “If in doubt, meeting with a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) can be a great resource for planning a well-balanced diet.” The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics maintains a database of RDNs on its website, or you can ask your primary care provider for a referral.

Red Bull Boss Christian Horner Says Team ‘not Aware’ Of Any F1 Budget Cap Breach During 2021 Season – Sky Sports https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/red-bull-boss-christian-horner-says-team-not-aware-of-any-f1-budget-cap-breach-during-2021-season-sky-sports/ Christian Horner and Toto Wolff have shared differing opinions on speculation over breaches of F1’s budget cap Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says he is “not aware” of the team having breached Formula 1’s budget cap, amid reports they could be penalised for over-spending during the 2021 campaign. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff later described Horner’s comments as “funny”, and said the alleged breaches are a “heavyweight issue” that will have implications on results from the three world championships from 2021-2023. The sport introduced a budget cap last season, and reports claim Red Bull are one of two teams who the FIA will announce went over the $145m (£114m) spending limit, with an official announcement expected on October 5. Potential punishment for the teams found to have breached the regulations could range from financial penalties to points deduction, with the categorisation of the infringement as ‘minor’ or ‘material’ the crucial factor. Sainz leads Ferrari one-two from Leclerc in Singapore practice Sky Sports to remain home of F1 until 2029 with new deal When to watch the Singapore GP on Sky Sports F1 Speaking to Sky Sports F1 after opening practice at the Singapore GP on Friday, Horner responded to a topic that is threatening to overshadow the sport’s first visit to the Marina Bay Street Circuit since 2019. “We are certainly not aware of any (breaches),” Horner said. “The accounts were all submitted way back in March, so it’s been a long process with the FIA going through, and we are in that process as we speak. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Red Bull team principal Horner says that their submission of the budget cap for last season was the below the FIA’s cap Red Bull team principal Horner says that their submission of the budget cap for last season was the below the FIA’s cap “They are rightly following that process and I think mid-next week is when they declare their certificates. “Certainly our submission was below the cap and it’s down to the FIA to follow their process, which they are currently doing.” Horner also described the regulations as “immature”, and said that the interpretation and application of them would be “subjective”. The rules provide a range of sanctions that can be applied based on the amount by which teams have exceeded the cap. These include fines for minor offences, while material offences could result in a deduction of points from the drivers’ and teams’ standings, suspension and exclusion from the championship. The FIA released a statement before Horner spoke to Sky Sports F1 on Friday, insisting any breaches would be “dealt with” according to the regulations. The statement said: “The FIA is currently finalising the assessment of the 2021 financial data submitted by all Formula 1 teams. Alleged breaches of the Financial Regulations, if any, will be dealt with according to the formal process set out in the regulations.” Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Despite being on the brink of winning the championship in Singapore, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is refusing to get ahead of himself in his quest for a second world title Despite being on the brink of winning the championship in Singapore, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is refusing to get ahead of himself in his quest for a second world title Red Bull driver Max Verstappen pipped Lewis Hamilton to the 2021 drivers’ championship, while Mercedes narrowly won the constructors’ title. Verstappen is all but certain to add his second title this season, while Red Bull are in a similarly dominant position and look set to end Mercedes’ eight-year run of constructors’ titles. Wolff: ‘Heavyweight issue’ must be policed Reacting to Horner’s comments, Wolff told Sky Sports F1 that the breaches were a “heavyweight issue”, and also urged FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to take a “robust stance” on the matter. “It’s funny that Christian (Horner) has said that because it has been weeks and months that they’ve been being investigated,” said Wolff. “So maybe he doesn’t speak to his CFO (chief financial officer). “All of us have been investigated diligently and, as far as we understand, there is a team is in minor breach, which is more procedural, and another team that is fundamentally massively over and that is still being looked after. That is an open secret in the paddock. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Mercedes team principal Wolff says that Red Bull are being investigated after Horner remained adamant that Red Bull had not gone over the cost cap Mercedes team principal Wolff says that Red Bull are being investigated after Horner remained adamant that Red Bull had not gone over the cost cap “I think there is a governance in place that is very solid that the FIA have set up and you are going to be issued a certificate of compliance and if you are not compliant it goes to the cost cap adjudication panel with independent judges, and they can then choose from these penalties the appropriate one.” The FIA said in a statement on Friday night: “The FIA is currently finalising the assessment of the 2021 financial data submitted by all Formula 1 teams. Alleged breaches of the Financial Regulations, if any, will be dealt with according to the formal process set out in the regulations. “The FIA notes significant and unsubstantiated speculation and conjecture in relation to this matter, and reiterates that the assessment is ongoing and due process will be followed without consideration to any external discussion.” Amid their domination of the 2022 season, there has been speculation in recent weeks that Red Bull have developed a new lightweight chassis, that could further their advantage over their rivals. Speaking ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, Verstappen said, perhaps in jest, that he had made a deal with his team that if he won the previous race in Monza (which he did) with their heavier version of the chassis, he would continue to use it at this race. Wolff referenced the rumoured development as he continued his criticism, citing the knock-on effects over-spending in 2021 may have had. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player David Croft and Anthony Davidson takes us through all of the major talking points from Friday practice of the Singapore GP David Croft and Anthony Davidson takes us through all of the major talking points from Friday practice of the Singapore GP He said: “The crucial part is that if you have been over in 2021, then you’ve been over in 2022 and that means you have an advantage into 2023. If it’s true that they formulated a lightweight chassis this year, they may use it the next year, so it’s really a cascade of events that can influential on all of the three championships. “This is heavyweight, it’s massively heavyweight. “We are using used parts, we are not running what we want to run, we are not developing what we could be developing. “We have made more than 40 people redundant that are dearly missed in our organisation and it was a huge, mammoth operation to make the cap. “I don’t know how many tens of millions we had to restructure and reprocess in order to be below the cap and if someone has been not doing that or pushing the boundaries, every million is a massive disadvantage. “Even if it’s the so-called minor breach that can be below five per cent, you can spend seven million more than everybody else, and that means if this is a light penalty, we will all be pushing those five per cent more going forward.” Domenicali: Africa back on F1 calendar soon | Kyalami not only contender Ricciardo: F1 reserve role ‘realistic’ for 2023 | Steiner: Haas not waiting Hamilton ‘feels for fans’ amid Verstappen domination Speaking separately to BBC Sport, Wolf added: “It is of huge importance for a demonstration that these regulations are policed and I have no reason to believe otherwise. “The FIA, particularly Mohammed (Ben Sulayem), has shown a pretty robust stance on enforcing all kinds of regulations. So if we are talking now about something big, he will show the same integrity and leadership that he has done before.” Later, in an interview with PA, Wolff, who spoke directly to Ben Sulayem on Friday night, added: “I don’t know by how much Red Bull have overshot, and where, and what that means as a consequence for last year’s championship, this year’s championship and next year’s championship. “The catalogue of potential penalties is huge. And the independent judges will come to their conclusions. “We have had a massive restructuring process in the organisation to save $50m, and it has been overwhelming, distracting and a development deterrent. If somebody has been challenging that system, it is a major difference between winning and finishing third. “We are 10 kilos overweight at the moment, and that is three tenths of a second. For $2m, we could have taken 10 kilos out, and produced two lighter chassis so we are talking about a second or more in performance. “I have seen Mohammed act on regulations, minor or major, and what I like in the new system, whether it is Ferrari or Mercedes, is that they just follow the regulations. The FIA will do the right thing, and judge what the impact of such a breach was.”

How Bentley Systems’ 3DFT Could Conquer The Infrastructure Metaverse – VentureBeat https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/how-bentley-systems-3dft-could-conquer-the-infrastructure-metaverse-venturebeat/ September 30, 2022 12:07 PM Image Credit: Weiquan Lin/Getty Construction data can quickly scale into gigabytes and terabytes of data. The field is complicated because teams use various file formats to design, construct and operate a building or facility. Teams must often load the whole file into proprietary rendering tools before showing off a new design or collaborating on schedules. These files can be even more complex when building out large-scale digital twins of whole cities like Helsinki or Singapore.  Bentley Systems hopes to change that. At a technology demonstration event in London, Bentley showed off a new 3D streaming codec for the infrastructure metaverse called 3DFT. It’s already running on the Epic Unreal Engine, and Bentley plans to support other platforms down the road.  3DFT is not the first format for streaming metaverse data. The GIS industry has been streaming 2D data for years using tiles. And the Open Geospatial Consortium has been working on the 3D Tiles standard to extend streaming into the third dimension.  Greg Demchak, senior director of Bentley’s digital innovation lab, told VentureBeat that 3D Tiles is an excellent standard for rendering large outdoor environments. However, it struggles with rendering physical infrastructure such as BIM models at high quality. This is important for building designers who are evaluating trade-offs in design choices.  Faster iteration Simon Blakeney, technical account manager at Epic Games, said that with traditional 3D formats, teams might wait up to 20 minutes to load a new dataset. “With 3DFT, the data just flows through. It really speeds up the iteration for design reviews.”  Another strength is that 3DFT does a good job of capturing asset IDs about the objects in a space. This could help connect objects like doors and windows to a rich trail of information relating to costs, scheduling, clashes and analytics. Down the road, Blakeney predicts this will make it easier to weave this raw data into applications for stress testing, simulating crowds in a space or optimizing schedules.  “The world is your oyster once you have hooked into the IDs,” Blakeney said.  The new codec is part of Bentley’s broader plan to build out the infrastructure metaverse on top of tools like iTwin for consolidating all construction data into a basic overlay.  “While we have many products, the platform lets us make all information available, including the 3D models, metadata and point cloud data, and store it in a single source of trust, and then you can start to build apps on top of it,” said Demchak.  For example, third parties are developing tools to automatically detect cell tower assets from drone footage and populate an inventory. Down the road, Bentley hopes this could allow a whole ecosystem of custom-built solutions for construction and asset management.  Demchak’s team has experimented with building integrations into all three major platforms from Unity, Nvidia Omniverse and Epic Unreal. They are currently getting the best results for live immersive experiences on the Unreal platform. But Demchak observed that the other platforms are working to catch up. He has found the Omniverse ideal for generating photorealistic video walkthroughs after the fact.  Collaboration required to connect worlds Bentley is certainly not the only construction giant fleshing out its infrastructure metaverse strategy. Autodesk also announced a collaboration with Epic to make it easier to create virtual walkthroughs from Revit data.  Architectural and construction firms are starting to innovate on Epic as well. For example, Zaha Hadid has created a building configurator for a new project off the coast of Honduras. It allows consumers to customize a new home and virtually walk through a mockup. This improves the customer experience and helps optimize construction time.  “We work very closely with Bentley, Autodesk and other third parties to ensure that other tools can be interoperable with our ecosystem,” Epic Games’ Blakeney said.  But at the moment, it can be challenging to move data between the different construction software platforms. Demchak hopes that the big construction tool providers can overcome their differences to promote interoperability.  “In my dream state, we are trying to achieve lossless transmission of formats from one to the next,” Demchak said. “There should be no loss in fidelity if I go from Revit to iTwin. There should be no reason that any of that information should diminish.” In the long run, this will help enable an immersive experience that allows teams to use their tool of choice while collaborating on the same underlying dataset.  “It will be less about an experience of a file and more about a connection where whatever happens behind the scenes just works,” Demchak said.  VentureBeat’s mission is to be a digital town square for technical decision-makers to gain knowledge about transformative enterprise technology and transact. Discover our Briefings.

Shark Tank: Banana Phone, The Woobles, Turbo Trusser & More – CarterMatt https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/shark-tank-banana-phone-the-woobles-turbo-trusser-more-cartermatt/ Shark Tank September 30, 2022 Tonight Shark Tank is back with a new episode: Want to learn about a Banana Phone, The Woobles, Turbo Trusser, & Stealth Bros & Co.? We’ve got you covered. Before we go any further here, we should note that we’re getting a normal episode of the series without a live component. Last week’s polarizing premiere was a one-off experiment. We’re glad they tried something new to drum up attention, but this is one of those shows that is better off taped in advance. Now, let’s go ahead and share the official synopsis before getting into the products: “1402” – First into the Tank are entrepreneurs from Apex, North Carolina, who pitch their step-by-step kit made to teach beginners how to create cuddly and cute animal characters. Entrepreneurs from Bend, Oregon, banana-split their proceeds to support endangered gorillas with their fun Bluetooth-enabled accessory; while entrepreneurs from Canton, Ohio, hope to hook a Shark with their rapid trussing device designed to cook the perfect bird every time. An entrepreneur from Mays Landing, New Jersey, introduces his luxury supply company that provides convenient personal storage for medical necessities on an all-new episode of “Shark Tank” airing FRIDAY, SEPT. 30 (8:00-9:01 p.m. EDT), on ABC. (TV-PG, L) Watch episodes on demand and on Hulu the day following the premiere. Now, let’s dive into all of the products themselves… Turbo Trusser – This is a gadget that you basically attach to your chicken, turkey, or duck prior to cooking to ensure that the bird cooks evenly throughout. It’s less than $15, and to us, it feels like a product perfect for the infomercial world. Stealth Bros & Co. – This is a pretty revolutionary idea that’s all about helping people in need with their medical necessities — while looking and feeling cool at the same time. They sell sharps containers and shuttles that are sleek, cool, and offer a sense of identity. Banana Phone – Is this an investible company? We have no real idea, but it’s hilarious — the whole idea here is a bluetooth “banana” that can be connected to your smartphone and used as its own separate phone. The idea may be a joke, but it also supports gorilla conservation — also, Reese Witherspoon bought one. The Woobles – If there is a slam-dunk product in this episode in terms of an investment, this is it: Crochet kits designed for beginnings that are easy, affordable, and produce some really adorable results. This is something that so many people may want to learn, but they may be concerned about accessibility. Well, be concerned no more! Related – Be sure to get some more news on Shark Tank right now! What do you most want to see on Shark Tank with Banana Phone, The Woobles, Turbo Trusser, & Stealth Bros & Co.? Share now in the comments! Once you do just that, come back for other updates you don’t want to miss. (Photo: ABC.) This article was written by Jessica BunBun. Be sure to follow her on Twitter.

FTX Is Paying $51 Million In Cash For Voyager Assets, Court Records Show – CNBC https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/ftx-is-paying-51-million-in-cash-for-voyager-assets-court-records-show-cnbc/ Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and chief executive officer of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, speaks during an interview on an episode of Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein in New York, US, on Wednesday, Aug 17, 2022. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images FTX’s winning $1.4 billion bid for bankrupt crypto firm Voyager Digital was announced earlier this week, but court filings indicate that the cash paid for the firm itself is significantly lower — $51 million. The bulk of FTX’s offer focused on Voyager’s crypto holdings, which amounted to $1.31 billion. Those holdings will be distributed to eligible creditors on a pro rata basis, the filings say. related investing news Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX’s founder, has pursued an aggressive buying spree across the crypto industry, snapping up deeply discounted assets in the wake of defaults, bankruptcies, and market tumult. In the Voyager deal, FTX’s consideration for non-crypto assets — the users, intellectual property, and structure of Voyager itself — constitutes a total of “at least $111 million,” filings show. Just $51 million of that is for Voyager’s assets, intellectual property, and user base. The remaining $60 million consists of an accumulated $50 account credit for each Voyager user who successfully onboards with FTX and a $20 million “earn out” allowance. It was not immediately apparent, based on filings, who would benefit from an earnout, which is often used in acquisitions as a way to incentivize founders and management teams of the company being purchased. Voyager’s most recent bankruptcy report indicated that the company held just shy of $900 million in crypto assets for customers, with another $456.44 million loaned out and $173.68 million held as collateral from borrowers.  Voyager users who chose to migrate to FTX’s platform would receive a pro rata distribution of Voyager assets, based on their portion of Voyager’s overall holdings. Voyager’s troubles emerged after the firm extended a loan valued at $670 million to crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) in early 2022. When 3AC defaulted on its loan obligations in late June, it unleashed a financial cascade that pushed Voyager into bankruptcy and 3AC’s founders into hiding.  FTX’s bid, if approved by creditors, would transfer Voyager’s loan balances — excluding the 3AC loan, which was not part of the deal — to FTX and, by extension, to Bankman-Fried. The $51 million price tag for Voyager and its associated claims would represent a steep discount, given FTX’s assumption of customer assets and loan balances. WATCH: Voyager Digital files for bankruptcy amid crypto lender solvency crisis

Putin Illegally Claims Ukrainian Territory In Speech: Live Updates – The New York Times https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/putin-illegally-claims-ukrainian-territory-in-speech-live-updates-the-new-york-times/ Video State footage showed President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia signing the decrees as the Kremlin tries to solidify its tenuous hold over Ukrainian territory through a widely denounced illegal annexation.CreditCredit…Pool photo by Dmitry Astakhov President Vladimir V. Putin on Friday asserted that Russia would take control of four Ukrainian regions and decried the United States for “Satanism” in a speech that marked an escalation in Moscow’s war against Ukraine and positioned Russia, in starkly confrontational terms, as fighting an existential battle with Western elites he deemed “the enemy.” Speaking to hundreds of Russian lawmakers and governors in a grand Kremlin hall, Mr. Putin said that the residents of the four regions — which are still partially controlled by Ukrainian forces — would become Russia’s citizens “forever.” He then held a signing ceremony with the Russian-installed heads of those regions to start the official annexation process, before clasping hands with them and chanting “Russia! Russia!” Mr. Putin’s address came against a backdrop of Russian embarrassments on the battlefield, where Ukraine’s forces have scored stunning victories in recent weeks in the east. Even as the Russian leader spoke, officials said the Ukrainian army had moved closer to encircling the Russian-occupied town of Lyman, a strategically important hub in the Donetsk region that lies inside the territory Mr. Putin is claiming. Even by Mr. Putin’s increasingly antagonistic standards, the speech was extraordinary, a combination of bluster and menace that mixed conspiratorial riffs against the American-led “neocolonial system” with an appeal to the world to see Russia as the leader of an uprising against American power. He referred to “the ruling circles of the so-called West” as “the enemy,” a word he rarely uses in reference to the West — and struck a tone of spiteful anger and defiance. “Not only do Western elites deny national sovereignty and international law,” he said in the 37-minute address. “Their hegemony has a pronounced character of totalitarianism, despotism and apartheid.” Western leaders have condemned Russia’s annexations as illegal, and the “referendums’’ that preceded them — purporting to show local support for joining Russia — as fraudulent. The Biden administration announced new sanctions in response to the Kremlin’s move. Image Russians gathering for a celebration in downtown Moscow on Friday.Credit…Yuri Kochetkov/EPA, via Shutterstock President Biden was quick to denounce Mr. Putin’s actions to annex the four territories, saying they “have no legitimacy’’ and adding that “the United States will always honor Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders.’’ Ukraine’s government has rebuffed Mr. Putin’s claims and vowed to retake territory captured by Russia in the east and south. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine responded to Mr. Putin’s speech on Friday by announcing that he was fast-tracking his country’s application to the NATO alliance. In a video, he accused the Kremlin of trying to “steal something that does not belong to it.” “Ukraine will not allow that,” he said. Mr. Putin insisted that Russia’s position on annexing the four territories was nonnegotiable, adding that the country would defend them “with all the forces and means at our disposal.” “I call on the Kyiv regime to immediately cease fire and all military action,” he said, and for the Ukrainian government “to return to the negotiating table.” “But we will not discuss the decision of the people of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson,” he went on, referring to the four Ukrainian regions being annexed. “It has been made. Russia will not betray it.” Mr. Putin cast the conflict with the West in even more severe terms than in previous speeches, reeling off centuries of Western military actions to denounce the American-led world order as fundamentally evil, corrupt and set on Russia’s destruction. “The repression of freedom is taking on the outlines of a ‘reverse religion,’ of real Satanism,” Mr. Putin said, asserting that liberal Western values on matters like gender identity amounted to a “denial of man.” But Mr. Putin offered few new details on the matter that is now perhaps of greatest concern in Western capitals — whether, and at what point, he may be prepared to use weapons of mass destruction to force Ukraine to capitulate. His spokesman said earlier in the day that after the annexation of the four regions — a move that virtually no other country is expected to recognize — an attack on those regions would be treated as an attack on Russia. Without saying so directly, Mr. Putin hinted that the role of nuclear weapons in war is on his mind. Describing the West as “deceitful and hypocritical through and through,” Mr. Putin noted that the United States was the only country to have used nuclear weapons in war. He then added: “By the way, they created a precedent.” Valerie Hopkins and Oleg Matsnev contributed reporting. Image President Biden said during a news conference at the White House on Friday that the world would not recognize Russia’s annexation efforts.Credit…Pete Marovich for The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Biden warned Russia on Friday that the United States and its allies would not be intimidated by its latest actions in Ukraine and said that the world would not recognize the sham referendum that President Vladimir V. Putin staged to justify seizing Ukrainian land. Speaking at a news conference at the White House, Mr. Biden said the United States and its allies would continue to support Ukraine with military equipment and aid. He warned that anyone who supported Russia’s fraudulent claims to Ukrainian territory would also be subject to economic sanctions. Earlier in the day, Mr. Putin announced in a bellicose speech that Russia would annex four Ukrainian provinces it had invaded. The Russian leader cast the war in Ukraine as an existential battle against the United States and its allies. He accused America of “Satanism” and of trying to impose its culture on the rest of the world. “He’s not going to scare us or intimidate us,” Mr. Biden said. “He can’t seize his neighbor’s land and get away with it.” The president also said that Mr. Putin should not dare to take his fight into NATO territory, underscoring the unity among the alliance. “America’s fully prepared with our NATO allies to defend every single inch of NATO territory, every single inch,” Mr. Biden said, adding: “Mr. Putin, don’t misunderstand what I’m saying.” The United States has been investigating leaks that emerged in the Nord Stream gas pipeline and while Mr. Biden said it is not clear exactly what had happened, he believed the damage was the result of Russia’s actions. The United States, he said, is now helping European countries to protect their critical infrastructure. “It was a deliberate act of sabotage, and now the Russians are pumping out disinformation and lies,” Mr. Biden said. Image Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s secretary general, condemned Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukraine’s occupied territories on Friday and vowed to continue helping Ukraine until it defeats the aggressor.Credit…Yves Herman/Reuters As President Vladimir V. Putin moved on Friday to take control of four Ukrainian regions, Washington and the European Union denounced Russia, saying they would never accept the illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory. President Biden said Mr. Putin’s actions “have no legitimacy,’’ condemning Russia’s “fraudulent attempt” to gobble sovereign land and stressing that the United States “will always honor Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders.” In a statement, he added that Russia was “violating international law, trampling on the United Nations Charter, and showing its contempt for peaceful nations everywhere. ” The Biden administration also is enacting a new round of sanctions aimed at further crippling Russia’s defense and technology sectors and other industries, as well as cutting off more top officials and their families from global commerce, to punish Moscow for its efforts to annex a region in eastern Ukraine. President Emmanuel Macron of France also condemned Russia’s illegal annexation on Friday, calling it a “serious violation of international law and Ukrainian sovereignty.” Mr. Macron said on Twitter that France would “continue to stand by Ukraine to confront Russian aggression and allow Ukraine to recover its full sovereignty over its entire territory.” The Kremlin’s effort to subsume Ukrainian territory has amplified the stakes for the West, as Mr. Putin again disregards the international order that has governed Europe for decades. Moscow’s gambit also appeared to have immediate consequences for the security calculus on the continent, with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine announcing on Friday that his country was seeking fast-track membership of NATO. In a video, he accused the Kremlin of trying to “steal something that does not belong to it,” saying, “Ukraine will not allow that.” Mr. Zelensky also signaled that negotiations with Mr. Putin had become untenable. “It was our state that always offered Russia to reach an agreement on coexistence on equal, honest, decent and fair terms,” he said. “It is obvious that this is impossible with this Russian president. He does not know what dignity and honesty are. Therefore, we are ready for a dialogue with Russia, but already with another president of Russia.” Even among Russia’s traditional allies, no country has stepped forward to recognize the annexation. Uzbekistan — one of the former Soviet republics in Central Asia — issued a statement before Mr. Putin’s speech, saying it was committed to “respect for sovereignty, territ...

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COVID-19 Weekly Update: Montana Adds 1,427 Cases, Two New Deaths – Newstalkkgvo https://clarkcountynewsnow.com/covid-19-weekly-update-montana-adds-1427-cases-two-new-deaths-newstalkkgvo/ As of Friday morning, Montana has confirmed 310,731 positive COVID-19 cases. Montana’s COVID-19 case tracking map shows 1,281 new confirmed cases. There are currently 1,595 active cases in the state. According to the Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services, 1,554,238 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered and 575,365 Montanans are fully immunized. In Missoula, 215,404 doses have been administered and 78,304 people are fully immunized. 64% of Missoula’s eligible population are fully vaccinated, which is tied for the most in the state. You can find the current case numbers from the Missoula City-County Health Department right here. The state COVID-19-related death toll increased from 3,518 on September 23, 2022, to 3,520 on September 30, 2022, according to state health officials. Here are the updated case totals in Montana: Missoula County Cases:      32,026 Total | 186 Newly Reported | 274 Active Yellowstone County Cases:      48,206 Total | 181 Newly Reported | 317 Active Flathead County Cases:      32,460 Total | 118 Newly Reported | 59 Active Cascade County Cases:      28,300 Total | 111 Newly Reported | 158 Active Gallatin County Cases:      39,404 Total | 101 Newly Reported | 182 Active Lewis and Clark County Cases:      20,707 Total | 92 Newly Reported | 54 Active Lake County Cases:      7,709 Total | 55 Newly Reported | 56 Active Ravalli County Cases:      7,935 Total | 48 Newly Reported | 71 Active Roosevelt County Cases:      3,654 Total | 36 Newly Reported | 32 Active Lincoln County Cases:      5,344 Total | 32 Newly Reported | 43 Active Chouteau County Cases:      1,194 Total | 25 Newly Reported | 34 Active Silver Bow County Cases:      9,340 Total | 25 Newly Reported | 41 Active Madison County Cases:      2,251 Total | 20 Newly Reported | 19 Active Custer County Cases:      3,333 Total | 17 Newly Reported | 24 Active Deer Lodge County Cases:      2,971 Total | 17 Newly Reported | 12 Active Hill County Cases:      5,122 Total | 14 Newly Reported | 8 Active Blaine County Cases:      2,416 Total | 13 Newly Reported | 7 Active Liberty County Cases:      483 Total | 12 Newly Reported | 13 Active Park County Cases:      4,910 Total | 12 Newly Reported | 6 Active Sanders County Cases:      2,357 Total | 12 Newly Reported | 14 Active Glacier County Cases:      4,472 Total | 11 Newly Reported | 4 Active Jefferson County Cases:      2,960 Total | 10 Newly Reported | 8 Active Teton County Cases:      1,463 Total | 10 Newly Reported | 5 Active Beaverhead County Cases:      2,365 Total | 9 Newly Reported | 14 Active Carbon County Cases:      2,310 Total | 8 Newly Reported | 8 Active Meagher County Cases:      547 Total | 8 Newly Reported | 10 Active Sweet Grass County Cases:      862 Total | 8 Newly Reported | 11 Active Broadwater County Cases:      1,463 Total | 7 Newly Reported | 8 Active Dawson County Cases:      2,591 Total | 7 Newly Reported | 6 Active Pondera County Cases:      1,378 Total | 7 Newly Reported | 10 Active Powell County Cases:      2,130 Total | 7 Newly Reported | 5 Active Valley County Cases:      2,011 Total | 7 Newly Reported | 12 Active Big Horn County Cases:      5,439 Total | 6 Newly Reported | 9 Active Fergus County Cases:      2,809 Total | 6 Newly Reported | 9 Active Sheridan County Cases:      851 Total | 6 Newly Reported | 6 Active Stillwater County Cases:      1,668 Total | 6 Newly Reported | 7 Active Garfield County Cases:      247 Total | 5 Newly Reported | 5 Active Granite County Cases:      628 Total | 4 Newly Reported | 6 Active Mineral County Cases:      1,261 Total | 4 Newly Reported | 1 Active Richland County Cases:      2,855 Total | 4 Newly Reported | 3 Active Daniels County Cases:      435 Total | 3 Newly Reported | 3 Active Fallon County Cases:      725 Total | 3 Newly Reported | 4 Active Rosebud County Cases:      2,983 Total | 2 Newly Reported | 5 Active Toole County Cases:      1,352 Total | 2 Newly Reported | 5 Active McCone County Cases:      426 Total | 1 Newly Reported | 0 Active Musselshell County Cases:      1,032 Total | 1 Newly Reported | 4 Active Phillips County Cases:      1,118 Total | 1 Newly Reported | 1 Active Wibaux County Cases:      241 Total | 1 Newly Reported | 1 Active Carter County Cases:      275 Total | 0 Newly Reported | 0 Active Golden Valley County Cases:      159 Total | 0 Newly Reported | 0 Active Judith Basin County Cases:      263 Total | 0 Newly Reported | 1 Active Petroleum County Cases:      39 Total | 0 Newly Reported | 0 Active Powder River County Cases:      396 Total | 0 Newly Reported | 0 Active Prairie County Cases:      287 Total | 0 Newly Reported | 0 Active Treasure County Cases:      142 Total | 0 Newly Reported | 0 Active Wheatland County Cases:      426 Total | 0 Newly Reported | 0 Active Answers to 25 common COVID-19 vaccine questions Vaccinations for COVID-19 began being administered in the U.S. on Dec. 14, 2020. The quick rollout came a little more than a year after the virus was first identified in November 2019. The impressive speed with which vaccines were developed has also left a lot of people with a lot of questions. The questions range from the practical—how will I get vaccinated?—to the scientific—how do these vaccines even work? Keep reading to discover answers to 25 common COVID-19 vaccine questions. See Striking Photos of the Tourism Industry During COVID-19