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live updates, how many medals has Australia won, number, gold, silver, bronze, swimming, athletics

Team Australia dominated the Commonwealth Games medal tally in Birmingham in the opening four days, sitting comfortably in front – thanks largely to more dominance in the pool.

Australia claimed a stunning eight gold medals on day one, including five of a possible seven in the pool! On day two, Australia added five more golds.

The gold rush continued with nine on day three, highlighted by Emma McKeon making history with a record-breaking 11th Commonwealth Games gold medal when she took out the Women’s 50m freestyle final.

Australia has dominated again on day four with another NINE gold medals, coming in judo, lawn bowls, cycling and gymnastics — along with the usual big haul in the pool.

Australia has opened day five with a 72nd medal of the Games, this time a bronze in the men’s vault in artistic gymnastics.

DAY 5 LIVE: Athletics begins as Browning opens 100m campaign; McKeon and Simpson eye final swim day

DAY 4 WRAP: Aussies win NINE golds in wild Games medal blitz; Chalmers win ‘hard to enjoy’

Read on for more details and the full medal tally.

Australia sit on top of the medal tally with 31 gold, 20 silver and 21 bronze (71 total!), ahead of England and New Zealand.

The Aussies topped the tally with 198 medals — including 80 gold — in the Gold Coast four years ago.

You can track the live medal tally for every country here, with key Aussie wins and updates as they happen.

Click here for a full list of EVERY Aussie medal winner!

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COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALS TALLY (AS OF 5:30AM WEDNESDAY)

RANK/COUNTRY/GOLD/SILVER/BRONZE/TOTAL

1. Australia — 37, 28, 30, 95

2.England—28, 30, 17, 75

3.New Zealand—13, 7, 5, 25

4. Canada — 10, 14, 19, 43

5. South Africa—6, 5, 5, 16

6. India — 5, 4, 3, 12

7.Scotland—3, 8, 15, 26

8. Wales—3, 2, 8, 13

9. Malaysia — 2, 2, 3, 7

10. Nigeria — 2, 1, 4, 7

See the full live medal tally here.

DAY-BY-DAY MEDAL LIST

DAY FIVE

James Bacuetti claimed Australia’s first men’s gymnastics medal of these Games, winning bronze in the men’s vault. 20-year-old English sensation Jake Jarman won gold – his FOURTH of the Games – ahead of Fellow Englishman Giarnni Regini-Moran.

Aofie Coughlan took home the gold medal in the women’s 70kg judo final while Eileen Cikamatana set a new Games Record en route to a gold medal in the women’s 87kg weightlifting final.

in the swimming, Mollie O’Callaghan produced a stunning upset to win the gold in the womens’ 100m freestyle as Elizabeth Deckers won the women’s 200m butterfly.

nina kennedy secured the gold in the women’s pole vault.

DAY 5 LIVE: Athletics begins as Browning opens 100m campaign; McKeon and Simpson eye more gold

DAY FOUR

Australia ended day four with 31 gold, 20 silver and 21 bronze (71 total!), ahead of England and New Zealand.

Georgia Goodwin narrowly won gold in the women’s vault over Canada’s Laurie Denommee, while at the track, matthew glaetzer won gold in the men’s 1,000m time trial. Ellen Ryan won gold in the women’s lawn bowls singles and Tinka Easton caused an upset by claiming gold in judo.

in the pool, Kyle Chalmer won the 100m freestyle, Kaylee McKeown won the 200m backstroke and matthew levy claimed gold in the men’s 50m freestyle S7. Emma McKeon then narrowly clinched gold in the 50m breaststroke to extend her Games record to 12 golds, while the Aussies ended the night with victory in the men’s 4x200m freestyle.

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Elsewhere, 49-year-old legend Jian Fang Lay has led the Aussie team to bronze in the women’s table tennis team event.

It began with victory in doubles alongside Yangzi Liu, who won her own singles game before Jian Fang Lay sealed the 3-0 over Wales with a singles victory of her own.

Kyle Bruce claimed silver in the men’s 81kg weightlifting after a heartbreaking jury decision overruled his final, gold-winning lift.

The Aussie men’s triples claimed silver in the lawn bowls, fighting back from 12-1 down in the final to level the score at 12-12 against England before falling 14-12.

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Jian Fang Lay led the Aussies to bronze in table tennis!
Jian Fang Lay led the Aussies to bronze in table tennis!Source: Getty Images

DAY THREE

Australians Sam Harding and Jonathan Gorlach kicked off the day with superb silver and bronze medals in the men’s PTVI triathlon final.

Emma McKeon and Kaylee McKeown then added two more gold in the pool taking out the Women’s 50m freestyle and the 100m backstroke respectively.

McKeon led home meg harris in silver with Shayna Jack (24.36) finishing third.

In the men’s 50m breaststroke, Zac Stubblety-Cook (59.52) took home bronze.

The Women’s 4x200m freestyle relay team then completed a dominant campaign in the pool by breaking the world record.

Georgia Godwin won the all-round rhythmic gymnastics women’s final.

Australia’s Women’s 7s rugby side then put the pain of Tokyo behind them to claim gold in the final against Fiji.

In track cycling, matthew richardson won the men’s final sprint.

Kristina Clonan took home gold in the 500m time trial.

Georgia Baker won the women’s 25km points race, while Jessica Gallagher picked up her second gold medal of the Games in the Women’s tandem 1000m time trial with pilot Caitlyn Ward.

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DAY TWO

madison de rosario took out the women’s T53/54 marathon in style, dominating the field to win with a Commonwealth Games record time of 1:56:00.

Jess Stenson won the women’s marathon with an incredible run, going better than her two bronze medals in Glasgow and the Gold Coast.

It was another ripping day in the pool, with katja dedekind winning a gold meal in the women’s 50m freestyle S13 while both the men’s and women’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay finished first.

There were silver medals for maeve plouffe in the women’s 3000m individual pursuit, Brendon Smith in the men’s 400m IM, Emma McKeon in the women’s 100m butterfly and the artistic gymnastics team.

DAY 2 NEWS

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DAY ONE

matt hauser had the honor of being the first Australian to win a medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, taking home the silver medal in the Men’s Triathlon Sprint Distance Final.

Ariarne Titmus won gold in the women’s 200m freestyle, 18-year-old Aussie Mollie O’Callaghan claimed silver in an unbelievable late charge, ahead of Madison Wilson.

Elijah Winnington won gold in the men’s 400m freestyle, ahead of fellow Aussies Sam Short and Mack Horton. Zac Stubblety-Cook won gold in the men’s 200m breaststroke while Kiah Melverton took silver in the women’s 400m Individual Medley.

In the final race of night one, Australia won gold in the mixed 4x100m relay.

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Solid line of storms, severe wind gusts, isolated tornado possible after Wednesday’s steambath

Solid line of storms, severe wind gusts, isolated tornado possible after Wednesday's steambath

The weather set-up is classic for a late summer line of severe thunderstorms Wednesday.

All of the boxes of basic items on a severe weather checklist are checked for afternoon Wednesday and evening. Heat and high humidity will create unstable air. Unstable air rises and produces billowing thunderstorms. The engine to a large line of thunderstorms is an upper-air disturbance and an abrupt wind shift at the surface. Both of those storm-making weather features will be present late Wednesday. Finally, the time of day matters for robust storms. The heat of late afternoon and evening are the right time for scattered thunderstorms to merge into a solid line of thunderstorms.

The Storm Prediction Center’s early Tuesday morning severe weather forecast for Wednesday afternoon and evening indicates the severe weather should occur over part of Lower Michigan.

The severe storms are expected from the Alpena area through Bay City, Saginaw, Midland, the Thumb, Flint, Lansing and possibly the Grand Rapids area. The placement is based mostly on the peak instability of the day from 3 pm to 10 pm

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Overall severe weather probability for Wednesday afternoon and evening, August 3.

The Storm Prediction Center mentions that widespread tornado development is not expected, but an isolated tornado is possible.

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Isolated tornado probability for Wednesday afternoon and evening, August 3.

Typically these lines of thunderstorms produce one-mile wide segments of 60 mph winds, or maybe even slightly stronger. The damaging wind like forecast shows the area where the storms will be located during the late afternoon and evening.

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Damaging wind like probability for Wednesday afternoon and evening, August 3.

They also give a small chance of large hail occurring in any of the thunderstorms across Lower Michigan.

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Large hail probability for Wednesday afternoon and evening, August 3.

Here is the radar forecast from the best model for this situation and the 24 hour to 36 hour timeframe (from Tuesday morning).

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Radar forecast from midnight Wednesday, August 3 to 6 am Thursday, August 4.

The weather scenario gives us a pretty easy concept on when and where to prepare for possible severe thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening. The line of storms will likely move from the northeast corner of Lower Michigan to the Saginaw Bay area, and could even hold together into southeast Lower Michigan. The severe part of the line of storms may extend back to the southwest into the Grand Rapids area.

Also note that an early morning line of thunderstorms could bring a burst of severe wind gusts across the northern part of Lower Michigan. This line of storms would be a different line of storms than the afternoon storms.

If you have a construction project that is susceptible to wind damage or heavy rain damage, make sure to protect it today. If you are planning some boating, Wednesday will probably be too windy before the storms and then obviously too dangerous during the storms. Campers will just need to be ready to move to a sturdy vehicle or solid building for the hour when storms are moving over your campsite.

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How to create a short video (or Short) to publish it on YouTube

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short videos have become a success among users, and an example is the spectacular impact that TikTok has had. For this reason, other companies have included the possibility of creating them, such as Instagram or YouTube. We tell you how to easily create them on this latest platform. This type of content is called Short in the streaming video service that Google has, and initially there were not many creations of the aforementioned type. The reason is that creating them within the platform itself was somewhat complicated. Fortunately, this has changed a lot and now simplicity is the predominant note. Even now there is the possibility of generating short videos with new recordings or using those that already exist in the library. And, the latter, is an excellent idea because it makes it possible to take advantage of the work that many creators have done for years. Steps to create short videos on YouTube We leave you what you have to do to create a short video (or Short) on YouTube. You will see that it is not complicated at all and it takes little time as long as you already have the recording available to use it in the editor. This, by the way, is within the platform itself, so you do not have to resort to using third-party options. These are the steps you have to take to take advantage of this new option within the content that can be published on YouTube: You have to use the YouTube Studio tool that you can get as an application for your smartphone or by accessing this website. Select any video you have in the library or upload one directly using the Upload video button in the user interface. This can take a while, depending on the duration of the recording and its quality. Now, among the possibilities that exist in the editor, you must select the one that indicates that the duration that the creation will have is less than 60 seconds (so it is assume it is a Short). Then, you can include all the options you think are convenient, from music to effects. Now you just have to click on the button called Create Short. Wait for the process to finish and, then, you are done and you can decide to publish everything directly or schedule it. As you can see, the creation of short videos on YouTube has been greatly simplified, and now it is really easy to achieve it both using the web client and the existing application itself -both for iOS and Android-. The fact is that you can join the trend of the Shorts and, thus, exploit a new way of getting followers and, thus, monetize your channel in the best possible way. >

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Manchin’s inflation bill includes BBB’s ‘most economically damaging provision,’ analysis shows

Manchin's inflation bill includes BBB's 'most economically damaging provision,' analysis shows

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Democrats’ inflation bill includes a provision from the Build Back Better Act (BBB) ​​which a nonpartisan analysis deemed the “most economically damaging provision.”

The Inflation Reduction Act, introduced last week by Sen. Joe Manchin, DW.Va., would introduce a 15% minimum tax on corporate book income, or the income that corporations list on public earnings reports. However, the same tax was included in BBB, President Biden’s budget proposal that Manchin ultimately tanked over concerns the bill would dampen economic growth and worsen inflation.

The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan tax policy research group, characterized the provision as a particularly harmful provision of the BBB.

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“The proposed 15 percent minimum tax on corporate book income is the most economically damaging provision in the bill,” the Tax Foundation’s analysis of BBB stated in December.

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Sen. Joe Manchin walks near the White House on Nov. 18, 2021. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)

The analysis concluded the corporate minimum tax would cost roughly 27,000 jobs and reduce gross domestic product by 0.1%. The tax provision would also lead to lower wages, according to the December study.

While the Tax Foundation hasn’t issued a similar analysis of the Inflation Reduction Act, William McBride, the group’s vice president of federal tax and economic policy at the Tax Foundation, said the bill would cause economic damage. I have noted that the Federal Reserve’s attempt to halt inflation from increasing is likely to trigger a recession within the next 12 months.

“In such conditions, it would be extremely unwise to raise taxes, especially the type of taxes advocated by this administration, which would do excessive harm to the economy,” McBride wrote in a blog post on July 27.

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Separate analyzes from the Penn Wharton Budget Model and National Taxpayers Union Foundation concluded that the Inflation Reduction Act wouldn’t reduce inflation.

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“Unfortunately, the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ doubles down on the same irresponsible fiscal policy that has caused inflation: All of the new government spending is upfront, while the deficit-reducing revenues are backloaded,” Matthew Dickerson, the director for the Grover M Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation, wrote on July 29. “The result would be higher short-term deficits and higher inflation.”

In addition, the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) published a report Friday that showed most Americans, including those that make less than $10,000, would face increased costs as a result of the bill. Republicans, including Senate Finance Committee ranking member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, highlighted the report and slammed Democrats for pushing a bill that “raises taxes on the middle class.”

But Democrats argued the JCT analysis was incomplete and didn’t factor in the bill’s energy, pharmaceutical and health care cost reductions.

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“The JCT report that we’re currently seeing is incomplete because it omits the actual benefits that Americans would receive when it comes to prescription drugs, when it comes to lowering energy costs, like utility bills,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Monday. “It does not include that.”

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Minecraft creators come together for charity during the second (RED) Creator Cup

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(RED) has announced the second iteration of its Creator Cup tournament, where big names in the Minecraft community battle it out to raise money for charity.

The second (RED) Creator Cup will be livestreamed on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter on Aug. 4 beginning at 1pm CT. The player lineup includes AntVenom, Papaplatte, Loony, Legundo, SpideyArmy, and the ItsFunneh Krew, who will be playing on a custom (RED) Minecraft server that incorporates real-time events from viewers. The tournament will be hosted by Erin Ashley Simon and Friskk.

To trigger in-game events on the stream, players can make donations, all of which will go toward (RED)’s goal of fighting AIDS and COVID-19 around the world. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which was created by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, will match all donations and other revenue raised by the tournament. Fans who are interested in doing more to support (RED)’s mission can start their own charity streams through the organization’s Tiltify fundraising tools.

(RED) partner Fandom will also be assisting with the tournament proceedings. Viewers watching through the Fandom Twitch channel can support both the creators and (RED), learn new facts about Minecraft and its community, and connect with other players. Fandom is also making a donation of custom content to the Creator Cup.

Last year’s Creator Cup was a rousing success, with over $120,000 raised for COVID-19 relief. This summer, (RED) is aiming to fight both COVID-19 and AIDS, two global pandemics that affect people around the world. While last year’s tournament set a lofty bar, the origination and the Creator Cup’s participants are looking to surpass it this time around.

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RDU police hear from co-pilot, NTSB investigating man’s death after fall or jump from plane :: WRAL.com

RDU police hear from co-pilot, NTSB investigating man's death after fall or jump from plane :: WRAL.com

By Joe Fisher, WRAL reporter

The National Transportation Safety Board is taking over the investigation into a man’s death last week linked to the emergency landing of the plane he was co-piloting.

The body of Charles Hew Crooks, 23, was found Friday evening in a Fuquay-Varina backyard, hours after the plane landed at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. It is not clear whether Crooks, who was one of two pilots on the CASA 212-200 airplane, jumped or fell from the plane.

The news comes a day after the Federal Aviation Administration said it would lead the investigation.

The RDU Police Department said it had interviewed the surviving co-pilot, whose name was not made public. RDU police have not released the incident report, citing the ongoing investigation. Airport police turned over the interview to the FAA and NTSB.

Crews find person believed to be missing from plane that made emergency landing at RDU

Preliminary information indicates that the airplane sustained substantial damage to the landing gear and fuselage, according to the NTSB.

The NTSB will determine the scope of its investigation after more information is gathered. The board is not conducting any interviews as of Tuesday.

WRAL News has also requested interviews with the FAA and RDU Police.

Wake County Emergency Management Chief of Operations Darshan Patel said the initial 911 call came in around 2:30 pm Friday, July 29. Flight logs show the emergency landing happened at 2:48 pm

“Once the aircraft had landed, it was reconfirmed based on a report the pilot said the second person in the aircraft had exited the aircraft prior to landing,” Patel said.

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Patel said 80-plus people were involved in the search for Crooks.

“At the beginning, it was quite a large search area, and we wanted to make sure we using our resources effectively but also efficiently to do what we could for this individual,” Patel said.

Several law enforcement entities were involved in the search for Crooks, including Wake County Emergency Management, the town of Cary, the town of Holly Springs, the town of Fuquay-Varina and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.

‘It was kind of an all hands on deck for the folks who were in that area,’ Patel said.

This is a developing story. Refresh the page for the latest information.

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When You Can See The Next Pokemon Presents In Australian Times

When You Can See The Next Pokemon Presents Broadcast In Australian Times

a new pokemon presents broadcast will air on Wednesday night for Australian audiences (or Thursday morning if you live in New Zealand). The news that they’ll need to stay up late won’t come as a surprise to long-time fans. Pokemon presents broadcasts are usually quite short and sweet, clocking in at around the 15-minute mark. This means that, if you do decide to stay up for it, you won’t have to stick around long. Alternatively, you can catch it in the morning when you wake up. We’ll also have a round up everything announced during the show for you here on Kotaku Australia to get you up to speed.

What to expect:

Though the bulk of the show will center on pokemon scarlet and violetNintendo says fans can expect news and updates on other Pokemon games as well. For those keen to stay up, here’s when and where you’ll be able to catch the latest Pokemon Direct in Australian times.

Pokemon Presents in Australia timezones:

ACT, NSW, QLD, TAS, VIC

August 3, 2022 at 11:00 pm AEST

NT, SA

August 3, 2022 at 10:30 pm ACST

WA

August 3, 2022 at 9:00 pm AWST

NZ

August 4, 2022 at 1:00 am NZST

Where:

You can catch the upcoming Pokemon Direct on The Official Pokemon YouTube Channel. Here’s a handy embed:

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‘My life will never, ever be the same.’ Court hears first victim impact statements in Parkland shooter’s death penalty trial

'My life will never, ever be the same.' Court hears first victim impact statements in Parkland shooter's death penalty trial

“Soon she’d go on to be a professional soccer player. She’d get her law degree, and maybe become one of the most successful business negotiation lawyers the world would see,” Ilan Alhadeff told a Broward County courtroom Tuesday, testifying in the death penalty trial of his daughter’s killer.

“She was supposed to get married, and I was going to have my father-daughter dance,” he said, his voice breaking. “She would have had a beautiful family, four kids, live in a gorgeous house – a beach house on the side.

“All those plans came to an end with Alyssa’s murder,” he said.

Families of the 17 people killed in the Parkland school shooting continue to take the stand Tuesday, offering victim impact statements to illustrate the toll the murders have taken as a jury decides whether to sentence the shooter to death.

Nikolas Cruz, now 23, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder, and this phase of his criminal trial aims to determine his sentence: Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, while Cruz’s defense attorneys are asking the jury for a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

To recommend a death sentence, jurors must be unanimous. If they do so, the judge could choose to follow the recommendation or sentence Cruz to life instead.

To make their decision, jurors will hear prosecutors and defense attorneys argue aggravating factors and mitigating circumstances — reasons Cruz should or should not be executed. Victim impact statements add another layer, giving the families and friends of the victims their own day in court, though the judge told the jury the statements are not meant to be weighed as aggravating factors.

“We were a family unit of five always trying to fit into a world set up for even numbers,” said Tom Hoyer, whose 15-year-old son Luke — the youngest of three — was killed. “Two-, four-, six-seat tables in a restaurant. Two-, four-, six-ticket packages to events. Things like that.”

But the Hoyers are no longer a family of five, and “never again will the world feel right, now that we’re a family of four,” Hoyer said.

“When Luke died something went missing in me,” he said. “And I’ll never, never get over that feeling.”

Patricia Oliver is comforted as a witness testifies to her son's fatal injuries during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on August 1, 2022.

‘I will never get over it’

Testimony by the parents of the 14 students killed has focused not only on who their children were, but on who they will never get to become — a never-ending catalog of things left undone and unsaid.

Nicholas Dworet, captain of the high school’s swim team, had just received a scholarship to the University of Indianapolis at the time he was killed, his mother, Annika Dworet, testified Tuesday. He wanted to study finance and move to Boston with his girlfriend from him.

“Nick had big goals — bigger than most of us dare to dream of,” she said. Next to his bed, he’d tapped a note that read, “I want to become a Swedish Olympian and go to Tokyo 2020 to compete for my country. I will give all I have in my body and my mind to achieve the goals I have set.”

“Now,” Annika Dworet said, “we will never know if he would have reached his goal to go to the Olympics.”

Linda Beigel Schulman holds a photo of her son, Scott Beigel, before giving her victim impact statement.

Jennifer Guttenberg, mother of 14-year-old Jaime, told the court that watching her daughter’s friends and classmates grow up and achieve things that Jaime never will is “excruciatingly difficult.”

Family get-togethers and holidays are hard, too, with one less seat at the table and no Jaime to keep “everyone upbeat and laughing.”

“There is togetherness, but there is no celebrating,” Guttenberg said. “There is a deadening silence amongst everyone, as they do n’t want to bring up Jaime’s name to her to cause pain, but do n’t want to forget her, either.”

The last four years have been no less painful for Linda Beigel Schulman, who told the court Monday it had been 1,630 days since she spoke to her son Scott Beigel, a geography teacher killed as he ushered students to safety in his classroom.

“I will never get over it. I will never get past it,” she said Monday. “My life will never, ever be the same.”

‘Our lives have been shattered’

Cruz had no visible reaction Monday to any of the victim impact statements, though one of his defense attorneys was seen wiping away a tear, as were at least two members of the jury.

“It’s been four years and four months since he was taken from us, his friends and his family,” Patricia Oliver said of her son, who was 17 when he was killed. “We miss him more than words can say and love him dearly,” she said, adding, “Our lives have been shattered and changed forever.”

Joaquin’s sister, Andrea Ghersi, said her 6-foot-1 baby brother was “energetic, vibrant, loud, confident, strong, empathetic, understanding, smart, passionate, outgoing, playful, loving, competitive, rebellious, funny, loyal and constantly spoke up when he felt something was not just.”

Victoria Gonzalez, who has been called Joaquin Oliver's girlfriend but said they called themselves "soulmates," she wipes away tears as she gives her victim impact statement.

Victoria Gonzalez also took the stand Tuesday. The day of the shooting, she became Joaquin’s girlfriend, Gonzalez told the court, but they already referred to each other as “always soulmates,” and she described him as “magic personified, love personified.” His name, she said, is “etched into the depth of my soul.”

Kelly Petty, mother of victim Alaina Petty, described the late 14-year-old as a “very loving person.”

“She loved her friends, she loved her family and, most importantly, she loved God,” Kelly Petty said of her daughter. “I am heartbroken that I won’t be able to watch her become the amazing young woman she was turning into.”

Alain’s sister Meghan echoed that sentiment, telling the court, “I would have loved to see her grow up. She would have been a blessing to the world.”

CNN’s Carlos Suarez and Sara Weisfeldt contributed to this report.

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SK hynix announces 96GB DDR5 CXL 2.0 memory expansion solution

SK hynix announces 96GB DDR5 CXL 2.0 memory expansion solution


SK hynix Develops DDR5 DRAM CXLTM Memory to Expand the CXL Memory Ecosystem

  • SK hynix develops its first DDR5 DRAM-based CXL sample
  • Expandable CXL memory to secure the technology accessibility by development of dedicated HMSDK
  • SK hynix to expand the CXL memory ecosystem while strengthening its presence in the next-gen memory solutions market

SK hynix Inc. has developed its first DDR5 DRAM-based CXL (Compute Express Link) memory samples and strengthened its presence in next-generation memory solutions market. The form factor of the sample is EDSFF (Enterprise & Data Center Standard Form Factor) E3.S and it supports PCIe 5.0 x8 Lane, uses DDR5 standard DRAM and is equipped with CXL controllers.

CXL1), which is based on PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express)two), is a new standardized interface that helps increase the efficiency of utilizing CPUs, GPUs, accelerators, and memory. SK hynix has participated in the CXL consortium from an early stage, and is looking to secure CXL memory market leadership.

Expandable CXL Memory to Begin Mass Production in 2023

The essential point of the CXL memory market is expandability. The CXL memory allows for flexible memory expansion compared to current server market, where the memory capacity and performance are fixed once the server platform is adopted. CXL also has high growth potential as it is an interface spotlighted for high performance computing systems such as AI and big data related applications.

The first CXL memory device developed by SK hynix is ​​a 96GB product composed of 24Gb DDR5 DRAMs based on 1anm, which is the latest tech node. The company expects high customer satisfaction of this product with flexible configuration of bandwidth and capacity expanded cost-efficiently.

“I see CXL as a new opportunity to expand memory and create a new market. We aim to mass-produce CXL memory products by 2023, and will continue to develop cutting-edge DRAM technologies and advanced packaging technologies to launch various CXL-based bandwidth/capacity expandable memory solution products.”

— said Uksong Kang, Head of DRAM Product Planning explaining SK hynix’s CXL memory deployment strategy.

Various Collaboration Plans to Expand the CXL Memory Ecosystem

“Dell has been at the forefront of developing the CXL and EDSFF ecosystems, driving technology standards through the CXL and SNIA consortiums, and working closely with our partners on CXL product requirements to meet future workload demands. The SK hynix EDSFF E3.S form factor CXL memory module is an example of the innovative products that customers will be able to deploy to meet their growing memory needs,”

— said Stuart Berke, Vice President and Fellow at Dell’s Infrastructure Solutions Group.

Dr. Debendra Das Sharma, Intel Senior Fellow and co-GM of Memory and I/O Technologies at Intel added,

“CXL plays an essential role in extending memory for data center systems to evolve. We look forward to building and expanding the CXL memory ecosystem, as well as quickly developing technology standards through the CXL consortium, by collaborating with partners like SK hynix.”

“AMD is excited about the possibilities of workload performance acceleration with memory expansion using CXL technology. We look forward to collaborating with SK hynix on the development and validation of CXL as the industry shifts to a more dynamic and flexible memory infrastructure,”

— said Raghu Nambiar, Corporate Vice President of Data Center Ecosystems and Solutions at AMD.

“CXL is a key technology that will be critical in optimizing memory systems in the future, and we are actively working with SK hynix in CXL memory design and verification to promote the rapid development of the CXL memory ecosystem,”

— said Christopher Cox, Vice President of Technology at Montage Technologies.

Securing Technology Accessibility by Developing HMSDK dedicated to CXL Memory

SK hynix also developed the Heterogeneous Memory Software Development Kit (HMSDK)3) exclusively for CXL memory devices. The kit will include features to improve system performance and monitor the systems while running various workloads. The company plans to distribute it as an open source in the fourth quarter of 2022. It is expected that end users such as software developers will be able to utilize SK hynix’s CXL memory more effectively.

The company prepared a separate sample for evaluation to help customers evaluate it with ease. As there is currently no server which supports EDSFF E3.S x8 Lane, SK hynix replaced the dedicated samples’ EDSFF pins with PCIe to support customers install the samples to existing PCIe slots.

SK hynix is ​​planning to exhibit the product in upcoming events, beginning with Flash Memory Summit in early August, Intel Innovation at the end of September and Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit in October, while scheduling to demonstrate a demo with HMSDK as well . The company will actively deploy CXL memory related business to provide customers with the memory products they need in a timely manner.




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Rand Paul knocks Charles Booker for visit to areas ravaged by KY flood

Charles Booker carrying jugs of water into an emergency shelter at Letcher County Central High School in flood-ravaged Whitesburg on Saturday

Charles Booker carrying jugs of water into an emergency shelter at Letcher County Central High School in flood-ravaged Whitesburg on Saturday

Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Charles Booker, his Democratic opponent this fall in Kentucky, traded shots at each other Monday involving each other’s response to the deadly flooding that devastated several Appalachian counties last week.

Booker personally delivered a truck full of water and supplies to an emergency shelter at Letcher County Central High School in flood-ravaged Whitesburg on Saturday, with his campaign office in Louisville now full of more supplies that will be delivered soon after his call for supporters to provide donations.

But when asked by a reporter at his Monday press conference in Louisville if he felt like he was doing enough for the flood victims — and the optics of his opponent being there on the ground with his volunteer effort — Paul countered that politicians should stay out of the way.