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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Brooks Rehabilitation and Mayo Clinic in Florida – two of the region's leading medical institutions for treating patients after life-altering brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, strokes and more – today announced a collaboration on a new comprehensive residency program designed for medical students interested in pursuing careers in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
The Mayo Clinic PM&R Residency Program in Collaboration with Brooks Rehabilitation is a four-year categorical program offering an opportunity to train in a world-class medical institution while gaining hands-on experience in one of the top rehabilitation hospitals in the region. Brooks Rehabilitation is a leader in inpatient rehabilitation, ranked No. 1 in Florida on Newsweek's "America's Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers 2022" list and named to U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals for Rehabilitation" list. Newsweek also ranks Mayo Clinic as the No. 1 hospital in Florida.
The program has received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and will welcome its first class of students on July 1, 2024.
"This collaboration represents a major step forward in providing comprehensive rehabilitation care to patients in our region, while also training the next generation of PM&R physicians," said Trevor Paris, M.D., chief medical officer, Brooks Rehabilitation System. "We look forward to working together to continue to deliver the most innovative care of the highest standard while advancing the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation."
Residents will complete their first year of training in the Internal Medicine Preliminary Year Program at Mayo Clinic. They will then undergo 12 months of rotations for inpatient rehabilitation at Brooks Rehabilitation's inpatient hospital including pediatrics. In the final 24 months of the program, residents will receive outpatient musculoskeletal and neurologic clinics, electromyography and acute hospital consults at Mayo Clinic. Training at Mayo Clinic and Brooks Rehabilitation allows residents to learn from some of the field's most respected clinicians and researchers.
"We are excited to collaborate with Brooks Rehabilitation to launch this new PM&R Residency Program in Florida," said James Atchison, D.O., chair of PM&R at Mayo Clinic and PM&R residency program director. "This accreditation demonstrates our shared commitment to providing exceptional care and training to our patients and residents. Our goal is to provide our residents with an outstanding educational experience that prepares them to become leaders in physical medicine and rehabilitation and enhance the overall quality of care for patients."
Medical students can apply through the Electronic Residency Application Service. Successful candidates will be accepted through the National Resident Matching Program.
About Brooks Rehabilitation
For more than 50 years, Brooks Rehabilitation, headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., has been a comprehensive source for physical rehabilitation services. As a nonprofit organization, Brooks operates one of the nation's largest inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S. with 170 beds, a second 60-bed inpatient hospital that opened in April 2022, and a Center for Inpatient Rehabilitation in partnership with Halifax Health in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Brooks also has one of the region's largest home healthcare agencies, nearly 50 outpatient therapy clinics, the Brooks Rehabilitation Physician Practice, two skilled nursing facilities, assisted living and memory care. Brooks will treat more than 60,000 patients through its system of care each year. In addition, Brooks operates the Clinical Research Center, which specializes in research to advance the science of rehabilitation. Brooks also provides many low- or no-cost community programs and services to improve the quality of life for people living with physical disabilities.
For more information, visit BrooksRehab.org.
Media Contacts:
Kathy Barbour, APR, Fellow PRSA
Brooks Rehabilitation
(904) 612-6511 (cell)
Kathy.Barbour@brooksrehab.org
Alexi Gonzalez
Mayo Clinic in Florida
(904) 534-4502 (cell)
gonzalez.alexi@mayo.edu
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SOURCE Brooks Rehabilitation | 2023-06-26T12:17:16+00:00 | kxii.com | https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2023/06/26/brooks-rehabilitation-mayo-clinic-collaborate-new-comprehensive-physical-medicine-amp-rehabilitation-residency-program/ |
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URBANA — Rachel Leele, 50, of Urbana, died Wednesday (July 20, 2022) at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Williams Memorial Services, 1203 N. Market St., Champaign. | 2022-07-24T06:06:05+00:00 | news-gazette.com | https://www.news-gazette.com/obituaries/rachel-leele/article_a394bd48-0adc-11ed-9daa-776c67ac2760.html |
New York Mets starting pitcher Max Scherzer (21) talks with home plate umpire David Rackley after working during the second inning of a spring training baseball game against the Washington Nationals Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of IonQ, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of IONQ during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
CLASS PERIOD: March 30, 2021 to May 2, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) IonQ had not yet developed a 32-qubit quantum computer; (2) the Company's 11-qubit quantum computer suffered from significant error rates, rendering it useless; (3) IonQ's quantum the computer is not sufficiently reliable, so it is not accessible despite being available through major cloud providers; (4) a significant portion of IonQ's revenue was derived from improper roundtripping transactions with related parties; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were the materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: August 1, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/ionq-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=29733&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of IONQ during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is August 1, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Creators Legal, provides "One Click Contracts for Creators" and helps the passion economy with legal services without the need for expensive lawyers, announced today that Creator Camp, a community that brings together creators, musicians, and entrepreneurs to find ways to have a greater impact, has joined the company's board of advisors.
Founded by Eric Farber and Phil Alberstat, Creators Legal has quickly became the leading resource for creators looking to navigate the legal landscape. The company's mission is to empower creators with DIY legal solutions and tools to protect their rights and create better relationships, all at the fraction of the cost of an entertainment lawyer.
"We are thrilled to have Creator Camp join our board of advisors," said Eric Farber, CEO of Creators Legal. "Their expertise in the creator community and their passion for helping creators succeed will be invaluable as we continue to grow and evolve."
Creator Camp, founded by creators Christopher Duncan, Max Reisinger, Ryan Ng and Simon Kim, is the leading resource for creators looking to make a greater impact in their field. The organization's mission is to empower creators to reach their full potential and make a positive impact on the world. Creator Camp hosts in-person events for top creators.
"We are excited to be joining the board of advisors for Creators Legal," said Max Reisinger, co-founder of Creator Camp. "Their mission of helping creators navigate the legal landscape is perfectly aligned with our mission of empowering creators to make a greater impact. We look forward to working together to help creators succeed."
About Creator Camp:
Creator Camp is a community that brings together creators, musicians, and entrepreneurs to find ways to have a greater impact. Founded by creators for creators, Creator Camp is a leading resource for creators looking to make a greater impact in their field. www.CreatorCamp.co
About Creators Legal:
Creators Legal is a company that provides "One Click Contracts for Creators" and helps the passion economy with legal services without the need for expensive lawyers. Founded by Eric Farber and Phil Alberstat, Creators Legal is a leading resource for creators looking to navigate the legal landscape. www.CreatorsLegal.com
Contact:
Eric Farber, Founder & CEO
Creators Legal
Eric@creatorslegal.com
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SOURCE Creators Legal | 2023-02-22T23:08:41+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/prnewswire/2023/02/22/creators-legal-announces-creator-camp-newest-addition-board-advisors/ |
Starbucks union says Pride weekend strikes closed 21 US stores
By DEE-ANN DURBIN
AP Business Writer
The union organizing Starbucks workers said Monday that a strike timed to Pride month closed 21 stores over the weekend, including the company’s flagship Reserve Roastery in Seattle.
The strike will continue through this week and is expected disrupt operations at more than 150 stores, Starbucks Workers United said. The Seattle Roastery was closed all day Friday and was open for just five hours on Sunday instead of its usual 15, the union said.
Starbucks said the impact on its operations has been limited. On Monday, 120 stores were participating in the strike but only 13 of those were fully closed, the company said. In some cases, drive-thrus have remained open but cafes have closed, the company said.
Workers are protesting reports that some Starbucks stores banned LGBTQ+ Pride displays this year after backlash against companies like Target, where angry customers tipped over Pride displays and confronted workers. The union also says Starbucks officials have warned workers that unionizing could threaten their health benefits, including gender affirming care for transgender workers.
But Starbucks insists there has been no change of corporate policy around Pride displays or employee benefits. Starbucks extended full health care to same-sex partners in 1988 and added coverage for gender reassignment surgery in 2013.
In a letter to employees posted Friday on Starbucks’ website, CEO Laxman Narasimhan noted that a Pride flag is currently flying over the company’s Seattle headquarters, just as it has in past years.
“We want to be crystal clear: Starbucks has been and will continue to be at the forefront of supporting the LGBTQIA2+ community, and we will not waver in that commitment,” Narasimhan said. “As such, we strongly disapprove of any person or group, seeking to use our partners’ cultural and heritage celebrations to create harm or flagrantly advance misinformation for self-interested goals.”
At least 319 of Starbucks’ 9,265 company-operated U.S. stores have voted to unionize since late 2021, while 76 stores have voted against unionizing, according to the National Labor Relations Board. Workers are seeking guaranteed minimum hours, gender-neutral store bathrooms and safety improvements, among other things.
Starbucks doesn’t support unionization, and the effort has been contentious. Earlier this month, the company agreed to settle an NLRB complaint that it improperly blocked unionized employees from working shifts at University of Washington football games. The company agreed to back pay for 10 workers and also said it would inform current employees in the Seattle area that it won’t interfere with their right to organize.
Workers went on strike twice late last year and again in March ahead of the company’s annual meeting. But the strikes don’t appear to be impacting customer demand. Starbucks’ U.S. same-store sales were up 12% in the quarter ending April 2.
Starbucks shares were flat in midday trading Monday. | 2023-06-26T20:58:17+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/2023/06/26/starbucks-union-says-pride-weekend-strikes-closed-21-us-stores/ |
Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies; 3 left from group
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Samuel Sandoval, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages in World War II using a code based on their native language, has died.
Sandoval died late Friday at a hospital in Shiprock, New Mexico, his wife, Malula told The Associated Press on Saturday. He was 98.
Hundreds of Navajos were recruited from the vast Navajo Nation to serve as Code Talkers with the U.S. Marine Corps. Only three are still alive today: Peter MacDonald, John Kinsel Sr. and Thomas H. Begay.
The code, based on the then-unwritten Navajo language, confounded Japanese military cryptologists. The Code Talkers are celebrated annually on Aug. 14, the day the Japanese surrendered.
Malula Sandoval said her husband had been looking forward to participating in the celebration this year and seeing a museum built in honor of the Code Talkers.
“Sam always said, ‘I wanted my Navajo youngsters to learn, they need to know what we did and how this code was used and how it contributed to the world,’” she said Saturday. “That the Navajo language was powerful and always to continue carrying our legacy.”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-30T21:36:58+00:00 | kcrg.com | https://www.kcrg.com/2022/07/30/navajo-code-talker-samuel-sandoval-dies-3-left-group/ |
Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, Aug. 9:
- High-stakes races for the Ohio Supreme Court will determine the balance of the bench
- Three face court hearings as Jayland Walker protesters, Akron police dispute altercation
- Shortage of teachers impacts some Northeast Ohio school districts
- Monkeypox cases rise in Northeast Ohio
- Heavy rains knock out power, overwhelm sewers
- It’s Dolly Parton Day in Ohio
- Guardians hit the road
- Weather: Chance Showers, High 78
High-stakes races for the Ohio Supreme Court will determine the balance of the bench
The races for three seats on the Ohio Supreme Court this November are gaining national attention for the stakes involved with future decisions related to abortion, redistricting and other high-profile issues. Sabatos' Crystal Ball, the national political forecasting newsletter, has included Ohio's Supreme Court races on its short list of those to watch this November. These races rarely get as much attention as other statewide races. Vote totals from past elections show some voters who cast ballots don’t make choices in state Supreme Court races and some skip them altogether. But Republicans and Democrats are hoping that will change.
[Statehouse News Bureau]
Three face court hearings as Jayland Walker protesters, Akron police dispute altercation
Three people charged with misdemeanors following a July 29 altercation in downtown Akron tied to Jayland Walker protests against police face court hearings later this month. Protesters dispute at least part of the police version of what happened that night, which involved caravans of vehicles and people moving around and in some instances blocking intersections downtown and in other parts of the city. Some protesters have alleged police set up an incident as an excuse to move in and disperse people on High Street near the police station. [Akron Beacon Journal]
Shortage of teachers impacts some Northeast Ohio school districts
A shortage of teachers is impacting schools in Northeast Ohio, as well as across the country. The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is just 14 days away from classes starting and has 150 open teacher positions. The shortage was noticed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the lack of college graduates entering the field remains an issue. Mark Williamson with Akron Public Schools said the shortage is impacting that district as well. There are 69 open teaching positions in the Akron district. [WKYC-TV]
Monkeypox cases rise in Northeast Ohio
Cases of monkeypox are on the rise in Northeast Ohio. Portage County has identified its first case. Lorain County reported a new case, for a total of two cases. Cleveland's Department of Public Health reported seven new monkeypox cases, bringing the total in the city to 18. Ohio now has 68 cases of monkeypox, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That number is up from 45 on Friday. [WOIO-TV]
Heavy rains knock out power, overwhelm sewers
About 3,000 FirstEnergy customers were still without power as of 5 a.m. today after last night's storms. FirstEnergy’s online outage map showed most of those outages are in Geauga County near Chesterland and Chardon. Last night's rain caused an overflow of raw sewage and stormwater into Lake Erie at Edgewater Beach. The last overflow event happened exactly a year ago. The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District advises visitors to the beach to avoid contact with the water and with branches and other woody debris floating in the water until water quality improves. [Ideastream Public Media]
It’s Dolly Parton Day in Ohio
Country music legend and literacy advocate Dolly Parton will visit Columbus today to celebrate her Imagination Library of Ohio. It mails a free, age-appropriate book each month to more than 327,000 Ohio children ages 5 and under. Gov. Mike DeWine declared the day in her honor. [WJW-TV]
Guardians hit the road
The Cleveland Guardians begin a six-game road trip tonight with the first of a three-game series in Detroit against the Tigers. Cleveland righty Shane Bieber starts against Tigers left-hander Tyler Alexander. First pitch, 7:10 p.m. [mlb.com]
Weather: Chance Showers, High 78
Cloudy, with a high near 78. A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2 p.m. Tonight, mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. A slight chance of showers before 11 p.m. [National Weather Service] | 2022-08-09T14:46:44+00:00 | wksu.org | https://www.wksu.org/2022-08-09/morning-headlines-high-stakes-races-for-the-ohio-supreme-court-and-more |
Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and technology nonprofit First Street Foundation today released Risk Factor Pro to all users, offering American consumers in-depth climate risk analysis and data normally accessible only to large institutional investors and mortgage providers.
The data available exclusively through Risk Factor Pro includes damage cost estimates, enhanced analysis of the consequences of flood, extreme heat, and wildfire to a building, visual graphics, and interactive maps. The tool also goes beyond exposure data by allowing users to customize building characteristics, ensuring an accurate, property specific and highly granular climate risk assessment; a feature developed alongside global built environment consulting firm Arup.
"This level of data and analysis can cost corporations tens of thousands of dollars to access, but once they have it, they can leverage it in ways your average American can't," said Matthew Eby, CEO of First Street Foundation. "By offering these insights for free to every American homeowner, Risk Factor Pro removes the asymmetry of knowledge that exists between the most powerful institutional investors and homeowners and shoppers, leveling the playing field, and ensuring every American has the information they need to protect themselves and their homes."
"As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, we need accessible data to better prepare our communities for a changing world," said Ibbi Almufti, Associate Principal at Arup. "Risk Factor Pro provides homeowners and homebuyers with unique insights into their property risks, equipping them to make informed decisions that can mitigate negative impacts of climate change and boost resilience."
Risk Factor Pro leverages the Foundation's unique, peer reviewed, property specific, climate adjusted modeling capabilities to provide in-depth analysis of a property's risk from flood, heat, wildfire, and future perils, including details about potential damages and other consequences associated with climate risk. It provides the same data and tools used by large companies and investors like Nuveen, Morningstar, Banks of America, Fannie Mae, and over 30 federal agencies, to every residential property owner and renter in the country.
To learn more about Risk Factor Pro and its suite of tools and capabilities, visit Risk Factor Pro.
First Street Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) research and technology group dedicated to making climate risk accessible, easy to understand and actionable for individuals, governments, and industry. Using world class modeling techniques based on the most up to date science available they inform Americans of their risk today and into the future through their numerous peer-reviewed publications and reports along with Risk Factor (riskfactor.com), their publicly facing property specific climate risk assessment tool. To learn more about First Street Foundation visit FirstStreet.org or follow them on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook.
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SOURCE First Street Foundation | 2022-11-07T05:24:56+00:00 | kfyrtv.com | https://www.kfyrtv.com/prnewswire/2022/11/07/first-street-foundations-risk-factor-pro-provides-industry-standard-data-analysis-insight-every-american-homeowner/ |
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Officer who survived being shot in head 2 years ago dies from complications, officials say
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE/Gray News) – A New Orleans police officer has died from injuries he sustained more than two years ago when he was shot in the head during an ambush, officials said.
The New Orleans Police Department said officer Trevor Abney died over the weekend.
Abney was shot on Oct. 30, 2020, when he was patrolling the French Quarter, police said. The bullet became lodged in his skull.
Abney’s partner, Officer Brook Duncan IV, was also in the vehicle and injured by shattered glass.
The St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s Office concluded Monday afternoon that Abney died from complications from the injuries he sustained in the shooting. His death has been ruled a homicide.
Police said Donnell Hassell, 47, has been in custody since the day of the shooting. Police said he opened fire on the officers from the back of a pedicab, which is a small pedal-operated vehicle serving as a taxi.
Hassell was arrested near the scene of the shooting.
Court records show Hassell is awaiting trial on two counts of attempted first-degree murder. He has entered dual pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.
Hassell initially was deemed incompetent to stand trial. But after months of state mental health treatment, he was deemed competent to stand trial in September 2022 by Criminal District Judge Robin Pittman.
Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams said prosecutors will review the case against Hassell and consider upgraded charges now that Abney has died.
“We are absolutely considering upgraded and additional charges,” Williams said in a statement. “We immediately began investigating and evaluating new charges as soon as we learned of Officer Trevor Abney’s passing. We have been in contact with his family and are committed to seeing justice through in this case.”
Interim NOPD Supt. Michelle Woodfork said the news of Abney’s passing has been difficult for the department.
“Officer Abney was a valued member of the police department who served the community with compassion and professionalism,” Woodfork said. “His presence will be greatly missed by all his fellow officers as well as people in the community.”
Following the shooting, Abney received the NOPD’s Medal of Merit for his bravery. He began working for the department in 2015.
Copyright 2023 WVUE via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-11T17:08:42+00:00 | atlantanewsfirst.com | https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/04/11/officer-who-survived-being-shot-head-2-years-ago-dies-complications-officials-say/ |
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – If you’re ready for an adventure and like to explore, there are plenty places to visit in Indianapolis.
WISH-TV is proud to be the media sponsor for Indy Ultimate 2022. It allows you to experience iconic landmarks throughout downtown like never before.
In two weeks, the big event will kick off and our very own Drew Blair will serve as emcee. Participants will start and finish at Monument Circle and can complete the course at their own pace. The route includes sports venues Victory Field and Lucas Oil Stadium, and there will be opportunities to run the bases and kick field goals.
The Jim Irsay Collection inside Lucas Oil Stadium is a new addition to this year’s event. Visitors can view the collection which highlights musical instruments and items owned and used by music artists like Bob Dylan, The Beatles and Prince.
Indiana Sports Corps organizes the fundraiser, and the money raised helps to bring big sporting events to Indianapolis.
The event is on Sept. 10 and registration is now open. | 2022-08-25T17:42:58+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/get-ready-indy-ultimate-2022-is-only-weeks-away/ |
LPD pursuit ends with crash
Published: Jun. 8, 2023 at 3:34 PM CDT|Updated: 37 minutes ago
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - A motorcyclist crashed Thursday in Lawton after police caught them going almost twice the speed limit.
Police say they clocked the rider going 98 miles per an hour in a 50 on Rogers Lane and that’s when the chase started.
They say the driver wouldn’t stop and exited off Rogers Lane. They then took police through neighborhood streets before losing control and crashing while taking the on ramp to get back on Rogers Lane from Sheridan Road.
Police say the driver appeared to be ok, but was taken by EMS to get checked out.
Copyright 2023 KSWO. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-08T21:11:37+00:00 | kswo.com | https://www.kswo.com/2023/06/08/lpd-pursuit-ends-with-crash/ |
WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
835 PM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
...A cluster of strong thunderstorms will impact portions of far
southeastern Schleicher, the western half of Menard, and far
southern Concho Counties through 915 PM CDT...
At 833 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms in far southern Concho and northern Menard Counties,
moving south-southwest at 30 mph. The storms may weaken as the
leading outflow moves out ahead of the storms. But strong, gusty
winds are expected with the arrival of this outflow as it moves
south across Menard County.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
around unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Menard, Fort Mckavett, Camp Sol Mayer, The Intersection Of Us-
83 And Ranch Road 1773, Us-83 Near The Menard-
Concho County Line and The Intersection Of Us-83 And Highway 29.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3114 9992 3111 9974 3072 9974 3072 10002
3076 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 023DEG 24KT 3095 9989
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 2022-07-10T10:19:47+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-SAN-ANGELO-Warnings-Watches-and-17295043.php |
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Chickens may not be able to fly very far, but the price of eggs is soaring.
A lingering bird flu outbreak, combined with soaring feed, fuel and labor costs, has led to U.S. egg prices more than doubling over the past year, and hatched a lot of sticker shock on grocery aisles.
The national average price for a dozen eggs hit $3.59 in November, up from $1.72 a year earlier, according to the latest government data. That’s putting stress on consumer budgets and the bottom lines of restaurants, bakeries and other food producers that rely heavily on eggs.
Grocery prices that were up 12% in November are driving inflation higher, even though the overall pace of price increases slowed a bit through the fall as gas prices eased.
But egg prices are up significantly more than other foods — even more than chicken or turkey — because egg farmers were hit harder by the bird flu. More than 43 million of the 58 million birds slaughtered over the past year to control the virus have been egg-laying chickens, including some farms with more than a million birds apiece in major egg-producing states like Iowa.
Everyone who approaches the egg case a Hy-Vee grocery store in Omaha, “has a sour face,” said shopper Nancy Stom.
But even with the cost increases, eggs remain relatively cheap compared to the price of other proteins like chicken or beef, with a pound of chicken breasts going for $4.42 on average in November and a pound of ground beef selling for $4.85, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“It’s still an inexpensive meal,” Stom said. But the 70-year-old said that at these prices, she’ll watch her eggs more closely in the fridge and try not to let them go bad before they get used.
If prices remain this high, Kelly Fischer said she will start thinking more seriously about building a backyard chicken coop in Chicago because everyone in her family eats eggs.
“We (with neighbors) are contemplating building a chicken coop behind our houses, so eventually I hope not to buy them and have my own eggs and I think the cost comes into that somewhat,” the 46-year-old public school teacher said while shopping at HarvesTime Foods on the city’s North Side. “For me, it’s more of the environmental impact and trying to purchase locally.”
In some places, it can even be hard to find eggs on the shelves. But egg supplies overall are holding up because the total flock is only down about 5% from from its normal size of around 320 million hens. Farmers have been working to replace their flocks as soon as they can after an outbreak.
Jakob Werner, 18, said he tries to find the cheapest eggs he can because he eats five or six of them a day while he’s trying to gain weight and build muscle.
“For a while, I just stopped eating eggs as they got more expensive. But since they’re my favorite food, I came back to them in the end,” said Werner, who lives in Chicago. “So I think for like a few months I just stopped eating eggs, waited for the price to come down. It never did. So now I’m buying again.”
Purdue University agricultural economist Jayson Lusk said he believes the bird flu outbreak is the biggest driver in the price increases. Unlike past years, the virus lingered throughout the summer and made a resurgence last fall infecting egg and poultry farms.
“Bird flu is not the only factor, but in my view it’s the main driver of what we’re experiencing at the moment,” Lusk said.
But the president and CEO of the American Egg Board trade group, Emily Metz, said she believes all the cost increases farmers have faced in the past year were a bigger factor in the price increases than bird flu.
“When you’re looking at fuel costs go up, and you’re looking at feed costs go up as much as 60%, labor costs, packaging costs — all of that … those are much much bigger factors than bird flu for sure,” Metz said.
Jada Thomson, a University of Arkansas agricultural economist, said there may be some relief coming in egg prices in the next couple months because egg farmers have been steadily replacing their flocks lost to bird flu last year and demand will ease a bit now that people are done with their holiday baking.
But she said bird flu remains a wildcard that could still drive prices higher if there are more sizeable outbreaks at egg farms.
Farmers are doing all they can to limit the spread, but the disease is easily spread by migrating wild birds and the virus can be picked up on clothing or vehicles.
“But there are some things that are just outside of our control,” Thompson said. “You can’t control nature sometimes.”
Food producers and restaurants are hurting because it’s hard to find a good substitute for eggs in their recipes.
Any decrease in egg prices would be welcome at Patti Stobaugh’s two restaurants and two bakeries in Conway and Russelville, Arkansas, because all of her ingredients and supplies are more expensive these days. For some of her baked goods, Stobaugh has switched to a frozen egg product that’s not quite as pricey, but she’s still buying eggs for all the breakfasts she serves.
A case of 15 dozen eggs has gone from $36 to $86 over the last year, but flour, butter, chicken and everything else she buys is also more expensive. Stobaugh said that has her “hyper vigilant about every little item.”
She’s already increased her prices 8% in the past year, and she may have to soon increase them again. It’s a delicate balance of trying not to make it too expensive for people to eat out and hurting sales, but she doesn’t have much choice while trying to provide for her 175 employees.
“We have a lot of employees that work for us and we’re responsible for making payroll every week and supporting their families. We take that very seriously. But it certainly has been tough,” Stobaugh said. | 2023-01-11T04:30:06+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-soaring-egg-prices-put-pressure-on-consumers-and-businesses/ |
Collaborative community white paper refines the definitions and nuances of open source edge computing across telecom, industrial, cloud, enterprise and consumer markets
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LF Edge, an umbrella organization under the Linux Foundation that aims to establish an open, interoperable framework for edge computing independent of hardware, silicon, cloud, or operating system, today announced continued ecosystem collaboration via a new collaborative white paper, "Sharpening the Edge II: Diving Deeper into the LF Edge Taxonomy & Projects."
A follow-up to the LF Edge community's original, collaborative 2020 paper – which provides an overview of the organization and details the LF Edge taxonomy, high level considerations for developing edge solutions and key use cases, – the new publication dives deeper into key areas of edge manageability, security, connectivity and analytics, and highlights how each project addresses these areas. The paper demonstrates maturation of the edge ecosystem and how the rapidly growing LF Edge community has made great progress over the past two years towards building an open, modular framework for edge computing. As with the first publication, the paper addresses a balance of interests spanning the cloud, telco, IT, OT, IoT, mobile, and consumer markets.
"With the growing edge computing infrastructure market set to be worth up to $800B by 2028, our LF Edge project communities are evolving," said Jason Shepherd, VP Ecosystem, ZEDEDA and former LF Edge Governing Board Chair. "This paper outlines industry direction through an LF Edge community lens. With such a diverse set of knowledgeable stakeholders, the report is an accurate reflection of a unified approach to defining open edge computing."
"I'm eager to continue to champion and spearhead the great work of the LF Edge community as the new board chair," said Tina Tsou, new Governing Board chair, LF Edge. "The Taxonomy white paper that demonstrates the accelerated community momentum seen by open source edge communities is really exciting and speaks to the power of open source."
The white paper, which is now available for download, was put together as the result of broad community collaboration, spanning insights and expertise from subject matter experts across LF Edge project communities: Akraino, EdgeX Foundry, EVE, Fledge, Open Horizon, State of the Edge, Alvarium, Baetyl, eKuiper, and FIDO Device Onboard.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans street where one of the founders of rock ‘n’ roll spent most of his life is being renamed in his honor.
A community-wide Second line and Musical Celebration begins at 11 a.m. Saturday at the longtime home of Antoine “Fats” Domino on Caffin Avenue, which will now be known as Antoine “Fats” Domino Avenue. Led by the Stooges Brass Band, the second line will proceed down the renamed street to Oliver Bush Park, where musical tributes to Domino will occur.
Domino sold more than 110 million records, with hits including “Blueberry Hill,” ″Ain’t That a Shame” — originally titled “Ain’t It A Shame”— and other standards of rock ‘n’ roll. Saturday's free celebration will feature performances by Kermit Ruffin, Al “Carnival Time” Johnson, Al “Little Fats” Jackson and Domino’s grandson, Antonio Domino Jr.
Rev. Willie Calhoun, who has lived in the Lower 9 his whole life and is one of the celebration's organizers, said the recognition for Domino is a long-time coming.
“Fats never left the city and he's never really been celebrated, even though he chose to stay in New Orleans and to raise his family in the Lower 9," Calhoun said. “He had a choice to live anywhere he wanted and he made the choice to live right here.
“I think this event will help bring some life and recognition to the neighborhood. The Lower 9 has gotten so much negative press, we wanted to bring people back to the area and show them the reason why Fats stayed. He stayed because this is a valuable and viable community."
Domino died Oct. 24, 2017, of natural causes at the age of 89. He survived the massive flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina's landfall on Aug. 29, 2005, but had to be rescued by boat from his home, where he tried to ride out the storm. Storm surge flood waters poured into the Lower 9th Ward, knocking many homes off their foundations. A large barge was swept by flood waters into the neighborhood, leveling homes beneath it. The area was flooded again by Hurricane Rita a month later.
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This story was first published Oct. 13, 2022. It was updated Oct. 20, 2022, to correct the spelling of Domino’s grandson’s first name. It is Antonio, not Antoine.
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Two men were indicted Wednesday in the case of a hot, airless tractor-trailer rig found last month with 53 dead or dying migrants in San Antonio, officials said.
A federal grand jury in San Antonio indicted Homero Zamorano Jr., 46, and Christian Martinez, 28, both of Pasadena, Texas, on counts of transporting and conspiring to transport migrants illegally resulting in death; and transporting and conspiring to transport migrants illegally resulting in serious injury.
Both remain in federal custody without bond pending trial. Martinez’s attorney, David Shearer of San Antonio, declined to comment on the indictments. A message to Zamorano’s attorney was not immediately returned.
Conviction on the death counts could result in life sentences, but the Attorney General’s Office could authorize prosecutors to seek death penalties. The serious bodily injury counts carry sentences of up to 20 years in prison.
It was the deadliest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico. The truck had been packed with 67 people, and the dead included 27 from Mexico, 14 from Honduras, seven from Guatemala and two from El Salvador, said Francisco Garduño, chief of Mexico’s National Immigration Institute.
The incident happened on a remote San Antonio back road on June 27. Arriving police officers detained Zamorano after spotting him hiding in some nearby brush, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. A search of Zamorano’s cellphone revealed calls with Martinez concerning the smuggling run.
Surveillance video of the 18-wheeler passing through a Border Patrol checkpoint showed the driver matched Zamorano’s description, according to the indictment. One survivor of the journey, a 20-year-old from Guatemala, told The Associated Press that smugglers had covered the trailer’s floor with what she believes was powdered chicken bouillon, apparently to throw off any dogs at the checkpoint.
The tragedy occurred at a time when huge numbers of migrants have been coming to the U.S., many of them taking perilous risks to cross swift rivers and canals and scorching desert landscapes. Migrants were stopped nearly 240,000 times in May, up by one-third from a year ago.
Of the 73 people in the truck, those who died included people from the Mexican states of Guanajuato, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, Zacatecas, Queretaro, Morelos and Mexico City. Migrants from Honduras and Guatemala also were among those who died in the deadliest known smuggling attempt in the United States.
In 2017, 10 people died after being trapped inside a truck parked at a San Antonio Walmart. In 2003, the bodies of 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of the city. | 2022-07-21T16:03:25+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/green-living/top-story/ap-top-headlines/2-texas-men-are-indicted-in-the-migrant-death-trailer-case/ |
Florida lawmakers take up condo bill in wake of Surfside
(AP) - Florida would require statewide recertification of condominiums higher than three-stories tall as a response to the Surfside building collapse that killed 98 people.
The issue was added to a special Legislative session Tuesday that was called to address rising property insurance rates.
Legislative leaders reached an agreement to introduce the measure that would require recertification after 30 years, or 25 years if the building is within 3 miles of the coast, and every 10 years thereafter.
The Champlain Towers South was 40-years-old and was going through the 40-year-recertification process required by Miami-Dade County when it collapsed last June.
At the time, Miami-Dade and Broward counties were the only two of the state’s 67 that had condominium recertification programs.
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WATCH: Dog rescued from gorilla enclosure at San Diego Zoo
Published: Jun. 13, 2022 at 8:06 PM CDT|Updated: 47 minutes ago
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CNN) – Two animals ran free at a California zoo over the weekend, but they don’t actually live in the zoo.
According to zoo officials, two dogs got loose inside the San Diego Zoo Safari Park Sunday.
One of the dogs jumped into the facility’s gorilla habitat.
Wildlife care specialists moved the two gorillas out of the area, so workers could get the dog.
The zoo says the dogs were safely rescued, and no one was injured.
There’s been no word on where the dogs came from or if their owner was at the zoo.
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No. 23-4-01068-2
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NONPROBATE MATTER
PURSUANT TO RCW 11.42.030
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PIERCE
In Re the Estate of
HELANIAH CLARK, Deceased.
STATE OF WASHINGTON
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COUNTY OF PIERCE )
The Notice Agent named below has elected to give notice to creditors of the above-named decedent. As of the date of the filing of a copy of this notice with the court, the Notice Agent has no knowledge of any other person acting as Notice Agent or of the appointment of a personal representative of the decedent’s estate in the state of Washington. According to the records of the court as are available on the date of the filing of this notice with the court, a cause number regarding the decedent has not been issued to any other Notice Agent and a personal representative of the decedent’s estate has not been appointed.
Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.42.070 by serving on or mailing to the Notice Agent or the Notice Agent’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the Notice Agent’s declaration and oath were filed. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Notice Agent served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.42.020(2)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.42.050 and 11.42.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.
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The Notice Agent declares under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Washington on May 2, 2023, at Tacoma, Washington, that the foregoing is true and correct.
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HONG KONG (AP) — World leaders expressed sadness and condolences after at least 151 people were killed in a crowd surge Saturday night in Seoul, South Korea.
The tragedy occurred in Seoul's Itaewon district during Halloween festivities when a huge crowd surged into a narrow downhill alley. At least 82 others were injured in the South Korea's deadliest accident in years.
U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden sent their “deepest condolences” to the families of the deceased.
“We grieve with the people of the Republic of Korea and wish for a quick recovery to all those who were injured,” said President Biden in a tweet. “The United States stands with the Republic of Korea during this tragic time.”
Similarly, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described the news from Seoul as “horrific” on Twitter.
“All our thoughts are with those currently responding and all South Koreans at this very distressing time,” Sunak wrote.
Itaewon’s international character was shaped by its proximity to a U.S. military garrison nearby. The area is still home to restaurants, bars and other businesses catering to the American community in Seoul.
U.S. Forces Korea, which commands the sizable American military presence in the country, expressed its condolences in a Facebook post.
“The Itaewon community has opened its arms to us for many years and is part of the reason our Alliance is so strong,” the command said, writing in English and Korean. “During this time of grief, we will be there for you just as you have been there for us.”
Leaders from countries including Japan, France, China and Singapore reacted with shock and sadness over the tragedy in Seoul.
“I’m hugely shocked and deeply saddened by the extremely tragic accident in Itaewon, Seoul, that took many precious lives, including those of young people with their future ahead of them,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a tweet.
In France, President Emmanuel Macron — who tweeted in both French and in Korean — offered support to Seoul residents and South Korea.
“France is with you,” he said.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau echoed similar sentiments on Twitter, sending his “deepest condolences” to the people of South Korea “and wishing a fast and full recovery to those who were injured.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping also sent condolences to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, expressing condolences and shock over the stampede accident in Seoul, according to a statement by the Chinese foreign ministry. He also expressed condolences to the victims of the accident and their families.
Hong Kong leader John Lee said in a statement on Facebook that he was saddened by the accident in Seoul.
“I express profound sorrow over the passing of the victims, extend my deepest condolences to their families and wish for a speedy recovery to all those who were injured,” said Lee.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the “tragic events in Seoul come as a shock to all of us.”
“Our thoughts are with the numerous victims and their families,” Scholz said in a tweet. “This is a sad day for South Korea. Germany stands by their side.”
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said she was “heartbroken” by the tragic news from Seoul.
“They were looking for a night of lighthearted Halloween festivities but instead found real horror and death,” said Baerbock. “My thoughts are with the victims, their friends and families, and those who still fear for their loved ones.”
Singapore’s President Halimah Yacob described the loss of lives as “tragic” and said it was “hard to imagine” the trauma and grief experienced by the families, loved ones and friends of those affected.
“My thoughts and prayers are with the people of South Korea during this difficult time, and I wish a quick and full recovery to all those who are injured,” she said.
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Partnership unlocks synergistic capabilities to accelerate rare cancer therapies
BOSTON, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unravel Biosciences, Inc. ("Unravel"), a therapeutics company that leverages a machine-learned model of human health to advance drugs for complex diseases, today announced a partnership with Spanios ("Spanios"), a precision oncology company facilitating effective treatments for patients with rare and other solid cancers. The partnership combines Unravel's proprietary gene regulatory network and drug-gene interaction network model of human health and drug response with Spanios's patient-derived tumoroids (PDTs) to discover novel therapeutic targets for rare cancers. Starting with an undisclosed rare cancer indication, the partnership will pursue novel target and biomarker discovery, setting the stage for future indication expansion to other rare and non-rare oncology indications.
Rare cancers together affect more than 400,000 patients per year in the US and more commonly outside of the US. The rare indications generally have a poor prognosis and high recurrence rate with limited treatment options.
Unravel will apply its AI gene network-based computational model to predict therapeutic compounds and underlying new targets based on transcriptomic information. Spanios will apply its proprietary PDT platform and access to rare tumor patient samples to screen the compounds in models that better recapitulate the original tumor microenvironment. Both companies will use the hits to discover novel targets and mechanisms of action, further iterating on the synergistic computational-wet-lab screening approach.
"At Spanios, we are committed to rapidly enabling drug development in rare cancers by removing traditional rate limiters in the wet-lab," said Vivek Ravi, Spanios CEO. "We are excited to enter into this partnership: Unravel's unique perspective on computational drug discovery combined with Spanios's ability to rapidly validate drug interactions in the wet-lab paves way for discovery of effective drug targets for several rare indications. This collaboration serves as further proof of the important role that early wet-lab validation of computational platforms will play in accelerating the discovery of new therapies for conditions that may have previously gone unaddressed."
"We are excited to partner with Spanios to discover effective drug targets for rare cancer patients," said Richard Novak, PhD, Unravel Cofounder and CEO. "Spanios high-fidelity PDT platform will expand Unravel's target discovery platform into oncology while building an innovative and versatile partnership framework to tackle additional orphan diseases."
Unravel Biosciences is a personalized therapeutics company that redefines diseases through RNA network analysis to seamlessly bridge target discovery with clinical efficacy of new drugs. Unravel leverages its proprietary BioNAV™ platform combining target and drug discovery, preclinical screening and patient stratification to find treatments for complex diseases impacting the whole body. Unravel's platform discovered RVL001, a proprietary formulation targeting Rett Syndrome that will enter the clinic in late 2022, and RVL002, a new small molecule with applications in CNS and metabolic diseases. www.unravel.bio.
Spanios's proprietary patient-derived 3D tumoroid (PDT) platform brings patient diversity and biological complexity of solid tumors into the earliest stages of drug discovery. The unique platform overcomes limitations of traditional approaches such as xenografts and animal models by creating a resilient replica of host tumor environments. These models encompass both the tumor and its microenvironment growing together in unison to develop tumoroids that respond to treatments in a manner similar to the patient. This keeps the focus on identifying new pathways, bringing optimal treatments to the clinic, by enabling scientists to fast-track their search for novel cures to bring hope to millions of patients.
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Most of our moms had one. As a little girl, I remember how the smell of cedar filled the room when we opened it. It felt like a secret treasure box filled with photos, linens, and memories.
Although Hope Chests can be traced back to the 15th century in Europe, the tradition of a Hope Chest became popular in America in the 20th century. Hardworking parents would give them to their daughters as birthday and graduation gifts. Young women filled them with linens, cookbooks, dishes, and special items wrapped in the hopes and dreams of their future marriage.
I can only imagine the items my Mom filled her Hope Chest with. The pillowcases she embroidered. The crocheted doilies that would cover the tables in the home she would share with her future husband. The secret treasures wrapped in hopes and dreams.
Years ago, my Mom gave me the chest. For a long time it sat in the corner of a room with little fanfare or attention. The one broken leg was replaced with a block of wood so it would sit level. It was something I didn’t think much about. It was just a place to store blankets.
It was when my Mom was in her last years that I saw the chest patiently waiting for me. Waiting for me to notice her under the pile of blankets that had overflowed from the inside to completely cover the top of her. Maybe it was the impending loss of my Mom that made me think of her. Maybe it was hope that drew me to her. Maybe it was the power of memories that pulled me to recognize her as the special piece of history she was.
I threw the blankets off her and raised the lid. The smell of cedar circled me with memories. I could see the chest once again in my Mom’s bedroom positioned in a place of honor. She was like a princess that held treasures of her kingdom and my Mom had treated her with the deserved respect of royalty.
I remembered as a child opening it and seeing my Mom’s wedding book and her wedding dress folded neatly and wrapped in plastic. My fingers would stretch a hole in the plastic to feel the lace and imagine my Mom wearing it as she walked down the aisle to meet my dad.
I realized I had not treated her with the same reverence as my Mom had. She was deserving of much more than to be a blanket holder. I arranged to have her professionally refinished. When she was delivered back to my home, her glow of royalty was back.
Now she sits proudly at the foot of my guest room bed as if the princess is back in a fitting place of honor. Her broken leg is repaired and back to its original strength and position of holding her upright and level. The hinges and ornamental hardware are polished and looks as if her shining crown is once again proudly displayed. She is now filled with photos, antique linens, and memories. Memories of my Mom, me, our life together, and my life as a Mom.
Someday this special chest will belong to my daughter. My hope is that she will see the importance of the Hope Chest and the power it holds. The power to not only hold memories but to bring them to life in the deepest part of your heart. The power to hold and cherish your hopes and dreams in order to pass them into the hands of the future.
My hope is she will place her in a space of honor and respect, fitting the princess she is.
Pennie’s Life Lesson: Remember the memories, hopes, and dreams that your Mom passes on to you. Cherish them and treat them with the respect they deserve.
Pennie Hunt is a Wyoming-based author, blogger, and speaker who teaches how to "Love Your Life ... NO MATTER WHAT!" She is the author of the book, “Love Your Life- NO MATTER WHAT -76 Tips to Live Life With Love and Gratitude,” and writes the blog, “From the Corner of Spirit & Brave.” Visit her online at: www.PennieHunt.comEmail: penniehunt@gmail.com | 2023-05-11T16:20:23+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/opinion/columnists/hunt-a-moms-chest-of-hope/article_18b20c30-f00a-11ed-9897-d73931a131a1.html |
Clearyst° sustainability tech platform becomes signatory and partner to UN PRI to deliver applications to investing firms and the assets they operate
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clearyst° Inc., a sustainability technology and ESG platform company, announced today it's now a signatory and partner to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment ("UN PRI" or "PRI"). The UN PRI is the leading global network of investment managers, asset owners and service providers committed to investing responsibly by incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their investment practices and business operations. With this partnership, Clearyst° joins more than 5,000 signatories representing $121 trillion assets under management (AUM), including many of the largest capital allocators in the world.
The Clearyst° platform helps investment firms implement ESG best practices that assist their operating companies in creating greater value for all stakeholders, including employees, customers, suppliers, and investors. Clearyst° incorporates the UN-supported PRI principles in its investment decisions and business practices and it guides its operating companies to do the same as they assist businesses with their sustainability priorities.
"Clearyst° is on a mission to accelerate business growth and impact through our sustainability solutions, and joining the UN PRI initiative is an important step for us as we expand the breadth of our operations," said Clearyst° Co-Founder and President Chris Robinson. "Through the development of our sustainability tech platform and inorganic growth strategy, our firm is uniquely positioned to help capital allocators make better investment decisions and improve the value of the assets they own."
"We are delighted to welcome Clearyst° as a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment and commend the firm's commitment to incorporating responsible investment practices into their investment strategies," said PRI CEO David Atkin. "As demand for ESG solutions reaches unprecedented levels, we appreciate that innovative organizations like Clearyst° are helping advance sustainability practices across the investment landscape."
Clearyst° business sustainability data indicates sizeable, submerged value ready to be unlocked with new opportunities beneficial to people, profit and the planet. The transition to net-zero marks a $150-$275 trillion market opportunity directly and indirectly, and there's increased demand for ESG innovations and specialized solutions. By partnering with the business community and influential organizations like UN PRI, Clearyst° is even more equipped to drive the implementation of ESG solutions across the market as the demand increases.
About Clearyst°: Clearyst° is a technology platform company of modern sustainability tech and SaaS products and services to help businesses rapidly achieve ESG and sustainability needs and objectives. Clearyst° closely partners with the leadership of the operating subsidiaries to optimize, innovate and scale. Sustainability and ESG technology companies ready to accomplish the next level of growth and impact should visit www.clearyst.com.
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Wade Herring didn’t know the teenage voter who approached him at a restaurant over the weekend. But she knew Herring, a Democrat running for Congress in Georgia, from his campaign videos on TikTok.
To Herring, a 63-year-old Savannah attorney, it was proof of TikTok’s precision-guided ability to reach young voters — the very reason why he and candidates from both parties have eagerly embraced the platform ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
“A year and a half ago, I thought it was just dancing videos,” Herring said of TikTok. Young voters, he added, “aren’t watching CNN, or MSNBC or Fox. They’re getting their information on TikTok, and for better or worse, it’s the way to reach them.”
For a number of government officials, it’s worse.
TikTok’s popularity has surged despite worries from policy makers in Washington about TikTok’s handling of user data and misinformation, as well as its ties to China’s government. Those fears prompted the U.S. armed forces to prohibit the app on military devices, and spurred calls to ban it on all government computers and phones as well.
“I have serious concerns about the opportunities that the Chinese communist party has to access TikTok’s data on American users,” Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said at a hearing this month focused on the national security implications of social media.
Still, its reach is undeniable. TikTok is consumed by two-thirds of American teens , a number that has risen as other platforms have lost popularity. It’s the world’s most downloaded app, and the second-most visited website after Google. And it’s not just about viral dance challenges anymore, but also a place to shop, learn about beauty, fashion or sports, and even find out how to register to vote.
The benefits of using the platform are simply too great to pass up even with concerns about TikTok as a conduit for misinformation or exploiting privacy.
“People are going to use it. It’s a highly effective tool,” said Colton Hess, who created Tok the Vote, a 2020 voter registration and engagement effort that reached tens of millions of young voters. “As long as that’s the game in play, you have to be in the arena.”
TikTok is owned by ByteDance Ltd., a Chinese company that moved to new headquarters in Singapore in 2020. Questions about the company’s ties to the Chinese government have hounded TikTok even as its popularity exploded.
At the Senate hearing earlier this month, members of both parties questioned a TikTok executive about the influence of government officials in China, and whether that country’s authoritarian leaders have control over the platform’s data and content.
TikTok Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas, based in Los Angeles, said the company protects all data from American users and that Chinese government officials have no access to it.
“We will never share data, period,” Pappas said.
TikTok also says it works to stop the flow of harmful misinformation and has created an election center to help users find information about U.S. elections, voting and candidates.
The platform’s defenders also note that TikTok isn’t the only site criticized for failing to stop misinformation. Its rivals — Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube — face their own challenges regarding data privacy too.
A report released this month from New York University faulted all four of those platforms plus TikTok for amplifying former President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election. The study cited inconsistent rules regarding misinformation as well as poor enforcement.
“While TikTok has these very strong sounding policies, the enforcement is extremely erratic,” said Paul Barrett, the professor and researcher who led the study.
Another study this month by NewsGuard, a firm that monitors online misinformation, found that nearly 1 in 5 TikTok videos about key news events contained misinformation. The videos focused on topics like COVID-19, the 2020 election, Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
TikTok’s ties to China set it apart from other platforms, according to Geoffrey Cain, a senior fellow at the Lincoln Network, a conservative-leaning think tank that studies technology policy. The country’s leaders have shown a willingness to spread disinformation that undermines the West, he said, and it would be foolish to think they haven’t tried to enlist TikTok in this work.
“This is not the Cold War where we had hardware, where we had missiles pointed at each other,” Cain said. “Now we have smart phones.”
TikTok is not available in China. Instead, the platform’s parent company offers a similar platform that has the same dance videos, but also promotes educational content about math and science, experts told lawmakers at the recent Senate hearing. Another difference: the Chinese version limits 13- and 14-year-old users to 40 minutes a day. No such limits are included in the U.S. version, which prohibits users under 13.
Concerned about China’s influence over TikTok, the Trump administration in 2020 threatened to ban the app within the U.S. and pressured ByteDance to sell TikTok to a U.S. company. U.S. officials and the company are now in talks over a possible agreement that would resolve American security concerns.
Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., helped write the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act when he served in the House, and supports new regulations for data collection and marketing to children that he says will make platforms like TikTok safer.
He’s not waiting for those changes to happen before using the platform, however. Markey emerged as an unlikely TikTok sensation in 2020 when his videos were credited with helping him defeat a primary challenge from former Rep. Joe Kennedy.
“I feel lucky to join them online in pursuit of a better future and a livable planet,” Markey said of young voters, who he said are especially concerned about climate change and other environmental challenges.
While the right video can reach hundreds of thousands or even millions of viewers, TikTok also works in reverse, giving politicians and advocacy groups a window into the concerns of millions of young Americans whose political influence will only grow, according to Ellen Sciales, director of communications for the Sunrise Movement, a youth-led organization that works to address climate change.
“It’s young people talking to other young people. It’s meeting them where they’re at,” said Sciales, 25.
Younger voters will judge candidates based on their stances on issues instead of whether they’re on TikTok or not, Sciales said, adding that those who stay off the platform are missing out on a powerful tool for organizing and communicating with voters.
It’s a gamble some lawmakers say they’re not willing to take.
“I would have a great deal of caution about TikTok at this point,” Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia said in July. “I would not have TikTok on any of my devices.” | 2022-09-30T20:33:13+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-tiktok-politics-candidates-turn-to-it-for-better-or-worse/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Walking out for his first Grand Slam final at age 19, Carlos Alcaraz bumped fists with fans leaning over a railing along the path leading to the Arthur Ashe Stadium court. Moments later, after the coin toss, Alcaraz turned to sprint to the baseline for the warmup, until being beckoned back to the net by the chair umpire for the customary pre-match photos.
Alcaraz is imbued with boundless enthusiasm and energy, not to mention skill, speed, stamina and sangfroid. And now he’s a U.S. Open champion and the No. 1 player in men’s tennis.
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Using his uncommon combination of moxie and maturity, Alcaraz beat Casper Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3 on Sunday to both earn the trophy at Flushing Meadows and become the youngest man to lead the ATP rankings.
“Everything came so fast. For me it’s unbelievable. It’s something I dreamed since I was a kid, since I started playing tennis," said Alcaraz, whom folks of a certain age might still consider a kid.
“Of course,” he said, “I’m hungry for more."
Alcaraz, who will move up three ranking spots from No. 4 on Monday, already has attracted plenty of attention as someone considered the Next Big Thing in a sport dominated for decades by the Big Three of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.
“He's one of these few rare talents that comes up every now and then in sports. That’s what it seems like,” said Ruud, a 23-year-old from Norway. “Let’s see how his career develops, but it’s going all in the right direction.”
The Spaniard was serenaded by choruses of “Olé, Olé, Olé! Carlos!” that reverberated off the arena's closed roof — and Alcaraz often motioned for the spectators to get louder. There were a couple of magical points that drew standing ovations, including one Alcaraz lost with a laser of an on-the-run forehand while ending up face-down on his belly.
He only briefly showed signs of fatigue from having to get through three consecutive five-setters in the three rounds right before the final; no one had gone through that arduous a route on the way to the title in New York in 30 years.
Alcaraz went five sets against 2014 U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic in the fourth round, ending at 2:23 a.m. Tuesday; against Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals, a 5-hour, 15-minute thriller that ended at 2:50 a.m. Friday after Alcaraz needed to save a match point; and against Frances Tiafoe in the semifinals.
“It’s not time to be tired,” Alcaraz said.
This was not a stroll to the finish. He faced a pair of set points while down 6-5 in the third. Could have been an outcome-altering moment.
But Alcaraz erased each of those point-from-the-set opportunities for Ruud with the sorts of quick-reflex, soft-hand volleys he repeatedly displayed.
“He just played too good on those points. We’ve seen it many times before: He steps up when he needs to,” Ruud said. “When it’s close, he pulls out great shots.”
One break in the fourth was all it took for Alcaraz to seal the victory in the only Grand Slam final between two players seeking both a first major championship and the top spot in the ATP’s computerized rankings, which date to 1973.
The winner was guaranteed to be first in Monday's rankings; the loser was guaranteed to be second.
“We knew what was at stake,” said Ruud, who entered the U.S. Open ranked No. 7. “I'm disappointed, of course, that I'm not No. 1, but No. 2 is not too bad, either.”
He also was the runner-up to Nadal at the French Open in June.
If nothing else, Ruud gets the sportsmanship award for conceding a point he knew he didn’t deserve. It came at 4-3 in the first set, when he raced to a short ball that bounced twice before his racket touched it. Play continued, and Alcaraz hesitated, then flubbed his response. Ruud told the chair umpire what had happened, giving the point to Alcaraz, who responded with a thumbs-up.
Alcaraz certainly seems to be a rare talent, possessing an all-court game, a blend of groundstroke power with a willingness to push forward. He won 34 of the 45 points that he finished at the net.
He is increasingly a threat while serving — he delivered 14 aces at up to 128 mph — and returning, earning 11 break points, converting three.
And, as Ruud noted, Alcaraz showed “incredible fighting spirit and will to win.”
Make no mistake: Ruud is no slouch. There’s a reason he is the youngest man since Nadal to get to two major finals in one season.
But this was Alcaraz's time to shine under the lights.
Some perspective: He is the first teenager to win the U.S. Open since Pete Sampras in 1990, the first to triumph at any Slam since Nadal at the 2005 French Open.
Decent company.
Another way to understand how precocious Alacaraz is: The last man to win this tournament by his second appearance was Pancho Gonzalez in 1948, before pros were allowed into the field.
For context on the rankings, it is helpful to know that Novak Djokovic did not play at the U.S. Open or Australian Open this year, unable to enter those countries because is not vaccinated against COVID-19, and did not receive any ranking boost for his Wimbledon championship because no points were on offer for anyone after the All England Club banned athletes from Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine.
Regardless of the circumstances, it is significant that Alcaraz is the first male teenager at No. 1.
No one else did it. Not Nadal, not Djokovic, not Federer, not Sampras or anyone else.
When one last service winner glanced off Ruud's frame Sunday, Alcaraz dropped to his back on the court, then rolled over onto his stomach, covering his face with his hands.
He went into the stands for hugs with his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero, a former No. 1 himself who won the French Open in 2003 and reached the final of that year's U.S. Open, and others, crying all the while.
“He was born to play this kind of tournament, born to play these kind of matches,” said Ferrero, who has worked with Alcaraz for three years. “Since the moment that I started with him, I saw some things that were different than the other guys at his age.”
You only get to No. 1 for the first time once.
You only win a first Grand Slam title once.
Many folks expect Alcaraz to be celebrating these sorts of feats for years to come.
“I want to be (at) the top for many, many weeks — I hope many years,” he said. “I’m going to work hard again after this week, these amazing two weeks. I’m going to fight (to) have more of this.”
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No charges forthcoming against suspected serial rapist in Greenville case
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Greenville police say no charges will be brought at this time in a 2006 rape case that led to the arrest of a suspected serial rapist.
On Wednesday, Raleigh police announced the arrest of Kevin Parker for two rapes in their city in 2018 and 2019 after the FBI was able to link the 46-year-old man through a DNA profile.
Greenville police today confirmed they have been working with Raleigh police on this investigation for several years.
The victim in the 2006 Greenville rape has since moved out of state, according to police, and she doesn’t want to move forward with charges. A spokeswoman said they would reassess the case if the victim were to change her mind.
Greenville police do say the woman’s initial reporting of the crime and her cooperation in the case is what ultimately gave authorities the evidence to identify Parker all these years later.
Copyright 2022 WITN. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-14T15:05:01+00:00 | witn.com | https://www.witn.com/2022/07/14/no-charges-forthcoming-against-suspected-serial-rapist-greenville-case/ |
Police: Man turns himself in after killing ex-girlfriend, injuring 2 others
GLENDALE, Ariz. (KPHO/Gray News) -- Police said a man in Arizona turned himself in after he allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend and injured two other people Sunday afternoon.
KPHO reports the victim was identified as 20-year-old Jordin Miranda Castillo.
The Glendale Police Department said 22-year-old Reuben Xavier Rochas was taken into custody in connection to Castillo’s death.
According to officials, Castillo and Rocha had been in a relationship and share a 2-year-old daughter.
The couple reportedly split up and Castillo was granted an order of protection against Rocha in April, according to police.
Before the shooting on Sunday, authorities said there had been some sort of dispute between the two on social media. That afternoon, police said Rocha went to Castillo’s third-floor apartment dressed all in black and jumped onto the apartment’s balcony. He then reportedly tried to kick through the glass door into the apartment, where Castillo, her daughter and four of her friends were inside.
Castillo called 911, police said, and investigators said Rocha then opened fire from the balcony.
Castillo and two other women, a 19-year-old and 20-year-old, were all shot. Officials said the 19-year-old is in critical condition while the 20-year-old is in stable condition.
Another woman in the apartment hid Castillo’s daughter in the bathroom. Fortunately neither were hurt.
A man who was also in the apartment was not injured.
Rocha fled the apartment before officers arrived on Sunday before later turning himself in Monday afternoon.
Officials also said on Monday that Castillo had died from her injuries.
“She was so strong, she was so independent,” her brother, Elijah Castillo, said during a press conference Monday afternoon. “She did everything for everyone without ever asking for anything in return.”
Police said Rocha has been charged with murder, aggravated assault and burglary.
“We love you, we’re going to miss you and we promise that your baby girl will never forget how incredible you are,” Brianna Soto, Castillo’s cousin, said.
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Subaru is unlikely to follow other automakers in moving EV production to the United States to align with new tax-credit rules, according to a recent Automotive News report. And the automaker is blaming, among other things, McDonald’s.
The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) makes U.S. assembly one of the requirements for the full $7,500 federal EV tax credit. Not qualifying for the credit could put Subaru at a disadvantage in what is by far its biggest market.
But during Subaru’s third-quarter earnings call, CEO Tomomi Nakamura said rising wages caused in part by inflation would make a second U.S. plant prohibitively expense. Subaru already has a factory in Lafayette, Indiana, that currently builds gasoline-powered Ascent, Impreza, Legacy, and Outback models.
“In Indiana, part-time workers at McDonald’s earn $20 to $25 per hour, which is in competition with temporary workers make at our plant,” Nakamura told Automotive News and other media on the call. “If we were to build a new plant, it would be very difficult to hire new people for that.”
Not all Japanese automakers agree with these sentiments. Honda recently committed to an electric vehicle manufacturing hub in Ohio, including U.S.-made batteries and the future assembly of EVs for the Sony-Honda joint venture. Even before the IRA, Nissan made a big commitment to make future EVs in Mississippi, starting in 2025.
A number of automakers have indicated that the IRA may accelerate the timeline for U.S.-built EVs. Hyundai, for instance, recently indicated that its upcoming Georgia EV plant may be boosted from 300,000 vehicles annually to 500,000 in the future, with Kia models to be made there, too. These makers have noted no issues with labor and pay.
In 2020, Subaru announced that by 2030, 40% of its vehicles, globally, would be EVs and hybrids, while it aims to go all-EV by the mid-2030s.
The 2023 Solterra is Subaru’s first mass-market EV, based on engineering shared with Toyota, and it went on sale this year. Its other plug-in vehicle is the Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid, which despite the name is actually a plug-in hybrid.
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Southern Trust Home Services provides a checklist of inflation-busting ideas to help homeowners grapple with rising energy costs
ROANOKE, Va., Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As winter arrives and temperatures begin to drop, Southern Trust Home Services, a leading electrical, HVAC and plumbing company serving southwest Virginia, says homeowners can offset rising energy and utility rates this winter by following this list of proven tips.
"Like it or not, cold weather is on the way, and that means we'll be turning up the heat and taking more hot showers here in Roanoke," said Ted Puzio, owner of Southern Trust Home Services. "That extra comfort is nice until the bills arrive. Thankfully, there are a variety of ways homeowners can reduce energy costs and save some additional money for the holidays."
Puzio said homeowners can easily make the following changes without sacrificing comfort.
- Turning down the thermostat. Most homeowners set their thermostat at 68 degrees during the winter but many don't know they can lower the temperature even more when they are away or sleeping. Homeowners can also purchase a programmable or smart thermostat that they can pre-program to make temperature adjustments. A smart thermostat can also "learn" a family's routine so that it makes the changes based upon their schedule.
- Closing doors to unused rooms. If there are rooms that aren't used as often, keeping the doors to those rooms closed will allow the heat to remain in the room so the HVAC system won't have to work as hard.
- Limiting their time in the shower. Homeowners can save on both water and electricity or gas by taking quicker showers. A warm shower may feel revitalizing but it can also use 17 to 20 gallons of water.
- Installing low-flow showerheads and toilets. A low-flow showerhead either mixes air with the water from the faucet to reduce water usage or forces water through smaller openings to deliver a strong spray by using less water. A low-flow toilet uses pressurized air in the tank so that it can use less water to push the water in the bowl down the drain.
- Maintaining home comfort systems regularly. Having a home's heating system tuned up once a year can save homeowners money on utility bills because it allows the system to run as the manufacturer intended. As an added bonus, a tune-up can also alert homeowners to potential problems that can be addressed before the heating goes out on the coldest day of the year. Homeowners should also regularly change their filters as part of their regular maintenance. Clogged filters prevent heating systems from running at their most efficient.
"These are simple changes that many homeowners just don't think about, especially as the holidays get closer and we're spending time shopping and getting ready," Puzio said. "But they are changes that can help save a lot of money in the long run. As the cost of everything continues to go up, finding the hidden savings in a little proactive maintenance really helps."
For more information on winter prep or to inquire about services, please contact Southern Trust Home Services at (540) 343-4348 or visit www.southerntrusthomeservices.com.
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Founded in 1995 as Southern State Electric, Southern Trust Home Services provides residential plumbing, electrical and HVAC services and drain cleaning to homeowners in more than 60 cities throughout southwest Virginia. The company provides 24/7 emergency services, financing options and lifetime guarantees. As Roanoke's first home services company to offer a lifetime guarantee on all recommended repairs, Southern Trust Home Services staffs dedicated, certified, licensed and insured, drug and criminal background checked technicians who provide timely, same-day services for a variety of home repairs, installations, and maintenance. An A Better Business Bureau accredited company since 2006, Southern Trust Home Services has financing available including 0 percent for 18 months, and Lifetime Repair Guarantee on stated repairs. To find out more, call 540-343-4348 or visit www.southerntrusthomeservices.com.
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three Swedish center-right parties on Friday agreed to form a coalition government with the support of the Sweden Democrats, a once radical far-right group that has moved toward the mainstream but retains a hard line on immigration.
The agreement comes after a month of talks following Sept. 11 elections that gave the Sweden Democrats an unprecedented position of influence in Swedish politics with over 20% of the vote.
Opposition leader Ulf Kristersson told reporters that his conservative Moderate party would form a center-right coalition government with the Liberals and the Christian Democrats, but remain in “close collaboration” with the Sweden Democrats. The center-right coalition depends on the support of the Sweden Democrats to secure a majority in Parliament, putting the party in a position to influence government policy from the sidelines even without Cabinet seats.
The party was founded in the 1980s by people who had been active in right-wing extremist groups, including neo-Nazis. They toned down their rhetoric and expelled openly racist members under Jimmie Akesson, who took over the party in 2005. Since then they have grown from a marginal movement with less than 2% support to become Sweden’s second biggest party.
Their success in the Swedish election, followed two weeks later by the even stronger showing by the Brothers of Italy in the Italian election, underlined a decades-long trend of far-right parties making inroads in European politics.
Akesson, who doesn’t consider his party far-right, said he would have preferred Cabinet seats for the Sweden Democrats, but he supported the deal that would give his party influence over government policy, including on immigration and criminal justice.
“For us, it has been absolutely decisive that a shift in power must be a paradigm shift when it comes to immigration policy,” Akesson said, adding that Sweden’s rules on asylum should be no more generous than required by the European Union, of which Sweden has been a member since 1995.
Sweden along with Germany stood out in Europe for its generous welcome toward asylum-seekers from the Middle East and Africa until the migration crisis of 2015-2016 prompted stricter controls on immigration.
A rise in gang violence in neighborhoods dominated by immigrants has led to widespread calls for even tighter controls on immigration and tougher sentences and deportations for foreign citizens who commit crimes in Sweden, policies long espoused by the Sweden Democrats but emulated in recent years by parties both on the center-left and center-right.
Kristersson, who is expected to lead the next government, said his coalition and the Sweden Democrats had agreed to increase prison sentences for gang members, including those under 18, and introduce special visitation zones for police to crack down on crime.
“We will also carry out a thorough review of the entire penal code, with tougher penalties for violent and sexual crimes,” Kristersson said on Facebook.
Kristersson met Friday with the speaker of Parliament who tasked him with formally forming a Cabinet. A parliamentary vote on electing Kristersson as prime minister was scheduled for Monday.
Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson of the center-left Social Democrats continues to lead in a caretaker government capacity until a new government is formed. The Social Democratic Party, the dominant force in Swedish politics for most of the 20th century, has gradually lost support since the 1990s. It has been in power for the past eight years in unstable alliances with left-wing and centrist parties.
Commenting on the new deal on Facebook, Andersson pointed to the influence the Sweden Democrats would get over the new government, saying that “even if Ulf Kristersson becomes prime minister, it is Jimmie Akesson who rules.”
The change of government comes at a delicate time for Sweden, which abandoned a longstanding policy of military nonalignment and applied to join NATO together with neighboring Finland in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Their application met resistance from NATO member Turkey, which placed a series of demands on Stockholm in particular to crack down on exiled Kurdish groups who are critical of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s regime and whom Turkey accuses of terrorism.
Kristersson said his coalition stands behind an agreement that the outgoing Swedish government and Finland signed with Turkey at a NATO summit last summer.
“We will continue to work seamlessly with it, and we will do it together with the now outgoing government,” he said. “We will do everything we can within that agreement to get Sweden and Finland into NATO as soon as possible.”
___ Associated Press reporters Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen and David Keyton in Stockholm contributed to this report. | 2022-10-14T20:42:45+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/world-news/ap-international/ap-swedish-parties-make-deal-to-govern-with-hard-right-support/ |
Study reveals key findings on workforce mobility from more than 2,100 frontline employees
CHICAGO, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cara Collective, a leader in poverty alleviation, is proud to announce the release of a national study on upward mobility for frontline employees: Bridging the Advancement Gap: What Frontline Employees Want—and What Employers Think They Want. The study was led by Cara Collective's expansion arm, Cara Plus, thanks to analysis from McKinsey & Company and with support from Walmart.
Bridging the Advancement Gap is one of the largest national studies on frontline worker upward mobility. More than 2,100 frontline employees and 300 employers of various sizes, industries, and geographies were surveyed around topics including what frontline workers care most and least about with career advancement, employer misconceptions around opportunities for mobility, and how the COVID pandemic impacted frontline worker priorities, among others.
Key findings include insights on the priorities of frontline worker advancement such as opportunity for growth and better alignment of pay and skills. The study also shows stark differences between what resources frontline employees believe are available versus what their employers report, while also offering strategic, concrete actions employers can take.
"When we started exploring how to strengthen frontline worker upward mobility, we knew we had to start with frontline workers themselves," said Sara Wasserteil, Managing Director of Expansion & Integration at Cara Collective. "Lifting up their experiences and priorities – and juxtaposing those alongside what employers perceive is happening in the workplace – provides a starting point for how we can close the advancement gap for frontline workers, and strengthen equity when it comes to who does and doesn't advance in the workplace."
In addition to drawing out trends from frontline workers across diverse industries and demographics, the report also uplifts themes from populations that have historically been given limited access to economic opportunity and mobility. This includes employees without a four-year degree, those who have been justice system-involved, and those who have been impacted by homelessness or recovery. The findings will illuminate how employers can better advance into these often-untapped talent pools.
"What we found when we looked at these populations, is that they are highly motivated to advance in their careers, and yet often have fewer opportunities to get ahead," added Wasserteil. "If employers are willing to rethink who they hire and how they invest in them, they can unlock a highly motivated workforce ready to stay and grow in their firms. For example, as evidenced by this study, individuals who have been impacted by the criminal justice system advanced at a greater rate than any other demographic – across race and gender."
The study furthers the work of Cara Plus' inclusive employment portfolio, which helps corporations drive actionable change to hire and cultivate talent that has been historically sidelined from economic opportunity. The work leverages parent-organization Cara Collective's 30-year history connecting untapped talent to more than 13,000 jobs at 70% same-firm, one-year retention rates.
Bridging the Advancement Gap: What Frontline Employees Want—and What Employers Think They Want can be read in its entirety at www.caracollective.org/frontline.
As an entity of Cara Collective, Cara Plus engages companies and nonprofits across the nation to build, launch, and grow workforce solutions so that people experiencing poverty can find and keep quality employment. Since our launch, Cara Plus has worked with more than 20 companies and 50 nonprofits in 24 states to adopt and adapt our methodology and create more inclusive employment pathways around the country. To learn more, please visit www.caraplus.org.
Cara Collective seeks to fuel a courageous national movement to eradicate relational and financial poverty. Through our four entities – Cara, Cleanslate, Cara Connects, and Cara Plus – we engage job seekers, employers, and other organizations across the country to break the cycle of poverty through the power and purpose of employment. Since 1991, we've helped more than 8,000 people get placed into more than 13,000 jobs and get started on their path to real and lasting success. To learn more, please visit www.caracollective.org.
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Two days after an 18-year-old gunman shot and killed 19 children and two adults at a Texas elementary school, officials have released more information, while Americans across the nation continue to express shock and grief at the incident.
Here are the latest developments:
The gunman shot his grandmother before heading to the school
The gunman shot his grandmother in the face and posted on social media about it 15 minutes before fleeing and driving to Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott said at a Wednesday press conference.
"Anyone who shoots his grandmother in the face has to have evil in his heart, but it is far more evil for someone to gun down little kids," he said.
The massacre lasted at least 40 minutes
Approximately 40 minutes to an hour passed between when the gunman first arrived at Robb Elementary and fired a shot at a security guard to when he was killed by a Border Patrol agent, according to The Associated Press.
Witnesses shouted at police to go into the school after the gunman, but the officers did not do so initially.
One man, Juan Carranza, who lives across the street from the school and saw the gunman pull up in a truck, eventually suggested to the civilians gathered outside that they charge the school building as law enforcement waited, AP reported.
Texas Rangers are leading the investigation into the shooting, Abbott said.
Former congressman Beto O'Rourke interrupts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's remarks
As Abbott prepared to close his remarks, former congressman and 2020 presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke interrupted the governor.
"You are doing nothing," O'Rourke said. "This is totally predictable. You're all doing nothing."
A variety of responses can be heard in the background, including, "sit down," "you're out of line and an embarrassment" and "let him talk."
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said, "I can't believe you're a sick son of a b**** to come to a deal like this to make a political issue."
O'Rourke, who is running against Abbott in the state's 2022 gubernatorial election, then left the auditorium.
He spoke to media outside the auditorium about Abbott, saying, "The only thing he did was make it easier to carry a gun in public. And he bragged about the fact that there would be no background check, no training, no vetting whatsoever. He talked about this was evil. The only thing evil is what he continues to do to the people of this state."
NBA team urges fans to call lawmakers over gun control
At a Wednesday night playoff game, the Miami Heat basketball team urged fans to call their lawmakers to advocate for gun reform laws after 19 children and two adults were killed at a the Uvalde elementary school shooting.
"The Heat urges you to contact your state senators by calling 202-224-3121 to leave a message demanding their support for common sense gun laws," the stadium announcer said as the team geared up to play the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the teams' playoff series.
The team, which was facing the Boston Celtics, held a moment of silence before the announcement.
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As damaging as it was for more than 32 trillion gallons of rain and snow to fall on California since Christmas, a worst-case global warming scenario could juice up similar future downpours by one-third by the middle of this century, a new study says.
The strongest of California’s storms from atmospheric rivers, long and wide plumes of moisture that form over an ocean and flow through the sky over land, would probably get an overall 34% increase in total precipitation, or another 11 trillion gallons more than just fell. That’s because the rain and snow is likely to be 22% more concentrated at its peak in places that get really doused, and to fall over a considerably larger area if fossil fuel emissions grow uncontrolled, according to a new study in Thursday’s journal Nature Climate Change.
The entire western United States would likely see a 31% increase in precipitation from these worst of the worst storms in a souped-up warming world because of more intense and widely spread rainfall, the study said.
Scientists say the worst-case scenario, which is about 4.4 degrees Celsius (7.9 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming since pre-industrial times, looks a bit more unlikely since efforts are being undertaken to rein in emissions. If countries do as they promise, temperatures are on track to warm about 2.7 degrees Celsius (4.9 degrees Fahrenheit), according to Climate Action Tracker.
The National Weather Service calculated that California averaged 11.47 inches of precipitation statewide from Dec. 26 to Jan. 17 — including 18.33 inches in Oakland and 47.74 inches in one spot 235 miles north of San Francisco — because of a series of nine devastating atmospheric rivers that caused power outages, flooding, levee breaks, washouts and landslides. At least 20 people died.
“It could be even worse,” said study author Ruby Leung, a climate scientist at the U.S. Pacific Northwest National Lab. “We need to start planning how would we be able to deal with this.”
Leung used regional scale computer simulations to predict what the worst of the western winter storms will be like between 2040 and 2070 in a scenario where carbon emissions have run amok. She looked at total precipitation, how concentrated peak raining and snowing would be and the area that gets hit. All three factors grow for the West in general. California is predicted to get the highest increase in peak precipitation, while the Southwest is likely to see more rain because of a big jump in area of rainfall. The Pacific Northwest would see the least juicing of the three areas.
Overall precipitation is a bit lessened from adding all the factors, because just as the peak rainfall grows the rainfall on the edges of the storms is predicted to weaken, according to the study.
There are two types of storms that Leung said she worries about: Flash floods from intense rain concentrated over a small area and slower, larger floods that occur from rain and snow piling up over a large area. Both are bad, but the flash floods cause more damage and hurt people more, she said.
And those flash floods are likely to get worse from what Leung’s paper calls a “sharpening” effect that happens in an ever warmer world. That means more rainfall concentrated in the central areas of storms, falling at higher rates per hour, while at the outer edges rainfall is a bit weaker.
This happens because of the physics of rain storms, Leung said.
Not only can the atmosphere hold 4% more moisture per degree Fahrenheit (7% per degree Celsius), but it’s what happens in the storm that changes and makes the precipitation come down even more, Leung said. You’ve got air rising inside the storm with more water vapor condensing to produce rain and snow; it then releases heat “that kind of causes the storm to become more vigorous and stronger,” she said.
When water vapor condenses it comes down as rain and snow along the edges of the storm, but heating sort of squeezes that falling precipitation in toward the middle, Leung said.
“The concepts and impacts of how precipitation features are likely to change are well quantified and well explained,” said David Gochis, an expert in how water affects the weather at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, who wasn’t part of the study.
When she used computer simulations, Leung chose the most severe worst-case scenario for how the world’s carbon emissions will grow. It’s a scenario that used to be called business as usual, but the world is no longer on that track. After years of climate negotiations and the growth of renewable fuels the globe is heading to less warming than the worst case, according to climate scientist Zeke Hausfather of the tech company Stripe and Berkeley Earth.
“We are providing more of a worst-case scenario, but understanding that if we do take action to reduce emissions in the future, we could end up better,” Leung said. “If we control the emissions and lower the global warming in the future, we can limit the impacts of climate change on the society, particularly flooding and extreme precipitation that we are talking about in this study.”
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Quantum Computing Inc. initiates commercialization of its technology during first quarter of 2023 and commenced multiple product launches to date, including:
- Dirac series entropy quantum computer.
- Zero-trust cyber security protection solution.
- Non-repeatable Quantum Random Number Generator.
- Reservoir photonics computing (machine learning/predictive) capability to enhance Artificial Intelligence systems.
LEESBURG, Va., May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Computing Inc. ("QCI" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: QUBT), a first-to-market full-stack photonic-based quantum computing and solutions company, today reports its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.
"We have been building toward this quarter. QCI is prioritizing top-line growth as we roll out our leading-edge quantum computing product line throughout 2023 and beyond. We are establishing ourselves as a leader in photonic quantum information processing, which has proven to be a distinctly superior methodology featuring greater processing capability, higher-speed, superior accuracy and security at less cost with lower power requirements than the alternative quantum approaches," commented Robert Liscouski, co-Founder, CEO & Chairman of QCI. "The Dirac series, our photonic-based quantum entropy computing flagship product line, delivers solutions for both binary (processing at 11,000+ qubits) and integer-based (qudit processing) optimization problems. To further leverage the Company's core technology and expanding capabilities, we recently announced a joint R&D project to develop a quantum AI application using reservoir computing and launched a unique Quantum Random Number Generator as part of our quantum cybersecurity offering. I am pleased to report that interest is growing quickly."
Mr. Liscouski continued, "Our product roll-out schedule for the second half of 2023 is exciting. We are in the planning stages and eagerly anticipating hybrid computing capability, the world's first fully integrated quantum and classical combination. This computer has the potential to be a game-changer. It is well understood that there are material deficiencies in standalone classical computing that are solved through quantum computing and, conversely, the classical computer has an advantage in data capture and storage. The introduction of a hybrid computer would revolutionize AI and take it to the next level." Mr. Liscouski concluded, "We are also actively working on the specification and design for a dedicated quantum chip fabrication facility to develop and produce lithium niobate optical chips. The development of a proprietary photonic quantum chip will enable us to take our products to a next generation level, stay tuned."
First Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights
- Revenue: First quarter revenues totaled approximately $121,000 (53.3% gross margin) compared to $31,000 (63.0% gross margin) generated in the first quarter 2022. Revenue was derived from a mix of commercial and government contracts. The Company commenced technology commercialization during the first quarter.
- Operating Expenses: First quarter operating expense increased 16.7% year-over-year to $7.9 million due primarily to an increase in salary expense partly offset by a decrease in consulting and professional services as the Company builds its internal team and shifts several core responsibilities in-house.
The Company's average monthly cash burn during first quarter 2023 was approximately $1.57 million, an increase of $0.17 million or roughly 12% over the prior year's monthly average, primarily due to additional quantum engineering hires as a result of the QPhoton merger and a focus on marketing to support an increase in product launches. The level of cash expenditure is expected to hold relatively steady for the foreseeable future.
- Net Results: The Company reported a net loss of $8.5 million for the first quarter of 2023, which included approximately $985,000 in non-recurring, merger-related operating expenses and financing costs. This represents an increase of approximately $1.1 million or 19.2% when compared to the same period of the previous year,
- Total Assets: During the first quarter total assets increased $227,000 (0.25%) to $89.5 million as compared with year end at on December 31, 2022.
- Total Liabilities: For the first three months of 2023, total liabilities decreased $1.8 million to approximately $12.6 million as the Company began repayment of its debt and associated interest as well as satisfied final expenses related to the QPhoton merger.
- Shareholders' Equity: During the three months of the quarter, shareholder equity increased $2.0 million (2.7%) to $76.9 million.
- Capitalization: As of March 31, 2023, QCI had approximately 60.5 million shares of common stock outstanding, an increase of approximately 4.5 million shares from year-end 2022. This increase is attributed to the sale of shares through an At-The-Market (ATM) facility and the shares issued as compensation for services related to the QPhoton merger. As of May 9, 2023, the Company has $93.3 million remaining on its shelf registration that went effective November 8, 2022.
QCI's fully diluted shares total approximately 79.5 million, including 10.2 million stock options of which approximately 68% have vested (average exercise price $3.33), 1.6 million warrants (average exercise price $6.93), 5.1 million cashless warrants to pre-merger shareholders of QPhoton, and 1.5 million shares underlying Series A Preferred stock. In the event that all options and warrants were to be exercised, the Company would receive an additional $45.1 million in cash.
Subsequent Financial Developments:
- The Company has repaid $750,000 of principal and accrued interest on the Company's unsecured Note for a cumulative total repayment of $1 million as of May 9, 2023.
- The Company issued 853,600 shares of restricted common stock with a two-year vesting period to thirty-five employees as payment in lieu of cash for 2022 performance bonuses.
First Quarter 2023 Operational Highlights
Leadership Appointments:
- Dr. Carl Weimer, a 30-year veteran of the aerospace industry focused on advanced technologies, including laser remote sensing and LiDAR, joins QCI Board of Directors as an independent member. Dr. Weimer currently serves as CTO at Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp within the Ball Civil Business Unit. Previously, Dr. Weimer was the Principal Investigator for the NASA Earth Science Technology Office.
- The Honorable James (Jim) Simon, Jr., a seasoned US intelligence community leader was appointed to create and lead QCI's Technical Advisory Board as the Company commences product sales. A key role of the Technical Advisory Board is to help maintain QCI's balance between competitive, technological development and profitable growth.
- Dr. Brian LaMacchia, a recently retired Distinguished Engineer and head of the Security and Cryptography team within Microsoft Research, has joined the Technical Advisory Board.
New Subsidiary Announcement:
- The Company launched a wholly owned subsidiary, QI Solutions, Inc., to deliver quantum products and services to the US government agencies and defense markets. Strategically headquartered in Arizona, the new initiative will be headed by Sean Gabeler, a 30-year US Army and Special Operations officer and highly decorated multi war combat veteran with a proven applied technology expertise in adapting commercial technology to government solutions.
Contract Announcement:
- The Company received a subcontract award from SSAI to support NASA's testing of quantum photonic sensing solutions for monitoring climate change. Under the terms of the subcontract, QCI will test an existing LiDAR system designed to remotely measure the physical properties of different types of snowpacks, including the density, particle size and depth. Upon successful completion of this testing, QCI may proceed with airborne testing with the ultimate goal to position the QCI LiDAR units on satellites to create a network for monitoring snow levels globally.
New Product Launch:
- The Company commenced its cyber security product launch as international patents were awarded addressing unconditional network security, including a method for quantum authentication. This breakthrough patent fills a critical security breach vulnerability by offering a way to effectively protect information in a zero-trust environment and thereby safeguarding the entire network at all points of slippage.
- The Company announced its plans to manufacture its own photonic quantum computing microchips, which it currently produces in contract fab facilities at CUNY and Columbia in New York City. QCI is working to obtain funding from the recent US government's announcement of the CHIPs and Science Act $52 billion funding to re-shore and develop new microchip technologies with the objective to increase and maintain US competitiveness. This program offers QCI the opportunity to apply for US government funding for its quantum photonic chip development. QCI and QI Solutions are aggressively pursuing this opportunity and anticipate funding in 2023 to establish its fabrication facility.
Paid Proof of Concept and Beta-tests:
- Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VPIC) selected QCI as its partner for risk-based flight trajectories. QCI successfully identified the optimal time, speed, and route for drone aircraft to traverse among destinations, while satisfying airspace constraints and minimizing risks related to weather, obstacles, and other aircraft through the use of QCI's Dirac-1 system.
- Rabobank engaged QCI to demonstrate the application of QCI's quantum computing capabilities to fraud detection in assessing bank transactions. QCI successfully demonstrated four separate applications of our Dirac-1 towards different types of machine learning classification tasks using Rabobank's fraud detection data.
- The Company is engaged in a number of beta-tests to demonstrate the effectiveness of its computing capabilities, including:
Consortium Membership Invitation:
- QI Solutions joined the University of Arizona's Center for Quantum Networking (CQN). In addition to QI Solutions, CQN partners include Harvard University, MIT, Yale as well as Cisco, Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, and Raytheon.
- QI Solutions joined the Arizona Defense and Industry Coalition (AZDIC) as a non-traditional defense company that offers a suite of quantum services, ranging from quantum computing to quantum sensing, imaging, and cybersecurity. AZDIC unites a massive defense community that includes six military installation, four national guard operations and 1,250 defense contractors collectively generating $10 billion in economic impact.
Subsequent Operational Developments and Outlook
New Product Launch:
- The Company announced its reprogrammable and non-repeatable Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG), a patented technology that is crucial to mitigate security vulnerabilities and provides customers with trustworthy data. The QRNG is available through a cloud-based subscription on the Company website followed by an option to purchase the hardware later in 2023.
- The Company announced its reservoir photonics computing capability through an MOU with artificial intelligence company millionways, Inc. The partnership represents a significant development for QCI as it enters into the AI market to demonstrate the value of quantum computing for AI. The partnership will highlight the value of processing millionways' AI algorithms through QCI's existing RQC systems that can uniquely assess audio files to produce an emotional scoring capability and demonstrate an enhanced capability for AI systems in general. If the data processing project is successful, the companies will develop a joint marketing and business development plan to pursue commercial opportunities.
Leadership Announcement:
- Lewis Shepherd, an emerging and disruptive technologies specialist within both Silicon Valley (VMware, Microsoft) and government service (U.S. Department o Defense, Federal Communications Commission, Intelligence Committee of AFCEA International, Defense Intelligence Agency), has joined the QCI Technical Advisory Board to provide industry advice, market intelligence, and QCI product visibility into his extensive network.
Consortium Membership Invitation:
- QI Solutions joined the Center for Quantum Technologies (CQT). CQT is a National Science Foundation sponsored initiative with engineers and scientists from Purdue University, Indiana University, the University of Notre Dame, and Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). QI Solutions and these four universities are joined by industry leaders, such as Air Force Research Laboratory, Amazon Web Services, Eli Lilly, Cummins, Toyota, Northrup Grumman, and IBM Quantum, to explore novel quantum technologies that address industry and defense challenges.
Guidance:
- The Company has completed its discovery and research phase of its core technology and has now transitioned to commercializing applications through its various product lines. Year-to-date, QCI has released several products in the first four months of 2023 with a number of additional product launches planned during the remainder of this year. The Company is actively increasing its sales and marketing efforts, anticipating gradual revenue increase mid year with acceleration to occur in the second half of 2023.
For additional information on the company's suite of solutions, please visit our website or contact our team directly.
About Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI)
Quantum Computing Inc. is a full-stack quantum hardware and software company on a mission to accelerate the value of quantum computing for real-world business solutions, delivering the future of quantum computing, today. The company delivers accessible and affordable full-stack solutions with real-world industrial applications, using photonic-based quantum entropy, which can be used anywhere and with little to no training, operates at normal room temperatures, low power and is not burdened with unique environmental requirements. QCI is competitively advantaged delivering its quantum solutions at greater speed, accuracy, and security at less cost QCI's core entropy computing capability, the Dirac series, delivers solutions for both binary and integer-based optimization problems using over 11,000 qubits for binary problems and over 1000 (n=64) qudits for integer-based problems, each of which are the highest number of variables and problem size available in quantum computing today. Using the Company's core quantum methodologies, QCI has also developed specific quantum applications for AI, cybersecurity and remote sensing, including its Reservoir Quantum Computing, reprogrammable and non-repeatable Quantum Random Number Generator and LiDAR products. For more information about QCI, visit www.quantumcomputinginc.com.
About QI Solutions, Inc. (QIS)
QI Solutions, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quantum Computing Inc., is a supplier of quantum technology solutions and services to the government and defense industries. With a team of qualified and cleared staff, QIS delivers a range of solutions from entropy quantum computing to quantum communications and sensing, backed by expertise in logistics, manufacturing, R&D and training. The company is exclusively focused on delivering tailored solutions for partners in various government departments and agencies. For more information about QIS, visit https://qiwerx.com/.
Important Cautions Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined within Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. By their nature, forward-looking statements and forecasts involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the near future. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of Quantum Computing Inc. (the "Company"), and members of its management as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements.
The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed conditions. Statements in this press release that are not descriptions of historical facts are forward-looking statements relating to future events, and as such all forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements may contain certain forward-looking statements pertaining to future anticipated or projected plans, performance, and developments, as well as other statements relating to future operations and results. Any statements in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be considered to be forward-looking statements. Words such as "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "intends," "goal," "objective," "seek," "attempt," "aim to," or variations of these or similar words, identify forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described in Item 1A in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is expressly incorporated herein by reference, and other factors as may periodically be described in the Company's filings with the SEC.
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Storage to keep your belongings safe near the water
Summertime means fun in the sand and surf or lounging around the pool with fruity drinks. While shoving an unsuspecting friend into the pool was once a harmless, fun prank, the mainstream adoption of smartphones makes that kind of fun a dangerous prospect.
Fans of kayaking, boating and swimming are no strangers to rugged, waterproof bags. You can find many resilient roll-top bags that can keep electronics safe from complete submersion. There are plenty of other varieties, too, some of which are considerably more stylish and convenient than what you’d normally see tied to an ocean kayak.
Best waterproof bags
Watershed Goforth 10.5L Dry Bag
This transparent 10.5-liter option uses a system of rugged buckles and nylon straps to turn into a tiny duffel bag impervious to leaks. It comes in four colors and has a removable waist belt for the ultimate convenience.
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Fjallraven High Coast Hip Pack
If you only need to store a few essentials, you won’t find anything more compact than this. It comes from one of today’s most popular fashion-forward bag companies and has four understated colors available.
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Hawaii-founded, Oregon-based Dakine makes some of the slickest surf equipment in the world, and this 36-liter backpack is no exception. It’s comfortable, versatile and engineered to carry surfboards up to 15 pounds.
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This rugged roll-top bag offers impressive water resistance, and you’ll often see it or similar ones on nearly every canoeing and kayaking trip. It comes in a wide array of bright colors and five sizes from 10 to 55 liters.
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Matador Freerain22 Packable Backpack
It has no frame and minimal padding, making it perfect for stashing in a larger pack or suitcase, only to bust it out for a day hike in the rain. It holds 22 liters and is as lightweight as any day pack you’ll find.
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It’s the most affordable choice for packing sensitive belongings such as smartphones, identification and earbuds without the worry of water damage. You can even use your device’s touch screen while it’s stored away.
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Available in either 15 or 30 liters, this premium dry bag is the perfect size for an excursion on a boat or in a torrential downpour. Its straps are relatively adjustable and it’s about as rugged as they come.
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With up to 105 liters of storage space and a surprisingly reasonable price for such a premium piece of gear, this is a great long-term investment for people who regularly travel on or around the water.
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As long as you won’t be subjecting them to overly harsh conditions or heavy usage, these affordable dry bags do a great job of keeping electronics safe during summer fun. This pack of five includes various sizes from three to 20 liters.
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Fjallraven Ulvo Large Hip Pack
It offers a surprisingly high capacity and is great for everyday use as well as special trips. It’s a touch expensive, but it looks great and is especially well-made.
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Storing your sensitive devices, cash and identification away from damaging moisture doesn’t get any easier than with this rugged and stylish hip pack. While it is waterproof, it’s not meant for long-term submersion).
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Watershed Chattooga 22L Dry Bag
It’s transparent, reasonably sized and has only a single large compartment that’s great for holding oddly shaped devices. The only drawback is that it’s pretty expensive, but you can rest assured that it should last for years with proper care.
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If efficient use of space is your thing, look no further than this streamlined option from a Swedish-inspired designer equipment outfit. It’s especially versatile since you can close it from the top or the side without compromising the protection, and there are various colors and patterns available.
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Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Compression Dry Sack
If you want to maximize the amount of gear you can keep dry while minimizing the space it takes up, this premium choice from respected backpacking manufacturer Sea to Summit has you covered. Its reliable seams and material prevent water ingress while compacting your stuff as much as possible.
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If you’re headed out to sea and need to keep all your belongings safe from salty spray, there are few better options than this one. At 70 liters, it’s great for long trips, and there’s a 105-liter option if you need it.
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In addition to a 23-L capacity and top-of-the-line construction quality and consistency, this one sports an adjustable air bladder that keeps it from sinking. It’s the perfect piece of gear storage for frequent canoe and rafting trips.
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There are a few sizes of this no-nonsense, dependable dry bag available, and they offer the best value when bundled with a matching waterproof phone pouch. It comes in black, blue orange or yellow, and there’s a clear window on the side for easy access and organization.
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Black Diamond Creek Transit 22 Backpack
From a renowned manufacturer of hiking equipment, this reliable backpack offers the quality suspension and high capacity needed for a fun day hike. But it also doesn’t look too far off from a normal backpack, so it’s great for everyday use when you’re not in the great outdoors.
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CLEVELAND, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyprium Partners, a private equity firm focused on non-control investments in profitable middle-market companies, is excited to announce the promotion of three key leaders in the firm: Drew Molinari and Nick Stone to Partner, and Lisa Vulic to Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer.
Drew Molinari - Promoted to Partner. Drew joined the firm in 2008 and has more than 18 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity. Drew is responsible for evaluating and structuring new investments, as well as portfolio company management. "We are thrilled to elevate Drew's role to that of a Partner in the firm. His proven dedication to Cyprium's investment strategy and ability to assess risk has made him an invaluable member of the team", said Beth Haas, Partner at Cyprium. "He is adept at analyzing complex data sets and pays particularly close attention to the human element of a prospective investment, which are critical when structuring our non-control investments." Contact Drew
Nick Stone - Promoted to Partner. Nick has been with Cyprium since 2007, leading the firm's origination and marketing activities since 2016. He is primarily responsible for sourcing and evaluating new investments and leveraging his network to raise third-party senior debt for portfolio companies. "Nick has been vital to the growth and success of the firm. Deal flow is the lifeblood of our business, and Nick lives and breathes this every day. I've never been in a meeting with Nick where he didn't offer to make an introduction, share a referral or give a great idea to our counterparts. Reputation is everything in this business, and we're thrilled to have Nick as a key representative of our firm," said Beth Haas. Contact Nick
Lisa Vulic - Promoted to Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer. Lisa joined the firm in 2004 and has contributed immeasurably to Cyprium's success over the past eighteen years. "In addition to the instrumental roles that she has played in our finance and reporting functions, Lisa has earned a reputation for integrity, dedication and care," said Dan Kessler, Partner at Cyprium. "We are thrilled to continue our heritage of promoting from within for key roles." Lisa is responsible for the implementation and management of the finance and accounting functions of all Cyprium entities and oversees the tax, risk management, human resources, information technology and compliance functions for the firm. Contact Lisa
We are proud to recognize the significant contributions of Drew, Nick and Lisa to the firm's success. They have been instrumental to the continued growth of Cyprium, and we appreciate their leadership, hard work and dedication to the Cyprium team and our partner companies.
About Cyprium Partners
Cyprium Partners is a private equity and mezzanine firm focused on non-controlling investments in profitable middle-market companies, allowing company owners and their management teams to retain a controlling interest in their businesses. Cyprium provides common equity, preferred stock, subordinated debt, or any combination thereof, offering flexibility and increasing the certainty of close.
With offices in Cleveland, New York, and Chicago, the firm invests $10 million to $60 million per transaction in U.S. and Canadian companies with $8 million or more of EBITDA. Since 1998 our team has invested $1.8 billion in 97 companies headquartered throughout North America. Learn more about Cyprium Partners at cyprium.com
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An oil spill in a creek in northeastern Kansas shut down a major pipeline that carries oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast, briefly causing oil prices to rise on Thursday.
Canada-based TC Energy said it shut down its Keystone system Wednesday night following a drop in pipeline pressure. It said oil spilled into a creek in Washington County, Kansas, about 150 miles (241 kilometers) northwest of Kansas City.
The company said in a news release that the pipeline segment where the spill occurred had been “isolated” and that the company was using booms, or barriers, to keep the spilled oil from moving downstream. It didn’t say how much oil was spilled or what caused the spill.
Concerns that spills could pollute waterways spurred opposition to plans by TC Energy to build another crude oil pipeline in the Keystone system, the 1,200-mile Keystone XL, which would have cut across Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. Critics also argued that using crude from western Canada’s oil sands would make climate change worse, and President Joe Biden’s cancelation of a U.S. permit for the project led the company to pull the plug last year.
In 2019, the Keystone pipeline leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 million liters) of oil in eastern North Dakota, damaging about five acres.
There was a brief surge in oil prices midday Thursday as word of the spill in Kansas began to spread, with the cost for a barrel of oil for near-term contracts rising by nearly 5%, and above the cost of oil contracts further into the future. That typically suggests there is anxiety in the market over immediate supply.
“It’s something to keep an eye on, but not necessarily an immediate impact for now,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, which tracks gasoline prices. “It could eventually impact oil supplies to refiners, which could be severe if it lasts more than a few days.”
Past Keystone spills have led to outages that lasted about two weeks, but this outage could possibly be longer because it involves a body of water, said analysts at RBC Capital Markets in a note to investors. Depending on the spill’s location, it’s possible that a portion of the pipeline could restart sooner, they said.
“Much of the oil through Keystone gets exported, so we expect little to no impact on domestic gasoline prices,” said Andrew Gross, spokesman for AAA. “Any spike in reaction will likely subside quickly as other news takes over.”
Randy Hubbard, the Washington County Emergency Management coordinator, said there had been no evacuations because the break happened in a rural area in the middle of a pasture. He didn’t know the name of the creek or what body of water it flows into.
He said the pipeline operator hasn’t disclosed how much oil was discharged and that it could take a day and a half to get that data.
He said he hadn’t been to the site but is supporting investigators with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and and Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Keystone said in its statement: “Our primary focus right now is the health and safety of onsite staff and personnel, the surrounding community, and mitigating risk to the environment through the deployment of booms downstream as we work to contain and prevent further migration of the release.”
The Kansas department’s spokesman, Matt Lara, said it was sending a team to the site but had no information. The EPA didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment and officials with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration didn’t immediately respond to questions about the oil spill Thursday.
“Everyone is in their fact-finding process,” Hubbard said.
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Cathy Bussewitz contributed reporting from New York. | 2022-12-08T20:55:51+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-oil-spill-in-rural-kansas-creek-shuts-down-keystone-pipeline/ |
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A boat carrying more than 180 Rohingya refugees has arrived in Indonesia. It's the second boat with refugees to do so in recent days. These members of the stateless, persecuted Muslim minority have been drifting for weeks without food or water before reaching shore. They fled from Bangladesh, where about a million Rohingya live in refugee camps after escaping a deadly military-led campaign targeting them in Myanmar. Joining us now is Babar Baloch, a spokesman for the U.N. Refugee Agency. First off, can you tell us in what state these refugees arrive in, in Indonesia?
BABAR BALOCH: Thank you for having me. These are desperate people who arrived over the last two days in bad shape, actually - dehydrated, many of them being adrift for a month in those choppy waves without anything, without any help as well. So the first thing UNHCR, the U.N. Refugee Agency, my colleagues, local communities and authorities had to do was try to give them urgent attention. Many of them needed medical help. And a majority of these people that landed yesterday ashore in Indonesia are women and children.
MARTÍNEZ: Were they at least relieved to be away from Myanmar?
BALOCH: They're relieved to be on safe land. And remember, as we have been saying, they have been adrift for a month. And when we say adrift for a month, it means they have been on a rickety wooden boat, which is not fit for sea travel at all. There have been reports of engine breakdowns on this boat that we are talking. This was specifically 200 on one boat. Out of 200, 174 arrived yesterday, 26 lost their lives during this ordeal.
MARTÍNEZ: Government officials said today in Bangladesh they're trying to stop refugees from risking their lives. This group of refugees made it to shore, others did not. What is your latest estimate on how many Rohingya refugees have died trying to make the journey?
BALOCH: Indeed, there can be a collective effort to restore hope in refugees' lives. And when we talk about these movements, there are reports that these are happening from Bangladesh, from Myanmar. But there is a reason for this happening. These are people who have to find safety and protection. And there are no legal ways for them to do that. Many of them see no hope for themselves in the refugee camp where UNHCR, us, with the local Bangladeshi authorities and communities, have been working.
Let's not forget that Bangladesh has been a generous host for a million Rohingya refugees. But these Rohingya refugees need humanitarian support to continue their lives. As a refugee, when you don't see any kind of light at the end of the tunnel, you don't know what the future holds for you, it just aggravates that sense of desperation - and added to that complex and difficult situation are the human smugglers and traffickers, who are ready to prey on these desperate people. And this is what they do.
MARTÍNEZ: When you say there's no hope, or at least they have no hope in their situation, how bad is their situation in Bangladesh?
BALOCH: Inside the camps, where you have a million people being supported day and night by local authorities in Bangladesh, the humanitarians, UNHCR, the U.N. Refugee Agency. But we are not getting internationally the required help we need to take care of these people. Remember, many of them are children. You have women there. So there's people's future at stake as well. A majority of them, more than 700,000, arrived in 2017 from Myanmar. Five years on, they don't know what's going to happen to them. So we have to collectively - and this is not only a call on the regional state, this is a global call to invest in these desperate refugees' lives so they see a future for themselves. We have been asking for resources.
MARTÍNEZ: But if they stay - I guess what I'm asking is if they stay, what do they face? What kinds of threats are they facing if they stay?
BALOCH: They are currently at a location which is very overcrowded. We have been continuously working to improve it. Remember, Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries. Land is an issue. But even after that, they have been able to step forward and host these refugees. What is not there is equal responsibility sharing and support globally from the international community.
MARTÍNEZ: That's Babar Baloch, spokesman for the U.N. Refugee Agency. Thank you very much for your time.
BALOCH: Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | 2023-01-18T04:32:37+00:00 | kanw.com | https://www.kanw.com/2022-12-27/after-weeks-at-sea-dehydrated-rohingya-refugees-reach-indonesia |
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a member of the Democratic leadership, announced Thursday that she will not run for a fifth term in 2024, opening up a seat in the key battleground state.
The news likely comes as a shock to many Democrats in the state because Stabenow had not previously indicated that she would not seek reelection. Stabenow’s impending retirement turns Michigan’s next Senate race into one of the most competitive in the country.
“Inspired by a new generation of leaders, I have decided to pass the torch in the U.S. Senate. I am announcing today that I will not seek reelection and will leave the U.S. Senate at the end of my term on January 3, 2025,” Stabenow said in a statement.
Democrats will face a test to find a candidate with the broad support of the 72-year-old Stabenow, first elected to the Senate in 2000 after earlier terms in the House and Michigan’s House and Senate. The National Republican Senatorial Committee, which works to elect Republicans, said in a statement after Stabenow’s announcement that it would “aggressively target this seat in 2024.”
While the current political climate in Michigan favors Democrats following a midterm election where they flipped the state House and Senate, the state is still expected to be one of the nation’s premier battlegrounds in the 2024 presidential election.
Only one Michigan Republican has held a seat in the Senate in the past 40 years.
Stabenow joined the U.S. House in 1996. In 2000, she made history by becoming the first woman to be elected senator in Michigan, defeating a Republican incumbent. She turned back GOP challenges in 2006 and 2012 and defeated Republican John James by 6.5 percentage points in her last election in 2018. James was elected to the House in November.
Stabenow is the longest-serving member of the state’s congressional delegation. She is chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, making her the No. 3 ranking party leader, and heads the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee.
Stabenow most recently has been involved in bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing oversight of cryptocurrencies. She has also led efforts to expand and increase funding for mental health care both nationally and in Michigan.
Ahead of 2024, the date of Michigan’s primary is yet to be finalized after the Democratic National Committee rule-making arm voted to move Michigan up in the party’s presidential primary calendar. If the full DNC approves the plan, as expected, Michigan would be the fifth state to vote in the primary process on Feb. 27.
The Republican National Committee has already set their primary schedule and Michigan is not in the first five states. If Michigan Republicans were to move their primary before March 1 to match the Democrat’s plan, they could be significantly penalized by the national Republican Party. | 2023-01-05T15:33:35+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/democratic-sen-stabenow-of-michigan-wont-run-again-in-2024/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
China looks to learn from Russian failures in Ukraine
Bangkok – With its ground troops forced to pull back in Ukraine and regroup, and its Black Sea flagship sunk, Russia’s military failings are mounting. No country is paying closer attention than China to how a smaller and outgunned force has badly bloodied what was thought to be one of the world’s most powerful armies.
China, like Russia, has been ambitiously reforming its Soviet-style military and experts say leader Xi Jinping will be carefully parsing the weaknesses exposed by the invasion of Ukraine as they might apply to his own People’s Liberation Army and his designs on the self-governed island of Taiwan.
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“The big question Xi and the PLA leadership must be asking in light of Russian operations in Ukraine is whether a military that has undergone extensive reform and modernization will be able to execute operations that are far more complex than those Russia has undertaken during its invasion of Ukraine,” said M. Taylor Fravel, director of the security studies program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Russia’s armed forces have undergone an extensive process of reform and investment for more than a decade, with lessons learned in combat in Georgia, Chechnya, Syria and its annexation of Crimea helping guide the process. The Ukrainian invasion, however, has exposed weaknesses from the top down.
Experts have been collectively stunned that Russia invaded Ukraine with seemingly little preparation and lack of focus – a campaign along multiple, poorly-coordinated axes that has failed to effectively combine air and land operations.
Soldiers have been running out of food, and vehicles have been breaking down. With losses mounting, Moscow has pulled its bloodied forces away from the capital, Kyiv, to regroup. Last week, the guided-missile cruiser Moskva sank after Ukraine said it hit the ship with missiles; Russia blamed the sinking on a fire on board.
“It’s very hard to see success at any level in the way that Russia has prosecuted the campaign,” said Euan Graham, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies based in Singapore.
President Vladimir Putin, who has been closely involved in Russia’s military reform, did not even appoint an overall commander for the operation until about a week ago, apparently expecting a quick victory and grossly misjudging Ukrainian resistance, Graham said.
“It’s a very personal war on his part,” Graham said. “And I think the expectation that this would be a cakewalk is obviously the biggest single failure.”
Putin’s decisions raise the question of whether he was given accurate assessments of the progress of military reform and Ukrainian abilities, or was just told what he wanted to hear.
Xi, also an authoritarian leader who has taken a personal role in China’s military reform, could now be wondering the same, Fravel said.
“Xi specifically may also wonder whether he is receiving accurate reports about the PLA’s likely effectiveness in a high intensity conflict,” he said.
China has had no recent major conflict by which to gauge its military prowess, having fought its last significant engagement in 1979 against Vietnam, said David Chen, a senior consultant with CENTRA Technology, a U.S.-based government services firm.
“The wakeup call for (China’s) Central Military Commission is that there are more unknown factors involved in any such campaign than they may have anticipated,” Chen said.
“Russia’s experience in Ukraine has shown that what may seem plausible on paper at the Academy of Military Science or National Defense University becomes much more complicated in the real world.”
Xi, the son of a revolutionary commander who spent time in uniform himself, began undertaking military reforms in 2015, three years after assuming leadership of the Central Military Commission.
Total troop strength was reduced by 300,000 to just under 2 million, the number of officers cut by a third and a greater emphasis given to non-commissioned officers to lead in the field.
China’s military has a tradition of respect for initiative from lower-ranking soldiers dating from its revolutionary origins, said Yue Gang, a Beijing-based military analyst. By contrast, Russian forces in Ukraine have shown weaknesses where decisions have had to be made on the front lines, he said.
“Chinese soldiers are encouraged to put forward their thoughts and views when discussing how to fight,” Yue said.
China’s seven military districts have been reorganized into five theater commands, the number of group armies reduced and the logistics system reorganized to boost efficiency. The ratio of support to combat units was increased and a greater emphasis placed on more mobile and amphibious units.
Xi has also sought to end rampant corruption in the military, going after two former top generals shortly after taking power. One was sentenced to life in prison and the other died before his case was concluded.
China’s military is highly opaque and outside the purview of civilian judges and corruption investigators, so it’s difficult to know how thoroughly the organization has been exorcised of practices such as the selling of commissions and kickbacks on defense contracts.
For Xi, the military’s primary mission remains to protect the ruling Communist Party, and he has followed his predecessors in fighting back hard against efforts to have the military shift its ultimate loyalty to the nation.
Xi’s overriding political focus could mean the lessons he draws from the Ukraine conflict are off base, Graham said.
“Xi Jinping will always apply a political solution because he’s not a military specialist or an economic specialist,” Graham said. “I think the military lessons have to go through a political filter, so I’m not sure that China will take the lessons that are abundant and on show for everyone to see.”
The stated goal of China’s military reform is to “fight and win wars” against a “strong enemy” – a euphemism widely understood to refer to the United States.
China has pumped huge amounts of money into new equipment, has initiated more realistic training exercises with force-on-force scenarios, and sought to reform its fighting doctrine by studying American engagements in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo.
Gen. David Berger, the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, said in a forum in Australia last week that Beijing would be watching the Ukraine conflict closely.
“I don’t know what lessons they will learn but … they’re focused on learning, without a doubt, because they’ve been doing that for the last 15 years,” he said.
Berger stressed the need for strong coalitions in the Pacific as a way to keep China’s ambitions toward Taiwan in check.
China claims Taiwan as its own, and controlling the island is a key component of Beijing’s political and military thinking. In October, Xi again reiterated that “reunification of the nation must be realized, and will definitely be realized.”
Washington’s longstanding policy has been to provide political and military support for Taiwan, while not explicitly promising to defend it from a Chinese attack.
Like Putin’s assessment of Ukraine, Xi’s China does not appear to believe that Taiwan would try to put up much of a fight. Beijing routinely blames its problems with the island on a small group of hardcore independence advocates and their American supporters.
The entirely state-controlled Chinese media, meanwhile, draws on the imagined narrative that Taiwan would not willingly go to battle against what it describes as their fellow Chinese.
Now, the quick response by many nations to impose tough, coordinated sanctions on Russia after its attack on Ukraine, and the willingness to supply Ukraine with high-tech weaponry could make Xi rethink his approach to Taiwan, Fravel said.
With “the rapid response by advanced industrialized states, and the unity they have demonstrated, Xi is likely to be more cautious over Taiwan and less emboldened,” he said.
Conversely, the Ukraine experience could prompt China to accelerate its timetable on Taiwan with a more limited attack, such as seizing an outlying island, as a real-world test of its own military, Chen said.
“A sensible course would be to mature the PLA’s joint institutions and procedures through ever more rigorous exercises,” Chen said.
“But as the world has witnessed, a central leader with a specific ambition and a shortening timeline may short-circuit the process in reckless fashion.” | 2022-04-20T19:31:24+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2022/04/20/china-looks-learn-russian-failures-ukraine/7385688001/ |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cross another obvious name off the list of potential Big Ten commissioner candidates.
Former Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips — a contender for the commissioner job before Kevin Warren was hired in 2019 — is close to a contract extension to remain ACC commissioner, per multiple reports. Phillips has been ACC commissioner since 2021.
According to The Athletic and ESPN, though, the Big Ten could announce Warren’s successor as early as this week. Finalists are reportedly being interviewed this week, though those reports did not identify them by name.
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ESPN reported that Phillips was never formally involved in the Big Ten’s search process.
Warren is reportedly expected to begin his duties with the Bears on Monday.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said in February he was not interested in the position. His name had been floated in the early speculation among many individuals whose influence and tenure matched with the position.
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Warren’s tenure was a rocky one. It began with the awkward handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the tumult created within the league and among its coaches, athletes and others when the 2020 football season was postponed, then reinstated in a shorter version.
As one of his last duties, however, Warren finalized the addition of UCLA and USC to bring the league to 16 members. He also completed a new broadcast rights deal, worth over $7 billion, that goes into effect next year.
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DENVER (AP) — A 17-year-old student was found dead in the Colorado woods after being accused of shooting and wounding two administrators at his Denver high school where students and parents were already fed up over recent violence and a lack of action by officials, authorities said Thursday.
The shooting occurred Wednesday morning at East High School, not far from downtown, while two administrators searched Austin Lyle for weapons, a daily requirement because of the boy's behavioral issues, authorities said.
Lyle fled after the shooting and his body was found Wednesday night near his car in a remote, mountain area about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Denver, outside the small town of Bailey, in Park County. The county coroner’s office confirmed early Thursday that the body was Lyle’s. Cause of death was not released, pending an autopsy.
The shooting, at a time of rising gun violence on school campuses across the U.S., has stoked a backlash against a policy adopted in Denver several years ago of not putting police or armed personnel into schools.
The administrators who were shot were unarmed, said Denver schools spokesperson Scott Pribble.
“It stuns me that we have civilian people... charged with having to search a student or anyone for weapons,” said Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association of School Resource Officers. He said patting down students -- especially for weapons -- should fall to trained, armed school resource officers fitted with body armor.
If a resource officer had done the search at East High School, he added, “for the most part, I don’t see it being a tragedy."
Students from East High School and others across Denver rallied at the state Capitol Thursday to push for gun reform.
“We're scared to go to school,” said East High School sophomore Anna Hay. “We want to have these legislators look us in our eyes when they tell us they won't pass gun legislation.”
As Wednesday's shooting unfolded, Hay could hear sirens from emergency vehicles and had a sinking realization that the threat was real. “Watching your friends and the fear in their eyes...it's the worst feeling in the world.”
The city's Board of Education convened a special meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday to discuss the shooting and school security. The meeting came after parents who converged on the 2,500-student East High campus Wednesday voiced frustration that officials were not adequately protecting their children.
The shooting occurred at a school shaken by frequent lockdowns and violence, including the recent killing outside the school of a classmate that prompted East High School students to march on the Colorado Capitol earlier this month.
“I am sick of it,” said Jess Haase, who planned to talk with her daughter about taking her out of classes for the rest of the school year.
Some parents questioned why the district became one of many in the U.S. that decided to phase out school resource officers in the summer of 2020 amid a summer of protests over racial injustice following the killing of George Floyd by police.
Amid the flurry of criticism over lax security, Denver school officials said Wednesday that they would once again put armed officers into the city’s public high schools.
There were no school resource officers on campus at the time of Wednesday’s shooting, Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said.
Shootings in the nation's schools more than tripled during a five-year period ending in 2021 compared to the previous five years, jumping from an average of 38 annually to more than 130 annually, according to a database from the Naval Postgraduate School. Since 2000, there have been more than 1,300 school shootings and related incidents that killed 377 people and wounded 1,025, according to the database.
The Colorado shooting was at least the second to occur at or near a school this week in the U.S. On Monday, a 15-year-old was arrested in the fatal shooting of a student outside of a Dallas-area high school.
Wednesday's shooting happened just before 10 a.m. in an office area as Lyle was undergoing a search as part of a "safety plan" that required him to be patted down daily, officials said.
The gun used in the shooting was not immediately recovered, Chief Thomas said.
One of the wounded administrators was released from the hospital Wednesday afternoon and the second was in serious condition, said Heather Burke, a spokesperson for Denver Health hospital.
Hundreds of students skipped class March 3 and marched in support of stricter gun laws following the death of Luis Garcia, 16, who was shot while sitting in a car near East High School.
In June 2020, following the murder of George Floyd, Denver Public Schools joined other districts around the country and decided to phase out its use of police officers in school buildings. That push was fueled by criticism that school resource officers disproportionately arrested Black students, sweeping them into the criminal justice system.
After Wednesday’s shooting, two armed officers will be posted at East High School through the end of the school year, and other city high schools also will each get an officer, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero said.
At least one East High School students testified Wednesday afternoon before the Colorado Legislature on gun safety bills.
“This is the reality of being young in America: sitting through a shooting and waiting for information just hours before you’re scheduled to testify in support of gun safety bills,” said Gracie Taub, a 16-year-old East High School sophomore and volunteer with Students Demand Action in Colorado.
Lyle transferred to East High School after being disciplined and removed from a high school in nearby Aurora last school year because of unspecified violations of school policies, said Cherry Creek School District spokesperson Lauren Snell.
Marrero said safety plans for students are enacted in response to “past educational and also behavioral experiences,” adding that it’s a common practice throughout Colorado’s public schools. Officials did not give further details on why Lyle was searched daily.
But daily pat-downs are rare, said Franci Crepeau-Hobson, a University of Colorado Denver professor specializing in school violence prevention.
“Clearly they were concerned,” said Crepeau-Hobson. “I can’t imagine they’d do that if there wasn’t a history of the kid carrying a weapon.”
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Associated Press reporters Sarah Brumfield in Silver Spring, Maryland, and Matthew Brown in Billings, Montana, contributed to this report.
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A Helena woman alleged in Lewis and Clark County Justice Court that the Hamilton Republican physically abused her and threatened her with a firearm during their six-year relationship. | 2023-07-12T00:22:37+00:00 | mtpr.org | https://www.mtpr.org/people/arren-kimbel-sannit |
Erie County Republicans on Saturday plan to settle on a candidate to challenge County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz, the Democratic incumbent who is seeking an unprecedented fourth term.
Erie County Republican Committee Chairman Michael A. Kracker on Friday told The Buffalo News that at least three candidates – two incumbent officeholders and a newcomer – have appeared before the GOP committee in recent weeks seeking the party's endorsement.
County Clerk Michael P. Kearns and Boston Town Supervisor Jason A. Keding have appeared before the committee, Kracker said. But much of the conversation among Republicans in recent days has focused on Chrissy Casilio-Bluhm, a 36-year-old Clarence resident who owns her own marketing communications firm.
Casilio-Bluhm is the daughter of Clarence Town Supervisor Patrick Casilio, a Republican.
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"We will be having a discussion as a committee (Saturday) to mull an endorsement in the race and see if we can unify behind a candidate to take on the county executive," Kracker said.
The Erie County Democratic Committee gave its unanimous endorsement Tuesday evening to incumbent County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz.
None of the three candidates responded to messages seeking comment. Kracker said Casilio-Bluhm has appeared before his committee. Erie County Conservative Party Chairman Ralph Lorigo said he spoke with Casilio-Bluhm this week.
"She called and told me that she wanted to do this," Lorigo said. "She was asked to, and she wants to do it. She seems to have all the right motivation. She certainly seems to have the right values."
Still, Lorigo said it might be "a difficult chore" for Casilio-Bluhm to raise the estimated $1 million that Lorigo and other political veterans say is needed to seriously challenge Poloncarz. He said the Conservative committee has not decided whether to endorse Casilio-Bluhm.
"It’s a lot of money and it doesn’t come that easy," Lorigo said. "So we’re going to sit down and talk."
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Amherst Republican Chairman Brian D. Rusk said he is impressed with Casilio-Bluhm.
Asked whether he considered her the front-runner, Rusk said, "She may be. I think she's a breath of fresh air. When she met with our executive committee, many people said she had the 'it' factor."
Lorigo said he predicts Casilio-Bluhm will get the Republican nod over Keding when the county GOP's executive committee meets this weekend at the Orchard Park Senior Center to discuss the nomination.
For weeks, Kearns, the incumbent county clerk, appeared to be a possible candidate to gain the Republican nomination, though his refusal to change his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican miffed some rank-and-file GOP members.
Erie County Clerk Michael "Mickey" Kearns says he didn't know about the state law that prohibits the county to pay for advertising and promotional expenses that feature his image or voice.
Political watchers say Kearns' candidacy has dimmed in recent days after a WGRZ-TV investigation revealed Kearns spent nearly $100,000 in taxpayer funds to purchase advertisements for the clerk's office that he appeared in. State law prohibits elected officials from appearing in such ads.
The News in November reported that County Comptroller Kevin Hardwick, a Democrat, was questioning the propriety of the advertisements.
"This most recent thing, I think, hurts him badly," Lorigo said. "I wouldn’t have taken that approach. So I don’t think it’s him."
Poloncarz last week announced that he was running for an unprecedented fourth term in office despite previous rumors that he would take a position in Albany in Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration.
Nate McMurray, the former congressional candidate and Grand Island supervisor, has already announced his plans to challenge Poloncarz in a Democratic primary, criticizing Poloncarz's handling of the Christmas blizzard that resulted in 46 Erie County deaths.
McMurray's campaign marks the first Democratic primary challenge Poloncarz has faced since becoming county executive. In previous campaigns, he defeated Republicans Chris Collins, Raymond W. Walter and Lynne Dixon. | 2023-02-25T10:41:24+00:00 | buffalonews.com | https://buffalonews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/erie-county-republicans-set-to-make-decision-on-poloncarz-challenger/article_ee059d80-b486-11ed-a480-03b4272aaf51.html |
Yellow Corporation, one of the nation's largest transportation companies, has filed a lawsuit against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) trucking union for alleged breach of contract and attempts to block Yellow's efforts to modernize its business.
Yellow claims the Teamsters caused more than $137 million in damages by "unjustifiably blocking, for over eight months, Yellow’s restructuring plan to modernize its business," which is necessary to avoid a looming bankruptcy.
Yellow and the Teamsters union have been tied up in negotiations since last year over the company's proposed restructuring efforts to consolidate its business operations and create a "super regional carrier" referred to as One Yellow. However, the company claims the Teamsters union is delaying it from initiating Phases 2 and 3 of its restructuring plan.
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Three years ago, Yellow received a $700 million pandemic-era bailout from the U.S. government in exchange for a 30% equity stake in the company. However, the company is reportedly running low on cash and accusing the Teamsters union of blocking Yellow's restructuring plan in attempt to force it into "economic ruin."
"For many months, we have made good faith efforts to meet with the IBT to propose a path forward that works for all parties, but they refuse even to meet, let alone engage in honest talks" Yellow Corporation management said in a statement. "We have communicated with all stakeholders in Washington, D.C., including the Biden Administration, to apprise it of the imminent loss of tens of thousands of jobs, the significant anti-competitive effects on the American economy and the devastating impact to the supply chain, and to seek their assistance in persuading the IBT to negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement. "
The complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas also alleges that Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien orchestrated a "militant approach" to block Yellow's restructuring plan by leveraging the company's dire financial position. The Teamsters union has vehemently denied those claims and blamed Yellow for bad business practices.
"Yellow Corp.’s claims of breach of contract by the Teamsters are unfounded and without merit," O'Brien responded in a statement. "After decades of gross mismanagement, Yellow blew through a $700 million bailout from the federal government, and now it wants workers to foot the bill. For a company that loves to cry poor, Yellow's executives seem to have no problem paying a team of high-priced lawyers to wage a public relations battle — all in a failed attempt to mask their incompetence."
Yellow's government loan allowed the company to stay afloat throughout its restructuring plan, but the company says economic headwinds and its contract dispute with the Teamsters union have put it in a dicey financial position. The current Teamsters contract is set to expire on March 31, 2024, and Yellow has warned that negotiations — or lack thereof — are putting the company's future at risk.
Yellow currently holds more than $1.5 billion in outstanding debt and has maintained that if the Teamsters continues to delay its restructuring plan, the company could run out of cash by as early as next month.
"Completion of One Yellow in 2023 is critical to Yellow’s ability to survive," the company said in a statement.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lipocine Inc. (NASDAQ: LPCN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on leveraging its proprietary Lip'ral platform to develop differentiated products through the oral delivery of previously difficult to deliver molecules focused on treating CNS disorders, announced today that it will present at the H.C. Wainwright 6th Annual NASH Investor Conference to be held virtually on October 17.
Investors interested in arranging a 1x1 meeting at the conference should contact their H.C. Wainwright representative.
About Lipocine
Lipocine is a biopharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary technology platform to augment therapeutics through effective oral delivery to develop products for CNS disorders. Lipocine has candidates in development and candidates for which we are exploring partnering which target large addressable markets with significant unmet medical needs. Our candidates represent enablement of patient friendly oral delivery options for favorable benefit to risk profile.
Lipocine clinical development candidates include: LPCN 1154, oral brexanolone, for the potential treatment of postpartum depression, LPCN 2101 for the potential treatment of epilepsy and LPCN 1148, an oral prodrug of bioidentical testosterone targeted for the management of symptoms associated with liver cirrhosis. Lipocine is exploring partnering LPCN 1144, our candidate for treatment of non-cirrhotic NASH, LPCN 1148, LPCN 1107, our candidate for prevention of pre-term birth, and LPCN 1111, a once-a-day therapy candidate for testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). TLANDO, a novel oral prodrug of testosterone containing testosterone undecanoate developed by Lipocine, is approved by the FDA for conditions associated with a deficiency of endogenous testosterone, also known as hypogonadism, in adult males. For more information, please visit www.lipocine.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains "forward-looking statements" that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and include statements that are not historical facts regarding our product development efforts, our strategic plans for developing products to treat CNS disorders, our ability to monetize non-core product candidates, the application of our Lip'ral platform in developing new treatments for CNS disorders, our product candidates and related clinical trials, the achievement of milestones within and completion of clinical trials, the timing and completion of regulatory reviews, outcomes of clinical trials of our product candidates, and the potential uses and benefits of our product candidates. Investors are cautioned that all such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the risks that we may not be successful in developing product candidates to treat CNS disorders, we may not be able to enter into partnerships or other strategic relationships to monetize our non-core assets, the FDA will not approve any of our products, risks related to our products, expected product benefits not being realized, clinical and regulatory expectations and plans not being realized, new regulatory developments and requirements, risks related to the FDA approval process including the receipt of regulatory approvals, the results and timing of clinical trials, patient acceptance of Lipocine's products, the manufacturing and commercialization of Lipocine's products, and other risks detailed in Lipocine's filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, its Form 10-K and other reports on Forms 8-K and 10-Q, all of which can be obtained on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Lipocine assumes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements contained in this release, except as required by law.
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NEW YORK — Amazon will hire 150,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees across its warehouses ahead of the holiday season.
The announcement, made Thursday, shows the e-commerce behemoth is taking a less conservative approach to its holiday planning than Walmart, which said last month it would hire 40,000 U.S. workers for the holidays, compared to 150,000 in 2021.
Amazon, which typically beefs up its operations during the holidays, was looking for the same number of seasonal employees last year. Its other competitors, UPS and Target, have said their holiday hiring plans will also remain in line with the prior year.
Seattle-based Amazon said workers can earn an average pay of $19 per hour, based on their position and location within the U.S. The company had announced last week it would raise its average pay for frontline workers by a dollar, a move aimed towards attracting more employees in a tight labor market. It also said it would make changes so employees can get paid more frequently than one or twice a month.
Analysts expect the holiday shopping season to be impacted by the uncertain economic environment, as budget-conscious shoppers navigate higher prices for food and other necessities amid high inflation and rising interest rates.
Salesforce, which analyzes online shopping data, forecasts digital sales to reach $265 billion in the U.S. in November and December. That means holiday sales will remain essentially flat compared to last year, bumping up only 3%, despite a strong showing compared to pre-pandemic levels, Salesforce said. Analysts note higher prices could also lead to fewer total orders. And the current inflation rate of 8.3% means retailers would see a decrease in real sales.
To accommodate cash-strapped consumers expected to spread out their holiday shopping, retailers are offering more discounts - and doing it much earlier. Next week, Amazon will have its second Prime Day-like discount event of the year, the first time the company is holding a major sales event twice in one year following its Prime Day in July. Target and Walmart have said they’ll also offer deals this month.
Amazon’s overall retail business has been sluggish in the past few months as Americans shifted away from the pandemic-induced spike in online shopping. The pandemic-fueled demand was so high in the last two years that it drove the company to double its physical footprint and nearly double its workforce to 1.6 million. When the worst of the pandemic eased, the company found itself with too much space and too many workers. It’s been reducing its warehouse capacity in the past few months by subleasing some of its warehouses, delaying or canceling construction on others. Between March and June, it said it also reduced its workforce by roughly 100,000 through attrition.
Though Amazon is boosting hiring at its warehouses, it's tightening its budget elsewhere. On Tuesday, The New York Times reported the company is implementing a hiring freeze on the corporate side of its retail business for the rest of the year. | 2022-10-07T06:00:48+00:00 | wthr.com | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/amazon-to-hire-workers-for-holidays/507-cb187406-8bb9-4be1-850e-18b34f1efcfb |
Letters to Santa 2022 - Official Promotion Rules
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2. Eligibility. No purchase necessary to enter or win. This promotion is open only to legal U.S. residents of the following counties in the stations viewing area: Harrison, Hancock, Jackson, Stone, George, and Pearl River counties, who are custodial parents or legal guardians of children who are 13 years of age or younger at the time of entry. Employees and immediate family members of employees of Gray Television, WLOX and other Sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, and their advertising and production agencies are not eligible to participate in this promotion. Only one (1) entry per individual.
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3. How to Enter. There are 3 ways to enter this promotion. Beginning on Monday, November 1st, 2021 at 6:00am, custodial parents or legal guardians of children 13 years of age or youngers can drop off at WLOX, log on to www.wlox.com and select Letters to Santa Promotion under the contest tab and fill out the required form, or mail to WLOX-TV, 208 Debuys Road, Biloxi, MS 39531 to enter the contest. Entries must be received by 11:59 PM Sunday, December 11th 2022 in order to qualify. All entries become the property of Sponsor(s), and Sponsor(s) reserve(s) the right to use any information submitted by entrants. By submitting an entry on behalf of a minor child, you are representing and warranting that you are a custodial parent or legal guardian of such child.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for more than two decades accepted luxury trips nearly every year from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow without reporting them on financial disclosure forms, ProPublica reports.
In a lengthy story published Thursday the nonprofit investigative journalism organization catalogs various trips Thomas has taken aboard Crow’s yacht and private jet as well as to Crow’s private resort in the Adirondacks. A 2019 trip to Indonesia the story detailed could have cost more than $500,000 had Thomas chartered the plane and yacht himself, ProPublica reported.
Supreme Court justices, like other federal judges, are required to file an annual financial disclosure report which asks them to list gifts they have received. It was not clear why Thomas omitted the trips, but under a judiciary policy guide consulted by The Associated Press, food, lodging or entertainment received as “personal hospitality of any individual” does not need to be reported if it is at the personal residence of that individual or their family. That said, the exception to reporting is not supposed to cover “transportation that substitutes for commercial transportation” and properties owned by an entity.
A Supreme Court spokeswoman acknowledged an email from the AP seeking comment from Thomas but did not provide any additional information. ProPublica wrote that Thomas did not respond to a detailed list of questions from the organization.
Last month, the federal judiciary beefed up disclosure requirements for all judges, including the high court justices, although overnight stays at personal vacation homes owned by friends remain exempt from disclosure.
Last year, questions about Thomas’ ethics arose when it was disclosed that he did not step away from election cases following the 2020 election despite the fact that his wife, conservative activist Virginia Thomas, reached out to lawmakers and the White House to urge defiance of the election results. The latest story will likely increase calls for the justices to adopt an ethics code and enhance disclosure of travel and other gifts.
In a statement, Crow told ProPublica that he and his wife have been friends of Thomas and his wife since 1996, five years after Thomas joined the high court. Crow said that the “hospitality we have extended to the Thomas’s over the years is no different from the hospitality we have extended to our many other dear friends” and that the couple “never asked for any of this hospitality.”
He said they have “never asked about a pending or lower court case, and Justice Thomas has never discussed one, and we have never sought to influence Justice Thomas on any legal or political issue.”
ProPublica’s story says that Thomas has been vacationing at Crow’s lavish Topridge resort virtually every summer for more than two decades. During one trip in 2017, other guests included executives at “Verizon and PricewaterhouseCoopers, major Republican donors and one of the leaders of the American Enterprise Institute, a pro-business conservative think tank,” ProPublica reported.
Crow wrote that he is “unaware of any of our friends ever lobbying or seeking to influence Justice Thomas on any case, and I would never invite anyone who I believe had any intention of doing that.”
The disclosure of the lavish trips stands in contrast to what Thomas has said about his preferred methods of travel. Thomas, who grew up poor in Georgia, has talked about enjoying traveling in his motorcoach and preferring “Walmart parking lots to the beaches.” | 2023-04-07T10:11:39+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/politics/justice-thomas-reportedly-took-undisclosed-luxury-trips/ |
After weeks of high demand that stretched supply, Walgreens removed its online purchasing limits for children's pain- and fever-reducing medications on Monday morning, spokesperson Zoe Krey told CNN.
Walgreens only had limits in place on medicines purchased online. It did not have limits on medication purchased in stores.
"So currently, we have no purchase limits either in-store or online," Krey said.
The change comes after high demand for children's pain and fever medications led some stores, including CVS and Rite Aid, to limit purchases. A brutal respiratory virus season fueled the sales of kids' medications to treat pain and fever to 65% higher than what was typical the year before.
Last month, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, which represents makers of over-the-counter medicines, said manufacturers were running 24/7 to supply more medications to stores, but there was no timeline for when supply could catch up to demand.
Since then, flu and RSV activity have peaked in the US, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Covid-19 cases are still on the rise.
Still, flu and other respiratory virus activity remains "high" or "very high" in about half of states, according to CDC data updated Friday, and the US continues to contend with multiple respiratory viruses that are circulating at high levels.
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Free roadmap timeline tool to stay accountable in build in public projects
LONDON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Having started off as a sidekick project in early 2022, Goosly is quickly finding its way to people's hearts. A simple, online roadmap tool designed for build-in-public projects, Goosly is free and can be used by anyone to copy, customize, embed and share project and product plans with a community; in the form of a good looking roadmap timeline.
Now, with all of the roadmapping tools available online, why would anyone be interested in an app like Goosly? Jexo CEO and co-founder, Biro Florin had this to say: "as the internet moves towards decentralization, where the truth lies in open ledgers, newly launched products and projects will inevitably need a tool to openly communicate plans with communities".
If ideas are everywhere and competition ever so powerful, how can one differentiate? Well it so happens that today, small brands and founders face the opportunity to act as their own media channel; as long as they're able to openly share who they are and why they're in it, with a community that will hopefully stick around. The focus is shifting to those things you cannot copy like culture, brand and community.
Goosly, which was first introduced in February of this year, has since had stellar upgrades. It's a simple platform, with a simple process and an increasing number of cool features like swimlanes, colors, emojis, images, even zoom level, that allow you to customize your roadmap whichever way you want. You can also copy it from the public or get inspired.
The focus for Goosly remains unchanged: help quickly sketch and communicate plans with the world. "Creating public roadmaps to keep yourself accountable to your own plans, while allowing others to replicate your success is at the very foundation of building in public. If you can show the community how true you are to the work you're committed to, then you've gained their trust for life" says Nikki Zavadska, CPO and co-founder at Jexo.
About Jexo
Jexo is a lean startup company founded in 2018 that builds simple, plug&play apps for Jira Cloud. The company is home to a global team of SaaS-enthusiasts who are relentless about turning work management into an effortless, fun and accessible process for everyone, thanks to the next generation of B2B project management apps.
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Major League Baseball was once so concerned about gambling it banned Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays just for working as casino greeters. Now MLB itself and almost all of its teams have official casino sponsors.
The NCAA railed for decades that paying players would destroy college sports, all while raking in billions off of their unpaid labor. Now schools boast of booster collectives that help recruit top talent to their teams.
So when the PGA Tour overcame its indignation and agreed to merge with LIV Golf — despite the human rights abuses of its Saudi Arabian backers — the flip-flop followed a long-established tradition in sports of flexible attitudes that often hurtle into full-blown hypocrisy.
“Phil Mickelson initially said, ‘Oh, my God. It’s frightening some of the things have occurred.’ But for the right amount of money, he decided he’s going to join the LIV Tour. And this does seem to be much the same thing,” said Matthew Mitten, a sports law professor at Marquette University. “Sports are an outlet for people. The question is: How far will we go?”
As the top pro circuit in the world, the PGA Tour attracted the best golfers and all that came with them: bankable TV deals, luxury goods sponsorships and the attention of fans who want to see the most skilled athletes playing for the most prestigious prizes. That was all threatened when LIV Golf – backed by the Saudi Public Investment Fund — began offering nine-figure sums to lure stars like Mickelson and Dustin Johnson to a new tour that featured team play and 54-hole events.
To fend off the challenge, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan harped on the source of the money, telling his players last year, “Have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the PGA Tour?”
The answer, as of Tuesday, is yes.
“I recognize that people are going to call me a hypocrite,” Monahan told reporters after getting an earful from players who had just learned they were about to be partners with the regime they had been denouncing. “I accept those criticisms. But circumstances do change.”
What changed for Monahan, like so many other sports pooh-bahs before him, was the opportunity to wet the tour’s beak in Saudi billions.
What didn’t change: It was never about anything else.
“One defense to going for the money is that sports shouldn’t be about politics. But the leagues can’t have it both ways,” said Jodi Balsam, who teaches sports law at Brooklyn and NYU law schools.
“It shows a certain amount of inconsistency, and perhaps even hypocrisy,” said Balsam, who noted that baseball moved its 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta in response to a Georgia voting law but continues to do business in other, more troublesome places, including China. “None of their decision-making that supposedly is responsive to the ideological environment is actually principled. It’s all pandering.”
Not lost among the ironies: LIV was suing the PGA Tour, accusing it of using its monopoly to crush potential competitors. On Tuesday, LIV had an epiphany about the need for competition and combined with the PGA Tour in what Balsam called “a golf monolith” that will control players and every other aspect of tournament play, from sponsors to players to fans.
“There’s nowhere else to play,” she said. “This will create a colossus that will be able to dictate the terms of how they do business with all their relationships upstream and downstream. A golf monarchy is going to have significant control over how we enjoy the game.”
And golf isn’t the only sport playing it both ways.
— The women’s professional tennis tour pulled out of China two years ago over concerns about Grand Slam doubles champion Peng Shuai, who dropped out of public view after saying in a social media post that a high-ranking government official raped her. The tour announced in April it would return this season with at least six events in China — backing off two of its key demands: a chance to meet with Peng, and a thorough, transparent investigation of her sexual assault accusations.
— Other leagues have also stumbled as they tried to balance China’s 1 billion-strong market with its human rights violations, among them the suppression of religious rights and democratic movements. Nor have Chinese abuses scared off the Olympics, which returned to Beijing for a second time last year amid claims that the treatment of the Uyghur ethnic minority amounts to genocide.
— The IOC has likewise struggled to look serious in dealing with Russia – first for a years-long doping scheme, and then for its invasion of Ukraine. The decided upon measure: Let some athletes participate, but ban the flag and anthem.
–The most recent World Cup was held in Qatar, which has little soccer tradition and a record of human rights abuses it hoped to cleanse with what has come to be known as “sportswashing” — using major sporting events to distract the international community from its more unsavory behaviors. (What the World Cup did for Qatar and the 2022 Olympics did for China, LIV Golf was supposed to do for Saudi Arabia.)
— Contact sports face a different dilemma: With increasing data about the dangers of concussions, leagues have to balance the violence that can be a draw for fans with the risk to their players’ brains. “There is no higher priority than player safety,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said — before the league added a 17th game to the schedule and ramped up the Thursday night schedule that forces players back onto the field on short rest.
“I am leery of all companies that take strong moral stands,” said Marc Isenberg, an athlete advocate and former Division III basketball player who has written about college sports and its ills and teaches a course at the University of Southern California on athletes’ newfound right to earn money off of their name, image and likeness. “And (I) try not to be shocked when they’re exposed as amoral profit-maximizers.”
Isenberg works with players to fend off unscrupulous agents and other predatory business arrangements. But the problem is sometimes the NCAA itself, which spent a century portraying its players as “student-athletes” to keep them from marketing their skills like any painter in the art school or flutist in the band.
Despite its protests, college sports have thrived since a (unanimous) U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down some of the more stifling NCAA restrictions. Another Supreme Court decision allowed all states to legalize sports betting; it turns out, with the riches of “gaming” sponsorships and a new way to attract viewers, U.S. pro leagues came around on this one-time taboo, with the NFL and NHL even putting teams in Las Vegas.
The Oakland-Los Angeles-Oakland-Las Vegas Raiders’ move to the gambling capital of the United States — if not the world — typifies what is one of the most frustrating forms of sports hypocrisy to fans: Their favorite teams gush with love for their hometown, until a ballpark or arena begins to show some wear.
Other cities are trotted out as suitors until, ideally, the state or local government subsidizes a new stadium.
If not, someone else will.
Baseball’s Oakland Athletics are working both sides even now, less than a decade after Commissioner Rob Manfred said: “I am committed to Oakland as a major league site.”
“I think that if we were to leave Oakland, I think 10 years from now we would be more likely than not looking backwards saying we made a mistake,” he said in 2016.
But since then, A’s owner John Fisher has stripped the roster; the payroll of under $58 million is the lowest in baseball. With the team’s future in flux, neither ownership nor the local governments have been willing to invest in the crumbling Oakland Coliseum, which has been beset by feral cat feces, moth infestations and backups of raw sewage.
Through Monday, the team had a record of 12-50, which puts them on a pace for a modern day record-shattering 131 losses — the most since the Cleveland Spiders were disbanded in 1899. Fans have responded in kind: Only 8,675 on average have come to see the team that put down roots in Oakland more than a half-century ago.
And many fans believe that is the point: The worse the ballpark looks and the lower attendance drops, the better Fisher’s case for a new home. In April, he signed a deal — with Manfred’s blessing — to move the team.
To Las Vegas.
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Contributing to this story were AP Tennis Writer Howard Fendrich, AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson, AP Baseball Writer Janie McCauley and AP National Writer Eddie Pells. | 2023-06-08T20:47:45+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/sports/hypocrisy-isnt-new-in-sports-its-just-more-obvious-in-pga-tour-liv-golf-merger/ |
Employees hide in freezer after man impersonates police officer, threatens worker
FLOWOOD, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) - Authorities in Mississippi say a man pretending to be a cop recently startled several workers at an ice cream shop.
WLBT reports that a 16-year-old worker at a Baskin-Robbins in Flowood received a threatening phone call from a man impersonating a police officer.
According to one of the employees, the man identified himself as an officer when he called the store. He reportedly told one of the workers to come outside so he could speak to her about a warrant.
The worker said she could see a man standing in the parking lot while on the phone with him.
After going outside, the teen said the man asked for her age and license plate number, among other things, over the phone.
Several minutes into the call, the man reportedly told the girl that he would harm her and her co-workers if she told anyone what he had asked.
The girl said she ran back inside the store and locked the door behind her.
Once back inside, she reportedly told her two co-workers to hide in the freezer while she called the police.
The Flowood Police Department said officers responded to the scene, but the man had already left.
According to the department, a law enforcement agency doesn’t call a business about a warrant.
“As a public service announcement, the Flowood Police Department encourages all merchants to educate their employees not to be taken by these scams,” the department said.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government plans to bring another lawsuit against U.S. companies it claims are responsible for the flow of illegal weapons into Mexico, Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Wednesday.
Ebrard suggested the new lawsuit could target gun shops or dealers in U.S. border states like Arizona who sell guns to “straw” purchasers who pass them on to smugglers, who then take the weapons into Mexico.
Ebrard said about 60% of the weapons seized in Mexico in recent years were believed to have been sold in 10 U.S. counties, mostly along the border. Mexico has very strict restrictions on weapon possession, but drug cartel violence has cost hundreds of thousands of lives in the country in recent years.
“Mexico is going to file the second lawsuit in Arizona, and we are going to show that many of these outlets where they sell these products in these counties I mentioned, are dealing with straw purchasers, and criminal charges have to be brought,” Ebrard said in an appearance before the Mexican Senate.
A recently enacted U.S. law defines straw purchasing as a crime, and sets out sentences of as much as 15 to 25 years if the offense is related to drug trafficking.
The announcement comes several days after a U.S. federal judge dismissed Mexico’s first lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers. Ebrard said Mexico would appeal that decision.
The judge ruled Mexico’s claims did not overcome the broad protection provided to gun manufacturers by the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act passed in 2005.
The law shields gun manufacturers from damages “resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse” of a firearm.
Mexico was seeking at least $10 billion in compensation, but legal experts had viewed the lawsuit as a long shot.
The Mexican government estimates 70% of the weapons trafficked into Mexico come from the U.S., according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry. It said that in 2019 alone, at least 17,000 homicides in Mexico were linked to trafficked weapons. | 2022-10-05T23:27:06+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Mexico-pledges-to-bring-2nd-lawsuit-against-gun-17489722.php |
Which Funko Pop advent calendars are best?
Counting down the days until Christmas is a fun way to get into the holiday spirit, and using an advent calendar brings a special surprise each day. While traditional advent calendars often have religious symbolism, there are fun advent calendars for everyone.
Funko Pop is a company that manufactures a wide range of pop culture items, including their famous bobbleheads. Every year around the holidays, they sell a variety of advent calendars inspired by various TV shows, movies, games and comics. You’ll see some of your favorite fictional worlds, like “Harry Potter,” “The Office” and “Dragon Ball Z.”
What is an advent calendar?
Advent calendars began as a way to mark the 4 week period of advent leading up to Christmas. The tradition started in Germany, where Protestants would mark off each day of advent with chalk or by lighting a candle. Today, you can find advent calendars of all shapes and sizes. There are simple, paper calendars and elaborate wooden houses with tiny doors. Unlike the traditional ones, today most advent calendars begin their count on December 1 and go through Christmas Day.
Some advent calendars can be used year after year. You can fill these with your choice of
surprises, like candy and small gifts. There are also single use calendars that come prefilled. If you are buying an advent calendar for yourself, this type is perfect because you won’t know what is inside each compartment.
How do I choose?
With so many fun calendars to choose from, it can be difficult to pick a favorite. Think about who you’ll be enjoying your calendar with. Try to find a calendar inspired by a TV show, movie or game that everyone loves. This will ensure everyone is excited when it is time to open the compartment each day.
Tips for enjoying your Funko Pop Advent calendar
- Pick a certain time of day for your family to open each door. This can be before everyone leaves for the day, after dinner or before bedtime. It is more fun to do it together!
- If you have multiple people enjoying the same calendar, you can assign each door to a particular household member. To do this, write the numbers 1-24 on pieces of paper. Have everyone draw numbers one at a time and write each person’s initials on their selected days.
- Watch the show or movie that your advent calendar is based on. If you buy a “Harry Potter” calendar, take some time during the 24 days to watch some of your favorite movies in the franchise. If you get “The Office” calendar, watch an episode after you open your door each day.
Turn your calendar into a fun competition
If you want to add some spice to your daily door openings, have the members of your household compete each day to see who gets to open the door and keep the gift inside. Using the TV show or movie your calendar is based on, host a trivia competition each day. Have everyone take turns competing and running the trivia game. You can look for trivia questions online. Have three to five questions ready for each person competing and a few tiebreakers just in case. You can either read questions out to everyone and hand out points to whoever answers first, or you can assign questions to participants individually. Whoever gets the most questions right wins and gets the gift of the day.
If you will be playing with children, try to make the questions an appropriate level of difficulty. You can have another adult help them come up with trivia questions so they get a turn running the game as well.
6 best Funko Pop advent calendars
Funko Pop Advent calendars are single use and come filled with 24 themed surprises.
Funko Advent Calendar: Dragon Ball Z
This calendar makes a perfect gift for those diehard “Dragon Ball Z” fans. Enjoy 24 days of Pocket Pop Characters from the show. The Pocket Pop characters resemble the full-size bobbleheads. You’ll discover Goku, Dende and others.
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Funko Advent Calendar: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Perfect for use at Christmas or Halloween, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” Funko Pop Calendar is 24 days of fun. You’ll find your favorite characters from the film, like Oogie Boogie, Jack Skellington and Sally. You’ll love the adorable Pocket Pop characters.
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Funko Advent Calendar: Harry Potter
Get surprised with your favorite characters and beasts from “Harry Potter.” This advent calendar has Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dobby and others, including professors and some unique creatures. Each figure is a Pocket Pop character that range in size but don’t exceed 2 inches.
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Funko Pop Advent Calendar: Pokemon
Great for you or your kids, this Pokemon Funko Pop advent calendar is a fun way for the whole family to countdown to Christmas. The calendar contains 24 cute Pokémon figures. There are regular Pokémon and silver editions.
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Funko Pop Advent Calendar: Five Nights at Freddy’s
You’ll love this Funko Pop “Five Nights at Freddy’s” advent calendar. The calendar contains 24 of your favorite animatronics and characters with a fun Christmas twist. Each is decorated for Christmas with candy cane stripes, reindeer noses and other fun paint.
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Funko Pop Advent Calendar: The Office
Celebrate this holiday this year with your favorite office workers. This calendar features 24 Pocket Pop figurines of characters from the beloved TV show. Each day you’ll be surprised with Dwight, Pam, Jim, Micheal and others.
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Customers are invited to shop for special deals and discounts at Natural Grocers, June 17 – 19th
LAKEWOOD, Colo., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Grocers®, the largest family-operated organic and natural grocery retailer in the U.S., invites its customers to enjoy special Father's Day promotions, June 17-19th.
Natural Grocers is celebrating all the dads out there with deals, meals, gift-ideas, and a perfect summer giveaway throughout the month of June, but customers can enjoy additional promotions over Father's Day weekend.
DEALS, MEALS, GIFT-IDEAS AND GIVEAWAYS WITH NATURAL GROCERS
The month of June is associated with the sounds and smells of summer. It also holds the day we've collectively dedicated to celebrating fatherhood. Natural Grocers honors dads and non-traditional father-figures this month, while celebrating the kick-off to summer with plenty of savings and special offerings.
- June 3 – 25: All customers can save up to 49% in body care, grocery, fridge and freezer departments.[i]
- June 17 – 19: Customers can enjoy additional Father's Day deals and gifts over the weekend. With savings up to 39% off, these Always Affordablesm treats and snacks are even more economical.[ii]
{N}POWER® FAMILY PERKS
Members of {N}power, Natural Grocers' free loyalty program, will have access to additional Father's Day promotions[iii] on groceries and gifts throughout the store, including:
- June 17-19: 10% off all Craft Beer Selections (6 pack) at select Natural Grocers locations with The Cottage. Click HERE to find a Cottage location near you.[iv]
- June 19: {N}power® members will receive a FREE Epic® Snack Strip or Primal® Strip (meatless vegan jerky). Limit 1 per {N}power account, while supplies last.[v]
- Monthly {N}Power Meal Deals: {N}power members can enjoy discounts on quality ingredients for an affordable dinner on the grill or chill out with some smoothies. [vi]
{N}POWER SWEEPSTAKES WITH SOLARAY®
Take your wellness journey out on the open road this summer with Natural Grocers and Solaray. They're partnering up throughout the month of June to give away a limited-edition customized Solaray Bean Trailer to one lucky {N}power member.[vii]
- {N}power members who buy any (2) Solaray products in a single transaction between June 1 - June 30, 2022, will be automatically entered to win.
- {N}power members can also enter to win online.
GIFT OF NUTRITIONAL COACHING + $5 COUPON
For those looking for one more gift idea for dad, (or themselves) Natural Grocers invites its customers to book a FREE, one-hour in-person, phone or video nutritional health coaching session and earn a $5 Natural Grocers coupon.[viii]
- Book a session with a Nutritional Health Coach.
- Sign up to join {N}power here: www.naturalgrocers.com/join
- Follow Natural Grocers on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for recipes, tips, local events and discount reminders.
- For media requests and/or press inquiries, please contact media@naturalgrocers.com.
ABOUT NATURAL GROCERS BY VITAMIN COTTAGE
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NYSE: NGVC) is an expanding specialty retailer of natural and organic groceries, body care products, and dietary supplements. The products sold by Natural Grocers must meet strict quality guidelines and may not contain artificial colors, flavors, preservatives or sweeteners, or partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated oils. The Company sells only USDA-certified organic produce and exclusively pasture-raised, non-confinement dairy products, and free-range eggs. Natural Grocers' flexible smaller-store format allows it to offer affordable prices in a shopper-friendly, clean, and convenient retail environment. The Company also provides extensive free science-based Nutrition Education programs to help customers make informed health and nutrition choices. The Company, founded in 1955, has 162 stores in 20 states. Visit www.NaturalGrocers.com for more information and store locations.
[i] Offers are available from 06/03/22 to 06/25/22 and are redeemable only for in-store customer purchases at participating stores. Quantity limited to stock on hand, no rainchecks. Unless otherwise noted, all discounts are on regular prices, cannot be redeemed for store credit or cash and cannot be combined with other offers. Pricing excludes taxes and is subject to change without notice. Natural Grocers reserves the right to correct errors. Void where prohibited by law.
[ii] Offers are available for in store purchases at participating Natural Grocers stores from 06/17/22 to 06/19/22. Quantity limited to stock on hand; no rainchecks. Natural Grocers reserves the right to correct errors. Void where prohibited by law.
[iii] {N}power® offers are available only to registered members and are subject to program terms and conditions available at www.naturalgrocers.com/npower. Natural Grocers' loyalty program is free to join and offers exclusive discounts, digital coupons, rewards benefits, and other members-only features. To join {N}power, visit www.naturalgrocers.com/join or text 'organic' to 72345.
[iv] Offer available only to {N}power members, for in store purchases at participating Natural Grocers stores. Quantity limited to stock on hand; no rainchecks.
[v] Limit 1 per {N}power account. In-store only. Quantity limited to stock on hand; no rainchecks. This offer has been pre-loaded to{N}power accounts. Natural Grocers reserves the right to correct errors. Void where prohibited by law.
[vi] Limited time offer available to {N}power members only through 6/30/22. Enter phone number at checkout to redeem. Visit www.naturalgrocers.com/mealdeals for details.
[vii] NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Open only to legal respondents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, 18 years or older. Must be an {N}power member to enter. Void where prohibited by law. Natural Grocers employees, including members of their households, are not eligible for this offer. Sweepstakes starts on 6/1/2022 and ends on 6/30/2022. For official rules, complete details and alternative method of entry, visit www.naturalgrocers.com/sweepstakes. Sponsor: Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets, Inc.
[viii] No purchase necessary. Coupon is redeemable only for in-store purchases at participating Natural Grocers stores. Promotion subject to change without notice. Natural Grocers reserves the right to correct errors. Void where prohibited by law. Minimum $5 purchase required to redeem coupon.
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KYIV, Ukraine — (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published Sunday that Russia has a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster munitions, and warned that Russia “reserves the right to take reciprocal action” if Ukraine uses the controversial weapons.
In his first comments on the delivery of cluster munitions to Ukraine from the U.S., Putin said that Russia has not used cluster bombs in its war in Ukraine so far. The use of cluster bombs by both Russia and Ukraine has been widely documented, including by The Associated Press and international humanitarian organizations, and cluster rounds have been found in the aftermath of Russian strikes.
“Until now, we have not done this, we have not used it, and we have not had such a need,” he said,
Rossiya TV reporter Pavel Zarubin published excerpts of the interview to his Telegram channel Sunday ahead of a scheduled broadcast Sunday night.
The Pentagon said Thursday that cluster munitions provided by the United States had arrived in Ukraine.
The munitions, which are bombs that open in the air and release scores of smaller bomblets, are seen by the U.S. as a way to get Kyiv critically needed ammunition to help bolster its offensive and push through Russian front lines. U.S. leaders debated the thorny issue for months, before President Joe Biden made the final decision last week.
Cluster bombs have long been criticized by humanitarian groups, and some U.S. allies, because those used in previous conflicts have had a high “dud rate,” meaning that they often leave behind unexploded bomblets that can harm civilians long after a battle has ended.
Proponents argue that Russia has already been using cluster munitions in Ukraine and that the weapons the U.S. is providing have been improved to leave behind far fewer unexploded rounds. Ukraine has promised to use them only away from densely populated areas.
On the ground, the Ukrainian military said in a regular update Sunday morning that over the previous 24 hours Russia had launched two Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones, two cruise missiles and two anti-aircraft guided missiles, in addition to 40 airstrikes and 46 attacks from multiple rocket launchers.
The Ukrainian General Staff wrote that Russia continues to concentrate on offensive operations in Ukraine’s industrial east. Donetsk regional Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said Sunday that two residents of the region were killed on Saturday, and one other person was wounded.
Elsewhere in the country, two boys, aged eight and 10, were wounded when an explosive device left by Russian forces detonated in the southern region of Kherson on Sunday, according to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office.
Regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin said that Russia had launched 69 shelling attacks against Kherson region. A 59-year-old man died on Saturday when attempting to disarm a round in the regional capital, also called Kherson.
Yurii Malashko, governor of the neighboring, partly occupied, Zaporizhzhia region, said Russia had attacked 13 populated areas in the region, wounding seven people in the town of Stepnohirsk.
Moscow-installed authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea on Sunday reported “a massive and prolonged” drone attack overnight targeting Sevastopol, the peninsula’s largest port, which hosts Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. According to Moscow-installed Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhaev, air defense shot down all of the drones and there was no damage.
Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, said that a woman was killed Sunday by shelling in the town of Shebekino near the border with Ukraine.
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Morton reported from London. AP Journalist Felipe Dana contributed to this report.
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While National Coffee Day and National Pizza Day are popular, “made-up” holidays now, so are pop culture-driven days like Mean Girls Day.
It’s a day where we celebrate The Plastics and “that’s so fetch!”
While National Coffee Day and National Pizza Day are popular, “made-up” holidays now, so are pop culture-driven days like Mean Girls Day.
It’s a day where we celebrate The Plastics and “that’s so fetch!”
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LONDON (AP) — London’s Metropolitan Police apologized Wednesday to the family of private investigator Daniel Morgan, who was killed with an ax in a pub car park 36 years ago, for the force’s failure to bring those responsible to justice.
The Met, which has been embroiled in a series of scandals over many years that have led to it being labelled racists, misogynistic and homophobic, admitted that its investigation had been “marred by a cycle of corruption, professional incompetence and defensiveness.”
“I unequivocally and unreservedly apologize for the failure of the Metropolitan Police Service to bring those responsible for the murder of Daniel Morgan to justice,” said Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley.
In addition to the apology, the Met agreed a “mutually satisfactory settlement” with Morgan’s family, who brought a civil suit against the force.
No financial details were disclosed, but the payout is believed to be around 2 million pounds ($2.6 million), according to British media.
Morgan was killed with an ax in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in southeast London on March 10, 1987.
The initial investigation was heavily criticized, with the murder scene not searched and and left unguarded. Not all alibis were sought. And a subsequent investigation by another English police force was believed to have been compromised by the presence of a senior Met officer in the team.
In June 2021, an independent panel produced a scathing report accusing the Met of “a form of institutional corruption” for concealing or denying failings over the unsolved murder.
In May this year, documents relating to the inquiry into Morgan’s death were found in a locked cabinet at the Met’s London headquarters.
The family said in a statement that the two sides the parties were able to agree a “mutually satisfactory settlement of the proposed claims, including an admission of liability on behalf of the commissioner in respect of the conduct of his officers in response to the murder.” | 2023-07-19T15:05:53+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/news/u-s-world/ap-36-years-later-londons-met-police-apologizes-to-family-of-murdered-private-investigator/ |
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NEW YORK (AP) — CNN is facing a backlash over its town hall featuring former President Donald Trump, an event that swiftly turned chaotic in a stark display of the tightrope facing journalists covering a leading 2024 Republican candidate who refuses to play by the rules.
The town hall Wednesday was the first major television event of the 2024 presidential campaign, and CNN defended its decision to hold it as a chance to put Trump in front of a wider audience, outside of the conservative media bubble he has largely kept to since early in his presidency.
Critics said the event, which was staged in front of Republicans and unaffiliated voters who were expected to vote in the GOP primary, instead turned into a Trump campaign rally that produced little actual news and allowed Trump to repeat longstanding falsehoods while dodging difficult questions
Tom Jones, a senior writer at the media research institute Poynter, said he had favored the idea of CNN holding the town hall at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire. But he said he was surprised by the conduct of the audience, which he had expected to be more neutral.
Instead, the crowd gave Trump a standing ovation when he walked onstage, applauded some of his most provocative comments and laughed at many of his quips, including when he criticized E. Jean Carroll, the advice columnist who accused him of raping her in 1996 and this week won a $5 million judgement against him.
Jones said the atmosphere put CNN's moderator, Kaitlan Collins, in an almost impossible position as she tried to elicit straightforward answers from Trump and fact-check his comments about the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol by his supporters and the 2020 election, which he still falsely insists he won.
“Whenever she might have had him cornered, he was built up by the audience,” Jones said. “It just emboldened him. He realized, ‘I can do or say anything I want,’ and she got steamrolled at that point through no fault of her own. It was her against the entire room."
The event was indicative of the new era of leadership at CNN and management’s efforts to lure back viewers who turned to Fox News and other conservative outlets over the past decade. Chairman and CEO Chris Licht has made it a goal to broaden the network’s reach and ease tension with Republicans.
At a Thursday morning meeting at CNN, Licht praised Collins’ “masterful performance,” saying she asked tough questions in difficult circumstances.
“If someone was going to ask tough questions and have that messy conversation, that damn well should be on CNN,” he said in a recording of the meeting obtained by The Associated Press.
He also defended the decision to hold the town hall before a Trump-friendly crowd.
“While we all may have been uncomfortable hearing people clapping, that was also an important part of the story, because the people in that audience represent a large swath of America,” Licht said “And the mistake the media made in the past is ignoring that those people exist. Just like you cannot ignore that President Trump exists.”
The event did widen CNN's audience, at least for a night. Nielson said the town hall averaged 3.1 million viewers, compared to the 707,000 who tuned in to CNN during the same time slot a night earlier.
But Jones said he was skeptical that the town hall would help CNN's reputation in the long term, given the backslash. He noted that most of the network's post-event commentary was highly critical of Trump, likely alienating conservative viewers who had tuned in just to watch the former president.
Furthermore, critics from the left were unsparing, saying CNN should have predicted how chaotic the event would be.
“CNN should be ashamed of themselves. They have lost total control of this ‘town hall’ to again be manipulated into platforming election disinformation, defenses of Jan. 6th and a public attack on a sexual abuse victim. The audience is cheering him on and laughing at the host,” Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a tweet.
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Associated Press Writer Wyatte Grantham-Philips in New York contributed to this report. | 2023-05-11T20:12:50+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/politics/article/cnn-faces-backlash-over-chaotic-trump-town-hall-18094605.php |
12-year-old rescued after falling 20 feet down a well during recess in Marysville
MARYSVILLE, Wash. - Marysville Firefighters rescued a 12-year-old boy who fell into a well while playing on it during recess.
Firefighters said the boy told them he was standing on a concrete lid of the well during recess at St. Mary Parish when it partially collapsed and he fell through it.
The boy fell about 20 feet down, and firefighters arrived and found him hanging onto a plastic pipe in the well. He was partially submerged in the water and was unable to touch the bottom.
Firefighters were able to lower a helmet and life jacket into the well so the boy could put those on as they worked to get him out.
The remaining portion of the well cover was connected to chains at the top of the well and it started to crumble. Crews delicately removed the remaining concrete and used a ladder to get the boy out.
The boy was able to climb out on his own and only had a few cuts on his head.
He was sent to Providence Regional Medical Center for an evaluation.
"It was inspiring to see the quiet, effective, methodical work of each individual working towards the objective," Fire Chief Ned Vander Pol said. "It was a clear visual display of competent professional firefighters doing the work for which they have trained."
Marysville Police, Everett Fire and Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue all responded. | 2023-05-31T03:15:37+00:00 | fox13seattle.com | https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/12-year-old-rescued-after-falling-20-feet-down-a-well-in-marysville |
Man who left double amputee on train tracks to die in custody, Marshals say
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - U.S. Marshals said Thursday that a previous fugitive of the week who was wanted for leaving a double amputee to die on train tracks in Cleveland has surrendered.
Aaron Parsons was taken into custody Wednesday. He was wanted for aggravated robbery with a gun after he carjacked a man Feb. 22, officials said.
The victim told police that Parsons said, “If the cold doesn’t kill you, a train will.”
Cleveland police said Parsons, along with two other suspects not yet identified, hit the victim in the head with a firearm.
The victim was able to crawl to safety.
Parsons removed the victim’s wheelchair from the stolen car and threw it down a ravine, officials said.
Police say they found the car at around 3 a.m. Feb. 23 after it was burned down. The victim’s prosthetic legs were in the car.
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Police: Man arrested for fetal homicide after woman suffers miscarriage in assault
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT/Gray News) - Authorities in Kentucky say a man has been arrested after a deadly domestic violence incident.
According to the Lexington Police Department, officers were called to an area hospital regarding a report of a domestic violence victim Friday morning.
WKYT reports the female victim suffered a miscarriage following a domestic violence assault.
Lexington police said they arrested 24-year-old Rigoberto Vasquez-Barradas in connection with the incident.
Vasquez-Barradas was booked into the Fayette County Detention Center on charges of fetal homicide, strangulation and domestic assault, according to authorities.
Police did not immediately release any further information regarding the case, including the victim’s identity.
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‘What madness looks like’: Russia intensifies attack in Ukraine’s Bakhmut
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces are escalating their onslaught against Ukrainian positions around the wrecked eastern city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian officials said, bringing new levels of death and devastation in the grinding, months-long battle.
“Everything is completely destroyed; there is almost no life left,” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Monday of the scene around Bakhmut and the nearby town of Soledar.
“The whole land near Soledar is covered with the corpses of the occupiers and scars from the strikes,” Zelenskyy said. “This is what madness looks like.”
Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said Russia has thrown “a large number of storm groups” into the battle.
“The enemy is advancing literally on the bodies of their own soldiers and is massively using artillery, rocket launchers and mortars, hitting their own troops,” she said.
Russian troops alongside soldiers from the Wagner Group, a Russian private military contractor, have advanced in recent days in Soledar and “are likely in control of most of the settlement,” the U.K. Defense Ministry tweeted Monday.
It said that taking Soledar, 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Bakhmut, is likely Moscow’s immediate military objective and part of a strategy to encircle Bakhmut.
But it added that “Ukrainian forces maintain stable defensive lines in depth and control over supply routes” in the area.
An exceptional feature of the fighting near Bakhmut is that some of the fighting has been around entrances to disused salt mine tunnels which run for some 200 kilometers (120 miles) underneath the area, the British intelligence report noted.
“Both sides are likely concerned that (the tunnels) could be used for infiltration behind their lines,” it said.
Several front-line cities in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk provinces have witnessed intense fighting in recent months.
Together, the provinces make up the Donbas, a broad industrial region bordering Russia that Russian President Vladimir Putin identified as a focus from the war’s outset and where Moscow-backed separatists have fought since 2014.
Russia’s grinding eastern offensive captured almost all of Luhansk during the summer. Donetsk escaped the same fate, and the Russian military subsequently poured manpower and resources around Bakhmut.
After Ukrainian forces recaptured the southern city of Kherson last November, the battle heated up around Bakhmut.
Taking Bakhmut would disrupt Ukraine’s supply lines and open a route for Russian forces to press on toward Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, key Ukrainian strongholds in Donetsk.
Like Mariupol and other contested cities, Bakhmut has endured a long siege, spending weeks without water and power even before Moscow launched massive strikes to take out public utilities across Ukraine.
The Donetsk region’s governor, Pavlo Kyrylenko, estimated more than two months ago that 90% of Bakhmut’s prewar population of over 70,000 had fled since Moscow focused on seizing the entire Donbas.
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Back-to-back shark attacks in Florida Keys raise concerns, shark expert speaks out
By ANNA MCALLISTER
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MIAMI (WFOR) — Back-to-back shark attacks in the Florida Keys are causing serious concerns for some South Florida residents. Two men were attacked by sharks in the Florida Keys in two separate incidents.
The most recent shark attack happened on Friday night around 8 p.m. when a 35-year-old man was reported bitten in the foot while fishing on a dock in Summerland Cave.
According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the shark was out of the water when it attacked him.
Just a day before, a shark bit 20-year-old Kevin Blanco off the coast of Marathon. Blanco was deep-sea spearfishing with friends on Thursday when a massive bull shark charged at him, biting him twice on his left leg.
“I don’t really remember the pain, but I remember the pressure and the force with which he hit my leg. It felt like I got hit by an F-150, and the pressure of slowly closing on my leg, everything was going in slow motion,” said Blanco.
Both victims were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital where they are recovering.
CBS Miami’s Anna McAllister speaks with shark expert Catherine Macdonald, Director of the Shark Research and Conservation Program at the University of Miami, on why this may be happening.
“When people are fishing, spearfishing, catching sharks, handling sharks, or killing fish in ways that attract sharks, it doesn’t shock me,” Macdonald said.
Macdonald says she doesn’t believe sharks are becoming more aggressive but says in both of these incidents, the sharks were likely attracted to the bleeding fish.
“You want to limit the amount of blood you’re creating in the water, you want to limit the amount of struggle that the fish is engaged in, and you want to keep that fish away from yourself,” Macdonald said.
If you’re not an active fisherman and want to take a dip in the ocean, shark expert Catherine Macdonald offers these safety tips.
“Try to swim near other people in relatively shallow, clear water, and at times of day when sharks may not be actively hunting. We know that at least some species tend to be most active at dawn and dusk.”
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Gas prices got a lot of attention from candidates these midterm elections, but rents and home prices that skyrocketed during the pandemic are a far bigger chunk of people's budgets — and those increases are fueled by a historic housing shortage. Voters in dozens of cities were asked to approve more spending for affordable housing, and in some places they did so overwhelmingly.
Kansas City will aim to fund "deeply affordable" housing, as KCUR has explained, with rents as low as $550 to $750 per month.
"There is not a county in this country where a worker earning a minimum wage and working full time can afford a two-bedroom apartment," says Tara Raghuveer, an advocate with People's Action and KC Tenants. "This is no longer a city issue, but it's one that's expanding out to the suburbs and even rural communities."
Austin's largest-ever housing bond measure also passed handily, just four years after another one that's already been spent. KUT explains that it will help the city repair existing affordable housing, build new homes and buy land for new home construction.
In Florida's Palm Beach County, unofficial results showed voters approving $200 million in additional property taxes to encourage developers to build moderately priced homes. The measure's sponsor, Commissioner Mack Bernard, told WLRN that "our county workers, police officers, firefighters and teachers cannot afford to live here."
Votes were still being counted on a so-called mansion tax in Los Angeles, which would impose a 4% or higher tax on property sales of more than $5 million.
City officials say it could raise $600 million to $1.1 billion a year, according to LAist.com, to pay for tens of thousands of new affordable housing units and help people avoid homelessness. Opponents warned it could drive up rents and deter developers, and neither candidate for mayor supported it.
A sweeping statewide Colorado measure appeared close to passing on Wednesday. Proposition 123 would dedicate about 2 percent of income tax revenues for affordable housing — about six times more than is currently being spent according to CPR. It calls on cities to fast-track construction and set rents at less than 30% of household income. But while it would not raise taxes, it would cut into a popular program that refunds residents when the state brings in a lot of money.
President Biden has proposed a massive investment in housing but it did not survive in Congress. His administration has pushed cities to build more housing, and faster, but the shortage is so deep that experts say it will take years to fill.
Higher mortgage rates are starting to curb housing prices. But last week, the National Association of Realtors said the share of first-time homebuyers has fallen to a historic low. NAR analyst Jessica Lautz says those people able to buy are older, more likely to be white, and that many are getting help with a down payment.
"Either using the bank of mom and dad, or they're moving into their parents' home or family member's home before purchasing," Lautz says. "Or perhaps even cashing out stocks, bonds or retirement savings."
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Christian Turner had two of No. 15 Wake Forest’s four rushing touchdowns in a 45-10 victory over Army on Saturday night.
The Demon Deacons (5-1) put on an early clinic in rushing offense against an Army team that favors an all-out running attack. Justice Ellison led Wake Forest running backs with 96 yards on 11 carries with a touchdown.
“They kind of gave us the run and we took it,” Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson said.
Sam Hartman threw a touchdown pass on his way to 246 yards on 13-for-19 passing.
Wake Forest, which won for the second week in a row following a double-overtime loss to Clemson, compiled 94 first-quarter rushing yards while claiming a 14-0 lead. The Demon Deacons finished with 267 yards rushing.
“Missed tackles. I’m sure there were missed assignments,” Army linebacker Peyton Hampton said. “We just didn’t do well enough on our side.”
Army (1-4) lost in its lone road game across a two-month stretch on the schedule. The Black Knights had 225 rushing yards, led by Ay’Jaun Marshall with 44 on three carries.
The Black Knights finally scored on Jemel Jones’ 20-yard pass to Isaiah Alston in the fourth quarter.
This was a big contrast to Wake Forest’s 70-56 road victory last year at Army.
“We weren’t perfect (on defense), but we were much better as far as begin in the right place,” Clawson said.
The Demon Deacons scored on Quinton Cooley’s 1-yard, fourth-down run with 2:37 to play in the first half.
Army had 194 yards of first-half offense, but was hurt by two turnovers.
The Black Knights had a couple of strong scoring chances. They fumbled on the game’s first possession inside the Wake Forest 10, resulting in the Demon Deacons’ 91-yard touchdown drive.
“It hurts the stomach,” Alston said. “When we get down in that territory, we got to punch it in.”
Another chance went by the wayside on Quinn Maretzki’s missed 42-yard field goal in the third quarter.
THE TAKEAWAY
Army: The Black Knights weren’t able to sustain drives and they remained winless this season against Football Bowl Subdivision competition. This marked the only nationally ranked team on Army’s schedule this year.
Wake Forest: This was a solid outing for the Demon Deacons prior to an open week on the schedule. The Demon Deacons did most of the pushing around at the line of scrimmage and they’ve reached the midway mark of their regular-season schedule with lots of good vibes.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Wake Forest completed its nonconference slate with a 4-0 mark with the largest margin among those games. Virginia Military Institute, Vanderbilt and Liberty were the other foes. The Demon Deacons likely hold steady in the poll, though there will be chances to move up in November with two games against teams currently in the Top 25.
UP NEXT
Army: Hosts Colgate next Saturday.
Wake Forest: Hosts Boston College on Oct. 22.
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This week on Oregon On The Record, we discussed the foster care system in Oregon and learned about an organization whose entire role is to place volunteers with children in need of help navigating this large, and sometimes overburdened bureaucracy.
The foster care system in our state can be described as a good news/bad news story. The good news is that the number of kids who have no better alternative than to live with foster parents is down significantly from its high of just a few years ago. The bad news is that there still are thousands of children in our state that need to be removed from families for a host of heartbreaking reasons.
Into this situation comes Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA, which advocates for kids who come from dire circumstances, and helps them move toward the best possible outcomes. They do a tremendous amount of good, but they are always struggling for money as they are an unfunded mandate from the state.
We heard from CASA leadership including Jenna App and Kendra Jones of the state CASA Network and Lane County CASA; Chris Cunningham a longtime CASA volunteer; First Moon Venecia, a former foster child, helped by CASA and Chuck Nyby the Lane County Program Manager for the Department of Human Services.
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AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Marcus Rashford dropped to his knees and pointed up to the sky.
The England forward had just scored against Wales at the World Cup, starting off a 3-0 victory that sent his team into the round of 16.
His celebration, he said, was in tribute to a friend who recently passed away after a long battle with cancer. It could have also been in celebration of working his way into the starting lineup in Qatar.
“Moments like this, this is what I play football for. The biggest moments, the best moments,” said Rashford, who started his first game of the tournament. “I’m happy we are going through to the next round of the tournament because I have massive ambitions for this team and I think we can play even better than we did today.”
Rashford scored two goals at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, making him the co-leading scorer at the World Cup with three goals — the same as France striker Kylian Mbappe and two others. Phil Foden, another England player who made his first start in Qatar on Tuesday, got the other.
Rashford played at the last World Cup in 2018 and also at the 2020 European Championship, but the 25-year-old Manchester United forward was considered to be fortunate to make England coach Gareth Southgate’s squad for this year’s tournament.
Ever since his miss in the penalty shootout loss to Italy in the Euro 2020 final, Rashford has been going through a turbulent period in his career, compounded by injuries. He and teammate Bukaya Saka, both of them Black, were racially abused after missing their penalties in the shootout at Wembley Stadium.
“It has been a challenge for him,” said Southgate, who also led the team to the World Cup semifinals four years ago in Russia. “I went and saw him in the summer, had a big chat with him and he had some clear ideas on things he felt he needed to think about.
“You can see with his club there has been happiness in his performances and that has shown itself on the training ground. We have a different version (of him) completely to the Euros. That’s great for him and for us.”
In Qatar, Southgate opted to leave Rashford and Foden on the bench in the first two matches against Iran and the United States, starting with Saka and Raheem Sterling up front alongside captain Harry Kane.
Rashford came on a substitute in the 6-2 victory over Iran and scored one of the goals. Foden played 19 minutes in that match.
Against the United States, England was held to a 0-0 draw with Rashford again coming in off the bench.
The lineup changed for the final Group B match against Wales, and both Rashford and Foden took advantage of their time on the field.
Rashford put England in the lead with a free kick in the 50th minute, and followed it with that tribute to his late friend. Foden added the second only one minute later, and Rashford made it 3-0 in the 68th.
The win guaranteed England first place in the group. The team will next face Senegal in the round of 16 on Sunday.
Wales, which was playing at the World Cup for the first time in 64 years, finished last in the group and was eliminated. The United States ended up in second place and will next face the Netherlands, while Iran finished third and was also eliminated.
It may have been captain Gareth Bale’s last match for his national team.
The former Real Madrid player had to come off the field at halftime because of a hamstring injury, but Wales coach Rob Page said he expects Bale to continue.
“He wants what’s best for the team. He understands that and he knew if he had gone back out he would have probably played at about 70%,” Page said. “When you are playing against a team like that you can’t carry anyone.
“I don’t think it will be the last time we see him in a Welsh jersey. There’s games starting again in March in the Euros (qualifying) and we want to get off to a flying start. We will see him in a jersey.”
KANE’S WAIT
Kane won the Golden Boot as the World Cup’s leading scorer four years ago in Russia, but he has yet to find the net in Qatar.
SOUTHGATE DELIVERS
Southgate is coaching England at a third major tournament, and he has navigated the group stage successfully each time. England reached the semifinals at the World Cup in Russia, and then went all the way to the final at Euro 2020.
The team hasn’t won a major trophy since its lone World Cup success in 1966 at home.
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CAMBRIDGE, England and WALTHAM, Mass., May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Abcam plc (Nasdaq: ABCM), ("Abcam," "Company," "Group") (Nasdaq: ABCM), a global leader in the supply of life science research tools, today notes that its founder and former director Dr. Jonathan Milner has indicated he will take steps to call an extraordinary general meeting ("EGM") of the Company's shareholders to elect himself to the Company's Board of Directors as Executive Chairman.
The Company was surprised that Dr. Milner has decided to make this public statement, given the ongoing discussions with him regarding his appointment to the Board.
Dr. Milner first formally requested to be re-appointed to the Board on 28th April 2023, less than three weeks prior to the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") and after the date he could have requisitioned a resolution at the AGM to achieve his aims. The Board moved quickly to consider him returning to the Board including having him meet with all non-executive directors within 10 days.
Dr. Milner's request was thoroughly considered by the Nomination Committee and the full Board of Directors. It was determined today that Dr. Milner would be offered the opportunity to be appointed to the Board subject to a customary relationship agreement, the terms of which were to be discussed and agreed upon. After informing Dr. Milner that the Board was inclined to appoint him, he immediately rejected such invitation and then requested to be named Executive Chairman, replacing the current Chairman.
The Company notes that Dr. Milner has issued a press release with respect to this request, even before the Board had time to respond. The Company is disappointed that despite the Board's clear and consistent efforts to engage constructively with Dr. Milner, he has instead pursued aggressive tactics as he seeks to force the Company to agree to his demands.
Today, the Company's AGM concluded with shareholders voting overwhelmingly in support of all resolutions, with directors receiving on average 95% support of the shares voted.
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As an innovator in reagents and tools, Abcam's purpose is to serve life science researchers globally to achieve their mission faster. Providing the research and clinical communities with tools and scientific support, the Company offers highly validated antibodies, assays, and other research tools to address important targets in critical biological pathways.
Already a pioneer in data sharing and ecommerce in the life sciences, Abcam's ambition is to be the most influential company in life sciences by helping advance global understanding of biology and causes of disease, which, in turn, will drive new treatments and improved health.
Abcam's worldwide customer base of approximately 750,000 life science researchers' uses Abcam's antibodies, reagents, biomarkers, and assays. By actively listening to and collaborating with these researchers, the Company continuously advances its portfolio to address their needs. A transparent program of customer reviews and datasheets, combined with industry-leading validation initiatives, gives researchers increased confidence in their results.
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the Company has served customers in more than 130 countries. Abcam's American Depositary Shares (ADSs) trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (Nasdaq: ABCM).
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Kevin Spacey's lawyers enlisted the help of an A-list star Monday in his sexual assault trial, calling on Elton John and his husband to cast doubt on one of the Oscar winner's accusers at the end of the defense case.
John appeared briefly in the London court by video link from Monaco after his husband, David Furnish, testified that Spacey did not attend an annual gala ball at their Windsor home at the time that the accuser said he was attacked in a car.
John was the final witness for the defense and was followed by character testimonials from colleagues, friends and family that had Spacey in tears in the dock when they were read aloud by his lawyer in Southwark Crown Court.
Spacey, 63, has pleaded not guilty to a dozen charges that include sexual and indecent assault counts and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.
One of the alleged victims said he was driving Spacey to the White Tie & Tiara Ball in 2004 or 2005 when the actor grabbed his crotch so forcefully that he almost ran off the road.
Furnish supported Spacey's own testimony that the only year he had attended the event was 2001. Furnish said he had reviewed photographs taken at the party from 2001 to 2005 and Spacey only appeared in images that one year. He said all guests were photographed each year.
John, who was wearing yellow tinted glasses, a dark jacket and light blue open-collar shirt, said the actor attended the party once in the early 2000s and arrived after flying to England on a private jet.
Spacey's appearance was a surprise and memorable because it was a big deal, said Furnish, a filmmaker and John's manager, who also appeared from Monaco.
"He was an Oscar-winning actor and there was a lot of buzz and excitement that he was at the ball," Furnish said.
John said the actor spent the night at their house after the event. He also confirmed that Spacey bought a Mini Cooper at the auction held that night for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
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Spacey said he spent the most money "ever" on that model of car and he kept it in John's garage until he could pick it up later.
The alleged victim said he may have gotten the year wrong, but that he would not have forgotten the incident because it took his breath away and he was driving and almost crashed the car.
The timeline, however, is important because the man testified that Spacey had fondled him over several years beginning in the early 2000s. The incident was the final occasion, he said. He threatened to hit the actor and after that avoided him.
Spacey said the two were friends and they engaged in some romantic contact but the man was straight, so the actor respected his wishes not to go further. He said he was crushed when he learned the man had complained to police about him and said the man had "reimagined" what had been consensual touching.
Furnish said he was familiar with the accuser and described him as "charming," the same term Spacey used.
Over two days of testimony last week, the two-time Academy Award winner insisted that he never sexually assaulted three of the four accusers who described disturbing encounters between 2001 and 2013. The acts allegedly escalated from unwanted touching to aggressive fondling to one instance of performing oral sex act on an unconscious man.
Spacey dismissed one man's fondling claims as "pure fantasy" and said he shared consensual encounters with two others who later regretted it. He accepted the claims of a fourth man, saying he had made a "clumsy pass" during a night of heavy drinking, but he took exception to the "crotch-grabbing" characterization.
Defense lawyer Patrick Gibbs rested his case after reading statements from 10 character witnesses who praised the actor's work and compassion toward others.
Spacey dabbed at his eyes with a tissue as Gibbs read the words of actor Robert Sean Leonard, known for his role on the TV show "House" and the movie "Dead Poets Society." Leonard said Spacey was "positive, supportive and respectful" and someone he admired greatly.
"He's more than a successful actor, he's a movie star, but unlike every other movie star I've worked with, he doesn't know it," Leonard said. "Stardom was never his goal. He loves and respects the work, and he loves and respects the people he works with."
Closing arguments are expected later in the week. Spacey is free on bail.
John's testimony came just over a week after he wrapped up his 50-year touring career with a show in Stockholm.
It's the second time the "Rocket Man" star and Furnish have made appearances in a London courtroom this year. The two also showed for hearings in March at the High Court in their phone hacking lawsuit with Prince Harry against the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper.
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Many Americans are unfamiliar with how elections are run. And in recent years, purveyors of false claims have taken advantage of that lack of knowledge to sow doubts about certain aspects of the voting process.
In response, NPR's voting team is offering a series of explainers on some of these election topics. This is the first. You can find all of our stories here.
During big U.S. elections, hundreds of thousands of mail ballots are typically thrown out and left uncounted. In 2020, for instance, more than 560,000 ballots were rejected (that's nearly 1% of the total).
Experts say ballot rejections are largely the result of relatively minor voter errors, often associated with security measures that are designed to verify a voter's identity.
That's why about half of states have a process in place to help voters fix their mail ballots if they do make a mistake. It's known as ballot curing.
Tova Wang, a democracy fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, says the roughly 20 states without a cure process leave their voters without much recourse if there is an issue with their ballot.
"Somebody who is an absolutely legitimate voter will have their vote not counted for what is usually just a technical error," she says.
Jose Altamirano, a policy graduate student at the Harvard Kennedy School, says states that do have a process, however, have significantly lower rates of rejected mail ballots.
"Pretty consistently data shows that certain numbers of voters would not have their absentee or mail ballots counted if it weren't for ballot cure," he says.
In general, Altamirano says, states with a cure process, ballot tracking and more accessible ballot drop-off policies tend to reject a lower percentage of ballots each election. But "if the state you live in has a more stringent set of hoops to jump through to cast your ballot, the more likely it is that your ballot will be rejected," he says.
Republican lawmakers, who have been pushing for stricter rules for mail ballots across the country, say these restrictions prevent fraud, though documented cases of voter fraud remain exceedingly rare.
Why ballots get rejected
Voters make mistakes. Oftentimes ballots don't get returned by the deadline required by the state. But Sylvia Albert, the director of voting and elections at Common Cause, says many voters also get tripped by requirements on a mail ballot.
Depending on where you live, your state might require you to provide a signature that matches one on file, voter ID information such as a driver's license, or a date.
She says all these "little checks" are opportunities for human error.
Plus, Albert says, voting at home means you are on your own, for the most part.
"You don't have an election worker there who can answer any questions you have or direct you to anyone else who can help," she says. "You are just alone on your kitchen table."
Sometimes, Albert says, voters completely miss the field to provide their ID information or their signature. Other times, election officials have a hard time checking ID numbers or signatures against what's in their system.
Phil Keisling, chair of the National Vote at Home Institute and Oregon's former secretary of state, says mostly this happens because "voter signatures change" over time.
"They might have signed years ago when they were young, they changed their signature, they might have had a health problem," he says.
Notification
There's also a big variety in how you find out if your ballot was rejected.
Many states allow you to track your ballot with an online portal that shows you when your ballot is received and then processed. These sites will often also let you know if your ballot is rejected. Sometimes it will list a reason why.
But for the most part, voters are contacted directly by local election officials if their ballot has been rejected. This could be a letter or a call. Or in some cases, like in Colorado, local officials might have a texting program to alert voters.
Some voters don't have access to landlines, don't check their mail often, or simply don't have consistent access to the internet.
This is why, Harvard's Altamirano says, how you find out there is a problem with your ballot depends on who your local official is and where you live. He says some officials simply look for a number, mailing address or email address on file and send notice that way — without checking to see if that contact information is up to date.
"Whereas in some other counties their local election officials went above and beyond to reach out to voters — including trying to find them on social media in order to get in touch with them," Altamirano recalls.
Common Cause's Albert says it also depends what your state allows local officials to do when they are trying to contact voters.
"Some of that is set in state law," Albert says, "and some legislatures are not really interested in providing more leeway to election officials to reach out to those voters."
Timeline to fix a ballot
If you live in a state that does have a ballot cure process, how much time you have depends on where you live.
Some states set a hard deadline tied to Election Day. So, if you turn in your ballot close to Election Day, it's unlikely you will be able to cure your ballot in time.
Other states give you one or two days after Election Day to cure your ballot; others give voters much more time. For example, the state of Washington gives voters until 21 days after Election Day to fix a signature if there are issues.
Depending where you live, you might be required to either submit a whole new ballot, or send some sort of statement or affidavit letting officials know that the ballot was in fact yours.
Who you are also matters
One notable factor, experts say, that affects ballot rejection has to do with who you are.
Wang, of Harvard, says a number of studies have found a disproportionate impact when it comes to mail ballot rejections.
"People of color and young people are more likely to have their ballots rejected than others," she says. "And so particularly for these groups who are already marginalized in the process in many ways it's very important that they be given the opportunities to have their ballots counted."
Even in states with lower ballot rejection rates, non-English speakers are also more likely to have their ballots rejected, compared to other voters.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Stitch Fix, Inc. ("Stitch Fix" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SFIX). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Stitch Fix and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On December 7, 2021, Stitch Fix admitted for the first time that the Company had downplayed the magnitude of the transition from its subscription-based "Fix" model to its retail-based "Freestyle" model. Stitch Fix further admitted that the Company saw some "short term cannibalization" from new customers who chose to use the new direct-buy Freestyle option rather than the traditional Fix option. In addition, Stitch Fix announced a loss for its first quarter of 2021 and cut its full-year revenue projections.
On this news, Stitch Fix's stock price fell $5.97 per share, or 24%, to close at $19.00 per share on December 8, 2021.
Then, on March 8, 2022, Stitch Fix offered a weak outlook for its third quarter of 2022 and cut its revenue guidance for the full year. In addition, Stitch Fix announced a self-inflicted friction between the Freestyle program and the Fix program. Specifically, Stitch Fix explained that when customers visited stitchfix.com—the primary landing page for customers interested in the Fix—the Company directed them to the Freestyle experience first, and "therefore, in leading clients to the Freestyle experience first, [it] inadvertently created friction" for potential customers interesting in ordering Fix.
On this news, Stitch Fix's stock price fell $0.67 per share, or 6%, to close at $10.34 per share on March 9, 2022.
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Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Wednesday's results
Everett 6 Brandon 3
Calgary 5 Victoria 2
Swift Current 5 Vancouver 4 (OT)
Saskatoon 5 Tri-City 1
Prince George 5 Portland 4 (SO)
Friday's results
Tri-City 4 Brandon 3 (OT)
Vancouver 4 Lethbridge 3 (SO)
Edmonton 4 Victoria 3 (OT)
Calgary 5 Medicine Hat 1
Red Deer 4 Swift Current 1
Everett 5 Saskatoon 3
Moose Jaw 3 Prince Albert 2
Portland 5 Seattle 1
Prince George 7 Spokane 2
Saturday's results
Saskatoon 4 Brandon 1
Swift Current 5 Regina 2
Everett 4 Prince Albert 2
Red Deer 4 Moose Jaw 2
Lethbridge 3 Medicine Hat 2
Winnipeg 5 Tri-City 4
Portland 5 Seattle 3
Prince George 5 Spokane 3
Kelowna 3 Kamloops 1
Sunday's results
Spokane at Portland, 5 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Edmonton at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Red Deer at Winnipeg, 7:05 p.m.
Prince Albert at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Edmonton at Regina, 7 p.m.
Red Deer at Winnipeg, 7:05 p.m.
Prince Albert at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m. | 2022-11-06T06:12:47+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17562066.php |
Embattled Tennessee bishop resigns after priest complaints, abuse-related lawsuits
Jun 27, 2023, 3:23 AM | Updated: 3:42 am
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, resigned under pressure Tuesday following allegations he mishandled sex abuse allegations and several of his priests complained about his leadership and behavior, sparking a Vatican investigation.
Pope Francis accepted Bishop Richard Stika’s resignation, according to a one-line statement from the Vatican. At 65, Stika is still 10 years below the normal retirement age for bishops.
The Vatican didn’t identify a replacement in its statement, but the U.S. conference of Catholic bishops said the archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, the Most Reverend Shelton Fabre, was named temporary administrator to run the diocese until a new bishop is installed.
Stika’s departure, after 14 years as bishop of Knoxville, closes a turbulent chapter for the southern U.S. diocese that was marked by a remarkable revolt by some of its priests, who accused Stika of abusing his authority and protecting a seminarian accused of sexual misconduct. They appealed to the Vatican for “merciful relief” in 2021, citing their own mental health, sparking a Vatican investigation that led to Stika’s resignation.
In media interviews, Stika has strongly defended his actions and his leadership and said he worked to bring unity in the diocese.
In addition to the priests’ complaints, Stika is the subject of at least two lawsuits that accuse him of mishandling sexual abuse allegations and seeking to silence the accusers. In one, a former employee at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Knoxville — who uses the pseudonym John Doe — accused a seminarian there of harassing and raping him in 2019.
The suit filed in Chancery Court in Knox County says Stika should have known the seminarian was dangerous because he had been accused of sexual misconduct previously. Instead, Stika encouraged the accuser’s friendship with the man, and the accuser felt pressure to comply for fear of losing his job, it says.
Even after the former employee accused the seminarian of rape, Stika let the seminarian live in his home and steadfastly defended him, the suit says. Stika also told multiple people that the seminarian was innocent and that the accuser was the aggressor, it says. In addition, Stika removed an investigator who was looking into the allegations, replacing him with someone who was the father of a priest and never talked to the accuser, according to the lawsuit.
In a second lawsuit, a Honduran immigrant seeking asylum in the United States accused a priest in the diocese of locking her in a room and sexually assaulting her after she went to him for grief counseling in 2020. The woman went to the police, and the diocese was aware of the accusation but took no action against the priest until after he was indicted on sexual battery charges in 2022, according to the lawsuit.
The suit accuses the diocese of spreading rumors about the woman that led to her being shunned and harassed in the community.
The woman, who uses the pseudonym Jane Doe, filed a civil suit against the diocese. The diocese, in turn, hired a private detective to investigate her. The detective illegally obtained her employment records and told police that she had committed employment fraud, according to the lawsuit.
The suit claims the diocese was trying to either intimidate her into dropping both lawsuits or get her arrested and deported.
Around the same time, a group of priests from the Diocese of Knoxville sent a letter to Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio who serves as a representative for Pope Francis in the United States.
In the letter dated Sept. 29, 2021, the priests appealed for “merciful relief” from “the suffering we’ve endured these past 12 years” under Stika.
Those years have been “detrimental to priestly fraternity and even to our personal well-being,” the letter states. It goes on to describe “priests who are seeing psychologists, taking anti-depressants, considering early retirement, and even looking for secular careers.”
The Vatican authorized an investigation of the diocese, called an “apostolic visitation,” that took place in late 2022. | 2023-06-27T13:35:08+00:00 | mynorthwest.com | https://mynorthwest.com/3903043/embattled-tennessee-bishop-resigns-after-priest-complaints-abuse-related-lawsuits/ |
Man fatally shot at Southern California community festival
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — A bystander was fatally shot when a fight broke out among juveniles at a Southern California community festival and a 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion murder. Anaheim police say the shooting occurred late Sunday at La Palma Park, site of the city’s annual Cinco de Mayo festival. The victim was taken to a hospital but was pronounced dead. Police say the investigation revealed that a fight broke out among a group of juveniles and the 17-year-old fired a handgun. The teen’s name was not released because he is a juvenile. The victim’s name was not publicly released pending notification of next-of-kin. | 2022-05-02T17:10:58+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2022/05/02/man-fatally-shot-at-southern-california-community-festival/ |
On a sunny day in 2010, a boat full of dignitaries watched as Ocean Renewable Power Co.’s team lowered a tidal turbine into the waters near Eastport.
“Gov. Baldacci, Congressman Michaud, Capt. McPherson, all of you that are here, either from here, or from away, I want to welcome you to Eastport, Maine, the Kitty Hawk of tidal energy,” said company CEO Chris Sauer, welcoming them.
The 50-foot turbine, with blades shaped like those on a push lawnmower, was touted as the leading edge of an ambitious tidal power project. Eastport is famous for its formidable tides, which average about 18 feet and can go as high as 26 feet.
This story is part of our series "Climate Driven: A deep dive into Maine's response, one county at a time."
In a University of Maine video produced a year later in 2011, Sauer sounded even more optimistic about the potential for tidal power in the region, perhaps enough to supply 90,000 homes.
“In eight or 10 years, who knows, we are hoping that we may be able to get up to 80 or 100 megawatts of capacity in that area," Sauer said.
The demonstration turbine operated for eight months. ORPC did launch another larger unit near Eastport in 2012, and tied it into the electrical grid, which was a first for the nation. But that turbine came out of the water a year later, due to a failed generator and other complications.
Now, after 16 years of operating in Maine, and nearly $40 million in federal funds, the company still has no tidal turbines producing power in Eastport. Or anywhere else.
Company president John Ferland said there are market factors at play that have delayed some of its projects.
“Supply chain issues and increased cost of component issues that are affecting virtually every segment of the economy," Ferland said, "and it’s affected the time frame of our installation.”
Ferland acknowledged that the company still is not producing tidal power, 12 years after a ballyhooed launch and after receiving $39 million in federal funding. He says they've been using the money for innovation.
“That has financed a number of project activities, technology development, component development," he said. "We have created an industry that didn’t exist before.”
“It’s tough to break out with new technologies,” said Karl Rábago, a renewable energy consultant in Colorado.
Rábago said even as ORPC refines the designs of its turbines, other technologies such as solar panels and wind turbines are becoming ever more efficient and cost-effective. He said he's not really surprised it's taking this long to figure out tidal power.
"But I would also start expecting to see some applications that prove the concept pretty soon here," he said.
Still, Ferland remains confident that the company is poised for great growth. At TechPlace in Brunswick, he showed off ORPC’s testing facility, complete with a water tank it uses to test submerged generators. And there's electrical circuitry on the wall that will become part of a microgrid system planned for Eastport.
“It's a version of a what we're going to integrate into a subsystem," he said, "a small-scale power system that we’ll be installing in Eastport in the first quarter of 2023 as a stepping stone to the full size system.”
The Eastport microgrid will allow renewable power generated locally to provide the community with electricity should something happen to the long power line connecting the community to the mainland.
“And this kind of makes sense because we are an island literally in the middle of nowhere," said Eastport city manager Kate Devonshire. "I tell people, ‘Go east, find Canada, walk back 10 steps, you’ll find me.’"
Devonshire is working closely with Paige Atkinson of the Island Institute on the microgrid project. Atkinson said the system could include new facilities producing solar, wind and, of course, tidal power.
“We would love to have ORPC technology out in the water," Atkinson said. "We have a huge tidal exchange, so it seems like a perfect fit to tap in to their technology, and really utilize it here.”
But everyone agrees that the microgrid and tidal turbines are at least two years away.
Meanwhile, ORPC got a boost from a consortium of investors that ponied up $25 million last year, and Ferland has big plans for ORPC’s next decade, especially in remote regions.
The company has installed a river-driven turbine in Alaska, where it provided nearly half the power for a village of 70 people. That turbine is now out of the water for maintenance, but there are plans to expand the project next year. And Ferland said it provides a model for the company's expansion.
“We’ve entered the market in Alaska, northern Canada, and Chile, and we’ll literally have hundreds of units in those locations," he said. "That same market opportunity is in Africa, it’s in Asia, and so we anticipate growing as an international company, providing value to Maine as we’re doing it."
The company is now testing a smaller river-driven turbine system in Millinocket, and has just launched a demonstration river turbine in Manitoba.
And those tidal turbines generating power for Eastport? They could be coming in 2024. | 2022-11-01T13:28:18+00:00 | nepm.org | https://www.nepm.org/2022-11-01/12-years-after-high-profile-eastport-launch-company-still-isnt-producing-any-tidal-power |
BRISTOL, Va. – Two eye witnesses testified in the murder trial of a Bristol, Virginia police officer Friday.
After 3:00 a.m. on March 30, 2021, Walter Robinette was asleep in his room at the Rodeway Inn on Euclid Avenue when he heard gunfire coming from what he believed to be upstairs or two doors down.
Not long after the shots, a red Ford Mustang drove from one parking space to another, Robinette said, and within minutes police showed up and were telling the driver to “show them his hands” and to “stop being stupid,” he said.
Robinette also said he heard “high RPM” coming from the car as it backed up, engaged into drive and screeched its tires before Officer Johnathan Brown fired six shots at the driver, Jonathen Kohler, killing him almost instantly.
Surveillance footage has shown it was Kohler who fired the shots that woke Robinette and prompted multiple 911 calls. Before officers arrived, Kohler fired five shots from his vehicle in the Rodeway Inn parking lot, evidence shows.
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Marianne Perkey was also staying at the Rodeway Inn, which is now the Travel Inn, on the night of Kohler's death. Fearing for her life, she was one of three motel guests to call 911 to report Kohler's shots.
“[I] thought somebody was shooting at us and that we were going to die,” Perkey said.
Perkey testified the Mustang drove toward Brown before he fired.
To bolster its stance that Brown's life was in immediate danger, the defense brought in an expert witness in Ford Mustangs and high-performance modifications on Friday. The witness told the jury Kohler’s 1994 Mustang would have had 215 horsepower stock, but was equipped with enough modifications to reach 350 horsepower.
The lead case agent from the Virginia State Police was recalled to the stand Friday and testified that the officers from the Bristol Virginia Police Department (BVPD) were dispatched to the motel for a call of shots fired, not for an active shooter situation. He also said it is proper for an officer to deploy deadly force if their life is in immediate danger.
BVPD Major Darryl Milligan was also recalled to the stand to testify to specific times and events that occurred on the morning of the shooting.
Officers were dispatched to the motel at 3:17 a.m., Milligan stated. Brown arrived in the area at 3:23 a.m. He fired the fatal shots roughly four minutes later.
The defense will continue to present evidence on Monday as the trial enters its second week. | 2022-04-23T00:05:27+00:00 | heraldcourier.com | https://heraldcourier.com/news/eyewitnesses-tell-what-they-saw-in-police-officers-murder-trial/article_82706dc0-c28d-11ec-b0d0-63e68d4aad81.html |
Car Shoppers Save Money Over Time Purchasing Brands, Models with Lowest Projected Ownership Costs
ATLANTA, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Beyond the upfront sticker price, smart car shoppers also should consider the long view and factor in a vehicle's total cost of ownership. Ongoing costs like fuel, maintenance, insurance and even vehicle depreciation can vary greatly from one model to the next. To help in-market car shoppers make wise purchase decisions, the experts at Kelley Blue Book, a Cox Automotive company, today name the 2023 model-year brand and category winners of the 5-Year Cost to Own Awards. These awards recognize new vehicles with the lowest projected ownership costs over the initial five-year ownership period.
"Many car shoppers would be shocked if they understood that cost of ownership can vary in staggering amounts from one vehicle to the next, potentially to the tune of thousands of dollars over time" said Janice Yoell, senior manager of valuations for Kelley Blue Book. "Paying attention to a vehicle's cost of ownership is imperative to make a smart purchase decision. For the third year in a row, Toyota and its luxury sibling Lexus take home the top brand prizes for 5-Year Cost to Own in 2023. Both brands feature several models with high residual values – meaning the vehicle holds its value well over time – leading to low vehicle depreciation, which is a key factor in determining cost of ownership."
Available for new models on Kelley Blue Book's KBB.com, 5-Year Cost to Own information takes into consideration depreciation, expected fuel costs, finance and insurance fees, maintenance and repair costs, and state fees. This data allows new-car shoppers to see the big picture of what a new vehicle will cost them over time, helping them to save money by choosing a vehicle that best meets their needs and their long-term budget.
2023 Kelley Blue Book 5-Year Cost to Own Award Winners
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NEW YORK — An emotional Kevin Spacey testified in a New York courtroom Monday that he never made a sexual pass at the actor Anthony Rapp, who has sued for millions of dollars in damages, claiming the Academy Award-winning actor tried to take him to bed when he was 14.
Repeatedly, Spacey denied Rapp’s claims that a then-26-year-old Spacey picked him up like a groom does a bride after a 1986 party at his Manhattan apartment and put him on his bed before lying on top of him.
Rapp testified earlier in a civil trial in which he accuses Spacey of assault and battery that he squirmed out from underneath an inebriated Spacey in the fully clothed encounter before fleeing, only to have Spacey follow him to the door and ask if he was sure he wanted to leave.
“They are not true,” Spacey said of the allegations, first made in 2017 in an interview with Buzzfeed. The accusations, along with more made by others, brought to an end Spacey’s popular role on the Netflix series “House of Cards” and abruptly derailed his career.
Spacey, 63, dabbed tears from his eyes with a tissue and sniffled as he described immediate intense pressure from publicists and lawyers to respond with compassion and empathy and an apology to Rapp’s claims.
“They told me I couldn’t push back on the story,” Spacey recalled. “I knew I wouldn’t have any sexual interest in Anthony Rapp or any child. That I knew.”
At the time, with the #MeToo movement gaining momentum, “The industry was very nervous. There was a lot of fear in the air about who was going to be next,” he said.
He added: “I was shocked. I was frightened and I was confused. … I knew I had never been alone with Anthony Rapp.”
After the article, the two-time Oscar winner said on Twitter that he didn’t recall the encounter with Rapp, adding: “”But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior, and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years.”
His managers said “it was the best way to contain “a crisis that was going to get worse” and to avoid being accused of “being a victim shamer,” he said.
Spacey told jurors he now regrets “my entire statement.”
“I’ve learned a lesson, which is never apologize for something you didn’t do,” he said.
Spacey said he had met Rapp and another aspiring actor, John Barrowman, backstage following Spacey’s Broadway performance in “Long Day’s Journey into Night.” He said he took them to dinner, to a nightclub and finally to his studio apartment, where he flirted with Barrowman — who was 19 at the time — but showed no interest in Rapp before the two visitors left.
“Anthony Rapp seemed like a kid and John Barrowman seemed like a man,” Spacey said in an account that was backed up by a deposition by Barrowman. At the time, Rapp was performing in “Precious Sons” on Broadway.
Rapp, a 50-year-old regular on “Star Trek: Discovery” on television who was part of the original Broadway cast of “Rent,” has testified that he and Barrowman went home immediately after the nightclub outing and days later Spacey invited him to his apartment party, waiting until other guests left to make a move on him.
The Associated Press does not usually name people alleging sexual assault unless they come forward publicly, as Rapp has done.
Spacey, testifying on a day when Judge Lewis A. Kaplan tossed out Rapp’s claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress on the grounds that it duplicated aspects of the assault and battery allegation, also was asked if he has been private about his personal life over his career.
“I grew up in a very complicated family dynamic,” he said, explaining that rants by his father when he was a youngster led him to hate bigotry and intolerance.
“My father was a white supremacist and neo-Nazi,” Spacey said. “It meant that my siblings and I were forced to listen to hours and hours of my father lecturing us about his beliefs.”
As Spacey became interested in theater, he said, he endured the screams of his father who “used to yell at me at the idea that I might be gay.”
Prior to Monday’s testimony, Spacey said he had “never talked about these things publicly, ever.”
He said he had been considering revealing that he was gay publicly for about 18 months before deciding to announce it after Rapp’s allegations came out.
Spacey cried as he described immediately regretting the timing of the revelation as he faced backlash in the gay community, including from friends, and others who thought he was using the announcement to change the subject, to deflect.
“It was really wrong and it was really bad and I’m deeply sorry,” he said as his voice cracked. | 2022-10-18T14:47:43+00:00 | abqjournal.com | https://www.abqjournal.com/2541286/teary-kevin-spacey-testifies-of-sex-abuse-claims-not-true.html |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has approved a $3 billion sale of advanced medium-range missiles to Kuwait to help the tiny oil-rich Gulf country defend itself.
The State Department notified Congress on Thursday of the planned sale, which comes amid heightened tensions in the region that many blame on Iranian proxies, notably in Iraq, Kuwait’s northern neighbor.
The package includes 63 medium range air-to-air missiles, 63 extended-range surface-to-air missiles and 63 tactical missiles along with associated equipment such as radar and communications systems.
The administration said the sale would support U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives while bolstering Kuwait’s defense capabilities.
“The proposed sale will improve Kuwait’s capability to meet current and future threats by enhancing the ability to defend itself against regional malign actors and improve interoperability with systems operated by U.S. forces and other Gulf countries,” the department said in a statement.
It noted that in addition to protecting its own energy infrastructure Kuwait hosts more than 4,000 American military personnel and civilian workers. The U.S. said the sale would not alter the military balance in the region. | 2022-10-07T06:38:26+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-us-approves-sale-of-advanced-missiles-to-gulf-ally-kuwait/ |
DUBLIN – President Joe Biden arrived in Dublin on Wednesday primed to trace his ancestral roots on a personal visit for a politician who cites his Irish heritage as a driving force in his life.
Biden was headed first for County Louth on Ireland's east coast, home of his Finnegan ancestors. He was expected to tour a castle and take a walk around downtown Dundalk. The president had also intended to visit a cemetery there, but that plan was scrapped because of uncooperative weather.
Biden’s mother’s family, the Finnegans, are from County Louth. According to a genealogy released by the White House, the president’s great-great-great-grandparents lived in Templetown and were married in 1813.
Their grandson, James Finnegan, born in 1840, emigrated to the United States with his family when he was 9 years old. The Finnegans settled in Seneca County, New York. James married Catherine Roche in 1846; they were Biden’s great-grandparents.
During his three days in Ireland, Biden also plans to address the parliament in Dublin, attend a gala dinner and visit County Mayo, another ancestral area.
Upon his arrival in Dublin, Biden was greeted by Ireland’s prime minister at the airport and then swung by a nearby fire station, where children of U.S. Embassy employees held American and Irish flags and signs that said “welcome home.”
According to the Irish Family History Centre, Biden “is among the most ‘Irish’ of all U.S. Presidents.” Ten of his 16 great-great grandparents were from the Emerald Isle, and they emigrated to the United States during the Great Famine of the mid-19th century. Biden is particularly fond of quoting Irish poetry, especially Seamus Heaney.
Earlier Wednesday, Biden marked the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland. The U.S.-brokered deal brought peace to an area of the United Kingdom where years of sectarian violence known as “the Troubles” left some 3,600 people killed in bombings and other attacks.
But recent political turmoil has left Northern Ireland without a functioning government, rattling the foundations of the Good Friday Agreement. In addition, a top police official was shot and injured in February, an attack that authorities have blamed on Irish Republican Army dissidents opposed to the peace process.
“The enemies of peace will not prevail,” Biden said. “Northern Ireland will not go back, pray God.” | 2023-04-12T16:54:25+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/2023/04/12/joe-obiden-president-in-ireland-eager-to-trace-roots/ |
WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, June 27, 2022
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Central Comal County in south central Texas...
* Until 315 PM CDT.
* At 213 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Canyon Lake,
or near Canyon Lake Dam, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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Canyon Lake Dam, Canyon Lake, Bulverde, Spring Branch, Smithson
Valley, Fischer, Startzville and Sattler.
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For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities said a Milwaukee woman did not have a valid license when she was driving a stolen car that crashed, killing a 13-month-old boy who was in the rear seat.
The 31-year-old woman faces a charge of knowingly operating a motor vehicle without a valid license, causing death. It was not clear Wednesday if she had yet appeared before a judge.
Zarion Robinson's mother told police her son was in the unlocked car late Friday when she went back inside her home to get something. While she was inside, someone drove away in the car with the boy still in the rear seat, according to a medical examiner’s report.
A few minutes later the car struck a minivan.
Paramedics found Zarion crying and still partly strapped in his car seat which had overturned and was facing down on the rear seat’s floor, the report said.
The boy later was pronounced dead at a hospital. The woman driving the stolen car also was injured and hospitalized.
The occupants of the minivan ran away after the crash. | 2023-02-01T23:34:00+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/woman-faces-charge-in-stolen-car-crash-that-17757941.php |
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Objections have been raised to demolishing the house where four University of Idaho students were killed last year, with members of three of the victims’ families signaling it should be preserved until after the trial of the man charged in the deaths.
Shanon Gray, an attorney for the family of Kaylee Goncalves, one of the stabbing victims, said the university is disregarding families’ requests that the home be left standing until after the trial of Bryan Kohberger, which is set to begin in October, the Idaho Statesman reported.
The bodies of Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were found last Nov. 13 at the rental home across the street from the University of Idaho campus. Kohberger is charged with four counts of murder in connection with their deaths.
The owner of the property donated it to the school after the killings, and the university announced earlier this year that it was planning to demolish the home. A demolition date has not been set, but university spokesperson Jodi Walker said the school wants the house gone before the start of the fall semester.
Gray said in an email to the newspaper that the university asked for the families’ opinions “and then proceeded to ignore those opinions and pursue their own self-interests. The home itself has enormous evidentiary value as well as being the largest, and one of the most important, pieces of evidence in the case.”
Members of the Mogen and Kernodle families also oppose demolishing the property until after trial, the attorney said. Gray was unsure what position the Chapin family had. Members of the Chapin, Mogen and Kernodle families did not respond to requests for comment from the newspaper.
Gray also represents the Goncalves and Mogen families in tort claims filed against the university, the city of Moscow and Idaho State Police. That step preserves the families’ rights to sue the government entities if they choose in connection with the deaths of their children.
Walker said university officials have been in “regular communication” with the victims’ families since taking ownership of the house.
University attorney Kent Nelson, in correspondence with Gray, said neither the prosecution nor the defense has objected to the property being demolished. He told Gray that the university needed a “cogent argument,” citing relevant case law or rules for it to deviate from its demolition plans. Nelson requested a response by June 23.
Gray said he received the correspondence from Nelson on June 22 and did not say if he met the deadline for a response. | 2023-07-05T14:22:53+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-plan-to-demolish-house-where-4-university-of-idaho-students-were-slain-prompts-objections/ |
ENOCH, Utah (AP) — City leaders in a small Utah town choked up this week as they expressed shock after a murder-suicide carried out by a fellow church member left eight people dead in their close-knit community, including five children who were classmates with their kids.
Though shocking, family mass killings are an all-too-common tragedy across the country. They’ve happened nearly every 3.5 weeks for the last two decades on average, according to a database compiled by USA Today, The Associated Press and Northeastern University.
Enoch, Utah, is one of more than 30 communities sent reeling by a family mass killing in the last two years, a list that includes communities of wealth and poverty and spares no race or class. A family mass killing — where four or more people were killed, not including the perpetrator — happened each of the last two years in places as large as Houston or as small as Casa Grande, Arizona, the database shows.
The circumstances of the killings are myriad: An argument over pandemic stimulus checks leaves four family members shot dead and two injured in Indianapolis; financial issues lead to authorities finding six children and their parents inside a house set ablaze in Oklahoma; an escalating custody battle in Ohio precedes a man and members of his family shooting the mother of his child and seven of her family members; a father loses his job, piles his wife and kids in the family station wagon and plunges it into the Detroit River.
Motives can remain speculative in family killings in which assailants take their own lives, but police often cite financial or relationship issues as the causes.
Enoch police are still investigating what led to the deaths discovered Wednesday, but authorities said Tausha Haight had recently filed a divorce petition against her husband Michael, a 42-year-old insurance agent who they believe killed her, their five children and Tausha’s mother, who was staying at the family’s home.
Officials have not released information on the weapon they believe killed the adults and the children, who ranged in age from 4 to 17. A relative of Tausha Haight said Friday that the family was left “vulnerable” after Michael Haight removed guns he and his wife owned in the days before the murder-suicide.
Police went to the Haight’s home on Wednesday in response to a welfare check call placed when Tausha Haight missed an appointment.
The news left mothers, fathers, teachers and churchgoers asking a question many communities face in the aftermath of mass shootings: How could this happen here?
City Councilman Rob Jensen said he was well aware such tragedies happen throughout the country, yet that did little to quell the shock he felt when the killings happened in his town.
“Especially in a small town, you don’t anticipate this kind of thing. Nobody does,” Jensen said. “Everyone knows this kind of thing can happen. But everyone wants to say that it’s not them.”
Family mass killings immediately capture the attention of people in a community, but rarely garner the level of national attention received by mass killings at schools, places of worship or restaurants, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University who has studied familicides and mass killings for decades.
Fox, who helped compile and maintains the database for the AP and USA Today, said that’s because it doesn’t carry the same kind of fear with the public. He noted police often issue messages saying there is no danger to the public shortly after the killings are discovered.
“It’s a nice safe community, but family massacres are independent of the crime rate in the local area,” he said. “We are talking about internal factors, and I think that’s why it’s hard for people to see themselves in these situations and why the response is to mourn instead of fear.”
Family mass killings are in fact the most common type of mass killing, making up about 45% of the 415 mass shootings since 2006, according to the database. They happen twice as frequently as mass shootings in which members of the public are killed.
Most, but not all, involve handguns, only about a third involve households with a previous occurrence of domestic violence and most of the assailants have no violent history or criminal past, Fox said.
There is no governmental agency tracking murder-suicides nationally, so a few years ago policy analysts at the Violence Policy Center — a nonprofit educational organization that conducts research and public education on violence in the U.S. — began tracking details from news accounts to produce an annual report. The latest version from 2020 looked at murder-suicides including many mass killings during the first six months of 2019.
The study found 81% of murder-suicides happened at home and 65% involved intimate partners. The study also found that among murder-suicides where more than three people aside from the assailant were killed, six of the 10 during those six months were incidents in which a person killed their children, partner and themselves.
Fox said most of the killings fall into two categories. The first is murder by proxy, in which the killer is motivated by anger or resentment and kills the children who are seen as an extension of their partner. The second is suicide by proxy motivated by despondency or depression, most often a job loss, and the assailant kills the children as an extension of themselves.
“He wants to spare them the misery of living in this awful world,” Fox said. “Over the years, there’s been an eclipse in community. There was a time decades ago if you had trouble feeding your family or if you had lost your job, neighbors would come over with casseroles and they would offer emotional support. Many people don’t know their neighbors these days.”
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Lauer reported from Philadelphia. | 2023-01-07T23:23:18+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/national-news/ap-us-news/ap-utah-murder-suicide-underscores-frequency-of-family-killings/ |
Before dusting off your decorations and hanging you ornaments, the age-old question must be asked: Whether to use a fake or real Christmas tree this holiday season. While a plastic tree may be more convenient, Greg Hann, owner of Hann’s Christmas Tree Farm in Oregon, Wis., helps shed some light on the benefits that a real Christmas tree can bring to not only your home, but the local ecosystem as well.
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North Carolina lawmakers are considering increasing the number of toll road projects allowed in the state.
A bipartisan bill moving in the state Senate aims to address declining transportation revenue from the gas tax. One provision would double the number of projects where the state can partner with private companies to widen roads or build new ones.
Current law only allows three of those toll road projects, but Senator Mike Woodard of Durham told the WUNC Politics Podcast his bill would allow six.
"We can get roads built faster and the users pay a user fee," Woodard said. "I typically use the Triangle Expressway every day to avoid some of the delays on I-40 when I come from Durham to Raleigh, and I don’t mind paying that 40 cents for a safer, easier, commute that gets me here a little bit faster."
He says lawmakers haven’t yet decided which future projects would be toll roads. The bill would also increase fees on hybrid and electric vehicles. | 2023-05-02T14:38:14+00:00 | publicradioeast.org | https://www.publicradioeast.org/pre-news/2023-05-02/more-toll-roads-could-be-coming-in-response-to-lower-revenues-from-gas-tax |
The company celebrates a major milestone as they unveil their fully operational MVP to the marketplace
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VeraScore, an AI platform for measuring consumers' financial health, is one step closer to consumer use as it has completed the creation of its Minimum Viable Product (MVP). The fully operational MVP addresses the persistent challenge with the legacy credit rating model, which relies on stale information to provide a snapshot based on lending habits, not the holistic view of a consumer's relevant financial information or the ability of the individual to repay debt.
VeraScore liberates banks and other financial lenders to more accurately understand potential borrowers, and provide funding to under-banked individuals that have been victimized by the current credit rating system. Over 45 million Americans currently do not have access to credit, and VeraScore delivers a detailed, real-time analysis of a consumer's financial situation that aims to aid in empowering financial freedom to these consumers.
As it prepares for market utilization, VeraScore is happy to announce that their crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine is live and can be accessed through the StartEngine platform. By opening up fundraising to the public, VeraScore hopes to reach investors who have shared values and goals.
"As the creation of our MVP finally comes to completion, I am beyond excited to share this revolutionary platform with both lenders and consumers," said Geff Woodward, CEO of VeraScore. "Between this, and our active fundraising on StartEngine, our mission of aiding underbanked people throughout America is finally becoming tangible."
By using a patent-pending platform with AI and machine learning, VeraScore's MVP will ensure that bias remains excluded from VeraScore's functionality. This SaaS-based model will flip the credit rating industry on its head with the hope to democratize lending practices and improve diversity within the credit landscape. VeraScore will continue to develop products and services which aim to improve financial literacy among borrowers.
VeraScore (https://www.myverascore.com/) is an innovative AI platform for measuring and managing financial health. The SaaS-based technology allows lenders to more accurately assess the true strength of a borrower's financial position, while promoting financial literacy for consumers and helping them to build financial health and become more attractive to lenders.
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SHANGHAI , May 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global logistics service provider, J&T Express today announced that it has entered into a Share Transfer Agreement with Shenzhen Fengwang Holdings Co., Ltd. ("Fengwang Holdings"), a subsidiary of S.F. Holding Co., Ltd. (002352.SZ). J&T Express' subsidiary J&T Express (Shenzhen) Supply Chain Co., Ltd. will acquire 100% share rights of Fengwang Holding's wholly-owned subsidiary, Shenzhen Fengwang Information Technology Co., Ltd. ("Fengwang Information"), for RMB 1.183 billion. This transaction is subject to several prerequisites, the Examination of Concentrations of Undertakings by the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the transaction consideration being settled in a timely manner according to the Share Transfer Agreement.
J&T Express has been making significant strides in the e-commerce express delivery sector since its entry into the Chinese market in 2020. The company has successfully acquired Best Inc.'s express business in China in late 2021. Shenzhen Fengwang Express Co., Ltd. ("Fengwang Express") is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fengwang Information. Fengwang Express' network currently covers 27 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across China, providing high quality services to e-commerce customers. In 2022, Fengwang's revenue exceeded RMB 3.2 billion. The overall network service quality is stable.
J&T Express has expressed its commitment to continuously optimizing the service experience as part of its focus on the e-commerce express delivery service industry. This acquisition will enhance the integrated service capabilities of J&T Express. This move is expected to foster high-quality development of the industry allowing it to further increase its competitive advantage in the e-commerce delivery sector and contribute to the high-quality development of the industry.
S.F. said that the resources of two sides are complementary, this will help ensure the smooth transition of the transaction. Looking forward, S.F. can focus more on the development of its core businesses such as domestic mid-to-high-end express, international express, global supply chain services and digital supply chain services. Meanwhile, S.F. will continue to build e-commerce express delivery products and services and meet the diversified needs of customers in the high-end express delivery market.
About J&T Express
J&T Express is a global logistics service provider with leading express delivery businesses in Southeast Asia and China, the largest and fastest-growing market in the world. Founded in 2015, J&T Express' network spans thirteen countries, including Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, China, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Mexico, Brazil and Egypt. Adhering to its "customer-oriented and efficiency-based" mission, J&T Express is committed to providing customers with integrated logistics solutions through intelligent infrastructure and digital logistics network, as part of its global strategy to connect the world with greater efficiency and bring logistical benefits to all.
About S.F.
SF is the largest integrated logistics service provider in China, and the fourth largest express delivery enterprise in the world, providing domestic and international end-to-end one-stop supply chain services. At the same time, relying on leading scientific and technological research and development capabilities, SF is committed to building the digital supply chain ecology and becoming a leader in the global intelligent supply chain. After years of dedicated operation, SF has earned considerable reputation and popularity in the industry, and has established the "rapid, punctual and safe" brand image. It takes the lead in multiple segments and continues to lead in the industry.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Rutter, the leading provider of Universal API for Accounting & Commerce, is introducing functionality for Expense Management and Accounts Payable automation workflows using Rutter's Write Accounting API for platforms like Quickbooks Online, Quickbooks Desktop, Netsuite, Xero, Sage, Microsoft Dynamics and Zohobooks.
Rutter has had hundreds of conversations with product teams building financial business software and works with leading companies like Ramp, Mercury, Airwallex, Alaanpay, and many more.
"We've seen a proliferation of new companies building for finance teams in the last few years, bringing in best-in-class product experiences to an otherwise traditional industry. From chatting with companies in this space, we observe that there's a common thread in what they need to do: they all help companies process money and in order to do that, they need to be able to read and push financial data into different financial systems. We're excited to be at the forefront of powering these workflows," shared Peter Zhou, Rutter's CEO.
These companies simplify these processes by automating multiple manual processes like procurement, invoice processing, paying invoices, writing expenses into companies' financial system and more by having these key accounting integrations.
Building these read-and-write integrations into accounting platforms is a complex problem. Rutter has seen product teams face challenges with learning the various parts of these accounting workflows for Expense Management and Accounts Payable automation, understanding how each step maps to endpoints of the API of accounting systems, and building the Read & Write accounting integrations.
Rutter has built the universal API for accounting, making it easy for any company looking to build expense management and accounts payable automation products and their integrations with accounting systems in days instead of months. Rutter provides a flexible and customizable abstraction that helps save product and engineering teams hundreds of hours, while also allowing for the full granularity you would get integrating into each individual platform.
If you're interested in learning more, you can signup to chat with our team here or view our documentation.
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Rutter takes the complexity out of building integrations for business financial data and workflows. Our Universal Accounting & Commerce API allows companies to read and write data from multiple e-commerce platforms, accounting systems, and payment processors like Amazon, Shopify, Quickbooks, NetSuite, Walmart, Stripe, and more. Rutter has raised $27M from leading investors like a16z.
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NEW YORK (AP) — “Pose” star Angelica Ross is set to make her Broadway debut in “Chicago” this fall, becoming the first openly transgender actor to play the murderous vixen Roxie Hart in the long-running musical.
Ross, whose credits also include “American Horror Story: 1984,” will start an eight-week run beginning Sept. 12 at the Ambassador Theatre.
She will join a Broadway starting to open its arms to transgender actors. In 2018, “Ru Paul’s Drag Race” star Peppermint became the first openly trans woman to originate a principal role on Broadway, starring in the Go-Go’s jukebox musical “Head Over Heels.” This spring, L Morgan Lee made history as the first openly transgender person to be nominated and go on to win a Tony Award for her work as a featured actress in the musical “A Strange Loop.”
Set in the 1920s, “Chicago” is a scathing satire of how show business and the media make celebrities out of criminals. It has Bob Fosse-inspired choreography, skimpy outfits and killer songs such as “All That Jazz” and “Cell Block Tango.”
It tells the story of Hart, a housewife and dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to leave her. To avoid conviction, she hires Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to help her dupe the public, media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by creating shocking headlines.
Other principal and featured Broadway actors who have identified as trans include Alexandra Billings in “The Nap,” Becca Blackwell in the play “Is This a Room,” and Kate Bornstein and Ty Defoe in “Straight White Men.”
The celebrity-craving heroine at the heart of “Chicago” has been played by dozens of women since the show opened in 1996, including Melanie Griffith, Christie Brinkley, Marilu Henner, Brooke Shields, Lisa Rinna, Gretchen Mol, Ashlee Simpson, Brandy Norwood, Jennifer Nettles and Robin Givens. Pamela Anderson made headlines earlier this year when she played Roxie.
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Mark Kennedy is at http://twitter.com/KennedyTwits | 2022-08-05T14:53:08+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/entertainment-news/chicago-to-welcome-trans-actor-angelica-ross-as-roxie-hart/ |
Condemned building used by homeless people falls in Brazil, killing 14 people
Brazilian authorities say an apartment building condemned for more than decade but used by homeless people collapsed in Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco, killing 14 people, including six children. The building in Recife’s Paulista suburb crumbled in the early hours of Friday, prompting a frantic search for victims. Firefighters said Saturday that searchers combed through the rubble with the help of sniffer dogs and rescued two 15-year-old girls and a 65-year-old woman alive. An 18-year-old man was also removed alive, but later died from his injuries. Officials say the building was occupied by homeless people although living there had been forbidden since 2010. | 2023-07-08T22:45:07+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/07/08/condemned-building-used-by-homeless-people-falls-in-brazil-killing-14-people/ |
WASHINGTON – Jill Biden says writing about the “crushing” grief she felt after her son Beau died of cancer helped give her the emotional strength to carry on as she encouraged young people who have lost loved ones during military service to spill their feelings out onto paper.
“It takes courage to write,” she said Tuesday, “but it's worth it, because it helps us glue ourselves back together. It connects to those who carry their own grief, reminds us that we aren't alone. And you are not alone.”
The first lady opened up about her experience with the children and siblings of service members who lost their lives during military service after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The group is participating in a weeklong writing seminar at a ranch in Justin, Texas, sponsored by The War Horse, a nonprofit newsroom that publishes stories about the human fallout of military service.
Biden, a community college writing professor, said that, after President Joe Biden finished up his earlier service as vice president, a publishing company suggested she write a book about her life. She knew everything she wanted to write about, she said.
“But there was one thing I did not want to talk about: My son Beau," she said. Beau Biden, who was the son of President Biden and his first wife, died of brain cancer in 2015 at age 46.
Although she started writing the book two years after he died, she said "even the best memories were laced with pain. I felt like his loss was crushing me, and I worried that shining a light on it would only make it grow. So I told my team that he was off limits.
“But then one day I found myself writing words without thinking. ‘I’m shattered,’ I scribbled on a yellow notebook," the first lady said. She felt like a piece of broken china that that had been glued back together. “'The cracks may be imperceptible, but they're there. Look closely and you can see the glue holding me together.'”
She added that “there were days when I felt like it took all of my strength to keep my grief inside of me, but when I wrote, I didn’t have to. I could let it spill out, messy and melancholy and mad.
“It didn't make my sorrow smaller,” she said, “but it helped give me the strength to carry it.”'
The first lady joined the seminar by video as part of Joining Forces, her White House initiative to help support active-duty service members and veterans, their families and their caregivers. She asked the participants what led them to the seminar and about the importance of sharing their stories.
On Wednesday, also as part of Joining Forces and in conjunction with the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, Biden was hosting a screening of the documentary, “Unconditional: When Minds Hurt, Love Heals,” to highlight the caregivers of wounded, ill or injured service members or veterans.
Her memoir, "Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself," was published in 2019. | 2023-05-09T22:45:59+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2023/05/09/jill-biden-writing-about-her-grief-after-sons-death-helped/ |
The Moors Mountain fire in the Gates of the Mountain Wilderness north of Helena remained at 150 acres early Monday, U.S. Forest officials said.
Officials said two hand crews and six aircraft are working to manage the blaze that has been burning since Saturday afternoon and more resources are expected Monday. In all, 56 people have been assigned. A Type III team assumed command early Monday.
Five smokejumpers responded Saturday and set up an anchor point, officials with the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest said. Also, a 20-person crew hiked into the fire on Sunday.
Forest officials asked people to avoid Refrigerator Canyon Trail in Gates of the Mountains Wilderness and said a closure order was forthcoming. Fire traffic will be concentrated on Beaver Creek Road east of Nelson, so avoid this area if possible, officials said.
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Multiple callers reported seeing a plume of smoke late Saturday afternoon around the Hunters Gulch trailhead near Nelson, southeast of the blaze. The fire was said to be burning near Moors Mountain, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
The smoke column is visible from Helena and White Sulphur Springs.
The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office said Saturday that no residences in that area are threatened.
For more on the fire, and other fires in the United States, go to https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/. | 2022-07-18T17:15:37+00:00 | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/more-resources-added-to-fight-moors-mountain-fire/article_d4df5728-c8a6-5611-bd45-ad67f4efe867.html |
Jimmy Garoppolo is finally out of San Francisco, ready to start the next phase of his career wearing the Raiders’ silver and black. Sam Darnold is heading out West, where he’ll replace Garoppolo and join Trey Lance and Brock Purdy with the 49ers. Mike White, Case Keenum and Jarrett Stidham have new teams, too.
Deshaun Watson is staying in Cleveland, but with a restructured deal with the Browns.
As for Aaron Rodgers, who is not a free agent but whose name has widely been circulated in trade rumors, his future remains unclear because, well, he’s Aaron Rodgers.
Quarterbacks took center stage on Monday as NFL free agency began with teams allowed to negotiate — and agree to deals — with unrestricted free agents. The deals can’t be announced until Wednesday and therefore were confirmed to The Associated Press by people speaking on condition of anonymity.
Garoppolo was the highest-profile QB to change teams.
He agreed to a three-year, $67.5 million contract with Las Vegas, where he’ll replace Derek Carr, who signed with the New Orleans Saints earlier this offseason after being cut by the Raiders. Garoppolo’s contract includes $34 million in guaranteed money.
White is staying within the AFC East, leaving the New York Jets for the Miami Dolphins to back up Tua Tagovailoa. Keenum is rejoining the Houston Texans, where he went 0-8 as a starter back in 2013. Stidham is going to Denver to back up Russell Wilson.
The Browns restructured Watson’s record-setting guaranteed $230 million contract to create salary cap space.
But the day wasn’t just about quarterbacks. Several other big-name players agreed to join new franchises.
The Broncos were among the big spenders on Monday, addressing their offensive line by agreeing on a five-year, $87.5 million control with tackle Mike McGlinchey from the 49ers and a four-year, $52 million deal with guard Ben Powers from the Baltimore Ravens. Denver later agreed with former Arizona Cardinals defensive end Zach Allen on a $45.75 million, three-year deal.
But the Broncos couldn’t keep everyone.
The Seattle Seahawks agreed to terms with former Broncos defensive lineman Dre’Mont Jones, a deal reported to be worth $51 million over three years.
As usual, the first day of free agency negotiations meant some players cashed in.
Defensive tackle Javon Hargrave got a four-year, $84 million contract from the 49ers, adding more talent to what was already considered one of the best defenses in the league, and Jawaan Taylor will become Patrick Mahomes’ new blindside protector after agreeing to an $80 million, four-year contract with the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
Former Cincinnati Bengals safety Jessie Bates got a four-year, $64 million deal from the Atlanta Falcons. Bates, an All-Pro in 2020, started 79 games in five seasons with the Bengals and had 14 interceptions, forced three fumbles and recovered two.
The Bengals’ other free agent safety, Vonn Bell, signed with the Panthers.
The Chicago Bears made two big additions at linebacker, agreeing to contracts with two-time Buffalo Bills Pro Bowler Tremaine Edmunds and former Philadelphia Eagle T.J. Edwards. Edmunds’ deal is worth $72 million over four years with $50 million guaranteed.
The New York Giants agreed on a four-year, $40 million contract with linebacker Bobby Okereke. Okereke spent his first four season in Indianapolis, where he started 49 games and had a career-high 151 tackles with six tackles for loss, five pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries last season.
And the Pittsburgh Steelers landed cornerback Patrick Peterson.
Even some kickers got paid, with Greg Zuerlein agreeing to re-sign with the New York Jets.
Plenty of quality unrestricted free agents remain unsigned, including wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr., Jakobi Meyers and JuJu Smith-Schuster, offensive tackle Orlando Brown, cornerback James Bradberry and linebackers Bobby Wagner and Lavonte David.
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AP Pro Football Writers Rob Maaddi, Josh Dubow and Dennis Waszak Jr., and AP Sports Writers Mark Anderson, Alanis Thames, Tom Withers, Dave Skretta and Andrew Seligman contributed to this report.
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AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | 2023-03-14T13:25:17+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/sports/garoppolo-heads-long-list-of-qbs-on-move-in-free-agency/ |
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