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SCOTTSBORO U.S. Senate candidate Katie Britt on Monday took her campaign to rural Jackson County where she outlined her key priorities in addressing national security issues.

In her return to the states Mountain Lakes region, Britt spoke to a number of issues facing the country which she has made an integral part of her candidacy. Among these were cancel culture, education, election integrity, broadband expansion, agriculture, economic growth and others.

In matters of importance relating to national security, Britt honed in on the threat posed to the United States by way of illegal immigration and the communist regime of China.

The first-time candidate outlined statistics regarding the growing number of border encounters the nation was experiencing under the Biden administration. Britt then advocated for the return to Trump-era border security policies to curb the rising tide of illegal aliens overwhelming border enforcement personnel.

[W]e must seal and secure our border we have to, declared Britt. We have to put back Remain in Mexico and public charge. Folks, and its not just about national security, which I hope you know is of paramount importance, because they are catching about 41 criminals 3,677 pounds of drugs [per day]. It is also about ending the humanitarian crisis that is happening there every single day.

She added, As they traffic more men, women and children they found just under 15,000 children unaccompanied at the border last month Folks, we have to seal and secure our border. China is sending enough fentanyl to Mexico thats coming across our border that they said could kill every single American four times over. So no matter which way you look at it, we gotta build the wall, build it tall, and secure the border.

Britt went on to sound the alarm over the intensified aggression China had displayed against the United States, saying the communist nation was undermining us at every single turn.

From the origins of the virus, to stealing our intellectual property, to undermining the American worker We saw it first hand with regards to the intellectual property. So they steal about $600 billion of intellectual property a year, which is about two and a half times our annual GDP here in the state of Alabama, she advised.

Britt touched on Chinas recent launch of a hypersonic nuclear-capable rocket in low-space orbit which circled the globe until nearly reaching its intended target.

And the sad thing is, we dont even know about all of it. When we saw that hypersonic weapon that they tested, it came 12 miles from hitting its target. The worst thing about that was that was our technology that we didnt know they have. We have to have leaders that will hold them accountable, realize theyre ten steps ahead, not only catch up but leave them in the dust, she proclaimed.

Dylan Smith is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @DylanSmithAL

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Children's book Save Us tells the story of a sea turtle trapped in plastic who needs help from humans to be set free

A North Yorkshire author's inspiring the next generation to become more environmentally friendly through her new book.

Save Us is a tale about a seal, whale and sea turtle that addresses the problem of plastic causing problems in our oceans, but things take a turn when the turtle becomes trapped in plastic who needs help from humans to be set free.

It's hoped the book will help young people to understand what can happen if plastics aren't recycled properly and the damage it can cause to the planet.

Author Christina Gabbitas, said:

"Sienna Seal and Wahilda Whale rescue Thierry Sea Turtle out of a plastic bag that's floating in the ocean but they realise that his feet are also bound in plastic and they can't set him free so they need human intervention. So it's educating the children that the oceans need our help, they need human intervention to stop this crisis.

"I thought if we can educate children from a young age to look after our planet and environment then we've got a better fighting chance. The children are always really engaged with it and really switched on to what is happening in their world.

"It's just getting that message across, because you can never underestimate the power of storytelling. It's evident they really care about the environment and in some cases more than the adult generation.

"Whilst Thierry is rescued out of this dreadful plastic, I make it clear that it isn't always like that. So the story has a happy ending but there are messages in there that we need to do all we can to help."

Christina goes into schools across the county educating children through her books and gets them to create a wrap poem as a way to make sure they understand the subject matter.

The inspiration for writing this story came from when Christina watched BBC Blue Planet 2 with David Attenborough and she was shocked at how dangerous it had become.

It's predicted plastic pollution is set to treble in a decade unless action is taken to deal with the problem.

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Published: November 7, 2021 3:56 pm ET

Up-and-coming horseman Dakota Jackson made a bold, three-wide move down the backside with his own Rockaholic to win the $4,500 Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) race on Saturday (Nov. 6) at Cumberland.

Tipping to the outside past the three-eighths marker, Jackson was dead last going to the half and pushed three-deep through that good Southern Maine air to look the leaders in the eye around the final turn. As the pacers turned for home, Jackson urged the 11-year-old son of Rocknroll Hanover to the front and emerged victorious with a length and a quarter advantage in 1:59.2.

Rockaholic is owned, trained and driven by Dakota Jackson, giving the 23-year-old reinsman his fourth career driving victory, and his first at Cumberland.

Eager to continue at the First Tracks facility, Jackson stated, I claimed [Rockaholic] during Windsor Fair week and plan on having a horse to drive in the amateur races every week.

Colorful Speech (post seven, Zach Vickerson) also rallied from behind to finish second. Three-year-old colt A Sweet Bidda Luck (post two, Scott McKenzie) set the tempo and hung on for third.

Rockaholic (post four) paid $12.80 to win, and coupled with Colorful Speech, the exacta paid $104.40.

In the second MADC split, group B, series heavyweight Benson Merrill steered Zampara to a perfect wire-to-wire score from post four, picking up his seventh victory of the season. The seven-year-old son of American Ideal was the wagering favourite and let no horse pass him, winning by a neck in 1:58.2 for owners Mo Coo Inc and Jonathan Klee Racing.

Dancin Hill (Alex Richardson) finished second and Baywood Shadow (Derek Howes) was third.

Also trained by Merrill, Zampara paid $2.60 to win.

As always, the Maine Amateur Driving Club is proudly sponsored by the good folks at Blue Seal Feeds of the Windham and North Yarmouth locations. Swag bucket trophies of stable supplies were presented by Aimee Nichols, the amiable territory manager for Blue Seal and Kent Feeds.

In the feature trot of the day, a $5,500 conditioned event, favourite Bend In The River (post five) did not disappoint his backers as driver Nick Graffam sat a perfect two-hole trip and shook loose at the head of the stretch to draw off and win by five lengths in 1:57.3.

Owned and trained by Stanley Whittemore, the eight-year-old son of Southfork picked up his seventh win of the season and first victory since a two-race win streak at the Fryeburg Fair.

High-stepping Bruizn (post six, Andy Harrington) finished second and local favourite Cherry Crown Jewel (post one, Matt Athearn) was third.

Bend In The River paid $3.20 to win the 27th race of his career.

For the on-track fans, the Trackside Pub hosted a special benefit for Futures for Standardbreds. Round Up donations and raffles took place during the races, with t-shirt giveaways tossed by winning drivers throughout the card. Founded in 2014, Futures For Standardbreds is a Southern Maine-based nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization that has helped retrain and rehome dozens of Standardbreds when their racing careers are over. This event was held in collaboration with Blue Seal Feeds and First Tracks Cumberland, both of which help support Standardbred aftercare programs.

Racing continues at First Tracks Cumberland for its Winter Festival extended pari-mutuel meeting featuring back-to-back cards on Tuesday and Wednesday (Nov. 9 and 10) and continues weekly through December 31, 2021.

(With files from First Tracks Cumberland)

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Full disclaimer, I havent been all that into TWS. I mean, I know that this is the way of the industry today but the anti-establishment in me has always been reluctant to hop onto the wireless audio train. Maybe I have been in denial or I am an aging dinosaur but I have always sworn by wired earphones.

But when my trusty, beloved Pace Mzooka earphones met their untimely death courtesy of a door handle, it was time to hop onto the hype train and go for true wireless earbuds. A quick consult with my colleagues revealed that everyone had their own preference but the Anker Soundcore Life P2 Review were my go-to.

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As fate would have it, Oraimo announced their Freepods 3 just a couple of weeks ago and I thought, Oraimo is one of my favorite Africa-focused brands and I have heard good things about the previous Freepods 2 Pro so, why not get the Freepods 3? Well, today I just took procession of my Freepods 3, and heres my experience. Spoiler; these things are the real deal!

The unboxing experience is pretty unique and clearly, Oraimo put a lot of thought into this. For just a pair of TWS, the box is a little bulky but opening it reveals why this is so. You might actually want to keep this box.

In the box, you get the following:

The pairing process is pretty seamless. Just open the case and once you see the LED on the earbuds, open your phone and go to the Bluetooth settings. Locate the Oraimo Freepods 3 and tap to pair.

The Freepods 3 do support AAC codecs. AAC is one of the most popular codec after MP3 and employs a complex lossy compression method and is the most common audio format on the internet. More on that in our explainer for Bluetooth codecs.

To say that I was blown away by the audio out of these little guys is an understatement. I loved my wired earphones and they had some serious punch in the sound. But no earphones I have owned come close to the kind of sound from the Freepods 3.

The bass is punchy but isnt overbearing. Oftentimes, I have had to install an EQ app to tweak the music from my phone just how Id like it but with these Freepods, I dont really need to. The sound is balanced out of the box with the highs and mids coming through clearly in almost all volume levels except when youre like, maxing it out.

Oraimo makes some bold claims over the battery life on these bad boys. In my week or so of usage, I wasnt able to kill them in one sitting which involves several hours of music streaming while connected to the PC.

Oraimo quotes 8 hours per charge for the Freepods and an additional 28 hours from the charging case and I am inclined to believe that. Besides, 8 hours of charge is more than enough for even the longest Zoom meetings.

Basically, there is no reason to worry about the battery life on these buds.

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The FreePods 3 come with touch-sensitive areas on both earbuds. Tapping on these allows you to perform various functions as follows.

I am still trying to figure out the touchpoints of these Freepods, maybe because I am new to these touch controls, or maybe they arent as sensitive as they probably should be but I am still having some trouble about a week in.

Perhaps one of the most hyped aspects of this product is the Environmental Noise cancellation Technology. This is supposed to isolate your voice from a noisy place and have users on the other end of meetings and calls hear you more clearly.

In my testing, these buds offered decent voice isolation but nothing too dramatic. I didnt get to use the previous generation but I suppose these should be better than the previous gen due to this feature.

One thing is for sure though, these are no match for any Noise canceling earbuds in the market today.

One nifty feature that I love about these buds is the replaceable ear tips. The packaging also offers you two extra pairs of these silicon tips, presumably for users who need a different fit but if were being honest, many will just use these as replacements for when they lose the default ones.

So, awareness mode is the mode when you use the Freepods 3 without the tips. This allows ambient sound to get through to your ears hence awareness mode. Bass mode is when you have the silicon tips attached. These should provide a seal and result in deeper bassBass mode!

I legit struggle to find bad things to report about these Freepods 3, mostly coz my expectations have been exceeded, especially for the price. But these arent perfect.

The Freepods 3 have a default tune that is a little heavy on the bass. This is fine for most casual users but might not be ideal for audiophiles. And unfortunately, theres no way of changing this. Itd be nice to have a companion app, but for the price, this is nitpicking.

The Freepods 3 have been available in the market for about a month now and you can find them in your nearest accessory store. You can also get them from Oraimos official online store.

The Freepods 3 should run you a cool KES 3,300 ($30) but could go as high as KES 4,000 owing to the current demand and ongoing shortage of supply.

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Combination of Signaturit, Ivnosys and Universign aims to create a leading European provider of digital signature, digital transaction management and trust services

PSG, a leading growth equity firm focused on partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled service companies, today announced that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Universign, a leading provider of SaaS-based electronic signature solutions. Universign will join Signaturit and Ivnosys to offer one of the widest catalogues of digital transaction management and trust services in Europe.

Headquartered in France, Universign was founded in 2001 and has evolved into a leading e-signature, e-seal and timestamping software solutions provider, serving more than 9,000 clients. Universign has built longstanding relationships with large corporates and expanded towards the SMB segment. As one of the sectors pioneers and a qualified trust service provider under the eIDAS regulation, Universign provides high levels of compliance and security coupled with modern and scalable technology through dashboard and API-led products. The Universign operations will continue to be led by Founder and CEO Julien Stern, who will join the senior management team and remain Head of France, becoming a shareholder of the combined group.

Julien Stern, Founder and CEO of Universign, said: In our view, weve built our business on two key principles: simplicity and compliance. This investment is a testament to our vision, our team and our commitment to providing clients with a solution they can trust. We look forward to working with our new colleagues at Signaturit and Ivnosys, as we believe our combined product suite and expanded European footprint will allow us to accelerate our growth and better serve our clients throughout the region.

Sergio Ruiz and Jaime Castello, co-CEOs of Signaturit and Ivnosys, said: Were thrilled to welcome Universign to the Signaturit and Ivnosys group and believe we can create with them a digital signature leader in Europe. Julien and his talented team have built a leading software solution that shares our aim to deliver the safest and most secure solutions in the industry. Together, we aim not only to scale our full platform, but to continue to innovate and expand our breadth of products.

As part of this combination, the company has appointed Bertrand Sciard as the new Chairman of the Board.

Bertrand Sciard, new Chairman of the Board of the combined group, said: I feel privileged to take on this role at such an exciting time for the company. The last 18 months have demonstrated an accelerated need for fully compliant, digital solutions in accordance with the European eIDAS regulation. We believe the addition of the Universign platform to Signaturit and Ivnosys will enable us to continue providing the same digitisation solutions to existing customers, and build on that to expand the product suite and quality of services to create a whole greater than the sum of its parts. I look forward to supporting the combined group as it continues to build onto its current offering.

The acquisition follows the recent combination of PSG-backed Signaturit and Ivnosys in April 2021. The combined platform aims to provide a complete suite of trust services and digital transaction management software to corporates, small-medium enterprises and individuals in Europe. Through fit-for-purpose solutions, dashboard-led products and API-led deployments, the combined business today serves roughly 236,000 clients across the region.

About PSGPSG is a growth equity firm that partners with middle-market software and technology-enabled services companies to help them navigate transformational growth, capitalize on strategic opportunities and build strong teams. Having backed more than 80 companies and facilitated over 325 add-on acquisitions, PSG brings extensive investment experience, deep expertise in software and technology and a firm commitment to collaborating with management teams. Founded in 2014, PSG operates out of offices in Boston, Kansas City and London. To learn more about PSG, visit http://www.psgequity.com.

About UniversignUniversign is an eIDAS Qualified Trust Service Provider that offers a SaaS platform for electronic signature, seal and timestamp services. It aims to ensure electronic transactions are legally recognised and comply with European regulations. Founded in 2001, Universign serves over 9,000 clients across various sectors including Insurance, Banking, Industry and Energy, Services as well as the Public sector. Each year, over 24 million signatures are processed on the Universign platform.

For more information on Universign, please visit http://www.universign.com/en/

About SignaturitSignaturit is a Qualified Trust Service Provider that offers innovative cloud-based solutions in the field of Electronic Signatures (eSignatures), Certified Registered Delivery (eDelivery), and Electronic Identification (eID) to digitise transactions between companies and individuals, securely and with legal compliance. Founded in 2013, the company serves over 5,000 customers in more than 40 countries and has completed over 38 million signatures on its platform. Signaturits Trust Services seeks to optimise the signature process by enabling customers to reduce paper consumption, improve their billing and hiring processes and provide their teams with a tool that helps them to streamline their administrative tasks related to document signing. For more information on Signaturit, please visit http://www.signaturit.com/en

About IvnosysIvnosys, founded in 2013 in Valencia, develops customizable solutions and services that enable the digitalization of processes in corporates, SMEs, and individuals. Ivnosys product suite includes a market-leading platform for the centralized management of digital identities (certificates), electronic signatures, and notifications. Serving approx. 225,000 clients, Ivnosys provides its solutions both on-cloud and on-premise, seeking to provide strong legal guarantees as a Qualified Trusted Service Provider. Please visit http://www.ivnosys.com for more information.

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