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MOUNT AIRY, Ga. — Editor's Note: The above video is from a previous version of this story.
The Georgia community came together to help the parents of a 12-year-old boy who lost his life Saturday while swimming at Lake Russell.
Residents have raised nearly $7,000 for Brian Ramirez's family to help with funeral expenses, according to a GoFundMe page.
The organizer of the page said, "We would be very grateful if you could help them with what is born from your heart today for them and tomorrow for you."
Law enforcement said Ramirez was with friends when he went underwater and did not resurface, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. They added that the child was under for over 20 minutes before being recovered.
He was airlifted to a hospital where he later died.
The goal is to raise $20,000. To contribute to the fundraiser, click here.
News happens fast. Download our 11Alive News app for all the latest breaking updates, and sign up for our Speed Feed newsletter to get a rundown of the latest headlines across north Georgia. | 2023-06-21T02:43:27+00:00 | 11alive.com | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/community/brian-ramirez-who-drowned-lake-russell-gofundme-fundraiser/85-dd2957c7-174b-48ae-a23c-d03c5004362c |
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — Shawn Duncan and her wife, Betty, moved to Grand Haven 14 years ago, but kept their relationship hidden for most of that time fearing a backlash in the small city in a traditionally conservative part of Michigan.
“We knew if we wanted our company to thrive, we were going to have to just squash that we were together and married,” said Duncan, who works in respite care. “We both had the same last name, so it was easy to just say we’re sisters.”
But last weekend, surrounded by allies and members of the LGBTQ community, the Duncans held hands publicly in their hometown for the first time, at Grand Haven’s inaugural Pride festival.
It was time to celebrate, she said, after decades in the closet.
Organizers had hoped the festival would attract at least 500 attendees to the city of 11,000 people, but instead the drag show, dance party and vendor-filled streets drew thousands. For many, it was a shocking rebuttal of the increasing hostility toward the LGBTQ community seen nationwide as well as in the region.
“I’ve definitely for a few years had a skewed perspective that Grand Haven was just a terrible closed-off place,” said Ames Goldman, a 22-year-old transgender man who lives near the city in Ottawa County. “But today is resurrecting that love and that hope that I have for Grand Haven.”
In January, a conservative Christian group known as Ottawa Impact claimed a majority on Ottawa County’s board of commissioners and made several controversial decisions, including immediately closing the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Department. The board also decided against sending funds to support the county’s largest Pride festival, in Holland, even though it had sponsored the event for two years. Board chair Joe Moss refused for months to sign a grant awarded to an LGBTQ advocacy group for a youth program. When he did sign it, Moss wrote “vi coactus,” Latin for “having been forced.”
Moss did not respond to questions from The Associated Press.
In May, festival opponents who spoke at a Grand Haven City Council meeting – apparently emboldened by the views of the county’s leaders — called Pride a celebration of “sexual immorality” and “sin and depravity.”
Organizers of the Grand Haven Pride Festival first met in March to plan a small event inspired by Pride-themed worship services that have taken place on the city’s waterfront since 2021. Rev. Jared Cramer, of St. John’s Episcopal Church, said he organized the first service after realizing Grand Haven didn’t have any events to mark Pride month. He had expected a few dozen from his congregation to attend, but Cramer said around 200 people from the broader community showed up that year.
“We just sensed a real desire on the part of some businesses and people in Grand Haven for an actual full Pride festival,” Cramer told The AP.
In April, the City Council unanimously approved the plan for a Pride festival at the waterfront stadium in downtown Grand Haven, despite the local opposition. Over the next two months, the festival nearly doubled its fundraising goal, and the number of vendors had to be capped after they tripled that target. Over 100 people signed up to volunteer.
Even so, organizers were compelled to beef up security in the weeks before the festival. Festival co-chair Jessica Robinson said some organizers received threats online and in person.
The most common criticism in the heavily religious county was that the festival was offensive to the Christian community. Jeff Elzinga, a pastor at a local church, told a May 15 council meeting that the event was “directly against scripture,” and “harmful to the community.”
Robinson, who is a gay Christian, rejected that assumption.
“In Ottawa County right now, the loudest voices keep saying that you either need to choose God and Christianity or you need to choose your sexuality. I’m living proof to show that’s a fallacy,” she said.
On Saturday morning, Cramer was joined by two other pastors for the third annual Pride Worship Service. The crowd, predominately over 50 years old, wore rainbow colored apparel as they listened to a sermon about acceptance. Later, Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II told the growing crowd in the stadium that Pride “is about so much more than today,” and that he hoped “the expectations are raised about what’s possible in Grand Haven.”
As Gilchrist left the stage, he was replaced by blasting music and dancing drag queens. The crowd swelled and seating was sparse less than an hour after the festivities began. Organizers estimate around 4,000 people attended. There were no disruptions of note.
For many, it was a day they will never forget — and one they hope to repeat.
“I think we’ve been quiet long enough,” Duncan said. | 2023-06-15T15:50:22+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/midwest-small-towns-pride-festival-attracts-thousands-who-reject-far-right-local-politics/ |
Christmas ornament honors gingerbread White House tradition
WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s Christmas ornament from the White House Historical Association honors the tradition of displaying a gingerbread model of the executive mansion as part of the holiday decorations at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
The 2022 ornament — a gingerbread house shaped like the mansion — honors President Richard Nixon’s administration. It was first lady Patricia Nixon who first put a gingerbread house on display in the State Dining Room for the holidays. That was long before the talented White House pastry chefs began making hundred-pound replicas of the executive mansion.
Now, holiday time at the White House would feel incomplete without one.
“Initially these were A-frame houses, but now they are actual White Houses, gingerbread houses built in the shape of the White House,” Stewart McLaurin, president of the association, told The Associated Press in an interview. The privately funded association began selling the popular annual White House Christmas ornament in 1981.
The 2022 ornament shows the north and south fronts of a gingerbread White House that is decorated with white piping, red-and-white candies, gumdrops and candy canes. Each ornament comes with a booklet on the history of that particular presidency, and this year’s is gingerbread-scented.
The gingerbread White House currently on display for thousands of tourists and guests attending holiday receptions weighs 300 pounds and includes a sugar cookie replica of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, in keeping with first lady Jill Biden’s theme of “We the People.”
But it all started in 1969 with Mrs. Nixon and a pastry chef who was German. An A-frame gingerbread house was customary in Germany and one became a fixture for the holidays at the White House.
“Chef Raffert’s Gingerbread Houses were a precious A-framed house that in later years began to add some special touches to reflect the current first family,” such as jelly beans, representing President Ronald Reagan’s favorite candy, or replicas of the family’s pets, wrote Jennifer Pickens, author of a book about Christmas at the White House.
“They became so popular that during White House tours it actually became necessary to post a Marine guard beside them to stop the quick hand (or teeth) of a child from grabbing a piece,” Pickens wrote.
The gingerbread White Houses are not edible.
Every year since 1981, when first lady Nancy Reagan gave approval, the historical association has designed an ornament honoring a president or a key White House anniversary.
The association is working its way through all 46 presidents. The 2023 ornament will honor President Gerald Ford. McLaurin said he already has approved the design, which will be revealed on Presidents Day in February.
Ornament sales are a big source of revenue for the nonprofit, nonpartisan historical association, which was created in 1961 by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy to help pay for White House restoration and acquisition projects.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-07T20:23:31+00:00 | kalb.com | https://www.kalb.com/2022/12/07/christmas-ornament-honors-gingerbread-white-house-tradition/ |
LONDON (AP) — Russia halted a breakthrough wartime deal on Monday that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would suspend the Black Sea Grain Initiative until its demands to get its own food and fertilizer to the world are met. While Russia has complained that restrictions on shipping and insurance have hampered its agricultural exports, it has shipped record amounts of wheat since last year.
“When the part of the Black Sea deal related to Russia is implemented, Russia will immediately return to the implementation of the deal,” Peskov said.
The suspension marks the end of an accord that the U.N. and Turkey brokered last summer to allow food to leave the Black Sea region after Russia’s invasion of its neighbor worsened a global food crisis. The initiative is credited with helping lower soaring prices of wheat, vegetable oil and other food commodities.
Ukraine and Russia are both major global suppliers of wheat, barley, sunflower oil and other affordable food products that developing nations rely on.
The suspension of the deal sent wheat prices up about 3% in Chicago trading, to $6.81 a bushel, still about half what they were last year during last year’s peaks, but fell later in the day.
Analysts don’t expect more than a temporary bump to global food commodity prices because places like Russia and Brazil have ratcheted up wheat and corn exports. But food insecurity worldwide is growing as developing countries also struggle with climate change, conflict and economic crises. Finding suppliers outside Ukraine that are farther away also could raise costs.
The grain deal provided assurances that ships won’t be attacked entering and leaving Ukrainian ports, while a separate agreement facilitated the movement of Russian food and fertilizer. While Western sanctions do not apply to Moscow’s agricultural shipments, some companies may be wary of doing business with Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he wanted to keep the initiative going even without Russia’s safety assurances.
“We are not afraid,” he said. “We were approached by companies that own ships. They said that they are ready, if Ukraine gives it, and Turkey continues to let it through, then everyone is ready to continue supplying grain.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the country’s foreign minister would speak with his Russian counterpart Monday — and that he was hopeful the deal would be extended.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative has allowed three Ukrainian ports to export 32.9 million metric tons of grain and other food to the world, according to the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul.
Russia has repeatedly complained that the deal largely benefits richer nations. JCC data shows that 57% of the grain from Ukraine went to developing nations, with the top destination being China, which received nearly a quarter of the food.
The agreement was renewed for 60 days in May, but in recent months, the amount of food shipped and number of vessels departing Ukraine have plunged, with Russia accused of preventing additional ships from participating.
The war in Ukraine sent food commodity prices to record highs last year and contributed to a global food crisis also tied to other conflicts, the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, droughts and other climate factors.
High costs for grain needed for food staples in places like Egypt, Lebanon and Nigeria exacerbated economic challenges and helped push millions more people into poverty or food insecurity.
Rising food prices affect people in developing countries disproportionately, because they spend more of their money on meals. Poorer nations that depend on imported food priced in dollars also are spending more as their currencies weaken and they are forced to import more because of climate change.
Under the deal, prices for global food commodities like wheat and vegetable oil have fallen, but food was already expensive before the war in Ukraine and the relief hasn’t trickled down to kitchen tables.
The end of the initiative creates “instability and uncertainty” in global food markets that could raise prices and increase food insecurity for vulnerable nations already seeing their local crops die because of climate change, said Shashwat Saraf, the International Rescue Committee’s regional emergency director for East Africa.
Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia, for instance, are dependent on food imports from Ukraine, he said.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said this month that 45 countries need outside food assistance, with high local food prices “a driver of worrying levels of hunger” in those places.
Now, it’s key to watch whether Russia “weaponizes” its wheat exports, said Simon Evenett, professor of international trade and economic development at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Being the world’s largest wheat supplier right now, Russia could hike its export taxes, which “would raise world grain prices as well as allow Russia to finance more of its military campaign in Ukraine,” Evenett said. He noted that Moscow already raised them slightly this month.
The grain deal has faced setbacks since it was brokered by the U.N. and Turkey: Russia pulled out briefly in November before rejoining and extending the deal.
In March and May, Russia would only renew for 60 days, instead of the usual 120. The amount of grain shipped per month fell from a peak of 4.2 million metric tons in October to over 2 million metric tons in June.
Ukraine has accused Russia of preventing new ships from joining the work since the end of June. Joint inspections meant to ensure vessels only carry grain and not weapons that could help either side also have slowed considerably.
Asked Monday whether an attack on a bridge connecting the Crimean Peninsula to Russia was a factor in the decision on the grain deal, the Kremlin spokesman said it was not.
Meanwhile, Russia’s wheat shipments hit all-time highs following a large harvest. It exported 45.5 million metric tons in the 2022-2023 trade year, with another record of 47.5 million metric tons expected in 2023-2024, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates.
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AP reporters Hanna Arhirova in Kyiv, Ukraine, and Andrew Wilks in Istanbul contributed.
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See AP’s complete coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine and the food crisis at https://apnews.com/hub/food-crisis. | 2023-07-17T15:15:21+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/international/ap-russia-halts-wartime-deal-that-allows-ukraine-to-ship-grain-in-a-hit-to-global-food-security/ |
(WQOW) - The top two finishing teams in the Wisconsin Primary Amateur Soccer League will participate in the Wisconsin Challenge Cup, Wisconsin Soccer Leagues announced Tuesday.
The Cup will be August 6-7 in Wisconsin Dells. WPASL teams will face off with the champion and runner-up in the Milwaukee Premier League. | 2022-07-27T06:49:13+00:00 | wqow.com | https://www.wqow.com/sports/top-2-wpasl-teams-will-advance-to-wisconsin-challenge-cup/article_6192ef1e-0d66-11ed-bacb-b38a8cdbd5dd.html |
Apple TV+ is premiering a new rom-com this weekend. “Ghosted” stars Chris Evans and Ana de Armas and centers around a man who falls madly in love with a mysterious young woman who turns out to be a secret agent, turning what was supposed to be just a date into absolute chaos.
How to watch “Ghosted” on Apple TV+
Fans will be able to stream “Ghosted” on Apple TV+ beginning December 25. You will need an Apple TV+ subscription in order to view the documentary. A subscription to Apple TV+ is $4.99/month. There are also a few Apple TV+free trial options you can choose from.
About the show
According to Apple TV+’s official synopsis, ‘’Salt-of-the-earth Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie - but then makes the shocking discovery that she’s a secret agent. Before they can decide on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away on an international adventure to save the world.”
Starring: Chris Evens, Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody | 2023-04-21T13:46:29+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/life/2023/04/how-to-watch-apple-tvs-new-rom-com-ghosted-42123.html |
National and State-by-State Data: artbahighwaydashboard.org
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delaware leveraged $250.0 million in federal highway and bridge formula funds in FY 2022 to help jumpstart 119 new improvement projects in communities across the state during the first year of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a review of U.S. Treasury Department data through September 30 shows.
"A key takeaway from the Treasury data is that the bipartisan infrastructure law is working in year-one as intended, with state transportation departments disbursing funds and projects breaking ground," said American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chief Economist Dr. Alison Premo Black, who prepared the report.
"The economic and quality of life benefits of the infrastructure law will become even more apparent as funding continues in coming years," adds ARTBA Chair Paula Hammond, a WSP USA senior vice president. "The beneficiaries of these long-term investments will be the American traveling public in their communities."
President Joe Biden signed the IIJA into law Nov. 15, 2021. Nearly 90 percent of IIJA's highway funds are dispersed by existing formula to states, with the remainder distributed through discretionary grant awards and other allocated programs.
Nationally, over 29,000 IIJA projects were launched through the end of September. The five largest projects supported by formula funds in Delaware are:
- Construct a Connector Road Between US 113 and SR 24 North of Millsboro - $15.0 million
- Grade Separated Intersection Improvements at US 113 in Georgetown - $14.7 million
- Improvements, Reconstruction on US 113 South of Georgetown on Arrow Safety Road - $12.9 million
- Constructing Turn Lane on Commons Boulevard and Reconstruct Two Bridges on I-676 and I-677 - $12.8 million
- Intersection Modifications on Plantation Road - $11.2 million
To access national and state project data, visit: artbahighwaydashboard.org.
Established in 1902, the Washington, D.C.-based ARTBA advocates for infrastructure investment and policy that meet the nation's need for safe and efficient travel.
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SOURCE American Road & Transportation Builders Association | 2022-11-18T17:08:11+00:00 | kfyrtv.com | https://www.kfyrtv.com/prnewswire/2022/11/18/delaware-started-119-transportation-projects-year-one-infrastructure-law-new-report-shows/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge signaled Wednesday that she plans to order disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly to pay more than $300,000 to one his victims in a decades-long scheme to use his fame to sexually abuse young fans.
A restitution order by U.S. District Judge Ann Connelly that was still being finalized is meant to cover the cost of treatment for herpes and psychotherapy. The victim, referred to only by a pseudonym, has accused the jailed Kelly of giving her the sexually transmitted disease during one of their encounters.
Kelly could be on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars more to pay for herpes treatment and counseling for a second victim once the final tally is calculated. The judge rejected a third claim by another accuser.
The Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling songwriter appeared at the hearing in federal court in Brooklyn via video from a lockup in Chicago, and only spoke to exchange greetings with the judge and to turn down an offer to say more. None of the victims were in attendance.
Earlier this year, Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison following a trial in New York where the jury found him guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking. A second trial in Chicago ended on Sept. 14 with his conviction on charges of producing child pornography and enticing girls for sex.
The question now in the New York case becomes when and how Kelly will pay the restitution. Prosecutors claim he has access to as much as $5 million to go along with about $28,000 seized from his inmate commissary account that defense attorney Jennifer Bonjean said was made up of small donations from fans.
Bonjean told the judge that Kelly has no access to any other funds because of judgments in civil cases brought against him. She also insisted that her client has always been clueless about his finances.
“He’s not the best source of that information,” she said.
Kelly achieved superstar status for work including the 1996 hit “I Believe I Can Fly” and the cult classic “Trapped in the Closet,” a multipart tale of sexual betrayal and intrigue. | 2022-09-29T13:30:50+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/entertainment-news/ap-judge-r-kelly-to-pay-300000-to-victim-in-sex-crimes-case/ |
Companies Combine PLM Experts Under DxP Services, a New ITC Infotech Business Unit
BANGALORE, India and BOSTON, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ITC Infotech and PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced the closing of the transaction contemplated between the parties under the Strategic Partner Agreement announced in April. The transaction is designed to accelerate customer digital transformation initiatives and the adoption of PTC's industry-leading Windchill® product lifecycle management (PLM) software as a service (SaaS).
Under the agreement, ITC Infotech has acquired a substantial portion of PTC's PLM consulting and professional services business, including approximately 160 PLM consultants and services experts, and created a new business unit, called DxP Services, bringing together PLM professionals from both companies. This new business unit within ITC Infotech is being led by Patrick Bionducci who previously led PTC's global services business. As a trusted and preferred partner, ITC Infotech will collaborate with PTC to develop joint offerings to accelerate customer digital transformation initiatives, focused on the adoption of PTC's Windchill+™ PLM SaaS offering.
Thousands of PTC customer systems are expected to be converted to the cloud as part of the multi-year roadmap for the new business unit. To ensure consistency and accuracy of these SaaS conversion projects, PTC and ITC Infotech are bringing together professionals from both companies into a unified global practice which will create offerings, including the tooling and methodologies required, and execute programs to accelerate the adoption of PTC's next generation PLM solutions. DxP Services represents one of the largest organisations of Windchill professional services expertise in the industry. It is enabled by rich domain and technical knowledge of a team of experts committed to accelerating customer digital transformation journeys. ITC Infotech has also deepened its presence in Austria, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States with this transaction, and envisions becoming one of the leading SaaS systems integrators globally.
The overall commitments of ITC Infotech under the agreement are estimated at around US $115 million, of which US $33 million in cash was received by PTC at the closing of the transaction, with the remainder consisting of a mix of committed and contingent items deliverable over a period of 5 years in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
ITC Infotech is a leading global technology services and solutions provider, led by Business and Technology Consulting. ITC Infotech provides business-friendly solutions to help clients succeed and be future-ready, by seamlessly bringing together digital expertise, strong industry specific alliances and the unique ability to leverage deep domain expertise from ITC Group businesses. The company provides technology solutions and services to enterprises across industries such as Banking & Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Travel and Hospitality, through a combination of traditional and newer business models, as a long-term sustainable partner. ITC is one of India's leading private sector companies and a diversified conglomerate with businesses spanning Consumer Goods, Hotels, Paperboards and Packaging, Agri Business and Information Technology. For more information, please visit: http://www.itcinfotech.com/
PTC enables global manufacturers to realize double-digit impact with software solutions that enable them to accelerate product and service innovation, improve operational efficiency, and increase workforce productivity. In combination with an extensive partner network, PTC provides customers flexibility in how its technology can be deployed to drive digital transformation – on premises, in the cloud, or via its pure SaaS platform. At PTC, we don't just imagine a better world, we enable it. For more information, please visit www.ptc.com.
Statements in this press release that are not historic facts, including statements about customers' willingness to adopt SaaS solutions for their digital transformation initiatives, the development of technologies and methodologies to expedite the transition to SaaS, and the effect of the transaction on customers, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks include: customers may be slower to adopt SaaS than we expect or may adopt competing SaaS solutions; the development of technologies and methodologies to expedite customers' transition to SaaS may not occur when or as we expect; and significant disruption could occur among employees and/or customers, causing them to terminate their relationships with PTC or ITCI. Other risks and uncertainties that could cause PTC's actual results to differ materially from those projected are detailed from time to time in reports filed by PTC with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including PTC's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
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These portable controlled environment farms offer an ingenious way for communities to grow ultra-clean and healthy food right where it is needed
CORONA, Calif., Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Container Technologies, Inc (Ticker: ACTX), said that GrowPods – the company's unique Controlled Environment Farms – can help eliminate food deserts across the nation.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in urban areas, a food desert is an area with no ready access to a store with fresh and nutritious food options within one mile. In rural America, a food desert is defined as 10 miles or more from the nearest market."
Unfortunately, food deserts are not few and far between. It's estimated there are more than 23 million people, more than half of them low-income, living in food deserts.
"Lack of access to healthy foods and consequent poor diet leads to higher levels of obesity and chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease," Newsweek reported. It's not that food is not available, it's that healthy choices are scarce. "It's about overwhelming access to really-bad-for-you foods," says Mark Swanson, a social anthropologist at the University of Kentucky. "People tend to buy and eat what's available."
ACTX wants to change that. The company's GrowPods can produce about an acre of food in a transportable, scalable, automated system that yields ultra-clean crops, year-round, virtually anywhere.
GrowPods can be placed right in the middle of a food desert and provide a steady stream of healthy produce, year round.
There is often funding available from the USDA, faith-based groups, non-profit organizations, and local businesses.
According to The Guardian, communities across the US are using federal stimulus money to bring grocery stores and healthy food to food deserts, as the pandemic and rising costs put nutrition further out of reach for many.
In Toledo, Ohio, for example, local activists have urged the city to use $1m of the federal infrastructure funds to help attract healthy food to a low-income neighborhood.
Doug Heldoorn, CEO of ACTX, said GrowPods allow communities to grow fresh food locally, right where it's needed.
"GrowPods allow communities to cultivate ultra-healthy food, year-round," he said. "These highly-efficient systems are simple to operate and offer a real chance at improving health in hard-hit areas."
For information on GrowPods, call (951) 381-2555 or visit: www.AdvancedContainerTechnologies.com
This release contains forward-looking statements made under the "safe harbor" provisions of U.S. Securities Acts. Forward-Looking Statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results can differ. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. ACTX undertakes no duty to update information in this release except as required.
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MILWAUKEE (AP)Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton initially said that making his 2022-23 debut in his return from offseason wrist surgery felt great.
Then he quickly corrected himself.
”I should actually say good,” Middleton said Friday night after the Bucks’ 133-129 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. ”If we got the win, I think I would have been (feeling) great. It felt really good to be back out there with the guys competing and playing,”
Middleton, 31, had 17 points and seven assists while playing 26 1/2 minutes in his first game since spraining the medial collateral ligament in his left knee April 20 in Game 2 of the Bucks’ first-round playoff series with the Chicago Bulls. That injury caused him to miss the entirety of the Bucks’ Eastern Conference semifinal with the Boston Celtics, a series Milwaukee lost in seven games.
The 6-foot-7 forward then had surgery on his left wrist in the summer, having played through the injury late last season.
”Pretty impressive how kind of seamlessly he got back into the game on both ends of the court,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said.
Middleton said Friday at a post-shootaround availability that he might need some time to readjust, but the three-time All-Star didn’t show any signs of rust in his first game back. He shot 6 of 11 and went 3 of 4 from 3-point range.
”Just relying on my experience,” Middleton said. ”Just (trying) not to rush and let the game come to me. Don’t try to do too much the first game back and try to fit in and play off my teammates.”
The most important thing is that Middleton felt just fine physically.
”Hopefully tomorrow when I wake up, I feel the same also and I won’t feel too sore or whatever,” he said.
The Bucks had gone 15-5 in Middleton’s absence. Milwaukee is second in the Eastern Conference, behind only the Boston Celtics.
Middleton’s teammates believe his return should make them even better.
”It takes us to a whole different level,” Bucks forward and two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo said. ”We scored 129 points and we had a bad first half. That says a lot.”
Lakers coach Darvin Ham knows how much Middleton means to the Bucks’ title hopes. Ham was an assistant coach on Budenholzer’s Bucks staff from 2018-22, including their 2021 championship season.
”Giannis is the heart and soul and the engine, and Khris is like the steering wheel,” Ham said before Friday’s game. ”He’s the GPS in terms of understanding what to do. Giannis is the focal point but Khris is the master of putting guys where they need to be. He’s like that quarterback.”
The Bucks aren’t going to overexert Middleton as he returns to the floor for the first time in about 7 1/2 months. Budenholzer said Middleton probably won’t play Saturday at Charlotte.
”We’ll talk about it on the plane, but my guess is he will not play a back-to-back,” Budenholzer said.
Middleton’s just happy he’s back on the floor at all.
”Just a range of emotions,” Middleton said. ”(I’ve) been through a lot these last couple months. Happy, sad, anxious, nervous. To finally get out there and play and get a lot of those nerves past me felt pretty good.
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AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports | 2022-12-04T01:41:31+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/sports/nba/bucks-middleton-eager-to-shake-off-rust-in-return-to-action/ |
State Street promenade visitors no longer see green bike markings
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Local and tourists on foot and cyclists visiting the promenade on State Street are noticing less colors on the roadway.
City crews recently removed the green bike markings in the middle of the street.
The green was meant to guide cyclists and pedestrians, but didn't work as well as planned.
They are now exploring other options.
Santa Barbara's Supervising Transportation Engineer Derrick Bailey said, "We have done traffic counts on state street and there are between 2000 and 2500 cyclists a day on State Street."
He said they are bringing a lot of activity to the area so they will try to find a way to accommodate them.
Mayor Randy Rowse said he likes the change.
"The street looks a lot cleaner because they just slurried over the green lanes."said Rowse, " I don't know what they have mind. We are not discussing it on council level. Staff is just trying to work and make things as livable as possible while the state street advisory does their stuff."
In the meantime city workers and leaders hope people will share the space so that everyone can enjoy the open street and the businesses on both sides. | 2022-10-27T05:43:29+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2022/10/26/state-street-promenade-visitors-no-longer-see-green-bike-markings/ |
Quintuplets celebrate first Easter with parents at hospital
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) - Parents Haylee and Shawn Ladner celebrated Easter this year together with their quintuplets for the first time.
The couple was able to take in the day together while in neonatal intensive care at the Children’s of Mississippi Hospital.
The Ladners named their daughters Adalyn Elizabeth, Everleigh Rose, Malley Kate, Magnolia Mae and their son Jake Easton. They are all doing well since their birth two months ago.
The couple said after they suffered two miscarriages, they decided to use an artificial insemination procedure to help start their family.
“My numbers were so high, we were thinking twins,” Haylee Ladner said. “Then the doctor said, “There’s five.” And I was like, ‘How is this possible?’”
Caring for mom and her babies has been a team effort involving hospital staff, but all have been in good health.
WLBT asked the couple if they would try to have more children. They answered, “Five is enough.”
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Biden goes West on 3-state tour as midterm elections near
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden’s three-state swing out West this week will capture, in a nutshell, the White House’s midterm strategy for a president who remains broadly unpopular: promote his administration’s accomplishments and appear where he can effectively rally the party faithful — all while continuing to rake in campaign cash.
Biden’s first stop Wednesday is near Vail, Colorado, where he is to designate his administration’s first national monument at the behest of Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, the state’s senior senator who finds himself in a competitive reelection bid. Then the president will head to California, where he will hold a pair of events promoting two of his most significant legislative achievements and headline a fundraiser for the House Democrats’ campaign arm.
Finally, Biden will stop in Oregon, where Democrats’ grip on the governor’s mansion in Salem is being threatened by an unaffiliated candidate who has captured double-digit support in polling, giving an opening for a Republican to win the race outright in November.
“We’ve been very clear that the president is going to go out, the vice president is going to go out,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday. “They’re going to talk about the successes that we have seen in this administration in the last 19 months.”
It’s all part of a campaign blueprint fine-tuned over the last several months for Biden, who has been eager to travel the country but is facing the traditional midterm headwinds against the political party in power, an unsettled economic outlook and presidential approval ratings that have remained stubbornly underwater.
To counter Republican criticisms over the economy and inflation, Democratic candidates have highlighted accomplishments such as bipartisan infrastructure, manufacturing laws, and a sweeping climate, tax and health care package. Those achievements also helped prompt a late-summer uptick in Biden’s own job performance ratings earlier this year.
Democratic candidates have also been far more likely to appear with Biden if it’s an official White House event underscoring their achievements, such as the groundbreaking for a computer chip facility in suburban Ohio that was aided tremendously by the law that bolsters domestic semiconductor production.
That’s the approach in Colorado, where the White House says Biden will speak about his administration’s efforts to “protect, conserve, and restore some of America’s most cherished lands and waters for the benefit of future generations.”
Biden is to designate Camp Hale — an alpine training site where U.S. soldiers prepared for battles in the Italian Alps during World War II — as his administration’s first national monument. Many troops who trained at Camp Hale returned to Colorado after the war and helped create the state’s lucrative ski industry. While most national monuments protect extraordinary natural landscapes, there are at least 12 other military sites designated as national monuments by other presidents.
Bennet will stand alongside Biden at the announcement, which comes after years of advocacy from the senator and other Democrats in the state. Bennet, in office since 2009, is facing a challenge from GOP candidate Joe O’Dea, a businessman with a moderate profile who national Republicans believe is among the party’s best recruits this cycle. O’Dea dismissed the trip as a stunt.
“It’s not changing our economy. It’s not changing the price of gas,” O’Dea said of the Camp Hale designation in an interview. He added that while Camp Hale is “a special place,’ Biden’s unilateral action was “an usurpation of power.”
The political climate in Colorado prompted the Senate Leadership Fund, the primary super PAC dedicated to electing Republicans to the Senate, to make its first investment of the cycle in Colorado last week by sending $1.25 million to O’Dea’s super PAC.
“We’ve been monitoring Colorado and we like what we see there,” Steven Law, the group’s president, said.
Biden will return to his standard midterm pitch in California, where he plans to highlight the Democrats’ climate and health care package that the party hopes is its political panacea for voters’ inflation concerns, despite the law’s indiscernible impact on prices in the short term.
Democrats also believe a ballot referendum that would enshrine access to abortion and contraceptives in the state constitution will keep the issue in the spotlight for their California candidates, even as the issue fades elsewhere. But rising gas prices — California has the highest in the nation at roughly $6.20 a gallon — will be an unwelcome political backdrop for Biden.
Republicans think they can capitalize on gas prices, inflation and the economy as they look to defend and pick up five House seats across the state. Both parties are eyeing at least two offensive opportunities in the Orange County area, where Biden will speak Friday on lowering costs one day after the federal government releases its final inflation report before Election Day.
Biden will also talk up the bipartisan infrastructure law, signed last fall, at a separate speech in Los Angeles and hold his first fundraiser this cycle that directly benefits the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The president headlined a dozen receptions this year for the Democratic National Committee that have brought in more than $20 million.
It’s in Oregon that Biden’s political pull will be tested among Democratic voters.
The party is in danger of losing the governor’s race in the traditionally blue state, as Betsy Johnson — a former Republican and Democrat who has since quit both parties — has mounted a well-financed bid against both Democratic nominee Tina Kotek and the GOP’s pick, Christine Drazan. Democratic officials hope that while in Oregon, Biden can help consolidate the party’s support behind Kotek.
“That is a huge factor in this race,” David Turner, a spokesman for the Democratic Governor’s Association, said of Johnson’s candidacy. “I don’t think we would be talking about this race if Betsy Johnson wasn’t in it.”
Republicans for months have sensed an opportunity in the Oregon race, not just from Johnson’s bid but on a message of homelessness and crime that has been a top concern for the state’s voters.
“Democrats are panicked their multi-decade grip on the governor’s office is slipping away as Christine Drazan connects with a majority of Oregon voters who yearn for change,” said Jesse Hunt, a spokesman for the Republican Governors Association. “The Democrat regime of Joe Biden, Kate Brown, Tina Kotek, and Betsy Johnson have done nothing to make Oregon safer or more prosperous.”
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Associated Press writers Nicholas Riccardi and Jesse Bedayn in Denver contributed to this report.
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The latest appointments reflect the organization's ongoing commitment to diversity within its board representation.
NEW YORK, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 4A's (American Association of Advertising Agencies), a membership-based U.S. trade association for the advertising and marketing communications industry, announced changes to its National Board of Directors. The officers who have been selected by the Board's Nominating Committee include C-Suite leaders from member agencies of all sizes and disciplines, who have demonstrated their commitment to serving the best interests of the 4A's members across the marketing industry.
Sharon Napier, Executive Chair and Founder of Partners + Napier, a Project Worldwide agency, has been named the new 4A's Board Chair, (a two-year term), a post previously held by Barry Wacksman, Chair and Co-Founder Proto, who remains on the Board as past Chair. Napier has been a Director since 2005 and for the past four years, has served as Co-Vice Chair of the Board and was previously Secretary-Treasurer.
Added Sharon Napier, Executive Chair & Founder, Partners + Napier, "I've always believed in the power of creativity to change the world, and the last two years have shown just how powerful agencies can be. Together, we've turned every curveball into an opportunity to help our clients succeed. In this new role, I look forward to furthering the 4A's mission, as we enhance our value for members and drive the industry forward. My many years with the 4A's as a Board and agency member has taught me that when we work together as an industry — we are unstoppable."
Vita Harris, Global Chief Strategy Officer, FCB Global, has been named Co-Vice Chair after joining the Board in early 2021.
Added Vita Harris, "A big thank you to the 4A's for extending this opportunity. I am honored to have been asked to serve our industry in this capacity and I am looking forward to partnering alongside the 4A's Board to do so."
Abbey Klaassen, President, Business Leadership, East Region at dentsu has been re-elected for another one year term as Co-Vice Chair after serving for the past two years in this role. Christine Fruechte, CEO of Colle McVoy, will continue to serve as Secretary-Treasurer.
Furthermore, the 4A's welcomes new Directors to the Board: Christoph Becker, Global Chair of Integration, Edelman (Member-At-Large); Joe Maglio, CEO, McKinney (Member-At-Large); and Aaron Walton, CEO and Founder, Walton Isaacson (Western Region).
"I'm thrilled to partner more closely with Sharon and Vita in their new roles and to continue collaborating with Abbey, Christine and Barry as officers of the Executive Committee of the Board. We're also excited to welcome Christoph, Joe and Aaron - an impressive group of industry leaders who are passionate advocates for the industry. I look forward to working with our entire Board of Directors as we continue our mission to enable members' business transformation with what they need to compete and address the critical challenges and opportunities facing our industry," said 4A's President and CEO, Marla Kaplowitz.
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The 4A's was established in 1917 to promote, advance, and defend the interests of our member agencies, employees and the advertising and marketing industries overall. We empower our members to drive commerce, spark connections, and shape culture through infinite creativity. With a focus on advocacy, talent and the value of creativity and technology to drive business growth and cultural change, the organization serves 600+ member agencies across 1,200 offices, which help direct more than 85% of total U.S. advertising spend. The 4A's includes the 4A's Benefits division, which insures more than 160,000 employees; the government relations team, who advocate for policies to support the industry; and the 4A's Foundation, which advocates for and connects multicultural talent to the marketing industry by fostering a culture of curiosity, creativity and craft to fuel a more equitable future for the industry. To learn more about the 4A's please visit: https://www.4as.org.
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AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR retirement and IndyCar experiment lasted all of two seasons.
The seven-time NASCAR champion is returning in 2023 to the series that made him a global motorsports star as the part-owner of Petty GMS. He’ll also enter about five Cup races.
Johnson told The Associated Press that his first race will be the season-opening Daytona 500, where he’s a two-time winner.
“I’ve had a watchful eye on the ownership part and what’s happening with NASCAR, and the opportunity that I have here, the business structure and the model with NASCAR charters is just so different from than anything else in motorsports,” Johnson told the AP. “I want to be part of it. We certainly watched Michael Jordan join, what the Trackhouse Racing folks have done, and there’s all these rumors of people who want to get into the sport.
“I’m honored and thankful that I’m going to be part of it.”
His car number and sponsors — and maybe even the current Petty GMS name — are all a work in progress for Johnson, who turned 47 in September.
On his bucket list are the Coca-Cola 600, a race he’s won four times, and he’d love if NASCAR made him eligible for the 2023 All-Star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina.
Johnson also said he still wants to do “The Double” of the Indianapolis 500 and Coke 600 on the same day, but he’s on hold as Chip Ganassi shapes the organization Johnson left after two seasons. But, even if an Indy 500 ride materializes, the All-Star race would conflict with Indy 500 qualifying. And, he’s now part owner of a Chevrolet team, so that would theoretically prevent him from racing with Ganassi, a Honda team.
Johnson made his Indy 500 debut in May and although he proved decent on the IndyCar ovals — he skipped them his first season — the road and street courses were a struggle and he admitted to being burned out at the end of the full season. He said he’d step back from full-time racing and was eyeing a bucket list of about 10 events, most likely including the 24 Hours of Le Mans as a NASCAR representative.
When he came to that late-September decision to step away, Johnson insisted he had no idea what he wanted to do next.
It took about six weeks for Johnson to get back into NASCAR through conversations initiated by the management firm shared by Johnson and Erik Jones, the Petty GMS driver he just inherited.
Johnson said he had no talks with Hendrick Motorsports about ownership opportunities as the GMS deal came together out of the blue. He told the AP alerted Rick Hendrick and Jeff Gordon of his plans. Johnson drove 20 years for Hendrick and won 83 Cup races in the No. 48 Chevrolet.
“This is a tremendous day for our sport. Jimmie is one of the all-time great champions on the racetrack, and I know he’ll apply the same mentality to his role as a team owner,” Hendrick said in a statement. “… Seeing Jimmie in a firesuit with his name on the roof of a Chevrolet at the Daytona 500 is going to be very special for a lot of people. Competing against him will certainly be a change, and a big challenge, but we welcome his return to NASCAR and look forward to the next chapter of a truly remarkable career.”
Johnson’s seven championships ties him with Richard Petty and the late Dale Earnhardt, both Hall of Famers. He made his announcement with GMS founder Maury Gallagher on Friday at Phoenix Raceway, where he retired from NASCAR after the 2020 season finale. The Hendrick Motorsports torch was passed that day when Chase Elliott won the Cup title — Johnson finished fifth, best of the non-title contenders — and Johnson began chasing his IndyCar dream. He had not been to a NASCAR race since that 2020 finale.
Now he wants back in and with a bigger piece of the action. He gets it with Petty GMS, an upstart two-car team funded by Gallagher, chairman of Allegiant Air, and fronted by Petty.
Jones in September gave “The King” his 200th win in the famed No. 43 car, and before this deal was struck, the team had already decided to dump Ty Dillon for firebrand Noah Gragson next season.
The speed in which the deal was completed was astonishing to both Gallagher and Johnson, and Gallagher told the AP that Johnson, like Brad Keselowski at RFK Racing, financially purchased his stake in the team and won’t be a figurehead.
“Jimmie is just a tremendous guy and in my older age, I value relationships as much as anything,” Gallagher told the AP. “I’m more of a background guy. I want Jimmie and Richard to be the faces of the organization, help on the economics and the operations is just a big bonus.”
GMS has in about a decade has grown from a Truck Series team into a first-year Cup organization that acquired Richard Petty Motorsports and its 85-year-old Hall of Fame namesake. Even though Jones has been competitive and won at Darlington, it didn’t qualify for the playoffs and Gallagher said GMS has been overshadowed by Justin Marks, who in his second season as owner of Trackhouse Racing has driver Ross Chastain in Sunday’s championship race.
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QUEBEC CITY (AP) — Pope Francis arrives in Quebec on Wednesday at a time when many French Canadians in the province are not only moving away from religion but explicitly rejecting it, embracing secularization long after their forebears built their identity on the rock of the Catholic Church.
Pews these days are rarely filled, hundreds of churches have closed and the provincial government has banned public service workers from wearing religious symbols.
“A lot churches are closing, and it’s very telling about the fading support that the population gives to the church,” said Jean-François Roussel, a theology professor at the Université de Montréal. “Some people are talking about the collapse of the Catholic Church in Quebec.”
Although nearly all of the province’s 6.8 million French speakers have Catholic roots, fewer than 10% attend Mass regularly, compared with 90% several decades ago.
Once-pervasive church influence over politics and culture has faded almost totally, and in what is known as the Quiet Revolution, it lost its central role in areas such as education and health care. That’s significant considering the Church founded Quebec’s school system and for decades controlled education, teacher training, welfare and health care.
Daniel Béland, a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal, said Quebec was quite similar to Ireland and Southern Europe before 1960. At the peak of its influence from the 1930s to the 1950s, the church dominated people’s lives from conception to death and was closely intertwined with political leadership.
“It controlled cultural and intellectual life right down to what kind of books could be published, what sort of paintings and sculpture exhibited, what kind of plays performed,” wrote Stephen Clarkson and Christina McCall, biographers of Quebec-born former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who died in 2000.
The defeat of a conservative pro-Church party at the 1960 provincial elections and the victory of a progressive Liberal government empowered a new economic elite that pursued secularism, Béland said.
“Church attendance and fertility rates, which used to be among the highest in the Americas, also fell dramatically over a relatively short period of time, as Quebec modernized and its Francophone majority became more educated, prosperous and urbanized,” Béland said.
French Canadian nationalism in Quebec had been very much centered on Catholicism, but after the Quiet Revolution, its most dominant aspect became the French language, he said.
In 2003 there were 2,746 Catholic churches in Quebec. Since then 713 have been closed, demolished or converted, according to the Quebec Religious Heritage Council. Cardinal Gerald Lacroix of Quebec said last year the number of churches in the province is not sustainable.
“The number of new priests does not exceed 10 per year. This leads to a profound restructuring of parishes and dioceses,” said E.-Martin Meunier, a sociologist of religion at the University of Ottawa.
Meunier also noted that the proportion of newborns baptized as Catholic dropped more than 30% in the last 20 years, compared with just 13% from 1969 to 2001. Catholic marriages in Quebec also have plummeted for decades.
Today, Quebec’s government is staunchly secular, embracing policy and industry that seemingly runs counter to Catholicism’s conservative sexual ethic. In 2004, the province legalized same-sex marriage. Montreal, the largest city, has a lively sex industry.
In 2019, Quebec controversially prohibited civil servants in positions of authority such as teachers, police officers and prosecutors from wearing symbols of religion while at work. Critics say the ban is motivated by more recent growing anti-Muslim sentiment.
Religious leaders and civil rights advocates have opposed the prohibition, but it remains popular among the Francophone electoral base of the Coalition Avenir Quebec, which has been in power in the province since 2018.
“A new phase in the politics of secularism in Quebec began about 15 years ago, when religious accommodations for minorities such as Muslims became a major media and political issue,” said Béland, who underscored attempts to make secularism a key part of Quebec identity.
Clergy sex-abuse scandals also have tarnished the church. And the discovery of unmarked graves at the sites of church-run Indigenous boarding schools has further damaged it.
Current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Pierre’s son, publicly rebuked the church last year, saying he was “deeply disappointed” it had not offered a formal apology and made amends for its role in the schools where abuse was rampant.
A Catholic and Montreal native, he blasted the church for being “silent,” “not stepping up” and failing to show “the leadership that quite frankly is supposed to be at the core of our faith.”
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops had said in 2018 that the pope could not personally apologize for the boarding school abuses, but Francis has since done just that, at the Vatican this spring and again on Monday in Canada.
The Rev. Antonio Hofmeister, a Brazilian priest who worked in Edmonton, Alberta, for several years and is now based in Rome, said church-state relations are strained in Canada, with Trudeau’s Liberal government and the Catholic Church differing on issues from abortion to euthanasia to same-sex marriage.
Francis was scheduled to meet Wednesday afternoon with Trudeau and Quebec Premier François Legault.
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The Minot Majettes were finally back home and looking to keep their win streak going as they hosted the Bismarck Demons who were looking to end their three-game losing streak.
Scores:
Bismarck 1, Minot 0 (Game 1)
Bismarck 4, Minot 7 (Game 2)
The Minot Majettes were finally back home and looking to keep their win streak going as they hosted the Bismarck Demons who were looking to end their three-game losing streak.
Scores:
Bismarck 1, Minot 0 (Game 1)
Bismarck 4, Minot 7 (Game 2) | 2022-05-05T04:27:40+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/local-sports/softball-minot-and-bismarck-split-in-a-rare-wednesday-doubleheader/ |
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NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Manchester City clinches 3rd straight English Premier League title after Arsenal loses. | 2023-05-20T18:52:38+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/alert-manchester-city-clinches-3rd-straight-18110297.php |
Police: 5 dead, 18 hurt in Colorado gay nightclub shooting
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - An attacker opened fire in a gay nightclub late Saturday, killing five people and wounding 18 before apparently being subdued by patrons, officials said.
Authorities received a report of a shooting at Club Q at 11:57 p.m. and responded within minutes, said Lt. Pamela Castro of the Colorado Springs Police Department.
The violence is the sixth mass killing this month and comes in a year when the nation was shaken by the deaths of 21 in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Castro had few details beyond the number of dead and wounded. She said the suspect was injured but didn’t know how and that the FBI was on the scene and assisting.
The police department planned a news conference for 8 a.m. (10 a.m. EST) on the investigation.
The latest incident occurred as anti-gay rhetoric has intensified by extremists. In a statement, Club Q termed the shooting a hate attack.
"Club Q is devastated by the senseless attack on our community," the club posted on its Facebook page. It said its prayers were with victims and families, adding: "We thank the quick reactions of heroic customers that subdued the gunman and ended this hate attack."
Club Q is a gay and lesbian nightclub that features a "Drag Diva Drag Show" on Saturdays, according to its website.
In addition to the drag show, Club Q’s Facebook page said planned entertainment included a "punk and alternative show" preceding a birthday dance party, with a Sunday "all ages brunch."
Colorado Springs is a city of about 480,000 located about 70 miles (112 kilometers) south of Denver that is home to the U.S. Air Force Academy, as well as Focus on the Family, a prominent evangelical Christian ministry.
In November 2015, three people were killed and eight wounded at a Planned Parenthood clinic in the city when authorities say a man opened fire because he wanted to wage "war" on the clinic because it performed abortions.
The motive behind Saturday’s shooting was not immediately known but it brought back memories of the 2016 massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people. And it occurred in a state that has experienced several notorious mass killings, including at Columbine High School in 1999, a movie theater in suburban Denver in 2012 and at a Boulder supermarket last year.
In June, 31 members of the neo-Nazi group Patriot Front were arrested in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and charged with conspiracy to riot at a Pride event. Experts warned that extremist groups could see anti-gay rhetoric as a call to action.
The previous month, a fundamentalist Idaho pastor told his small Boise congregation that gay, lesbian and transgender people should be executed by the government, which lined up with similar sermons from a Texas fundamentalist pastor.
There have been 523 mass killings since 2006 resulting in 2,727 deaths as of Nov. 19, according to The Associated Press/USA Today database on mass killings in the U.S. | 2022-11-20T13:58:02+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/colorado-nightclub-shooting-multiple-dead-several-hurt-in-attack-at-club-q-police-say |
Valet Living is Creating The Nation's Largest Multifamily Property Solutions Network
TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Valet Living, the premier partner to the multifamily housing industry, today announced a more significant investment in its fast-growing property solutions turns business with the hire of Ron Avidan as President of Valet Living Turns. Additionally, Valet Living will add to this investment with the acquisition of Perfect Surface, a Houston, Texas-based consummate resurfacing company and Precision Cleaning, a comprehensive home cleaning service based in Jacksonville, Florida.
"We have seen 380% growth in our Valet Living Turns business this year, and we are thrilled to have Ron Avidan on board to lead the acceleration of this business as we continue to see an uptick in real estate turnover," said Shawn Handrahan, CEO and President of Valet Living. "Ron has an excellent track record of building talented and highly effective teams, and we are beyond excited to have him join our team to help take Valet Living to the next level."
Avidan will be charged with leading the Valet Living Turns business operations and growing to 25 markets across the United States, leading a growing staff, including 75 new associates and 300+ new contractors within the last year. Avidan will also drive the integration of acquisitions and refine and brand this leading platform to attract clients, top talent, and service partners. Previous to Valet Living, Avidan held different senior executive roles at Interior Logic Group (ILG), the largest national interior design and finish solutions provider in the building industry. Prior to ILG, Ron owned a construction management company in Fairfield County in Connecticut, and before owning his own company, Ron served in the Israeli military for close to 15 years. Ron has an excellent track record of building talented and highly effective teams as a senior executive and as a Major in IDF Special Forces and the Israeli Intelligence Agency.
"There is so much opportunity with turns in the multifamily industry, and I'm thrilled to be joining the country's leading property solutions and amenities provider to meet the needs of the industry," said Avidan. "Property managers are increasingly requesting the need for this service, and we are answering the call with a high level of service and return on investment."
Valet Living Turns is currently building a national platform to ensure efficiencies in real estate turnover by expanding current markets and acquiring the best-in-class local multifamily solutions providers. Valet Living has set itself apart from the competition by ensuring its customers receive dedicated services that meet their individual needs.
Recently, Valet Living acquired Perfect Surface, a Houston, Texas-based company that offers resurfacing, single-family and multifamily turns. As the premier resurfacing business in the Houston market since the 80s, Valet Living is now bringing additional resources, support and technology to PE-backed Perfect Surface to better serve its clients in the multifamily turns space, now under the Valet Living umbrella.
Additionally, Valet Living has acquired Precision Cleaning, a multifamily turns provider in Jacksonville, Florida. Founded as a comprehensive home cleaning service in 2014 by Johanna Cabrera, Precision Cleaning diversified when husband Jonathan Rivera, with an onsite multifamily maintenance background, came on board in 2017. Now Precision Cleaning offers home cleaning, painting, maintenance, resurfacing, carpet cleaning and more to its solid client base in Northeast Florida, providing services to hundreds of Valet Living homes already.
"I know I can rely on Valet Living to prioritize the business and expand our services nationwide," said Rivera. "With new services in the Northern Florida market, Valet Living is the only company I trust to lead our business in the right direction." Jonathan will stay on board as the General Manager of the Jacksonville market and help grow the business as Valet Living.
For more information, please visit www.valetliving.com/quickturns.
About Valet Living
Valet Living is the largest nationally recognized full-service amenities provider to the multifamily housing industry, performing more than 500 million amenity services annually, encompassing nearly 2 million apartment homes in 40+ states. Valet Living Turns is its property solutions division, a full-service turns and make-ready provider to the industry. Valet Living uses specialized technology that empowers its trusted associates to deliver standard-setting amenities in communities where people want to live. Valet Living has been setting the standard for residential living since 1995 and has been proven to increase property value. Valet Living is a portfolio company of the Private Equity Group GI Partners.
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Nikita Bhappu Abbaspour
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PERRY COUNTY, Ky. — Sunday marked Wanda Sue Miller's first day back at work since last month's flooding in Eastern Kentucky.
"It was just a horrifying experience," Miller said. "I've never seen nothing like that in my life."
Miller spoke via Zoom Sunday after she and her husband posted a video to Facebook that showed their vehicles being carried away by the fast-moving floodwaters.
"You've got a 2500 Dodge sitting there and it just takes it away," Miller said. "I mean, that's pretty strong."
The video, taken by the family's security cameras, showed Miller's front yard in Perry County. The yard had practically been transformed into a river.
The four parked vehicles were swept away by water. Miller said one of the vehicles was her husband's business car, but the three others were personal vehicles.
"The cars and stuff can be replaced," Miller said. "But my little girl can't."
Miller was inside her home at the time with her 12-year-old daughter, who has been grappling with the emotional anguish from those early morning hours.
"At first when it rained, she would just say, 'Are we gonna die?'" Miller said. "'Is it going to flood again?' Just panic mode."
Miller said she finds herself in the peculiar position of needing help, rather than solely providing it.
She comes from a family that takes pride in community service. Her son is a Hazard police officer, her husband is the Perry County 911 director, and she works for the Perry County Ambulance Authority.
"It's very hard to be the one needing help when you're used to helping people," Miller said.
This article was written by Mike Valente for WLEX. | 2022-08-08T14:36:30+00:00 | ktvh.com | https://www.ktvh.com/news/national/horrifying-video-shows-family-vehicles-swept-away-by-kentucky-floodwaters |
Another calm day before a mix of precipitation affects Siouxland on Thursday
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - After morning clouds moved out of the region, we saw a pretty enjoyable day with lots of afternoon sunshine and highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s.
Those quiet conditions will stick around tonight as lows bottom out in the upper teens under a mostly clear sky.
We’ll then get to enjoy one more calm day on Wednesday with mostly sunny skies and highs in the mid 30s.
Then get ready for changes to move in on Thursday.
We’ll see a mixture of precipitation get going in southern Siouxland during the morning hours of Thursday which could include rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow.
The area of precipitation will then move northward into Siouxland throughout the day causing conditions to deteriorate as the day goes along.
The later into the day we get, the better the chance of seeing the mix of precipitation turn into snow as highs will be in the mid 30s.
The snow chances could continue into Thursday night before the system moves out by Friday morning.
In addition to a glazing of ice, much Siouxland could see snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches with northern Siouxland having the best chance of being on the higher side of those amounts.
We’ll be going back to mostly cloudy skies on Friday with highs in the mid 30s.
I’ll be taking a look ahead at another chance of precipitation in our 10-day forecast tonight on News 4 at 5, 6, and 10.
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The state of Texas is suing the Biden administration in an attempt to have a newly-introduced asylum rule thrown out, saying a phone app used by migrants to set up appointments at the border to seek entry into the United States is encouraging illegal immigration.
The lawsuit filed Tuesday is the latest legal salvo attacking various aspects of the administration’s plan to manage migration in the aftermath of the end of a key pandemic-era immigration regulation called Title 42.
In the lawsuit, Texas argues that the asylum rule encourages the use of a cellphone app — called CBP One — for migrants who don’t have proper documentation to make an appointments to come to a port of entry and seek entry into the United States.
Texas argues the Biden administration is essentially encouraging people to come to the U.S. even though they don’t have legal basis to stay.
“The Biden Administration deliberately conceived of this phone app with the goal of illegally pre-approving more foreign aliens to enter the country and go where they please once they arrive,” said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a news release.
The complaint was filed in the Western District of Texas.
While the lawsuit focuses on the phone app, it seeks to throw out the entire asylum rule, called the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways. The rule went into effect when Title 42 expired May 11. The rule makes it extremely difficult for migrants who travel to the southern border to get asylum if they don’t first seek protection in a country they passed through before reaching the U.S. or if they don’t apply online through the app.
Use of the app is a core part of the administration’s plans to create a more orderly system at the border where migrants set up appointments ahead of time, but when the app was rolled out in January it was criticized for technological problems and because demand has far outstripped available spaces. Migrants can make appointments for specific ports of entry — five of which are in Texas.
Texas argues that according to federal law, people entering the country illegally — with rare exceptions — should be expelled but that the app doesn’t verify whether the migrants seeking appointments would qualify for exceptions. Therefore, the state argues, the Biden administration’s use of the app essentially encourages people to come to the U.S. even if they don’t qualify. Texas also argues that it has to pay the financial burden of migrants coming to the U.S. through things like health care or education.
The new asylum rule has also been attacked by rights groups who argue the U.S. has an obligation to offer asylum to those in desperate need. They’re suing to have the rule thrown out as well. Texas is also part of another lawsuit accusing the administration of overstepping its authority by allowing as many as 360,000 people a year from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to enter the U.S. under its humanitarian parole authority. | 2023-05-24T15:01:00+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/politics/ap-texas-sues-biden-administration-over-asylum-rule-saying-phone-app-encourages-illegal-immigration/ |
WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, July 18, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
525 PM EDT Mon Jul 18 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD, SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN, BRONX, NEW YORK
(MANHATTAN) AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...
At 525 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Yonkers, Stamford, New Rochelle, White Plains, East Tremont, Port
Chester, Rye, Dobbs Ferry, Harlem, Greenwich, Riverdale, Co-op
City, Fort Lee, Harrison, Scarsdale, Bronxville, Hawthorne, City
Island, Mount Vernon and Eastchester.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage
areas and low lying spots.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CODX) between May 12, 2022 and August 11, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important October 17, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Co-Diagnostics securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Co-Diagnostics class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8137 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 17, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) there was significant falloff in demand of Co-Diagnostics' Logix Smart™ COVID-19 Test as demand for the tests plummeted throughout the quarter ended June 30, 2022; and (2) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the demand for its Logix Smart™ COVID-19 Test lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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Agreement will see CGI help IGM accelerate its digital transformation
TORONTO and WINNIPEG, MB, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - CGI (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB) and IGM Financial Inc. (IGM) (TSX: IGM) have signed a strategic agreement to deliver the next generation of mutual fund transfer agency (TA) platforms in Canada.
The IGM and CGI partnership will focus on integrating two leading mutual fund record keeping solutions into a single, modern platform. It will include CGI taking responsibility for the overall modernization of the platforms as part of the company's portfolio of intellectual property solutions as well as supporting IGM with ongoing operations and delivery of the new platform through a software-as-a-service (SaaS). This initiative furthers IGM's five-year digital transformation, which it began implementing in 2018 and has included working with global tech leaders such as Google Cloud and Salesforce.
"This is another important step in our ambitious, ongoing digital transformation, which has allowed us to elevate the client experience by leveraging strategic partnerships with world-class organizations such as CGI," said Mike Dibden, Chief Operating Officer, IGM Financial. "We're pleased to be working with CGI, whose scale and depth of expertise will help provide a seamless transition of technology services and capabilities and enable us to focus on our core mission: bettering the lives of Canadians by helping them better plan and manage their money."
CGI will support IGM's ongoing transformation by delivering new TA application management services and intelligent automation, including technology development and testing. With broad digital transformation and application services experience in banking and other industries across Canada, CGI will future-proof the platform through ongoing operational efficiencies and end-to-end management, while modernizing the platform over time—in line with CGI's proven intellectual property continuous evolution practices.
"We are delighted to expand on our successful partnership with IGM and are proud to support its ongoing digitization and growth in Canada," said Jamie Holland, Senior Vice-President of CGI's Canada Industry Solutions business. "Our long-term collaboration with leading Canadian financial services firms such as IGM gives us an in-depth understanding of the industry's challenges and goals. This, combined with our team's wealth technology platform and business process services expertise, enables us to provide the holistic solution and support required to help our clients thrive."
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 88,500 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2021 reported revenue is $12.13 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.
IGM Financial Inc. is one of Canada's leading diversified wealth and asset management companies with approximately $242 billion in total assets under management and advisement at June 30, 2022. The company provides a broad range of financial planning and investment management services to help more than two million Canadians meet their financial goals. Its activities are carried out principally through IG Wealth Management, Mackenzie Investments and Investment Planning Counsel. IGM Financial is a member of the Power Corporation group of companies. Learn more at igmfinancial.com.
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(KTXL) — Sixteen migrants from El Paso, Texas were left at the doorstep of the Sacramento Catholic Diocese on Friday with everything they own stuffed in their backpacks.
According to authorities, the migrants were brought to Sacramento with the promise of being brought to another migrant center where they would be provided jobs and other free support.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said an investigation is being carried out to determine where the migrants originated and other potential civil and criminal charges.
Within each of the 16 migrants transported to Sacramento on Friday we recognize the humble presence of Jesus, and we hear His call to stand by them. The urgency to respond was heard by Catholics and people of good will. We are thankful to our partner organizations who took up the holy work of hospitality, dedicating their time and resources to ensure that every migrant did not feel alone and abandoned.
Bishop Jaime Soto
Governor Gavin Newsom and Bonta expressed their thoughts about the cross-state transportation of the migrants.
“Today Attorney General Rob Bonta and I met with over a dozen migrants in Sacramento, Newsom wrote in a news release. “These individuals were transported from Texas to New Mexico before being flown by private chartered jet to Sacramento and dumped on the doorstep of a local church without any advance warning.”
Bonta provided further background on the possible original location of these migrants, saying that documentation provided from the migrants showed to be from the government of the State of Florida.
“State-sanctioned kidnapping is not a public policy choice, it is immoral and disgusting,” Bonta wrote in a news release. | 2023-06-04T18:24:50+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/16-migrants-dropped-at-doorstep-of-sacramento-church/ |
A History-Making Celebration of Fashion, Culture and Music at the World's Biggest Fashion Show taking place during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™
DOHA, Qatar, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Qatar Creates and CR Runway announce further details surrounding the world's biggest fashion show, Qatar Fashion United by CR Runway, including Post Malone as the highly anticipated headline performer. The global superstar, singer, songwriter, and record producer's first-ever Qatar concert will take centerstage as the final act of the ground-breaking fashion show taking place on December 16, between the semifinal and final matches at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The historic event will showcase more than 150 designers from 6 continents and 50 countries presented in front of 25,000 spectators at the center of the Ras Abu Aboud 974 Stadium – the first football stadium in the world to be constructed with shipping containers that can be disassembled and reused following the tournament.
Held under the auspices Qatar Creates—the year-round movement curates, promotes, and celebrates the diversity of the country's cultural activities—Qatar Fashion United by CR Runway will put a global spotlight on the next-generation of designers, many of whom have never shown due to the critical and financial challenges of staging a fashion show, and serve as an unparalleled platform for the young creatives to flourish and contribute to their individual countries' cultural and social development.
Designers representing 50 countries including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Columbia, England, France, Ghana, Greece, Egypt, Iran, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and the United States will demonstrate the universal connective tissue between fashion, sports and music that binds people and communities together across cultures. In addition to Post Malone, the event will feature performances by international musical artists such as DJ Snake, Kadim Al Sahir, Khaled, Nancy Ajram, Ozuna, and Zake Bantwini.
Conceived by Qatar Museums Chairperson Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, curated by the French editor and visionary stylist Carine Roitfeld, and directed by CR Runway CEO Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, Qatar Fashion United by CR Runway will raise funds in support of Education Above All, a not-for-profit organization co-chaired by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and Sheikha Mayassa, that provides educational opportunities to underserved children and youth and empowers women to become active members of their communities.
For information to purchase tickets for Qatar Fashion United by CR Runway or the Qatar Creates One Pass, please visit www.qacreates.com. 100% of proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Education Above All.
To view the fashion show, visit www.qacreates.com and www.crfashionbook.com.
Qatar Creates curates, celebrates, and promotes cultural activities within Qatar. Working with partners in museums, film, fashion, hospitality, cultural heritage, performing arts, and the private sector in Qatar, the Qatar Creates platform amplifies the voice of Qatar's creative industries, directly connecting audiences to events.
Founded in 2019, CR Runway is a global fashion experience uniting the industry's most celebrated designers and models from around the world. Co-founded by fashion visionary and CR Fashion Book founder, Carine Roitfeld, and Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld, President & CEO of CR Fashion Book Ltd., CR Runway x Luisaviaroma premiered in Florence in 2019, followed by CR Runway x AmfAR, a virtual fashion show to fight against COVID-19 in 2020. Qatar Fashion United by CR Runway is the third edition of CR Runway at FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
With over 80 million records sold and several Billboard charts records, Post Malone is one of the bestselling contemporary artists. His accolades include 10 Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, one MTV Video Music Award, and nine Grammy Award nominations. Most recently, Malone's collaborative track 'Sunflower' with Swae Lee became the highest-certified single in Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) history with 17-times platinum with 2.4 billion streams worldwide.
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A bipartisan group reintroduced a bill for a three-option referendum on Puerto Rico’s political status as a state or an independent nation Thursday, testing the consensus plan’s viability in a new political environment.
A nearly identical bill cleared the then-Democratic-led House in December, leaving little time for the Senate to consider the bill as the 117th Congress gave way to a divided Capitol this year.
“One of the biggest challenges last time, it took us so long to get an agreement — almost a year, right?” said Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R-P.R.).
“So finally we got an agreement. It was the end of the last Congress,” she added. “So now filing this bill early in this Congress would allow all of us to work not just to have a hearing, but to actually see the bill and get something done at the Senate at the same time.”
The Puerto Rico Status Act is essentially a deal struck between González-Colón, an ardent supporter of statehood, and Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) a supporter of self-determination with deep roots in the pro-commonwealth political movement in Puerto Rico.
Under the bill as currently written, Puerto Ricans would go to the polls in 2025 to choose between statehood, independence, and independence followed by a compact of free association with the United States. In the event no choice wins an outright majority of voters, a runoff would be held between the top two.
The González-Colón and Velázquez agreement is significant because it does not include the option for Puerto Rico to remain a U.S. territory, a status that many have decried as colonialist.
While the bill was hailed as a paradigm-breaking model to advance a standoff that’s engulfed Puerto Rican politics since at least the 1950s, it’s been written off as unrealistic in the current political climate.
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) panned it on the House floor in December.
“It’s bad policy. I don’t see how anybody can read this bill and think there are not problems with it, [that] there is not a lack of logic. There’s incoherence in the text of the bill, and it’s taking us to a position where we would make bad decisions,” Westerman said.
While he said he had issues with the substance of the legislation, his criticism was mainly directed at its timing, which didn’t allow for an amendment process or regular consideration by the Natural Resources Committee, which oversees the territory.
For some of the measure’s supporters, that’s a window of opportunity.
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), the top Democrat on the panel, said “step number one” is to approach Westerman to ask for a hearing.
“Which I will do,” said Grijalva, who, along with Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), sponsored the negotiations between González-Colón and Velázquez.
“Ask for a hearing and move from there, regardless of what their position might be on it or not, I think it merits a hearing. It did the last time; it’s significant, it’s important.”
The legislation’s proponents hope that by filing it just over 100 days into the current Congress, it will have time to go through regular order, regardless of opposition from key lawmakers such as Westerman.
The Hill has reached out to Westerman for further comment.
Even with ample legislative time ahead of it, the bill faces political headwinds.
For one, Puerto Rican Gov. Pedro Pierluisi (D) is up for reelection next year and could face a primary challenge within the pro-statehood New Progressive Party (PNP), of which González-Colón is also a member.
And the presidential election is already sucking the air out of other issues, even though it’s more than 18 months away.
Although the bill has bipartisan support — in addition to González-Colón, Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.) attended its unveiling Thursday — the idea of Puerto Rico statehood is more closely tied to Democrats.
“The impression I have is [Republicans think] that supporting statehood means there will automatically be two Democratic senators and four Democratic representatives,” said Pierluisi.
“I am the first who, as a Democrat, would tell them that in all likelihood that will not be the case, that we will have members from both parties.”
Though Puerto Rico’s sole congressional seat was occupied by Democrats from the end of World War II until the end of the 20th century, two of the four resident commissioners elected in the 21st century have been Democrats, including Pierluisi, and two have been Republicans, including González-Colón.
Pierluisi said the gubernatorial election should not interfere with the bill’s progress.
For one, the governor said the 2024 election will differ from the 2020 one, where voters largely punished the two major parties, his PNP and the Popular Democratic Party, giving rise to smaller political movements and parties.
Though voters spread their choices, more than 52 percent of voters chose statehood in a nonbinding referendum on the 2020 ballot.
“The last elections were unusual, they were unique, and I’m sure that scenario will not repeat itself,” Pierluisi said.
Pierluisi and the PNP, a party whose membership includes both Republicans and Democrats at the federal level, are betting Puerto Rico’s economic headwinds and the prospects for statehood will give them a boost among the electorate.
“What we will see in this election is a strengthened New Progressive Party with a substantial majority vote,” predicted the governor. | 2023-04-21T20:33:39+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/hill-politics/push-to-change-puerto-rico-status-faces-new-challenges/ |
Lotteries have been around for a long time across cultures. From ancient Greece to the Han dynasty, people played the odds to realize an ambitious dream, while on the other end, states looked to profit. In the United States, the popularity of the lottery came with European colonization, according to historian Jonathan D. Cohen in "For a Dollar and a Dream: State Lotteries in Modern America." Despite Protestant misgivings, the profits generated from lotteries were used to finance civil defense, the construction of churches, and even the founding of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
While lotteries helped fortify a new country, Americans eventually eschewed their use because of widespread concern over misuse and mismanagement. In 1964, New Hampshire ran the first modern state-run lottery. Now, only five states—Alabama, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii, and Nevada—don't offer lotteries, while the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands all have lotteries operated by the government.
States use lotteries to raise money for different administrative fees and to fund public services such as education or support for veterans. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, lotteries provide about 1% of state revenue annually. And what do the lucky ticket holders do with their share? Stacker compiled a list of the 15 largest lottery jackpots in U.S. history from news reports and lottery press releases, with details on how winners used the funds if available.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Palou’s top priority remains winning a second straight IndyCar championship.
His future after this year is looking awfully murky.
Shortly after Chip Ganassi Racing announced Tuesday it would exercise a team option to keep the star Spaniard next season, Palou and Arrow McLaren SP said they had agreed to a deal for 2023.
“I have recently learned from the media that this afternoon, without my approval, Chip Ganassi Racing issued a press release announcing that I would be driving with CGR in 2023,” Palou wrote on Twitter. “Even more surprising was that CGR’s release included a ‘quote’ which did not come from me. I did not author or approve that quote. As I have recently informed CGR, for personal reasons, I do not intend to continue with the team after 2022.”
It’s an odd twist in a big week for the McLaren team.
Colton Herta, the young American star who team owner Michael Andretti hopes to put in a Formula One car, spent Monday and Tuesday testing for McLaren in Portimao, Portugal.
Then Ganassi’s team made its announcement.
“Alex’s track record speaks for itself,” Ganassi said in the news release. “He’s a proven champion and one of the most formidable drivers in the world. We are very excited to continue working together.”
One side, at least, is eager to stay together.
Palou emerged as a star last season by becoming the first Spaniard to win an IndyCar title while giving Ganassi a 14th series crown. Palou hasn’t disappointed this year either, posting four top-five finishes and seven top-10s in the first nine races.
Although he hasn’t won a race, Palou is fourth in the standings, 35 points behind Indianapolis 500 champ and teammate Marcus Ericsson heading into Sunday’s race at Toronto.
“It’s a great feeling to know I will keep working with Chip Ganassi Racing next season,” Ganassi’s press release quoted Palou as saying. “The team welcomed me with open arms from Day 1 and I’m excited to continue working with Chip, (managing director) Mike Hull, the folks on the No. 10 NTT Data car and everyone within the organization. The goals remain the same and we will continue to work relentlessly towards achieving them.”
Shortly thereafter, Palou said he has other plans.
While the 25-year-old owns 12 top-three finishes in 25 races since joining CGR, he sounds like he’s ready for a change.
“This evening’s unfortunate events aside, I have great respect for the CGR team and look forward to finishing this season strongly together,” Palou wrote.
McLaren also issued a statement saying Palou would serve as a test driver for its F1 team in addition to his full-time IndyCar duties.
If Palou changes teams, it would mark the second major addition for McLaren in less than two months. Alexander Rossi, the 2016 Indy 500 winner, announced in June he also would be joining McLaren.
“We have always said that we want the best talent at McLaren, and it’s exciting to be able to include Alex (Palou) on that list,” McLaren CEO Zac Brown said. “Alex is an incredibly talented driver who has won in every series he has raced in and I’m happy to welcome him to the McLaren family.”
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Dimensity 1050 mmWave SoC highlights trio of new chipsets expanding MediaTek's 5G and gaming portfolio
HSINCHU, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MediaTek today announced the Dimensity 1050 system-on-chip [SoC], its first mmWave 5G chipset that will power the next generation of 5G smartphones with seamless connectivity, displays, gaming and power efficiency. Through dual connectivity using mmWave and sub-6GHz, the Dimensity 1050 will deliver the speeds and capacity required to provide smartphone users with an incredible experience, even in some of the most densely populated areas.
The Dimensity 1050 combines mmWave 5G and sub-6GHz to fluidly migrate between network bands, and is built on the ultra-efficient TSMC 6nm production process with an octa-core CPU. Supporting 3CC carrier aggregation on sub-6 (FR1) spectrum and 4CC carrier aggregation on mmWave (FR2) spectrum, the Dimensity 1050 will be capable of delivering up to 53 percent faster speeds and greater reach to smartphones compared to LTE + mmWave aggregation alone. The SoC integrates two premium Arm Cortex-A78 CPUs with speeds reaching 2.5GHz and the latest Arm Mali-G610 graphics engine.
"The Dimensity 1050, and its combination of sub-6GHz and mmWave technologies, will deliver end-to-end 5G experiences, uninterrupted connectivity and superior power efficiency to meet everyday user demands," said CH Chen, Deputy General Manager of Wireless Communications Business Unit at MediaTek. "With faster, more reliable connections, and advanced camera technology this chip delivers powerful features to help device makes to differentiate their smartphone product lines."
In addition to 5G optimizations, the Dimensity 1050 offers Wi-Fi optimizations alongside MediaTek's HyperEngine 5.0 gaming technology to ensure lower-latency connections with the new tri-band – 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz – that extends game time and performance. Additionally, high-end UFS 3.1 storage and LPDDR5 memory ensure ultra-fast data streams to accelerate apps, social feeds and faster FPS in games.
Additional features of the Dimensity 1050 include:
- Support for True Dual 5G SIM (5G SA + 5G SA) and Dual VoNR.
- Super-fast 144Hz Full HD+ displays with intense, vibrant colors through MediaTek's MiraVision 760.
- Dual HDR video capture engine, enabling users to simultaneously stream with the front and rear cameras.
- Excellent noise reduction for superb low-light photos and MediaTek's APU 550 improves AI camera actions.
- Wi-Fi 6E support for superior power efficiency and 2x2 MIMO antenna brings faster, more reliable connections.
MediaTek also announced two additional chipsets to expand its 5G and gaming chipset families:
- The Dimensity 930 enables 5G smartphones to download data faster and stay connected regardless of location with 2CC-CA, including mixed duplex FDD+TDD for higher speeds and greater reach. Designed to capture vibrant details, it is equipped with MiraVision HDR video playback and display for 120Hz Full HD+ displays and HDR10+ video. Additionally, HyperEngine 3.0 Lite gaming enhancements bring intelligent multi-network management to ensure lower latency for smooth user experiences and maximized battery life.
- The Helio G99 powers incredible mobile gaming experiences on 4G/LTE for higher throughput rates and better power efficiency compared to the Helio G96. This SoC will be available to customers in the second quarter of 2022.
Smartphones powered by the Dimensity 930 will be available on the market during the second quarter of 2022; additionally, smartphones using the Dimensity 1050 and the Helio G99 will be on the market in the third quarter of 2022.
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Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Oklahoma announced it will no longer allow abortions to be carried out in the state.
A letter from the Oklahoma attorney general said Friday's decision gives the state the authority to prohibit abortions and law enforcement is entrusted to enforce the law.
Oklahoma was one of thirteen states that had so-called "trigger laws" on the books. The laws allow for the states to ban abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
In addition to Oklahoma, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming have trigger laws, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion rights advocacy group.
Several other states have had abortion bans before the Supreme Court's ruling, which will go into effect now.
Those states include Alabama, Arizona, Michigan, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Following the ruling, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said she would work to enforce a law passed in 2019 that makes performing an abortion a felony except in cases where the mother's health is in danger, ABC News reported.
A law that banned abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy was signed back in April by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, which will now go into effect.
In Michigan, a pre-Roe v. Wade law was put into place that would ban abortions. But Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit in which a judge ruled in May that the state cannot enforce the law and that the case must play out, ABC News reported.
In Wisconsin, an 1849 law that made abortion a felony will now go into effect. | 2022-06-24T18:56:29+00:00 | ktvh.com | https://www.ktvh.com/news/national/13-states-will-soon-ban-abortion-after-roe-vs-wade-overturned |
46 Years Ago: Ramones Release Their Self-Titled Debut Album
On April 23, 1976, the Ramones forever sped up rock music with their self-titled debut album. To many, it’s considered to be the first true punk rock album, still inspiring buzzsaw-guitared acts to this day.
After forming in 1974 and emerging as the leading act for now-iconic New York City venue CBGB, the Ramones took to the eighth floor of Radio City Music Hall to record Ramones at Plaza Sound studio. Thanks to the Ramones’ no-frills spirit, immense work ethic and Johnny Ramone's refusal to do more than a few takes for each track, Ramones was recorded in just seven days for a minute sum of $6,400.
Clocking in at just over 29 minutes in length, the Ramones committed 13 original tracks and one cover (Chris Montez’s “Let’s Dance”) to their debut. Though proto-punk acts like the Stooges and Television were of tremendous inspiration to the Ramones, a much less obvious influence, the Beatles, actually shaped much of Ramones’ final product.
Extremely raw production in placing Dee Dee Ramone’s bass strictly in the left channel, Johnny Ramone’s guitar in the right channel and dropping Tommy’s drums and Joey’s vocals in the center was an homage to the Beatles’ earliest work. The original Ramones album cover was also inspired by the Beatles, but it was scrapped for the now-iconic band shot taken by Roberta Bayley, which shows Johnny Ramone slyly slipping us the middle finger.
An amalgam of tongue-in-cheek topics filled Ramones’ track listing. “We all kind of shared a dark sense of humor,” Joey Ramone divulged in the acclaimed documentary End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones.
Cartoonish Nazi rhetoric was placed into classics like “Blitzkrieg Bop” and “Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World,” the latter of which contains lyrics like, “I’m a shock trooper in a stupor / Yes I am / I’m a Nazi schatze / Y’know I fight for fatherland.”
These weren’t the original lyrics, however. Sire Records president Seymour Stein pleaded with the Ramones to drop the verse, "I'm a Nazi, baby, I'm a Nazi / Yes I am.” After threatening to remove Ramones’ closing track completely, the band ultimately agreed to the lyrics we all hear today, though you can listen to Joey barreling through the song’s unrecorded verse on the Ramones’ legendary 1979 live album, It’s Alive.
Ramones, "Blitzkrieg Bop"
Dee Dee, whom future Ramones drummer Marky Ramone still calls the greatest songwriter the Ramones ever had, shed an uncomfortable amount of light onto his personal life in the band’s debut. Though he would often avoid talking about the song’s subject, “53rd & 3rd” is widely believed to be inspired by Dee Dee’s own life as a male prostitute.
Dee Dee’s wildly tumultuous relationship with his girlfriend at the time was the blueprint for “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You” and the bassist’s longtime penchant for drug use was playfully turned into “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue.”
The most obvious mirroring of the Ramones’ influences came with the Dee Dee-penned track “Loudmouth.” The New York Dolls had an equally raw track “Chatterbox” from their 1974 Too Much Too Soon album. The Dolls’ influence can also be witnessed in a 1975 promotional video for the Ramones where Joey starts off “Loudmouth” with an opening line delivered in the style of Dolls singer David Johansen.
Though the Ramones were a no-nonsense, razor-edged act, a softness was prevalent at the band’s core. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” remains one of Joey Ramone’s signature vocal tracks and epitomizes his identity as a lonely heart and gushing romantic. The lyrics were actually written by Tommy Ramone, but it was Joey’s heart-wrenching presentation that connected the cut with listeners.
Ramones, "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"
Joey branded his influence on another fan favorite, "Beat on the Brat." "There was a playground with women sitting around and a kid screaming," Joey said recalling a scene from his Forest Hills, Queens upbringing. "A horrible kid just running around rampant with no discipline whatsoever. The kind of kid you just want to kill. You know, 'Beat on the brat with a baseball bat' just came out. I just wanted to kill him." [via Rolling Stone]
Ramones, "Beat on the Brat"
Ramones was vastly ahead of its time, selling poorly upon its release. Sire still stuck to their guns and supported the Ramones, watching as the punk icons gained a big following overseas, especially England, leading to the formation of bands like the Sex Pistols and the Clash.
It took Ramones 38 years to attain gold status by the RIAA, finally selling half a million copies in the United States as of April 30, 2014. To this day, Ramones remains the only studio album in the bands catalogue to go gold. Joey, Dee Dee and Johnny Ramone had all passed away long before they were awarded their gold plaques, though they did enjoy a victory in 1994 when the Ramones' Mania compilation went gold in 1994. Tommy Ramone lived long enough to see Ramones sell half a million copies domestically, but sadly died just three months later.
Four decades later, Ramones remains untouched by the rust of time. And though the Ramones would go on to release many more classics during the band's 22-year career, Ramones remains a brilliant recording from front to back. | 2022-05-20T04:45:52+00:00 | 1019therock.com | https://1019therock.com/ramones-self-titled-debut-album-anniversary/ |
Racine traffic stop, drug arrest on I-94; cocaine valued at $110K
RACINE, Wis. - A Racine County sheriff's deputy's traffic stop led to a drug arrest on Tuesday, June 7.
A news release from the Racine County Sheriff's Office says just before 10 p.m. Tuesday, the deputy conducted the traffic stop for a traffic violation on northbound I-94. During the stop, the driver, identified by the Racine County Sheriff's Office as Ramone Locke of Milwaukee, provided conflicting information which raised the suspicions of the deputy, officials said. The deputy called for backup at that point.
Ramone Locke
A short time later, another deputy used his K-9, Zeke, to conduct an open-air sniff around the vehicle. The K-9 gave a positive alert for the presence of contraband within the vehicle. Deputies located a potential hidden compartment or "trap" within the vehicle.
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The vehicle was impounded and dismantled at the sheriff’s substation. After several hours, deputies were able to open and remove more than two kilograms, or nearly four-and-a-half pounds, of cocaine. The drugs also tested positive for fentanyl. The estimated street value of the cocaine is over $110,000.
Two kilos of cocaine confiscated by Racine County Sheriff's Office
Officials say Locke was transported to the Racine County Jail and held on multiple felony drug-related charges.
The Racine County Metro Drug Unit has taken over the investigation – and is seeking charges against Locke in Federal Court.
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Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling issued the following statement in the release:
"I am extremely proud of the work done by the deputies involved in this case. From a simple traffic stop, the deputy performed an interview of the driver who gave answers that aroused the deputy’s suspicions. The back-up deputy used K9 Zeke to establish probable cause of the presence of contraband, and the deputies thoroughly and meticulously searched the vehicle – ultimately defeating a sophisticated trap compartment to locate the fentanyl laced cocaine. I have grave concerns that a person facing such serious charges was out on the streets peddling nearly four-and-a-half pounds of this poison. It is impossible to measure the number of lives saved by these deputies, but I do know that fentanyl poisoning is the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45, and over 107,000 Americans died of overdoses last year alone. These are not just drug cases; these are potential homicides!" | 2022-06-10T21:13:59+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/racine-traffic-stop-drug-arrest-i-94 |
More than 1.3% of the adult population in the U.S. was displaced by natural disasters in the past year, with hurricanes responsible for more than half of the forced relocations, according to first-of-its-kind survey results from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The Household Pulse Survey results said that 3.3 million U.S. adults were displaced by either hurricanes, floods, fires, tornados or other disasters. The two-year-old online survey asked for the first time about displacement from natural disasters in results released Thursday.
Some states were impacted more than others. In Florida, nearly 1 million people, or about 1 in 17 adult residents, were displaced in a state that was ravaged by Hurricanes Ian and Nicole in the fall. More than 409,000 people — or almost 1 in 8 residents — were displaced in Louisiana, which had a comparatively calm hurricane season in 2022 even though residents still were dealing with the devastating impacts from Hurricane Ida the previous year.
Among the states with lowest rates of the adult population being displaced by disasters were Indiana, Maine, North Dakota, Ohio and Oklahoma.
Of the 3.3 million displaced adults, more than a third were out of their homes for less than a week. About 1 in 6 residents never returned to their homes, according to the survey.
The demographic makeup of the displaced didn’t deviate much from the overall race and ethnic background of the U.S. population, but they tended to be poorer. About 22% of the displaced adults reported having a household income of less than $25,000 a year, compared to 17.4% for the overall U.S. population.
The Census Bureau sent invitations to more than 1 million households to participate in the experimental survey and collected a total of 70,685 responses in mid-December.
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HONG KONG, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yeahka Limited ("Yeahka" or the "Company", stock code: 9923.HK), a leading payment-based technology platform in China, today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the 6 months ended June 30, 2022.
The Company's management will host an earnings conference call on August 30, 2022 at 8:00 PM Beijing Time (8:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time).
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Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post (TNS)
DENVER — Three people died Saturday morning when two airplanes collided over Boulder County and crashed, according to the sheriff’s office.
Just before 9 a.m., emergency responders received calls about two planes colliding in midair east of Niwot, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. Two separate crash sites were found.
One plane crashed near the 10,000 block of Niwot Road on the south side, the sheriff’s office said. Two people onboard were dead. The other downed plane was found in the 9,700 block of Niwot Road on the north side. The pilot of the plane was dead.
The two planes involved were described by National Transportation Safety Board investigators as a Cessna 172 and a Sonex Xenos aircraft. The Sonex Xenos is a light, aluminum, low-wing homebuilt aircraft that seats two. The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a popular single-engine aircraft that seats four.
None of the people involved was identified immediately. An investigation is ongoing.
The sheriff’s office, sheriff’s search and rescue, the coroner’s office, Mountain View Fire, Boulder Rural Fire Rescue, Boulder Emergency Squad, the State Patrol, the state Department of Transportation, Lifeline Helicopters, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board responded.
Witnesses are asked to call 303-441-4763 or send an e-mail to lgalloway@bouldercounty.org. | 2022-09-17T22:16:11+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2022/09/3-die-in-airplane-collision-in-colorado.html |
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Eleni Bozia, University of Florida
(THE CONVERSATION) People who don’t fit the dominant demographic of where they live can often be asked, “Where are you really from?”
In 2017, CNN surveyed about 2,000 people who shared their stories on social media with the hashtag #whereiamreallyfrom. The participants included first- and second-generation immigrants, naturalized individuals and others who were native-born citizens.
As a classical studies scholar with a focus on linguistic and cultural diversity in Imperial Greek and Latin literature, I am aware that this question is not a new one.
Take Lucian, a high-ranking Roman official in the second century. Born in Syria, he later chose to be a naturalized Roman. As a non-native speaker of Greek and Latin who, by his own admission, looked different from many people in Greece and Rome, he dealt with issues of ethnicity, language use and social acceptance.
The Roman world
The time of the Roman Empire is a unique historical period that, in many respects, can be seen as a lived lesson for issues of diversity and inclusion. By Lucian’s time, the Romans had conquered Spain, France, parts of Germany and Britain, Greece, the North Africa coast and much of the Middle East, among other territories.
As occupiers, they did impose their rule with military means. Still, they accepted their subjects’ differences, granted privileges to several provinces and gave citizenship on a case-by-case basis until A.D. 212, when everyone was given Roman citizenship.
Their pragmatic aim was to maintain stability and ensure cooperation. The result was a multilingual, multicultural and cosmopolitan empire. People were allowed to retain their ethnicity, language, culture and religion for the most part. Latin was [not imposed except in the army] and administration; Greek was established as the language of the educated.
This period could be said to resemble our current times: People traveled, relocated and worked in different parts of the empire. Also, there were scholars and writers who were trilingual and multicultural. For instance, there were African authors who wrote in Latin and were also fluent in Greek, and Romans who were fluent in Greek, too.
These authors wrote about their sense of identity and belonging and were proud of their ability to remain true to their origins while also adapting to the conditions of the global world of the empire. On the other hand, there were also other authors who were anti-immigration and critical of new citizens and non-native speakers, and others who showed that Roman occupation weighed heavily on their subjects.
So, where was Lucian really from?
Lucian is a cosmopolitan individual. He was born in Samosata, which was in Syria until it was incorporated into the Roman Empire. He traveled to Cappadocia, Pontus, Athens, Rome, Gaul and Egypt. He wrote in perfect Greek; he was in the entourage of the Roman Emperor Lucius Verus and served as the secretariat of the Roman prefect in Egypt.
Throughout all his works, Lucian clearly suggests that he should be accepted in this new world as the model of the new citizens – individuals who were open about their ethnic identity yet embraced the Greco-Roman culture and contributed to advancing contemporary social inclusion.
In his essay “The Dream,” Lucian imagines his future as an underrepresented citizen. He writes that two women appeared in his sleep: an elegant one representing Greek education and a rugged one representing a craftsman’s life. The former promised him a life of popularity among the world’s elite. He chooses to be a well-to-do man of letters who overcame his humble origins and succeeded in a cosmopolitan society, even though he was not a native speaker or a native citizen.
In another one of his writings, “Zeuxis,” he writes about about his fluency in Greek and insists that he should not be seen as an outsider because he is as articulate as any native-born Greek speaker.
He becomes more emboldened in his treatise “A Slip of the Tongue in Greeting.” Here, he intentionally makes a mistake in a salutation and supposedly writes to apologize. In reality, however, he shows his knowledge of Greek cultural norms and, at the same time, clearly proves that he is versed in Roman culture, too.
On the other hand, he also wrote a piece titled “My Native Land,” in which he says that no matter the languages one learns, the cultures one acculturates oneself to, and the global recognition, they are always their motherland’s sons and daughters – proud of them and indebted to them.
Lucian’s work provides a unique insight into a world of imperialism that also fostered multilingualism and multiculturalism and gave birth to the first global citizens. His writings show what diversity and inclusion can look like through the eyes of the empire’s newest citizens – and offers illuminating lessons from an often forgotten classical past.
The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. The Conversation is wholly responsible for the content. | 2023-02-13T14:48:23+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/what-a-second-century-roman-citizen-lucian-can-17780954.php |
Joe E. Tata, who played Nat Bussichio on "Beverly Hills, 90210," has died.
In a post online, Tata's daughter said her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2018.
Tata was a regular on "90210." He owned the "Peach Pit," a hangout spot for the main characters.
Ian Ziering, who played Steve in the series, paid tribute to Tata.
"One of the happiest people I’ve ever worked with, he was as generous with his wisdom as he was with his kindness," Ziering said on Instagram.
Tata had a long acting career, which started before his time on 90210.
According to IMDB, he had roles on shows from the 1960s-2014.
Tata was 85 years old. | 2022-08-26T17:27:25+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/joe-e-tata-90210-actor-dies-after-battle-with-alzheimers |
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, today announced that it plans to release 3rd quarter earnings results before the market opens on Thursday, October 20, 2022. Management will discuss the results the same day in a live webcast at 7:30 a.m. Central Time (8:30 a.m. Eastern Time), which can be accessed on the company's website.
The webcast will be available for replay at the same URL beginning at 10:30 a.m. Central Time (11:30 a.m. Eastern Time) on October 20, 2022. The replay will remain available for 30 days in this location. Supplemental financial information referenced in the webcast and the text of the 3rd quarter press release can be found on the company's website, in the section titled "Financial Information," after 7:30 a.m. Central Time on October 20, 2022.
ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis and Talent Solutions – creates substantially more value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2022 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 13th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent. For more information, visit www.manpowergroup.com.
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Fontainebleau Las Vegas set to finally open after years of setbacks
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A soaring blue-glass tower that has sat empty for more than a decade on the Las Vegas Strip — through the Great Recession and an unprecedented pandemic that shut down the famed tourist corridor for months — is set to open its doors to the public in December as the gambling center's latest resort and casino.
Company executives for Fontainebleau Las Vegas made the announcement Tuesday morning, more than a year after the company publicly set a goal to open before the end of 2023.
In a statement, chief operating officer Colleen Birch said the long-awaited resort on the north end of the Strip represents "a rich heritage of luxury hospitality, chic elegance and unforgettable experiences." The announcement marked the beginning of hiring efforts for a 3,700-room resort and casino that is expected to create thousands of jobs.
LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 11: The stalled construction site of the Fontainebleau Las Vegas is seen May 11, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Construction on what was supposed to be a USD 2.9 billion, 68-story hotel-casino and condominium project on the Las Vegas
Named after Miami Beach's 1950s-era Fontainebleau hotel, the luxury resort is one of the tallest buildings in Las Vegas.
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Construction on the 67-story Fontainebleau Las Vegas began in 2007 amid the U.S. real estate bubble and was expected at the time to open in October 2009, but work stopped when it went bankrupt during the Great Recession. The project stalled for years.
In the decade that followed the original project's collapse, ownership changed hands several times. In 2018, the resort even got a new name, Drew Las Vegas, after Steven Witkoff and Miami-based investment firm New Valley LLC bought it for $600 million. But the rebranded project was short-lived: Construction was suspended in March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic triggered Nevada's statewide shutdown.
A year later, the blue tower project came full circle after it was reacquired by Jeffrey Soffer, one of the original Fountainebleau Las Vegas developers. At the time, Soffer estimated the property was 75% complete and said it was in "mint condition."
"We are grateful to have the opportunity to finish what we started and finally introduce the iconic Fontainebleu brand into one of the world's largest hospitality destinations," Soffer said in late 2021. | 2023-05-02T21:18:47+00:00 | fox13seattle.com | https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/fontainebleau-las-vegas-set-to-finally-open-after-years-of-setbacks |
The FBI director faced heated questions from Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee, who assailed the bureau for that they said are politically-motivated investigations.
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The FBI director faced heated questions from Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee, who assailed the bureau for that they said are politically-motivated investigations.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-07-12T20:50:10+00:00 | publicradioeast.org | https://www.publicradioeast.org/2023-07-12/fbi-director-chris-wray-defends-agency-at-house-judiciary-committee-hearing |
FORT MYERS
A 39-year-old Fort Myers man was sentenced to six years in prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.
Serdarryel Dave English pleaded guilty in March.
Court documents show English was stopped by Fort Myers police in 2018 after he rolled through a stop sign at the intersection of Lora Street and Polk Street.
Officers found a gun in English’s vehicle. At the time, English had prior felony convictions, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Remarkable as Damar Hamlin’s recovery has been, the Buffalo Bills safety still faces a lengthy rehabilitation some three weeks after going into cardiac arrest and needing to be resuscitated on the field during a game in Cincinnati, his marketing representative told The Associated Press on Thursday night.
“Damar still requires oxygen and is having his heart monitored regularly to ensure there are no setbacks or after effects,” Jordon Rooney said. “Though he is able to visit the team’s facility, Damar is not in position to travel often, and requires additional rest to help his body heal.”
Rooney provided the update to emphasize Hamlin still faces hurdles since being discharged from Buffalo General Medical Center on Jan. 11. Hamlin's release came five days after his doctors said the player was breathing on his own, walking, talking and showing no signs of neurological damage.
Rooney's update also gave perspective to comments made by Bills coach Sean McDermott, who on Wednesday said Hamlin has begun making regular visits to the team’s facility. McDermott, however, stressed the 24-year-old was taking “a baby step at a time,” while adding, Hamlin is “dipping his toe back in here and getting on the road to just getting back to himself.”
Hamlin has not yet made a public appearance except for a photograph linebacker Matt Milano posted on his Instagram account of his teammate at the Bills facility on Saturday. And he's not yet spoken publicly except for posting messages on his social media accounts.
Rooney said Hamlin is being watched over by his parents and “remains very upbeat and grateful for the support he’s received from his teammates and coaches, Bills Mafia and people from around the world.” That outpouring of support has led to Hamlin's charitable foundation, Chasing M's, raising nearly $9 million in donations.
Without saying from where, he added, Hamlin will be cheering for the Bills on Sunday, when Buffalo hosts Cincinnati in an AFC divisional playoff.
Hamlin live-tweeted while watching Buffalo’s 35-23 season-ending win over New England from his hospital bed at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center on Jan. 8. Last weekend, he live-tweeted while watching from home the Bills’ 34-31 win over Miami in a wild-card playoff.
The game against Cincinnati carries additional significance. It marks the first meeting between the two teams since their game was canceled on Jan. 2, when Hamlin collapsed after being struck squarely in the chest while making what appeared to be a routine tackle of Bengals receiver Tee Higgins.
Hamlin's family and Bills quarterback Josh Allen have defended Higgins in saying he shouldn't be blamed for what happened.
On Thursday, Higgins said he couldn't be more appreciative of the family's support, while expressing hope Hamlin could attend the game so the two could meet.
“Just be happy to see him,” Higgins said. “I haven't really spoken to him. Just letting his family do what he needs to do with all his loved ones.”
Also on Thursday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul extended her support to Hamlin during a phone call with the player. In a message posted on her Twitter account, Hochul referred to Hamlin as “an inspiration,” and let him know “the hopes and prayers of 20 million New Yorkers have been with him throughout his recovery.”
Hamlin, who is from the Pittsburgh area, replied by writing it was good meeting Hochul and he was “excited to see how our collaborations in the future will help and affect so many.” | 2023-01-20T17:31:50+00:00 | wsfltv.com | https://www.wsfltv.com/news/national/bills-hamlin-faces-long-recovery-family-spokesman-says |
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Second season of “Boston Rob Does Beantown & Beyond” premieres April 13 only on Very Local.
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Rob Mariano of "Survivor" fame and host of “Boston Rob Does Beantown” will be exploring what’s beyond the borders of Boston in the second season of his Very Local original series premiering today, April 13. In each episode of “Boston Rob Does Beantown & Beyond,” Mariano shares his love for Boston neighborhoods and explores what there is to do in and around New England. From flying a plane in Maine, getting trained to be an American Ninja Warrior in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and so much more. Experience New England like never before with Boston Rob as your guide. A new episode premieres every Thursday through June 15. How to stream “Boston Rob Does Beantown & Beyond”Download the Very Local app to stream “Boston Rob Does Beantown & Beyond” for free. Then dive into entire seasons of “Finding Adventure,” Eat Play Stay,” “Hometown Tragedy” and much more.What is Very Local?Very Local is a streaming app where you can watch local daily newscasts, original series and more. Keep connected to your hometown with the news and weather team you trust and discover original series and specials that explore your community and beyond.Follow Very Local on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube for more.
Rob Mariano of "Survivor" fame and host of “Boston Rob Does Beantown” will be exploring what’s beyond the borders of Boston in the second season of his Very Local original series premiering today, April 13.
In each episode of “Boston Rob Does Beantown & Beyond,” Mariano shares his love for Boston neighborhoods and explores what there is to do in and around New England. From flying a plane in Maine, getting trained to be an American Ninja Warrior in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and so much more. Experience New England like never before with Boston Rob as your guide.
A new episode premieres every Thursday through June 15.
How to stream “Boston Rob Does Beantown & Beyond”
Download the Very Local app to stream “Boston Rob Does Beantown & Beyond” for free. Then dive into entire seasons of “Finding Adventure,” Eat Play Stay,” “Hometown Tragedy” and much more.
What is Very Local?
Very Local is a streaming app where you can watch local daily newscasts, original series and more. Keep connected to your hometown with the news and weather team you trust and discover original series and specials that explore your community and beyond.
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(NEXSTAR) — The government isn’t the only one trying to combat inflation. As part of an “inflation relief deal” pizza giant Dominos is giving customers 20% off through October 16. But there are some specifications.
Dominos said Tuesday its stores nationwide will cut 20% off all menu-priced items that are ordered online — the deal applies to both carryout and delivery orders.
“It’s no surprise that prices are up on nearly everything, from milk to eggs, gas and even delivery services,” said Joe Jordan, Domino’s president of U.S. and global services. “Nobody has been spared from inflation, including restaurants. We want to give customers a break, as they’ve been emptying their pockets all summer long, but shouldn’t have to for delicious pizza.”
Dominos is also offering several other promotions, though these might not be applicable to be combined with the 20% deal.
You can find more information on Domino’s 20% off deal on the Domino’s website and in the app.
If you prefer pizza elsewhere, Pizza Hut is currently offering 2 Pizzas for $6.99, among other deals. Orders must be carryout and are good for two medium pizzas with single toppings. Meanwhile, the Pizza! Pizza! place, Little Caesars, is now offering NFL Meal Deals in anticipation of football season. | 2022-09-22T23:21:53+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/dominos-20-off-all-menu-items-here-are-the-details/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Bobby Harvey had 18 points and Portland State scored the first 38 points of the game and cruised to a 114-31 victory over short-handed Portland Bible on Wednesday night.
Portland Bible, a National Christian College Athletic Association program, entered 0-10 and with just six players available. Dametris Weatherall's 3-pointer with 7:16 to play in the first half ended the scoreless streak for the Wildcats, and they trailed 63-9 at halftime.
Jorell Saterfield added 17 points for Portland State (4-4), which was coming off an 83-71 win over Oregon State on Sunday night in the seventh-place game of the Phil Knight Legacy tournament. All 12 players scored for the Vikings, who shot 61% (19 of 33) from the floor.
Quorey Bays led Portland Bible with 13 points and Weatherall finished with 11.
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Miami Marlins' Billy Hamilton (6) congratulates Peyton Burdick, right, on Burdick's fifth-inning home run against the Chicago Cubs during a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
CHICAGO (AP)— Jesús Luzardo allowed one hit over seven innings for his first win since April, and Jacob Stallings and Peyton Burdick hit back-to-back home runs as the Miami Marlins beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0 on Sunday to prevent a three-game sweep.
Yan Gomes singled with two outs in the fifth off Luzardo (3-4). Nick Madrigal’s leadoff single in the ninth against Tanner Scott was Chicago’s only other hit. Scott then got a groundout and two strikeouts for his 15th save.
Charles Leblanc opened the fifth with a double off Adrian Sampson (0-3) before Stallings put Miami on the board with his third homer of the year, a two-run drive just over the left-field fence.
Burdick connected on the next pitch for his first major league home run. He got his first career hit Saturday.
Luzardo struck out six and walked one in his first win since April 30. It was only Miami’s second victory in nine games.
Sampson allowed six hits in six innings while striking out four and walking one.
Chicago had its five-game home winning streak snapped and was shut out for the seventh time this season.
Leblanc tacked his first career steal onto Miami’s major league-best 90 stolen bases this year.
Anthony Bender pitched a hitless inning of relief for Miami.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Marlins: INF/OF Jon Berti (left groin strain) and 3B Brian Anderson (left shoulder sprain) were both scheduled to play for Triple-A Jacksonville on Sunday and during the week. … SS Miguel Rojas was given the day off after starting the previous nine games. … RHP Tommy Nance will begin a rehab assignment with Class A Jupiter as he works back from a right groin strain.
Cubs: LHP Wade Miley (shoulder strain) is scheduled to throw a bullpen Tuesday. Miley last pitched for Chicago on June 10. ... Rookie CF Christopher Morel is day-to-day with right hamstring tightness.
UP NEXT
Marlins: LHP Braxton Garrett (2-5, 3.88 ERA) starts against RHP Zack Wheeler (10-5, 2.69) to open a three-game series Tuesday in Philadelphia.
Cubs: RHP Marcus Stroman (3-5, 4.00 ERA) gets the start Monday night against RHP Paolo Espino (0-4, 4.20) as Chicago hosts Washington for a three-game series. | 2022-08-08T05:57:15+00:00 | beloitdailynews.com | https://www.beloitdailynews.com/sports/marlins-hit-back-to-back-homers-luzardo-beats-cubs-3-0-copy/article_bbe17f6e-16ab-11ed-8fe9-138321c1379f.html |
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NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Olaplex Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OLPX) pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's initial public offering conducted in September 2021 (the "IPO"), of the important January 17, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Olaplex securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Olaplex class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=10056 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than January 17, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the registration statement and prospectus used to effectuate Olaplex's IPO contained untrue statements of material fact or omitted to state other facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading and was not prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations governing its preparation. Specifically, the offering documents made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) macro-economic pressures and competition in the haircare market were more robust than Olaplex had represented to investors; (2) accordingly, Olaplex was unlikely to maintain its sales and revenue momentum; (3) as a result, it was unlikely that Olaplex would be able to achieve the financial and operational growth projected in the offering documents; and (4) as a result, the offering documents were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.
To join the Olaplex class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=10056 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Law enforcement authorities faced questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed a Texas elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.
Investigators were also unable to say with any certainty whether an armed school district security officer outside Robb Elementary in the town of Uvalde exchanged fire with the attacker, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, when Ramos first arrived on Tuesday.
The motive for the massacre — the nation’s deadliest school shooting since Newtown, Connecticut, a decade ago — remained under investigation, with authorities saying Ramos had no known criminal or mental health history.
During the siege, which ended when a U.S. Border Patrol team burst in and shot the gunman to death, frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the school, according to witnesses.
“Go in there! Go in there!” women shouted at the officers soon after the attack began, said Juan Carranza, 24, who watched the scene from outside a house across the street.
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said Wednesday that 40 minutes to an hour elapsed from when Ramos opened fire on the school security officer to when the tactical team shot him.
“The bottom line is law enforcement was there,” McCraw said. “They did engage immediately. They did contain (Ramos) in the classroom.”
But a department spokesman said Thursday that authorities were still working to clarify the timeline of the attack, uncertain whether that period of 40 minutes to an hour began when the gunman reached the school, or earlier, when he shot his grandmother at home.
“Right now we do not have an accurate or confident timeline to provide to say the gunman was in the school for this period,” Lt. Christopher Olivarez told CNN.
Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz did not give a timeline but said repeatedly that the tactical officers from his agency who arrived at the school did not hesitate. He said they moved quickly to enter the building, lining up in a “stack” behind an agent holding up a shield.
“What we wanted to make sure is to act quickly, act swiftly, and that’s exactly what those agents did,” Ortiz told Fox News.
But a law enforcement official said that once in the building, the Border Patrol agents had trouble breaching the classroom door and had to get a staff member to open the room with a key. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk publicly about the investigation.
Olivarez said investigators were trying to establish whether the classroom was, in fact, locked or barricaded in some way.
Javier Cazares, whose fourth grade daughter, Jacklyn Cazares, was killed in the attack, said he raced to the school when he heard about the shooting, arriving while police were still gathered outside.
Upset that police were not moving in, he raised the idea of charging into the school with several other bystanders.
“Let’s just rush in because the cops aren’t doing anything like they are supposed to,” he said. “More could have been done.”
“They were unprepared,” he added.
Carranza had watched as Ramos crashed his truck into a ditch outside the school, grabbed his AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle and shot at two people outside a funeral home, who ran away uninjured.
Olivarez told CNN that the school security officer outside was armed and that initial reports said he and Ramos exchanged gunfire, “but right now we’re trying to corroborate that information.”
As Ramos entered the school, two Uvalde police officers exchanged fire with him, and were wounded, according to Olivarez. Ramos went into a classroom and began to kill.
Carranza said the officers should have entered the school sooner.
“There were more of them. There was just one of him,” he said.
On Wednesday night, hundreds packed the bleachers at the town’s fairgrounds for a vigil. Some cried. Some closed their eyes tight, mouthing silent prayers. Parents wrapped their arms around their children as the speakers led prayers for healing.
Before attacking the school, Ramos shot and wounded his grandmother at the home they shared.
Neighbor Gilbert Gallegos, 82, who lives across the street and has known the family for decades, said he was puttering in his yard when he heard the shots.
Ramos ran out the front door and across the yard to a truck parked in front of the house and raced away: “He spun out, I mean fast,” spraying gravel in the air, Gallegos said.
Ramos’ grandmother emerged covered in blood: “She says, ‘Berto, this is what he did. He shot me.’” She was hospitalized.
Gallegos said he had heard no arguments before or after the shots, and knew of no history of bullying or abuse of Ramos, whom he rarely saw.
Lorena Auguste was substitute teaching at Uvalde High School when she heard about the shooting and began frantically texting her niece, a fourth grader at Robb Elementary. Eventually she found out the girl was OK.
But that night, her niece had a question.
“Why did they do this to us?” the girl asked. “We’re good kids. We didn’t do anything wrong.” | 2022-05-26T19:18:57+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/police-face-questions-over-response-to-texas-school-shooting/ |
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MIAMI, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brand Institute is proud to announce its work with Osmotica Pharmaceuticals in developing the brand name RELEXXII®.
RELEXXII® (methylphenidate hydrochloride extended-release tablets) is an oral medication indicated for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adults up to the age of 65 and pediatric patients 6 years of age and older. RELEXXII® was approved by the FDA on June 23, 2022.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood. It is usually first diagnosed in childhood and often lasts into adulthood. Children with ADHD may have trouble paying attention, controlling impulsive behaviors, or be overly active.
"The entire Brand Institute and Drug Safety Institute team congratulates Osmotica Pharmaceuticals on the FDA approval for RELEXXII," said Brand Institute's Chairman and C.E.O., James L. Dettore.
Brand Institute is the global leader in pharmaceutical and healthcare-related name development, with a portfolio of over 3,800 marketed healthcare brand names, 1,200 USAN/INN nonproprietary names for 1,100 clients. The company partners on over 75% of pharmaceutical brand and nonproprietary name approvals globally every year with healthcare manufacturers. Drug Safety Institute is composed of former naming regulatory officials from global government health agencies, including Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European Medicines Agency (EMA), Health Canada (HC), American Medical Association (AMA), and the World Health Organization (WHO). These regulatory experts co-authored the name review guidelines while with their respective agencies, with many responsible for ultimately approving (or rejecting) brand name applications. Now working for a private company, these professionals provide Brand Institute's clients with industry-leading guidance pertaining to drug name safety (i.e., preventing medication errors), packaging, and labeling.
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KURE BEACH, N.C. (WNCT) – Here are some cute names for some cute pups.
On Tuesday, the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher decided on three names for the otter pups at the location. After two weeks of voting, with numbers that totaled more than 14,000 entries, the names of the community chosen for the female trio of small-clawed otter pups are Stella, Mae and Selene.
The names all have meanings as well with Stella being Latin for “Star”, Mae is for the Thai goddess of water, and Selene being Greek for “Moon.”
The otter pups were born on May 21, the aquarium reports.
You can also check out the new otter pups by reservation at the aquarium. For more information about these cute little Otter pups, click here. | 2022-08-30T18:30:38+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/animals/otter-pups-at-nc-aquarium-at-fort-fisher-now-have-names/ |
CLEVELAND — According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, troopers did not initiate a pursuit of a driver of a stolen vehicle that fled from a felony traffic stop before the suspect caused a crash that killed a 28-year-old woman in Cleveland Friday evening. The suspect, 23-year-old Raymond Francis, who has prior convictions for aggravated theft and fleeing from police, faces multiple felonies in connection with Friday’s incident, including aggravated vehicular homicide.
The victim of the crash, 28-year-old Annelisa Endress, was rushed to the hospital where she later died. Francis was taken into custody immediately after being released from the hospital.
Around 6:45 p.m. on Friday, troopers in the area of Clark Avenue and West 46th spotted a black BMW that was later determined to have been reported stolen when it was not returned to a Strongsville dealership after a test drive. Upon pulling the vehicle over, troopers ordered the driver and passenger out of the car. After the passenger got out, troopers said the driver, later identified as Francis, sped off.
Sgt. Ray Santiago of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said troopers did not initiate a pursuit due to an OSHP helicopter that was available and in the area at the time.
“Having those resources available to us with proper planning, made this all the more a situation where there was no need to run lights and sirens in a neighborhood,” Sgt. Santiago said. “While folks want certain services performed and certain things done, we also know there is increased risk of serious injury and death when some of those incidents take place.”
Immediately after speeding away from the traffic stop, troopers said Francis turned south onto West 44th Street and then turned east onto Trowbridge Avenue. As Francis approached the intersection of Trowbridge and West 41st, he ran the stop sign at a high rate of speed and crashed into the driver’s side of Endress’ vehicle.
The impact of the crash sent Endress’ vehicle into the front porch of a neighboring home.
“This 100% was the result of a criminal act; someone who was not thinking of anyone else but themselves,” Sgt. Santiago said. “This was an example of a traffic stop already in progress and a suspect being selfish and committing an additional criminal act and just fleeing that scene without regard for any other life. Now, a family is dealing with loss. There was a loss of life. There was an innocent victim and it’s not lost on us that there are also residents in the neighborhood that had to watch this scene unfold.”
A small makeshift memorial fit with candles, flowers and balloons has formed near the intersection. Sgt. Santiago said the investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
News 5 has submitted public records requests for copies of the body camera and dash camera video of Friday’s incident. OSHP is processing that request, Sgt. Santiago said. | 2022-08-29T22:02:44+00:00 | news5cleveland.com | https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/oshp-pursuit-not-initiated-before-stolen-vehicle-suspect-caused-fatal-crash |
California poised to phase out sale of new gas-powered cars
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California is poised to set a 2035 deadline for all new cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the state to be powered by electricity or hydrogen, an ambitious step that will reshape the U.S. car market by speeding the transition to more climate-friendly vehicles.
The California Air Resources Board will vote Thursday on the policy, which sets the most aggressive roadmap in the nation for moving away from gas-powered cars. It doesn’t eliminate such vehicles, however.
People can continue driving gas-fueled vehicles and purchasing used ones after 2035. The plan also allows for one-fifth of sales after 2035 to be plug-in hybrids that can run on batteries and gas.
But it sets a course for ultimately ending the era of filling up at the local gas station. The switch from gas to electric cars will drastically reduce emissions and air pollutants. The transition may be painful in parts of the state that are still dominated by oil; California remains the seventh-largest oil producing state, though its output it falling as the state pushes forward with its climate goals.
“The climate crisis is solvable if we focus on the big, bold steps necessary to stem the tide of carbon pollution,” Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. He announced the 2035 goal two years ago and regulators have spent the time since then working out the details of what Newsom termed “the action we must take if we’re serious about leaving this planet better off for future generations.”
There are practical hurdles to overcome to reach the goal, notably enough reliable power and charging stations. California now has about 80,000 stations in public places, far short of the 250,000 it wants by 2025. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents many major car makers, flagged the lack of infrastructure, access to materials needed to make batteries, and supply chain issues among the challenges to meeting the state’s timeline.
“These are complex, intertwined and global issues well beyond the control of either (the California Air Resources Board) or the auto industry,” John Bozella, the group’s president, said in a statement.
Though the state makes up 10% of the U.S. car market, it’s home to 43% of the nation’s 2.6 million registered plug-in vehicles, according to the air board.
California climate officials say the state’s new policy will be the world’s most ambitious because it sets clear benchmarks for ramping up electric vehicle sales over the next dozen years. By 2026, for example, one-third of new cars sold must be electric. About 16% of cars sold in California in the first three months of this year were electric.
The European Parliament in June backed a plan to effectively prohibit the sale of gas and diesel cars in the 27-nation bloc by 2035, and Canada has mandated the sale of zero-emission cars by the same year. The Chinese province of Hainan said this week it would do the same by 2030.
In the U.S., Massachusetts, Washington and New York are among states that have set goals to transform their car markets or have already committed to following California’s new rules.
California has historically been granted permission by the U.S. Environmental Protection agency to set its own tailpipe emissions rules for cars, and 17 other states follow some or all of its policies.
The new electric vehicle rules will also require federal approval, which is considered likely with President Joe Biden in the White House. A future Republican president, though, could challenge California’s authority to set its own car standards, as the Trump administration did.
Indeed, the new commitment comes as California works to maintain reliable electricity while it moves away from gas-fired power plants in favor of solar, wind and other cleaner sources of energy. Earlier this year, top energy officials warned the state could run out of power during the hottest days of summer, which happened briefly in August 2020.
That hasn’t happened yet this year. But Newsom is pushing to keep open the state’s last-remaining nuclear plant beyond its planned closer in 2025, and the state may turn to diesel generators or natural gas plants as a backup when the grid is strained.
Adding more car chargers will put a higher demand on the energy grid.
Ensuring access to charging stations is also key to ramping up electric vehicle sales. The infrastructure bill passed by Congress last year provides $5 billion for states to build charges every 50 miles (80 kilometers) along interstate highways. Newsom, meanwhile, has pledged to spend billions to boost zero-emission vehicle sales, including by adding chargers in low-income neighborhoods.
Driving an electric vehicle long distances today, even in California, requires careful planning about where to stop and charge, said Mary Nichols, former chair of the California Air Resources Board. The money from the state and federal government will go along way to boosting that infrastructure and making electric cars a more convenient option, she said.
“This is going to be a transformative process and the mandate for vehicle sales is only one piece of it,” she said.
Though hydrogen is a fuel option under the new regulations, cars that run on fuel-cells have made up less than 1% of car sales in recent years.
Both the state and government have rebates for thousands of dollars to offset the cost of buying electric cars, and the rules have incentives for car makers to make used electric vehicles available to low- and middle-income people. Over the past 12 years, California has provided more than $1 billion in rebates for the sale of 478,000 electric, plug-in or hybrid vehicles, according to the air board.
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Top 100 musical films of all time
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Top 100 musical films of all time
Catherine Zeta-Jones with short black hair dancing onstage with a man and a woman.
Whether it’s an adapted Broadway show, an animated feature, or a campy parody, movie musicals hold a special place in the hearts of fans. But what makes a musical film great? Maybe it’s the memorable tunes and expressive voices. Perhaps it’s the impromptu dance numbers. Or it could just be the combination of a well-written storyline and Oscar-worthy musical score that lands it high on the list. Whatever their criteria, plenty of cinephiles have shown immense adoration for movie musicals.
Stacker compiled a list of the 100 best movie musicals of all time based on IMDb user ratings. To qualify, the film had to be listed as musical on IMDb, have a Metascore, and have at least 2,500 votes. Ties were broken by Metascore and further ties were broken by the number of IMDb user votes. Movies of all languages were eligible, and data was collected in October 2022. Every film on the list represents a part of the cinematic history and development of movie musicals.
Here are the 100 top vote-getting musicals of all time, complete with IMDb ratings, Metascores, directors, and stars—plus selections of the tunes that made them famous, when available. Feel free to sing along.
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Walt Disney Animation Studios
#100. The Sword in the Stone (1963)
A cartoon of a boy talking to a wizard in front of a man with a sword and a big crowd.
– Directors: Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, David Hand
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 61
– Runtime: 79 minutes
Loosely based on T.H. White’s novel of the same name, “The Sword in the Stone” follows the journey of a poor English boy named Arthur (Rickie Sorensen), who becomes a beloved king thanks to the help of the wizard Merlin (Karl Swenson). The film was the last Walt Disney Animation Studios film released before Walt Disney’s death in 1966. It was also the first Disney film featuring music by the Sherman Brothers, who later worked on music for films like “Mary Poppins” and “The Aristocats.”
Twentieth Century Fox
#99. Anastasia (1997)
A cartoon of people dressed up and singing in front of a colorful background.
– Directors: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 61
– Runtime: 94 minutes
Although “Anastasia” is often confused as a Disney Princess film, it was actually released by 20th Century Fox (long before the studio was acquired by Disney). The animated film stars Meg Ryan as the titular Romanov princess, who hopes to reconnect with her lost family and rediscover her forgotten origins after the Romanovs were torn apart by evil sorcerer Grigori Rasputin (Christopher Lloyd) at the start of the Russian Revolution. Featuring memorable songs like the Oscar-nominated “Journey to the Past” and the haunting ballad “Once Upon a December,” the film’s success led to a 2016 stage musical of the same name.
DreamWorks Animation
#98. The Prince of Egypt (1998)
A cartoon of Egyptian people standing in front of a big crowd.
– Directors: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 64
– Runtime: 99 minutes
Inspired by the Book of Exodus, “The Prince of Egypt” tells the story of Moses (Val Kilmer, who also voices God), from his upbringing as an adopted prince to his plight to lead enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt. The movie received mainstream popularity aided by a pop version of the song “When You Believe,” performed by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. The track won Best Original Song at the Oscars, making it the first animated film not released by Disney to win the category.
Walt Disney Pictures
#97. Beauty and the Beast (2017)
A woman in a yellow gown dancing with a beast in a blue suit.
– Director: Bill Condon
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 65
– Runtime: 129 minutes
A selfish prince (Dan Stevens) is cursed to be a monster and must learn to fall in love with and be loved by the beautiful young woman he holds prisoner, Belle (Emma Watson), if he’s to be freed from the curse. For this live-action adaptation of the animated classic, Belle’s ballroom gown required 3,000 feet of thread and 2,160 crystals. Its songs include “Evermore,” written especially for the 2017 version, as well as tunes from the original film like”Gaston” and “Be Our Guest.”
Walt Disney Animation Studios
#96. The Aristocats (1970)
Two white cats listen to a small brown cat play the piano.
– Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 66
– Runtime: 78 minutes
In this beloved, Paris-set Disney musical, a family of aristocratic cats’ lives are turned upside down after a butler kidnaps them in an attempt to steal their owner’s fortune. “The Aristocrats” was the Sherman Brothers’ last time working on the music for a Disney film. It’s best known for the jazzy number “Ev’rybody Wants to Be a Cat.”
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Universal Pictures
#95. The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
Kevin Kline as a pirate on a ship with a sword.
– Director: Wilford Leach
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 66
– Runtime: 112 minutes
“The Pirates of Penzance” tracks the journey of the young pirate Frederic (Rex Smith), who fights to escape from under the thumb of the Pirate King (Kevin Kline) and win the maiden Mabel’s (Linda Ronstadt) hand. The film was based on the 1980 Broadway musical and featured many returning Broadway cast members. Although “Pirates” was a box office bomb, it received critical acclaim (Variety called it “a delight”).
Krasnaya Strela
#94. Hipsters (2008)
Three women wearing 50’s era dresses onstage with a microphone.
– Director: Valeriy Todorovskiy
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 67
– Runtime: 130 minutes
“Hipsters” unfolds in 1950s Moscow, following the rise of the Soviet “stilyagi” rock subculture. Although the movie takes place in the ’50s, its score mainly consists of covers from ’80s and ’90s Soviet bands like Bravo, the Red Elvises, and Kino. Because of its nostalgic jukebox appeal, it has become a Russian cult hit.
Henson Associates (HA)
#93. The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
A woman in black and white dress sits at a desk with Miss Piggy the muppet.
– Director: Jim Henson
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 70
– Runtime: 97 minutes
Muppets Kermit, Gonzo, and Fozzie are reporters traveling to London to interview a fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace was stolen by jewel thieves. While there, Kermit falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. But the thieves strike again, framing Piggy, so Kermit and his colleagues decide to find the real culprits. Songs include “Couldn’t We Ride” and “Hey a Movie!”
Walt Disney Animation Studios
#92. The Princess and the Frog (2009)
A princess in a white gown holding a book and looking at a frog.
– Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 73
– Runtime: 97 minutes
“The Princess and the Frog” transplants the Brothers Grimm story “The Frog Prince” to 1920s New Orleans, where ambitious waitress Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) dreams of opening her own restaurant. However, her life changes forever when she kisses a prince (Bruno Campos) who has been transformed into a frog by the Voodoo witch doctor Facilier (Keith David), turning Tiana into a frog herself. “The Princess and the Frog” was the first Disney film to feature traditional animation since 2004’s “Home on the Range,” and received three Academy Award nominations (including two Best Original Song nods for the tracks “Almost There” and “Down in New Orleans”).
Walt Disney Pictures
#91. Winnie the Pooh (2011)
A little boy standing at a podium in the forest talking to a rabbit, kangaroo, pig, bear and an owl.
– Directors: Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 74
– Runtime: 63 minutes
Winnie the Pooh’s insatiable appetite for honey helps motivate him, as he and his friends seek Eeyore’s missing tail and rescue Christopher Robin from the Backson. “It’s Gonna be Great” and “Hundred Acre Spy Game” are among the original songs by married couple Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, as well as Henry Jackson. The Lopezes also contributed voice acting to the film.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
#90. Guys and Dolls (1955)
Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons talking together at a table full of coconut shell drinks.
– Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 77
– Runtime: 150 minutes
A gambler in New York (Marlon Brando) is challenged by another (Frank Sinatra) to take a female missionary (Jean Simmons) to Havana on a date, but the bet’s motive is to finance a crap game. Naturally, the pair ends up falling for each other. Music and lyrics were penned by Frank Loesser; the soundtrack includes “Luck Be a Lady” and “Adelaide’s Lament.” The two leading men were rivals off-screen as well—Brando and Sinatra reportedly detested each other.
The Geffen Company
#89. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
A giant Venus fly trap holds a woman in it’s grip.
– Director: Frank Oz
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 81
– Runtime: 94 minutes
In this remake of the off-Broadway musical and 1960 film of the same name, Rick Moranis plays shy florist Seymour, who gets a second chance at life and love when a bloodthirsty plant named Audrey II comes into his possession. Things take a turn when the plant racks up a body count. The film’s song “Mean Green Mother From Outer Space” became the first Oscar-nominated song to ever contain profane lyrics.
Studio Chizu
#88. Belle (2021)
A woman in a white dress with pink hair levitating surrounded by lights.
– Director: Mamoru Hosoda
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 83
– Runtime: 121 minutes
This Japanese animated film reimagines “Beauty and the Beast” in the internet era, following a shy teenage girl named Suzu (Kaho Nakamura) who cultivates a digital persona as an internationally famous pop singer. This is where the musical element of the story comes in, as Nakamura performs Suzu’s songs. While immersing herself in the virtual world known as “U,” the heroine becomes enamored with an anonymous beast who’s being hunted by vigilantes.
Warner Bros.
#87. The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
A man at a candlelit table wearing half a face mask.
– Director: Joel Schumacher
– IMDb user rating: 7.2
– Metascore: 40
– Runtime: 143 minutes
The Phantom, a disfigured musical genius (Gerard Butler) who lives beneath the Paris Opera House, is obsessed with Christine (Emmy Rossum), a young soprano singer. The Phantom secretly tutors the soprano and forces the owners of the venue to give her lead roles. His obsession with Christine builds, and he kidnaps the singer to force her to stay with him. But she falls for Raoul (Patrick Wilson), who tries to foil the scheme. Based on an Andrew Lloyd Webber stage classic, the musical features unforgettable tunes like “All I Ask of You” and “Think of Me.”
Gary Kurfirst Pictures
#86. True Stories (1986)
David Byrne in a black suit standing in a field.
– Director: David Byrne
– IMDb user rating: 7.2
– Metascore: 67
– Runtime: 89 minutes
Talking Heads frontman David Byrne stars and directs this strange, surreal tale of fictional Virgil, Texas, as its equally eccentric residents prepare for the state’s 150th anniversary. Most of the film’s music comes from the Talking Heads, who released a soundtrack album accompanying its release entitled “Sounds From True Stories.” This film followed the release of their smash-hit 1984 concert film “Stop Making Sense.”
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Twentieth Century Fox
#85. The Book of Life (2014)
An animation of a little girl with brown hair looking confused on a street at night.
– Director: Jorge R. Gutiérrez
– IMDb user rating: 7.2
– Metascore: 67
– Runtime: 95 minutes
In this animated comedy, Young Manolo (voice of Diego Luna) must choose between his family’s expectations and following his heart. Before choosing, he embarks on an adventure through three fantastic worlds, in which he must face his greatest fears. Fresh takes on pop favorites abound, with songs including “Ecstasy of Gold,” “Cielito Lindo,” and “I Will Wait.”
Paramount Pictures
#84. Grease (1978)
John Travolta and a group of guy friends hanging out on the bleachers.
– Director: Randal Kleiser
– IMDb user rating: 7.2
– Metascore: 70
– Runtime: 110 minutes
Tough-guy Danny (John Travolta) and sweet Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) fall in love over the summer and later learn they’re students at the same high school in this 1950s-era musical. Its famous songs include the title song and karaoke staple “You’re the One that I Want.” Elvis Presley famously turned down the role of The Guardian Angel in the “Beauty School Drop-Out” scene; he died the same day “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee” was filmed and the lyrics were adapted in his honor.
Walt Disney Animation Studios
#83. Encanto (2021)
An animation of a woman smiling in a courtyard covered in pink and purple flowers.
– Directors: Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith
– IMDb user rating: 7.2
– Metascore: 75
– Runtime: 102 minutes
“Encanto” centers on Colombian teenager Mirabel Madrigal (Stephanie Beatriz), the only member of her family without magical powers. When the house from which the Madrigals derive their power starts to deteriorate, Mirabel sets out to find the source of the problem and discovers family secrets that seemingly only she can fix. Featuring original songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, the “Encanto” soundtrack managed to hit #1 on both the U.S. and U.K. Billboard 200 charts (especially for the hit song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”).
Miramax
#82. Chicago (2002)
Catherine Zeta-Jones with short black hair dancing onstage with a man and a woman.
– Director: Rob Marshall
– IMDb user rating: 7.2
– Metascore: 81
– Runtime: 113 minutes
Femmes fatales Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger) are on death row for murder in 1920s Chicago, leading both to seek fame in order to avoid the gallows. Richard Gere took tap-dancing lessons for three months for his part as Billy Flynn. Popular tunes include “All That Jazz” and “When You’re Good to Mama.”
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
#81. An American in Paris (1951)
Gene Kelly talking to a group of kids.
– Director: Vincente Minnelli
– IMDb user rating: 7.2
– Metascore: 83
– Runtime: 114 minutes
Romantic complications abound when ex-GI and struggling artist Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) remains in Paris after World War II to sell his art. Discovered by wealthy Milo Roberts (Nina Foch), who has an interest in him that goes beyond art, Mulligan falls for a young French woman (Leslie Caron) already being courted by his friend Henri (Georges Guétary). Favorite tunes from the film include “I Got Rhythm” and “Love is Here to Stay.” The final 17-minute dance took a month to film and cost $500,000.
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Walt Disney Pictures
#80. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
A cartoon of a woman talking to birds in a tree.
– Directors: Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske
– IMDb user rating: 7.2
– Metascore: 85
– Runtime: 75 minutes
An evil fairy puts a curse on Princess Aurora after being snubbed by the royal family in this animated Disney fantasy. Only a prince—with the assistance of three good fairies—can break the spell. The film’s most popular songs include romantic waltz “Once Upon a Dream” and the wistful “I Wonder.”
The Mirisch Corporation
#79. West Side Story (2021)
A woman in a black and red dress dancing and smiling with a man in khakis and a maroon shirt in a gym full of people.
– Director: Steven Spielberg
– IMDb user rating: 7.2
– Metascore: 85
– Runtime: 156 minutes
Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler (in her debut film role) starred in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the 1957 stage musical, which was previously adapted into the now-iconic Oscar-winning film from 1961. Resembling the love story of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” the film follows the romance between Tony and Maria, two young New Yorkers from rival gangs in the 1950s, which ultimately ends in tragedy. In this version, the song “Somewhere”—sung as a duet by Tony and Maria in the original movie—was sung by Valentina, a new character played Rita Moreno, who won an Oscar for playing Anita in the 1961 film.
Walt Disney Pictures
#78. Dumbo (1941)
A cartoon of an elephant with a dressed up mouse on it’s trunk.
– Directors: Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen, John Elliotte
– IMDb user rating: 7.2
– Metascore: 96
– Runtime: 64 minutes
Disney’s animated classic “Dumbo” tells the story of a young circus elephant, Jumbo Jr., who is relentlessly bullied, and given his nickname, because of his oversized ears. But he becomes the star of the show when he discovers his big ears allow him to fly, with the help of Timothy Q. Mouse (voice by Edward Brophy). Though the entire cast was uncredited, Sterling Holloway, known as the original voice of Winnie the Pooh, performed as Mr. Stork.
Henson Associates (HA)
#77. Labyrinth (1986)
David Bowie surrounded by little creatures.
– Director: Jim Henson
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 50
– Runtime: 101 minutes
The Goblin King grants teenager Sarah’s misguided wish to have her baby brother taken away—she’s then given 13 hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue him. David Bowie is the Goblin King Jareth, with Jennifer Connelly as Sarah and Toby Froud as baby Toby. Its Bowie-penned songs include “As the World Falls Down” and “Magic Dance.” The late Muppet master Jim Henson directed the film, which features many creatures from his workshop.
Revolution Studios
#76. Across the Universe (2007)
Evan Rachel Wood dancing closely with a guy.
– Director: Julie Taymor
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 56
– Runtime: 133 minutes
In “Across the Universe,” a poor British boy and a wealthy American girl fall in love in the ’60s, with the Vietnam War and the music of The Beatles serving as the backdrop. The lead characters’ names are inspired by the Fab Four as well—Jim Sturgess plays Jude and Evan Rachel Wood is Lucy. The Beatles-penned soundtrack includes performances by Wood and Sturgess, as well as U2’s Bono (“I Am the Walrus”) and Eddie Izzard (“Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!”).
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Universal Pictures
#75. Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
A man dressed as Jesus being held up by other men.
– Director: Norman Jewison
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 64
– Runtime: 106 minutes
Adapted from the stage play, “Jesus Christ Superstar” presents the last days of Christ’s life as a rock opera, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Ted Neeley appears as Jesus, Carl Anderson as Judas Iscariot, Yvonne Elliman as Mary Magdalene, and Barry Dennen as Pontius Pilate. Told from the perspective of Judas, the rock opera is one of the most frequently staged productions in history.
Princes Films
#74. Vengo (2000)
A disheveled man in a suit crouching down and looking up.
– Director: Tony Gatlif
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 64
– Runtime: 90 minutes
“Vengo” centers on two Andalusian Romani families clamoring for power in Spain. Famous Flamenco dancer Antonio Canales stars as Caco, who fights to protect his family from their rivals, the Caravaca clan. The film draws from Spanish music and flamenco and also stars flamenco singer Maria del Carmen Salazar.
Paramount Pictures
#73. Rocketman (2019)
People singing and jumping up in the air next to Elton John’s character in a red fire suit with horns and wings.
– Director: Dexter Fletcher
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 69
– Runtime: 121 minutes
Starring Taron Egerton as Elton John, “Rocketman” tells the story of the famous singer, from his English childhood to stardom to struggles with addiction and lasting musical legacy. The film is named after John’s hit 1972 song of the same name. Egerton and John also performed the new track “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” for the film, which John co-wrote with his longtime collaborator and lyricist Bernie Taupin (played by Jamie Bell in the film). The song won Best Original Song at the 2020 Oscars.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
#72. On the Town (1949)
Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin dressed as sailors dancing and singing on a bridge.
– Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 71
– Runtime: 98 minutes
Three sailors on shore leave have 24 hours to find fun and romance in “On the Town.” Co-director Gene Kelly stars as Gabey, with Frank Sinatra as Chip, and Jules Munshin as Ozzie. The three sailors become infatuated with Ivy Smith, June’s “Miss Turnstiles.” Songs include “New York, New York,” but not the version Sinatra made famous.
Walt Disney Pictures
#71. Hercules (1997)
A cartoon of a man in armor, a small creature and a horse peeking out of the bushes.
– Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 74
– Runtime: 93 minutes
Hercules, son of Greek gods Zeus and Hera, loses his immortality as an infant and must become a real hero to reclaim it. Tate Donovan voices the title role, while Charlton Heston narrates this Disney flick that takes some liberties in its retelling of the original myth. Songs include “Zero to Hero” and opener “The Gospel Truth.”
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
#70. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Three people sitting on a log cabin porch.
– Director: Stanley Donen
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 75
– Runtime: 102 minutes
Set in 1850 Oregon, a backwoodsman brings home a wife, prompting his six brothers to get married as well. With tunes including “Bless Your Beautiful Hide,” “When You’re in Love,” and “Sobbin’ Women,” the film was well-received despite its latent misogyny.
Walt Disney Pictures
#69. Peter Pan (1953)
A cartoon of Peter Pan with red hair and a green suit coming in a bedroom window.
– Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 76
– Runtime: 77 minutes
Bobby Driscoll voices the animated Peter Pan, who whisks the Darling children—Wendy, John, and Michael—off to Neverland. But his nemesis, Captain Hook (voiced by Hans Conreid), is waiting for him. Songs include “You Can Fly!” and “The Second Star to the Right.”
Warner Bros.
#68. 42nd Street (1933)
Ginger Rogers and a room full of girls practicing dancing.
– Director: Lloyd Bacon
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 83
– Runtime: 89 minutes
In 42nd Street, a director puts on what could be his last Broadway show, and a newcomer has to replace the star at the last moment. It’s packed with popular tunes including the title song, “Dames,” “Shuffle off to Buffalo,” and “We’re in the Money.” The musical was so successful it saved Warner Bros. from bankruptcy.
Warner Bros.
#67. Corpse Bride (2005)
A dark animation of a bride and groom.
– Directors: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 83
– Runtime: 77 minutes
In a 19th-century European village, young Victor is practicing his wedding vows—unaware that he’s just promised himself to a corpse bride. He’s whisked away into the underworld, leaving his real bride bereft in the land of the living. The animated drama features the voices of Johnny Depp as Victor Van Dort, Helena Bonham Carter as the Corpse Bride, and Emily Watson as Victoria Everglot. Its songs include the bony “Remains of the Day.”
Warner Bros.
#66. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter dancing together.
– Director: Tim Burton
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 83
– Runtime: 116 minutes
Benjamin Barker, aka Sweeney Todd, seeks revenge for being imprisoned unjustly by a corrupt judge who abuses his wife, Lucy, and has custody of his daughter, Johanna. He sets up a barbershop in London with fellow tenant Mrs. Lovett, who makes meat pies from the bodies of the men whose throats he’s sliced. Johnny Depp is the demon barber himself, with Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett and Alan Rickman as the evil Judge Turpin. Songs include “Johanna,” “The Worst Pies in London,” and “Pretty Women.” Burton insisted on the film’s bloodiness as it added to the film’s campy melodrama.
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Warner Bros.
#65. In the Heights (2021)
A young man and woman dancing on the street surrounded by a cheering crowd.
– Director: Jon M. Chu
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 84
– Runtime: 143 minutes
Thirteen years after Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical “In the Heights” won Best Musical at the Tony Awards, the show was finally put to screen with Jon M. Chu’s 2021 film adaptation. The energetic musical tells the story of bodega owner Usnavi (Anthony Ramos) and his community members in the largely Dominican neighborhood of Washington Heights, Manhattan. Two new songs created for the film, while not on the soundtrack, can be heard playing in the background of the movie: “Always” by Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez, and “Cuándo Llega El Tren” by Flaco Navaja.
Walt Disney Pictures
#64. Cinderella (1950)
A cartoon of a young woman in tatters next to a carriage and mice, with a fairy and a white horse in front.
– Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 85
– Runtime: 74 minutes
An evil stepmother (voiced by Eleanor Audley) and two stepsisters (Rhoda Williams, Lucille Bliss) prevent Cinderella (Ilene Woods) from attending a royal event. But her fairy godmother (Verna Felton) turns her into the belle of the ball, where she enchants Prince Charming. The spell wears off at midnight, and she loses her glass slipper in her haste—but the prince uses the shoe to find his mystery date.
Columbia Pictures Corporation
#63. Funny Girl (1968)
Barbra Streisand in a striped poofy dress rollerskating across a stage.
– Director: William Wyler
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 89
– Runtime: 151 minutes
“Funny Girl” is a biopic of Fanny Brice, the early 1900s comedienne and entertainer. Barbra Streisand won an Oscar for depicting Brice’s vibrancy and determination, from her beginnings as a Ziegfeld girl through her subsequent career and relationship with Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif). Its songs include “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” and “His Love Makes Me Beautiful.” Producer Ray Stark was Brice’s son-in-law.
Universal Pictures
#62. Sing 2 (2021)
An animation of a pig, koala and a porcupine at a table watching someone perform.
– Directors: Garth Jennings, Christophe Lourdelet
– IMDb user rating: 7.4
– Metascore: 49
– Runtime: 110 minutes
“Sing 2” continues the story of the original 2016 film, as koala singer Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) and his fellow performers attempt to convince retired rockstar Clay Calloway (Bono) to join them for a new show. The movie features a new original song from U2, titled “Your Song Saved My Life.” The rest of the soundtrack features covers of songs from popular musicians like Elton John, Billie Eilish, and more.
Twentieth Century Fox
#61. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
A group of cabaret actors posing on a stage.
– Director: Jim Sharman
– IMDb user rating: 7.4
– Metascore: 65
– Runtime: 100 minutes
Innocent couple Janet and Brad stumble upon the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a cross-dresser hosting visitors from the planet Transsexual in Transylvania as he unveils his creation, Rocky Horror (Peter Hinwood). Tim Curry plays Frank-N-Furter, with Susan Sarandon as Janet Weiss and Barry Bostwick as Brad Majors. With a glam-rock soundtrack that includes hits like “The Time Warp” and “Sweet Transvestite,” the cult film is known for its live experience—which involves props and audience callbacks.
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Walt Disney Pictures
#60. Alice in Wonderland (1951)
A cartoon of a little girl in the grass looking up at flowers.
– Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney
– IMDb user rating: 7.4
– Metascore: 68
– Runtime: 75 minutes
With memorable tunes including “I’m Late,” “The Unbirthday Song,” and “Very Good Advice,” “Alice in Wonderland” follows the adventures of the title character into the world of Wonderland, where the Queen of Hearts threatens to keep her from getting back home. The film features the voices of Kathryn Beaumont as Alice, Ed Wynn as the Mad Hatter, and Sterling Holloway as the Cheshire Cat. Although largely beloved today, both British and American audiences heaped criticism on the film.
20th Century Fox
#59. The King and I (1956)
A woman in a ball gown smiling next to a king.
– Director: Walter Lang
– IMDb user rating: 7.4
– Metascore: 72
– Runtime: 133 minutes
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s unforgettable score for “The King and I” includes “Getting to Know You,” “Shall We Dance,” and “I Whistle a Happy Tune.” Yul Brynner is King Mongkut of Siam, Deborah Kerr plays Anna Leonowens (the British governess with whom he clashes), and Rita Moreno plays Tuptim, one of the king’s young wives. The film won five Oscars—including Best Actor for Brynner—out of nine nominations overall.
Paramount Pictures
#58. Monkey Business (1931)
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, and Zeppo Marx popping their heads out of whiskey barrels.
– Director: Norman Z. McLeod
– IMDb user rating: 7.4
– Metascore: 74
– Runtime: 77 minutes
The first Hollywood film for the Marx Brothers, “Monkey Business” showcases the brothers’ hilarious antics on a transatlantic crossing, starting with them as stowaways in barrels harmonizing to “Sweet Adeline.” In the movie, the brothers have no names.
Romulus Films
#57. Oliver! (1968)
A line of young boys standing on a bridge surrounded by stone buildings.
– Director: Carol Reed
– IMDb user rating: 7.4
– Metascore: 74
– Runtime: 153 minutes
Adapted from Charles Dickens’s classic novel “Oliver Twist” and Lionel Bart’s 1960 musical of the same name, “Oliver” follows young orphan Oliver (Mark Lester), who’s taken in by his pickpocket target, Mr. Brownlow, much to the chagrin of his criminal overlords. The film won big at the Oscars, taking home awards like Best Picture and Best Director. Songs include “Food, Glorious Food,” “As Long as He Needs Me,” and “You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two.”
Walt Disney Pictures
#56. Frozen (2013)
An animation of a girl in a green sparkly dress with her hand out towards something.
– Directors: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
– IMDb user rating: 7.4
– Metascore: 75
– Runtime: 102 minutes
Princess Anna sets off with mountain man Kristoff and his reindeer Sven to find her sister Elsa—whose power over ice has frozen the kingdom of Arendelle in winter forever. This animated adventure comedy features the voices of Kristen Bell as Anna, Jonathan Groff as Kristoff, and Idina Menzel as Elsa. Its breakout song, “Let it Go,” has a sing-along version with nearly 3 billion views on YouTube.
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Paramount Pictures
#55. Animal Crackers (1930)
Groucho Marx next to a piano holding up a woman’s leg.
– Director: Victor Heerman
– IMDb user rating: 7.4
– Metascore: 77
– Runtime: 97 minutes
In “Animal Crackers,” a valuable painting goes missing during a party honoring African explorer Capt. Geoffrey Spaulding (Groucho Marx). Tunes include “Hooray for Captain Spaulding,” “My Old Kentucky Home,” and “Why Am I So Romantic?” Margaret Dumont, playing society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse, appeared with the brothers in the theater version for 191 performances.
Apple Corps
#54. Yellow Submarine (1968)
A cartoon of two of the Beatles inside a submarine.
– Director: George Dunning
– IMDb user rating: 7.4
– Metascore: 79
– Runtime: 85 minutes
The Beatles perform the soundtrack of an animated adventure, in which the foursome joins Captain Fred (Lance Percival) in his yellow watercraft—with the goal of going to Pepperland to free the music from the Blue Meanies. The title song and “All You Need is Love” are among the celebrated tunes in this fourth of five movies starring The Beatles.
RKO Radio Pictures
#53. The Gay Divorcee (1934)
A man in a suit leaning in towards a woman in a gown with her hand up.
– Director: Mark Sandrich
– IMDb user rating: 7.4
– Metascore: 80
– Runtime: 107 minutes
“The Gay Divorcee” features Ginger Rogers as an American woman named Mimi Glossop who travels to England to seek a divorce from her husband—where she falls for dashing performer Guy Holden (Fred Astaire). “The Continental” was the first to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Universal Pictures
#52. Show Boat (1936)
A man and woman singing with a band and crowd behind them.
– Director: James Whale
– IMDb user rating: 7.4
– Metascore: 88
– Runtime: 113 minutes
Based on the Broadway musical of the same name, “Show Boat” spans four decades and follows Magnolia Hawks (Irene Dunne) a sheltered woman who takes over as the lead performer of her father’s showboat. Along the way, she falls for Gaylord Ravenal (Allan Jones), a charismatic gambler whose habit threatens their long-term happiness. The movie features three new songs: “I Have the Room Above Her,” “Gallivantin’ Aroun'” (a controversial blackface number), and “Ah Still Suits Me.”
Goldwyn Films
#51. Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Two women in a historic dressing room with floral wallpaper.
– Director: Mike Leigh
– IMDb user rating: 7.4
– Metascore: 90
– Runtime: 160 minutes
Gilbert and Sullivan (Jim Broadbent and Allan Corduner) reach an impasse over Gilbert’s idea for a piece, as Sullivan rejects it as “Topsy-Turvy.” But when Gilbert’s wife Lucy (Lesley Manville) takes him along to a Japanese exhibition, inspiration kicks in for the production of “The Mikado.”
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
#50. The Band Wagon (1953)
Fred Astaire dancing outside with a woman under a streetlight.
– Director: Vincente Minnelli
– IMDb user rating: 7.4
– Metascore: 93
– Runtime: 112 minutes
Fred Astaire stars as Tony Hunter and Cyd Charisse is Gabrielle Gerard in “The Band Wagon.” It’s the story of a pretentious art director hired for a new Broadway musical, who turns it into something unrecognizable. Songs include “A Shine on Your Shoes” and the elaborate “Dancing in the Dark,” with Astaire and Charisse showing off their dancing chops.
Twentieth Century Fox
#49. The Greatest Showman (2017)
Hugh Jackman in a red coat and tails singing in a theater surrounded by people.
– Director: Michael Gracey
– IMDb user rating: 7.5
– Metascore: 48
– Runtime: 105 minutes
Hugh Jackman portrays P.T. Barnum in the musical biopic “The Greatest Showman,” which celebrates the birth of show business and a visionary who created a worldwide spectacle. Songs include “The Greatest Show,” “A Million Dreams,” and “Never Enough.” Detractors claimed the real Barnum was a racist swindler who made his fortune by exploiting others, particularly African Americans.
Paramount Pictures
#48. White Christmas (1954)
Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney dressed in all red for Christmas.
– Director: Michael Curtiz
– IMDb user rating: 7.5
– Metascore: 56
– Runtime: 120 minutes
Successful song-and-dance duo Wallace and Davis (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) becomes romantically involved with the talented Haynes sisters (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen), and they all work together to bring a show to the failing Vermont inn of an aging WWII general. Considered a nostalgic holiday film and one of the greatest of musicals, “White Christmas” tunes include the title song, “Sisters,” and “Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep.”
Universal Pictures
#47. Les Misérables (2012)
Hugh Jackman in a brown coat and hat carrying a young girl in tattered clothing.
– Director: Tom Hooper
– IMDb user rating: 7.5
– Metascore: 63
– Runtime: 158 minutes
Hunted for decades by the ruthless cop Javert (Russell Crowe), ex-convict Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) takes in the daughter of a dying factory worker (Anne Hathaway), in the 2012 film version of Broadway phenomenon. The libretto includes the unforgettable “Do You Hear the People Sing” as well as “Red and Black.” Hathaway won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress; the film also picked up Academy Awards for sound mixing as well as makeup and hairstyling in addition to a Best Picture nomination.
CIP Filmproduktion GmbH
#46. Hair (1979)
Hippies dancing outside.
– Director: Milos Forman
– IMDb user rating: 7.5
– Metascore: 68
– Runtime: 121 minutes
In “Hair,” Claude Bukowski (John Savage) leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma and is welcomed into a hippie group led by George Berger (Treat Williams)—but he’s already been drafted to serve in Vietnam. He falls in love with a rich but rebellious girl, Sheila Franklin, who is played by Beverly D’Angelo. Songs include “Aquarius” and “Good Morning Starshine.” Over 20,000 extras and background artists were used in some of the tunes.
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Celandine Films
#45. The Meaning of Life (1983)
John Cleese and Graham Chapman as surgeons in the operating room.
– Directors: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
– IMDb user rating: 7.5
– Metascore: 72
– Runtime: 107 minutes
“The Meaning of Life” marked British comedy troupe Monty Python’s final film featuring all six original members, as Graham Chapman died in 1989. The movie tells the stages of life through various songs and sketches, from birth to death and the afterlife. Film critic Robert Osborne of The Hollywood Reporter called the film “Unbelievably crass. And extremely funny.”
5000 Broadway Productions
#44. tick, tick… BOOM! (2021)
Vanessa Hudgens and Andrew Garfield sitting onstage towards a dark theater facing each other.
– Director: Lin-Manuel Miranda
– IMDb user rating: 7.5
– Metascore: 74
– Runtime: 120 minutes
“Hamilton” and “In the Heights” multi-hyphenate Lin-Manuel Miranda made his feature film directorial debut with “tick, tick… BOOM!” Based on “Rent” writer Jonathan Larson’s semi-autobiographical musical of the same name, the movie stars Andrew Garfield as Larson. As he nears his 30th birthday, the main character reflects on life as an artist in New York City and his attempts to leave behind a legacy. Two songs were cut from the original stage musical: “Sugar” and “See Her Smile.”
Warner Bros.
#43. Footlight Parade (1933)
Dancers posing stacked up a tiered stage.
– Director: Lloyd Bacon
– IMDb user rating: 7.5
– Metascore: 80
– Runtime: 104 minutes
This early movie musical follows Broadway director Chester Kent (James Cagney), who has struggled to find work since motion picture “talkies” were invented. However, he finds a new career producing musical sequences for movies … until a competitor starts stealing his ideas. Songs include “Honeymoon Hotel,” “By a Waterfall,” and “Shanghai Lil.”
Paramount Pictures
#42. Horse Feathers (1932)
The Marx Brothers sitting at a bar talking to a bartender.
– Director: Norman Z. McLeod
– IMDb user rating: 7.5
– Metascore: 83
– Runtime: 68 minutes
The zany Marx Brothers star in “Horse Feathers,” in which the new president of a university, Quincy Adams Wagstaff (Groucho Marx) hires Baravelli (Chico Marx) and Pinky (Harpo Marx) to help his team win the big football game against Darwin. The film includes the classic “Everyone Says I Love You” and “I’m Against It.” Some have seen the film as a subversive attack on society and authority.
Transcona Enterprises
#41. A Star Is Born (1954)
Judy Garland and a man sitting together.
– Director: George Cukor
– IMDb user rating: 7.5
– Metascore: 89
– Runtime: 154 minutes
Norman Maine (James Mason), a failing star with a drinking problem, marries newcomer Esther Blodgett—who saves him from disgrace and who he’s helping reach the top. Music includes “The Man That Got Away” and “Gotta Have Me Go With You.” The remake of this 1932 original was considered the definitive moment of Garland’s adult career.
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RKO Radio Pictures
#40. Swing Time (1936)
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers sitting on the floor together dressed up.
– Director: George Stevens
– IMDb user rating: 7.5
– Metascore: 91
– Runtime: 103 minutes
In “Swing Time,” Fred Astaire plays a performer and gambler who goes to New York to make it big and raise money to marry his fiancée. His plans are altered when he becomes entangled with an aspiring dancer, played by his dance partner Ginger Rogers. The film’s music highlights include “The Way You Look Tonight” and “Pick Yourself Up.”
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
#39. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Judy Garland and another woman on the porch of a house peeking around a blooming vine.
– Director: Vincente Minnelli
– IMDb user rating: 7.5
– Metascore: 94
– Runtime: 113 minutes
The Smith sisters learn about life and love leading up to the St. Louis World’s Fair while their parents prepare to move to New York. Starring Judy Garland as Esther, Margaret O’Brien as Tootie, Mary Astor as Mrs. Anna Smith, and Lucille Bremer as Rose Smith, the film’s soundtrack includes the title tune, “The Trolley Song,” and famously, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” The movie was based on the real-life experiences of writer Sally Benson, who was called Tootie as a little girl.
Walter Shenson Films
#38. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr running down a street.
– Director: Richard Lester
– IMDb user rating: 7.5
– Metascore: 96
– Runtime: 87 minutes
“A Hard Day’s Night” stars the Beatles as slapstick versions of themselves during the height of Beatlemania. In the film, they must deal with madcap misadventures while preparing for an important live television performance. The movie has been cited as one of the most influential musical films ever made, and Criterion notes that it also “exerted an incalculable influence on the music video.”
Walt Disney Pictures
#37. Pinocchio (1940)
A cartoon of a man painting a puppet that he made.
– Directors: Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen
– IMDb user rating: 7.5
– Metascore: 99
– Runtime: 88 minutes
A childless woodcarver named Geppetto creates a wooden marionette named Pinocchio, wishing he could become a real boy. When a fairy grants his wish, Jiminy Cricket is assigned to act as Pinocchio’s conscience and keep him out of trouble. But the boy gets into plenty of trouble, and with every lie his nose grows longer. The film features the voices of Dickie Jones as the title character, Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket, and Christian Rub as Geppetto, and its songs include “When You Wish Upon a Star” and “I’ve Got No Strings.”
Walt Disney Pictures
#36. The Jungle Book (1967)
A cartoon of a little boy riding on the back of a bear in the water smiling.
– Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
– IMDb user rating: 7.6
– Metascore: 65
– Runtime: 78 minutes
In this animated musical adventure, a panther and a bear try to convince a young boy named Mowgli, who was raised by wolves, to find a home among humans. Popular songs from the Disney film include “The Bare Necessities” and “I Wanna Be Like You.”
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Twentieth Century Fox
#35. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Nicole Kidman in a red dress next to a gold frame.
– Director: Baz Luhrmann
– IMDb user rating: 7.6
– Metascore: 66
– Runtime: 127 minutes
In 1899 Paris, a young poet named Christian joins the fantastic Bohemian underworld of the city’s legendary Moulin Rouge. Christian (Ewan McGregor) falls for a beautiful courtesan, Satine (Nicole Kidman), who is desired by a jealous duke. Its robust soundtrack includes reimaginings of pop songs like “Lady Marmalade” and Elton John’s “Your Song,” as well as the original composition “Come What May.” Kidman broke two ribs and injured a knee while rehearsing a dance number for the film.
Walt Disney Pictures
#34. Mulan (1998)
A cartoon of two older women tailoring a dress on a younger woman.
– Directors: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
– IMDb user rating: 7.6
– Metascore: 71
– Runtime: 88 minutes
In this animated musical, a young woman secretly takes her father’s place in the army to save him from death and becomes one of China’s greatest heroines. The film features the voices of Ming-Na Wen as heroine Fa Mulan (singing by Lea Salonga), Eddie Murphy as Mushu the dragon, and BD Wong as Captain Li Shang, with songs like “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” and “Reflection.” The story is based on Hua Mulan, a legendary figure from ancient China.
Henson Associates (HA)
#33. The Muppet Movie (1979)
Muppets driving in a car.
– Director: James Frawley
– IMDb user rating: 7.6
– Metascore: 74
– Runtime: 95 minutes
In Jim Henson’s The Muppet Movie, Kermit the Frog and friends travel across America looking for success in Hollywood. But a frog leg merchant has other ideas. Henson is the voice of seven characters (including Kermit), while Oz provides the voice for nine Muppets including Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear. Songs include “The Rainbow Connection” and “Never Before, Never Again!”
Walt Disney Pictures
#32. Moana (2016)
A Hawaiian girl facing a giant stone lit head.
– Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall, Chris Williams
– IMDb user rating: 7.6
– Metascore: 81
– Runtime: 107 minutes
With catchy songs including “How Far I’ll Go” and “You’re Welcome,” this animated musical set in Ancient Polynesia follows Moana, who heeds the call of the ocean as she strives to end a terrible curse brought about the demigod Maui and enlists his help to set things right. Although the film is computer animated, Maui’s tattoos are hand-drawn.
The Mirisch Corporation
#31. West Side Story (1961)
Men dancing down the street.
– Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
– IMDb user rating: 7.6
– Metascore: 86
– Runtime: 153 minutes
A young couple aligned with two different rival New York gangs falls in love, but the tensions between their friends leads to tragedy. Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer star as Maria and Tony; George Chakiris is Bernardo, and Rita Moreno appears as Anita. The musical’s unforgettable tunes include “Tonight,” “Maria,” and “America.” The musical won 10 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture.
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Walt Disney Pictures
#30. The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Little Mermaid in shock looking at an open shark’s mouth with a small fish inside.
– Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker
– IMDb user rating: 7.6
– Metascore: 88
– Runtime: 83 minutes
Red-headed teenage mermaid Ariel (played by Jodi Benson) isn’t satisfied with her life “Under the Sea,” and makes a bargain with Ursula, the sea witch (Pat Carroll) to become human. This Oscar-winning Disney smash includes memorable songs like “Part of Your World” and “Kiss the Girl.”
Warner Bros.
#29. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
People dressed up and cheering for a crowd on an American ship.
– Director: Michael Curtiz
– IMDb user rating: 7.6
– Metascore: 89
– Runtime: 126 minutes
The biopic “Yankee Doodle Dandy” looks at the life of George M. Cohan: singer, dancer, composer, actor, and playwright, who received the Congressional Gold Medal for lifetime achievement in 1936. Its music offerings draw from Cohan’s songbook and include “Give My Regards to Broadway,” “Harrigan,” “Over There,” and the title song. James Cagney, as Cohan, became the first actor to win the Best Actor Academy Award for a musical performance.
Adam DeZayas Pictures
#28. Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
An illustration of an Indian woman in the water with a man playing a violin.
– Director: Nina Paley
– IMDb user rating: 7.6
– Metascore: 93
– Runtime: 82 minutes
“Sita Sings the Blues” ambitiously interweaves the events of the Indian Sanskrit epic known as the Ramayana with events from director Nina Paley’s own life, telling tales of life and love throughout the centuries. Certain scenes are set to jazz songs performed by singer Annette Hanshaw, who was prolific in the 1920s. However, the film faced some controversy for using Hanshaw recordings that weren’t covered by copyright law, and for its relation to Hinduism.
Walt Disney Pictures
#27. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
A cartoon of Snow White leaning down to kiss one of the dwarfs.
– Directors: William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen
– IMDb user rating: 7.6
– Metascore: 95
– Runtime: 83 minutes
Based on the fairy tale, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” recounts the story of a jealous queen who wants to rid herself of her beautiful stepdaughter Snow White, who is taken in by a band of dwarfs in their forest home. The queen becomes a witch and gives Snow White a poisoned apple, which puts her to sleep. Only true love’s kiss can save her. The film’s soundtrack features upbeat tunes such as “Whistle While You Work” and “Heigh Ho.”
Walt Disney Pictures
#26. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog and a little frog smiling.
– Director: Brian Henson
– IMDb user rating: 7.7
– Metascore: 64
– Runtime: 85 minutes
With tunes including “It Feels Like Christmas,” “Scrooge,” and “Thankful Heart,” the Muppets retell Charles Dickens’ classic story of an old, bitter miser who is given a chance at redemption on Christmas Eve. Sir Michael Caine is Scrooge while the rest of the stars listed cover a range of Muppet voices. Caine considered his role to be one of his most memorable.
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Walt Disney Pictures
#25. Tangled (2010)
An animation of a woman scolding a man who is tied up in a chair by her hair.
– Directors: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard
– IMDb user rating: 7.7
– Metascore: 71
– Runtime: 100 minutes
In “Tangled,” a runaway thief stumbles upon Rapunzel, who has spent her entire life in a tower, but is about to discover the world—and who she really is. Featuring the voices of Mandy Moore as Rapunzel, Zachary Levi as Flynn Rider, and Donna Murphy as Mother Gothel, this was Disney’s most expensive animated film at the time, costing $260 million.
South Park Studios
#24. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
A cartoon of the cast of South Park in a line.
– Director: Trey Parker
– IMDb user rating: 7.7
– Metascore: 73
– Runtime: 81 minutes
Not for the prim and proper, “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut” holds the 2001 Guinness Book of World Records for Most Swearing in an Animated Movie, with 399 swear words, 128 offensive gestures, and 221 violent acts. The foul-mouthed third graders of South Park watch a vulgar Canadian TV show, and their parents are horrified by the new language they’ve picked up—which leads to the U.S. declaring war on Canada. Music includes the Oscar-nominated “Blame Canada” as well as “Mountain Town.”
Warner Bros.
#23. The Music Man (1962)
A man in a white suit leading a group of young kids playing instruments in uniform.
– Director: Morton DaCosta
– IMDb user rating: 7.7
– Metascore: 76
– Runtime: 151 minutes
In “The Music Man,” conman Harold Hill (Robert Preston) poses as a boys’ bandleader to convince Iowa townsfolk that the best way to keep wayward youth out of trouble is through a marching band. It’s a ploy to drum up cash for band uniforms and musical instruments so he can abscond with the money. Shirley Jones is Marian Paroo and Buddy Hackett stars as Hill’s assistant. Its memorable tunes include “76 Trombones,” “Ya Got Trouble,” and “Till There Was You.”
New Line Cinema
#22. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Two people singing at a microphone.
– Director: John Cameron Mitchell
– IMDb user rating: 7.7
– Metascore: 85
– Runtime: 95 minutes
Adapted from the off-Broadway rock-theater hit, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” follows a transgender punk-rock woman touring the U.S. with her band, telling her life story and following her former bandmate and lover who stole her songs. Featured tunes include “The Origin of Love” and “Wicked Little Town.” Writer/director John Cameron Mitchell stars as Hedwig/Hansel Schmidt, with Miriam Shor as Yitzhak and Stephen Trask as Skszp. Trask, who wrote the songs and score for the movie, was the singing voice for Tommy.
RKO Radio Pictures
#21. Top Hat (1935)
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing on a stage.
– Director: Mark Sandrich
– IMDb user rating: 7.7
– Metascore: 92
– Runtime: 101 minutes
Jerry Travers, an American dancer (Fred Astaire) goes to Britain and falls for model Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers), who is annoyed with him until she mistakenly believes he’s her producer. The film’s music and lyrics, penned by Irving Berlin, include “Puttin’ on the Ritz” and “Cheek to Cheek.” The latter features an elaborate dance between the famous dance duo; this was the first screenplay written specifically for them.
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Walt Disney Animation Studios
#20. Fantasia (1940)
Mickey Mouse dancing with a broomstick carrying buckets of water.
– Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen
– IMDb user rating: 7.7
– Metascore: 96
– Runtime: 125 minutes
“Fantasia” marked the third-ever Disney animated film, after “Snow White” and “Pinocchio.” It set eight animated shorts to classical music, from a scene of Mickey Mouse training as a sorcerer set to Paul Dukas’ “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” to a sequence of Earth’s origins set to Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.” Although it initially suffered at the box office due to World War II restrictions, it’s since become renowned as one of the greatest animated films and sparked a 1999 sequel called “Fantasia 2000.”
Warner Bros.
#19. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Gene Wilder, as Willy Wonka in a purple coat, showing a group of kids and parents around his factory.
– Director: Mel Stuart
– IMDb user rating: 7.8
– Metascore: 67
– Runtime: 100 minutes
Poor but hopeful, a boy named Charlie (Peter Ostrum) seeks one of the five golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, where he’ll learn the sweetest secret of all: a generous, loving heart. Some of its famous tunes include “The Candy Man” and “Oompa Loompa.” Wilder’s acting during the boat ride sequence frightened some of the actors and actresses.
Columbia Pictures Corporation
#18. All That Jazz (1979)
Roy Scheider singing.
– Director: Bob Fosse
– IMDb user rating: 7.8
– Metascore: 72
– Runtime: 123 minutes
Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story through the sordid life of Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider), a drug-using, womanizing dancer. It features George Benson’s version of “On Broadway” in a dance-tryout scene, Fosse’s “Who’s Sorry Now?” and “Bye Bye Life” as the film’s final number. Scheider said keeping up with trained dancers in the last piece was the hardest physical effort he made in a film.
Allied Artists Pictures
#17. Cabaret (1972)
Liza Minnelli doing cabaret onstage.
– Director: Bob Fosse
– IMDb user rating: 7.8
– Metascore: 80
– Runtime: 124 minutes
Liza Minnelli plays Sally Bowles, a girlie club entertainer romancing two men as the Nazi Party rises to power during Berlin’s Weimar Republic era. Famous songs from the musical include “Cabaret,” “Willkommen,” and “Money, Money.” The film won eight Oscars, with Minnelli winning Best Actress and Joel Grey getting Best Supporting Actor while Fosse won Best Director.
Parc Film
#16. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
A man and woman walking along the water.
– Director: Jacques Demy
– IMDb user rating: 7.8
– Metascore: 86
– Runtime: 91 minutes
“The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” unfolds during the Algerian War, as young lovers Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve) and Guy (Nino Castelnuovo) are torn apart and must navigate life away from each other when Guy is drafted. Every single line in the film is sung, much like an opera. It’s considered part of Demy’s “romantic trilogy,” which also includes the movies “Lola” and “The Young Girls of Rochefort.” The music and lyrics were composed and written by Michel Legrand.
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Walt Disney Pictures
#15. Mary Poppins (1964)
Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke laughing while cartoon butterflies surround them.
– Director: Robert Stevenson
– IMDb user rating: 7.8
– Metascore: 88
– Runtime: 139 minutes
A magical nanny (Julie Andrews) uses music and adventure with her Cockney friend Bert (Dick Van Dyke) to help the two young Banks children get closer to their father: the irascible and businesslike George Banks (David Tomlinson). The film won Andrews an Oscar for Best Actress, and the movie picked up four other Oscars, including Best Original Song for “Chim Chim Cher-ee.”
Paramount Pictures
#14. Duck Soup (1933)
The Marx Brothers posing in tatters.
– Director: Leo McCarey
– IMDb user rating: 7.8
– Metascore: 93
– Runtime: 69 minutes
When he’s named dictator of Freedonia, con artist Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) declares war on Sylvania over the love of Mrs. Teasdale (Margaret Dumont). “Duck Soup” is considered a classic of political satire; it was influenced by a political play that used satire regarding French and U.S. relations. Songs include “Hail, Hail, Freedonia.” Italian dictator Benito Mussolini banned the film from Italy because he thought it was a direct attack on him.
Warner Bros.
#13. My Fair Lady (1964)
Audrey Hepburn in a beautiful gown and hat arm in arm with a man in a gray suit.
– Director: George Cukor
– IMDb user rating: 7.8
– Metascore: 95
– Runtime: 170 minutes
Arrogant phonetics professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) makes a bet with his colleague Colonel Pickering (Wilfrid Hyde-White) that he can take a flower girl, Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), and present her to high society. Doolittle undergoes speech training at the hands of Higgins, who wins the bet, but realizes he’s becoming fond of her. Hits from the musical include “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face,” “I Could Have Danced All Night,” and “The Rain in Spain.” The film won eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Harrison.
Universal Pictures
#12. The Blues Brothers (1980)
John Belushi in a black hat and sunglasses singing onstage.
– Director: John Landis
– IMDb user rating: 7.9
– Metascore: 60
– Runtime: 133 minutes
Fresh from prison, Jake Blues (John Belushi) reassembles his old band, which tours to raise $5,000 to save the Catholic children’s home where he and brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) were raised. While on the road, they wreak havoc on Chicago. “The Blues Brothers” cover many rock standards including “Gimme Some Lovin,” Aretha Franklin as Mrs. Murphy belts out “Think,” and Ray Charles joins the brothers to perform “Shake a Tail Feather.” A world record of 103 cars were wrecked during filming the movie’s infamous chase scenes.
Zentropa Entertainments
#11. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Bjork in plain clothes looking up.
– Director: Lars von Trier
– IMDb user rating: 7.9
– Metascore: 61
– Runtime: 140 minutes
With songs including “I’ve Seen it All” and “Cvalda,” “Dancer in the Dark” is a dramatic musical following Selma (Björk), a Czech single mother working in rural America, whose passion for Hollywood musicals keeps her going through her mundane manufacturing job. She imagines that she and her co-workers are in a musical that’s punctuated by the humming and clanking of the factory’s machines. But a neighbor falsely accuses her of stealing and things take a tragic turn. Catherine Deneuve plays Selma’s best friend, Kathy; Björk composed and sings the music in addition to her starring role.
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Touchstone Pictures
#10. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
An animated skeleton in a pinstripe suit singing and hanging christmas lights.
– Director: Henry Selick
– IMDb user rating: 7.9
– Metascore: 82
– Runtime: 76 minutes
Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween, discovers Christmas Town, but creates confusion trying to bring Christmas to his home. Composer Danny Elfman provides the singing voice for Jack and speaking parts for other characters, with Chris Sarandon doing Jack’s speaking voice. Catherine O’Hara voices Sally and Shock. Songs include “This is Halloween” and “What’s This.” The movie is based on a poem producer Tim Burton wrote and illustrated.
The Mirisch Production Company
#9. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
A man plowing with a horse.
– Director: Norman Jewison
– IMDb user rating: 8.0
– Metascore: 67
– Runtime: 181 minutes
Topol plays Tevye, a Jewish man attempting to marry off his three daughters while anti-Semitism threatens his village in pre-revolution Russia. Unforgettable tunes include “Tradition,” “Matchmaker,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “If I Were a Rich Man,” “To Life,” and many more. The musical won three Oscars and two Golden Globes, the latter including Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) and Best Actor for Topol.
Walt Disney Pictures
#8. Aladdin (1992)
A cartoon of the cast of Aladdin in a group hug.
– Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker
– IMDb user rating: 8
– Metascore: 86
– Runtime: 90 minutes
In “Aladdin,” the title character is a street kid who courts a beautiful princess after a genie grants his wish to be a prince. Its acclaimed soundtrack includes “A Whole New World” and the opening, “Arabian Nights.” The former won an Oscar for Best Original Song, and the film itself also won for Best Original Score. The first verse of the latter tune was edited to remove the lyric, “where they cut off your ear if they don’t like your face,” due to its perpetuation of Arab stereotypes. Scott Weinger voices the title role, while the late Robin Williams—in a largely ad-libbed performance—provided the voice of the Genie.
Summit Entertainment
#7. La La Land (2016)
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone walking down the street.
– Director: Damien Chazelle
– IMDb user rating: 8
– Metascore: 94
– Runtime: 128 minutes
Actress Mia (Emma Stone) and jazz pianist Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) struggle to make it through their careers and their relationship while chasing their dreams in “La La Land,” a modern film musical with original songs including “Another Day of Sun,” “City of Stars,” and “Audition (The Fools Who Dream).” Gosling took piano lessons and, by the time filming had begun, was able to play all the piano sequences in the film.
Walt Disney Pictures
#6. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
A cartoon of a young woman in a blue dress sitting in a water fountain singing to some sheep.
– Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
– IMDb user rating: 8
– Metascore: 95
– Runtime: 84 minutes
In this animated version of “Beauty and the Beast,” a selfish prince under a curse to become a monster for the rest of his life must fall in love with the beautiful woman he holds prisoner to break the spell. Featuring the voices of Robby Benson as the Beast and Paige O’Hara as Belle, the movie’s music includes the title song, which won an Oscar for Best Original Song, as well as “Be Our Guest” and “Something There.”
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Robert Wise Productions
#5. The Sound of Music (1965)
A man playing guitar to a room of children.
– Director: Robert Wise
– IMDb user rating: 8.1
– Metascore: 63
– Runtime: 172 minutes
Winner of five Oscars including Best Picture, “The Sound of Music” was inspired by the historical escape of the von Trapp family from the Nazis in Austria. Maria (Julie Andrews), a nun sent to care for the seven children of Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer), teaches the children to sing and brings music back into the family’s home. Complications arise when Maria and the already engaged captain fall in love. Enduring songs include “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” and “My Favorite Things.”
Aamir Khan Productions
#4. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
A man and woman on a wagon being pulled by cows in India.
– Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
– IMDb user rating: 8.1
– Metascore: 84
– Runtime: 224 minutes
“Lagaan” takes place in 1893, when India was still under British occupation. When Captain Russell (Paul Blackthorne) imposes a cruel land tax on the local citizens of a small village, farmer Bhuvan (Aamir Khan) takes on Russell, who challenges them to a game of cricket. If the locals can beat the British at their native sport, the tax will be repealed. Featuring a soundtrack by Javed Akhtar, “Lagaan” became the third Indian film to be nominated at the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film (now called Best International Feature Film) category.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
#3. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The scarecrow, lion, tinman and Judy Garland as Dorothy looking scared.
– Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, Richard Thorpe, King Vidor
– IMDb user rating: 8.1
– Metascore: 92
– Runtime: 102 minutes
Dorothy (Judy Garland) is swept up by a tornado to the magical land of Oz, where she—joined by the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion—must seek the Wizard (Frank Morgan) to help her get home. But first, she must battle with the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton). Memorable, enduring songs from “The Wizard of Oz” include “Over the Rainbow,” “Follow the Yellow Brick Road,” and “We’re Off to See the Wizard.” Many of the Wicked Witch’s scenes were deleted or trimmed because Hamilton’s performance was thought to be too frightening.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
#2. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Gene Kelly dancing on a lightpost in the rain.
– Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
– IMDb user rating: 8.3
– Metascore: 99
– Runtime: 103 minutes
Director Gene Kelly stars as Don Lockwood, a silent-screen star who finds love while adjusting to the coming of the sound era of movies. Inimitable song and dance star Kelly performs the title tune to the happy and lighthearted “Singin’ in the Rain.” Donald O’Connor, as best friend Cosmo Brown, performs the acrobatic “Make ’em Laugh.” Debbie Reynolds is Kathy, who becomes Kelly’s co-star in the fictional musical of the same name.
Walt Disney Pictures
#1. The Lion King (1994)
A monkey holding a lion cub in between the mother and father lions.
– Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
– IMDb user rating: 8.5
– Metascore: 88
– Runtime: 88 minutes
“The Lion King” tells the story of Simba, a lion cub prince who is betrayed by his uncle Scar into believing he caused his father’s death. Simba goes into exile, but grows up to learn the truth about his identity and his destiny to be king. Matthew Broderick voices Simba, Jeremy Irons is the voice of Scar, and James Earl Jones is the voice of Mufasa. Favorite songs in this beloved Disney classic include “Hakuna Matata,” “The Circle of Life,” and “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”—the latter won an Oscar for Best Original Song.
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Yes, there are still the staples: beer (or your cold beverage of choice) and hot dogs.
Maybe you’re a Cracker Jack fan? Go for it.
Cotton Candy? Sure, they’ve still got that.
But let’s not be so boring.
Fun at the ballpark anymore is as much about the game on the field as the experience in the stands and the Albuquerque Isotopes have unveiled five new ballpark food items aimed at the tricky balancing act of filling you up and leaving you wanting to come back for more.
“I want the Isotopes to be a food destination,” said Jim Griego the second-year Executive Chef at Isotopes Park, working for Oak View Group. “When people come to Albuquerque, they say ‘Oh, we’d love to go to the Isotopes because I know that they have some great ballpark food out there.'”
Here’s a run down of this season’s five new options at Isotopes Park:
The Dentist’s Delight
(Available at Pecos River/Santa Fe Trail near section 116)
Yes, this dish comes with a toothbrush giveaway (seriously) from the Isotopes’ team dentist, Dr. Greg LoPour, who along with his wife gave the “sandwich” a try last week and gave their blessing.
It’s a brisket-based selection — a half pound of brisket to be exact — that the team describes as a “knife and fork creation”, though it dose feature two apple fritters as buns.
“This whole this whole concept of Dentist’s Delight is something I’ve always dreamed about,” Griego said. “I like to put flavors together. We’re at the ballpark. We got to have fun here. So this is made with an apple fritter — the bun is an apple fritter.”
The dish includes a half pound of cooked in au jus and topped with a caramel aioli. It is layered with tangy green apple coleslaw between the two apple fritters and topped with caramel popcorn.
And, yes, it does come with a free tooth brush, while supplies last.
Pig Candy
(Available at Batter’s Up near section 108)
As described by the Isotopes: “We’re elevating chicharrónes to an unbelievable new level: Fried pork ends … candied in maple syrup … sprinkled with red chile flakes … and bathed in brown sugar. And just to get folks more excited, their taste buds will stand on end when they’re devouring this dandy in an Isotopes souvenir helmet.”
The Dugout
(Available at Batter’s Up near section 108)
For the vegetarian crowd, there is a new option, too.
The Dugout is served on warm flat bread with fried falafel and french fries mixed with grilled chicken (or extra falafel for those who don’t want the meat).
The sandwich is served with a green chile tzatziki sauce.
Stir Fry Noodle Cart
(Available at The Grill near section 119)
Though not exactly a new ballpark food for some parts of the country, it is at Isotopes Park and it comes in an Isotopes/Orbi-branded delivery box.
The new cart on the concourse will feature chefs cooking noodles and stir fry in front of fans when they order.
The Isotopes describe it as “Stir fry noodles loaded with your choice of savory beef, grilled chicken or tofu and a heap of fresh seasonal vegetables, all blended in front of the fans and tossed with a classic yakisoba sauce.”
Spicy red chile ribs
(Available at Batter’s Up near section 108)
Griego said red chile ribs are a staple in New Mexico and he wanted to offer it for fans this year. The quarter rack of baby back pork ribs are marinated and slow roasted in traditional spicy red chile and dusted with red chile flakes.
“I wanted to make sure that I still kept the New Mexican tradition of using chile and that type of stuff,” Griego explained about this year’s selection new food items. “But I (also) wanted to bring in some new types of flavors here.” | 2023-03-26T06:32:32+00:00 | abqjournal.com | https://www.abqjournal.com/2585283/isotopes-introduce-mouth-watering-new-ballpark-food-items-with-video.html |
HOUSTON, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Powell Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: POWL), a leading supplier of custom engineered solutions for the management, control and distribution of electrical energy, today announced that it will release results for the fiscal third quarter ended June 30, 2022 on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 after the market closes. In conjunction with the release, Powell Industries has scheduled a conference call, which will be broadcast live within the Investor Relations section of the Company's website, on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. eastern time.
A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available through August 10, 2022 and may be accessed by calling 1-877-344-7529 (domestic) or 1-412-317-0088 (international) and using passcode 7590577#. A webcast archive will also be available at powellind.com shortly after the call and will be accessible for approximately 90 days. For more information, please contact Robert Winters or Ryan Coleman at Alpha IR Group at 312-445-2870 or email POWL@alpha-ir.com.
Powell Industries, Inc., headquartered in Houston, designs, manufactures and services custom-engineered equipment and systems for the distribution, control and monitoring of electrical energy. Powell markets include large industrial customers such as utilities, oil and gas producers, refineries, petrochemical plants, pulp and paper producers, mining operations and commuter railways. For more information, please visit powellind.com.
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SOURCE Powell Industries | 2022-07-19T21:52:29+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2022/07/19/powell-industries-announces-date-conference-call-fiscal-2022-third-quarter-results/ |
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (WPIX) — Frigid temperatures have bats falling to the ground in Manhattan’s Central Park, officials said.
Visitors to the park have been asked not to approach the bats. Urban park rangers with the Parks Department are equipped to help bats dealing with the “shock from sudden cold,” according to Central Park.
“This behavior isn’t uncommon during the fall as temperatures fluctuate drastically. It gets too cold for their muscles and their activity slows,” the Parks Department tweeted. “As temps rise throughout the day, so will their body temperature. Please report bats in need of care to our park rangers via @nyc311.”
There are nine types of bats in New York State, according to the Central Park Conservancy. Central Park is home to two main types: tree-roosting and cave-roosting. The cave-roosting bats hibernate in the winter, while the tree-roosting bats migrate south in the winter.
Visitors to the park are more likely to see tree-roosting bats. There are several types of them in the park, including eastern red bats, hoary bats and silver-haired bats. | 2022-11-22T16:08:53+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/cold-weather-shocking-bats-making-them-fall-to-ground-in-new-yorks-central-park/ |
NPR's Dwayne Brown speaks with Brian Ferguson from California's office of emergency services. More than 17 people have died in the onslaught of storms in the state.
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NPR's Dwayne Brown speaks with Brian Ferguson from California's office of emergency services. More than 17 people have died in the onslaught of storms in the state.
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ROCKVILLE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, Oct. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent", HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high-quality medicines for the treatment of cancer, metabolic, autoimmune, ophthalmology and other major diseases, is pleased to see that the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China has approved the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for CYRAMZA® (ramucirumab) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, also known as liver cancer), who have an alpha fetoprotein of ≥400 ng/mL and have been treated with sorafenib. In March 2022, CYRAMZA (ramucirumab) was approved by the NMPA in combination with paclitaxel for second-line treatment in patients with advanced or metastatic, gastric or gastro-esophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma, making it the first and only targeted drug approved for the second-line treatment of advanced or metastatic, gastric or gastro-esophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma in China.
CYRAMZA (ramucirumab) has been discovered and developed by Lilly. In March 2022, Innovent and Lilly expanded their strategic partnership in oncology, which includes an agreement for Innovent to obtain the sole commercialization rights of CYRAMZA (ramucirumab) once approved in China, which positions Innovent to be fully responsible for the pricing, importation, marketing, distribution and detailing of this product. With this further expanded oncology product portfolio, Innovent intends to use its experienced oncology commercial team to leverage its broad commercial coverage in hospitals and pharmacies at various tiers and to provide integrated patient solutions with strong synergies to cancer patients in China.
This new approval was based on the results of the REACH-2 study[1],[2], a global randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 clinical trial. The REACH-2 study is the first Phase 3 clinical trial in HCC to obtain positive results in a biomarker-enriched population known for poor prognosis. On the primary endpoint of overall survival (OS), treatment with CYRAMZA significantly improved the OS of patients compared to placebo (HR: 0.71; 95% CI: 0.53-0.95; P=0.020). The median OS was 8.5 months with CYRAMZA, compared to 7.3 months with placebo. On the secondary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS), median PFS was significantly improved with CYRAMZA (2.8 months vs. 1.6 months for placebo (HR: 0.45; 95% CI: 0.34-0.60; P<0.0001)). Objective response rate (ORR) was numerically higher with CYRAMZA compared to placebo (4.6% vs. 1.1%). Disease control rate (DCR) was higher with CYRAMZA than with placebo (59.9% vs. 38.9%). CYRAMZA was well-tolerated in Chinese patients and the overall patient population. The safety and efficacy profile of CYRAMZA in the Chinese population was consistent with that observed in previously reported global studies[2].
Professor Shukui Qin, the principal investigator of REACH-2 in China and the Director of the Cancer Center of Nanjing Jinling Hospital stated, "Primary Liver Cancer (PLC) is the fourth most common cancer in terms of prevalence and the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality in China with only a 12.1% five-year survival rate. HCC is the main type of PLC and most HCC patients with AFP ≥ 400ng/ml experience greater disease progression on or after first-line treatment[3]. New treatment options are urgently needed to improve outcomes in these patients[4]. Globally, CYRAMZA is the first approved novel medicine specifically evaluated in the biomarker-enriched population of HCC patients with AFP ≥ 400ng/ml; the study results in Chinese patients demonstrated a consistent efficacy and safety profile with the global population. I believe the approval will ignite a positive impact on the clinical practice of liver cancer in China, bringing a new and efficacious treatment option for Chinese patients with advanced HCC."
Dr. Yongjun Liu, President of Innovent, stated, "Hepatocellular carcinoma ranks fifth among the number of new cases in China, with approximately 410,000 new cases yearly and the number of deaths each year are nearly the same[3]. Most patients will experience disease progression after current first-line therapy and are left with limited treatment options. We are excited about the approval of CYRAMZA, the first innovative drug proven to have clinical benefits for a biomarker-enriched population of patients with HCC. This differentiated product will potentially be an exciting treatment option and bring new hope to patients in China with advanced HCC. The successive approvals of CYRAMZA in second-line GC/GEJ and HCC this year enable us to provide integrated patient solutions with strong portfolio synergies while enhancing our leading franchise in these two large cancer indications. Innovent is fully committed to making these new treatment options available to benefit more cancer patients in China as soon as possible."
About Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Primary liver cancer(PLC)is a common malignancy of the digestive system worldwide, among which about half of all new cases and deaths occur in China. The main pathological types of liver cancer are hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which accounts for 85 to 90 percent, and a small number of cases of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma(ICC)and HCC-ICC mixed liver cancer. In China, HCC is primarily caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.[5]
About CYRAMZA® (ramucirumab)
CYRAMZA® is an antiangiogenic therapy. It is a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) Receptor 2 antagonist that binds specifically to VEGFR-2, thereby blocking the binding of the receptor ligands (VEGF-A, VEGF-C, and VEGF-D) – which may slow tumor growth.[6] In recent years, studies have shown that the VEGF pathway is an important signaling pathway involved in tumor angiogenesis, and it is also the main target pathway in targeted therapy of liver cancer[7]. From the existing research results, the single drug use of compounds targeting the VEGF pathway can bring survival benefits to patients and is a very promising treatment method in the treatment of liver cancer.[7]
In March 2022, CYRAMZA® (ramucirumab) in combination with paclitaxel was approved by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for second-line treatment in patients with advanced or metastatic, gastric or gastro-esophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma.
In October 2022, CYRAMZA® (ramucirumab) was approved by the NMPA for patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) who have an alpha fetoprotein (AFP) of ≥400 ng/mL and have been treated with sorafenib.
About Innovent's Strategic Cooperation with Eli Lilly and Company
Innovent entered into a strategic collaboration with Lilly focused on biological medicine in March 2015 – a groundbreaking partnership between a Chinese pharmaceutical company and a multinational pharmaceutical company. Under the agreement, Innovent and Lilly will co-develop and commercialize oncology medicines, including TYVYT® (sintilimab injection) in China. In October 2015, the two companies announced the extension of their existing collaboration to include co-development of three additional oncology antibodies targeting oncology indications. In August 2019, Innovent further entered into a licensing agreement with Lilly to develop and commercialize a potentially global best-in-class diabetes medicine in China. This collaboration with Lilly indicates that Innovent has established a comprehensive level of cooperation between China's innovative pharmaceuticals sector and the international pharmaceuticals sector in fields such as R&D, CMC, clinical development and commercialization. In August 2020,Lilly and Innovent announced a global expansion of their strategic alliance for sintilimab, whereby Lilly obtained an exclusive license for sintilimab for geographies outside of China and plans to pursue registration of sintilimab in the U.S. and other geographies outside of China. In March 2022, Lilly and Innovent entered into a fifth agreement to expand their strategic partnership in oncology, in which Innovent obtained the sole commercialization rights to import, market, promote, distribute and detail CYRAMZA® (ramucirumab) and selpercatinib once approved in Mainland China, and a right of first negotiation for potential future commercialization of pirtobrutinib in Mainland China.
About Innovent
Inspired by the spirit of "Start with Integrity, Succeed through Action," Innovent's mission is to develop, manufacture and commercialize high-quality biopharmaceutical products that are affordable to ordinary people. Established in 2011, Innovent is committed to developing, manufacturing and commercializing high-quality innovative medicines for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major diseases. On October 31, 2018, Innovent was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with the stock code: 01801.HK.
Since its inception, Innovent has developed a fully integrated multi-functional platform which includes R&D, CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls), clinical development and commercialization capabilities. Leveraging the platform, the company has built a robust pipeline of 34 valuable assets in the fields of cancer, metabolic, autoimmune disease and other major therapeutic areas, with 8 products approved for marketing in China – TYVYT® (sintilimab injection), BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection), SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection), HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection), Pemazyre® (pemigatinib oral inhibitor), olverembatinib (BCR ABL TKI), CYRAMZA® (ramucirumab) and selpercatinib, 2 assets under NMPA NDA review, 4 assets in Phase 3 or pivotal clinical trials, and an additional 20 molecules in clinical studies.
Innovent has built an international team with advanced talent in high-end biological drug development and commercialization, including many global experts. The company has also entered into strategic collaborations with Eli Lilly and Company, Sanofi, Adimab, Incyte, MD Anderson Cancer Center and other international partners. Innovent strives to work with many collaborators to help advance China's biopharmaceutical industry, improve drug availability and enhance the quality of the patients' lives. For more information, please visit: www.innoventbio.com. and www.linkedin.com/company/innovent-biologics/.
Note:
TYVYT® (sintilimab injection) is not an approved product in the United States.
BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection), SULINNO®, and HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection) are not approved products in the United States.
TYVYT® (sintilimab injection, Innovent)
BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
Pemazyre® (pemigatinib oral inhibitor, Incyte Corporation). Pemazyre® was discovered by Incyte Corporation and licensed to Innovent for development and commercialization in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
CYRAMZA® (ramucirumab, Lilly). CYRAMZA® was discovered and developed by Lilly and licensed to Innovent for commercialization in Mainland China.
Forward-Looking Statements
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Texas A&M men’s golfer Sam Bennett qualified for the 2022 U.S. Open after tying for fifth Monday at the Columbus Qualifier held at Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club and Wedgewood Golf & Country Club.
The Madisonville, Texas, native carded an 8-under 135 and finished as the top amateur. Bennett will compete at the 122nd U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, from June 16-19.
“What a day this was,” Bennett said. “It has always been my dream to tee it up at a major championship. To be able to play in the U.S. Open and compete against the world’s best is something I have looked forward to my whole life. I can’t wait to get to Massachusetts and prove that I can compete at the highest level.”
The senior shot a 2-under 69 in the first round at Wedgewood. He was 3-under after the first 11 holes, carding birdies on Nos. 6, 7 and 10. Following a double bogey on No. 12, he bounced back with a birdie on No. 15 before a bogey on No. 17 and a birdie on No. 18.
In the second round at Kinsale, he carded a 6-under 66 with seven birdies. Bennett made the turn at 3-under, registering birdies on holes 1, 3 and 9. On the back nine, he moved to 7-under with birdies on Nos. 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16 before a bogey on No. 17.
Bennett will be joined by fellow Aggie Adri Arnaus, who earned an exemption into the tournament after ranking in the top 60 in the official golf rankings. | 2022-06-07T09:03:34+00:00 | kagstv.com | https://www.kagstv.com/article/sports/am-golfer-madisonville-native-sam-bennett-qualifies-for-us-open/499-831e0007-a04b-44a3-94e2-b3ffde31a903 |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Classic Lotto 47" game were:
07-10-28-31-32-42
(seven, ten, twenty-eight, thirty-one, thirty-two, forty-two)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Classic Lotto 47" game were:
07-10-28-31-32-42
(seven, ten, twenty-eight, thirty-one, thirty-two, forty-two) | 2022-07-10T00:44:55+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Classic-Lotto-47-game-17294964.php |
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia women’s basketball returns home on Saturday to host 21st-ranked Iowa State, one of the top teams in the Big 12 Conference.
Here’s everything you need to know about the clash.
No. 21 Iowa State at West Virginia game information
- Date: Saturay, Feb. 11, 2023
- Time: 6 p.m. ET
- Location: WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia
- Stream: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Radio: Find your affiliate of the Mountaineer Sports Network
- Series history: West Virginia leads 12-11 since 2011
- Last meeting: No. 11 Iowa State 70, West Virginia 50 at Hilton Coliseum on Jan. 4, 2023
No. 21 Iowa State at WVU matchup preview
West Virginia is in the midst of a three-game skid, punctuated by a pair of losses to both of the Oklahoma squads in the Big 12 on the road. The road gets tougher on Saturday when the Mountaineers host Iowa State.
WVU’s guards, JJ Quinerly and Madisen Smith, were the Mountaineers’ most reliable sources of offense in that stretch. On Saturday, head coach Dawn Plitzuweit says her team needs to focus on finishing its opportunities.
The Cyclones will look to make a late push to the top of the conference standings from their current spot in third place.
Iowa State took the first leg of the season series after the Mountaineer offense stalled in the second half. Defensively, they held Ashley Joens, the league’s leading scorer, under her 20 points per game average, but she still led the Cyclones with 19 points. Since that game, Joens has averaged 24 points each game as she looks to improve her WNBA Draft stock. | 2023-02-09T20:13:52+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/goldandbluenation/no-21-iowa-state-at-wvu-womens-hoops-tip-time-where-to-watch-and-more/ |
MOSCOW (AP) — An explosion during repairs on a section of a Europe-bound natural gas pipeline in western Russia killed three people on Tuesday but didn’t affect export supplies, officials said.
The explosion ripped through a section of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhhorod pipeline in the Chuvashia region during repair work. Three repair workers were killed and one was injured by the blast, which sent a huge plume of burning gas skyward, regional authorities said.
The pipeline that originates at a gas field in Siberia and crosses Ukraine along its way to Europe is one of the main routes for Russian gas exports to the EU.
Chuvashia’s governor, Oleg Nikolayev, said in televised remarks that it wasn’t immediately clear how long it would take to fix the section of the pipeline cut by the explosion. The regional branch of Russia’s state-controlled natural gas giant, Gazprom, said volumes of gas transit weren’t affected by the blast as supplies were rerouted along parallel lines.
The pipeline crossing Ukraine has become the main conduit for Russian natural gas supplies to Europe since an explosion ripped through the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipeline under the Baltic Sea in September, causing extensive damage.
Investigators in Sweden have found traces of explosives at the Baltic Sea site where two natural gas pipelines were damaged in an act of “gross sabotage,” but they stopped short of apportioning blame.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of blowing up the pipelines and singled out the United States as profiting from attacks on Europe’s energy infrastructure, while some Nordic and other European news outlets have alleged Moscow’s involvement.
Nord Stream 1 carried Russian gas to Germany until Moscow cut off supplies at the end of August, citing equipment problems. German officials dismissed that explanation as cover for a political decision to push up prices and create uncertainty.
Nord Stream 2 never entered service as Germany suspended its certification process shortly before Russia sent its forces into Ukraine in February. | 2022-12-21T03:11:42+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-explosion-rips-through-gas-pipeline-in-russia/ |
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GYRO will introduce a lineup of innovative smart mobility technology products–from GYRO Distribution Robot to personal electric mobility products called Surfwheel and GYROOR–at this year's Consumer Technology Association CES 2023 conference, in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 5-8, 2023.
As stated by Jason C., CEO of GYRO, "We are excited to bring GYRO Distribution robots to hotels in the USA in 2023. We intend to offer a FREE-to-lease model so that all hotels and motels in the USA will be able to access such leading technologies to provide convenience to their guests via the latest AI enabled distribution robots. With this robot, guests at hotels can get prompt and convenient services 24/7."
GYRO Distribution Robot
Designed to cater for hotels and restaurants, GYRO Distribution Robot provides the convenience of 24/7 delivery of room services and responsive food delivery at restaurants. GYRO-powered Distribution Robot achieves precise positioning and intelligent navigation through the dual function of lasers and vision. GYRO Distribution Robot enables precise delivery and intelligent service with obstacle avoidance, infrared detection, and touchless voice interaction to enable operation efficiency in hotels and restaurants.
Surfwheel
Exploring becomes thrilling when you are surfing the land on a Surfwheel. The lightweight design makes it easy to maneuver around street corners. The LED lights shine through the city at night. Just by stepping out your front door and onto your Surfwheel, you will feel like you are surfing a wave or boarding down the side of a mountain. GYRO powered one-wheel electric skateboard Surfwheel is enabled by its own proprietary self-balancing algorithm to mimic surfing on land. Surfwheel delivers convenient, fun and safety features via patented technologies.
Unique Surfwheel Drifting Tire Tread - patent no. US10058765B2
Surfwheel Safety Wheels - patent no. US10065103B2
Surfwheel Foldable Design - patent no. US20180326294B2
Surfwheel Shock Absorber - patent no. US9789384B1
GYROOR X3
GYRO's latest launch in electric mobility includes GYROOR X3. Gyroor X3 is one of the market's safest and most convenient folding scooters. Its frame is made of aviation aluminum, which is light and easy to fold, making it portable. With a powerful 700W motor, the maximum speed is 21 mph, and the maximum range is 31 miles. The solid 12-inch explosion-proof tire is suitable for all terrain, and the three gears allow you to drive freely without worrying about traffic jams. Additionally, you can unlock and lock the scooter with the App without worrying about it being stolen. Whether you want to commute every day, do a city sightseeing, or just have a cup of coffee, Gyroor X3 can meet most of your daily needs.
VP of Product at GYRO, Ondy M, states, "The product line of Surfwheel offers a safe and fun choice for city ride, while GYROOR X3 is one of the best choices for short distance travel in the city, supported with replaceable battery. We are very excited to bring these exciting products and vision to the market in 2023."
ABOUT GYRO
GYRO designs and develops sense and motion control mobility products, including Distribution Robot, Surfwheel, a one-wheel electric skateboard, and electric mobility scooters, GYROOR. In the past five years, GYRO has shipped over 1 million mobility products to global consumers. GYRO's mission is to promote convenience in an individual's activities by integrating mobility robots in their day-to-day life.
CES 2023 visitors can view the GYRO-powered products at the company's booth in Central Hall, 19289. For media support, please email us at media@gyroor.com.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brittney Griner returned to the United States Friday and was reunited with her wife nearly 10 months after her detention in Russia made the basketball star the most high-profile American jailed abroad and set off a political firestorm.
Griner’s status as an openly gay Black woman, her prominence in women’s basketball and her imprisonment in a country where authorities have been hostile to the LGBTQ community heightened concerns for her and brought tremendous attention to the case. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine after her arrest complicated matters further.
The deal that brought home Griner, 32, in exchange for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden. But the U.S. failed to win freedom for another American, Paul Whelan, who has been jailed for nearly four years.
Asked if more such swaps could happen, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that “everything is possible,” noting that “compromises have been found” to clear the way for Thursday’s exchange.
Biden’s authorization to release Bout, the Russian felon once nicknamed “the Merchant of Death,” underscored the heightened urgency that his administration faced to get Griner home, particularly after the recent resolution of her criminal case on drug charges and her subsequent transfer to a penal colony.
Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and Phoenix Mercury pro basketball star, was seen getting off a plane that landed Friday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas.
“So happy to have Brittney back on U.S. soil. Welcome home BG!” tweeted Roger Carstens, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs.
“We’re just so happy to have her back,” Vanessa Nygaard, head coach of the Mercury, said in an interview outside of the team’s Phoenix stadium.
“We are looking eagerly forward to welcoming her back to our community,” said Nygaard, adding that she hadn’t yet spoken with Griner.
Biden spoke by phone with Griner, who was reunited with her wife, Cherelle. U.S. officials who met her upon arrival said she was in “very good spirits” and appeared to be in good health, according to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who noted that she would be offered specialized medical services and counseling.
The WNBA star, who also played pro basketball in Russia, was arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in February after Russian authorities said she was carrying vape canisters with cannabis oil. The U.S. State Department declared Griner to be “wrongfully detained” — a charge that Russia has sharply rejected.
Griner pleaded guilty in July but still faced trial because admitting guilt in Russia’s judicial system does not automatically end a case. She was sentenced to nine years.
She acknowledged in court that she possessed canisters with cannabis oil but said she had no criminal intent and accidentally packed them. Her defense team presented written statements that she had been prescribed cannabis to treat pain.
The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed Thursday’s swap, saying in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that the exchange took place in Abu Dhabi and Bout had been flown home.
In releasing Bout, the U.S. freed a former Soviet Army lieutenant colonel whom the Justice Department once described as one of the world’s most prolific arms dealers. He was arrested in Thailand in 2008 and extradited to the U.S. in 2010.
Bout was serving a 25-year sentence on charges that he conspired to sell tens of millions of dollars in weapons that U.S officials said were to be used against Americans.
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Tucker reported from Washington. | 2022-12-09T22:05:24+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-plane-believed-to-be-carrying-griner-lands-in-us/ |
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tested positive for COVID-19, his reelection campaign said in a statement issued Sunday.
He is experiencing mild symptoms and is isolating at home while following appropriate protocols, the statement said. Patrick, 72, received the positive test Saturday and will continue to work from home this week, it said.
He had previously tested positive for the coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, about eight months ago. That case was also mild. Patrick is fully vaccinated and received the vaccine’s first booster last fall, his campaign said.
Patrick presides over the Texas Senate. He faces Democrat Mike Collier, 60, in the November general election.
Elena Bruess writes for the Express-News through Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms. ReportforAmerica.org. elena.bruess@express-news.net | 2022-07-24T19:20:06+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Texas-Lt-Gov-Dan-Patrick-tests-positive-for-17325647.php |
Attention-seeking pup snags fire alarm at doggie day care
DES MOINES, Ia. (KCCI/CNN) - A dog in Iowa recently got in trouble after setting off the fire alarm while at doggie day care.
A golden retriever named Birdie accidentally set off the alarm at her daycare center, Dogwoods Lodge.
“She goes to dog camp on Friday at Dogwoods Lodge,” Jessica Tapper, owner of Dogwoods Lodge, said. “She just arrived for day camp and was just bouncing around and bounced into the fire alarm, pushed it in, pulled it down and that was it.”
The mischief was all caught on the daycare’s security camera.
Birdie jumps and hits the alarm, prompting a visit from Grimes firefighters. And when firefighters arrived, they just found the dangerously cute pup showing absolutely no remorse.
Birdie’s owner says “as a punishment” the pup is wearing an apology around her neck, but doesn’t believe Birdie is truly sorry for hounding the fire department.
“She didn’t care other dogs freaked out,” Tapper said.
“We thought it was funny, and we’re glad she’s now let back at dog camp and she can go once a week and play around,” Birdie’s owner said.
Birdie’s owners say they’re not totally surprised that she pulled the fire alarm. They have an 11-month-old baby at home and say Birdie’s been acting out recently to get more attention.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-07T21:52:20+00:00 | atlantanewsfirst.com | https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2022/12/07/attention-seeking-pup-snags-fire-alarm-doggie-day-care/ |
Man to eat Taco Bell for 30 days to find if fast food can be healthy
LEXINGTON, Va. (WDBJ) - A Virginia man plans to eat all three of his daily meals at Taco Bell for 30 days to see if fast food can be good for you.
Sam Reid, a content creator and University of Virginia graduate, is gearing up for a “super-sized” task beginning this Sunday. In 2016, the athlete-turned-filmmaker read an article claiming that Taco Bell was one of the healthiest fast food restaurants.
“I am setting out to eat 30 days straight of nothing but Taco Bell in an attempt to see if I can actually become healthier while doing it,” he said. “I’ll do three meals a day, so a total of 90 meals, and I am going to abide by the rule that during the month I have to eat every single item on the menu at least once.”
Through his experiment, Reid is trying to find out if fast food can actually help you “Live Mas.” He wants to change the way people talk about food, WDBJ reports.
“My hypothesis is that healthy fast food can actually help you become healthier,” he said. “I don’t think it’s so much about the type of food or the brand of food, but it’s about making healthy and informed choices when we eat.”
Reid will visit multiple doctors during the experiment to track his health.
“The things that I’m measuring aren’t just weight. I’m actually measuring percent body fat, cholesterol, sodium, blood pressure, and I’ll be doing some fitness tests as well to see if I can maintain my level of physical fitness,” he said.
Reid put together a Kickstarter campaign to fund his effort and will turn the entire experience into an internet documentary this fall.
“I think a lot of people focus on a couple numbers like weight, calories in, calories out, feeling like they need to earn the food that they eat. The goal is to start a conversation about having a healthy relationship with our food,” he said. “I hope that normalizes the way we talk about food, and I think that would be really beneficial for people to not demonize what they eat or glorify looking a certain way.”
The experiment will get underway July 24 and conclude August 22.
If his Kickstarter reaches $1,500, Reid will end his 30-day challenge at the Flagship Taco Bell Cantina on the Las Vegas Strip.
Copyright 2022 WDBJ via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-20T07:54:07+00:00 | wagmtv.com | https://www.wagmtv.com/2022/07/20/man-eat-taco-bell-30-days-find-if-fast-food-can-be-healthy/ |
Coofandy is going global.
NEW YORK, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Now Coofandy is expanding its global reach. Its products are available for purchase in 100+ different countries in Europe, America, and many other countries. Additionally, Coofandy ensures that the products they receive meet local regulations and standards, such as size and labeling requirements.
Coofandy adheres to the mission of "making the good life within reach" to meet the global consumers' demand for high-quality and personalized fashion; Coofandy has continued to cultivate at the basic platform level, sales side, and supply side and has gradually polished a rapid response capability, integrating product development and design, brand incubation and operation, and supply chain integration.
Coofandy X KOL
Many KOLs from around the world on instagram, youtube and tiktok, recommended products from Coofandy.
Alex Costa (@Alex Costa), a fashion influencer with 3.8 million followers on Youtube, frequently wears Coofandy's casual wear products. You can check his video '5 Masculine Habits Women Find WILDLY Attractive' to know the brand Coofandy better.
Ashley (@Mens Fashioner), a YouTuber with 0.5 million+ subscribers, has also shown her love for the brand's clothes. Celebrity Menswear Stylist Ashley Weston co-founded Mens Fashioner. She's been called, by The New York Times, "The Woman Who Dresses Hollywood's Leading Men" as well as one of "Hollywood's Most Powerful Stylists," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Her work can be seen on the red carpets of film and television premieres, the covers and pages of GQ, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Men's Health, Men's Journal, Wired, InStyle, Interview, and the advertising campaigns of Google, Youtube, Diesel, Reebok, Brooks Brothers, IFC, and many others.
Coofandy X best selling products
Coofandy's popular products include suits, blazers, dress shirts, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and jackets. Some of the best-sellers among all the Company's lineups include Coofandy Men's Cotton Linen Henley Shirt, Men's Casual Hoodies Sweatshirt, and Mens Floral Tuxedo Jacket Paisley Shawl Lapel Suit. The brand also offers a range of accessories, including ties, belts, and hats. Coofandy's clothing is available for purchase on its website as well as through various e-commerce platforms like Amazon and Walmart.
Coofandy is a fashion brand that specializes in men's clothing. The brand was founded in 2013 and is based in Guangzhou, China. Coofandy offers a range of clothing options, including formal wear, casual wear, activewear, and accessories.
For more information about Coofandy, please visit: the Coofandy website, the Coofandy Amazon shop, or connect with Coofandy on Facebook and Instagram.
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PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO), a leader in the treatment of life-threatening conditions in the intensive care unit and cardiac surgery using blood purification via its proprietary polymer adsorption technology, announced that it has received the recommendation from the independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) to continue the pivotal Safe and Timely Antithrombotic Removal – Ticagrelor (STAR-T) trial as planned without any modifications.
Dr. Efthymios N. Deliargyris, Chief Medical Officer of CytoSorbents commented, "The independent DSMB has completed the review of the full unblinded dataset from the first 40 patients enrolled in the STAR-T trial and we are very pleased to receive the recommendation to continue the study as planned without any modifications. All our clinical resources continue to focus on enrollment with the goal of achieving the next milestone of 80 patients enrolled by Spring 2023, triggering another safety review and the execution of the trial's prespecified interim analysis by the independent DSMB."
The STAR-T randomized, controlled trial is a 120-patient, 30 center pivotal study designed to evaluate the ability of DrugSorb-ATR® to reduce perioperative bleeding by removing the antithrombotic agent, ticagrelor (Brilinta®, AstraZeneca) in patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery. Brilinta is one of the leading "blood thinners" used as part of dual-antiplatelet therapy in patients suspected of having a heart attack. But if the patient is one of the up to 10% that need to undergo coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or other open heart surgery, the risk of major fatal or life-threatening CABG-related bleeding can be as high as 50-65%, particularly if the surgery is performed within several days of the last Brilinta dose. Waiting in the hospital to wash out the drug is the only acceptable alternative, but this comes at high cost and potential clinical risk. The goal of DrugSorb-ATR is to allow patients to get the critical surgery they need without delay, while reducing or preventing this bleeding risk by actively removing the drug during the surgery. DrugSorb-ATR has received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for this indication. The STAR-T pivotal study is being conducted by many of the leading cardiothoracic surgery centers in North America and is intended to support U.S. FDA and Health Canada marketing approval for DrugSorb-ATR in this application.
CytoSorbents Corporation is a leader in the treatment of life-threatening conditions in the intensive care unit and in cardiac surgery through blood purification. Its lead product, CytoSorb®, is approved in the European Union and distributed in 75 countries worldwide. It is an extracorporeal cytokine adsorber that reduces "cytokine storm" or "cytokine release syndrome" in common critical illnesses that can lead to massive inflammation, organ failure and patient death. In these diseases, the risk of death can be extremely high, and there are few, if any, effective treatments. CytoSorb is also used during and after cardiothoracic surgery to remove inflammatory mediators that can lead to postoperative complications, including multiple organ failure. As of September 30, 2022, more than 186,000 CytoSorb devices have been used cumulatively. CytoSorb was originally launched in the European Union under CE mark as the first cytokine adsorber. Additional CE mark extensions were granted for bilirubin and myoglobin removal in clinical conditions such as liver disease and trauma, respectively, and for ticagrelor and rivaroxaban removal in cardiothoracic surgery procedures. CytoSorb has also received FDA Emergency Use Authorization in the United States for use in adult critically ill COVID-19 patients with impending or confirmed respiratory failure. The DrugSorb™-ATR antithrombotic removal system, based on the same polymer technology as CytoSorb, also received two FDA Breakthrough Device Designations, one for the removal of ticagrelor and another for the removal of the direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) apixaban and rivaroxaban in a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit during urgent cardiothoracic procedures. The Company is currently conducting the FDA-approved, randomized, controlled STAR-T (Safe and Timely Antithrombotic Removal-Ticagrelor) study of 120 patients at approximately 30 centers in U.S. and Canada to evaluate whether intraoperative use of DrugSorb-ATR can reduce the perioperative risk of bleeding in patients receiving ticagrelor and undergoing cardiothoracic surgery. This pivotal study is intended to support FDA marketing approval in the United States and Health Canada marketing approval for DrugSorb-ATR in this application.
CytoSorbents' purification technologies are based on biocompatible, highly porous polymer beads that can actively remove toxic substances from blood and other bodily fluids by pore capture and surface adsorption. Its technologies have received non-dilutive grant, contract, and other funding of approximately $48 million from DARPA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), Air Force Material Command (USAF/AFMC), and others. The Company has numerous marketed products and products under development based upon this unique blood purification technology protected by many issued U.S. and international patents and registered trademarks, and multiple patent applications pending, including ECOS-300CY®, CytoSorb-XL™, HemoDefend-RBC™, HemoDefend-BGA™, VetResQ®, K+ontrol™, DrugSorb™, DrugSorb™-ATR, ContrastSorb, and others. For more information, please visit the Company's websites at www.cytosorbents.com and www.cytosorb.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
This press release includes forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about our plans, objectives, future targets and outlooks for our business, expectations regarding the future impacts of COVID-19 or the ongoing conflict between Russia and the Ukraine, representations and contentions and are not historical facts and typically are identified by use of terms such as "may," "should," "could," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential," "continue" and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. You should be aware that the forward-looking statements in this press release represent management's current judgment and expectations, but our actual results, events and performance could differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors which could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the risks discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 10, 2022, as updated by the risks reported in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and in the press releases and other communications to shareholders issued by us from time to time which attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors which may affect our business. We caution you not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, other than as required under the Federal securities laws.
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BENSALEM, Pa., Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. ("Argo" or the "Company") (NYSE: ARGO).
Class Period: February 13, 2018 – August 9, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: December 19, 2022
Investors suffering losses on their Argo investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Argo's reserves were wholly inadequate and its underwriting standards were not prudent as was represented; (2) Argo had dramatically changed its underwriting policies on certain U.S. construction contracts as far back as 2018; (3) these policies were underwritten outside of the Company's "core" business including in certain states and for certain exposures that were far riskier than investors understood and that the Company no longer would service moving forward; and (4) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
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Guests who wear flip flops to a participating cafe on May 31, 2023, from 2-7 p.m.
get a free 12 oz. smoothie
ATLANTA, May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 31, the sunshine and good vibes will be in full effect at Tropical Smoothie Cafe. Guests across the country are invited to set their Out of Office email message to Tropic Time, slip into the official footwear of summer and celebrate National Flip Flop Day by snagging a free 12 oz. Strawberry Margarita Smoothie* from 2 – 7 p.m. at participating locations.
A zesty non-alcoholic take on a summer favorite, the Strawberry Margarita Smoothie is perfectly light and refreshing, inspiring guests to stop and smell the flowers, go with the flow and see where the ocean breeze takes them. The Strawberry Margarita Smoothie features strawberries, a fresh lime wedge, lime juice and orange juice.
Established in 2007 by Tropical Smoothie Cafe, National Flip Flop Day is an annual holiday to celebrate the start of summer by prioritizing the act of chillaxing. A tropical oasis in a sea of responsibilities, National Flip Flop Day pulls out all the party stops by offering a free smoothie year after year to inspire guests to find Tropic Time in every moment – even when putting your toes in the sand seems a million miles away.
If guests would like to share the Strawberry Margarita Smoothie love while at their local cafe on National Flip Flop Day, Tropical Smoothie Cafe is partnering with No Kid Hungry, a national campaign working to end child hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. During National Flip Flop Day, participating cafes will collect voluntary donations for No Kid Hungry, giving guests an opportunity to spread a little sunshine.
"This National Flip Flop Day, Tropical Smoothie Cafe is on a mission to make life a beach all summer long. Through our annual celebration we hope to inspire guests to slow down, enjoy a smoothie and some time with friends and family," said Charles Watson, CEO of Tropical Smoothie Café, LLC. "By encouraging our guests to step into Tropic Time, we are giving them the chance to take a few minutes to escape to an everyday getaway. Something we all need."
In addition to a free smoothie, guests who visit during National Flip Flop Day can also try other limited time summer mocktail offerings, which include the Island Punch Smoothie and Watermelon Mojito® Smoothie.
*The details: Free 12 oz. Strawberry Margarita Smoothie only on May 31, 2023, from 2 – 7 p.m. in-cafe at participating locations. One free smoothie will be applied to lowest priced 12 oz. Strawberry Margarita Smoothie ordered. No modifications. Not valid with any other reward, offer or discount, third-party services, online order, or the Tropical Smoothie Cafe® app. Limit one free 12 oz. Strawberry Margarita smoothie per guest.
About Tropical Smoothie Cafe®
Tropical Smoothie Cafe is a national fast-casual restaurant brand built on a mission to Inspire Better®, a commitment that starts with our better-for-you food and smoothies and extends to inspiring better in the communities we serve. Born on a beach in 1997, today Tropical Smoothie Cafe has more than 1,235 locations in 44 states.
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Entering his first season as Long Beach State’s head women’s volleyball coach, Tyler Hildebrand scheduled a match at Nebraska with nostalgia and preparation in mind.
For the former Cornhuskers assistant, the trip back to Lincoln brought back memories of his years coaching in the raucous Devaney Center.
But he also set up the September match with an eye on the first weekend in November and tonight’s meeting with Big West leader Hawaii in SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.
“Obviously going back there was special and it’s great to play that team and it’s good for our RPI and all that,” Hildebrand said. “But the main message when we went there was, ‘This is a little bit of a dress rehearsal.’
“We’re going to have a similar crowd, or more, at Hawaii when we go play there. So we have to learn from this and feel what it’s like to hear those deafening roars when the home team scores.
“But what’s really cool about Nebraska and (Hawaii) is both cheer for good volleyball. … The fans are so knowledgeable and so respectful, it’s one of the beautiful things about our sport.”
Hildebrand hopes the Beach can implement the lessons from the Nebraska match (a loss in front of a crowd of 8,182) and last month’s four-set loss to UH in the Walter Pyramid in tonight’s rematch in Manoa.
The match will be Hildebrand’s 19th in Hawaii going back to his days as an All-America setter for Long Beach State’s men’s program (2003-06). He’s since visited as an assistant with the LBSU men and Nebraska’s indoor and beach programs. He also coached in the U.S. national program, working with local standouts Erik and Kawika Shoji along the way.
After Long Beach made an in-season coaching change just over a year ago, Hildebrand was hired to take over the women’s program last December and bolstered the roster with seven transfers.
Following a 5-3 start in nonconference play, the Beach stood at 1-3 in the Big West and tied for seventh place after UH pulled out a 25-20, 25-21, 15-25, 25-19 win on Oct. 1 in Long Beach. The victory was UH’s 10th straight in the series with LBSU.
The learning curve has since turned in the Beach’s favor and LBSU (15-6, 10-3 BWC) enters tonight’s match riding a nine-match winning streak — including five going to five sets — and alone in third place.
“We’ve really had to fight and claw and battle and be resilient to even get this opportunity to be in the hunt,” Hildebrand said.
“So we’re excited about that and now we gotta play the team that’s No. 1 in the conference. It’s just a great opportunity to see where we’ve come in that month.”
Still the all-time assists leader for the LBSU men’s program, Hildebrand has tutored freshman setter Zayna Meyer this season, giving her freedom to run an up-tempo attack to “create stress on the block.”
Meyer, a transfer from BYU, has won the Big West Setter of the Week award four times this season and moved into the conference lead with 10.24 assists per set, just ahead of UH’s Kate Lang (10.17).
“I’m really impressed with her because she’s made a lot of changes in freeing up and being dynamic and being creative,” Hildebrand said of the 6-foot-1 Meyer.
Outside hitter Morgan Chacon ranks third in the conference with 3.70 kills per set. Opposite Katie Kennedy, an All-Big West selection last season, has picked up her production in conference play with 3.07 kps.
Middle blocker Callie Schwarzenbach followed Hildebrand from Nebraska to Long Beach and leads the primary attackers with a .302 hitting percentage and 0.97 blocks per set (84 total).
In the back row, libero Dylan Dela Cruz has won the BWC Defensive Player of the Week award three times.
“They’re coached well, the defense and passing, they’re definitely going to bring it,” UH coach Robyn Ah Mow said. “And we have to make sure we do our assignments this time with the blocking.”
As for facing the Rainbow Wahine, Hildebrand’s focus starts in the middle with UH’s Amber Igiede, the Big West’s leader in points per set.
“She’s a lot to deal with and I think she’s a national team player,” Hildebrand said.
“It’s one of those teams where it’s not going to be a magical scouting report. You have to try to pressure them and get them off the net, and when you get them off the net you have to deal with the physicality on the left (side).”
If you go …
UH is implementing measures to alleviate long lines at the entrance gates at SimpliFi Arena.
Ticket scanning stations will increase from four to six, and fans are advised to have their digital or paper tickets ready to be scanned when arriving at Gate A. UH recommends fans download mobile tickets to their phone’s digital wallet prior to arriving on campus to avoid delays at the entrance.
A clear bag policy remains in effect at all UH athletic facilities. No reusable bottles are allowed in the venues.
More information is available at hawaiiathletics.com.
Ticket promotions
A “Family Pack” is available for UH’s remaining four home matches. With the purchase of two adult tickets, fans can receive one youth ticket (ages 4-high school) free for every youth ticket purchased (maximum of two free tickets). Family packs can be purchased only at the SSC box office.
Groups of 24 or more qualify for group rate pricing. Group tickets are available at etickethawaii.com.
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When reports surfaced nearly two years ago that the Washington NFL team’s workplace was rife with sexual harassment, owner Daniel Snyder initially attacked the claims as “a hit job” and part of an orchestrated campaign to defame him. Later, amid scrutiny from the NFL, Snyder shouldered partial responsibility, saying that he had been “too hands off” in his stewardship of the team.
He ousted executives accused of wrongdoing, hired Jason Wright as the first Black team president in NFL history and installed a new management hierarchy that was markedly more diverse than his previous leadership regimes as part of what the team — and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in recent testimony before Congress — called an organizational transformation.
Documents released June 22 by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, however, tell a different story. According to sworn depositions of two former team executives whose tenures covered a 17-year span, and additional testimony from another, Snyder didn’t simply preside over an organization in which toxic behavior was rampant; rather, he was an active participant, modeling abusive behavior that his top deputies often mimicked, creating a workplace that was corrosive to male executives, some of whom later regretted their actions, as well as young women.
“Mr. Snyder himself fostered the Commanders’ toxic workplace,” Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), the committee’s chairwoman, said at the outset of a June 22 hearing, summarizing the committee’s findings.
The evidence for Maloney’s assertion was laid out in 750 pages of sworn depositions and transcribed interviews with three former team executives and a former cheerleaders captain, which the committee released in conjunction with its public hearing to question Snyder and Goodell about its preliminary findings. The documents include accounts of being ridiculed and demeaned by Snyder, watching other executives do the same to lower-level employees, witnessing the harassment of female employees who “were treated like a piece of meat,” as one said, and being asked to lie and engage in unethical behavior as part of their jobs.
Snyder declined to take part in the hearing; Goodell participated remotely.
Offered the opportunity to respond to the specific allegations laid out in the committee’s materials, a spokesperson for Snyder issued the following statement: “Despite Mr. Snyder’s continued apologies and regret for the historical problems that arose at the team, The Washington Post goes out of its way to assail his character and ignore the successful efforts by both Dan and Tanya Snyder, together with Jason Wright and Coach Ron Rivera, for over the past two years to bring about a remarkable transformation to the organization. The Snyders will continue to focus on their league-leading fight to bring greater respect and much-needed diversity and equality to the workplace in the face of constant and baseless attacks from the media and elsewhere.”
The committee also found in its eight-month investigation that despite professing full cooperation with the NFL-sponsored probe led by attorney Beth Wilkinson beginning in July 2020, Snyder waged a “shadow campaign” through lawyers and private investigators to undermine her work, discredit former employees and suspected accusers, and shift blame for his role in the team’s toxic culture.
In sworn testimony before the committee, Goodell told lawmakers that the league’s investigation had confirmed that the Washington team’s workplace for years was “unprofessional and unacceptable in numerous respects: bullying, widespread disrespect toward colleagues, use of demeaning language, public embarrassment, and harassment.”
But Goodell attested to the team’s transformation of culture and leadership since.
“The most recent independent workplace report, which we have shared with the Committee, confirms that an entirely new, highly skilled, and diverse management team is in place and that there has been a ‘substantial transformation of [the team’s] culture, leadership and Human resources practices,” Goodell stated. “To be clear, the workplace at the Commanders today bears no resemblance to the workplace that has been described to this committee.”
The NFL declined further comment.
Snyder has remained at odds with committee members since they launched their investigation in October 2021 and continued this year. During that span, Snyder has not provided documents requested by the committee and has yet to accept service of a congressional subpoena after refusing an invitation to testify at its June 22 hearing.
During his deposition June 7, which lasted more than six hours, Dave Pauken, the team’s chief operating officer from 2001 to 2006, likened the workplaces dynamic to “an abusive relationship” and placed Snyder at the heart of it.
“The culture was how Dan wanted the culture at the time,” said Pauken, who testified under oath after being subpoenaed by the panel. “ … I think that in the end, it all stems from the owner, Dan Snyder.”
Asked about Snyder’s assertion that he had simply been too “hands off,” Pauken described him rather as an owner steeped in every detail of the organization.
“My reaction was that that is not a true statement,” Pauken said. Asked to elaborate, he said: “I have no experience with him, nor do any of my colleagues, where he was hands off.”
Pauken worked as an executive for nearly a decade at two of Snyder’s companies, Snyder Communications (1996-2000) and the NFL team (2001-06). Asked to describe Snyder as a businessman based on that experience, Pauken praised his acumen while taking issue with his style.
“He is a visionary. He is very smart. He understands how to create value. And there’s a lot to be learned from him,” Pauken said. “On the other hand, I find him to be overly aggressive, abusive, and demeaning to those that are around him.”
On more than one occasion, Pauken said, Snyder summoned him to owner’s box overlooking FedEx Field before kickoff, where the owner and a friend would watch the cheerleaders’ pregame practice.
“He would say to his friend, hey, do you think Dave is gay?” Pauken testified. “And his friend would say, ‘Yeah, he must be gay.’ And Dan would say, ‘Yeah, he has to be gay, as ugly as these cheerleaders are. Pauken, are you gay? You must be gay. How could you have a cheerleading squad that looked like this?’”
Pauken recounted an instance when Snyder called him and a fellow executive into his office to inform them he had hired Mitch Gershman to take over their role overseeing premium-seat sales, stating that Gershman “had more sales and marketing knowledge in his left testicle than” the two of them had in their entire bodies.
“Those are Dan’s words,” Pauken testified. “Verbatim.”
Pauken said that when he took moral stands during front-office meetings — such as advocating for less risque outfits and choreography for the team’s cheerleaders — Snyder often mocked him in front of his peers.
“He would call me Mr. Goody Two Shoes,” Pauken testified. “Or he would say to another executive, or friend or somebody that I don’t like girls. I’m Mr. Goody Two Shoes. … That was just part of what it was like being in an abusive relationship.”
Pauken said he regretted many things he did at Snyder’s behest during his employment, such as not challenging the owner’s insistence on firing female employees for consensual, in-office sexual relationships but not sanctioning the male executives or players involved.
Chief among his regrets, he said, was complying with a directive from Snyder aimed at Mark Lerner, a real estate magnate who later became owner of the Washington Nationals. Snyder had purchased from Lerner a parcel of land near FedEx Field for additional parking and, according to Pauken’s testimony, subsequently decided he had paid too much. So, Pauken told the committee, Snyder instructed him to pour milk on the carpet under the seating in Mark Lerner’s suite at FedEx Field so it would smell rancid throughout the next game.
Jason Friedman, a marketing executive whose 24-year career with the team spanned the Cooke family ownership and that of Snyder, told the committee that when Snyder took over, “the focus changed from one of quality to one of quantity” and “the culture of the company sort of glorified drinking and womanizing.”
Friedman spoke to the committee voluntarily after first sending the panel a letter to buttress the allegation that former cheerleader and marketing executive Tiffani Johnston leveled against Snyder during a Feb. 3 public roundtable with committee members on Capitol Hill. Johnston told the committee she was seated beside Snyder during a business dinner and had to remove his hand from her thigh under the table. Afterward, she said, Snyder put his hand on her back and tried to steer her into his waiting limousine. Snyder publicly denounced Johnston’s allegations at the time as “outright lies.”
Friedman said team employees were afraid of getting fired “because they had seen so many others lose their jobs.”
According to Friedman, in one of his first days as owner, Snyder sent out a memo to the organization about a meeting at the stadium late in the day. Employee firings started that morning, and by the start of the meeting later in the day, 75 percent of the staff had been let go, Friedman testified. The ones that made the cut, made it to the meeting.
“So there was sort of a message sent to the rest of us that, you know, you’re deemed to be worthy of working for the new owner, march on,” Friedman said.
Like Pauken, Brian Lafemina, a former chief operating officer and president of business operations, was subpoenaed by the committee, and thus legally required to testify under oath.
During questioning on April 8, Lafemina related an anecdote that undercut Snyder’s claim that he had been unaware of workplace misconduct and took swift action once informed. Lafemina testified that, in a 2018 conversation, he informed Snyder about a female employee’s credible complaint about misconduct by play-by-play announcer Larry Michael.
Snyder “said that Larry was a sweetheart, and that Larry wouldn’t hurt anybody,” Lafemina testified. “ … it was obvious that he was fond of Larry and that he thought that Larry was well intentioned and that he didn’t want anything bad to happen to Larry.”
In July 2020, roughly two years after that conversation, Michael abruptly retired on the eve of a Washington Post report that included the former marketing executive’s account of his repeated unwelcome overtures. Michael declined to comment Friday.
Abigail Dymond Welch, an eight-year veteran and former captain of the team’s cheerleading squad, told the committee of events that took place in the months after the workplace allegations surfaced publicly and the team had undertaken its front-office overhaul. Welch said a private investigator who said he “worked on behalf of the Washington Redskins” appeared at her Texas home in April and May 2021 to ask about “interactions” with Bruce Allen and the sexual misconduct investigation into the team.
Those visits occurred seven months after Debra Katz, an attorney for a former team employee, said in a court hearing that the NFL had told Snyder to “back off” in his use of private investigators.
Welch told the committee that she knew of “maybe five” other former cheerleaders who had also been visited at home by private investigators seeking similar information. | 2022-07-02T10:54:02+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/07/02/dan-snyder-house-oversight-transcripts/ |
The company is the first window and door manufacturer to be recognized by Fast Company
PELLA, Iowa, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- How does a 97-year-old window and door manufacturer in Iowa earn world-wide recognition for innovation? By empowering employees to think, work and create with the future in mind. Pella Corporation has been recognized by Fast Company as one of nine 2022 Best Workplaces for Innovators in the U.S. This is the second Fast Company innovation award of 2022 for Pella, following their earlier ranking of No. 8 Most Innovative Design Companies. Pella is the first in the window and door industry to be named to either list.
"We've found innovation success by placing our consumers, and customers at the center of our design process. By focusing on them, we can discover what they love, desire, and have as unmet needs. Their feedback is critical in helping us deliver meaningful innovations to the market," said Jenn Tuetken, Sr. Manager of Innovation and Design at Pella. "This award is also a clear testament to the exceptional talent and spirit of innovation within our organization."
Pella has long embraced a culture of innovation, amassing more than 150 product and design patents in its 97-year history. True to its roots, the company has also been recognized as No. 1 in Innovation by homeowners across the country*.
The manufacturer was recognized by Fast Company in part for its commitment to a culture of innovation, and for their most recent innovations that focus on incorporating universal design principals, convenience, and modern aesthetics into their window and door offering. In the last several years the company has added a dedicated innovation lab and nearly a dozen dedicated cross-functional team members to lead their innovation efforts.
To learn more about a career at Pella visit, pella.com/about/careers/.
Fast Company is the only media brand fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, engaging the most influential leaders, companies, and thinkers on the future of business. Headquartered in New York City, Fast Company is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with our sister publication Inc., and can be found online at www.fastcompany.com.
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology, and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions—underpinned by the world's largest delivery network—Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 482,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
Pella Corporation designs and manufactures windows and doors for residential homes and commercial applications. The company is headquartered in Pella, Iowa and employs approximately 9,500 people with 18 manufacturing locations and more than 200 showrooms across the country. For more information, visit pressroom.pella.com.
*Study of homeowner perceptions of leading national brands. Study commissioned by Pella, 2019.
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OCALA, Fla., Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HiBid facilitated the sale of over $35.4 million in gross auction proceeds through more than 1,350 online-only and webcast auctions held on the auction site last week. In auctions taking place from January 16th through the 22nd, more than 620,000 lots were sold with an average of 1.05 million bidders per day using HiBid.
This week, lots open for bidding on HiBid will give buyers a wealth of opportunities to acquire romantic gifts ahead of Valentine's Day, including luxury watches for men and women and stunning diamond rings, necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. Buyers will also find mid-century modern furniture, coffee and sofa tables, Oriental-style rugs, framed art, figurines, and a wide range of other home furnishing items, plus such musical instruments as an antique piano and a Moog Theremin.
HiBid.com brings buyers and sellers together every day with a wide-ranging selection of lots in more than 300 categories that appeal to bidders worldwide. HiBid is fully integrated with Auction Flex 360, providing auctioneers with a comprehensive auction management solution that supports internet-only auctions, webcast auctions, and absentee bidding.
January 16th-22nd, 2023, HiBid.com Highlights
GAP: $35.4 Million
Lots Sold: 620,159
Online-Only Auctions: 1,271
Webcast Auctions: 95
Average Bidders Per Day: 1.05 Million
Average Bids Per Day: 1.68 Million
Current Auctions
The following list includes a small sample from the hundreds of auctions currently open for bidding on HiBid.com. Site visitors can click the Find Auctions menu at the top of the HiBid.com homepage for links to the Featured and Hot auctions, such as those listed below, or use the search box to find auctions nearby.
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Date: January 25th
Seller: American Jewelry & Coin Auction LLC
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Dates: January 16th-25th
Seller: Light in the Attic Estates
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SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners signed infielder Tommy La Stella to a one-year contract on Thursday, adding another versatile veteran to their roster.
La Stella spent the past two seasons with San Francisco but was designated for assignment by the Giants in late December. La Stella signed a three-year, $18.75 million deal before the 2021 season but played in just 136 games and hit .245 over his two seasons with the Giants.
“Tommy’s makeup, instincts and experience in winning environments will benefit our team as we look to make the next step.” Mariners President of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto said in a statement. “We value his versatility and strike zone management skills, as well as what I believe to be a high baseball IQ.”
Seattle will be the sixth different team for La Stella after breaking in with Atlanta in 2014. He was an All-Star selection with the Los Angeles Angels in 2019, when he hit a career-best .295 with an .832 OPS, 16 homers and 44 RBIs but was limited to just 80 games after suffering a fractured tibia on a foul ball.
La Stella has primarily played second and third base and likely will be in a rotation at those positions for Seattle. He also was the designated hitter in 43 games last season for the Giants and could be a left-handed hitting option in that spot for Seattle.
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AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-01-20T02:06:00+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Mariners-sign-IF-Tommy-La-Stella-to-1-year-deal-17729463.php |
The economy still takes the top spot as the most pressing concern, but preserving democracy continues to rank high in NPR's polling, an aberration in American history.
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The economy still takes the top spot as the most pressing concern, but preserving democracy continues to rank high in NPR's polling, an aberration in American history.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-03-29T21:49:35+00:00 | nprillinois.org | https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-03-29/new-npr-poll-examines-top-issues-for-americans |
As the Ukrainian army and civilians continue to fight the Russian invasion, their psychological toughness and persistence is on full display and essential to long-term victory.
On March 23, 1944, Rome experienced one of the most consequential acts of resistance of the war, one that would galvanize antifascists across the country. That morning, members of a partisan guerrilla warfare team called “Gappisti” lay in wait. A Nazi parade was planned in honor of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the first fascist organization in 1919, begun by Mussolini and fewer than 150 disgruntled supporters. Rosario Bentivegna posed as a sanitation worker pushing a garbage can, smoking a cigar and sweeping up along a narrow section of Via Rasella in central Rome. His partner Carla Capponi mingled with onlookers.
The Nazis had occupied much of Italy for the previous six months, having anticipated its surrender by sending trains of soldiers southward after Mussolini was deposed in 1943. They would meet the Allied army’s mainland invasion south of Rome, where the fighting had been stalled all winter. All were eager to change the course of war.
As a column of soldiers came into view at the March parade, Bentivegna used his cigar to light 40 pounds of explosives hidden in his garbage can before briskly walking away. The explosion scattered Nazi soldiers and debris. When the dust began to clear, Capponi pulled her gun from her trench coat pocket to take aim at Nazis, driving them down the street toward other Gappisti, who fired upon them as well. Then the woman disappeared into the frantic crowd.
The bold action killed 52 Nazis, injured more than 100 and sent a clear signal to Nazi forces that the antifascism resistance was not backing down. It also sparked a horrific Nazi retribution that Hitler declared “would make the world tremble.” The next day the Nazis kidnapped hundreds of Romans — some from the infamous Nazi prison and torture chamber on Via Tasso, others from streets across the Eternal City — and took them to the sacred Ardeatine cave outside of the city walls, where they were assassinated.
As news spread, these events inspired — and inflamed — partisans and their supporters across occupied Italy, and helped to grow the movement against Nazi Germany in Rome and beyond. As historian Halik Kochanski has explained, this high-profile event allowed the resistance to circumvent a highly censored national press and “helped change the mood of a country.”
News of successful actions that destabilized the Nazis brought more people into the fold, both as armed members and in critical support roles. And it fostered resilience: Romans continued to hide members of the resistance, despite the increased punishments for doing so, and partisans nimbly shifted their leadership when members were caught or compromised.
The Via Rasella attack was also intended to send a message with its precise timing and target. An Italian journalist had written in his diary that day that it was “a significant gesture carried out on a significant day and so all the more meaningful in itself.” This message resonated with Italian citizens who were looking for ways to contribute to this fight against tyranny.
It worked.
In the wake of the Via Rasella attack, Gappisti in Rome and regions to the north became bolder — assassinating Nazi and fascist leaders, bombing bridges and tanks and providing critical intelligence for advancing Allied forces. And many more joined their ranks after learning of these more visible actions, including tens of thousands of women, whose relative freedom of movement was vital to the resistance. Nazis did not believe women were active in the resistance, allowing them to pass through their many checkpoints with little scrutiny.
They were conscripted to transport everything from radio transmitters to gun caches to documents. They also placed bombs, wrote and disseminated underground newspapers and acted as spies, often operating in plain sight, posing as a mother or niece running errands. This was a boon for advancing the feminist agenda in Italy, and many female resistance members would become leaders within the new postwar government, including Capponi herself.
On this anniversary of the Via Rasella attacks, we are reminded that the resistance to any armed invasion and occupation depends upon more than those fighting on the front line. Its power lies in the psychological battle as well, which galvanizes a country to work together against a great foe.
As the Ukrainians are demonstrating today, their resistance is sustained by actions as diverse as youths adapting a smartphone app to coordinate aid and women sewing camouflage nets sent to the front line in packages with baked goods and notes of support. It’s not only about firepower — although that certainly helps — but also fostering the will and resilience of a people willing to risk their lives for a cause. | 2023-03-23T11:31:07+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2023/03/23/resistance-everyday-ukrainians-remains-crucial-success/ |
3 dead after construction site scaffolding collapse in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) – Three construction workers have died and two were hurt in an industrial accident just outside of uptown Charlotte, according to officials.
Charlotte Fire said crews have responded to the industrial accident at a construction site on East Morehead Street.
Officials confirmed that three people died in the accident, while two others suffered minor injuries and were taken to Atrium CMC Main for treatment.
According to Charlotte Fire, the fatalities and injuries were the results of a scaffolding collapse.
The intersection at East Morehead Street and Euclid Avenue is taped off as of 10:45 a.m. Monday.
Fire Capt. Jackie Gilmore said all construction work has come to a stop until the investigation is completed.
Copyright 2023 WBTV via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-02T17:09:48+00:00 | kxii.com | https://www.kxii.com/2023/01/02/3-dead-after-construction-site-scaffolding-collapse-charlotte/ |
World’s largest moth found in US for first time, officials say
BELLVUE, Wash. (KPTV/Gray News) - Officials in Washington state are urging the public to keep an eye out for moths following the discovery of one of the largest moths in the world earlier this year.
KPTV reports a University of Washington professor found the moth, later identified as an Atlas moth, outside his garage in Bellevue on July 7.
Officials said that an Atlas moth’s wingspan could reach about 10 inches, making it the biggest known moth in the world.
According to the Washington State Department of Agriculture, entomologists believe it to be the first official finding of the pest in the U.S.
“These are the kinds of insects that people bring their phones out and take pictures of, even if they aren’t looking for bugs,” said Sven Spichiger, managing entomologist at the department. “These are normally a tropical moth. We are not sure it could survive here.”
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Atlas moth is a federally quarantined pest. Without permission from the USDA, collecting, housing or selling the moth is prohibited.
“The USDA is gathering available scientific and technical information about the moth and will provide response recommendations,” Spichiger said. “In the meantime, we hope residents will help us learn if this was a one-off escapee or if there is a population in the area.”
Officials said the moth does not represent a hazard to the public’s health.
The department urges anyone who spots an Atlas moth in Washington to send a photo to pestprogram@agr.wa.gov and include a location.
Copyright 2022 KPTV via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-08-18T04:09:33+00:00 | waff.com | https://www.waff.com/2022/08/18/worlds-largest-moth-found-us-first-time-officials-say/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the Tony Awards (all times local):
11 p.m.
“A Strange Loop,” an utterly unforgettable, idiosyncratic trip into one man’s psyche, has won the best new musical Tony Award, beating more commercial fare.
Michael R. Jackson’s 2020 Pulitzer Prize drama winner is a theater meta-journey — a tuneful show about a Black gay man writing a show about a Black gay man. That show is also called “A Strange Loop.”
At its center is Usher, an unhappy playwright slumming as an usher at “The Lion King.” He is haunted by a Greek chorus of voices — his thoughts as well as homophobic family members — who pummel, undercut and berate him.
Jackson, who in real life was an usher at “The Lion King,” is also the songwriter, and he wrote the 18 songs within the Broadway tradition, a cocktail of rock and R&B, melded harmonies, ballads and belting.
“A Strange Loop” beat out “Girl From the North Country,” “MJ,” “Mr. Saturday Night,” “Paradise Square” and “Six: The Musical.”
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10:50 p.m.
Joaquina Kalukango has won the Tony Award for best leading actress in a musical.
Kalukango won for her work in “Paradise Square,” a musical about Irish immigrants and Black Americans jostling to survive in New York City around the time of the Civil War.
Kalukango’s credits include Lifetime’s “The Mahalia Jackson Story,” starring her former “The Color Purple” castmate Danielle Brooks, and Amazon’s “One Night… in Miami” as Betty Shabazz.
She said her name means “established by God” and she gave thanks to God and her parents during her acceptance speech.
She was also in the ensemble of “Holler If Ya Hear Me” on Broadway and appeared in Ava DuVernay’s Exonerated Five miniseries “When They See Us.” She was Tony-nominated for Jeremy O. Harris’ ground-breaking “Slave Play.”
For the Tony, she beat out Sharon D Clarke in “Caroline, or Change,” Carmen Cusack from “Flying Over Sunset,” Sutton Foster in “The Music Man” and Mare Winningham from “Girl From the North Country.”
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10:45 p.m.
Myles Frost has moonwalked away with the award for best lead actor in a musical for playing Michael Jackson and becomes the youngest solo winner in that category.
“MJ” represents the 22-year-old Frost’s Broadway debut as he plays Jackson with a high, whispery voice, a Lady Diana-like coquettishness and a fierce embrace of Jackson’s iconic dancing and singing style, right down to the rhythmic breathing and swiveling head.
Frost thanked his parents and sang during his acceptance speech.
Frost was raised by his mother in Fort Washington, Maryland. After high school, he put theater aside to pursue a career in music. He attended Belmont University in Nashville for two years to major in audio engineering. He transferred to Bowie State University in Maryland for his final two years.
The bio musical is stuffed with the King of Pop’s biggest hits, including “ABC,” “Black or White,” “Blame it on the Boogie,” “Bad,” “Billie Jean,” “Off the Wall,” “Thriller” and “I’ll Be There.”
Frost beat Billy Crystal in “Mr. Saturday Night,” Hugh Jackman from “The Music Man,” Rob McClure in “Mrs. Doubtfire” and Jaquel Spivey in “A Strange Loop.” Frost unseated Ben Platt as the youngest performer to win best leading man in a musical on his own for “Dear Evan Hansen.” (Three young men won for playing Billy Elliot in 2009).
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10:31 p.m.
Deirdre O’Connell has won the Tony Award for best actress in a play for her work in “Dana H.”
“Dana H.,” which has been described as “harrowing fugue state of a play,” is about a woman kidnapped by a former convict and member of a white supremacist brotherhood and held hostage for five months. It is written by Lucas Hnath and directed by Les Waters.
O’Connell never speaks in the play. Instead, she sits on a set that resembles a Florida motel room and lip-syncs to an edited recording of the survivor, Dana Higginbotham. In her acceptance speech, O’Connell said she wanted her award to be a “token” to those wondering if they should try to create something fort he theater.
O’Connell’s other Broadway credits include “Magic/Bird” and “The Front Page.” For the Tony, O’Connell beat Gabby Beans, LaChanze, Ruth Negga and Mary-Louise Parker.
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10:30 p.m.
Simon Russell Beale has won the Tony Award for best leading actor in a play for his work in “The Lehman Trilogy.”
Stefano Massini’s play about what led to the collapse of Lehman Brothers — adapted by Ben Power and directed by Sam Mendes — stars Adrian Lester and Adam Godley alongside Beale.
It’s Beale’s third time on Broadway, having made his debut in 2004 in “Jumpers” and returning to play King Arthur in “Spamalot.”
He has had roles in projects like the Christina Ricci horror flick “The Gathering,” the Michelle Williams dramatic adaptation “My Week With Marilyn” and the drama “The Deep Blue Sea” with Rachel Weisz.
For the Tony, Beale beat his “The Lehman Trilogy” co-stars — Godley and Lester — as well as David Morse in “How I Learned to Drive,” Sam Rockwell in “American Buffalo,” Ruben Santiago-Hudson in “Lackawanna Blues” and David Threlfall in “Hangmen.”
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10:15 p.m.
“The Lehman Trilogy,” which tells the story of an American financial giant’s downfall, has won best new play honors at the Tonys.
Stefano Massini’s play about what led to the collapse of Lehman Brothers — adapted by Ben Power and directed by Sam Mendes — stars Adrian Lester, Simon Russell Beale and Adam Godley.
Spanning 150 years and running three and a half hours, “The Lehman Trilogy” illustrates the trajectory of western capitalism by following the fortunes of a single family into the financial crash of 2008, when their Wall Street institution filed for bankruptcy.
The play first arrived at the National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre in 2018 and went on to have an off-Broadway run and then a West End bow. The English-language version is a marathon: Three actors doing 185 roles.
For the Tony, it beat “Clyde’s,” “Hangmen,” “The Minutes” and “Skeleton Crew.”
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9:45 p.m.
A revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” that gender-switches the lead character has won the Tony Award for best musical revival.
The show is an exploration of a single person’s conflicted feelings about commitment, traditionally focusing on a 35-year-old bachelor. This time, it had a bachelorette and the sexes of several couples swapped around.
The revival starred Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone with direction from Marianne Elliott. The songs include “You Could Drive a Person Crazy,” “The Ladies Who Lunch,” “Side by Side by Side” and the “Being Alive.”
For the Tony, it beat “The Music Man” and “Caroline, or Change.”
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9:15 p.m.
“Take Me out” won the Tony Award for best play in 2003 and this year has won it for best play revival.
Richard Greenberg’s Pulitzer Prize-nominee explores what happens when a Major League Baseball superstar comes out as gay, tracing the way it unsettles the team and unleashes toxic prejudices.
“Grey’s Anatomy” star Jesse Williams plays the star baller and Jesse Tyler Ferguson plays his unathletic gay accountant, Mason Marzac, a sweetly zealous convert to the game.
It beat out “American Buffalo,” “How I Learned to Drive,” “Trouble in Mind” and “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf.”
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8:40 p.m.
Marianne Elliott has made Tony history by becoming the only woman to have won three Tonys for directing. The latest prize comes for her work on the Stephen Sondheim revival of “Company.”
The show is an exploration of a single person’s conflicted feelings about commitment, traditionally focusing on a 35-year-old bachelor. This time, it had a bachelorette and the sexes of several couples swapped around.
“Thank you, first and foremost to Stephen Sondheim for trusting me to tell his story in a different way and putting a woman front and center,” Elliott said while accepting the award.
She was an associate director at the National Theatre in the UK for 10 years, where she directed “Angels in America” and “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” — both of which transferred to Broadway — and she was a co-director of the international hit “War Horse.” She earned directing Tonys for “War Horse” and “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.”
For her third directing Tony, she beat Stephen Brackett of “A Strange Loop,” Conor McPherson from “Girl From the North Country,” Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage of “Six: The Musical” and Christopher Wheeldon from “MJ.”
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8:38 p.m.
Sam Mendes has won the Tony Award for best direction of a play for helming “The Lehman Trilogy.”
Mendes last won for directing “The Ferryman” and he has won for producing “Red,” “Take Me Out” and “The Real Thing.”
Stefano Massini’s “The Lehman Trilogy” — about what led to the collapse of Lehman Brothers — stars Adrian Lester and Adam Godley alongside Simon Russell Beale.
Among Mendes’s films are the James Bond installments “Skyfall” and “Spectre” and he won an Oscar for directing “American Beauty.” He also was nominated for “1917.”
For his latest Tony, Mendes beat Lileana Blain-Cruz of “The Skin of Our Teeth,” Camille A. Brown from “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf,” Neil Pepe of “American Buffalo” and Les Waters for “Dana H.”
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8:30 p.m.
Patti LuPone has won the third Tony of her illustrious career for her work in a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company.”
The show is an exploration of a single person’s conflicted feelings about commitment, traditionally focusing on a 35-year-old bachelor. This time, it had a bachelorette and the sexes of several couples swapped around.
LuPone plays Joanne, the acerbic character who sings the anthem “The Ladies Who Lunch.” She has had a long history with the character and this legendary song in particular, performing “Ladies Who Lunch” at Sondheim’s 80th birthday concert.
LuPone won her first Tony for “Evita,” earned two more nominations for revivals of “Anything Goes” and “Sweeney Todd” before winning her second prize in 2008 for her performance as Rose in “Gypsy.”
For the latest Tony, LuPone beat Jeannette Bayardelle in “Girl From the North Country,” Shoshana Bean in “Mr. Saturday Night,” Jayne Houdyshell from “The Music Man,” L Morgan Lee from “A Strange Loop” and Jennifer Simard in “Company.”
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8:10 p.m.
Host Ariana DeBose has kicked off the Tony Awards and Jesse Tyler Ferguson has won the first acting award of the night.
DeBose, wearing a sparkling white jumpsuit and wide-brimmed hat, danced and sang a song that mashed up shards of musical theater favorites, like “Chicago, “The Wiz,” “Evita,” “Rent,” “Hair,” “Cabaret,” “Hairspray” and “West Side Story,” the movie remake for which she won an Oscar.
Still panting while welcoming viewers, she told the crowd that this was the season “Broadway got it’s groove back.”
Moments later, Ferguson won the Tony Award for best featured actor in a play for his work in the revival of “Take Me Out.”
“I can’t believe I get to do this for a living,” Ferguson said, thanking his mother and father for letting him move to New York City to pursue his acting dream.
Richard Greenberg’s play is an exploration of what happens when a Major League Baseball superstar comes out as gay, tracing the way it unsettles the team and unleashes toxic prejudices. Ferguson plays the superstar’s unathletic gay accountant.
Ferguson, a five-time Emmy-nominated star of TV’s “Modern Family,” has had previous roles on Broadway, including “On the Town,” “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” and “Fully Committed.” This is his first Tony.
Ferguson beat out Alfie Allen from “Hangmen,” Chuck Cooper in “Trouble in Mind,” Ron Cephas Jones from “Clyde’s” and two of his “Take Me Out” co-stars — Jesse Williams and Michael Oberholtzer.
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8 p.m.
Eleven Tony Awards were handed out Sunday before the main telecast, spreading trophies across seven shows.
“Six: The Musical” picked up awards for best score and costumes for a musical. The revival of “Company” nabbed best scenic design for a musical. Best orchestrations went to “Girl From the North Country.” And “The Lehman Trilogy” won for best scenic design of a play and lighting design of a play.
“The Skin of Our Teeth” won best costumes for a play, “MJ” won for choreography, best lighting of a musical and sound design of a musical and “Dana H.” won for sound design of a play.
The main event with host Ariana DeBose will start live at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS.
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7:15 p.m.
Darren Criss and Julianne Hough have kicked off a one-hour Tony Award celebration at Radio City Music Hall, handing out mostly technical awards like best scenic and lighting design on Paramount+.
Hough and Criss opened their portion of the telecast with his original song, “Set the Stage,” celebrating the artists who keep theater alive.
The first award of the night — for best score — went to “Six: The Musical,” with music and lyrics by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. Marlow is the first out nonbinary composer-lyricist to win a Tony.
A total of eight design awards will be handed out along with best score, as well as the award for orchestrations and ending with choreography. The main event with host Ariana DeBose will start live at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS.
“A Strange Loop,” a theater meta-journey about a playwright writing a musical, goes into the telecast with a leading 11 Tony nominations. Right behind with 10 nominations each is “MJ,” a bio musical of the King of Pop, and “Paradise Square,” a musical about Irish immigrants and Black Americans jostling to survive in New York City around the time of the Civil War.
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6:30 p.m.
It has taken playwright Michael R. Jackson almost two decades to take his musical “A Strange Loop” to Broadway and he says the recognition is a sort of validation.
“It feels wonderful. It feels like a real validation of all the time, the blood, the sweat, the tears we put into this piece. I’ve worked on this musical for almost 20 years, and so to be here after having stuck to my guns feels like such a validation,” Jackson said on the Tony red carpet.
In the musical, we meet the character Usher, an unhappy playwright slumming as an usher at “The Lion King.” Usher is haunted by a Greek chorus of voices — his thoughts as well as homophobic family members — who pummel, undercut and berate him. Jackson said there’s a little Usher in him.
“Usher is a character that I’ve certainly created to sort of deal with some things that I was thinking about. But he’s grown so far beyond that and I’ve grown so far beyond that,” he said. “Watching every night feels really exciting because I’m watching a piece of art that I started from like a really formative time, sort of really become something bigger than any sort of personal experience that I was having.”
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9 a.m.
Darren Criss’ favorite night of the year has arrived. It’s the Tony Awards. “I’ll never shut up about the Tonys. I love the Tonys,” he says.
Criss will not only be watching the Tonys on Sunday, he’ll also be working. He’s co-host with Julianne Hough of a one-hour pre-Tony celebration at Radio City Music Hall, and he’s even written an original song about the show that he’ll perform, revealing “a bit of my nerdy proclivities.”
Criss and Hough will be handing out creative arts Tonys on Paramount+ and then pass hosting duties to Ariana DeBose for the main three-hour telecast on CBS from the same stage, live coast to coast for the first time. | 2022-06-13T21:56:28+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/tonys-latest-michael-r-jackson-reflects-on-his-loop/ |
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Anita Pointer, one of four sibling singers who earned pop success and critical acclaim as The Pointer Sisters, died Saturday at the age of 74, her publicist announced.
The Grammy winner passed away while she was with family members, publicist Roger Neal said in a statement. A cause of death was not immediately revealed.
“While we are deeply saddened by the loss of Anita, we are comforted in knowing she is now with her daughter Jada and her sisters June & Bonnie and at peace. She was the one that kept all of us close and together for so long,” her sister Ruth, bothers Aaron and Fritz and granddaughter Roxie McKain Pointer said in the statement.
Anita Pointer's only daughter, Jada Pointer, died in 2003.
Anita, Ruth, Bonnie and June Pointer, born the daughters of a minister, grew up singing in their father's church in Oakland, California.
The group's 1973 self-titled debut album included the breakout hit, “Yes We Can Can.” Known for hit songs including “I’m So Excited,” “Slow Hand,” “Neutron Dance” and “Jump (For My Love),” the singers gained a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994.
The 1983 album “Break Out” went triple platinum and garnered two American Music Awards. The group won three Grammy Awards and had 13 U.S. top 20 hit songs between 1973 and 1985, Neal said.
The Pointer Sisters also was the first African American group to perform on the Grand Ole Opry program and the first contemporary act to perform at the San Francisco Opera House, Neal said.
Bonnie Pointer left the group in 1977, signing a solo deal with Motown Records but enjoying only modest success. “We were devastated,” Anita Pointer said of the departure in 1990. “We did a show the night she left, but after that, we just stopped. We thought it wasn’t going to work without Bonnie.”
The group, in various lineups including younger family members, continued recording through 1993.
June Pointer died of cancer at the age of 52 in 2006.
Anita Pointer announced Bonnie Pointer's death resulting from cardiac arrest at the age of 69 in 2020. “The Pointer Sisters would never have happened had it not been for Bonnie,” she said in a statement. | 2023-01-01T12:01:53+00:00 | kagstv.com | https://www.kagstv.com/article/news/nation-world/anita-pointer-of-the-pointer-sisters-dies/507-e9172399-27d4-4c9a-b196-80b919622536 |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)Jr. Clay’s 19 points helped Tennessee State defeat Lipscomb 90-85 on Sunday.
Clay also had five assists and three steals for the Tigers (6-4). Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. was 6 of 10 shooting, including 2 for 3 from distance, and went 4 for 4 from the line to add 18 points. Christian Brown recorded 16 points.
Jacob Ognacevic led the Bisons (6-4) in scoring, finishing with 19 points. Quincy Clark added 13 points for Lipscomb. Tommy Murr finished with 11 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. | 2022-12-12T14:47:29+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/sports/ncaa-mens-basketball/clays-19-lead-tennessee-state-past-lipscomb-90-85/ |
MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards flooded the streets of Madrid on Sunday for the largest protest yet against the regional government’s management of the capital city’s health care services.
Over 250,000 people rallied in the city center, according to the central Spanish government. Organizers claimed the crowd was bigger by several hundred thousand. Many protest participants carried homemade signs with messages in Spanish like “The right to health is a human right. Defend the health service.”
Health worker associations led the demonstration, which was backed by left-wing parties, unions and normal citizens concerned with what they see as the dismantling of the public health care system by the Madrid region’s conservative-led government.
These groups have taken to the streets on a regular basis in recent months, and their movement is gathering strength.
Madrid’s regional chief, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, alleges the protests are motivated by the political interests of left-wing rivals ahead of May regional elections across most of Spain.
Health care workers claim that Díaz Ayuso’s administration spends the least amount per capita on primary health care of any Spanish region even though it has the highest per capita income. They say that for every 2 euros spent on health care in Madrid, one ends up in the private sector.
Critics of her administration say that produces long waits for patients and overworked doctors and nurses.
Spain has a hybrid health care system, but the public sector is larger than the private one and is considered a basic pillar of the state. It is run by Spain’s regions. | 2023-02-13T07:10:28+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/international/ap-spain-hundreds-of-thousands-march-for-madrids-healthcare/ |
GRAY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A week after Gov. Bill Lee signed comprehensive legislation regulating the sale of hemp-derived cannabinoids like Delta-8, Tri-Cities hemp sellers say they’re glad to see rules come into an industry that’s been largely unregulated.
“Before it was almost like we were kind of operating in a loophole,” The Laboratory Co-Owner Ashton Smyth told News Channel 11.
Delta-8 and products like it are derived from hemp and give a high similar to marijuana, however, they’ve faced less regulation than marijuana, leading to uncertainty about the product’s safety.
Now, state law will require sellers to obtain a license for all THC products by January 2024 and require product testing to ensure customer safety.
Gold Spectrum CBD founder Zack Green packs cannabinoids like Delta-8 into vapes and other products out of a Gray warehouse and sells them at stores across the Southeast.
He told News Channel 11 this new law puts Tennessee in a leading position when it comes to Delta 8.
“No state besides Tennessee has given such a green light on the hemp industry and such good regulations,” said Green. “We truly believe that these are the best business practices that they’re putting forward on this.”
Green says he already tests his products and marks them with a QR code, allowing customers to find more detailed information online.
“By requiring registration with the state requiring certificate of analysis of what’s inside the product, and batch testing, I think we’ll clean up a lot of the junk that’s out there,” said Green. “Then people will have a quality product that they can feel safe about.”
In Kingsport, The Laboratory co-owners Adam Stalling and Ashton Smyth agree, product testing is a worthwhile investment.
The pair also manufacture THC products in Colonial Heights and test them with the Department of Agriculture, something all manufacturers will have to start doing.
“We have outstanding scores with it and we work very closely with them and what that ensures is that we’re giving you accurately-dosed, good, effective, and safe products,” said Stalling.
Far from being afraid of more rules, Staling says he hopes regulating the sale of Delta-8 will open the door for marijuana legalization.
“It’s definitely a win towards the ultimate goal, you know, which is wide legalization of the cannabis industry,” said Stalling. | 2023-05-18T05:01:12+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/local-hemp-sellers-excited-for-delta-regulations/ |
SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian judge on Monday ordered an investigation be opened into allegations that retired Formula One driver Nelson Piquet used racist and homophobic slurs about Lewis Hamilton.
The 69-year-old Piquet made the comments in interviews filmed in November, which only came to wider attention late in June.
The charges were brought by four human rights groups, which want three-time world champion Piquet to pay 10 million Brazilian reals ($1.86 million) for allegedly causing moral damage to Black and LGBTQ people.
Piquet, who did not reply to a request for comment from The Associated Press, will have 15 days to state his case to judge Felipe Costa da Fonseca Gomes of the Distrito Federal court.
Piquet's comments, made in Portuguese while discussing a crash between seven-time champion Hamilton and Max Verstappen during last year’s British Grand Prix, have been widely condemned by F1 drivers, teams, and the sport's governing body.
Piquet referred to Hamilton as “neguinho” in Portuguese, which means “little Black guy.” The term is not necessarily a racist slur in Brazil, but it is an expression that is increasingly seen as distasteful, and its phrasing can also emphasize that.
Piquet initially apologized to Hamilton, saying the term was “ill thought out” and not meant to be offensive. He added “neguinho” can be used as a short for “people in general.”
But a second excerpt of the same video, published July 1 by website Grande Prêmio, left little doubt that Piquet he was singling out Hamilton as “the little Black guy,” to which he added a homophobic slur.
The Brazilian used homophobic language to say the British driver wasn’t focused to challenge Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg for the 2016 title.
After the second excerpt was published, Piquet told Motorsport Magazine during the Le Mans classic that the outrage about his comments is irrelevant.
“There is nothing, nothing I said wrong,” Piquet said. “I don’t really care, it doesn’t disturb my life. I am here with my friends, we are having fun, that’s it.”
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More AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-07-12T01:29:54+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Brazil-court-probes-Piquet-over-racist-17298404.php |
DENVER — The latest round of e-bike rebates in Denver is set to begin in just 24 hours and if it’s anything like before, they won’t last long.
The limited number of rebates will open for applications on the city’s website portal on Tuesday, January 31 at 11 a.m. There are three types of rebates available with the standard rebate offered to Denver residents potentially helping you save up to $300 on an e-bike or $500 on an e-cargo bike, according to the city’s website.
An income-qualified rebate of up to $1,200 is available to people who meet certain income requirements and an adaptive rebate helps people with a disability receive up to $1,400 on an adaptive e-bike.
Denver residents have snatched up thousands of e-bike rebates over the past year each time the popular program has been available. As of the end of 2022, 4,734 e-bike rebates in Denver have been redeemed, according to the city.
The city recommends having all the needed paperwork and information by 11 a.m. for your best chance at snagging a rebate.
For a standard rebate, you’ll need proof of Denver residency and must be over 16 years of age. Here’s a link to all the information needed to apply for an e-bike rebate, including the income-qualified and adaptive rebates.
All three classes of e-bikes are eligible for a rebate and more information on which bike shops are participating are also available on the city’s website.
If you miss this time around, here are the other tentative e-bike rebate dates for 2023:
- Tuesday, March 28
- Tuesday, May 30
- Tuesday, July 25
- Tuesday, September 26
Tuesday, November 28 | 2023-01-30T15:15:54+00:00 | denver7.com | https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/e-bike-vouchers-in-denver-how-to-get-one-tomorrow |
DAVIE, Fla., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Scientific Labs Holdings Inc. ("Green Scientific Labs" or the "Company"), leading multi-state provider of innovative cannabis and hemp testing technologies and methods, was assessed on Thursday, July 7 by an ISO accreditation body for its initial accreditation. Similar to the previous two audits to its other locations in Davie, Florida and Phoenix, Arizona, the Company's New Jersey laboratory met all expectations, and the inspection did not yield a single negative observation (finding), according to the ISO accreditation body. It was recommended for ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation as outlined by the joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communiqué and met the requirements of the AOAC International Guidelines for Laboratories performing Microbiological and Chemical Analyses of Food and Pharmaceuticals (2018).
"The laboratory facility buildout is complete; equipment is being installed and qualified in preparation for scope expansion to include the many methods Green Scientific Labs performs nationwide. We are excited about this accomplishment and looking forward to receiving the certification in the second half of 2022," said Rafael Bombonato, Chief Compliance Officer of Green Scientific Labs.
The laboratory is continuing to meet the New Jersey state requirements for licensure. It is expected to obtain the required licenses soon to start testing medicinal and recreational cannabis samples to ensure accuracy, safety, and quality.
Since its inception, Green Scientific Labs has been diligently working on ensuring it has a corporate culture where laboratory operations have built-in quality and compliance. The hard work has been authenticated by the consecutive perfect audit results and our third ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation.
Green Scientific Labs (CSE: GSL) is a leading, multi-state provider of innovative cannabis and hemp testing technologies and methods. The company's labs perform product testing to help cultivators, manufacturers, and retailers stay compliant with state and federal regulations. Green Scientific Labs delivers superior marijuana, cannabis, hemp, and CBD testing services, and provides unmatched customer service for its clients. For more information, please visit https://www.greenscientificlabs.com/.
This news release includes forward-looking information and statements, which may include, but are not limited to, information and statements regarding or inferring the future business, operations, financial performance, prospects, and other plans, intentions, expectations, estimates, and beliefs of the Company and statements with regard to the issuance of additional Company Shares in satisfaction of earn-out payments and the expansion of the Company's operations. Words such as "expects", "continue", "will", "anticipates" and "intends" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current projections and expectations about future events and financial trends that management believes might affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs, and on certain assumptions and analysis made by the Company in light of the experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments and other factors management believes are appropriate. Forward-looking information and statements involve and are subject to assumptions and known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause actual events, results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future events, results, performance, and achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking information and statements herein. Although the Company believes that any forward-looking information and statements herein are reasonable, in light of the use of assumptions and the significant risks and uncertainties inherent in such information and statements, there can be no assurance that any such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, and accordingly readers are advised to rely on their own evaluation of such risks and uncertainties and should not place undue reliance upon such forward-looking information and statements. Any forward-looking information and statements herein are made as of the date hereof, and except as required by applicable laws, the Company assumes no obligation and disclaims any intention to update or revise any forward-looking information and statements herein or to update the reasons that actual events or results could or do differ from those projected in any forward looking information and statements herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or results, or otherwise, except as required by applicable laws.
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SOURCE Green Scientific Labs | 2022-07-12T11:55:12+00:00 | wafb.com | https://www.wafb.com/prnewswire/2022/07/12/green-scientific-labs-assessed-initial-isoiec-17025-accreditation-its-new-jersey-laboratory/ |
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Lana Del Rey, 37; Prince William, 40; Chris Pratt, 43; Juliette Lewis, 49.
Happy Birthday: Make a lasting impression, knock the ball out of the park, be proud of what you accomplish and take on a leadership position. Acting courageously and making bold moves will help you get your life in gear and headed in the desired direction. Pay attention to risk factors, and counter whatever comes your way with precision and confidence. Your numbers are 7, 12, 19, 28, 31, 37, 40.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep your life simple, conversations honest and promises doable. A unique alternative will prove helpful when faced with a challenge that requires discretion, responsibility and honesty. Make financial gains, new beginnings and personal growth your priorities. 3 stars
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Channel your energy, and finish what you start. A change will impact the way you take care of matters. Think about the possibilities, but don’t make unrealistic promises. Gauge the time it will take and the cost involved before you commit. 3 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Smile and make your entrance. Preparation will pay off and encourage you to take a bold approach to get your way. Stick to the truth, and recognize when someone isn’t being honest with you. Call the shots and control the situation. 4 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Slow down, take a deep breath and plan your actions with precision and detail. Bring attention to what’s important to you, and establish how to get things done with the least amount of difficulty. Choose your battles wisely. Self-improvement is favored. 2 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Set out on a discovery mission, and don’t stop until you get answers. What you uncover will help you assess your direction and distance yourself from anyone trying to manipulate you. Use your intelligence and insight to your advantage. 5 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Monitor what goes in and out of your financial accounts. Don’t take on too much or limit what you can do because you’ve promised to help others. Being honest with everyone will help you maintain your plans without interference. 3 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Think matters through. Refuse to let your emotions interfere and cause havoc to your plans and relationship with a friend, relative or peer. Take a cautious approach when dealing with investments. 3 stars
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Look at how others do things before you decide to participate. Don’t labor over something you cannot change. If something doesn’t feel right or fit into your plans, take a pass and keep moving in a direction that suits you. 3 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t lose sight of your objective or let someone meddle with your plans. Concentrate on what’s important to you and the changes you want to make at home to ease stress and make your surroundings more comfortable. 5 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Think before making a move or saying something you’ll regret. Pay attention and make decisions that will ease stress and simplify your life instead of causing unnecessary financial worry. Don’t let a problem with a friend, relative or peer hold you back. 2 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Set your sights and mind on a challenge, and don’t stop until you are happy. Use experience, knowledge and basic instincts to overcome setbacks others cause. Protect your health and reputation. Put your valuables in a safe place. 4 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A home improvement plan will keep you out of trouble. Don’t argue with someone who doesn’t see things your way. Go about your business and do things that please you. A change will help you put things in perspective. 3 stars
Birthday Baby: You are optimistic, pioneering and sensitive. You are unique and helpful.
Star guide: 1 star: Avoid conflicts; work behind the scenes. 2 stars: You can accomplish, but don’t rely on others. 3 stars: Focus and you’ll reach your goals. 4 stars: Aim high; start new projects. 5 stars: Nothing can stop you; go for gold. | 2022-06-21T16:45:50+00:00 | yumasun.com | https://www.yumasun.com/features/the-last-word-in-astrology-june-21-2022/article_ed3ee0e6-e902-11ec-8901-63f4cd7ee9dd.html |
Man shoots roommate in his sleep over broken microwave, authorities say
MOHAVE COUNTY, Ariz. (KVVU/Gray News) - Authorities in Arizona say a man is accused of shooting and killing his roommate after an argument over a microwave.
According to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a home in Golden Valley regarding a homicide.
Authorities said Robert Hoenshell Jr., 73, and Everett Yates, 73, lived in the house where Hoenshell reportedly shot and killed Yates.
According to the sheriff’s office, Hoenshell and Yates got into an argument the day before over a damaged microwave. When deputies interviewed Hoenshell, he reportedly told them he had shot Yates while he was asleep.
Hoenshell is facing a first-degree murder charge, authorities said.
The sheriff’s office said the incident remains under investigation.
Copyright 2022 KVVU via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-16T00:53:29+00:00 | ksla.com | https://www.ksla.com/2022/12/16/man-shoots-roommate-his-sleep-over-broken-microwave-authorities-say/ |
- 7,000 global consumers were surveyed to identify preferences and changing habits when it comes to restaurant offerings
- The survey marks the launch of Deliverect's 'Food for Thought' series, which provides practical advice for restaurant owners and operators to thrive
NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Deliverect, a global scale-up that simplifies digital orders for more than 27,000 locations across 40 markets, today announced new global research, which revealed that more people are purchasing takeaway or delivery orders today than they were before the recent increase in cost of living. The survey, which was commissioned by Deliverect and conducted by Censuswide, found that 57.34% of consumers are now purchasing up to three takeaways in a week now, in comparison to 49% prior to the inflation increase.
The research reveals that while people are putting more thought behind how they spend their money, they are more likely to cut back on other activities such as buying clothing (44%), going out for drinks and dinner (47%) and traveling (43%) more.
"Undoubtedly people are becoming more conscious of where they're spending as we witness a rise in inflation and cost of living globally," said Zhong Xu, CEO and Co-founder of Deliverect. "The research findings may be surprising to some, but evidently people are continuing to prioritize and enjoy the convenience of takeaway and food delivery - yet their expectations continue to rise. Quality, consistency, and speed will help restaurants stand out from the crowd. Technology is here to help the food service community manage everything that goes into digital orders to come out more profitable and operationally savvy than before."
Quality Above All Else
As people watch their spending, they are putting great taste and ingredients at the forefront of their ordering decisions. Over two thirds (69%) of people say the taste of food is more important when watching their spending, as is the quality of restaurant ingredients (67%). People are also looking for social proof before selecting where to eat, with nearly 3 in 5 (59%) saying restaurant ratings/customer reviews are now more important than ever. Overall, the top reason customers would order from a restaurant again is because of its good quality of food (52%). Consumers are also looking for a variety of great menu choices, with people selecting a restaurant for delivery or takeaway if it has a variety of menu offerings (27%).
Fast, Seamless Delivery Influencing Choice
Another important element for customers is quick, streamlined deliveries. Fast delivery is likely to encourage people to order from a restaurant again (41%), as is food arriving at the proper temperature (31%). Thirty-two percent of customers are also likely to choose from one restaurant over another due to a quicker delivery time, and 25% of people will select a restaurant due to its proximity/convenient location. Thirty-eight percent of people also agree that 21-30 minutes is the maximum average time to wait for their order to arrive.
Multiple Delivery Options Driving Orders
Consumers trust delivery apps to deliver the best value and experience for their money today. One-third (37%) of people find ordering food from a restaurant via apps such as Deliveroo, Uber Eats, JustEat, Grubhub, Seamless, DoorDash the most reliable, followed very closely by ordering directly from the restaurant (35%). Just over 1 in 7 (or 15%) only trust picking up takeaway directly from a restaurant.
"Working with Deliverect has been great for Chipotle's business. It's allowed us to add the additional delivery partners that we wanted to and increased the number of transactions that we are able to process," said Andrew Lawrence, Chipotle IT Manager UK & Europe. "This means we can continue getting our food in the hands of happy customers, especially when deliveries and takeaways are at an all-time high."
This research follows Deliverect's findings on consumer sustainability preferences and marks the launch of its ongoing research series, Food for Thought. The series will continue examining consumer preferences and habits to identify opportunities and priorities for the restaurant industry to thrive.
About Deliverect
Deliverect is a SaaS company that simplifies online food delivery management. It seamlessly integrates online orders from food delivery channels (Uber Eats, Doordash, Just Eat Takeaway.com, etc.), allowing 27,000 establishments to improve operational service and increase customer satisfaction. Operating in over 40 markets around the world, Deliverect is trusted by restaurants and FMCGs companies such as Taco Bell, Burger King, and Unilever, as well as small and midsize restaurants and dark kitchens around the world. To find out more information, visit www.deliverect.com.
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SOURCE Deliverect | 2022-10-11T08:27:21+00:00 | kcbd.com | https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2022/10/11/new-research-deliverect-finds-consumers-are-ordering-more-delivery-takeaways-spite-inflation-increased-cost-living/ |
Nigeria has a new president-elect after a rancorous and sometimes violent election cycle in Africa's largest democracy. Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to be sworn in this May.
Copyright 2023 NPR
Nigeria has a new president-elect after a rancorous and sometimes violent election cycle in Africa's largest democracy. Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to be sworn in this May.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-03-01T11:11:58+00:00 | wlrn.org | https://www.wlrn.org/2023-03-01/tinubu-has-been-declared-the-winner-of-nigerias-presidential-elections |
Prairieville Primary received a 2021-2022 National Beta School of Distinction award for increasing the club’s membership by at least 10% from last year, school leaders announced
National Beta School of Distinction is an honor for Beta clubs striving toward academic achievement, exemplary character, demonstrated leadership and service to others, a news release said.
With an ongoing quest to instill these qualities in more students, the National Beta School of Distinction Award is designed to award those schools that show an increase in membership from the previous school year. This year, only 2,250 Beta Clubs across the country received this award.
In a congratulatory letter to the school, Bobby Hart, CEO said “This national award speaks highly of your commitment to academic excellence and illustrates your dedication to preparing students for their future.”
Award recipients will receive a National Beta School of Distinction banner to display as a symbol of their accomplishment.
“We have been able to operate and grow our club thanks to our supportive administration and fellow fifth grade teachers," said Tracey Hatfield. "Each year we challenge students to develop a servant mindset toward their peers, teachers, and community. I have enjoyed serving as Beta sponsor these last three years, and can’t wait to see what is next for our cardinals."
Kimberly Ammons, principal of Prairieville Primary said the school is "proud of our Cardinals for their dedication to academic excellence and to the sponsors for providing the opportunity for students to participate in a club that fosters leadership skills, builds strong character, and promotes the importance of service to others.”
With more than 500,000 active members and 9,000 chapters nationally and internationally, National Beta has become the nation’s largest independent, nonprofit, educational youth organization, the release said. National Beta recognizes outstanding achievement, promotes character and social responsibility, encourages service involvement to school and community, and fosters leadership skills. National Junior Beta includes grades 4-8 and National Senior Beta includes grades 9-12. | 2022-05-18T08:44:33+00:00 | theadvocate.com | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/communities/ascension/article_770f9ca4-d178-11ec-85b8-ff7b3a7af704.html |
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