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Dr. Julia Vaizer, an an assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine, will become the first female medical chief for IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway when she takes over next season.
Vaizer has spent the past year assisting Dr. Geoffrey Billows, the series' longtime medical director, who announced during the driver's meeting for Sunday's race in Toronto that he will be stepping down.
Billows has been undergoing treatment for parotid salivary cancer since November 2020 and wants to spend more time with his family. He plans to help Vaizer in a part-time capacity as he continues treatment.
“Dr. Billows and Dr. Vaizer have been working very closely together over the last few years, so we know this will be a seamless transition," said Indianapolis Motor Speedway president J. Douglas Boles. "We look forward to continuing to work with Dr. Vaizer as she trailblazes into her new leadership position as IndyCar’s first female medical director.”
Vaizer graduated from the University of Florida in 2011 and earned her medical degree from the University of Central Florida in 2016. She did emergency residency training at Detroit Receiving Hospital in 2019 and became the first graduate of the IU School of Medicine's motorsports fellowship in July 2021.
She began her work with IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2018 during an elective training program.
“Dr. Billows has been a friend, a mentor, a teacher and like family to me," Vaizer said. “It’s a huge honor to be chosen to carry on his legacy. It fills me with inspiration. I know I will work really hard to continue doing what he established as one of the most successful medical teams in the world of motorsports. I cannot wait for the next chapter and see how we can continue to improve the field of motorsports medicine for the next generation to come."
Billow began his career at Indianapolis Motor Speedway during his residency in 1993, when he would volunteer at the IU Health Emergency Medical Center in the infield during race weeks. He later served as an IndyCar team physician and rose to the speedway's medical director in 2006; he added the job of IndyCar's medical director in 2016.
All the while, Billows has served as an assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine at the IU School of Medicine.
“It’s no secret the last 20 months have been quite challenging for me,” he said. “I thought, ‘I should enjoy whatever time I have left.’ But I’m staying on so I can help part time because I enjoy it so much. The opportunity to work with IndyCar and IMS has been an opportunity of a lifetime. It’s been a career unlike none other. It’s quite rewarding. It not only gives me a chance to help take care of the drivers but to also have the chance to promote safety in the motorsports industry.”
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More AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-07-17T15:34:28+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/IndyCar-makes-Dr-Julia-Vaizer-first-female-17310476.php |
The world’s biggest battery company is turning to abundantly available materials as it looks to upgrade power packs for electric vehicles. While that stands to bring down costs and raise efficiency as raw material shortages abound, it’s an opportunity for countries like India and Brazil to take their chunk of the increasingly lucrative EV supply chain before it gets too late.
After effectively popularizing safer and cheaper lithium iron phosphate, or LFP, chemistry for EV batteries, China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. is now adding manganese to the mix. Ford Motor Co. recently added LFPs to its mix and will now import them from CATL for its Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning pickup. This latest chemistry, LMFP, and promise to commercialize it, could be yet another game changer.In its latest formulation, manganese will boost the energy density of LFPs, allowing them to take vehicles further along (while remaining the safer and cheaper option.) In CATL’s case, the voltage will increase from 3.2 volts to 4.1 volts. Such chemistry could provide up to 25% more energy density, according to a subsidiary of Lithium Australia that has also been working to adjust its own manufacturing processes to boost battery performance. CATL’s cells will be mass produced by the end of this year with a potential energy density of 230 Wh/kg, compared to 150Wh/kg to 180Wh/kg. That’s substantial given range anxiety and charging infrastructure remain the biggest barriers to widespread consumer adoption.
Manganese — and its effectiveness in electrochemistry — is often forgotten because of its low cost as a portion of the whole battery compared to that of other metals like nickel and cobalt. It’s used in higher energy density batteries, or the nickel cobalt formulation but in smaller amounts than the other elements. Those powerpacks, while also popular and a favorite of South Korean manufacturers, have been involved in fires and aren’t considered as stable despite being able to take vehicles further. Other combinations exist too, like the increasingly promising lithium nickel manganese oxide, or LNMO. In the past, one persistent issue with using manganese was that the battery would have a limited life cycle and high resistance, meaning it gets too hot and voltage drops. CATL’s version (and others) seem to have overcome this.
With this potential, demand for the metal is bound to go up. While there isn’t a shortage of manganese yet, it’ll be an important component for batteries. South Africa tops the list of producers, followed by China, Australia, Brazil, Gabon and India.
As the battery supply chain gets concentrated in the hands of a few countries (or really, just China), it’s important for emerging and developing markets avoid getting left behind, and to grab their part too, rather than eventually getting hamstrung by shortages and supply chain snarls. If they are incentivized to produce more of these materials, they are bound to push electric vehicles. Ultimately, these nations stand to play an important role in electrification and help bring down global emissions. India, for instance, could become a key supply chain risk mitigator. It has vast untapped reserves. Of the more than 140 or so mines, several are currently inactive and almost half the production comes from two dozen public sector mines. Most of the ore is suitable for steel and other more basic uses. Only a tiny portion is battery-grade, however it can be processed and purified in to a battery-friendly form. An Indian government committee last month recommended exploring manganese reserves and boosting R&D efforts to explore the use of the metal for powerpacks, hopefully leading to increased policy support. Putting all this to work effectively could give India a spot in the global supply chain.
It’ll come down to cost, quality and carbon footprint, as founder of Euro Manganese Inc. Marco Romero told me recently. Countries like India can no doubt win on the cost front when it comes to labor, equipment and fabrication even if they can’t compete on low-carbon emission operations just yet. The reality is India will have to start with incremental gains. But to do even that, it’ll need to start now.
Until recently, there weren’t many other uses for high-grade manganese so companies didn’t have much incentive to boost production. Anyone willing to invest now will gain a first-mover advantage. China is already pushing the case with its “manganese innovation alliance campaign, launched late last year. The country has mastered refining the metal. However, after a year of supply chain snarls, and companies and countries wanting a host of suppliers to avoid a concentration risk for key resources, that means there’s room for plenty of players.
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CROWLEY — For the Teurlings Catholic Rebels, it was the kind of joy they haven’t experienced in 26 years.
For senior wide receiver Hayden Vice it will go down as a hard-to-top thrilling high school moment.
With his Rebels backed up to their 1 in the final minute of the Rebels’ 38-14 road win over Notre Dame on Friday, Vice caught a 99-yard touchdown pass to provide the exclamation point to the historic triumph.
“That’s something you can’t practice in practice,” Vice said. “You never get in that scenario. Everybody always tells me on the sideline that I’ve got underrated speed. I’m no Kentrell Prejean, but when I saw that open field, I said, ‘I’ve got to go win this game for my team.’ ”
In many ways, it was a fitting ending to the satisfying win.
The Rebels lost their past 11 trips to Gardiner Memorial Stadium until Friday with a win that marked the first time Teurlings owned a two-game winning streak over the Pios since those wins of 30-20 and 49-14 in 1996.
“That was amazing,” said Vice, who finished with five catches for 163 yards and two scores. “Coach (Dane Charpentier) talked about it before the game — 1996, the last time we beat them twice in a row. When you got playmakers like Kentrell Prejean, me, Cade Robin, Carlos O’Brien, Bradford Cain, this just means so much to Teurlings and what we represent.”
The offense came out firing with a six-play, 73-yard drive in 1:50 to open the game, culminating in a 26-yard TD pass from Preston Welch to Prejean.
It was the beginning of a huge night for Welch, who was 12-of-18 passing for 310 yards and four touchdowns.
“One year of experience showed tonight,” Charpentier said of Welch. “A lot of plays he made showed his maturity, but it’s the plays that he didn’t make. He never made the mistake. That’s a big part of playing quarterback — you help our team, you don’t help the other team.
“When you run an offense like we do, there’s a lot of opportunities to help the other team. I think he showed incredible maturity and incredible development tonight. All he did was help us win. He didn’t give them anything.”
After that, it was the Rebels’ defense that seized the spotlight. Trey Parker finished two of Notre Dame’s first four possessions with interceptions and a third drive ended with a fumble recovery.
Jacob Dartez later added a third interception.
“We just had a great game plan,” Parker said. “We focused on our keys so much in practice. Coach Bart (Vitte) and coach Brad (Taylor) up in the press box had a great game plan. Just whatever call is made, we kept an eye on our keys, read the routes and plays happen whenever you stay on your keys.”
Charlie Mader finished one of those drives with a 20-yard field goal for a 10-0 lead midway through the first quarter.
But Welch later added a 24-yard touchdown pass to Jack Purser on the next drive for a 17-0 cushion, and Vice was at it again with a nifty 19-yard scoring grab on third-and-18 with 8:42 left in the third for a 31-7 lead.
“I pride myself in being a great possession receiver, and I owe it to my great quarterback Preston Welch,” Vice said. “He’s able to put the ball in certain places, where other quarterbacks in Louisiana can’t do it. It's my job as a receiver to catch everything he throws to me.”
The defense yielded a 32-yard TD pass from Jackson Link to Teddy Menard with 8:49 left, but also produced a goal-line stand on the next drive to set up the 99-yarder to Vice.
Jacob Brouillette was the Pios’ lone weapon with 132 yards and a score on 25 carries.
“There’s not a better-coached team offensively in the whole state when it comes to run blocking,” Charpentier said of the Pios. “It’s a tradition. Hats off to our defensive staff and our defensive players. We did a few things lining up and stemming the front, trying to create some movement up front to give our guys a chance to not get mauled.
“Because there’s always that chance when you play those guys. Turn on the film and they’re pushing people around year in and year out. You’ve got to try to mitigate that somehow, and I thought our guys did a really good job of causing negative plays.” | 2022-09-25T01:10:35+00:00 | theadvocate.com | https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/high_schools/article_bbc53226-3bbf-11ed-8bd1-875e071d11b1.html |
Never mind that it took a couple of weeks. In the end, the Vikings got the guy they wanted all along.
According to ESPN insider Adam Schefter, the Vikings are set to hire Brian Flores as their next defensive coordinator. He spent last season as an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers and is viewed as perfect fit for the Vikings as they revamp their defense.
This is a huge get for the Vikings after another top candidate, Ejiro Evero, accepted a job as defensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers. Though it became clear that the Vikings had interest in Evero after the Denver Broncos released him from his contract, Flores was always regarded as a frontrunner, as well.
He takes over for former defensive coordinator Ed Donatell and is tasked with fixing a group that finished the 2022 season ranked No. 31 in the NFL in total defense.
The most interesting part about the timing is that Flores reportedly was a finalist to be next head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. He also was set to interview with the Broncos as they search for a new defensive coordinator. Apparently the Vikings made Flores an offer he couldn’t refuse
After making a name for himself with the New England Patriots during his rise in the NFL coaching ranks, Flores was named head coach of the Miami Dolphins, then abruptly fired despite leading the franchise to back-to-back winning seasons. He later filed a class action lawsuit against the NFL that alleged racial discrimination. | 2023-02-06T23:30:11+00:00 | twincities.com | https://www.twincities.com/2023/02/06/vikings-set-to-hire-brian-flores-as-next-defensive-coordinator/ |
DENVER, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pivot Energy, a national renewable energy provider, is pleased to announce the start of construction of ten new community solar projects in Illinois that will provide low cost electricity to households and businesses across the state. The portfolio of projects represents 17.1 megawatts of capacity through the Illinois Adjustable Block Program across Ameren and Commonwealth Edison utility service territories.
Unlike traditional on-site solar energy, community solar allows local households and residents to subscribe to the portion of electricity generated by a local project. Also known as "shared solar" or "community solar gardens", these projects expand the benefits of solar, including lower energy costs, to those who do not own their home or do not have adequate space for their own solar energy system.
"We are fiercely dedicated to providing equitable access to community solar," said Garrett Peterson, Senior Vice President of Project Development of Pivot Energy. "By offering solar energy to those who need it most, we are empowering individuals and expanding the benefits to entire communities in the form of cleaner air, lower electricity bills, and jobs."
With the passing of the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA) in 2016 and the subsequent Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) in 2021, Illinois has gradually become a nationwide leader in the deployment of renewable energy. The legislation puts the state on a path to 100% clean energy by 2045.
"We applaud Governor Pritzker's efforts to transition Illinois to clean energy," said Peterson. "Our company is proud to employ Illinoisans and invest in the local economy in our effort to deploy renewable energy for those who previously did not have access."
Pivot Energy previously developed a 34-megawatt portfolio of community solar projects across Illinois in early 2021. With the new portfolio, the company's community solar capacity now stands at 51 megawatts, making Pivot Energy one of the leading providers of community solar in the state.
The portfolio is expected to produce 80 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, offsetting the equivalent of more than 60,000 tons of carbon emissions according to the EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalency Calculator.
Pivot partners with community organizations in allocating subscriptions to those most in need and manages them through the SunCentral platform, their proprietary cloud-based software. If your organization could benefit from partnering with Pivot, please reach out to info@suncentral.net.
Pivot Energy is a national renewable energy provider that develops, finances, builds, owns, and manages solar and energy storage projects. Pivot offers a distributed energy platform that includes a range of services and software that serves the full solar ecosystem. Pivot is a Certified B-Corporation that proudly follows a corporate strategy that provides a positive impact on society as measured by Environmental stewardship, Social leadership, and responsible Governance (ESG) factors. Learn more at pivotenergy.net.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 Friday night for their fourth straight victory.
Andrew Cogliano, Valeri Nichushkin and Brad Hunt also scored for Colorado, and Nathan MacKinnon had two assists. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 28 shots.
Elias Pettersson scored for Vancouver, which lost for the eighth time in 10 games. Collin Delia finished with 26 saves.
Despite Vancouver’s performance, the crowd showed its appreciation for Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau midway through the second period and again late in the game with chants of “Bruce, there it is!” to the tune of Tag Team’s “Whoomp! (There it is).” Multiple reports said the veteran coach could be fired imminently and replaced with Rick Tocchet.
Cogliano opened the scoring with 8 1/2 minutes left in the first, ripping a shot past Delia glove side from the hash marks for his seventh of the season.
Just 34 seconds into the second, J.T. Compher sent Nichushkin a pass from the goal line and the Russian forward sent a wrist shot sailing toward the net. The puck bounced in off Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers as he slid in front of the net and Colorado took a 2-0 lead. MacKinnon contributed an assist on the goal, extending his point streak to seven games with four goals and 11 assists across the stretch.
A two-man advantage saw the Avs go up 3-0 midway through the second after Vancouver’s Conor Garland was sent to the box for holding and his team was called for too many men. MacKinnon sent a blistering shot wide of the net and the puck sprang off the end boards to Rantanen at the goal line. The forward fired off a quick sharp-angle shot over Delia stick side for his 32nd goal of the year at the 10:32 mark.
Vancouver got on the board with 7 1/2 minutes left in the period after Brock Boeser dove in the slot, poking the puck to Pettersson at the top of the crease. The Swedish center used some deft stickhandling, moving the puck from his forehand to his backhand, then, while falling to his knees, wrapped a shot around Georgiev for his 19th.
Hunt gave the Avalanche a three-goal cushion as the veteran defenseman launched a rocket from the blue line that sailed past Delia with 33 seconds left in the middle period.
Colorado went 2 for 4 with the man advantage Friday while Vancouver was 0 for 4.
INS AND OUTS
Canucks D Travis Dermott returned to the lineup after missing three games with an undisclosed injury. ... Colorado’s Cale Makar missed a second straight game with an upper-body injury.
STREAK SNAPPED
Vancouver F Horvat saw his nine-game point streak end. The Canucks center registered four goals and six assists going back to Dec. 29.
UP NEXT
Avalanche: At Seattle on Saturday night to finish a three-game trip.
Canucks: Host Edmonton on Saturday night in the third of four-game homestand,
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AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-01-21T07:03:45+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Rantanen-leads-Avalanche-to-4-1-win-over-Canucks-17732340.php |
BOSTON, Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In a large, national study, researchers reported unexpected findings that support the benefit of spine surgery for spinal stenosis over conventional medical treatment. The study, published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery was a collaboration between Health Data Analytics Institute (HDAI) and Raymond Hwang MD, MEng, MBA and Scott G. Tromanhauser, MD, MBA, MHCDS at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. Using big data and predictive analytics, they compared clinically matched patients who received operative or nonoperative treatment of spinal stenosis and found that surgery was associated with lower mortality and cost over two years in some cases.
"Frankly we were surprised ourselves by what we found." said Scott G. Tromanhauser, MD, MBA, MHCDS at New England Baptist Hospital. "This work demonstrates the power of large, national data sets and sophisticated analytic methodologies to provide better understanding of the longer-term impact of the care we provide to our patients. I also expect that similar work will become a fundamental component in the transition to future value-based care programs."
According to Wolters Kluwer Health, patients with spinal stenosis experience narrowing of the spinal canal and compression of spinal nerves, causing back pain, leg pain, and other symptoms. In some patients, stenosis is related to degenerative spondylolisthesis, referring to "slipped" vertebrae often resulting from spinal degeneration. "We are committed to leveraging predictive models and advanced analytics to generate these types of comparative effectiveness insights to help patients, providers, and payers understand their options as they face ever more complex healthcare decisions." says Nassib Chamoun, CEO of HDAI.
The paper is one of the first real-world-evidence studies that links spine surgery to lower mortality and lower costs among Medicare patients with spinal stenosis. For those without spondylolisthesis, costs are lower with laminectomy and higher with fusion. The researchers point out some limitations of the study, including the possible effects of unrecognized confounding factors.
These findings may have important implications for clinical practice, especially considering recent increases in the use and costs of lumbar fusion surgery. Based on the observed mortality and cost reductions, "The current study suggests that this trend may be justified within the Medicare population" for well-selected patients, Dr. Hwang and coauthors conclude.
In the accompanying editorial, Daniel G. Torbert, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital states that "These results will surely need replication with data that are prospectively collected over longer time frames with more granular clinical variables… On balance, however, the finding of improvement in all-cause mortality and health-care utilization associated with surgical treatment is a step toward a more comprehensive understanding of the optimal treatment for lumbar stenosis."
The study was published in the February issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The full report and an accompanying editorial can be viewed here: JBJS and here: JBJS editorial
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HDAI is a care optimization and provider enablement company powered by big data, proprietary predictive analytics, expert insights and point of care technology solutions. We partner with leading health systems, ACOs, MA plans, and payers to improve care delivery, population health and cost. Our integrated capabilities help organizations understand every dimension of performance and provide a direct path to patient specific actionability. For more information, please visit: www.hda-institute.com.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Health Matters is bringing its award-winning Fall Summit & Health Fair to Hollywood. Leveraging our expertise in creating spaces where Black Americans can take a moment to learn how to better manage their mental and physical well-being, we have created a free, day-long event with the aim of helping our community take better care of themselves, their loved ones, and their community.
Join us on October 1st for this special event virtually or in-person at The Center at Cathedral Plaza, 555 W. Temple Street, Los Angeles from 8:30am to 6:00pm PST. It will include panels, workshops, and activities featuring health and wellness experts, thought leaders and celebrity guests who are passionate about bringing health awareness to our community.
Our goal is to help build health equity for the Black American community, especially patients and caregivers looking for support while managing their health journeys. That is why we have included sessions that will address why Black Americans have a shorter life expectancy than white Americans and how structural racism is directly linked to our health outcomes. We also plan to cover how to minimize risk factors to avoid chronic disease and gain confidence to better communicate with your healthcare provider.
- In-person and virtual presentations by the nation's leading experts on Alzheimer's/dementia, breast cancer, clinical trial participation, hATTR Amyloidosis, HIV/AIDS, patient advocacy, prostate cancer, shingles, mental health and more.
- Notable celebrities sharing their personal health journeys including actress Vanessa Bell Calloway, Run the World star Amber Stevens West, actor and philanthropist James Pickens, Jr., actor, singer and director Vanessa Estelle Williams, actor Dawnn Lewis and comedian Michael Colyar.
- Emmy-award winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph will be presented with the Black Health Matters Impact Award for her advocacy as the founder of DIVAS Simply Singing! Raising Health Awareness.
- Free on-site health screenings (cancer, blood pressure, glucose and more).
- Complimentary breakfast, lunch and snack will be served.
- Special concert by singer and songwriter, Chante' Moore.
Register for this exciting and impactful event free at www.blackhealthmatters.com.
The Black Health Matters Fall Summit and Health Fair is sponsored by a blue-chip list of corporations and highly regarded non-profit organization. The Presenting Sponsors are AstraZeneca and Genentech, the Platinum Sponsors include AARP, Sanofi, Janssen's Research Includes Me, Travere and ViiV. Gold sponsors are Amgen, Alnylam, Bristol Myers Squib, GSK and Janssen. Supporting sponsors are Vertex and the American Cancer Society.
Black Health Matters (BHM) is the leading health, wellness and chronic disease interactive digital platform dedicated to improving health outcomes among African Americans. Launched in 2012 (one year prior to Black Lives Matter) and rooted in Black communities, our mission is to improve health literacy, which includes addressing health care, health policy, health equity, and health disparities for positive outcomes. For more information go to www.blackhealthmatters.com
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — With many 9/11 responders and survivors still suffering from health problems. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) says Congress needs to step up.
“We made a promise to all the 9/11 responders, survivors and families, that we would take care of them,” Gillibrand said.
In 2011 Congress established the World Trade Center Health Program to pay for needed medical care, but Gillibrand says the original funding, “will not keep pace with the anticipated cost.”
More than 100,000 people depend on the program to treat their 9/11-related health problems. Gillibrand wants congress to close the funding gap.
“This legislation would deliver three billion dollars in supplemental funding making sure the program has the resources it needs,”
9/11 activist John Feal is begging Congress to act quickly.
“The 9/11 community over the last 20 years has been decimated and this program gives us a fighting chance,” Feal said.
The bill is receiving some bipartisan support, with Republicans agreeing that helping 9/11 survivors is a top priority.
“We need to be there for them,” Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Penn.) said.
Kelly believes adding funding is the right thing to do.
“I don’t even think it’s worth even debating. We take care of our fellow man and in this case we take care of those heroes who ran toward the emergency that day,” Kelly said.
Kelly says he would support a standalone bill but would need more information if it’s part of a larger package. | 2022-07-15T23:25:35+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/washington/washington-dc/sen-gillibrand-calls-on-congress-to-close-gap-on-world-trade-center-health-program-funding/ |
US moves to protect Minnesota wilderness from planned mine
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Biden administration moved Thursday to protect northeastern Minnesota’s pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from future mining, dealing a potentially fatal blow to a copper-nickel project.
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed an order closing over 350 square miles (900 square kilometers) of the Superior National Forest, in the Rainy River Watershed around the town of Ely, to mineral and geothermal leasing for 20 years, the longest period the department can sequester the land without congressional approval.
The order is “subject to existing valid rights,” but the Biden administration contends that Twin Metals Minnesota lost its rights last year, when the department rescinded a Trump administration decision to reinstate federal mineral rights leases that were critical to the project. Twin Metals, which is owned by the Chilean mining giant Antofagasta, filed suit in August to try to reclaim those rights.
“Protecting a place like Boundary Waters is key to supporting the health of the watershed and its surrounding wildlife, upholding our Tribal trust and treaty responsibilities, and boosting the local recreation economy,” Haaland said in a statement. “With an eye toward protecting this special place for future generations, I have made this decision using the best available science and extensive public input.”
The proposed underground mine would be built southeast of Ely, near Birch Lake, which flows into the Boundary Waters. The project has been battered by shifting political winds. The Obama administration, in its final weeks, chose not to renew the two leases, which had dated back more than 50 years. The Trump administration reversed that decision and reinstated the leases. But the Biden administration canceled the leases last January after the U.S. Forest Service in October 2021 relaunched the review and public engagement process for the 20-year mining moratorium.
While the Biden administration last year committed itself to expanding domestic sources of critical minerals and metals for the clean energy economy, it made clear Thursday that it considers Boundary Waters to be a unique area worthy of special protections.
Twin Metals did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment. The company and its supporters say the project is critical for securing domestic sources of copper, nickel and other minerals needed for wind and solar power and electric vehicles. And they say the mine would create more than 750 high-wage mining jobs plus 1,500 spinoff jobs in the region.
Twin Metals says it can mine safely without generating acid mine drainage that the Biden administration and environmentalists say makes the $1.7 billion project an unacceptable risk to the wilderness. Twin Metals says its design would limit the exposure of the sulfide-bearing ore to the effects of air and water.
The 1,700 square mile (4,400 square kilometer) Boundary Waters Canoe Area is the most-visited federally designated wilderness area in the U.S. It draws more than 150,000 visitors from around the world who paddle its more than 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers) of canoe routes and over 1,100 lakes. According to the Interior Department, it contributes over $17 million annually to the outdoor recreation and tourism economy in northeastern Minnesota. Three Ojibwe tribes exercise treaty rights in the area covered by the moratorium.
“I applaud Secretary Haaland’s decision to protect the long-term health of the Rainy River watershed, including the irreplaceable Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who oversees the Forest Service, said in the administration’s statement. “This landscape is an international resource renowned for its multitude of recreational opportunities and provides millions of visitors with unparalleled wilderness experiences.”
The order does not affect two other proposed copper-nickel projects in northeastern Minnesota — the PolyMet mine near Babbitt and Hoyt Lakes and the Talon Metals mine near Tamarack — which lie in different watersheds.
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New division is latest in Applied Underwriters' continued expansion and growth engaging top professionals seeking to realize career and personal goals
OMAHA, Neb., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mr. Steve Menzies, Chairman, Applied Underwriters, today announced the formation of Applied Entertainment & Sports, a new division of the Company that will consolidate existing business and add substantial new business in an innovative and aggressively postured entertainment and sports unit headquartered in Los Angeles with a New York satellite office. The enterprise's debut follows several recent acquisitions and commercial business introductions that have marked Applied Underwriters' dramatic growth, according to Mr. Menzies, who noted: "We are on track with our plans and have been especially fortunate in accommodating the vision and blueprints of top talent attracted to move to Applied in their chosen specialty markets. Our new Entertainment & Sports leadership team offers real testimony to our openness to great ideas and thinkers, and to our approach for engaging expert talent."
According to Mr. Jamie Sahara, President, Applied Underwriters, the division will be led by two accomplished sector leaders with Mr. Jerid Schmickle serving as CEO. Mr. Schmickle previously was President of Reel Media Insurance Services, served as Founding Managing Director of Alive Risk and was a Senior Director at Allianz / Fireman's Fund Global Entertainment. He will be joined by seasoned industry veteran, Mr. Tim Troester, who will serve as COO. Mr. Troester was formerly EVP at Reel Media and Senior Director at Alive Risk before which he held executive positions at One Beacon and Nationwide. Messrs. Schmickle and Troester co-founded Alive Risk in 2011 which, together with NAS Insurance, one of Lloyd's largest cover holders, became a prominent MGA in the entertainment space.
Mr. Sahara further commented that the new enterprise possesses a kind of "star is born" effect, as it becomes, almost immediately, a top underwriting operation in the entertainment and related areas: "We move right up to the top of the standings with our team. We will capitalize meaningfully on the opportunities here, especially as we further build-out the team and communicate its unique, proven strengths. We are very optimistic and ready to be center stage."
The prospect of forming a "dream team" to realize his goals in the sector was among the incentives that drew Mr. Schmickle to Applied Underwriters: "We are actively hiring right now and will assemble an additional dozen or so professionals—the best in the field—to give us added depth in product and program development and high recognition among the clientele. To say that this opportunity is exciting would be an understatement. I was drawn to Applied largely as a result of their intellectual grasp of the business and their willingness to protract a successful trajectory."
Mr. Schmickle indicated that the division will write on both an E&S and admitted basis to provide GL, excess/umbrella, professional, workers' compensation, contingency (cancellation, non-appearance, prize indemnity and weather), inland marine (floaters for instruments and jewelry) and excess coverage for film and TV events. Mr. Schmickle concluded that Applied Entertainment & Sports expects to introduce new programs and product availabilities over the next several quarters.
For further information contact: Ryan Gerding, Public Relations, at +1 (913) 602-8531 or at press@auw.com.
About Applied Underwriters (www.auw.com)
Applied Underwriters® is a global risk services firm that helps businesses and people manage uncertainty through its business services, insurance and reinsurance solutions. As a company, Applied Underwriters has been distinguished by its innovative approaches to client care and by its strong financial strength. Applied Underwriters operates widely throughout the US, UK, EU and Middle East. Its operational headquarters is located in Omaha, Nebraska.
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The Class 5A/4A girls basketball district outlooks for Northern schools:
District 5-5A
Talk to anyone in this group and they’ll all say the same thing: It’s Albuquerque High’s district to lose. The Bulldogs went undefeated in 5-5A last season, winning 20 games and claiming one of the district’s two spots in the state tournament. There’s no reason to expect anything different this time around. AHS returns one of the state’s top players in Leilani Love, a 6-foot-1 senior forward who can do a little bit of everything, including handling the ball against any guard lined up against her.
To take what amounts to a quantum leap and overtake Albuquerque High, it means finding an inside-out balance that can counteract anything the Bulldogs throw at you. Neither Santa Fe High nor Capital has the personnel to protect the rim, which will force both teams to go guard-heavy in an attempt to keep up in a district that is wide open for second place.
Santa Fe High will go as far as their guards can carry them. Without a true low-post option, the Demonettes will hand the reins to seniors Maci Cordova and Katelyn Padilla, among others. Cordova is the type of player who will sacrifice her body for the sake of making a play while Padilla is simply as tough as they come. She’s fast, physical and never quits.
That will truly be the identity of Santa Fe High’s season, one that comes with plenty of challenges — the least of which is the schedule. The Demonettes are in the midst of a brutal 13-game stretch without a home game. They won’t be on their own court again until the district opener against Albuquerque High on
Jan. 17, the fourth of what will only be eight home games all season.
Capital is led by co-captain Amerie Romero, a senior whose ability to draw contact will give her a chance to draw plenty of fouls and pile up points at the free throw line. She attempted 17 of them in a recent loss to Manzano. Help comes in the form of junior Kayla Martinez, sophomore guard Shania Gallegos and senior co-captain Nicole Salazar.
Martinez can be the go-to option in the paint while Gallegos and Salazar could benefit from Romero’s ability to syphon double teams to create space for the other guards.
District 2-4A
Taos rolled through this neighborhood a year ago, but the early signs point to a new direction for 2-4A. Off to an 0-3 start and upcoming games against Robertson and St. Michael’s, the Lady Tigers have some work to do. They’re coming off a 22-win season after going unbeaten in district play, but a re-tooled roster may take time to develop.
Moriarty looks like the team to beat this season, but early indications are that Pojoaque Valley and Española Valley have reason for optimism. Pojoaque’s biggest problem will be generating offense, something it’s struggled with. The Elkettes have cracked 40 points just once in their first seven games and their glaring lack of a post presence will hurt in games where pounding the ball into the paint is key.
There was once a time when Española Valley could change coaches, change personnel and keep on winning. Last year’s inconsistent 12-win team could feature more of the same unless the Lady Sundevils start draining 3s and make more of those line-drive layups through traffic. When it works, it works beautifully. When it doesn’t things look like they did a year ago — up and down.
Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but scoring is going to be an issue with Los Alamos. The Hilltoppers will turn to guard GG Romero for the bulk of the heavy lifting as she, Carley Holland and Abigail Martinez represent one of the top backcourts in the district with senior Tara McDonald the top post option. | 2022-12-11T08:54:16+00:00 | santafenewmexican.com | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/sports/class-4a-5a-girls-basketball-district-capsules/article_b03dbd16-78db-11ed-8a5d-778585c32432.html |
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Receives Commitment from Existing Secured Lenders for up to $19.5 Million in Debtor-in-Possession Financing
ATLANTA, July 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. (NYSE American: WLMS) (the "Company"), a leading provider of infrastructure related services to blue-chip customers in energy and industrial end markets, including a broad range of construction maintenance, modification, and support services, announced today that it and certain of its subsidiaries have filed voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the "Bankruptcy Court") and agreed to sell substantially all of the Company and its subsidiaries assets to EnergySolutions for $60 million.
The Transaction
The Company and EnergySolutions, a global provider of energy and industrial services headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT, have entered into a purchase agreement pursuant to which EnergySolutions will acquire substantially all the assets and assume certain ordinary course operating liabilities of the Company and its subsidiaries for $60 million. These assets represent the Company's nuclear, fossil, energy delivery, and paper mill operations, which have continued to perform profitably and have strong prospects for future growth. EnergySolutions is not acquiring the Company's operations connected to its water contracts in Florida and Texas.
Tracy Pagliara, President and CEO of the Company, stated: "Having carefully reviewed all available options, our comprehensive strategic alternatives process has concluded. I am confident that EnergySolutions will be a great owner for the Williams business it is acquiring as we stand on the precipice of a global nuclear renaissance and significant growth in energy and industrial infrastructure services. EnergySolutions is well capitalized and positioned to ensure that Williams' rich history of being a customer-centric services provider will continue. Obviously, the Chapter 11 filing is not the outcome we would have wanted for our stockholders or the stakeholders of our water business, but this difficult decision was necessary to deliver the primary and profitable parts of the Williams business to EnergySolutions as a going concern."
Ken Robuck, President and CEO of EnergySolutions, added, "We are very excited to announce this transaction. This is a strategic move that will allow EnergySolutions to expand our nuclear services offerings to existing nuclear operating plants and, ultimately, to support the nuclear industry's drive to create more clean, carbon-free energy through nuclear plant life extension work and the construction of new technologies. We understand that Williams has been through a difficult time, but we are confident that this acquisition will be a positive for the Williams' businesses we are acquiring. These businesses will gain access to our resources and expertise, and we will gain access to their talented team and proven track record in successfully executing nuclear plant maintenance, modifications and new construction projects. Combined with our nuclear waste, decommissioning and onsite integrated services, this acquisition will nicely complement our existing business lines and provide an excellent platform for future growth and expansion into other sectors of the nuclear industry."
DIP Financing
In order to provide necessary funding during the Chapter 11 proceeding, the Company has received commitments for two debtor-in-possession ("DIP") financing credit agreements with its prepetition lenders. Upon approval by the Bankruptcy Court, the DIP financing agreements are expected to provide the Company with the necessary liquidity to permit the businesses that will be disposed of to operate in the normal course and meet their obligations to their employees, vendors and customers throughout the Chapter 11 proceeding while executing on the sale process of the businesses for which EnergySolutions is the "stalking horse" bidder.
One of the Company's DIP facilities will be a revolving line of credit ("RLOC") which will replace the Company's prepetition RLOC, allowing for continued credit advances based on the Company's collateral contributions up to a maximum availability of $12 million. The second facility is a delayed draw term loan ("DDTL") with the Company's existing term lenders which will provide up to $19.5 million of incremental liquidity following the petition filing.
Chapter 11 Process
The transaction with EnergySolutions is part of a sale process under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code in which EnergySolutions is the "stalking horse" bidder, meaning that the purchase agreement between the Company and EnergySolutions contains the terms against which competing offers will be solicited and evaluated during a Chapter 11 auction process. The Company is seeking Bankruptcy Court approval of bidding procedures allowing for the submission of higher or otherwise better offers, and is seeking to consummate a sale by September 30, 2023, subject to Bankruptcy Court approval. The Company will manage the bidding process and evaluate any bids received, in consultation with its advisors and otherwise in accordance with the bidding procedures and oversight by the Bankruptcy Court.
Under the purchase agreement, EnergySolutions will not acquire the Company's operations connected to its water contracts in Florida and Texas. The Company is not currently projecting any return for its stockholders or for certain creditors of the retained water business.
Background to the Chapter 11 Filing and Sale Transaction
The factors that precipitated the Company's Chapter 11 filing and sale process included: the loss of customer contracts in early 2022 that comprised 19% and 20% of the Company's annual revenue and gross profit, respectively, in 2021 and the accompanying loss of $361 million in backlog for 2022 and later years; more than $15 million of operating losses associated with the Company's water operations from 2021 through 2023 year to date; approximately $8 million of start-up costs and operating losses related to the Company's entry into the transmission and distribution market from early 2021 through the first quarter of 2023; and the inability of the Company to convert enough pipeline into revenue and to cut enough costs to overcome these losses and corresponding liquidity challenges.
As previously announced, the Company undertook actions to improve the performance of its business, including an aggressive move to trim operating expenses, the implementation of a plan to shorten collection times on accounts receivable, and an attempt to expand into the transmission and distribution market. However, those moves were insufficient to position the business for profitability.
Williams Industrial Services Group is advised by Thompson Hine LLP and Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP as its legal advisors, G2 Capital Advisors, LLC as its financial advisor, and Greenhill & Co., LLC as its investment banker.
EnergySolutions is advised by Ropes & Gray LLP as its legal advisors.
For additional information about the cases please visit https://dm.epiq11.com/WilliamsIndustrialServicesGroup.
About Williams
Williams Industrial Services Group has been safely helping plant owners and operators enhance asset value for more than 50 years. The Company is a leading provider of infrastructure related services to blue-chip customers in energy and industrial end markets, including a broad range of construction maintenance, modification, and support services. Williams' mission is to be the preferred provider of construction, maintenance, and specialty services through commitment to superior safety performance, focus on innovation, and dedication to delivering unsurpassed value to its customers.
Additional information about Williams can be found on its website: www.wisgrp.com.
About EnergySolutions
EnergySolutions offers customers a full range of integrated services and solutions, including nuclear operations, characterization, decommissioning, decontamination, site closure, transportation, nuclear materials management, processing, recycling, and disposition of nuclear waste, and research and engineering services across the nuclear fuel cycle. For additional information about EnergySolutions visit www.energysolutions.com.
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This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the term set forth in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally use forward-looking words, such as "may," "will," "could," "should," "would," "project," "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "continue," "potential," "plan," "forecast" and other words that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of the Company's future performance and involve risks, uncertainties, estimates and assumptions that are difficult to predict and may be outside of the Company's control. Therefore, the Company's actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in or contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, information concerning the following: expectations regarding risks attendant to the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, including the Company's ability to obtain court approval from the Bankruptcy Court with respect to motions or other requests made to the Bankruptcy Court throughout the course of the Chapter 11 process, including with respect to the asset sale and DIP credit agreements; the Company's plans to sell certain assets pursuant to Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the outcome and timing of such sale, and the Company's ability to satisfy closing and other conditions to such sale; the effects of Chapter 11, including increased legal and other professional costs necessary to execute the Company's wind down, on the Company's liquidity and results of operations (including the availability of operating capital during the pendency of Chapter 11); the length of time that the Company will operate under Chapter 11 protection and the continued availability of operating capital during the pendency of Chapter 11; the Company's ability to continue funding operations through the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, and the possibility that it may be unable to obtain any additional funding as needed; the Company's ability to meet its financial obligations during the Chapter 11 process and to maintain contracts that are critical to its operations; the Company's ability to comply with the restrictions imposed by the terms and conditions of the DIP credit agreements and other financing arrangements; objections to the Company's wind down process, the DIP credit agreements, or other pleadings filed that could protract Chapter 11; the effects of Chapter 11 on the interests of various constituents and financial stakeholders; the effect of the Chapter 11 filings and any potential asset sale on the Company's relationships with vendors, regulatory authorities, employees and other third parties; possible proceedings that may be brought by third parties in connection with the Chapter 11 process or the potential asset sale and risks associated with third-party motions in Chapter 11; the timing or amount of any distributions, if any, to the Company's stakeholders; expectations regarding future performance of assets expected to be sold in the bankruptcy process; employee attrition and the Company's ability to retain senior management and other key personnel due to the distractions and uncertainties; the impact and timing of any cost-savings measures and related local law requirements in various jurisdictions; the impact of litigation and regulatory proceedings; expectations regarding financial performance, strategic and operational plans, and other related matters; and other factors discussed in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the "Risk Factors" section of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for its 2022 fiscal year. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this press release. Except as may be required by applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, and you are cautioned not to rely upon them unduly.
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Actor Tony Sirico, best known for starring in the HBO series "The Sopranos," has died, his manager Bob McGowan confirmed to NBC News and CNN.
He was 79.
His manager did not provide a cause of death.
Sirico was best known for playing mobster "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri on the hit show.
Sirico's "Sopranos" co-star Michael Imperioli said on social media that he passed away on Friday.
"Tony was like no one else: he was as tough, as loyal, and as big-hearted as anyone I've ever known," Imperioli said.
CBS News reported that Sirico is survived by his two children, Joanne Sirico Bello and Richard Sirico, and other family matters. | 2022-07-09T01:08:17+00:00 | fox17online.com | https://www.fox17online.com/entertainment/famed-sopranos-actor-tony-sirico-dies-at-79 |
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Organizers of European LGBTQ events in Belgrade this week said Friday they will hold a planned Pride march on the streets of the Serbian capital despite a police ban and threats from anti-gay groups.
Serbian police have banned Saturday’s parade, citing a risk of clashes with far-right activists who said they will gather to protest the march. Several legal appeals against the ban have been rejected by Serbia’s authorities.
“’We have been put in a situation where we have no choice,” said Goran Miletic, one of the organizers of the largest annual Pride event in Europe. “’Despite the ban, we will gather. This is a completely different Pride than the usual ones we have had.”
Earlier Friday, organizers submitted another formal request to Serbia’s interior ministry with a proposed shorter route for the walk. This was supported by 27,000 signatures. But Serbia’s interior minister said the ban stands.
“The Ministry of Internal Affairs did not give in to the pressures of the great powers of the West,” minister Aleksandar Vulin said.
Members of the European Pride Organizers Association chose Serbia’s capital three years ago to host the annual event, hoping it would represent a major breakthrough for a Slavic country that is traditionally conservative and strongly influenced by the Orthodox Church.
EU and other Western officials, as well as domestic and international rights groups, have urged the populist Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to allow the holding of the Pride march. But has said police can’t cope with possible riots by right-wing groups amid the energy crisis and other events that have hit the Balkan country.
Those right-wing groups, which are considered close to Vucic’s conservative government, were also banned from gathering on Saturday, but they also said they will ignore the ruling.
“I will not deal with that topic (of Pride week), it is imposed on the Serbian people with evil intensions,” Vucic said Friday. “All those who are in favor, but also those who are extremely against the walk, are all participating in a hybrid war against their country.”
Amnesty International said the ban on the Euro Pride march “for purported security reasons is shameful.”
“Instead of giving in to hateful rhetoric towards and threats against LGBTI people, authorities must take all necessary measures to provide adequate protection for the participants and enable them to enjoy their rights without fear of harassment, intimidation or violence,” said Eve Geddie, Amnesty International’s Director at the European Institutions Office | 2022-09-16T22:49:04+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-organizers-say-pride-march-will-go-on-in-serbia-despite-ban/ |
The 2023 The Open Championship Odds & Preview: Alexander Noren
Alexander Noren is in seventh place, at -3, after the first round of The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.
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Alexander Noren Insights
- Noren has finished below par on eight occasions, completed his day bogey-free twice and finished nine rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 13 rounds played.
- He has posted one of the 10 best scores of the day in two of his last 13 rounds.
- Noren has carded a score within three shots of the day's best in one of his last 13 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day six times.
- Noren has finished in the top 10 twice in his past five tournaments.
- The past five times he has played a tournament, he's made the cut three times.
- Noren has finished with a score better than the tournament average in two of his past five events, including one finish within three shots of the leader.
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The Open Championship Insights and Stats
- In Noren's past eight appearances at this event, he has finished in the top 20 five times, including three top-10 finishes. His average finish has been 16th.
- In his past eight appearances at this event, he made it to the weekend six times.
- The most recent time Noren played this event was in 2023, and he finished seventh.
- The Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,029 yards in the past year, while Royal Liverpool Golf Club is set for a longer 7,383 yards.
- Courses that Noren has played in the past year have measured an average of 7,365 yards, 18 yards shorter than the 7,383-yard Royal Liverpool Golf Club this week.
Noren's Last Time Out
- Noren was in the eighth percentile on par 3s at the Genesis Scottish Open, with an average of 3.20 strokes on the 10 par-3 holes.
- He averaged 4.15 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 20) at the Genesis Scottish Open, which placed him in the 20th percentile among all competitors.
- Noren was better than 39% of the competitors at the Genesis Scottish Open on the tournament's six par-5 holes, averaging 4.67 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.64.
- Noren shot worse on par 3s than the field his last time out, carding a birdie or better on one of 10 par-3s at the Genesis Scottish Open (the other participants averaged 1.8).
- On the 10 par-3s at the Genesis Scottish Open, Noren carded three bogeys or worse (the other participants averaged 2.4).
- Noren carded fewer birdies or better (three) than the field average of 4.9 on the 20 par-4s at the Genesis Scottish Open.
- In that most recent outing, Noren's par-4 showing (on 20 holes) included a bogey or worse six times (worse than the field average, 5.6).
- Noren ended the Genesis Scottish Open underperforming compared to the tournament average of birdies or better on par-5s (3.6), with two on the six par-5 holes.
- The field at the Genesis Scottish Open averaged 0.6 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Noren finished without one.
The Open Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: July 20-23, 2023
- Course: Royal Liverpool Golf Club
- Location: Hoylake, United Kingdom
- Par: 71 / 7,383 yards
- Noren Odds to Win: +15000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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- U.S. new-vehicle sales in July are forecast to finish down year over year as supply remains low.
- Annual new-vehicle sales pace in July is forecast to finish near 13.2 million, up from last month's 13.0 million seasonally adjusted pace but 10% lower than last year's 14.7 million level.
- July sales volume is expected to fall to 1.12 million units, down 13% from one year ago and down 2% from last month.
ATLANTA, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- July U.S. auto sales are expected to show very little change from June's results as a lack of supply continues to batter the new-vehicle market. According to the Cox Automotive forecast released today, the seasonally adjusted rate (SAAR) of new-vehicle sales in July is expected to rise slightly to 13.2 million, up from last month's 13.0 million pace but fall well below last year's 14.7 million level.
The sales volume in July is forecast to finish near 1.12 million units, down 13% from last year's volume of 1.29 million and lower by 2% from June. With 26 selling days in July, the same as last month and one less than last year, the volume decline is mainly attributed to the continued lack of available product.
"As we move into the second half of 2022, there are plenty of headwinds pushing against a notable recovery in sales volumes," said Cox Automotive Senior Economist Charlie Chesbrough. "Rising interest rates and low consumer sentiment are keeping many potential buyers out of the market. At the same time, higher prices for both gasoline and vehicles are making affordability an even greater challenge. Tight supply, however, continues to be the biggest obstacle over the near term, and there is little evidence of supply returning to normal."
Most industry forecasters, including Cox Automotive, expect the chip shortage and other supply chain problems to improve throughout the second half of this year. Still, the pace of that recovery will be varied and volatile. Notes Chesbrough, "Industry observers are likely going to have to wait until the fall for any of these issues to show improvement."
July 2022 Sales Forecast Highlights
- In July, light new-vehicle sales are expected to fall 13.4% from July 2021 and fall 2.1% from last month.
- The SAAR in July 2022 is estimated to be 13.2 million, below last year's 14.7 million level but up from June's 13.0 million pace.
- Only one segment – Compact Car – is forecast to see a month-over-month sales increase.
- There are 26 selling days in July 2022, one less than July 2021 but the same as June 2022.
July 2022 New-Vehicle Sales Forecast
All percentages are based on raw volume, not daily selling rate.
About Cox Automotive
Cox Automotive Inc. makes buying, selling, owning and using vehicles easier for everyone. The global company's more than 27,000 team members and family of brands, including Autotrader®, Dealer.com®, Dealertrack®, Kelley Blue Book®, Manheim®, NextGear Capital®, VinSolutions®, vAuto® and Xtime®, are passionate about helping millions of car shoppers, 40,000 auto dealer clients across five continents and many others throughout the automotive industry thrive for generations to come. Cox Automotive is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Inc., a privately-owned, Atlanta-based company with annual revenues of nearly $20 billion. www.coxautoinc.com
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SaaS-based Network Security Revenue to Surpass $60 Billion
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., August 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center industries, demand for network security–which includes email security, firewall, security service edge (SSE), secure web gateway (SWG), and web application firewall (WAF) technologies–is expected to remain healthy over the next five years as solid enterprise investment in cloud applications and hybrid work drive the need for greater security and offset macro-economic headwinds.
"Compared with our previous forecast in January 2022, the world is a different place with stubbornly high inflation and a regional war in Europe, and as a result, we incrementally lowered our near-term network security revenue projections," said Mauricio Sanchez, Research Director, Network Security, and SASE & SD-WAN at Dell'Oro Group. "However, we see the near-term softness to be transitory and offset by stronger growth in later years as enterprises remain focused on securing the shift to being cloud-first and mobile-friendly," added Sanchez.
Additional highlights from Network Security July 2022 5-Year Forecast Report:
- SSE market revenue to experience a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 30 percent from 2021 to 2026. Secure Web Gateway (SWG) and Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) are expected to remain the most significant revenue components over the five-year forecast horizon, but Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and Firewall-as-a-Service (FaaS) are estimated to flourish at a faster rate.
- Firewall market is expected to remain the largest network security segment by revenue and is forecasted to grow at an 8 percent CAGR over the forecast horizon.
Dell'Oro Group publishes the Network Security 5-year forecast report offering a complete overview of the industry with tables covering the same segments and metrics captured in our quarterly reports. In addition, the forecasts provide a comprehensive overview of market trends by including historical data as far back as 1998. To purchase this report, please contact us at dgsales@delloro.com.
Dell'Oro Group is a market research firm that specializes in strategic competitive analysis in the telecommunications and enterprise networks, data center infrastructure, and network security markets. Our firm provides in-depth quantitative data and qualitative analysis to facilitate critical, fact-based business decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit www.delloro.com.
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Which rug is best for dorm rooms?
Fall is an exciting time for many college students. It’s the start of a new academic term with all of the possibility to make the most of a few short but memorable years. Make sure that your dorm room includes warmth and personality to really make it feel like a home away from home.
Whether you’re in a dorm room or live off-campus, it’s always fun to claim your space in order to gear up for academic success. A dorm rug adds both practicality and style in a way that can also compliment your personality. For more information, look at these area rug recommendations from BestReviews.
What you need to know before buying a dorm room rug
Some dorm rooms can span less than 180 square feet. Make sure to measure your dorm room space before purchasing a rug. Keep this in mind if you have to share the space with a dorm mate. Some schools offer the ability to look at the general dorm room sizes and layouts so that you can get an idea of the space before even physically seeing the room.
Natural fiber rugs
Natural fiber rugs are often a more friendly option for people that struggle with allergies to synthetic materials. Usually, they are made with plant fibers and tend to be highly durable in order to keep up with the usual wear and tear within a high-traffic area. Natural fibers such as sisal also make it easier to clean the rug.
Safavieh Natural Fiber Collection
Made with natural seagrass fibers, this rug is ideal for a contemporary feel with an environmentally friendly twist. This rug is a reasonable weight at around 19 pounds for the 5 x 8-foot size. It’s power-loomed with a cotton border and recommends a professional cleaning.
Sold by Amazon, Kohl’s and Bed Bath & Beyond
nuLOOM Elijah Natural Seagrass Farmhouse Area Rug
This rug has a variety of popular dorm room sizes like 6 x 9 feet and 4 x 6 feet. The 6 x 9 feet rug option weighs about 23 pounds. It’s made with natural fibers in a rectangular shape.
Sold by Amazon
Machine washable rugs
High-traffic areas like a dorm bedroom tend to attract more dirt and grime than other less trafficked areas. Looking into a washable rug can save money and headache down the road. Skip rugs that require professional cleaning and choose ones that you can wash on your own. Keep in mind that size does play a factor in washing, so select a size that works well with the intended washing machine.
Gorilla Grip Premium Faux Fur Area Rug
Gorilla Grip provides a faux fur rug that’s machine washable on the gentle cycle and best left out to dry. It comes in different faux fur colors and sizes in order to accommodate taste and size restrictions. The rubber backing helps to prevent slips and keep the rug in place.
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This rug is machine washable and vacuum friendly to encourage a clean and mess-free living environment. It’s also non-slip for safety in hard floor dorm rooms. The shag top of the rug is more than 1-inch thick in order to promote a more comfortable and plush feel.
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The rectangular rug comes in different sizes and colors to fit both personal taste and dorm size requirements. This rug can fit under two categories as it’s both environmentally friendly and machine washable. It’s made from recycled synthetic fibers and uses a non-slip back in order to prevent potential rug slides.
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Affordable rugs under $150
Rugs can cost a variety of prices and can often run into the three to four digits. Luckily, there are several options that can comfort both your feet and wallet. Keep the price point low and look into options that offer both comfort and style on a more student-friendly budget.
iCustomRug Zara Synthetic Sisal Collection Area Rug
The iCustomRug company offers different colors and sizes, but both the 4 x 6 and the 6 x 8-foot rug fall under budget. It is made from polypropylene, which is a synthetic material that can work well for people that suffer from allergies as it tends to repel dust. This rug also weighs a little over 13 pounds and remains stain resistant, which is ideal for a first-time solo home or a communal dorm room setting.
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PAGISOFE Ultra Soft Fluffy Shaggy Area Rugs
This rug comes in a variety of different colors and sizes for the perfect dorm room fit. The plush faux fur design weighs a little over 6 pounds with non-toxic material. It touts hypoallergenic properties in order to remain friendly to people with allergies and sensitive skin. The rug can be cleaned with a gentler handheld vacuum or hand washed and spot treated for stains.
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Unique Loom Trellis Frieze Collection Lattice Moroccan Geometric Modern Area Rug
A geometric pattern covers the rug that’s available in different sizes and colors. The pile of the rug is made from polypropylene and the back is partly cotton. This rug can be spot cleaned or vacuumed.
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Nourison Grafix Circle Geometric Area Rug
This rug comes in various dorm-friendly sizes like 6 x 9 and 8 x 10 feet. It was created using polypropylene material in a rectangular shape.
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WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — Residents of low-income communities in New Jersey that would get a second gas-fired power plant nearby are urging the governor to halt the project, which they said flies in the face of an environmental justice law he signed with great fanfare over two years ago — but which has yet to take full effect.
Competitive Power Ventures wants to build the second plant beside one it already operates in the Keasbey section of Woodbridge, about 22 miles (35 kilometers) south of Newark. The company says the expansion is needed because of growing demand for energy, pitching it as a reliable backup source for solar and wind energy when those types of power are not available.
But residents of the mostly minority neighborhood of Keasbey, as well as surrounding low-income and minority towns, say the second plant will pump even more pollution into an area that already suffers disproportionately from it.
They say their communities are precisely the types of places that are supposed to be protected by the law Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed in 2020, calling it the toughest environmental justice law in the nation. The measure is designed to ensure low-income and minority communities that are already overburdened with pollution are not forced to accept additional sources of it.
“We have enough pollution here,” said Jean Roy, an asthma sufferer from Woodbridge. He noted that the state’s two largest highways — the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway — run through Woodbridge, which is already highly industrialized.
“Don’t add more,” he said. “It would be nice to see the plant built in some of the more affluent and pretty areas.”
The governor’s office referred inquiries to the state Department of Environmental Protection, which considers Keasbey “an overburdened community” under the environmental justice law.
But because CPV’s application for an air quality permit was deemed complete in 2017 — before the new law was signed — the pending measure does not apply to it, said Larry Hajna, a DEP spokesperson. An administrative order issued by the governor requires CPV to take certain steps, including holding the public comment session it hosted Tuesday night.
The company is obligated to respond to concerns raised at the hearing, and the DEP can impose special conditions on permit approvals for the project “as may be necessary to avoid or minimize environmental or public health stressors upon the overburdened community to the maximum extent allowable by law,” Hajna said.
During Tuesday’s hearing, residents lambasted the state, saying they’re angry that the environmental justice law still has not taken full effect. They voiced suspicion that this and other proposed power plants will be approved before the new rules take hold in April.
Chris Nowell of the environmental group Food & Water Watch said Murphy should not “allow this plant to beat the buzzer by one month.” If that happens, he asked, “Do you think we would have any faith in the DEP left at all?”
The American Lung Association gives Middlesex County, which includes Woodbridge, a grade of “F” for ground-level ozone pollution.
Numerous speakers from Woodbridge and neighboring communities told of their children’s struggles with asthma and other ailments, which they attribute to growing up in a polluted industrial area.
James Dabrowski, secretary of the NAACP chapter in the neighboring city of Perth Amboy, recalled a terrifying incident with his 1-year-old son.
“We had to rush him to the hospital in an ambulance because he couldn’t breathe,” he said. “CPV already has one massive fossil fuel plant in Keasbey spewing out toxins. The last thing we need is another power plant right next to it.”
Daniel Heyden of nearby Metuchen said he lives just over two miles from the existing CPV plant, and his 2-year-old son also had to be hospitalized in intensive care with an extreme form of asthma. He now must take three different medicines a day.
CPV, which is based in Silver Spring, Maryland, says its proposed second plant “will be one of the most efficient and lowest emitting generation facilities of its kind” as it provides enough electricity to power 600,000 homes and businesses. The company says its new plant will allow the closure of older, less efficient and more polluting facilities.
CPV said Tuesday the greenhouse gas emissions from the new plant would be “at the lowest level achievable in the U.S. from a natural gas-fired electric generating station.”
It still needs over a half-dozen environmental permits from state and federal authorities.
Only a tiny handful of speakers supported the project, including a retired union worker and a current union official praising the jobs it would create.
But most speakers said the health consequences of another power plant in the area would far outweigh any economic benefits.
“Your jobs mean nothing to me,” said Brian Russo, an environmentalist from northern New Jersey who used to work in the Woodbridge area. “There will be no jobs on a dead planet.”
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Follow Wayne Parry on Twitter at twitter.com/WayneParryAC | 2023-03-02T02:37:07+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-enough-pollution-in-minority-area-eyed-for-nj-power-plant/ |
Here are last week’s league bowling highlights at Hood River’s Orchard Lanes:
Team of the week
(Best three game series):
1. Patrick Olson, 682
2. Rod Pratt, 665
3. Jeff Brittle, 662
4. Steve Byers, 658
5. Ted Rosenberg, 649
3,316 total pins
In the Monday Industrial league, the best way to sum up the extraordinary exploits of team MTS (Mike Bosse, Mac Proffitt and Steve Byers) is that they are unrelenting.
Not only did they win the second round in the league, in last week’s match, they beat the GB’s 16-9 to increase their big first place lead in the third round to an even wider 25 point margin over Pat’s Pro Shop. Since the Industrial league has a weekly 25 point system in all matches, this means that team MTS has an entire week’s pad to play with, so even if they didn’t win a point in next week’s match, going 0-25, they would still be in first place.
Guess who was the key man for MTS last week? If you guessed Steve Byers, you would be correct. MTS anchorman Steve Byers continued his beat down on the pins for the umpteenth week in a row as he rolled a lofty 264 game and 658 three game series (team of the week again!).
Here are last week’s noteworthy results from the other matches in the Industrial league: OL’7-10 was trounced by team Orchard Lanes 21-4; the Cereal Bowlers squeaked by Pat’s Pro Shop 13-12 despite the stout efforts of the Shop’s Joey Sheirbon who had that strike ball of his “in the zone” as he busted up the pins with a huge 270 game and 647 series; Kingpinz topped Hood River Supply 15-10 as Pinz anchorman, lanky Matt Hodges found the lanes to his liking as he notched a big 268 game; Mid-Columbia Diesel stalwarts James Klugel and Rod Pratt unleased their fury upon Lustre Kings, taking them down 17-8. James fired a robust 252 game and Rod anchored Diesel with a powerful 665 series (Team of the Week again!); and Collins Aerospace topped Randy’s Painting 17-8.
In the senior Colts & Fillies league, Cousins (Joella Dethman, Margaret Godard, Robert Godard, and Paul Dethman) increased their first place lead in the second half to 6 points over Rice Krispies.
In last week’s notable matches in the senior league, Awesome 3 lost to Cousins 3-1; Rice Krispies topped Jesse’s Team 3-1, mainly because Ken Kramer found plenty of snap, crackle, and pop as he notched cool 225 and 216 games on his way to a 611 series; We Tried beat Skamaniacs 3-1; and Team Marcus brought out their broom to sweep the Outsiders 4-0 behind the all-star slants of Bernie Keys, who rolled a beautiful 227 game in their match.
In the Fraternal league the Hood River Athletic Club (Bernie Keys, Ken Kramer, and Josh Worth) went ballistic again last week, destroying the powerful multi past league champion MWB boys 21-4. This big win increased the Clubbers incredible first place lead, to a whopping 55.5 points in the third round of the league.
Ken Kramer sure had “it” last week as he continued where he left off in the Colts and Fillies by damaging the sticks for the Clubbers by rolling a spiffy 602 series against MWB. It certainly appears that the Clubbers are a shoo-in to win the third round.
Here are last week’s significant results from the other matches in the competitive Fraternal league: Orchard Lanes blitzed the Red Rockets 24-1 as the Lanes big hook ball artist Jeff Brittle’s tossed a prime-time 259 game and 662 series (team of the week); and the BB’s crushed Bloom Auto Body18-7 as the BB’s resurgent Ted Rosenberg pounded the pins with a super 259 game and 649 set (Team of the Week).
Needless to say, Ted is a new man since he got his dupuytren’s contracture fixed on his bowling hand. This was Ted’s second 600 series in a row, and he’s raised his average 12 pins this season after getting hand surgery. That is an impressive improvement, indeed. Way to go Ted, and congratulations on making the vaunted team of the week, which just may be a first ever for you! Enjoy the limelight Ted, you deserve it.
In the County league, with just one week to go in the second half, the Munsons (Dane Backman, Tommy Hood, and Jay Slack) moved into first place by 2 points over the pesky first half winners, the BS-ers. The Munsons won their match against the formidable Incredibowls 3-1 behind the timely shooting of Jay Slack, who rolled a 210 game.
Jay has been clutch in these past few weeks when Munsons have been in a pressure cooker to win matches when it counts, as they fight to win the second half and force a roll-off in two weeks against the BS-ers for the league championship. It wasn’t easy for the Munsons though as the Incredibowls Rod Pratt rolled a 222 game and his teammate Matt Stoneberg notched a 220 game in their match.
In other County league action, Save the Pins won 3-1 against the tough Pins In Low Places crew, even though the Pins all-star Melissa Werkheiser and Gordon Pillon threw 206 and 211 games at them in the match. The Helions beat the Gutter Girls 3-1; the Unbowlievables topped the BS-ers 3-1; the Bowleeanders swept the Lady Ballers 4-0; and the Yogi’s split with Split Happes 2-2, mainly because the Splitters Cy Cannon tossed a hot 216 game in the match.
In the most pins over average department, Neil Johnson was 119 pins over his average in the Colts and Fillies to lead everyone last week. Jeff Brittle was 107 pins over his average in the Fraternal.
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High scratch scores in leagues last week
Industrial (Monday, 7 pm.):
Rod Pratt: 665
Steve Byers: 264, 658
Joey Sheirbon: 270
Matt Hodges: 268
James Klugel: 252
Patrick Olson: 248
Nancy Asai: 207
Senior Colts & Fillies (Wednesday, 1:30 p.m.):
Ken Kramer: 225, 216, 611
Bernie Keys: 227
Fraternal (Wednesday, 7 p.m.):
Patrick Olson: 238, 682
Jeff Brittle: 259, 662
Ted Rosenberg: 258
Stan Pratnicki: 246
John Riggleman: 245
Ciena Brittle: 225
County League (Thursday, 5 p.m.):
Rod Pratt: 222
Matt Stoneberg: 220
Cy Cannon: 216
Gordon Pillon: 211
Jay Slack: 210
Melissa Werkheiser: 206 | 2023-03-22T10:57:12+00:00 | columbiagorgenews.com | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/sports/keglers-corner-munsons-lead-county-league/article_dbe4b25a-c771-11ed-a0af-bf6a42525348.html |
High school senior goes missing off the coast while swimming with friends
BEAVERTON, Ore. (KPTV/Gray News) – A high school senior from Oregon was identified as a swimmer who went missing last week.
The Beaverton School District said 18-year-old Jacob Stokes was among a group of students who went missing in the ocean near Cannon Beach on Friday.
Firefighters with the Cannon Beach Fire District said four people were in the water when they went missing just before 4 p.m. They were told two made it out of the water safely.
A Cannon Beach Fire Department swimmer rescued one person who was taken to the hospital.
Rescue crews searched for the remaining swimmer for another hour but could not find the person. The Coast Guard continued searching with a helicopter and two boats until dark. It turned over the recovery efforts to local authorities.
“Our hearts break for Jacob’s family, his close friends, and our entire community at this time of deep sadness and grief,” Mountainside High School principal Todd Corsetti said in an email sent to the school community.
Corsetti described Stokes as a “friend to many.” He was a member of the cross country and track teams and planned to attend Oregon State University in the fall.
Copyright 2023 KPTV via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-15T16:29:18+00:00 | kttc.com | https://www.kttc.com/2023/05/15/high-school-senior-goes-missing-off-coast-while-swimming-with-friends/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — Here are Thursday's latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic, including the latest news on COVID-19 vaccinations and testing in Indiana.
Registrations for the vaccine are now open for all Hoosiers through the Indiana Department of Health. This story will be updated over the course of the day with more news on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jill Biden tests positive again for COVID-19
First lady Jill Biden has again tested positive for COVID-19 in an apparent “rebound” case, after she initially tested negative for the virus over the weekend.
President Joe Biden, who spent three days with his wife at their Rehoboth Beach, Del. vacation home, continues to test negative, the White House said. As he was a close contact of the first lady, he will wear a mask while indoors near others for the next ten days and test more frequently.
The president also suffered a rebound case earlier this month after an initial recovery from the virus.
Deputy communications director Kelsey Donohue said the first lady “has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and will remain in Delaware where she has reinitiated isolation procedures.” She added: “The White House Medical Unit has conducted contact tracing and close contacts have been notified.”
Jill Biden, 71, had been prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid, which has proven to be highly effective at preventing serious disease and death among those at highest risk from COVID-19, but a minority of those prescribed the drug have experienced a rebound case of the virus a few days after their initial recovery.
CDC map shows 50 Indiana counties at 'high risk' of spreading COVID-19
On Thursday morning, Aug. 25, 2022, 50 Indiana counties were classified in the high-risk category for spreading COVID-19. That number was down from 60 counties roughly one week ago.
The counties listed on the CDC data map as having a "high" community risk of spreading COVID-19 include (listed alphabetically): Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Cass, Clark, Clinton, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Dekalb, Delaware, Dubois, Floyd, Fulton, Gibson, Grant, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Henry, Howard, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Kosciusko, Marshall, Martin, Noble, Perry, Posey, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Steuben, St. Joseph, Sullivan, Vanderburgh, Vigo, Wabash, Warrick, Washington, and White.
There were also 34 more Indiana counties listed as "medium" risks, including Marion and Hendricks.
Adams, Hamilton, Jay, Laporte, Orange, Starke, Wells and Union are the only counties listed as "low" risks for spreading COVID-19 as of Thursday.
Over the past seven days, Indiana has recorded 14,009 new cases and 72 deaths. The 7-day moving average of new hospital admissions for COVID-19 is 133.86.
Latest US, world numbers
There have been more than 93.90 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States as of 4:45 a.m. ET Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins University. There have been more than 1.042 million deaths recorded in the U.S.
Worldwide, there have been more than 598.59 million confirmed coronavirus cases with more than 6.46 million deaths and more than 12.08 billion vaccine doses administered.
For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness like pneumonia, or death.
Pfizer: COVID vaccine for children under 5 is 73% effective
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine was 73% effective in protecting children younger than 5 as omicron spread in the spring, the company announced Tuesday.
Vaccinations for babies, toddlers and preschoolers opened in the U.S. in June after months of delay. Only about 6% of youngsters ages 6 months through 4 years had gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by mid-August, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Health authorities authorized tot-sized vaccine doses made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech based on a study showing they were safe and produced high levels of virus-fighting antibodies. But there was only preliminary data on how that translated into effectiveness against symptomatic COVID-19.
The new update analyzed COVID-19 diagnoses between March and June in Pfizer's ongoing study of the three-dose vaccine. There were 21 COVID-19 cases among the 351 tots who got dummy shots -- compared to just 13 among the 794 youngsters given three vaccine doses.
The child cases primarily were caused by the BA.2 omicron version that was circulating at the time. Today, another omicron relative, BA.5, is causing most COVID-19 cases in the U.S. and much of the world.
Fauci, nation's top infectious disease expert, announces federal departure
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will leave the federal government in December after more than five decades.
Fauci directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden and also leads a lab studying the immune system.
While the COVID-19 pandemic introduced him to millions of Americans, he's given straight-talk to the nation about numerous outbreaks including HIV/AIDS, SARS, pandemic flu, Ebola and the 2001 anthrax attacks.
“I’ve gone into this campus and into the labs and into the hospital every day, including most weekends, for 54 years. The idea of walking away from it obviously is bittersweet,” Fauci told The Associated Press.
In announcing his departure, the 81-year-old Fauci called his roles “the honor of a lifetime” but said it was time “to pursue the next chapter of my career.”
Pfizer seeks OK of updated COVID-19 vaccine booster for fall
Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the newest omicron relatives — a key step toward opening a fall booster campaign.
The Food and Drug Administration ordered vaccine makers to tweak their shots to target BA.4 and BA.5 that are better than ever at dodging immunity from earlier vaccination or infection.
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech aim to offer updated boosters to people 12 and older, and shots could begin within weeks if the FDA quickly clears the modified vaccine — a step not expected to require waiting on new studies.
Moderna is expected to file a similar application soon for updated boosters for adults. The U.S. has a contract to buy 105 million of the Pfizer doses and 66 million Moderna ones, assuming FDA gives the green light.
“It’s going to be really important that people this fall and winter get the new shots. It’s designed for the virus that’s out there,” White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said last week.
For now at least. BA.5 currently is causing nearly all COVID-19 infections in the U.S. and much of the world. There’s no way to know if it still will be a threat this winter — or if another mutant will have replaced it.
The vaccines currently used in the U.S. still offer strong protection against severe disease and death, especially if people have gotten their recommended boosters. But those vaccines target the coronavirus strain that spread in early 2020, and their effectiveness against infection has dropped markedly as new mutants came along, particularly the super-contagious omicron family.
CDC drops quarantine, distancing recommendations for COVID-19
The nation's top public health agency relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said people no longer need to stay at least 6 feet away from others.
The changes, which come more than 2 1/2 years after the start of the pandemic, are driven by a recognition that an estimated 95% of Americans 16 and older have acquired some level of immunity, either from being vaccinated or infected, agency officials said.
“The current conditions of this pandemic are very different from those of the last two years,” said the CDC's Greta Massetti, an author of the guidelines.
Many places around the country long ago abandoned social distancing and other once-common precautions, but some of the changes could be particularly important for schools, which resume classes this month in many parts of the country.
Perhaps the biggest education-related change is the end of the recommendation that schools do routine daily testing, although that practice can be reinstated in certain situations during a surge in infections, officials said.
The CDC also dropped a “test-to-stay” recommendation, which said students exposed to COVID-19 could regularly test — instead of quarantining at home — to keep attending school. With no quarantine recommendation anymore, the testing option disappeared, too.
Masks continue to be recommended only in areas where community transmission is deemed high, or if a person is considered at high risk of severe illness.
What to know about BA.5, BA.4 variant symptoms
As Americans ramp up their summer travels without their masks, two COVID-19 subvariants are causing a surge in cases.
BA.5, which accounts for 65% of cases, and BA.4, which is 16% of cases, are omicron's smarter cousins. The two subvariants are evading antibodies and even vaccine protections, as they are one of the most contagious versions of the virus yet.
"It knows how to trick our immune system," said TEGNA's medical expert Dr. Payal Kohli.
Since the subvariants derived from the original omicron variant, symptoms fall under the same umbrella. However, symptoms still vary depending on vaccination status, age, prior infection, medication and other factors, said Kohli.
Data collected from the Zoe app in the UK show most symptoms mimic the common cold, with sore throats and runny noses. Kohli said a significant change in symptoms for the subvariants are heightened amounts of sneezing, something not seen in earlier forms of the COVID-19 variant.
The subvariants responsible for the latest surge pose a different threat as it also has higher rates of reinfection.
Parents can schedule vaccine appointments for young children
The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) announced that the public can now schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments for children through age 5 by visiting www.ourshot.in.gov.
Appointments are available for individuals seeking the Moderna vaccine for children ages 6 months through 5 years and the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 6 months through 4 years on the state's scheduling platform.
IDOH has updated its map at www.ourshot.in.gov to show sites that offer vaccines for the youngest age group.
Appointments are recommended due to vaccine and provider availability. Individuals also can call 211 for assistance or contact their child’s healthcare provider to determine if they are offering vaccines.
Visit the Indiana Department of Health at www.health.in.gov for important health and safety information.
Riley Children's Health offering COVID-19 vaccines
Riley Children's Health has the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years old.
Appointments are required and can be made by calling 211.
Riley Physicians at IU Health West:
- Mondays and Thursdays: 5 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
- Saturdays: 8 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
- 1111 Ronald Reagan Pkwy, Avon
Riley Physicians at IU Health North:
- Tuesdays and Wednesdays: 5 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
- Saturdays: 8 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
- 11700 N. Meridian Street, Carmel
Riley Physicians at East Washington
- Tuesdays and Fridays: 5 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
- Saturdays: 8 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
- 9650 Washington St #245, Indianapolis
Riley Physicians at Methodist Medical Plaza South
- Wednesdays and Thursdays: 5 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
- Saturdays: 8 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
- 8820 S Meridian St Suite 125, Indianapolis
Riley Physicians at Georgetown
- Tuesdays and Fridays: 5 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
- Saturdays: 8 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
- 4880 Century Plaza Rd Suite 250, Indianapolis
MCPHD offering COVID vaccine for kids 6 months to 4 years old
The Marion County Public Health Department is offering COVID-19 vaccinations to children ages 6 months to 4 years old at its district health offices and ACTION Health Center.
To see the schedule for each location, click here. Vaccinations are by appointment only. Call the specific location to make an appointment, or call MCPHD's Immunization Program at 317-221-2122. | 2022-08-25T10:08:35+00:00 | wthr.com | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/indiana-coronavirus-updates-thursday-august-25-2022/531-75b0792a-f841-4b4a-9ef2-68a83d85959e |
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Furniture retailer Ikea is known for the distinctive names of its flat-pack home products.
Now, the company’s Norway branch wants to use the brand’s experience to help parents browsing the baby-naming department.
Ikea Norway has built “a name bank” with more than 800 listings available on its website.
On its site, it prefaces the list with an introduction, “We at IKEA have been naming products for more than 70 years.”
The names are drawn from the ones Ikea gave its furniture instead of product numbers since 1948.
“After all these years, (Ikea) has built up a large ‘catalog’ to pick from,” Ikea Norway said in a statement.
Norway registered the births of 56,060 babies last year or 3,081 more than in 2020.
The Ikea branch says that makes it harder to find a unique name.
Some of the names on the list aren’t so out of the ordinary, including Amanda and Dennis.
Others are an obvious nod to Scandinavia, including Esbjörn and Yngve.
Should parents choose a name from the list, the bright side is it’s not obvious that these are the names of futons, dressers and stools. | 2022-06-09T18:31:31+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/ikea-offers-help-with-baby-names-after-covid-19-boom |
Son finds mother dead in the closet in Northwest Atlanta
Mother called her son saying she was in trouble.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Atlanta Police are investigating after a woman was found dead in her home in Northwest Atlanta Friday.
Officers said the call came in around 5:00 p.m. to the Fairburn Gordon Apartments on Fairburn Road NW.
Atlanta News First spoke with Derrick Woody, who identified himself as the victim’s son.
He said he received a “disturbing” phone call from his mother, saying she may be in trouble.
He said he called some of his other family members, and they went to her house right away.
When he arrived, Woody said the door was open.
“There was blood on the bedroom floor. I saw the scarf that she had on yesterday, but we didn’t see anything else. My sister was like ‘did you check all the closets?’ So we went to the closet in the back. She was in there. It looked like she had been beaten.”
Woody said he could not imagine who would want to hurt her.
“She was a great person and loved everybody.”
Atlanta Police say they are still investigating the circumstances surrounding her death. They have not released the woman’s name.
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Cooking together doesn’t have to be a chore or something full of pressure. It can be like a dance you do with your partner that leads to a delicious meal at the end.
Which date night cookbooks for couples are best?
By Erica Redding
Going out on a date can be a great time, but it can also be expensive, and the world’s interruptions can be distracting. If you want a beautiful one-on-one experience with that special person, cooking together is a wonderful option. It’s also a healthy skill-building activity that can bond you on a whole other level. And when we make things together, we learn more about each other and our compatibility.
Best set-it and forget-it cookbooks
If you are a busy couple trying to do a date night cooking at home, you might only have the time for an all-in-one meal. From one pan to one pot, you can find savory and sweet recipes that go with the theme you have in mind. There are plenty of quick throw-together meals you can make with your partner to have ready for date night.
Top Instant Pot cookbook
“Instant Pot for Two Cookbook: 600 Quick & Easy Instant Pot Recipes,” by Susan Green
This book has recipes for appetizers, snacks and meals for all times of day, plus desserts. All diet types are considered, from omnivores to vegans.
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Top one-pan cookbook
“One Pan, Two Plates: More Than 70 Complete Weeknight Meals for Two,”
by Carla Snyder
Couples who want a collection of easy-to-prepare meals for any night can try this cookbook. It includes recipes that can be made in 60 minutes or less in a single pan.
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Top slow cooker cookbook
“Fix-It and Forget-It Cooking for Two: 150 Small-Batch Slow Cooker Recipes,” by Hope Comerford
This cookbook has several easy-to-put-together recipes for your slow cooker. It also includes tips to quickly get dinner prepared and clean up afterward.
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Best conscious cookbooks
Therapy, mindfulness and conscious awareness as a part of everyday conversation have brought a lot of knowledge about what we eat and how we feel to the forefront of our minds. According to the National Institutes of Health, mindful eating is one of the most discussed forms of mindful practice.
Top healthy cookbook
This cookbook is for couples who want a variety of healthy recipes to cook together. It includes tips for meal planning and budgeting.
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Top low-calorie cookbook
“The Skinnytaste Cookbook: Light on Calories, Big on Flavor,” by Gina Homolka
The recipes in this cookbook are designed to taste great and fill you up without the calories. There are meals for all diet types in portions made from all-natural and easy-to-find ingredients.
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Top vegan cookbook
“Vegan Slow Cooking for Two: 85 Healthy Recipes to Enjoy Together,” by Rhyan Geiger RD
This cookbook for vegan couples includes vegan essential recipes, such as veggie broth and meatless grounds. It also provides guidance on recipes and tips for how to use excess ingredients.
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Top cookbook for every day
“The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook,” by America’s Test Kitchen
This collection of 650 recipes covers nearly anything you and your partner can think of. It includes everything from stews to desserts with a cooking-for-two basics manual.
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Best cookbooks for new couples
There is so much to explore in the kitchen when you’re starting out together. These cookbooks illustrate recipes meant for the fresh feel that exists in the newer stages of a relationship. From newlyweds to first dates, set one of these up on your cookbook stand and cook with confidence.
Top cookbook for newlyweds
This cookbook is designed for just-marrieds to learn to cook meals together. It has 130 recipes for meals for all occasions.
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Top cookbook for date night
“The Date Night Cookbook,” by Ned Fulmer and Ariel Fulmer
This cookbook is perfect for newlyweds or the newly dating and is made for two. It includes dating stories, relationship tips and recipes for all couple levels.
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Top cookbook for all couples
“Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking,” by Samin Nosrat
This cookbook has over 100 recipes for couples that each include the four main elements of creating a delicious meal. It aims to teach budding cooks how to recognize ingredients and make better use of them in the kitchen.
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Best cookbooks for everything else
If you’re looking beyond the main dish, fish through these top pics for recipes that will delight you. Cookbooks can offer more than just a meal — they are an experience in themselves.
Top busy couples cookbook
“30-Minute Cooking for Two: Healthy Dishes Without All the Fuss,” by Taylor Ellingson
This is the cookbook for quickie meals for couples with a lot to do. All meals are ready to set at the table within a half hour of starting.
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Top dessert cookbook
“Dessert for Two: Small Batch Cooking Cookies, Brownies, Pies, and Cakes,” by Christina Lane
This cookbook is a date night essential with 100 photos of the delicious conclusion to each recipe. Each dessert has been designed for two people to eat so there are no excessive leftovers.
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Top interactive cookbook
“Date Night Cookbook and Activities for Couples,” by Crystal Schwanke
More than just a cookbook, this also includes activities for an eventful date night. There are recipes for any night of the week and ideas to go along with each one.
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Top aphrodisiac cookbook
“The New InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook,” by Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge
This cookbook is tried and tested by couples to ensure quality recipes. You and your partner will enjoy this collection of 19 foods to ensure an intimate evening.
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BOISE, Idaho — Cellphone data shows that the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November visited the area near the home where they lived and the attack occurred about a dozen times since June, authorities allege in court documents unsealed Thursday.
Those apparent visits that Bryan Kohberber made to the victims’ neighborhood all occurred late in the evening or early morning hours, Moscow, Idaho, police Cpl. Brett Payne said an affidavit.
Investigators also obtained location data from the night of the killings showing that Kohberger’s phone was near his home in Pullman, Washington, until about 2:42 a.m. Five minutes later, the phone started using cellular resources located southeast of the home, which would be consistent with Kohberger traveling south, the affidavit states.
There was no other location data available from the phone until 4:48 a.m., suggesting Kohberger may have turned his phone off during the attack, the affidavit said.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
A woman who lived at the home where four University of Idaho students were killed awoke to the sound of crying that night to find a masked man in black clothing who walked past her and toward a sliding glass door, an investigator said in court documents unsealed Thursday.
The unidentified housemate, who wasn’t harmed in the attack, told authorities she opened her second-floor door at around 4 a.m. after hearing the crying and then stood in “frozen shock” as the man, whom she didn’t recognize, walked past her, the police investigator said. She then went back into her room and locked the door.
Kohberger was flown from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested, to Idaho on Wednesday and was due to appear Thursday in a court in Moscow, the college town where the attack happened. He is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary in the closely watched case that struck fear into the community along the Idaho-Washington border.
His attorney in Pennsylvania, where his parents live and where he was arrested, has said he is eager to be exonerated.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
The DNA of the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students was found on a knife sheath at the crime scene, an investigator said in court documents unsealed Thursday.
The affidavit written by Moscow, Idaho Police Cpl. Brett Payne was made public just minutes before a court hearing began for the man accused in the Nov. 13 deaths, 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger. Kohberger arrived in Idaho late Wednesday on a law enforcement jet and was handed over to local authorities after his arrest in the case last week in Pennsylvania.
He is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary in the closely watched case that has grabbed the nation’s attention and rocked the small college town on the Idaho-Washington border.
His attorney in Pennsylvania, where his parents live and where he was arrested, has said he is eager to be exonerated.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
The man accused in the November slayings of four University of Idaho students was extradited to Idaho, where he’s charged with four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary and was scheduled to appear in court Thursday.
Bryan Kohberger’s arrival in the state also means sealed documents that could answer key questions in the closely watched case will soon be released publicly.
Kohberger, a 28-year-old doctoral student at Washington State University, was flown by Pennsylvania State Police to a small regional airport near the Idaho border and handed over to local authorities Wednesday evening. Uniformed law enforcement officers were waiting on the tarmac for the plane to land and then escorted the handcuffed Kohberger to a caravan of five vehicles for the short drive from Washington across the Idaho border.
He was due to appear Thursday in Latah County court in Moscow, the college town where the attack happened.
The public release of court documents could shed some light on Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson’s reasons for accusing Kohburger in the Nov. 13 stabbing deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin and answer key questions about how authorities built a case against him.
Kohberger was arrested at his parents’ home in eastern Pennsylvania last week and agreed to be extradited to Idaho. His attorney in Pennsylvania, Monroe County chief public defender Jason LaBar, said Kohberger was eager to be exonerated and described him as “an ordinary guy.” He said Kohberger would be represented by the chief public defender in Idaho’s Kootenai County once in the state.
Police have released few details about the investigation and a magistrate judge has issued a sweeping gag order barring attorneys, law enforcement agencies and other officials from discussing the case.
The nighttime attack at the home near the University of Idaho campus spread fear in Moscow and the surrounding area, as authorities seemed stumped by the brutal stabbings. Investigators appeared to make a breakthrough, however, after searching for a white sedan that was seen around the time of the killings and analyzing DNA evidence collected from the crime scene.
Investigators have said they were still searching for a motive and the weapon used in the attack.
The bodies of Goncalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho; Mogen, 21, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Kernodle, 20, of Post Falls, Idaho; and Chapin, 20, of Conway, Washington, were found Nov. 13 at the rental home where the women lived. Kernodle and Chapin were dating, and he had been visiting the house that night.
Latah County prosecutors have said they believe Kohberger broke into the victims’ home intending to commit murder.
Although Moscow police have been tightlipped about the investigation, authorities last month asked the public for help finding a white sedan that was seen near the scene of the crime — specifically, a 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra. Tips poured in and investigators soon announced they were sifting through a pool of around 20,000 potential vehicles.
Meanwhile, Kohberger apparently stayed in Pullman, Washington, through the end of the semester at WSU. Then he drove across country to his parents’ home in Pennsylvania, accompanied by his father. They were in a white Elantra.
While driving through Indiana, Kohberger was pulled over twice on the same day — first by a Hancock County Sheriff’s deputy and a few minutes later by an Indiana state trooper.
Body camera video of the first stop released by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office shows Kohberger behind the wheel and his father in the passenger seat on Dec. 15. Both men told the law enforcement officer that they were traveling from WSU before the officer sent them on their way with a warning for following too closely.
The Indiana State Police released bodycam footage of the second stop. The agency said that at the time, there was no information available to the trooper that would have identified Kohberger as a suspect in the killings. Kohberger was again given a warning for following too closely.
Story by Rebecca Boone and Gene Johnson. | 2023-01-05T18:56:28+00:00 | bangordailynews.com | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/01/05/news/nation/police-killer-idaho-college-murder-cellphone/ |
Elmo gets his COVID-19 vaccine in new Sesame Street PSA
(CNN) - Sesame Street is promoting vaccination against COVID-19 for young kids.
Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational group behind Sesame Street, released a PSA in which Elmo, who is 3 years old, has just gotten vaccinated.
“There was a little pinch, but that was OK,” Elmo says. “Elmo was really glad to have daddy and baby David there with him.”
Elmo’s dad Louie tells his son, “You were super-duper today getting your COVID vaccine, Elmo.”
Moderna and Pfizer’s vaccines got emergency use approval in the U.S. this month for kids as young as 6 months old.
A Sesame Workshop spokeswoman says they hope the PSA will inspire parents and caregivers across the U.S. to speak with their health care providers to learn about how the vaccines can keep young kids and their families healthy.
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Consulting firm commended by its millennial employees for offering a rewarding career
MENLO PARK, Calif., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global consulting firm Protiviti has been named to the 2022 list of Best Workplaces for MillennialsTM by Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work. The annual list, which is based on anonymous survey responses from more than 413,000 U.S.-based millennial employees, recognizes companies that create the most consistently positive experience for millennials. Protiviti is in the large company category (1,000 or more employees) and has been recognized on this list on four previous occasions.
"Our people are empowered to advance their careers within a highly supportive and inclusive workplace," said Jessica Harrison, senior director, people and culture, Protiviti. "We offer interesting and impactful client work, extensive on- and off-the-job training, deep mentoring relationships, and numerous benefits designed to support our people at all stages of their careers with Protiviti and help them realize their full potential."
The Best Workplaces for MillennialsTM list is highly competitive. Great Place to Work selected the list using rigorous analytics and confidential employee feedback. Companies are only considered for the Best Workplaces list if they are a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization.
"These companies value their millennial workers by showing genuine care, flexibility and purpose in ways that matter to this generation," says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work. "They expect company values to be lived by their leaders, which, in turn, elicits their loyalty and trust. Congratulations to the Best Workplaces for Millennials for their hard work."
Protiviti was ranked #15 on the latest Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list, its eighth consecutive year on this list, and ranked #6 among large companies on the Best Workplaces in the Bay Area® 2022 list. In 2021, Protiviti was named by Fortune as a Best Workplace for Diversity™, Working Parents™, Millennials™ and Women™ and was ranked #14 on Great Place to Work's list of Best Workplaces in Consulting and Professional Services™. Protiviti was also named to the 2021 PEOPLE Companies that Care® list.
About Protiviti
Protiviti (www.protiviti.com) is a global consulting firm that delivers deep expertise, objective insights, a tailored approach and unparalleled collaboration to help leaders confidently face the future. Protiviti and its independent and locally owned Member Firms provide clients with consulting and managed solutions in finance, technology, operations, data, digital, legal, governance, risk and internal audit through its network of more than 85 offices in over 25 countries.
Named to the 2022 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list, Protiviti has served more than 80 percent of Fortune 100 and nearly 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies. The firm also works with smaller, growing companies, including those looking to go public, as well as with government agencies. Protiviti is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half (NYSE: RHI). Founded in 1948, Robert Half is a member of the S&P 500 index.
Protiviti is not licensed or registered as a public accounting firm and does not issue opinions on financial statements or offer attestation services.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry threw his mouthpiece into the seats in frustration and got tossed himself for the surprising episode late in the game.
And the Golden State Warriors still pulled off a wild one against the nemesis Memphis Grizzlies.
Jordan Poole made the winning layup with a second remaining to cap a crazy, back-and-forth final minute, and the Warriors fought back to beat Ja Morant and Memphis 122-120 on Wednesday night.
“Incredible, heady play by Jordan,” Klay Thompson said.
Curry outdueled Morant and scored 34 points before being ejected with 1:14 remaining in another thrilling game between the rivals who played last year in the Western Conference semifinals won by the Warriors in six games.
Curry hit a tying jumper with 2:18 left and made three free throws at the 1:55 mark. He wasn’t around for the finish after firing the mouthpiece into the stands. Crew chief Sean Wright confirmed the reasoning to a pool reporter: “Stephen Curry takes his mouth piece and throws into the stands with force, as per rule, that is an automatic ejection.”
“He knows he can’t make that mistake,” coach Steve Kerr said. “To win the game after the Steph ejection was great. I liked the execution down the stretch.”
Afterward, Curry was in the hallway eager to greet Poole with a celebratory hug. Poole had launched a 30-footer with nearly a full shot clock and Curry open, and Curry didn’t like it.
Curry said the way the season has gone there’s a “heightened sense of urgency of how every detail matters.”
“The way that we responded after that shows just how much it matters to us,” Curry said.
Brandon Clarke had a tying dunk with 6.3 seconds left for Memphis on a pass from Morant after Thompson’s 3-pointer with 14.6 remaining put the Warriors ahead. Thompson then missed a rushed baseline jumper with five seconds to play, but Golden State got the ball out of bounds.
Morant wound up with 29 points and 12 assists after missing a game with an ankle injury. He converted a pair of free throws with 26.6 seconds left to put Memphis ahead before Thompson’s big 3.
Desmond Bane added 20 points for the Grizzlies in a balanced effort to help lessen the sting of losing durable big man Steven Adams for the foreseeable future with a knee injury.
Morant, who missed a loss Monday night at Sacramento with soreness in his left ankle, found Clarke for an alley-oop layup and three-point play with 4:10 remaining then Curry and Poole scored consecutive layups.
Thompson added 24 points and his 3 with 3:38 left in the third pulled the Warriors to 81-79. Then Curry converted a tying four-point play with 2:27 to go in the period after falling into the courtside seats.
The Warriors had lost four straight home games after beginning the season 17-2 at Chase Center.
Jonathan Kuminga moved into the Golden State starting lineup with Andrew Wiggins ill. Late in the first half, Kuminga drove through the lane for a highlight-reel left-handed slam then knocked down a 3-pointer a few possessions later. He wound up with 13 points.
Poole finished with 21 points and seven assists as the Warriors beat the Grizzlies again following a 123-109 win on Christmas Day. The Grizzlies have lost a season-high four straight to begin this season-long five-game West Coast trip.
“It’s a long season. I don’t think too many people are too flustered,” Bane said.
Draymond Green — who called that final out-of-bounds play for Poole’s winner — was whistled for his 14th technical foul of the season, moving him within two of an automatic one-game suspension.
MISSING ADAMS
Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins will mix and match lineups and substitution patterns without Adams, who is expected to miss three to five weeks with a sprained ligament in his right knee that he injured Sunday in Phoenix.
“We’re definitely going to miss Stevo, he does so much for us, all the little things, to impact winning,” Jenkins said. “We’re just going to need other guys to raise their level in those departments. Obviously, we’re struggling right now on both ends of the floor, we just got to find our groove, it’s next-man up mentality.”
TIP-INS
Grizzlies: F Danny Green is set to make his season debut Feb. 1 at home against Portland as he returns from left knee surgery. “That’s the plan as of now,” Jenkins said. Green will get some scrimmaging and work with the G League Memphis Hustle this week. … Jaren Jackson Jr. fouled out with 2:33 to go. … Memphis will host the defending champions for the last two meetings: March 9 and 18.
Warriors: Kerr found out Wednesday morning Wiggins was sick and Kuminga earned his sixth start. … Curry reached 21,000 career points. He committed two fouls just 59 seconds into the game.
UP NEXT
Grizzlies: At Minnesota on Friday night.
Warriors: Host Toronto on Friday night. ___
AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-01-26T22:44:54+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/sports/ap-poole-beats-buzzer-with-layup-lifts-warriors-past-grizzlies/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. — House Republicans rallied to the defense of former President Donald Trump before his possible indictment, demanding that the Manhattan district attorney who is investigating him turn over documents and come for an interview.
The Republican chairmen of three House committees sent a letter Monday to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, seeking information about his actions in the Trump case, which they characterized as an “unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority.” They requested testimony as well as documents and copies of any communications with the Justice Department.
No authorities wanted to take the case but then "what changed? President Trump announces he’s running for president and shazam,” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said shortly after sending the letter.
The letter to Bragg — effectively demanding transparency in the middle of a criminal investigation — suggested that Republicans intend to use their House majority to defend Trump as he mounts a second run for president.
Both Bragg and the Justice Department seemed unlikely to respond to the request, given the long-standing practice of prosecutors not divulging information about active cases.
Bragg's office said in a statement it would not be intimidated by what it characterized as attempts to undermine the justice process.
Without saying whether Bragg would comply with the chairmen's request, the statement said the prosecutor's office would not let “baseless accusations” deter it from fairly applying the law. It said its prosecutions follow the law “without fear or favor.”
The grand jury case revolves around hush money payments to women who alleged sexual encounters with Trump. Bragg’s team appears to be looking at whether Trump or anyone committed crimes in New York state in arranging the payments, or in the way they accounted for them internally at the Trump Organization.
Prosecutors have not said when their work might conclude or when charges could come. But law enforcement in New York has been making preparations for any unrest, should Trump face charges.
However, Rep. Brian Steil, chair of the House Administration Committee, said the potential actions of the prosecutor are pretty darn unprecedented.” Steil, whose committee oversees election law, said lawmakers are looking to see whether federal resources have been used by Bragg throughout his investigation.
“I think there’s a broad concern about the politicization of the judicial system, and we are better served as a country if our judicial system writ large is not politicized,” Steil said in an interview.
Democrats on Monday called Republican efforts to seek information from an ongoing investigation “an astonishing and unprecedented abuse of power.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the top Democrat on the Oversight committee, assailed the Republican majority's efforts to use its new power to “obstruct a possible criminal indictment.”
He added, "Former President Donald Trump demanded this nonsensical interference over the weekend, and these Committee chairs have acted totally outside their proper powers to try to influence a pending criminal investigation at the state level.”
House Republicans were stalwart defenders of Trump while he was in office and have mostly stood by him even after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, an unprecedented assault that was fueled by Trump's lies about a stolen election. His claims were rejected by state and local officials, the courts and his own Justice Department.
House Republicans are in Orlando, Florida, on a party retreat to plot strategy for the year, but Trump's legal peril quickly became the main focus, as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and others faced questions about Trump's call for supporters to protest and “take back our nation.”
McCarthy, a California Republican, said that there should be no protests or violence in response to the DA's decision. But he did focus on Bragg personally.
“People have already looked at these cases and said no to it,” McCarthy said. “So this guy is trying to create something when he has all the crime happening in New York, and he prides himself on not prosecuting everything else."
"So you just see that it is pure politics.” | 2023-03-21T12:24:25+00:00 | wtsp.com | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/house-republicans-demands-info-on-trump-case/507-f291698b-c0d5-46c8-8313-1e561154f4bf |
Reports of shots fired, school locked down
Alexandria, LA (04/19/2023)
At approximately 10:40 AM, the Alexandria Police Department was dispatched to the 100 block of Maryland Avenue in reference to gunshots being heard in the neighborhood. Nearby Schools were locked down and checked out by APD Officers, but were declared clear with no present threat. APD Officers and Detectives stayed in the area investigating the matter, but no suspects were located.
This is currently an ongoing investigation.
If anyone has any information about this incident, or any other type crimes in the Alexandria area, please contact the Alexandria Police Detective Division at phone number (318) 441-6416, or APD Dispatch (318) 441-6559.
For a cash reward, call Crime Stoppers of Cenla at (318) 443-7867. The Crime Stoppers P3 Tipster App can also be downloaded to leave tips and get a claim number for a cash reward at www.p3tips.com/community/mobile/
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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol released its full subpoena to former President Trump, detailing 19 areas of inquiry it wishes to discuss with the former president and asking him to appear for a deposition on Nov. 14.
“As demonstrated in our hearings, we have assembled overwhelming evidence, including from dozens of your former appointees and staff, that you personally orchestrated and oversaw a multi-part effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and to obstruct the peaceful transition of power,” Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) wrote in the letter accompanying the subpoena.
“The deposition will be under oath,” the letter adds, noting the session could extend beyond one day and will be led by a staff that includes “multiple former federal prosecutors – as well as members.”
In taking the remarkable step of issuing a subpoena to a former president, the committee departed from past practice and offered additional transparency by releasing the full, unredacted subpoena — including all documents it is seeking.
The move comes after the committee took a public vote at its hearing last week to approve serving the subpoena.
In some ways, the 19-point schedule reads as a recap of many topics already touched on by the panel.
It makes a sweeping request for any documents or communications related to efforts to evaluate former Vice President Mike Pence’s role in certifying the 2020 election or “any actions he might take” on Jan. 6. It also asks for anything detailing his discussions, including handwritten notes, about other plots, including efforts to reach out to state lawmakers, election officials and leaders at the Justice Department.
But it also highlights areas where the committee may still have significant gaps, including whether Trump had any contact with far-right groups like the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, whose leaders are now facing trial on seditious conspiracy charges.
It also asks about any witness intimidation efforts involved with the committee’s investigation, such as efforts to contact those who appeared or were expected to appear before panel staff.
The schedule also asks Trump to turn over any communications with “Rep. Scott Perry (R-Penn.) and any other member of Congress,” as well as another catchall with a who’s who of Trump associates as varied as Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, various members of his outside legal team and former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne.
It notes that many it has already spoken with, including Stone and one-time National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, pleaded the fifth multiple times on questions “related directly to your conduct.”
Finally, the letter asks to discuss Trump’s multiple unsuccessful court cases — 62 in all — pointing to a recently obtained email indicating the former president knowingly submitted false information to the court.
Trump is asked to produce the documents at a quick clip – facing a deadline on Nov. 4, just days before the midterm elections.
“Donald Trump, you’ve been served,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), one of the panel’s two GOP members, tweeted shortly after the subpoena was released.
Since the committee voted to subpoena Trump, he’s complained the panel waited “until the very end” to try to speak with him.
But the move follows a common investigative practice of assembling as much evidence as possible before seeking to speak with “big fish.”
The panel’s letter to Trump walks through much of the evidence they’ve already collected about what they referred to as Trump’s “central role in each element” of the plan to remain in power.
“In short, you were at the center of the first and only effort by a U.S. president to overturn and obstruct the peaceful transfer of power, ultimately culminating in a bloody attack on our own Capitol and on the Congress itself,” they wrote.
“The evidence demonstrates that you knew this activity was illegal and unconstitutional and also knew that your own assertions of fraud were false.”
The panel also notes it is working to craft recommendations to ensure that “no future president could succeed at anything even remotely similar to the unlawful actions that you took to overturn the election.”
Updated at 3:13 p.m. | 2022-10-21T20:16:30+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/hill-politics/jan-6-panel-formally-issues-subpoena-to-trump/ |
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Texas Tech came up short of a much-needed resume-building win on Wednesday, falling to No. 3 Kansas 67-63 at Allen Fieldhouse.
After Texas Tech pulled within one point with less than a minute to go, former Red Raider Kevin McCullar secured a loose ball on the Jayhawks’ next possession and converted a layup to give Kansas a three-point lead.
Pop Isaacs’ layup attempt on Texas Tech’s next possession would not fall, and Kansas would hold off the Red Raiders’ upset attempt.
Four Red Raiders scored in double figures, led by De’Vion Harmon’s 15. Fardaws Aimaq registered his third double-double of the season with 13 points and 18 rebounds.
The Red Raiders (16-14, 5-12 Big 12) return home to finish the regular season with Oklahoma State at 5 p.m. Saturday at United Supermarkets Arena. | 2023-03-01T06:15:12+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/sports/red-raider-nation/red-raiders-upset-bid-comes-up-short/ |
Miguel Cabrera will return to Detroit Tigers for 2023 season: 'We expect Miggy to be here'
No more questions.
Miguel Cabrera is coming back in 2023.
"We expect Miggy to be here," Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Saturday. "We expect him to do his part in the offseason to prepare himself to be healthy and productive, and the icon that he is."
A few months ago, Cabrera seemed to be mulling retirement because of an ailing right knee. He wouldn't commit to another season in Major League Baseball. The next day, though, Cabrera insisted he would be back for the final year of his contract, cashing in $32 million.
The other part of that decision came Friday, when Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris revealed the club-player relationship with Cabrera would continue into 2023. Hinch, in charge of writing the daily lineup card, supported his boss Saturday. All three parties are committed to what Cabrera has previously said will be his final season.
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"No, it is not time to move on from Miguel Cabrera," Harris said Friday while talking with the Free Press' Mitch Albom on WJR-AM (760). "He's one of the best players of this generation. He still has a ton to offer. I met with him the other day. He has a great mindset right now, and he's committed to doing the work to make sure that he stays a productive player. Miggy is one of the best Tigers in the history of this organization. He has earned that. He's a huge part of this team."
With six games remaining entering Saturday's game against the Minnesota Twins, the 39-year-old designated hitter — a two-time MVP and 2012 Triple Crown winner — is crawling to the finish line. He was placed on the injured list Sept. 4 and returned Sept. 19. Since then, he is batting .185 with one home run (his first since July 25), one walk and five strikeouts in seven games.
Beyond the basic statistics, Cabrera struggles to drive high-velocity fastballs and is tapped out of power. His average exit velocity is 89.9 mph; in 2020, it was 93.2 mph and ranked in the 97th percentile.
"After I came back from the (injured list), I started to swing better and swing more free," Cabrera said Sept. 28, after hitting the 507th home run of his 20-year career. "Hopefully I can keep my biceps strong and my knees strong and make better swings at home plate and try to make something happen."
In 2022, Cabrera ran out of gas at the All-Star break. He went to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles — for his 12th All-Star appearance — with a .287 batting average (and a .324 on-base percentage) in 79 games. Without power, Cabrera excelled as a contact hitter and was contributing positively.
Similar production should return in 2023. How long it lasts is anyone's guess, but it's hard to imagine Cabrera hovering around a .300 average beyond the All-Star break next season if he couldn't do so this season.
"Miggy is very realistic with where he's at, both health-wise and performance-wise," Hinch said. "He's very much about winning. He wants to finish on a much better note than his last few years as a team. I think Miguel is on board with whatever we need to do to make things better. ... He's been on board with me and what we're trying to do 100% since my first day. That hasn't changed and it won't change going into next season."
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Since the All-Star break, Cabrera is batting .149 with a .232 OBP in 30 games. He didn't look healthy throughout late July, and his role as an everyday player diminished. At the beginning of August, the Tigers significantly decreased his workload. At the beginning of September, he injured his left bicep on a swinging strikeout. A ruptured tendon, similar to June 2018, would have required surgery and ended his season, and possibly his career.
But it was only a biceps strain.
He took his rehabilitation seriously and was determined to return to the Tigers' lineup before the end of the season. He accomplished the short-term goal, and looking ahead, Cabrera wants to finish out another 162-game schedule.
"He's always felt better after time," Hinch said. "He's probably not going to feel any better than he's going to feel when he starts the season next year. I think we saw that this season. His first half, physically, he was holding up pretty well."
The meeting between Harris and Cabrera included Hinch. The second-year manager called the discussion "very productive" as Harris continues to listen and evaluate the organization he is taking over.
Coming into the job, Harris had to make a decision about Cabrera. In May 2021, the Los Angeles Angels cut future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols. He was designated for assignment due to lack of production and dissatisfaction with his playing time. (Since then, Pujols has played for the L.A. Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals, topping 700 home runs for his career last month.) The second reason seemingly doesn't apply to Cabrera, who understands his end-of-career role.
As for the production, the Tigers believe they can carry Cabrera on the 26-man roster and get positive results in a farewell tour.
"We'll monitor him," Hinch said. "We'll try to come up with a game plan that works best to fit the roster that's going to be built over the next six months. We don't have all the answers today, but I'm glad Miggy is going to be around." | 2022-10-01T23:32:59+00:00 | freep.com | https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2022/10/01/miguel-cabrera-will-return-to-detroit-tigers-for-2023-season/69531730007/ |
Refreshed Site Enhances Customer Journey and Experience; Enables User-Friendly Flooring Specification and Design
ATLANTA, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Interface®, a worldwide commercial flooring company and global leader in sustainability, today announced the launch of its new website, Interface.com. The new website offers an improved digital experience for customers with a sleek, modern look and feel that mirrors the brand, bringing materials and products to life in a digital format.
"The digital experience is more important than ever to our current and prospective customers," explained Lisa King, Chief Innovation Officer at Interface. "A trend that was accelerated by the global pandemic, designers and architects want easy-to-use digital tools to help them visualize and create unique spaces, as well as find design inspiration and ideas. We knew we needed to transform our website experience to align with how our customers are currently engaging with us online. Our redesign aims to create an unparalleled digital experience that enhances the design process, making it easier for our customers to do business with us."
To develop and launch the new web experience, Interface consulted with external and internal audiences globally about specific pain points and preferences when navigating a product site. The result is a refreshed web presence that reflects Interface and showcases its innovation and leadership in product design and sustainability, as well as its customer commitment.
With this new site, Interface also updated specific pages to make it easier for customers and visitors to understand how design and sustainability are at the core of the company. The manufacturer is making it easier to learn about its history, sustainability journey, and innovations in a single place. Ultimately, this helps customers and partners determine if their goals, objectives, and values align with Interface and its offerings.
Customer-Focused Design
With an enhanced design, and improved functionality and user experience, it is simple for site visitors to explore the Interface product portfolio and imagery for both design inspiration and purchasing decisions on the new website.
In addition, new merchandising pages bring the Interface brand to life in the digital space, providing customers with the right information at the right time as they make their design and specification decisions. The website includes a more integrated approach to sharing design and assets – like videos, project galleries, and palettes – for trend inspiration and perspectives.
The refreshed site also includes the modernization of the Floor Design Tool, which makes flooring design more straightforward and intuitive. The upgraded tool is more robust and user-friendly, which is something customers specifically asked for when Interface gathered feedback.
Global Launch
The new Interface.com is currently live in the U.S. and is expected to launch globally in 2022.
To explore the new website, visit www.interface.com.
About Interface
Interface, Inc. is a global flooring company specializing in carbon neutral carpet tile and resilient flooring, including luxury vinyl tile (LVT) and nora® rubber flooring. We help our customers create high-performance interior spaces that support well-being, productivity, and creativity, as well as the sustainability of the planet. Our mission, Climate Take Back™, invites you to join us as we commit to operating in a way that is restorative to the planet and creates a climate fit for life.
Learn more about Interface at interface.com and blog.interface.com, our nora brand at nora.com, our FLOR® brand at FLOR.com, and our Carbon Neutral Floors™ program at interface.com/carbonneutral.
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Altoura recognized along with Microsoft, Google, SAP, Adobe, and other innovative companies
SEATTLE, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Altoura today announced it has been named in the fourth annual Fast Company list of the global 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, as well as 2nd place in its list of Best Workplaces for Innovators in the US. Both lists honor organizations and businesses that demonstrate a steadfast commitment to encouraging innovation at all levels.
Altoura is being recognized for its approach to fostering a workplace culture where all team members—including early-in-career employees—are empowered to design and implement innovation initiatives from the ground up, for its employee and customer onboarding program (Altoura University), and for its success creating a cultural shift to spatial work that is independent of physical location. These initiatives have helped the company accelerate growth, capture awards like Microsoft Partner of the Year, and deliver to market a no-code platform for spatial work, which enables teams to transform 3D assets into collaborative and interactive spatial workflows (like immersive training and collaborative visualization).
"Being one of Fast Company's Best Workplaces for Innovators validates the deep focus we've put on building a culture of innovation in the service of our customers," said Jamie Fleming, CEO of Altoura. "We engage our entire team, from new hires to seasoned managers, in meaningful work, match them with their purpose and passion, and give them the freedom to innovate in ways that benefit our customers as well as the future of work."
Developed in collaboration with Accenture, the 2022 Best Workplaces for Innovators ranks 100 winners from nearly 1500 applications in a variety of industries around the world, including computer science, biotech, consumer packaged goods, nonprofit, education, financial services, cybersecurity, engineering, diversity, sustainability, B2B, and consumer products and services.
"This year's list of the Best Workplaces for Innovators recognizes organizations that have demonstrated a deep commitment to cultivating creativity across the board," said Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief of Fast Company. "In the face of powerful headwinds, these leaders and teams continue to spur innovation."
About Altoura
Altoura is the pioneer of interactive digital twin technology and maker of the productivity platform for spatial work. Altoura's no-code platform makes it easy to import and transform 3D assets into immersive, interactive, and collaborative workflows such as immersive training and design visualization. Altoura is a Gold partner in Microsoft's Mixed Reality Partner Program (MRPP) and a strategic partner with Meta, Unity, Insight, and leading systems integrators. With a large and growing base of Fortune 500 customers, Altoura is the #1 platform for manufacturing, retail, healthcare, transportation, and corporate real estate teams that want to empower their workforce with the spatial tools to be more efficient and productive. To learn more, visit altoura.com.
About Fast Company
Fast Company is the only media brand fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, engaging the most influential leaders, companies, and thinkers on the future of business. Headquartered in New York City, Fast Company is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with our sister publication Inc., and can be found online at www.fastcompany.com.
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(NEXSTAR) – If you made voluntary payments on your federal student loans during the COVID-19 payment pause, you’re likely eligible to receive an automatic refund, according to federal officials.
As part of President Biden’s recently announced plan to forgive up to $20,000 per federal borrower, those that have made payments on or even paid off their loans since March 2020 were given the chance to request a refund for their payments from their loan servicer.
But, according to updated guidance from the Office of Federal Student Aid, qualifying borrowers may not have to request a refund — they could receive it automatically.
Previously, borrowers have been instructed to contact their federal student loan servicer to request a refund. You would have to provide payment confirmation, which payments they would like to have refunded, and other necessary information, according to NerdWallet.
The Office of Federal Student Aid now has information on its site stating borrowers will automatically receive a refund if they meet two requirements.
First, you have to successfully apply for and receive debt relief under Biden’s one-time cancellation plan. This means you’ll need to meet the necessary qualifications and fill out an application for student loan forgiveness. According to the Department of Education, that form won’t be available until next month.
Second, the payments you’ve made since March 13, 2020, when then-President Trump enacted the student loan payment pause, must have brought your loan balance below the maximum relief you’re eligible to receive but did not pay off your loan in full.
Officials gave this example: Let’s say you had $10,500 before the payment pause. Since March 2020, you’ve made $1,000 in payments, which brings your balance to $9,500. You’re eligible to receive $10,000 in federal student loan forgiveness, meaning the Department of Education will discharge your balance of $9,500 and refund you $500.
If you don’t meet both requirements above, officials say you can still receive a refund on the voluntary payments you’ve made since March 2020. Refunded payments will, however, increase your loan balance and your monthly payments, the Federal Student Aid office reports. Refunds can be requested until December 31, 2023.
If you consolidated your loans after March 13, 2020, the Federal Student Aid office says you cannot receive a refund on voluntary payments made before consolidation.
In addition to potentially qualifying for automatic refunds, you may also qualify for automatic student loan forgiveness, meaning you wouldn’t have to fill out an application. Details on automatic federal student loan relief can be found here.
Until the Department of Education makes the application form available, there are a few things you can do. You can register to be notified when the application is available by filling out this form, determine your eligibility, and prepare your financial information. | 2022-09-14T14:39:34+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/you-may-get-an-automatic-refund-for-your-student-loan-payments-heres-why/ |
CHELMSFORD, Mass., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Azenta, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZTA) today reported preliminary results for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022.
The Company expects revenue of approximately $133 million, an increase of 3% compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2021. Year-over-year organic growth is expected to be 6%, after adjusting for approximately 3 percentage points of currency impact. GAAP diluted EPS from continuing operations is expected to be in the range of ($0.13) to ($0.08), driven lower than expected primarily due to income taxes. Non-GAAP diluted EPS is expected to be in the range of $0.08 to $0.12.
Revenue for the Services segment is expected to be approximately $85 million, up 6% year over year. Within the Services segment, Genomic Services revenue grew approximately 1% year over year, reflecting lower demand than expected. Sample Repository Solutions remained strong with estimated revenue growth of 19% year over year.
Revenue for the Products segment is expected to be approximately $47 million, down 3% year over year. Within the Products segment, the Consumables and Instruments (C&I) business experienced lower demand than expected with an estimated 18% decline year over year. The balance of the Products segment revenue grew approximately 23% supported by strong double-digit growth in each area of large systems, cryogenic systems, and product services.
"Revenue in the third quarter reflects currency headwinds and softness in the highly transactional businesses of Genomics Services and C&I, while other areas of the portfolio remained on track as evidenced by the strength in ultra-cold automation and Sample Repository Solutions," stated Steve Schwartz, President and CEO.
Third Quarter Fiscal 2022 Conference Call and Webcast
The Company will host a conference call and live webcast to discuss its full third quarter financial results on Tuesday August 9, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. To participate in the conference call, please dial 800-954-0586 for domestic callers and +1-212-231-2901 for international callers. Analysts, investors and members of the media can access the live webcast via the Azenta website at https://investors.azenta.com/events. A replay will be available beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET on August 10, 2022.
Regulation G – Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The Company supplements its GAAP financial measures with certain non-GAAP financial measures to provide investors a better perspective on the results of business operations, which the Company believes is more comparable to the similar analyses provided by its peers. These measures are not presented in accordance with, nor are they a substitute for, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. These measures should always be considered in conjunction with appropriate GAAP measures. Adjustments to GAAP results include the impact of amortization of intangible assets, restructuring charges, purchase price accounting adjustments and charges related to M&A. Management also excludes special charges and gains, such as impairment losses, gains and losses from the sale of assets, as well as other gains and charges that are not representative of the normal operations of the business. These measures should always be considered in conjunction with appropriate GAAP measures. The company has not provided a reconciliation of the estimated non-GAAP financial measure to its comparable GAAP financial measure because it could not produce the corresponding GAAP financial measure by the date of this press release without unreasonable effort. A reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to the most nearly comparable GAAP measures will be provided when the Company reports its full results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
"Safe Harbor Statement" under Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Some statements in this release are forward-looking statements made under Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees but involve risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that could cause Azenta's financial and business results to differ materially from our expectations. They are based on the facts known to management at the time they are made. Also, as noted above, the expected revenue results included in this release are preliminary. In the course of finalizing its quarterly closing and reporting processes and the completing its financial statements for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, the Company may identify items that would require the Company to make adjustments, some of which could be material, to the preliminary results set forth in this release. These forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements about our revenue expectations for the third quarter ended June 30, 2022 and our future growth prospects. Factors that could cause results to differ from our expectations include the following: the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on the markets we serve, including our supply chain, and on the global economy generally, the volatility of the life sciences industries the Company serves; our possible inability to meet demand for our products due to difficulties in obtaining components and materials from our suppliers in required quantities and of required quality; the inability of customers to make payments to us when due; the timing and effectiveness of cost reduction and cost control measures; price competition; disputes concerning intellectual property; uncertainties in global political and economic conditions and other risks, including those that we have described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Current Reports on Form 8-K and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. As a result, we can provide no assurance that our future results will not be materially different from those projected. Azenta expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based. Azenta undertakes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release.
About Azenta Life Sciences
Azenta, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZTA) is a leading provider of life sciences solutions worldwide, enabling impactful breakthroughs and therapies to market faster. Azenta provides a full suite of reliable cold-chain sample management solutions and genomic services across areas such as drug development, clinical research and advanced cell therapies for the industry's top pharmaceutical, biotech, academic and healthcare institutions globally. As of December 1st, the company changed its name and ticker to Azenta, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZTA) from Brooks Automation, Inc, (Nasdaq: BRKS).
Azenta is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA, with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.azenta.com.
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Sara Silverman
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Azenta Life Sciences
978.262.2635
sara.silverman@azenta.com
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Azenta Life Sciences
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Lawsuit alleges CIA got phone contents from Assange visitors
NEW YORK (AP) — Two lawyers and two journalists are suing the CIA, saying the agency violated their constitutional rights when it obtained copies of the contents of their electronic devices and helped enable the recording of their meetings with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during the latter part of his seven-year stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
The plaintiffs seek compensatory and punitive damages in a lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan federal court.
New York lawyers Margaret Ratner Kunstler and Deborah Hrbek, along with journalists John Goetz, who lives in Germany, and Charles Glass, who lives in England, alleged that the CIA got the information through a deal with UC Global, a private security company that was based in Spain and provided security at the embassy.
The lawsuit said they suffered considerable emotional distress and anxiety from the uncertainty and concerns about how their personal and privileged information was being used.
They said the illegal spying may have violated the rights of over 100 Americans who visited Assange at the embassy.
The CIA declined to comment.
Two years ago, two anonymous witnesses who worked for the Spanish firm that provided the embassy’s security testified at a London court that Assange faced an intensifying bugging operation from 2017 onwards after Donald Trump became U.S. president.
Assange, 51, lived in the embassy beginning in 2012 after seeking refuge there while fearing his potential extradition to the U.S. He was evicted in April 2019 and has been in a London prison since.
U.S. prosecutors have indicted Assange on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks’ publication of secret American military documents a decade ago. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison.
Assange’s lawyers say he is protected by the First Amendment for the publication of leaked documents that exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan. They also have said he suffers from wide-ranging mental health issues, including suicidal tendencies.
In June, the British government ordered Assange’s extradition to the U.S. He has appealed that ruling.
Assange’s lawyers have asked President Joe Biden to drop the charges against him.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-08-16T22:40:54+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/2022/08/16/lawsuit-alleges-cia-got-phone-contents-assange-visitors/ |
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New Tool Solves Key Agent Issue: Finding Commercial Markets to Match the Business Need
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Semsee, where agents go to quote small commercial risks and renewals, launched Appetite Checker, a new resource that enables agents and small business owners to obtain real-time market appetite from insurance carriers, MGAs and MGUs. The tool, available on Semsee's website, is open to all for free, and not limited to Semsee users. It currently checks risk appetite for Business Owners Policies with Semsee-integrated carriers and will continue to expand to include additional lines and carriers.
To use the tool, agents simply input two pieces of information, the type of business and state, and Semsee returns a list of carriers with information on which have appetite for the risk and which do not. For Semsee users logged into the platform, the information is carried over into a submission form, enabling agents to quickly generate quotes.
"We're solving a critical issue for agents—helping them find insurance markets that match customer needs. In fact, this was the number one pain point in winning new business that agents cited in a recent survey," said Philip Charles-Pierre, Semsee CEO. "Insurance markets are dynamic, and, as we go forward, they're going to continue to change quickly. Carriers are adding new products and targeting new markets. It's crucial to make this process fast and more transparent. That's what Appetite Checker is designed to do."
Semsee's appetite data comes both directly from carriers and from a third-party that also has direct relationships with insurance carriers. In addition to its carrier partners, Semsee will also be adding insurers outside of its network enabling agents to have a broad view of the market.
Appetite Checker is the latest development from Semsee which is committed to focusing on independent agents and their needs. Semsee currently connects to more than 5,000 agents and has 99 products across 40 carriers in all 50 states.
John Forlivio II, Commercial Lines Producer at John M. Glover Insurance Agency said, "Finding market appetite – especially for less common risks – can be like searching for a needle in the haystack, going from carrier portal to carrier portal only to find the few that write that risk. And if I rely just on my experience, my clients could be missing out on a great new product. This tool is a game changer! I save so much time and I know I am giving my customers all the best options that fit their particular needs."
To access Semsee's Appetite Checker click here.
Semsee simplifies and accelerates the small commercial quoting experience for independent agents, giving them more time to service their clients and grow revenue. Inspired by the promise of the original SEMCI initiative, Semsee combines advances in technology, workflow efficiencies and data and analytics to give agents fast, accurate quotes from multiple appointed carriers through a single-form submission. Semsee is backed by 01 Advisors, the D. E. Shaw group, through its venture studio DESCOvery, and Nephila Holdings, Ltd. For more information visit: https://semsee.com.
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HOHHOT, China, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- From June 14-16, the 15th Global Dairy Congress was hosted in Laval, France. Dr. Zhanyou Yun, Assistant President of Yili Group, attended the "Innovation for the Future" session, delivering a keynote speech with the theme "Create Value through Innovation". Dr. Gerrit Smit, Managing Director of Yili Innovation Center Europe, attended the roundtable discussion.
The World Dairy Innovation Awards was held simultaneously with the Congress. Leveraging strategic synergies and resource integration, Yili Group and its subsidiary Ausnutria topped the tally with six awards, covering segments of packaging design, infant nutrition, intolerance-friendly dairy products, ice cream, cheese and dairy snacks.
One of the judges commented, "Yili have their finger on the pulse when it comes to identifying gaps in the market and creating brilliant innovative products that both taste and look great while simultaneously serving a purpose."
Dr. Yun explained how Yili has focused on building a globally integrated innovation network, which helped the company win worldwide recognition. "Integrating talent and intelligence resources, we have currently set up a total of 15 innovation centers scattered around the world, and a 'global intelligence chain' has now been established."
Developing health products through consumer-centric innovation
"Guided by our New Vision for Value Creation, Yili pursues development as an innovation-driven company. We are dedicated to launching health products to meet the full life-cycle, all-scenario needs among all types of consumers," said Dr. Yun.
For consumers to freely enjoy cheese without storage limitations, Yili developed the "Best Cheese" winner -- the ambient cheese lollipop, which is rich in nutrition and can be safely stored at room temperature. Revisiting traditional Chinese aesthetics, the Xujinhuan 3D Fresh Milk Ice Cream has been designed into the elegant shape of a Chinese fan, featuring traditional painting carved on the surface. Developed with global high-quality milk and ingredients, the beautiful look is also accompanied by good flavor and nutrition. For middle-aged and the elderly men, a group more focused on bone health and physical fitness, the Shuhua Lactose -- Free Milk for Dad includes 50% more natural calcium, vitamin D and taurine. Applying Yili's patented technology of LHT lactose hydrolysis, the product also addresses the problem of lactose intolerance that is common among Asian consumers.
At the Congress, Dr. Yun also shared the company's progress in building a "Dairy Silicon Valley". In June, four key projects of Yili's Future Intelligence and Healthy Valley will be put into operation in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, including a liquid milk production base, a milk powder production base, the Chilechuan Ecological Smart Farm, and the Yili Intelligent Manufacturing Experience Center.
Commitment to building a net-zero carbon future
Talking about dairy's role in addressing climate change, Dr. Yun said, "Embracing the tide of sustainable development across the globe, Yili has rolled out net-zero carbon products and factories, issued the Roadmap to a Net-Zero Carbon Future, and joined hands with our partners throughout the industrial chain to build a net-zero carbon future."
In April, Yili took the lead in China's food industry to launch time-bound targets on carbon reduction, aiming to realize industrial chain-wide carbon neutrality before 2050.
On June 5, Yili also introduced the packaging featuring "no printing, less ink". Applying the technology of ink reduction printing, the packaging is able to save ink consumption by 60%. The outer carton is 80% made up of recycled paper. By upgrading into paper handles, every 100,000 outer cartons will reduce plastic usage equating to 260 kg.
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Palm Beach County’s Florida Senate delegation includes three Democrats — Lori Berman, Tina Polsky and Bobby Powell — and one Republican, Gayle Harrell. Redistricting has most affected Berman and Polsky.
Both are running in a new district that includes some of their old constituents but also many new ones. Berman’s District 26 retains Delray Beach, Boynton Beach and all areas west of those cities. It also goes farther south to include areas in Boca Raton and West Boca north of Glades Road and goes west to Wellington and the Glades.
Polsky’s District 30 has the rest of Boca Raton and West Boca and the Broward County cities of Parkland, Coral Springs, Coconut Creek and Margate. Most of that Broward County portion is new.
Powell still has central Palm Beach County. Harrell retains the more GOP-friendly north end of the county and the Treasure Coast. Our endorsements will be on the two races involving southern Palm Beach and northwest Broward.
District 30
Polsky, who served two years in the House before winning her Senate seat in 2020, may have received the most publicity of her career a year ago when Surgeon General Joseph Lapado refused to wear a mask when visiting her office. Polsky was in treatment for breast cancer.
Overall, though, there is much more to Polsky than that one incident. She has emerged as a hard-working, well-prepared and practical senator. Among other things, she departed from some of her Democratic colleagues in voting against the bill that made university presidential searches much more secretive. Last week, a search committee announced just one finalist — U.S. Ben Sasse, R-Neb. — to run the University of Florida. We may never know who else applied.
Polsky, 54, correctly has called out Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican senators over all the right-wing, “culture war” bills of the last two years. She strongly opposed the bill that would have allowed businesses to sue cities over regulations that supposedly cut into their profits. DeSantis vetoed it.
But Polsky, a professional mediator, also is pragmatic. She criticized May’s slapdash special session on property insurance as “legislative malpractice.” She voted for the bill, however, saying that it might do some good and that it would have been irresponsible to do nothing.
Polsky’s opponent is contractor William Reicherter. In some ways, he offers an alternative to the prevailing Republican orthodoxy in Tallahassee.
Reicherter, 53, believes that President Biden won the 2020 election fairly. He opposes DeSantis’ promised vow to allow open carry of firearms without a permit. He agrees with many of Polsky’s ideas on property insurance.
On social issues, though, Reicherter is straight out of GOP central casting.
He calls the Palm Beach County School Board “corrupt,” based merely on “what I’ve been hearing” about certain textbooks.
In fact, the county’s review of both textbooks and library books is thorough and transparent. Reicherter also agrees with the governor’s removal of four Broward County School Board members. He believes, without evidence, that schools teach critical race theory. They don’t.
As for Reicherter’s pledge to vote against open carry, Polsky — who knows Tallahassee and the GOP’s insistence on conformity — said, in essence, good luck with that.
After Hurricane Ian, Florida’s property insurance market may collapse. The Legislature needs ideas like Polsky’s. The Sun Sentinel recommends Tina Polsky for Florida Senate District 30.
District 26
In a Legislature where term limits chew up institutional memory, Berman is an exception. She spent eight years in the House and won her Senate seat in 2018.
The 54-year-old Berman has used that experience to score what gains are possible for Democrats in a Republican-run Senate. Mostly, that means securing money for her district.
But Berman, a lawyer with a solo practice, also sponsored, year after year, a red-flag law, a similar provision of which the Legislature approved after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting. It allows law enforcement agencies to keep firearms from people who might endanger the public or themselves.
On property insurance, Berman says, “Everybody’s a bad player,” meaning carriers, lawyers, contractors and public adjusters. Any meaningful solutions are “going to hurt everybody.” She wants a requirement that insurers write all lines of coverage, not just lucrative auto policies.
There is much to recommend about Berman on her own. But her opponent, Steve Byers, makes the choice easy because he’s yet another election denier. The 54-year-old beekeeper and public adjuster tries to sanitize it by speaking of “election integrity,” but it’s still Donald Trump’s Big Lie.
“I’m very discouraged and very upset that we’re still talking about this,” Berman said. “It undermines people’s confidence in government. We all need to know what the truth is.”
We agree. The Sun Sentinel recommends Lori Berman for Florida Senate District 26.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — The Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center is offering a number of programs for kids ages kindergarten through 6th grade during the month of March.
One program, “Learn a Jig Dance” is open to ages Kindergarten through 6th grade and will be on March 18. The second program, “Where the Buffalo Roam” is recommended for children ages 4th-6th grades. this program will take place on March 25.
“I know we can all agree that during the month of March, we are all ready for winter to end. Lewis and Clark had the same thoughts,” Sara Olson, Assistant Director and Education Coordinator said. “After camping all winter, they were ready to continue their journey to the Pacific Ocean.”
All the programs are free but those looking to attend will have to register online. Programs for April are also available at the same link. | 2023-03-06T22:57:35+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/lewis-and-clark-center-to-offer-interactive-events-in-march/ |
Updated June 28, 2022 at 5:56 PM ET
ALBANY - Gov. Kathy Hochul is trying to make history as the first female governor elected in the state of New York, but first she'll have to ward off a pair of primary challengers Tuesday to even have a chance.
Hochul, a Democrat from Buffalo, who had been New York's No. 2 official, rose to power in August after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned under the weight of multiple sexual harassment allegations and scandals surrounding his once-lauded response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Her elevation to the state's top office made her the first woman to serve in the role, but still, no woman has ever been elected to the position.
Now, Hochul is running for a full, four-year term as an incumbent with just 10 months in office under her belt. And her first electoral test comes Tuesday when Rep. Tom Suozzi – running to her right – and New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Wiliams – running to her left – will try to wrest the Democratic gubernatorial nomination from her.
"We are going to win the battle of the hearts and minds," Hochul said at a June 15 rally of her labor-union supporters. "We are working tirelessly with all of you to give people the reason to come back, and to not just survive but thrive."
Hochul has positioned herself as the frontrunner in the three-way primary field, in part through a relentless campaign fundraising strategy that saw her amass more than $30 million — far outpacing any of her opponents.
The governor's campaign has blanketed the state's airwaves touting her record during her short time in office, which includes a gas-tax reduction through the end of the year and a series of gun-control and abortion-access measures she signed into law just this month.
On Saturday, the day after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the right to an abortion, Hochul tweeted from her official account, "My message to anyone who needs abortion care: New York will be your safe harbor."
My message to anyone who needs abortion care: New York will be your safe harbor. pic.twitter.com/CfbvrsFJAy
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) June 25, 2022
But Hochul's tenure has not been without controversy. She selected then-state Sen. Brian Benjamin, a Manhattan Democrat, to replace her as lieutenant governor despite questions over his past campaign-fundraising tactics. Within six months, Benjamin was arrested on federal bribery charges and resigned.
Hochul's opponents have faulted her for spearheading a deal to build a new $1.4 billion football stadium for the Buffalo Bills, which came with $850 million in direct public subsidies. And they've latched on to her past positions on gun issues, which earned her an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association when she represented a conservative-leaning district in Congress a decade ago.
"She was a member of the United States Congress, voted with the NRA, was endorsed by the NRA and took money from the NRA," Suozzi, a Long Island congressman, said during a June 16 debate. "The governor changes her positions based upon the office she's running upon."
Hochul has said her views have changed on the issue of gun control, and she successfully led the effort to boost the minimum age for purchasing a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21 in New York after an 18-year-old killed 10 people in a Buffalo supermarket last month.
"Judge me by what I've done," she said. "Because a lot of people have evolved since I took that position. You know what we need? More people to evolve."
Williams, the No. 2 official in New York City, is the candidate favored by progressives, including the Working Families Party, the influential third party with a habit of backing insurgent, left-leaning candidates. This is his second race against Hochul; he came within seven percentage points of defeating her in the 2018 lieutenant governor primary.
He has criticized the governor for not doing more to focus on street-level crime in Harlem, the Bronx and other areas susceptible to gun violence.
"Gun violence cannot be solved by state legislation alone," Williams said during the debate. "People who are new to this they always try to deal with the mass shootings because the handgun violence is harder to deal with."
The Republicans
The winner of the Democratic primary will face the candidate that emerges from a contentious, four-way Republican primary Tuesday between Rep. Lee Zeldin, former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, businessman Harry Wilson and Andrew Giuliani, a former Trump administration aide who is son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Zeldin, of Long Island, has the backing of Republican Party leaders across the state, who voted earlier this year to make him their designated candidate — a distinction that gave him an automatic spot on the primary ballot without petitioning.
Giuliani is making his first run for elected office and has made his unabashed support of Donald Trump a central part of his campaign. During a debate earlier this month, Giuliani repeated the discredited, incorrect claim that Trump rightfully won the 2020 election, going as far as claiming a "crime" had been perpetrated on the American people.
But Trump has not formally endorsed any candidate in the Republican race. Along with Giuliani, Trump counts Astorino and Zeldin — both of whom have been staunch defenders of Trump on cable news programs — as allies.
New York has more than twice as many Democrats as Republicans, with independent voters also outpacing the GOP. The state hasn't elected a Republican to statewide office since George Pataki won his third term as governor in 2002.
It is a closed-primary state, meaning only enrolled members of a party can vote in their respective primary.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Albert Pujols hit his 697th home run, moving past Alex Rodriguez into fourth place on the career list and doing it in dramatic fashion with a ninth-inning drive that rallied the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Sunday.
The NL Central-leading Cardinals trailed 2-1 when Pujols connected for a two-run drive. Pujols had tied Rodriguez with a home run Saturday night.
Pujols trails Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714) on the all-time homer chart.
“There’s impressive and then there’s unbelievable,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “What we’re witnessing right now is legendary. You have to take a step back from managing the game and take it all in. It’s amazing.”
In his chase for 700 homers, the 42-year-old Pujols has 21 games left in his 22nd and final season in the big leagues. He’s hit 18 home runs this year.
“This opportunity only comes once and it’s something that’s a gift God has given me and I try to take advantage of it every single day,” Pujols said. “I’m not only making memories for me but for the fans, my family and people who love me.”
“At the end of the day, it’s pretty awesome and we’re playing great baseball and have a great group of teammates,” he said.
The Cardinals went to the ninth inning trailing 2-0 but scored four runs off Chase DeJong (4-2).
Tommy Edman and Corey Dickerson led off with back-to-back doubles to produce the first run. Pujols followed with his homer to put the Cardinals on top.
One out after Pujols connected, Tyler O’Neil hit a solo shot to cap St. Louis’ big inning.
The Cardinals won on a day when first baseman Paul Goldschmidt and third baseman Nolan Arenado, two NL MVP candidates, got the day off.
De Jong entered the game with a 19-inning scoreless streak.
“Really poor execution falling behind to a really good hitter,” De Jong said of Pujols’ home run. “I left a fastball over the middle of the plate. It should’ve been down. Stuff that was supposed to be up was down, and stuff that was supposed to be below the zone stayed in the zone. That’s on me completely, and I have got to execute better in key situations like that.”
Greg Allen’s two-out home run in the bottom of the ninth drew the Pirates within 4-3. Ryan Helsley then got Ben Gamel to fly out for his 16th save.
Chris Stratton (8-4) retired both batters he faced.
The Cardinals had been shut out on three hits through the first eight innings but rallied for their eighth win in their last 11 games. The Pirates missed a chance to win their first series since sweeping Milwaukee from Aug. 2-4.
Edman had two hits to run his hitting streak to 13 games.
Mitch Keller pitched seven scoreless innings for the Pirates, allowing just two singles. He struck out six and walked three.
The Cardinals’ Jose Quintana pitched one-run ball over 5 1/3 innings. It was his first start against the Pirates since they traded him to St. Louis on Aug. 1.
Rookie Jack Suwinski homered in the seventh to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead. Oneil Cruz drove in the game’s first run with a grounder in the third.
ANOTHER WINNING SEASON
The Cardinals clinched their 15th consecutive winning season Saturday night with a 7-5 victory over the Pirates. That ties the franchise record set from 1939-53.
SHELTON EJECTED
Pirates manager Derek Shelton was ejected by home plate umpire Clint Vondrak in the third inning for arguing a checked-swing third strike on Bryan Reynolds. It was Shelton’s four ejection of the season.
UP NEXT
Cardinals: Off Monday before opening a three-game home series with Milwaukee on Tuesday. LHP Jordan Montgomery (8-3, 3.08) will start for St. Louis. He is 5-0 with a 1.45 ERA in seven starts since being acquired from the New York Yankees in a trade.
Pirates: Open a four-game series at Cincinnati on Monday with RHP Bryse Wilson (2-8, 6.11) facing LHP Mike Minor (4-10, 5.70). Wilson is 0-2 with a 6.85 ERA in his last five games.
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The sentencing phase of the El Paso Walmart mass shooting federal hate-crimes trial will be moving into its third and possibly final day on Friday. An emotionally charged hearing on Thursday evidenced a community still in shock at the loss of life and grieving survivors determined to go on with their lives despite the actions of a man they called a “monster.”
“I don’t care if he’s sorry. I don’t forgive him. I don’t think he deserves anyone’s forgiveness. But I do want him to have to see my face – all our faces – and see the victims and see what he’s done to all these people,” said Amaris Vega, whose aunt Teresa Sanchez was among 23 people who died in the Aug. 3, 2019, mass shooting at the Walmart near Cielo Vista Mall.
Vega was among several relatives of the victims – and some survivors – who faced Patrick Wood Crusius in a federal courtroom and told him how his actions impacted their lives. Crusius in February pleaded guilty to hate crimes and is facing 90 consecutive life terms in prison when this hearing concludes.
Most of the relatives honored and shared memories of their lost loved ones. One man said his son wanted to grow up to be a Border Patrol agent before he was gunned down. A woman exulted her late husband for being the pillar of his home and said he would never be there to give his daughter out at her wedding or counsel his son the first time he will fall in love.
But others took umbrage at Crusius’ casual, detached behavior during their testimony and could not help lashing out. Crusius stared straight ahead and occasionally slightly moved his head left to right or rocked in his swivel chair during testimony.
“I’ve seen you smile, roll your eyes, mumble while sitting there with the protection of U.S. marshals, God bless them,” said Dean Reckard, whose 65-year-old mother Margie Reckard was among the deceased.
“Have the balls to look at me! You had the balls to do this, right?” said Francisco Javier Rodriguez, father of slain 15-year-old Javier Amir Rodriguez. “I will never see him again, I will never see him grown up, there will be no more celebrations, no birthdays because of you!”
Some suggested Crusius should have turned on himself the automatic rifle he used in the shooting. Others wished him sleepless nights in jail in a city filled with Hispanics. Investigators said the shooter posted an online manifesto saying he was upset at the “Hispanic invasion” of Texas.
“In your pathetic sorry manifesto, you said you wanted to rid Texas of this Hispanic invasion. You failed. We are still here. We are not going anywhere. You are stuck in a city full of Hispanics. The joke is on you,” Vega said in court.
Others wanted Crusius to know that the pain and loss he inflicted on them only made them stronger. Some said they were willing to forgive.
“My mother Rosa would want you to know she forgives you,” said Isabel Piedra, daughter of Rosa Barron, who died at a hospital shortly after the shooting. “(And) what you’ve done has given me strength to deal with whatever comes our way. We are stronger.”
The victim impact statements portion of the sentencing concluded on Thursday afternoon. Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Guaderrama called for the sentencing hearing to resume at 10 a.m. .on Friday. | 2023-07-07T08:00:03+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/border-report-tour/i-dont-think-he-deserves-anyones-forgiveness/ |
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 20, 2023
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
140 PM CDT Sun Apr 16 2023
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas...
Angelina River Near Lufkin affecting Angelina, Nacogdoches and
Cherokee Counties.
For the Angelina River...including Alto, Lufkin...Minor flooding is
forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Do not drive cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
For more hydrologic information, copy and paste the following website
address into your favorite web browser URL bar:
water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=shv
The next statement will be issued Sunday by 10 AM.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Angelina River Near Lufkin.
* WHEN...Until Thursday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 162.0 feet, Minor lowland to diminish and end on the
lower Angelina River.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1:15 PM CDT Sunday the stage was 162.3 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 1:15 PM CDT Sunday was 162.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
Thursday evening and continue falling to 160.8 feet Friday
morning.
- Flood stage is 161.0 feet.
- Flood History...No available flood history.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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SPRINGDALE, Utah (KTVX) — A married couple’s 16-mile hike through the Narrows at the Zion National Park ended tragically just days before Thanksgiving.
Park visitors told shuttle drivers on Wednesday that they had seen an injured man and unresponsive woman in the Narrows, a popular hiking spot in the Utah national park, according to the National Park Service.
Members of the Zion National Park Search and Rescue Team responded and found a 33-year-old man on Riverside Walk, a trail that leads into the Narrows. Other visitors were already helping him down the trail.
Authorities transported him to the Zion Emergency Operations Center.
Other team members found the man’s 31-year-old wife unresponsive near the Virgin River. Visitors were performing CPR on the woman but first responders pronounced her dead at the scene.
The married couple began hiking through the Narrows on Tuesday. The man reported that they became “dangerously cold overnight” and experienced symptoms of hypothermia.
The couple stopped about a mile and a half from the north end of Riverside Walk. Early Wednesday morning, the man said he continued to search for help while the wife remained where she was.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Utah Office of the Medical Examiner and the National Park Service are currently investigating the cause of the woman’s death.
Earlier this year, a woman from Tucson, Arizona was found dead in the Virgin River after multiple hikers were swept off their feet by flash flooding in the Narrows. | 2022-11-25T18:55:03+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/wife-dies-husband-rescued-after-overnight-hiking-trip-in-the-narrows-at-zion-national-park/ |
KYIV, Ukraine — The head of a Ukrainian rescue organization said Saturday that the organization has brought back 31 children from Russia, where they had been taken during the war.
Mykola Kuleba said at a news conference in Kyiv that the children were expected to arrive in the capital later in the day. Kuleba is the executive director of the Save Ukraine organization and is the presidential commissioner for children's rights.
Deportations of Ukrainian children have been a concern since Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine. The International Criminal Court increased pressure on Russia when it issued arrest warrants on March 17 for President Vladimir Putin and Russian children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova, accusing them of abducting children from Ukraine.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said this week it had been in contact with Lvova-Belova, the first confirmation of high-level international intervention to reunite families with children who were forcibly deported.
ICRC spokesman Jason Straziuso said the organization was in contact with Lvova-Belova “in line with its mandate to restore contact between separated families and facilitate reunification where feasible.”
An Associated Press investigation revealed Lvova-Belova’s involvement in the abductions and found an open effort to put Ukrainian children up for adoption in Russia.
Lvova-Belova told an informal U.N. Security Council meeting Wednesday that the children were taken for their safety, not abducted — a claim widely rejected by the international community.
The exact number of Ukrainian children taken to Russia has been difficult to determine, and numbers from the warring countries differ vastly.
A statement posted Wednesday on Twitter by Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador, Sergiy Kyslytsya, said more than 19,500 children had been seized from their families or orphanages and forcibly deported. | 2023-04-10T04:21:15+00:00 | king5.com | https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/ukraine/ukraine-brings-back-children-from-russia/507-b356740d-9dfa-4346-8d47-c53ca9df82ef |
NEW YORK (AP) — The former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network misled investors, leading them “down a path of financial ruin,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said Thursday in a lawsuit against Alex Mashinsky that seeks to ban him from doing business in the state.
In her lawsuit filed in state court in Manhattan, James said Mashinsky, a co-founder of Celsius, “engaged in a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of investors” by getting them to put billions of dollars’ worth of their digital assets in his platform.
The lawsuit alleges that Mashinsky promised hefty returns and said Celsius was as safe as a bank, but meanwhile was engaging in risky investments and not telling investors when those investments failed.
Celsius filed for bankruptcy last year, after halting its operations in June.
Emails seeking comment were sent to Mashinsky’s lawyers.
Celsius’ failure was part of a slew of problems in the cryptocurrency industry last year, along with the collapse of stablecoin Terra, and the implosion of lending platform FTX. | 2023-01-06T14:18:20+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-former-ceo-of-failed-crypto-lender-celsius-sued-for-fraud/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Despite a state law that prohibits some public drag performances, Johnson City’s Pride Community Center is continuing with plans to feature drag at it’s Pride Month event.
“I am not worried,” Pride Center Co-Founder and President John Baker told News Channel 11. “I look forward to a fabulous, love-filled festival like we did last year.”
He said Pride Community Center never changed its plan to host the Gypsy Queens, a drag group, as emcees during their June 24 event.
“We planned to go ahead and go forward and hoping that cooler heads would prevail and would see that this was unconstitutional, and the law would be overturned,” Baker said.
Friday, a federal judge in Memphis ruled the law unconstitutional, arguing that it violates the First Amendment. However, the ruling only applies in Shelby County.
“I’m glad to see that a judge has agreed that this was immediately a First Amendment infringement for our community, especially targeting our community,” Baker said.
The group’s Rainbow Festival will feature vendors and musical performers at the Farmer’s Market Pavilion in downtown Johnson City. The event is ticketed at the cost of $1, but children are welcome, said Baker.
“There were kids there last year, and they loved the drag shows,” said Baker. “We’re responsible adults and we know the difference between a burlesque performance and just a drag performance to entertain.”
WJHL reached out to local lawmakers for their reaction to the ruling. One lawmaker responded but was not available for an interview. The rest did not respond. | 2023-06-06T04:18:44+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-pride-event-still-to-feature-drag-queens/ |
Seasonable Summer Weather
Nice seasonal day with some hazy sunshine along with temperatures in the upper 80’s in the Tri-Cities, upper 70’s in the mountains. Isolated storms are possible this afternoon into this evening.
Rising Chance for Storms
A series of storm complexes will evolve over the next several days giving us a daily dose of heavy downpours and gusty winds. Wednesday and Thursday look like the best days for seeing widespread showers and storms.
Weekend Outlook
Seasonable summer weekend ahead with isolated storms along with mid to upper 80’s.
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NASHVILLE Tenn. (AP)The Tennessee Titans have agreed to terms on multi-year contracts with four of their nine draft picks.
The Titans announced Thursday they have deals with running back Hassan Haskins, wide receiver Kyle Philips, safety Theo Jackson and linebacker Chance Campbell.
Haskins is the highest of the draft picks as the 131st pick overall in the fourth round out of Michigan. He ran for 1,327 yards and a school-record 20 touchdowns in 14 games last season. Philips is Tennessee’s fifth-round selection at No. 163 overall out of UCLA. He had 163 career catches for 1,821 yards and 17 touchdowns.
Jackson is a Nashville native who grew up attending Titans’ games. The defensive back from the University of Tennessee was the first of the Titans’ two sixth-round picks at No. 204 overall. He played 50 games in five seasons in college and had 1 1/2 sacks, nine tackles for loss and one interception returned for a TD last season.
Campbell is the second selection in the sixth round at No. 219 overall. The linebacker finished his career at Mississippi as a graduate transfer from Maryland. He started 13 games last season and led the Rebels with 109 tackles and was second with 12 1/2 tackles for loss.
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(The Hill) — Evusheld, the preventative monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19, has lost its emergency use authorization in the U.S. as it is most likely not effective against the strains of the coronavirus currently circulating.
The announcement from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) comes weeks after the agency issued a notice saying it did not expect Evusheld to be effective against the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant, responsible for 61 percent of cases in the country, according to the most recent federal data.
“Today’s action to limit the use of Evusheld prevents exposing patients to possible side effects of Evusheld such as allergic reactions, which can be potentially serious, at a time when fewer than 10% of circulating variants in the U.S. causing infection are susceptible to the product,” the FDA said in a statement.
Evusheld is a combination of two monoclonal antibodies. It was authorized for use in people who are moderately or severely immunocompromised and likely would not have developed a strong immune response from COVID-19 vaccines.
According to a press release from Evusheld producer AstraZeneca, laboratory data has shown the treatment to be ineffective against many omicron subvariants, including the top three circulating in the U.S.: XBB.1.5, BQ.1.1 and BQ.1.
The constant mutation of the coronavirus has rendered other similar treatments effectively obsolete. The FDA in November paused authorization on the monoclonal antibody treatment bebtelovimab, the last such treatment meant to treat coronavirus infections.
In light of this treatment becoming unavailable, the FDA advised that patients who develop symptomatic cases of COVID-19 seek out treatments such as Paxlovid, remdesivir or molnupiravir, antivirals, which are still expected to be effective in treating infections.
Facilities that have Evusheld in stock, however, should retain what they have instead of disposing of the drugs, the FDA advised, as other COVID-19 strains susceptible to the treatment may become prevalent in the future.
AstraZeneca said trials are already underway on the “next-generation long-acting antibody.” According to the company, lab studies have shown its current drug candidate to be effective against all COVID-19 strains tested to date. The drugmaker is aiming to have this medication available in the latter half of 2023. | 2023-01-27T19:09:41+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/health/fda-pulls-authorization-for-covid-antibody-treatment-over-lack-of-effectiveness/ |
Red Sox vs. Angels: Odds, spread, over/under - May 22
Shohei Ohtani's Los Angeles Angels (25-23) and Rafael Devers' Boston Red Sox (26-21) will go head to head in the series opener on Monday, May 22 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The contest will start at 9:38 PM ET.
Oddsmakers list the Angels as -115 moneyline favorites, while giving the underdog Red Sox -105 moneyline odds to win. The contest's total has been set at 9.5 runs.
Red Sox vs. Angels Time and TV Channel
- Date: Monday, May 22, 2023
- Time: 9:38 PM ET
- TV: MLB Network
- Location: Anaheim, California
- Venue: Angel Stadium of Anaheim
- Probable Pitchers: Jaime Barria - LAA (1-1, 2.35 ERA) vs Tanner Houck - BOS (3-3, 5.48 ERA)
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Red Sox vs. Angels Betting Odds, Run Line and Total
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Red Sox vs. Angels Betting Trends and Insights
- This season, the Angels have won 16 out of the 29 games, or 55.2%, in which they've been favored.
- When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -115 or shorter, the Angels have gone 16-13 (55.2%).
- Los Angeles has a 53.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- The Angels went 2-2 over the four games they were favored on the moneyline in their last 10 matchups.
- Over its last 10 matchups, Los Angeles and its opponents combined to hit the over on the total six times (all 10 games had set totals).
- The Red Sox have been victorious in 15, or 53.6%, of the 28 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- The Red Sox have a mark of 13-13 in contests where sportsbooks favor them by -105 or worse on the moneyline.
- In seven games over the last 10 matchups when set as underdogs by bookmakers, the Red Sox had a record of 4-3.
- Boston and its opponents have combined to hit the over five times in the last 10 games with a total.
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Witnesses: Man wounded moments after being dropped off
Published: May. 20, 2022 at 1:07 PM EDT|Updated: 39 minutes ago
JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - A James Island man wounded Wednesday night had just been dropped off by an acquaintance when someone opened fire.
Deputies responded to the report of gunfire near Jeffrey Road and Lemontree Lane at 8:30 p.m., sheriff’s spokesman Andrew Knapp said.
While they were investigating, they learned the 19-year-old victim of the shooting was being taken to the hospital for treatment, an incident report states.
There have been no arrests in the case and detectives continue to follow leads, Knapp said.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 843-743-7200.
Copyright 2022 WCSC. All rights reserved. | 2022-05-20T17:47:20+00:00 | live5news.com | https://www.live5news.com/2022/05/20/witnesses-man-wounded-moments-after-being-dropped-off/ |
Man rescuing ducks struck and killed in California street
A man helping ducklings cross a road in Northern California was struck and killed by a driver, according to police.
The man was helping the ducks at an intersection when a teen driver collided with him on May 18 in Rocklin, a Sacramento suburb, the Rocklin police department said. The teenage driver was not arrested.
The victim was identified as 41-year-old Casey Rivara, by family on Facebook.
He had pulled over his car while driving his two children when he saw the ducks, a relative wrote on a verified GoFundMe page.
"Casey was the kindest, most amazing husband and father," Tracey Rivara wrote. "Even his last act in this world was a sign of his compassion."
A boy who took photos of Rivara helping the ducks said that he was hit soon after the birds were safely out of the way.
"He got out of the car and was shooing the ducks and everyone was clapping because he was being really nice," said 12-year-old William, KCRA reported.
William's photo shows a man in t-shirts and shorts shooing a full-grown duck and several babies across the street. It appears that Rivara was in a crosswalk. | 2023-05-23T22:55:38+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/man-rescuing-ducks-struck-and-killed-in-california-street |
WFO LUBBOCK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, November 4, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
301 AM CDT Fri Nov 4 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Sustained, westerly winds between 25 to 35 mph with gusts
up to 45 mph expected.
* WHERE...Lynn, Terry, and Yoakum Counties.
* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 6 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and a few
power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 2022-11-04T08:30:05+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-LUBBOCK-Warnings-Watches-and-Advisories-17557816.php |
Embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX, short billions of dollars, is seeking bankruptcy protection following its collapse this week.
FTX and its CEO and founder Sam Bankman-Fried are under investigation by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission to determine whether any criminal activity or securities offenses were committed. The person could not discuss details of the investigations publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
The investigation is centering on the possibility that the firm may have used customers' deposits to fund bets at Bankman-Fried's hedge fund, Alameda Research. In traditional markets, brokers are expected to separate client funds from other company assets. Violations can be punished by regulators.
FTX had agreed earlier this week to sell itself to bigger rival Binance after experiencing the cryptocurrency equivalent of a bank run. Customers fled the exchange after becoming concerned about whether FTX had sufficient capital.
The crypto world had hoped that Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, might be able to rescue FTX and its depositors. However, after Binance had a chance to look at the books of FTX, it became clear that the smaller exchange's problems were too big to solve.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-11-11T16:45:50+00:00 | klcc.org | https://www.klcc.org/npr-news/2022-11-11/ftx-crypto-exchange-billions-of-dollars-low-and-under-doj-scrutiny-seeks-bankruptcy |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were:
8-3-5
(eight, three, five)
¶ Maximum prize: $500
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were:
8-3-5
(eight, three, five)
¶ Maximum prize: $500 | 2022-12-18T04:59:07+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Pick-3-game-17661844.php |
Stocks shook off an early slide and wound up little changed as worries about corporate profits weighed on the market.
The S&P 500 ended barely lower and the Dow ended barely higher. The Nasdaq fell. The mixed finish came after the S&P 500 roared back from a morning loss of 1.7%.
Big swings have been common as markets work through competing ideas. Worries are rising about weakening profits and an economy bending under interest rate hikes, but there are also hopes the economy can avoid a severe recession and that the Federal Reserve will take it easier on rates.
On Wednesday:
The S&P 500 fell 0.73 points, or less than 0.1%, to 4,016.22.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 9.88 points, or less than 0.1%, to 33,743.84.
The Nasdaq composite fell 20.91 points, or 0.2%, to 11,313.36.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 4.71 points, or 0.2%, to 1,890.32.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is up 43.61 points, or 1.1%.
The Dow is up 368.35 points, or 1.1%.
The Nasdaq is up 172.92 points, or 1.6%.
The Russell 2000 is up 22.98 points, or 1.2%.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is up 176.72 points, or 4.6%.
The Dow is up 596.59 points, or 1.8%.
The Nasdaq is up 846.87 points, or 8.1%.
The Russell 2000 is up 129.07 points, or 7.3%. | 2023-01-25T22:06:14+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/how-major-us-stock-indexes-fared-wednesday-1-25-2023/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
BARNARD, Vt., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MIB Agents, a leading pediatric osteosarcoma nonprofit, will award six Outsmarting Osteosarcoma grants totaling $450,000, a 350-percent increase from previous gifts, during its annual FACTOR event, June 23-25 in San Diego, CA.
The research dollars will support the improvement of treatment options and outcomes for this rare cancer by investing in the researchers who are paving the way for a cure. Osteosarcoma is an aggressive, malignant, primary bone cancer affecting 800-900 people in the U.S. each year and is the most common bone cancer affecting children and young adults.
"This tremendous increase in support comes directly from the MIB Agents Family Funds, who make all our grants possible," said Ann Graham, Founder and Executive Director of MIB Agents. "It is an incredible representation of our community's commitment to partner with the scientific community, accelerate research efforts, and find a cure for this devastating disease."
The Outsmarting Osteosarcoma Award, $100,000 each, funding research investigating immunotherapy approaches to osteosarcoma will be awarded to:
- Michael Leibowitz, MD, PhD | University of Colorado/ Children's Hospital Colorado
- Dan Regan, DVM, PhD | Colorado State University
- Jason Yustein, MD, PhD | Emory University
The Young Investigator Research Awards, worth $50,000 each and sponsored by Family Funds honoring their children who passed from osteosarcoma, will be awarded to:
- John Ligon, MD | University of Florida - granted Because Of Dylan
- Eunice Lopez-Fuentes, PhD | University of California, San Francisco - granted Because Of Charlotte
- Kristen VanHeyst, DO | University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital - granted Because Of Charlotte
The FACTOR conference is a unique gathering of leading osteosarcoma researchers and clinicians, survivors, patient and bereaved families to work together toward our goal of improving outcomes for kids affected by Osteosarcoma. Part of FACTOR includes a "Headquarters" camplike experience for survivors, patients and family members. This includes a luncheon where young adults affected by osteosarcoma who are pursuing a career in healthcare are partnered with physicians for one-on-one experiences. From this session MIB Agents has seen six survivors go on to work closely with the physicians they met and pursue careers medical field.
Founded in 2012, MIB Agents is a leading pediatric osteosarcoma nonprofit dedicated to making it better for our community of patients, caregivers, doctors, and researchers through programs, education, and research.
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SINGAPORE, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As of September 2022, MEXC has finally reached a respectable milestone of 10 million users! To celebrate this unique achievement, starting November 18th of this year, MEXC will introduce a major brand color change to its global userbase to spread awareness for which it stands for. After surveying customers directly during a limited roll-out in South Korea, the color has transitioned from MEXC's original 'Forest Green' color-scheme, to a new, beautiful 'Ocean Blue' pallet.
At MEXC, our #1 priority is adhering to the principle of 'Users Come First'. Upon further surveying additional global markets, the response has been overwhelmingly positive for 'Ocean Blue' - the change is now permanent. Vice President of MEXC, Andrew Weiner states that users in Korea advocated strongly for the rebrand to 'Ocean Blue'. "Following our evaluation, we tested the requested color upgrade with our passionate users from MEXC Korea. It was great to see the change so well-received, and MEXC is truly grateful for the customer insight that directly influences our views and image."
Why 'Ocean Blue'? Blue oceans cover 71.35% of Earth's surface, whereas forests account for just 7.27%. Forests are fragile and restricted to land - but the sea is immense and limitless. 'Ocean Blue' incorporates 'every river that flows into the sea.' According to Weiner, 'Ocean Blue' is also a more accurate reflection of MEXC's brand identity. "We are calm and professional, open and inclusive, and powerful and innovative - inviting every user to dive deep and explore what treasures MEXC has to offer!"
MEXC was founded in April 2018. It is the world's leading one-stop crypto shop and fastest growing exchange, offering futures, spot, ETF, and NFT Index trades, as well as staking, MX DeFi, and much more for users.
"When we look back at MEXC's history, 'Users Come First' has always been more than a motto - it is the recipe to our success," Weiner said. Which the improvement of the brand color cannot exemplify.
MEXC significantly upgraded its Futures trading system and product functions in their June 2020 release. Before the upgrade, the operations, product, and technical teams spent months doing thorough consumer research, gathering feedback, and performing rigorous product testing. The improvements range from minute details to extravagant enhancements to customer journeys, including such examples as "Lightning Close," and "Leverage Multiples Adjustment". All these upgrades came directly from MEXC's skilled team and loyal customer feedback.
'Users Come First' has been the heart of the crypto industry's essential values of decentralization and community spirit and MEXC bleeds this mantra. "It is because we put our users in the forefront and present them with our professional goods and services that we are able to have reached the highest liquidity in futures, spot, and ETFs in the second half of this year with constant efforts," Andrew explained. "Please enjoy our rebrand and take comfort that you are in safe hands."
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A look at what’s happening around the majors on Friday:
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STREAKY
Austin Riley and the Atlanta Braves aim for their 15th straight win, which would tie for the longest streak in franchise history in the post-1900 era. They’ll try to match the mark when they play at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs, who have lost 10 in a row.
The Braves, who have been based in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta during the last century, won 15 in a row in 2000 with the likes of Chipper Jones, Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux.
Orlando Arcia, starting at second base in place of the injured Ozzie Albies, helped Atlanta sweep a three-game series at Washington this week in which it hit 13 home runs and outscored the Nationals 27-11.
Charlie Morton (4-3, 5.67 ERA) pitches the opener of the three-game series in Chicago. He is 4-6 with a 5.44 ERA in 16 career starts against the Cubs.
The Cubs, meanwhile, have their longest losing streak since dropping 12 straight last August. Chicago has been outscored 90-28 during its skid.
Keegan Thompson (6-2, 3.67) starts the opener for Chicago. He was tagged for five runs while getting only two outs in an 18-4 loss at Yankee Stadium last weekend.
EXTRA SPECIAL
Cleveland star José Ramírez has gotten an extra-base hit in eight straight games, making him the first major leaguer to do it since Cincinnati’s Joey Votto in 2020.
Ramírez hit an opposite-field grounder that hugged the third-base line against an exaggerated shift in the first inning as the Guardians matched a season high with their fourth win in a row, beating Colorado 4-2.
Ramírez and the Guardians open a weekend series at Dodger Stadium against lefty ace Clayton Kershaw (4-1, 2.12 ERA). Zach Plesac (2-4, 4.70 ERA) starts for Cleveland.
FAMILIAR FACES
Right-hander Michael Wacha (4-1, 2.33 ERA) is slated to start for the Red Sox when they open a three-game interleague series against the NL Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals at Fenway Park.
The 30-year-old Wacha made his major league debut in 2013 with the Cardinals and helped them reach the World Series, where they faced Boston. Wacha started and lost Game 6, when the Red Sox clinched the championship.
Wacha played his first seven seasons with the Cardinals, going 59-39 with a 3.91 ERA. He was MVP of the 2013 NLCS and an All-Star in 2015 with them.
Wacha will face former St. Louis teammate Adam Wainwright (5-4, 2.84) in the series opener.
CATCH THIS
The Colorado Rockies lead the majors with 54 errors, and are having a really rough time lately at Coors Field.
Left fielder Yonathan Daza and reliever Lucas Gilbreath made errors Thursday that led to a pair of unearned runs in a 4-2 loss to Cleveland.
The Rockies have committed at least one error in their last 13 home games, the worst streak in franchise history. They’ll try to get better with the gloves when they open a weekend series at Coors Field against San Diego.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-06-17T18:38:50+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/sports/leading-off-braves-14-wins-in-row-vs-cubs-10-ls-in-row/ |
ROME (AP) — With a message that blends Christianity, motherhood and patriotism, Giorgia Meloni is riding a wave of popularity that next month could see her become Italy’s first female prime minister and its first far-right leader since World War II.
Even though her Brothers of Italy party has neo-fascist roots, Meloni has sought to dispel concerns about its legacy, saying voters have grown tired of such discussions.
Still, there are nagging signs that such a legacy can’t be shaken off so easily: Her party’s symbol includes an image of a tricolored flame, borrowed from a neo-fascist party formed shortly after the end of the war.
If Brothers of Italy prevails at the polls on Sept. 25 and the 45-year-old Meloni becomes premier, it will come almost 100 years to the month after Benito Mussolini, Italy’s fascist dictator, came to power in October 1922.
In 2019, Meloni proudly introduced Caio Giulio Cesare Mussolini, a great-grandson of the dictator, as one of her candidates for the European Parliament, although he eventually lost.
For most Italian voters, questions about anti-fascism and neo-fascism aren’t “a key driver of whom to vote for,” said Lorenzo Pregliasco, head of the YouTrend polling company. ”They don’t see that as part of the present. They see that as part of the past.”
Still, Meloni is sensitive to international scrutiny about her possible premiership and prefers the term conservative instead of far right to describe her party.
She recently recorded video messages in English, French and Spanish that said the Italian right “has handed fascism over to history for decades now, unambiguously condemning the suppression of democracy and the ignominious anti-Jewish laws.”
That was a reference to the 1938 laws banning Italy’s small Jewish community from participating in business, education and other facets of everyday life. The laws paved the way for the deportation of many Italian Jews to Nazi death camps during the German occupation of Rome in the waning years of World War II.
Yet by keeping the tri-colored flame in her party’s logo, “she is symbolically playing on that heritage,” said David Art, a Tufts University political science professor who studies Europe’s far right. “But then she wants to say, ‘We’re not racist.’”
Unlike Germany, which worked to come to terms with its devastating Nazi legacy, the fascist period is little scrutinized in Italian schools and universities, says Gastone Malaguti. Now 96, he fought as a teenager against Mussolini’s forces. In his decades of visiting classrooms to talk about Italy’s anti-fascist Resistance, he found many students “ignorant” of that history.
Only five years ago, Brothers of Italy — its name is inspired by the opening words of the national anthem — was viewed as a fringe force, winning 4.4% of the vote. Now, opinion polls indicate it could come in first place in September and capture as much as 24% support, just ahead of the center-left Democrat Party led by former Premier Enrico Letta.
Under Italy’s complex, partially proportional electoral system, campaign coalitions are what propels party leaders into the premiership, not just votes. Right-wing politicians have done a far better job this year than the Democrats of forging wide-ranging electoral partnerships.
Meloni has allied with the right-wing League party led by Matteo Salvini, who, like her, favors crackdowns on illegal migration. Her other electoral ally is the center-right Forza Italia party of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi.
Last year, her party was the only major one to refuse to join Italy’s national pandemic unity coalition led by Premier Mario Draghi, the former European Central Bank chief. Draghi’s government collapsed last month, abruptly abandoned by Salvini, Berlusconi and 5-Star leader Giuseppe Conte, who are all preoccupied with their parties’ slipping fortunes in opinion polls and local elections.
In opinion surveys, Meloni is “credited with a consistent and coherent approach to politics. She didn’t compromise,” Pregliasco said, adding that she also is perceived as “a leader who has clear ideas — not everyone agrees with those ideas, of course.”
She has apologized for the “tone” but not the content of a blistering speech she delivered in June in Spain to drum up support for far-right party Vox.
“They will say we are dangerous, extremists, racists, fascists, deniers and homophobes,” Meloni thundered, in an apparent reference to Holocaust deniers. She ended with a crescendo of shouted slogans: “Yes to natural families! No to LGBT lobbies! Yes to sexual identity! No to gender ideology!”
Meloni slammed ”bureaucrats in Brussels” and “climate fundamentalism.” Meloni, who has a young daughter, claimed that “the most censured” phrase is “woman and motherhood.”
Abortion hasn’t emerged as a campaign issue in Italy, where it’s legal. But Meloni has decried Italy’s shrinking birth rate, which would be even lower without immigrant women having babies.
At a rally of right-wing supporters in Rome in 2019, Meloni drew roars of approval when she yelled in a staccato pace: “I am Giorgia! I am a woman. I am a mother. I am Italian, and I am Christian. And you cannot take that away from me!”
Within days, her proclamation became fodder for a rap song’s lyrics. While some saw that as a parody, Meloni loved it and even sang a few bars on a state radio program.
According to her 2021 memoir “I am Giorgia,” much of her identity was forged by growing up in Rome’s working-class Garbatella neighborhood. At 15, she joined a youth branch of the Italian Social Movement, the neo-fascist party with the flame symbol, and plastered political posters in the capital.
When she was 31, Berlusconi made her the minister of youth in his third and last government. But she soon blazed her own path, co-founding Brothers of Italy in 2012.
Both Salvini and Meloni say they are safeguarding what they call Europe’s Christian identity. Salvini kisses dangling rosaries and wears a large cross on his often-bared chest, while Meloni’s tiny cross sometimes peeks out from her loose-fitting blouses.
Her party staunchly backed Draghi’s moves to send weapons to Ukraine, even as Salvini and Berlusconi, open admirers of Russian President Vladimir Putin, issued only tepid support. Meloni also defends the NATO alliance anchored by the United States, a fellow Group of Seven country. But she often views European Union rules as an infringement on Italy’s sovereignty.
If Meloni’s far-right forces dominate Italy’s next government, there’s concern about the support Italy will give to right-wing governments in Hungary and Poland “for their deeply conservative agendas” amid fears about a ”democratic backsliding” in the EU, Art said.
For her part, Meloni says she will “fiercely oppose any anti-democratic drift.” | 2022-08-17T05:06:45+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/far-right-italian-leader-meloni-rides-popular-wave-in-polls/ |
New online platform Togetherall provides peer support for mental health
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For some college students, finding the time and motivation to talk to a therapist can be challenging. Sometimes, students find that talking about their mental health virtually and with other peers their age can feel less intimidating.
The University Counseling Center recently launched Togetherall on February 1, a free and anonymous online peer-to-peer support platform. By signing up with their school email, Pitt students have access to a 24/7 support community monitored by licensed mental health practitioners called “Wall Guides.”
Matthew McEvoy, president of Togetherall, said the peer support model of the platform is a way to address mental health concerns of students in higher education that “have grown significantly over the past few years.”
“Institutions need to continue to develop clinical capacity alongside population health approaches including peer support to reach more students,” McEvoy said. “By partnering with Togetherall, the University of Pittsburgh ensures that its students have access to a mental health resource they can trust to be safe, anonymous, nonjudgmental and all-inclusive.”
Bernadette Smith, associate director of outreach at the University Counseling Center, said Togetherall provides students a “range of activities” that allows them to target their current mental health struggles while communicating with other anonymous students.
“In addition to Togetherall’s online community, you will have access to a wealth of useful resources and can work through tailored self-help courses covering topics such as anxiety, sleep, depression and many more,” Smith said.
Lauren Hallion, an assistant professor of psychology, said anonymity on the platform, when monitored by clinicians, can help students express their emotions and concerns more easily.
“So sometimes people can use anonymity as a shield for certain harmful behavior,” Hallion said. “When that risk is mitigated by clinician monitoring, the anonymity may be helpful in letting people speak more freely about the concerns.”
Talkabout posts allow “fellow members to share and discuss what’s on your mind, gain support and advice,” according to Smith. These posts can be submitted to the community forum, personal groups, or “one-to-one” chats. Students can also draw and upload images to express their feelings through Bricks.
Togetherall also provides information to users through the courses and resources options. Students can enroll in self-help courses within the platform, set and track goals and access support articles about mental health and wellness.
Togetherall has more than 4.6 million users, according to Smith. With the platform continuously moderated by clinicians, students can connect with their peers and discuss mental health topics, such as those related to challenges specific to college, day and night.
Sophia Choukas-Bradley, assistant professor of psychology and director of the Teen and Young Adult Lab, said social support from a “broader community” can help young college students manage mental health challenges like depression and anxiety.
“Because teens and young adults are at heightened risk for these mental health concerns, and because social relationships are especially strongly linked to mental health during this time in our lives, seeking help is especially critical,” Choukas-Bradley said.
Choukas-Bradley also said while community support is helpful, mental health forums can be a “double-edged sword” and possibly worsen a student’s mental health struggles. She suggests reaching out to trained mental health professionals in addition to speaking with online communities.
“Sometimes these forums help, but sometimes they can feel like a bandaid for a bigger wound that requires professional treatment from providers trained in evidence-based therapies,” Choukas-Bradley said. “It’s really important to view online forums as one step in seeking help but not the only or final step.”
If students are experiencing serious mental health concerns, Smith encourages them to reach out to the University Counseling Center to speak with clinicians in-person or virtually.
Although therapy services are offered to Pitt students, the feelings of community and belonging can be difficult to find within a therapist’s office or through one-on-one conversations. Smith said that the University implemented Togetherall to provide another level of support for students that was “accessible and effective.”
“We recognize the importance of feeling connected and understood, of having someone say ‘I get it and I am here for you,’” Smith said. | 2023-02-20T22:35:58+00:00 | pittnews.com | https://pittnews.com/article/179102/news/new-online-platform-togetherall-provides-peer-support-for-mental-health/ |
MOSCOW (AP) — A senior Russian diplomat sternly warned Washington Friday against supplying long-range weapons to Ukraine, noting that the U.S. is balancing on the edge of direct involvement in the conflict.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov also pointed to the country’s military doctrine that envisages the use of nuclear weapons in case of a threat to the existence of the Russian state.
“We have repeatedly warned the U.S. about the consequences that may follow if the U.S. continues to flood Ukraine with weapons,” Ryabkov said. “It effectively puts itself in a state close to what can be described as a party to the conflict.”
Speaking on state television, Ryabkov warned that ”a very narrow margin that separates the U.S. from becoming a party to the conflict mustn’t create an illusion for rabid anti-Russian forces that everything will remain as it is if they cross it.”
He emphasized that Russia will push its offensive in Ukraine until it reaches its aims.
“Russia is capable of fully defending its interests, and the goals of the special military operation will be fully achieved,” Ryabkov said.
He pointed out that Russia’s military doctrine stipulates that it could use nuclear weapons in case of aggression against Russia and its allies involving mass destruction weapons, or an aggression involving conventional weapons that threatens the very existence of the Russian state.
Supplies of the U.S. HIMARS multiple rocket launchers strengthened the strike capability of the Ukrainian army, which has used them to hit key infrastructure facilities and other targets. The truck-mounted systems fire GPS-guided missiles capable of reaching targets up to 80 kilometers (50 miles) away.
U.S. authorities so far have refrained from providing Ukraine with longer range missiles for HIMARS launchers that can reach targets up to 300 kilometers (186 miles) and could potentially allow the Ukrainian military to hit areas deep inside Russia.
“We are warning the U.S. against making provocative steps, such as deliveries of longer-range and more devastating weapons,” Ryabkov said. “It’s a road to nowhere fraught with grave consequences, the responsibility for which will lie entirely with Washington.” | 2022-09-03T14:58:59+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-russia-warns-us-off-sending-long-range-weapons-to-ukraine/ |
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Authorities believe a Greenwood, Indiana, man is now in West Virginia after defrauding customers of money for car repairs that he never completed.
A pair of those customers, Darci Bell and her husband, allege John Bragg II took $14,000 to repair their rare 1965 Volkswagen bus, but never did the work and disappeared.
“I mean it’s a 1965 and it needed a total restoration and it was still worth $20,000 in the shape that it was in,” Bell said. “So, they are very valuable.”
The Bells had a contract with Bragg to do the work at his Whiteland, Indiana, shop called JB Bugs Trick Truck n Rod. His partner, Melanie Goode, is the legal owner of the shop. Bell says Bragg moved the bus to Chattanooga, Tennessee, without the Bells’ permission.
“It’s just been a nightmare. So, then we find out everybody is trying to find their vehicles because nobody knows where their vehicle is, who has it, what condition it’s in,” Bell said. “Here he told us it’s in his personal storage and we can’t get a hold of him to find out where it’s at. Come to find out, it’s still in Chattanooga.”
The Bells had to get the bus back to Indiana on their own and it was in worse condition than before. The Johnson County, Indiana, Sheriff’s Office is working with the Kanawha County, West Virginia, Sheriff’s Office to track him down in West Virginia where he has ties.
Detective Alex Talley with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, said of Bragg, “His history of defrauding people and taking money for his own gain seems to be catching up with him. My understanding is he’s been involved with schemes and scams for a long time.”
Darci Bell manages a group for people affected by the scam. Many knew Bragg as “JB Goode” and “John Goode”; by her estimation, the group had $350,000 and vehicles stolen.
“Me and my husband have been trying to buy this exact bus that we own now for 15 years, and then that happened and we were like what if we don’t get it back?” Bell said. “I want justice because if he’s not stopped, I mean, if you look at his track record, he’s done it before.”
Bragg was convicted of fraud in Walton County, Florida, in 2020; bigamy and fraud in Hancock County, Indiana, in 2009; and theft in Johnson County, Indiana, in 2007, the West Virginia authorities say.
Authorities in December contacted Goode in Charleston, West Virginia.
Authorities in December reached Bragg by phone, and he told them he would turn himself in, but he never did. | 2023-02-10T21:45:28+00:00 | wibc.com | https://wibc.com/145701/greenwood-man-wanted-in-two-states-for-scams/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient human cousin may have buried its dead and carved symbols into cave walls, surprising findings for a creature with a small brain.
Fossil remains of the species — named Homo naledi — were uncovered in underground caves in South Africa a decade ago. Now, researchers say they’ve found evidence that the species was capable of complex behavior that so far has only been seen in those with bigger brains.
“We are facing a remarkable discovery here” for a species with brains one-third the size of humans, said anthropologist Lee Berger, who led the research funded by the National Geographic Society, where he now works.
Berger and colleagues describe their findings in studies posted online Monday. The research has not been peer-reviewed yet and some outside scientists think more evidence is needed to challenge what we know about how humans evolved their complex thinking.
“There’s still a lot to uncover,” said Rick Potts, director of the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program who was not involved in the research.
H. naledi is a pretty new addition to the family tree of hominins, which includes our direct ancestors and other extinct relatives who walked on two legs. Berger and his team announced the species in 2015, after a tip from local spelunkers led them to the Rising Star cave system near Johannesburg where they uncovered fossils from at least 15 individuals who lived around 300,000 years ago.
These creatures had some traits in common with modern humans, like legs made for walking upright and hands that could work with objects, said University of Wisconsin-Madison anthropologist John Hawks, a member of the research team. But other features looked more ancient, including their small brains.
In recent years, team members have ventured back into the caves, a tricky descent through tight underground spaces. What’s down there shows the species in a new light, they reported.
One of the new studies describes what researchers say were intentional burial sites. The team uncovered fossil remains of adults and children in shallow holes in the ground, their bodies in a fetal position.
Another study describes a series of marks carved into the cave walls, including geometric patterns and cross-hatched lines.
“This is something that takes a lot of time and effort to do,” said Berger, who led the initial research while at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
All of this behavior would be surprising for a creature whose brain was closer in size to an ape’s than a human’s, experts said.
Decades ago, we thought Homo sapiens were the only ones who could figure out how to use fire, bury their dead or create art, said Chris Stringer, a human evolution expert at London’s Natural History Museum who was not involved in the research.
Since then, we’ve learned that other groups like Neanderthals also lived complex lives. But those species still had big brains — unlike H. naledi, whose burials would raise further questions about human evolution, Stringer said.
Scientists haven’t yet been able to identify how old the engravings are. So Potts said the current evidence can’t say for sure whether H. naledi was truly the one to create the symbols, or if some other creature — maybe even H. sapiens — made its way down there at some point.
For study author Agustin Fuentes, an anthropologist at Princeton University, the H. naledi evidence takes the focus off brain size.
“Big brains are still important,” Fuentes said. “They just don’t explain what we thought they explained.”
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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND — The United States got a second-half goal to get a 1-1 draw against the Netherlands Thursday in the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
Lindsey Horan scored on a header off a corner kick in the 62nd minute to even the score. This was after several minutes of jawing between the teams. Horan was angry after being knocked off her feet and cursed in the direction Van de Donk, her teammate for club team Lyon.
The Dutch took a 1-0 lead on a first-half goal by Jill Roord.
The Americans remained unbeaten in 19 consecutive matches.
With the draw, neither team has secured a spot in the knockout stage with one group match left.
Both the U.S. and Dutch sit atop the Group E standings with a win and draw but the Americans have the edge with more goals.
The United States’ next game will be Tuesday in Auckland when they play Portugal.
©2023 Cox Media Group | 2023-07-27T06:48:18+00:00 | whio.com | https://www.whio.com/sports/us-womens-soccer-ties-netherlands-2019-final-rematch/V4HI237VPBDX7L6BFHXDC5MAI4/ |
Hawaii is one of the nation’s most reliably blue states, with Democrats dominating federal and statewide elected offices. Joe Biden won 63% of the vote in 2020, while 34% cast ballots for Donald Trump.
The state’s top race is the gubernatorial contest featuring Republican former Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona and Lt. Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat. Aiona served as second-in-command under Hawaii’s last Republican governor from 2002 to 2010 but has run unsuccessfully for governor twice since.
All of Hawaii’s congressional seats are expected to be safe for the incumbents, who are Democrats.
Republican Joe Akana, a businessman and former U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst, is battling Democratic former state Sen. Jill Tokuda for the only open seat, which represents the 2nd Congressional District covering suburban Honolulu and Hawaii’s rural islands. Akana secured 28.4% of the vote for the same seat two years ago, when he lost to U.S. Rep. Kaiali‘I Kahele. Kahele didn’t run for re-election in 2022 and instead chose to mount what turned out to be an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination for governor.
In the other House race for the 1st Congressional District covering urban Honolulu, U.S. Rep. Ed Case, a Democrat, is facing Republican Conrad Kress, a former Navy SEAL.
For the U.S. Senate seat, Republican state Rep. Bob McDermott is challenging incumbent U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, a Democrat.
Democrats currently control 47 of the 51 seats in the state House and 24 of the 25 seats in the state Senate. Republicans hold the remainder.
Here’s a look at what to expect on election night:
ELECTION NIGHT
Polls close at 7 p.m. local time (1 a.m. ET) though some may stay open later to allow anyone in line at a voter service center to vote.
HOW HAWAII VOTES
Hawaii is a vote-by-mail state. County clerks began mailing ballots to all registered voters in mid-October. Each county operates at least one voter service center where voters can cast ballots in person during the two weeks leading up to Election Day if they choose. New voters may go there to register to vote, including on Election Day. The counties also maintain numerous drop boxes around their islands where votes can deposit ballots.
The state Office of Elections will begin releasing vote counts once all the voter service centers have closed on Election Day. The latest they are scheduled to stay open is 7 p.m., but anyone in line at that point will be allowed to vote.
Under Hawaii law, the counties are responsible for voter registration, mailing out ballots and receiving completed ballots. They also verify that the signatures on the envelopes of returned ballots match the signatures they have on file for voters. The state Office of Elections is responsible for printing, counting and tabulating ballots.
Hawaii switched to vote-by-mail in 2020 under a law passed before the coronavirus pandemic.
Voter turnout surged, hitting 69.6% in that year’s general election. That was up 11 percentage points over 2016 and was the state’s highest voter turnout since 1994. Of the 579,784 ballots cast, more than 551,000 were returned by the mail or ballot drop box and nearly 29,000 were submitted in person.
DECISION NOTES
AP will tabulate and declare winners in 68 contested elections in Hawaii, including governor, U.S. Senate and two U.S. House races.
Results could be delayed if there’s a long line at poll closing. That’s what happened in 2020, when it took four hours for the line outside a suburban Honolulu voter service center to clear. The Office of Elections had to wait until 11:30 p.m. that day to release its first results. On Election Day during this year’s primary, officials released the first results at 7:30 p.m.
The first round of results will likely include ballots processed through Nov. 7, the day before Election Day. That will account for about 80% of ballots cast, so the outcome of many races could be apparent shortly after polls officially close.
AP does not make projections or name apparent or likely winners. Only when AP is fully confident a race has been won – defined most simply as the moment a trailing candidate no longer has a path to victory – will we make a call. Should a candidate declare victory – or offer a concession – before AP calls a race, we will cover newsworthy developments in our reporting. In doing so, we will make clear that AP has not yet declared a winner and explain the reason why we believe the race is too early or too close to call.
The AP may call a statewide or U.S. House race in which the margin between the top two candidates is 0.5% or less, if we determine the lead is too large for a recount to change the outcome.
Hawaii law requires a recount when a victory margin is less than 100 ballots or 0.25% of votes cast, whichever is greater. The results of the recount must be publicly announced no later than 72 hours after the closing of polls on Election Day.
The AP will not call down-ballot races on election night if the margin between the top two candidates is less than 2% or if the leading candidate is within 2% of the 50% runoff threshold. AP will revisit those races later in the week to confirm there aren’t enough outstanding votes left to count that could change the outcome.
WHAT ELSE SHOULD I KNOW?
Q: WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE PRIMARY?
A: Turnout dropped back near 2018 midterm primary levels. In the August primary, 39.8% of registered voters cast ballots. That compares to 51.2% in the 2020 presidential election year primary and 38.6% in the 2018 mid-term primary.
Q: WHAT’S CHANGED SINCE THE PANDEMIC ELECTION OF 2020?
A: Hawaii has more ballot drop boxes. In Honolulu County, the number increased to 15 from 12 in 2020.
Q: HOW LONG DOES COUNTING USUALLY TAKE?
A: The Office of Elections expects to release a second report at 10 p.m. This will include votes from voter service centers and ballots processed through the afternoon on Election Day. They will release a final report once all counties have completed processing ballots. During the primary, the final report was released around 6:30 p.m. the day after Election Day.
Q: WHAT ARE THE PITFALLS WITH EARLY RETURNS?
A: Some of the races — most likely down-ballot races — may be so close that a recount will be required by law.
Q: WHAT HAPPENS AFTER TUESDAY?
A: Possible recounts for races with narrow margins. Those seeking to file a complaint about election results must do so with the state Supreme Court by Nov. 28. The state’s chief elections officer is expected to certify the results after this deadline.
PARTING THOUGHT
Hawaii doesn’t have a secretary of state. Hawaii is the only state where election certification is overseen by a nonpartisan chief election official appointed by a bipartisan commission. The state’s chief elections officer reports to the state Elections Commission, which has nine members. Four of the nine are appointed by Democrats at the Legislature and four are appointed by Republicans. These eight select a ninth member — the chairperson — by a two-thirds vote.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the elections at: https://apnews.com/hub/2022-midterm-elections | 2022-11-02T16:57:57+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Hawaii-What-to-expect-on-election-night-17552645.php |
Astronomers have detected a powerful radiowave laser, known as a megamaser, in space.
This record-breaking megamaser is the most distant one ever observed at 5 billion light-years away from Earth.
The light from this space laser traveled a whopping 36 thousand billion billion miles (58 thousand billion billion kilometers) to reach our planet.
An international team of astronomers, led by Marcin Glowacki, observed this light, using the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory's MeerKAT telescope. (MeerKAT is shorthand for Karoo Array Telescope, preceded by the Afrikaans word for "more.")
Glowacki is a research associate at the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research in Australia.
Megamasers are created when two galaxies crash into each other. It is the first hydroxyl megamaser that MeerKAT has observed, Glowacki said.
Hydroxl, a chemical group consisting of one hydrogen atom and one oxygen atom, can be found inside galaxy mergers.
"When galaxies collide, the gas they contain becomes extremely dense and can trigger concentrated beams of light to shoot out," Glowacki said in a statement.
The research team has named the laser Nkalakatha, which means "big boss" in isiZulu, the Bantu language of the Zulus in South Africa.
The astronomers detected the megamaser on the first night of a survey that spanned more than 3,000 hours of observation time using MeerKAT.
"It's impressive that, with just a single night of observations, we've already found a record-breaking megamaser," Glowacki said. "It shows just how good the telescope is."
The research team is continuing to use MeerKAT to observe narrow areas in the sky closely and search for the same elements spied in the megamaser. Doing so could provide more insight into how the universe has evolved.
"We have follow-up observations of the megamaser planned and hope to make many more discoveries," Glowacki said.
The MeerKAT telescope, located in the Karoo region of South Africa, includes an array of 64 radio dishes and has been operational since July 2018. The powerful telescope is sensitive to faint radio light.
MeerKAT is a precursor to the transcontinental Square Kilometre Array, or SKA, a telescope under construction in both South Africa and Australia.
The array will include thousands of dishes and up to 1 million low-frequency antennas in an effort to build the world's largest radio telescope.
Despite the fact that these dishes and antennas will be in different parts of the world, together they will create one telescope that has over 1 square kilometer (0.39 square miles) of collecting area. As a result, astronomers can survey the entire sky much more quickly than with other telescopes.
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January is a crucial month for the NFL as the regular season comes to a close. The final week of the regular season is the last chance for teams to secure a wild-card spot and other division leaders can jockey for playoff position.
The wild-card round begins the second weekend of January with three days of playoff action. In the following weekend, bettors can get in on two days of NFL Divisional games followed by both the AFC and NFC Championship the next Sunday.
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All the sportsbooks on our list offer some sort of welcome bonus. This allows users peace of mind when making their first wager that they may qualify for a credit on their first bet or potentially the ability to recoup their losses in free bets.
While deposit match offers are limited in January 2023, all the sportsbooks on our list offer a “risk-free” bet or some way to make back your wager in the event it loses. Generally, these come in the form of bet credits through the sportsbook not actual cash, so exercise caution when placing your first bet.
The major sportsbooks are offering bet insurance up to $1,000-$1,500 depending on the operator and the States may have different welcome offers. This allows users with various levels of capital to get in on the action.
As with any wagers, be sure to read all the terms and conditions of welcome bonuses and be sure to pick the sportsbook with the most advantageous offer for NFL betting.
Live betting
Live betting is an incredibly important feature for many users and is the ability to place wagers even after a game has kicked off. For example, in NFL games, users may have the opportunity to pick a live moneyline if one team is down big in the game in the hopes that they mount a comeback.
Live over/unders are quite common as well. If a game was predicted to be low-scoring and already is close to hitting the total points, a bettor may place a live over bet with an adjusted line that moves with the flow of the game.
User interface and experience
Sports betting sites have not always had a good reputation for user interface and experience. This was because of sports betting not being legal until 2018 which has not given these sportsbooks much time to develop and enhance user experience.
For new time bettors, a site that is easy to navigate is key. A site that makes a user go through hoops to register or deposit money in illegitimate ways may make a customer look for other sportsbooks.
All the operators on this list have a crisp, user-friendly experience where all the markets are displayed with all the odds to wager on are available or the different ways to play a matchup.
Livestreaming
This NFL season was a huge step forward for livestreaming on the sportsbooks. Caesars Sportsbook became the first US sportsbook to stream an NFL game.
With the ever-complicating way in which customers view media, sportsbooks will continue to expand into this market so bettors can also catch their favorite NFL teams. Many current media partners require some sort of monthly subscription or a cable-based subscription to view games on their platform, so this could be a fantastic emerging feature for sportsbooks.
Existing customer promos
Almost all sportsbooks offer promotions for existing customers as well. Sites such as BetMGM will feature a promotions page with all their current offerings such as up to $1,000 in free bets, money back on NBA player props, friend referrals or even one-game parlays curated by BetMGM.
Sportsbooks ultimately want their customers to be happy and have a good experience to make future wagers. These promotions and rewards for placing bets keep users coming back to our top three picks.
Support for parlays and same game parlays
NFL betting sites will not only make it simple to create parlays or same-game parlays but many will often curate parlays or teasers for customers. The user experience is so simple and parlays are a requirement in today’s betting landscape.
Go to your favorite sportsbook. Check out the odds and either combine different odds in the same game or pair multiple games for the bigger payout.
Availability in US
The operators on this list are among the best NFL betting sites because of their availability in nearly every state where sports betting is legal. It is disadvantageous for sportsbooks to only operate in one state or location if possible to expand.
With all the geofence technology and ability for operators to detect where users are located, it makes sense to not be limited to one location where the sportsbook will be unavailable to many customers.
Payment options
Sportsbooks offer a wide variety of deposit and withdrawal methods in 2023. Users can deposit using crypto, debit/credit card, ACH instant eCheck and PayNearMe.
The issue with sportsbooks that hurts their credibility is that withdrawal methods are not the same as deposit methods. Sportsbooks will usually steer toward offering bet credits or free bets due to the fact that you have to still operate through their business with their form of currency.
In the near future as NFL sports betting expands and gains reputation, look for sportsbooks to expand and simplify the way users can withdraw money as well to keep them coming back as customers.
Refer a friend bonus
Many of the major sportsbooks offer incentives for valued customers to bring in new business. An operator will usually require the new user to use a promo code or make a deposit or wager first, but it is always worth it.
Always check promotions pages from your favorite sportsbook and help a friend sign up ― it usually ends in bet credits for the customer or some sort of reward that can be used toward NFL bets.
Top NFL betting sites ranked - January 2023
1. BetMGM
BetMGM tops the list due to its availability in many states and also with its unparalleled user interface and experience. From the main page, it’s so simple for a new bettor to bet on the NFL or any one of the various markets available on the side of the page.
NFL bettors can find any game for the upcoming playoffs with the most up to date odds or parlays. Experienced bettors can peek at all the best player props available as well.
BetMGM has a well-planned website with a promotions tab. They offer users a first bet insurance up to $1,000 ― new users can recoup in bet credits up to $1,000 if they lose as well as other promotions such as the always popular Refer a Friend reward.
- Find the evergreen offer for states across the US where users can access first bet insurance up to $1,000.
- Read about the special Ohio offer for first-time bettors to recoup losses with their first wagers.
2. FanDuel
FanDuel takes the second spot on this list with its reputation built on its partnerships with all major sports leagues, various sports teams, media partners and even partnerships with sports pundits.
In addition, FanDuel has developed a site with front to back user experience in mind. As a premier NFL betting site, the site is the simplest of the sportsbooks on our list and is easy to navigate for a new bettor.
Their promotions tab can be found on the top of their page. Just in time for the playoffs, FanDuel is offering a new deal where new bettors can wager $5, and receive $150 in bonus bets into their accounts.
- Check out the newest Ohio offers from FanDuel.
- Learn more about the new FanDuel offer just in time for the NFL playoffs.
3. Caesars Sportsbook
Caesars Sportsbook is one of the most visible sportsbooks in the advertising space. Caesars has built its reputation on its generous promotions such as going “full Caesar” in Ohio where new bettors can get up to $1,500 in bet credits.
Caesars Sportsbook is the least user-friendly of the three, however. It’s landing page requires users to register and odds are not easily viewable until users create an account and register with the operator.
As an official partner with the NFL, Caesars is unmatched for NFL sports betting sites.
- Find the new Ohio offer from Caesars where first-time bettors are protected and can get up to $1,500 in bet credits.
- Check out the unbeatable offer from Caesars Sportsbook to get up to $1,250 on your first bet.
Where is sports betting legal?
Sports betting became legal in 2018 after the repealing of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992. Since then, 23 out of the 30 states where betting is legal offer online sports wagering.
Upcoming states where NFL betting could be legal
There are still many states left to vote and pass sports betting. Massachusetts retail sports betting will go live Jan. 31, 2023 while sportsbooks are applying for licenses and will launch in early 2023.
Upcoming big states which could launch sometime soon include Texas, California and Florida.
Benefits of betting online
Online betting allows users to make a bet from anywhere in the jurisdiction of legal betting. This allows for a better user experience and opens the marketplace to all sorts of new customers.
For example, a New Jersey resident in the past may have had to go to a specific casino in Atlantic City or horse track in order to place a bet. Now, as long as they are in the geographic area of a state that allows sports betting, a user can download a mobile app or visit a site and create their betslip.
Many of these sites also offer fantastic offers for new users as soon as they register an account and deposit money for their first wager. In addition to offers, online betting allows users to stay up to date with the most current odds for a wide variety of markets.
Quick facts about NFL betting
Spread bets
The spread, or line, is essentially how many points a team is predicted to win over another team. The biggest thing to remember is that your bet can win while the team doesn’t win ― as long as they cover that spread or lose by less points than predicted.
Moneyline
The moneyline is the easiest to understand. It’s a pick on which team will win outright.
Teams that are heavy favorites have very low payouts because they are expected to win versus underdogs.
O/U
The over under is just the total amount of points scored by both teams together. It will vary based off how competent teams are on offense or defense, and can vary to total points in a quarter or half or even total points by just one team.
Parlays
A bettor can parlay multiple bets together across different matchups or parlay different bets of the same game for a bigger payout. For example, you could parlay together multiple moneylines from different games to hit or mix bets like an over from one game with a moneyline and a spread from another game.
Parlays have the biggest payouts generally and this is because the odds are long for multiple legs or multiple bets to all hit.
Prop bets
Prop bets are specific instances that a bettor is betting to happen. Markets will set lines for player props ― certain players to have a certain amount of rushing yards, passing yards or passing touchdowns or even as crazy as what color the Gatorade will be in a Super Bowl or big win.
NFL betting sites FAQs
Which sportsbook is the best NFL betting site?
This is entirely subjective and based on what is best for the customer. Bettors in different states may have better welcome offers or incentives that put one sportsbook ahead of another.
Bettors should do extensive research to decide what offer is best for them and what site they enjoy using the most.
What major NFL events are in January?
There are many NFL events occurring in January as the regular season wraps up and the excitement of NFL Playoffs begins. The first week of January will finish up the regular season, and the next three consecutive weekends will feature the Wild Card Round, the Divisional Round, and the NFC and AFC Championships.
When is the Super Bowl?
Super Bowl LVII will take place on Feb. 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. It will feature the NFC champion against the AFC champion.
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "My son is a paraplegic from the waist down and has experienced accidental bowel movements while showering. I thought there should be a protective brief that can be used in the shower," said an inventor, from Phoenix, Ariz., "so I invented the SHOWER BRIEF. My design eliminates the need to worry about bowel movement accidents and the associated mess while showering."
The invention offers protection against accidental bowel movements while showering. In doing so, it allows users to complete their hygiene regimen more easily. As a result, it reduces messes and it provides added peace of mind. The invention features a disposable design that is easy to wear so it is ideal for paraplegics. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Phoenix sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-PBT-212, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's (CA): Betting Trends, Record ATS, Home/Road Splits - WCC Tournament
The No. 1 seed Saint Mary's Gaels (26-6, 14-2 WCC) are 2.5-point underdogs in the WCC championship game, as bookmakers think the No. 2 Gonzaga Bulldogs (27-5, 14-2 WCC) will claim the automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament bracket. The title game tips off Tuesday at 9:00 PM, live on ESPN. The point total in the matchup is set at 138.5.
Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's (CA) Odds & Info
- Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
- Time: 9:00 PM ET
- TV: ESPN
- Where: Paradise, Nevada
- Venue: Orleans Arena
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Gonzaga vs Saint Mary's (CA) Betting Records & Stats
- So far this season, the Bulldogs have compiled a 12-17-0 record against the spread.
- Gonzaga has a record of 19-2, a 90.5% win rate, when it's favored by -150 or more by oddsmakers this season.
- The implied probability of a win from the Bulldogs, based on the moneyline, is 60%.
- Saint Mary's (CA) has gone 16-12-0 ATS this year.
- The Gaels have been listed as an underdog of +125 or more on two occasions this season and lost both games.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Saint Mary's (CA) has a 44.4% chance of pulling out a win.
Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's (CA) Over/Under Stats
Additional Gonzaga vs Saint Mary's (CA) Insights & Trends
- Gonzaga has a 6-4 record against the spread while finishing 9-1 overall over its last 10 contests.
- The Bulldogs have hit the over in eight of their last 10 games.
- Saint Mary's (CA) has gone 8-2 over its past 10 games, with a 3-7 record against the spread during that span.
- In their past 10 contests, the Gaels have gone over the total six times.
- The Bulldogs average 28.2 more points per game (87.8) than the Gaels give up (59.6).
- Gonzaga is 12-15 against the spread and 26-5 overall when scoring more than 59.6 points.
- The Gaels' 72.0 points per game are only 1.6 fewer points than the 73.6 the Bulldogs allow.
- When it scores more than 73.6 points, Saint Mary's (CA) is 11-2 against the spread and 14-1 overall.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascend, the first modern insurance payments platform, today released their 2022 Premium Financing Report, which takes a look into the premium financing market, the underlying trends, and future growth opportunities.
Ascend allows agencies to easily automate many of the workflows associated with agency bill and premium financing to increase team efficiency, improve your bottom line, and best set up agencies for future revenue opportunities. With Ascend, customers are able to automate many of the repetitive and time intensive tasks across invoicing, financing, receivables and payables. Over the last year, Ascend has seen agencies make up to 45% more in revenue with the saved time previously spent managing financing workflows.
Ascend's Premium Financing Report 2022 was conducted through research analysis and direct feedback from Ascend customers. The report revealed 4 major trends/findings which reiterate the strong growth trends of the commercial markets, a strong tailwind for the premium financing market.
The commercial lines market will continue to outgrow the personal lines market in the next decade - projected to be 8% bigger in 10 years.
The commercial lines market has been growing at 5.29% CAGR vs 4.65% CAGR for personal lines over the past 10 years.
- We expect to see the commercial lines market expand to over $603B within the next decade, while personal lines will grow to $560B over the same time period.
- Although only a 1% difference in total premium in 2021, this would represent an 8% difference by 2031.
- Several factors contribute to this continual growth of commercial premiums: rising claims for insurers, increased litigation, increases in weather-related claims, and growing cyberattacks and ransomware.
"In today's economic situation as economies battle inflation and slowing growth, premium financing moves into the forefront as businesses place an extra emphasis on cash flow and liquidity to weather these conditions," says Praveen Chekuri, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Ascend. "Ascend is focused on providing agencies the insights needed to identify trends in the market to open up future revenue opportunities. Servicing teams today can spend up to 50%+ of their time managing agency bills and premium financing operations. With Ascend, our customers are able to automate many of the repetitive and time intensive tasks across invoicing, financing, receivables and payables. We see agencies make up to 45% more in revenue with the saved time previously spent managing financing workflows."
Non-admitted markets are a growing player of the overall P/C market. Connected to the increased risks we see across the commercial market, excess & surplus markets have also seen continued growth year to year.
- In 2020, the US E&S market was worth $41.7B, 5.72% of the P/C premium total of $728B.
- This is a remarkable 46% increase from just 3 years earlier in 2017, when E&S made up only $28B of P/C's $642B (4.39%).
- The growth can be attributed to the E&S market's fewer constraints when it comes to pricing and policy. E&S offers more flexibility, fostering an environment for innovation to flourish, even during times of financial crisis.
Premium financing is growing step in step with the commercial market.
- The premium financing market continues to hold steady around 12% of the total commercial lines market - eclipsing $45B in 2021.
- Of that $45B, nearly $36B (80%) of that premium financing was handled by the big three: IPFS, AFCO, and First Insurance.
- With the commercial lines market projected to grow to $603B over the next decade, it is safe to assume the premium financing market will grow another 66% to hit $75BN by 2031.
Automating payment workflows can reduce the operational costs of managing premium financing significantly, increasing agency bottom lines.
- 70%+ of agency owners reported lower client satisfaction due to poor customer payment experience
- Servicing teams spend more than 50% of their time chasing down missing payments
- Poor workflows lead to customers receiving NOCs for non-pay on financed policies.
- These inefficiencies can end up doubling the cost to handle the operations for premium financing, reducing agency profits.
To learn more about Ascend and see the full report, you can download it at https://info.useascend.com/premium-financing-report-2022.
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A decade ago, a 250-seat plant-based pub next to Fenway Park, land of hot dogs and burgers, might’ve seemed downright unimaginable. But there’s a global rise in plant-based eating, both for healthy and environmental sustainability reasons: According to market research from the Good Food Institute, plant-food sales increased by $430 million from 2019 to 2020, and they continue to grow.
Groton’s Mary Dumont, 48, is ready. In a couple of weeks, she’ll open PlantPub in the old Boston BeerWorks space on Brookline Ave. It’s the larger sibling to Kendall Square’s 24-seat version, where the menu is classic bar food without the animal products.
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Dumont grew up in Hampton Falls, N.H., in a family of hospitality professionals. Her siblings ran the Purple Urchin at Hampton Beach; her brother was the opening culinary director at Wentworth by the Sea in New Castle. In 2006, Dumont was named a best new chef by Food & Wine magazine for her work at Strawbery Banke’s Dunaway Restaurant. She went on to become the longtime executive chef at Harvard Square’s Harvest before opening the short-lived and veggie-focused Cultivar at the Ames Hotel, which had its own hydroponic garden.
“The day I closed Cultivar, my sister, who’d been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, was having major surgery. If she was brave enough to go through that, I was brave enough to close the door on my dream. I locked the door and headed to the hospital and spent the next several months caring for her and helping her at her restaurant at the beach. She’s now thankfully cancer-free. Everything in my life was giving me signs to change everything. And changing everything has turned out to have been the right thing to do,” Dumont says.
At PlantPub, she’ll serve garlic fingers, veggie and Impossible burgers, and nachos that look and taste just like their animal-style counterparts.
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Talk about PlantPub. There’s a Kendall location. What’s next?
I always say Kendall was our COVID-sized location, our puppy. It was perfect for us. It’s been successful beyond what we thought and what we wanted. It’s been great and received so well. We’d been looking for a bigger location in the first place, and then this location came up. It seemed extraordinarily big. It all just seemed to fall in place. We’re imminently opening like any moment.
Here’s the question: I know how hard it is to find space in Boston and how high rents are in Boston. How did you manage to swing it? What’s your secret?
Well, it’s certainly all of those things. We were looking at the space, and simultaneously the [plant-based hospitality company] Matthew Kenney Group was also looking at the space. That’s how the partnership happened. We were both looking at it together, and we have a common investor. I think just given all of the things that are going on in the world, it seemed to make sense, partnering with a company that has the existing capabilities to scale concepts in general. It just all made sense. Those things were in our favor. I think that’s how it happened so fast.
What is PlantPub?
It’s the plant-based version of the pub for everybody. Our whole goal, when we were dreaming this up and wanting to launch it, was wanting to do something that was plant-based but have it be kind of like … I hate to say it, but pub food is the gateway drug into plant-based food. It’s what everyone recognizes. It disarms everybody and makes them feel comfortable: burgers and fries, and pizza and beer, and all of those things, in a convivial, social environment. It brings people who would otherwise maybe not eat plant-based into the plant-based world. Everything is recognizable: nachos, all of that stuff.
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Let’s do plant-based Mad Libs. Run me through a few examples of the plant-based version of common foods.
The nachos are made with a plant-based queso, made with all vegetables. My recipe — the texture, the flavor, the appearance, everything — looks like melted cheese. It’s with all the other things: great salsa, awesome crispy chips, jalapenos, guacamole, cilantro, and the crema. It’s delicious.
All the burgers are just designed to have the appearance of something that you want to jam in your face. They’re not meant to be a buttoned-up, clean burger. They’re meant to be on your hands, great and gooey, and you have to unhinge your jaw to get your mouth around it.
What led you down this plant path?
I have been on that path for a long time. I’m such an extreme animal lover. I think that meat just really started to lose its luster. There was this whole machismo about meat and all of that, which I found completely unappealing. People were just kind of like, “Oh, this pig!” and I’m like: “Whatever.”
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To me, it takes a whole lot more care to make something that’s nuanced with a vegetable than a big hunk of meat just slapping on a board.
In March 2019, I went to a James Beard chef boot camp. There was a communal chef dinner, and they took us down and they told us like: “OK, now we’re going to take a life. We’re going to kill this goat.” I couldn’t believe it: They’re going to march out this lily white, beautiful, otherwise completely 100 percent healthy goat and then kill her right in front of us. The only reason why is because she stopped milking, and the financial impact of keeping a pet on a working farm doesn’t work. … Seeing that put everything into this focus of: “I’m going to do things very differently from now on.”
How would you describe the Boston food scene? What’s good? What should change?
My experience is that COVID has brought so many people together in understanding the political, financial part of how we need to be intertwined and active in the politics of our business, because it does matter. We do need policy and change. We do need all of those people backing us and supporting us. And I think that was a really good change for Boston. Because between Jody [Adams] and Nancy Caswell, and all of those people, they got together and really organized this group that then extended to New York. It started here, you know, to help get funding for struggling restaurants: Mass Restaurants United.
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I think the current state of Boston restaurants is wounded but rallying. It’s just also nice to see people coming to the aid of others. I don’t hear a lot of people feeling super competitive against one another; people are really, actually genuinely trying to help each other now. And I think, if that had been the case all along, it would have been great.
What are your favorite restaurants when you’re not working? Where do you like to hang out?
You know, honestly, during the entirety of COVID, I didn’t go into the city once. [In Groton], I love Forge & Vine. On occasion, we’ll go to Gibbet Hill. I love going into Nashoba Winery. And then, when I’m not at home, I go straight to the coast. Literally anywhere in Portsmouth, I just adore. In Rye, I love The Carriage House. In Ogunquit, I go to M.C. Perkins Cove because I love Clark [Frasier] and Mark [Gaier]. They’re just great guys. When I go out to eat, I’m so happy to be on the other side. It’s really just about the experience and the view, and maybe there’s a bartender we know or a server we know, or the owners. That’s really what it’s all about. It’s just about having a good time. Life’s too short to pick anybody’s food apart.
What’s your snacking vice?
I really like Triscuits. Snickers bars, on occasion. And, back when I ate more meat and dairy, it was cottage cheese, for some reason.
Kara Baskin can be reached at kara.baskin@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @kcbaskin. | 2022-06-21T14:36:00+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/21/lifestyle/former-harvest-chef-mary-dumont-takes-root-near-fenway-park-with-plantpub/ |
MANDAN - On October 6, 2022, Tom and Jean Welder were taken from us by a tragic automobile accident in Mesa, AZ.
Friends, family and coworkers are invited to a service at Corpus Christi Parish on Friday, June 2 at 9:30 a.m. Inurnments will take place at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery in Mandan, ND at 1:00 p.m. | 2023-05-31T10:25:45+00:00 | bismarcktribune.com | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/obituaries/tom-and-jean-welder/article_986c6fc8-c623-54a7-b4d6-ae25b03289d9.html |
MUSC doctor addresses behavioral health needs of homeless children
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - One80 Place in downtown Charleston is known for helping people with physical needs, such as providing them with shelter or food.
A MUSC psychiatric mental health nurse and associate professor are working with homeless parents and children to address behavioral health needs for the past year and continues to do so.
She’s doing it through what she calls “calm boxes,” multi-sensory items, such as fidget toys and Pop Its.
Dr. Joy Lauerer noticed kids were coming to One80 with just the clothes on their back, and she created these boxes to help them better cope with emotions.
She makes boxes specific to a child’s age and says that teens up to the age of 16 are benefiting.
For the first six months, Lauerer was creating the boxes with her own money, but after seeing how essential they are, One80 has taken over funding for the initiative.
Lauerer and One80 say they’ve seen a large increase in homeless families in the last two years due to several reasons including the lack of affordable housing.
One80 has space for four families at a time, until they can get them re-housed, and right now over 10 kids are staying here.
“What I frequently see is parents who have experienced some form of trauma and then consequently lose their housing, they don’t have a lot of resources, a lot of times they don’t have family support or friends, often times they don’t have a vehicle, so they’re isolated,” Lauerer said.
Around 40 boxes have been created and given out to children and teens.
Lauerer says her goal is to expand the project in the months and years to come.
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Paid political letter: Why Jeff Strom for Freeborn County sheriff?
Published 8:30 pm Tuesday, July 19, 2022
I’ve observed Jeff Strom to be an empathetic, achieving, responsible leader strong in relationship building and follow through. Jeff’s professional career has spanned over 35 years in Albert Lea, earning the respect and impacting the lives of many, to include both victims and offenders throughout Freeborn County. As a police lieutenant, he served 17 years as first-line supervisor, and most recently nine years in middle management. His leadership was integral in implementing a community policing vision that fit our department and expanded our efforts to a higher level. He successfully carries out our vision — strengthening an environment where members are proud to represent their department; seamless communication at all levels; successful partnerships; members exude professionalism; services are exceptional; members demonstrate pride in our community; and efforts promote the enhancement of the quality of life in the community; creating a more inviting place to live, work and visit.
I greatly appreciate Jeff’s leadership and commitment to our community, and I’m excited to see his dedication expanded throughout Freeborn County.
J.D. Carlson
Albert Lea | 2022-07-20T10:12:46+00:00 | albertleatribune.com | https://www.albertleatribune.com/2022/07/paid-political-letter-why-jeff-strom-for-freeborn-county-sheriff/ |
Whitley County man arrested on robbery charge
WHITLEY COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - A Whitley County man wanted for robbing a market in Williamsburg was arrested Tuesday.
Deputies with the Whitley County Sheriff’s Office had been searching for 35-year-old Bobby Canada of Williamsburg. Canada was wanted on warrants for robbery and criminal mischief.
Deputies say Canada entered the Canada Town Market off of KY-204 with a hammer and proceeded to destroy a gaming machine to get to the cash box inside. The store clerk confronted Canada, who then threatened the clerk with the hammer.
Canada left with a handful of cash.
He was found Tuesday off of Henry Barton Road in Corbin where he was then arrested. Deputies also arrested 25-year-old Destanny Hatfield, who they say drove Canada to the location and had been questioned twice on Canada’s whereabouts.
Hatfield was charged with hindering prosecution or apprehension.
Both were taken to the Whitley County Detention Center.
Copyright 2022 WYMT. All rights reserved. | 2022-04-27T02:24:24+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/27/whitley-county-man-arrested-robbery-charge/ |
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — A man who was charged in connection with the death of Brittanee Drexel, allegedly confessed to the crime and led officials to the location of the body, according to the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office.
Georgetown County officials have confirmed at a news conference Monday that remains found Wednesday in a wooded area along Old Town Avenue in Harmony Township are those of Drexel, who went missing more than a decade ago.
Georgetown County Sheriff Carter Weaver said the remains were found and identified through dental records.
Raymond Moody, 62, of Georgetown, is charged with murder, kidnapping, and first-degree criminal sexual conduct, according to warrants.
Warrants show Moody allegedly caused Drexel’s death by manual strangulation on or about April 25, 2009. Moody also allegedly sexually battered Drexel on the same night, according to the warrants.
15th Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson said evidence shows Drexel was raped and killed at the Santee River and then her body was taken to Old Town Avenue.
In 2016, an FBI agent said Drexel was abducted, gang-raped, shot to death and thrown into an alligator-infested swamp, citing a statement from a prison inmate. On Monday, Richardson said it is now null and void.
News13 asked the FBI on Monday for a statement regarding the alligator pit allegations and whether or not Timothy Da’Shaun Taylor, who was named a person of interest in the disappearance, was still connected to the case. The FBI sent the following statement:
“Throughout the investigation, law enforcement followed multiple leads to wherever they led us based on the information we had at the time,” the statement reads. “We have an obligation to follow leads to their conclusion. The person we believe is responsible for Brittanee’s murder has been charged.”
In 2011, News13 confronted Moody who said he knew nothing about the case, and told our reporter to leave or he would call the police. | 2022-05-17T18:24:22+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/south-carolina/drexels-suspected-killer-confessed-led-officials-to-brittanees-body-deputies-say/ |
Man suspected of stabbing 4 at random shot to death by police
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - A police officer in a Washington, D.C., suburb shot and killed a man after reports he had, without provocation, stabbed four people at random on Saturday, officials said.
The victims included three women — two were stabbed in the neck — and a man, all of whom are expected to survive, Montgomery County Police Assistant Chief Darren Francke told reporters during a Saturday afternoon news conference at the scene. Three were hospitalized with injuries.
The suspect’s identity has not been released.
Francke said the man used a 12-inch butcher knife in the stabbings, which started at a popular thrift store in Silver Spring, Maryland, and then continued in the surrounding neighborhood. While the investigation is ongoing, Francke said, detectives don’t believe the suspect knew any of the victims. He said the attacks appear “completely random.”
“We have witnesses. We are continuing our interviews, but at this point it was an unprovoked attack,” he said.
Police received reports around 10:35 a.m. of a stabbing at the thrift store. Almost simultaneously, another caller reported a second stabbing on a nearby street, according to police.
The suspect ran into a wooded area while police started setting up a perimeter. Francke said the man then came out of the woods and “confronted a police cruiser.” He said another officer soon arrived on scene, saw the man armed with a knife, gave commands and ultimately opened fire, killing the suspect.
“The officer fired multiple rounds and the subject was stopped from attacking further people,” Francke said.
The suspect died at the scene.
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office is investigating the police shooting, which is standard procedure under state law. That office will turn over the results of its investigation to local prosecutors, who will decide whether the officer could face criminal charges.
Officials said the shooting was captured on body camera and the footage will likely be released in the coming weeks, as well as the names of the officer and suspect.
Francke said the incident was out of character for the otherwise quiet suburban area.
“Montgomery County is a very safe community,” he said. “On a Saturday afternoon where folks are having a yard sale and just shopping at a very popular thrift store, we don’t expect this. We certainly don’t accept it.”
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-23T05:45:44+00:00 | fox5vegas.com | https://www.fox5vegas.com/2023/07/23/man-suspected-stabbing-4-random-shot-death-by-police/ |
Organization stands as the only fertility platform with a Chief Compassion Officer, offering comprehensive mental health resources to patients and employees.
HOUSTON, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of Men's Health Week and in the spirit of Father's Day, The Prelude Network® (Prelude), North America's most comprehensive network of fertility clinics, is unveiling a series of initiatives aimed at prioritizing mental health for both patients and employees. As the only network with a dedicated Chief Compassion Officer, Prelude and its parent company, Inception Fertility™ (Inception) underscores the importance of mental well-being in fertility and reproductive health.
Recognizing the importance of mental well-being in the fertility journey, Inception has implemented free monthly evening webinars for all Prelude patients. The series of webinars tackle a variety of topics including lifestyle habits and infertility, enhancing couple communication, managing stress during fertility treatment, coping with pregnancy loss, and tips on best practices in third-party reproduction.
"At Inception, we believe that holistic patient care is crucial to successful fertility treatments," says TJ Farnsworth, Founder and CEO of Inception Fertility™. "Our commitment to patient mental health, led by our Chief Compassion Officer, Dr. Alice Domar, uniquely positions us to offer the empathetic and comprehensive support needed throughout this journey."
Taking the lead in leveraging technology, Inception dramatically improves the patient experience by offering everything a patient could need under one roof. "Studies consistently show the connection between mental health and fertility outcomes," says Dr. Alice Domar, Chief Compassion Officer at Inception. "As part of our commitment to comprehensive patient care, we're making mental health a priority, offering resources that help patients manage stress and cultivate resilience during their fertility journey." This encompasses their extensive family of brands, including The Prelude Network®, Pathways Fertility, MyEggBank™, Bundl Fertility (Bundl), and HavenCryo™.
Complementing our mental health initiatives, we offer our proprietary patient app, Prelude Connect™. As the only fertility network with such a tool, this app serves as a vital companion for patients at every stage of their fertility journey. With its intuitive design and enhanced functionality, Prelude Connect™ provides more than a transactional experience. It gives patients exclusive access to an extensive library of content, offering crucial relaxation strategies, stress management techniques, and coping methods. This integrated approach underscores our dedication to holistic patient care and support.
Fueled by the belief that the best way to improve patient care is through research, the newly established Inception Research Institute is pioneering research on patient-centered care. The institute is currently studying the impact of stress on IVF outcomes, weighing the benefits of remote versus in-person physician visits, and taking part in trials that explore the most effective and patient-friendly approaches to care.
Moreover, 2023 is designated as the "Year of the Employee" at Inception. This commitment to employee well-being includes stress-management webinars, regular clinic visits from the Chief Compassion Officer, orientations about the psychological impact of infertility, and compensation for assisting with research. In addition, Inception is training physicians across its North American clinics in empathic communication, shown to enhance the quality of patient care.
"Inception's commitment to the mental health of our patients and employees underscores our dedication to going above and beyond in fertility care," says Farnsworth. "Our goal is to revolutionize the fertility experience, making it as supportive and stress-free as possible."
About Inception Fertility™
Inception Fertility™ (Inception) is a family of fertility brands committed to helping patients build their own families. Built by patients for patients, Inception's purpose is to achieve the highest bar in experience, science and medicine in an effort to enhance each patient's experience and achieve better outcomes.
Inception's medical experts are leading pioneers in fertility care. Our doctors are some of the first to use breakthrough assisted reproductive technologies (ART) – including in vitro fertilization (IVF), preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) and fertility preservation services – and they continue to lead the industry by building on these technologies by through development, research and thought leadership.
Through its growing family of national organizations – which includes The Prelude Network®, the fastest-growing network of fertility clinics and largest provider of comprehensive fertility services in North America; Pathways Fertility, clinics that provide affordable, individualized and high quality care; MyEggBank®, one of the largest frozen donor egg banks in North America; BUNDL Fertility™, a multi-cycle fertility service bundling program; HavenCryo™, a long-term reproductive preservation and storage solution provider and NutraBloom®, a premium lifestyle brand with expertly formulated supplements to support individuals' health and wellness goals for preconception – Inception is working to deliver on its promise to push the envelope of what is possible for exceeding patient expectations.
About The Prelude Network®
The Prelude Network® (Prelude), the fastest-growing network of fertility clinics and largest provider of comprehensive fertility services in North America, is the clinic network of Inception Fertility™ – a family of fertility brands that touches every part of the fertility journey, including diagnostics and treatment to financial accessibility.
Each clinic, as part of the Prelude Network, is committed to delivering the highest level of personalized fertility care by the nation's leading reproductive endocrinologists, embryologists, and practitioners by focusing on an excellence in science, medicine and the patient experience. The growing Prelude Network has over 40 total locations nationwide, offering a wide range of fertility services including egg freezing, IVF, genetic testing and egg/embryo storage, among others.
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SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — Formula One drivers were quick to condemn the behavior of some abusive fans at the Austrian Grand Prix.
F1 said prior to Sunday’s race that it had received reports from fans who had been verbally abused, without giving further details.
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton was upset when he heard about what had taken place at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg.
“It just highlights that it’s still an issue all over, it comes down to education and, of course, ignorance,” Hamilton said. “People should come, should feel safe, should feel included and should be able to follow whoever it is you want to follow. (It) shouldn’t matter (about) your gender, your sexuality, the color of your skin. It should just be everyone here to have a good time.”
Earlier Sunday, F1 issued a statement.
“We have been made aware of reports that some fans have been subject to completely unacceptable comments by others at the Austrian Grand Prix,” F1 said in a statement. “We take these matters very seriously, have raised them with the promoter and event security, and will be speaking to those who reported the incidents.”
The Red Bull Ring was sold out with more than 300,000 fans attending over three days.
“These things shouldn’t happen. I read a few things, a few shocking things, so that’s clearly not OK,” said defending world champion Max Verstappen, who drives for the Red Bull team. “I think there should be a general understanding that these shouldn’t happen.”
Verstappen urged better security — and less drinking.
“One thing can be improved with security around places, keep people more in check,” he said. “Sometimes when you drink alcohol you can do stupid things. I don’t say this as an excuse, but these things can be regulated. There’s a certain amount of alcohol maybe.”
Race winner Charles Leclerc of Ferrari said people have a duty to be vigilant toward others.
“I believe that as a community, people who are witnessing any type of harassment should act and do something,” he said. “If we manage to find these people we need to take hard action, they shouldn’t be allowed to be anywhere close to our sport.”
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was also shocked.
“We are shocked to hear that there have been some incidents of abusive behavior in the grandstands and the fan parks,” he said. “This is completely unacceptable and we hope that security and the authorities deal with this swiftly as there is no place for it in racing or society.”
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More AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-07-10T20:56:52+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/sports/ap-sports/f1-addresses-abusive-behavior-of-some-fans-at-austrian-gp/ |
ROME (AP) — The Vatican cardinal accused in a class-action lawsuit in Canada of sexual assault against a woman on Friday denied any inappropriate behavior and said he would vigorously fight the “false” and “defamatory” accusations if the case proceeds.
Cardinal Marc Ouellet issued his own statement via the Vatican press office a day after the Holy See said a preliminary church investigation into the woman's allegations determined the case didn’t warrant further investigation or canonical trial.
The back-to-back statements were responding to lawyers in Quebec who recently filed a class-action compliant by 101 alleged victims accusing 88 prelates of sexual abuse and assault over decades.
Ouellet, who headed the Quebec archdiocese from 2002-2010, was accused by a woman identified only as “F” of several alleged incidents of unwanted touching, including sliding his hand down her back and touching her buttocks at a 2010 event in Quebec City.
In the statement, Ouellet termed the accusations “false.”
“I firmly deny having made inappropriate gestures against her person and consider the interpretation and diffusion of these accusations as sexual aggression to be defamatory,” he said. If the lawsuit proceeds “I intend to actively participate so that the truth is established and my innocence is recognized."
In 2010, Ouellet became prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops, which is in charge of the world's bishops. In that job, he oversees church investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct involving bishops or cardinals with adults. | 2022-08-19T17:40:54+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Vatican-cardinal-terms-assault-allegations-false-17384479.php |
- Deal Volume in 2022 Declines 13% and Deal Value Falls 32% Versus 2021
- New Report from BCG Forecasts That ESG Considerations Will Motivate an Increasing Number of Deals in the Face of Challenging Macroeconomic Conditions
BOSTON, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The global M&A market has cooled relative to 2021's frenzied pace of dealmaking, with challenging macroeconomic conditions putting an end to the buying spree that followed the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. In the first seven months of 2022, companies announced more than 22,000 deals, with a total value of $1.85 trillion—a level of M&A activity more in line with pre-pandemic averages than with the previous year—according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in collaboration with Professor Sönke Sievers of Paderborn University.
BCG's 19th annual analysis, titled "The 2022 M&A Report," forecasts that environmental, societal, and governance (ESG) considerations will motivate an increasing number of deals, despite unfavorable macroeconomic conditions. The report finds that the global number of ESG-related deals rose from about 5,700 in 2011 to an all-time high of about 9,200 in 2021—a 60% increase. The volume of these deals as a share of all M&A activity rose from 12% in 2001 to 17% in 2011 and then rose further to 22% in 2021, suggesting that more dealmakers are recognizing the value-creating potential of these transactions.
"M&A activity in 2022 has slowed relative to 2021, with deal volume and deal value down 13% and 32%, respectively," said Jens Kengelbach, BCG's global head of M&A and a coauthor of the report. "However, even in today's environment of high inflation, rising interest rates, and slowing economic growth, we see longer-term trends that are conducive to deal activity. The number of ESG-focused deals has been steadily rising for 20 years, and the number of environmental-related deals has doubled. Beyond the traditional motivations, sustainability is gaining importance as a reason to acquire or divest businesses."
Green Deals Are Gaining Traction
BCG's analysis revealed a clear upward trend in ESG-related deals over the past decade, with the strongest acceleration occurring in 2021, when deal volumes jumped by 35% following two softer years for broader M&A activity and ESG transactions.
Although environmental-related deals (that is, "green deals") account for only a small fraction of all M&A transactions, they have increased in recent years— rising to 6% in 2021 after hovering at 5% from 2011 through 2019. The 20% increase from 2019 to 2021 indicates that green dealmaking is gaining traction as a strategic lever for environmental transformation.
Green M&A has been growing particularly quickly in industries that are at the forefront of the energy transition and in emerging markets. Over the past ten years, the energy and utilities industry had the highest share of green M&A and the largest increase, seeing its share of green deals grow from 20% in 2011 to almost 40% in 2021. According to the report, the region with the highest level of green M&A activity in 2021 was the Middle East. More than 10% of deals in that region in 2021 were environmental-related, following a steady share of around 3% to 5% since 2014. Asia-Pacific (especially China) was the second-most active region, with a green deal share of approximately 8% in 2021.
Do Green Deals Create Value?
As green deals become more popular, they are becoming more expensive. Average acquisition prices for these deals exceeded the overall market average by approximately 7% over the past three years, with premiums of 20% to 30% in certain industries.
Nevertheless, BCG's analysis disclosed that despite the substantial premium they often command, green deals generally create more value than nongreen deals upon announcement and over the ensuing two years. By analyzing cumulative abnormal return (CAR) for three-day periods before and after a deal announcement, BCG found that the median CAR of environmental-related transactions (1.0%) is significantly higher than that of nongreen deals (0.6%). The report also determined that the median two-year relative total shareholder return (rTSR) of green deals (0.6%) exceeds that of nongreen deals (0.4%).
"Green deals often command a substantial premium---as high as 20% to 30% in certain industries—but our research shows that, in many cases, the price is justified," said Daniel Friedman, a BCG managing director and partner and a coauthor of the report. "In both the short term and the longer term, the message is clear: companies that use the right approach to green dealmaking generate higher returns."
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(NEXSTAR) – Yellowstone National Park officials are warning visitors to stay away from wildlife after two recent encounters that left a bison calf dead and an elk calf away from its herd.
Over the Memorial Day weekend, a group of visitors reportedly put an elk calf in their car, officials said Monday. It is believed the elk was picked up along Highway 191 in Yellowstone.
The young elk was then brought to the West Yellowstone Police Department in Montana.
Park officials say the elk ran into a nearby forest. It’s unclear what condition the elk is in, and the incident remains under investigation.
Yellowstone officials and West Yellowstone Police didn’t immediately respond to Nexstar’s inquiries for additional information.
The incident happened just days after a Hawaii man interacted with a bison calf that rangers were later forced to kill.
The man, Clifford Walters, recently pleaded guilty to disturbing the calf. He was seen approaching the animal, which had been separated from its mother as the herd crossed the Lamar River, and pushing the calf away from the river and onto a nearby roadway.
Visitors reported that the calf then walked up to and followed cars and people. Though Yellowstone rangers tried “repeatedly” to reunite the bison calf with its herd, their “efforts failed.”
“The calf was later killed by park staff because it was abandoned by the herd and causing a hazardous situation by approaching cars and people along the roadway,” authorities wrote in a news release. Authorities noted that there was no indication that the man acted maliciously.
Walters told The New York Times he was trying to save the calf from the river, saying it was struggling after being swept downstream.
“I couldn’t stand to see it die,” he told the outlet, calling his decision “an act of compassion.” Walters was ordered to pay a $500 fine, a $500 Community Service Payment to the Yellowstone Forever Wildlife Protection Fund, $30 in a special assessment, and a $10 processing fee.
Following both incidents and “some actions by visitors,” Yellowstone is warning visitors to protect the park’s wildlife.
Park regulations require visitors to remain at least 25 yards from all wildlife and at least 100 yards from bears and wolves. Violating those regulations could result in fines, or more seriously, injury and death.
Last year, a 25-year-old woman was tossed 10 feet into the air by a bison she approached while walking near Old Faithful. Less than two months later, a 71-year-old woman was gored by a bison she and her daughter “inadvertently approached” in Yellowstone. Two days earlier, a man was gored by a bison after it charged him and his family. Both individuals survived but suffered injuries.
Yellowstone officials note that if you see a visitor in person or online doing something that “might hurt them, others, or the park” to report it to a ranger or, if you’re in the park, dial 911. | 2023-06-05T22:21:17+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/yellowstone-visitors-put-elk-calf-in-their-car-investigation-underway-rangers/ |
DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — Danville City Council has approved redistricting the wards.
This comes after a decline in population over the last ten years.
Between 2010 and 2020, the city lost about 4,000 people. Under the new war map, more than 3,000 residents will be changing wards.
There are seven wards, each highlighted in a different color. Mayor Ricky Willaims Jr. said the new changes reflect the current times.
“We had to do a little bit of adjusting of the wards,” Williams said. “For example, one ward had 1,300 more residents at this point than another ward, so we’re making adjustments so that we can be as close to the same number of people in each ward that way everyone has equal representation.”
Williams said there are no new wards, just switching the ward boundaries. | 2022-11-04T03:37:28+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/decrease-in-danville-population-changes-wards/ |
The debate over abortion moves from the court to the states and voters
After the Supreme Court overturns Roe V. Wade, lawmakers on Capitol Hill tell us what they think about the court’s decision.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) -The country is reacting to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that ruled there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion.
States will now get to decide their own laws surrounding abortion.
“There will be daughters waking up with less rights than their mothers had,” said Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.).
Cortez Masto joined protestors outside the Supreme Court Friday, shortly after the opinion came down. She told us she believes the court’s ruling treats women like 2nd class citizens.
“We’ve had over 50 years of women being able to make these decisions. And now it is going to be elected representatives, people making these decisions, government officials making these decisions for women. It’s outrageous,” said Cortez Masto.
The ruling means access to abortion may be more difficult for Americans living in states that regulate or ban the procedure.
Democrats are calling on Americans to elect more pro-choice lawmakers so they can pass legislation that would federally protect abortion access.
Meanwhile, Republicans are celebrating the court’s decision.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas.) believes the court did the right thing. “This decision is an incredible vindication for the Constitution and for the rule of law,” he said.
Kansas Senator Roger Marshall (R) also praised the court.
He told us, “So many people worked so hard for years for this moment.”
A moment that is igniting the country and moving the debate over abortion from the court to the states and voters.
More than a dozen states have already passed laws restricting legal access to abortion. Some ban abortion even in cases of incest or rape.
Copyright 2022 Gray DC. All rights reserved. | 2022-06-25T05:08:37+00:00 | live5news.com | https://www.live5news.com/2022/06/25/debate-over-abortion-moves-court-states-voters/ |
Lawton natives Alex Rodriguez and Emmalee Hamilton are starring in their first professional acting roles in the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s production of “Big River”.
The musical is based on the classic novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”. Alex plays Huck Finn and Emmalee plays the role of Mary Jane. Both are excited about the production.
“I don’t think I will ever have enough words to describe how much being a part of this production has meant to me,” Hamilton said. “To say that I am in my first professional show is so surreal and a huge dream come true. I never thought this would happen, and I am beyond grateful to have been given this opportunity.”
Rodriguez pointed out that he would never have made it to his first professional show without the support of those in Lawton.
“My beginnings were with LCT (Lawton Community Theatre) and I am so thankful for their support. Specifically, Chance Harmon and Bryson Petersen have played a huge role in where I am today,” he said.
Rodriguez and Hamilton explained how they see a little of themselves in the character they play.
“Huck (Huckleberry Finn) is young, spirited, good-intentioned, and a little bit stuck in his ways,” Rodriguez explained. “Huck and I are similar in both having a certain enthusiasm for life and craving adventure, but different in that Huck is unwilling to learn.”
Hamilton also sees some of herself in her character.
“Mary Jane is a compassionate, kind, trusting, soft-spoken, and generous person who cares and loves unconditionally,” said Hamilton. “She always tries to see the best in people, which is something that I immediately related to when I read the script for the first time.”
Director Michael Baron expressed his appreciation for these two actors, and for what they bring to the stage.
“I’ve watched both Emmalee and Alex grow as actors during their time as students in Lyric’s Thelma Gaylord Academy,” he said. “Now that they are in their late teens, it’s been exciting to watch them evolve. They have created thoughtful, complex, and heartfelt performances. Both of them have brought a unique perspective to their characters and sing the Roger Miller score with wonderful authenticity.”
“Most importantly,” he continued, “they were a positive force in the rehearsal hall, and this kindness is evident in their performances.”
“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was written by Mark Twain and published in 1885. It is a story of adventure, courage, and friendship in the unlikeliest of places, as Huck and Jim, an enslaved person who has escaped, make their way down the Mississippi River together.
The events of the novel take place in 1835, before the Civil War, when slavery was still legal throughout much of the United States. Racial conflict and human rights play a central role in the tale.
One hundred years later, in 1985, the novel was adapted for the stage by Tony Award-winner Bill Hauptman, and the music and lyrics were written by late singer-songwriter and Oklahoma-native Roger Miller.
“The musical has been beloved by many theater-makers as well as audiences since 1985,” said Baron, in a note. “However, in the past decade, the musical has become more problematic in its portrayal of both the white and African-American characters. Also, by adapting the book, the musical becomes unbalanced in the opportunities given to the actors telling the story of this difficult period in American history.
“While I do believe Twain was a humanist and believed all of us are created equal, some of the language and situations in the book have become traumatic for many when they are lifted off of the page and brought onto the stage in the present day. This doesn’t mean the musical shouldn’t be performed, but like all stage productions, must be looked at through the lens of the present day.”
These issues and others made it apparent to some that the original version of “Big River” was due for an update.
Michael Bobbitt, the former artistic director of Adventure Theatre in Washington, D.C., came up with the idea to adapt the play for modern, and younger, audiences. With input from the African American community and from Bill Hauptman, the writer of the original play, a new version of the Broadway hit has been created.
“This is the third stop in a three-theatre collaboration,” Baron said, “and at each stop, we’ve made changes to bring clarity and hope to this heartfelt musical.”
“This hour-long version of Mark Twain’s novel removes offensive language and expands the role of Jim, now the same age as Huck,” reads a synopsis on the Lyric Theatre’s website. “This tale of friendship against all odds is recreated for young audiences as two best friends demonstrate the power children have to change the world.”
“This show is the first of its kind,” said Rodriguez. “‘Big River’ is full of important racial themes, and Lyric Theatre wanted to find a way to make it more accessible for younger audiences.
“I was able to put my input in on what songs and lines made it to the final script. There were times I feared that the show would lose its convicting message, (but) The Lyric Theatre staff handled this well, and I think the final copy is a good medium.”
Hamilton is pleased with the final product.
“I believe that everyone involved in the process of creating this new version of “Big River” did such a wonderful job,” she said. “They kept important plot points in the story and brought out the voices of characters that were originally not heard from as often.”
Rodriguez wants to encourage other young people who are interested in acting or stagecraft to pursue their passions.
“Just go and do it,” he said. “Take the lessons, classes, and chances. The No. 1 teacher is experience. Do not think that if you don’t have the money to put towards technical training that you cannot still succeed. Passion itself can be worth just as much as hours in a practice studio.”
Hamilton agreed, saying, “Go for it, kiddo! The theatre is like your own little bubble. You are in this safe space where you can go to new worlds without any judgment. There is so much you will learn when you get into theatre. You’ll strengthen your social skills, create friendships, learn about responsibility, and bring joy to others that come to see you perform.
“The theatre is my version of Disneyland, it is the most magical place on earth to me. When you are ready, you go for it. You have plenty of time to begin, and I will be cheering you on when you are ready to start.”
For more information, visit https://lyrictheatreokc.com/shows/big-river-the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/ | 2023-02-26T07:59:47+00:00 | swoknews.com | https://www.swoknews.com/styles/lawton-actors-shine-at-lyric-theatre/article_59721102-9233-51b8-a03d-e50cb9ce0103.html |
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern became the first major North American freight railroad with deals to provide paid sick time to all of its workers Monday, but the other railroads are making progress, with nearly 65% of all rail workers securing this basic benefit since the start of the year.
All of the major freight railroads have said they are committed to resolving this key issue that nearly led to a strike in last year’s bitter contract talks. But most of those railroads — which include CSX, Union Pacific, BNSF, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City — are still negotiating with a number of their unions.
Also Monday, Union Pacific announced a deal that will provide paid sick leave to about 5,600 engineers in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen union that gives that railroad agreements with 12 of its 13 unions.
Most of the sick time deals, including the one Norfolk Southern announced for yardmasters Monday, provide four days of paid sick time and give workers the option to convert three days of personal leave time into sick days. The conductors and engineers who endure the most unpredictable schedules while operating the trains have been getting five days of paid sick leave with the option to convert two leave days into sick time. The Union Pacific deal follows that five-day model.
So all of these deals provide up to seven days of paid sick time, and the railroads promised to pay workers for any unused sick time at the end of each year.
Last fall, the railroads refused to add paid sick time to the deal they had already been negotiating for several years, but they relented this year after intense pressure from the public, the Biden administration and several key lawmakers, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Rail workers were forced to accept a five-year deal that provided 24% raises and $5,000 in bonuses after Congress blocked their ability to strike because of fears of an economic catastrophe, but that agreement didn’t address their quality-of-life concerns.
The engineers’ union said providing sick time to train crews can help make sure they aren’t fatigued while at the controls of a locomotive.
“This agreement is really about health and safety,” said Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen National President Eddie Hall. “It’s not in our members’, the public’s or the railroad’s best interest for engineers to be operating trains when they’re sick.”
Union Pacific CEO Lance Fritz said these agreements show “the well-being and quality of life for all employees are critically important to us.”
About 300 workers are covered by this latest Norfolk Southern agreement. Jeremy Ferguson, president of the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers union that represents the Norfolk Southern yardmasters and conductors nationwide, praised the progress that has been made.
“This agreement will provide our hardworking yardmasters the time they need and deserve to take care of their personal wellbeing,” Ferguson said.
A separate larger agreement between SMART-TD and Norfolk Southern that also addresses schedule concerns for conductors was ratified Friday.
“Following national labor negotiations, we committed to address quality of life issues for our craft railroaders. With today’s agreement, we make good on that promise,” said Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan Shaw.
Norfolk Southern and the other major railroads tout the progress they have made so far, but officials with the Transportation Trades Department — the AFL-CIO labor coalition that includes all the rail unions — said much work remains to address workers’ concerns.
“For months, railroads have been at the table individually with their unions to find a path forward on the quality-of-life matters that came into the spotlight during the round’s final days. Today, railroads have new paid sick leave agreements in place to cover the majority of the unionized rail workforce,” said Ian Jefferies, who leads the Association of American Railroads trade group. “Additionally, multiple railroads have secured deals to give operating craft employees greater scheduling predictability.”
Greg Regan, president of the TTD labor coalition, said the unions have been keeping up the pressure on the railroads ever since last year’s contract talks.
“I think the the railroads probably realize the only way this is going to go away is if they actually bargain in good faith. And you know, so far it has yielded some decent results,” Regan said. | 2023-06-06T21:45:56+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/business/ap-business/norfolk-southern-is-1st-railroad-to-give-all-workers-sick-time-as-others-negotiate-with-unions/ |
HONG KONG, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to foreign media reports about "Chinese regulatory authorities asking banks and some of the state-owned companies to examine their exposure to Fosun" on 13 September, Fosun said such reports are completely false.
It is understood that Fosun has sought confirmation from regulatory authorities through multiple channels. The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) has not asked commercial banks to check about their financial exposure on Fosun, and many commercial banks that cooperate with Fosun have never received relevant notices.
Gong Ping, Executive President and CFO of Fosun International, said, "Fosun's recent seemingly frequent reductions in shareholdings and divestments are a continuation of its financial strategy of balancing investment and divestment in the past few years. Fosun has been dynamically sorting and optimizing its asset portfolios. Such moves are not just for coping with the current market environment. However, we noticed that the complex external environment has raised public opinion on the disposal of the Group's assets, resulting in a one-sided interpretation of such asset disposal, while neglecting the Group's general principle of asset optimization, which is our long-term dynamic asset optimization."
According to the interim results announced on 30 August, Fosun's four major business segments of Health, Happiness, Wealth, and Intelligent Manufacturing demonstrated resilience. In the first half of the year, Fosun achieved sustainable revenue growth, its total revenue reached RMB82.89 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 17.7%. Its enterprise operation profit increased by 35.5% year-on-year. Meanwhile, the Group's funds remained stable. As at the end of the reporting period, cash, bank balances and term deposits were abundant, amounting to RMB117.65 billion; the adjusted NAV remained stable at HK$24.2 per share.
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SOURCE Fosun | 2022-09-14T04:39:36+00:00 | newschannel10.com | https://www.newschannel10.com/prnewswire/2022/09/14/fosun-foreign-media-reports-about-regulatory-authorities-asking-banks-examine-their-exposure-fosun-are-completely-false/ |
Chelsea have a manager in charge of the football team again. Mauricio Pochettino will be the fourth boss the squad have had to answer to in the space of 12 months. But after a year of chaos at Stamford Bridge, the former Tottenham Hotspur and Paris Saint-Germain coach has already drawn a line under what has gone before.
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Jose Mourinho made a bold statement when he declared himself as the "Special One" on his Chelsea unveiling in 2004. Jurgen Klopp did the same when promising to win the Premier League within four years (he took five, but won the Champions League in his fourth season) in his first news conference at Liverpool in 2015. Both men projected their strength of character at the first opportunity, and it paid off. Pochettino has done the same at Chelsea, but the hard work now begins on the pitch.
Actions will ultimately speak louder than Pochettino's words, but the 51-year-old's introductory news conference Friday was akin to a State of the Union address. Issues were dealt with, principles were spelled out and Pochettino projected his personality to make clear that managing a club as demanding and complex as Chelsea was a motivation, not a burden.
All of the above should be basic elements of taking charge of a top club, but none of Pochettino's three immediate predecessors in the role last season -- Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter and Frank Lampard -- were able to tick the necessary boxes.
Tuchel, a Champions League winner at the club in 2021, failed to embrace the change of ownership at Stamford Bridge last summer. He was unable to align with the vision of his new boss, Todd Boehly, and was fired a month into the season.
Potter was handed the chance to build Chelsea in Boehly's vision, but the former Brighton & Hove Albion manager lacked the personality, experience and confidence to ride out the storm of negative results that followed. He lasted seven months in the job. Then came Lampard, a legend at Chelsea as a player but a man whose managerial record did nothing to inspire a sceptical squad in need of direction. His period as caretaker manager -- just over two years after being fired from the full-time job at the same club -- resulted in a run of eight defeats and just one win in 11 games in charge.
Pochettino's turbulent stint as PSG coach will have prepared him well for Chelsea. In the French capital he had to deal with the demands of the club's Qatari owners and the difficulties of managing the superstar personalities of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. Two years at Parc des Princes will feel like a finishing school in managing the dressing room and the boardroom -- two distinctly different challenges that he will have to negotiate at Chelsea.
His first appearance in front of the cameras suggested he has learned from his PSG experience and also from the failures of Tuchel, Potter and Lampard. By making it clear to co-controlling owners Boehly and Behdad Eghbali that they need his permission to enter the dressing room at Stamford Bridge, Pochettino not only sent a message to the owners that he was in charge of football matters, but also to the players.
That was a grey area last season, with neither Potter nor Lampard ever conveying the sense that they were in charge. When Boehly addressed the players and described results and performances as "embarrassing" after a home defeat against Brighton in April, he was doing the manager's job and, therefore, diminishing him in the eyes of the players. Those same players now know that Pochettino has asserted his authority to the owners, and they will respect his strength of character in doing so.
By telling club-record signing Romelu Lukaku, who spent last season on loan at Inter Milan, that he expects him back at the club for preseason training this summer, Pochettino sent another message to the squad: the slate has been wiped clean, and he will make the final decision on whether players are part of the future or not.
And there are plenty of players still at Chelsea waiting to know whether their future is at Stamford Bridge or elsewhere. The ins and outs this summer have ensured that Pochettino has inherited a group of players in a state of flux: three players have been added to the squad, most notably £52 million forward Christopher Nkunku, while 11 players including Kai Havertz, Mason Mount and N'Golo Kante have left.
Last season's huge outlay on new signings has yet to bear fruit, but Pochettino will have noted Mykhailo Mudryk's impressive performances for Ukraine at the European Under-21 Championship as evidence of the 22-year-old's ability to succeed at the club after a difficult start. Youngsters including Levi Colwill, a U21 Euros winner with England, and Lewis Hall will also offer Pochettino the opportunity to hand youth a chance as he did so successfully at Spurs. He will believe he can quickly make Chelsea competitive again.
But the first stage of Pochettino's Chelsea rebuild was in his opening news conference as the club's manager, and it was his first big win. | 2023-07-10T16:14:39+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37988804/mauricio-pochettino-showing-strength-new-chelsea-era-needs |
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has declared a national water shortage caused by the hot, dry summer that is parching much of Europe, and has formed a national team to draw up measures to manage supplies.
The government said Wednesday that further measures are not yet necessary, but could be in the future.
Very little rain has fallen in the Netherlands over the summer and dry conditions further north and east in Europe mean less water is streaming into the country in rivers.
Water authorities in parts of the country already have put restrictions on farmers spraying crops with water and the drought conditions also are hindering freight-carrying barges that ply the country’s rivers.
The government says that drinking water supplies are not threatened. | 2022-08-04T02:07:43+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/international/dutch-government-declares-water-shortage-during-hot-dry-summer/ |
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