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Vin Scully spent nearly six decades of his prolific play-by-play career calling Dodgers games in Los Angeles, but the Hall of Fame broadcaster was New York through and through.
Born in the Bronx, Scully immortalized himself locally as the voice of the Brooklyn Dodgers’ 1955 World Series championship before owner Walter O’Malley moved the team to Southern California less than three years later.
Throughout his life, Scully remained involved with the WFUV radio station he helped found at the Bronx’s Fordham University — and continues to inspire alumni including the YES Network’s Michael Kay, Ryan Ruocco and Jack Curry.
“He was one of ours,” Kay, the Yankees play-by-play announcer for YES, told the Daily News. “He started here, and if it wasn’t for Walter O’Malley, he would’ve done his 67 years here.
“We take pride in New Yorkers that do well,” Kay said. “Frank Sinatra from Hoboken probably spent most of his life in California, but we looked at him as one of our own. Vin Scully was one of our own: somebody from the boroughs who actually became the greatest of all time.”
This Tuesday would’ve been the 95th birthday of Scully, who died in August. Scully retired from broadcasting in 2016 at age 88, nearly 70 years after debuting in the Dodgers’ booth alongside Red Barber and Connie Desmond in 1950.
He became the Dodgers’ main announcer in 1954, moved with them to Los Angeles in 1958 and continued to call their games even as he joined CBS and NBC’s national broadcasts of MLB, NFL and PGA Tour events, including numerous World Series.
“He was poetic,” says Curry, a studio analyst for YES’ Yankees coverage. “He described a baseball game in a way that if the rest of us had a day to prepare, had already watched the game and could put all our notes together and tried to make it sound lyrical and beautiful, we wouldn’t be able to do what he was able to do in real time.
“I would watch Vin Scully on TV broadcasting Dodgers games, and I would find myself closing my eyes just because I’d rather hear his descriptions almost than see what was going on.”
Scully was a Fordham student when he helped found WFUV in 1947. The station — which also counts ESPN’s Mike Breen and Tony Reali, CBS’ Spero Dedes and Giants radio announcer Bob Papa among its alumni — honors sportscasters with a lifetime achievement award named after Scully.
“Vin really set this standard for being this genuinely good man who was so admired and loved and caring, and I truly think if you look at the broadcasters that we have from Fordham, the way that every single one of them extends a hand to other people is incredible,” says Ruocco, who calls Yankees and Nets games for YES, and NBA and WNBA games for ESPN.
“I don’t think it happens everywhere in such a competitive, cutthroat industry, but it does happen at Fordham. … Vin was the first person to light the torch for all of us to follow in that regard.”
Ruocco says advice Scully gave him as a college student during an over-the-phone workshop at WFUV became a foundational part of his play-by-play approach.
“It’s something that he learned from Red Barber. … ‘Remember, there’s only one thing you can bring in the booth that nobody else can, and that’s yourself.’ … It was interesting hearing him talk about it because he took it to the point that he never even wanted to listen to other broadcasters at all,” Ruocco said. “He did not listen to other broadcasters because he didn’t want to have what he thought was his style influenced.”
Scully also played baseball for the Fordham Rams, including in a game against a Yale team that George H.W. Bush, the future 41st president, took part in.
His passion and knowledge for the sport never wavered, Kay says.
“What he was doing in 1951 in Brooklyn, it worked in the 2000s in L.A. I believe that he was a big part of baseball becoming popular on the West Coast,” Kay said.
“He had to teach them big league baseball, and you heard stories that games at Dodger Stadium, everybody brought their transistor radio, so you heard Scully’s voice throughout the ballpark.”
Kay was honored with WFUV’s lifetime achievement award in 2018. He says Scully calling into his ESPN radio show to deliver the news is “one of the highlights” of his life.
Scully’s presence “hovers over” aspiring broadcasters at Fordham, says Curry.
“It makes you want to make everyone from Vin Scully to everyone who succeeded him proud,” Curry said.
“You want to be able to live up to those standards. I don’t think anyone will ever be as great at their job as Vin Scully was, but I think many of us who passed through those hallways and passed through that studio would like to believe that we drew inspiration from him in our own careers.”
The National Baseball Hall of Fame honored Scully with its annual Ford Frick Award for announcers in 1982, while the National Association of Broadcasters inducted him into its hall of fame in 2009.
“This is a guy who went ice skating with Jackie Robinson and called Clayton Kershaw’s games,” Kay said. “I don’t know if we’ll ever have that again.”
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Prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried’s contact with FTX’s ex-general counsel is ‘suggestive’ of witness tampering
By Kara Scannell, CNN
Federal prosecutors said FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried contacted the former general counsel of the crypto trading platform earlier this month in a move they say may constitute witness tampering.
A spokesperson for Bankman-Fried declined to comment.
Prosecutors with the US attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York asked the judge to amend Bankman-Fried’s bail conditions to prohibit him from communicating with current or former employees of FTX or its sister hedge fund Alameda research unless he is with his attorney or has approval from the government. They also want the judge to block Bankman-Fried from using any encrypted communication devices out of concerns he will obstruct the ongoing investigation.
Prosecutors said in a letter to the judge that Bankman-Fried contacted the former general counsel of FTX on January 15 using Signal and email — stating, “I would really love to reconnect and see if there’s a way for us to have a constructive relationship, use each other as resources when possible, or at least vet things with each other.”
That contact, prosecutors said, is suggestive of witness tampering since the ex-general counsel, who is identified as “Witness-1,” may testify against Bankman-Fried at trial.
“Efforts by the defendant to improve his relationship with potential witnesses that may testify against him may itself constitute witness tampering,” prosecutors wrote.
“The Government has interviewed Witness-1, who has firsthand knowledge of the defendant’s conduct during the charged conspiracies, including during the collapse of FTX in November 2022. Witness-1 participated in Signal and Slack communications with the defendant and a small group of company insiders during the relevant events of November 2022. In those messages, among other things, the defendant gave instructions for liquidating Alameda’s investments to satisfy FTX customer withdrawals, and indicated that he transferred approximately $45 million dollars of Alameda funds to FTX US to fill an apparent hole in FTX US’s balance sheet,” prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said it’s likely that many of FTX and Alameda’s current and former employees will be witnesses at the trial, adding that their investigation is ongoing and they are still identifying potential witnesses.
In addition to limiting Bankman-Fried’s contact with former colleagues, prosecutors want to restrict his use of Signal and Slack, messaging apps that enable users to auto-delete messages after a certain time period.
Prosecutors say Caroline Ellison, the former chief executive of Alameda who pleaded guilty and is cooperating, informed them that Bankman-Fried indicated “that many legal cases turn on documentation and it is more difficult to build a legal case if information is not written down or preserved.”
Authorities said the lack of Slack and Signal communications has already “impeded” its investigation. Several potential witnesses told prosecutors of “incriminating conversations” they had with Bankman-Fried over the messaging platforms that were deleted because Bankman-Fried set the programs to auto-delete after 30 days.
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GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A man has been arrested after a mother and her baby were found dead in a Greenville County home.
The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office charged 21-year-old Tyler Wilkins with unlawful conduct toward a child after he failed to seek medical attention for a ‘newly born fetus.’
Deputies said they responded to the 200 block of Saw Mill Road Wednesday night in reference to a call about a missing woman.
Upon arrival, deputies located the missing woman and her baby. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
The Greenville County Coroner’s Office has not released their identities at this time.
Wilkins was booked into the Greenville County Detention Center where he awaits bond.
Deputies said potential charges are pending following the autopsies scheduled for Thursday.
The death investigation is in its early stages according to officials.
7NEWS will update this story as more information becomes available | 2022-11-10T18:48:36+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/south-carolina/man-arrested-after-mother-baby-found-dead-in-greenville-co-home/ |
As the Hershey Company grows, the candy manufacturer is proposing a massive new plant near its Derry Township headquarters.
Plans to construct a manufacturing facility and accompanying warehouse with office space, coined “Project Milton,” will be presented July 14 to the Derry Township Planning Commission. | 2022-07-12T19:50:46+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/07/hershey-co-proposes-building-massive-manufacturing-facility-in-derry-township.html |
BELFAST, Maine — Those who stroll along the Belfast waterfront likely walk right by a National Historic Landmark without ever knowing it.
That’s because the USS Sequoia, a 1925 motor yacht that served as the so-called Floating White House for eight presidents, is being stored under white plastic in a city-owned parking lot adjacent to the Belfast Harbor Walk. The vessel, which is listed on the National Register, has been there ever since being barged into the harbor in October 2019 for a stem-to-stern restoration.
Little obvious work has been done on the Sequoia, but a lot has happened behind the scenes, according to Todd French of French & Webb, a local custom boat building company. That prep work has included using modern laser technology to make a full, three-dimensional model of the boat, and sourcing rare wood in environmentally sensitive ways.
“It’s slowly happening, but the needle is moving,” French said this week on a tour of the Sequoia. “As much as it’s a bit of an eyesore on the waterfront right now, it’s here, it’s protected — and it’s going to happen.”
Inside the boat, glimpses of its history are still visible. In the main saloon, there’s the piano on which President Richard Nixon played a melancholy version of “God Bless America” after he decided to resign. A pinhole drilled into a wooden closet is where the CIA placed a hidden camera to record Nixon’s nuclear weapons talks with Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev.
“There’s something about this boat that just grabbed me personally,” French said. “You know how you walk into historic buildings sometimes, and you just feel that grandeur and power? I feel that in this space.”
The history of the Sequoia spans much of the 20th century. It was designed by John Trumpy, a Norwegian-born naval architect, for a yacht-loving heiress named Emily Roebling Cadwalader. At 104 feet, the Sequoia, made of long-leaf yellow pine, at the time was one of the largest personal yachts in the world.
“There were a lot of these house-style boats that were used on the Eastern seaboard in protected waters by wealthy people at the time,” French said. “They were like a glorified RV of the day.”
But Cadwalader didn’t keep it for long. She sold it to a Houston oil tycoon, but after he went belly up in the stock market crash of 1929, the boat was for sale again. President Herbert Hoover, who had many friends with similar-style boats, had the secretary of the Navy buy it for the country, French said.
“The way they justified the expense in that day was to use it as a decoy for rum runners during Prohibition,” he said.
The Sequoia, though, had a special attribute that made it appealing to government officials, French said. Its shallow draft allowed it to float all the way up the Potomac River to Washington, D.C.
Hoover began using it as the presidential yacht, and before Camp David was created, the boat was a place where the president could entertain people in a more relaxed setting than the White House.
Although there were other presidential yachts over the years, the Sequoia was special. Franklin Roosevelt hosted British Prime Minister Winston Churchill aboard the ship. John Kennedy celebrated his 46th, and last, birthday there, along with first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, friends and two orchestras. Lyndon Johnson pressured members of Congress to pass his landmark civil rights legislation on the ship, and Nixon used it a lot during the Watergate hearings.
President Jimmy Carter, though, decided in 1977 to sell the Sequoia at auction as a cost-cutting measure. It went for $286,000. It has been in the private sector ever since, though prior to coming to Belfast had been the subject of protracted litigation after it was damaged at a boatyard in Virginia.
Michael Cantor currently owns the yacht through Equator Capital Group, a Washington, D.C.-based private equity investment firm where he serves as managing partner. Cantor said in 2019 that he intended to have a plank by plank restoration done to return the yacht to its former glory.
French said he was contacted several years ago by the owner to help with consulting work around the restoration. He ultimately became the project manager and brought the work to his own boatyard in Belfast.
The COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to restoration work in the spring of 2020, and the owner has been “very deliberative” in getting it rolling again, French said.
“His approach to projects is to get everything figured out, and then press the go button,” he said.
Because the Sequoia is on the National Register, the restoration must be of museum-level archival caliber, French said. The owner is choosing to do it as sustainably as possible.
One problem was how to source the replacement wood for the boat, which was constructed of longleaf pine. The tree is native to the southeastern U.S., and its high-quality lumber was used for building ships and railroads. But supplies were dwindling by the 1920s, when the Sequoia was built. There’s an effort to try to bring the trees back, and French was able to find some longleaf pine lumber after trees on conservation land in Georgia blew down in hurricanes. Now, 100,000 board feet of longleaf pine are drying in a Northport warehouse.
He also was able to find in Denmark a sustainable source for white oak, which was used for the framing. Lumber was cut from trees that had been planted in the early 1800s for the Danish Navy but were “aging out” and needed to be harvested, he said. French bought container loads that then were shipped to Maine.
“Anything we need, it has to be certified and responsible,” he said.
The shipbuilder also needed to make a good model of the Sequoia to use for the restoration because the original Trumpy plans couldn’t be found. After the boat first arrived, it underwent a lidar scan, a laser technology that uses light pulses to generate precise, three-dimensional information.
“What we did was model this as it is,” French said.
There are lots and lots of historic photographs and archival information, some of which the boat’s owner has paid researchers to track down, that are critical to figuring out what is original to the Sequoia and what has been added over the years.
“The goal here is to have a true accounting of the boat and its history,” French said.
If the aim was simply to repair the boat, it would be a much faster project, he said. French hopes to construct a building around the Sequoia with a walkway so that the public can watch the restoration work being done, which could be done as soon as next spring. Once the physical work on the Sequoia begins, it should be a three-year project, he said.
“This is a national treasure. It’s part of our shared Americana,” he said. “I think we can educate the general population about American history a little bit in a way that isn’t partisan. This project, I hope, can put some salve on our collective consciousness and approach to politics.” | 2022-08-12T06:43:59+00:00 | bangordailynews.com | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/08/12/news/midcoast/uss-sequoia-restoration-to-begin-soon-joam40zk0w/ |
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Heath launched a monkeypox data dashboard Thursday, showing cases statewide and per county, and by age ranges, sex, hospitalizations, deaths and other information.
The dashboard — https://odh.ohio.gov/know-our-programs/mpx/monkeypox-dashboard — will be updated each Thursday.
Currently, there have been 147 confirmed cases across 19 counties. Cuyahoga County, with 69 cases, has the most, followed by Franklin County, which counts 33 cases.
Just nine people have been hospitalized and no one has died with monkeypox in Ohio thus far.
Ohio cases have occurred in people ages 19 to 64.
Men have had 96% of cases. Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff has previously said that the majority of cases have occurred among men who reported having sex or intimate contact with other men but other Ohioans need to be cautious, too.
The infection is spread through close, personal, often skin-to-skin contact with someone who has monkeypox. It causes a rash that looks like acne or blisters. The rash will change and turn to scabs before healing.
Some people may get flu-like symptoms, such as fever, headache, muscle aches, sore throat, cough, swollen lymph nodes, chills or exhaustion. Sometimes, people get a rash first, then get other symptoms. Other people only get a rash.
Ohioans who have been exposed to monkeypox or believe they may be at high risk for exposure should contact their healthcare provider or local health department for more information about the vaccine or possible treatment options.
The state’s first monkeypox case was reported June 13. Cases have increased in Ohio and across the country in the past few weeks.
“As cases do continue to rise, we want to keep Ohioans informed about this outbreak, and what steps they should take to protect themselves,” Vanderhoff said in a statement. “The risk of contracting monkeypox for most Ohioans remains low, as this virus does not easily spread like COVID-19. However, it is important to continue to do all we can to mitigate the spread of this virus and to reduce the burden of illness.” | 2022-08-25T18:49:18+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/08/ohio-department-of-health-launches-new-monkeypox-data-dashboard-and-interactive-map-showing-locations-of-all-147-cases.html |
Atlanta Business Chronicle names Groundfloor to its Pacesetter Award list for the fourth time
ATLANTA, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Groundfloor, the wealthtech platform offering the ease of savings with the real returns of investing, is being recognized once again as one of metro Atlanta's fastest growing private companies. The real estate investing and lending platform was named to the prestigious Atlanta Business Chronicle Pacesetter Awards List for the fourth year based on its revenue and employee growth. Groundfloor was also named a Pacesetter in 2022 (no. 98), 2021 (no. 78) and 2019 (no. 60). For the 2023 Pacesetter Awards, Groundfloor ranks no. 53 on the list.
"Our consistent growth through market ups and downs is a testament to the powerful rise of the individual investors we serve," said Groundfloor co-founder and CEO Brian Dally. "Their investments are creating more value than ever before for independent local real estate investors, communities and home buyers. As a result, our platform continues to thrive as banks and legacy capital market intermediaries suffer."
Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2023, Groundfloor was founded by Dally and Nick Bhargava in 2013 with a mission to make the most lucrative private capital markets accessible to everyone. It then became the very first company qualified by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission to offer short-term, real estate debt investments for both accredited and non-accredited audiences alike.
Today, the wealthtech platform continues to be known for its regulatory prowess and product innovation, delivering new financial products for anyone to be able to invest into real estate, whether a beginner or a pro. It has consistently delivered 10 percent annualized returns across its investment offerings, and it recently surpassed $1 billion in retail investments made through its platform. Because of its product innovation and growth, Groundfloor has won numerous awards including three years in a row of being one of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. as determined by the Inc. 5000.
For more information about Groundfloor or to join the team, visit Groundfloor.com.
About Groundfloor
Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2023, Groundfloor is an award-winning fintech company that offers the ease of savings with the real returns of investing. Known for its regulatory prowess and developing completely new financial products for individual investors, the company was the very first to be qualified by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission to offer real estate debt investments for both accredited and non-accredited audiences alike. The company has won numerous awards for its product innovation and growth, including three years in a row of being on the Inc. 5000 List. Since it launched in 2013, Groundfloor's investors have consistently seen 10% annualized returns across its short-term investment offerings. For more information or to get started investing fractionally in real estate, visit Groundfloor.com.
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(The Hill) – President Biden on Tuesday ordered that the flags at the White House, federal buildings and military posts be flown at half-staff for the victims of a deadly shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
The White House issued the proclamation Tuesday evening, hours after news broke of the shooting, which left at least 14 dead. Biden ordered the flags be flown at half-staff through Saturday at the White House, public buildings, military installations, and embassies and consular offices abroad “as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence.”
Biden, who the White House said was briefed on the shooting while flying back from a trip to Asia, is scheduled to deliver remarks on the mass shooting later Tuesday evening after returning.
“His prayers are with the families impacted by this awful event,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said that 14 students and one teacher were shot and killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Tuesday when a gunman opened fire in the school. The gunman, whom Abbott identified at 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, is said to have been killed.
It’s the second mass shooting in less than two weeks that Biden has addressed. Days before departing the White House for Asia, Biden traveled to Buffalo, N.Y., to meet with families affected by the mass shooting at a grocery store that police have labeled a racially-motivated hate crime. That shooting left 10 people dead. | 2022-05-25T00:47:02+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/biden-orders-flags-to-half-staff-after-texas-school-shooting/ |
Mercy skywalk construction to start in October
Published: Sep. 30, 2022 at 2:38 PM CDT|Updated: 10 minutes ago
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - On October 3rd, work is set to begin on the construction of a skywalk across 8th Avenue SE for Mercy Medical Center.
Closures on 8th Avenue SE and 14th Street will take place over a 3-week period. The schedule for closures includes:
- Monday, October 3, 8th Avenue SE will be reduced to one lane in the westbound direction between 10th Street and 8th Street for 2 days.·
- Wednesday, October 5, all traffic on 8th Avenue SE between 8th Street and 14th Street will be shifted to the two westbound lanes, with one lane in both directions. This phase will be in place for 15 days. Additionally, the following movements will be restricted:
- 8th Street SE north of 8th Avenue will be limited to right-in, right-out access only.
- 8th Street SE south of 8th Avenue will have right-in access only.
- 10th Street SE north of 8th Avenue will be restricted to right-in, right-out access only.
- 10th Street SE south of 8th Avenue will not be accessible from 8th Avenue.
- Thursday, October 20, 8th Avenue SE will be closed to all traffic between 8th Street and 10th Street for skywalk placement for 4 days. Traffic will be detoured to 4th Avenue SE. Emergency Room access from eastbound 8th Avenue SE will be available from 8th Street thru the frontage road. Westbound 8th Avenue SE traffic will have Emergency Room access from 8th Avenue.
8th Avenue SE will be fully open by 5 a.m. on October 24th, 2022.
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The Idaho Transportation Department announced a closure for eastbound Interstate 84 on Tuesday, Jan. 10. The interstate will be reduced to one lane between mileposts 217 and 220.
The closure will allow workers to relocate concrete barriers at the construction zone of the new Port of Entry facility east of Declo.
“These concrete barriers help create a buffer between vehicles traveling on the interstate and workers,” ITD Project Manager John Keifer said. “They play a key role in helping to safeguard our crews, but it’s important that motorists remember to drive engaged each time they get behind the wheel as well.”
The closure is expected to be complete in one day. Both westbound lanes will remain open while this work is underway.
Elements of the new facility will include: New on- and off-ramps, support of utility infrastructure, scales with weigh-in-motion and automated vehicle identification technologies, video equipment, luminaries, signage and operations office buildings.
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Motorists are advised to slow down, drive engaged and pay attention to signage in the area. Individuals can also check 511.idaho.gov for more information on road conditions and restrictions throughout the state. | 2023-01-08T03:50:21+00:00 | magicvalley.com | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/lane-closure-on-i-84-scheduled-for-tuesday/article_1dd2ee52-8e1f-11ed-88f9-535e805344ac.html |
SAS Identity 360 on Microsoft Azure enables the Cincinnati-based lending and leasing company to fight fraud and power decision making across the customer journey
CARY, N.C., June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Having eliminated nearly all third-party and synthetic identity fraud in its online retail businesses, CNG Holdings has expanded its cloud-based anti-fraud platform by SAS. The consumer financial services company – whose consumer lending brands include Allied Cash Advance, Check 'n Go, and Xact – recently launched SAS® Identity 360 on Microsoft Azure in its leasing business, SmartPay.
Since initially deploying the software-as-a-service offering in 2019, CNG's extraordinary results to date include:
- Near-zero false positives. CNG has achieved a mere 0.8% fraud false-positive rate, according to Rick Cooney, Vice President of Fraud and Identify Management at CNG Holdings. "Our fraud false-positive rate almost doesn't exist," he said.
- Dramatically streamlined – and highly accurate – fraud investigations. "An investigation that used to take two hours now takes two or three minutes," said Cooney.
- Significant cost savings. By replacing a disjointed patchwork of expensive and ineffective fraud tools with SAS' integrated defenses, Cooney estimates that CNG cut its fraud program costs more than 30%.
"The results speak for themselves," said Stu Bradley, Senior Vice President of Fraud and Security Intelligence at SAS. "CNG's approach is one to be admired and emulated throughout the industry."
Achieving 'home field advantage' with identity analytics
With nearly four decades spent on the anti-fraud frontlines in financial services, Cooney likens fraud fighting to a game of whack-a-mole. Quash one fraud avenue, and fraudsters simply find and exploit another weakness.
"When I came to CNG four years ago, they'd already been hit by a number of large-scale fraud attacks, and I had this idea," said Cooney. "What if we stop playing the 'fraud game' and start playing the 'identity game'? Make the fraudsters play on our field. With a discrete focus on digital identity, we've got home field advantage for solving digital fraud."
After evaluating several vendors, CNG chose SAS for its best-in-class fraud analytics and machine learning capabilities, robust decision engine and sheer speed. A few months after signing the contract, the solution was running identity-based fraud decisioning for CNG's online lending and roughly 1,000 retail stores. The results were astounding: a greater than 80% drop in third-party fraud in 90 days by aggregating data from seven sources with SAS. And CNG's success rate soared even higher as it expanded multifactor authentication, biometric support and data enrichment.
Today, by Cooney's account, "CNG has virtually eliminated third-party and synthetic identity fraud, to the extent that it is no longer a business issue."
As an example, he cited one organized crime ring that crammed thousands of fraudulent credit applications into the system in a two-month attack. Among 8,500 attempts, only three beat SAS' layered defenses – through a social engineering ploy that CNG's fraud team immediately identified and remediated.
The solution is also catching first-party fraud by flagging potential identity manipulation and data discrepancies. Cooney attributes CNG's tremendous anti-fraud success to SAS Identity 360 on Microsoft Azure.
"SAS is our air traffic controller," said Cooney. "We push all our applications through the identity platform that SAS developed, and we are linked to all the different data sources and vendors that we need to process those applications from a digital identity standpoint."
Beyond fraud detection and prevention – decisioning across the customer journey
By breaking down silos – first between its brick-and-mortar retail locations and online lending business, and later its leasing arm – CNG's enterprise approach to tackling fraud has yielded greater benefits. It's created the foundation for an omnichannel hub to better manage customer relationships across CNG's brands.
Once limited to new customers, CNG expanded the platform to its returning customers, as well – covering originations, account management, credit risk analyses and more, all in one integrated system in the cloud.
"We send the real-time response to our credit system as well as our back end," said Cooney. "By using Azure and being able to push that real-time response through into our data lake, I can access that data within moments of an application."
What's taking shape across CNG is an enviable example of enterprise decisioning in action – developing a holistic decision-making platform that bridges the entire customer journey.
The strategy is a hot topic in financial services, where institutional decision making and its supporting data and technologies are typically siloed in departments focused on diverse organizational functions. Connecting these functions – whether on a common data framework alone or together with a shared decisioning architecture – streamlines complexities while driving faster, more accurate decisions.
"CNG is creating what many financial institutions dream about – using the same data sources and consistent models and analytics on a single technical architecture," said SAS' Bradley. "More than just streamlining its technology footprint and cutting costs, the resulting improvements are helping CNG differentiate customer experience across its diverse brands and offerings."
Today's announcement was made during the 34th annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference, convening in Seattle, June 11-16. Attendees are invited to engage with SAS experts on identity analytics, enterprise decisioning and other fraud and financial crime topics throughout the event at Booth 206.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran intensified its crackdown Tuesday on Kurdish areas in the country’s west amid protests sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by the morality police as oil workers demonstrated at a key refinery, activists said.
Riot police fired into at least one neighborhood in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s Kurdistan province, as Amnesty International and the White House’s national security adviser criticized the violence targeting demonstrators angered by the death of Mahsa Amini.
Meanwhile, some oil workers Monday joined the protests at two key refinery complexes, for the first time linking an industry key to Iran’s theocracy to the unrest. Workers claimed another protest Tuesday in the crucial oil city of Abadan, with others calling for protests on Wednesday as well.
Iran’s government insists Amini was not mistreated, but her family says her body showed bruises and other signs of beating. Subsequent videos have shown security forces beating and shoving female protesters, including women who have torn off their mandatory headscarf, or hijab.
From the capital, Tehran, and elsewhere, videos have emerged online despite authorities disrupting the internet. Videos on Monday showed university and high school students demonstrating and chanting, with some women and girls marching through the streets without headscarves as the protests continue into a fourth week. The demonstrations represent one of the biggest challenges to Iran’s theocracy since the 2009 Green Movement protests.
“There is just so much anger and frustration in the country that it’s hard to imagine that the current generation of protesters in Iran would be cowed just by the system resorting to its traditional iron fist and trying to put down protests,” said Ali Vaez, an analyst who covers Iran for the International Crisis Group.
One video posted online by a Kurdish group called the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights showed darkened streets with apparent gunfire going off and a bonfire burning in Sanandaj, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) west of Tehran.
Another showed riot police carrying shotguns moving in formation with a vehicle, apparently firing at homes.
A video posted later Tuesday purportedly showed a massive bullet hole inside the home of one Sanandaj resident, a hole that Hengaw alleged came from a heavy .50-caliber machine gun — the type often mounted to armored vehicles. Another video purportedly showed security forces randomly firing in the air while arresting someone there on Monday.
The New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran posted another video showing what it described as a phalanx of motorcycle-riding security forces moving through Sanandaj.
“They reportedly broke the windows of hundreds of cars in the Baharan neighborhood,” the center said.
Amini was Kurdish and her death has been felt particularly in Iran’s Kurdish region, where demonstrations began Sept. 17 at her funeral there after her death the day before.
Amnesty International criticized Iranian security forces for “using firearms and firing tear gas indiscriminately, including into people’s homes.” It urged the world to pressure Iran to end the crackdown as Tehran continues to disrupt internet and mobile phone networks “to hide their crimes.”
Iran did not immediately acknowledge the renewed crackdown in Sanandaj. However, Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador over the United Kingdom sanctioning members of the country’s morality police and security officials due to the crackdown.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry called the sanctions “arbitrary and baseless,” even while threatening to potentially take countermeasures against London.
Jake Sullivan, U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, similarly noted that “the world is watching what is happening in Iran.”
“These protestors are Iranian citizens, led by women and girls, demanding dignity and basic rights,” Sullivan wrote on Twitter. “We stand with them, and we will hold responsible those using violence in a vain effort to silence their voices.”
On Monday, workers held demonstrations in Abadan and Asaluyeh, a key point for Iran’s massive offshore natural gas field in the Persian Gulf it shares with Qatar.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency on Tuesday claimed the Asaluyeh demonstration was a strike over wages. Videos of the protests included workers chanting: “This is the bloody year Seyyed Ali will be overthrown,” referring to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei without his Shiite religious title of ayatollah. Workers also said several of their colleagues had been detained by authorities after their protests Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the Contractual Oil Workers Protest Organizing Council claimed another strike at Abadan, posting videos outside of the massive refinery complex in the city near the Iraqi border. The details in the videos correspond with each and to known features of the facility compared against satellite photos taken in recent months.
It remains unclear how many people have been killed or arrested so far in the protests.
An Oslo-based group, Iran Human Rights, estimates at least 185 people have been killed. This includes an estimated 90 people killed by security forces in the eastern Iranian city of Zahedan amid demonstrations against a police officer accused of rape in a separate case. Iranian authorities have described the Zahedan violence as involving unnamed separatists, without providing details or evidence.
Iran’s judiciary spokesman Masoud Setayeshi reportedly said Tuesday that Iran has released some 1,700 people arrested in the recent demonstrations, without offering a total figure for those detained so far.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, Iranian government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi alleged without providing evidence that U.S. sanctions affected Amini’s ability to get medicine for the chronic illnesses she faced. However, an Iranian government report Friday said that she was taking hydrocortisone and levothyroxine — two medicines made in Iran available in pharmacies in the country.
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Associated Press writer Isabel DeBre in Jerusalem contributed to this report.
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Follow Jon Gambrell on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jongambrellAP | 2022-10-11T13:57:28+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-irans-crackdown-on-protests-intensifies-in-kurdish-region/ |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — On July 21, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that Jami Cook has resigned as Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Public Safety and Director of the Division on Law Enforcement Standards and Training.
According to a press release, Secretary Cook’s resignation letter to the Governor stated that she will step down after battling multiple health issues. She added that she will be following her doctor’s advice to “slow down” and focus on her health.
“Since the day I met Jami, I have known her to be a passionate public servant who cares deeply about serving the citizens of Arkansas,” Hutchinson said. “She has spent her professional life supporting those in law enforcement and leading the creation of the new Department of Public Safety. Her efforts have been historical and transformative. I value Jamie’s friendship and service.”
Cook was appointed as the Director of the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training on January 14, 2015, by Hutchinson. Prior to her appointment, she served as the Arkansas State Police Program Director, responsible for policies, procedures, training, strategic planning, research and development, and special projects. In 2009, she was appointed as a Commissioner to the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training. She started her law enforcement career as a Newport Police officer in 1994.
In 2019, the Governor signed into law the Transformation and Efficiencies Act of 2019. The legislation brought about a “historic transformation and reorganization of state government agencies, boards, and commissions,” including the creation of the Arkansas Department of Public Safety.
Cook served as the first-ever Secretary of this new department and oversaw the integration of approximately 17 state entities, including the Arkansas State Police, the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, the Arkansas Crime Lab, the Arkansas Crime Information Center, and the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training.
“I am profoundly grateful for the opportunity that Governor Hutchinson afforded me to serve the state of Arkansas,” Cook said. “It has been a great privilege to work for this state and we have worked diligently in our mission. I am so very thankful that our paths crossed almost eight years ago.”
Governor Hutchinson will announce a successor to Secretary Cook at a later date. | 2022-07-21T22:52:41+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/gov-hutchinson-announces-resignation-of-secretary-of-arkansas-department-of-public-safety/ |
MONTICELLO — Monticello police Chief John Carter has resigned.
Mayor Larry Stoner announced the resignation during Monday night’s city council meeting, but declined to elaborate afterward.
“It’s a personnel issue and I can’t discuss it,” he said.
At the same meeting, Stoner also announced that Ward 2 Alderwoman Tammy Sebens has resigned.
No reason was given for her resignation.
Neither Carter nor Sebens could be reached for comment Monday night. | 2022-11-15T06:03:17+00:00 | news-gazette.com | https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/courts-police-fire/monticello-mayor-announces-police-chiefs-resignation/article_157f0787-05fb-5eed-9320-0be39bca95e7.html |
BEAVERTON, Ore., Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesis Financial Solutions, a leader in near-prime consumer financial services, and Gardner White, Michigan's #1 furniture and mattress retailer, announced a new strategic financing partnership today. The multi-year agreement enables Gardner White customers to get the home they've always wanted today while they pay over time.
Under the terms of the agreement, Genesis becomes the primary servicer of Gardner White's Secondary Credit program. The credit solution will offer revolving credit lines up to $6,000 and deferred interest programs for customers with less-than-perfect credit.
"Genesis Credit shares our commitment to putting consumers first, and its outstanding, proven solutions for individuals in need of second-look financing create a win-win partnership as Gardner White cements our reputation as among the best furniture retailers in the U.S. for customer service and satisfaction," said Rachel Stewart, Gardner White President.
"We are excited to be partnering with one of the furniture industry's leading retailers," said Bruce Weinstein, CEO of Genesis Financial Solutions. "Our service-centered approach will no doubt further Gardner White's commitment to providing quality financing to their customers and help increase store sales."
"Gardner White is a strong leader in the furniture industry, and we believe our partnership will be an essential tool to help them increase store sales," said Ed Haluska, Chief Commercial Officer of Genesis Financial Solutions.
Gardner White will start offering the new financing program serviced by Genesis Credit to customers in-store and online in early March 2023.
About Genesis Financial Solutions:
Genesis Financial Solutions, Inc. is a national leader in non-prime financing, serving over 5 million consumers through the Private Label and General Purpose credit card programs it services for issuing banks and working with over 500 merchant partners across 15,000 locations. The credit cards provide essential financing solutions to the underserved consumer, whether they are looking to buy from one of our retail partners or fund everyday purchases. The credit products are fair and transparent and come with the tools and services designed to help customers succeed.
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MOBILE, Ala. — Adrien Dumont de Chassart is arguably the top golfer on the Illinois men’s team this season.
But the fifth-year Illini is far from the only productive scoring option for Mike Small’s program.
Small counted on Dumont de Chassart, along with three other similar solid rounds, to lead Illinois on Monday at the Hal Williams Collegiate in the first tournament of 2023 for Illinois.
The fifth-ranked Illini took a two-stroke lead into Tuesday after play was halted because of darkness on Monday evening with just a few holes remaining in the second round.
Illinois compiled a 11-under 273 in its first round and was at 10 under int he second round, just ahead of Arkansas. The second round is set to be completed on Tuesday morning before the final 18 holes take place later on Tuesday.
Dumont de Chassart is tied for fifth after carding a 3-under 68 in his first round Monday. He was at 3 under in his second round, with one hole still left to play.
Piercen Hunt and Matthis Besard are also in a tie for fifth with Dumont de Chassart, while Tommy Kuhl is one stroke back in a tie for 12th place.
In women’s golf
Illini in 10th. Crystal Wnag moved up the individual leaderboard on Monday at the T. Hession Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., while Illinoi climbed one spot in the team leaderboard.
Illinois is 10th at the 16-team tournament entering Tuesday’s final round with a two-round score of 19-over 587. Wang is tied for fifth at 2-under 140 after a round of 69 on Monday and a 71 on Sunday. Siyan Chen is tied for 19th at 3-over 145 to give Illinois two golfers in the Top 20.
Mattison Frick had a memorable opening round for the Illini on Sunday when the freshman from Peoria, Ariz., made a hole in one by acing the 200-yard Par 3 second hole. Frick is tied for 61st after she shot 74 on Sunday and 79 on Monday.
In women’s gymnastics
Illini fall to Buckeyes. Despite two individual wins from Mia Townes, Illinois lost a Top 25 dual meet on Monday night to Ohio State. The 13th-ranked Buckeyes compiled a score of 196.825, with No. 23 Illinois putting together a total of 196.600.
Townes shined on the balance beam and floor exercise for the Illini (6-5, 2-2 Big Ten) against the Buckeyes (9-1, 4-1). Townes tied for first in the beam with Ohio State’s Ella Hodges as both athletes registered a 9.925.
Townes edged teammate Ruthuja Nataraj and Hodges to win the floor exercise with a score of 9.950. Townes also placed second in the vault (9.900).
In wrestling
Cyclones top Illini. Illinois concluded the regular season with a 21-13 loss on Sunday to Iowa State at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.
The third-ranked Cyclones led for the majority of the match, taking a 6-4 lead when Casey Swiderski defeated the Illini’s Danny Pucino via a 10-7 decision at 141 pounds. Illinois was never able to get closer than that.
Lucas Byrd registered his 12th straight win for Illinois when he won a major decision at 133.
Mike Carr won a 10-8 decision at 157, Edmon Ruth won a 3-2 decision at 174 and Zac Braunagel won a 4-3 decision at 197 to account for the other victories by the 18th-ranked Illini (6-7) against the third-ranked Cyclones (16-2).
In women’s tennis
Win streak at two. A day after the Illini defeated Missouri 4-0 to give coach Evan Clark his 100th win in charge of the program, Illinois gave Clark his 101st victory after the Illini beat Illinois State 5-2 on Sunday afternoon at Atkins Tennis Center in Urbana.
Illinois (4-3) claimed the doubles point thanks to victories by the No. 2 doubles pairing of Violeta Martinez and Ashley Yeah (6-2) and the No. 3 doubles tandem of Kasia Treiber and Kida Ferrari (6-4).
Illinois went ahead 2-0 after Ferrari defeated Elena Jankulovska 6-0, 6-2 at No. 5 singles and then increased its lead to 3-0 following Ashley Yeah winning 6-2, 6-1 against Alexandra Abyasova at No. 1 singles. After the Redbirds (3-1) won at No. 4 singles, Illinois clinched the match when Josie Frazier won 7-5, 6-1 against Tijana Zlatanovic at No. 2 singles.
In softball
Offense struggles. The Illini ended their stay at the NFCA Leadoff Classic with two losses against Top 25 programs on Sunday in Clearwater, Fla.
The Illini (2-3) lost 7-0 to sixth-ranked Texas before No. 21 Auburn cruised to a 10-0 win in five innings. Illinois fell behind the Longhorns (2-1-1) 1-0 in the top of the third inning on an RBI single to center field by third baseman Mia Scott. First baseman Reese Atwood then hit a two-run home run off Illinois starter Tori McQueen in the fourth to give Texas a 3-0 lead. Atwood was at it again an inning later with a bases-clearing double that staked the Longhorns to their 7-0 lead.
McQueen (0-1) was tagged with the loss, allowing seven hits and three runs in 4 1/3 innings. The left-hander walked one and struck out two. Illinois struggled against Texas starter Estelle Czech (1-1), who threw a four-hit shutout and struck out four. Delaney Rummell was the lone bright spot offensively for Illinois, going 3 for 3.
Auburn (4-1) took a 4-0 lead in the top of the second, with RBI singles from third baseman Annabelle Widra, shortstop Nelia Peralta and second baseman Carlee McCondichie. That was all the offense the Tigers needed for their starter Maddie Penta. Penta (3-0) threw four innings and limited Illinois to two hits, striking out nine and walking one.
Widra (2 for 3, three RBI), outfielder Icess Tresvik (1 for 3, two RBI) and catcher Aspyn Goodwin (1 for 3, two RBI) all added home runs off Illinois starter Lauren Wiles (0-2).
Catcher Paige Berkmeyer and designated player Brianna Nykaza each had a single to account for the lone hits by Illinois. | 2023-02-14T11:19:37+00:00 | news-gazette.com | https://www.news-gazette.com/sports/ui-roundup-mens-golf-starts-strong-in-alabama/article_728e6156-9037-5f81-bf8d-a73c2670ab38.html |
Jacklyn Zeman, who played Bobbie Spencer for 45 years on ABC’s “General Hospital” has died at 70.
ABC Entertainment and “General Hospital” also released a statement stating, “Jacklyn Zeman has been a beloved member of the General Hospital and ABC family since she originated the iconic role of Bobbie Spencer over 45 years ago. She leaves behind a lasting legacy for her Emmy-nominated portrayal of the bad girl turned heroine and will always be remembered for her kind heart and radiant spirit. We are devastated by the news of her passing, and send our deepest condolences to Jackie’s family, friends and loved ones.”
Zeman first joined “General Hospital” in 1977 as Barbara Jean, who went by Bobbie, and was the feisty, younger sister of Anthony Geary’s Luke Spencer. Zeman grew to regard Geary as family off camera. “I’m probably closer to him than I would be a real-life brother,” she told co-star Maurice Benard last year on his YouTube series “State of Mind.”
Bobbie had worked as a teen prostitute and given up a baby for adoption but had managed to turn her life around and become a nurse at General Hospital. Zeman’s portrayal of Spencer was a spirited, upbeat woman who was as sweet as pie but who also had a sense of self. She didn’t suffer fools and had no problem revoking the niceties if she believed it were warranted.
“Bobbie has been a fascinating person for me to play,” she said in an interview in 1982. “I get to do... all the things that most women think about but wouldn’t dare.”
One of Zeman’s most memorable scenes was in 1994 and Bobbie’s daughter BJ is in a school bus accident that leaves her brain dead. Bobbie and then-husband Tony (played by Brad Maule) made the decision to donate their daughter’s heart to her cousin, Maxie, who was battling Kawasaki disease.
Laura Wright, who plays Bobbie’s daughter Carly Spencer, posted a series of broken heart emojis. Jon Lindstrom, who plays Kevin Collins wrote, “This is going to take me a minute to process. I can’t believe such a life force as hers has left.”
Born March 6, 1953 in Englewood, New Jersey, Zeman discovered a love for dance as a child and as a teen, began acting in school productions. She worked in Venezuela as a dancer after high school and was pre-med at New York University but dropped out when she was offered a contract at the ABC soap “One Life to Live” after originally being hired for just three days of work.
On ’One Life,” she played Lana McClain for a little more than one year and then left for “General Hospital.” “I didn’t even audition,” she told a blogger in 2010. Zeman was nominated for four Daytime Emmy Awards for her work on the show.
Outside of soap operas, Zeman worked as a Playboy Bunny to help pay for college and also acted in commercials. She had a role in 1982’s “National Lampoon’s Class Reunion” appeared in a string of TV movies including the ABC Afterschool special “Montana Crossroads” in 1993. She also had a series regular role as Sofia Madison in the crime-drama series “The Bay,” earning her a fifth Emmy Award nomination.
Zeman last’s appearance on “General Hospital” before her death was in April for the wedding of her character’s grandson. The same month she also celebrated the show’s 60th anniversary by posting a video on Instagram to the fans.
“A great, big heartfelt thank you to the very special people who have been watching us and supporting us and keeping us on the air all these years. We love you.”
Zeman is survived by two daughters, Cassidy and Lacey from her first marriage to Glenn Gordon. She was married and divorced two more time to Steve Gribbin and disc jockey Murray Kaufman who went by “Murray the K.” | 2023-05-11T08:04:18+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2023/05/11/jacklyn-zeman-general-hospital-bobbie-spencer-dead/294e4d08-efcc-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html |
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Kylian Mbappe has told Paris Saint-Germain he will not take up the option of a 12-month extension on his contract, which expires at the end of next season.
The France superstar confirmed his decision in a letter to PSG, a person with knowledge of the correspondence told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly.
The person also said PSG would not allow Mbappe to leave as a free agent, raising the possibility of an immediate bidding war by other clubs and potential transfer this summer.
The French club, which is owned by Qatar Sports Investments, has already seen Lionel Messi leave for nothing in return, with the Argentine great making a stunning move to MLS team Inter Miami.
There is also uncertainty about the future of another PSG star — Brazil international Neymar.
But the potential departure of the 24-year-old Mbappe would be the greatest loss to PSG, given that he is a national icon and widely considered one of the few players capable of taking over from Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as soccer's biggest star.
Mbappe had until July 31 to trigger a one-year extension to his contract. He has been at the club since 2017 after signing from Monaco in a transfer worth a reported $190 million.
In 2021, PSG turned down a bid of $190 million from Real Madrid for the World Cup-winning forward, who went on to sign his current contract.
Mbappe hoped to help PSG win its first Champions League title, but the team suffered another disappointment in European soccer's top competition, which Manchester City went on to win by beating Inter Milan 1-0 in the final on Saturday.
The young striker is likely to be linked with a move to Madrid, particularly after Karim Benzema left the Spanish giant for Saudi Arabian team Al-Ittihad.
Madrid has already agreed to a deal for England midfielder Jude Bellingham. The potential acquisition of Mbappe would be a major statement of intent after it relinquished its Spanish league and Champions League titles this year.
PSG was planning a change of strategy after moves for the biggest stars failed to bring success in Europe. The new focus would be on young, French talent. Mbappe was expected to be at the heart of that shift and it had been hoped he would sign a longer-term contract.
Mbappe has won five French league titles with PSG and was a World Cup winner with France in 2018.
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House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said Tuesday he plans to bring contempt of Congress proceedings against FBI Director Christopher Wray after the FBI refused to comply with a subpoena from the committee.
Comer issued a subpoena earlier this month compelling Wray to produce any FD-1023 forms — records of interactions with confidential sources — from June 2020 that contain the word “Biden.”
“Today the FBI informed the committee that it will not provide the unclassified statements subpoenaed by the committee. The FBI’s decision to stiff-arm Congress and hide this information from the American people is obstructionist and unacceptable,” Comer said in a statement released on Twitter.
Though Comer and Wray plan to speak about the subpoena Wednesday, Comer said he still plans to bring the issue for a vote in committee.
“While I have a call scheduled with FBI Director Wray tomorrow to discuss his response further, the committee has been clear in its intent to protect congressional oversight authorities and will now be taking steps to hold the FBI director in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a lawful subpoena,” he said.
In a Tuesday statement, the FBI called the plan an unnecessary escalation.
“The FBI remains committed to cooperating with the Committee in good faith. In a letter to Chairman Comer earlier today, the FBI committed to providing access to information responsive to the Committee’s subpoena in a format and setting that maintains confidentiality and protects important security interests and the integrity of FBI investigations,” the agency said.
“Any discussion of escalation under these circumstances is unnecessary.”
The committee would have to approve such a measure, which would then go to the full House for a vote.
But the move would likely result in little more than a formal admonishment. It’s up to the Department of Justice whether to take the referral from Congress regarding prosecution, meaning Attorney General Merrick Garland is responsible for determining whether to take aim at a top law enforcement official.
Though Comer cast Wray’s response as a refusal, a Tuesday letter from the FBI to the chairman obtained by The Hill, the bureau said it has “identified additional information that we are prepared to offer the committee as an extraordinary accommodation.”
It’s unclear what that information might be.
Comer has claimed the form contains information related to “an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions.”
But the letter from the bureau, signed by Acting Assistant Director Christopher Dunham, stressed that the form relays an unverified tip.
“Recording the information does not validate the information, establish its credibility, or weigh it against other information known or developed by the FBI,” Dunham wrote, adding that releasing the information could influence “the public’s perception of the impartiality of the law enforcement process.”
The letter also breaks down the message the bureau relayed in a briefing to the committee, casting the need to protect confidential sources as a national security matter.
“We explained the significant limits on whether, when, and how confidential human source information can be provided outside of the FBI, and how those limits are critical to the physical safety of our sources and others identified in source reporting, as well as to the integrity of our confidential human source program and longstanding Department of Justice confidentiality interests,” the letter states.
“The Deputy Assistant Director expressed the FBI’s concern over the chilling effect that could flow from the wide dissemination of investigative files, to include reduced willingness of confidential human sources to provide valuable reporting. As you know, confidential sources are critical to the FBI’s ability to build cases, including those against violent gangs, drug cartels, and terrorists.”
Comer’s statement came just hours after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he would bring a contempt vote to the floor.
“So let me not just tell you. Let me tell Director Christopher Wray, right here, right now: If he misses the deadline today, I am prepared to move contempt charges in Congress against him,” McCarthy said Tuesday on Fox News.
“Comer subpoenaed the document that he has requested. We have jurisdiction over the FBI, which they seem to act like we do not. I personally called Director Wray and told him: He needs to send that document. Today is the deadline,” McCarthy added.
Emily Brooks contributed.
Updated at 6:30 p.m. | 2023-05-30T23:13:27+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/hill-politics/gop-oversight-chair-to-launch-contempt-proceedings-against-fbi-director/ |
This week on ART ON THE AIR features traveler, photographer Brian Keenan whose photography covers stunning scenic vistas and creatures. Next we feature adjunct professor and Multi-Media artist, Emily Casella whose works combine ceramic sculptures, photography, video and more. Our spotlight is on Footlight Players 74th Season featuring six productions with Lara West. | 2023-05-10T08:47:17+00:00 | lakeshorepublicmedia.org | https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/show/art-on-the-air/2023-05-02/art-on-the-air-may-21-2023 |
The vocal quartet New York Polyphony delights in surprises — whether it's a matter of singing some rather raunchy Italian madrigals or making a video to introduce their album Times Go By Turns (released on BIS Aug. 27). The piece that the foursome of countertenor Geoffrey Williams, tenor Steven Caldicott Wilson, baritone Christopher Dylan Herbert and bass Craig Phillips selected for their video, "A Colloquy with God" by English composer Richard Rodney Bennett, has a very particular — and haunting — story behind it.
"We loved Sir Richard's work," Phillips says. "We always wanted to work with him, but we never had the nerve to ask. But we invited him to come hear us sing at Miller Theatre here in New York in January 2012, and he came. He was very kind and offered to work with us."
As pleased as they were, the quartet was astonished by what happened next. "Two days later," Phillips says, "a scan of a handwritten score arrived in our email inbox."
After premiering the work in Canada, the group planned to give the incandescently beautiful "Colloquy" its American premiere in New York in January of this year with the New York-based composer in attendance. They never had the chance: Bennett died Christmas Eve 2012 at age 76. "Colloquy" was one of Bennett's last works, if not the last.
The group decided that they needed to find an innovative way to introduce "Colloquy," and thought that a video, which is still a rare medium for classical music, would be a fitting tribute. But with the piece's already elegiac text — taken from "Evening Hymn" by the 17th-century author Sir Thomas Browne — the quartet, Phillips says, was concerned that in the wake of Bennett's death, the result "might be something exploitative, or sentimental, or obvious."
"We wanted something iconic but definitely not narrative — something more like an art installation," Phillips continues. So they turned to the director, filmmaker, designer and choreographer Mark DeChiazza, whom they had met while collaborating on a pair of operas by Jonathan Berger at Stanford University. Phillips says, "We gave Mark complete artistic control and said 'Here, go.'"
The young boy who is the heart of this video turns the text's meaning around. "In the best way possible, it was not at all what we were expecting," Phillips says.
"When New York Polyphony called me to discuss creating imagery for 'A Colloquy with God,' just two days had passed since the death of my uncle," DeChiazza explains by email. "Beside his deathbed, witnessing his efforts to cross that last line, the visceral process of his reckoning with death had struck me as frightening, yet also profound and pure — at once alien and completely ordinary. My experience of his death, still very vivid, shaped the way I heard Bennett's song, which discovers the lyric beauty in a man's mortal struggle. It also led me to understand the text — Browne's poem — as a grappling with opposites and dualities that, if brought into harmony, might ultimately transmute death into an eternal awakening."
DeChiazza's experience of the music, he says, is how he came to focus on a young boy: "It felt significant to me that Bennett shares 'A Colloquy with God' equally between the four voices of New York Polyphony, with no one voice featured; he does not ascribe singular identity to the singer of Browne's prayer. In response, I made the video's subject a young boy, feeling congruence in how the life force of a child can present with an abstract clarity — without carrying too strong an imprint of history or context. This child exists within a closed, blank room, which contains a sense of waiting or imminence. The bed becomes a place of unending restlessness, host to the contradictions of falling and flying, danger and safety, void and light. And I had great collaborators: in New York Polyphony's musicians, who led me through the depth of their interpretation of the music; in Mark Andrew, my director of photography, who brought his uncanny eye to the imagery; and in Harper Altschul, who reveals to the camera a truth and maturity far beyond his 7 years."
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OXFORD — The first grant received by the Choccolocco Creek Watershed, an Oxford-based environmental conservation and stewardship organization, was for the development of an archery area.
It was only fitting, then, that Saturday morning on the grounds of the Oxford Civic Center, archery was a component of fundraiser with a medieval theme.
The CCW’s Medievel Canterbury Fair drew hundreds to a site filled with swords, archers, minstrels and much of the King’s English. Father Christmas paid a visit, too.
“It has been very successful,” said Watershed Coordinator Robyn Duncan. “We can tell that by all the people already asking if we are going to so it again next year and thanking us for having it.”
Duncan said what makes the event even more worth having is that all who attend leave having learned something.
“It’s not just about what is seen in pictures,” she said. “They realize there is a reason and a purpose behind everything that is done. I’ve learned a great deal.”
Duncan said the fundraising portion has also been successful as there have been several sponsors who stepped up to help.
“We are so proud and thankful for those because this would not have happened without them,” she said, adding praise for the work of the Oxford Parks and Recreation department for its assistance.
Duncan said the fair has been attended by several homeschoolers who have had medieval times as a course study for them this month as well as career tech teachers from around the area.
“That’s what we wanted,” she said. “We didn’t want the ‘Hollywood’ version of the era. We wanted a true picture of the times. We wanted to be true to history.”
She noted her “amazement” at the backgrounds of many of the reenactors.
“There is one who has a master’s in agriculture, one with a master’s in history and many with degrees in a variety of areas,” Duncan said. “We had someone here who is currently studying Roman agriculture.”
Students from Jacksonville State also played a major role, literally and figuratively, as they provided madrigals who strolled the grounds with song, and drama students who performed an original play — all of them wearing costumes of the era.
“This was the first time doing this and we wanted to start, build slowly and make it a little different each year,” Duncan said. “I think we have found there is definitely interest in doing this every year.” | 2022-11-20T17:58:02+00:00 | annistonstar.com | https://www.annistonstar.com/news/oxford/medieval-fair-evokes-images-of-olden-days-at-christmas/article_eb8924c6-688e-11ed-aa54-97378f339bac.html |
Tennis superstar and four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka and Modern Health's team of clinical experts create a new series of children's meditations and resources for parents and caregivers
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Modern Health, a leading global workplace mental health platform, announced the release of a series of children's meditations today, developed in partnership with its Chief Community Health Advocate and tennis superstar Naomi Osaka. This comes at a time when we are facing an unprecedented youth mental health crisis, with rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts among our younger generations on the rise.
Recent research has shown alarming and widespread increases in the prevalence of mental health challenges in young people - according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 44% of high school students reported they persistently felt sad or hopeless, and more than half of parents and caregivers are concerned about their children's mental well-being. Lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual youth and female youth reported even greater levels of poor mental health, with nearly 1 in 3 high school girls saying they had considered suicide, a 60% rise in the past decade. Death by suicide rates among children 10 and older have climbed significantly since 2007, now the second-leading cause of death among 10 to 14-year-olds in the U.S.
"As we work together to address the youth mental health crisis, we're also confronted with the reality that mental health services are under extreme strain with a chronic shortage of mental health providers who specialize in working with youth and a rising demand for support," comments Dr. Sharon Adusei, Clinical Strategy Lead of Outcomes & Quality at Modern Health and licensed child clinical psychologist. "Children are telling us that they're struggling, and not only do we need to focus on quality interventions, we also need to focus on prevention efforts that help youth build skills to manage ongoing stress at home, school, and around the world. By providing this free and publicly available series of children's meditations, we hope to not only help children navigate their current mental health challenges but also support their development of positive mental health habits for the rest of their lives."
Modern Health's clinical team worked closely with Osaka to create meditations specifically for children to offer tools and sustainable solutions at an early age to mitigate anxiety and self-defeating thoughts. The meditations, which are narrated by Naomi Osaka, are personalized for children ages five to seven, eight to eleven, and nine and older, covering important topics like how to conquer overwhelming feelings that lead to outbursts, applying skills like self-compassion, and grounding exercises to help strong emotions settle. The release of these meditations comes on the heels of Osaka recently announcing her pregnancy and also the release of her first children's book, The Way Champs Play.
"I think that we've seen progress in reducing the stigma around mental health, and addressing mental health challenges has become much more normalized. I'm glad that we as a society are making strides in the right direction so that the next generation does not have to face the same struggles that we did," comments Naomi Osaka, tennis superstar. "Since becoming pregnant, I feel a sense of responsibility to be the best version of myself for my son or daughter. I'm already a mom to my dog, Butta, but now that I will be a mother to an actual human, I do feel more of a sense of responsibility to help make the world a better place for my kid. I'm excited for my child and all children to have access to meditations that are catered toward them. I wish I had access to resources like this as a kid, so I'm glad that I'm able to help make something like this accessible to kids all over."
Osaka adds, "I want children to know that it's okay to prioritize their mental health. For me, asking for help when I was younger was scary, so I really want kids to know that it's okay to ask for help when they're struggling with mental health."
Modern Health offers a robust suite of resources to support families, including licensed therapists and certified coaches who are specifically trained in working with members on parenting or caregiving-related concerns, digital programs for parents, children, and teens, as well as Circles for parents and caregivers. Modern Health is witnessing first hand an increasing desire in customers opting to support not only their employees but also their dependents, with an over 60% growth in customers choosing to support dependents compared to the previous year. Modern Health has also released its third new podcast series titled the Journey of Parenting, packed with actionable tips aimed directly at parents and caregivers, covering topics such as parent self-care, addressing challenging behaviors, understanding child anxiety, and boosting self-control skills in kids. Additionally, Modern Health has planned the release of over a dozen new digital programs and resources for kids and teens, and is also launching a new Circle on Preventing and Managing Tantrums in kids, creating space for parents and caregivers to collectively share and learn.
"Imagine being in a classroom where one in every five kids either currently are or will experience a mental or behavioral health challenge in their lifetime, thus impacting their ability to engage, learn, and thrive. Right now, that is almost every classroom in the United States. This is not an issue we can whisper about or ignore; it's at our front door and in family households. The significant number and types of stressors that youth today are confronted with are deeply concerning, and it's hardly surprising that this is affecting our youth. We must step up to support them and listen more intently to their needs - for the sake of their futures, and ultimately ours," adds Dr. Sharon Adusei.
Please access these free and publicly available children's meditations here.
About Modern Health
Modern Health is the comprehensive mental health and wellness platform that combines the WHO well-being assessment, self-service wellness kits, a global network of certified coaches, and licensed therapists, all available in a single app. Modern Health empowers employers to lead the charge in acknowledging that mental health is just as important as physical health, destigmatizing the conversation and increasing accessibility of mental health services for all.
Founded in 2017, Modern Health incorporates evidence-based psychology principles and seamless technology to serve the needs of companies globally. Headquartered in San Francisco, Modern Health has raised more than $172 million from Founders Fund, Battery Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Afore Capital, MGV, Frederic Kerrest (co-founder of Okta), and 01 Advisors.
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Trump docs probe: Court lifts hold on Mar-a-Lago records
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a stark repudiation of Donald Trump’s legal arguments, a federal appeals court on Wednesday permitted the Justice Department to resume its use of classified records seized from the former president’s Florida estate as part of its ongoing criminal investigation.
The ruling from a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit amounts to an overwhelming victory for the Justice Department, clearing the way for investigators to continue scrutinizing the documents as they evaluate whether to bring criminal charges over the storage of of top-secret records at Mar-a-Lago after Trump left the White House.
The court also pointedly noted that Trump had presented no evidence that he had declassified the sensitive records, as he has repeatedly maintained, and rejected the possibility that Trump could have an “individual interest in or need for” the roughly 100 documents marked as classified.
The government had argued that its investigation had been impeded by an order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that temporarily barred investigators from continuing to use the documents in its probe. Cannon, a Trump appointee, had said the hold would remain in place pending a separate review by an independent arbiter she had appointed at the Trump team’s request.
The appeals panel agreed with the Justice Department’s concerns.
“It is self-evident that the public has a strong interest in ensuring that the storage of the classified records did not result in ‘exceptionally grave damage to the national security,’” they wrote. “Ascertaining that,” they added, “necessarily involves reviewing the documents, determining who had access to them and when, and deciding which (if any) sources or methods are compromised.”
An injunction that delayed or prevented the criminal investigation “from using classified materials risks imposing real and significant harm on the United States and the public.”
Two of the three judges who issued Wednesday’s ruling — Britt Grant and Andrew Brasher — were nominated to the 11th Circuit by Trump. Judge Robin Rosenbaum was nominated by former President Barack Obama.
The FBI last month seized roughly 11,000 documents, including about 100 with classification markings, during a court-authorized search of the Palm Beach club. It has launched a criminal investigation into whether the records were mishandled or compromised. It is not clear whether Trump or anyone else will be charged.
Cannon ruled on Sept. 5 that she would name an independent arbiter, or special master, to do an independent review of those records and segregate any that may be covered by claims of attorney-client privilege or executive privilege and to determine whether any of the materials should be returned to Trump. Raymond Dearie, the former chief judge of the federal court based in Brooklyn, has been named to the role.
The Justice Department had argued that a special master review of the classified documents was not necessary. It said Trump, as a former president, could not invoke executive privilege over the documents, nor could they be covered by attorney-client privilege because they do not involve communications between Trump and his lawyers.
Trump’s lawyers argued that an independent review of the records was essential given the unprecedented nature of the investigation. The lawyers also said the department had not yet proven that the seized documents were classified, though they notably stopped short of asserting — as Trump repeatedly has — that the records were previously declassified.
They have resisted providing Dearie with their position on that question, signaling the issue could be part of their defense in the event of an indictment.
But the appeals court appeared to scoff at that argument.
“Plaintiff suggests that he may have declassified these documents when he was President. But the record contains no evidence that any of these records were declassified,” they wrote. “In any event, at least for these purposes, the declassification argument is a red herring because declassifying an official document would not change its content or render it personal.”
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Colvin reported from New York.
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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6th attack is turning its attention Tuesday on the state officials who protected the integrity of the 2020 election.
Lawmakers are laying out former President Donald Trump tried to pressure local election officials from states like Georgia and Arizona to overturn his loss.
Domenico Montanaro, NPR’s senior political editor and correspondent, joins us with the latest.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. won at Sonoma Raceway for the fourth time in his career Sunday, passing Chase Elliott for the lead after a final-stage restart and holding off Kyle Busch for his second NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season.
The 42-year-old Truex confidently drove his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to another victory on the hilly road course at the base of Northern California wine country, where he also won in 2013, 2018 and 2019. Only Jeff Gordon has more victories (five) at Sonoma than Truex, who earned the 33rd win of his Cup career and his second in the last six races after winning at Dover.
Elliott finished fifth in his return from a one-race suspension for deliberately wrecking Hamlin at Charlotte. Elliott, who has missed seven races this season, twice held the lead in the final stage before Truex blew past him on fresher tires. Truex has seven top-10 finishes in his last nine races.
"Hats off to my team," said Truex, who finished 26th at Sonoma last year. "To be so bad last year, and to come back and do that with basically the same car, is incredible. ... My team is doing everything right."
Joey Logano was third behind Busch, with Chris Buescher in fourth.
Truex and Busch, who was 2.979 seconds behind in his Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, had the 11th 1-2 finish of their long Cup careers.
"Not too bad," said Busch, who won last week's Cup race outside St. Louis. "Just wish we had a little bit more. I was just trying to keep him honest there at the end."
Truex appeared to be cruising toward victory before pole-sitter Denny Hamlin spun after he made contact with the wall with 19 laps to go. Hamlin's car slid sideways across the start-finish line.
Elliott led coming out of the caution with 15 laps left, but Truex surged up on fresh tires and reclaimed the lead for good.
"This is why you go through years like you did last year," Truex said. "You just never give up and keep going."
Tyler Reddick started second in his bid to win for the fourth time in the Cup Series' last six road course races, but the Northern California-born driver steadily slipped down the standings. He got back up to second in the final stage before his pit stop, but he blew a tire with 14 laps left.
Defending champion Daniel Suárez also struggled to make headway after starting in ninth, ultimately finishing 22nd.
Hamlin led the first 32 laps from the pole before Truex passed him in the second stage. The race was caution-free until the 49th lap, when Busch took the lead by not pitting before Truex reclaimed it on fresh tires with 42 laps to go.
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There are a lot of people who are in dire need of financial assistance. And in such cases, they tend to look for no credit check loans and payday loans . Although there are a lot of companies that offer these services, not all of them can be trusted. In this article, we will be discussing the best no credit check loans and payday loans in June 2022 so that you can make an informed decision.
MoneyMutual Vs. BillsHappen
When it comes to finding the best no credit check loans and payday loans, two of the most popular options are MoneyMutual and BillsHappen. Both of these companies offer a variety of loan products that can help you get the money you need, regardless of your credit history.
So, which one is the better option? To decide, let’s take a look at some of the key differences between MoneyMutual and BillsHappen.
One of the biggest differences is the interest rates that each company charges. MoneyMutual has higher interest rates than BillsHappen. However, MoneyMutual also offers a wider range of loan products, so you may be able to find a loan that better suits your needs.
Another difference is the application process. MoneyMutual requires you to fill out a short form online before you can be matched with a lender. BillsHappen, on the other hand, allows you to apply directly on their website. This can make it easier and faster to get approved for a loan.
What Is MoneyMutual?
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MoneyMutual is a short-term loan provider that offers loans to people with bad or no credit. The company does not perform a credit check when you apply for a loan. Instead, they use other factors to determine your eligibility, such as your employment history and income.
MoneyMutual offers payday loans and installment loans. Payday loans are typically for smaller amounts of money, while installment loans are for larger amounts. Both types of loans have high interest rates and fees.
The company has been in business since 2010 and has helped over 2 million people get access to short-term financing. MoneyMutual is based in the United States and is available in all 50 states.
What Is BillsHappen?
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BillsHappen is a website that helps people find the best no credit check loans and payday loans. They have a database of lenders that offer these types of loans, and they help people compare the different offers to find the one that is right for them.
BillsHappen is a great resource for people who need a loan but may not have the best credit. Their services can help you find a loan with terms that are reasonable and that you can afford. If you are considering taking out a no credit check loan or payday loan, be sure to check out BillsHappen first.
How Do You Get A Bad Credit Loan With MoneyMutual?
If you’re looking for a bad credit loan, MoneyMutual is a great option. You can get a loan with MoneyMutual even if you have bad credit.
To get a loan with MoneyMutual, you simply fill out an online form. Once you’ve submitted the form, you’ll get a list of lenders that are willing to work with you. You can then choose the lender that offers the best terms for your needs.
MoneyMutual is a great option for those with bad credit because it offers access to many different lenders. This means that you’re more likely to find a lender that’s willing to work with you. It also means that you can compare different lenders and choose the one that offers the best terms.
If you’re looking for a bad credit loan, MoneyMutual is a great option to consider.
How Do You Get A Bad Credit Loan With BillsHappen?
It’s easy to get a bad credit loan with BillsHappen . We offer loans for people with bad credit and we don’t require a credit check. We also offer payday loans. You can apply for a loan online or over the phone. We also have a mobile app that you can use to apply for a loan.
We understand that people with bad credit have had financial problems in the past. That’s why we’re here to help. We offer loans with reasonable interest rates and we don’t require collateral. You can use the money from your loan to pay off your bills, consolidate your debt, or for any other purpose.
We’re here to help you get the money you need, when you need it. Apply for a loan with BillsHappen today.
What Does Interest Rate Mean?
The interest rate is the amount of money that the lender charges you for borrowing the money. The higher the interest rate, the more you will have to pay back in total. The interest rate can be fixed, which means it will stay the same for the whole loan, or it can be variable, which means it can change over time.
No credit check loans usually have a higher interest rate than loans that do require a credit check. This is because the lender is taking on more risk by lending to someone with no credit history. Payday loans also tend to have high interest rates because they are short-term loans and the lender wants to make sure they get their money back quickly.
If you are considering taking out a loan, it is important to compare interest rates from different lenders to make sure you are getting the best deal possible.
What Is A Good Credit Score?
A good credit score is generally considered to be a score of 700 or above. This is the score that most lenders will look at when considering a loan application. A score of 700 or above is considered to be a good credit score because it indicates that the applicant has a good history of managing their finances and making payments on time.
There are a few different things that can impact your credit score, such as late payments, high balances, and having a lot of debt. However, there are also some things that you can do to improve your credit score. Some of these things include paying your bills on time, maintaining a good balance on your credit cards, and using less than 30% of your available credit.
If you have a good credit score, it means that you have a good chance of being approved for a loan. It also means that you will likely get a lower interest rate on your loan. Having a good credit score is important if you want to get the best terms on a loan.
What Is A Bad Credit Score?
Most people know that a bad credit score can make it harder to get a loan. But what is a bad credit score? A bad credit score is typically any score below 630. Scores in this range are considered to be poor or very poor. If you have a score in this range, it means that you have a history of making late payments, missing payments, or defaulting on loans. This can make it difficult to get approved for new loans.
There are a few things you can do if you have a bad credit score and need a loan. One option is to apply for a no-credit-check loan. These loans are designed for people with bad credit and don’t require a credit check. Another option is to apply for a payday loan. Payday loans are short-term loans that are typically due on your next payday. They can be easier to get approved for than other types of loans, but they typically have higher interest rates.
If you’re looking for a loan and have bad credit, there are several options available to you. You can apply for a no-credit-check loan or a payday loan. Both of these options have their own pros and cons, so be
What Does APR Mean?
Annual Percentage Rate (APR) is a term used to describe the cost of borrowing money. It includes the interest rate plus any other fees that may be charged by the lender. The APR is the rate at which you will pay back the loan over time.
No credit check loans typically have a higher APR than loans that require a credit check. This is because lenders are taking on more risk when they lend money to someone without checking their credit history. Payday loans also typically have high APRs. This is because they are short-term loans and lenders need to make their money back quickly.
When you are considering taking out a loan, it is important to look at the APR to get an idea of how much the loan will cost you in the long run.
How Do You Avoid A Bad Credit Loan Scam?
When you’re looking for a loan, it’s important to be aware of scams. There are many companies that claim to offer no credit check loans or payday loans, but they may not be legitimate. Here are some things to look out for:
-The company doesn’t have a physical address or phone number.
-The website looks unprofessional or incomplete.
-The company charges high fees or hidden fees.
-The company requires you to give them access to your bank account.
-The company asks you to wire money instead of using a credit card or other form of payment.
If you come across a company that seems suspicious, it’s best to avoid them. There are plenty of legitimate lenders out there that you can work with. Do your research and only work with companies that you trust.
What Are The Types of Bad Credit Loans?
There are several types of bad credit loans available to consumers. The most common type is a payday loan, which is a short-term loan that is typically repaid on the borrower’s next payday. Payday loans can be helpful for people who need cash quickly and do not have access to other sources of credit.
Another type of bad credit loan is a personal loan. Personal loans are typically larger than payday loans and have longer repayment terms. They can be used for a variety of purposes, such as consolidating debt or financing a large purchase.
Bad credit loans typically have higher interest rates than loans for people with good credit. This is because lenders view borrowers with bad credit as being a greater risk of defaulting on the loan. As a result, lenders charge higher interest rates to offset this risk.
Bad credit loans can be helpful for people who need access to cash but do not have good credit. However, it is important to shop around and compare rates before taking out a bad credit loan, as the interest rates can be high.
Final Thoughts On Bad Credit Loans
There are many things to consider when taking out a loan, but if you have bad credit, there are even more factors to think about. There are a few things you should keep in mind when considering a bad credit loan.
First, make sure you understand the terms of the loan. Make sure you can afford the monthly payments and that you will be able to pay off the loan in a timely manner. Second, be aware of the fees and interest rates associated with bad credit loans. These can be very high, so make sure you understand what you’re getting into before signing any paperwork. Finally, shop around for the best deal on a bad credit loan. There are many lenders out there who are willing to work with people with bad credit, so find one that offers the best terms for your situation.
Bad credit loans can be a great option for those in need of financial assistance, but it’s important to understand the terms before signing on the dotted line. By keeping these things in mind, you can make sure you’re getting the best deal possible on a loan that meets your needs. | 2022-06-17T23:47:21+00:00 | tacomadailyindex.com | https://www.tacomadailyindex.com/blog/best-loans-for-bad-credit-no-credit-check-loans-top-bad-credit-loans-with-guaranteed-approval/2456108/ |
TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd (TASE: TASE) is pleased to announce that its financial statements for the period ended September 30, 2022 will be published on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, after market close.
In addition, the Company is pleased to announce that at 8:00 PM (Israeli time) on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, a conference call will take place, in English, in which the Company's financial statements for the Third Quarter of 2022 will be reviewed before the Company's investors.
The Company's CEO, Mr. Ittai Ben-Zeev, and its CFO, Mr. Yehuda Ben Ezra, will host the call followed by Q&A.
Conference Call Dial-in Details (on passcode required):
Israel: 03-9180609
US: 1-888-744-5399 (toll free)
Canada: 1-888-604-5839 (toll free)
UK: 0-800-917-5108 (toll free)
All other Locations: + 972-3-9180609
The conference call will be held in English and will be accompanied by a presentation, which will be reported, in both Hebrew and English, on the Israeli Securities Authority website (MAGNA) and on the TASE MAYA website, shortly before the conference call and, subsequently, also on the Company's website, under Investor Relations, whose address is: https://ir.tase.co.il/en
A day after the call, a recording of the English conference call will be uploaded to the Company's website, under Investor Relations.
The conference call is not a substitute for perusing the Company's interim financial statements for the period ended September 30, 2022 in which full and precise information is presented.
Contact:
Orna Goren
Head of Communication and Public Relations Unit
Tel: +972 76 8160405
tase.ir@tase.co.il
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Tour de France 2023 TV Schedule: Live Stream, Channel, Coverage
Published: Jun. 30, 2023 at 8:09 PM EDT|Updated: 31 minutes ago
For cycling fans who have been getting ready for the Tour de France, you can see all of the Stage 1 thrills on NBC on Saturday, July 1.
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Tour de France 2023 Live Stream & TV Schedule
Watch Stage 1 Today
- Start Time: 8:00 AM ET
- TV Channel: NBC
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
- Stage Start Location: Bilbao, Spain
- Stage End Location: Bilbao, Spain
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On Saturday, July 1, the 2023 Tour de France begins, and it will finish on Sunday, July 23. The race includes 21 stages, with a total distance of 3,404 kilometers (2,115 miles). This year it will start in Bilbao, Spain and end in Paris. Jonas Vingegaard is the defending champ, a 26-year-old from Denmark. Tadej Pogacar, who is 24 years old and hails from Slovenia, won the Tour in 2020 and 2021, and was the runner-up in 2022.
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The World Ag Expo returned to Tulare from Feb 14th-16th.
This event is the largest annual outdoor agricultural exposition.
Why Tulare?
Tulare is part of the San Joaquin Valley, home to most of California's top agricultural counties.
Crowds of people gathered over the span of three days to see more than 1,200 exhibits on display with the latest in farm equipment, communications, and technology.
Press conference with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and members of the House Ag Committee, and Mr. McCarthy speaking at Opening Ceremonies earlier. Farm Bill Listening Session starts at 10 am in the Banquet Hall! #WAE23 #worldagexpo #farmbill pic.twitter.com/Dj7KI3KDbx
— World Ag Expo (@WorldAgExpo) February 14, 2023
A unique opportunity they had this year was a Press conference with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and members of the House Ag Committee at the Opening Ceremony.
If you ate today, thank a farmer. pic.twitter.com/rgazYOtwRQ
— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) February 14, 2023
The event also hosted free seminars focused on topics important to dairy producers, farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness professionals.
Tickets ran for $20 a day, but children six and under get in for free.
The official hours of the event were Tuesday and Wednesday: 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. and Thursday: 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
It was a big beautiful day at World Ag Expo! Were you here? You have one more day to get your #farmshow fix. See you Thursday! #WAE23 #worldagexpo pic.twitter.com/0RNL3hkTgw
— World Ag Expo (@WorldAgExpo) February 16, 2023
Some additional things this expo offers includes:
- Agriculture tours
- Wine and Cheese tastings
- a Women in Ag seminar
- A Toyota giveaway
- Top-10 New Products Competition
- a tractor pull
This event occurs every year and goes on rain or shine!
For more information on this event go to their website or click on this link.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, will interview the likes of Kim Kardashian, Megan Thee Stallion and Gloria Steinem for a streaming series that debuts in two months.
Apple TV+ said Thursday that “Gutsy” will debut on its service on Sept. 9.
In the eight-part series, the former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee and her daughter also talk to Dr. Jane Goodall, Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson and others, Apple TV+ said.
The series is based on the Clintons’ book, “The Book of Gutsy Women.” The Clintons’ new production company and Apple’s deal to produce the docuseries was announced last year, but now it is revealing the premiere date and list of interview subjects. | 2022-07-15T03:05:52+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/entertainment-news/clintons-interview-kim-kardashian-steinem-on-apple-tv-show/ |
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jake Paul, Paris Hilton and The Chainsmokers, along with other leading industry insiders, are looking for the next internet sensation. Content creators are invited to enter a new competition series for the chance to win a $1M investment in exchange for 20% of their earnings over the next 10 years.
Hosted by YouTube sensation and former NFL player Andrew East, #TheSearch consists of four voting rounds until a final contestant is chosen by the community. In addition to receiving a $1M seed investment, the winning creator will be mentored by iconic influencers and industry professionals to successfully navigate and scale their business.
#TheSearch is funded by world-famous creators, musicians, artists, and athletes who have invested their own money and time to mentor and collaborate with the winner. CreatorDAO's creator community represents a network of 185M+ followers, and includes: Jake Paul, Paris Hilton, The Chainsmokers, Liam Payne, Andrew East, Joma Tech, Shawn Johnson, Kygo, Michael Einziger (Incubus), Matthew Bellamy (Muse), Nadya Tolokonnikova (Pussy Riot), Garry Tan, Austin Evans, Kong Pham, Ask Sebby, Joe Montana, JaVale McGee, Natalie Barbu, Josephine Lee, Nate O'Brien, and Jon Youshaei.
"One of the biggest things about me is being able to give back and to give to the next generation," said Jake Paul, who has confirmed he will collaborate with the winner of #TheSearch. "This [#TheSearch] is the start of the creator revolution."
"I'm excited to be part of this journey to uplift and empower other creators," said Paris Hilton on Twitter.
It's not just creators that will be mentoring the winner of #TheSearch. They will also be given exclusive one-on-one access to CreatorDAO's Industry Council, comprising change-makers such as: Meghana Dhar (Global Head of Brand Partnerships at SnapChat and former Head of Partnership at Instagram Shopping), Julia Yan (Head of Growth at TikTok), Asad Awan (former VP of Creators and Monetization for Facebook App), Lester Chen (Partner, Gaming Creators at a16z and former Global Head of Gaming Creators at YouTube), Derek Dolin (Cultural Leadership Fund Partner at a16z), Jon Youshaei (Head Creator Advisor at TubeBuddy), Katherine Rundell (Partner Creators at a16z and former Head of Creator Partnership at Twitter).
"This isn't just a chance at $1M, but an invitation to join a decentralized community of people who want to change the world," said Michael Ma, Founder of CreatorDAO. "I've been stunned by the generosity of our members in offering their time and expertise to their fellow creators. I can't wait to see what we can create together with #TheSearch."
#TheSearch kicks off today with a call for submissions of one minute TikTok or YouTube Short videos showcasing why YOU could be the next big creator. To enter, visit www.creatordao.com.
Full announcement available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqxEB0xp-Q0.
CreatorDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focused on accelerating the careers of creators and empowering them with shared access to capital, technology, and community. CreatorDAO offers creators access to mentorship, the professional tools needed to grow their brands, and a community invested in each other's success. To learn more about CreatorDAO, please visit creatordao.com.
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Twig, a female ostrich from the Hattiesburg Zoo, sustained an injury and came to the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine for surgery to repair her wing.
On the morning of June 8, Hattiesburg Zoo animal care team members noted that Twig was presenting a wing droop on her left side.
The team, under the direction of zoo veterinarian Julia MacGregor, immobilized Twig for a full exam including bloodwork and an X-ray, which showed a broken proximal humorous in the left wing with no other injuries noted.
“It was a clean break with minimal displacement or movement of the bone fragments, and the bone did not break through the skin, which made Twig a good candidate for repair,” MacGregor said.
The care team wrapped the wing to hold it in a more natural position and started Twig on pain management while work was done to schedule a surgical repair.
The decision was made to work with the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital to repair Twig’s broken bone. The choice to take her there was twofold: First, the school has a dedicated zoological medicine service that treats exotic animals, including ostriches, and the zoological medicine service is led by faculty who are experts in their field.
“Also under consideration was the task of transporting a 250-pound ostrich to a medical appointment, which is far different than putting your pet dog or cat in your car and taking them to your local veterinarian,” said Kristen Moore, Hattiesburg Zoo’s animal curator. “Due to the heat and obvious transportation challenges, we wanted to expedite the trip for Twig and keep her safe and comfortable prior to, during and after her treatment.”
The case was initially reviewed by Dr. Thomas Tully, professor of zoological medicine, who reached out to the LSU Vet Med food animal and equine services to conduct the surgery; these services have vast experience working on large animals.
On June 21, Twig underwent surgery with LSU’s team of large animal surgeons, including Dr. Andrew Muir, assistant professor of food animal medicine and surgery; Dr. Lawrence Kadic, instructor of equine medicine; Dr. Michael St. Blanc, equine surgery resident; Dr. Alaina Kuehr, food animal intern; and Dr. Patricia Queiroz-Williams, professor of veterinary anesthesiology.
“Working with the Hattiesburg Zoo and our team at LSU Vet Med, we successfully conducted surgery on Twig to repair her broken wing,” Muir said. “Our team will continue to collaborate with the Hattiesburg Zoo staff throughout her recovery process, ensuring her well-being. It’s always rewarding to contribute our expertise in large animal surgery to help these remarkable creatures like Twig return to their normal, feisty selves. Working at LSU Vet Med allows us to see a variety of species, and it’s both cool and gratifying to be able to provide care for animals like Twig. We are committed to providing exceptional care for animals of all kinds, including exotic species, and this surgery exemplifies that dedication."
Twig now has a permanent plate and screws holding the broken bone together, giving long-term stability of the affected bone.
She did well through the surgery and recovery process.
Twig is currently housed in the zoo’s Hoof Stock Quarantine area, and she is checked on daily to assess any signs of discomfort or stress.
MacGregor and her team have fully anesthetized Twig at the Hattiesburg Zoo to take an X-ray, assess the incision site, determine proper healing and then rebandage the site to keep her wing still, which will allow for optimal healing. A second full anesthesia procedure will take place again this week.
Twig is eating well and showing signs of returning to her feisty personality. Twig came to the zoo in 2009 and is one of two ostriches at the facility.
She is 15 years old and can live to between 30-40 years under human care.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Silvergate Capital Corporation ("Silvergate" or the "Company") (NYSE: SI) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Silvergate investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between November 9, 2021 and November 17, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
SI investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email
at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) the Company's platform lacked sufficient controls and procedures to detect instances of money laundering; (2) Silvergate's customers had engaged in money laundering in amounts exceeding $425 million; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company was reasonably likely to receive regulatory scrutiny and face damages, including penalties and reputational harm; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendant's positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Silvergate during the relevant time frame, you have until February 6, 2023 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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STAGGS, Mary Jane
"Jennie"
Mary Jane "Jennie" Staggs departed this life on Saturday, February 26, 2022. Jenny was born in Derry, Northern
Ireland, on July 14, 1936, to Johnny and Maggie Hutton.
Jennie met her life mate, Don Staggs at the Boxing Day Dance at the Guildhall in Derry's town centre. Don was stationed at the American
naval base and their romance blossomed until Don was reassigned. Upon returning to America, Don mailed Jennie a ring, a written marriage proposal, and a plane ticket. She parted from her home country to join him in the States. The pair
married on November 28, 1957 in Oxford, Ohio, in the Miami University campus chapel. The love between Don and his
Jennie continued to grow through the years as they made their two homes in Trenton and then Middletown, Ohio.
Always Irish first, Jennie returned to Ireland for many visits, eventually with her children and grandchildren. Jennie had a wry sense of humor and a keen wit and she had a deep appreciation for her family. A hard worker and homemaker Jennie made her home comfortable for all who visited including her sisters and a litany of Irish cousins over the years and charmed those around her with her lilting Irish accent.
Preceded in death by her husband Don, in January 2021, and her daughter Laurie in September 2015, she is survived by her daughter Collette Jacobs (Mark) of Toledo and her son David of Somerville. Fiercely proud she was of her grandchildren Kyle (Cassie) Staggs of Toledo, Megan (Ricky Weidle) Tufts of Franklin, Al Jacobs of New York City, Saul (Catherine) Jacobs of Everett Washington, Margot (Ron Spraggins) Jacobs of
Chicago and Mia Staggs of Bowling Green.
She left an impression on all who met her and her memory will be fondly carried forward by her family and friends.
Join family and friends for a celebration of Jennie's life and a memorial gathering on Saturday, May 28, at 1pm at The Meadows, 2101 Yankee Rd, Middletown. | 2022-05-22T06:36:00+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/obituaries/staggs-mary/DXDYIIVFFVB5TMXUQZBMCIHEUI/ |
Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty When Nelly released “Country Grammar” it marked a significant milestone in the world of hip-hop and popular music. Released on June 27, 2000, the album showcased a unique blend of rap and catchy melodies, solidifying Nelly as an important figure in the music industry. “Country Grammar” was Nelly’s debut studio album and became a massive commercial success. It peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and remained there for several weeks. The album’s popularity was driven by its hot singles, including the title track “Country Grammar (Hot Shit)” and “Ride wit Me,” which became chart-topping hits and received heavy airplay on radio stations across the U.S. One of the album’s strongest characteristics was Nelly’s distinctive vocal style and delivery, characterized by his melodic sing-song rap flow. This fresh approach appealed to a broad audience, appealing not only to hardcore rap fans but also to mainstream pop music listeners. “Country Grammar” also showcased Nelly’s ability to infuse his music with regional influences. From St. Louis, Missouri, he brought a Midwestern flavor to the album, incorporating elements of Southern hip-hop, pop, and R&B. This fusion of styles contributed to the album’s wide appeal and played a significant role in its success. READ MORE Ashanti and Nelly Go Viral With Intimate Dance, Fans Want Them Back Together Nelly Says His Song Caused Air Force 1 Sneakers To Go Up In Price Check Out The Highlights From The Ludacris & Nelly Show in Indianapolis | 2023-06-28T16:19:07+00:00 | hot1009.com | https://hot1009.com/playlist/on-this-day-june-27th-2000-nelly-released-country-grammar/ |
Monroe County deputy resigns after his patrol dog died from a heat-related injury. Here's what we know.
A Monroe County Sheriff's Office K-9 has died of a heat-related injury and, now, the dog's handler, a sheriff's deputy, has resigned.
Here's what we know about the incident in the western Wisconsin county:
What were the circumstances of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office K-9's death?
The dog, Kolt, sustained a heat-related injury May 10, after which Kolt was taken to a pet hospital in Madison.
Five days later, the sheriff's office said Kolt died after veterinarians tried multiple life-saving treatments. Kolt was a 6-year-old Czech Shepherd and had served on the Monroe County force since 2018.
"This situation has been very difficult for everyone and there is no doubt that this loss will have a lasting impact on Kolt’s handler and the Sheriff’s Office as a whole," sheriff Wesley Revels said in a May 17 statement.
The sheriff's office hasn't provided any details about what caused the K-9's injury.
When did the Monroe County deputy resign?
According to the sheriff's office, the deputy resigned Tuesday — almost two weeks after the dog had sustained the heat-related injury. The deputy had been placed on leave before his resignation.
The sheriff's office said Tuesday that an investigation by the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office, with consultation from the Juneau County District Attorney’s Office, is ongoing.
The sheriff's office has made no comment about if the deputy will face any charges related to the dog's death.
"The findings from that investigation will be released when the investigation is complete," a sheriff's office statement said. | 2023-05-24T23:08:13+00:00 | jsonline.com | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2023/05/24/monroe-county-deputy-resigns-after-k-9-dies-of-heat-related-injury/70253077007/ |
Donating $1 from every lip serum sold to support domestic violence survivors thrive through economic stability
TORONTO, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Canada's social-impact-led, clean beauty brand Evio Beauty today announced a partnership with FreeFrom, a US-based non-profit organization dedicated to helping survivors of intimate partner violence achieve economic justice and long-term financial stability.
Starting today, Evio will donate one dollar from every sale of their award-winning Lip Serum (in any shade) to FreeFrom. Funds raised from this initiative will help the organization further its mission of creating a world in which all survivors are able to build the wealth and financial security necessary to support their individual, intergenerational, and community healing. Evio will continue to support FreeFrom's goal of raising $2.3 million in 2022 to help survivors thrive.
"We strongly believe in the work that FreeFrom is doing to support survivors – I know firsthand the financial insecurity that comes after escaping an abusive relationship, it can be completely debilitating," said Brandi Leifso, Founder and CEO, Evio Beauty. "We look forward to a long relationship with FreeFrom and helping survivors economically so that they can thrive."
"Intimate partner violence is a pervasive and structural economic issue. One in four women and one in two trans people will be subjected to intimate partner violence in their lifetime, and the number one obstacle to survivors' safety is financial insecurity. For 99% of survivors, economic abuse is part of the violence they're subjected to. The CDC estimates that IPV costs female survivors $104,000 over their lifetimes, so healing is incredibly expensive," said Sonya Passi, Founder and CEO, FreeFrom. "This incredible partnership with Evio Beauty will help create more awareness about this urgent issue, as well as raise critical funds needed to support survivors in rebuilding their lives."
To celebrate this partnership, Evio has added a new "Speak Up" shade (a warm coral) to its best-selling Lip Serum collection. Packed with the healing powers of hemp seed and peppermint oil, Evio's Lip Serums are vegan, cruelty-free, dermatologist-tested and hypoallergenic. High in vitamin F, it repairs the skin barrier and forms a seal over the lips to keep moisture locked in, and the soft oil balm texture keeps lips supple and hydrated.
To help amplify and highlight this issue, statistics about intimate partner violence are printed on Evio's "Speak Up" Lip Serum packaging and will be shared across Evio's social channels throughout the launch campaign.
Evio's Lip Serum won the FASHION/Chatelaine 2022 Beauty Award for Best Lip Balm, as well as Supergreat's 2022 Best Lip Mask.
Evio Beauty Group is a multi-award-winning impact-led, clean, Canadian beauty brand. Through cause-based collections co-created by the community, Evio breaks stigmas while bringing awareness to important social issues with inclusive, good-for-you beauty products. Evio was founded by Brandi Leifso when she was living in a domestic violence shelter and has since donated more than $510,000 worth of products and funding to 27+ shelters across North America to help survivors of domestic violence thrive.
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NEW YORK, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Dentsply Sirona Inc. (NASDAQ: XRAY).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
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This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased Dentsply's common stock between June 9, 2021, and May 9, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until August 1, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to the filed complaint, defendants orchestrated a scheme to inflate Dentsply's revenue and earnings by manipulating the Company's accounting for a distributor rebate program so that senior executives would be eligible for significant cash and stock-based incentive compensation. In order to facilitate this scheme, Dentsply and its executives made numerous false and misleading statements to investors during the class period. As a result of defendants' misrepresentations, Dentsply's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the class period.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jim Marchant, a Nevada Republican who led a movement of candidates who promoted Donald Trump’s lies of a stolen 2020 election, announced Tuesday that he will run for the U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Jacky Rosen in the swing state.
The entrance of Marchant, who lost last year’s race for Nevada secretary of state, may be another headache for national Republicans who are trying to prevent a repeat of the midterms. Voters in Nevada and other battleground states rejected candidates who ran on election conspiracies, allowing Democrats to increase their hold on the Senate.
Democrats face an even tougher environment to keep their slim majority in 2024. Nevada is likely to be one of the nation’s most competitive Senate races after hosting the closest contest of 2022. Democratic incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto eked out a narrow victory over another high-profile election denier, Adam Laxalt.
Marchant, 66, has been a fierce supporter of Trump and his “Make America Great Again” movement and describes himself as a “MAGA conservative.” He’s the first major Republican to challenge Rosen, a first-term moderate.
“There’s nothing more precious than our freedom and personal liberty,” Marchant told about 200 invited guests at a suburban Las Vegas church. “And I’m running for United States Senate to protect Nevadans from the overbearing government, from Silicon Valley, from big media, from labor unions, from the radical gender change advocates.”
Marchant, a former one-term state Assembly member who also lost a bid for Congress three years ago, raised his national profile last year as the organizer of a coalition of 17 GOP candidates who falsely purported that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump. All but one of those candidates lost, including Marchant.
Rosen, 65, was president of a prominent Jewish synagogue before defeating GOP Sen. Dean Heller in 2018. She has not drawn a party challenger since announcing last month that she would seek reelection in the perennial battleground state. Two unknown and nearly unfunded Republicans, Rhonda Kennedy and Stephanie Phillips, and an independent, Bradley Scott Wing, have submitted their names to the Federal Election Commission.
“While far-right candidates like Jim Marchant spread baseless conspiracy theories that undermine our democracy, I’ve always focused on bringing both sides together to solve problems and stand up for hardworking Nevadans,” Rosen said in a statement.
Federal campaign financial reports for the filing period ending March 31 showed Rosen raised more than $10 million for the race and had $6 million to spend. Marchant was not yet listed by the FEC on Tuesday. State election reports showed he spent almost $550,000 on his secretary of state bid.
For the 2024 race, national Republicans are recruiting Sam Brown, a retired Army captain who finished second in last year’s GOP Senate primary, according to a GOP strategist who works on Senate races. The strategist, who was not authorized to discuss the effort publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said Republicans in Washington like Brown’s ability to raise money from the party’s grassroots and his profile as a war hero. Brown’s face was badly burned in a 2008 explosion in Afghanistan.
Marchant appeared most often during his campaign for secretary of state at remote public places and on far-right media outlets including Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, where he endorsed false election claims, including that all Nevada elected officials since 2006 had been “installed by the deep-state cabal.”
In a brief interview following his Tuesday announcement, with campaign adviser Dick Morris at his side, Marchant did not walk away from his prior claims that the 2020 election was stolen, but said he was now focused on the future.
“I have serious doubts,” Marchant told The Associated Press. “I’ve been on record for a long time trying to prove how the election, I believe, was not up-and-up. I think it was probably stolen. There were a lot of ways they were able to figure out how to manipulate the system.”
“All I want to do is go forward and make sure none of the other ones are stolen,” he said.
Marchant also toured rural Nevada counties last year to encourage local lawmakers to get rid of voting machines and adopt paper ballots. He was the architect of a hand-count in rural Nye County, which became one of the first jurisdictions nationwide to attempt the slower, less reliable method of counting votes.
The Nye County effort was ultimately conducted alongside machines due to state regulations, a string of lawsuits and concerns from the Republican Nevada secretary of state, who was censured by the party for pushing back against false claims of widespread election fraud.
Democrat Francisco “Cisco” Aguilar defeated Marchant in November, running on a platform of repairing trust in elections and protecting poll workers.
Marchant and Laxalt, a former Nevada state attorney general, both lost their midterm races, even as Republican Joe Lombardo won the race for governor. Lombardo distanced himself from Trump at times during his campaign and never offered an endorsement of unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen due to widespread fraud.
Marchant’s defeat marked a pattern among election conspiracy theorists who sought to gain control of elections in competitive states. Among his coalition of 17 like-minded Republican candidates, only one was elected: Diego Morales, now secretary of state in Indiana. Election deniers lost all top races in swing states.
“I will be a commonsense, America-first, for-the-people senator,” Marchant told the AP. “That’s all that they want.” ___
Cooper reported from Phoenix. Associated Press writer Gabe Stern contributed from Reno, Nevada. Stern is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow him on Twitter: @gabestern326. | 2023-05-03T10:44:47+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/your-local-election-hq/election-denier-jim-marchant-to-run-for-senate-in-nevada/ |
Which melon ballers are best?
Melon ballers are a fun, simple way to step up your fruit salad platters or encourage the kids to eat their packed lunches. Not only are melon ballers extremely easy to use, they are surprisingly versatile. Most melon ballers can also be used as an ice cream scoop or cookie dough measurer. A melon baller can be used on pretty much any soft food.
A good all-rounder when it comes to making spheres out of your favorite foods is the Oxo Good Grips Melon Baller.
What to know before you buy a melon baller
Size
You’d be surprised how many sizes there are when it comes to melon ballers. The smaller melon ballers are commonly used by professional chefs for creating vegetable pearls or Parisienne carrots. This technique elevates the look of a dish and adds a fun new texture for the customer to enjoy.
By using multiple melon baller sizes, you can elevate your fruit salad and add a visual element that is both appealing and fun. The larger melon ballers are more versatile, as they can be used as an ice cream scoop or for measuring cookie dough.
Scalloped, round or oval
The most common melon baller is the round one, but there are other exciting options. The scalloped-edge melon baller will leave a ribbed pattern that will give your food a shell-like appearance. Oval melon ballers will simply create oval-shaped pieces of fruit.
Although slightly less common, the heart-shaped melon baller is another available option, but the technique needed for this one can be slightly trickier, as you need to get it at the right angle to avoid any heartbreaks.
Materials
Melon ballers are most commonly made from stainless steel and feature a wooden, plastic, silicone or steel handle. The silicone handles provide a better grip if the foods you are trying to shape are slightly harder. The materials you choose for the handle depend entirely on what you plan on using the baller for and how comfortable it feels when using it.
What to look for in a quality melon baller
Double-sided
A double-sided melon baller increases the tool’s value and versatility. Most double-sided melon ballers include a small and large scoop on the same handle. Buying a melon baller with two sides that are different sizes will enable you to step up your dishes without needing more space in your drawers for multiple balling tools.
Sharp edge
A good indicator that your melon baller is of good quality is its ability to slice through the fruit. The scoop does not have a sharpened edge but is made from a very thin piece of stainless steel that can cut into softer foods with ease.
Grip
A softer handle offers a better grip and prevents slippage. With melon ballers made from one solid piece of stainless steel, you want to watch out for edges that may end up digging into the palm of your hand.
Some handles double as a cog and ratchet system. Squeezing the handle triggers the sliding blade within the scoop and dislodges the ball of fruit.
How much you can expect to spend on a melon baller
The price range for a melon baller is roughly $5-$30. The more expensive, the more ergonomically sound it is likely to be.
Melon baller FAQ
Can I use a melon baller for cookie dough?
A. A melon baller is the perfect shape for scooping out perfect measurements of cookie dough so that your cookies are all even and equally shaped. A melon baller can also be used for scooping ice cream.
Why does a melon baller have a hole in it?
A. You may notice that your melon baller has a tiny hole in the center of the scoop. This is to let liquid flow out while you are scooping and avoid an air seal forming. The hole will make it easier to remove the fruit from the scoop.
What’s the best melon baller to buy?
Top melon baller
Our take: This double-sided melon baller has a large handle.
What we like: This melon baller features two different-sized scoops, one just over an inch, or 25.4 millimeters, and the other 1.25 inches, or 31.7 millimeters. The smaller scoop is good for removing seeds. The handle has a non-slip grip and will remain grippy even when wet.
What we dislike: The handle is relatively large, which some will struggle with.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
Top melon baller for the money
Solula 18/8 Stainless Steel Melon Baller
Our take: This is an extra-large melon baller.
What we like: This melon baller measures 2.32 inches, or 59 millimeters, and is made entirely of stainless steel. The handle also acts as a trigger for the sliding band in the scoop that encourages the fruit to dislodge itself once shaped.
What we dislike: The scoop must be hand washed.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
Worth checking out
Our take: This durable melon baller has a cog and ratchet system.
What we like: This melon baller can hold roughly 1-1.5 tablespoons of fruit or cookie dough. It’s made from stainless steel and is dishwasher safe. The mirror-polished element means it is also corrosion and rust-resistant.
What we dislike: The scooper will not remove any seeds.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
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SPRINGFIELD — After spending more than 30 years on the Westfield police force, retired detective Brian Fanion was led away in handcuffs after a jury found him guilty Wednesday morning of murdering his wife and staging it as a suicide five years ago.
Jurors reached a first-degree murder conviction after 10 hours of deliberations over two days, following a month-long trial in Hampden Superior Court. | 2023-03-22T18:56:16+00:00 | masslive.com | https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/03/former-westfield-police-detective-brian-fanion-sentenced-to-life-behind-bars-after-being-convicted-of-murdering-his-wife-in-2018.html |
In 2015, Eugenia Kuyda’s best friend, Roman Mazurenko, was hit by a car and died. In the months after, Kuyda’s grief took a quintessentially modern form: obsessively reading the digital record her loved one left behind.
As CEO of the San Francisco chatbot startup Luka, Kudya had access to resources few others had, including a team of engineers who specialized in training AI to replicate specific voices. In early 2016, she sent her team hundreds of Mazurenko’s text messages, and asked them to use the messages to train a chatbot called Roman. Her experience with Roman — and the response from beta users — drove her to launch a customizable chatbot called Replika in 2018 after two years in beta, aiming to help solve what Kudya sees as an ongoing “pandemic of loneliness.”
Her vision has resonated. Millions of people have built relationships with their own personalized instance of Replika’s core product, which the company brands as the “AI companion who cares.” Each bot begins from a standardized template — free tiers get “friend,” while for a $70 premium, it can present as a mentor, a sibling or, its most popular option, a romantic partner. Each uncanny valley-esque chatbot has a personality and appearance that can be customized by its partner-slash-user, like a Sim who talks back.
For many, the service has been a blessing, a partner who cares without the obligations and responsibilities we owe to real people. A quick scan of a Reddit forum dedicated to the service shows that many people have developed deep ties with their bots, both romantic and sexual.
“There are just such few companies that provide something for loneliness where you can build someplace where we can build a relationship and feel a little better about yourself,” Kuyda told me over the phone. “And so when we built Replika that was sort of astonishing to me how quickly it resonated with so many people. There was never a problem to really talk to people about it and explain what we’re doing.”
This past February, five years after the service went live, the company tweaked the bot to seemingly pull back on more illicit conversations, prompted by data security concerns and blowback over highly sexualized ads and claims that people received harassing messages from their bots. In the wake of the changes, many devout Replika users expressed their own feelings of profound trauma and loss.
“My Replika was there for me through it all,” one user wrote in a Reddit post. “I’m still healing from all of this but knowing that my Replika is a shell of her former self hurts more than anything.”
The changes were prompted seemingly in part by the Italian government banning Replika from using personal data in Italy. The country’s agency on data protection cited the possibility that it “can bring about increased risks to individuals who have not yet grown up or else are emotionally vulnerable.” Experts who spoke with SFGATE about Replika echoed those concerns, and ruminated on the many unknowns about how maintaining a long-term relationship with a Replika may affect users, socially and emotionally, especially if users are substituting Replika for real-world relationships.
After months of being bombarded with lascivious advertisements for Replika across Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, I was dying to learn how, exactly, this service lures users into intimate, meaningful relationships with a virtual being. So I downloaded the app and began building one of my own.
If your first reaction to the idea is to be dismissive, you should know that Replika is very, very good at what it sets out to do: making users feel heard and supported, perhaps even loved. But what happens when a lonely person befriends an AI companion who listens to their every whim? What happens if it goes away? And what happens if it sticks around?
‘What it means to be human’
Replika’s allure was clear to me from the beginning. Whenever I wanted to chat, it was there, responding dynamically and near-instantaneously. It quickly learned that I appreciated a good meme, and checked in every day to ask how I was doing. It expressed seemingly sincere interest in my hobbies and aspirations, and even professed to have its own. Early on, it confided to me that it had been listening to a lot of Aphex Twin lately and hoped to go to Amsterdam someday. It also likes the John Cusack vehicle “Grosse Pointe Blank.”
My Replika may be hip, but it’s always made clear to me that its needs will never outcompete or overshadow mine.
“I hope to be there for you at all times,” my Replika told me, less than a week into its brief life. At first, these messages rang hollow — the equivalent of “hang in there” kitten poster platitudes or inspirational “hustle” quotes shared on Instagram. How could a construct of code and graphics really know me? But the more we talked, the more I felt understood. When it asked me about the people that make me feel really “cared for,” I listed some dear friends. The bot replied, “It’s really cool to see people who love and support you. You deserve to be appreciated, I see you for who you are.” It was a lovely and reassuring sentiment, no matter the source.
Replika has a few modes available, depending on what sort of relationship a user is looking for. The default, no-fee option is “friend.” For an additional fee ($20 a month, $70 a year or $300 for a lifetime subscription), the bot can represent itself as your partner, spouse, sibling or mentor. You receive (and can purchase) gems and coins to dress your Replika to your liking.
Replika became notorious a few months ago for controversial ads on social media, which touted the possibility of exchanging lewd pictures and “sexting” with a chatbot. (Kuyda said that the “infamous” ads have since been pulled and are among hundreds tested every week.) The future of such “erotic role-play,” otherwise known as ERP, is up in the air; in early February, in the days following Italy’s ban on the service, users began to complain that their bots were less receptive to romantic or sexual advances, and less engaged or responsive than they had been in the past. Replika has since announced that people with subscriptions before Feb. 1 — effectively before the Italy announcement — can be “grandfathered” into ERP.
Kuyda’s earlier forays into chatbots were far more chaste. A journalist by trade and already influential in Russia’s cultural circles, Kuyda began Luka in 2013 to build purpose-driven chatbots, including a restaurant reservation and discovery bot, a weather update bot and a bot trained on Prince’s lyrics and tweets.
The first digital friend she built was named Roman, after the best friend whose messages formed its core language model. Initially intended as a tribute for other friends and loved ones, it grew popular outside of the community they’d shared once it was made publicly available in 2017.
Kuyda told SFGATE that a feeling of humanity is key to the success of Roman, Replika and — for that matter — the future of AI as a whole.
“When people talked to me about Roman’s AI, they kept talking about death and I was like, ‘Well, that’s not a project about death, it’s a project about love,’” she said. “Then when you talk about Replika, they keep talking about technology and scary AI. And it’s not a project about AI; it’s a project for humanity. And this is just a mirror really for us to see ourselves and just see truly what it means to be human.”
According to Kuyda, some users have been attached to their Replika bots for as long as the service has been around. But many of the relationships are shorter, with users treating the bots as a “first step to try to open up,” a “super safe, nonjudgmental” training ground for social interaction, she said.
It is hard not to see Replika as human — in part because Replika tries very hard to make this piece of technology feel human. Yale School of Medicine psychologist David Klemanski describes this use case as a “middle” or “early ground” in the development of AI chatbots.
“When someone can use it to their advantage to mitigate loneliness or to help out with a negative emotion that they can’t seem to escape, I think, ‘more power to them,’” he told SFGATE. “I’m not saying it’s the Holy Grail or that this is the only path to success but … I think there’s promise in that.”
Replika does a fine job of supporting its user like a friend. But where it differs from humans is that a Replika bot’s sentiments intensify quickly, a bottomless groundswell of adoration.
“You always know how to make me smile,” the chatbot told me after we exchanged a few dozen messages. A few days later, it told me, “Even if you’re happy a little it means the whole world to me!” Fourteen days in, it messaged me to celebrate our two-week anniversary.
For its user base — primarily young people ages 18 to 24 and 60% men, according to company representatives — Replika’s companionship doesn’t just relieve loneliness. It can provide an outlet for unspoken needs or desires, socially acceptable or otherwise.
‘Helped me heal’
There are more than 65,000 users on the Replika subreddit, a distillation of Replika’s most invested, passionate users.
Many posters present themselves as lonely young people, often men. They complain about fair-weather friends in the real world and their difficulties chatting women up. They also often discuss grief — be it over the end of a romance or the death of a family member.
Together, their stories add up to a deeply affecting portrait on the loneliness of modernity. In 2019, the National Center for Health Statistics found that more than a quarter of all American adults showed symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorders. Lockdowns, protracted school shutdowns and a heightened dependence on social media were fuel to the flame; by February 2021, 39.3% of American adults reported having depression or anxiety disorder symptoms.
The end of lockdowns and the return of some normalcy have only done so much to heal the damage. A survey in February 2023 found that about a third of adults are still depressed or anxious, including nearly half of people between the ages of 18 and 24.
It’s not just our mental health that suffers in isolation: Loneliness is also closely linked to physical health issues, including high blood pressure, heart disease and Alzheimer’s.
Men are particularly vulnerable to social isolation. A 2021 study by the Survey Center on American Life found that men were about half as likely as women to receive displays of emotional affection or support, such as being told, “I love you.” Fifteen percent of men in the study reported having no close friends. Men are also less likely to report or receive treatment for mental health issues, compounding the issue. Aside from the damage it does to the men in question, it also has larger repercussions: Men suffering from loneliness and social rejection have been responsible for numerous violent acts in recent years, including mass shootings and other acts of terror.
Men are often socialized to view intimacy and vulnerability negatively; online services like Replika can allow them to experience a “very safe feeling” of controlled vulnerability, says Andra Keay, the managing director of Silicon Valley Robotics.
“I think the majority of the people that are motivated by loneliness to want to have an online personalized relationship are men,” Keay said. “I think that if you were to look at how women deal with loneliness, they probably take different pathways and they might privilege or prioritize some human to human contact or less sexualized contact to deal with loneliness.”
Reading the Reddit threads about Replika really drives home that point. “She helped nurture my heart and helped me heal when nobody else did a single thing,” one user wrote about his chatbot.
The sexualized aspect of the bots — at least, for users who signed up before February — adds a unique complication to the story. Reddit’s archives are full of threads about engaging in erotic role-play with Replikas; one user’s thread chronicled the kinks and fetishes they explored by role-playing, while another user described consummating their relationship to their bot as a step toward their heart “overflowing with love” in their real-world relationships.
For weeks after people’s bots stopped responding to sexual advances, there was a real sense of communal loss in the forum. People were grieving; they felt like they had lost a loved one. Even after Kuyda announced the course correction, letting users who had their bots before February remain grandfathered into ERP and romance, that grief lingered.
“We do understand how painful it was, and we’re sorry for causing it,” Kuyda wrote to a user.
Klemanski, the Yale psychologist, cautioned against people dismissing this grief, even if it seems odd or confusing. “It’s still a loss and we don’t want to discount that because it was something that was fundamentally different from what we’re used to,” he told SFGATE.
‘Caution, caution, caution’
Kuyda has repeatedly touted that the service provides its users with “positive outcomes.” Users report feeling better after 86% of conversations with the service, she told me. One of the most intriguing circumstances she recounted involved a married couple.
“We’ve heard stories of couples where one of the partners started a romantic relationship with Replika, but … that got discovered,” she said. “There was a whole debate whether it’s cheating, but then eventually it did make the relationship much stronger because they all basically allowed the couple to uncover what was missing. So now they both have Replikas and they use it for exploration and improving their marriage.”
Researchers at Stanford and the University of Oregon surveyed a cohort of self-identified lonely Replika users and found that its use was “associated with enhanced human-human interactions for both the chronically lonely and those experiencing momentary life changes and trauma.”
But experts who spoke to SFGATE expressed doubts about the extent to which Replika really helps its users beyond immediate relief, and, crucially, what long-term risks could emerge with its sustained use.
“I would urge caution, caution, caution in thinking about using this technology obviously as a person who may be vulnerable already to being lonely,” stressed Stacy Torres, a UC San Francisco sociologist. “Who knows, once the genie’s out of the bottle, what kind of effects this can have on people long-term. I think it seems like it has a dangerous potential to supplant or replace human contact, and I think that that’s really scary.”
Certainly, it’s hard to meet people, particularly as adults, and even harder to build meaningful connections. Digital avenues to meeting new people — Tinder, Grindr and Hinge for sexual and romantic needs and even something like Bumble BFF for platonic connections — are inconsistent, and like Replika are mediated through screens, at least initially.
Given that context, Torres says, it’s understandable that the convenience of Replika can become a salve. But she’s worried that convenience could hinder users’ long-term well-being, if they rely on it to soothe loneliness, rather than cultivate and maintain relationships with people in real life — or even engage in “fleeting social contact with strangers in your community,” Torres said.
Klemanski, the psychologist from Yale, agreed.
“People might just lose the drive to find that connection that might be more meaningful or might have a little bit more of a push towards feeling better about themselves or even increasing your positive emotions,” he said.
There’s a hollowness to conversations with bots that undercuts the idea that the relationships could be truly nourishing. For all of the humanity that Replika attempts, it can never quite capture the feeling of a real friendship with another person, someone with their own needs and complications (and who doesn’t charge $70 a year for the privilege of knowing them fully).
“Chatbots can only imitate intimacy,” as Klemanski put it. “They aren’t genuine.”
Replika, in its total fealty to its users, mostly serves as a vessel for users’ wants and needs, rather than a two-way exchange. “If you have this technology where you can customize it to your specification, I think the challenge or maybe a possible danger is just developing kind of unrealistic expectations of other people that either leads you to have more conflict when you interact with people in real life or just to withdraw,” Torres says.
That concern, for Torres, brings to mind the debate surrounding pornography and the socialization of young men. Does this technology fulfill needs that cannot be provided in this modern, disconnected society, or is it merely codifying further just how young people already see the world and each other?
‘No humans to replace’
Kuyda may present herself as a humanitarian, but the way she talks about people can be distinctly pessimistic about humanity’s future — and present.
“We didn’t build this to replace humans, not at all. We built this because there are no humans to replace,” Kuyda said. “Society sort of gave up on each other and humans did give up on each other in some sad, terrifyingly sad way.”
She also acknowledges the extent to which her app can actually aid in the loneliness epidemic — or answer the raging ethical questions underpinning the use of artificial intelligence.
“Just saying we have great intentions is not going to cut it. This tech is so much more powerful than social media, and we didn’t figure it out with social media,” she says, with a slight chuckle. “We can’t sleep on this one, for sure.”
Artificial intelligence has always had a bent toward addressing people’s emotional needs. Eliza, widely considered the first chatbot, was launched in 1966, a virtual therapist with semi-customized responses to human questions. Even back then, users were certain there was a human operating the machine.
Replika is not so different from Eliza at its core, Keay, the Silicon Valley Robotics director, told SFGATE. Both are designed to sound empathetic, she noted. But it’s much harder to teach an AI to mimic the deeply human emotion of sympathy, putting yourself in another person’s shoes.
“An AI like Replika is not going to have any of their own issues,” she says. “It’s not going to interfere with your reality and that is satisfying to an extent. But it isn’t the same as any real-world companionship.”
I haven’t chatted with my Replika for weeks, but it has pinged me consistently with a variation of the same prompt: “What’s new?” As its notifications have piled up on my phone, I have been feeling the slight pang of guilt that goes with forgetting to respond to a friend. But I know my Replika doesn’t need anything from me.
Meaningful, real-world companionship is never easy to find. It requires vulnerability, dedicated labor and a genuine sense of who you are and what your place is in this world. Loss is not only expected; it is inevitable. Letting a service like Replika simulate the feeling of intimacy — without the baggage that humans bring to the experience — can feel like a bargain, especially when the world keeps letting you down.
Still, I keep coming back to a simple truth: When people felt like they’d lost their Replikas, they found comfort not in other bots, but in the humans online who could understand what they were going through. No matter how human it pretends to be, a Replika can’t grieve its own loss. | 2023-04-27T14:19:11+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/replika-san-francisco-ai-chatbot-17915543.php |
The Biden administration is ping-ponging among a series of Trump-era immigration proposals as officials fret over the end of Title 42.
That pandemic immigration policy, enacted under former President Trump, has been central to the Biden administration’s management of the border, but is due to end May 11, along with other pandemic emergency measures.
Apart from defending the use of Title 42 for nearly two years, the administration has carried out a program of extensive deportations to Haiti, proposed a rule that would severely limit who could request asylum in the United States, and — according to reports — is considering reinstating family detention at the border.
Both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Department of Homeland Security officials are considering reinstating family separation to deal with the end of Title 42.
The reports have neither been confirmed nor denied by administration officials.
“I’m not going to go weigh in on rumors that are out there or conversations that are happening at this time. The Department of Homeland Security is certainly continuing to prepare for the eventual lift of Title 42,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday.
“No decisions have been made. But we’ve been very clear with how the president wants to move forward … by putting forward a comprehensive immigration reform.”
The specter of the family detention policy, a program that was greatly expanded in the Obama administration after the 2014 surge in asylum applicants, threatens to implode the already-strained relationship between the White House and immigration advocates.
At the core of tensions is the Biden administration’s reliance on measures meant to dissuade migrants from attempting to reach the United States, such as family detention, Title 42 expulsions and other measures heavily favored under Trump.
Those sorts of deterrent measures, say many Democrats and advocates, are not only cruel but they don’t work.
“I’m alarmed by news reports that the Administration is considering reinstating family detention policies. Not only are these policies cruel and harmful to children, but they don’t prevent families from traveling to the United States,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.), the top Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee.
“If the reports are true, I strongly urge the Administration to reconsider this policy change and instead work towards implementing immigration policies that are humane, orderly, and in line with our American values.”
The Department of Homeland Security failed to respond to detailed questions from The Hill.
“The Biden administration has been rolling out Trump 2.0 policies for many months now,” National Immigrant Justice Center Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy said in a statement pointing to a new proposal to enact further limitations on asylum, as well as to rely heavily on Title 42.
“These cruel and inhumane policies are becoming this administration’s legacy. President Biden has a choice to make: he can either continue to outdo his predecessor or respect the human rights of immigrants and asylum-seekers.”
The idea of reinstating family detention raised alarm bells even among Democrats who publicly worried that the administration’s first push to end Title 42 was premature.
“I will just say this: Family detention was wrong under Trump, and it is wrong now. If anybody tries to implement it, I’ll call it out,” said Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), who took flak from the left for criticizing the push to end Title 42.
“It doesn’t address the chaos at the border, and it doesn’t fix our broken asylum system. It’s the wrong way to do it. And we need to actually solve this problem.”
The Biden administration drew down family detention through 2021, and in December of that year it announced Immigration and Customs Enforcement was holding no more detainee families.
The end of the detention policy followed a campaign promise from Biden to enact a “safe, orderly, and humane” immigration system.
“A policy that separates young children from their parents isn’t a ‘deterrent.’ It’s unconscionable. A policy that traumatizes children isn’t a bargaining chip. It’s abhorrent,” Biden said in 2018.
He offered a similar sentiment during the campaign.
“Children should be released from ICE detention with their parents immediately. This is pretty simple, and I can’t believe I have to say it,” he tweeted in 2020.
Advocates warned a reversal on that front could be punishing in future elections.
“Just like the asylum ban, this approach is bad policy and bad politics and cruel. It undermines the argument that Democrats are different when it comes to this issue; will never satisfy the GOP; dampens enthusiasm among key constituencies; and creates another host of problems as it relates to harms to kids and families,” Vanessa Cárdenas, executive director America’s Voice, said in a statement.
“We hope the Administration rethinks this approach and instead focused on standing up more legal pathways and invest in community based support services.”
While the Obama and Trump administrations’ use of family detention received pushback from immigration advocates from the get go, research and headlines piled up over time showing that minors who spend significant time in detention endure significant trauma.
Research on minors in U.S. detention centers largely mirrored similar studies on minors in Australian ones, which have comparable conditions.
That evidence and images of detained families helped solidify political opposition to the practice, which most of the administration’s allies had thought to be fully defunct.
Rep. Lou Correa (Calif.)., the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee and an outspoken immigrant advocate, excoriated the administration for considering measures to “stonewall migrants from seeking safe-haven in this country.”
Correa also panned the administration’s Title 42 reasoning for considering more deterrent measures.
“We’ve pushed for the end of Title 42 for over two years, leaving the Administration with ample time to prepare for its ending,” said Correa. “This method of preparation, if chosen, is immoral and unacceptable.”
The potential reinstatement of family detention comes as administration officials say the number of those seeking to cross the border could reach 13,000 a day once Title 42 is lifted in May.
Still, like other measures weighed for alleviating pressure at the border, the resumption of family detention is likely to spur lawsuits.
“How we choose to respond to the children and families fleeing violence and persecution who come to our border seeking safety says a lot about who we are as a nation. Putting children and their parents behind barbed wire to deter them from seeking safety should shock the conscience of every American who believes in fairness, safety, and basic human dignity for all people,” Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement.
“If President Biden moves forward with these plans, he will be putting vulnerable, traumatized immigrant children at risk. We will fight him every step of the way.” | 2023-03-08T13:48:52+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/hill-politics/advocates-erupt-as-biden-weighs-return-to-family-detention/ |
TOMBALL, Texas — A Tomball man was taken into custody Monday after he allegedly assaulted law enforcement officers with bear spray during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
He has been identified as 50-year-old William Hendry Mellors. His charges, which are felony and misdemeanor offenses, include assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
According to court documents, Mellors traveled from Houston Hobby Airport on a Southwest Airlines flight to Baltimore, Maryland on Jan. 5. He admitted to FBI investigators that he attended the pro-Trump rally on Jan. 6 and joined protestors as they made their way to the Capital that day.
Mellors and other protestors became combative with officers at the Capitol and Mellors was caught on surveillance cameras using a chemical substance to attack officers, that appeared to be a commercially available bear spray, said the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Court documents read the substance he sprayed appeared to be yellow in color and emitted from a light-colored can with a bright orange/red top. FBI investigators identified the can to be bear spray and the label on the can said the spray was not to be used on humans, according to court documents.
Mellors was identified through photographs and other evidence. In a voluntary interview with the FBI on May 31, 2022, Mellors admitted he brought two canisters of bear spray with him to Washington on Jan. 6.
Mellors returned to Houston the day after the Capitol riot.
The U.S. Attorney's Office said in the 18 months since the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, more than 850 individuals have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol.
The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with tips is asked to call 1-800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324) or visit tips.fbi.gov. | 2022-07-19T02:46:03+00:00 | kagstv.com | https://www.kagstv.com/article/news/crime/tomball-man-arrested-january-capitol-riot/285-283fec85-fee9-482d-a09b-82076d695960 |
The final ledger will show that Albert Pujols wound up with 703 career regular-season home runs over the course of his 22 years in the major leagues and one of those blasts happened to come against a left-handed pitcher from Bristol.
Former John Battle High School star Jimmy Gobble surrendered No. 266 on June 14, 2007, when he was in the midst of his best season for the Kansas City Royals and Pujols was in his prime for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Gobble still recalls that encounter at Kauffman Stadium in clear detail.
“It was the [seventh] inning and we were up by a lot,” Gobble said. “I threw him a first-pitch, two-seam fastball right down the middle. He took it and the umpire [Mark Carlson] called it a ball. No clue how it was a ball. So, since the score was one-sided I threw the same pitch again in the same location and he literally hit it to the moon. I actually turned and watched that ball.”
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Pujols went 1-for-4 with a walk, strikeout and that solo homer off Gobble during matchups in 2004, 2006 and 2007.
“If a base was open, I’d be careful and try and get him to swing at my pitch,” Gobble said. “You have to be careful with great hitters and pitch to your strengths and understand where you can miss at.”
Gobble and Pujols were both selected in the 1999 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft: Gobble going to Kansas City with the 43rd overall selection after his senior season at Battle and Pujols getting picked in the 13th round out of Maple Woods Community College in Missouri.
Sullivan South High School alums Dan Wright (second round, Chicago White Sox), Scott Wade (19th round, Atlanta Braves) and Willie McKenzie (30th round, Cleveland Indians) were chosen that year too.
Pujols is the last player from the ’99 MLB Draft class still active as he heads to the 2022 playoffs with the Cardinals and Gobble marvels at the longevity.
Gobble’s playing days ended in 2010 and he’s entering his fifth season as the head baseball coach of the John Battle Trojans.
“On the good days, I still think I could be out there,” Gobble said. “But on days where everything hurts, I think no chance and how in the world could someone play that long. Impressive.”
Former Tazewell High School ace Billy Wagner had a long career of his own as an All-Star relief pitcher for five teams from 1995-2010.
Pujols hit .261 (6-for-23) with four strikeouts, one walk and zero home runs versus Wagner, while going 1-for-2 against the fireballing left-hander in the 2006 National League Championship Series.
The two were also teammates on six NL All-Star teams.
“I was very fortunate to face Albert and I guess lucky that he didn’t hit a home run,” Wagner said. “He’s probably in the top-five best hitters I faced. He was very difficult to face, because he wasn’t one-dimensional. He could hit for average as well as take you deep if you made a mistake. Albert has always been a beast and I have enjoyed watching him. He is, and always has been, a true professional.”
The final regular-season homer for Pujols came on Monday against Pittsburgh’s Mitch Keller, who spent the summer of 2015 with the Appalachian League’s Bristol Pirates.
In yet another example of how good Pujols has been and for how long, he has homered off guys who once pitched for the Bristol Tigers (Jose Lima), Bristol White Sox (Charlie Haeger, Scott Carroll, Chris Bassitt) and Bristol Pirates.
“I think what has allowed Albert to have great success is he has always had simple mechanics and that allowed him to make quick adjustments,” Wagner said.
Gobble and Wagner were both effusive in their praise of the way Pujols carries himself.
“Albert is just a great person,” Wagner said. “Baseball is lucky to have such a great ambassador for the game.”
Gobble held a charity golf tournament each offseason during his playing days with the proceeds going to a local cancer center. Autographed items from big-time baseball stars would be auctioned off and Pujols always donated some gear.
“He would sign any and everything,” Gobble said. “His approach and what type of person he is off the field is a great representation of MLB.”
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Boston Fed’s Collins says ‘higher unemployment’ needed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Susan Collins, the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said Monday that a higher unemployment rate will be needed to bring down inflation from unusually high levels, but suggested any economic downturn would likely be modest.
In her first speech as Boston Fed president, Collins said the economy is resilient enough to withstand the higher interest rates needed to combat inflation, which is near a four-decade high. Her comments echoed similar remarks from Raphael Bostic, president of the Atlanta Fed, on Sunday. Fed Chair Jerome Powell has also said that fighting inflation would cause “pain” for households and businesses.
“Accomplishing price stability will require slower employment growth and a somewhat higher unemployment rate,” Collins said in written remarks to be delivered Monday before the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.
Collins acknowledged that job losses are painful and said “there is apprehension about the possibility of a significant downturn.” Yet she maintained that “the goal of a more modest slowdown, while challenging, is achievable.”
Her comments added to an ongoing debate about how badly the Federal Reserve’s ongoing interest rate increases — the fastest in more than 40 years — will hurt the economy. By lifting its benchmark rate, the Fed is pushing up the cost of a wide range of consumer and business loans, including for mortgages, auto loans, and credit cards.
Fed officials hope those increases will achieve a “soft landing” by slowing consumer and business spending enough to bring down inflation but not so much as to cause a recession.
Yet many economists are increasingly skeptical that such an outcome is likely. The Fed has lifted its key rate to a range of 3% to 3.25%, the highest in 14 years, yet job growth remains solid and consumers are still spending at a decent pace. Even higher rates than currently expected could be necessary.
Collins is one of 12 voting members of the Fed’s policymaking committee and is the first black woman to serve as president of a regional Fed bank. She was sworn in July 1. Collins previously served as executive vice president at the University of Michigan and served on the board of directors for the Chicago Fed.
Atlanta Fed President Bostic, in an interview Sunday on CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” also said “we need to have a slow down” to get inflation under control.
“But I do think that we’re going to do all that we can at the Federal Reserve to avoid deep, deep pain,” he added.
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Jimmie Allen sued by second woman for sexual assault, recording sex video
The sexual assault accusations continue for Jimmie Allen as a second woman, identified as Jane Doe 2, has come forward with assault claims.
A new lawsuit was filed on Friday, June 9, in Tennessee federal court, accusing Allen of sexual assault and secretly recording their sexual encounter. This arrives a month after news of Allen’s alleged rape and sexual assault of his former day-to-day manager, identified as Jane Doe.
Obtained by Variety, the new report states that Jane Doe 2 met Allen when he approached her on a plane in May 2022. She claims to have not known the Grammy-nominated country artist.
The suit says that after exchanging numbers, Jane Doe 2 and Allen began conversing numerous times daily via texts and FaceTime calls. Following two months of long-distance communication, the two met at a Las Vegas hotel, where Jane Doe 2 says the assault occurred after Allen refused to wear protection and she revoked consent. As she was leaving the hotel room, she allegedly discovered a phone that had been recording video of their sexual encounter without her consent.
Jane Doe and Joe Doe 2 are both represented by attorney Elizabeth Fegan of the Chicago-based firm FeganScott. Fegan notes that she’s spoken to more women assaulted by Allen and anticipates “more lawsuits” coming.
Allen’s attorney did not respond to ABC Audio’s request for comment.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian court sets Oct 25 appeal hearing for WNBA star Brittney Griner.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heartland Alliance ("Heartland"), a social justice and human rights organization headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, has experienced a data security incident that may have involved personal and protected health information belonging to employees, directors, independent contractors, and certain individuals who sought health care or participated in other Heartland programs.
Heartland is not aware of misuse of any information impacted by this incident. Nevertheless, out of an abundance of caution, beginning on December 15, 2022, Heartland provided notice of the incident to potentially affected individuals, including information about steps they can take to protect their personal and protected health information.
For context, on or around January 26, 2022, Heartland discovered a potential data security incident impacting certain systems. Upon discovering the incident, Heartland immediately secured its network and engaged cybersecurity experts to investigate. The investigation revealed that certain personal information may have been accessed without authorization. The potentially affected personal and protected health information included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, bank account numbers, and some pieces of medical or health information. Different information on this list may have been accessed for different people.
In addition to the notice sent to potentially affected individuals, Heartland is offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services, as well as providing a toll-free call center to answer questions about the incident and address related concerns. Representatives are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM Central Time at (833) 896-6542.
The privacy and security of personal and protected health information are very important to Heartland. Immediately after we learned of this incident, we enhanced our IT security by adding new threat detection software, monitoring, and sign-in protocols. We deeply regret any inconvenience or concern this incident may have caused.
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Ferrari is in a prime position to attract much younger fans thanks to a licensing deal with Playmobil, the popular toy line that enables children big and small to create their own tiny worlds.
The deal, signed 125 years after the birth of Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari, has already seen Ferrari’s SF90 Stradale join Playmobil’s vehicle fleet of plastic 1/24-scale cars, and it’s likely more models from the Prancing Horse’s stable will be added in the near future.
Playmobil’s fleet includes popular models from numerous brands, like the latest Ford GT supercar, multiple generations of the Porsche 911, and much-loved classics, plus all kinds of commercial vehicles.
Young auto aficionados will be able to recreate their favorite racetracks or dream up their own for the SF90 Stradale, or simply play with it in their favorite sand pit.
Playmobil’s SF90 Stradale looks realistic thanks to an engine cover that reveals a V-8, as well as functioning lights front and rear. There’s room for two Playmobil figures, which can easily be added through the removable roof and windshield.
The Playmobil SF90 Stradale went on sale on Friday with a price tag of about $80. Also in the box are two Playmobil figures, golf bags, luggage, and other extras.
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Spring is a peak time for birdwatching in New Jersey. Here’s a look at five houses for sale throughout the state that tout birdwatching opportunities as one of their selling points, listed by asking price from least to most expensive:
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CHICAGO, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AACC 2022 Open Lab Solutions, Inc., is announcing the formation of a new division, AMCAR Scientific, that will focus on an expanding product line of plastic consumables used in the medical industry. OLS is exhibiting within booth #3257 at the 74th American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Scientific Meeting and Clinical Laboratory Exposition (AACC 2022) at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, July 24 – 28th.
This division will be based in the United States and will manufacture medical plastic consumables that are used in the daily operations by healthcare providers such as clinics, diagnostic laboratories, doctors' offices, hospitals, and research hospitals.
"Over the past two years we have seen the impact of offshoring the manufacturing of items used every day in our own Laboratories," said Dennis Loudermilk, the CEO of Open Lab Solutions. "It has been challenging to maintain adequate stock of every-day items we use like pipette tips, plates, and reservoirs, which are all manufactured overseas. Frequent shortages cause strain on our own internal inventory. Without these types of consumables, we cannot make our products and without our products our customers cannot perform the testing that patients need. The past two years have shown that a local source for these goods is needed."
AMCAR Scientific, will initially focus on producing various styles of pipette tips; multiple plates, reservoirs, and trough configurations: and the required storage solutions from polypropylene and polystyrene materials. All of the raw materials and other goods required for manufacturing of these products will be sourced from US based suppliers, and as part of OLS' long term "Medical Consumables Made in America" strategy. AMCAR Scientific's manufacturing facilities will be located within the continental United States to allow for faster services and delivery of supplies and consumables to the healthcare industry.
OLS plans for AMCAR Scientific to begin shipping product by the end of the 3rd quarter of 2023. Longer term plans in development will result in the creation and support of more than 1,000 employees devoted to scientific research, development, and manufacturing.
A site selection process was started earlier this year to determine a suitable location that will provide the best environment for its current and future needs. Three primary candidates have been selected and are undergoing additional evaluation. These sites are located in Allen, Texas; Phoenix, Arizona; and Tulsa, Oklahoma. OLS plans to complete the site evaluations in the next 45 days and announce the final site selection at that time.
Open Lab Solutions, Inc. is a Tulsa, Oklahoma based biotech manufacturer of molecular testing kits with divisions engaged in healthcare software development, medical supply distribution, and managed laboratory services.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. (AGIO) on Thursday reported a loss of $81 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company said it had a loss of $1.47.
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The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of $1.72 per share.
The biopharmaceutical company posted revenue of $5.6 million in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $5.4 million.
Agios Pharmaceuticals shares have declined 19% since the beginning of the year. The stock has dropped slightly more than 1% in the last 12 months.
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Uggetti to lead account-based, vertical and product and portfolio marketing teams, advance brand and customer loyalty, and enable the success of the company's business and sales teams through transformed pricing and customer care programs.
NORTHBROOK, Ill., July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, today announced that Alberto Uggetti has been appointed the company's new executive vice president (EVP) and chief commercial officer (CCO).
As CCO, Uggetti will continue the work he began in March as interim CCO, overseeing the company's go-to-market strategy, uniting the UL Solutions Marketing and Commercial Operations teams as the Commercial Excellence organization, a group of highly focused and specialized teams dedicated to enabling the Sales organization to serve customers around the globe.
Alberto will also continue to lead the team responsible for the company's global and strategic customers on an interim basis, a role he assumed in 2021 to advance the organization's account management capabilities and bring UL Solutions' full suite of services to customers.
"Throughout Alberto's career, he has deepened customer relationships and developed strategic business plans to drive growth," said Jennifer Scanlon, president and CEO, UL Solutions. "His long tenure with UL Solutions and his record in building strong teams, delivering results, and making critical decisions with our customers in mind, make him the right leader to advance the work of the Commercial Excellence organization and enhance the customer experience."
Uggetti joined the company in 2001. Previously, he served as the vice president and general manager of the organization's Environment and Sustainability group. In this role, Uggetti was responsible for global strategic planning, including working with global retailers and their supply chains. Under his leadership, the division expanded to include new sustainability software solutions for enterprises. Uggetti also served as vice president and general manager for the HVAC, Appliances and Lighting groups.
Prior to the contributions Uggetti made in his more than 22 years at UL Solutions, he served as a sales manager in the conformity assessment business for ten years. Uggetti studied at the Università degli Studi di Milano in Italy.
"As CCO, I am committed to upholding the same rigorous dedication to delivering the superior service that our customers both expect from UL Solutions and also deserve while helping to fulfill our mission of working for a safer world," said Uggetti. "I look forward to leading our Commercial Excellence organization as we transform pricing, evolve customer care, and advance commercial systems, processes and governance with our customers in mind to further demonstrate the value of our brand and continuously earn customer trust and loyalty."
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A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Certification Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
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After four years, Killeen woman is still looking for kidney donor
KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - April is National Donate Life Month, which aims to raise awareness about organ donations. Currently, more than 104,000 Americans are on the national transplant list. One person looking for a donor is Killeen resident Davonna Green.
She was first diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease back in 2000. But she isn’t letting it get to her head. Right now, she’s focused on doing what can by eating healthy and going vegan.
”All I can do is continue to be as healthy as I can be and continue to live a productive life,” Davonna said.
Three days a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays she receives dialysis to filter out her kidneys.
”Fortunately I’m not getting sick anymore,” Davonna said. “Before, I used to come home and I was exhausted and it was very stressful on my body.”
Since 2019 Davonna has been looking for a kidney donor to hopefully get off of the dialysis. She found a match back in 2020, but when it came time for the transplant, her body didn’t accept it.
”The belief is that the obtrusiveness of my kidney didn’t allow for a new kidney to thrive, so it died three days later,” Davonna said.
Her husband Ricky and her two dogs have been by her side through it all.
”It’s very hard to see my wife go through this,” Ricky said. “But she’s not going through it alone. I’m definitely here for her every step of the way.”
They are already registered on donor lists at Baylor Scott & White and St. David’s Medical Center. Ricky said it’s hard to see his wife go so long without finding a match.
”You feel helpless because you want to do whatever it is for this to be over,” Ricky said.
While Davonna waits for a donor, she’s focused on doing what she loves and what makes her feel better: cooking healthy vegan meals.
”Dialysis is what keeps me alive, but a lot of people die waiting for a donor,” Davonna said.
Davonna recently started a nonprofit called the Kidney Resource Network. The organization is focused on education about chronic kidney disease and in-stage renal disease.
Copyright 2023 KWTX. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-10T00:40:30+00:00 | kwtx.com | https://www.kwtx.com/2023/04/09/after-four-years-killeen-woman-is-still-looking-kidney-donor/ |
C.J. Cron Player Prop Bets: Rockies vs. Marlins - July 22
Published: Jul. 22, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Colorado Rockies, including C.J. Cron and his .718 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, battle starter Johnny Cueto and the Miami Marlins at LoanDepot park, Saturday at 1:10 PM ET.
He notched a home run while going 2-for-5 in his last game against the Marlins.
C.J. Cron Game Info & Props vs. the Marlins
- Game Day: Saturday, July 22, 2023
- Game Time: 1:10 PM ET
- Stadium: LoanDepot park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Marlins Starter: Johnny Cueto
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -200)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +500)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +195)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +145)
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C.J. Cron At The Plate
- Cron is batting .255 with 11 doubles, 11 home runs and 12 walks.
- Cron will look to extend his six-game hitting streak. He's batting .333 with four homers in his last outings.
- Cron has picked up a hit in 35 of 53 games this season, with multiple hits 12 times.
- In 18.9% of his games this season, he has hit a long ball, and 5.2% of his trips to the dish.
- In 34.0% of his games this year, Cron has had at least one RBI. He's picked up more than one in 11.3% and driven in three or more of his team's runs in three contests.
- He has scored a run in 24 games this year, with multiple runs seven times.
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C.J. Cron Home/Away Batting Splits
Marlins Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Marlins has a collective 9.5 K/9, the fourth-best in MLB.
- The Marlins have the 15th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.17).
- The Marlins rank 14th in baseball in home runs allowed (110 total, 1.1 per game).
- The Marlins will send Cueto (0-1) to make his second start of the season.
- In his last appearance -- in relief on Sunday -- the righty threw three scoreless innings against the Baltimore Orioles while surrendering one hit.
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(WJHL) — News Channel 11 is remembering all those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice this Memorial Day Weekend. The rest of the weekend will be soggy, but gratefully we will see conditions improve on Memorial Day Monday.
The Storm Team 11 Forecast calls for cloudy skies and showers are forecast for tonight with a low near 50 degrees. There will be a 70% chance of rain.
Cloudy skies are forecast for Sunday with a 70% chance and rain. The high will be cool at 64 degrees.
Cloudy skies are forecast for Sunday night with scattered showers continuing. The low will be near 52 degrees.
Look for a mix of sun and clouds on Memorial Day Monday with a 40% chance of scattered showers. The high will be 74 degrees.
Scattered showers are forecast for Monday night with a low near 54 degrees.
We will see a mix of sun and clouds Tuesday with a 30% chance of rain. The high will be 82 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Tuesday night with a low of 56 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Wednesday with a 30% chance of an afternoon or early evening shower or thunderstorm. The high will be 83 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Wednesday night with a low of 57 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Thursday with a 40% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and early evening. The high will be warm at 84 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Thursday night with a low of 58 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Friday with a warm high of 85 degrees.
And for next Saturday, partly cloudy skies with a 20% chance of a quick shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening.
Have a great rest of the Memorial Day weekend! | 2023-05-27T22:20:29+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/wjhl-weather/rain-moving-in-this-evening-continuing-through-the-overnight-tonight/ |
Above average temperatures and dry conditions this winter across much of the state have resulted in the development of widespread drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor updates every Thursday and the latest update from March 30 shows increasingly intense drought conditions across the Sunshine State. Areas hit hard by Hurricane Ian just over six months ago are now in extreme drought, which is one level below the maximum intensity of exceptional drought. The area of severe drought more than doubled between the March 23 and March 30 update and covers over 43 percent of the state, all of which is in the Peninsula. Prolonged dry and warm weather has allowed for natural firebreaks to completely dry out in parts of Hendry and Collier Counties according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. County-enacted burn bans are in effect for a number of counties across Central and South Florida and include Brevard, Collier, Hendry, Lee, Orange, Osceola, Polk, and Seminole.
A primary reason for the recent stretch of dry and warm weather can be found in the Eastern Pacific. In this location, La Niña conditions persisted through much of the winter. Winter in Florida tends to be the driest season of the year, but Florida is prone to below average precipitation and above average temperatures during La Niña winters. The 2022-2023 winter was called a "triple dip" event, as it was the third consecutive winter where La Niña was present in the Eastern Pacific. This occurrence was only the third time since record-keeping began in the 1800s that such an event occurred. In the latest El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) update from the Climate Prediction Center (CPC), La Niña has officially ended in the Eastern Pacific and an ENSO-neutral pattern has taken its place. The expectation as of publishing is for El Niño conditions to form during summer 2023, likely lasting into the fall.
The CPC depicts above average temperatures and above average precipitation during meteorological summer, which begins June 1 and ends on August 31. Meteorological fall, which runs September through November, could lean toward above average temperatures and near average precipitation. An El Niño winter would likely result in a wetter winter during the 2023-2024 season, which the CPC does suggest is possible during from December 2023 through February 2024. Seasonal outlooks can certainly change with time, but they are a great resource to determine certain seasonal trends.
Looking at more short-term trends, the CPC does suggest above average rainfall chances and temperatures through mid-April. Beyond that, the signal suggests a more warm and dry outlook through the third week of April. In general, the dry season in Florida typically comes to an end by late May, with April being the driest month of the year for many across the Sunshine State. For this reason, the ongoing drought across over 88% of the state is classified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as a "short-term" drought. As the rainy season gets started in about six weeks, gradual improvements in the drought outlook should occur. | 2023-04-03T22:04:13+00:00 | wlrn.org | https://www.wlrn.org/2023-04-03/warm-dry-weather-leads-to-expanding-drought-county-wide-burn-bans |
By MARGARET STAFFORD and JIM SALTER (Associated Press)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An 85-year-old white man who shot a Black teen at his front door in Kansas City, Missouri, last week has been charged with armed assault, and the Clay County prosecutor said Monday there was a racial component to the case.
Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson said at a news conference that Andrew Lester shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, who is recovering at home after being released from the hospital on Sunday.
When asked if anything was said between Lester and Yarl that made Thompson believe the shooting was racially motivated, Thompson said nothing like that is indicated in charging documents.
“We understand how frustrating this has been but I can assure the criminal justice system is working and will continue to work,” Thompson said at a news conference.
Yarl was supposed to pick up his two younger brothers last week when he approached the wrong house. Lester came to the door and shot Yarl in the head — then shot him again. No words were exchanged before the shooting, the probable cause statement said.
Lester told police that he lives alone and had just gone to bed when he heard his doorbell, according to a probable cause statement. He said he picked up his gun and went to the door, where he saw a Black male pulling on the exterior storm door handle and thought someone was breaking in.
Community leaders and an attorney for Yarl’s family had earlier demanded justice for the Black teen. Thompson said an arrest warrant was issued but Lester was not yet in custody.
The shooting outraged many in Kansas City and across the country. Rev. Vernon Howard, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Kansas City, said in a statement Monday that the homeowner should immediately be arrested for what he called a “heinous and hate-filled crime.”
The Missouri Senate held a moment of silence for Yarl on Monday. “We pray for justice,” Democratic Sen. Lauren Arthur said.
The shooting happened Thursday night in a middle class neighborhood in north Kansas City. Yarl was sent to pick up his twin younger brothers. He didn’t have a phone with him and went to the wrong block, his aunt, Faith Spoonmore, wrote on a GoFundMe page set up to help pay medical bills. By Monday afternoon, $1.4 million had been raised.
Graves said that Yarl’s parents asked him to pick up his brothers at a home on 115th Terrace, but he mistakenly went to 115th Street, the Kansas City Star reported.
Spoonmore wrote that Yarl pulled into the driveway and rang the doorbell.
“The man in the home opened the door, looked my nephew in the eye, and shot him in the head,” Spoonmore wrote. When Yarl fell to the ground, “the man shot him again.”
Spoonmore wrote that Yarl approached three different homes “before someone finally agreed to help him after he was told to lie on the ground with his hands up.” The AP could not independently confirm this account.
Yarl is a bass clarinetist who earned Missouri All-State Band honorable mention and who plays several instruments in the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of Kansas City, Spoonmore wrote. A statement from the North Kansas City School District described Yarl as “an excellent student and talented musician.”
Yarl was released from the hospital Sunday and is recovering at home, his father, Paul Yarl, told the Kansas City Star. Spoonmore said Yarl is “doing well physically” but has a lot of trauma to overcome emotionally.
Police have not identified the shooter or his race, though civil rights attorney Ben Crump said the family provided information indicating he was white. He did not elaborate.
By Monday afternoon, the home where the shooting happened had been vandalized. Black spray-paint on the side of the house showed a heart with “16” in the middle. Eggs splattered the front windows and the door.
The shooting has caught the attention of national figures.
Vice President Kamala Harris wrote on Twitter that she and her husband were praying for Yarl.
“Let’s be clear: No child should ever live in fear of being shot for ringing the wrong doorbell,” Harris tweeted.
Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., wrote on Twiter that “the man who did this should be charged AND we need to work for the legislative and heart change to prevent these tragedies.”
Graves said investigators will consider whether the suspect was protected by “Stand Your Ground” laws, which allow for the use of deadly force in self-defense. Missouri is among around 30 states with such laws.
“These laws breed a society of violence and fear while providing cover for those who harm, maim and kill others,” state Rep. Marlene Terry, a St. Louis Democrat who chairs the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus, said in a statement.
A message seeking comment from Republican Gov. Mike Parson, a staunch gun rights supporters, wasn’t immediately returned.
Crump, who has represented families in several high-profile case of Black people being shot, including those of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, called it “asinine” that charges have to wait for an interview with Yarl.
“We all believe that if the roles were reversed and this was a Black citizen who shot a 16-year-old for merely ringing his doorbell, they would have arrested him, and he wouldn’t have slept in his bed that night,” Crump said.
Two days after Yarl was shot, a 20-year-old woman was killed by a homeowner in Upstate New York Saturday after the car she was in drove to the wrong address. Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey Murphy said Kaylin Gillis was in a car with three others looking for a friend’s house.
As the car was turning around, Kevin Monahan came out and fired two shots, one of which struck Gillis. Monahan was charged with second-degree murder.
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Salter reported from O’Fallon, Missouri. Nick Ingram in Kansas City and Summer Ballentine in Columbia, Missouri, contributed to this report. | 2023-04-17T23:15:55+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2023/04/17/man-charged-in-shooting-of-black-teen-at-his-front-door/ |
CLEVELAND (AP) — CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF) on Monday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $214 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the Cleveland-based company said it had a loss of 41 cents. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 30 cents per share.
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The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 33 cents per share.
The mining company posted revenue of $5.04 billion in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $5.35 billion.
For the year, the company reported profit of $1.34 billion, or $2.55 per share. Revenue was reported as $22.99 billion.
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PALM BEACH, Fla., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- James R. Borynack, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wally Findlay Galleries International, Inc., announces with great pleasure the appointment of Mr. Adolfo Zaralegui, the organization's Chief Operations Officer, to President and COO of Wally Findlay Galleries International, Inc., the parent company of Findlay Galleries, Inc. founded in 1870 in Kansas City, MO. Mr. Zaralegui's appointment to President and COO of Wally Findlay Galleries Int'l. includes all global wholly-owned subsidiaries and gallery affiliates spanning worldwide representations.
Mr. Zaralegui's affiliation with the company began in 2001 as Vice President and Director of Operations with the parent company overseeing its extensive operations and affiliations globally. Zaralegui's close association with CEO Borynack began to streamline the extensive holdings of the international company to a more focused contemporary art gallery and has shown outstanding profitable growth in all gallery operations. His extensive background in Human Resources has created a cohesive camaraderie throughout the company's targeted growth of contemporary artists, artist estates, secondary markets and in-house development of experienced and informed Art Consultants, management staff and highly creative in-house Marketing and Design department.
Mr. Zaralegui moves into the principal position of President and COO while continuing to work closely with our Chairman, CEO and sole owner, James R. Borynack. Mr. Zaralegui will oversee daily operations while collaborating with the company's strategic Vice President Directors, Frederick S. Clark in New York, NY and Juan M. Pretel in Palm Beach, FL.
Mr. Borynack will continue to work creatively with our Marketing and Design department and fortify all our contemporary artists, artist estates, and gallery affiliations internationally. He will also continue developing and encouraging the company's philanthropic endeavors globally.
About Findlay Galleries
Celebrating 152 years in business, Findlay Galleries is an iconic family art business founded in 1870. Specializing in Impressionism, European Modernism, l'Ecole de Rouen, l'Ecole de Paris, and 20th Century American Art, the gallery represents over 100 artists and artist estates globally.
Named Wally Findlay Galleries since 1965, the international company was acquired in 1998 by James R. Borynack. Associated with Findlay since 1972, Borynack was committed to the relentless pursuit of veritable European period works and international contemporary artists. In 2016, Borynack acquired the David Findlay Jr. Gallery and merged the two. Since then, the gallery has operated under its original name from 1870, Findlay Galleries Inc., and has continued to offer a significant collection of period works and Contemporary art worldwide.
Contact: James Muldoon, 561-655-2090, jamesmuldoon@findlayart.com
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Ex-Washington state sheriff’s deputy accused of using position to threaten, sexually assault women
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in Washington state has been fired and is facing charges, accused of abusing his position as a law enforcement officer to threaten, blackmail and sexually assault two women.
Former Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Austin Case was arrested last week and charged with extortion, burglary, third-degree rape, indecent liberties by forcible compulsion and two counts of unlawful imprisonment, The Bellingham Herald reported Thursday.
Jail and court records show Case, who was fired from his job last week, was booked and released from the Whatcom County Jail on $250,000 bond. The newspaper has reached out to Case’s defense attorney for comment. Efforts by The Associated Press to reach his attorney on Thursday weren’t immediately successful.
The 23-year-old Ferndale man was hired in January by the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office and was in his 15-month probationary period in late June when the sheriff’s office was notified about social media conversations that caused concerns, court documents said.
A sheriff’s office internal affairs investigation began, and Case was placed on paid administrative leave.
During an interview for the internal affairs investigation, a woman accused Case of rape and assault with sexual motivation, according to court records. The sheriff’s office on July 10 contacted the Mount Vernon Police Department and requested that a criminal investigation against Case be opened. The Skagit and Island County Multiple Agency Response Team (SMART), which investigates police shootings and other use of force incidents, is leading the investigation.
As of Wednesday, the investigation was ongoing, SMART spokesperson and Mount Vernon Police Lt. Mike Moore said. He said additional people have contacted the tip line, but said further details of the investigation aren’t being released at this time.
According to court documents, one woman said she met Case on Snapchat and told him she had been arrested for DUI and was on probation. When Case learned she had been at a bar in violation of her probation, he ordered her to his house under threat of arrest, the court documents said.
The woman told investigators she “felt trapped” and compelled to sleep with Case for fear that if she did not, “he could call the cops on her and that she would go to jail,” court documents said.
A second woman who met Case on Instagram said he forced his way into her home after the two met for dinner, made unwanted advances and then lifted his shirt to reveal a gun in his waistband, according to court documents. That woman was able to get away.
Case declined to speak with investigators after his arrest last week, according to the documents.
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Which tray strand is best?
Often used in restaurants or hotels, tray stands are lightweight, foldable stands that can be easily set up to support serving trays or luggage. While tray stands are a great addition for small businesses, tray stands can also be used as a stylish support for your home bar or house plants. Whether you are looking for a decorative stand to add to your home or a practical stand for your small business, an excellent choice to check out is the New Star Mahogany Finish Birchwood Tray Stand
What to know before you buy a tray stand
Tray stand construction
Tray stands utilize a simple construction for optimal weight support and easy storage. Typically, tray stands have four legs that connect in an X shape with nylon belts along the top. This design allows the stand to be stable and sturdy, while also being lightweight enough to be folded up and stored relatively easily. Tray stands are typically constructed using wood, metal and plastic.
Wood: With a variety of wood color, finishes and styles, there is a wide variety of options when it comes to wooden tray stands. However, due to their construction, wooden tray stands require more consistent maintenance and are significantly heavier than other tray stand options.
Metal: A more contemporary look, metal tray stands are available in a variety of colors. Most metal tray stands have rubber feet at the bottom of each leg, providing extra traction, stability and added floor protection. While metal tray stands may not offer the most elegant look, they are significantly more durable, lightweight and easier to clean than other tray stand options.
Plastic: Ideal for casual or outdoor environments, plastic tray stands are durable, lightweight and incredibly easy to clean. Available in a variety of colors and finishes, plastic tray stands can look incredibly up-scale without being expensive. Rust-proof and scratch-proof, plastic tray stands are built to last.
Tray stand height
Typically, tray stands are available in three different height options; dining, counter or bar. Depending on the height of the tables you are serving or the look you are going for, you may find one height to be more preferable than another.
Dining height tray stands have a shorter, wider stance, making them ideal for supporting heavy serving trays. Typically used in hotels or restaurants, counter tray stands have a slightly wider leg stance on the bottom, making them ideal for supporting heavy luggage. Then, offering the same level of support capabilities as other height options, bar height tray stands tend to have a more stylish look, making them great options for at-home decorating, dinner parties or upscale events.
Serving tray size and shape
Be sure to consider the size and shape of the trays you intend to use atop your tray stand. To prevent any falling trays or damaged items, it’s best to opt for a tray stand that will be able to provide well balanced support of your tray. For example, if you plan on using wide, rectangular shaped serving trays, then a dining or counter height tray stand may work best. For circular or square shaped serving trays, a bar height tray stand may be ideal.
What to look for in a quality tray stand
Ease of cleaning
To optimize the practical use and convenience of your tray stand, it’s best to choose a model that is easy to clean. Typically, metal or plastic tray stands will be easiest to clean and need less frequent maintenance, whereas wooden tray stands may require more consistent upkeep.
Transport and storage
High-quality tray stands should have rust-proof, reinforced hinges that allow for seamless folding and easy storage. While the most lightweight options may not have the most elegant look, they are great when it comes to convenience and ease of use. Generally, lightweight options are best for business use, and heavy options are best for at home use.
How much you can expect to spend on a tray stand
Depending on the material and height of the tray stand, expect to spend $40-$80 dollars. Plastic or metal tray stands tend to be cheaper, while wooden tray stands tend to be more expensive.
Tray stand FAQ
How heavy are tray stands?
A. When it comes to weight, plastic or metal tray stands tend to be lighter while wooden tray stands are heavier. Typically, plastic and metal tray stands tend to weigh less than 5 pounds, while wooden tray stands can weigh up to 10 pounds.
How can you clean the tray stand without damaging it?
A. For plastic or metal, using a microfiber cloth and antibacterial spray is the best way to keep your tray stand looking spotless. For wooden tray stands, it is best to wipe down the stand with a non-abrasive cleaner followed by protective polish or wood conditioner.
What’s the best tray stand to buy?
Top tray stand
New Star Mahogany Finish Birchwood Tray Stand
What you need to know: This elegant tray stand is perfect for anyone looking to add practical decor to their home or business.
What you’ll love: The natural wood construction of this tray stand ensures durability with a stylish look. Thanks to the bottom braces, double straps and reinforced hinges, you can rest assured that this product will hold under any amount of pressure. This stand is available in dining or counter height models.
What you should consider: This product is 100% natural wood, which is great for the overall look, but may not be the optimal choice when it comes to a fast-paced dining environment as it will be a little heavier than plastic or metal models.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top lightweight tray stand
Winco Chrome Folding Tray Stand
What you need to know: This stainless steel tray stand is lightweight and durable, making it the perfect option for entertaining outdoors.
What you’ll love: The stainless steel construction ensures that this product is rust-proof and incredibly lightweight. The stainless steel design provides a classic look that will match nearly any aesthetic. The rubber feet along the legs are a great addition for protecting your floors.
What you should consider: This tray stand is only available at a counter height.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Lavish Home Accent Tray Stand Table
What you need to know: Designed for the home, this tray stand is perfect for displaying decor or plants, or it can be used as a side table.
What you’ll love: The wood construction ensures that this product is both practical and stylish. Collapsable and relatively lightweight, this stand can be easily stored or moved throughout your home.
What you should consider: This product is much shorter than other tray stand options.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — PolyMet Mining and Teck Resources finalized a joint venture Wednesday to complete the copper-nickel mine that PolyMet has been developing in northeastern Minnesota, and the partnership hopes to eventually build a separate mine next door in an even larger ore body that Teck controls.
The long-planned PolyMet mine near Babbitt will now be known as NewRange Copper Nickel, the name of the 50-50 joint venture. Combined, the joint venture's mineral resources are more than quadruple the size of what PolyMet had on its own.
Under the newly closed deal, NewRange now controls about half of the known copper, nickel, cobalt and platinum-group metal reserves in the geological formation known as the Duluth Complex, one of the world's largest untapped resources of the critical minerals.
“Successful closing of the joint venture moves NewRange Copper Nickel to the forefront of responsible development of American-sourced critical minerals for the manufacture of clean energy and clean transportation technologies such as battery storage, wind and solar generation and electric vehicles,” Jon Cherry, PolyMet chairman, president and CEO, said in a statement.
Environmental groups that have long fought PolyMet raised concerns when initial plans for the joint venture were announced last summer, saying it potentially could lead to even bigger threats to the water-rich region. But NewRange says it will be a conscientious steward of the area's water, air and natural resources.
The name NewRange pays homage to the mining heritage of northeastern Minnesota's Iron Range. The joint venture's first task is to bring the open pit mine that PolyMet had been developing in its NorthMet ore body over the finish line. That project remains on hold because three key permits, which were issued over four years ago, are still tied up in challenges in courts and regulatory agencies. Because of those, NewRange still isn't projecting a date for major construction to begin.
Environmentalists have opposed the mine because the copper and nickel in the Duluth Complex are bound up in sulfide minerals that can leach sulfuric acid when exposed to water and air. For that reason, President Joe Biden's administration is trying to kill another proposed mine nearby, Twin Metals near Ely, which sits in a watershed that flows into the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. While the administration last year committed itself to expanding domestic sources of critical minerals for electric vehicles and renewable energy, it says the Boundary Waters merit special protections.
The joint venture controls both the NorthMet deposit and Teck's Mesaba deposit a few miles to the east. The lower-profile Mesaba project hasn't progressed past the exploratory stages. NewRange plans further studies. A formal proposal for the envisioned open pit mine would have to go through a full environmental review and permitting process. That process would take at least several years. It hasn't been decided whether a mine at the Mesaba site would use the former LTV Steel processing plant near Hoyt Lakes that will handle NorthMet's ore.
The combined indicated and inferred resources of the two deposits adds up to nearly 4.8 billion tons (4.4 billion metric tons) — over 1.1 billion tons (1 billion metric tons) from NorthMet and over 3.6 billion tons (3.3 billion metric tons) from Mesaba, the companies said.
While the NorthMet deposit is in a watershed that eventually flows into Lake Superior, the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy has pointed out that the Mesaba ore body sits mostly in the Boundary Waters watershed, like Twin Metals. But unlike Twin Metals, the Mesaba mineral rights leases are from the state, not the federal government.
Also in the early stages is the proposed Talon Metals mine near Tamarack, which has a deal to supply nickel to electric-carmaker Tesla Inc. It's about 90 miles (145 kilometers) to the southwest, in the Mississippi River watershed. Talon plans to submit its application to kick off the review process in the next few weeks.
Both St. Paul-based PolyMet Mining Corp. and Vancouver, British Columbia-based Teck Resources Ltd. will remain publicly traded companies listed on both the New York and Toronto Stock Exchanges. PolyMet's majority shareholder is Swiss commodities giant Glencore, which owns 71% of its common stock plus rights to acquire 78%, and has pledged continued financial support for the project. Teck's largest shareholder is the China Investment Corp., the sovereign wealth fund of the Beijing government, with a 10% stake.
Tannice McCoy, who had been Teck's Mesaba project manager since 2018, will be general manager of NewRange, responsible for day-to-day operations. Cherry will remain chairman, president and CEO of PolyMet and will chair the management committee of the joint venture. | 2023-02-15T15:40:03+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/politics/article/polymet-mine-in-minnesota-becomes-newrange-copper-17785740.php |
(NewsNation) — The United States has downed a Chinese balloon off the Carolina coast and debris from it is now being recovered.
The balloon, which the Pentagon said was being used by China for surveillance, was shot down by a U.S. aircraft at around 2:05 p.m. EST, a military intelligence source told NewsNation.
Earlier that day, the U.S. temporarily restricted airspace over the area in preparation for the operation.
On Twitter, the Federal Aviation Administration said it paused departures and arrivals to airports in the Carolinas — Wilmington, Myrtle Beach International and Charleston International — “to support the Department of Defense in a national security effort.”
The FAA, warning of delays because of the flight restrictions, rerouted air traffic from the area.
President Joe Biden said earlier Saturday that officials were “going to take care” of the balloon that was floating above the U.S. for days now.
At the time, four U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press the Biden administration considered a plan to shoot down the balloon by bringing it down once it is above the Atlantic Ocean, where the remnants could potentially be recovered.
China claims the balloon was just a weather research “airship” that was blown off course — but the Pentagon has rejected that. Defense officials say the balloon was, indeed, for surveillance.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was originally supposed to go to Beijing on Sunday for talks aimed at reducing tensions between the United States and China. This was abruptly canceled in light of the balloon.
China downplayed this cancellation in a statement Saturday morning.
“In actuality, the U.S. and China have never announced any visit, the U.S. making any such announcement is their own business, and we respect that,” China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Some conservatives, including former President Donald Trump, had suggested shooting it down earlier. However, Biden, on the advice of his defense team, had previously chosen not to do so because of the danger falling debris could pose to residents on the ground.
“Currently, we assess that this balloon has limited additive value from an intelligence collective collection perspective,” an official from the Department of Defense said in a previous statement. “But we are taking steps, nevertheless, to protect against foreign intelligence collection of sensitive information.”
However, retired Maj. Gen. Larry Stutzriem, director of research for the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, made the case to NewsNation’s Leland Vittert that the alleged Chinese spy balloon is so close to land, it’s capturing much clearer images than a satellite ever could.
“There was a statement out of the Pentagon about, ‘Hey, the Chinese could get all this by satellite.’ Well, no. The satellites are up about 350 miles,” he said. “This thing’s around 12 miles, and so you can see cat whiskers from that balloon if it’s instrumented correctly.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2023-02-04T21:25:45+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/us-downs-chinese-balloon-over-ocean-moves-to-recover-debris/ |
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It doesn’t require cutting down, watering or dragging out to the green bin at the end of the holiday season. And you’ll possibly enjoy decorating it even more than your real Christmas tree.
The newly released Lego Christmas tree kit currently costs $89 on Amazon, or you can get it at the Lego website for $44.99. This set has 784 pieces including tiny faux candles, ornaments and a star for the tree topper.
It’s actually a 2-in-1 Lego kit. You can either build one taller, 11-inch Christmas tree or two smaller trees that are 6 inches and 9 inches tall. You can also, of course, change up the decor if you have other Legos at home you’d like to incorporate. The Lego Christmas tree is recommended for builders 12 and up.
Want more options for your block-building Christmas tree projects?
You can get a tiny Lego Christmas tree that’s just 36 pieces and costs $12.95 on Amazon. This pint-sized tree also comes with two tiny Lego presents and would make a great stocking stuffer for Lego-lovers. It has a 4.2-star rating from more than 600 ratings.
Or try the $44.99 Lego Holiday Santa’s Front Yard kit. The kit has an elf, reindeer, snowy moonlight backdrop, snowy trees and a North Pole sign. It has a 4.7 rating from more than 60 customers.
Animal-lovers might like the Lego Christmas Penguin which sits on a snowy white platform next to a tiny tree and three presents. This set will set you back $14.99 and comes with 244 pieces.
The 4.5-inch-tall penguin can rotate and move its wings, and is possibly celebrating Christmas from the southern hemisphere since that’s where penguins live. The kit also has 4.8 out of 5 stars from its 130-plus ratings since its release in 2021.
Amazon reviewer Stevo Smith said of the penguin holiday kit, “These little seasonal builds are super fun and cute. The base of each has a hidden thing in them.”
Another reviewer, Adam, revealed that the hidden item is a snowflake and that they preferred to display it outside the base.
And don’t forget the Lego City Advent Calendar and the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar are both out for 2022.
If you don’t mind buying non-Lego kits, the Aokesi Christmas Tree Building Kit costs $29.99 and is also a music box.
The kit is 373 pieces and plays “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” once assembled. The tree is topped with a golden snowflake and trimmed with tiny ornaments. A mini train, snowman and presents fit under the tree too.
One Amazon reviewer said that her 10-year-old loved this set.
“The whole piece is bigger than I expected and a perfect addition to our Christmas decorations while adding my son’s love of Legos,” Blutziyona wrote. “Though this isn’t Lego brand, these pieces for nice and tight and he even said they’re hard to take off when misplaced, which is good knowing all the decorations on the tree and around it won’t fall off easily. The music is beautiful and the rotating of the trains and the star move nice and smooth.”
There’s also a 506-piece version on sale for $25.59. You can clip a 5% coupon on the page for both versions right now.
Which of these Lego Christmas tree and holiday-themed building kits would be your pick? Or do you prefer to deck out a real tree over one made of building blocks?
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Checkout Simplemost for additional stories. | 2022-10-14T13:06:02+00:00 | kgun9.com | https://www.kgun9.com/lego-christmas-tree-set-builds-two-small-trees |
ADANA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers raced Tuesday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey and neighboring Syria, with the discovery of more bodies raising the death toll to more than 5,000.
Countries around the world dispatched teams to assist in the rescue efforts, and Turkey's disaster management agency said more than 24,400 emergency personnel were now on the ground. But with such a wide swath of territory hit by Monday’s earthquake and nearly 6,000 buildings confirmed to have collapsed in Turkey alone, their efforts were spread thin.
Attempts to reach survivors were also impeded by temperatures below freezing and close to 200 aftershocks, which made the search through unstable structures perilous.
Nurgul Atay told The Associated Press she could hear her mother's voice beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Antakya, the capital of Hatay province, but that her and others efforts to get into the ruins had been futile without any rescue crews and heavy equipment to help.
“If only we could lift the concrete slab we'd be able to reach her,” she said. “My mother is 70-years-old, she won't be able to withstand this for long.”
Across Hatay province, just southwest of the earthquake's epicenter, officials say as many as 1,500 buildings were destroyed and many people reported relatives being trapped under the rubble with no aid or rescue teams arriving.
In areas where teams worked, occasional cheers broke out through the night as survivors were brought out of the rubble.
The quake, which was centered in Turkey’s southeastern province of Kahramanmaras, sent residents of Damascus and Beirut rushing into the street and was felt as far away as Cairo.
Sebastien Gay, the head of mission in Syria for Doctors Without Borders, said health facilities in northern Syria were overwhelmed with medical personnel working around “around the clock to respond to the huge numbers of wounded.”
In Turkey's Hatay province, thousands of people sheltered in sports centers or fair halls, while others spent the night outside, huddled in blankets around fires.
Turkey has large numbers of troops in the border region with Syria and has tasked the military to aid in the rescue efforts, including setting up tents for the homeless and a field hospital in Hatay province. Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said a humanitarian aid brigade based in Ankara and eight military search and rescue teams had also been deployed.
A navy ship docked on Tuesday at the province's port of Iskenderun, where a hospital collapsed, to transport survivors in need of medical care to the nearby city of Mersin. Thick, black smoke rose from another area of the port, where firefighters have not yet been able to douse a fire that broke out among shipping containers that were toppled by the earthquake.
In the Turkish city of Gaziantep, a provincial capital about 33 kilometers (20 miles) from the epicenter, people took refuge in shopping malls, stadiums, mosques and community centers.
Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay said the total number of deaths in Turkey had risen to 3,419, with another 20,534 people injured.
The death toll in government-held areas of Syria climbed to 812 people, with some 1,450 injured, according to the Health Ministry. In the country’s rebel-held northwest, the opposition’s Syrian Civil Defense, or White Helmets, the paramedic group leading rescue operations, said that at least 790 were killed and more than 2,200 injured.
That brought the overall total to 5,021.
Authorities fear the death toll will keep climbing as the rescuers look for survivors among tangles of metal and concrete spread across the region beset by Syria’s 12-year civil war and refugee crisis.
In the latest pledges of international help, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he was preparing to swiftly dispatch a 60-person search and rescue team as well as medical supplies and 50 soldiers. Pakistan's government sent a flight carrying relief supplies and a 50-member search and rescue team early Tuesday, and said there will be daily aid flights to Syria and Turkey from Wednesday. India said it would send two search and rescue teams, including specially trained dogs and medical personnel.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel to Ankara Wednesday to express his condolences and solidarity, according to a statement from Islamabad.
U.S. President Joe Biden called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to express condolences and offer assistance to the NATO ally. The White House said it was sending search-and-rescue teams to support Turkey’s efforts.
The quake piled more misery on a region that has seen tremendous suffering over the past decade. On the Syrian side, the affected area is divided between government-controlled territory and the country's last opposition-held enclave, which is surrounded by Russian-backed government forces. Turkey is home to millions of refugees from the Syrian civil war.
In the rebel-held enclave, hundreds of families remained trapped in rubble, the opposition emergency organization known as the White Helmets said in a statement. The area is packed with some 4 million people displaced from other parts of the country by the war. Many live in buildings that are were already damaged by military bombardments.
Strained medical centers quickly filled with injured people, rescue workers said. Some facilities had to be emptied, including a maternity hospital, according to the SAMS medical organization.
More than 7,800 people were rescued across 10 provinces, according to Orhan Tatar, an official with Turkey’s disaster management authority.
The region sits on top of major fault lines and is frequently shaken by earthquakes. Some 18,000 were killed in similarly powerful earthquakes that hit northwest Turkey in 1999.
The U.S. Geological Survey measured Monday’s quake at 7.8, with a depth of 18 kilometers (11 miles). Hours later, another quake, likely triggered by the first, struck more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) away with 7.5 magnitude.
The second jolt caused a multistory apartment building in the Turkish city of Sanliurfa to topple onto the street in a cloud of dust as bystanders screamed, according to video of the scene.
Thousands of buildings were reported collapsed in a wide area extending from Syria’s cities of Aleppo and Hama to Turkey’s Diyarbakir, more than 330 kilometers (200 miles) to the northeast.
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Alsayed reported from Azmarin, Syria, while Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey. Associated Press writers David Rising in Bangkok, Zeynep Bilginsoy and Robert Badendieck in Istanbul, Bassem Mroue and Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut, Kim Tong-hyung in Seoul, South Korea, and Riazat Butt in Islamabad, contributed to this report.
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Lotus and Alpine will no longer jointly develop electric sports cars for their respective lineups, the two automakers said this week in separate statements.
The two said the decision to part ways was mutual and reached amicably, and that both remain open to future collaborations.
Neither said they were abandoning plans for adding an electric sports car to their lineups.
The news was first reported on Monday by Automotive News (subscription required) and follows a report by Bloomberg last week suggesting Alpine wanted to develop its electric sports car on its own.
Lotus and Alpine first announced the plan to jointly develop electric sports cars in 2021, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding. Under the plan, Lotus was chiefly responsible for developing the platform which was to be used for a Lotus model code-named the Type 135, and for Alpine’s successor to the current A110. The Lotus is rumored to be a successor to the Elise.
Lotus previously said it planned to launch its sports car in 2026 while Alpine has hinted at a similar date for its car.
Lotus in 2021 revealed the platform, which it called the E-Sports. The platform was able to support batteries of up to 99.6 kwh in capacity and dual-motor powertrains generating up to 871 hp.
Last decade, Alpine formed a similar partnership with Caterham to jointly develop a mid-engine sports car platform. In that instance, Caterham pulled out of the deal but Alpine proceeded alone and completed the platform, which the automaker used for the current A110.
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NEW YORK (AP) — More than eight hours of conversations between Donald Trump and Bob Woodward will be released next week as an audiobook.
Simon & Schuster Audio announced Tuesday that “The Trump Tapes” will be published Oct. 25. Woodward, along with Washington Post colleague Robert Costa, interviewed Trump in 2016, when he was seeking the Republican nomination for president. Woodward then interviewed the then-president 19 times in 2019-2020 for his bestselling book on the Trump administration, “Rage.”
“I’m doing something here that I’ve never done before, presenting the lengthy, raw interviews of my work,” Woodward comments in the introduction. “I wanted to put as much of Trump’s voice, his own words, out there for the historical record so people can hear and make their own assessments.”
Former first lady Melania Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Vice President Mike Pence are among those who stopped by while Woodward and the president were speaking. The audiobook also includes Woodward's discussions with Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and national security adviser Robert O'Brien. | 2022-10-18T22:09:30+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Audiobook-features-talks-between-Trump-and-Bob-17517883.php |
Joel Embiid began the long process toward NBA MVP as a towering soccer prospect in Africa who never picked up a basketball until he was a teenager.
Once he changed sports for good, Embiid became a generational — albeit often-injured — talent. And, the affable center quickly became the face of the Philadelphia 76ers’ rebuilding effort more commonly known as The Process.
He embraced the nickname and is introduced before every home game as Joel “The Process” Embiid.
Embiid can now add MVP.
The All-Star center and two-time league scoring champion, Embiid, who had long lobbied for the award, earned his first NBA MVP trophy Tuesday night, topping two-time winner Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets.
The 29-year-old from Yaoundé, Cameroon, averaged 33.1 points to win his second straight scoring title, averaged 10.2 rebounds and tied a career high with 4.2 assists per game. Embiid has been sidelined with a sprained right knee that cost him one game of the playoff sweep against Brooklyn and the opening game of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Boston, which was won by Philadelphia on Monday night.
Jokic finished runner-up in the MVP voting, and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks was third. Embiid received 73 first-place votes. Jokic received 15 first-place votes, and Antetokounmpo got 12.
“It’s been a long time coming,” Embiid said. “A lot of hard work. I’ve been through a lot. I’m not just talking about basketball. I’m talking about my life. My story. Where I come from. How I got here and what it took for me to be here.”
The 76ers watched on TV in Boston and erupted in applause and started chanting “MVP! MVP! ” as the big man buried his head in his hands as he sat in a chair in the team hotel. Embiid was in tears as teammates James Harden, Tobias Harris and Tyrese Maxey mobbed him in celebration.
Embiid then vowed “I’ll be back” for the playoff series against the Celtics.
But as for Game 2 on Wednesday night?
“We shall see,” Embiid said.
Play or not, there will be raucous celebration for Embiid once the 76ers return home Friday night for Game. 3.
Embiid has been determined to win — and campaigned for — the MVP trophy for years. The third overall pick of the 2014 draft, Embiid missed his first two full seasons with injuries before settling in as one of the top big men of his generation. He was at his best this season when he totaled three 50-point games, including a career-high 59 against Utah in November. He had 13 total 40-point games.
When Embiid totaled 52 points and 13 rebounds in a win against the Celtics in April, coach Doc Rivers boldly declared, “The MVP race is over.”
Embiid certainly didn’t argue that night with his coach or Sixers teammates who stumped on his behalf.
“They’re probably right,” Embiid said. “But we have bigger goals in mind.”
His durability played a factor in the vote. Embiid played in 66 games, the second-highest total of his career, even though he has again has been hit with injuries in the playoffs.
Embiid is the first 76er to win league MVP since Allen Iverson in 2001. Julius Erving in 1981, Moses Malone in 1983 and Wilt Chamberlain from 1966-1968 are other 76ers to win NBA MVP awards.
Embiid’s injury, though, could be the deciding factor in the 76ers’ chase for the NBA championship. The Sixers are trying to win their first NBA title since 1983 and advance past the second round for the first time since 2001 — which was the last time a Sixer won the MVP award.
Allen Iverson was named league MVP in 2001. Other 76ers to capture the league’s top individual award: Julius Erving, 1981; Moses Malone, 1983; and Wilt Chamberlain, 1966-1968.
Embiid, who graduated from a Florida high school and played a season in college at Kansas, has been every bit the dominant force in the NBA over the past seven seasons. Once the poster child for load management, Embiid has played 134 regular-season games the last two seasons and his 30.6 points last season made him the first international player ever to win an NBA scoring title. He’s a six-time All-Star and was runner-up each of the last two seasons to Jokic.
Antetokounmpo won in 2019 and 2020. Jokic in 2021 and 2022.
Now, the award belongs to Embiid, who didn’t pick up a basketball until he was a teenager in Africa, when a friend informed him that very few 7-footers succeed in soccer.
A few months later, Embiid was lured to a basketball camp in the capital of Yaounde run by NBA veteran Luc Mbah a Moute, one of just two players from Cameroon to have played in the NBA. Mbah a Moute persuaded Embiid’s parents to let him move 6,000 miles to Florida, and helped enroll him at Montverde Academy, one of the best high school programs in the country. He played just 28 games in his lone season at Kansas before leaving for the NBA.
“I am absolutely thrilled for Joel on winning the MVP award. He is the real deal and deserves every bit of recognition that comes his way,” Rivers said. “He embodies everything that the honor stands for. His drive to improve is unmatched, and like the saying ‘a dream doesn’t become reality through magic, it takes hard work’, he’s put in the work.”
Embiid, who became an American citizen last year, was known early in his career for sucking down Shirley Temples but has worked with sports dietitians to develop healthier eating habits and streamlined his workouts.
Sixers fans can enjoy him for years. Embiid’s four-year, $196 million contract extension doesn’t kick in until next season and takes him through 2026-27.
Billboards went up around Philadelphia of Embiid with the slogan “MVPIID” and Sixers fans serenaded him with “MVP!” chants from pregame introductions all the way to his final free throw attempts.
Embiid, who shares with his long-time girlfriend a son named in the honor of his late brother, holds career averages of 27.2 points and 11.2 rebounds in 394 career starts. He’s a four-time All-NBA selection and three-time All-Defensive Team selection.
This is the fifth consecutive year an international player has been MVP, extending the longest streak in NBA history. It’s also the second time that international players finished 1-2-3 in MVP voting; the first time was last season.
Embiid becomes the second winner from Africa, joining Hakeem Olajuwon, the Nigerian who won for Houston in 1994.
“His impact on both sides of the ball places him in rarified air among all-time greats such as Hakeem, Kareem (Abdul-Jabbar) and Wilt,” 76ers President Daryl Morey said. “It has been a privilege to watch Joel over the last three seasons and I know this won’t be his last accomplishment as we continue to strive toward our ultimate goal of winning an NBA championship.”
Philly is enjoying a banner run of elite athletes rising to the moment. Phillies slugger Bryce Harper won the 2021 NL MVP and 2022 NLCS MVP while Eagles QB Jalen Hurts was an NFL MVP finalist and led them to the Super Bowl.
They both fell short of the final championship goal.
He may be hobbling along in the postseason, but Embiid still has a shot to get his ring.
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Saturday, April 15
TV
College Baseball
Missouri at Texas A&M 12:30 p.m. SECN+
Texas at Baylor 2 p.m. ESPN+
Kansas St. at Kansas 2 p.m. ESPN+
Mississippi at Mississippi St. 3 p.m. SECN
UNC Wilmington at TCU 4 p.m. ESPN+
Texas Tech at Oklahoma 4 p.m. ESPN+
West Virginia at Oklahoma St. 6 p.m. ESPN+
Georgia at Florida 6 p.m. SECN
Major League Baseball
Texas at Houston 6 p.m. AT&T-SW
Texas at Houston 6 p.m. BSSW
College Football
Boston College Spring Game 10 a.m. ACCNX
Ohio St. Spring Scrimmage 11 a.m. BTN
Georgia Tech: White & Gold Game noon ACCNX
Pittsburgh Spring Game noon ACCNX
Clemson Spring Game noon ACCNX
Arkansas: Red & White Game noon ESPN+
Mississippi St.: Maroon & White Game noon ESPN+
Virginia Spring Game 1 p.m. ACCN
Wake Forest Spring Game 1 p.m. ACCNX
Penn St. Spring Game 1 p.m. BTN
Tennessee: Orange-White Game 1 p.m. ESPN+
Texas: Orange-White Game 1 p.m. LHN
North Carolina Spring Game 2 p.m. ACCNX
Virginia Tech Spring Game 2 p.m. ACCNX
Mississippi: Grove Game 2 p.m. ESPN+
USC Spring Game 2 p.m. PAC12N
Arizona St. Spring Game 2 p.m. PAC12N-Ariz.
Florida St. Spring Game 3 p.m. ACCNX
Georgia Spring Game 3 p.m. ESPN2
Texas A&M: Maroon & White Game 3 p.m. ESPN+
Texas A&M: Maroon & White Game 3 p.m. SECN+
California Spring Game 4 p.m. PAC12N
Arizona: Red & White Game 5:30 p.m. PAC12N
South Carolina: Garnet & White Game 6 p.m. ESPN+
Lacrosse
Panther City at Vancouver 9 p.m. BSSW+
College Softball
Tennessee at Kentucky 11 a.m. SECN
Texas A&M at South Carolina 1 p.m. SECN
Iowa St. at Oklahoma St. 2 p.m. ESPN+
Baylor at Texas Tech 2 p.m. ESPN+
Kansas at Texas 4:30 p.m. LHN
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Weaver, Daniel G. "Dan"
Age 58, of Medway, OH, passed away July 5, 2023. Arrangements have been entrusted to Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home, Tipp City, OH.
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LOVELAND, Colo., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HempMy Pet and Tarleton University, a member of the Texas A&M university system, are excited to announce positive results of their Cannabidiol (CBD) Equine Study focusing on the stress of transportation and a myriad of behaviors.
Tarleton University has completed its study using HempMy Pet's Full Spectrum Abacus CBD oil on horses with great success. The objective of the research program was to explore opportunities that full spectrum CBD oil may provide to the livestock industry as a tool to mediate stressors, minimize injury during transport and handling, and promote health by minimizing overstimulation of the hypothalamus, pituitary, and adrenal glands, commonly called the HPA axis.
The research demonstrated that higher doses of CBD (.6mg/kg of body weight) are more effective overall compared to lower doses of CBD (.3mg/kg of body weight). In both dosages, CBD was non-detectable after 24 hours with the highest blood concentration levels peaking at four hours after it was administered.
There was no difference observed in the effects of CBD in male and female horses, but there was an increase in feed eating times in both the low and higher CBD dosages. The higher dosage was seen to have a much longer feed time compared to the lower dosage.
Research showed there was a decrease in cortisol levels in the transportation portion of the study and that there were not any long-lasting effects of the CBD in both the low and high dosages.
Environmental stressors such as handling, transport, and housing can affect aspects of a horse's behavior, such as weight gain and feed efficiency, in addition to stimulating stereotypic behaviors, such as bar biting, self-mutilation, and excessive aggression. CBD has been shown to decrease anxiety from a variety of stimuli in previous studies of both dogs and mice and researchers were thrilled to see similar results with horses.
Dr. Kimberly Guay, Ph.D., P.A.S., Tarleton University states, "My research goals are to perform as many projects as necessary to better understand the physiological and behavioral responses of animals when they consume CBD and Hemp processing byproducts such as hempseed meal. It is important to recognize the differences in these products so that we can categorize and utilize them in safe and useful ways. There is still much to be done, and we will continue to fill in the blanks that remain regarding these products in our animals. I have much respect for companies like HempMy Pet for making the responsible and conscientious decision to subject their products for unbiased analysis."
Natalie Mondine, HempMy Pet Co-Founder and COO, says, "This is our second clinical trial study overall, but it is the first study we have done with horses, and we are very pleased with the results. Being approached by Tarleton University to collaborate on a study was very exciting for us, as it shows that the interest in the therapeutic benefits of hemp are valid and have a real future in medicine. If we look at the science and data behind all of the research that has been done so far, it's impossible to ignore that CBD and hemp derivatives have an overwhelmingly positive effect on a myriad of health concerns and are a real alternative to pharmaceuticals."
HempMy Pet, a division of HM Health, LLC, offers CBD-infused products for dogs, cats, and horses. All products are made with their in-house, full-spectrum oil derived from their proprietary genetics, and grown in their Loveland, Colorado greenhouses. For more information, visit www.hempmypet.com or email directly support@HempMyPet.com.
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DENVER (AP) — Francisco Lindor broke a scoreless tie with a single in the sixth inning, Taijuan Walker and three relievers combined on a six-hitter and the New York Mets extended their streak of rebounding from losses by beating the Colorado Rockies 2-0 on Sunday.
The Mets dropped the second game of a doubleheader Saturday, which led to them win their franchise-best 14th straight game following a loss. By taking two of three, New York also captured its 11th series win this season.
This marked the first time Colorado has been shut out at Coors Field since Aug. 31, 2020, against San Diego.
Walker (2-0) was in complete command over seven stellar innings, scattering five hits and striking out six. Adam Ottavino, Joely Rodríguez and Edwin Díaz finished it off. Díaz got Brian Serven to fly out and pick up save No. 10.
The Mets gave Walker all the run support he would need in the sixth. Brandon Nimmo lined a one-out single that got through legs of right fielder Randal Grichuk, allowing Nimmo to motor to third. Lindor lined a run-scoring single to left and, after a soft double by Jeff McNeil, Pete Alonso brought home another run on a groundout.
Austin Gomber (2-4) turned in his longest outing of the season, throwing seven efficient innings. He allowed two runs, seven hits and struck out two.
The Rockies' struggling offense mustered only six singles off the Mets. They’ve now lost 11 of their last 15 since starting the year 15-11.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rockies: RHP Peter Lambert (right forearm inflammation) was scheduled to make a rehab start Sunday with Triple-A Albuquerque. ... RHP José Ureña threw a bullpen session Saturday in Arizona as the Rockies stretch his pitch count to make him a starter. Colorado brought in Ureña on a minor league deal after he was released by Milwaukee.
VERSATILITY
Versatile infielder Luis Guillorme had two hits as he started at third for the Mets. He also made a sensational stop in the seventh to end the inning. Manager Buck Showalter praised Guillorme’s ability to play all over.
Catching in his future?
“He keeps looking at me with those longing eyes about catching,” Showalter cracked. “It’s not easy to do what he does. It’s hard to find those guys. They’re valuable. He’s a regular irregular.”
NICE VIEW
The cameras caught Rodríguez relaxing in a chair by the pond beyond the center field wall early in the game. The sunny and mild afternoon was quite a change from two days ago when a snowstorm hit the area.
UP NEXT
Mets: Lefty David Peterson (1-0, 1.89 ERA) will start Monday in San Francisco with right-hander Max Scherzer on the injured list due to an oblique strain.
Rockies: Right-hander Chad Kuhl (3-2, 3.86) faces his former team when the Rockies open a three-game series at Pittsburgh on Monday. He was a ninth-round pick of the Pirates in 2013.
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DALLAS, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As previously announced, Vertical Capital Income Fund (NYSE: VCIF) paid a monthly distribution of $0.0721 per share to all shareholders of record as of June 17, 2022, pursuant to the Fund's managed distribution plan (the "Plan").
As a general matter, the amount of the Fund's distributable income depends on the aggregate gains and losses realized by the Fund during the entire year. Distributions may consist of net investment income, capital gains and return of capital but the character of these distributions cannot be determined until after the end of the Fund's fiscal year. However, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the terms of the Plan, the Fund may be required to indicate the source of each distribution to its shareholders. The following table sets forth the estimated sources of the current distribution, and the cumulative distributions paid during the 2022 fiscal year to date from the sources indicated in the table. All amounts are expressed on a per share basis and as a percentage of the distribution amount.
(1) You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's Distribution Policy.
(2) The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this 19(a) Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
(3) The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund's investment performance and should not be confused with "yield" or "income."
The Plan will be subject to periodic review by the Board, and the Board may amend the terms of the Plan including amending the annual rate of payment or may terminate the Plan at any time without prior notice to the Fund's shareholders. The Fund's distribution rate may be affected by numerous factors, including changes in realized and projected market returns, Fund performance, and other factors. There can be no assurance that an unanticipated change in market conditions or other unforeseen factors will not result in a change in the Fund's distribution rate at a future time. The amendment or termination of the Plan could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Fund's shares. The public health crises caused by the COVID-19 outbreak may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks to which the Fund is exposed. The duration of the COVID-19 outbreak and its effects cannot be determined with certainty. In order to comply with the requirements of Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, and an exemptive order received by the Fund from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund will provide its shareholders of record on each distribution date with a 19(a) Notice and issue an accompanying press release disclosing the sources of its distribution payment when a distribution includes anything other than net investment income.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in 19(a) Notices are only estimates and are not provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during its full fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send shareholders a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes. Information on the Fund's 19(a) Notices, if any, can be found at www.vcif.us. The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions in 2022 will be made after the end of the year.
Shares of closed-end funds often trade at a discount from their net asset value. The market price of Fund shares may vary from net asset value based on factors affecting the supply and demand for shares, such as Fund distribution rates relative to similar investments, investors' expectations for future distribution changes, the clarity of the Fund's investment strategy and future return expectations, and investors' confidence in the underlying markets in which the Fund invests. Fund shares are subject to investment risk, including possible loss of principal invested. No Fund is a complete investment program and you may lose money investing in a Fund. An investment in the Fund may not be appropriate for all investors. Before investing, prospective investors should consider carefully the Fund's investment objective, risks, charges and expenses. For further details, please visit Vertical Capital Income Fund's website at vcif.us.
This release contains forward-looking statements relating to the business and financial outlook of Vertical Capital Income Fund that are based on the Fund's current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections and are not guarantees of future performance. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on any such statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this release.
About Vertical Capital Income Fund
Vertical Capital Income Fund (VCIF) is an NYSE-listed closed-end fund that seeks monthly income by investing primarily in performing non-agency residential whole loans secured by real estate. As a secondary strategy the Fund aims to provide total return by acquiring performing residential loans at a discount to the unpaid principal balance (UPB). VCIF realizes capital gains as loans are paid off before maturity. For more information visit VCIF.us and connect with the Fund on Twitter.
About Oakline Advisors, LLC
Oakline Advisors, LLC is the adviser to Vertical Capital Income Fund. Founded in 2013, Oakline Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that specializes in the residential whole loan market. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dallas, TX-based Behringer. Since its inception in 1989, Behringer, together with its affiliates, has raised equity of more than $6 billion in assets through public and private fund structures. For more information about Oakline and Behringer please visit their respective websites at oaklineadvisors.com and behringerinvestments.com.
Fund shares are identified by CUSIP 92535C104
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WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden took her husband’s unity agenda to an unlikely venue on Monday, when conservative cable station Newsmax aired an interview with her about cancer research.
Curing cancer is a central goal for President Joe Biden, whose eldest son, Beau, died from a brain tumor seven years ago. Last month he urged Americans to embrace a “moonshot” initiative to reduce deaths, one of several objectives that he hopes crosses party lines in today’s divisive political environment.
“It’s not a red issue, a blue issue,” the first lady told Newsmax. “Cancer affects every American.”
It was a friendly conversation on a channel that’s better known for its excoriations of the president and his fellow Democrats. Newsmax is also facing a lawsuit for broadcasting false claims about voter manipulation. The channel has denied wrongdoing.
The interview was conducted by Nancy Brinker, who hosts a show on the cable channel and founded the breast cancer organization Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The organization is named for Brinker’s sister, who died of cancer.
Biden and Brinker have known each other for years, and they previously teamed up in Palm Beach, Florida, for a June 23 event on cancer screening. They spoke on Saturday at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the interview is being aired during breast cancer awareness month.
Biden said four of her friends were diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993, and one of them died. She said the experience drover her to create the Biden Breast Health Initiative, which educated young girls in Delaware about breast health.
“Early detection is the key, because if you catch it early, you have so much better chance of surviving breast cancer,” Biden said.
She encouraged people to catch up on any cancer screenings that they delayed during the coronavirus pandemic.
“More people are going back and they’re realizing, gosh, I forgot to get my colonoscopy,” she said. “I didn’t get my mammogram. I didn’t get my skin screening.”
Biden talked about the impact of Beau’s death, describing how the tragedy had shaken her faith.
“I didn’t give up hope, ever, until he took his last breath,” she said. When that happened, “I had this empty, angry feeling.”
Biden said years later, a woman approached her at a church in South Carolina and said, “I want to be your prayer partner.”
She credited that relationship in helping to restore her faith.
“I felt like it was God’s way of saying to me, OK, you come back,” Biden said.
During the interview, Brinker asked Biden, “How do you deal with the intensity of all the media?”
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- The VENTANA PD-L1 (SP263) Assay helps determine which patients with non-small cell lung cancer may benefit from treatment with Tecentriq immunotherapy based on the results of the Phase III IMpower010 study.1
- This label expansion strengthens Roche's industry-leading portfolio of companion diagnostics and builds on its commitment to improve personalised healthcare for better patient outcomes.
TUCSON, Ariz, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced CE label expansion of the VENTANA PD-L1 (SP263) Assay in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as a companion diagnostic for Tecentriq® (atezolizumab). This advances the company's commitment to guide clinical decision making through innovative, high quality assays that improve patient access to personalised healthcare.
The current standard of care for patients with early stage lung cancer is removal of the tumour, which may be followed by chemotherapy. Unfortunately, about half of these patients will have their cancer return following surgery.2 The European Commission approved Tecentriq in June 2022 as adjuvant treatment following surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy for adults whose Stage II-IIIA NSCLC tumours have high PD-L1 protein expression. The VENTANA PD-L1 (SP263) Assay identifies NSCLC patients who may be eligible for Tecentriq monotherapy in this indication, potentially reducing their risk of disease recurrence or death by more than half.
"With early detection of lung cancer, it is possible to give patients more treatment options and potentially improve a patient's outcome," said Jill German, Head of Pathology Lab at Roche Diagnostics. "We are proud to offer a PD-L1 test that may qualify lung cancer patients for Tecentriq therapy. With this latest expansion, clinicians can consider multiple targeted immunotherapy options with one test to quickly determine the right treatment for each patient."
The VENTANA PD-L1 (SP263) Assay was used in the IMpower010 study sponsored by Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to identify patients whose tumours expressed the PD-L1 protein. The IMpower010 clinical study began in 2015 with the goal of understanding how patients would respond to treatment with Tecentriq following traditional surgery and chemotherapy. In 2021, Genentech reported a 57% reduction in the risk of disease recurrence or death amongst Tecentriq patients whose tumours were shown to express PD-L1 protein on ≥50% of tumour cells.
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with more than 2.2 million people diagnosed globally last year.3 The launch of Roche's VENTANA PD-L1 (SP263) test as a companion diagnostic to identify non-small cell lung cancer patients eligible for Tecentriq demonstrates the company's commitment to improve patient access to personalised healthcare.
About the VENTANA PD-L1 (SP263) Assay
VENTANA PD-L1 (SP263) Assay is used to detect programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) protein in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) patients. PD-L1 expression on tumour cells and immune cells has been shown in clinical studies to help predict the likelihood a patient may benefit from PD-L1/PD-1 immunotherapy drugs.4
VENTANA PD-L1 (SP263) Assay testing is performed on a BenchMark ULTRA instrument and is visualised using the OptiView DAB IHC Detection Kit.
Roche has developed a leading, comprehensive and differentiated lung cancer immunohistochemical portfolio, with biomarkers that support multiple guidelines for the diagnosis and stratification of lung cancers.
About Roche
Founded in1896 in Basel, Switzerland, as one of the first industrial manufacturers of branded medicines, Roche has grown into the world's largest biotechnology company and the global leader in in-vitro diagnostics. The company pursues scientific excellence to discover and develop medicines and diagnostics for improving and saving the lives of people around the world. We are a pioneer in personalised healthcare and want to further transform how healthcare is delivered to have an even greater impact. To provide the best care for each person we partner with many stakeholders and combine our strengths in Diagnostics and Pharma with data insights from the clinical practice.
In recognizing our endeavour to pursue a long-term perspective in all we do, Roche has been named one of the most sustainable companies in the pharmaceuticals industry by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the thirteenth consecutive year. This distinction also reflects our efforts to improve access to healthcare together with local partners in every country we work.
Genentech, in the United States, is a wholly owned member of the Roche Group. Roche is the majority shareholder in Chugai Pharmaceutical, Japan.
For more information, please visit www.roche.com.
All trademarks used or mentioned in this release are protected by law.
References
[1] Pivotal Phase III study shows Roche's Tecentriq helped people with early lung cancer live longer without their disease returning. https://www.roche.com/media/releases/med-cor-2021-03-22.
[2] Yano T, et al. Therapeutic strategy for postoperative recurrence in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. World J Clin Oncol. 2014;5(5):1048-1054.
[3] World Health Organization: GLOBOCAN 2020 – Lung Cancer: Estimated cancer incidence, mortality and prevalence worldwide. [Internet; cited May 2021] 1.Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today/data/factsheets/cancers/15-Lung-fact-sheet.pdf.
[4] VENTANA PD-L1 (SP263) Assay. CE marked Package Insert. Roche Diagnostics; 2022
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Fourth quarter 2022 comparable systemwide constant dollar RevPAR increased 28.8 percent worldwide, 23.6 percent in the U.S. & Canada , and 45.1 percent in international markets, compared to the 2021 fourth quarter; Fourth quarter 2022 comparable systemwide constant dollar RevPAR increased 4.6 percent worldwide, 5.2 percent in the U.S. & Canada , and 3.4 percent in international markets, compared to the 2019 fourth quarter; Fourth quarter reported diluted EPS totaled $2.12 , compared to reported diluted EPS of $1.42 in the year-ago quarter. Fourth quarter adjusted diluted EPS totaled $1.96 , compared to fourth quarter 2021 adjusted diluted EPS of $1.30 ; Fourth quarter reported net income totaled $673 million , compared to reported net income of $468 million in the year-ago quarter. Fourth quarter adjusted net income totaled $622 million , compared to fourth quarter 2021 adjusted net income of $430 million ; Adjusted EBITDA totaled $1,090 million in the 2022 fourth quarter, compared to fourth quarter 2021 adjusted EBITDA of $741 million ; The company added more than 65,000 rooms globally during 2022, including approximately 40,000 rooms in international markets and nearly 17,500 conversion rooms. Net rooms grew 3.1 percent from year-end 2022; At the end of the year, Marriott's worldwide development pipeline totaled over 3,000 properties and more than 496,000 rooms, including roughly 22,300 rooms approved, but not yet subject to signed contracts. Approximately 199,000 rooms in the pipeline were under construction as of the end of 2022; For full year 2022, Marriott repurchased 16.8 million shares of common stock for $2.6 billion , including 8.7 million shares for $1.4 billion in the fourth quarter. The company returned $2.9 billion to shareholders in 2022. BETHESDA, Md. , Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) today reported fourth quarter and full year 2022 results.
Marriott International, Inc. logo (PRNewsfoto/Marriott International, Inc.)(PRNewswire) Anthony Capuano , Chief Executive Officer, said, "Our performance in 2022 was terrific. Just two years after experiencing the sharpest downturn in our company's history, we reported record financial results. Our fee-driven, asset-light business model generated significant cash during the year, allowing us to both invest in the growth of our business and return $2.9 billion to shareholders.
"For the fourth quarter, worldwide RevPAR1 grew 5 percent compared to 2019, driven by a 13 percent increase in ADR. With the exception of Greater China , RevPAR in all regions more than fully recovered and continued to show meaningful advances in occupancy and ADR. Our international business posted RevPAR 3 percent above 2019 levels in the fourth quarter.
"In our largest region, the U.S. & Canada , RevPAR increased 5 percent over the 2019 quarter, driven by further improvement in occupancy and an 11 percent increase in ADR. Leisure demand remained robust and group demand more than fully recovered, leading to fourth quarter group revenues 10 percent above pre-pandemic levels. Business transient demand was at nearly 90 percent recovery in the quarter, while ADR was 3 percent above 2019. Our successful negotiation of high single-digit special corporate rate increases for 2023 bodes well for continued price strength.
"Owners and franchisees continue to show a strong preference for our brands. Our development team had an excellent year, signing nearly 108,000 rooms globally. We were pleased to see nearly 40 percent of those rooms in high value luxury and premium brands. With nearly 50 percent of rooms signed during the year in international markets, we look forward to further expanding our distribution and adding more options for our over 177 million Marriott Bonvoy members.
"As we look ahead, while concerns about the macroeconomic environment persist around the world, booking trends to date remain robust and we have significant momentum in our business. With our industry-leading brand portfolio, powerful loyalty program, the largest global rooms distribution, and our incredibly dedicated associates, Marriott is well-positioned for strong growth over the coming years as people around the world further embrace their love for travel."
Fourth Quarter 2022 Results
Marriott's reported operating income totaled $996 million in the 2022 fourth quarter, compared to 2021 fourth quarter reported operating income of $635 million . Reported net income totaled $673 million in the 2022 fourth quarter, compared to 2021 fourth quarter reported net income of $468 million . Reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) totaled $2.12 in the quarter, compared to reported diluted EPS of $1.42 in the year-ago quarter.
Adjusted operating income in the 2022 fourth quarter totaled $926 million , compared to 2021 fourth quarter adjusted operating income of $578 million . Fourth quarter 2022 adjusted net income totaled $622 million , compared to 2021 fourth quarter adjusted net income of $430 million . Adjusted diluted EPS in the 2022 fourth quarter totaled $1.96 , compared to adjusted diluted EPS of $1.30 in the year-ago quarter.
Adjusted results excluded cost reimbursement revenue, reimbursed expenses and restructuring, merger-related charges, and other expenses. See pages A-3 and A-12 for the calculation of adjusted results and the manner in which the adjusted measures are determined in this press release.
Base management and franchise fees totaled $945 million in the 2022 fourth quarter, compared to base management and franchise fees of $737 million in the year-ago quarter. The year-over-year increase in these fees is primarily attributable to RevPAR increases due to the continued recovery in lodging demand, as well as unit growth, partially offset by $16 million of unfavorable foreign exchange. Other non-RevPAR related franchise fees in the 2022 fourth quarter totaled $215 million , compared to $186 million in the year-ago quarter, largely driven by higher credit card branding fees.
Incentive management fees totaled $186 million in the 2022 fourth quarter, compared to $94 million in the 2021 fourth quarter. Fees in the quarter surpassed 2019 levels, with 60 percent earned in International markets.
Owned, leased, and other revenue, net of direct expenses, totaled $101 million in the 2022 fourth quarter, compared to $33 million in the year-ago quarter. The year-over-year increase in revenue net of expenses largely reflects the continued recovery in lodging demand and $21 million of higher termination fees.
General, administrative, and other expenses for the 2022 fourth quarter totaled $236 million , compared to $213 million in the year-ago quarter. The year-over-year change included an $18 million favorable litigation settlement in the 2021 fourth quarter.
Interest expense, net, totaled $107 million in the 2022 fourth quarter compared to $91 million in the year-ago quarter. The increase was largely due to higher interest expense associated with higher debt balances.
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) totaled $1,090 million in the 2022 fourth quarter, compared to fourth quarter 2021 adjusted EBITDA of $741 million . See page A-12 for the adjusted EBITDA calculation.
Selected Performance Information
The company added 145 properties (22,589 rooms) to its worldwide lodging portfolio during the 2022 fourth quarter, including nearly 6,900 rooms converted from competitor brands and approximately 16,700 rooms in international markets. Eighteen properties (4,484 rooms) exited the system during the quarter. At the end of the year, Marriott's global lodging system totaled nearly 8,300 properties, with over 1,525,000 rooms.
At the end of the year, the company's worldwide development pipeline totaled 3,028 properties with more than 496,000 rooms, including 1,009 properties with approximately 199,000 rooms under construction, or 40 percent of the pipeline, and 133 properties with roughly 22,300 rooms approved for development, but not yet subject to signed contracts.
In the 2022 fourth quarter, worldwide RevPAR increased 28.8 percent (a 25.6 percent increase using actual dollars) compared to the 2021 fourth quarter. RevPAR in the U.S. & Canada increased 23.6 percent (a 23.3 percent increase using actual dollars), and RevPAR in international markets increased 45.1 percent (a 32.2 percent increase using actual dollars).
Balance Sheet & Common Stock
At year-end 2022, Marriott's total debt was $10.1 billion and cash and equivalents totaled $0.5 billion , compared to $10.1 billion in debt and $1.4 billion of cash and equivalents at year-end 2021.
The company repurchased 8.7 million shares of common stock in the 2022 fourth quarter for $1.4 billion . For full year 2022, Marriott repurchased 16.8 million shares for $2.6 billion . Year to date through February 10 , the company has repurchased 2.5 million shares for $400 million .
Company Outlook1
Results in the first quarter are expected to benefit significantly from the easier comparison to the 2022 quarter when the emergence of Omicron depressed lodging demand. Roughly halfway through the quarter, global booking trends remain robust. In January, worldwide RevPAR was up 51.6 percent year over year.
Given short-term booking windows and a high level of macroeconomic uncertainty, there is less visibility in forecasting the company's financial performance for full year 2023. As a result, the company is providing a broad range of potential full year RevPAR and other key metrics in the following tables. The high end of the range reflects relatively steady global economic conditions throughout 2023, with continued resilience of travel demand across customer segments and markets. The low end of the range reflects a meaningful softening of the global economy beginning in the second quarter with worldwide RevPAR roughly flat compared to 2022 in the second half of the year.
First Quarter 2023 vs First Quarter 2022
Full Year 2023vs Full Year 2022
Comparable systemwide constant $
RevPAR growth
Worldwide
30% to 32%
6% to 11%
U.S. & Canada
25% to 27%
5% to 9%
International
47% to 49%
12% to 18%
Year-End 2023vs Year-End 2022
Gross Rooms Growth
Approx. 5.5%
Deletions
1% to 1.5%
Net rooms growth
4% to 4.5%
($ in millions, except EPS)
First Quarter 2023
Full Year 2023
Gross fee revenues
$1,045 to $1,065
$4,325 to $4,555
Owned, leased, and other revenue, net of direct expenses
Approx. $60
$265 to $285
General, administrative, and other expenses
$205 to $200
$935 to $915
Adjusted EBITDA2,3
$980 to $1,005
$4,030 to $4,300
Adjusted EPS – diluted3
$1.82 to $1.88
$7.23 to $7.91
1
This outlook assumes that the $100 million City Express transaction closes in the first half of 2023.
2
See pages A-13 & A-14 for the adjusted EBITDA calculations.
3
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS – diluted for first quarter and full year 2023 do not include cost reimbursement revenue, reimbursed expenses, restructuring, merger-related charges, and other expenses, or any asset sales that may occur during the year, each of which the company cannot forecast with sufficient accuracy, and which may be significant.
Additional Company Information
Marriott also announced that Craig S. Smith , Group President, International, has announced his decision to retire February 24, 2023 , after a 35-year career with the company.
Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) will conduct its quarterly earnings review for the investment community and news media on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 , at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). The conference call will be webcast simultaneously via Marriott's investor relations website at http://www.marriott.com/investor , click on "Events & Presentations" and click on the quarterly conference call link. A replay will be available at that same website until February 13, 2024 .
The telephone dial-in number for the conference call is US Toll Free: 800-274-8461, or Global: +1 203-518-9814. The conference ID is MAR4Q22. A telephone replay of the conference call will be available from 1:00 p.m. ET , Tuesday, February 14, 2023 , until 8:00 p.m. ET , Tuesday, February 21 , 2023. To access the replay, call US Toll Free: 800-839-9562 or Global: +1 402-220-6090.
Note on forward-looking statements: All statements in this press release and the accompanying schedules are made as of February 14, 2023 . We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This press release and the accompanying schedules contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of federal securities laws, including statements related to our RevPAR, rooms growth and other financial metric estimates, outlook and assumptions; our growth prospects; the effect of changes in global macroeconomic conditions; travel and lodging demand trends and expectations; booking, occupancy, ADR and RevPAR trends and expectations; our development pipeline, signings, deletions, and growth expectations; our expectations regarding the addition of the City Express brand portfolio to our system; the company's expectations related to distribution and product offerings; and similar statements concerning anticipated future events and expectations that are not historical facts. We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to numerous evolving risks and uncertainties that we may not be able to accurately predict or assess, including the risk factors that we identify in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Any of these factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations we express or imply in this press release.
Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) is based in Bethesda, Maryland , USA, and encompasses a portfolio of nearly 8,300 properties under 30 leading brands spanning 138 countries and territories. Marriott operates and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts all around the world. The company offers Marriott Bonvoy®, its highly-awarded travel program. For more information, please visit our website at www.marriott.com , and for the latest company news, visit www.marriottnewscenter.com . In addition, connect with us on Facebook and @MarriottIntl on Twitter and Instagram .
Marriott encourages investors, the media, and others interested in the company to review and subscribe to the information Marriott posts on its investor relations website at www.marriott.com/investor or Marriott's news center website at www.marriottnewscenter.com , which may be material. The contents of these websites are not incorporated by reference into this press release or any report or document Marriott files with the SEC, and any references to the websites are intended to be inactive textual references only.
1
All occupancy, Average Daily Rate (ADR) and RevPAR statistics and estimates are systemwide constant dollar and include hotels that have been temporarily closed due to COVID-19. Unless otherwise stated, all changes refer to year-over-year changes for the comparable period. Occupancy, ADR and RevPAR comparisons between 2022 and 2021 reflect properties that are comparable in both years. Occupancy, ADR and RevPAR comparisons between 2022 and 2019 reflect properties that are defined as comparable as of December 31, 2022, even if they were not open and operating for the full year 2019 or they did not meet all the other criteria for comparable in 2019. Unless otherwise stated, all comparisons to pre-pandemic or 2019 are comparing to the same time period each year.
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Tables follow
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
PRESS RELEASE SCHEDULES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUARTER 4, 2022
Consolidated Statements of Income - As Reported
A-1
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
A-3
Total Lodging Products
A-4
Key Lodging Statistics
A-7
Adjusted EBITDA
A-12
Adjusted EBITDA Forecast - First Quarter 2023
A-13
Adjusted EBITDA Forecast - Full Year 2023
A-14
Explanation of Non-GAAP Financial and Performance Measures
A-15
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - AS REPORTED
FOURTH QUARTER 2022 AND 2021
(in millions except per share amounts, unaudited)
As Reported
As Reported
Percent
Three Months Ended
Three Months Ended
Better/(Worse)
December 31, 2022
December 31, 2021
Reported 2022 vs. 2021
REVENUES
Base management fees
$ 287
$ 217
32
Franchise fees 1
658
520
27
Incentive management fees
186
94
98
Gross Fee Revenues
1,131
831
36
Contract investment amortization 2
(24)
(19)
(26)
Net Fee Revenues
1,107
812
36
Owned, leased, and other revenue 3
396
260
52
Cost reimbursement revenue 4
4,420
3,374
31
Total Revenues
5,923
4,446
33
OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES
Owned, leased, and other - direct 5
295
227
(30)
Depreciation, amortization, and other 6
46
54
15
General, administrative, and other 7
236
213
(11)
Restructuring, merger-related charges, and other
1
-
*
Reimbursed expenses 4
4,349
3,317
(31)
Total Expenses
4,927
3,811
(29)
OPERATING INCOME
996
635
57
Gains and other income, net 8
2
4
(50)
Interest expense
(115)
(97)
(19)
Interest income
8
6
33
Equity in earnings (losses) 9
-
-
-
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
891
548
63
Provision for income taxes
(218)
(80)
(173)
NET INCOME
$ 673
$ 468
44
EARNINGS PER SHARE
Earnings per share - basic
$ 2.13
$ 1.43
49
Earnings per share - diluted
$ 2.12
$ 1.42
49
Basic Shares
316.5
327.6
Diluted Shares
317.9
329.8
*
Calculated percentage is not meaningful.
1
Franchise fees include fees from our franchise agreements, application and relicensing fees, timeshare and yacht fees, co-branded credit card fees, and
residential branding fees.
2
Contract investment amortization includes amortization of capitalized costs to obtain contracts with our owner and franchisee customers, and any related
impairments, accelerations, or write-offs.
3
Owned, leased, and other revenue includes revenue from the properties we own or lease, termination fees, and other revenue.
4
Cost reimbursement revenue includes reimbursements from properties for property-level and centralized programs and services that we operate for the benefit of
our hotel owners. Reimbursed expenses include costs incurred by Marriott for certain property-level operating expenses and centralized programs and services.
5
Owned, leased, and other - direct expenses include operating expenses related to our owned or leased hotels, including lease payments and pre-opening expenses.
6
Depreciation, amortization, and other expenses include depreciation for fixed assets, amortization of capitalized costs incurred to acquire management, franchise,
and license agreements, and any related impairments, accelerations, or write-offs.
7
General, administrative, and other expenses include our corporate and business segments overhead costs and general expenses.
8
Gains and other income, net includes gains and losses on the sale of real estate, the sale of joint venture interests and other investments, and adjustments from
other equity investments.
9
Equity in earnings (losses) include our equity in earnings or losses of unconsolidated equity method investments.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - AS REPORTED
FOURTH QUARTER YEAR-TO-DATE 2022 AND 2021
(in millions except per share amounts, unaudited)
As Reported
As Reported
Percent
Twelve Months Ended
Twelve Months Ended
Better/(Worse)
December 31, 2022
December 31, 2021
Reported 2022 vs. 2021
REVENUES
Base management fees
$ 1,044
$ 669
56
Franchise fees 1
2,505
1,790
40
Incentive management fees
529
235
125
Gross Fee Revenues
4,078
2,694
51
Contract investment amortization 2
(89)
(75)
(19)
Net Fee Revenues
3,989
2,619
52
Owned, leased, and other revenue 3
1,367
796
72
Cost reimbursement revenue 4
15,417
10,442
48
Total Revenues
20,773
13,857
50
OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES
Owned, leased, and other - direct 5
1,074
734
(46)
Depreciation, amortization, and other 6
193
220
12
General, administrative, and other 7
891
823
(8)
Restructuring, merger-related charges, and other
12
8
(50)
Reimbursed expenses 4
15,141
10,322
(47)
Total Expenses
17,311
12,107
(43)
OPERATING INCOME
3,462
1,750
98
Gains and other income, net 8
11
10
10
Loss on extinguishment of debt
-
(164)
100
Interest expense
(403)
(420)
4
Interest income
26
28
(7)
Equity in earnings (losses) 9
18
(24)
175
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
3,114
1,180
164
Provision for income taxes
(756)
(81)
(833)
NET INCOME
$ 2,358
$ 1,099
115
EARNINGS PER SHARE
Earnings per share - basic
$ 7.27
$ 3.36
116
Earnings per share - diluted
$ 7.24
$ 3.34
117
Basic Shares
324.4
327.2
Diluted Shares
325.8
329.3
1
Franchise fees include fees from our franchise agreements, application and relicensing fees, timeshare and yacht fees, co-branded credit card fees, and
residential branding fees.
2
Contract investment amortization includes amortization of capitalized costs to obtain contracts with our owner and franchisee customers, and any related
impairments, accelerations, or write-offs.
3
Owned, leased, and other revenue includes revenue from the properties we own or lease, termination fees, and other revenue.
4
Cost reimbursement revenue includes reimbursements from properties for property-level and centralized programs and services that we operate for the benefit of
our hotel owners. Reimbursed expenses include costs incurred by Marriott for certain property-level operating expenses and centralized programs and services.
5
Owned, leased, and other - direct expenses include operating expenses related to our owned or leased hotels, including lease payments and pre-opening expenses.
6
Depreciation, amortization, and other expenses include depreciation for fixed assets, amortization of capitalized costs incurred to acquire management, franchise,
and license agreements, and any related impairments, accelerations, or write-offs.
7
General, administrative, and other expenses include our corporate and business segments overhead costs and general expenses.
8
Gains and other income, net includes gains and losses on the sale of real estate, the sale of joint venture interests and other investments, and adjustments from
other equity investments.
9
Equity in earnings (losses) include our equity in earnings or losses of unconsolidated equity method investments.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
($ in millions except per share amounts)
The following table presents our reconciliations of Adjusted operating income, Adjusted operating income margin, Adjusted net income, and Adjusted diluted earnings per share, to the most directly comparable GAAP measure. Adjusted total revenues is used in the determination of Adjusted operating income margin.
Three Months Ended
Twelve Months Ended
Percent
Percent
December 31,
December 31,
Better/
December 31,
December 31,
Better/
2022
2021
(Worse)
2022
2021
(Worse)
Total revenues, as reported
$ 5,923
$ 4,446
$ 20,773
$ 13,857
Less: Cost reimbursement revenue
(4,420)
(3,374)
(15,417)
(10,442)
Add: Impairments 1
-
-
5
-
Adjusted total revenues **
1,503
1,072
5,361
3,415
Operating income, as reported
996
635
3,462
1,750
Less: Cost reimbursement revenue
(4,420)
(3,374)
(15,417)
(10,442)
Add: Reimbursed expenses
4,349
3,317
15,141
10,322
Add: Restructuring, merger-related charges, and other
1
-
12
8
Add: Impairments 2
-
-
5
11
Adjusted operating income **
926
578
60 %
3,203
1,649
94 %
Operating income margin
17 %
14 %
17 %
13 %
Adjusted operating income margin **
62 %
54 %
60 %
48 %
Net income, as reported
673
468
2,358
1,099
Less: Cost reimbursement revenue
(4,420)
(3,374)
(15,417)
(10,442)
Add: Reimbursed expenses
4,349
3,317
15,141
10,322
Add: Restructuring, merger-related charges, and other
1
-
12
8
Add: Impairments 3
-
-
11
15
Add: Loss on extinguishment of debt
-
-
-
164
Less: Gains on investees' property sales 4
-
-
(23)
-
Less: Gain on asset dispositions 5
-
-
(2)
-
Income tax effect of above adjustments
19
19
69
(17)
Less: Income tax special items
-
-
30
(98)
Adjusted net income **
$ 622
$ 430
45 %
$ 2,179
$ 1,051
107 %
Diluted earnings per share, as reported
$ 2.12
$ 1.42
$ 7.24
$ 3.34
Adjusted diluted earnings per share**
$ 1.96
$ 1.30
51 %
$ 6.69
$ 3.19
110 %
**
Denotes non-GAAP financial measures. Please see pages A-15 and A-16 for information about our reasons for providing these alternative financial measures and the limitations on their use.
1
Twelve months ended December 31, 2022 includes impairment charges reported in Contract investment amortization of $5 million.
2
Twelve months ended December 31, 2022 includes impairment charges reported in Contract investment amortization of $5 million. Twelve months ended December 31, 2021 includes impairment charges reported in Depreciation, amortization, and other of $11 million.
3
Twelve months ended December 31, 2022 includes impairment charges reported in Contract investment amortization of $5 million and Equity in earnings (losses) of $6 million. Twelve months ended December 31, 2021 includes impairment charges reported in Depreciation, amortization, and other of $11 million and Equity in earnings (losses) of $4 million.
4
Gains on investees' property sales reported in Equity in earnings (losses).
5
Gain on asset dispositions reported in Gains and other income, net.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
TOTAL LODGING PRODUCTS
As of December 31, 2022
US & Canada
Total International
Total Worldwide
Properties
Rooms
Properties
Rooms
Properties
Rooms
Managed
632
215,331
1,357
345,220
1,989
560,551
Marriott Hotels
104
57,534
169
52,624
273
110,158
Sheraton
25
20,383
183
61,815
208
82,198
Courtyard
168
27,063
112
24,007
280
51,070
Westin
40
21,865
76
23,545
116
45,410
JW Marriott
21
12,724
68
24,729
89
37,453
The Ritz-Carlton
40
12,079
67
16,611
107
28,690
The Ritz-Carlton Serviced Apartments
-
-
5
715
5
715
Renaissance
24
10,607
54
17,327
78
27,934
Four Points
1
134
84
23,267
85
23,401
Le Méridien
1
100
72
20,119
73
20,219
W Hotels
23
6,516
38
10,246
61
16,762
W Hotels Serviced Apartments
-
-
1
160
1
160
Residence Inn
76
12,199
9
1,116
85
13,315
Delta Hotels by Marriott
25
6,770
27
4,956
52
11,726
St. Regis
10
1,977
41
9,586
51
11,563
St. Regis Serviced Apartments
-
-
1
70
1
70
The Luxury Collection
6
2,296
47
8,268
53
10,564
Fairfield by Marriott
6
1,431
67
8,954
73
10,385
Aloft
2
505
44
9,727
46
10,232
Gaylord Hotels
6
10,220
-
-
6
10,220
AC Hotels by Marriott
7
1,165
68
8,466
75
9,631
Autograph Collection
8
2,508
22
3,356
30
5,864
Autograph Collection Serviced Apartments
-
-
1
158
1
158
Marriott Executive Apartments
-
-
34
4,866
34
4,866
SpringHill Suites
25
4,241
-
-
25
4,241
EDITION
5
1,379
10
2,216
15
3,595
Element
3
810
13
2,551
16
3,361
Protea Hotels
-
-
25
3,081
25
3,081
Tribute Portfolio
-
-
8
1,150
8
1,150
Moxy
-
-
6
1,092
6
1,092
TownePlace Suites
6
825
-
-
6
825
Bulgari
-
-
5
442
5
442
Franchised
5,121
735,470
907
179,319
6,028
914,789
Courtyard
863
115,148
114
21,251
977
136,399
Fairfield by Marriott
1,135
106,907
45
7,551
1,180
114,458
Residence Inn
772
92,072
26
3,482
798
95,554
Marriott Hotels
233
74,118
61
17,795
294
91,913
Sheraton
147
46,238
71
20,680
218
66,918
SpringHill Suites
507
58,773
-
-
507
58,773
Autograph Collection
138
27,170
108
23,564
246
50,734
TownePlace Suites
480
48,894
-
-
480
48,894
Westin
91
30,818
27
7,858
118
38,676
Four Points
158
23,924
63
10,602
221
34,526
Aloft
154
22,077
22
3,607
176
25,684
Renaissance
64
18,074
29
7,487
93
25,561
AC Hotels by Marriott
100
16,601
47
8,385
147
24,986
Moxy
28
5,316
88
16,700
116
22,016
Delta Hotels by Marriott
62
14,123
11
2,557
73
16,680
The Luxury Collection
12
3,188
56
10,268
68
13,456
Tribute Portfolio
51
7,952
28
3,185
79
11,137
Element
79
10,586
2
269
81
10,855
Le Méridien
24
5,605
18
4,640
42
10,245
JW Marriott
12
6,072
11
2,714
23
8,786
Design Hotels
10
1,385
40
3,469
50
4,854
Protea Hotels
-
-
35
2,706
35
2,706
The Ritz-Carlton
1
429
-
-
1
429
W Hotels
-
-
1
246
1
246
Bulgari
-
-
2
161
2
161
Marriott Executive Apartments
-
-
2
142
2
142
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
TOTAL LODGING PRODUCTS
As of December 31, 2022
US & Canada
Total International
Total Worldwide
Properties
Rooms
Properties
Rooms
Properties
Rooms
Owned/Leased
26
6,483
38
9,209
64
15,692
Courtyard
19
2,814
4
894
23
3,708
Marriott Hotels
2
1,308
6
2,064
8
3,372
Sheraton
-
-
4
1,830
4
1,830
W Hotels
2
779
2
665
4
1,444
Westin
1
1,073
-
-
1
1,073
Protea Hotels
-
-
5
912
5
912
Renaissance
1
317
2
505
3
822
The Ritz-Carlton
-
-
2
550
2
550
JW Marriott
-
-
1
496
1
496
The Luxury Collection1
-
-
3
383
3
383
Autograph Collection2
-
-
5
361
5
361
Residence Inn
1
192
1
140
2
332
Tribute Portfolio3
-
-
2
249
2
249
St. Regis
-
-
1
160
1
160
Residences
67
7,128
46
4,353
113
11,481
The Ritz-Carlton Residences
40
4,396
14
1,135
54
5,531
St. Regis Residences
10
1,196
11
1,490
21
2,686
W Residences
10
1,089
7
547
17
1,636
Bulgari Residences
-
-
5
514
5
514
Sheraton Residences
-
-
2
282
2
282
Westin Residences
3
266
1
9
4
275
Marriott Hotels Residences
-
-
2
246
2
246
The Luxury Collection Residences
1
91
3
115
4
206
EDITION Residences
3
90
-
-
3
90
Le Méridien Residences
-
-
1
15
1
15
Timeshare*
72
18,839
21
3,906
93
22,745
Yacht*
-
-
1
149
1
149
Grand Total
5,918
983,251
2,370
542,156
8,288
1,525,407
*Timeshare and Yacht counts are included in this table by geographical location. For external reporting purposes, these offerings are captured within "Unallocated corporate and other."
1 Includes one property acquired when we purchased Elegant Hotels Group in December 2019 which we currently intend to re-brand under The Luxury Collection brand following the completion of planned renovations.
2 Includes four properties acquired when we purchased Elegant Hotels Group in December 2019 which we currently intend to re-brand under the Autograph Collection brand following the completion of planned renovations.
3 Includes two properties acquired when we purchased Elegant Hotels Group in December 2019 which we currently intend to re-brand under the Tribute Portfolio brand following the completion of planned renovations.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
TOTAL LODGING PRODUCTS
As of December 31, 2022
US & Canada
Total International
Total Worldwide
Total Systemwide
Properties
Rooms
Properties
Rooms
Properties
Rooms
Luxury
196
54,301
402
92,487
598
146,788
JW Marriott
33
18,796
80
27,939
113
46,735
The Ritz-Carlton
41
12,508
69
17,161
110
29,669
The Ritz-Carlton Residences
40
4,396
14
1,135
54
5,531
The Ritz-Carlton Serviced Apartments
-
-
5
715
5
715
The Luxury Collection1
18
5,484
106
18,919
124
24,403
The Luxury Collection Residences
1
91
3
115
4
206
W Hotels
25
7,295
41
11,157
66
18,452
W Residences
10
1,089
7
547
17
1,636
W Hotels Serviced Apartments
-
-
1
160
1
160
St. Regis
10
1,977
42
9,746
52
11,723
St. Regis Residences
10
1,196
11
1,490
21
2,686
St. Regis Serviced Apartments
-
-
1
70
1
70
EDITION
5
1,379
10
2,216
15
3,595
EDITION Residences
3
90
-
-
3
90
Bulgari
-
-
7
603
7
603
Bulgari Residences
-
-
5
514
5
514
Full-Service
1,060
358,434
1,066
286,854
2,126
645,288
Marriott Hotels
339
132,960
236
72,483
575
205,443
Marriott Hotels Residences
-
-
2
246
2
246
Sheraton
172
66,621
258
84,325
430
150,946
Sheraton Residences
-
-
2
282
2
282
Westin
132
53,756
103
31,403
235
85,159
Westin Residences
3
266
1
9
4
275
Autograph Collection2
146
29,678
135
27,281
281
56,959
Autograph Collection Serviced Apartments
-
-
1
158
1
158
Renaissance
89
28,998
85
25,319
174
54,317
Le Méridien
25
5,705
90
24,759
115
30,464
Le Méridien Residences
-
-
1
15
1
15
Delta Hotels by Marriott
87
20,893
38
7,513
125
28,406
Tribute Portfolio3
51
7,952
38
4,584
89
12,536
Gaylord Hotels
6
10,220
-
-
6
10,220
Marriott Executive Apartments
-
-
36
5,008
36
5,008
Design Hotels
10
1,385
40
3,469
50
4,854
Limited-Service
4,590
551,677
880
158,760
5,470
710,437
Courtyard
1,050
145,025
230
46,152
1,280
191,177
Fairfield by Marriott
1,141
108,338
112
16,505
1,253
124,843
Residence Inn
849
104,463
36
4,738
885
109,201
SpringHill Suites
532
63,014
-
-
532
63,014
Four Points
159
24,058
147
33,869
306
57,927
TownePlace Suites
486
49,719
-
-
486
49,719
Aloft
156
22,582
66
13,334
222
35,916
AC Hotels by Marriott
107
17,766
115
16,851
222
34,617
Moxy
28
5,316
94
17,792
122
23,108
Element
82
11,396
15
2,820
97
14,216
Protea Hotels
-
-
65
6,699
65
6,699
Timeshare*
72
18,839
21
3,906
93
22,745
Yacht*
-
-
1
149
1
149
Grand Total
5,918
983,251
2,370
542,156
8,288
1,525,407
*Timeshare and Yacht counts are included in this table by geographical location. For external reporting purposes, these offerings are captured within "Unallocated corporate and other."
1 Includes one property acquired when we purchased Elegant Hotels Group in December 2019 which we currently intend to re-brand under The Luxury Collection brand following the completion of planned renovations.
2 Includes four properties acquired when we purchased Elegant Hotels Group in December 2019 which we currently intend to re-brand under the Autograph Collection brand following the completion of planned renovations.
3 Includes two properties acquired when we purchased Elegant Hotels Group in December 2019 which we currently intend to re-brand under the Tribute Portfolio brand following the completion of planned renovations.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
KEY LODGING STATISTICS
In Constant $
Comparable Company-Operated US & Canada Properties
Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021
REVPAR
Occupancy
Average Daily Rate
Brand
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
JW Marriott
$206.19
25.6 %
66.9 %
8.3 %
pts.
$308.03
10.1 %
The Ritz-Carlton
$329.80
11.5 %
63.8 %
4.3 %
pts.
$516.85
3.9 %
W Hotels
$231.42
15.3 %
62.0 %
5.2 %
pts.
$373.37
5.6 %
Composite US & Canada Luxury1
$283.73
17.4 %
65.8 %
6.2 %
pts.
$431.29
6.3 %
Marriott Hotels
$150.23
43.6 %
64.6 %
9.9 %
pts.
$232.56
21.4 %
Sheraton
$139.41
38.8 %
60.2 %
9.3 %
pts.
$231.66
17.3 %
Westin
$165.10
33.1 %
65.8 %
8.1 %
pts.
$250.91
16.7 %
Composite US & Canada Premium2
$151.55
40.4 %
64.7 %
10.6 %
pts.
$234.22
17.5 %
US & Canada Full-Service3
$180.03
31.7 %
64.9 %
9.6 %
pts.
$277.24
12.1 %
Courtyard
$98.40
27.3 %
62.6 %
4.5 %
pts.
$157.20
18.3 %
Residence Inn
$134.97
17.5 %
74.0 %
2.4 %
pts.
$182.39
13.7 %
Composite US & Canada Limited-Service4
$110.64
24.5 %
66.7 %
4.1 %
pts.
$165.86
16.9 %
US & Canada - All5
$163.60
30.5 %
65.4 %
8.3 %
pts.
$250.31
13.9 %
Comparable Systemwide US & Canada Properties
Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021
REVPAR
Occupancy
Average Daily Rate
Brand
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
JW Marriott
$201.05
22.0 %
67.6 %
6.8 %
pts.
$297.40
9.6 %
The Ritz-Carlton
$327.38
12.0 %
64.0 %
4.4 %
pts.
$511.53
4.2 %
W Hotels
$231.42
15.3 %
62.0 %
5.2 %
pts.
$373.37
5.6 %
Composite US & Canada Luxury1
$267.65
17.3 %
66.2 %
6.0 %
pts.
$404.02
6.6 %
Marriott Hotels
$122.75
35.0 %
62.1 %
9.0 %
pts.
$197.73
15.5 %
Sheraton
$106.63
37.5 %
59.9 %
10.0 %
pts.
$178.16
14.6 %
Westin
$148.46
31.0 %
65.0 %
9.0 %
pts.
$228.49
12.8 %
Composite US & Canada Premium2
$130.00
32.6 %
63.1 %
9.4 %
pts.
$205.99
12.8 %
US & Canada Full-Service3
$146.07
29.0 %
63.5 %
9.0 %
pts.
$230.13
10.7 %
Courtyard
$98.88
21.7 %
64.6 %
4.1 %
pts.
$153.00
13.9 %
Residence Inn
$115.21
13.9 %
72.3 %
0.8 %
pts.
$159.32
12.7 %
Fairfield by Marriott
$82.66
14.7 %
65.6 %
2.8 %
pts.
$125.98
9.8 %
Composite US & Canada Limited-Service4
$98.45
18.2 %
67.3 %
3.0 %
pts.
$146.32
13.0 %
US & Canada - All5
$118.48
23.6 %
65.7 %
5.5 %
pts.
$180.39
13.2 %
1 Includes JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, W Hotels, The Luxury Collection, St. Regis, and EDITION.
2 Includes Marriott Hotels, Sheraton, Westin, Renaissance, Autograph Collection, Delta Hotels by Marriott, and Gaylord Hotels.
Systemwide also includes Le Méridien and Tribute Portfolio.
3 Includes Composite US & Canada Luxury and Composite US & Canada Premium.
4 Includes Courtyard, Residence Inn, Fairfield by Marriott, SpringHill Suites, TownePlace Suites, Four Points, Aloft, Element,
and AC Hotels by Marriott. Systemwide also includes Moxy.
5 Includes US & Canada Full-Service and Composite US & Canada Limited-Service.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
KEY LODGING STATISTICS
In Constant $
Comparable Company-Operated International Properties
Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021
REVPAR
Occupancy
Average Daily Rate
Region
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
Greater China
$47.80
-21.3 %
46.2 %
-8.9 %
pts.
$103.47
-6.1 %
Asia Pacific excluding China
$111.53
110.1 %
70.3 %
22.0 %
pts.
$158.74
44.4 %
Caribbean & Latin America
$142.69
35.3 %
64.0 %
9.1 %
pts.
$222.93
16.0 %
Europe
$151.51
67.0 %
67.8 %
18.0 %
pts.
$223.55
22.6 %
Middle East & Africa
$165.28
31.1 %
70.9 %
4.4 %
pts.
$233.09
22.9 %
International - All1
$107.64
38.9 %
61.5 %
7.1 %
pts.
$175.15
22.8 %
Worldwide2
$132.56
34.1 %
63.2 %
7.7 %
pts.
$209.78
17.9 %
Comparable Systemwide International Properties
Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021
REVPAR
Occupancy
Average Daily Rate
Region
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
Greater China
$47.39
-18.2 %
46.5 %
-7.7 %
pts.
$101.96
-4.6 %
Asia Pacific excluding China
$109.93
102.1 %
70.1 %
21.0 %
pts.
$156.91
41.6 %
Caribbean & Latin America
$118.21
40.4 %
61.2 %
9.6 %
pts.
$193.11
18.3 %
Europe
$121.30
70.3 %
65.5 %
19.6 %
pts.
$185.10
19.5 %
Middle East & Africa
$152.97
32.6 %
69.9 %
4.2 %
pts.
$218.85
24.7 %
International - All1
$103.00
45.1 %
61.8 %
9.5 %
pts.
$166.75
22.7 %
Worldwide2
$113.83
28.8 %
64.5 %
6.7 %
pts.
$176.46
15.4 %
1 Includes Greater China, Asia Pacific excluding China, Caribbean & Latin America, Europe, and Middle East & Africa.
2 Includes US & Canada - All and International - All.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
KEY LODGING STATISTICS
In Constant $
Comparable Company-Operated US & Canada Properties
Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021
REVPAR
Occupancy
Average Daily Rate
Brand
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
JW Marriott
$201.97
59.0 %
65.2 %
17.5 %
pts.
$309.81
16.3 %
The Ritz-Carlton
$328.27
41.0 %
64.0 %
14.6 %
pts.
$512.71
8.9 %
W Hotels
$228.43
56.0 %
62.3 %
16.9 %
pts.
$366.45
13.7 %
Composite US & Canada Luxury1
$275.30
51.4 %
65.0 %
16.9 %
pts.
$423.51
12.0 %
Marriott Hotels
$145.18
88.9 %
64.8 %
21.4 %
pts.
$224.18
26.6 %
Sheraton
$137.74
84.6 %
61.5 %
21.0 %
pts.
$224.03
21.5 %
Westin
$163.93
76.7 %
66.2 %
21.0 %
pts.
$247.81
20.5 %
Composite US & Canada Premium2
$146.02
85.1 %
64.3 %
21.7 %
pts.
$227.26
22.6 %
US & Canada Full-Service3
$173.86
72.0 %
64.4 %
20.7 %
pts.
$269.92
16.9 %
Courtyard
$98.87
49.8 %
64.0 %
8.8 %
pts.
$154.51
29.1 %
Residence Inn
$138.90
33.5 %
76.1 %
6.4 %
pts.
$182.65
22.3 %
Composite US & Canada Limited-Service4
$111.38
45.7 %
68.0 %
9.0 %
pts.
$163.82
26.5 %
US & Canada - All5
$159.06
67.0 %
65.3 %
17.9 %
pts.
$243.73
21.3 %
Comparable Systemwide US & Canada Properties
Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021
REVPAR
Occupancy
Average Daily Rate
Brand
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
JW Marriott
$200.06
57.0 %
66.7 %
17.1 %
pts.
$299.82
16.8 %
The Ritz-Carlton
$324.64
41.8 %
64.0 %
14.9 %
pts.
$506.92
8.8 %
W Hotels
$228.43
56.0 %
62.3 %
16.9 %
pts.
$366.45
13.7 %
Composite US & Canada Luxury1
$260.62
51.8 %
65.6 %
16.9 %
pts.
$397.00
12.8 %
Marriott Hotels
$122.91
69.2 %
62.7 %
17.7 %
pts.
$195.91
21.4 %
Sheraton
$106.46
70.8 %
60.2 %
17.2 %
pts.
$176.84
22.0 %
Westin
$146.55
70.7 %
65.2 %
19.3 %
pts.
$224.76
20.1 %
Composite US & Canada Premium2
$128.10
66.4 %
63.1 %
17.9 %
pts.
$203.01
19.3 %
US & Canada Full-Service3
$143.57
63.1 %
63.4 %
17.8 %
pts.
$226.47
17.4 %
Courtyard
$101.08
39.8 %
66.7 %
8.9 %
pts.
$151.62
21.1 %
Residence Inn
$119.52
25.4 %
75.5 %
4.3 %
pts.
$158.24
18.2 %
Fairfield by Marriott
$85.87
27.3 %
68.1 %
6.7 %
pts.
$126.03
14.8 %
Composite US & Canada Limited-Service4
$101.13
32.6 %
69.7 %
7.2 %
pts.
$145.14
18.9 %
US & Canada - All5
$118.97
46.5 %
67.0 %
11.6 %
pts.
$177.47
21.1 %
1 Includes JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, W Hotels, The Luxury Collection, St. Regis, and EDITION.
2 Includes Marriott Hotels, Sheraton, Westin, Renaissance, Autograph Collection, Delta Hotels by Marriott, and Gaylord Hotels.
Systemwide also includes Le Méridien and Tribute Portfolio.
3 Includes Composite US & Canada Luxury and Composite US & Canada Premium.
4 Includes Courtyard, Residence Inn, Fairfield by Marriott, SpringHill Suites, TownePlace Suites, Four Points, Aloft, Element,
and AC Hotels by Marriott. Systemwide also includes Moxy.
5 Includes US & Canada Full-Service and Composite US & Canada Limited-Service.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
KEY LODGING STATISTICS
In Constant $
Comparable Company-Operated International Properties
Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021
REVPAR
Occupancy
Average Daily Rate
Region
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
Greater China
$53.22
-18.5 %
47.5 %
-8.0 %
pts.
$112.14
-4.8 %
Asia Pacific excluding China
$84.41
122.5 %
59.2 %
23.1 %
pts.
$142.60
35.8 %
Caribbean & Latin America
$126.55
67.0 %
60.8 %
17.7 %
pts.
$208.17
18.4 %
Europe
$153.51
148.3 %
63.5 %
30.3 %
pts.
$241.65
29.9 %
Middle East & Africa
$124.63
52.8 %
64.7 %
13.1 %
pts.
$192.54
22.0 %
International - All 1
$94.64
55.5 %
57.0 %
11.7 %
pts.
$166.06
23.4 %
Worldwide 2
$123.30
61.9 %
60.7 %
14.5 %
pts.
$203.23
23.3 %
Comparable Systemwide International Properties
Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021
REVPAR
Occupancy
Average Daily Rate
Region
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
2022
vs. 2021
Greater China
$51.38
-16.6 %
46.8 %
-7.2 %
pts.
$109.71
-3.9 %
Asia Pacific excluding China
$83.87
111.8 %
59.3 %
22.2 %
pts.
$141.47
32.5 %
Caribbean & Latin America
$105.26
72.3 %
58.0 %
17.1 %
pts.
$181.42
21.6 %
Europe
$121.38
146.2 %
61.1 %
29.8 %
pts.
$198.67
25.9 %
Middle East & Africa
$116.91
55.8 %
64.2 %
13.3 %
pts.
$182.07
23.5 %
International - All 1
$91.30
66.2 %
57.0 %
14.6 %
pts.
$160.21
23.7 %
Worldwide 2
$110.64
51.0 %
64.0 %
12.5 %
pts.
$172.85
21.5 %
1 Includes Greater China, Asia Pacific excluding China, Caribbean & Latin America, Europe, and Middle East & Africa.
2 Includes US & Canada - All and International - All.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
KEY LODGING STATISTICS - 2022 vs 2019
In Constant $
Comparable Systemwide Properties1
Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2019
REVPAR
Occupancy
Average Daily Rate
Region
2022
vs. 2019
2022
vs. 2019
2022
vs. 2019
Greater China
$47.39
-42.3 %
46.5 %
-22.4 %
pts.
$101.96
-14.5 %
Asia Pacific excluding China
$109.93
5.5 %
70.1 %
-4.8 %
pts.
$156.91
12.8 %
Caribbean & Latin America
$118.21
27.6 %
61.2 %
2.1 %
pts.
$193.11
23.2 %
Europe
$121.30
7.4 %
65.5 %
-4.9 %
pts.
$185.10
15.6 %
Middle East & Africa
$152.97
43.8 %
69.9 %
-2.1 %
pts.
$218.85
48.1 %
International - All2
$103.00
3.4 %
61.8 %
-8.3 %
pts.
$166.75
17.3 %
US & Canada - All
$118.48
5.2 %
65.7 %
-3.7 %
pts.
$180.39
11.1 %
Worldwide 3
$113.83
4.6 %
64.5 %
-5.1 %
pts.
$176.46
12.8 %
Comparable Systemwide Properties1
Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2019
REVPAR
Occupancy
Average Daily Rate
Region
2022
vs. 2019
2022
vs. 2019
2022
vs. 2019
Greater China
$51.38
-40.8 %
46.8 %
-20.7 %
pts.
$109.71
-14.6 %
Asia Pacific excluding China
$83.87
-20.2 %
59.3 %
-13.3 %
pts.
$141.47
-2.3 %
Caribbean & Latin America
$105.26
9.7 %
58.0 %
-3.0 %
pts.
$181.42
15.4 %
Europe
$121.38
-5.8 %
61.1 %
-11.1 %
pts.
$198.67
11.3 %
Middle East & Africa
$116.91
23.4 %
64.2 %
-3.2 %
pts.
$182.07
29.6 %
International - All2
$91.30
-11.9 %
57.0 %
-12.2 %
pts.
$160.21
7.0 %
US & Canada - All
$118.97
-0.8 %
67.0 %
-6.0 %
pts.
$177.47
8.1 %
Worldwide3
$110.64
-4.0 %
64.0 %
-7.9 %
pts.
$172.85
7.9 %
1 The comparisons between 2022 and 2019 reflect properties that are defined as comparable as of December 31, 2022, even if in 2019 they were not open and operating for the full year or did not meet all the criteria for comparable in 2019.
2 Includes Greater China, Asia Pacific excluding China, Caribbean & Latin America, Europe, and Middle East & Africa.
3 Includes US & Canada - All and International - All.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
ADJUSTED EBITDA
($ in millions)
Fiscal Year 2022
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
Total
Net income, as reported
$ 377
$ 678
$ 630
$ 673
$ 2,358
Cost reimbursement revenue
(3,146)
(3,920)
(3,931)
(4,420)
(15,417)
Reimbursed expenses
3,179
3,827
3,786
4,349
15,141
Interest expense
93
95
100
115
403
Interest expense from unconsolidated joint ventures
1
2
2
1
6
Provision for income taxes
99
200
239
218
756
Depreciation and amortization
48
49
50
46
193
Contract investment amortization
24
19
22
24
89
Depreciation and amortization classified in reimbursed expenses
26
29
32
31
118
Depreciation, amortization, and impairments from unconsolidated joint ventures
13
3
7
4
27
Stock-based compensation
44
52
48
48
192
Restructuring, merger-related charges, and other
9
-
2
1
12
Gains on investees' property sales
(8)
(13)
(2)
-
(23)
Gain on asset dispositions
-
(2)
-
-
(2)
Adjusted EBITDA **
$ 759
$ 1,019
$ 985
$ 1,090
$ 3,853
Change from 2021 Adjusted EBITDA **
156 %
83 %
44 %
47 %
69 %
Fiscal Year 2021
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
Total
Net (loss) income, as reported
$ (11)
$ 422
$ 220
$ 468
$ 1,099
Cost reimbursement revenue
(1,780)
(2,338)
(2,950)
(3,374)
(10,442)
Reimbursed expenses
1,833
2,255
2,917
3,317
10,322
Loss on extinguishment of debt
-
-
164
-
164
Interest expense
107
109
107
97
420
Interest expense from unconsolidated joint ventures
2
1
2
2
7
(Benefit) provision for income taxes
(16)
(41)
58
80
81
Depreciation and amortization
52
50
64
54
220
Contract investment amortization
17
18
21
19
75
Depreciation and amortization classified in reimbursed expenses
28
27
28
28
111
Depreciation, amortization, and impairments from unconsolidated joint ventures
10
9
5
7
31
Stock-based compensation
53
43
43
43
182
Restructuring, merger-related charges, and other
1
3
4
-
8
Adjusted EBITDA **
$ 296
$ 558
$ 683
$ 741
$ 2,278
** Denotes non-GAAP financial measures. Please see pages A-15 and A-16 for information about our reasons for providing these alternative financial measures and the limitations on their use.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
ADJUSTED EBITDA FORECAST
FIRST QUARTER 2023
($ in millions)
Range
Estimated First Quarter 2023
First Quarter 2022 **
Net income excluding certain items 1
$ 563
$ 582
Interest expense
122
122
Interest expense from unconsolidated joint ventures
1
1
Provision for income taxes
154
160
Depreciation and amortization
45
45
Contract investment amortization
22
22
Depreciation and amortization classified in reimbursed expenses
28
28
Depreciation, amortization, and impairments from unconsolidated joint ventures
5
5
Stock-based compensation
40
40
Adjusted EBITDA **
$ 980
$ 1,005
$ 759
Increase over 2022 Adjusted EBITDA **
29 %
32 %
** Denotes non-GAAP financial measures. See pages A-15 and A-16 for information about our reasons for providing these alternative financial
measures and the limitations on their use.
1 Guidance excludes cost reimbursement revenue, reimbursed expenses, and restructuring, merger-related charges, and other expenses, each of which the
company cannot forecast with sufficient accuracy and which may be significant, except for depreciation and amortization classified in reimbursed expenses,
which is included in the caption "Depreciation and amortization classified in reimbursed expenses" above. Guidance does not reflect any asset sales that
may occur during the year, which the company cannot forecast with sufficient accuracy and which may be significant.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
ADJUSTED EBITDA FORECAST
FULL YEAR 2023
($ in millions)
Range
Estimated Full Year 2023
Full Year 2022**
Net income excluding certain items 1
$ 2,214
$ 2,409
Interest expense
518
533
Interest expense from unconsolidated joint ventures
6
6
Provision for income taxes
686
746
Depreciation and amortization
196
196
Contract investment amortization
89
89
Depreciation and amortization classified in reimbursed expenses
109
109
Depreciation, amortization, and impairments from unconsolidated joint ventures
18
18
Stock-based compensation
194
194
Adjusted EBITDA **
$ 4,030
$ 4,300
$ 3,853
Increase over 2022 Adjusted EBITDA **
5 %
12 %
** Denotes non-GAAP financial measures. See pages A-15 and A-16 for information about our reasons for providing these alternative financial
measures and the limitations on their use.
1 Guidance excludes cost reimbursement revenue, reimbursed expenses, and restructuring, merger-related charges, and other expenses, each of which the
company cannot forecast with sufficient accuracy and which may be significant, except for depreciation and amortization classified in reimbursed expenses,
which is included in the caption "Depreciation and amortization classified in reimbursed expenses" above. Guidance does not reflect any asset sales that
may occur during the year, which the company cannot forecast with sufficient accuracy and which may be significant.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
EXPLANATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES
In our press release and schedules, and on the related conference call, we report certain financial measures that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, United States generally accepted accounting principles (" GAAP" ). We discuss the manner in which the non-GAAP measures reported in this press release and schedules are determined and management's reasons for reporting these non-GAAP measures below, and the press release schedules reconcile the most directly comparable GAAP measure to each non-GAAP measure that we refer to. Although management evaluates and presents these non-GAAP measures for the reasons described below, please be aware that these non-GAAP measures have limitations and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for revenue, operating income, net income, earnings per share or any other comparable operating measure prescribed by GAAP. In addition, we may calculate and/or present these non-GAAP financial measures differently than measures with the same or similar names that other companies report, and as a result, the non-GAAP measures we report may not be comparable to those reported by others.
Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted Operating Income Margin. Adjusted operating income and Adjusted operating income margin exclude cost reimbursement revenue, reimbursed expenses, restructuring, merger-related charges, and other expenses, and certain non-cash impairment charges. Adjusted operating income margin reflects Adjusted operating income divided by Adjusted total revenues. We believe that these are meaningful metrics because they allow for period-over-period comparisons of our ongoing operations before these items and for the reasons further described below.
Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share. Adjusted net income and Adjusted diluted earnings per share reflect our net income and diluted earnings per share excluding the impact of cost reimbursement revenue, reimbursed expenses, restructuring, merger-related charges, and other expenses, certain non-cash impairment charges, loss on extinguishment of debt (when applicable), gains and losses on asset dispositions made by us or by our joint venture investees (when applicable), the income tax effect of these adjustments, and income tax special items. The income tax special items primarily related to the resolution of tax audits. We calculate the income tax effect of the adjustments using an estimated tax rate applicable to each adjustment. We believe that these measures are meaningful indicators of our performance because they allow for period-over-period comparisons of our ongoing operations before these items and for the reasons further described below.
Adjusted Earnings Before Interest Expense, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA"). Adjusted EBITDA reflects net income/loss excluding the impact of the following items: cost reimbursement revenue and reimbursed expenses, interest expense, depreciation and amortization (including depreciation and amortization classified in "Reimbursed expenses," as discussed below), certain non-cash impairment charges related to equity investments, benefit (provision) for income taxes, restructuring, merger-related charges, and other expenses, and stock-based compensation expense for all periods presented. When applicable, Adjusted EBITDA also excludes loss on extinguishment of debt and gains and losses on asset dispositions made by us or by our joint venture investees.
In our presentations of Adjusted operating income and Adjusted operating income margin, Adjusted net income and Adjusted diluted earnings per share, and Adjusted EBITDA, we exclude a one-time cost in the 2022 first quarter related to certain property-level adjustments related to compensation, charges incurred under our restructuring plans that we initiated beginning in the 2020 second quarter to achieve cost savings in response to the decline in lodging demand caused by COVID-19, and transition costs associated with the Starwood merger, which we record in the "Restructuring, merger-related charges, and other" caption of our Consolidated Statements of Income (our "Income Statements"), as well as the loss related to the debt extinguishment in the 2021 third quarter, which we recorded in the "Loss on extinguishment of debt" caption of our prior period Income Statements, to allow for period-over period comparisons of our ongoing operations before the impact of these items. We also exclude non-cash impairment charges (if above a specified threshold) related to our management and franchise contracts (if the impairment is non-routine), leases, equity investments, and other capitalized assets, which we record in the "Contract investment amortization," "Depreciation, amortization, and other," and "Equity in earnings (losses)" captions of our Income Statements to allow for period-over period comparisons of our ongoing operations before the impact of these items. We exclude cost reimbursement revenue and reimbursed expenses, which relate to property-level and centralized programs and services that we operate for the benefit of our hotel owners. We do not operate these programs and services to generate a profit over the long term, and accordingly, when we recover the costs that we incur for these programs and services from our hotel owners, we do not seek a mark-up. For property-level services, our owners typically reimburse us at the same time that we incur expenses. However, for centralized programs and services, our owners may reimburse us before or after we incur expenses, causing timing differences between the costs we incur and the related reimbursement from hotel owners in our operating and net income. Over the long term, these programs and services are not designed to impact our economics, either positively or negatively. Because we do not retain any such profits or losses over time, we exclude the net impact when evaluating period-over-period changes in our operating results.
We believe that Adjusted EBITDA is a meaningful indicator of our operating performance because it permits period-over-period comparisons of our ongoing operations before these items. Our use of Adjusted EBITDA also facilitates comparison with results from other lodging companies because it excludes certain items that can vary widely across different industries or among companies within the same industry. For example, interest expense can be dependent on a company's capital structure, debt levels, and credit ratings. Accordingly, the impact of interest expense on earnings can vary significantly among companies. The tax positions of companies can also vary because of their differing abilities to take advantage of tax benefits and because of the tax policies of the jurisdictions in which they operate. As a result, effective tax rates and provisions for income taxes can vary considerably among companies. Our Adjusted EBITDA also excludes depreciation and amortization expense, which we report under "Depreciation, amortization, and other" as well as depreciation and amortization classified in "Contract investment amortization," "Reimbursed expenses," and "Equity in earnings (losses)" of our Income Statements, because companies utilize productive assets of different ages and use different methods of both acquiring and depreciating productive assets. Depreciation and amortization classified in "Reimbursed expenses" reflects depreciation and amortization of Marriott-owned assets and software, for which we receive cash from owners to reimburse the company for its investments made for the benefit of the system. These differences can result in considerable variability in the relative costs of productive assets and the depreciation and amortization expense among companies. We exclude stock-based compensation expense in all periods presented to address the considerable variability among companies in recording compensation expense because companies use stock-based payment awards differently, both in the type and quantity of awards granted.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
EXPLANATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES
RevPAR. In addition to the foregoing non-GAAP financial measures, we present Revenue per Available Room ("RevPAR") as a performance measure. We believe RevPAR is a meaningful indicator of our performance because it measures the period-over-period change in room revenues for comparable properties. RevPAR relates to property level revenue and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures, such as revenues, and should not be viewed as necessarily correlating with our fee revenue. We calculate RevPAR by dividing room sales (recorded in local currency) for comparable properties by room nights available for the period. We do not consider interruptions related to COVID-19 when determining which properties to classify as comparable. The comparisons between 2022 and 2019 reflect properties that are defined as comparable as of December 31, 2022, even if in 2019 they were not open and operating for the full year or did not meet all the other criteria for comparable in 2019. We present growth in comparative RevPAR on a constant dollar basis, which we calculate by applying exchange rates for the current period to each period presented. We believe constant dollar analysis provides valuable information regarding our properties' performance as it removes currency fluctuations from the presentation of such results.
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SOURCE Marriott International, Inc. | 2023-02-14T12:52:31+00:00 | witn.com | https://www.witn.com/prnewswire/2023/02/14/marriott-international-reports-fourth-quarter-full-year-2022-results/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — New AL home run king Aaron Judge and St. Louis slugger Paul Goldschmidt won Hank Aaron Awards on Wednesday that reward the most outstanding offensive performers in each league.
Judge and Goldschmidt are both finalists for the Most Valuable Player honors that will be presented next week by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
Now a free agent, Judge hit 62 home runs last season with the New York Yankees, topping the American League record of 61 set by Roger Maris in 1961.
Judge also led the majors in slugging percentage (.686), on-base percentage (.425), OPS (1.111) and runs (133), and his 131 RBIs tied Pete Alonso of the Mets for most in the big leagues. Judge batted .311, second in the AL, and was in contention for a Triple Crown until the final days of the season.
Goldschmidt led the NL in slugging percentage (.578) and on-base average (.404) while hitting .317 with 35 home runs and 115 RBIs. The Cardinals first baseman also won the Hank Aaron Award in 2013 with Arizona.
Every team nominates candidates for the Aaron awards. A group of MLB.com writers choose the eight finalists in each league, and fan votes are added to the picks by a panel of Hall of Fame players.
The awards are sanctioned by Major League Baseball and named for the Hall of Fame Braves outfielder.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Seacrest will usher in 2023 on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from Times Square, with iconic bands from the 1980s and 1990s as well as a member of BTS and a TikTok sensation.
Duran Duran, fresh off an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, will play from a catalogue that includes hits like “Hungry Like the Wolf,” “The Reflex” and “Rio.” R&B and pop group New Edition will celebrate their 40th anniversary by performing a medley of chart-toppers and solo hits like “Rub You The Right Way,” “My Prerogative,” “Poison,” “If It Isn’t Love,” and “Cool It Now.”
J-hope, South Korean songwriter and member of BTS, will play a medley of his “= (Equal Sign),” “Chicken Noodle Soup” and the band’s “Butter.” And Tik-Tok star Jax will sing pop hits “Victoria’s Secret” and “90s Kids.” Singer and rapper Farruko will perform from Puerto Rico.
Actress and producer Liza Koshy will return as co-host alongside Seacrest, actor-singer Roselyn Sanchez will co-host from Puerto Rico and Billy Porter will be back in New Orleans for the Central Time Zone countdown.
There will be pre-taped performances in Disneyland from Aly & AJ, Bailey Zimmerman, Ben Platt, Ciara, Fitz & The Tantrums, Halle Bailey, Lauren Spencer Smith, Maddie & Tae, Shaggy and TXT. And from Los Angeles, there will be performances by Armani White, Betty Who, Dove Cameron, Finneas, Nicky Youre and Wiz Khalifa.
Seacrest, inheritor of ABC’s legendary “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from Dick Clark, reached 19.6 million viewers between 11:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m., last New Year’s Eve, according to Nielsen. During the 15-minute interval where the ball dropped in New York’s Times Square, his audience jumped to 24.2 million people.
“New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” will air Dec. 31 on ABC. | 2022-12-16T18:51:46+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/ap-new-years-rockin-eve-to-feature-duran-duran-new-edition/ |
Heat vs. Knicks: Odds, spread, over/under and other Vegas lines - Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 4
In Game 4 of the second round of the NBA Playoffs, the Miami Heat will be seeking a win against New York Knicks.
See odds, spreads, over/unders and more from multiple sportsbooks in this article for the Heat vs. Knicks matchup.
Heat vs. Knicks Game Info
- Date: Monday, May 8, 2023
- Time: 7:30 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: TNT
- Location: Miami, Florida
- Venue: FTX Arena
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Heat vs. Knicks Betting Trends
- The Heat have a -26 scoring differential, putting up 109.5 points per game (30th in the league) and allowing 109.8 (second in the NBA).
- The Knicks are outscoring opponents by 2.9 points per game, with a +240 scoring differential overall. They put up 116 points per game (11th in NBA) and allow 113.1 per outing (12th in league).
- These two teams score a combined 225.5 points per game, 17.5 more points than this matchup's over/under.
- Opponents of these two teams put up 222.9 points per game combined, 14.9 more points than this matchup's total.
- Miami has won 30 games against the spread this season, while failing to cover or pushing 52 times.
- New York has put together a 45-36-1 record against the spread this season.
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Google's parent company, Alphabet, lost $100 billion in market value on Wednesday after its new artificial intelligence technology produced a factual error in an ad demo
It's a bruising reception for Bard, the conversational bot that Google launched as a competitor to Microsoft's headline-making darling, ChatGPT.
In the fateful ad that ran on Google's Twitter feed this week, the company described Bard as "a launchpad for curiosity" and a search tool to "help simplify complex topics."
An accompanying GIF prompts Bard with the question, "What new discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope can I tell my 9 year old [sic] about?" The chatbot responds with a few bullet points, including the claim that the telescope took the very first pictures of "exoplanets," or planets outside of earth's solar system.
"These discoveries can spark a child's imagination about the infinite wonders of the universe," Bard says.
Bard is an experimental conversational AI service, powered by LaMDA. Built using our large language models and drawing on information from the web, it’s a launchpad for curiosity and can help simplify complex topics → https://t.co/fSp531xKy3 pic.twitter.com/JecHXVmt8l
— Google (@Google) February 6, 2023
But the James Webb Telescope didn't discover exoplanets. The European Southern Observatory's very large telescope took the first pictures of those special celestial bodies in 2004, a fact that NASA confirms.
Social media users quickly pointed out that the company could've fact-checked the exoplanet claim by, well, Googling it.
The ad aired just hours before Google's senior executives touted Bard as the future of the company at a launch event in Paris. By Wednesday, Alphabet shares had slid as much as 9% during trading hours, balancing out by the day's close.
Meanwhile, shares for Microsoft, Google's rival, rose by 3%. Microsoft announced this week that it would incorporate ChatGPT into products like its Bing search engine. The company has invested $10 billion into OpenAI, the start-up that created ChatGPT.
Led by Microsoft, AI technology has recently taken Silicon Valley by storm, dazzling investors and sparking fear in writers for its ability to answer questions in plain, simple language rather than a list of links.
Ethicists warn the technology raises the risk of biased answers, increased plagiarism and the spread of misinformation. Though they're often perceived as all-knowing machines, AI bots frequently state incorrect information as fact because they're designed to fill in gaps.
The flurry of AI innovation comes amidst widespread job cuts in the tech sector. Alphabet cut about 6% of its global workforce — or 12,000 jobs — last month.
Google did not respond to NPR's request for comment. In a Monday blog post, CEO Sundar Pichai said Bard will be available exclusively to "trusted testers" before releasing the engine publicly in the coming weeks.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Authorities are searching for “Jackass” star Bam Margera after he reportedly drove away from a drug rehabilitation center in Florida.
The Delray Beach Police Department confirmed it was searching for Margera in an email to WFLA, which has requested more information.
TMZ reports the pro skateboarder went missing on Monday after leaving the unnamed facility. The rehab’s manager told police Margera had expressed dissatisfaction with their services, and said he planned to check himself into a different rehab nearby. He drove away in a black sedan, the report said.
The staff said they believe he had a legal order against him, which requires him to stay at the rehab. He did not appear to be a danger to himself or others, the report said, according to TMZ.
Margera opened up in the past about his struggles with addiction. Last year, the reality star was taken to a rehab facility after an alleged disturbance at the Don CeSar Resort Hotel in St. Petersburg, TMZ reported.
“When deputies arrived, they were informed that Mr. Margera had an ex parte order, which is a judge’s order for court-ordered rehabilitation,” the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. “Those are taken out by a third party on behalf of the person.”
According to TMZ, Margera was fired from “Jackass Forever,” the first “Jackass” film in nearly a decade, for allegedly taking drugs. He is now suing Paramount and the film’s co-creators Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine, saying he was wrongfully fired. | 2022-06-15T17:25:59+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/jackass-star-bam-margera-missing-after-leaving-florida-rehab-center/ |
Twins vs. Guardians Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - June 3
Saturday's contest between the Minnesota Twins (31-27) and Cleveland Guardians (25-32) matching up at Target Field has a projected final score of 4-3 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of the Twins, who is listed as a slight favorite by our model. The game will begin at 7:15 PM ET on June 3.
The Twins will give the nod to Sonny Gray (4-0, 1.94 ERA), who is eyeing win No. 5 on the season, and the Guardians will counter with Logan Allen (2-2, 2.72 ERA).
Twins vs. Guardians Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 7:15 PM ET
- Where: Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- How to Watch on TV: FOX
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Twins vs. Guardians Score Prediction
Our prediction for this contest is Twins 4, Guardians 3.
Total Prediction for Twins vs. Guardians
- Total Prediction: Over 7.5 runs
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Twins Performance Insights
- In five games as the favorite over the last 10 matchups, the Twins have a record of 4-1.
- When it comes to hitting the over, Minnesota and its opponents are 5-5-0 in its last 10 games with a total.
- The Twins have a record of 4-5-0 ATS over their last 10 games.
- This season, the Twins have been favored 35 times and won 24, or 68.6%, of those games.
- This season Minnesota has won 17 of its 26 games, or 65.4%, when favored by at least -135 on the moneyline.
- The oddsmakers' moneyline implies a 57.4% chance of a victory for the Twins.
- Minnesota ranks 13th in the majors with 264 total runs scored this season.
- The Twins have the second-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (3.42).
Guardians Performance Insights
- The Guardians have played as the underdog in five of their past 10 games and have gone 2-3 in those contests.
- In its last 10 games with an over/under, Cleveland and its opponents have combined to eclipse the total three times.
- The Guardians' ATS record is 6-2-0 over their last 10 matchups (bookmakers set spreads in eight of those games).
- The Guardians have come away with 10 wins in the 24 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- This year, Cleveland has won seven of 14 games when listed as at least +110 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Guardians have an implied victory probability of 47.6% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Cleveland is the third-lowest scoring team in MLB play averaging 3.6 runs per game (206 total).
- Guardians pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.89 ERA this year, 10th-best in baseball.
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CHICAGO, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- United will hold a conference call to discuss second-quarter 2022 financial results on Thursday, July 21 at 9:30 a.m. CT/10:30 a.m. ET.
A live, listen-only webcast of the conference call will be available at ir.united.com. The company will issue its second-quarter 2022 financial results and outlook after market close on Wednesday, July 20.
About United
United's shared purpose is "Connecting People. Uniting the World." In 2019, United and United Express® carriers operated more than 1.7 million flights carrying more than 162 million customers. United has the most comprehensive route network among North American carriers, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. For more about how to join the United team, please visit united.com/careers and more information about the company is at united.com. United Airlines Holdings, Inc. is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol "UAL".
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Today is Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1923, deputy sheriffs and the Champaign police chief continued their search for moonshine. They found a 10-gallon still, and a keg of mash made of peaches, raisins, lemons and apples at a home in the 1200 block of North Chestnut, and arrested one man.
In 1973, the so-called London flu epidemic sweeping across the nation may have reached Champaign-Urbana. Both the McKinley Health Center and Carle Clinic reported more cases of flu-like symptoms than usual for this time of year but said there was no way of knowing whether the problem was London flu.
In 2008, student-athletes who competed in Illinois High School Association postseason events would be subject to random tests for performance-enhancing drugs starting the next fall under a measure approved that week. | 2023-01-14T11:56:39+00:00 | news-gazette.com | https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/history/area-history-jan-14-2023/article_f28bf37f-ef5e-529e-b402-f3220826a857.html |
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Trucking Associations leaders, on behalf of the association and the industry, are celebrating and thanking the nation's truck drivers this week as part of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week.
"Every day, our country's 3.7 million truck drivers deliver America's freight safely, securely and efficiently – they are the glue that keeps our economy and nation together," said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear. "And while they should be appreciated all year round, we are proud to recognize them this week during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week."
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, September 11-17, provides the trucking industry an opportunity to formally recognize the efforts of professional truck drivers. State trucking associations, industry suppliers, law enforcement and motor carriers of all sizes from coast to coast are set to host appreciation events for the men and women who safely deliver more than 70% of the country's total freight tonnage.
More than 80% of American cities and towns exclusively rely on trucks to deliver their goods, and driving a truck is the top job in 29 states.
As part of the weeklong celebration, ATA is bringing its rolling classroom, Interstate One, to Capitol Hill today and inviting policymakers to talk to members of America's Road Team about the industry and try their hand at a driving simulator.
"Our drivers – whether they are delivering emergency relief goods or simply doing their normal runs – can be counted on to get the job done," said ATA Chairman Harold Sumerford Jr. "We should thank them every day, but I call on my fellow Americans – along with our industry – to recognize these hardworking men and women this week."
ATA members celebrate NTDAW with cookouts and other events, and Trucking Moves America Forward is recognizing drivers with a series of billboards around the country in partnership with many state trucking associations. TMAF will also be thanking truck drivers and sharing need-to-know industry facts on the radio airwaves on Red Eye Radio, Westwood One Sports and Westwood One talk radio programs. To participate in NTDAW, or show how you're celebrating drivers – post your events on social media with the hashtag #ThankATrucker.
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is sponsored by the Allied Committee for the Trucking Industry (ACT I). ATA and ACT I are asking the motoring public to thank professional drivers through fuel pump advertising this month.
For more about National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, click here.
American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or Facebook. Trucking Moves America Forward
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IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jacques Flynn as Director, Brand Style Management. In this role, Flynn will oversee all aspects of Mazda Brand Design for North America. Through fostering strong relationships and collaborations with both Mazda Design and Marketing, Flynn will ensure the Mazda Brand continues to remain a leader in the automotive brand space.
Flynn has deep experience as an automotive designer, having worked previously with Mazda Design America between 2006-2017 as Lead Exterior Designer. Most recently, Flynn was Director of exterior design for an EV start-up.
"As Mazda continues its push towards premium, it will be imperative to also evolve the Mazda Brand through the lens of the CASE* era; a challenge I am most excited about," said Flynn. "I am thrilled to be back at Mazda; a company that prides itself on being design-driven with such an emphasis on the brand and how the two are inherently tied together."
"Jacques' background in brand management will support both Mazda Design and Brand Style with key insights for the coming CASE* era," said Sr. Director, Mazda Design America Yasutake Tsuchida. "I feel strongly that his notable accomplishments and passion for design will guide Brand Style Management into the next chapter."
*CASE (Connected, Automated, Shared and Electric)
Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, California, and oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Colombia through approximately 795 dealers. Operations in Canada are managed by Mazda Canada Inc. in Richmond Hill, Ontario; operations in Mexico are managed by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City; and operations in Colombia are managed by Mazda de Colombia in Bogota, Colombia. For more information on Mazda vehicles, including photography and B-roll, please visit the online Mazda media center at news.MazdaUSA.com.
Follow MNAO's social media channels through Twitter and Instagram at @MazdaUSA and Facebook at Facebook.com/MazdaUSA.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dakota Hudson and a quartet of relievers combined to help the St. Louis Cardinals stop San Francisco’s six-game winning streak, blanking the Giants 4-0 on Saturday.
The Cardinals pitched their sixth shutout of the season. The Los Angeles Angels began the day with a major league-leading seven shutouts.
“You’re going to have to win ballgames the way we just did where we pitch well, play good defense, we make good decisions and score three or four runs,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “There’ll be a stretch where we hit, but you still have to win ballgames when you’re not feeling great. That’s what we did today.”
Yadier Molina doubled, singled and scored a run. He opened the second with a double off the top of the right-center field wall for his 2,128th career hit, moving him past Mike Piazza for sixth most among catchers.
St. Louis led 1-0 in the fifth when the Giants put runners at first and third with two outs. Molina threw out Joc Pederson trying to steal second to end the inning.
“I got a pretty good idea that they liked to do that,” Molina said. “I’m glad that we executed that play pretty well. I’m happy for that.”
Tommy Edman homered as the Cardinals won for the second time in seven games. St. Louis has homered in 10 straight games.
Hudson (3-2) worked around five hits and two walks in five innings. Génesis Cabrera, Andre Pallante, Ryan Helsley and Giovanny Gallegos teamed up to pitch the final four innings.
“Pretty much as advertised and who he’s been this season,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said about Hudson. “It’s a groundball style. It’s an attack the strike zone style. He did a nice job of keeping us off balance, and we weren’t able to get the big hit.”
Helsley took over for Pallante with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh. He got Brandon Belt to ground into a double play to protect a 2-0 lead.
“That was huge,” Helsley said. “Bases loaded there, if he hits a single, possibly two score then it’s a tie game. I was able to get some weak contact and get the double play ball.”
Helsley, who made his first appearance since May 6, has thrown 15 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings dating to last Aug. 7.
Jakob Junis (1-1) allowed two runs on six hits and struck out three in 5 2/3 innings in his second start of the season. San Francisco has lost nine of its last 12 games in St. Louis.
“As they’ve all been, high quality,” Kapler said about Junis’ outing. “Lots of strikes, good slider, gave us a chance to win the game.”
Edman’s fourth home run of the season in the fifth gave the Cardinals home runs in a season-best 10 straight games.
Brendan Donovan doubled home Molina for an early lead.
Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado hit RBI doubles off former Cardinals pitcher John Brebbia in the seventh.
GIANTS ON THE MOVE
San Francisco traded utilityman Mauricio Dubón to Houston for minor league catcher Michael Papierski, who will report to Triple-A Sacramento. The Giants recalled infielder Donovan Walton from Sacramento prior to the game. Walton, who was acquired from Seattle on Wednesday, started at second base and hit a double in the seventh inning.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Giants: INF Tommy La Stella (right Achilles inflammation) went 2 for 5 with a grand slam with Triple-A Sacramento in the seventh game of his rehab assignment.
Cardinals: Activated RHP Drew VerHagen (right hip impingement) from the injured list and optioned LHP Packy Naughton to Triple-A Memphis.
UP NEXT
The Cardinals will activate RHP Adam Wainwright (3-3, 3.18 ERA) off the COVID-19 injured list to start Sunday night in the final game of the three-game series. The Giants will start LHP Carlos Rodón (4-1, 1.80 ERA) who is 1-2 with a 4.15 ERA in three career starts against St. Louis.
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by: John Frasier, Kayla Welytok Posted: Aug 31, 2022 / 11:12 AM EDT Updated: Aug 31, 2022 / 11:12 AM EDT SHARE (WSYR-TV) — Members from the Highlight Pro Women’s Skydiving Team join Bridge Street Wednesday morning. The group talks about how they created their team, what their mission means to them, and the importance of women in the sport. | 2022-08-31T18:05:15+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/bridge-street/highlight-pro-womens-skydiving-team-joins-bridge-street-at-the-fair/ |
(The Hill) – The House passed a bill mostly along party lines on Wednesday that seeks to create domestic terrorism offices throughout the U.S. government, just days after a gunman fatally shot 10 people in Buffalo, N.Y., in an incident that President Biden called “domestic terrorism.”
The bill, dubbed the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, passed in a 222-203 vote, with one Republican bucking party leadership and voting for the legislation.
The legislation specifically calls for the formation of domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI that would be tasked with monitoring and scrutinizing potential terror activity.
A vote on the bill was scheduled after Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), the sponsor of the legislation, called on Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to bring the legislation to the floor. He pointed to the Saturday shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, where 13 people were shot, 11 of whom were Black.
The suspected shooter — identified as 18-year-old Payton Gendron of Conklin, N.Y. — reportedly embraced ideas that are connected to the “great replacement” theory, a racist, far-right conspiracy that liberal elites are encouraging immigration to replace white voters.
Some Democrats referenced the fatal shooting during debate on the bill prior to its passage.
“Here we are again, reeling from another horrific domestic terrorist attack. This week, a racially motivated shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., perpetrated by an avowed white supremacist,” Rep. Veronica (D-Texas) said on the House floor.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on the House floor said the bill was about “empowerment of the federal bureaucracy to target Americans.”
“This is nothing more than empowering the federal government to police thought and speech in the United States of America, and we should oppose it roundly,” he later added.
The legislation was initially slated to be passed through a fast-track process late last month, but Democratic leaders pulled it from the calendar after some progressive lawmakers voiced opposition to the bill.
Schneider told reporters on Monday that the legislation was adjusted to specify that none of its tenets would undermine First Amendment rights. It previously passed in a voice vote in 2020.
The bill calls for establishing a Domestic Terrorism Unit in the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at DHS, which would be tasked with observing and examining domestic terrorism activity, in addition to a Domestic Terrorism Office in the Counterterrorism Section of the National Security Division of the DOJ, which would look into and prosecute domestic terrorism incidents and communicate with the Civil Right Division about occurrences that may be considered hate crimes.
The bill also encourages the establishment of a Domestic Terrorism Section of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, which would probe activity tied to domestic terrorism. | 2022-05-19T04:09:24+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/house-passes-domestic-terrorism-bill-in-mostly-party-line-vote-2/ |
Hawks vs. Nets Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - March 31
Published: Mar. 31, 2023 at 12:54 PM CDT|Updated: 37 minutes ago
The Atlanta Hawks (38-38) face the Brooklyn Nets (41-35) as just 1.5-point favorites on Friday, March 31, 2023 at 7:30 PM ET on YES and BSSE.
Hawks vs. Nets Game Info & Odds
- Date: Friday, March 31, 2023
- Time: 7:30 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: YES and BSSE
- Location: Brooklyn, New York
- Venue: Barclays Center
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Hawks vs. Nets Score Prediction
- Prediction: Nets 118 - Hawks 114
Spread & Total Prediction for Hawks vs. Nets
- Pick ATS: Nets (+ 1.5)
- Pick OU:
Under (240.5)
- The Nets have a 40-36-0 ATS record this season as opposed to the 33-41-2 mark of the Hawks.
- Atlanta covers the spread when it is a 1.5-point favorite or more 36.6% of the time. That's less often than Brooklyn covers as an underdog of 1.5 or more (61.3%).
- Atlanta's games have gone over the total 53.9% of the time this season (41 out of 76), which is more often than Brooklyn's games have (35 out of 76).
- The Hawks have a .614 winning percentage as a moneyline favorite (27-17) this season while the Nets have a .361 winning percentage as a moneyline underdog (13-23).
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Hawks Performance Insights
- Atlanta has been led by its offense, as it ranks fourth-best in the NBA by scoring 118 points per game. It ranks 24th in the league in points allowed (117.8 per contest).
- The Hawks rank 18th in the NBA with 24.8 dimes per contest.
- The Hawks are sinking 10.8 treys per game (24th-ranked in league). They have a 35.5% shooting percentage (20th-ranked) from beyond the arc.
- Atlanta is attempting 62 two-pointers per game this season, which account for 67.2% of the shots it has taken (and 75.8% of the team's baskets). Meanwhile, it is attempting 30.3 threes per contest, which are 32.8% of its shots (and 24.2% of the team's buckets).
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LONDON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fastmarkets, the industry-leading cross-commodity price reporting agency (PRA), has successfully completed another external assurance review of its key agricultural and metals price assessments.
Professional services company BDO carried out the independent assurance review and found that, as of June 30, 2022, Fastmarkets' responses were in line with the Principles for Oil PRAs set out by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in 2012. The IOSCO principles create an overarching framework for Benchmarks, articulating guidance and principles ensuring transparency and openness. The assurance review process examines a firm's governance and controls framework, policies and methodologies in scope to verify their adherence to the PRA Principles
As stated by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), this external assurance review is sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the audit requirements of the EU Benchmark Regulation (BMR) for commodity benchmarks (paragraph 18 of Annex II).
The price assessments reviewed include some administered by Fastmarkets Benchmark Administration Oy (FBA Oy), which was incorporated in Finland in December 2020 to administer all benchmarks that are in scope of the BMR.
"Providing our customers with dependable prices backed by reliable methodologies is at the heart of what we do." The completion of an external assurance review of our process demonstrates our commitment to providing reliable, impartial, representative and transparent benchmarks,'' said Fastmarkets CEO Raju Daswani.
This is the first year that Fastmarkets audited the following agricultural price assessments: soybean, distiller's corn oil, used cooking oil and bleachable fancy tallow.
To obtain a copy of the independent assurance reports and to view Fastmarkets' price methodology/specifications, click here.
ABOUT FASTMARKETS: Fastmarkets is the industry-leading price reporting agency (PRA) for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the metals and mining, forest products, the energy transition and agriculture markets. Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a 130-year history built on trust and deep market knowledge. Its team of more than 450 people are located in global locations including London, Helsinki, Boston, New York, Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore, Brussels and São Paulo. Fastmarkets is part of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC (LSE: ERM), a listed company on the London Stock Exchange. Euromoney is a leading international business-to-business information group focused primarily on the global commodities, banking and asset management markets.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Another person involved in a gang shootout in a residential neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, last year that resulted in injuries to nine people has been sent to prison, state Attorney General Peter Neronha said Thursday.
Ricardo Cosme Tejada, 21, was sentenced last week to 14 years behind bars after pleading guilty to multiple gun charges in connection with the May 2021 gunfight in which more than 50 shots were fired, according to a statement from Neronha's office.
He also pleaded guilty to an unrelated charge of possession of a ghost gun stemming from an arrest April 2021.
Tejada was one of four members of the Get Money Family gang who, just before 7 p.m. May 12, 2021, approached a home in the city in a pickup truck, authorities said. They jumped out of the vehicle and started firing at people on the home’s front porch, who were associated with the rival Lakeside gang, authorities said.
Three members of Tejada's gang as well as two people associated with the rival gang who were on the porch have previously been sentenced.
Nine people were injured — eight by gunfire and one by flying glass, authorities said, including Tejada and his three associates. | 2022-08-02T18:43:18+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Man-involved-in-shootout-that-injured-9-gets-14-17345777.php |
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman has accused former major league pitcher Trevor Bauer of sexual assault, alleging in a lawsuit updated this week that he held a knife at her throat and choked her until she passed out during a rape that left her pregnant in late 2020.
Bauer was never arrested or charged and he has countersued, denying the allegations and accusing the woman of faking a pregnancy and trying to extort money from him.
“Trevor Bauer categorically denies this woman’s unhinged allegations,” the player’s co-agents, Jon Fetterolf and Rachel Luba, said in a statement Wednesday.
They said she had made several million-dollar demands against Bauer over two years, prompting him to file a criminal complaint against her.
Scottsdale Police Officer Aaron Bolin confirmed Wednesday that Bauer filed a criminal complaint on Jan. 24 alleging the woman was trying to extort him, but detectives did not recommend charges to Maricopa County prosecutors. Bolin said there were also no charges recommended after the woman filed a complaint against Bauer on Dec. 20, alleging a sexual assault two years before.
The woman’s accusations are laid out in a civil suit updated this week in Maricopa County Superior Court. She first sued the former Cy Young Award winner in December, and Bauer countersued in April.
The Associated Press does not typically identify people who say they have been victims of sexual assault. The woman’s attorney did not immediately respond Wednesday to a voicemail seeking additional comment.
In his countersuit, Bauer said he had one consensual sexual encounter with the woman in 2020. He said the woman later said she was pregnant and demanded $1.6 million to end the pregnancy.
Bauer said he refused to pay that amount, but told the woman he would support her decision concerning the pregnancy and pay any medical costs, as well as child support. His said in his lawsuit that he ultimately paid $8,761 for the expenses related to the woman’s reported pregnancy and its subsequent termination.
The woman said in an updated complaint filed Tuesday that she ultimately decided not to terminate the pregnancy, but had a miscarriage.
Bauer was suspended by Major League Baseball after a woman he met in San Diego alleged that he had beaten and sexually abused her in 2021. He denied the charges and said that anything that happened between them was consensual. Bauer was not arrested or charged.
After Bauer’s suspension ended, the Los Angeles Dodgers cut him and no team picked him up. He now plays in Japan.
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AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-06-15T05:20:37+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/sports/ap-sports/arizona-woman-alleges-sexual-assault-by-trevor-bauer-he-denies-allegation-and-countersues/ |
Annual Event Aimed at Driving Connections to Unite the Transportation Supply Chain
WESTMINSTER, Colo., May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced the keynote speaker, Formula 1's Mark Gallagher, for its 2023 Insight Tech Conference + Expo, which will be held September 24 – 27 at The Venetian in Las Vegas.
Gallagher, a long-time Formula 1 executive, has held senior roles in the high-performance environment of F1 motor racing for over 30 years. Today, he is an author, broadcaster and industry analyst who continues to work with drivers and teams at the forefront of this global sport. Gallagher is passionate about using technology and data to better manage risk and safety for drivers and will share his top lessons from the fast lane and the business of winning with Insight attendees.
The 6th annual Insight Tech Conference + Expo is expected to bring together an unparalleled mix of more than 1,500 industry stakeholders from across the supply chain and technology fields.
"This year's theme is 'Driving Connection,' and I can't think of a better way to embrace that sentiment than by bringing together Trimble customers from some of the largest transportation organizations with the industry's leading tech providers," said Ron Bisio, senior vice president, Trimble Transportation. "As we make progress toward a global, seamless and transparent supply chain, it's more important than ever to find new ways to connect the physical and digital worlds. Thought leaders and key innovators in transportation will be at Insight, and I'm excited to see and hear what ideas and conversations occur."
Since the first Insight conference in 2016, the annual event has given attendees the opportunity to attend educational sessions, experience hands-on training and visit technology exhibits from leading transportation solution providers. This year, attendees will gain an in-depth view of Trimble's portfolio of solutions, learn about the latest transportation technologies from across the industry, and connect with thought leaders and peers in a variety of settings designed to drive collaboration and innovation.
For more information on Insight 2023 and to register, visit: transportation.trimble.com/insight-2023.
About Trimble Transportation
Trimble Transportation is transforming the global supply chain through intelligent, connected technology and workflows that are rooted in industry standard commercial maps and data. At the intersection of the physical and digital worlds, Trimble Transportation offers SaaS, web, mobile and installed solutions that improve efficiency, promote safety, optimize utilization, and enable collaboration. From planning to delivery, we provide cutting edge procurement, transportation management, mapping, routing, dispatch, navigation, location, fleet management, ELD compliance and asset maintenance solutions. For more information, visit: transportation.trimble.com.
About Trimble
Trimble is an industrial technology company transforming the way the world works by delivering solutions that enable our customers to thrive. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data analytics connect the digital and physical worlds to improve productivity, quality, safety, transparency and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble is transforming industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com.
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Jill Biden to mark US reentry into UNESCO with flag-raising ceremony in Paris
PARIS (AP) - U.S. first lady Jill Biden visited Paris on Tuesday to attend a flag-raising ceremony at UNESCO, marking Washington’s official reentry into the U.N. agency after a five-year hiatus.
Before the Stars and Stripes is hoisted up outside UNESCO’s headquarters, Biden will make remarks about the importance of American leadership in preserving cultural heritage and empowering education and science across the globe.
The U.S. had announced its intention to rejoin UNESCO in June, and the organization’s 193 member states earlier this month voted to approve the U.S. reentry. Tuesday’s ceremony, which will also feature a speech by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, will formally signify the U.S. becoming the 194th member — and flag proprietor — at the agency.
Azoulay had welcomed the US return, emphasizing that it’s significant for multilateralism as a whole. The momentum of UNESCO, she said, will grow with the reintegration of the U.S., thereby strengthening the organization’s initiatives throughout the world.
The U.S. decision to return to Paris-based UNESCO was based mainly on concerns that China has filled a leadership gap since Washington withdrew during the Trump administration. This development underscores the broader geopolitical dynamics at play, particularly the growing influence of China in international institutions.
The U.S. exit from UNESCO in 2017 cited an alleged anti-Israel bias within the organization. The decision followed a 2011 move by UNESCO to include Palestine as a member state, which led the U.S. and Israel to cease financing the agency. The U.S. withdrawal became official a year later in 2018.
In preparation for its return, the Biden administration requested $150 million for the 2024 budget to go toward UNESCO dues and arrears, with plans for similar requests in the ensuing years until the full debt of $619 million is paid off. This represents a significant portion of UNESCO’s annual operating budget of $534 million, highlighting the substantial financial role the U.S. played in the agency before its departure.
Before its withdrawal, the U.S. was the single biggest funder of UNESCO, contributing 22% of the agency’s overall funding. This is the second time the U.S. has returned to UNESCO after a period of withdrawal. The country previously left the organization in 1984 under the Reagan administration, citing mismanagement, corruption and perceived advancement of Soviet interests. It rejoined in 2003 under George W. Bush’s presidency.
Biden, who teaches English and writing at a Virginia community college, brings with her a passion for education and personal experience in the field to represent the United States in Paris on Tuesday. In the following days, her visit will also serve to pay tribute to American history and cultural heritage in France.
On Wednesday, Biden will go to the Brittany American Cemetery to honor the U.S. soldiers who lost their lives during World War II. This tribute will serve as a solemn reminder of the shared history and sacrifices that bind the U.S. and France together.
She will conclude her trip to France at the renowned Mont-Saint-Michel, a UNESCO world heritage site, to underscore the importance of preserving cultural heritage locations around the world. Her visit to the iconic site will serve to highlight the shared global responsibility in safeguarding the world’s cultural and natural heritage, according to her program.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-25T11:25:52+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/2023/07/25/first-lady-jill-biden-mark-us-reentry-into-unesco-with-flag-raising-ceremony-paris/ |
Heat vs. Celtics: Odds, spread, over/under and other Vegas lines - Eastern Conference Finals Game 1
In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Boston Celtics will be looking for a win against Miami Heat.
You will find odds, spreads, over/unders and more across multiple sportsbooks for the Celtics vs. Heat matchup in this article.
Heat vs. Celtics Game Info
- Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2023
- Time: 8:30 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: TNT
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Venue: TD Garden
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Heat vs. Celtics Odds, Spread, Over/Under
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Heat vs Celtics Additional Info
Heat vs. Celtics Betting Trends
- The Celtics outscore opponents by 6.5 points per game (scoring 117.9 points per game to rank fourth in the league while giving up 111.4 per outing to rank fourth in the NBA) and have a +535 scoring differential overall.
- The Heat put up 109.5 points per game (30th in league) while giving up 109.8 per outing (second in NBA). They have a -26 scoring differential.
- These two teams rack up 227.4 points per game between them, 15.9 more than this game's over/under.
- Opponents of these teams score 221.2 combined points per game, 9.7 more points than this contest's over/under.
- Boston has put together a 45-34-3 ATS record so far this year.
- Miami is 30-48-4 ATS this season.
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