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UK wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson drafted in second round to New York Giants
LAS VEGAS (WYMT) - Kentucky junior wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson was chosen in the second round by the New York Giants as the 43rd overall pick in the 2022 National Football League Draft on Friday in Las Vegas.
Robinson, a 5-foot-10, 183-pounder from Frankfort, Kentucky, was one of the most electric players to ever come through the Kentucky football program. In 2021, the transfer from Nebraska caught 104 passes for 1,334 yards, setting UK single-season records in both categories, with seven TDs. Although he played only one season at UK, he ranks 17th in school history in receiving yardage. He also had seven rushing attempts, good for 111 yards and a 15.9-yard average per carry.
Robinson became the sixth player in Southeastern Conference history to catch at least 100 passes in a season. He had six 100-yard games, which ranks second on UK’s single-season list. He joins Randall Cobb as the only two receivers in school history to have 12 or more receptions in multiple games during their career.
Robinson was named second-team All-America by Pro Football Focus. He was an All-SEC first-team selection by Pro Football Focus and Phil Steele.
Robinson helped lead Kentucky to a 10-3 record – only the fourth 10-win season in school history – capped by a 20-17 win over Iowa in the Vrbo Citrus Bowl. He earned the Most Valuable Player award in the bowl game after catching 10 passes for 170 yards. He had four receptions for 86 yards in the game-winning drive late in the contest, including a dazzling 52-yard catch-and-run that set up the winning TD.
Copyright 2022 WYMT. All rights reserved. | 2022-04-30T01:01:24+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/29/uk-wide-receiver-wandale-robinson-drafted-second-round-new-york-giants/ |
Full-Featured EcoTank Printer, Enhanced with PrecisionCore Heat-Free Technology, is a Fast, Affordable and Easy-to-Use Solution for Home Offices
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Epson, the number one Brand by revenue at retail for Inkjet Printers in the U.S. in Q1 2023,1 today announced the EcoTank® ET-4810 All-in-One Cartridge-Free Supertank Printer will be available at select retailers. From printing high-quality documents for business needs to colorful projects for the busy family, the ET-4810 gives users the freedom to print in color without worrying about running out of ink. Now powered with PrecisionCore Heat-Free® technology for high-quality prints at fast print speeds and an additional EcoFit® black ink bottle, the ET-4810 is an essential everyday printing solution to add to any home office.
"While professionals have a workplace outside of their homes, many continue to work from their home offices as a convenience while juggling busy family schedules. However, the convenience could cost more than expected," said Nils Madden, marketing director, Consumer Imaging & Printing, Epson America. "By implementing fast, cost-efficient and easy-to-use solutions like an EcoTank cartridge-free printer, users have the peace of mind knowing they can print thousands of pages2 without the discomfort of replacing expensive ink cartridges."
The EcoTank ET-4810 offers dramatic savings on replacement ink. Users can save up to 90% with low-cost replacement ink bottles versus ink cartridges3—that's about one cent per color ISO page versus about 20 cents with cartridges.3 The ET-4810 also comes included with an extra black ink bottle for up to 4,300 additional pages black2 right out of the box. Plus, users get up to 4,300 pages black/7,300 color2 with each replacement set of bottles.
Environmental Benefits
As part of the EcoTank lineup of printers that produce zero cartridge waste, the EcoTank ET-4810 leverages supersized, easily refillable ink tanks and EcoFit ink bottles to help reduce the amount of cartridge waste ending up in landfills. The ET-4810 contains up to 30 percent recycled plastic4 and offers improved packaging with recyclable carboard inserts, replacing polystyrene.
Additional EcoTank ET-4810 Features
- Impressive Print Quality ― Epson's unique PrecisionCore Heat-Free technology produces extremely sharp text—plus impressive color photos and graphics—on a wide variety of paper types
- Fast Productivity ― Epson PrecisionCore® printhead provides high-quality prints at fast speeds; plus 30-page Auto Document Feeder for increased productivity
- Modern Connectivity ― Features Ethernet and wireless, plus hands-free voice-activated printing;5 easily print from smart devices6 with the intuitive Epson Smart Panel® app7
- Built-in Scanner and Copier ― High-resolution flatbed scanner and a color display for easy document copying and navigation
Pricing, Availability and Support
The EcoTank ET-4810 ($299 MSRP) will be available in store and online at Walmart this month and in store and online at Target in October 2023. For more information on availability, visit the Epson store (www.epsonstore.com). The ET-4810 also includes a worry-free 2-year limited warranty with registration,8 including full unit replacement. For more information, visit https://epson.com/ecotank-ink-tank-printers.
About Epson
Epson is a global technology leader whose philosophy of efficient, compact and precise innovation enriches lives and helps create a better world. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson's goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050.
Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of more than JPY 1 trillion. global.epson.com/
Epson America, Inc., based in Los Alamitos, Calif., is Epson's regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. To learn more about Epson, please visit: epson.com. You may also connect with Epson America on Facebook (facebook.com/Epson), Twitter (twitter.com/EpsonAmerica), YouTube (youtube.com/epsonamerica), and Instagram (instagram.com/EpsonAmerica).
1 Source: Circana/Weekly Retail Tracking Service, U.S., Inkjet Printers (single and multifunction combined), based on dollar sales, January 1 – April 1, 2023 combined.
2 Part of the ink from the included bottles is used for initial setup; yields are lower than those of replacement ink bottles. Replacement and included ink bottle yields based on the ISO/IEC 24712 pattern with Epson's methodology. Actual ink yields will vary considerably for reasons including images printed, print settings, temperature and humidity. Yields may be lower when printing infrequently or predominantly with one ink color. All ink colors are used for printing and printer maintenance, and all colors must be available for printing. For more information, visit www.epson.com/inkinfo
3 Actual savings and costs will vary considerably based on print tasks, print volumes and usage conditions. Savings and cost per ISO page are based on the cost of replacement ink bottles and the cost of enough standard cartridges to achieve the total page yields of the bottles using the MSRP (USD) and yields for Epson standard-capacity ink cartridges for similarly featured Epson consumer inkjet printers as of April 2023..
4 Ratio determined by weight of recycled vs. non-recycled plastic.
5 See www.epson.com/voice for device compatibility. Epson Connect™ account and voice-activated account registration required.
6 Most features require an Internet connection to the printer, as well as an Internet- and/or email-enabled device. For a list of Epson Connect enabled printers and compatible devices and apps, visit www.epson.com/connect
7 Requires Epson Smart Panel App download. Data usage fees may apply.
8 12 months of standard limited warranty or 50,000 plain paper sheets (whichever happens first). For an additional 12-month extended service plan (total of 24 months or 50,000 plain paper sheets, whichever happens first), you must register your product and use Epson genuine ink bottles. See Limited Warranty for details.
EPSON, EcoTank, Epson Smart Panel, PrecisionCore, and PrecisionCore Heat-Free are registered trademarks and Epson Connect is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation. EcoFit is a registered trademark of Epson America, Inc. All other product and brand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in these marks. Copyright 2023 Epson America, Inc.
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NEW YORK — Screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard, who skillfully adapted stories of historical Black figures in “Remember the Titans” starring Denzel Washington, “Ali” with Will Smith and “Harriet” with Cynthia Erivo, has died. He was 70.
Howard died Friday at his home in Miami after a brief illness, according to a statement from publicist Jeff Sanderson.
Howard was the first Black screenwriter to write a drama that made $100 million at the box office when “Titans” crossed that milestone in 2000. It was about a real-life Black coach coming into a newly integrated Virginia school and helping lead their football team to victory. It had the iconic line: “I don’t care if you like each other or not. But you will respect each other.”
Howard said he shopped the story around Hollywood with no success. So he took a chance and wrote the screenplay himself. ″They didn’t expect it to make much money, but it became a monster, making $100 million,” he said. “It made my career,” he told the Times-Herald of Vallejo, California, in 2009. The film made the Associated Press' list of the best 25 sports movies ever made.
Howard followed up “Remember the Titans” with “Ali,” the 2002 Michael Mann-directed biopic of Muhammad Ali. Smith famously bulked up to play Ali and was nominated for a best actor Oscar.
Howard also produced and co-wrote 2019′s “Harriet,” about abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Erivo lead a cast, that included Leslie Odom Jr., Clarke Peters and Joe Alwyn.
“I got into this business to write about the complexity of the Black man. I wanted to write about Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Marcus Harvey. I think it takes a Black man to write about Black men,” he told the Times-Herald.
Born in Virginia, his family moved often due to his stepfather's career in the Navy. After attending Princeton University, graduating with a degree in American history, Howard briefly worked at Merrill Lynch on Wall Street before moving to Los Angeles in his mid-20s to pursue a writing career.
He wrote for TV and penned the play “Tinseltown Trilogy,” which focused on three men in Los Angeles over Christmastime as their stories interconnect and inform each other.
Howard also wrote “The Harlem Renaissance,” a limited series for HBO, “Misty,” the story of prima ballerina Misty Copeland and “This Little Light,” the Fannie Lou Hamer story. Most recently, he wrote the civil rights project “Power to the People” for producer Ben Affleck and Paramount Pictures.
He is survived by a sister, Lynette Henley; a brother, Michael Henley; two nieces and a nephew. | 2023-01-28T22:53:12+00:00 | king5.com | https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/gregory-allen-howard-remember-the-titans-screenwriter-dies/507-16c9307a-2239-462e-9896-90980fcddf91 |
France: Marseille building collapses, fire stymies rescues
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Up to 10 people may be buried under the debris of a building that collapsed following an explosion in France’s port city of Marseille, but a fire deep within the rubble hindered rescue efforts Sunday, the French interior minister said.
Officials determined that at least four people lived in the building, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. It was not known if anyone was killed in the collapse or explosion, or what triggered the blast, he said.
Darmanin, who visited the site, provided the update nearly 11 hours after the five-story building collapsed before 1 a.m. More than 100 firefighters, aided by specialists, worked through the night to access and extinguish the fire, which the minister said was burning a few meters (feet) under the debris.
The delicate operation proceeded with the aim of keeping firefighters safe, preventing further harm to people potentially trapped in the rubble and not compromising vulnerable buildings nearby.
Some 30 buildings in the area were evacuated, Darmanin said.
The building that collapsed is located on a narrow street in the center of Marseille, adding to an array of difficulties for firefighters and rescue workers.
The intense heat made it impossible to send in dog teams to search. Robots were reportedly being deployed.
Marseille Mayor Benoit Payan said that two buildings that share walls with the one that collapsed were partially brought down before one later caved in. It was among the evacuated structures. Six people were hospitalized.
“We’re trying to drown the fire while preserving the lives of eventual victims under the rubble,” Lionel Mathieu, commander of the Marseille fire brigade, said during a televised briefing.
“Firefighters are gauging minute by minute the best way to put out the fire,” Payan, the mayor, said.
“We must prepare to have victims,” he said grimly.
An explosion was the “probable” cause of the building collapse, Payan said, but later stressed that “no conclusions can be drawn” without an investigation.
The collapsed building is located in an old quarter in the center of France’s second-largest city. The noise from the explosion resounded in other neighborhoods. Nearby streets were blocked off.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne both tweeted their thoughts for people affected and thanks to the firefighters. | 2023-04-09T15:37:51+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/2023/04/09/marseille-building-collapses-rubble-fire-stymies-rescue/ |
MIAMI, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brand Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Timothy J. Gaul to the role of Vice President, Intellectual Property Strategy. Mr. Gaul is a pharmaceutical industry veteran with over 33 years of experience as in-house intellectual property counsel, and over 150 nomenclature assignments. Mr. Gaul's appointment will begin on August 1, 2022.
"It is my great privilege to announce the addition of Tim Gaul to the Brand Institute team," said Brand Institute's Chairman and CEO, James L. Dettore. "Tim brings a tremendous amount of experience, professionalism and in-house expertise to Brand Institute's branding and naming process. I look forward to working closely with Tim as we continue to grow Brand Institute and provide best-in-class solutions and service."
Mr. Gaul started his career at Bristol-Myers Squibb where he spent 9 years as a patent attorney. For the next 24+ years he was with Amgen where he rose to the role of Associate General Counsel and Executive Director.
At Amgen he worked on trademark development, clearance, prosecution, opposition, and regulatory submission for some of Amgen's biggest brands, including most recently the asthma drug TEZSPIRE®. Mr. Gaul has extensive experience in patents, nonproprietary names, clinical trial names, copyrights, internet domains, and intellectual property licensing and acquisition agreements.
"I am very excited to take on this new role with Brand Institute," said Mr. Gaul. "I have worked with Brand Institute for many years as a client, and I look forward to collaborating with the many top experts in this organization."
About Brand Institute and our wholly owned subsidiary, Drug Safety Institute
Brand Institute is the global leader in brand name and identity development, providing a broad portfolio of branding and naming related services, including brand strategy, name development, trademark searches, market research, regulatory services, and visual identity solutions.
Drug Safety Institute (DSI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brand Institute that provides Brand Institute's healthcare clients with industry-leading guidance pertaining to drug name safety, packaging, and labeling. DSI is comprised of former naming regulatory officials from global government health agencies, including FDA, EMA, Health Canada, AMA, and the WHO.
Contact: Scott Piergrossi
President, Creative
spiergrossi@brandinstitute.com
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PHOENIX (AP) —
Ronnie Gajownik has been hired as manager of the Hillsboro Hops, becoming the first woman to manage a minor league Class High-A team, the Arizona Diamondbacks announced Friday.
The 29-year-old Gajownik (pronounced Gah-jow-nick) served as video coordinator for the Hops in 2021. She was on the coaching staff of the Amarillo Sod Poodles, the Diamondback’s Double-A affiliate, last season as first-base coach.
Rachel Balkovec became the first woman to manage a professional baseball team last year when she led the New York Yankees’ Class A Tampa Tarpons.
Gajownik was a two-year starter on South Florida’s softball team and also won a gold medal with the United States in the 2015 Pan American Games.
The Diamondbacks also hired coaches Ronald Ramirez, Gabriel Hernandez and Ty Wright, as well as trainer Haruki Mukohchi and strength coach Ryan Harrel for Hillsboro’s staff.
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AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-01-21T13:13:51+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/ap-diamondbacks-affiliate-hillsboro-names-woman-as-manager/ |
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — JoVon McClanahan scored 19 points as Hawaii beat UC Riverside 67-63 on Saturday.
Lachlan Olbrich led the way for the Highlanders (14-7, 7-2) with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Zyon Pullin added 14 points for UC Riverside. Flynn Cameron also had 13 points and 14 rebounds. The Highlanders broke a five-game winning streak with the loss.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. | 2023-01-22T01:28:34+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/hawaii-wins-67-63-over-uc-riverside/2023/01/21/420e172e-99e6-11ed-a173-61e055ec24ef_story.html |
13% Sequential Revenue Growth Including 10% Organic
Maintains Strong Balance Sheet Post-Acquisitions of Atreus and businessfourzero
CHICAGO, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSII) ("Heidrick & Struggles", "Heidrick" or the "Company") announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
Second Quarter Highlights:
- Net revenue of $271.2 million increased 13% sequentially, 10% organically
- Operating income of $13.6 million decreased $4.2 million sequentially and operating margin was 5.0%
- Adjusted operating income of $20.8 million increased 17% sequentially and adjusted operating margin was 7.7%
- Adjusted EBITDA of $36.4 million increased 33% sequentially and adjusted EBITDA margin was 13.4%
- Net income was $9.0 million and diluted earnings per share was $0.44; adjusted net income was $15.0 million and adjusted diluted earnings per share was $0.73
"We are very pleased with the second quarter results which included the first full quarter of results from our recent acquisition of Atreus Group ("Atreus") in our On-Demand Talent segment, as well as the results from businessfourzero ("B4Z") in our Heidrick Consulting segment. Even before the positive effects of these acquisitions, each of our lines of business demonstrated organic sequential growth, despite ongoing macro uncertainty and an anticipated return to more normalized levels of business performance. This validates our focus on the steadfast execution of our strategy while maintaining strong profitability," stated Heidrick & Struggles' President and Chief Executive Officer, Krishnan Rajagopalan. "Importantly, the integrations of both our recent acquisitions are progressing smoothly. We are advancing our diversification strategy while continuing to make appropriate investments in our digital capabilities and technologies throughout the company. These initiatives are aimed at providing our clients with the next generation of talent and leadership advisory services, enabling them to achieve higher performance through their leaders and teams in an ever-evolving business landscape."
2023 Second Quarter Results
Consolidated net revenue of $271.2 million compared to record consolidated net revenue of $298.7 million in the 2022 second quarter. Consolidated financial results include the first full quarter of contribution from the Company's recent acquisitions of Atreus and B4Z.
On a sequential basis, 2023 second quarter net revenue increased 13.3% from the 2023 first quarter, 10% of that growth was organic, as the Company experienced growth in Executive Search driven by the Americas and Europe markets, partially offset by a decline in the Asia Pacific market, along with sequential revenue growth in Heidrick Consulting and On-Demand Talent. 2023 second quarter adjusted operating income increased 17.2% and adjusted operating margin increased 30 basis points to 7.7% compared to 7.4% in the 2023 first quarter. Adjusted EBITDA of $36.4 million in the 2023 second quarter increased 33% sequentially and adjusted EBITDA margin increased 190 basis points to 13.4% compared to 11.5% in the 2023 first quarter. 2023 second quarter adjusted net income was $15.0 million compared to $15.6 million in the 2023 first quarter. This generated adjusted diluted earnings per share in the 2023 second quarter of $0.73 compared to $0.76 in the 2023 first quarter.
Executive Search net revenue of $206.8 million compared to net revenue of $253.9 million in the 2022 second quarter reflecting an anticipated market slowdown combined with a return to more normalized operating levels. Excluding the impact of exchange rate fluctuations, which negatively impacted results by 0.3%, or $0.8 million, net revenue decreased 18.2%, or $46.3 million, from the 2022 second quarter. Net revenue decreased 21.3% in the Americas (down 21.2% on a constant currency basis), decreased 5.3% in Europe (down 6.1% on a constant currency basis), and decreased 23.9% in Asia Pacific (down 20.5% on a constant currency basis) when compared to the prior year second quarter. The Social Impact and Industrial practice groups exhibited growth over the prior year.
The Company had 423 Executive Search consultants at June 30, 2023, compared to 388 at June 30, 2022. Productivity, as measured by annualized Executive Search net revenue per consultant, was $1.9 million compared to $2.6 million in the 2022 second quarter, reflecting a higher number of consultants combined with lower revenue. Average revenue per executive search was approximately $143,000 compared to $153,000 in the prior year period. The number of search confirmations decreased 12.7% compared to the year-ago period.
On-Demand Talent net revenue of $39.2 million, an increase of 75.5% compared to net revenue of $22.4 million in the 2022 second quarter, primarily due to the acquisition of Atreus, partially offset by a decrease in the volume of legacy on-demand projects.
Heidrick Consulting net revenue of $25.2 million compared to net revenue of $22.4 million in the 2022 second quarter. The Company had 89 Heidrick Consulting consultants at June 30, 2023, compared to 66 at June 30, 2022.
Consolidated salaries and benefits decreased $28.8 million, or 13.9%, to $178.9 million compared to $207.7 million in the 2022 second quarter. Year-over-year, fixed compensation expense increased $18.8 million due to base salaries and payroll taxes, the deferred compensation plan, reorganization, and retirement and benefits, as well as the acquisitions of Atreus and B4Z, partially offset by a decrease in stock compensation. Variable compensation decreased $47.6 million due to lower bonus accruals related to decreased consultant productivity. Salaries and benefits expense was 66.0% of net revenue for the quarter compared to 69.5% in the 2022 second quarter.
General and administrative expenses increased $5.3 million, or 15.1%, to $40.5 million compared to $35.2 million in the 2022 second quarter. The increase was due to intangible amortization and accretion, office occupancy, IT, and taxes and licenses, partially offset by a decrease in business development travel. As a percentage of net revenue, general and administrative expenses were 14.9% for the 2023 second quarter compared to 11.8% in the 2022 second quarter.
The Company's cost of services was $25.3 million, or 9.3% of net revenue for the quarter, compared to $17.4 million, or 5.8% of net revenue in the 2022 second quarter. This related to an increase in the volume of On-Demand Talent projects driven by the acquisition of Atreus.
The Company's research and development expenses were $5.7 million, or 2.1%, of net revenue for the quarter compared to $4.5 million, or 1.5%, of net revenue for the second quarter 2022.
In the 2023 second quarter, the Company recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $7.2 million associated with the Company's Heidrick Consulting segment. In the 2022 fourth quarter, the Company conducted its most recent annual goodwill impairment evaluation, which indicated that the carrying value of the Heidrick Consulting reporting unit was less than its fair value. During the 2023 second quarter, the Company acquired B4Z and recorded approximately $7.1 million of goodwill in the Heidrick Consulting reporting unit. Due to the inclusion of goodwill in a reporting unit with a pre-existing fair value shortfall, the Company identified a triggering event and performed an interim goodwill impairment evaluation during the 2023 second quarter, which resulted in the impairment of the recently acquired B4Z goodwill.
Including the previously mentioned non-cash impairment charge, operating income was $13.6 million for the quarter compared to $33.9 million in the 2022 second quarter. Operating income margin was 5.0% versus 11.3% in the 2022 second quarter. Excluding the non-cash impairment charge, adjusted operating income in the 2023 second quarter was $20.8 million and adjusted operating margin was 7.7%.
Adjusted EBITDA was $36.4 million compared to $36.8 million in the 2022 second quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 13.4%, compared to 12.3% in the 2022 second quarter. In Executive Search, adjusted EBITDA was $53.9 million compared to $52.3 million in the prior year period. In On-Demand Talent, adjusted EBITDA was $2.6 million versus $0.6 million in the prior year period. In Heidrick Consulting, adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $1.6 million compared to a loss of $0.1 million in the prior year period.
Net income was $9.0 million and diluted earnings per share was $0.44, with an effective tax rate of 46.8%. This compares to net income of $24.1 million and diluted earnings per share of $1.19, with an effective tax rate of 30.9% in the 2022 second quarter. Excluding the non-cash impairment charge recorded in the 2023 second quarter, adjusted net income was $15.0 million and adjusted diluted earnings per share was $0.73, with an adjusted effective tax rate of 37.7%.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $46.9 million, compared to $82.7 million in the 2022 second quarter. Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities at June 30, 2023 was $239.0 million compared to $336.6 million at June 30, 2022 and $621.6 million at December 31, 2022. The Company's cash position typically builds throughout the year as employee bonuses are accrued, mostly to be paid out in the first half of the year.
2023 Six Months Results
For the six months ended June 30, 2023, consolidated net revenue was $510.5 million compared to $582.6 million in the first six months of 2022. Excluding the impact of exchange rate fluctuations, which negatively impacted results by 1.0%, or $6.1 million, consolidated net revenue decreased 11.3%, or $65.9 million, compared to the prior year period.
Executive Search net revenue in the first six months of 2023 decreased 20.0%, or $99.2 million, to $397.3 million from $496.5 million in the first six months of 2022. Excluding the impact of exchange rate fluctuations, which negatively impacted results by 1.0%, or $5.1 million, net revenue decreased 19.0%, or $94.1 million. Net revenue decreased 21.5% in the Americas (decreased 21.3% on a constant currency basis), decreased 13.7% in Europe (decreased 11.3% on a constant currency basis), and decreased 21.9% in Asia Pacific (decreased 18.0% on a constant currency basis). Only the Social Impact and Industrial practice groups exhibited growth over the prior year. Productivity was $1.9 million for the first six months of 2023 compared to $2.6 million in the first six months of 2022. The average revenue per executive search was $133,000 in the first six months of 2023 compared to $137,000 the same period in 2022, while search confirmations decreased 17.6%.
On-Demand Talent net revenue in the first six months of 2023 was $70.4 million compared to $45.7 million in the same period of 2022. The increase in net revenue was primarily driven by the acquisition of Atreus, as well as an increase in the volume of legacy on-demand projects.
Heidrick Consulting net revenue in the first six months of 2023 increased 6.3%, or $2.5 million, to $42.9 million from $40.4 million in the first six months of 2022. Excluding the impact of exchange rate fluctuations, which negatively impacted results by 2.0%, or $0.8 million, Heidrick Consulting revenue increased 8.3%, or $3.3 million, compared to the prior year period.
Operating income for the first six months of 2023 was $31.4 million compared to operating income of $64.1 million in the same period of 2022. The operating income margin was 6.1% compared to 11.0% in the first six months of 2022. Excluding the non-cash impairment charge recorded in the 2023 year-to-date period, adjusted operating income was $38.6 million and adjusted operating income margin was 7.6%.
Adjusted EBITDA for the first six months of 2023 was $63.8 million and adjusted EBITDA margin was 12.5%, compared to adjusted EBITDA of $72.5 million and adjusted EBITDA margin of 12.4% for the same period in 2022. In Executive Search, adjusted EBITDA was $102.3 million compared to $104.2 million in the prior year period. In On-Demand Talent, adjusted EBITDA was $1.2 million versus $0.9 million in the prior year period. In Heidrick Consulting, adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $4.3 million compared to a loss of $1.9 million in the prior year period.
Net income for the first six months of 2023 was $24.6 million and diluted earnings per share was $1.19, with an effective tax rate of 38.1%. This compares to net income of $42.6 million and diluted earnings per share of $2.08, with an effective tax rate of 32.2%, in the first six months of 2022. Excluding the restructuring charge recorded in the 2023 year-to-date period, adjusted net income was $30.6 million and adjusted diluted earnings per share was $1.48 with an adjusted effective tax rate of 34.8%.
Dividend
The Board of Directors declared a 2023 second quarter cash dividend of $0.15 per share payable on August 25, 2023, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 11, 2023.
2023 Third Quarter Outlook
The Company expects 2023 third quarter consolidated net revenue of between $245 million and $265 million, which reflects typical summer seasonality, while acknowledging that continued fluidity in external factors, such as the foreign exchange and interest rate environments, foreign conflicts, inflation and macroeconomic constraints on pricing actions, may impact quarterly results. In addition, this outlook is based on the average currency rates in June 2023 and reflects, among other factors, management's assumptions for the anticipated volume of new Executive Search confirmations, On-Demand Talent projects, and Heidrick Consulting assignments, consultant productivity, consultant retention, and the seasonality of the business along with the current backlog.
Quarterly Webcast and Conference Call
Heidrick & Struggles will host a conference call to review its second quarter results today, July 31, 2023 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time. Participants may access the Company's call and supporting slides through its website at www.heidrick.com or by dialing (888) 440-4091 or (646) 960-0846, conference ID# 6106012. For those unable to participate on the live call, a webcast and copy of the slides will be archived at www.heidrick.com and available for up to 30 days following the investor call.
About Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Jimmy Dimora has been many things over the years— Cuyahoga County commissioner, corrupt political powerbroker and federal inmate. Dimora is now trying his hand at another occupation from his prison cell: attorney.
Dimora on Thursday filed an appeal to his 23-year prison sentence while acting as his own attorney.
Dimora’s 69-page appeal filed with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seeks for his convictions to be overturned and the appeals court to order a new trial.
Dan Ball, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office, declined to comment.
It’s the latest of several appeals filed by Dimora and his attorneys since his 2012 conviction on more than 30 crimes he committed as part of a pay-to-play scheme he and Frank Russo, the former county auditor, established in county government. Russo died last April. He was 72.
Dimora and former attorney Philip Kushner parted ways after Kushner argued for Dimora’s original sentence to be reduced from 28 years.
Dimora’s latest appeal takes aim at Judge Sara Lioi for rejecting Dimora’s attempt to show the jury that he disclosed many payments and favors— like sports tickets or meals— on his ethics disclosure statements.
He argued that allowing the jury to see that would refute federal prosecutors’ argument that Dimora secretly accepted bribes for official acts as commissioner.
Dimora also argued that a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowed the definition of “official acts” in public officials’ bribery cases should warrant a new trial, an argument that has already been struck down by Lioi and the appeals court.
Instead, the appeals court vacated two of Dimora’s convictions and ordered Lioi to re-sentence him.
Dimora argued that Lioi, however, failed to properly determine if the new definition of official acts would have changed the jury’s decision on finding him guilty.
“In short, the jury was able to convict Dimora of lawful conduct and stop its deliberations there,” he wrote.
Dimora, 67, is being held in a federal prison medical center in Devens, Massachusetts. He is scheduled to be released from prison in 2031, a date that includes a four-year reduction for good behavior. | 2023-01-05T21:59:13+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2023/01/disgraced-former-cuyahoga-county-commissioner-jimmy-dimora-acting-as-his-own-attorney-files-new-appeal.html |
Celebrate from coast to coast with the newest offering from Mexico's original luxury tequila and some PTO pros like Lukas Gage and Lisa Rinna
NEW YORK, March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The best celebrations happen before the sun goes down with Tequila Don Julio Rosado, the latest offering from Mexico's original luxury tequila. Aged for at least four months in Ruby Port wine casks that impart a light fruit finish and delicate pink hue, Tequila Don Julio Rosado brings luxury tequila experience into the daytime so it's time to take PTO: Party. Time. Off.
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Taking Party Time Off is about celebrating the moment, it's swapping work for work it - because everyone deserves to use their PTO for fun. As the perfect invitation to celebrate in the daytime, Tequila Don Julio Rosado has brought together a group who knows the importance of toasting to the finer things in life to showcase how to make the most of Party Time Off. Just take it from Lukas Gage, Lisa Rinna, Remi Bader, Rickey Thompson, Kim Lee, Tefi Pessoa, Corporate Natalie and Nigel Sylvester who share how they enjoy theirs - with an epic day by the pool that includes Tequila Don Julio Rosado surrounded by nothing but good vibes.
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SEATTLE -- Josh Jacobs wasn't sure he'd play Sunday until about two hours before kickoff. The Las Vegas Raiders' fourth-year running back had to test out the left calf he tweaked in a noncontact drill in Friday practice.
And after he reaggravated it late in regulation on the Lumen Field artificial turf -- "It doesn't give," he said -- the Raiders coaching staff wanted to sit him for the remainder of the game.
"I kind of convinced them I could go," Jacobs said. "And, you know, the biggest play of the game happened after that."
Jacobs burst through a big hole on the right side of the line and was gone, untouched, for a walk-off 86-yard touchdown run with 4 minutes, 20 seconds to play in the extra period to give the Raiders a 40-34 overtime win against the Seattle Seahawks.
As such, Jacobs finished with franchise single-game records for all-purpose yards (303) and rushing (229). He also became just the fourth player in the Super Bowl era to finish with at least 300 all-purpose yards and two TDs in a game, joining Stephone Paige (1985), Priest Holmes (2002) and Adrian Peterson (2007).
"That mentality that [Jacobs] brings and that mindset, the way he runs and the way he, over and over and over again, is finishing, running through people, he's always finishing forward," said Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, who celebrated his 13th career walk-off win Sunday, the third most of any starting quarterback since 1950, behind only Drew Brees (21) and Ben Roethlisberger (14).
"Him bringing that mindset, man, how hard he's worked, all those things, I said it at the beginning of the year ... the happiest person in the building, besides me, is Josh Jacobs. And we're seeing the fruits of that now."
Jacobs, a first-round draft pick of the Raiders out of Alabama in 2019, did not have his fifth-year option picked up this offseason by Las Vegas' new regime of general manager Dave Ziegler and coach Josh McDaniels. And Jacobs, a Pro Bowler in 2020, is having his finest season yet.
With six games remaining in this contract year, he is already up to 1,159 rushing yards, the fifth-highest total in franchise history, trailing Marcus Allen (1,759 in 1985), Napoleon Kaufman (1,294 in 1997), Mark van Eeghen (1,273 in 1977) and Allen (1,168 in 1984).
And with his third 1,000-yard rushing season, Jacobs has tied Allen and van Eeghen for most such seasons in Raiders history.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said some of Jacobs' production was a function of all the attention Seattle paid to Raiders All-Pro receiver Davante Adams, who had been on a tear with 413 receiving yards and five TDs in his past three games but finished with seven catches for 74 yards in Seattle.
"We didn't tackle [Jacobs] as well as we needed to," Carroll said, "and we didn't scheme it as well as we needed to."
McDaniels, meanwhile, said he was "running out of superlatives" to describe his running back.
"He's a football player," McDaniels said. "I mean, that's probably the greatest compliment I could give him, and he comes up big.
"It's not just what he does on the field; it's how he practices, what he does in preparation, how attentive he is in the meetings, what he's like in the walk-throughs, how much he wants to win. He wants to win. He does everything he can to help us."
For the Raiders, who improved to 4-7 with their first win in Seattle since 1998, it was their second straight OT victory on a walk-off touchdown. They are just the third team to accomplish that feat since the NFL instituted OT in 1974, along with the 2017 Green Bay Packers and the 2001 Chicago Bears.
In overtime on Sunday, the Raiders got the ball first and attempted a 56-yard field goal that was wide right. The Seahawks then went three-and-out and punted, setting up Jacobs' run from the Raiders' 14-yard line on first down. It was three days shy of the 35th anniversary of Bo Jackson's tour de force at the old Seattle Kingdome, when his 221-yard rushing day included a 91-yard TD run into the tunnel.
"I noticed half of the defense was looking at Mack [Hollins] because he didn't know what he was doing on the play, lining up," Jacobs laughed, referring to the Raiders receiver. "He was like, 'What's the play?' I said, 'Line up!'
"When I hit the gap, I seen [fullback Jakob Johnson] get a big block and I just seen a big hole, and I just tried to run as fast as I can."
Told the knock on him was that he didn't have breakaway speed, Jacobs paused.
"It's all about angles," he said softly before laughing. "It's all about angles."
A week earlier, Jacobs was giggling as he told a reporter about how fresh he felt, the best his body had felt this late in a season in his career.
"No bruises, no contusions," he said at the time. "Weird."
In Seattle, as he limped around the locker room, he smiled again.
"I jinxed it," he said as he tapped on his wooden cubbyhole.
"It's just a little injury. Ain't nothing crazy. Nothing that I think that's going to set me back, but something that I definitely got to take care of."
ESPN's Brady Henderson contributed to this report. | 2022-11-28T03:36:22+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35127380/raiders-josh-jacobs-caps-300-yard-game-walk-td-ot |
- Pioneers in the blockchain industry, OpenSea, Chainalysis and Polygon are setting the foundation for Web3.
- Celebrity-led cannabis brands Monogram and Houseplant are bringing sophistication to the space as they emerge into the spotlight.
- Brands including Arcadia and Folx Health are prime examples of how technology is supporting the climate and health industries to propel them forwards.
NEW YORK, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Interbrand, the world's leading brand consultancy, today launched its 2022 Breakthrough Brands Report – with Web3, Climate Tech and boutique health brands set to go mainstream.
The influential Breakthrough Brands Report reveals the 30 innovative brands that are set to disrupt the US market. This is the 5th edition of the report, which has a track record of successfully identifying game-changing challenger brands before they become household names. Previous years' Breakthrough Brands have included Miro and Athletic Brewing (2021), A24 and Maven Clinic (2020), Square and Slack (2017), and Sweetgreen and Headspace (2016), all of which have seen exponential growth since being featured in Interbrand's previous reports.
The brands included in this year's report span a range of fast-growing industries, including celebrity-led cannabis brands (Houseplant and Monogram), women's health (Tia and Kindbody), blockchain (Mythical Games, Bored Ape Yacht Club and MoonPay), and Climate Tech (Watershed, Arcadia and Pachama). More than 50% of 2022's Breakthrough Brands have founders or C-suite members who are women or people of color.
The three emerging topics from this year's Breakthrough Brands report are:
- The next generation of the internet: As Web3 is coming of age, blockchain-based companies are moving into new avenues such as NFTs and decentralized autonomous organizations. Brands like Polygon, Chainalysis and MoonPay are building the on-ramp to more users on Web3.
- Carbon measurement fuelling accountability: The conversation around climate change is becoming more focused on measurable action for decarbonization and reaching net-zero by 2050. Brands including Watershed, Planet Labs, and Doconomy are creating the software-based tools to help companies with their carbon accounting.
- Rebuilding the healthcare industry: Boutique health brands such as Folx Health, Thirty Madison, and Kindbody are reimagining the experience for different demographics that have been underserved while driving accessibility and reducing costs.
Daniel Binns, CEO, Interbrand New York, said: "After another year with many uncertainties being faced by businesses, we see genuine hope in so many innovative brands emerging across a range of sectors. We're expecting to see these brands continue to achieve impressive growth and become key disruptors within the US market."
Naeiri Zargarian, Strategy Director at Interbrand New York, said: "It's all about systems change – whether it is to decentralize the internet, demystify healthcare, or decarbonize the planet, these brands are laying the groundwork for the next decade."
Interbrand expanded its number of "Human Truths" metrics this year to include Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I), Accessibility, and Sustainability. To conduct its analysis, Interbrand partnered with Infegy Atlas, Vox Media, and Circus.
The full report can be downloaded, here: https://interbrand.com/new-york/breakthrough-brands/
Interbrand's Breakthrough Brands 2022:
100 Thieves - Esports hype brand
Arcadia - API-based energy measurement
Axie Infinity - Play-to-earn gaming
Boom Supersonic - Bringing back supersonic flight
Bored Ape Yacht Club - Blockbuster NFT community
Chainalysis - Blockchain compliance
Daring Foods - Plant-based chicken
Doconomy - Financially incentivized decarbonization
Eat Just - High fidelity vegan eggs
Figment - Blockchain infrastructure and services
Folx Health - Healthcare for LGBTQIA+
Houseplant - Mid-century cannabis lifestyle products
JuneShine - Hard kombucha
Kindbody - End-to-end fertility care
Masterworks - Art investment platform
Monogram - Jay-Z's cannabis brand
MoonPay - Payments infrastructure for crypto
Mythical Games - Blockchain-based gaming studio
Nomi Health - Streamlining healthcare operations
OpenSea - NFT marketplace
Pachama - Forest-centric carbon accounting
PARK - Social impact sports brand
Planet Labs - Satellite imaging to track climate change
Polygon - Ethereum scaling infrastructure
Thirty Madison - House of brands focused on chronic conditions
Tia - Holistic and digital-first women's healthcare
Too Good To Go - Creating a circular food economy
Watershed - Holistic carbon measurement for businesses
Whatnot - Livestream auctions
YouthForia - TikTok approved clean beauty
For more information, please contact:
Emma Walkom, emma@pumpkin.uk.com, +44 (0) 7531474626
interbrand@pumpkin.uk.com
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China seeks to minimize COVID-19 risk during travel rush
BEIJING (AP) — China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month’s Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures.
The Transportation Ministry on Friday called on travelers to reduce trips and gatherings, particularly if they involve elderly people, pregnant women, small children and those with underlying conditions.
People using public transport should wear masks and pay special attention to their health and personal hygiene, Vice Minister Xu Chengguang told reporters at a briefing.
The call stopped short of asking citizens to stay home entirely, as the government had since the pandemic began, although some local governments have urged migrant workers not to return home.
China abruptly ended a strict regime of lockdowns, quarantines and mass testing in December amid growing concerns about the economic impact and rare public protests in a country that permits no open political dissent.
China on Sunday is also ending mandatory quarantines for people arriving from abroad.
The current outbreak appears to have spread the fastest in densely populated cities, putting a strain on the health care system. Authorities are now concerned about the possible spread to smaller towns and rural areas that lack resources such as ICU beds.
Overseas, a growing number of governments are requiring virus tests for travelers from China, saying they are needed because the Chinese government is not sharing enough information on the outbreak, particularly about the potential emergence of new variants.
The European Union on Wednesday “strongly encouraged” its member states to impose pre-departure COVID-19 testing, though not all have done so. The World Health Organization has also expressed concern about the lack of data from China, while the U.S. is requiring a negative test result for travelers from China within 48 hours of departure.
China has criticized the requirements and warned it could impose countermeasures against countries using them. Spokespeople have said the situation is under control, and reject accusations of a lack of preparation for reopening.
Despite concerns, Hong Kong announced it will reopen some of its border crossings with mainland China on Sunday and allow tens of thousands of people to cross every day without being quarantined.
The city’s land and sea border checkpoints with the mainland have been largely closed for almost three years and the reopening is expected to provide a much-needed boost to Hong Kong’s tourism and retail sectors.
China has also gradually opened up to visits by foreign officials, hosting Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. this week.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is tentatively due to make his first visit to Beijing in office this month or next, during which he will meet with newly appointed Foreign Minister Qin Gang, China’s blunt-speaking former ambassador to Washington. | 2023-01-06T07:42:15+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2023/01/05/china-seeks-to-minimize-covid-19-risk-during-travel-rush-2/ |
Russian news outlets report that Russian oil executive Ravil Maganov has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow.
According to the Russian state-sponsored news outlet Interfax, Maganov was being "fell from a window at Central Clinical Hospital," and "he died from injuries sustained.”
Citing an unnamed law enforcement source, state-sponsored news agency Tass reported that the 67-year-old died by suicide, the Associated Press reported.
According to the Associated Press, the Russian news outlets reported that Maganov's body was found on the hospital grounds.
But in a press release, Lukoil said Maganov “passed away following a serious illness,” but no other details were given, the Associated Press and CNBC reported.
Tass reported that Maganov was admitted for a heart attack at the hospital and was taking antidepressants, the Associated Press reported.
Maganov's death marks the latest in a string of Russian energy executives who have died unexpectedly this year, CNBC and the Associated Press reported.
According to CNBC, Maganov is the eighth Russian energy executive to die suddenly this year. | 2022-09-01T22:30:20+00:00 | krtv.com | https://www.krtv.com/news/national/body-of-russian-oil-executive-found-on-grounds-of-moscow-hospital |
There is a new hard-to-get game console this year that is not a PlayStation or an Xbox. It is sold online only. Most casual gamers probably haven’t heard of it.
It is the $400 Steam Deck, a console as utilitarian as it sounds. The handheld device, a slab of bulky black plastic with a built-in game controller, has the guts of a supercomputer and a touch screen. It is as if a gaming computer and a Nintendo Switch had a child.
Valve, the company in Bellevue, Washington, known for its Steam online games store, began taking orders for the Steam Deck last year and the consoles arrived recently. The company has not published sales numbers, but estimates suggest that hundreds of thousands have shipped. People who try to order one today won’t receive the device until the autumn.
In other words, the Steam Deck has become a viable alternative to traditional gaming consoles, unlike Google’s cloud-based gaming platform, Stadia, which was a flop.
The Steam Deck is the result of Valve’s ambitious effort to blend the benefits of modern game devices. That includes gaming-dedicated computers; Nintendo’s handheld Switch, which focuses on family-friendly games; and Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X, which are living room consoles with faster computing chips for playing more intense games. (Both Nintendo of America and Microsoft are based in Redmond, Washington.)
The Steam Deck tries to be a jack of all of those trades. It runs Linux, the open-source operating system, which makes it capable of loading a huge swath of new games, including titles made for personal computers and some PlayStation and Xbox games. And just as with a computer, the Steam Deck can be customized to run older games by installing emulation software, which are apps that can run digital copies of games for older consoles.
As someone who grew up with consoles all the way back to the Atari, I decided to give the Steam Deck a try. The verdict: I recommend this console for serious gamers who don’t mind doing some tinkering to enjoy games new and old. But it has major flaws, and it is definitely not for people looking for a plug-and-play experience offered by a traditional game console.
Getting started
Unlike normal consoles, like PlayStations and Nintendos that can play games stored on discs and cartridges, the Steam Deck is fully digital, meaning it only plays games downloaded over the internet. Gamers will primarily get titles through the Steam app store. So to get started, users set up a Steam account to download games.
From there, there are plenty of options. Gamers can choose from Steam’s library of tens of thousands of games, including popular ones like Counter-Strike and Among Us. Some big titles that were previously exclusive to PlayStation, like Final Fantasy VII: Remake, are also now on Steam.
Those who feel adventurous can move outside of Steam to get more games. This involves switching to desktop mode, which converts the Steam Deck into a miniature Linux computer that can be controlled with a virtual keyboard and a tiny trackpad built into the controller.
Here, you can open a web browser to download some files to set up the Steam Deck to work with Xbox Game Pass to play Xbox games, or to install emulators to run games made for older consoles like the classic Atari from the 1970s and the PlayStation Portable from 2005.
Tinker, if you dare
In my tests, the Steam Deck was fun to use for playing Steam games. It smoothly ran modern games with intense graphics like Monster Hunter Rise, and the controller, which includes triggers, joysticks and buttons, felt comfortable to use.
But tinkering with it to run games outside of the Steam store was an arduous task, and, at times, maddening. I watched several video tutorials to run EmuDeck, a script that installs emulators on the device. The process took more than an hour. I ultimately had to plug in my own keyboard and mouse because the Steam Deck’s trackpad and keyboard often didn’t register clicks and keystrokes.
Valve said it was still improving desktop navigation and that there were situations where people would need to plug in a keyboard and mouse.
After I finally got emulators running, I had a sweet setup running games new, newish and old, like Vampire Survivors, Persona 4 and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.
Bottom Line
The Steam Deck lacks the polish and practicality of mainstream gaming devices, which makes it tough to recommend to casual gamers.
Though it is fine to have at home, I wouldn’t take one with me on a trip or to a cafe, which defeats its purpose as a mobile device. Chief among its flaws, its battery life is subpar. In my sessions, the Steam Deck lasted roughly 90 minutes before needing to be plugged in, even when I was playing games with minimal graphics, like Vampire Survivors.
For another, it is large (about 12 inches long) and heavy (1.5 pounds) for a portable gaming device. That makes Nintendo’s smaller and lighter Switch, which lasts upward of four hours on a charge, a superior portable.
While tinkering is purely optional, it is one of the Steam Deck’s main selling points — and compared with using a gaming computer, customizing the Steam Deck is not fun or easy with its keyboard, mouse and desktop software.
Lastly, while some may not mind the Steam Deck’s digital-only approach to buying games, many who prefer owning physical cartridges and discs — which can be easily shared with friends and resold to others — will view it as a dealbreaker.
Even so, the pandemic, which drove a surge in new gamers, proved that there were many different types of players, including those who dip into the occasional AAA title, and those who become addicted to a trendy game on their phones.
That means that between virtual reality headsets, traditional consoles and experimental devices like the Steam Deck, we’re living in a golden age of gaming, where there are now devices for just about everyone. | 2022-08-14T03:39:16+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/steam-deck-review-a-game-console-for-the-quintessential-gamer/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Weber Inc. ("Weber") (NYSE: WEBR) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Weber Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's August 2021 initial public offering.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Weber, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Weber includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Weber was reasonably likely to implement price increases; (2) as a result, consumer demand for Weber's products was reasonably likely to decrease; (3) due to the resulting inventory buildup, Weber was reasonably likely to run promotions to "enhance retail sell through"; (4) the foregoing would adversely impact Weber's financial results; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects, were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: September 27, 2022
Aggrieved Weber investors only have until September 27, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) today released the following statement applauding the introduction of H.R. 8594 by Representatives Yvette Clarke (D-NY-9), Buddy Carter (R-GA-1), Jodey Arrington, (R-TX-19), and Danny Davis (D-IL-7) to prohibit discrimination against dialysis patients in insurance coverage.
"We thank Representatives Clarke, Carter, Arrington, and Davis for introducing this essential piece of legislation that will protect dialysis patients from facing unjust discrimination in their health coverage," said DPC Board President Andrew Conkling. "Dialysis patients have a right to continue on employer-provided plans for 30 months after being diagnosed with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), a fact that Congress recognized long ago but which was unfortunately put at risk by the Supreme Court's ruling in Marietta Memorial Hospital v. Davita. Passing this bill will help to preserve patient choice, encourage insurers to detect and treat kidney disease, and most importantly protect a group of patients which already faces considerable disparities in healthcare."
Current law allows ESRD patients to remain on employer-sponsored health coverage for 30 months following their diagnosis. However, in Marietta Memorial Hospital v. Davita, the Supreme Court ruled employers and insurers can impose low rates for dialysis or use other benefit limitations to encourage patients to drop coverage and switch to Medicare before the expiration of this period.
This upended an interpretation of existing law which had stood for 40 years, wherein employers understood existing rules as prohibiting limitations specific to dialysis treatments. Employer-sponsored plans hold enormous importance for patients and their families, often offering important benefits not otherwise covered by Medicare.
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SOURCE Dialysis Patient Citizens | 2022-08-01T17:49:26+00:00 | kfyrtv.com | https://www.kfyrtv.com/prnewswire/2022/08/01/dialysis-patient-citizens-applauds-new-legislation-prohibiting-discrimination-against-dialysis-patients/ |
New Mercedes models will have TikTok built in
The new Mercedes-Benz E-class line will allow drivers to use TikTok, play Angry Birds and even hop on a Zoom call as long as the car’s not moving.
According to Mercedes, the new models have five third-party apps installed on the central display: TikTok, Angry Birds, Webex, Zoom and Vivaldi. Previous models required drivers to connect their phones or other smart devices to the car.
The new line also includes a selfie and video camera on the top dashboard, and passengers will be able to watch movies, play games and browse the internet while the vehicle is on the move.
READ MORE: Mercedes-Benz releasing 'Acceleration Increase' subscription fee for electric vehicles
Car owners will also be able to set up "routines" for various things in their cars, like automatically turning on heated seats when temperatures reach a certain degree or changing the "ambient lighting."
According to Kelly Blue Book, the starting price for a 2023 Mercedes-Benz E-class model is $56,750. The company hasn’t said how much the 2024 line will cost or exactly when they’ll be released.
Mercedes isn’t the only carmaker installing third-party apps: Tesla is also planning vehicles with Zoom conferencing built in, Zoom announced in November.
In January, Mercedes-Benz announced it will build its own worldwide electric vehicle charging network starting in North America in a bid to compete with Tesla, the EV sales leader.
READ MORE: Mercedes recalls nearly 324K vehicles in US due to engine stalling
The German luxury automaker said it will start building the North American network this year at a total cost of just over $1.05 billion. When completed in six or seven years, the network will have 400 charging stations with more than 2,500 high-power plugs, the company said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2023-02-23T17:52:53+00:00 | fox10phoenix.com | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/new-mercedes-benz-e-class-built-in-tik-tok-angry-birds-zoom |
NEW ORLEANS, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prokeep, the first and only communications and commerce platform built exclusively for distributors, today announced the closing of their $9 million seed round. The round was led by Ironspring Ventures with participation from S3 Ventures, Benson Capital Partners, and other strategic investors including Levelset founder and CEO Scott Wolfe Jr, former co-founder and CEO of FareHarbor Lawrence Hester, former T Rowe Price Head of PE/VC Portfolio, Hugh Evans, among others.
Since 2016, the company has bootstrapped its way to serving over 1,000 distributors in 13 different industries who have used Prokeep to power over 5.5 million conversations with their customers. Prokeep employs over 60 people in New Orleans, Atlanta, and across the US.
Prokeep was born because co-founders Jack Carrere, McKay Johnson, and Mark Kanof spent hundreds of hours at distributors and observed the need for better communication tools. Now with Prokeep, contractors are able to send orders and other inquiries straight to their distributor, saving hundreds of thousands of hours monthly across the customer base. "A distributor with a line out the door is a testament to their success but also an opportunity for efficiency," said Prokeep CTO and co-founder Mark Kanof. "With feedback and the support from our customers, we have scaled Prokeep from a focused texting app to a secure omnichannel communications and commerce platform tailored for distributors facilitating tens of thousands of orders monthly."
Prokeep is building 'Mission Control' for distributors. With the investment, Prokeep will accelerate plans to build tools so distributors can build deeper relationships, provide better service, and transact more easily with customers. "By becoming the system of truth throughout the ordering process, we will bring better workflow and actionable data to distributors and enable an even higher level of customer service," stated Prokeep COO and co-founder McKay Johnson.
"This is a huge milestone for Prokeep," states Jack Carrere, Prokeep CEO, and co-founder. "We have assembled a team of employees, customers, and now world-class investors to truly revolutionize how commerce is done in wholesale distribution. We recognize that the wholesale industry manages trillions of dollars in transactions, largely offline. Our goal is to build tools that fit the unique buying behaviors of the market so that distributors can thrive in today's and tomorrow's economy."
"When you think about industrial supply chains, distributors are mission-critical but have been largely overlooked in the innovation discussion, leaving a massive whitespace for a modern distributor platform to be built. Prokeep's ability to bootstrap to over 1,000 distributors and power 5.5 million conversations, all while deeply respecting the human element involved between distributors and their customers, blew us away and is indicative of this team's ability to build a premier SaaS business. This round is all about scaling a proven business model, and we're thrilled to partner with Jack, McKay, Mark, and the entire Prokeep team.," said Ironspring Ventures co-founder and General Partner Ty Findley. Findley joined the Prokeep Board of Directors.
This venture capture round follows Prokeep's inclusion in Silicon Bayou News' 10 Must-Watch Startups in New Orleans in November of 2021 and follows in the footsteps of local area startups like Levelset, which sold to leading construction management software company, Procore in 2021 for approximately $500 million.
S3 Ventures, a firm that was a large investor in local success story Levelset, is enthusiastic about partnering with another New Orleans-grown technology company. "We believe in Prokeep's vision to become the core operating system for wholesale distributors. Their platform is streamlining how thousands of distributors and contractors communicate and do business, said Charlie Plauche, General Partner at S3 Ventures, who joined the board as part of the financing. "We are excited to partner with this team who is perfectly suited to transform the way the industry does business. The Prokeep team is top-notch, and we are excited to see them expand and bring additional tech jobs to the region."
The $9 million raised will allow Prokeep to accelerate their marketing and sales efforts in the construction industry, expand partnership channels, and enter into additional industries.
"We are thrilled to partner with the great team of professionals at Prokeep, a software company right here in our backyard that we believe is revolutionizing the way commerce is done in wholesale distribution," said Mike Katz, Managing Director at Benson Capital Partners. "We are also excited about the opportunities Prokeep will bring to the region as the company continues to expand. Prokeep will play an instrumental part in the growth and development of our greater New Orleans community."
About Prokeep
Founded in 2016, Prokeep is a web-based end-to-end communication and commerce platform built for today's distributor market. The Prokeep platform is designed and continues to evolve from feedback from distributors to streamline ordering, deliveries, and pickups – all in one, easy to use workplace. The Prokeep customer base includes over 1,000 distributors throughout the US and Canada. For more information or to schedule a demo, visit Prokeep.com.
About Ironspring Ventures
Ironspring Ventures is a sector-focused, early-stage VC fund investing in digital industrial innovation to sustainably modernize legacy industries that shape the way we design, build, distribute, and operate in the physical world. Learn more at Ironspring.com.
About S3 Ventures
Based in Austin for 17+ years, S3 Ventures is the largest venture capital firm focused on Texas. Backed by a philanthropic family with a multi-billion-dollar foundation, we empower visionary founders with the patient capital and true resources required to grow extraordinary, high-impact companies in Business Technology, Digital Experiences, and Healthcare Technology. With $900M+ in assets under management, we lead Seed, Series A, and Series B investments ranging from $500K to $10M with the capacity to invest $20M+ over the life of a company. Learn more at www.s3vc.com.
About Benson Capital Partners, LLC
Benson Capital Partners ("BCP") is a New Orleans-based, for-profit entity founded in 2019 by Gayle M. Benson, principal owner of the New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Pelicans, and Birmingham Squadron. BCP is an organization that facilitates new business formation, workforce expansion, and wealth creation by investing capital and providing resources to the most promising companies that are addressing large markets. Benson Capital Partners is a partnership to honor the legacy of her late husband, Tom Benson, by fostering entrepreneurship and innovation in the Gulf South Region. For more information, please visit their website at www.bensonCP.com.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced the pricing of an offering of $150 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.00% convertible senior notes due 2027 (the "notes"). The notes are being offered and sold only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In connection with the offering of the notes, Novavax has granted to the initial purchasers a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $25.25 million aggregate principal amount of the notes. The offering of the notes is expected to close on December 20, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.
The notes will represent senior unsecured obligations of Novavax and will accrue interest payable semi-annually in arrears and will mature on December 15, 2027, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. Novavax will settle conversions by paying or delivering, as applicable, cash, shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("common stock"), or a combination of cash and shares of its common stock, at Novavax' election. The notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part (subject to certain limitations), for cash at Novavax' option at any time, and from time to time, on or after December 22, 2025, if the last reported sale price of common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive), during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on and including the trading day immediately preceding the date on which Novavax provides notice of redemption at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.
The notes will be convertible at an initial conversion rate of 80.0000 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of $12.50 per share, which represents a conversion premium of 25% of the public offering price in the concurrent common stock offering described below).
J.P. Morgan, Jefferies and Cowen are acting as joint book-running managers and representatives of the initial purchasers for the offering of the notes. J. Wood Capital Advisors served as financial advisor to the Company in relation to the offering of the notes.
Concurrently with the offering of the notes, Novavax also announced today the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering to sell up to 6,500,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $10.00 per share, or $65 million worth of shares of its common stock. In connection with the common stock offering, Novavax granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 975,000 shares of its common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The offering of the notes is not contingent upon the consummation of the concurrent common stock offering, and the concurrent common stock offering is not contingent upon the consummation of the offering of the notes. The concurrent common stock offering is expected to close on December 20, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.
Novavax may use the net proceeds from the offering of the notes and, if consummated, the concurrent common stock offering, for general corporate purposes, including but not limited to the continued global commercial launch of Nuvaxovid, repayment or repurchase of a portion of the $325 million in outstanding principal amount of its 3.75% convertible senior unsecured notes due February 1, 2023, working capital, capital expenditures, research and development expenditures, clinical trial expenditures, repayments under its supply agreements, as well as acquisitions and other strategic purposes.
Novavax estimates that the net proceeds from the offering of the notes will be approximately $142.2 million (or approximately $166.3 million if the initial purchasers exercise in full their option to purchase additional notes), after deducting the initial purchasers' discounts and estimated offering expenses payable by Novavax.
The offer and sale of the notes are not being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws. The notes may not be offered or sold in the U.S. except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws.
The notes are being offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The offer and sale of the notes and any shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act or any other securities laws, and the notes and any such shares cannot be offered or sold absent registration or except pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities being offered, nor shall there be any sale of the securities being offered in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) is a biotechnology company that promotes improved health globally through the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative vaccines to prevent serious infectious diseases. The company's proprietary recombinant technology platform harnesses the power and speed of genetic engineering to efficiently produce highly immunogenic nanoparticles designed to address urgent global health needs. The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine has received authorization from multiple regulatory authorities globally, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the European Commission, and the World Health Organization. The vaccine is currently under review by multiple regulatory agencies worldwide, including for additional indications and populations such as adolescents and as a booster. In addition to its COVID-19 vaccine, Novavax is also currently evaluating its COVID-19-Influenza Combination (CIC) vaccine candidate in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial, its quadrivalent influenza investigational vaccine candidate, and an Omicron strain-based vaccine (NVX-CoV2515) as well as a bivalent format Omicron-based / original strain-based vaccine. These vaccine candidates incorporate Novavax' proprietary saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant to enhance the immune response and stimulate high levels of neutralizing antibodies.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the ability of Novavax to successfully complete the offerings, the estimated net proceeds of the offerings and Novavax' anticipated use of proceeds. Novavax cautions that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Applicable risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those related to whether or not Novavax will be able to consummate the potential offerings on the timelines or with the terms anticipated, if at all, and the possible adverse impact on the market price of the shares of its common stock. In addition, Novavax' management retains broad discretion with respect to the allocation of the net proceeds of the offerings. Applicable risks also include those that are listed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in Novavax' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and Novavax' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022, in addition to the risk factors that are included from time to time in Novavax' subsequent SEC filings. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date of this document, and Novavax undertakes no obligation to update or revise any of the statements. Novavax' business is subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, including those referenced above. Investors, potential investors, and others should give careful consideration to these risks and uncertainties. All forward‐looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
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Man who tried to run over probation officer sentenced
GILLETTE (WNE) — A Gillette man was sentenced to prison on charges related to trying to run over his probation officer last year, along with multiple drug charges.
Kenneth Myles Powers, 56, was sentenced May 12 to nine to 18 years in prison on charges of probation revocation, two counts of possession with intent to deliver and felony interference with a peace officer, according to court documents.
Both Powers and his roommate, Kenneth Heagy, were arrested in September after police were tipped off to the possibility of drug distribution from the home they lived together in on Laramie Street.
Two tips were made to the Crime Stoppers line indicating that Powers and Heagy had large amounts of drugs and guns in their home.
Powers’ parole officer had gotten a similar tip and she called Powers in for a meeting regarding those claims. Although Powers initially denied the allegations, he eventually admitted that there was a gun or guns in a safe in Heagy’s room, according to the affidavit.
When the parole officer told Powers the police planned to search his vehicle and home, he stood up and told her that he needed to use the restroom. He refused to sit down after being told to several times.
“Powers walked out of the office and outside. He then began running towards his vehicle, still refusing probation’s orders,” according to the affidavit.
He got in his vehicle and drove quickly towards the parole officer, who was in the parking lot and continued to tell him to stop. She was able to jump out of the way in time.
Landslide near Dayton not safety concern, WyDOT says
SHERIDAN (WNE) — A spot being monitored for a potential landslide on U.S. Highway 14 east of Steamboat Point does not pose safety concerns for motorists, according to the Wyoming Department of Transportation.
“We’re not concerned about safety,” WYDOT Senior Public Relations Specialist Laura Dalles said. “It’s something we have been watching for a number of years. Right now, (workers) are up there putting in a potential temporary additional lane, so in the event that the shoulder does slide off, we have a way to divert traffic.”
Maintenance crews have been working in the right of way just east of Steamboat Point on the highway above Dayton since May 26.
This work is a preventative measure in the event the roadway gives way to a landslide. WYDOT District 4 maintenance staff and geologists have been watching at mile marker 69.8 for some time.
According to WYDOT geologist James Dahill, landslides are not unique to the stretch of U.S. 14 and happen in other areas of Wyoming. WYDOT began monitoring the site several years ago just below the highway and knew it would move progressively up the terrain toward the highway.
Dahill said the challenge with the Little Tongue River landslide is that US 14 crosses the slide at the waistline, or midpoint, of the slide. This means there is just as much slide-prone material above the road as there is below the roadway. Because of the nature of this geological structure, each year’s melting snowpack and yearly erosion results in the weak shale becoming saturated over time.
Legislature’s only Independent rep to retire
Saying “it’s time to pass the torch” to a fresh face in the Wyoming Legislature, District 22 State Rep. Jim Roscoe said he will not run for re-election when his term ends at the beginning of 2023.
Roscoe, an independent, will have served eight years in total when his current term expires, though he took a break between 2013 and his return to the Legislature in 2019.
“I just got back from a trip to Norway for a month skiing with my son and it was so much fun, I thought, ‘I can’t spend another winter in Cheyenne,’ ” Roscoe, 72, said with a laugh. “But no, I just feel like some young people, you know, some other people, it’s time for them to take their turn and there are people willing to do it. And so I just thought it was just time to pass the torch.”
Specifically, Roscoe said he is throwing his support behind Bob Strobel, a Jackson businessman and techie who started the ”See Jackson Hole” tourism website, among numerous other business ventures.
Roscoe listed a number of achievements from his time in the Legislature as points of pride, including championing the law to ban texting and driving.
Conservation groups ask for end to elk feedgrounds
PINEDALE (WNE) — Six conservation groups submitted a 16-page recommendation to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department on Wednesday, requesting the state begin phasing out 22 state-run feedgrounds where elk are artificially fed each winter.
This request was made to “prioritize the health of the Greater Yellowstone region’s wild ungulate herds.”
The Sierra Club, Wyoming Wildlife Advocates, Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, Yellowstone to Uintas Connection, Gallatin Wildlife Association and Western Watersheds Project were all designated stakeholders and issued the recommendation.
Kaycee Prevedel of Sierra Club Wyoming said Wyoming is the only state in the western U.S. that continues widespread artificial feeding of elk while neighboring states, like Colorado, manage more elk on considerably less public land.
“Wyoming could do the same,” Prevedel said. “At the very least, it is incumbent on Wyoming wildlife managers to investigate how our neighboring intermountain states manage to have robust wild elk numbers without resorting to artificial feeding.”
Erik Molvar of Western Watersheds Project specifically listed the risk of chronic wasting disease, which has steadily progressed across Wyoming in recent years. Conservationists worry artificial feeding in areas near confirmed CWD cases could lead to an epidemic of the fatal neurological disease.
“The faster the State of Wyoming can shut down the feedgrounds, the lower the risk of ‘superspreader’ events that infect the entire Yellowstone herd,” Molvar said. “When CWD reaches critical mass on the feedgrounds, these migratory herds will spread infectious prions far and wide.”
Mental health care provider merges with VOA
SHERIDAN (WNE) — Sheridan mental health care provider Northern Wyoming Mental Health Care Center will merge with Volunteers of America Northern Rockies, with official consolidation of the two facilities taking place Sept. 1, VOANR Senior Director Dave Shumway announced in a press release Thursday.
NWYMHC has become one of Northeast Wyoming’s top behavioral health care providers in its 60 years of operation, Shumway said. The center operates facilities in Sheridan, Johnson, Weston and Crook counties and offers individual and family mental health care, outpatient substance use treatment and other forms of support for folks in need of behavioral health support.
A regional affiliate of the faith-based, nationwide nonprofit Volunteers of America, Inc., VOANR serves more than 15,000 people each year throughout Wyoming, Montana and western South Dakota, with an annual budget of more than $40 million and more than 350 staff in the region, Shumway said. The organization arrived in Sheridan in 1985. Today, the organization offers services to help people rebuild their lives with programs providing services for veterans, homeless people, adults involved in the legal system and youth, among other programs.
At the time of official consolidation this fall, existing NWYMHC staff will become VOANR employees, Shumway said, but VOANR will be responsible for all hiring for NWYMHC beginning this week.
Shumway said the merger will allow NWYMHC and VOANR to continue to operate under their shared and synergetic missions. | 2022-06-08T11:59:38+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/around-wyoming/article_36fc4687-f85e-5cc0-a49e-85a1fdb40fb9.html |
ST. IGNACE, Mich. (WJMN) — A woman has been arrested in the death of a baby found in a vault toilet at a campground in 1997, the Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office says.
Authorities say the woman, formerly of Garnet, Michigan, was arrested in Wyoming Tuesday and is awaiting extradition back to Michigan, where she will be charged with homicide-open murder.
The investigation began in 1997 when the Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office and Michigan State Police found the remains of an unidentified baby in a vault toilet at the Garnet Lake Campground in Hudson Township. They called the child Baby Garnet, but the baby was never identified and the case went cold.
In the summer of 2017, investigators turned back to the case. They ultimately turned to forensic genealogy — searching public DNA databases — to find relatives of Baby Garnet. They said a genealogist provided them with the mother’s name.
Investigators say the 58-year-old woman confirmed she was the mother of the child and made “additional statements” that led them to arrest her.
It’s not yet known when the woman will be extradited back to Michigan. Her name was not released pending arraignment. | 2022-07-14T01:45:53+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/national/arrest-made-in-1997-death-of-baby-found-in-michigan-campground-toilet/ |
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In Sacha Lamb’s “When the Angels Left the Old Country,” the past is reimagined in all its complexity.
The young adult novel follows four protagonists — humans Rose and Essie, as well as an angel named Uriel and Little Ash, a demon — who emigrate from Eastern Europe in the early 20th century and head to America. Using a blend of historical fiction and folklore, Lamb tells an intricate story of the immigrant experience at the intersection of Judaism, queerness, and disability.
Lamb, who also works as an archivist and librarian, started writing the book as they were finishing their thesis on 20th-century Jewish immigration to the United States, which informed many of the book’s historical elements. Several of the characters draw inspiration from queer people throughout history, including labor union leader Rose Schneiderman.
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In writing a novel based in part on historical events, Lamb also made a conscious decision to present a cast of characters with overlapping marginalized identities.
“When we look back at history, we have a tendency to flatten it out and assume that things were somehow simpler in the past, and I don’t think that’s true,” Lamb said. “So that was important to me, to show the depth and richness of experience in history.”
Throughout the course of the book, the characters use a variety of Yiddish terms and phrases, which Lamb is careful not to overexplain — a deliberate decision on their part.
“The characters are living in a world where these are the words that they use, and they would not be familiar with any other way of saying it,” Lamb said. “The narrator doesn’t feel the need to explain anything to you, they’re just assuming that you’re going to understand.”
Though religion plays a major role in the book, it wasn’t a big part of Lamb’s life until they became an adult. “I grew up with secular Christianity, and I wasn’t interested in religion very much at all until after college.”
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After graduating, they began studying the Talmud, an experience that Lamb said “has been very healing for me.”
“There was a time when I lost my curiosity about the world, and I was able to recover it partly by studying Judaism and studying history,” they said. “That feeling of never having an end to the learning that is possible has been really helpful for me in my life.”
Sacha Lamb will read at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, in an event hosted by the Public Library of Brookline in partnership with Brookline Booksmith.
Maya Homan can be reached at maya.homan@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @MayaHoman. | 2022-12-08T23:38:29+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/08/arts/seeing-past-all-its-dimensions-when-angels-left-old-country/ |
NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Hach & Rose, LLP, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Adult Survivors Act (ASA) into law on May 24, 2022. The ASA creates a one-year lookback window for sexual assault survivors to bring a lawsuit against their abusers, provided the sexual assault occurred when they were 18 or older.
During the one-year lookback window, the time limit established by the statute of limitations on sex abuse claims will be lifted, allowing survivors to sue no matter how long ago the alleged sexual abuse occurred. The statute of limitations establishes a timeline of three years for civil sexual abuse claims. Still, many survivors cannot or do not report sexual abuse or assault within that time. Survivors might initially be hesitant to sue their abusers for various reasons, including shame, fear of retaliation, fear that police won't help, and fear of telling friends and family.
Survivors of sex crimes that occurred when the victim was at least 18 years old can begin filing lawsuits in November 2022, six months from the date the governor signed the legislation into law. The one-year lookback window will officially close in November 2023. The language in the ASA also ensures that the courts prioritize survivors' cases and that the courts adjudicate these civil actions in a timely manner.
The ASA applies to about 20 sex crimes listed in Penal Law Article 130. Crimes include sexual misconduct, rape, forcible touching, persistent sexual abuse, aggravated sexual abuse, female genital mutilation, and predatory sexual assault.
"We're very excited to stand with adult survivors and support them through their journey of reclaiming their voice through litigation. We know how emotional the process can be, and are looking forward to vigorously prosecuting their claims," said Hillary Nappi, a lawyer at Hach & Rose.
The ASA is modeled after the Child Victims Act (CVA), another piece of legislation passed by the Legislature and signed into law in 2019. The CVA also created a one-year lookback window (which was extended to two years due to COVID-19) for survivors of childhood sexual assault.
Under the CVA, any person who was sexually assaulted or abused as a minor was allowed to sue their abuser during the lookback window, regardless of when the assault or abuse occurred. The act also revised the statute of limitations on civil child sex abuse claims, allowing survivors of child sexual abuse to take legal action in civil court up until age 55.
Another notable feature of the ASA includes a provision for civil actions against institutions or employers who may have been partly liable if a lawsuit had been brought within the statute of limitations. Survivors of sexual assault that occurred in the workplace or within the scope of their employment will be legally entitled to name employers as defendants in lawsuits.
While it remains to be seen how many adult survivors of sexual abuse will come forward and take legal action, the passage of the ASA is undoubtedly a notable victory for survivors.
At Hach & Rose, LLP, our New York sexual abuse lawyers are committed to protecting victims of sexual abuse. We will be ready to investigate your case and work to uncover whether the perpetrator or negligent third party could be held accountable through criminal charges, a civil lawsuit, or both. If you or a loved one suffered any form of sexual abuse, don't wait until it is too late to get justice. Call us at (646) 969-3383 or reach out to us online for a 100% free and confidential consultation.
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It's a Philly thing: Police will grease poles ahead of Eagles-49ers NFC Championship game
PHILADELPHIA - As the Eagles' playoff motto goes: It's a Philly thing.
With the Eagles on the cusp of a Super Bowl appearance, the Philadelphia Police Department said it will grease traffic poles and light poles as part of its safety precautions across the city.
PHILADELPHIA, PA - FEBRUARY 04: Philadelphia Police officer greases a traffic light pole as security measure for Super Bowl LII fans on February 4, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia police department is using gear oil to grease up
"We will be instituting the practice of ‘greasing poles’ as a deterrent for climbing poles and light fixtures," a police spokesperson said. "We encourage everyone to celebrate safely and responsibly."
The department is anticipating large crowds in the city for Sunday's NFC Championship game being played at Lincoln Financial Field at 3 p.m.
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Barricades have already popped up in popular areas of the city in anticipation of fans celebrating an Eagles Super Bowl berth, including at Philadelphia's City Hall.
"Many of the preparations that have been undertaken mirror similar events that have occurred in the past with the Phillies’ NLCS celebrations as the most recent example," police said.
The department will add officers Sunday to ensure adequate a staffing is on hand to control rowdy crowds without disturbing regular services in other parts of the city. | 2023-01-27T16:54:00+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/its-a-philly-thing-police-will-grease-poles-ahead-of-eagles-49ers-nfc-championship-game |
‘Love Actually’ director feels ‘a bit stupid’ about movie’s lack of diversity
By Issy Ronald, CNN
Every year, as the days grow colder and Christmas draws nearer, “Love Actually” quickly becomes a festive favorite on people’s television screens.
But nearly 20 years on from the release of the 2003 romantic comedy, the movie has faced scrutiny over its story lines and lack of diversity.
“There were things you’d change but thank god society is changing. So my film is bound, in some moments, to feel, you know, out of date,” the movie’s writer and director Richard Curtis said earlier this week.
He was speaking to Diane Sawyer as part of a documentary on ABC News titled: “The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later.”
“Love Actually” features interweaving story lines, following several romantic relationships. However, most of the leading cast is White and all the relationships depicted are heterosexual.
Asked about any moments that might make him “wince,” Curtis said: “The lack of diversity makes me feel uncomfortable and a bit stupid.” He added: “I think there are three plots that have bosses and people who work for them.”
The movie features an impressive number of big names from the entertainment industry, with Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Martin Freeman, Laura Linney, Martine McCutcheon, Rowan Atkinson and Thomas Brodie-Sangster all appearing at some point.
Nearly 20 years on, “Love Actually” remains popular, becoming a staple of the holiday season.
“It’s amazing the way it’s entered the language,” Nighy said in the ABC News documentary.
“I’ve had people coming up to me saying ‘it got me through my chemotherapy,’ or ‘it got me through my divorce,’ or ‘I watch it whenever I’m alone.’ And people do, and people have ‘Love Actually’ parties.”
When asked if she understood why “Love Actually” had remained popular, Thompson replied: “I so do.”
“Because I think that we forget, time and time again we forget, that love is all that matters.”
Curtis has written several other popular romantic comedies, including “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill” and “Bridget Jones’s Diary.”
“Four Weddings and a Funeral” was released in 1994 and notably portrayed a same-sex relationship between Matthew, played by John Hannah, and Gareth, played by Simon Callow.
Writing in the Guardian 14 years later, Callow said: “It almost defies belief, but in the months after the release of the film, I received a number of letters from apparently intelligent, articulate members of the public saying that they had never realised, until seeing the film, that gay people had emotions like normal people.”
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Lumina, the world's first AI-powered knowledge discovery platform, is now available for enterprise use
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Enquire AI is proud to announce the formal launch of its Lumina software platform as the centerpiece of its partnership with MBO Partners, the leading platform for direct talent sourcing.
Lumina is the first AI-powered knowledge discovery platform focused on optimizing human knowledge, skills, and insights for better business outcomes.
Through intelligent matching and curation software, users on the Lumina platform can find, engage, and collaborate with resources to leverage knowledge assets in real time, accelerating organizational objectives. Unlocking untapped knowledge within an organization significantly improves workforce utilization and dramatically increases ROI in addressing business opportunities.
"Lumina is a revolutionary tool for the knowledge industry," said Enquire CEO, Cenk Sidar. "For the first time, people can receive real-time insights from previously untapped and unknown colleagues. Given the pace of today's digital transformation, it is imperative that organizations leverage intelligent tools to better utilize their internal knowledge assets. That is the power of our AI."
Enquire has partnered with MBO to build a first-of-its-kind intelligent workforce optimization solution, enabling organizations to seamlessly build, manage, and deploy independent professionals throughout their organization.
MBO Partners recently joined as a key investor in Enquire and John Dahlberg, MBO's Chief Strategy Officer, has been appointed to the Board of Directors. "Our partnership with Enquire brings together leading knowledge network expertise with MBO's dominant network of independent professionals and millennial innovators to deliver comprehensive workforce solutions for our customers," said Dahlberg.
MBO is using Lumina to unlock untapped value in its network through AI-enabled interactions that make it easy to engage independent talent. MBO's solution, powered by Lumina, is designed to connect its customers with knowledge workers in real time. This enables enterprises to develop a competitive edge by reducing friction in building and engaging pools of high-quality, known talent.
Lumina's interface is simple: an enterprise manager poses a detailed question to the network and within moments receives high quality responses from curated talent best suited to address the question. This provides an opportunity for independent professionals to quickly showcase their insights, while providing that manager with diverse, expert perspectives that can shape a solution to their business problem, along with identifying talent who can deliver it. For companies that are thinking strategically about their workforce, this solution matches talent to roles more quickly, reduces the cost and energy of finding candidates, and leaves more time for driving revenue and delivering results.
"We believe Lumina will allow organizations to become 10X more knowledge efficient, and therefore save several million dollars of currently wasted research time, by discovering the right resource in their own network at the right time," added Enquire COO, Bilal Baloch.
To learn more visit enq.to/lumina.
Enquire AI uses artificial intelligence, data, and machine learning to transform the way businesses engage human intelligence for better outcomes. Discover hidden resources and capabilities within your own organizations or engage with timely expertise from the global knowledge economy. For more information, please visit enquire.ai.
MBO Partners is a deep job platform that connects and enables independent professionals and microbusiness owners to do business safely and effectively with enterprise organizations. Its unmatched experience and industry leadership enable it to operate on the forefront of the independent economy and consistently advance the next way of working. For more information, visit mbopartners.com.
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When Disney reopens its Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique shops at resorts in Florida and California next month, the workers who help children dress up as their favorite animated characters will have new, more gender inclusive titles.
That is because men are going to work at the shops for the first time.
The workers will be referred to as Fairy Godmother’s Apprentices instead of Fairy Godmothers-in-Training, as they were called before the shops closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The decision to allow men to work at the shops was made before the pandemic but hadn’t been implemented before the closures.
The Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique shops at Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California are scheduled to reopen at the end of August after being closed for two years, according to a Disney blog post.
Workers at the shops provide hairstyling, makeup, costumes and accessories to help children between ages 3 and 12 transform into their favorite characters. | 2022-07-24T13:24:27+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/entertainment-news/more-inclusive-titles-for-workers-at-disney-dress-up-shops/ |
Daniel Millet, 53, of Kenosha, faces charges of intimidation of a victim (domestic abuse assessments), disorderly conduct, and battery.
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Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen has all but guaranteed his second world title by taking the win on Sunday at the Italian Grand Prix, held at a packed Autodromo Nazionale Monza, which celebrated its 100th anniversary.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc came second, some 2.4 seconds behind Verstappen, in a race that finished with the safety car pacing the racers after a car had stopped on the track, while Mercedes-Benz AMG’s George Russell finished third, 3.4 seconds behind the winner.
Leclerc started the race on pole, with Verstappen back at seventh after taking a five-place grid penalty for use of a new power unit. Leclerc led immediately after the lights turned green, with Russell close on his tail. Meanwhile Verstappen was already up to fourth on the first lap and, with a brilliant move past McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo at the start of the second lap, already reached a podium position. He passed Russell on the start of the fifth lap, with the leader Leclerc at this point just two seconds ahead.
Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel came to a stop on lap 11, which meant the virtual safety car was released. Ferrari decided to pit Leclerc while Verstappen stayed out, now in the lead spot. Leclerc rejoined in third, behind Russell, but soon moved into second.
Verstappen eventually entered the pits for the first time at the end of lap 25 and rejoined in second, behind Leclerc. With his fresh tires, Verstappen was eating away at the gap until it was about five seconds, at which point Ferrari decided to pit Leclerc again. He rejoined the race in second with 19 seconds between him and Verstappen.
Little changed from this point but then on lap 48, Ricciardo came to a stop, requiring the safety car to be deployed. With Verstappen in the lead, followed by Leclerc and Russell, all three entered the pits to switch to fresh tires. However, Ricciardo’s car being stuck at the end of the track meant a lengthy extraction and thus the race finished under the safety car.
Notably, Dutch driver Nyck de Vries made his F1 debut on Sunday by filling in for Williams driver Alex Albon, who was out due to a case of appendicitis. The Dutch youngster qualified 13th but started the race at eighth thanks to the penalties for other drivers. He ended up finishing ninth, scoring two points in his maiden race. It means de Vries is now ahead of Williams’ Nicholas Latifi, who remains at zero points with most of the season behind him.
Following the weekend’s action, Verstappen’s points tally in the 2022 Drivers’ Championship has grown to 335 points. Leclerc is second with 219 points and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez is third with 210 points. In the Constructors’ Championship, Red Bull leads with 545 points, versus the 406 of Ferrari and 371 of Mercedes.
Following the conclusion of the Italian Grand Prix, the European rounds of the 2022 season are over. Teams now take a short break before returning in three weeks for the Singapore Grand Prix, the first time the race will be held there since 2019.
Based on the current standings, Verstappen could potentially take the title in Singapore if he wins the race and scores a bonus point for fastest lap, though Leclerc would have to finish ninth or lower.
Below are the full results from the 2022 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix:
1) Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
2) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari +2.446 seconds
3) George Russell, Mercedes-Benz AMG +3.405 seconds
4) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari +5.061 seconds
5) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG +5.380 seconds
6) Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing +6.091 seconds
7) Lando Norris, McLaren +6.207 seconds
8) Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri +6.396 seconds
9) Nyck De Vries, Williams +7.122 seconds
10) Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo +7.910 seconds
11) Esteban Ocon, Alpine +8.323 seconds
12) Mick Schumacher, Haas +8.549 seconds
13) Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo +1 lap
14) Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri +1 lap
15) Nicholas Latifi, Williams +1 lap
16) Kevin Magnussen, Haas +1 lap
NC) Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren – DNF
NC) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin – DNF
NC) Fernando Alonso, Alpine – DNF
NC) Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin – DNF
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Top Players to Watch: Texas vs. Miami (FL) - Elite Eight
Marcus Carr and Norchad Omier are two players to watch on Sunday at 5:05 PM ET, when the Texas Longhorns go head to head with the Miami Hurricanes in their Elite Eight matchup at T-Mobile Center.
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Texas' Last Game
Texas was victorious in its most recent game against Xavier, 83-71, on Friday. Tyrese Hunter led the way with 19 points, and also had two rebounds and two assists.
Miami (FL)'s Last Game
Miami (FL) was victorious in its previous game versus Houston, 89-75, on Friday. Nijel Pack starred with 26 points, and also had four boards and two assists.
Texas Players to Watch
Jabari Rice posts 12.9 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. At the other end, he posts 0.9 steals and 0.4 blocked shots.
Timmy Allen paces the Longhorns at 5.6 rebounds per contest, while also putting up 3.5 assists and 10.3 points.
Hunter is averaging 10.4 points, 2.5 assists and 3 rebounds per contest.
Dylan Disu posts 8.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1 assists per game, shooting 61.3% from the field.
Miami (FL) Players to Watch
Omier paces the Hurricanes in rebounding (10.1 per game), and puts up 13.3 points and 1.3 assists. He also delivers 1.1 steals and 1.2 blocked shots.
The Hurricanes get 15.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game from Jordan Miller.
Pack gets the Hurricanes 13.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. He also posts 1 steal and 0.2 blocked shots.
The Hurricanes get 8.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game from Wooga Poplar.
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Feds raise key interest rate to highest level in 16 years
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve reinforced its fight against high inflation Wednesday by raising its key interest rate by a quarter-point to the highest level in 16 years. But the Fed also signaled that it may now pause its streak of 10 rate hikes, which have made borrowing for consumers and businesses steadily more expensive.
In a statement after its latest policy meeting, the Fed removed a sentence from its previous statement that had said "some additional" rate hikes might be needed. It replaced it with language that said it will weigh a range of factors in "determining the extent" to which future hikes might be needed.
Speaking at a news conference, Chair Jerome Powell said the Fed has yet to decide whether to suspend its rate hikes. But he pointed to the change in the statement's language as confirming at least that possibility. Powell said the Fed would continue to monitor the latest economic data in deciding whether to pause its hikes.
US Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a press conference in Washington, DC, on December 11, 2019. (Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)
The Fed's rate increases since March 2022 have more than doubled mortgage rates, elevated the costs of auto loans, credit card borrowing and business loans and heightened the risk of a recession. Home sales have plunged as a result. The Fed’s latest move, which raised its benchmark rate to roughly 5.1%, could further increase borrowing costs.
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Still, in its statement and at Powell's news conference, the Fed made clear that it doesn't think its string of rate hikes have sufficiently cooled the economy, the job market and inflation. Inflation has dropped from a peak of 9.1% in June to 5% in March but remains well above the Fed's 2% target rate.
"Inflation pressures continue to run high, and the process of getting getting inflation back down to 2% has a long way to go," Powell said.
The surge in rates has contributed to the collapse of three large banks and turmoil in the banking industry. All three failed banks had bought long-term bonds that paid low rates and then rapidly lost value as the Fed sent rates higher.
The banking upheaval likely played a role in the Fed’s decision Wednesday to consider a pause. Powell had said in March that a cutback in lending by banks, to shore up their finances, could act as the equivalent of a quarter-point rate hike in slowing the economy.
At his news conference, Powell said he believed conditions in the industry have improved since early March and that "the U.S. banking sector is sound and resilient." At the same time, he acknowledged that "the strains that emerged in the banking sector in early March appear to be resulting in even tighter credit conditions for households and businesses."
Fed economists have estimated that tighter credit resulting from the bank failures will contribute to a "mild recession" later this year, thereby raising the pressure on the central bank to suspend its rate hikes.
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The Fed is now also grappling with a standoff around the nation’s borrowing limit, which caps how much debt the government can issue. Congressional Republicans are demanding steep spending cuts as the price of agreeing to lift the nation’s borrowing cap.
The Fed’s decision Wednesday came against an increasingly cloudy backdrop. The economy appears to be cooling, with consumer spending flat in February and March, indicating that many shoppers have grown cautious in the face of higher prices and borrowing costs. Manufacturing, too, is weakening.
Even the surprisingly resilient job market, which has kept the unemployment rate near 50-year lows for months, is showing cracks. Hiring has decelerated, job postings have declined and fewer people are quitting jobs for other, typically higher-paying positions.
The turmoil in the nation’s banking sector, which re-erupted last weekend as regulators seized and sold off First Republic Bank, has intensified the pressure on the economy. It was the second-largest U.S. bank failure ever and the third major banking collapse in the past six weeks. Investors have grown anxious about whether other regional banks may suffer from similar problems.
Goldman Sachs estimates that a widespread pullback in bank lending could cut U.S. growth by 0.4 percentage point this year. That could be enough to cause a recession. In December, the Fed projected growth of just 0.5% in 2023.
Wall Street traders were also unnerved by this week’s announcement from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that the nation could default on its debt as soon as June 1 unless Congress agrees to lift the debt limit, which caps how much the government can borrow. A first-ever default on the U.S. debt could potentially lead to a global financial crisis.
The Fed’s latest rate hike comes as other major central banks are also tightening credit. European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is expected to announce another interest rate increase Thursday, after inflation figures released Tuesday showed that price increases ticked up last month.
Consumer prices rose 7% in the 20 countries that use the euro currency in April from a year earlier, up from a 6.9% year-over-year increase in March.
In the United States, some major drivers of higher prices have stalled or started to reverse, causing slowdowns in overall inflation. The consumer price index rose 5% in March from a year earlier, sharply lower than its 9.1% peak in June.
The rise in rental costs has eased as more newly built apartments have come online. Gas and energy prices have fallen steadily. Food costs are moderating. Supply chain snarls are no longer blocking trade, thereby lowering the cost for new and used cars, furniture and appliances.
Still, while overall inflation has cooled, "core" inflation — which excludes volatile food and energy costs — has remained chronically high. According to the Fed’s preferred measure, core prices rose 4.6% in March from a year earlier, scarcely better than the 4.7% it reached in July. | 2023-05-03T21:52:19+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/money/feds-raise-key-interest-rate-highest-level-in-16-years |
MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenhouse has selected Sapia.ai, creator of the world's first AI Smart Interviewer, as its newest integration partner – enabling Greenhouse customers to access the first and only chat-based AI assessment tool on the Greenhouse marketplace.
Greenhouse offers businesses a complete suite of software and services for recruiting and onboarding, as well as a large partner ecosystem.
Sapia CEO, Barb Hyman said that the partnership is a game changer for organizations that need to fill roles efficiently while giving every candidate an engaging and fair experience.
"Partnerships with providers like Greenhouse are central to our mission to get ethical Ai into the hiring teams of as many organizations as possible. Our partnership makes it easier for companies to access our solution who want to solve their hiring challenges in a fair, efficient, and ethical way".
Sapia's solution interviews candidates through a blind chat conversation. From written responses, its AI Smart Interviewer accurately assess candidate suitability. Hiring teams accessing Sapia's Smart Interviewer via the Greenhouse marketplace achieve immediate efficiency gains, disrupting bias in the hiring process with a world-class candidate experience.
"From day one, we've designed Sapia to be seamlessly integrated into recruitment teams' daily processes. Integration with partners like Greenhouse helps organizations get a better return on investment of their existing HR technology stack, quickly. There's no 6-month implementation process - Sapia can be interviewing candidates in days, and hiring teams don't need to leave Greenhouse to access shortlists and candidate insights."
The Greenhouse announcement is hot on the heels of a number of exciting updates for the Australian-founded global AI startup, including global recognition for its work in mitigating gender bias, and taking home the 'cutting edge technologies and employee experience' innovation award at Vivatech Paris.
The award follows a series of innovations for 2022, including InterviewBERT, a development that uses Google's model for Natural Language Processing (NLP) to understand the contextual meaning of words in written job interviews.
Next month will see Sapia showcase their world-first technology alongside industry incumbents at the HRTech conference in Las Vegas.
"We're gaining incredible traction internationally, and we're seeing enormous interest in the US market, where disruptive technologies like ours can make a huge difference to the HR industry".
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Legislation to support Wyoming’s burgeoning outdoor recreation economy has found traction in the House.
House Bill 74 — Wyoming outdoor recreation trust fund would create, and seed with $6 million, a new account to fund the Wyoming Office of Outdoor Recreation and grants for related infrastructure projects. The House Travel Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee on Jan. 17 advanced the bill with amendments.
The committee-sponsored bill has been in the works for years as lawmakers have struggled to pin down a mechanism for supporting and managing the growing industry. Advocates say outdoor recreation is already here and the state will benefit from helping to steer its growth.
A task force launched in 2016 by then Gov. Matt Mead led the state to form the office of outdoor recreation, which is focused on expanding and promoting Wyoming’s outdoor activities economy.
Since then, visitation and use have ballooned. The Wyoming Division of State Parks & Cultural Resources, which oversees the OOR, has been cobbling together funding to keep the office running, Division Director Darin Westby told the committee, but it also hopes to find permanent funding for what is becoming a significant endeavor.
“Outdoor recreation is a big beast,” Westby said. “There’s a lot of land that we have. There’s a lot of opportunities that we’re missing.” COVID-related visitation spikes, he said, also exposed management issues that accompany mushrooming crowds.
“The focus is to try to get out in front of some of the things that are going on to ensure that we’re protecting critical habitat,” he said. The fund, he said, would “really ensure that we can get this office up and running and develop the opportunities for the rest of the state, in that outdoor rec world.”
The draft bill emerged from the interim following years of discussions on what one lawmaker called a “legitimate policy challenge.”
The bulk of public testimony on Jan. 17 — from business owners, tourism officials, residents and others — was in favor of the bill.
“One of the biggest challenges of spreading tourism out across the state is often the lack of product development, and spreading tourists around the state is the best way for us to grow the state’s second largest industry,” said Chris Brown with the Wyoming Hospitality and Travel Coalition. “We see this bill as having the potential to positively impact all 23 counties.”
“The outdoor recreation boom is here now,” said Steff Kessler, representing Wyoming Pathways, before ticking off statistics illustrating the industry’s growing economic impact. “Wyoming needs to put itself in the driver’s seat of this boom, capturing its revenue and guiding it for our needs and our values. Or it will run us over.”
However, many expressed concern about the particulars — such as the funding source, the body empowered to grant money, the potential for the state to exercise eminent domain and impacts to wildlife. Several people said the bill should include safeguards to ensure that wildlife impacts are considered before recreation projects move forward.
The Wyoming Farm Bureau opposes the bill, said Brett Moline, the bureau’s director of public and governmental affairs. “My organization does not appreciate having these types of funds, these perpetual funds, set up,” he said.
The committee made several amendments to the bill. Those included requiring wildlife impact consultation with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department for projects, requiring legislative approval for grants that exceed $250,000 and funding the bill through the office of tourism’s special projects and reserve account rather than through a sales tax diversion. They also included a requirement that funding be allocated inversely proportional to existing tourism economies — an effort to bolster the regions that profit less from tourism.
Members voted 6-2 to advance it.
The office of outdoor recreation launched an inaugural outdoor recreation grant program in July 2022 to disperse some $14 million — most of which came from federal ARPA funding. The office received 117 applications totaling more than $71 million in requests — exceeding available funds by more than $50 million.
“So we know the … need is out there,” Westby said.
The recipients of the first round are expected to be announced soon.
A related bill, House Bill 48 — Active transportation and recreation grant program, was narrowly voted down last week in committee. That bill would have provided $40 million for developing trails and pathways, freeing up funds for costly infrastructure projects advocates say are in high demand. | 2023-01-26T14:56:48+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/outdoor-recreation-trust-fund-bill-gains-toehold-in-the-house/article_a88ff262-9ce6-11ed-94c6-639e7dd9ed00.html |
LEXINGTON, Va. — KC Hankton scored 13 points to help Chattanooga defeat VMI 78-58 on Wednesday night.
Rickey Bradley, Jr. led the way for the Keydets (6-22, 1-14) with 20 points and six rebounds. Taeshaud Jackson added 15 points and 11 rebounds for VMI. Asher Woods also had nine points.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comedian Jerrod Carmichael will host next month’s Golden Globe Awards, presiding over a boozy celebration of TV and film that is trying to make a comeback after being knocked off the air by scandal.
Carmichael, who won an Emmy this year for his intimate HBO special “Rothaniel,” will be the rare Black emcee for a ceremony that has been criticized for years for snubbing Black-led projects and performances.
Thursday’s announcement comes roughly a month before the Jan. 12 ceremony at the Beverly Hilton.
NBC refused to air the 2022 ceremony to allow the Globes and their parent organization, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, to make changes after a damaging 2021 Los Angeles Times investigation revealed its inner workings, including that it had no Black members since at least 2002.
The Globes have since diversified its membership and NBC has reinstated its telecast, but it remains to be seen how its televised return will be received. Nominations for the ceremony will be announced Monday.
“Jerrod is the special kind of talent this show calls for to kick off the awards season,” HFPA President Helen Hoehne said in a statement.
Carmichael won an Emmy Award in September for writing “Rothaniel,” a stand-up special in which he reveled that he is gay.
The Globes have often gone without hosts, but beginning in 2010. it tapped the comedic talents of Ricky Gervais, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey and others to emcee the show and roast its attendees, with frequent ribbing of the HFPA included.
Louis Gossett Jr. was one of three hosts in 1993, and “Access Hollywood” host Shaun Robinson shared hosting duties in 2007.
Carmichael will also be the rare solo host. Gervais, who hosted alone five times, and Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are the only other solo hosts since NBC started broadcasting the show in 1995. | 2022-12-08T16:00:18+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/article/Jerrod-Carmichael-to-host-Golden-Globes-as-it-17640316.php |
Brother of former NFL player wanted for fatal shooting at youth football game in Lancaster
LANCASTER, Texas - Police are searching for a man accused of a fatal shooting at a youth football game in Lancaster Saturday night.
Yaqub Salik Talib has an active warrant out for his arrest in connection with the shooting.
This happened just before 9 p.m., when police were called about shots fired at Lancaster Community Park on Jefferson Street.
There was a youth football game going on, and officers were told about an argument between coaches and referees.
A fight started among the coaching staff, and police said Talib pulled out a gun and opened fire, hitting another man.
Talib is the only suspect named by police. He is the brother of former NFL cornerback Aqib Talib.
Witnesses told FOX 4 Aqib was also at the game when the shooting took place.
The victim was taken to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Family and friends identified him as Mike Hickmon.
Kerry Lewis and Heith Mayes coached alongside Hickmon when they said opposing team's parents and coaches became angry.
"They were upset about losing. Dude came on the sideline and said it was going to punch the ref, so the ref called the game," Mayes said.
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Hickmon coaches for Dragon Elite Academy. His 9-year-old son is on the team and witnessed the shooting.
"It’s just not that important. It’s not. It’s not that serious," Lewis said. "No one should be coming to a 9-year-olds game and be fearful for their life or maybe my son gets shot while playing football. This has to stop."
Parents who were at the game said their first reaction when they heard gunfire was to find their children and run.
Parents and children at the community park scrambled to safety. One of them was C.J. Bivins and his 9-year-old son.
"I seen the fire from the gun and I hollered for my son," Bivins recalled. "I just hollered for my son and made sure my son was alright."
Bivins said he looked back to see Hickmon lying on the ground.
"His son witnesses him get shot and murdered on the field," Lewis said. "These kids are innocent. They shouldn’t have to witnesses what they witnessed."
Sunday, Hickmon’s players and their parents grieved together. They are left heartbroken.
"He was a genuine person, he was a loving person, he was a father first," Lewis added.
Some parents said their children are so traumatized that they may never play sports again.
The investigation into this shooting is ongoing.
Police are working to find Talib. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call Detective Senad Deranjic at 972-218-2756. | 2022-08-15T02:19:25+00:00 | fox29.com | https://www.fox29.com/news/yaqub-talib-lancaster-youth-football-shooting |
The New York Jets signed former Green Bay Packers safety Adrian Amos to a one-year deal Tuesday.
Amos gives New York seven former Packers who played with Rodgers in Green Bay. That list also includes backup quarterback Tim Boyle, wide receivers Allen Lazard, Randall Cobb and Malik Taylor and offensive linemen Billy Turner and Adam Pankey.
Amos played the past four seasons with the Packers after spending his first four in the NFL with the Chicago Bears. He has started every game the past five seasons with 122 starts in his eight-year career since being selected by Chicago in the fifth round of the 2015 draft out of Penn State.
The Jets now have three safeties with extensive starting experience, with Amos joining Jordan Whitehead — a starter last season after being signed as a free agent — and Chuck Clark, who was acquired from Baltimore this offseason.
New York also has Ashtyn Davis and youngsters Tony Adams, Jarrick Bernard-Converse, Trey Dean and Marquis Waters at the position. Veteran Will Parks was released last Thursday.
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The order was signed Wednesday by Judge Jonathan S. Dills of the Office of Administrative Hearings. No hearing date has been set to consider whether the popular Spring Garden Street music venue will lose its license. | 2022-09-09T12:18:36+00:00 | greensboro.com | https://greensboro.com/esme-sadie-allis/article_2a970dcb-bd9a-50ba-815a-985ef41767fc.html |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has an ambitious agenda when he sets off this week on an eight-day trip to the Indo-Pacific.
He’s looking to tighten bonds with longtime allies, make history as the first sitting U.S. president to visit the tiny island state of Papua New Guinea and spotlight his administration’s commitment to the Pacific. The three-country trip also presents the 80-year-old Biden, who recently announced he’s running for reelection, with the opportunity to demonstrate that he still has enough in the tank to handle the grueling pace of the presidency.
But as he prepares to head west, Biden finds himself in a stalemate with Republican lawmakers over raising America’s debt limit. If the matter is not resolved in the coming weeks, it threatens to spark an economic downturn.
A look at what’s at stake in Biden’s upcoming trip:
WHERE IS BIDEN GOING?
Biden first heads to Hiroshima, Japan, for the Group of Seven summit. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is this year’s host for the annual gathering of leaders from seven of the world’s biggest economies. He picked his hometown of Hiroshima, where the U.S. dropped the world’s first atomic bomb in 1945.
The bombing destroyed the city and killed 140,000 people. The United States dropped a second bomb three days later on Nagasaki, killing 70,000 more. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, 1945, ending World War II and its nearly half-century of aggression in Asia.
The significance of Hiroshima resonates deeply today, given that Russia has made veiled threats of using tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, North Korea has stepped up ballistic missile tests and Iran pushes forward with its nuclear weapons program.
Biden will then make a brief and historic stopover in Papua New Guinea. Biden has sought to improve relations with Pacific Island nations amid growing U.S. concern about China’s growing military and economic influence in the region.
Finally, Biden travels to Australia for a summit with his fellow Quad leaders: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kishida.
The Quad partnership first formed during the response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people. Since coming to office, Biden has tried to reinvigorate the Quad as part of his broader effort to put greater U.S. focus on the Pacific.
THE BIG ISSUES
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and provocative actions by China in the South China Sea and in the Taiwan Strait are expected to be front and center throughout Biden’s trip.
At last month’s G-7 ministers’ meeting, the alliance pledged a unified front against Chinese threats to Taiwan and Russia’s war. The G-7 includes Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.
Biden administration officials have been troubled by China’s increasing threats against and military maneuvers around Taiwan, the self-governing democracy that Beijing claims as its own. The U.S.-China relationship has also been strained by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei last August. Those ties were further inflamed after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon in February after it traversed the United States.
The G-7 foreign ministers said in their communique that the alliance would look toward “intensifying sanctions” against Russia. How far the G-7 is willing to go remains to be seen.
IS AMERICA BACK?
The looming potential for a debt default by the U.S. government raises a difficult dynamic for Biden as he heads overseas for the first time since announcing his 2024 campaign.
Since the start of his presidency, Biden has repeatedly told world leaders that “America is back.” That’s a short-handed way to assure allies that the United States was returning to its historic role as a leader on the international stage following the more inward-looking “America First” foreign policy of President Donald Trump.
But Biden has also acknowledged that skeptical world leaders have asked him, “For how long?”
To that end, top administration officials have said the looming debt limit crisis is a troubling sign.
“It sends a horrible message to nations like Russia and China, who would love nothing more than to be able to point at this and say, ‘See the United States is not a reliable partner. The United States is not a stable leader of peace and security around the world,” said White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.
The Congressional Budget Office said on Friday that there was a “significant risk” that the federal government could run out of cash sometime in the first two weeks of June unless Congress agrees to raise the $31.4 trillion borrowing cap.
PACIFIC ISLAND RESPECT
With the brief stop in Papua New Guinea to meet with Pacific Island leaders, Biden gets the chance to show the United States is serious about remaining engaged for the long term in the Pacific Islands.
The area has received diminished attention from the U.S. in the aftermath of the Cold War and China has increasingly filled the vacuum — through increased aid, development and security cooperation. Biden has said that he’s committed to changing that dynamic.
Last September, Biden hosted leaders from more than a dozen Pacific Island countries at the White House, announcing a new strategy to help to assist the region on climate change and maritime security. His administration also recently opened embassies in the Solomon Islands and Tonga, and has plans to open one in Kiribati.
He’ll be the first sitting U.S. president to visit the island nation of about 9 million people. Chinese President Xi Jinping made a visit to Papua New Guinea in 2018.
QUALITY TIME WITH MODI
Biden is going to be spending plenty of time with the Indian prime minister in the coming weeks.
Modi is among eight leaders of non-G-7 countries who were invited by Kishida to join the meeting of major industrial nations in Hiroshima. He’ll also join Biden’s meeting with Pacific Island leaders in Papua New Guinea.
Then Biden, Modi, and Kishida will all make their way to Australia for a meeting of the Quad to be hosted by Albanese in Sydney. Biden won’t have to wait long to see Modi again. The president is hosting Modi for a state visit on June 22. | 2023-05-14T17:18:19+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/international/ambitious-agenda-for-biden-on-upcoming-three-nation-indo-pacific-trip-as-debt-default-looms-at-home/ |
Elon Musk may have changed his mind about paying $44 billion for Twitter. But it's not so easy to walk away.
The billionaire CEO of Tesla and Space X struck a deal to buy the social media company back in April. But almost immediately, he started hinting – and then saying outright – that he had cold feet. In May he declared the purchase was "on hold" while he looked into Twitter's accounting of how many users are not real people, but automated bots or spam. Soon after, Twitter agreed to give him access to its "firehose" – a real-time stream of more than 500 million tweets posted every day. Since then, the two sides have been sharing information and working to close the transaction.
On Thursday, the Washington Post reported the deal is "in jeopardy" because Musk doubts that Twitter's spam figures are verifiable. His team is "expected to take potentially drastic action," the Post reported, though its sources did not elaborate what that action might be.
Bots may not be the only factor in Musk's apparent change of heart. While his offer of $54.20 a share was initially seen as a lowball price for Twitter, given that it was trading above $70 last year, tech stocks and the market as a whole have fallen sharply since he struck the deal.
Twitter shares are now trading around $37, down nearly 30% from the day Musk's purchase was announced. He's even said he might seek to negotiate a lower price.
But escalating his fight could be costly for Musk – and the battle would almost certainly wind up in a Delaware courtroom that handles corporate disputes.
Musk and his representatives did not respond to requests for comment. Twitter spokesman Brian Poliakoff declined to comment. He pointed to a statement the company issued in June saying it is "has and will continue to cooperatively share information" with Musk and that "we intend to close the transaction and enforce the merger agreement at the agreed price and terms." The company expects to hold a shareholder vote on the deal by mid-August.
So, what are Musk's and Twitter's options?
Musk signed a merger agreement
The two sides have signed a legal agreement that Musk will buy Twitter for $54.20 a share. If either side breaks off the deal, they could be on the hook to pay a $1 billion fee to the other party.
By raising concerns over bots on Twitter, Musk may be trying to lay the groundwork to get out of paying that fee. But legal experts say that would be an uphill battle.
For years, Twitter has publicly said it estimates less than 5% of daily users who see ads are spam or bots (but has also cautioned the number could be higher).
Musk disputes this, saying he believes as many as 20% of accounts may be fake. While Twitter gave Musk access to its firehose of public data, it told reporters this week its spam estimates are also based on private data, such as users' IP addresses, phone numbers, locations and behavior – and are therefore difficult for outsiders to verify.
Even if Twitter's 5% figure is incorrect, that still might not be enough to let Musk back out or change the terms of the deal without paying a hefty price.
"Merger agreements are drafted to avoid exactly what Musk is doing, which is try to find some tiny little false thing and then say, 'Whoops, I get to walk away now," said Ann Lipton, a business law professor at Tulane University Law School. "They specifically say things like, you can't back out unless it's not just false, but incredibly false, hugely false, massively damaging to the company."
Twitter could take Musk to court
If Musk went ahead and terminated the deal anyway, Twitter would likely sue him for a lot more than the $1 billion breakup fee. The merger agreement includes what's known as a "specific performance clause," which says Twitter can take Musk to court to force him to go through with the purchase as long as he still has financing in place.
While that may sound risky – and costly – for Twitter, Lipton says the company's case would be "very strong," and its board has a strong incentive to see the sale through. Shareholders are expecting to receive $54.20 a piece for their shares. The board's view, according to a person familiar with the deal talks, is that the sale agreement with Musk is the most valuable part of Twitter right now.
"They would much rather have the $54.20 without a court fight, but it's worth fighting over," Lipton said. Given the company's current share price, "$54.20 seems like an unbelievable deal for Twitter. So there is a lot that they could sacrifice that would still make it worth it in the end if they got to force Musk to close."
Musk might try to get Twitter at a discount
Still, some Wall Street analysts say Twitter's board and management should be open to accepting a lower price to avoid a lengthy legal battle.
"There's no chance it's getting done at $54.20," said Angelo Zino, analyst at CFRA Research. "You're either going to see a 15 to 20% drop in the offer price to get Elon Musk engaged again, or he continues to play the bot card."
Taking Musk to court could be even more damaging to Twitter at a time when uncertainty over the deal and what the billionaire's ownership might mean are weighing heavily on the company. Morale is already low and some employees are leaving. CEO Parag Agrawal has shaken up his executive ranks and announced a hiring freeze and spending cuts.
Going to court "doesn't bode well for the business prospects of your company, and it further adds uncertainty to the employee base," Zino said.
That's also a risk for Musk, Lipton said. "What if he has to buy the company and now he's kind of undermined it at the same time?"
Ultimately, she said, the billionaire's antics, however chaotic, appear to have a single goal: "I don't think he's committed to winning. I think he's committing to not spending $44 billion on Twitter."
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man serving life in prison after his first-degree murder conviction in the slaying of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright was sentenced Friday on lesser charges of conspiracy and attempted murder in the 12-year-old case.
Shelby County Judge Lee Coffee sentenced Billy Ray Turner to 25 years in prison for both the conspiracy charge and the attempted murder charge. Turner was convicted March 21 in the fatal shooting of Wright, a 6-foot, 11-inch center who played 13 seasons in the NBA before he retired after the 2008-2009 season.
Coffee sentenced Turner, 51, to life in prison on the day of his conviction. Turner already was serving a 16-year sentence for possessing a weapon as a convicted felon. Turner was found with two guns when he was arrested in 2017 in Wright’s killing and he pleaded guilty in 2019.
The judge decided that the 25-year-sentences will run concurrently, or at the same time. When added to the 16-year sentence for the gun charge, Turner essentially has been sentenced to life plus 41 years in prison, with the possibility of parole, Coffee said.
The slaying is one of the most highly publicized murder cases in Memphis history. Wright’s decomposing body was found riddled with bullet wounds in a swampy field in east Memphis on July 28, 2010. The 34-year-old father of six had been missing for days before his body was discovered.
During Turner's trial, prosecutors said Wright’s ex-wife, Sherra Wright, masterminded a plan to kill her ex-husband and recruited Turner and her cousin, Jimmie Martin, to help her.
Turner and Sherra Wright were indicted in December 2017, more than seven years after the killing. Sherra Wright entered a surprise guilty plea to facilitation of murder in July 2019 and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Turner is a landscaper who knew Sherra Wright from church and, according to prosecutors, had a secret romantic relationship with her.
At the time of Wright’s slaying, Martin was facing charges of killing his girlfriend, and he said his cousin helped pay part of his legal fees. Martin was convicted and is currently serving prison time in that case.
Martin received immunity from prosecution in the Wright case. He testified that he went with Turner to kill Wright in Atlanta in a failed murder attempt. Martin also testified that he went with Turner to a Mississippi lake to dump the gun used in the killing.
A Memphis native, Lorenzen Wright played college basketball at the University of Memphis and spent time with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. At the end of the trial, Coffee called Wright “a sacred son” of Memphis.
During Friday's hearing, the judge cited Turner's past convictions for kidnapping, gun and drug charges as he added years to the life sentence.
“He is a dangerous offender," Coffee said. ”He had no hesitation committing this crime." | 2022-07-09T14:38:14+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Man-sentenced-on-lesser-charges-in-NBA-player-s-17293183.php |
A huge chunk of that money would go toward the things that city leaders said they hear about the most, streets and bridges.
“I get more complaints on streets than anything else, and then when they start repairing them, I get even more complaints because it takes a while,” said Tulsa City Councilor Jeannie Cue.
On Tuesday morning at the Tulsa Regional Chamber, Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum said the 2023 Improve Our Tulsa proposal is the vehicle to catch up to quality infrastructure.
“The citizens of Tulsa have spent over a billion dollars over the last 15 years fixing streets. We want to make sure that all that money you put in to fixing streets is properly maintained,” the mayor said.
Bynum said Tulsans have gotten a glimpse over the last 15 years what it looks like when the City doesn’t properly maintain their streets.
“The best answer, the most simple one and the most honest one, is because they weren’t properly maintained for about 40 years,” he said.
With the vote on August 8, City leaders are reminding Tulsans that renewing Improve Our Tulsa won’t increase taxes.
“It keeps our taxes for the same rate for four years and it maintains the things that you already bought and paid for,” Bynum added.
Bynum said what will increase is the expansion that comes from investment.
"One of the top reasons that we are having so much success from an economic development standpoint, what the CEO's of these companies tell me, is because this community is investing in itself. They see everybody rowing in the same direction. They see Tulsans believing in Tulsa and investing in the city,” he said. | 2023-07-26T20:11:37+00:00 | fox23.com | https://www.fox23.com/news/city-officials-gather-for-improve-our-tulsa-campaign-kickoff-before-august-8-vote/article_365c8dc4-2b28-11ee-8b6d-abe2256bcf5f.html |
Letter Comes as Brazil Holds Crucial Presidential Election
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In light of the upcoming 2022 presidential election in Brazil, more than 90 companies and organizations—employing over 435,000 people in Brazil—signed an open letter yesterday urging Brazil's presidential candidates to recognize and commit to public policies and concrete actions that support LGBTQI+ inclusion in the Brazilian workplace.
The letter, titled the "Open Letter in Support of Diversity, Respect and Inclusion for LGBTQI+ People in the Workplace in Brazil," represents a coalition of Brazilian and multinational companies and organizations that value diversity, respect, and inclusion of LGBTQI+ people in Brazilian workplaces. The letter affirms the value and commitment of companies to create work environments where people feel welcome, where they belong, and can contribute to their fullest potential and thrive.
"We are in awe seeing such strong, unwavering, and growing support in Brazil for workplaces where LGBTQI+ people feel like they can bring their full and authentic selves to the workplace, be accepted, and feel a sense of belonging among colleagues and teams – which is good not only for employees, but for the business, and for society broadly," said Erin Uritus, CEO at Out & Equal, the premier organization working to advance LGBTQI+ equality in the workplace. "As evidenced by the number of signatories, businesses in Brazil understand the value of a sound and steady commitment to LGBTQI+ inclusion. More than double the number of companies that signed a similar letter in 2018. LGBTQI+ inclusion not only keeps companies competitive in the global marketplace and positively impacts their bottom lines, but it greatly impacts the communities and societies in which these businesses operate."
The letter was organized by Out & Equal and two Brazilian organizations working towards LGBTQI+ itos LGBTI+orkplace inclusion—Fórum de Empresas e Direitos LGBTI+ and Instituto Mais Diversidade.
"This is a time when most organizations are looking at human rights, diversity, and the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) agenda," said Ricardo Sales, Founding Partner of Mais Diversidade and President of the Council of Instituto Mais Diversidade. "There is no ESG without democracy. It is only in democracy – guaranteeing fundamental rights, policies of inclusion, distribution of opportunities and respect – that we advance in the agenda. The world already has a different outlook on ESG and Brazil has the opportunity to lead and drive the matter. As such, it is necessary that all governments are committed to this issue."
While the letter is not addressed to a specific presidential candidate or political party, its objective is to encourage anyone running for office to recognize the importance of diversity, respect, and inclusion of all people in the workplace, including LGBTQI+ people, in line with the companies' values.
"This initiative goes beyond political parties," said Reinaldo Bulgarelli, Executive Secretary of the Fórum de Empresas e Direitos LGBTI+. "We recognize how important it is for the world of politics and democracy to support diversity and human rights. You have a set of big brands positioning themselves. It is an initiative that mobilizes the presidents of these organizations to demonstrate their support and focus on diversity in the corporate environment and, consequently, helps to mobilize the political environment."
The first Statement of Support was signed in 2018 by more than 30 corporations and non-governmental organizations that together employed more than 110,000 people in Brazil, reaffirming the belief in and commitment to initiatives that drive diversity and support inclusion of all people in the workplace, including LGBTQI+ people.
Signatories will join to celebrate the release of this year's Open Letter today at a Dow sponsored in-person event at São Paulo's Amcham Brasil.
Fórum de Empresas e Diretos LGBTI+Business and Rights Forum
Created in March 2013, the Fórum de Empresas e Direitos LGBTI+ (LGBTI+ Business and Rights Forum) is a business movement with ongoing efforts to bring together large companies around the" 10 Commitments" to respect and promote LGBTI+ human rights. The purpose of the Forum is to help companies and all business environments put into practice, for LGBTI+ people, the first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "All people are born free and equal in dignity and rights". The Forum carries out daily activities involving signatory companies and allied and partner organizations to improve management practices, eradicate LGBTI+phobia and strengthen the movement, the "10 Commitments for the Promotion of LGBTI+ Rights", and to express understanding of the role of companies and a work agenda. More information: www.forumempresaslgbt.com
Instituto Mais Diversidade
Instituto Mais Diversidade (More Diversity Institute) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote decent work and income generation for all LGBTI+ people. The projects under our responsibility aim to generate professional opportunities for the LGBTI+ community throughout Brazil. We are the social arm of Mais Diversidade Consultoria, which supports private companies on issues of diversity, equity and inclusive culture. More information: www.institutomaisdiversidade.com.br
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates:
Out & Equal is the premier global organization working towards the inclusion of LGBTQI+ people in the workplace. Using cutting-edge resources, global programming, partnerships with Fortune 500 companies, and the annual Workplace Summit (registration:outandequal.org) Out & Equal helps LGBTQI+ people thrive in the workplace and supports organizations that seek to create cultures of belonging for all. More information: www.outandequal.org
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DETROIT (AP) — Honda is recalling nearly 564,000 older small SUVs because road salt can cause the frame to rust and rear suspension parts to come loose.
The recall covers certain CR-Vs from 2007 through 2011 that were sold or registered in states where salt is used to clear roads in the winter.
U.S. safety regulators say in documents posted Thursday that salt can accumulate and cause corrosion, and the rear trailing arm can detach. That can cause drivers to lose control, increasing the risk of a crash. Rear trailing arms connect the rear axle to the chassis.
The recalled CR-Vs were either sold or registered in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C.
Dealers will inspect the SUVs and install a support brace or repair the rear frame if needed. If the frame is badly damaged, Honda may offer to buy the vehicle. Owners will be notified by letter starting May 8.
The CR-Vs already have been recalled in Canada. Honda says in documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it has 61 customer complaints in the U.S. but no deaths or injuries.
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The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin is one of the largest personal injury firms in the state.
DURHAM, N.C., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- James S. Farrin – along with his affiliated institution, the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin – was selected to the 2022 "Power List" by Business North Carolina.* The prestigious publication selected its honorees from a large pool of candidates across a wide spectrum of industries, based on extensive research from dozens of sources.
"It's an honor to be selected to the 'Power List,'" said Farrin. "What I'm most proud of is what my firm has been able to accomplish with its reach and resources: helping tens of thousands of good people across the state in need of justice." The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin helped over 4,800 clients last year, recovering more than $155 million in total compensation.**
Farrin first rose to national prominence with the Black Farmers Case, a landmark civil rights victory led by his firm. The class action, one of the largest civil rights cases in American history, resulted in $1.25 billion in total compensation for 18,000+ Black farmers following years of discrimination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.** In 2020, CMTY Culture Films announced that they will be the lead producers on The Last Plantation, a film based on the Black Farmers case.
The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin is one of the largest personal injury firms in North Carolina and has helped over 55,000 injured people since 1997. Operating from 16 offices in NC and one in SC, many of the firm's 60+ accomplished attorneys are recognized professionals in their fields. The firm focuses on providing quality legal services to as many people as possible in the following practice areas: personal injury, car accidents, workers' compensation, nursing home abuse, whistleblowing, defective products, eminent domain, mass torts, class actions, and Social Security Disability.
Contact Information:
David Chamberlin
280 S. Mangum Street
Suite 400
Durham, NC 27701
866-900-7078
https://www.farrin.com/
Offices in Durham (main), Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro, NC and Greenville, SC. Attorney J. Gabe Talton: 280 South Mangum St., Suite 400, Durham, NC.
*For standards of inclusion, visit https://www.farrin.com/business-nc-power-list/
**Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes because each case is unique and must be evaluated separately.
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WA Spokane WA Zone Forecast for Sunday, January 15, 2023
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Zone Forecast Product for Eastern Washington and North Idaho
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1132 PM PST Sun Jan 15 2023
WAZ031-161200-
Northeast Blue Mountains-
Including the cities of Anatone and Peola
1132 PM PST Sun Jan 15 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
snow. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY...Partly sunny. Patchy fog in the
morning. A chance of snow in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
30s to lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the
upper 20s to lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy fog. Highs in the mid 30s to
lower 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of snow. Highs
in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Snow likely. Lows around 30. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs
in the 30s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 20s. Highs in the mid to upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs
in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain or
snow. Lows around 30. Highs in the mid to upper 30s. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
$$
WAZ034-035-161200-
Moses Lake Area-Upper Columbia Basin-
Including the cities of Moses Lake, Ephrata, Othello, Quincy,
Ritzville, Grand Coulee, Odessa, Wilbur, and Coulee City
1132 PM PST Sun Jan 15 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
South wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY...Areas of fog in the morning. Partly
sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the
upper 20s to lower 30s. South wind 5 to 10 mph in the evening,
becoming light and variable.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Areas of fog. Highs in the upper 30s to
lower 40s. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s to lower
30s. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow. Highs
in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow.
Lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s to
lower 40s. Lows in the mid to upper 20s.
$$
WAZ038-161200-
Okanogan Highlands-
Including the cities of Republic, Inchelium, and Wauconda
1132 PM PST Sun Jan 15 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow.
Snow level 3000 feet. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Southeast
wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph in the mountains. Chance
of precipitation 50 percent.
.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly
cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs in the upper 30s
to lower 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy dense fog. Lows in the
upper 20s to lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Highs in the mid to upper
30s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s to lower
30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow.
Highs in the mid to upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
snow. Lows in the 20s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 30s. Lows
19 to 29.
$$
WAZ041-044-161200-
Wenatchee Area-Waterville Plateau-
Including the cities of Wenatchee, Chelan, Entiat, Cashmere,
Waterville, and Mansfield
1132 PM PST Sun Jan 15 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of rain or snow. Snow
level 3000 feet. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY...Areas of fog in the morning. Mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the
mid 20s to lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Areas of fog. Highs in the mid to upper
30s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of freezing rain or
snow. Lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Chance of precipitation
20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow.
Highs in the mid to upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
snow. Lows in the mid to upper 20s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 30s. Lows
in the 20s.
$$
WAZ043-161200-
Okanogan Valley-
Including the cities of Omak, Okanogan, Brewster, Bridgeport,
Oroville, Nespelem, and Tonasket
1132 PM PST Sun Jan 15 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of rain or snow. Lows in
the mid to upper 30s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain or
snow in the morning. Areas of fog in the morning. Snow level
2500 feet. Highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Areas of fog overnight. Lows in
the upper 20s to lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Areas of fog. Highs in the mid to upper
30s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow. Highs
in the mid to upper 30s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow.
Lows in the mid to upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 30s. Lows
in the 20s.
$$
WAZ047-161200-
Central Chelan County-
Including the cities of Leavenworth, Plain, and Lake Wenatchee
1132 PM PST Sun Jan 15 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow.
Snow level 3000 feet. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the
morning. A chance of snow. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening.
Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Chance of precipitation
20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 30s. West wind
5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph in the mountains.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow and freezing
rain. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Light snow accumulations. Highs in the 30s.
Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
snow. Lows in the mid to upper 20s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid to
upper 30s. Lows in the 20s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow.
Lows in the 20s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of rain or
snow. Highs in the mid to upper 30s. Lows in the lower 20s to
lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
$$
WAZ048-161200-
Western Chelan County-
Including the cities of Stevens Pass, Holden Village,
and Stehekin
1132 PM PST Sun Jan 15 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Snow. Little or no snow accumulation valleys
and 1 to 3 inches in the mountains. Lows in the 30s. South wind
5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph in the mountains. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the
morning. A chance of snow. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow.
Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of snow. Patchy
fog. Highs in the mid to upper 30s. West wind 5 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph in the mountains.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Snow likely. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Light snow accumulations. Highs in the mid to
upper 30s. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
snow. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 30s
to lower 40s. Lows in the lower 20s to lower 30s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow.
Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Temperature rising into the mid
20s after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of snow. Highs
in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow.
Lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of snow. Highs in
the upper 30s to lower 40s.
$$
WAZ049-161200-
Western Okanogan County-
Including the cities of Mazama, Winthrop, Twisp, Methow,
and Conconully
1132 PM PST Sun Jan 15 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Rain or snow likely. Snow accumulation up to
1 inch in the mountains. Snow level 3000 feet. Lows in the upper
20s to mid 30s. South wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph in
the mountains. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow in
the morning. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid to upper
30s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening.
Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the 20s. Chance of precipitation
20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy fog. Highs in the mid to upper
30s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow.
Lows in the lower 20s to lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow likely. Light snow accumulations. Highs in the
lower to mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
snow. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 30s. Lows
18 to 25.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow.
Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of snow. Highs
in the lower to mid 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance
of snow. Lows in the lower to mid 20s. Highs in the mid to upper
30s.
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Appointment ensures continuity as the company continues to deliver on Ontario-focused strategy and starts a thorough CEO selection process
TORONTO, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -Today Hydro One Limited (Hydro One) announced that Mark Poweska will be stepping down as President and CEO to assume a leadership position at a utility closer to his family in Western Canada later this year. William (Bill) Sheffield, a member of the company's Board of Directors since 2018, has been appointed Interim President and CEO of Hydro One. Poweska will remain with Hydro One as an advisor to support Sheffield with the transition.
"On behalf of the board of Board of Directors, I want to thank Mark for his exceptional leadership and for building a strong executive team who have put customers and communities first to deliver greater value for stakeholders, shareholders and all Ontarians," said Tim Hodgson, Chair of the Board of Hydro One. "Since joining in 2019, Mark introduced an Ontario-focused strategy which has successfully delivered operational and customer excellence, improved outcomes in employee safety, and a strong commitment to environmental, social and governance issues."
"I would like to thank Hydro One's Board, leadership team and every employee for your dedication and passion, especially over the last couple years as we supported customers and communities across Ontario," said Mark Poweska, former President and CEO of Hydro One. "I am confident that the strategy and team we have built together will continue to deliver greater value for customers, communities, employees and shareholders."
Bill Sheffield is a highly-regarded leader with experience in the electricity industry in Ontario who will provide continuity as the company delivers on its commitments. He will leverage Hydro One's significant bench-strength to further advance the company's vision, mission and strategy as the Board of Directors begin a thorough CEO selection process.
"The entire Board and management team recognizes the critical role Hydro One plays in meeting customer needs and enabling economic growth in the province," said Bill Sheffield, the Interim President and CEO of Hydro One. "I am honoured to lead this exceptional team as we continue to energize life for people and communities across Ontario."
William (Bill) Sheffield is the former CEO of Sappi Fine Papers, headquartered in the U.K. and South Africa. He began his career in the steel industry with Stelco Inc., headquartered in Ontario. Mr. Sheffield also held senior roles in the forest products industry with Abitibi-Price Inc. and Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. where he led the forestry, mill and hydro-electric operations with the Iroquois Falls Division in northern Ontario.
Mr. Sheffield has been a corporate director since 2004 and is currently completing his last term on the board of Velan Inc. Previous directorships include Ontario Power Generation, Canada Post Corporation, Houston Wire & Cable Company, Pan Asia Paper, Corby Distilleries, Royal Group Technologies, 4iiii Innovations Inc., Family Enterprise Canada, and SHAD. In addition to his engagements on the boards of public companies and Crown corporations, Mr. Sheffield has had experience with family enterprise advisory boards such as Burnbrae Farms, Longview Aviation Capital Corp. and Epicure.
Mr. Sheffield holds a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) from Carleton University, an MBA from McMaster University and holds his ICD.D. In 2015, he was awarded a Fellowship from the National Association of Corporate Directors in the U.S. He also completed the Family Enterprise Advisors Program (FEA) at the University of British Columbia.
Hydro One Limited, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is Ontario's largest electricity transmission and distribution provider with approximately 1.5 million valued customers, approximately $30.4 billion in assets as at December 31, 2021, and annual revenues in 2021 of approximately $7.2 billion.
Our team of approximately 9,300 skilled and dedicated employees proudly build and maintain a safe and reliable electricity system which is essential to supporting strong and successful communities. In 2021, Hydro One invested approximately $2.1 billion in its transmission and distribution networks, and supported the economy through buying approximately $1.7 billion of goods and services.
We are committed to the communities where we live and work through community investment, sustainability and diversity initiatives. We are designated as a Sustainable Electricity Company by the Canadian Electricity Association.
Hydro One Limited's common shares are listed on the TSX and certain of Hydro One Inc.'s medium term notes are listed on the NYSE. Additional information can be accessed at www.hydroone.com, www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov.
This press release may contain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Words such as "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "attempt", "may", "plan", "will", "can", "believe", "seek", "estimate", and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking information. These statements are not guarantees of future performance or actions and involve assumptions and risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed, implied or forecasted in such forward-looking information. Some of the factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from the results expressed, implied or forecasted by such forward-looking information, including some of the assumptions used in making such statements, are discussed more fully in Hydro One's filings with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada, which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Hydro One does not intend, and it disclaims any obligation, to update any forward-looking information, except as required by law.
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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A former New Mexico congresswoman is now the second-highest-ranking official at the USDA.
The Senate has confirmed Xochitl Torres Small as the deputy agriculture secretary. She has served as the USDA’s under-secretary for rural development since October 2021.
Before that, she served one term in the House, representing southern New Mexico.
Torres Small is the second New Mexican to serve in a high-level cabinet position in the Biden Administration, joining Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
Xochitl Torres Small is a respected leader and dedicated public servant, and her confirmation marks a proud day for New Mexico. From the borderlands to Congress to a Senate-confirmed member of the President’s administration, Xochitl has spent her life serving her community and putting people first. That’s just who she is.
“Throughout her time as Under Secretary for Rural Development and in Congress, we have been proud to work with Xochitl to deliver for New Mexico farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. We look forward to continuing our work together as she begins in this new leadership role.
Senators Martin Henrich and Ben Ray Luján
KRQE reached out to the USDA to see if Torres Small could talk more about her new position but did not hear back. | 2023-07-12T00:21:57+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/xochitl-torres-small-becomes-deputy-usda-secretary/ |
SEATTLE (AP) — Ethan Finlay had a goal and an assist and Austin FC handed the Western Conference-leading Seattle Sounders their second straight loss at home with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday night.
Finlay took passes from Adam Lundkvist and Emiliano Rigoni and scored in the 36th minute. Finlay's first goal of the season gave Austin (3-5-4) a 1-0 lead at halftime.
Gyasi Zardes stretched the lead to 2-0 with a goal in the 57th minute off assists from Finlay and Jon Gallagher.
Fredy Montero pulled the Sounders (7-4-3) within a goal when he scored in the 79th minute. Héber and Jordan Morris picked up assists on Montero's first netter of the season.
Brad Stuver finished with three saves to help Austin beat Seattle for the first time after going 0-2-2 in the previous four match-ups. Stefan Frei had two saves for the Sounders.
The San Jose Earthquakes are now the only team Austin has played at least four times without a victory.
Austin entered the match with an 0-4-4 record in its last eight matches, tying a club-record winless streak. Austin was shut out in five of its previous eight matches.
Seattle tied a club record set in 2015 with seven shutouts through its first 12 matches, but the Sounders have surrendered four goals in their last two home matches after a 2-1 loss at the hands of Sporting KC last week.
Seattle leads second-place and defending-champion Los Angeles FC by a point in the Western Conference standings after LAFC managed only a 1-1 tie at home against Sporting KC.
Seattle travels to play the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday. Austin returns home to host Toronto FC on Saturday.
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New research finds wearable-derived physiological biometrics give an indication of health that is more strongly correlated with biological age than chronological age—and age acceleration
ATLANTA, April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeQ, the company that uses globally-recognized watch brands to gather personalized, clinical-grade data, announced the results of its groundbreaking new study—Wearable-ome meets epigenome: A novel approach to measuring biological age with wearable devices, published in bioRxiv—revealing clear associations between wearable-derived behavioral and physiological features and the methylation of specific genes in pathways relating to the aging process.
After nearly a decade of rigorous research and testing of its comprehensive health insights platform, LifeQ has recently completed a 40-day study involving 48 human participants exploring new opportunities to positively impact one's physiological age with behavioral features measured by everyday wearables. Authored by LifeQ's Cameron Sugden, Dr. Franco B. du Preez, Laurence R. Olivier, and Dr. Armin Deffur, the study is now available to read at https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.11.536462v1.
"Through everyday smartwatches and wearable devices, we now have the tools needed to flag health concerns, understand our health picture, and improve both our healthspan and lifespan," stated Mr. Olivier, LifeQ CEO and co-founder. "The physiology of humans can differ significantly from person to person. A better understanding of the connections between lifestyle interventions and aging processes on a molecular level will be helpful in evolving personalized lifestyle programs that would most effectively impact their unique aging curve."
Human lifespan has almost doubled since the late 1800s due to reduced infectious diseases following the introduction of antibiotics and vaccinations, improved sanitation, and better living conditions. However, once the impact of the top eight infectious diseases is removed, mortality rates have improved very little. The LifeQ study demonstrated that wearable-derived physiological features indicate health that is more strongly correlated with biological age than chronological age and correlated with age acceleration.
Humans age physiologically at different rates, some faster and some slower than their chronological or calendar age. This physiological age is often referred to as biological age, which more closely represents a person's journey through their lifespan than calendar age.
The new study, Wearable-ome meets epigenome: A novel approach to measuring biological age with wearable devices, presents the case that Photoplethysmography (PPG) based wearable devices can capture portions of biological aging and can be used as a tool, in combination with other measurement techniques, for monitoring and managing healthy aging.
With this study as their first foot in the door, LifeQ seeks to bridge the gap between lifestyle interventions and their downstream impact on molecular components, which in some cases already have established causative effects on lifespan, such as Sirtuin genes, Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). Traditional approaches to establishing such connections rely on all-cause mortality studies running on the timescale of decades and result in findings of a correlative rather than causative in nature, due to a lack of sustained intervention over these timescales.
"Aging is an inevitable process of cellular and physiological decline," said Mr. Sugden. "Age markers are measurable and quantifiable on both the molecular and functional level. Wearable devices offer a non-invasive, continuous measure of physiological and behavioral features and how they pertain to aging."
Wearable data may be used to extrapolate information derived from epigenetic biological age predictions and its underlying biology. Smartwatches and other wearable devices can now be used to help make epigenetic clocks more actionable. For the LifeQ study, LifeQ-enabled wearables were used to measure behavior and its impacted physiological states, and DNA methylation levels were determined using the Illumina EPIC array.
"Biological aging is driven by epigenetic changes which can be measured by blood and DNA analysis," stated Dr. Deffur. "The biological events that accelerate the aging process and are associated with poor health outcomes and shorter healthspan leave an imprint on the human genome in the form of epigenetic changes."
These epigenetic changes may be measured and quantified so that, with the aid of a blood test and DNA analysis, a person's biological age may be determined. Correlations exist on the molecular level between specific genes in human DNA and different diseases and aging processes.
"As chronic disease prevalence increases, healthspan is starting to decrease," stated Dr. du Preez. "It is crucial to follow a preventative approach and to spot the onset of chronic disease early. Simple lifestyle changes in the domains of activity, exercise, sleep, nutrition, and stress management can drastically delay or even prevent chronic disease. This theme enjoys a lot of attention these days, especially with the introduction of smartwatches and other wearables; however, human physiology differs substantially from person to person, making it important to find the right personalized mix and program of lifestyle interventions to achieve optimum results."
Today, a vast range of lifestyle behaviors and experiences may be monitored and quantified by LifeQ-enabled wearables, comprising one or more models of approximately 50% of all wearables manufacturers in the world, including brands like Motorola, Fossil Group, TAG Heuer, Louis Vuitton, Hublot, Montblanc, Samsung, Suunto, Xiaomi, and three companies in the global Fortune 50—which in turn continuously and accurately track users' various behavioral and physiological features. LifeQ-enabled wearables may also monitor and quantify various physiological biomarkers that correlate with life expectancy and the rate of biological aging.
LifeQ's BioAge®, which indicates how old one's body is based on physiological features compared to chronological or calendar age, can help users understand how their behavior positively affects future health. These biometrics provide a continuous view of aging and allow their users to dial into their best-personalized combination of lifestyle actions to optimize health and aging.
LifeQ has two key value propositions: enabling everyday affordable wearable devices to provide near clinical-grade health information streams; and using this data to generate health and wellness solutions for consumer, business, and clinical applications. LifeQ is rapidly becoming the preferred health enabler and benchmark for the world's top consumer electronics companies, empowering their devices to propel the next wave of digitally enabled insurance and health management, and it has already had a significant, life-changing, and even life-saving impact on real users' lives.
About LifeQ
Founded in 2010 (incorporated in 2014), LifeQ has become the leading independent provider of biometrics and health insights derived from wearable devices. Trusted by some of the world's most prominent brands, including Tag Heuer, Louis Vuitton, Hublot, Montblanc, Fossil Group, Samsung, Suunto, Xiaomi, and Motorola, LifeQ's solutions go beyond the everyday smartwatch. By providing a 24/7 lens into the body, LifeQ offers a comprehensive view of the way various everyday behaviors and environments influence the health of users, covering a fast-expanding suite of physiological systems of the human body. The generation of highly accurate biometrics for consumers, athletes, and the acutely and chronically ill allows for the earlier detection of health problems, better management of existing problems, and the prevention of disease. Consumers, wearable device companies, insurers and reinsurers, health-tech companies, clinicians, researchers, and analytics companies all benefit from LifeQ's multiplicity — representing the future of healthcare. For more information, please visit www.lifeq.com.
Contact: Deborah Geiger Berry
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SCHP: Driver dies in crash after car flips in Laurens Co.
Published: May. 24, 2023 at 10:19 AM EDT|Updated: 30 minutes ago
JOANNA, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said a driver is dead after crashing in Laurens County early Wednesday morning.
According to troopers, at 1:50 a.m., the driver was heading west on Highway 66 when they went off the right side of the road, hit an embankment and overturned.
The driver has not yet been identified by the coroner’s office.
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For the first time, a drug targeting a protein that drives breast cancer growth has been shown to work against tumors with very low levels of the protein.
It’s not a cure. But this latest gain for targeted cancer therapy could open new treatment possibilities to thousands of patients with advanced breast cancer.
Until now, breast cancers have been categorized as either HER2-positive — the cancer cells have more of the protein than normal — or HER2-negative. Doctors reporting the advance Sunday said it will make “HER2-low” a new category for guiding breast cancer treatment.
About half of patients with late-stage breast cancer formerly categorized as HER2-negative may actually be HER2-low and eligible for the drug.
The drug is Enhertu, an antibody-chemotherapy combo given by IV. It finds and blocks the HER2 protein on cancer cells, while also unloading a powerful cancer-killing chemical inside those cells. It belongs to a relatively new class of drugs called antibody-drug conjugates.
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The drug was already approved for HER2-positive breast cancer, and in April the Food and Drug Administration granted it breakthrough status for this new group of patients.
In the new study, the drug lengthened the time patients lived without their cancer progressing and improved survival compared with patients given standard chemotherapy.
The study compared Enhertu to standard chemo in about 500 patients with HER2-low breast cancer that had spread or could not be treated with surgery. The drug stopped the progress of cancer for about 10 months compared with about 5 1/2 months in the group getting regular care. The drug improved survival by about six months (from 17.5 months to 23.9 months).
“It’s a practice-changing study,” said Dr. Sylvia Adams, who directs breast cancer care at NYU Langone Health and enrolled several patients in the study. “It addresses a major unmet need for patients who have metastatic breast cancer.”
Now, it will be important to define the HER2 gray area to make sure the right patients receive the treatment and then to monitor them closely, experts said.
The drug, which costs about $14,000 a month, can have severe complications. Three patients in the study died of a lung disease that’s a known hazard of the drug. Doctors need to make sure patients report breathing problems right away so the drug can be stopped and patients treated with steroids.
The findings were featured Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago and published by the New England Journal of Medicine. Funding for the study came from Tokyo-based Daiichi Sankyo and U.K.-based AstraZeneca, which jointly developed the drug.
Patients take the drug until they can no longer tolerate it.
“A lot of people, including a lot of patients, will not have heard of HER2-low breast cancer before,” said the study's lead author, Dr. Shanu Modi of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
“We finally have a HER2-targeted drug that for the first time can target that low level of HER2 expression," Modi said. "This drug actually helps to define HER2-low breast cancer. It makes it, for the first time, a targetable population."
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A New York grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump after hearing testimony related to hush money payments made to cover up an alleged affair. He appears before a judge Tuesday.
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Addition of Fintech Solutions Company Expands Solution Offering and Provides SMB Customers a Simplified R&D Tax Credit Process
DUBLIN, Calif., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TriNet, (NYSE: TNET), a leading provider of comprehensive human resources solutions for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) today announced that it has acquired Clarus R+D Solutions LLC, an industry-leading, service and expertise driven, fintech solutions company that simplifies the R&D tax credit process for SMBs. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Clarus R+D helps SMBs take advantage of the research and development tax credit, one of the largest tax incentives available to US businesses. Clarus R+D's cutting-edge, cloud-based software platform, coupled with the deep expertise of its professional services team, delivers access, compliance, and clarity for federal and state R&D tax credits. The Clarus R+D platform has automated much of the R&D credit qualification and application process to ensure that the final incentives are optimized for each client. Businesses save valuable time as a result of the automated calculation process, while maximizing their R&D tax credit.
"With our acquisition of Clarus R+D, TriNet takes another important step towards powering the success of small and medium-sized businesses," said Burton M. Goldfield TriNet's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Many of our PEO and HCM customers qualify for R&D tax credits and do not have the time or expertise to successfully apply for them. With the addition of Clarus R+D, TriNet expands its offering to better serve these customers. I look forward to leveraging Clarus R+D to put money back in the hands of our hard-working SMB clients."
"Having worked closely with the Clarus R+D team through the acquisition process, I believe the Clarus R+D team is a great fit with TriNet," said Samantha Wellington TriNet's Executive Vice President, Business Affairs, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. "Importantly, we both place SMBs at the center of everything we do. We also share the belief that most SMBs are unaware of their eligibility to claim these R&D tax credits. We are excited by this opportunity to unlock possibilities for our customers, and I am thrilled to welcome the Clarus R+D team to TriNet as we pursue this market opportunity."
"The Clarus team is very excited to join TriNet, a world-class organization with a very impressive leadership team. Our shared commitment to go above and beyond to support our teams, our customers, and the small business ecosystem aligns perfectly with our culture and the growth strategy of our company," said Chris Winslow, former Chief Executive Officer at Clarus, now leading TriNet's newly created Tax Credits Business Unit, reporting to Samantha Wellington. "We look forward to leveraging TriNet's scale to help us continue to accelerate our product roadmap in support of our customers and partners."
As part of the acquisition, Clarus R+D will become a wholly owned subsidiary of TriNet. In addition to Winslow, all other members of the Clarus leadership team will remain in their same (or similar) roles.
Ice Miller LLP represented Clarus R+D as legal counsel in the transaction and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP assisted TriNet.
About TriNet
TriNet (NYSE: TNET) provides small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) with full-service HR solutions tailored by industry. To free SMBs from HR complexities, TriNet offers access to human capital expertise, benefits, risk mitigation and compliance, payroll, all enabled by industry leading technology capabilities. TriNet's suite of products also includes services and software-based solutions to help streamline workflows by connecting HR, Benefits, Employee Engagement, Payroll and Time & Attendance. From Main Street to Wall Street, TriNet empowers SMBs to focus on what matters most—growing their business and enabling their people. TriNet, incredible starts here. For more information, visit TriNet.com or follow us on Twitter.
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won reelection last month despite a battered economy and a cost-of-living crisis that experts say are exacerbated by his unconventional economic policies.
The longtime leader appointed an internationally respected former banker as finance and treasury minister and on Friday named a former co-CEO of a U.S.-based bank as head of the central bank.
But lingering uncertainty over Erdogan’s economic direction and an apparent move to loosen government controls of foreign currency exchanges have led Turkey’s currency to plunge to record lows against the U.S. dollar this week.
The Turkish lira has now weakened by around 20% against the dollar since the start of the year. It has raised fears of even higher prices for people already struggling to afford basics like housing and food amid high inflation.
“I am anxious. I am unhappy. Soon my income won’t pay the rent,” said Sureyya Usta, a 63-year-old who lives in Ankara.
Here’s a look at the falling value of the lira, what lies ahead for the economy and how people have been affected:
ERDOGAN’S ECONOMIC POLICIES
Turkey has been plagued by a currency crisis and skyrocketing inflation since 2021, which economists say are the result of Erdogan’s unorthodox belief that raising interest rates will increase inflation.
Conventional economic thinking — and the approach being taken by central banks around the world — calls for the opposite: rate hikes to control price spikes.
Erdogan has exerted pressure on Turkey’s central bank to lower borrowing costs.
The bank has cut its key policy rate from around 19% in 2021 to 8.5% now, even as inflation hit a staggering 85% last year. Inflation eased to 39.5% last month, according to official figures, but an independent group says the true number is more than double that.
In other policy considered to be unorthodox, economists say the government aggressively intervened in the markets to prop up the lira ahead of the elections, depleting Turkey’s foreign currency reserves to keep the exchange rate under control.
“Pressure over the lira had been high for some time, but excessive interventions by the central bank was preventing” the currency from skyrocketing in recent weeks or months, said Ozlem Derici Sengul, an economist at the Istanbul Spinn Consultancy.
A RETURN TO ‘RATIONAL GROUND’?
Hours after being sworn in, Erdogan announced that Mehmet Simsek, a former Merrill Lynch banker who had previously served as his finance minister and deputy prime minister, would return to the Cabinet after a five-year break from politics.
Simsek said Turkey had no other option but to return to “rational ground.” In a sign that Erdogan’s new administration might pursue more conventional economic policies, Simsek also said there were no “shortcuts or quick fixes” but vowed to oversee Turkey’s finances with “transparency, consistency, accountability and predictability.”
In another sign, Erdogan on Friday appointed Hafize Gaye Erkan to lead the central bank, taking over from the current chief who has championed rate cuts since 2021. Erkan, a former co-CEO of a U.S.-based bank, becomes Turkey’s first woman central bank governor.
Economists say, however, that it’s not clear to what extent Erdogan, who has ruled the country with a tight grip, will give Erkan and Simsek free rein.
“The markets are not convinced yet” of Erdogan’s return to traditional policies, Sengul said. There are uncertainties over whether Erdogan will “allow unlimited independence to the central bank and other institutions — or have another strategy,” she said.
WHY IS TURKEY’S CURRENCY FALLING?
The Turkish lira tumbled to record lows against the dollar this week, first falling 7% on Wednesday and then 1.6% on Friday.
Economists say the sharp slide earlier in the week resulted from the government loosening its controls over the currency following Simsek’s appointment. However, the plunge may have been steeper than what it had anticipated.
The lira weakened by a limited 0.5% on Thursday amid reports that state banks were asked to resume selling foreign currency to prop up the currency. On Friday, the lira depreciated to another all-time low of 23.54 to the dollar.
“Loose interventions, combined with some uncertainty, created an excessive depreciation in the lira in one day,” Sengul said about the Wednesday drop. “The banks are currently intervening in the exchange market, that’s why we will not have another 7% depreciation.”
HOW ARE PEOPLE AFFECTED?
High inflation is pinching households and businesses with costlier groceries, utility bills and more. A weaker currency means Turkey, which is dependent on imported raw materials, will have to pay more for everything from energy to grain that are priced in dollars.
Usta, the 63-year-old from Ankara, works at a firm that sells cash registry machines to boost her retirement pension but still struggles to pay her living expenses amid high inflation.
She is worried that this week’s sharp decline in the lira will lead to further price increases and even more financial uncertainty for her.
“I keep cutting back and cutting back so that I can afford to live, so I can pay for gas and electricity. But how much more can I cut back?” Usta said. “I’ve forgotten about going to the theater and the cinema — or going out to meet friends.”
Usta says her rent doubled earlier this year, but the owner wants to increase it again. Moving out isn’t an option because rents have skyrocketed even in her low-income neighborhood, she says.
Sengul, the economist, says the one-day currency shock is unlikely to have a huge impact. If, however, the depreciation is not contained, she warns, “market pricing behavior will dramatically deteriorate.” | 2023-06-10T00:00:48+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/business/why-turkeys-currency-is-crashing-after-erdogan-got-reelected/ |
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucid Software, a leading provider of visual collaboration software, today announced a new integration with CloudApp, a visual communication platform, to better enable asynchronous collaboration across the Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite.
Through this integration, Lucid and CloudApp users will be able to better communicate and collaborate at scale by embedding, playing and recording videos directly in Lucidchart documents and Lucidspark boards. Teams can then easily share or access needed context around brainstorming sessions, project plans or complex processes right within the shared visual space.
"With the ever-growing complexity of today's work environment, hybrid teams need solutions that streamline workflows and enable scalable collaboration," said Dan Lawyer, CPO at Lucid. "By combining asynchronous video with the power of visual collaboration, we're helping teams bring greater clarity, alignment and speed to their work, enabling them to more quickly move into action and build the future."
By bringing asynchronous video through CloudApp to Lucid documents, diagrams in Lucidchart and boards in Lucidspark can act as a visual single source of truth for teams to reference at any point without the need for additional lengthy written documentation or extra meetings to get everyone on the same page.
"Visual, asynchronous communication is key to helping today's teams work with speed, clarity and flexibility," said Scott Smith, CEO at CloudApp. "Through this integration with Lucid, we're bringing asynchronous video right to where teams already work, enabling our mutual users to more quickly and effectively collaborate, connect and move business forward."
The new integration with CloudApp continues to build on Lucid's expansive product integrations, bringing the power of the full Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite to users' existing workflows. Get started using the CloudApp integration in Lucidchart and Lucidspark here.
Lucid Software is a leader in visual collaboration, helping teams see and build the future from idea to reality. With its products—Lucidchart, Lucidspark, and Lucidscale—teams can align around a shared vision, clarify complexity, and collaborate visually, no matter where they're located. Top businesses use Lucid's products all around the world, including customers such as Google, GE and NBC Universal. Lucid's partners include industry leaders such as Google, Atlassian and Microsoft. Since the company's founding, it has received numerous awards for its products, business and workplace culture. For more information, visit lucid.co.
CloudApp is an asynchronous communication platform enabling better communications through instantly-shareable videos, screenshots, and screen recordings. Trusted by its over four million loyal users at Fortune 500 organizations including Adobe, Zendesk and Salesforce, CloudApp customers are able to communicate with clarity, flexibility and efficiency. Connect with CloudApp today at https://www.getcloudapp.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses have been ordered for small children in anticipation of possible federal authorization next week, White House officials say.
The government allowed pharmacies and states to start placing orders last week, with 5 million doses initially available — half of them shots made by Pfizer and the other half the vaccine produced by Moderna, senior administration officials said.
As of this week, about 1.45 million of the 2.5 million available doses of Pfizer have been ordered, and about 850,000 of available Moderna shots have been ordered, officials said. More orders are expected in the coming days.
Young children are the last group of Americans who have not been recommended to get COVID-19 vaccinations. Up to about 20 million U.S. children under 5 would become eligible for vaccination if the government authorizes one or both shots.
It’s not clear how popular the shots will be. A recent survey suggests only 1 in 5 parents of young children would get their kids vaccinated right away.
And public health officials have been disappointed at how many older U.S. children, who have been eligible for shots for months, have yet to be vaccinated: Less than one-third of kids ages 5 to 11 have gotten the two recommended doses, according to government figures.
“As we go down in the age groups, we see lower and lower uptake” of vaccines, said Dr. Lucia Abascal of the California Department of Public Health.
Pfizer has asked FDA to authorize three doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 month to 4 years. Each dose is one-tenth of the amount adults receive.
Moderna has asked FDA to authorize two shots for kids ages 6 months to 5 years, each containing a quarter of the dose given to adults.
The Food and Drug Administration authorizes the use of vaccines, while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues recommendations to doctors and the public about using them.
An FDA advisory committee is scheduled to meet Tuesday and Wednesday to review data from the two companies. Officials say they expect a FDA decision shortly after that meeting.
A CDC advisory committee is scheduled for next Friday and Saturday, with a CDC decision expected soon after.
Vaccinations should begin in earnest as early as June 21, White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha told reporters last week.
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Epson's Most Advanced Retail and POS Solutions on Display
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Epson today announced it will be demonstrating retail point of sales and back office solutions at NRF 2023: Retail's Big Show from Jan. 15-17, 2023. Epson will showcase its latest innovative products designed for retail businesses that offer outstanding value, results and a better bottom line in booth #4457. Epson will also announce a new line of mobile POS thermal receipt printers designed to fit the needs of any retail or hospitality environment.
"In the past few years many assumed that most retail activity would move online. However, as the world opened up, consumers were quick to go back to brick-and-mortar stores, proving there is still a strong demand for physical retail," said Mauricio Chacon, group product manager, Business Systems Division, Epson America, Inc. "Businesses are looking to solutions that can support the customers' full path to purchase whether that be online, BOPIS, in-store, curbside pickup, or delivery. Our in-store solution demos and café setup will offer visitors a glimpse of the full end-to-end experience that Epson retail solutions provide."
Demonstrations in Epson's booth at NRF include:
- New mSeries Product Line – Epson will be unveiling new compact receipt printers that offer a sleek and modern design with enhanced connectivity and engineered for reliable performance for the needs of today and the future.
- POS Receipt Printers – As the fastest POS receipt printer in the industry1, the OmniLink® TM-T88VII offers flexible connectivity between multiple devices to help merchants deliver the best customer experience in virtually every environment. The OmniLink TM-H6000V multifunction receipt printer with slip/endorsement printing helps businesses leverage printing from web-based apps including online ordering services, so they're ready for the ever-changing world of retail.
- Kiosk-Friendly Receipt Printer – The EU-m30 is a sleek, compact kiosk thermal receipt printer with an easy mounting kit for effortless integration and serviceability, ideal for busy retail environments.
- Newest Liner-Free Thermal Label Printer – The OmniLink TM-L100 offers our broadest media support. Whether utilizing buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, delivery, where item or order labeling is necessary, the TM-L100 helps retailers improve efficiency in the way they serve customers and meet ever-growing demand for digital orders or item labeling in-store.
- Mobile POS Solutions – The OmniLink TM-m30II-SL with a built-in tablet mount offers a total mobile POS solution in a modern, compact, flexible, industrial design. The Mobilink™ TM-P20II, Mobilink TM-P80II and Mobilink TM-P80II Plus portable receipt printers offer a sleek and modern enclosure, improved rugged design and enhanced wireless connectivity for untethering operators from a POS terminal.
- On-Demand Color Labeling – The ColorWorks® C4000 and C6000P desktop color label printers offer retail environments an easy solution for adding color to labeling and eliminating the cost, hassle and lead time of pre-printed color labels.
- Wide-Format Printing: The SureColor® T3170 wide-format wireless printer offers fast, precise and reliable printing solutions with a compact, clean desktop design.
- Back Office Printing: Epson's business printers, engineered with PrecisionCore Heat-Free® inkjet technology, are ideal for everyday store printing needs. Two compact Supertank business models – the WorkForce® ST-M1000 monochrome printer and WorkForce ST-C4100 color printer – are designed for high-volume jobs and include up to 2 years of ink in the box.2 Epson will also showcase a new WorkForce Pro business printer offering fast first page out for quick and seamless printing and built for reliability and powerful productivity.
- Digital Signage: LightScene® is a cutting-edge digital signage solution that allows retailers to create stunning visual displays and captivate audiences by simultaneously illuminating and projecting on virtually any surface or material to unleash dynamic, experiential content for commercial signage and décor applications.
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State and Federal Reproductive Rights Litigation Tracker
Published: Feb 17, 2023
The Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling returned the decision to restrict or protect abortion to states. In many states, abortion providers and advocates are challenging state abortion bans contending that the bans violate the state constitution or another state law. The state litigation tracker presents up-to-date information on the ongoing litigation challenging state abortion bans.
In addition, since the Dobbs decision, new questions have arisen regarding the intersection of federal and state authority when it impacts access to abortion and contraception. Litigation has been brought in federal court to resolve some of these questions. The federal litigation tracker presents up-to-date information on the litigation in federal courts that involves access to contraception and abortion. | 2023-02-18T01:01:40+00:00 | kff.org | https://www.kff.org/report-section/state-and-federal-reproductive-rights-litigation-tracker-state-litigation/ |
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia community mourned on Tuesday as new details emerged both about the three football players killed in a campus shooting this week and the criminal charges the suspect, a former player, faces.
“It feels like it’s a nightmare, to be honest with you. And I’m ready for somebody to pinch me and wake me up and say that this didn’t happen,” university head football coach Tony Elliott said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon.
University officials and police have said a student, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 22, joined a group of about two dozen others on a field trip Sunday from the Charlottesville campus to see a play in the nation’s capital, about 120 miles (195 kilometers) away. When their bus arrived back on campus, Jones opened fire, killing the three players and wounding two others, one of them also a football player, authorities said.
Ryan Lynch, a 19-year-old sophomore student on the trip, told Philadelphia TV station KYW the suspect pulled out a gun as they arrived back and pushed one of the now-deceased football players, stating: “You guys are always messing with me.”
“They just kept coming, more and more gunshots — just wouldn’t stop,” Lynch said of the shooting, adding the gunman then “just sort of walked or skipped off the bus.”
The shooting set off panic and a 12-hour campus lockdown amid a manhunt before Jones was captured Monday outside Richmond, the state capital.
University President Jim Ryan said Monday authorities did not have a “full understanding” of the motive or circumstances of the shooting. At Tuesday’s news conference with Elliott, athletics director Carla Williams said she couldn’t address anything related to the criminal investigation. Authorities have also not discussed the firearm or firearms used — what type, how many or where they were obtained.
Jones faces an initial court appearance Wednesday. The prosecutor, Albemarle Commonwealth’s Attorney James Hingeley, said by email Tuesday that besides previously announced second-degree murder and firearms charges, Jones faces two counts of malicious wounding and additional gun-related charges.
Online records did not list an attorney for Jones, who remains in custody. If he is financially eligible for court-appointed counsel, an attorney will be appointed Wednesday, Hingeley wrote, adding there also could be a preliminary bail review.
The university canceled classes Tuesday and made counselors and therapy dogs available as students visited temporary memorials on campus, leaving flowers or other remembrances. Classes were to resume Wednesday though the university said it wouldn’t require undergraduate students to complete any graded assignments or take exams before the Thanksgiving break.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin ordered flags lowered statewide and made a campus visit, leaving flowers near a memorial at the football stadium. He said he came to pay “deep respects and hopefully take a moment to support these families.”
“It’s beyond anything any parent can possibly imagine. And the first lady and I, our hearts are just broken for these families,” said Youngkin.
The dead were identified as Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry.
Elliott said they were all “incredible young men with huge aspirations and extremely bright futures.” The coach said he and the players were now channeling their grief into celebrating the victims’ lives, adding, “We were able to transition from the pain to finding a little bit of joy in celebrating the lives of all of Lavel, D’Sean and Devin.”
A campus-wide event honoring the victims was in the works.
On Tuesday evening, a candlelight vigil was held at Westminster Presbyterian Church, and a “Service for Justice and Peace” at University Baptist Church in Charlottesville.
University Baptist’s Senior Minister Matthew Tennant urged action against gun violence, saying, “There’s got to be more than getting together in our houses of worship to pray after someone shoots a bunch of people.”
“When we fix what it wrong, when we work to put an end to gun violence, God will have worked through us,” he said.
Earlier in the day, Williams said she and the coach will consult with players and make a decision soon about Saturday’s home football game against Coastal Carolina.
“We’ll use our best judgment. It will be soon,” she said.
Jones was a member of the football team during the 2018 season, a one-semester walk-on, according to Williams. She said she didn’t believe his membership overlapped with any of the victims — or know if they had any interaction outside the class that took the field trip.
Jones’ father, Chris Jones Sr., told Richmond TV station WTVR he was in disbelief when police called him. “My heart goes out to their families. I don’t know what to say, except I’m sorry,” said Jones Sr. He could not immediately be reached by The Associated Press.
Jones’ mother, Margo Ellis, declined to be interviewed Tuesday when reached by AP. “There’s so much going on,” she said.
Jones drew the attention of the university’s threat-assessment team this fall in the context of a “potential hazing issue,” the university said in a statement provided to AP.
During that review, university officials heard from a student that Jones commented about having a gun, though that student did not report Jones making any threat, the statement said. University officials investigated and discovered Jones had previously been tried and convicted of a misdemeanor concealed weapons violation in 2021. It said a threat assessment team “escalated his case for disciplinary action” on Oct. 27.
The killings come as the nation recoils from a string of mass shootings over six months. Those included an attack that killed 19 students and two teachers at an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school; a shooting at a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb that killed seven and wounded more than 30; and a shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket that killed 10 people and wounded three.
The University of Virginia, the state’s flagship public university, has endured numerous high-profile tragedies this past decade, including the 2014 disappearance and murder of a student as well as violence inflicted by white supremacists who descended on Charlottesville for “Unite the Right” events in 2017.
“I think U.Va. has weathered a lot in the past. And I think we are an incredibly resilient community,” said Ellie Wilkie, a 21-year-old student who had sheltered in her room on the historic Lawn at the heart of the campus amid the lockdown.
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This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the last name of Mike Hollins, one of the wounded players.
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Associated Press journalists Nathan Ellgren in Charlottesville; Denise Lavoie in Richmond, Virginia; Michael Kunzelman and Sarah Brumfield in Silver Spring, Maryland; and Ben Finley in Norfolk, Virginia, contributed to this report. | 2022-11-16T02:52:04+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-u-va-shooting-suspect-part-of-field-trip-school-confirms/ |
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Zoo officials say they are working to find a way to keep an Andean bear named Ben inside his enclosure after he escaped Thursday for the second time this month.
The bear was outside for less than an hour and was found only about 100 feet away from his habitat, zoo officials said in a statement. The 4-year-old bear, who weighs about 300 pounds, was tranquilized and returned to the enclosure.
Visitors and zoo staff were kept inside zoo buildings during Ben’s escapade.
The bear escaped on Feb. 7 by tearing apart clips that were attached stainless steel mesh to the frame of the enclosure’s door. He did not wander far and was outside for about 90 minutes before being returned.
In response, the zoo added stainless steel clips with 450 pounds of tensile strength to the mesh. But Ben managed to snap those clips Thursday.
Zoo officials said they are working on alternative ways to secure the enclosure and will seek advice from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums Bear Taxon Advisory Group. | 2023-02-25T14:57:50+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/strange/ap-strange-news/ap-st-louis-zoo-bear-has-second-brief-escape-from-enclosure/ |
PLANO, Texas, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Riverbend Sandler Pools ("Riverbend"), the leading residential pool construction, service, and maintenance provider in the Dallas – Ft. Worth metroplex, and a portfolio company of Concentric Equity Partners ("CEP"), announced the acquisition of Backyard Paradise Luxury Pools ("Backyard Paradise" or the "Company"), a Montgomery, TX-based provider of swimming pool construction, remodeling, repair, and maintenance services, and outdoor living solutions. Riverbend will be acquiring Backyard Paradise from and partnering directly with current owner Mitchell Buckley, who will remain with the Company in his current leadership role and retain an individual ownership stake. Backyard Paradise represents the Riverbend platform's fourth acquisition since partnering with CEP in 2021 and expands the platform's presence to the Houston market.
Backyard Paradise is a premier residential and commercial pool construction and service brand primarily focused on the northern and western regions of the Houston metroplex. Founded in 2015 by Mitchell Buckley, the Company has operated with a passion for working with customers to design and construct their dream backyard project. Over the last seven years, Backyard Paradise has quickly built its reputation as one of the leading pool builders in Houston, recognized for its innovative designs and quality of service. All Backyard Paradise employees will continue in their current positions with the Company, and the platform will continue operating under the Backyard Paradise brand in the Company's current markets.
"Over the past couple of years, I've considered selling my company to provide better opportunities for growth for myself and my employees. In searching for the right partner, I was able to connect with the Riverbend Sandler team and after the first meeting, I knew they were the right partner for me and my company. They have been a pleasure to work with throughout the sale process and I'm looking forward to the future growth in the Houston market," Mitchell Buckley commented.
"As we looked to expand the Riverbend Sandler market presence, Houston was the first likely place outside of the Dallas area," said Riverbend Sandler CEO Bruce Mungiguerra. "We couldn't be more excited about partnering with Mitchell and his team as our first flagship company in the Houston market. Mitchell and his team are a perfect culture fit for the organization and we're excited that he and his entire team are staying onboard to help us with future growth in the market".
Adam Lucas of Concentric Equity Partners adds: "Mitchell and the Backyard Paradise team have built an impressive Company and reputation over a short period of time. We're thrilled to plant our flag in the attractive Houston market with a partner like Backyard Paradise and continue executing upon our strategy to grow the Riverbend platform across Texas.".
Headquartered in Montgomery, TX, and serving the Houston market, Backyard Paradise is a leading residential and commercial pool construction, renovation, and service company. Founded in 2015 by Mitchell Buckley, Backyard Paradise has quickly expanded its role in the Houston metroplex. Since its founding seven years ago, the Company and has grown each year, and expanded to its current Montgomery facility that is over three times as large as the original founding location. Backyard Paradise is the continuation of an entrepreneur-led business that is ready to grow to the next level, with an impressive team of hard-working, dedicated people.
For more information on Backyard Paradise, visit www.bpluxurypools.com.
Headquartered in Plano, TX, Riverbend Sandler is the leading residential pool construction, service, and maintenance provider in Dallas Fort Worth. The Company differentiates through its specialized and high-touch design process, commitment to quality craftsmanship and customer service, and established track record of success. The Company was founded by Charles Barnes in 1981 and grown over a successful period of more than four decades to become one of the largest pool builders in the Southwest U.S. Riverbend Sandler's guiding philosophy has always been: "Don't cut corners. Take a little more time to build it right and never compromise quality craftsmanship."
For more information on Riverbend Sandler, visit www.riverbendsandler.com.
Concentric Equity Partners is a private investment firm that partners with leading middle market companies by providing capital and strategic advisory to accelerate long term value creation. Concentric's approach is simple: support entrepreneurs and operators by providing the resources required to achieve extraordinary results. The firm's investment team is made up of individuals with distinguished track records as operators and professional investors across a variety of growth oriented middle market companies.
Concentric Equity Partners is the direct investing arm of Financial Investments Corporation, a private asset management firm and family office with over $2 billion in investment commitments under management. Financial Investments Corporation was founded in 1994 by father and daughter Harrison and Jennifer Steans and has been partnering with private companies for more than 25 years.
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PHOENIX — “We are packing our office into boxes right now,” said Dr. Paul Isaacson. ”It’s sad. It’s been my career and my life’s work.”
Local providers, like Issacson, are halting abortion services for now as some fight alongside the ACLU of Arizona and other groups for abortion rights.
The latest debate centers around the so-called 'personhood’ law.
The 2021 statute, also known as the “interpretation policy”, says an "unborn child at every stage of development" has all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other ‘persons'.
Abortion rights groups are seeking an injunction blocking the law.
ABC15 was able to listen in to oral arguments Friday in federal court.
“Our arguments are that the law is unconstitutionally vague,” said ACLU-AZ Director of Program and Strategy, Victoria Lopez. “It doesn't provide notice. It doesn't provide due process for physicians that would be subject to this law.”
The plaintiffs, which include the ACLU, are concerned the statute could be used to pursue assault or child endangerment charges and criminalize abortion providers.
But Assistant Solicitor General Kate Sawyer with the Arizona Attorney General's Office told a judge, the AG’s office doesn’t think the statute could be used to pursue those charges when it comes to abortion.
Sawyer ultimately said the statute can be kept in mind when constructing laws, but it does not change the definition of "person" in the criminal code.
“I think that the state's arguments don’t lend any additional clarity to where we are,” said Lopez.
ABC15 started reaching out to the AG’s office last week asking for an interview, we were denied again Friday. Instead, we were sent this statement by Brittni Thomason, a spokesperson for the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
“Our office made its best legal arguments as to what we believe the state of the law is. We will continue to defend Arizona’s laws for protecting innocent life.”
ABC15 asked the ACLU of Arizona if the injunction is granted, would providers feel safe enough to open their doors.
“We hope so, but I think that we have to proceed with caution,” said Lopez.
Arizona has been in legal limbo, with some, including the AG and Interim Maricopa County Attorney, saying a territorial law banning almost all abortions is in place.
There is an injunction involving that law, that specifically mentions the Pima County Attorney and state Attorney General’s Office.
The ACLU today called it “unenforceable”. The AG’s office has already said they are working to get the injunction lifted.
Interim MCAO, Rachel Mitchell, was brought up in court today. The AG’s office said she’s not looking to the personhood statute as a new way to prosecute providers. Mitchell told ABC15, in the past few weeks, that her main focus was the statute on the books. She said that is the territorial law, 13-3603.
The judge ended Friday’s hearing without announcing a decision. | 2022-07-09T01:43:13+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/latest-arizona-abortion-rights-battle-centered-on-personhood-law |
The world is a big, unruly, ambiguous place. Which helps explain the boundless appeal of murder mysteries. Whether it's Hercule Poirot exercising his famous little grey brain cells or all those CSI teams extracting DNA samples, mysteries offer the reassurance of seeing the messy realities of life get sorted out. When the murderer is caught, we feel that order is, at least temporarily, restored.
Of course, in reality, things don't always work out so happily. The reverberations of this fact rumble through The Night of the 12th, a skillfully turned French crime picture that swept the César awards, the French version of the Oscars.
Made by veteran director Dominik Moll, the movie is adapted from the work of Pauline Guéna who spent a year following members of the Paris police. Focusing on a single, real-life murder investigation she covers, Moll has created a film that keeps looking like the conventional police procedural that it actually isn't.
The action has been transposed to the picturesque Alpine city of Grenoble, where a vibrant student named Clara is walking home one night when a faceless man steps out of the darkness and sets her on fire. As it happens, this takes place on the very day that a police officer named Yohan — played by a glum faced Bastien Bouillon — has taken over the local homicide squad. Along with his bearded older sidekick Marceau — terrifically played by Bouli Lanners — Yohan sets about doing what the police do in seemingly every cop show: examining the corpse, gathering forensic evidence, informing distraught loved-ones and questioning suspects.
As it happens there are a few, for Clara has had a series of sexual relationships with guys who weren't really all that nice. These include a bartender who was cheating with her on his girlfriend, a rapper who has written a song about setting Clara on fire, and a convicted domestic abuser 20 years her senior. Yohan and his crew interrogate them all, but as time passes, Yohan grows increasingly haunted by his desire to bring Clara's killer to justice. But we know something he doesn't. You see, Moll has told us up front that 20% of French homicides never get solved, and that this case is one of them.
Indeed, The Night of the 12th belongs to the category of mysteries about the failure to solve a crime, a fascinating sub-genre that includes the great Sicilian police novels of Leonardo Sciascia, David Fincher's film Zodiac, and Bong Joon-ho's Memories of Murder, the best cop movie ever made.
Such stories replace the familiar satisfaction of seeing the murder solved with an exploration of the personal costs of failing to do so — guilt, obsession and a rending sense of futility, embodied in this film by Yohan, a dry, monk-like figure who constantly pedals his bike in furious circles around the local velodrome.
Yohan's not the only one with a feeling of futility. You sense the incessant grind of police work in all the members of his team, from the gallows humor with which they face the latest grisly sight to their reasonable complaints about broken equipment and endless paperwork. "We fight evil by writing reports," says Marceau, a sensitive man who wanted to teach French literature but wound up as a cop who quotes the poet Verlaine and dreams of a different life.
What makes this particular investigation so difficult is that, Yohan thinks, "Something is amiss between men and women." Without ever hammering away at it, the story is a study in misogyny. Marked by sexual attitudes that run from contempt to crazed infatuation, any one of the suspects could've murdered Clara, who was killed, says her friend Nanie, simply because she was a girl. The suspects' outlook finds an echo in the the joky, hypermasculine homicide squad, one of whom suggests that it's not surprising that a young woman who keeps hooking up with bad boys might wind up getting killed.
Now, The Night of the 12th is merely a solid movie not a great one, but it shows that French cinema — which has tended to lag in awareness about race and gender — is catching up with the ideas of the #MeToo era. It suggests that what makes this murder case especially interesting is not whodunnit, but the sexual politics underlying the crime and the investigation. As the first female detective in Yohan's division tells him, "Isn't it weird that most crimes are committed by men and mostly men are supposed to solve them?"
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer was drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the filming of “Rust,” prosecutors are alleging, saying she was likely hungover when she loaded a live bullet into the revolver that the actor used.
They leveled the accusations Friday in response to a motion filed last month by Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s attorneys that seeks to dismiss her involuntary manslaughter charge. The prosecutors accused her of having a history of reckless conduct and argued that it would be in the public interest for her to “finally be held accountable.”
Jason Bowles, Gutierrez-Reed’s attorney, said Tuesday that the prosecution has mishandled the case.
“The case is so weak that they now have chosen to resort to character assassination claims about Hannah,” Bowles told The Associated Press. “The prosecution has abandoned the idea of doing justice and getting to the actual truth apparently.”
A preliminary hearing for Gutierrez-Reed is scheduled in August. A judge is expected to decide then if there’s probable cause for Gutierrez-Reed’s charge to move forward.
In the response, the prosecutors also noted that they expected to decide within the next 60 days whether to recharge Baldwin, depending on the results of an analysis of the gun and its broken sear. The items were sent to the state’s independent expert for further testing.
The involuntary manslaughter charge faced by Baldwin, who also was a producer on the film, was dismissed in April, with prosecutors citing new evidence and the need for more time to investigate.
Baldwin was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal on the New Mexico film set in October 2021 when it went off, killing her and wounding the film’s director, Joel Souza.
Gutierrez-Reed’s attorneys had argued in their motion that the prosecution was “tainted by improper political motives” and that Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies and the initial special prosecutor she appointed, Andrea Reeb, “both used the tragic film set accident that resulted in the death of Halyna Hutchins as an opportunity to advance their personal interests.”
The defense lawyers contend that the permanent damage done to the gun by FBI testing before the defense could examine it amounted to destruction of evidence and a violation of the court’s rules of discovery. They also argued that the “selective prosecution” of Gutierrez-Reed was a violation of the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
New special prosecutors who were appointed after Reeb stepped down disputed those claims in their response, saying “nothing about this prosecution has or will be selective.”
The prosecutors also acknowledged the unanswered question of where the live rounds found on set came from, saying they were trying to find out and that the investigation was ongoing. They also suggested there was evidence to support the theory that Gutierrez-Reed herself may be responsible and if so, more charges may follow.
They offered no specifics in the filing as to what that evidence might be.
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SALINAS, Calif., June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Save the Whales, a California-based nonprofit dedicated to the preservation of the ocean and its inhabitants, is commemorating the life and legacy of co-founder and president Maris Sidenstecker I. She passed away peacefully at home following a long battle with cancer. She was 87.
Sidenstecker I and her daughter, Maris Sidenstecker II, co-founded Save the Whales in 1977. They began selling T-shirts at community fairs in Los Angeles to spread awareness about commercial whaling and threats to whale populations. Over the years they expanded their operations, launching a hands-on traveling educational program for schools, informing the public on whale and conservation concerns, and organizing beach cleanups and other community activities.
A driving force in the field of marine conservation, Sidenstecker I dedicated her career to spearheading numerous impactful initiatives, including:
- Preventing the detonation of 269 underwater "Ship Shock" explosives off the coast of California, which posed a dire threat to endangered whales and the potential of 10,000+ marine animal casualties.
- Stopping the expansion of salt mining into Baja California's San Ignacio Lagoon, which holds the distinction of being the sole remaining untouched sanctuary where gray whales give birth.
- Establishing Whales on Wheels (WOW™), an innovative program taught by marine biologists that has reached more than 340,000 students to date.
Reflecting on her mother, Sidenstecker II shared, "She was a single working mom, and we spent our free time educating others about whales. We are a small organization, and proof that a few people can make a difference. My mother would be proud of that legacy."
Guided by her mother's vision and her own passion for marine life, Sidenstecker II remains dedicated to advancing Save the Whales' conservation efforts in her role as executive director. The organization is steadfast in its mission to educate future generations and to address emerging concerns surrounding offshore wind development.
To learn more about Sidenstecker I's legacy, click here.
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Save the Whales exists to preserve and protect the ocean and its inhabitants. Through education efforts aimed at empowering children and members of the public, Save the Whales aims to protect marine mammals and the fragile ocean environment, working with local, state and federal agencies to inspire change. For more information, visit savethewhales.org.
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By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Rory McIlroy made another bold statement at the U.S. Open. This time it was with his golf.
McIlroy has become a leading voice on the PGA Tour over the last few years, particularly with his rebuke of the Saudi-funded series that is disrupting golf. The opening round Thursday at The Country Club was a reminder he’s pretty good at his day job, too.
And a few fiery moments showed how badly he wants to end eight years without a major.
McIlroy made two straight birdies late in his round to become the first player to reach 4 under among early starters, only to miss the ninth green and make his only bogey for a 3-under 67 and a share of the lead with qualifiers Joel Dahmen, David Lingmerth and Callum Tarren.
At the moment, McIlroy isn’t concerned with his strong stance against LIV Golf.
“It’s been eight years since I won a major,” he said. “And I just want to get my hands on one again.”
Even with a good start, and coming off a victory last week in the Canadian Open, it doesn’t figure to be easy. The Country Club might be as accommodating as it gets all week, with moderate wind and cloud cover keeping the sun from making greens crispy and firm.
And the best anyone could do was a 67.
Collin Morikawa, trying to win a major for the third straight year, thought he might be able to take it deep — at least by U.S. Open standards — when he birdied the ninth hole to reach 3 under. But he didn’t make another birdie and closed with a bogey when he had to lay up short of the gaping bunker on the 18th, duffed a pitch into the sand and scrambled for a 69.
“I think it will only get tougher,” he said.
Jon Rahm was also at 69 after hitting wild drives on his last two holes and converting one for par, another for birdie.
It already was proving tough enough for Phil Mickelson, playing on American soil for the first time since he revealed his level of support for the Saudi-backed league and played last week in the first of Greg Norman’s events.
Mickelson four-putted from about 18 feet for double bogey on the par-3 sixth, dropping him to 5-over par through six holes in the afternoon.
For McIlroy, it was his second straight major — and third time in his last four U.S. Opens — he opened with a score par. There is confidence in his game for winning last week in Toronto, and there is passion rare for a Thursday unless the game is going badly.
He tried to drive the reachable par-4 fifth hole and caught an awkward lie in the thick collar above a bunker, forcing him to stand in the sand. He hit that into another bunker, and then twice slammed the club into the sand out of frustration. But he managed to save par.
“You’re going to encounter things at a U.S. Open, whether they be lies or stuff like that, that you just don’t really encounter any other week,” he said. “It’s hard not to get frustrated because I’m walking up there going, ‘Just come back into the bunker.’ The thickest rough on the course is around the edges of the bunker. So I was sort of cursing the USGA whenever I was going up to the ball.”
And then from the ninth fairway, his approach sailed to the right and he flung his club. He couldn’t save par on that one and had to accept a 67 — not a bad start, and no apologies for his few outbursts of emotion.
“Almost to remind yourself sometimes how much it means to you,” he said.
There’s a lot on the table outside of golf, too, with 13 players at the U.S. Open who took part in the Saudi-backed LIV Golf last week, leading the PGA Tour to suspend those members.
McIlroy, the first to shut down talk of rival leagues in 2020, spoke passionately this week about building on the legacy handed down by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. For those taking the guaranteed money for 54-hole events, he said it felt like “the easy way out.”
But now it’s time for golf, and there a vibe of relief that focus could turn to a U.S. Open that first came to Brookline more than a century ago. Thursday was more about birdies and bogeys — mostly the latter in a U.S. Open — and a place in history.
No other major is more open — roughly half the 156-man field has to qualify — and it showed with those who shared the early lead with McIlroy.
Dahmen debated whether to go a 36-hole qualifier 10 days ago in Ohio. The U.S. Open is hard and he has been beat up from travel and pedestrian results. Plus, it was supposed to rain. But he went anyway, and he qualified with one shot to spare.
Lingmerth was in the same qualifier and had to play 36 holes and then some because of a 5-for-1 playoff for the final spot. That went to Hayden Buckley — he was among those at 68 on Thursday — and Lingmerth was first alternate. He got in when Martin Kaymer withdrew.
Tarren got one of three spots in the Canadian qualifying site.
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INDIANAPOLIS — With the start of a new school year just around the corner, families are beginning to start back-to-school shopping, and one local law group is helping those families out.
Hensley Legal Group, located on E. Washington Street in downtown Indianapolis, partnered with Indy public schools to give away some free backpacks filled with school supplies. Around 5,000 backpacks were away during the law group’s event Saturday, with everything from folders and notebooks to pencils and scissors inside.
“I think it’s stressful for caregivers to have to go pick out school supplies and make sure their child has everything they need,” said Erin Peckinpaugh. “So, being able to come today and pick out a backpack takes one thing off the plate of a caregiver.”
Peckinpaugh, the vice president of marketing and corporate responsibility at Hensley Legal Group, said there the event was enjoyable for everyone involved.
“It’s so fun to watch the kids pick their colors and then pull away with smiling faces,” she said. “So this is really a way we can just serve the community and just help as many people as we can.”
While today’s event only last from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., organizers said there is another chance to pick up free backpacks at Indy Public School’s annual Back to School Festival on Monday, July 25. For more information on the event, click here. | 2022-07-16T22:05:47+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/indy-law-group-gives-out-free-backpacks-to-local-students/ |
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DETROIT (AP)James Harden had 20 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a comfortable 123-111 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday.
”I hate to you use this example, but when he’s playing like this, it’s like having a scoring Magic Johnson on the floor,” Sixers coach Doc Rivers said. ”When he runs our team with this kind of pace and he scores and gets assists, we’re really good.”
Tyrese Maxey added 23 points and Montrezl Harrell scored 20 for the Sixers, who have won four of five.
”Our defense was pretty good, we took care of the ball and I think everyone competed hard,” Maxey said. ”Even someone like Paul Reed comes in and gets nine points and eight offensive rebounds. He plays with so much energy that the other team can’t keep up.”
Killian Hayes scored 25 points for Detroit, which has alternated wins and losses in its last seven games after a six-game losing streak.
”That’s a team playing for a championship and we shot ourselves in the foot,” Pistons coach Dwane Casey said. ”We had 22 turnovers – the same number we had in the last game against them. We can’t give them points like that.”
Isaiah Stewart finished with 20 points and 13 rebounds, while Bojan Bogdanovic had 20 points.
”Stew is the heart of this team,” Casey said. ”He’s not going to be perfect, but you know what you are going to get from him every night.”
The Sixers led 71-54 at halftime, thanks to Harrell’s 16 points and Harden’s 13 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists. Harden only needed 27 seconds in the second half to complete his triple-double, setting up Tobias Harris’ basket to put Philadelphia up by 19.
Maxey had 11 points in the third to help stay in control. The Sixers outscored the Pistons 29-28 in the quarter to take a 100-82 lead into the fourth.
Detroit narrowed the gap to 116-103 with 3:42 left, Rivers to call a timeout. The Sixers scored the next five points and cruised to the win.
”The end showed how deep we are,” Rivers said. ”Matisse (Thybulle) had six steals, Paul had eight offensive rebounds, Danuel House Jr. comes in and hit a couple 3s. Our whole room has bought it.”
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Sixers: Harden became the 27th NBA player to score 24,000 career points, passing the mark on a layup with 6:28 left in the third quarter.
Pistons: Detroit played without two of its three rotation bigs, Jalen Duren (ankle) and Marvin Bagley III (hand). That prevented Casey from his usual tactic to go big with his starting lineup and small with the second unit.
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The teams play against on Tuesday in Philadelphia. | 2023-01-09T01:05:28+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/sports/nba/hardens-triple-double-leads-76ers-to-easy-win-over-pistons/ |
Willie borrows Snoop and Martha's EZ Reach lighter to light up his "favorite herb…scent"
SHELTON, Conn., Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BIC, a world leader in stationery, lighters, and shavers, welcomes music icon Willie Nelson to its legendary and viral BIC®EZ Reach® advertising campaign featuring entertainment superstar Snoop Dogg and lifestyle innovator Martha Stewart with Marquee Brands. Now in its third year, the campaign's latest iteration, "Most Borrowed Lighter," reinforces the pocket-sized lighter's 1.45-inch extended wand that helps light hard-to-reach places and is inspired by a powerful consumer insight: EZ Reach lighters are so useful that friends and family tend to "borrow" them for their own lighting needs.
The "Most Borrowed Lighter" campaign debuts this month across streaming TV networks, social media and digital content hubs. The creative agency is Doner CX, the media agency is Merkley+Partners and the talent agency is Gamma Communications.
"Consumers love this cheeky campaign and how BIC EZ Reach lights candles and "more" while helping to keep fingers away from flames," said Katty Pien, Vice President of Marketing for BIC North America. "Adding Willie into this playful dynamic with Snoop and Martha will expand the campaign's appeal by welcoming Willie's fans to join in the fun."
"Most Borrowed Lighter" - :15 and :30 second spots
In "Most Borrowed Lighter," Willie Nelson uses a BIC EZ Reach to light up a fat…candle just as he gets a surprise video call from Snoop who has misplaced his beloved EZ Reach lighter. Martha then joins the call to report that her scented candle is missing. While Willie denies seeing their items, it becomes clear that he "borrowed" them from Snoop and Martha. Willie is seen chuckling mischievously as he lights up a candle with his "favorite herb scent" (-ed candle). The ad is available on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest and will be shared on Willie, Snoop and Martha's social channels. The spot is just the beginning of the BIC EZ Reach partnership with Willie, Snoop and Martha, which will continue throughout 2023. Learn more and watch the ad here.
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BIC Partners With Ultimate Duo Snoop Dogg And Martha Stewart For EZ Reach® Lighter Ad Campaign
Three's Company: Martha Stewart, Snoop Dog and Willie Nelson
"The BIC EZ Reach lighter's unique design helps to light those hard-to-reach places, whether you are lighting a candle or something else," said Willie Nelson. "I'm thrilled to partner with BIC and my friends Martha and Snoop to show off the many ways the BIC EZ Reach lighter is ideal for all lighting occasions."
"Snoop and I have had so much fun demonstrating the versatility of the EZ Reach lighter," said Martha Stewart. "And we are thrilled to welcome Willie into the fun."
"As someone who uses a lighter almost every day, I find the BIC EZ Reach to be safe and reliable, fo shizzle my nizzle," said Snoop Dogg. "Our love for this frequently borrowed household staple is one of the many things that my best friend Martha, Willie and I have in common."
The BIC EZ Reach lighter launched in August 2020 with incredible success, outperforming comparable products in the marketplace and securing distribution at major retailers. EZ Reach lighters are currently available in six designs: Classic BIC colors, Camouflage, Home Decor, Favorites Designs, Martha Stewart designs, and Snoop Dogg designs. The lighters are available at major retailers in-store and online and on BIC.com.
A world leader in stationery, lighters and shavers, BIC brings simplicity and joy to everyday life. For more than 75 years, the Company has honored the tradition of providing high-quality, affordable, essential products to consumers everywhere. Through this unwavering dedication, BIC has become one of the most recognized brands and is a trademark registered worldwide. Today, BIC products are sold in more than 160 countries around the world and feature iconic brands such as BIC Flex™, Soleil®, EZ Reach™, BodyMark™, Cello®, Djeep ®, Lucky ® Stationery, Rocketbook ®, Tipp-Ex®, Us.TM, Wite-Out®, Inkbox™ and more. In 2021, BIC Net Sales were 1,831.9 million euros. The Company is listed on "Euronext Paris," is part of the SBF120 and CAC Mid 60 indexes and is recognized for its commitment to sustainable development and education. It received an A- Leadership score from CDP. For more, visit about.bic.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube
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LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent Sandhills Global market reports identified trends in used medium-duty construction equipment in Sandhills marketplaces, including consecutive months of inventory increases, that signaled potential value changes. In July, medium-duty construction equipment trends continued to swing; inventory growth accelerated and auction values decreased for the second month in a row. Because these trends are precursors of declining asking values, buyers and sellers of skid steers, loader backhoes, mini-excavators, and other medium-duty construction equipment need to assess current strategies in order to mitigate risk.
The latest market data, included in the newest Sandhills market reports, details the continued tumble of truck and trailer asking and auction values. And although inventory levels have begun to settle in heavy-duty trucks and semi-trailers, values are likely to continue decreasing in the near future.
The key metric used in all of Sandhills' market reports is the Sandhills Equipment Value Index (EVI). Buyers and sellers can use the information in the Sandhills EVI to monitor equipment markets and maximize returns on acquisition, liquidation, and related business decisions. The Sandhills EVI data include equipment available in auction and retail markets, as well as model year equipment actively in use. Regional EVI data is available for the United States (and key geographic regions within) and Canada, allowing Sandhills to reflect machine values by location.
Sandhills Market Reports highlight the most significant changes in Sandhills' used heavy-duty truck, construction equipment, and farm machinery markets. Each report includes detailed analysis and charts that help readers visualize the data. The latest reports detail the ways in which inventory levels are impacting all three markets, including key distinctions in medium-duty and heavy-duty equipment categories.
- July marked the fourth consecutive month of inventory increases in medium-duty construction equipment. Used inventory levels increased 7.8% month-to-month, following a 7.4% M/M increase from May to June.
- Auction EVI decreased 1.5% M/M and increased 8.5% YOY in July.
- Asking EVI remained flat with an increase of 0.3% M/M. On a yearly basis, asking EVI rose 13% YOY.
- In June and July, heavy-duty construction equipment exhibited back-to-back months of inventory gains. Inventory increased 3.8% M/M and decreased 40% YOY in July.
- Auction and asking values continue to remain steady. Auction EVI decreased 0.3% M/M and increased 7% YOY in July. Asking EVI decreased 0.7% M/M and increased 4% YOY.
- Although heavy-duty truck inventory levels increased for the fifth consecutive month in July, the 1.7% M/M increase was considerably lower than previous months' increases.
- Auction EVI decreased 7.4% M/M, representing the fourth consecutive month of auction value decreases. Heavy-duty truck auction values were still up 22% from July 2021.
- Asking EVI decreased 4% M/M but was still up 42% YOY.
- The value decreases in June and July marked the first back-to-back months of decreasing asking values since Q2 2020.
- The Sandhills EVI showed inventory levels held steady from June to July and increased 11% YOY.
- Auction EVI for used semi-trailers decreased 3.4% M/M. Similar to the market for heavy-duty trucks, July marked the fourth consecutive month in which auction values decreased. Auction EVI increased 23% YOY.
- With a 2.1% M/M decrease in Asking EVI, semi-trailer asking values decreased in back-to-back months. Asking EVI was still up 47% compared to July 2021.
- After four consecutive months of inventory increases for medium-duty trucks, July data showed asking and auction values declining after their recent peak.
- Used medium-duty truck inventory increased just 1.2% M/M and was up 31% YOY in July.
- Auction EVI decreased 0.26% M/M and increased 15% YOY; asking EVI decreased 0.15% M/M and increased 27% YOY.
- Used farm equipment inventory increased 0.2% M/M in July, continuing a leveling-off pattern seen from May to June. When compared to July 2021, farm equipment inventory levels were down 24%.
- Asking EVI and Auction EVI remained steady for used farm equipment in July. Auction EVI decreased 2.3% M/M and increased 7.5% YOY; asking EVI decreased 1.4% M/M and 7.1% YOY.
For more information, or to receive detailed analysis from Sandhills Global, contact us at marketreports@sandhills.com.
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The Sandhills Equipment Value Index (EVI) is a principal gauge of the estimated market values of used assets—both currently and over time—across the construction, agricultural, and commercial trucking industries represented by Sandhills Global marketplaces, including AuctionTime.com, TractorHouse.com, MachineryTrader.com, TruckPaper.com, and other industry-specific equipment platforms. Powered by FleetEvaluator, Sandhills' proprietary asset valuation tool, Sandhills EVI provides useful insights into the ever-changing supply-and-demand conditions for each industry.
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Far-right Le Pen plots parliament win after loss to Macron
Paris – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen gathered her party’s troops on Monday, not to mourn her loss a day earlier in the French presidential election but to plot out how to orchestrate a victory in June’s parliamentary vote and capture a majority of seats in the National Assembly.
Centrist President Emmanuel Macron beat her 58.5% to 41.5% to win reelection Sunday but Le Pen produced her highest-ever level of support in her three attempts to become France’s leader. That gave the 53-year-old nationalist firebrand momentum as she charged into what is called the “third round” of voting, hoping to turn the tables on Macron’s majority in parliament.
More: France's Macron is reelected but far-right rival Le Pen raises game
Le Pen called a national bureau meeting of her far-right National Rally party on Monday.
Le Pen’s high support Sunday laid bare a European Union nation that is fractured between those she refers to as the “France of the forgotten” – the vulnerable working class that has been hard hit by rising inflation and the fallout from sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine – and what she calls the “elitists” of Macron’s staunchly pro-EU voters.
Whether Le Pen can break through the ceiling of voter fear that has blocked her party in the past is central to capturing enough seats in parliament.
Still, the fear factor played a large role in her presidential loss.
Le Pen’s program, which would crack down severely on immigrants and diminish the role of the EU and NATO in France, sent many voters into the arms of Macron. That was not due to their support for the 44-year-old president but to their desire to block his populist opponent. Le Pen also questioned why France is sending arms to Ukraine.
A revamped France under Le Pen – with less Europe – also pushed some voters aside. Her goal was to create a “Europe of Nations,” replacing the current system with a patriotic version that would have returned some powers to EU countries, whose sovereignty she and other populist leaders feel has been diminished.
Italian right-wing leader Matteo Salvini, a close Le Pen ally, pledged to continue their common project toward this vision.
“Onward, together, for a Europe founded on work, family, security, rights and freedom,” he said in a tweet late Sunday.
Many voters already expect that Le Pen will gain more seats in parliament, the question is only how much.
“The gap (between Len Pen’s and Macron’s parties) is closing, and the National Rally party is going up,” said French music teacher Valérie Jacquet, 56.
She said that shows the French are worried about their purchasing power – Le Pen’s main campaign theme – and security.
“But I think that Mrs. Le Pen’s platform is too extreme. She pushes people apart,” Jacquet said.
The National Assembly currently has 577 seats, with Macron and his allies controlling 313 of them. Le Pen’s party has only 8 seats now but would like to upset Macron’s majority with a broader far-right movement to hobble his ability to get his agenda passed.
But France’s voting system stands a bit in the way of a far-right conquest in parliament.
The legislative vote comes in two rounds on June 12 and June 19. Candidates who win a majority in the first round are elected. If no one does – a common occurrence in France’s fractured political landscape – those who get at least 12.5% of the vote in a race go into a runoff on June 19.
If Le Pen’s party had enough members to form a group in parliament, it would get more precious speaking time and clout. Had she become president, she would have switched to a largely proportional system that would allow her party to muscle its way into relevancy.
But Sunday’s presidential defeat is still breeding tomorrow’s hope for far-right militants.
“The movement we created, we’re at the start of the beginning,” said Jordan Bardella, who held the party’s presidency while Le Pen campaigned.
“In reality, everything is about to start,” he told BFMTV outside party headquarters.
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Alex Turnbull in Paris and Colleen Barry in Milan contributed. | 2022-04-25T15:50:29+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2022/04/25/far-right-le-pen-plots-parliament-win-after-loss-macron/7439182001/ |
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance has announced auditions for children’s roles in Dayton Ballet’s holiday production of “The Nutcracker” Sunday, Sept. 25 at the Dayton Ballet Studios inside the Victoria Theatre. Dayton Opera is also holding auditions for two children’s roles in its holiday production of “Amahl and the Night Visitors” Sat. Oct. 1 in Studio A of the Metropolitan Arts Center in downtown Dayton.
DETAILS: Dayton Ballet’s “The Nutcracker”
WHO: Dancers must be 5′6″ or shorter and 6 to 13 years of age.
WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 25 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- 1:00-2:15pm Ages 11-13
- 2:15-3:30pm Ages 8-10
- 3:30-5:00pm Ages 6-7
WHERE: Dayton Ballet downtown studios at 140 N. Main Street, 4th Floor, Dayton
MORE: There is no fee to audition, however, there is a participation fee of $25 if accepted to perform in “The Nutcracker.” No resume or photos are required to audition. Parents and dancers must be available for the mandatory parent/dancer meeting of accepted dancers on Saturday, Oct. 23 at 3:30 p.m.
To register and view more details about the audition, visit daytonperformingarts.org/nutcracker-auditions.
DETAILS: Dayton Opera’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors”
WHO: SEEKING: Two children with unchanged voices for the roles of Amahl and the Page’s Apprentice. Children should be between 9-13 years of age and be able to act and project their voices. Following the composer’s wishes, preference will be given to boy sopranos for the role of Amahl. The child cast as Page’s Apprentice (a non-singing role) will also understudy the role of Amahl. The Page’s Apprentice is a gender-neutral role. These are paid positions. All ethnicities and backgrounds are encouraged to audition.
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 1
Exact audition times are assigned individually.
WHERE: Studio A at the Metropolitan Arts Center, 126 N. Main St., Dayton
MORE: REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES: Rehearsals begin Saturday, Nov. 19 and continue through Wednesday, Nov. 30. November 23-25 will be days off in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Performances will be held Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, and Saturday, Dec. 3. All rehearsals and performances will be held at the Schuster Center in downtown Dayton.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: Please prepare one English-language music selection of your choice, which should be memorized. You will also be asked to sing Amahl’s aria “Don’t Cry, Mother Dear.” Music may be used for this. An accompanist will be provided for the audition, although you may bring your own accompanist if you wish.
TO APPLY: Please email Matt Wilshire at mwilshire@daytonperformingarts.org indicating that you’d like to schedule an audition. Please include your availability.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros.' “Black Adam” opened with an estimated $67 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, handing Dwayne Johnson his biggest box-office weekend as a leading man and launching the D.C. Comics character he spent a decade to bring to the big screen.
“Black Adam” was a $200-million bid to upset the power balance in a DC Extended Universe dominated by the likes of Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman. The $67 million debut fell well shy of that stratosphere, even with the considerable draw of Johnson acting in his first superhero movie. Still, “Black Adam” managed the highest opening weekend since “Thor: Love and Thunder” debuted with $143 million in July.
“Black Adam,” which stars Johnson as an ancient Egyptian summoned to the modern day, was notably hobbled by poor reviews (40% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes). Moviegoers were kinder, giving the film a B+ CinemaScore. It collected $73 million internationally for a $140 million global haul.
“Black Adam” took a circuitous route to reach theaters. The character had originally been planned to launch as a villain in 2019's “Shazam!” before executives pivoted to give Black Adam a standalone feature. The goofier “Shazam!,” which cost closer to $100 million to make, opened with $53.5 million in ticket sales and wound up an over-achieving success with $366 million worldwide.
The stakes were higher for “Black Adam,” though. While promoting the film, Johnson hasn't been shy about his desire to follow up “Black Adam” with a showdown with Superman. But whether the receipts for “Black Adam” are enough to warrant that remains unclear. Under new leadership, Warner Bros. is overhauling its approach to DC Comics adaptations.
Jeff Goldstein, distribution chief for Warner Bros., celebrated the results as a personal best for Johnson outside of the “Fast & Furious” films, and a PG-13 film with broad-based appeal that audiences responded to better than critics. Still, it's a time of transition for Warner Bros.' reorganizing DC unit as the studio seeks more Marvel-sized successes. Next on tap is “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” in March.
“It’s all about making good movies. It’s all about finding the right scripts,” said Goldstein. "Our studio is definitely going through a major revamping of our production leadership and style and approach. I think that we’ll be able to crack this nut. We’re definitely focused in on doing that."
“Ticket to Paradise,” the Bali-set romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and George Clooney, proved smart counterprogramming. The Universal Pictures release debuted with $16.3 million, well above recent sales for rom-coms, which have struggled in recent years at the box office. Earlier this month, Universal's R-rated “Bros,” an LGBTQ milestone in the genre, debuted with a disappointing $4.8 million. “Ticket to Paradise” had a notable advantage in its two stars, and appealed particularly to older audiences; 64% of ticket buyers were 35 and up, the studio said.
“It became an event film for all audiences this weekend but especially for older audiences that can be difficult to get into theaters,” said Jim Orr, head of distribution for Universal. “We all know this is a demographic group that doesn't exactly run out to see films opening weekend. That gives us great encouragement for the weeks and months ahead.”
Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for data firm Comscore, noted it was the first weekend with a $65 million opener and more than $100 million in overall domestic ticket sales since July. That was owed largely to star power, he said, in the appeal of both “Ticket to Paradise" and “Black Adam” with Johnson.
“He was the engine that really drove this box office despite some headwinds in terms of the DC brand and this not being as known a character,” said Dergarabedian. “This is a very strong starting point for Dwayne Johnson in the mix of DC Comics. He's like a box-office supercharger. Forty-percent Rotten Tomatoes, but people just want to see Dwayne Johnson on the big screen because he is bigger than life.”
Last week's top film, “Halloween Ends,” dropped massively in its second weekend. The Universal horror sequel, which was simultaneously released on Peacock, declined 80% with $8 million. Meanwhile, Paramount Pictures' “Smile,” continued to defy the typical declines for horror releases. With $8.4 million in its fourth week of release, “Smile” came in third and boosted its overall domestic sales to $84.3 million.
As more acclaimed awards contenders land in theaters, Searchlight Pictures' “The Banshees of Inisherin” started its run with one of the best per-theater averages of the year. The Martin McDonagh drama, starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, opened with $181,000 in four theaters for a per-theater average of $45,250. For A24, Charlotte Wells' “Aftersun,” starring Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio as a father and daughter on vacation, also debuted solidly in four theaters, with a $16,589 per-theater average.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "Black Adam," $67 million.
2. “Ticket to Paradise,” $16.3 million.
3. “Smile,” $8.4 million
4. “Halloween Ends,” $8 million.
5. “Lyle, Lyle Crocodile," $4.2 million.
6. “The Woman King,” $1.9 million.
7. “Terrifier 2,” $1.9 million.
8. “Don't Worry Darling,” $880,000.
9. “Amsterdam,” $811,000.
10. “Triangle of Sadness,” $600,000.
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Follow AP Film Writer Jake Coyle on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/jakecoyleAP | 2022-10-23T17:52:17+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Black-Adam-with-Dwayne-Johnson-debuts-with-17528694.php |
The Montreal Canadiens would tie their humble season-high winning streak if they can defeat the visiting Florida Panthers on Thursday night.
Montreal’s run of two consecutive wins has been fueled by several ex-Panthers, including goalie Sam Montembeault, defenseman Mike Matheson, and forwards Evgenii Dadonov and Mike Hoffman.
In a 4-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night, the Canadiens got two goals from Dadonov, one goal from Hoffman, one assist from Matheson and 25 saves by Montembeault.
Prior to the win over Winnipeg, the Canadiens defeated the host New York Rangers 2-1 on Sunday. Both the Jets and Rangers are currently in playoff position.
“We just beat two of the best teams in the league,” said Montembeault, who has made five straight starts, allowing 2.2 goals per game during that span. “It just shows that when we play (hard) for 60 minutes, we can compete with anybody.”
For perspective, the Canadiens had the worst record in the NHL last season. This season, the Canadiens occupy next-to-last place in the Eastern Conference with 41 points.
What’s different about Thursday’s game is the struggles of the Panthers, who had the best record in the NHL in 2021-22. The Panthers are not currently in playoff position. In fact, they lead Montreal by just six points, and the Canadiens have played one less game.
On Tuesday, Florida lost 5-4 in overtime at Toronto, and Panthers coach Paul Maurice didn’t hold back his disgust with the officiating.
“Energy, excitement and profanity would be the words,” Maurice said when asked to describe the game from his team’s perspective.
“I’m proud of our guys. (The league) flew us out to the west coast, flew us back home, flew us up here for a back-to-back, and then they threw those two (officials) at us. I don’t know what the hell those guys were doing, but it wasn’t Florida Panther-friendly.”
Toronto went 2-for-7 on its power play. In contrast, Florida scored one goal on just three chances with the man advantage.
Maurice, though, said he still “feels good” about the Panthers, who are 5-2-1 in their past eight games. Thursday will cap a stretch of seven road contests in an eight-game span.
“This is by far our most difficult stretch of the season,” Maurice said. “Our guys are a little tired, but our compete-level is much higher than in December. We’re working our butts off. We’re working hard enough to win.”
Winger Matthew Tkachuk leads the Panthers in goals (22) and assists (34). However, he had a seven-game points streak snapped against Toronto. He had five goals and eight assists during that span. Carter Verhaeghe is second in goals (21), and Brandon Montour is second in assists (29).
Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky is 12-13-2.
Meanwhile, Montreal is led in points by Nick Suzuki (37) and Cole Caufield (36). Suzuki and Kirby Dach top the Canadiens in assists with 21 each, and Caufield’s 26 goals are best on the squad.
Montembeault, drafted in the third round by the Panthers in 2015, is 9-7-2.
However, the Canadiens placed three forwards on injured reserve Tuesday: Juraj Slafkovsky, Joel Armia and Jake Evans. In addition, Canadiens forward Jonathan Drouin missed Tuesday’s game due to injury.
Slafkovsky, the NHL’s No. 1 pick in the 2022 draft, has four goals and six assists in 39 games.
–Field Level Media | 2023-01-19T07:14:59+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/habs-look-for-third-straight-win-vs-road-weary-panthers/ |
The year was 1953: World War II was over; the economy was thriving; Peter Pan was enchanting moviegoers; the song Vaya Con Dios was topping the charts – and the very first debt ceiling fight was brewing in Congress.
And that very first battle looked ... remarkably similar to the one happening right now, which could resolve itself in the next several days if the Senate follows the House in approving a debt deal negotiated between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
The debt ceiling has been in place since 1939 (parts of it date back before that). It was originally meant to expedite business in Congress, which used to have to separately approve every bit of debt used to fund most every government project.
"That worked pretty well when the government was smaller," says Joseph Thorndike, historian and the director of the Tax History Project at Tax Analysts.
But when World War II started, the piecemeal approach no longer worked.
"The government needed to borrow lots of money very quickly, and Congress really couldn't keep up," Thorndike says.
The idea behind the debt ceiling? Agree on an overall amount and just stay under that one limit. Simple.
And that worked pretty well – until 1953.
The first fight over the debt ceiling
The debt ceiling in 1953 stood at about $275 billion (today, it currently stands at $31.4 trillion).
But with expenses from the Korean War and other bills piling up, President Dwight D. Eisenhower told Congress the debt ceiling was too low. He needed a $15 billion ceiling bump ASAP.
The request came before Congress on July 30th, 1953, the day before Congress went on break.
The House agreed immediately, but there was a hawkish group of Senators who felt like spending had gotten out of control during the New Deal and World War II and that it was time to get back to a leaner government.
They rejected Eisenhower's debt ceiling request.
"Eisenhower and the administration were basically on their own after that," says economist Kenneth Garbade. He spent years at the New York Federal Reserve Bank of New York and has studied the first debt ceiling crisis.
By the end of July, says Garbade, the U.S. had roughly $3 billion left before it hit the ceiling. That was less than the country spent in a typical month.
"So the government began to take some measures," says Garbade.
The first extraordinary measures
The first thing Eisenhower did: Order all government agencies go on a budgetary crash diet.
"It is absolutely essential that you begin immediately to take every possible step progressively to reduce the expenditures of your department during the fiscal year 1954," Eisenhower wrote to the heads of government agencies.
Bills got paid more slowly, government agencies cut way back.
It wasn't too different from the "extraordinary measures" Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced in January, when she warned Congress the U.S. would soon hit the debt ceiling. (These included some geeky accounting maneuvers meant to stretch the government's cash).
In spite of months of back and forth between the White House and Senate Democrats, the debt ceiling was not lifted and the bills continued to pile up.
Things were getting tight.
One New York Times headline from October 7, 1953 read: "New Loan Soon May Bring U.S. Within a Half Billion of Debt Limit."
The government was desperate. It started hunting between the couch cushions for any money it could find and eventually found some relief in government gold vaults.
"They sold about $500 million of their gold, which bought them time," says Thorndike of the Tax History Project.
The first grandstanding over the country's debt
In the meantime, the first debt ceiling grandstanding had begun.
In an Op-Ed in The New York Times, Democratic Senator Harry Byrd wrote, "I would regard it as a great mistake to increase the debt limit at this time. A debt of $275,000,000,000 is as much or more than this country should be called on to stand."
President Eisenhower shot back a few weeks later, on August 6, 1953, in a radio address to the nation.
"We have, first of all, to face the tough facts of the government debt," he began. "The last 23 years have seen this debt climb by $258 billions."
Eisenhower went on to point out that many of the spending decisions that required a debt ceiling hike had been made before he had gotten into office. Nonetheless, he insisted, the bills had to be paid.
It was an argument that sounds eerily familiar. In recent weeks, President Biden insisted that the U.S. could not default. "America is not a deadbeat nation," he said. "We pay our bills."
A debt ceiling compromise
As 1953 drew to a close, it was clear something had to give.
Spending cuts had been made, gold bars had been sold off, corners had been cut and by the summer of 1954, even the Senate hardliners agreed it was time to throw Eisenhower a bone, says historian and tax expert Thorndike.
Congress approved a $6 billion debt ceiling increase. It was less than half of the $15 billion Eisenhower had originally asked for.
"It sounds trivial," says Thorndike. "But it was enough."
And that was that. The first debt ceiling crisis was resolved.
Deja vu, all over again
Of course the debt ceiling drama had just begun. In fact, the seeds of the perennial debate had clearly been planted, even back in 1953.
Thorndike points to an OpEd from the Chicago Daily Tribune, which favored a smaller, leaner government in response to the 1953 debt ceiling battle.
"The lesson is clear: The way to get government expenditures down is to... deny the administration authority to increase the debt," the OpEd read.
Congress realized the debt ceiling debate could become a way to force a conversation about the size of government and the direction of government spending. And the White House could be forced to come to the table.
"They felt empowered by this experience," says Thorndike.
Since that article, the dozens of debt ceiling battles have all sounded pretty much the same – with one key difference, according to historian Kenneth Garbade.
"The fights have gotten much, much worse," he says.
Garbade points out that every fight seems to get nastier and to inch closer and closer to the real threat of default. And, he says, the debt ceiling is a particularly bad fight to escalate.
"I wish they'd find someplace to have an argument that, if it wasn't resolved... wasn't equivalent to detonating a hydrogen bomb in the economy."
Today, 70 years after that first debt ceiling fight, the Senate will soon decide whether to approve a debt deal that President Biden can sign into law.
If it passes, we can say Vaya Con Dios to the debt ceiling drama, at least ... for now.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-06-01T10:32:30+00:00 | kpcc.org | https://www.kpcc.org/npr-news/2023-06-01/the-first-debt-ceiling-fight-was-in-1953-it-looked-almost-exactly-like-the-one-today |
As buses filled with sleepy students leaning against its windows arrived at Trotter Elementary School Monday morning, there to greet them with high fives, pats on the backs, fist bumps, and hugs was Boston’s new Superintendent Mary Skipper.
Her school visit Monday morning marked her official first day on the job.
The young students hopped off the buses then headed to the back of the school where they lined up at their designated class numbers. There, Principal Sarita Thomas introduced Skipper — who was joined by Mayor Michelle Wu, School Committee Chairwoman Jeri Robinson, and Boston Teachers Union President Jessica Tang — to students before saying their daily affirmations and starting another school day.
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The students welcomed Skipper with a round of applause and a colorfully worded sign that read, “The Trotter Welcomes Home Superintendent Skipper.”
“It was great to have this be my first school. It’s right down the street from my house, it took me exactly seven minutes even with the school buses,” Skipper said to the press after greeting students and educators at Trotter. “It’s just exciting to be here. I’m really looking forward to working with all of the talented people here in BPS.”
Skipper, a former Boston Public Schools teacher and administrator, was selected as the next leader of Boston Public Schools in June, returning to the district after seven years leading Somerville Public Schools.
Although Monday marked her first day, Skipper has spent the summer working alongside Wu and acting Superintendent Drew Echelson to start work in BPS while simultaneously wrapping up her time in Somerville.
“It’s an exciting day, but it doesn’t necessarily feel like a first day because Mary and I have been on the phone already early in the morning, late at night,” Wu said, adding she’s happy Skipper now only has to do one job instead if multiple. The new superintendent has already “been in the weeds of getting the school year up and running and all of the very small issues that add up to how families and students are experiencing the opportunities in BPS.”
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“I’m thrilled that she’s here fully,” Wu said. “We have a lot of work to do, but I can’t imagine a better partner to put all the pieces in place.”
Adria Watson can be reached at adria.watson@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @adriarwatson. | 2022-09-26T15:12:15+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/26/metro/skipper-kicks-off-first-day-new-boston-education-leader/ |
President Biden traveled to the Pentagon on Sunday to mark the 21-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, remembering the attack’s victims while vowing to stand up for democracy in their honor.
“Here at the Pentagon, which was both the scene of the horrific terrorist attack and the command center for our response to defend and protect the American people, so many heroes were made here,” Biden said.
“So many of your loved ones were those heroes,” he said, noting civilians and service members who immediately leapt into action.
Biden, who served as a senator at the time of the attacks, said he remembers seeing the smoke from the Pentagon that day as he returned to his office.
The president during the speech also honored veterans who served in wars following the attacks in places like Afghanistan and Iraq.
“We owe you,” Biden said. “We owe you an incredible, an incredible debt. A debt that can never be repaid, but we’ll never fail to meet the sacred obligation to you.”
He also referenced the killings of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 2011 and his successor, Ayman al-Zawahiri, at the end of July, saying the United States “will not rest.”
Al-Zawahiri’s killing came almost a year after the United States withdrew its military presence in Afghanistan as the Taliban retook control of the country.
Biden has touted the operation as proof the United States can still fight terrorism in Afghanistan without troops on the ground, a sentiment he echoed on Sunday.
“We’ll continue to monitor and disrupt those terrorist activities wherever we find them, wherever they exist, and we will never hesitate to do what’s necessary to defend the American people,” he said.
The president also leveraged the anniversary to speak about democracy, a topic he has increasingly referenced as the midterm elections approach.
“We have an obligation, a duty, a responsibility to defend, preserve and protect our democracy,” Biden said. “The very democracy that guarantees the rights of freedom that those terrorists on 9/11 sought to bury in the burning fire, smoke and ash.”
Biden has cast former President Trump and “MAGA Republicans” as threats to the republic in recent speeches. But on Sunday, he vowed to maintain America’s democratic system while not directly attacking Trump.
“It’s not enough to stand up for democracy once a year or every now and then,” Biden said. “It’s something we have to do every single day. So this is a day not only to remember, but a day of renewal and resolve for each and every American.”
–Updated at 11:11 a.m. | 2022-09-12T23:45:33+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/hill-politics/biden-honors-9-11-victims-at-pentagon-so-many-heroes-were-made-here/ |
INDIANAPOLIS – The competition continues to be as tight as ever through the first six weeks of the NFL season. So far, 74 games have been within one score in the fourth quarter.
More of the same is expected in the Week 7 schedule, especially in Nashville where the Colts and Titans meet for sole possession of first place in the AFC South.
The surprising Giants look to move to 6-1, while the Buccaneers, Packers and Ravens look to get on track after uncharacteristic slow starts.
WXIN’s Chris Hagan takes a look at the entire 14-game slate on “Big Game Bound.” WKRN sports director Cory Curtis joins Chris to talk about Sunday’s Indianapolis-Tennessee tilt.
This week’s show also features reports from Green Bay, Pittsburgh and New England, along with picks from Jarett Payton.
“Big Game Bound” streams every Thursday at 12 p.m. ET leading up to Super Bowl LVII. | 2022-10-20T16:45:41+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/sports/the-big-game/big-game-bound-spotlight-shines-on-afc-south-showdown-for-week-7/ |
Lawsuit: California utility targeted Asians in pot searches
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Extraordinary use of electricity has long been a telltale sign of illegal grow houses producing thousands of marijuana plants hidden in seemingly ordinary homes.
But a lawsuit filed by a data privacy watchdog says a Northern California utility went too far by racially profiling Asian communities as it routinely fed customers’ power use information to police without requiring a warrant or any suspicion of wrongdoing, in violation of state laws.
The data disclosure deliberately targeted Asian Americans, with resulting disproportionate penalties against those of Asian descent, the suit says.
The suit illustrates a flashpoint in law enforcement’s efforts to combat illicit drugs.
In 2018, federal and state law enforcement agents seized about 100 Northern California houses that they alleged were bought with money wired to the United States by a Chinese-based crime organization, one of many such actions against alleged perpetrators of Asian descent.
Earlier this year Asian Americans filed at least two lawsuits against Siskiyou County’s sheriff alleging racial bias particularly against the Hmong community in his department’s effort to combat widespread illegal marijuana cultivation.
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District scoured entire ZIP codes worth of power usage information for the Sacramento Police Department but left out homes in a predominantly white neighborhood, says the lawsuit. And a police analyst removed non-Asian names from a list provided by the utility, forwarding only Asian-sounding names for more investigation, the suit claims.
The utility would turn over a list of customers who used more than a certain threshold amount of energy in a month, the lawsuit alleges. For instance, while a typical household might use less than 1,500 kilowatt hours of electricity in a month, the suit says the utility would disclose homes using more than 3,000 kWhs.
The bulk disclosure "turns its entire customer base into potential leads for police to chase," the lawsuit says. It says the utility "liberally discloses" customers’ Social Security, driver’s license and telephone numbers.
SMUD and Sacramento police said they couldn’t comment on pending litigation, but SMUD spokeswoman Lindsay VanLaningham denied any wrongdoing.
"We agree that our customer usage data should be (and is) treated with care," she said Thursday, but she said state law allows and sometimes requires sharing the information with law enforcement agencies.
"We share the information on specific properties to stop what we’ve identified and believe to be power theft and when we are required to do so per local law enforcements’ request to assist them with their investigations," she said in an email.
"We look forward to being available for questions once legal proceedings have concluded," Sacramento police Sgt. Zach Eaton said.
The suit was filed Wednesday by the watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation on behalf of the nonprofit Asian American Liberation Network and SMUD customer Khurshid Khoja, who is described as being an Asian American Sacramento resident, cannabis industry attorney and cannabis rights advocate.
Megan Sapigao, co-executive director of the network, said the "mass surveillance program is unlawful, advances harmful stereotypes, and overwhelmingly impacts Asian communities.
"It’s unacceptable that two public agencies would carelessly flout state law and utility customers’ privacy rights, and even more unacceptable that they targeted a specific community in doing so," she said in a statement.
EFF Senior Staff Attorney Aaron Mackey said the foundation isn’t aware of any other California public utilities that are sharing data in the same way as SMUD.
Private utilities like Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric are barred from disclosing customer utility data to law enforcement without a court order under state law and California Public Utility Commission rules, he said.
Public utilities like SMUD aren’t regulated by the commission, but state law bars them "from disclosing entire neighborhoods’ worth of data to law enforcement absent a court order or ongoing investigation," Mackey said.
SMUD is the nation’s sixth-largest community-owned electric service provider, serving more than 600,000 customers, the suit says.
Southern California Edison’s policy generally requires a warrant or subpoena to share information with law enforcement. The other two major private utilities did not immediately respond to queries from The Associated Press about whether they have similar information-sharing programs, nor did the California Public Utilities Commission comment.
The lawsuit comes as officials are struggling to curtail illegal cannabis grows that are stunting the growth of the legal, licensed recreational marijuana production that California voters approved in 2016.
Disguising illegal cannabis farms in ordinary appearing homes became prevalent nearly two decades ago as authorities disrupted outdoor plots they could spot from helicopters and other surveillance flights.
Law enforcement authorities often discovered the illegal grow houses because of their extraordinary use of electricity to run high-intensity lights, ventilation fans and other devices to grow thousands of marijuana plants, often enabling several harvests each year.
Sometimes the tipoff came when the houses caught fire due to illegal electrical hookups.
Sacramento officials estimated in 2017 that there might be as many as 1,000 illegal grow houses in California’s capital city.
The foundation said the crackdown "has been highly lucrative" for Sacramento, since a city ordinance in 2017 allowed police to levy large penalties on the owners of properties where marijuana was found.
The city issued nearly $100 million in fines in just two years, the foundation said, about 86% of them on people of Asian descent.
The privacy violation is more acute with the proliferation of "smart" meters that send power usage information to the utility several times a day. That information, collected in increments of 15 minutes or less, can provide "a detailed picture of what occurs within a home," the foundation said. "It can provide inferences about private daily routines such as what devices are being used, when they are in use, and how this changes over time." | 2022-09-23T14:42:45+00:00 | fox10phoenix.com | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/lawsuit-california-utility-targeted-asians-in-pot-searches |
A Florida pastor and his son were arrested Wednesday on charges of fraudulently obtaining more than $8 million in federal COVID relief funds and attempting to use some of the money to buy a luxury home near Disney World.
Evan Edwards and his son Josh, 30, were taken into custody five months after an NBC News report raised questions over why they hadn’t been charged for the alleged scam, which federal prosecutors first identified in court papers in December 2020.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the family had hired an attorney.
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The case dates back to April 2020 when Josh Edwards applied for a $6 million Paycheck Protection Program loan to cover payroll, rent and utilities for his family’s ministry. In the loan application, he claimed that the organization, ASLAN International Ministry, had 486 employees and a monthly payroll of $2.7 million, according to a federal forfeiture complaint.
Read more at NBCNews.com. | 2022-12-14T18:34:34+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/feds-arrest-florida-pastor-and-his-son-in-8-million-covid-scam/3021913/ |
(iSeeCars) – If you visit any gas station, you’ll notice the special, differently-colored pump marked “diesel.” You may have wondered how diesel fuel differs from gasoline, and which vehicles run on diesel fuel. This article will note the differences between diesel and gasoline and will highlight the best diesel cars on the market today.
Diesel Vs. Gasoline:
The basic difference between a diesel engine and a gasoline-powered engine is that in a gas engine, fuel and air is mixed inside a combustion chamber, and ignited by a spark plug. Modern diesel powertrains compress the air first, which causes heat, and when the fuel is added, combustion happens without the use of a spark plug.
Diesel engines are typically heavier and more powerful than gasoline engines, giving them a higher towing capacity, which is why they are commonly found in semi trucks. Diesel engines have less horsepower than their gasoline counterparts, but they have more lb-ft of torque to contribute to their towing prowess and off-road capability. Along with semi and pickup trucks, diesel engines can also be found in SUVs and crossovers when combined with four-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.
Diesel vehicles are usually more fuel-efficient than their gasoline counterparts, though more efficient modern gas engines are creeping up on diesels, especially in hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. A well-maintained diesel engine will usually outlast a comparable gasoline engine. Diesel-powered vehicles are typically more expensive then the gasoline equivalent, while diesel fuel, once much cheaper per gallon that gas, is often comparable in price today.
Diesel engine options aren’t as common as they used to be, partly due to the negative publicity from “Dieselgate” headlines when Volkswagen TDIs were proven to have cheated the EPA emissions certification system. While there are many diesel SUVs and trucks to choose from, there are not any new diesel passenger cars in production, but there are used versions that can be found on the market.
Best Diesel Cars:
Our top three diesel-powered cars – and there aren’t many recent models to choose from, as diesels seem to make more sense in trucks and SUVs – are all from European automakers, where diesel cars are very common due to the high cost of fuel. The full list of cars with diesel engines shows many discontinued models in the U.S. markets, so new car versions aren’t available, but you can still come across these models as used cars. The compact Chevrolet Cruze hatchback or sedan stands out as the only non-luxury vehicle to make the list.
Leading the list of diesel models with an 8.5 rating is the BMW 3-Series with the optional diesel engine, the 328d, as in “d” for diesel. The car is far, far more popular overseas than it was in North America, and they are hard to find. They use 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder diesel engines with an eight-speed automatic transmission.
In second place is another diesel-powered BMW, the larger 5-series with a 7.9 rating. The 535d comes with a 3.0-liter turbocharged six-cylinder and an eight-speed automatic transmission that earns a combined 30 mpg. BMW discontinued the diesel engine for 2019, but 2018 versions and older of the 3-Series and the 5-Series are available with this engine.
Rounding out the top three is the Jaguar XF with a 7.3 rating. The optional Ingenium turbodiesel engine is a 2.0-liter with an eight-speed automatic transmission. You may have to look hard for one – they’re few and far between and were discontinued after the 2019 model year.
Best Diesel SUVs
The best diesel SUVs start with two Jeep models, the 3.0-liter turbodiesel Wrangler Unlimited, with a score of 8.8, and the ecodiesel version of the Jeep Grand Cherokee at 8.3. Both feature a turbo diesel engine and an eight-speed automatic transmission.
The Mazda CX-5 comes next with an 8.3 score. The CX-5 features Skyactiv-D, introduced in the 2019 model year and featuring a 2.2-liter turbocharged engine connected to a six-speed automatic transmission with standard all-wheel drive (AWD).
Best Diesel Trucks
Of the 60 or so 2021 and 2022 new vehicles listed by the EPA’s Fueleconomy.gov website, 32 are pickups, so you’ll have a healthy selection of diesel-powered trucks, both new and used.
Fronting our list is the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 with the optional Duramax diesel, and a score of 8.3. The turbomax diesel engine is available in the truck’s LT, RST, LTZ, and High Country trim levels. The nearly identical GMC Sierra 1500, with a score of 8.2, comes in at third place with the same drivetrain specs as the Chevy Silverado. The newer models have a 3.0-liter turbocharged six-cylinder, with a 10-speed automatic transmission. Both models increased their towing capacity by nearly 4,000 pounds for their 2022 redesign.
Slotting into the second position between the pair of GM trucks is the Ford F150 with the optional diesel, also scoring an 8.3. the newest models are powered by a Powerstroke 3.0-liter turbo six-cylinder with a 10-speed automatic transmission. The Powerstroke diesel engine was discontinued after the 2021 model year.
Bottom Line:
If you want a diesel-powered vehicle, these are the best diesel cars you can buy. Diesel-powered vehicles achieve the best fuel economy compared to gasoline engines, and diesel trucks and SUVs can tow and haul considerably more than their base engines. While new diesel passenger cars are no longer readily available in the U.S. market, there are a number of diesel trucks and SUVs to choose from.
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MIAMI, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Boyne Capital ("Boyne") is pleased to announce that one of its affiliates has partnered with management to acquire Flatworld Solutions, Inc. ("Flatworld" or the "Company"), a business process outsourcing and automation (BPO/BPA) company providing services to the following industries: Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI), Customer Experience, Healthcare, Software Development, IT Enabled Services, Engineering, and Customs Brokerage & Logistics. Through its subsidiary, Quadratic Insights Pvt. Ltd. ("Quadratics"), Flatworld also offers artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and robotic process automation (RPA) solutions. (www.flatworldsolutions.com) (www.quadratyx.com)
Founded in 2002, the Company uses technology, software, and skilled IT labor to service customers. Flatworld and its affiliates employ over 8,000 product specialists across strategically located delivery centers in Bangalore and Hyderabad, India and Davao City, Philippines, providing access to talented and cost-effective labor. Flatworld excels in its ability to provide complex BPO/BPA services enhanced by highly trained professionals on staff such as doctors, engineers, and finance and accounting experts.
Boyne Managing Partner and CEO, Derek McDowell, said, "Flatworld's ability to consistently deliver high quality services across a breadth of sectors and capabilities differentiates them from their peers. We are impressed by the customer-centric, global organization the Flatworld management team has built, and we are excited to be partnering with co-founders Jacob William, David Antony, and Anand Mathews to help Flatworld achieve its full potential."
Josh Bilmes, Principal, said, "Boyne is excited to welcome Flatworld to its portfolio. The Flatworld leadership team has impressed us with their commitment to growth while maintaining an emphasis on high customer satisfaction. We look forward to accelerating the Company's progress and helping establish the infrastructure needed to support rapid expansion."
Flatworld's co-founders said, "Flatworld is at an inflection point and has numerous avenues for growth. In Boyne Capital, we found a constructive and thoughtful partner to help us unlock our full potential via both organic investment and strategic M&A. We've already begun laying the foundation for this growth phase, and we're energized by what we believe the future holds for Flatworld."
The Flatworld transaction represents a recent platform investment in BCM Fund II ("Fund"). The Fund is dedicated to investing in the lower middle market sector, specifically companies with revenues of less than $100 million and with EBITDA of $3 million to $15 million.
About Boyne: Boyne Capital is a Florida-based private equity firm focused on investments in lower middle market companies. Founded in 2006, Boyne has successfully invested in a broad range of industries, including healthcare services, consumer products, manufacturing, and business & financial services. Beyond financial resources, Boyne provides industry and operational expertise to its portfolio companies and partners with management to drive company performance and growth. Boyne specializes in providing the capital necessary to fund corporate growth and facilitate owners and shareholders' partial or full exit. For additional information, please visit www.boynecapital.com.
Contact Joshua Bilmes at jbilmes@boynecapital.com or 786.539.2245 regarding new opportunities.
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LOS ANGELES — The Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams showed up fashionably late to the NFL draft on Friday night to make their first pick, grabbing Wisconsin offensive lineman Logan Bruss at the back of the third round.
Coach Sean McVay said Bruss is a candidate to start at right guard immediately for the champs after the departure of Austin Corbett to Carolina in free agency.
“Honestly, this is the place I was kind of dreaming of coming to play,” Bruss said. “For this to happen is a dream come true, and I’m really excited especially to see some familiar faces there.”
He is the third Wisconsin product on the Rams’ offensive line, joining two starters: right tackle Rob Havenstein and left guard David Edwards.
Bruss said Edwards showed him the ropes in his first season in Madison, and it’s remarkable to think he’ll be doing the same in Los Angeles. Bruss already came out to California during the draft process to work out with Havenstein and Edwards.
“It was something they said might happen, and for that to happen is obviously crazy, and I’m really excited about it,” Bruss said.
Bruss will compete with Coleman Shelton, Bobby Evans and Tremayne Anchrum for the only vacant starting spot on the offensive line that has been a key to McVay’s offensive successes. Left tackle Andrew Whitworth retired after the Super Bowl, but the Rams re-signed four-year backup Joseph Noteboom to take Whitworth’s spot permanently.
“It’s always a little bit easier evaluation when you get these Wisconsin linemen, because there’s so many nuances to what they do in the run game, protections,” McVay said. “With the background with Rob and Dave, you feel really comfortable with that, and then when you talk to those guys about him, they can’t say enough good things.”
McVay and general manager Les Snead got calls about trading down, but the Rams kept their pick because they had a metaphorical “gold star” next to Bruss’ name as a player they wouldn’t pass up, according to Snead.
The organization made the pick from its draft headquarters in a mansion in the Hollywood Hills — and they used the palatial setting to make it clear how much they valued Bruss. Midwest area scout Brian Hill jumped into the mansion’s pool with his clothes on after the pick, apparently because he had incorrectly predicted Bruss wouldn’t be available to the Rams.
“I’m glad I could make that happen,” Bruss said with a laugh.
After trading away their first three selections to secure the veteran talent that won the title, the Rams were the last team to make a pick in the three-day draft.
They finally got in the game by using the compensatory pick — the 40th selection in the third round — given to them for losing executive Brad Holmes to Detroit.
The Rams didn’t make a first-round pick for the sixth consecutive season after trading their 2022 choice — and their 2023 selection — to Detroit for Matthew Stafford, who promptly led them to a championship. Los Angeles also dealt its second-round and third-round selections to Denver for its half-season rental of Von Miller, who played a major role in the title run.
The Rams will be busier Saturday with seven picks in the final four rounds. Snead has a solid track record of finding important contributors at the back of the draft, and he’ll have to be sharp again with several departed contributors from the title team.
Snead has acknowledged he’ll be looking for defensive backs to bolster his depleted group, along with edge rushers to join one of the NFL’s top pass rushes alongside Leonard Floyd and Aaron Donald.
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More AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | 2022-04-30T05:04:27+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nfl/champion-rams-finally-start-draft-with-wisconsin-ol-bruss/2022/04/29/1fb3124e-c839-11ec-8cff-33b059f4c1b7_story.html |
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland man has been charged with making an online threat to kill a member of Congress from Texas, according to a court filing unsealed Wednesday.
Justin Kuchta, 39, of Annapolis, is charged with one count of interstate communication containing a threat to injure, a felony punishable by a maximum of five years in prison.
Kuchta was expected to make his initial court appearance in Baltimore on Wednesday after surrendering to authorities earlier in the day.
“You have the right to your own opinions, but not the right to threaten a federal official’s life,” U.S. Attorney Erek Barron said in a statement.
A court filing does not name the member of Congress whom Kuchta is accused of threatening in a message that said the lawmaker “will be the first on the gallows.” A staff member from the member's district office in Texas reported the threat to police in July.
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The Internet Protocol address used to send the message was registered to a private, high-speed network operated by the state of Maryland, according to a U.S. Capitol Police special agent's affidavit. When agents interviewed Kuchta at his Annapolis workplace, he admitted to sending the threatening message while he was working from home on his government-issued computer, the affidavit says.
The court filing does not identify Kuchta's government employer. | 2022-09-07T21:05:46+00:00 | wcfcourier.com | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/man-charged-with-threatening-to-kill-member-of-congress/article_c3c2e1c1-6be6-5b88-9c64-e2bd119e7638.html |
BLOOMINGTON — Three years into teaching English at Central Catholic High School, this school year has been like trying on eyeglasses for the first time, Dana Coletta said.
“It’s just like I can see more clearly,” she said, having experienced the school’s shift to a president-principal team this year. “... It wasn’t broken, but it’s just so much better now.”
Central Catholic changed ahead of this school year, with former principal Sean Foster stepping into the president role and Chris McGraw coming in as principal. He had previously been a building administrator in McLean County Unit 5.
“For me, it has been extremely invigorating,” McGraw said, and Foster agreed the change has been rejuvenating for them both.
Both said they felt the new model has allowed them to really focus on their work, rather than having to juggle the academic and administrative parts of running a building.
For McGraw, for instance, it has given him time to meet with all of the school’s teachers at the start of each semester.
"It was this very focused, intentional one-on-one face time with every single teacher in the building, that was outside of an evaluation meeting,” he said.
McGraw can often be found sitting with students at lunch, sometimes joined by Foster, to host “listening sessions.”
"Personally, for me, I felt like it hyper-accelerated my ability to connect with students. I was getting so much face time with students that historically is difficult to do as a building principal," McGraw said.
Izzie Niepagen, a junior at Central Catholic, said those listening sessions have been productive, and this year students consistently have seen that their voices matter at the school.
“The things we're asking for, the things we're like, ‘Hey, can we change this or make a tweak on that?’ (McGraw) almost instantly is making some sort of change or at least vocalizing to us that he hears what we're saying and they're trying to make a change, which is really nice,” she said.
Niepagen said the time McGraw is able to dedicate to students, be it through listening sessions, classroom visits or attending extracurricular events, is “just like making you feel that love and appreciation that he goes out of his way to care for students, and not only just us, but the teachers, too.”
With the perspective of a teacher and a parent of two freshman sons at Central Catholic, Coletta said she feels more heard as well, with McGraw sending regular updates to parents with the reminder that his inbox and phone are always available.
With the president-principal model separating duties, she said McGraw has time to “bounce ideas around” and work through issues with teachers.
“He’s very excited about everything you want to do, and you feel affirmed by that,” Coletta said. “And it’s all just that accessibility.”
Now, after 14 years at Central Catholic, Foster sees his role as “to provide opportunity where it currently does not exist."
That includes helping the school grow in its enrollment and funding. Tuition costs are one of the main hindrances for students to attend the school, and in part because Foster has been able to prioritize that work, scholarship opportunities have grown from 13 scholarships to 28 scholarships over the past year, he said.
Next year, Foster anticipates the school will have more than $500,000 to offer in scholarships through donors. Between financial assistance provided by Central Catholic, parishes and the diocese, 44% of students receive some type of assistance.
The school is also anticipating its largest freshman class since 2012 to join next year. Staff project enrollment about eight years out, based on enrollment at area Catholic elementary schools. The high school draws from around 10 different schools, including students who come from as far as Pontiac and El Paso.
Central Catholic currently has about 267 students.
In addition to tasks like fundraising for the school, Foster has also focused more broadly on community relationships. One way the school does that is by having students pick a senior class charity, as serving others is part of the school’s mission.
Extending partnerships with those local organizations beyond one year is part of Foster’s role.
"It is our desire to have a more meaningful interaction or engagement, and therefore a more meaningful impact on the Bloomington-Normal community," he said.
As Foster focuses on increasing school access for families, McGraw said he sees his role as “increasing the excellence within the building.”
As the transition to the new system continues, this semester Central Catholic is conducting a student life survey, focusing on how students feel about the school’s community. It includes questions like how many adults at the school they feel they can go to with concerns and for life advice.
Almost all of the students identified at least two adults they felt they could trust, McGraw said.
“That’s a testament to the atmosphere of this place,” he said.
Foster said building relationships is “the most important thing” at Central Catholic, especially given the small size of the school.
“We now have the time to more fully invest in those relationships in a meaningful way. ... I have seen just in this past year, the short time that we've had this model, and we've worked together, the culture is truly enhanced. A lot of that is the model, but it's also having the right people in the right place,” Foster said of McGraw sharing in the leadership of the school.
McGraw said he has found it helpful in navigating his first year at Central Catholic to have Foster there as the former principal. Foster has been slightly surprised by how well the transition to the model has gone.
“It’s been much more seamless than I anticipated. I’d say it’s been a very healthy, smooth transition,” Foster said, noting they're both already looking forward to further changes at Central Catholic, including block schooling and the creation of a "house system," which would provide leadership opportunities for students. | 2023-05-07T13:50:14+00:00 | pantagraph.com | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/one-year-in-central-catholic-sees-advantages-of-new-leadership-model/article_3c9268d4-ea0b-11ed-90aa-979b886050ba.html |
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines is trying to make travelers who were caught in its surge of canceled flights over the holidays feel a bit better about the airline by giving them 25,000 frequent-flyer points.
The airline says the points are worth more than $300 in flights.
Southwest included the offer in a letter — another apology for the meltdown — from CEO Bob Jordan.
“I know that no amount of apologies can undo your experience,” Jordan wrote. He added the airline is acting “with great urgency” to process refunds, return lost bags and handle requests for reimbursement of costs incurred by stranded travelers.
Dallas-based Southwest canceled more than 15,000 flights between Dec. 22 and Dec. 30, according to tracking service FlightAware. The flight disruptions began with a winter storm that swept across the country. While other airlines recovered after a couple days, Southwest continued to struggle with crews and airplanes that were stranded far from where they were supposed to be.
Southwest said people booked on flights from Dec. 24 to Jan. 2 that were canceled or “significantly” delayed received the 25,000 points. It has not disclosed how many passengers were booked on those flights.
Many have blamed the airline's scheduling system as part of the problem, with some crews unable to get in touch with the people in charge of scheduling them.
While Jordan said last week that Southwest would improve its infrastructure after the incident, he didn't give specifics about what parts of that infrastructure went wrong and how they would be corrected. | 2023-01-04T16:31:32+00:00 | wthr.com | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/southwest-gives-frequent-flyer-points-after-christmas-meltdown/507-ce789ed0-bfe0-434f-ac3d-1ffacdb269d9 |
WFO PHOENIX Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 24, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Imperial County in southeastern California...
Riverside County in southern California...
* Until 1000 PM PDT.
* At 549 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches are possible in
the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Blythe.
This includes the following highways...
CA Route 78 between mile markers 56 and 65.
CA Interstate 10 between mile markers 115 and 124.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Seco, Arroyo, Milpitas Wash, Colorado River and Vinagre Wash.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 2022-08-25T01:14:13+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/weather/article/CA-WFO-PHOENIX-Warnings-Watches-and-Advisories-17396526.php |
China plays down Blinken’s canceled visit over balloon
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China played down the cancellation of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken after a large Chinese balloon suspected of conducting surveillance on U.S. military sites roiled diplomatic relations, saying that neither side had formally announced any such plan.
“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 in a statement Saturday morning.
Blinken was due to visit Beijing on Sunday for talks aimed at reducing U.S.-China tensions, the first such high-profile trip after the countries’ leaders met last November in Indonesia. But the U.S. abruptly canceled the trip after the discovery of the huge balloon despite China’s claim that it was merely a weather research “airship” that had blown off course.
The Pentagon rejected that out of hand — as well as China’s contention that the balloon was not being used for surveillance and had only limited navigational ability.
Uncensored reactions on the Chinese internet mirrored the official government stance that the U.S. was hyping up the situation.
Many users made jokes about the balloon. Some said that since the U.S. had put restrictions on the technology that China is able to buy to weaken the Chinese tech industry, they couldn’t control the balloon.
Others called it the “wandering balloon” in a pun that refers to the newly released Chinese sci-fi film called “The Wandering Earth 2.”
Still others used it as a chance to poke fun at U.S. defenses, saying it couldn’t even defend against a balloon, and nationalist influencers leapt to use the news to mock the U.S. One wrote wryly: “The U.S., because of the balloon incident, delays Blinken’s visit to China.”
Censorship was visible on the topic — the “wandering balloon” hashtag on Weibo was no longer searchable by Saturday evening.
“The U.S. is hyping this as a national security threat posed by China to the U.S. This type of military threat, in actuality, we haven’t done this. And compared with the U.S. military threat normally aimed at us, can you say it’s just little? Their surveillance planes, their submarines, their naval ships are all coming near our borders,” Chinese military expert Chen Haoyang of the Taihe Institute said on Phoenix TV, one of the major national TV outlets.
The balloon was spotted earlier over Montana, which is home to one of America’s three nuclear missile silo fields at Malmstrom Air Force Base, defense officials said.
President Joe Biden had declined to shoot down the balloon, following advice of defense officials who worried the debris could injure people below. Meanwhile, people with binoculars and telephoto lenses tried to find the “spy balloon” in the sky as it headed southeastward over Kansas and Missouri at 60,000 feet (18,300 meters).
The Pentagon also acknowledged reports of a second balloon flying over Latin America. “We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,” Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary, said in a statement.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately respond to a question about the second balloon.
Blinken, who had been due to depart Washington for Beijing late Friday, said he had told senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in a phone call that sending the balloon over the U.S. was “an irresponsible act and that (China’s) decision to take this action on the eve of my visit is detrimental to the substantive discussions that we were prepared to have.”
China has denied any claims of spying, and said it is a civilian-use balloon intended for meteorology research. Experts have said that their response was feasible.
But analysts said the unexpected incident will not help the strained ties between the two countries, and particularly China’s initial response where it said they could not control the balloon and “regretted” that it unintentionally entered U.S. space.
On Saturday, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs again emphasized that the balloon’s journey was out of its control and urged the U.S. to not “smear” it based on the balloon.
Wang said China “has always strictly followed international law, we do not accept any groundless speculation and hype. Faced with unexpected situations, both parties need to keep calm, communicate in a timely manner, avoid misjudgments and manage differences.”
Alfred Wu, an associate professor at the National University of Singapore, said China’s apology did not appear sincere.
“In the meantime, the relationship will not improve in the near future ... the gap is huge.”
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Associated Press researcher Henry Hou in Beijing contributed to this report.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-04T12:31:46+00:00 | kfyrtv.com | https://www.kfyrtv.com/2023/02/04/china-plays-down-blinkens-canceled-visit-over-balloon/ |
USA Gymnastics is turning to two of its most-decorated athletes to help guide its women's elite program.
Alicia Sacramone Quinn and Chellsie Memmel, teammates on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team that earned silver in Beijing, are part of the new leadership paradigm within the organization.
Memmel, the 2005 world champion, will be the technical lead for the women's program. Sacramone, a 10-time world championship medalist, will serve as the program's strategic lead. They will be joined in the new system by Dan Baker, who will transition from the elite team women's developmental coordinator to the developmental lead.
All three will begin their new positions on June 1.
The technical, strategic and developmental lead positions were established in March following the resignation of high-performance director Tom Forster, who stepped down last November after leading the U.S. women to gold at the 2018 and 2019 world championships and silver at the Tokyo Olympics.
USA Gymnastics Chief Programs Officer Stefanie Korepin said the organization wanted to get away from a model that left the perception — be it real or perceived — that one person was in charge of the elite program.
Memmel, who retired in 2012 but made a surprising comeback last year at age 32 to compete in the 2021 national championships, “will direct training and skill development at National Team camps and clinics and will travel to clubs around the country to help facilitate streamlined implementation of the program’s high performance strategy," according to USA Gymnastics.
Sacramone Quinn, the captain of the 2008 Olympic team, will focus on the program as a whole and the overarching strategy for women's national team.
“I look forward to building personal relationships with all of our National Team athletes and coaches and continuing to cultivate a culture of excellence, where we build up our athletes physically, mentally and emotionally," Sacramone Quinn said in a statement.
Sacramone Quinn has worked with USA Gymnastics in various capacities since her retirement in 2013. She was on USA Gymnastics’ TOPS development staff from 2013-2014 and served as the head coach of TAG USA Gymnastics & Trampoline from 2014-2018. She has worked as a TV analyst for ESPN since 2015 among other ventures.
Baker, head coach at Stars Gymnastics Training Center in Houston, has been a fixture in the elite world for more than 20 years.
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More AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-05-26T19:21:06+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/USA-Gymnastics-tabs-Sacramone-Quinn-Memmel-for-17201202.php |
Kreider’s overtime goal lifts Rangers over Flyers 1-0
By ALLAN KREDA
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider scored on a breakaway at 4:07 of overtime and Igor Shesterkin made 19 saves as the New York Rangers won their third straight game with a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. Carter Hart had stopped all 35 shots he faced before Kreider deposited a backhand behind him after taking a pass from Mika Zibanejad. Hart made five saves in overtime before Kreider scored his fourth goal of the season. | 2022-11-02T04:41:29+00:00 | kyma.com | https://kyma.com/sports/ap-sports/2022/11/01/kreiders-overtime-goal-lifts-rangers-over-flyers-1-0/ |
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A rose by any other name may smell as sweet. But how does it taste?
Delicious, according to edible flower enthusiasts.
At tea at Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire, England, in 1999, Denise Schreiber tasted rose petal ice cream for the first time: “I put a spoonful into my mouth and discovered heaven on earth. The fragrance of the roses enveloped my tongue like nothing else I had ever eaten. I was in love.”
That discovery opened up “a whole world of edible flowers and recipes,” which she details in “Eat Your Roses … Pansies, Lavender and 49 Other Delicious Flowers” (St. Lynn’s Press, 2011), the book that grew from the seed planted by that first fragrant bite.
Noelle Akin remembers tasting honeysuckle flowers as a child. “My aunt showed me that you could just pull the flower off the plant, and then lick the back of the flower and it’s secreting sugar,” said Akin, now manager of training and education for Petitti Garden Centers.
But she didn’t really discover the range and versatility of edible flowers until she received a box of produce from The Chef’s Garden in Huron during the pandemic.
“A.J. [Petitti, the company’s president] sent us this gift of flowers and some greens and some really cool unusual things,” she said. “And I thought, wow, I never really even thought about using these plants as edibles or garnishes or what have you.”
The list of plants that produce edible flowers is long and wide-ranging, including both obvious and more unusual choices.
“Some of the flavors are sweet to bitter, some of them are more aromatic or citrusy or perfumey than others. You have a soft, succulent texture, you might have a fuzzy texture, you might have a crisp texture or waxy texture,” Akin said. “Depending on what you prefer, your personal tastes, try them and see what you think.”
The mint family is a good place to begin, she said, since it includes not just spearmint and peppermint but many other common garden plants, including basil, oregano, sage and lavender, which is perhaps the best-known culinary flower.
“What can’t you use lavender for in the kitchen?” Schreiber writes in her book. She recommends English lavender, angustifolia, for its “sweet, subtle quality.”
It is a key ingredient in herbes de Provence for savory dishes, and is often added to baked goods; when Schreiber gave a talk in February at Dayton Nursery in Norton, she passed out Russian tea cakes made with lavender. Akin suggested adding lavender to shortbread cookies. Jeni’s, the ice cream brand out of Columbus, has offered a Wildberry Lavender flavor for two decades.
Bee balm (monarda), another member of the mint family, has edible petals, as well as being a great plant for pollinators, Akin said. It comes in a range of colors and is a native plant for Ohio. Schreiber likes bee balm with fish.
Flowers of plants that produce fruit and vegetables can be tasty and attractive. Squash blossoms are popular in Italian cuisine, often stuffed with cheese, battered and fried, but other edible vegetable flowers include broccoli, beans and peas. Try blossoms of fruit trees, including apple, plum, cherry, nectarine and peach.
The flowers of alliums such as onions and chives offer flavor without too much bite, Schreiber said. In one of the recipes in her book, parcooked green beans are tossed with onion flowers, pine nuts, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese and garlic-infused butter and olive oil, and roasted at 375 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes to crisp them up. Chive flowers, which will be blooming soon in local herb gardens, are pretty sprinkled on salads or folded into eggs.
Pansies and violas — even the wild violets on your lawn — can be used for syrups and jam, and are popular edible decorations, whether floated in an ice ring, tossed in salads, or candied and used to adorn desserts.
Another ubiquitous lawn flower, the humble dandelion, has a multitude of uses, according to Schreiber. The greens can be eaten raw in salads, but flowers should be cooked, and can be added to stir-fries or made into jelly, wine, liqueur and syrup. Young flowers are sweeter, turning more bitter with maturity.
Many plants commonly grown as ornamentals produce edible flowers. The rose petals that inspired Schreiber are just one example, used in desserts, syrups, candies, baked goods and beyond. She noted that more fragrant roses will have a stronger flavor, and that the bitter white base of each petal should be pinched off.
Daylilies, tulips and gladiolas, with the reproductive parts removed, can be used as an edible “cup,” and daylilies can be sauteed or stuffed like squash flowers. Dianthus, stock and hosta flowers are edible, Akin said. Lilacs can be mixed with cream cheese or yogurt, according to Schreiber’s book, and make sweet and fragrant decorations.
You might even be able to forage from some of your hanging baskets. The box Akin received from The Chef’s Garden contained fuchsia flowers.
“I had never eaten them until last year, but fuchsia is so popular out there. Those flowers are fine to eat. They are fairly juicy, I have to say. So it might not be for everybody. They do have a little bit of a bitter flavor to them.”
Nasturtiums make a colorful addition to salads; both the leaves and the vividly colored flowers have a peppery bite. “Nasturtiums in a garden are fantastic plants because they’re a really good companion plant for vegetables and other herbs and other flowering plants,” Akin said. Schreiber writes that the seed pods can be pickled and used like capers.
Calendulas, also known as pot marigolds, lend peppery flavor and bright yellow/orange colors to baked goods, soups, breads, corn muffins and compound butters.
If you’re ready to start eating your flowers, both Akin and Schreiber say it’s a good idea to start gradually.
“You never know how a certain individual will react to plant material, even though it’s considered non-toxic,” Akin said. “You want to sample it, see how you react, and then go from there. Start with a very small quantity, start slowly, and then work your way into it. I wouldn’t consume a lot of flowers at one time.”
Schreiber agreed that flowers should be introduced slowly, like any other new food in your diet. In her talk, she offered several more “rules” for safe consumption, including:
• Eat flowers only when you are positive they are edible. Just because it is served with food does not mean a flower is edible (such as decorative flowers on a wedding cake). And some are poisonous.
• Eat only flowers that have been grown organically, without sprays. Flowers from florists, nurseries and garden centers have probably been sprayed.
• Children under the age of 4 should not eat flowers because of possible reactions, and If you have hay fever, asthma or severe allergies, avoid eating members of the daisy family.
• Remove pistils and stamens; eat only the petals.
• Do not eat flowers picked from the side of a road. Besides exhaust emissions, you don’t know whose dog was there before you!
The best way to know that your flowers are safe to eat is to grow them, Schreiber said. You’ll know they’re fresh and free of herbicides and pesticides, you get the satisfaction of harvesting your own food along with saving money, and they’re beautiful to boot.
Akin offered some growing tips for edibles in your landscape. Start by preparing the soil before planting, ideally creating a 50/50 mixture of clay and organic matter such as compost, leaf humus, manure and/or peat.
During the growing season, use a slow-release organic fertilizer such as Plant-Tone, and make sure your plants get one inch of water per week, whether by rainfall or watering deeply. For containers, water whenever the soil dries out.
A cold, hard spray of water is the best first defense against pests. You can also squash soft-bodied insects like aphids, and hand-pick slugs (“I know that’s not appealing for a lot of people,” Akin said with a laugh.)
If you must use an insecticide, neem oil is a certified organic product and is safe for edibles. Apply in the early morning or late evening, when pollinators are inactive.
When you’re ready to pick your harvest, whether it’s flowers, fruit or herbs, it’s always best to do so in the morning when they’re “plump and full of water” for the best flavor, Akin said, even if you won’t be using them until dinnertime. Keep them in the refrigerator or another cool place, between two moist paper towels.
“There’s quite a bit that you can grow that’s available out there, at your local garden center,” Akin said. “And if not the plant, the seeds. That’s a lost art, too. A lot of people don’t grow seeds, but it’s economical, it’s fairly simple to do, and I think it’s a great way to get your growing on and grow what you like to eat.”
Asian Noodles Vinaigrette with Nasturtiums
Author’s note: This recipe came to me after I had sampled a cold noodle dish at a friend’s house. The simplicity of the dish requires cooking only the noodles and dressing it with an Asian style vinaigrette that is slightly sweet with a little heat. The natural peppery flavor of nasturtiums makes in an ideal flower to add to the noodles.
⅓ cup rice vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons fresh ginger, peeled and grated
1 tablespoon honey
2 teaspoons sesame oil
2 teaspoons Chinese sweet chili pepper sauce
¼ cup canola oil
1 pound cooked linguini
1 carrot, peeled and grated
1 red bell pepper, seeded and julienned
½ small cucumber
3 green onions, sliced on the diagonal
1 cup nasturtium flowers and leaves, chopped
¼ cup chopped fresh parsley or cilantro leaves
Whisk together vinegar, sugar, ginger, honey, sesame oil and sweet chili pepper sauce. Slowly whisk in canola oil until combined.
Add cooked noodles, carrot, pepper, cucumber, green onions, nasturtiums and parsley/cilantro. Gently toss and serve.
From “Eat Your Roses … Pansies, Lavender and 49 Other Delicious Flowers” by Denise Schreiber (St. Lynn’s Press, 2011; $8.69 Kindle)
Rose Petal Jam
Author’s note: This delicately pink colored jam is best made with fragrant red or pink flowers for good color. Perfect to serve with tea crackers or to put on a warm croissant for a winter treat.
½ pound dark red, red or dark pink rose petals
2 cups granulated sugar
4½ cups water
½ cup lemon juice
Remove the bitter white bases from rose petals, then rinse petals and drain completely. Place in a glass or stainless steel bowl. Lightly sprinkle a small amount of sugar over the petals, covering them thoroughly. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit overnight.
Place remaining sugar, water, and lemon juice in a saucepan over low heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Stir in rose petals and let simmer about 20 minutes.
Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a rolling boil. Continue boiling for approximately 5 minutes until mixture thickens and the temperature on a candy thermometer is 220 degrees.
Remove from heat and place in jelly jars and process in a hot water bath.
From “Eat Your Roses … Pansies, Lavender and 49 Other Delicious Flowers” by Denise Schreiber (St. Lynn’s Press, 2011; $8.69 Kindle)
Floral Butters
Butters are an easy way to add floral accents to your food without a lot of fuss. The flower should match the food you are serving. Feel free to experiment. Butters can be made sweet or savory. Always start off with the lower amount of flower since some can be quite strong (especially lavender, monarda and lemon verbena).
Use them on toast, on meat and fish or incorporate it into your baking if the recipe calls for butter and the flavor would match. Lavender butter and a sugar cookie recipe would be a lovely match. Melted lavender butter could be drizzled over a smoked pork chop. Chive flower butter on toast topped with a poached egg is a great twist on an old and sometimes bland dish.
Simply combine a stick of real butter, softened, with one of the following:
Calendula petals: ½ cup, minced
Chive flower: 1 floret fresh, minced
Edible flower mix (dried): 2 teaspoons, finely crumbled
Lavender: 1 tablespoon fresh flowers and/or finely minced leaves, or ¼ tablespoon dried lavender
Lemon verbena: 1 teaspoon finely minced flowers and/or leaves
Monarda (bee balm): 1 tablespoon fresh, minced; or 1 teaspoon crumbled dried monarda
Nasturtiums: 1½ tablespoons fresh, minced flowers and/or leaves.
Pineapple sage: 1 teaspoon leaves or flowers, finely minced
Rose petals: 2 tablespoons fresh, minced, with white heels removed; or 1 tablespoon dried, finely crumbled
Thyme, basil or oregano flowers: 1 teaspoon, minced
Mix with a spoon or hand mixer. If you like, you can use butter molds and keep in the freezer until ready to serve. Or refrigerate and use within a week.
Be aware that lilacs do not make a good butter. Their fleshy flowers can become quite nasty looking and discolored.
From “Eat Your Roses … Pansies, Lavender and 49 Other Delicious Flowers” by Denise Schreiber (St. Lynn’s Press, 2011; $8.69 Kindle) | 2022-05-06T13:04:14+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/05/add-a-cup-of-flower-blooms-are-not-just-a-feast-for-the-eyes.html |
A Summit County grand jury has indicted Dacarrei Kinard, the man accused of killing an Akron man during a road rage shooting last month on Interstate 76 in Norton, on multiple counts.
According to Summit County Court of Common Pleas records, Kinard is charged with two counts of murder, felonious assault, discharging a firearm on or near prohibited premises, and improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle. All five charges are felonies.
According to authorities, Kinard allegedly shot and killed 40-year-old George Jensen of Akron on May 17 while the two were driving on Interstate 76 near State Route 21 in separate vehicles. Jensen was on his way home from work at the time of the shooting.
Jensen was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of multiple gunshot wounds but he later died from his injuries, police said. Kinard fled the scene after the shooting and was eventually located in Columbus and arrested by the U.S. Marshals and Columbus Police.
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For lottery players, it’s time to dream big dreams again. The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to a whopping $640 million for Friday, Dec. 30, after no winning tickets were sold for Tuesday night’s lottery drawing.
That marks 21 consecutive Mega Millions drawings without a top prize winner, and it sets the stage for what could be the 6th biggest jackpot in the history of the multi-state lottery game, which started in August 1996.
The biggest winning Mega Millions jackpot on record was $1.537 billion, a prize awarded in South Carolina on Oct. 23, 2018.
(Note: If you are unable to view the chart above on your device, click on this link to see it.)
5 big winners Tuesday night
Five tickets sold across the nation for Tuesday night’s drawing matched all five regular numbers, without matching the Mega number, so they won prizes of $1 million, according to Mega Millions lottery officials. Two of those tickets were sold in California, and one each in Florida, Georgia and Mississippi.
Two Mega Millions tickets sold in New Jersey for last Friday’s drawing each won a prize of $10,000, according to the New Jersey Lottery. Those tickets matched four of the five white balls and the gold Mega Ball drawn.
The tickets were sold in Middlesex and Morris counties at:
- Colonia Deli & Grill, 440 Lake Ave., Colonia section of Woodbridge Township
- Krauszer’s, 45 North Warren St., Dover
In addition to the two $10,000 prizes won Friday night, 44 players in New Jersey matched four of the five white balls drawn, making each ticket worth $500, the state lottery said. Four of those tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prizes to $2,000.
The winning Mega Millions numbers Friday night, Dec. 23, were 15, 21, 32, 38 and 62. The Mega Ball was 8, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 4x.
The winning Mega Millions numbers Tuesday night, Dec. 27, were 9, 13, 36, 59 and 61, and the Mega Ball was 11. The Megaplier Multiplier was 2x.
Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday in 45 states, along with Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Decatur St. Teresa fans held their breath in an uneasy 49-43 victory over Heyworth on Feb. 22 in Illinois boys high school basketball action.
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BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-ruled government on Tuesday denied reports it carried out an air attack on a school in the country’s turbulent north-central region that killed at least seven children, accusing the media of distorting the truth.
Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, spokesperson for the ruling military council, acknowledged at a news conference in the capital, Naypyitaw. that there had been fighting last Friday in Tabayin township in Sagaing region. However, he blamed the government’s armed opponents for the casualties, which in addition to children sheltering at the school included six adult villagers.
Witnesses told The Associated Press and other media that two helicopters fired machine guns and heavier weapons at a school in a Buddhist monastery in the village of Let Yet Kone attended by 240 students from kindergarten to Grade 8 taught by about 20 volunteer teachers.
A school administrator said that after about an hour of continuous shooting, about 80 soldiers charged into the monastery grounds, firing their weapons. The administrator, who used the pseudonym Mar Mar so she would not be identified by the authorities, said about 30 children were wounded, and 20 were taken away by soldiers along with three teachers.
The number of children killed in the air strike appeared to be the highest in a single day since the army seized power in a coup in February last year, ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
The army’s takeover triggered mass nonviolent protests nationwide, but when the military and police responded with deadly force, armed resistance arose in the cities and the countryside.
Fighting has been especially fierce in Sagaing, where the military has launched several offensives, in some cases burning down villages, and displacing more than half a million people. There are six camps hosting displaced people in Tabayin, which is also known as Depayin.
Zaw Min Tun told journalists on Tuesday that the incident occurred when soldiers went to check on information that there were members of the armed anti-government People’s Defense Force and their allies from the Kachin Independence Army, an ethnic rebel group, in Let Yet Kone. The People’s Defense Force was established last year to oppose military rule.
He said the armed groups’ members herded the villagers into the monastery ahead of the fighting.
“They forced the people to stay under the main building of the monastery. And then they started to fire on the security forces while using the villagers as human shields. The army shot back at them,” Zaw Min Tun said.
He said the army rescued the people hiding at the monastery after the armed groups ran away, and that when the soldiers found two children with serious injuries, they were immediately taken by helicopter to a military hospital. Other wounded villagers were taken to nearby hospitals, he said.
He charged that the accounts of the attack on the school were made up to come just ahead of the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, where Myanmar’s violent crisis will be debated.
His account of the incident was challenged by the school administrator.
“What Zaw Min Tun said at the press conference were words opposite to the truth. Teaching the students every day is our job. No one forced us into the monastery and there was no armed group in the village,” Mar Mar said by phone on Tuesday. | 2022-09-21T05:17:39+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-myanmars-military-govt-denies-deadly-air-attack-on-school/ |
CLEVELAND — Shane Bieber allowed two runs over five innings in his final start before the postseason, Josh Naylor and rookie Will Brennan hit three-run homers and the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-5 on Sunday.
The right-hander gave up both runs — one unearned —in the fourth and scattered seven hits, struck out three, walked one and threw 80 pitches. Bieber finished the regular season with 198 strikeouts in 200 innings.
“Knew we were on a bit of a pitch count and want to go out there and compete,” he said. “We’re still trying to win ballgames and we want to win outright and finish the season on a high note. That’s what it came down to.”
Guardians manager Terry Francona thought it was a hard start for Bieber in terms of wanting to pitch well, but also knowing what’s ahead.
“You want to get through and you want to feel good and you want to get people out,” Francona said. “All of a sudden, they’re starting to put balls in play and get some hits, and we don’t get a couple outs. But he knows Friday’s coming.”
Naylor and Brennan homered off Max Castillo (0-2) in Cleveland’s six-run second.
Naylor played first base and batted cleanup, one spot ahead of his brother Bo, who was the designated hitter. Bo Naylor, called up from the minors Saturday, struck out in all four at-bats.
“I know their parents are here,” Francona said. “We don’t make the lineup too often like that, but I thought maybe they’d get a kick out of that.”
Josh Naylor’s home run gave Cleveland a 7-0 lead. Brennan, another rookie, hit his first major-league homer earlier in the inning. He also tripled and scored to leadoff the game.
Kansas City cut the score to 7-5 in the eighth, but Trevor Stephan retired Edward Olivares with two on to end the inning. Emmanuel Clase pitched the ninth for his major-league leading 41st save.
“We had some really good at-bats, put us in a situation bring (Olivares) up there with a chance to take the lead,” Kansas City manager Mike Matheny said. “After being down as much as we were down to have that opportunity late in the game, it shows a lot of fight.”
Amed Rosario had a sacrifice fly in the first before Cleveland sent nine men to the plate in the second and scored six times with two outs.
Brennan is batting .355 in nine games since being called up from Triple-A Columbus on Sept. 21 and is playing his way on to the postseason roster.
“There’s a reason we called him up when we did,” Francona said. “We felt like he could help us moving forward when there’s only three weeks left in the season. That’s probably the biggest compliment we could give him.”
José Ramirez stole his 20th base of the season in the seventh, the fourth time in his career he has hit 20 home runs and stolen 20 bases in a season.
Castillo, acquired from Toronto for Whit Merrifield, allowed seven runs in five innings, but retired 10 in a row after Cleveland jumped ahead.
MJ Melendez and Vinnie Pasquantino each had three hits for the Royals.
TAKE A DAY
Royals catcher Salvador Perez wasn’t in the lineup after feeling soreness in his left thumb during Saturday’s game.
Perez tore the ulnar collateral ligament in the thumb in June, had surgery and returned in late July. Perez homered in the seventh inning Saturday and was removed from the game following the at-bat because of discomfort in the thumb.
Matheny said tests showed the area where the surgery was performed wasn’t affected and Perez is day-to-day over the final three games of the season.
“We’re fortunate everything looked good where the repair was,” Matheny said. “That didn’t seem to be an issue. It’s just sore.”
BUNDLE UP
The game-time temperature was 58 degrees, which felt much lower to fans thanks to a 22 mph wind blowing in from center field.
UP NEXT
The six-game series continues Monday night. RHP Zack Greinke (4-9, 3.78 ERA) is 1-0 in three starts against the Guardians this season, allowing two earned runs over 16 2/3 innings. RHP Triston McKenzie (11-11, 2.99 ERA) was 2-0 with a 2.14 ERA in five September starts.
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