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Advertising climate action programme welcomes Amazon Ads, Indeed and L'Oréal as international expansion continues
CANNES, France, June 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ad Net Zero supporters, global, and at a national level, are now required to set a public science-based net zero target. This can be done through either the Science Based Targets initiative, a commitment to the UN Race to Zero (including via the SME Climate Hub), The Climate Pledge, or other comparable alternatives. Supporters will also now be required to measure and report their progress annually. Targets will need to be created within 12 months if not already in place and Ad Net Zero will provide guidance to help supporters set, measure and report. An analysis of the industry's path to net zero, based on the Ad Net Zero's Global Group publicly reported targets, has been published on adnetzero.com, sharing how many of the industry's biggest organisations are committing to decarbonisation and by what point.
Sebastian Munden, Chair, Ad Net Zero, said: "Science-based targets in line with the latest climate understanding are now mandatory for Ad Net Zero supporters. Companies up and down the advertising supply chain must use their influence to accelerate the removal of emissions and the promotion of the net zero economy. The urgency of this cannot be understated. Joining in with our action plan can help businesses do that."
WFA, GARM and Ad Net Zero will be publishing a Quick Action Guide for media leaders to consider how to reduce the environmental impact of media campaigns and operations on Thursday 22nd June. WFA, GARM and Ad Net Zero have joined forces on an acceleration agenda to identify a standard framework for measuring media campaign carbon emissions, with target of taking it to wider industry consultation before end 2023.
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Ad Net Zero is a climate action programme to help the advertising industry tackle the climate emergency by decarbonising ad operations and supporting every industry to accurately promote sustainable products and services. Originally founded by the Advertising Association with the IPA and ISBA, Ad Net Zero launched its 5-point action plan in the UK in November 2020 and has since gained over 100 UK supporters. The action plan aims to achieve net zero emissions in ad development, production, and media placement, as well as use advertising's positive influence to help shift consumers towards more sustainable behaviour. Its first non-UK territory launched in Ireland in June 2022, followed by a global roll-out at Cannes LIONS 2022, and US launch in February 2023. Ad Net Zero has widespread backing from across the industry and proudly counts support from the world's six biggest agency holding groups, media owners, tech companies, advertisers, and independent creative and production agencies.
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Former U.S. President Donald Trump has thrown his weight behind Spain’s far-right in a video shown at a rally in Madrid that also featured messages by the leading stars of Europe's populist right like Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Hungary’s Viktor Orban.
In a recording that lasted under 40 seconds made while Trump was on an airplane, Trump thanked Spain’s far-right Vox party and its leader Santiago Abascal for what he called the “great job” they do.
“We have to make sure that we protect our borders and do lots of very good conservative things,” Trump said. “Spain is a great country and we want to keep it a great country. So congratulations to Vox for so many great messages you get out to the people of Spain and the people of the world.”
Vox captured national attention on Spain's political landscape in 2019 when it became the third-largest force in Spain’s Parliament after an election that led to a national left-wing coalition that still holds power. Vox's messages include zero tolerance for Catalan separatism, disdain for gender equality, diatribes against unauthorized immigration from Africa and embracing both the “Reconquista” of medieval Spain from Islam as well as the legacy of Gen. Francisco Franco’s 20th-century dictatorship.
Abascal returned the flattery when he took to the stage at the outdoor venue after more video messages by European and South American right-wing politicians and an in-person speech by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
“My thanks for President Donald Trump, a visionary in the fight for sovereign nations, a visionary in the fight for secure borders, who has had to suffer (attacks) from the most powerful establishment in the world and the largest media attack that any world leader has had to face in recent memory,” Abascal told the crowd of several thousand, many waving red-and-yellow Spanish flags.
Despite its spectacular rise, the party led by Abascal failed to meet the expectations it set for itself in regional contests this year and had suffered its first serious bout of in-fighting among its leaders. Vox is now eyeing regional and municipal elections next year as it battles to surpass Spain’s traditional conservatives.
The annual rally comes just weeks after Abascal and the rest of Europe’s far-right celebrated the victory of Meloni’s neo-fascist Brothers of Italy Party.
Meloni’s recorded message lasted several minutes and was focused on her priorities as she prepares to become Italian premie r: pushing for a price cap on energy in the European Union and recovering economic self-reliance.
The win by Meloni has worried European Union leaders that Italy, the bloc’s third-largest economy, could put national interests first, like Hungary and Poland are doing.
“We are not monsters, the people understand that. Long live Vox, long live Spain, long live Italy, long live Europe patriots,″ Meloni said. “Only by winning in our countries can Europe become a political giant that we want, and not a bureaucratic giant.”
The Vox rally also featured video appearances by former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, Chilean right-wing politician José Antonio Kast, the daughter of former Bolivian interim President Jeanine Añez, and U.S. Republican Senator Ted Cruz.
“On the one side, there is the global elites and the global left, that is growing evermore thuggish and violent, on the other side are conservative populist, who share the values of God, and country and family and freedom,” Cruz said. “Sometimes the left scores dangerous victories, as we saw in Colombia. Sometimes the good guys win, like we saw in Italy."
Cruz said he hoped the gains of the global right will include a landslide Republican win at the U.S. congressional midterm election next month. Trump has been campaigning for right-wing candidates in that Nov. 8 election and is pondering another presidential run.
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AP writer Colleen Barry contributed to this report from Milan, Italy. | 2022-10-09T14:20:54+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Trump-speaks-via-video-at-rally-of-global-17497390.php |
Which firm mattress topper is best?
If you want to get a good night’s sleep every night, you should like the bed you sleep on. If your bed is uncomfortable, leaving you tossing and turning all night, you’ll likely fall short of the recommended eight hours of sleep.
However, mattress toppers help combat this problem by providing a straightforward solution to an uncomfortable mattress. Manufacturers use various materials in several levels of firmness, so you can find a mattress topper that will help guarantee a comfortable and peaceful night’s rest. If you want a firm mattress topper that will support you and be comfortable you while you sleep, the Tempur-Pedic Supreme 3-Inch Mattress Topper is a great option.
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Egg-crate foam toppers are incredibly light and roll up quickly, making them great for traveling. Memory foam contours to your body’s natural shape while still providing firm support and is known to help people who suffer from back and neck pain. Gel toppers are made with gel-infused foam, and although they are cooler than memory foam, they are just as comfortable. Finally, there are latex and polyester toppers, which can also provide ample support for your body.
Firmness
Mattress toppers have different firmness ratings based on the materials and thickness. Deciding what firmness is best for you comes down to personal preference. Do you enjoy a mattress that provides plush comfort while molding to your body? Or would you rather have a mattress that feels firm and supportive?
Heat
Different materials also affect the amount of heat radiating off the mattress topper at night. People often critique memory foam for being too warm, leaving sleepers feeling hot at night. Gel and latex mattress toppers are better at circulating heat and as a result, offer a far cooler sleeping experience.
What to look for in a quality firm mattress topper
Weight
The thicker and larger the mattress topper, the heavier it will be. Knowing how heavy a mattress topper is will be beneficial when you need to place it, move it or flip it over.
Washable covers
Some mattress toppers come with removable covers that make cleaning easy. These covers effortlessly slide off your mattress topper and are machine washable. Just throw it in with your bedsheets for stress-free cleaning.
How much you can expect to spend on a firm mattress topper
Memory foam mattress toppers are some of the most popular and have a wide price range of $40-$300. Gel mattress toppers cost $35-$800, with some of the higher-end versions being a bit more expensive. Mattress toppers made from other materials such as latex, polyester or egg crate cost $15-$400.
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Is having a firm mattress topper necessary?
A. No. Mattress toppers are not for everyone. However, many people find mattress toppers a helpful and comfortable addition. If you want to have a more restful night’s sleep, they are worth a try.
How do you clean a firm mattress topper?
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Tempur-Pedic TEMPUR Supreme 3-Inch Mattress Topper
What you should know: A leading brand in mattress-related products, Tempur-Pedic’s mattress topper offers a durable, quality product. This topper is popular among many.
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What you should know: The UTTU mattress topper has a two-layer design that provides both support and cushioning for a night of relaxed sleep.
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ViscoSoft 3-Inch Memory Foam Mattress Topper
What you should know: The ViscoSoft mattress topper is a gel-infused topper built to optimize airflow and help relieve joint and back pain.
What you’ll love: It is built with a gel-infused memory foam that helps keep the topper cool all night. It also comes with a removable cover and a 60-day money-back guarantee.
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McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A 57-year-old Oklahoma man is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday for killing his 9-month-old daughter in 2002, despite claims by his attorneys that he is mentally ill and not competent to be executed.
Attorneys for Benjamin Cole do not dispute that he killed Brianna Cole by forcibly bending the infant backward, breaking her spine and tearing her aorta, but argue that he is both severely mentally ill and that he has a growing lesion on his brain that has continued to worsen while he has been in prison.
Cole has refused medical attention and ignored his personal hygiene, hoarding food and living in a darkened cell with little to no communication with staff or fellow prisoners, his attorneys told the state's Pardon and Parole Board last month during a clemency hearing.
“His condition has continued to decline over the course of this year,” Cole’s attorney Katrina Conrad-Legler said.
The panel voted 4-1 to deny clemency, and a district judge earlier this month determined Cole was competent to be executed. A last-minute appeal filed with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to halt his execution was denied on Wednesday.
Cole has a lesion on his brain, which is separate from his diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, that has grown in size in recent years and affects the part of his brain that deals with problem solving, movement and social interaction, Conrad-Legler has said.
Attorneys for the state and members of the victim’s family told the board that Cole’s symptoms of mental illness are exaggerated and that the brutal nature of his daughter’s killing merit his execution.
Assistant Attorney General Tessa Henry said Cole killed his daughter because he was infuriated that her crying from her crib interrupted his playing of a video game.
“He is not severely mentally ill,” said another prosecutor, Assistant Attorney General Ashley Willis. “There is nothing in the constitution or jurisprudence that prevents his execution.”
Prosecutors noted that the infant had numerous injuries consistent with a history of abuse and that Cole had previously served time in prison in California for abusing another child.
Board members also heard emotional testimony from family members of the slain child’s mother, who urged the board to reject clemency.
“The first time I got to see Brianna in person was lying in a casket,” said Donna Daniel, the victim’s aunt. “Do you know how horrible it is to see a 9-month-old baby in a casket?
“This baby deserves justice. Our family deserves justice.”
Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor said in a statement that he is confident Cole is sufficiently competent to be executed.
“Although his attorneys claim Cole is mentally ill to the point of catatonia, the fact is that Cole fully cooperated with a mental evaluation in July of this year,” O’Connor said. “The evaluator, who was not hired by Cole or the State, found Cole to be competent to be executed and that ‘Mr. Cole does not currently evidence any substantial, overt signs of mental illness, intellectual impairment, and/or neurocognitive impairment.’”
Cole’s execution would be the sixth since Oklahoma resumed carrying out the death penalty in October 2021. | 2022-10-20T06:18:21+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/oklahoma-to-execute-man-for-2002-killing-of-infant-daughter/V2XTGJUQWJGX5J5UEXSTAZERLM/ |
Roger E. Mosley, 'Magnum, P.I.' star, dies at 83 after a car crash
Actor Roger E. Mosley, best known for his role as the helicopter pilot Theodore "TC" Calvin on the 1980s hit show "Magnum, P.I.," died Sunday, his daughter announced. He was 83.
Mosley died surrounded by family after being injured in a car crash last week that had left him paralyzed from the shoulders down and in critical condition, the actor's daughter Ch-a Mosley said Saturday on Facebook. No further details about the crash were available.
"We could never mourn such an amazing man. He would HATE any crying done in his name. It is time to celebrate the legacy he left for us all," his daughter said as she announced his death. "I love you daddy. You loved me too. My heart is heavy but I am strong. I will care for mommy, your love of almost 60 years. You raised me well and she is in good hands. Rest easy."
Mosley starred in more than 150 episodes of "Magnum, P.I." alongside Tom Selleck in the crime-adventure series, which aired for eight seasons from 1980 until 1988. Mosley also made an appearance in a more recent reboot of the hit show, as another character, John Booky, according to his IMDb page.
In addition to "Magnum, P.I.," the Los Angeles native played the role of Coach Ricketts in the 1990s sitcom "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper."
He also appeared on "Sanford and Son," "Love Boat," "Kojak," "The Rockford Files," "Starsky and Hutch" and dozens of other TV series. | 2022-08-08T03:40:40+00:00 | wmur.com | https://www.wmur.com/article/roger-e-mosley-magnum-pi-star-dies-at-83/40829076 |
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Critics of the platform now are eyeing new targets in their political crackdown: businesses that partner with TikTok and schools that allow its use on campus.
Earlier this month, Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) voiced concern about ESPN’s decision to let TikTok sponsor halftime shows for its college football coverage, writing in a letter to the company that it “raises serious questions about ESPN corporate decision-making and the risk analysis it conducts when soliciting sponsorships.”
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) expressed similar concerns in a separate letter to banking giant JPMorgan Chase over its reported partnership with TikTok parent company ByteDance to develop payments technology, which he argued could expose consumer data to China.
Meanwhile, federal and state officials are increasingly pushing to limit student and staff access in schools, in part to comply with state restrictions on public institutions.
In Washington, a group of House Republicans led by Rep. Brian Babin (R-Tex.) last week introduced a bill to block federal funding to universities unless they ban the use of TikTok on its devices. Around the country, some schools are moving ahead with their own restrictions.
The University of Texas at Austin, Auburn University in Alabama and the University of Oklahoma have all blocked students and faculty from accessing the app on the school’s WiFi network, among others. The University of Georgia has banned use of the app on devices it owns.
Others such as the University of Florida have stopped short of restricting its use but urged members of its community to stop using the app, citing security concerns.
TikTok did not return a request for comment.
The moves signal critics of the platform are turning up scrutiny of TikTok ’s prevalence in other spheres of society beyond just government.
And it could indicate that more corporations and public institutions alike are poised to face added pressure from Washington if they do not sever ties with TikTok and ByteDance, or put restrictions in place around use of the platform.
Rubio, Gallagher and Krishnamoorthi are pushing for far more aggressive action on Capitol Hill, introducing legislation last Congress to ban TikTok wholesale in the United States. “Congress needs to act against the TikTok threat before it’s too late,” Rubio and Gallagher wrote in a November op-ed.
Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) also told Axios that he is considering legislation to ban not only TikTok but a wider “category of applications” in the United States.
While calls for a sweeping prohibition have some bipartisan support, the bill introduced last Congress drew only a handful of co-sponsors and the other has yet to be unveiled, meaning they are both a long way from passage.
In the meantime, officials appear poised to ratchet up pressure in other discrete areas where TikTok use is prevalent, and to make its corporate partners feel the heat.
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FEC dismisses GOP complaint over Gmail spam filters
The Federal Election Commission wrote that “Google’s spam filter is in place for commercial, rather than electoral, purposes,” Isaac Stanley-Becker reports. Republican campaign groups last year argued that the spam filters’ disproportionate flagging of Republican fundraising emails was a prohibited in-kind contribution to Democrats. Republicans also seized on a study about bias of a Google algorithm, but its authors said the research was misrepresented.
“While rejecting the GOP’s critiques, Google also bowed to them, introducing a pilot program that allowed federal campaigns to exempt emails from spam detection,” Isaac writes. “A Google spokesman declined to say how many campaigns signed up for the program.” The spokesman, José Castañeda, welcomed the decision, saying that it “reaffirms that Gmail does not filter emails for political purposes.” The company will “continue to invest in our Gmail industry-leading spam filters because, as the FEC notes, they’re important to protecting people’s inboxes from receiving unwanted, unsolicited or dangerous messages,” he said.
U.K. government adds stiffer penalties to Online Safety Bill
Senior tech executives who have “consented or connived in ignoring enforceable requirements, risking serious harm to children,” could face jail time as part of the U.K. government’s changes to the legislation, which is designed to boost children’s online safety, the Guardian’s Dan Milmo reports. The penalties won’t impact executives who “acted in good faith” to comply with the rules, Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan said.
“The bill also places a duty of care on tech firms to shield users from illegal content such as child sexual abuse and terrorist material,” Milmo writes. “Companies that breach the act could face fines of up to 18 [million pounds] or 10 [percent] of global turnover.”
The changes came after pressure from dozens of members of the ruling Conservative Party. They wanted to add an amendment to the bill penalizing executives with two years of jail time for breaking the rules.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - New Pacific Metals Corp. ("New Pacific" or the "Company") reports its financial results for the three months and year ended June 30, 2022. All figures are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise stated.
- Commenced the 2022 drill program at the Silver Sand Project which includes resource infill drilling to improve the confidence in the continuity of mineralization and step-out drilling to test the extension of the major mineralized zones up and down dip as well as on strike. To date, a total of 21,309 metres ("m") in 94 drill holes have been completed, of which assay results for 35 drill holes have been received;
- Completed the 2021 drill program of 13,313.7 m in 55 drill holes and received assay results for all drill holes at the Silver Sand Project;
- Commenced the 2022 drill program at the Carangas Silver-Gold Project, a total of 21,980 m in 43 drill holes have been completed so far, of which assay results for 12 drill holes have been received. The assay results continue to show near surface silver horizons stacking over a broad bulk of gold mineralization below;
- Completed the 2021 initial discovery drill program at the Carangas Silver-Gold Project for a total of 13,209 m in 35 drill holes and received assay results for all drill holes. All assay results intersected silver-rich polymetallic mineralization near surface, with some deep holes intersecting a wide zone of gold mineralization below;
- Commenced a 6,000 m initial discovery drill program at the Silverstrike Project and a 2,000 m initial discovery drill program at the Jisas prospect, a satellite concession located in the north block of the Silver Sand Project;
- Continue to advance the preliminary economic assessment ("PEA") study for the Silver Sand Project, including a mineral resource estimate ("MRE"). The PEA is expected to be completed by the end of 2022; and
- Maintained working capital of $29.3 million, sufficient to advance the existing exploration projects and other regional exploration initiatives.
Net loss attributable to equity holders of the Company for the year ended June 30, 2022 was $6.42 million or $0.04 per share (year ended June 30, 2021 – net loss of $6.57 million or $0.04 per share). The Company's financial results were mainly impacted by the following: (i) operating expenses of $6.78 million compared to $5.95 million in the prior year; (ii) income from investments of $0.22 million compared to $0.40 million in the prior year; and (iii) foreign exchange gain of $0.19 million compared to loss of $1.02 million in the prior year.
For the three months ended June 30, 2022, net loss attributable to equity holders of the Company was $2.34 million or 0.01 per share (three months ended June 30, 2021 - net loss of $1.97 million or 0.01 per share).
Operating expenses for the three months and year ended June 30, 2022 were $2.29 million and $6.78 million, respectively (three months and year ended June 30, 2021 - $1.57 million and $5.95 million, respectively).
Income from investments for the three months and year ended June 30, 2022 was $0.01 million and $0.22 million, respectively (three months and year ended June 30, 2021 – loss of $0.21 million and income of $0.40 million, respectively).
Foreign exchange gain for the year ended June 30, 2022 was $0.19 million (year ended June 30, 2021 – loss of $1.02 million). The Company holds a portion of cash and short-term investments in USD to support its operations in Bolivia. Revaluation of these USD-denominated financial assets to their Canadian dollar ("CAD") functional currency equivalents resulted in unrealized foreign exchange gain or loss for the relevant reporting periods. For the year ended June 30, 2022, the USD appreciated by 4.0% against the CAD (from 1.2394 to 1.2886) while in the prior year the USD depreciated by 9.1% against the CAD (from 1.3628 to 1.2394).
For the three months ended June 30, 2022, foreign exchange gain was $0.02 million (three months ended June 30, 2021 – loss of $0.20 million).
Working Capital: As of June 30, 2022, the Company had working capital of $29.3 million.
SILVER SAND PROJECT
In 2021, the Company completed a drill program of 13,313.7 m in 55 holes. The 2021 drill program comprised structure orientation drilling, step-out and infill drilling as well as exploration drilling. Assay results of all drill holes have been received. Detailed structural logging and assay of the oriented drill cores confirmed previous understanding of the orientation of mineralized structures and resource model which are dominantly striking in the direction of north and northwest and dipping in direction of west at high angles which are also evidenced at surface outcrops and historical underground workings. Step-out drilling was carried out mainly outside of the major mineralized trends with results indicating the existence of multiple smaller satellite mineralized zones between the major mineralized trends. For details of the 2021 drill program, please refer to the Company's news release dated April 6, 2022.
In the first half of 2022, the Company commenced a resource infill drilling and step-out drilling program. The resource infill drilling aims to improve the confidence in the continuity of mineralization in the core area of the project and upgrade resource categories, while the step-out drilling is designed to test the extension of the mineralized zones up and down dip as well as on strike. The results of the infill and step-out drilling will be included in the MRE and will be incorporated into the PEA expected to be completed by the end of 2022. To date, a total of 21,309 m in 94 drill holes have been completed, of which assay results for 35 drill holes have been received. For details of the 2022 drill program, please refer to the Company's news releases dated May 31, 2022 and April 6, 2022.
For the three months and year ended June 30, 2022, total expenditures of $3.20 million and $7.64 million, respectively (three months and year ended June 30, 2021 - $1.13 million and $3.36 million, respectively) were capitalized under the project.
CARANGAS PROJECT
In 2021, the Company completed an initial discovery drill program of 13,209 m in 35 drill holes. Assay results of all drill holes have been received. Results from the 2021 discovery drill program confirmed the broad silver-rich polymetallic mineralization near surface and intersected a wide zone of gold mineralization below it. For details of the 2021 discovery drill program, please refer to the Company's news releases dated May 17, 2022, February 23, 2022, and February 10, 2022.
Following the success of the 2021 discovery drill program, the Company has commenced a 2022 resource definition drill program with a planned meterage of up to 40,000 m if ongoing drill results continue to be encouraging. To date, a total of 21,980 m in 43 drill holes have been completed, of which assay results of 12 drill holes have been received. The assay results continue to show near surface silver horizons stacking over a broad bulk gold mineralization below. Currently, there are five drill rigs deployed at the project, of which the three larger drill rigs with a capacity of 1,000 m depth are focusing on both near surface silver and at depth gold zones, while the other two smaller drill rigs are focusing on near surface silver zone. For details of the 2022 drill program, please refer to the Company's news release dated July 13, 2022 and August 8, 2022.
For the three months and year ended June 30, 2022, total expenditures of $2.10 million and $5.22 million, respectively (three months and year ended June 30, 2021 - $nil and $0.25 million, respectively) were capitalized under the project.
SILVERSTRIKE PROJECT
On June 14, 2022, the Company announced to commence a 6,000 m initial discovery drill program at the Silverstrike Project. The program will focus on testing a broad gold zone identified by the Company and by historical drilling.
For the three months and year ended June 30, 2022, total expenditures of $0.10 million and $0.14 million, respectively (three months and year ended June 30, 2021 - $0.02 million and $1.29 million, respectively) were capitalized under the project.
RZY PROJECT
The RZY Project, located in Qinghai, China was an early stage silver-lead-zinc exploration project. The RZY Project was located approximately 237 km from the city of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. In 2016, the Qinghai Government issued a moratorium which suspended exploration for 26 mining projects in the region, including the RZY Project, and classified the region as a National Nature Reserve Area.
During Fiscal 2020, the Company's subsidiary, Qinghai Found Mining Co., Ltd. ("Qinghai Found"), reached a compensation agreement with the Qinghai Government for the RZY Project. Pursuant to the agreement, Qinghai Found will surrender its title to the RZY Project to the Qinghai Government for one-time cash compensation of $2.99 million (RMB ¥20 million) (the "RZY compensation transaction").
On June 25, 2022, the Qinghai Government completed its approval process of the RZY compensation transaction. As a result, the Company disposed its RZY Project for cash consideration of $2.99 million (RMB ¥20 million), which is included in the receivables balance as of June 30, 2022. For the year ended June 30, 2022, a loss of $0.09 million (year ended June 30, 2021 - $nil) was recognized upon disposal of the RZY Project. Subsequent to June 30, 2022, the Company received the cash compensation in full.
This news release should be read in conjunction with the Company's Management Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the corresponding period, which have been filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators and are available under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Company's website at www.newpacificmetals.com.
The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Alex Zhang, P. Geo., Vice President of Exploration, who is a Qualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Resources ("NI 43-101"). The Qualified Person has verified the information disclosed herein and is not aware of any significant risks and uncertainties that could be expected to affect the reliability or confidence in the information discussed herein.
New Pacific is a Canadian exploration and development company with precious metal projects in Bolivia. The Company's flagship Project, the Silver Sand Silver Project, is waiting for a new Mineral Resource Estimate Update and a PEA by the end of 2022. Recently discovered Carangas Silver-Gold Project is undergoing a 40,000 m drill program. The third project, the Silverstrike Silver-Gold Project, commenced a 6,000 m initial test drilling program in June 2022.
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ATLANTA, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Home Depot expects that by the end of fiscal year 2028, more than 85% of U.S. and Canada's sales in outdoor power equipment, specifically push lawn mowers and handheld outdoor equipment like leaf blowers and trimmers, will run on rechargeable battery technology instead of gas. This transition will reduce over 2,000,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases annually from exhaust pipes of residential lawn equipment.
To reach this goal, The Home Depot will work to extend its leadership position in battery technology and offer cordless outdoor power tools from market leading brands such as Ryobi, Milwaukee, Makita, DeWalt and more. These brands are committed to building rechargeable tools that deliver the power that customers have come to expect from gas-powered equipment and the run times they need to complete a job, all with less noise, less maintenance and easier startups.
The Home Depot's greatest environmental impact comes from the products it sells, and the biggest opportunity to create change is providing customers with product selections that reduce their carbon impact. According to industry data, using a gas-powered lawn mower for an hour creates as much air pollution as driving 300 miles in an average car. Running a gas leaf blower for an hour creates the same number of emissions as a 1,100-mile drive or driving from Los Angeles to Denver.
"By innovating residential lawn equipment away from gas powered combustible engines, we can help make our neighborhoods cleaner and quieter," said Ron Jarvis, chief sustainability officer for The Home Depot. "By working with our suppliers to bring innovative and sustainable products to every aisle of our store, we can help our customers create more sustainable homes and workplaces." For more information about how The Home Depot is doing its part to operate sustainably, visit https://corporate.homedepot.com/page/responsibility.
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The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer. At the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, the Company operated a total of 2,324 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The Company employs approximately 475,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index.
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LAKE CITY — Meal planning can be a stressful task for anyone, especially those with a family to feed, but Elty Farms is hoping to make healthy living easier with the Life Program.
Elty Farms Co-owner Teresa Renkiewicz has been healing her chronic illness with locally grown, organic food for years, and she’s made it her personal mission to share that knowledge with her community. Her desire to help nutritionally support the people around her first manifested with Elty Farms, which soon grew to include Renkiewicz’s sub-business, Mid-Michigan Microgreens.
Through these two entities, Renkiewicz, with the help of her husband and children, has been crafting meals to sell to the public at the farmers market, but they’re now available as either a one-time purchase or subscription meal prep service called the Life Program.
By targeting mind, body and gut health, Renkiewicz’s end goal with the Life Program is to show other people that health and wellness doesn’t have to be hard.
“Everybody knows somebody who’s sick, if they’re not sick themselves, and I felt like I had to do something,” she said. “I have this whole bank of knowledge, I’ve spent 10 plus years researching, and I felt like it was time for me to share that, so that’s why I developed this program.”
The meal prepping side of the program, also called Life Food, works in a similar fashion to other meal planning services. Participants can check out the Elty Farms menu and order their meals ahead of time to be picked up or shipped to their door. Renkiewicz said people are welcome to purchase one meal at a time, or they can start a subscription, which will allow them to receive their meals on a weekly rotation.
Each Life Program runs for a few weeks at a time, with breaks in between to allow Elty Farms staff a short period to recuperate and prep for the next program round. Over the summer, the Life Food theme was salads, but the fall program will be shaking things up a bit now that the growing season is nearing its end.
Because Elty Farms can only grow its microgreens through the winter, Renkiewicz has enlisted the assistance of Falmouth’s Maple Leaf Farm and Creamery to provide organic produce for the meals. Additional ingredients will come from Oryana Community Co-op in Traverse City and Apple Valley Natural Foods of Cadillac.
Upcoming menu items include a fruit power bowl, vegetable spring rolls and energy oat rolled snacks. Prices for each item vary, but all stay under $10.
Meals will become available starting Oct. 3 and can be ordered until Nov. 30. In order to receive meals in a timely fashion, Renkiewicz said it’s required that participants place their order on the Monday before they need the meal. If they request delivery, the meals will be brought to their door by local delivery service Sherri’s List.
Elty Farms used to offer its own delivery service, but Renkiewicz said the demand became too high, and when she discovered Sherri’s List, she decided it would be more beneficial to pass customers along to another local business.
“It saves me the time of being on the road, and that’s not where my time is best spent anyway,” Renkiewicz said. “She can do it, and another business prospers, and I get a little bit more time in my schedule.”
Sherri’s List can deliver Life Food meals within a 30 mile radius of Lake City, including Cadillac, some of Traverse City and Houghton Lake.
Brand new to this season’s Life Program are reusable containers. For a one-time fee of $10, meal prep subscribers can use the same container for each of their meals, which will reduce the waste that’s normally accumulated with a meal delivery service.
Bringing fresh, locally grown food to the community is the primary purpose of the Life Program, but Renkiewicz will also be focusing on education and exercise. Over the course of the eight-week program, there will be five Life Group meetings held at Lake City High School, where Renkiewicz will share some of the research she’s done on nutritional health.
“I have all of this research and all of these books that I’ve read, and all of this information that I can share with people and help educate them, because I think that’s one of the reasons we are just in a disease crisis now, is people just don’t know,” she said. “So you ask somebody and they say, ‘Oh, yeah, I healthy,’ but then when you start kind of grinding down on what is it that you’re eating every day, you start to realize that they just don’t know what’s healthy and what’s not.”
Classes are $5 per session, and those who aren’t able to attend in person will be able to attend over Zoom. Keeping a consistent exercise schedule is also an important part of living a healthy lifestyle. In conjunction with Life Group and Life Food, Renkiewicz will be hosting a Life Walk on a weekly basis.
The Life Program will pause at the end of November, just before the holiday season, but will pick up again in January. Participants can sign up at any time through the Elty Farms website, but those who are interested in having their meals delivered with reusable containers must sign up by Sept. 26. | 2022-10-01T08:59:11+00:00 | cadillacnews.com | https://www.cadillacnews.com/news/lake-city-farm-starts-meal-prep-program-with-locally-grown-foods/article_99f482fe-39db-11ed-8675-af52c96e878b.html |
Baltimore police investigate dozens of rideshare carjackings
BALTIMORE (AP) — Police in Baltimore are investigating dozens of rideshare carjackings and robberies over the past month but have seen more cases despite several arrests, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said Wednesday.
In many cases, an active rideshare driver’s car and phone are stolen and the carjacker then poses as a driver, using the rideshare app to pick up unsuspecting riders, who are robbed through mobile payment apps or taken to ATMs to withdraw cash, Harrison said at a news conference.
“These incidents involve both drivers and customers, with multiple incidents where victims were forced into the vehicle, essentially being kidnapped, and then driven around to various areas,” Harrison said.
There have been 39 such cases since Nov. 22 and the most recent case was on Tuesday, he said. Six teens with ties to 12 of the cases have been arrested, Harrison said. Four of the six, who range in age from 15 to 18, have prior arrests and there are two open warrants for one more suspect, he said. Another nine people have been arrested in relation to other crimes linked to the rideshare carjackings, Harrison said.
“While we have made some arrests, we saw it continue so we know that there are more people out there who have not yet been arrested,” he said, calling on people to help police identify the perpetrators.
The carjackings and robberies have been happening primarily in the department’s southern district, but they are also crossing into neighboring Baltimore County, Harrison said. The suspects, male and female juveniles, often work in pairs or groups, he said.
“It is important for our riders to be able to get around, especially in colder months, to buy groceries, to go to work, to run errands. And therefore this is absolutely a top priority for all of us,” Harrison said. “We must protect the quality of life of our friends, our neighbors, and our co-workers.”
Uber encouraged riders to double check the details of their ride before getting in and for users to cancel trips if they don’t feel safe.
“The reported attacks are horrifying,” Uber said in a statement. “We’re in close touch with law enforcement to support their continued investigation and worked with them to send safety tips to riders and drivers in the Baltimore area.”
Calling the crimes “absolutely unacceptable,” Lyft said in a statement that it has also been in touch with law enforcement and had offered support to impacted drivers.
“Safety is fundamental to Lyft, and the incidents described are deeply troubling,” Lyft said.
City police have updated carjacking protocols to get information on these incidents in real time, uploading information to the department’s license plate reader system and getting information to patrol officers to look out for these vehicles, Harrison said.
The FBI is working with city police and has opened several investigations involving numerous individuals, according to Special Agent in Charge Thomas Sobocinski of the FBI’s Baltimore field office. The department is working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Attorney General to prosecute these cases, Harrison said.
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Ira B. Landis, 91, of Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim, PA, formerly of Landis Valley went home to be with the Lord on October 4, 2022 following a four-year strong and determined journey with cancer. Born in Manheim Twp., he was the son of the late Henry H. and Mary Buckwalter Landis. He was the husband of the late Ruth Weaver Landis who died in 2012.
Ira worked as a self-employed farmer/feed & farm supply dealer. He was a Deacon at E. Chestnut St. Mennonite Church; served with Eastern Mennonite Mission in Belize; and volunteered for Mennonite Disaster Service and Habitat for Humanity. A member of Gingrich Mennonite Church, he also attended Calvary Church in recent years. Ira also enjoyed travel, jigsaw puzzles, word searches, and volunteering at Reuzit shop and Material Resource Center.
He is survived by four children, Ruth Ann wife of Brent Benfield, Perkasie, PA, Shirley wife of Greg Pituch, Port Allegany, PA, Richard E. husband of Becky Landis, Ira J. husband of Daneen Landis, both of Manheim, PA; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by: a daughter, Janet Landis; granddaughter, Stacy Ann Landis; siblings, Jacob, John, Walter, Emma and Elva Landis.
The Viewing will be Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022 from 5 7 p.m. at the Landis Valley Christian Fellowship, 2420 Kissel Hill Rd., Lancaster, PA. Private interment in the adjoining cemetery. The Memorial Service will be Monday, Oct. 10 at 11 a.m. at Landis Valley Christian Fellowship. Family will greet friends from 10-11 a.m. Kindly omit flowers.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Mennonite Disaster Service, 583 Airport Rd., Lititz, PA 17543. Furman's Leola | 2022-10-07T05:40:43+00:00 | lancasteronline.com | https://lancasteronline.com/obituaries/ira-b-landis/article_7a1cf84b-cf81-559d-8452-28a297df8a89.html |
NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP)Ja’Monta Black scored 24 points as Northwestern State beat McNeese 89-75 on Thursday.
Black shot 8 for 14 from beyond the arc for the Demons (10-7, 2-2 Southland Conference). Jalen Hampton added 22 points while going 9 of 16 and 4 of 7 from the free-throw line, and they also had 10 rebounds. Demarcus Sharp was 3-of-7 shooting, including 2 for 3 from distance, and went 10 for 10 from the line to finish with 18 points. Sharp also had 12 rebounds.
Johnathan Massie led the way for the Cowboys (6-12, 3-2) with 18 points and four steals. McNeese also got 15 points and two blocks from Christian Shumate. Trae English also recorded 14 points and three steals.
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NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James will soon be the NBA’s top scorer, though that was never his focus.
He’s also one of the game’s leading passers, and combining the two — possibly better than anyone ever — is what really makes him proud.
“I didn’t get to this point in my career by thinking about records or how many points I have, whatever the case might be,” James said. “I just play the game the right way. I approach the game every night only trying to be a triple threat by scoring, rebounding, assisting, defending, and may the chips fall where they may.”
James moved within 89 points of breaking the career scoring record and climbed into fourth place on the assists list, finishing with his first triple-double of the season in his return to Madison Square Garden as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New York Knicks 129-123 in overtime Tuesday night.
James had 28 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, with the points giving him 38,299 for his career. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the leader with 38,387.
But James’ game has always been about more than scoring, as he proved again Tuesday. He fed Dennis Schroder for a 3-pointer that snapped a 118-all tie with 3:13 remaining, grabbed his 10th rebound later in the extra period and then powered to the basket for a 127-121 lead with 19 seconds to go.
“He’s just doing it all,” Lakers coach Darvin Ham said. “That’s what great players do. That’s what all-time greats do, and he’s right up there at the top of the list with all of them.”
James had earlier moved ahead of Mark Jackson and then Steve Nash into fourth place on the assists list during his first game at Madison Square Garden in three years.
Anthony Davis added 27 points and nine rebounds for the Lakers, who had dropped two straight to open their trip. Both James and Davis had sat out their loss Monday in Brooklyn.
Jalen Brunson scored 37 points and Julius Randle had 23 points and 12 rebounds for the Knicks, who were 7 for 34 from 3-point range and dropped their second straight.
“We’re scoring plenty, that’s not our issue,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. “So we’ve got to shore up our defense.”
James was fuming following his last game, the’ Lakers loss in overtime in Boston on Saturday, after which referees said they missed a foul on his drive to the basket to end regulation.
He then sat out Monday with what Ham said was left foot soreness, though the Lakers had listed the injury as an ankle. They listed him as questionable to play in the morning, then upgraded James to available after he moved well during a pregame workout.
He certainly didn’t want to miss this one after being hurt two years ago and suspended last season for striking Detroit’s Isaiah Stewart in the face. His last game here was Jan. 22, 2000, when he was days away from passing Kobe Bryant into third place on the career scoring list.
Now the only one left to catch is Abdul-Jabbar, which could happen in the next 10 days. James said getting closer doesn’t make it feel any heavier.
“I’m not going anywhere, I’m going to be in this league for at least a few more years,” he said. “So I’m going to do it, so it’s not heavy at all.”
The game was tied at 90 before James fed Troy Brown Jr. for a 3-pointer with his eighth assist, then set up Thomas Bryant for a dunk that moved him ahead of Jackson and then Nash into fourth place for assists. He has 10,338 assists.
James has always called MSG one of his favorite places to play and this visit draw a sellout crowd that included celebrities such as Michael J. Fox, Michael B. Jordan, Emma Stone and Chris Rock. Fans filled seats in the lower sections of the arena just to watch James warm up, but he struggled to give them one of his vintage performances once the game began.
He threw up an airball in the second quarter as part of his 2-for-8 start, but made his final two shots of the half, then threw a pass that Schroder heaved in from halfcourt to beat the buzzer and cut it to 53-52 at halftime.
Recently acquired Rui Hachimura had 19 points and nine rebounds for the Lakers, while Russell Westbrook added 17 points and eight assists, with three of them in OT.
TIP-INS
Lakers: Patrick Beverley was out with left knee soreness. Ham said the guard has had some tough defensive matchups lately and they were just being careful in giving him a rest.
Knicks: Second-year G Quentin Grimes was chosen Tuesday to take part in the Rising Stars at All-Star weekend. … The Knicks missed 13 or their first 15 shots as the Lakers took a 15-5 lead.
UP NEXT
Lakers: At Indiana on Thursday night.
Knicks: Host Miami on Friday night.
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More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-02-01T21:26:59+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-james-has-triple-double-leads-lakers-past-knicks-in-ot/ |
WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, December 23, 2022
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HARD FREEZE WATCH
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
132 PM CST Tue Dec 20 2022
...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 20 possible.
* WHERE...All of south Texas.
* WHEN...From Thursday evening through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Temperatures on Friday will only warm above
freezing for a few hours, and some locations may not make it
above freezing. Sub freezing temperatures will be expected
nightly through the weekend.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.
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Japan's government has a new plan to halt the country's plunging birthrate. But many Japanese are skeptical, as the government has tried and failed to fix the problem for some three decades.
Copyright 2023 NPR
Japan's government has a new plan to halt the country's plunging birthrate. But many Japanese are skeptical, as the government has tried and failed to fix the problem for some three decades.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-06-12T09:43:44+00:00 | mainepublic.org | https://www.mainepublic.org/2023-06-12/japan-announces-plan-to-address-a-national-crisis-its-low-birthrate |
Tim Michels Promises to Fix Milwaukee
But how? He made his case Tuesday at Rotary luncheon.
Call it the Michels paradox.
Based on Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels‘ comments Tuesday, Milwaukee is either absolutely essential for Wisconsin’s success, or no more important than his hometown of Lomira (population: 2,361).
He identified crime as Milwaukee’s biggest problem, triggered he said by the culture around the “defund the police” movement. So would he give the city a sales tax that Mayor Cavalier Johnson is asking for to not only avoid police layoffs but increase the number of officers?
“Milwaukee is not more important than any other city,” said Michels in identifying that the city doesn’t merit special treatment.
Referencing his career in business, the candidate said he wanted to look at Milwaukee’s “middle line” to see what is being spent before considering any new revenue source. He won’t find any defunding of the police.
The Milwaukee Police Department‘s budget is poised to be $300 million in 2023, up from $297.3 million in 2020. There are fewer sworn officers today, but that’s primarily due to the outcome of a state-protected bargaining process that has driven salaries and benefits higher. The local police and fire unions, exempt from Act 10, have both endorsed Michels.
Michels, in other remarks in his speech, keyed in on the state’s expected 2023 surplus of $5 billion as a sign that the state is overtaxing its residents. But it’s also a result that Wisconsin is defunding Milwaukee and other cities. Adjusted for inflation, the City of Milwaukee’s budget office reports Milwaukee receives $155 million less annually in shared revenue than it did in 2000. The shared revenue structure was designed as a way to rebate income tax revenue to cities and counties, but the amount provided has been effectively frozen for nearly two decades.
The candidate said everything would be “on the table,” but that he wanted local officials to ultimately decide the issue. Milwaukee and other cities cannot institute new taxes without state approval.
“Milwaukee is not the problem, Milwaukee has a problem and I am going to fix it,” said Michels of crime. “I have been a bold leader my entire life. I will roll up my sleeves. I will work with anybody to fix these problems.”
Michels has taken a different tact than other Republican candidates, spending more time in Milwaukee. He noted he’s visited the Harambee neighborhood and places on the South Side. “I have gone into the toughest neighborhoods in Milwaukee and my danger radar has never gone off once,” said the former Army ranger. He said residents thanked him for coming, expressed surprise he was there and discussed issues. But neither Harambee nor Lincoln Village, both sites of new Republican campaign offices, are regularly mentioned in discussions of Milwaukee’s “toughest” neighborhoods. Harambee is one of the city’s leaders in property value growth and the site of a $105 million development.
Michels did encounter crime in Milwaukee, but on the affluent Lower East Side during a press conference. Someone attempted to steal a Kia across the street from the event. He said the thieves are emboldened by a lack of respect for law enforcement officers. He said that would change on his inauguration day when he would make it clear to law enforcement officers and criminals that he “backs the blue.”
In a 40-minute appearance, Michels also discussed a host of other issues including abortion, education and Wisconsin being “open for business.”
On abortion, he said he would sign a new abortion ban that includes exceptions for rape and incest. “I am not against contraception as they are saying. I will not arrest a doctor as they are saying. I am a reasonable guy,” he said.
On education, which he said was Milwaukee’s number two issue, he endorsed universal school choice and a potential breakup of Milwaukee Public Schools. “If we have to break up MPS and start from scratch? We’ll do that. We’ll also create competition in the education space.”
Michels intends to bring back Governor Scott Walker‘s “open for business” sign at the state’s borders. He said it would be the first thing he does. “Right now there are too many liberals that think business is bad, profit is evil,” he said.
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Leonard Pitts: This is what happens when you stay home on Election Day
“Maybe we need to blow this b–ch up.”
Five years ago, that was the considered opinion of comedian Mike Yard, a panelist on Larry Wilmore’s old Comedy Central program, “The Nightly Show.” It came as candidate Bernie Sanders absorbed a crushing primary defeat in New York, and it was becoming clear he would not be the Democratic nominee for president.
Panelist Rory Albanese had suggested that, faced with a blindingly obvious choice in the fall — Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump — Sanders supporters would, “for humanity,” now switch their allegiance to Clinton. But Yard, echoed by fellow Sanders diehard Susan Sarandon, declared to howls of approval from the audience that he wasn’t buying it.
“People that supported Bernie are not people that play the game,” he said with just a soupcon of sanctimony. “They’re not afraid to blow s— up.”
It felt self-righteous and immature in the moment. Given all this country has since endured, it simply feels tragic. Especially now.
Meaning of course, Monday’s stunning leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. If the document, which was first reported by Politico, indeed represents the court’s final word on the matter — which seems likely, albeit not certain — then we are witness to the end of a woman’s constitutional right to abortion, which is to say, to chart her own reproductive future.
Had Trump never been president, he would never have been in position to name three justices to the high court — one of them to a seat blatantly stolen from President Barack Obama. So this travesty bears the fingerprints of all those people who, for whatever reason — her perceived mendacity, her ambition, her failure to be Bernie Sanders or, heaven help us, her emails — could not bring themselves to support Clinton. Not to mention those who simply stayed home on Election Day in the blithe assurance that there was no way Trump could win.
One hopes they’re all satisfied.
It is axiomatic that Republicans fall in line, while Democrats fall in love. And love is a lovely thing. But there are times pragmatism must carry the day.
Yes, the Democratic Party is often frustrating, its timorousness exceeded only by its ineptitude. But until and unless our political system evolves a viable third option, it is the only party that is not actively crusading to repeal the last 70 years. And that’s not nothing.
This ruling, if it holds, will require women to have babies they cannot care for and do not want. Some woman will give birth to her rapist’s child because of it. Some child will give birth to her own sister because of it. Women will die because of it.
That’s the price you pay when you’re “not afraid to blow s— up.” Part of it, at least. After all, it’s not just the curtailment of reproductive rights we’re facing. It’s also the curtailment of African American and LGBTQ rights. It is books pulled from library shelves and the imposition of Christian prayer in public schools.
It is, in other words, the infliction of 1950s values upon 2020s America.
And the vexing thing is, it didn’t have to be this way; this was avoidable. As has been previously noted in this space, polling shows that the political left represents the majority opinion on every social issue, including abortion. But having the majority means nothing if you lack the will or the wit to wield it.
Maybe the left will finally understand that now. Lord knows they’ve paid dearly for the lesson.
Leonard Pitts Jr. is a columnist for the Miami Herald, 3511 NW 91st Ave., Miami, Fla., 33172. Readers may contact him via email at lpitts@miamiherald.com. | 2022-05-06T16:40:38+00:00 | oklahoman.com | https://www.oklahoman.com/story/opinion/2022/05/06/leonard-pitts-overturn-roe-v-wade-avoidable/9649581002/ |
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Paul Cullen has his hands in many pots, and he’s using his expertise to give back to those wanting to follow in his footsteps.
A Buffalo, New York, native, Cullen developed a love of Italian cuisine while cooking with his grandmother growing up. That love for fine food and wine expanded when he toured Europe with the classic rock band Bad Company.
After 30 years, he turned in his bass to instead dive into the world of hospitality by creating his own culinary company.
As a certified sommelier since 2018 and passport filled with trips to Italy, Cullen has been cooking and pouring for thousands of clients, while also picking up an acoustic guitar and performing private concerts along the way.
What is Paul Kares?
Aside from his wine venture with Jim Rivette, Paul Cullen Wines, the pair also founded Paul Kares in 2021, a nonprofit to help youth interested in the culinary and musical arts.
Paul Kares recognizes the hardships of being in the entertainment and hospitality industries and wants to assist young people in breaking through in the fields.
The organization offers grants for financial assistance, instruments, kitchen tools and scholarships that cover tuition fees for specialty camps, schools and programs.
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Paul Kares works with schools and other institutions and groups to identify grant candidates, with a focus on children from low-to-moderate-income families.
Cullen also founded Paul’s Kitchen in Lewes, an Italian specialty store and brunch spot, and the adjoining Room at Cedar Grove, an event space featuring entertainment and dinner shows.
Additionally, The Room at Cedar Grove holds cooking and mixology workshops, along with pop-up dinners featuring well-known chefs.
If a night of good music and even better food sounds right up your alley, Paul Kares has two events coming up that you can attend to directly impact future music and culinary professionals.
Rockin’ 6-Pack Dinner
The nonprofit is hosting an event on Thursday, March 9, called the Rockin’ 6-Pack Dinner, which includes six beers presented by Revelation Craft Brewing Co. to be paired with six courses.
Thursday’s event will be held at The Room at Cedar Grove in Lewes at 6:30 p.m. and features music by the Fitzkee Brother, Liam Weidman and Paul Cullen.
Pairings for the evening include:
- Beer cheese soup with pretzel sticks and crispy pancetta. (MIL IPA)
- Spring berry salad (Razz Sour)
- Braised pork sliders with cabbage slaw and lager BBQ sauce (Mexi-Lager)
- Short rib ravioli with mountain gorgonzola cheese (1791 Pilsner)
- Beer brats with fried Brussels sprouts and garlic-chive mashed potatoes (Conan the Juice Man)
- Paul’s Famous bread pudding with bourbon-Cocoa Nut Joe sauce (Cocoa Nut Joe Stout)
Tickets are $85 each and do not include gratuity. All proceeds benefit Paul Kares. Purchase a ticket at paulkaresde.org.
Concert for the Kids
On April 30, Paul Kares will host the second annual Concert for the Kids at the Milton Theater.
The live-music fundraiser for the organization features performances, gourmet fare from local restaurants and Cullen’s Cullen-ary Catering and a live auction.
Open Call:Paul Kares offers grants to support young musicians, culinary professionals
All proceeds will aid the nonprofit’s efforts to support young musicians and aspiring culinary professionals.
Performances include appearances by Tony Sciuto of Little River Band, Robbie LeBlanc, Milton Fitzkee, Eliot Lewes and Cape Henlopen High School’s jazz band and orchestra.
Live auction items include:
- A private Beatles tribute concert with Sciuto and LeBlanc for 25 guests in the winner’s home or up to 40 at The Room at Cedar Grove in Lewes. The evening includes wine, charcuterie boards and flatbread pizza.
- A weekend getaway for two at The Quoin, Wilmington’s newest luxury boutique hotel. The prize includes dinner at The Quoin’s restaurant and Snuff Mill Restaurant, Butchery & Wine Bar.
- A private cocktail party for up to 25 guests with catered hors d’oeuvres, wine and live music.
- A low-digit Delaware commercial license plate.
Earlybird tickets are $95 until April 15, when the price increases to $115 each. Purchase tickets at paulkaresde.org.
Got a tip or a story idea? Contact Krys'tal Griffin at kgriffin@delawareonline.com. | 2023-03-08T17:42:14+00:00 | delawareonline.com | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/food/2023/03/08/paul-kares-bad-company-support-youth-interested-in-culinary-musical-arts/69982347007/ |
(KTLA) – There’s a fun new way to see Santa in the skies right above your own neighborhood, and it comes from the makers of Pokémon Go.
Niantic’s new augmented reality app is called See Santa Fly. It uses similar tech you may have experienced during the peak of the Pokémon Go app craze to give you a glimpse of a completely different elusive character: Santa.
To try it, just go to SeeSantaFly.com from your mobile phone’s web browser. It works on iPhone and Android.
Follow the prompts, then aim your phone at the sky.
Instantly, you’ll reveal a magical night scene, complete with a giant moon.
If you’re lucky, you might catch Santa and his reindeer flying over your area.
You can even use your phone to take a snapshot for proof. The web app is free. | 2022-12-23T19:45:49+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/news/u-s-world/aim-this-app-at-the-sky-to-see-santa-fly-by/ |
New m-Series Models Offer Modern Compact Design, Versatile Connectivity, Performance, and Reliability for All Retail and Hospitality Environments
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As tablet POS systems continue to gain popularity and become more customer facing, hospitality and retail merchants are looking for systems that are both aesthetically pleasing and reliable enough to withstand low- and high-volume environments. To meet this demand, Epson today announced four new m-Series thermal receipt printers – the OmniLink® TM-m30III, TM-m30III-H, TM-50II, and TM-50II-H. Sleek and modern, the new m-Series printers deliver enhanced connectivity and reliable performance in a compact enclosure. The new models will be on display at NRF 2023: Retail's Big Show – Breakthrough from Jan. 15-17.
The TM-m30III and TM-m30III-H offer versatile connectivity for low volume retail and hospitality environments; the TM-m50II and TM-m50II-H offer advanced connectivity, performance and quality for high-volume customers. The new m-Series printers' clean and attractive design provides visual appeal to enhance both business and customer experiences and its small size is ideal for tight spaces. The enhanced enclosure is IPX2 rated for water resistance and its specially treated antimicrobial enclosure material suppresses the growth of bacteria. Additionally, the printers have a flexible configuration, working in either a top-exit or front-exit orientation.
"Merchants are increasingly looking to POS systems that are modern and sleek, as it is a reflection of their brands and have been well-received by customers," said John Choi, product manager, Epson America, Inc. "The new m-Series printers offer a modern, compact and versatile design, a broad range of interface connectivity options and high performance and reliability to meet the demands of today's ever-changing environment."
Designed to pair perfectly with tablet-based POS systems, the OmniLink TM-m30III, TM-m30III-H and TM-m50II-H printers offer tablet charging and fast network communication at up to 20 Mbps through a single USB cable.1 Equipped with built-in Ethernet, USB-A, USB-B, and USB-C interfaces, along with an optional dual wireless interface that supports Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® connectivity, the TM-m30III, TM-m30III-H and TM-m50II-H have the flexibility to connect to almost any POS system. The OmniLink TM-m50II has the versatility to support both traditional PC-POS and mPOS systems with built-in serial, Ethernet and USB interfaces.
Engineered for reliability, the ultra-fast OmniLink TM-m50II and TM-m50II-H printers deliver print speeds of up to 500 mm/sec, ideal for today's high-volume retail and hospitality businesses, to produce fast checkouts and help minimize downtime.2 The m-Series printers allow merchants to print from Web-based applications using Epson's ePOS™ Print technology or utilize Epson Server Direct Print technology for online ordering or remote printing.3 With innovative paper-saving technology, the new m-Series printers help businesses reduce paper usage by up to 49 percent.4
Availability and Additional Features
The TM-m30III and TM-m30III-H printers will be available in Q1 2023. The TM-m50II and TM-m50II-H printers will be available in Q2 2023. All models will be available through Epson Authorized Partners. Backed by Epson's world-class service and support, the m-Series printers include a multi-year limited warranty coverage.5 Additional features below; for more information, visit www.epson.com/mseries.
About Epson
Epson is a global technology leader whose philosophy of efficient, compact and precise innovation enriches lives and helps create a better world. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson's goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050.
Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of more than JPY 1 trillion. global.epson.com/
Epson America, Inc., based in Los Alamitos, Calif., is Epson's regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. To learn more about Epson, please visit: epson.com. You may also connect with Epson America on Facebook (facebook.com/Epson), Twitter (twitter.com/EpsonAmerica), YouTube (youtube.com/epsonamerica), and Instagram (instagram.com/EpsonAmerica).
1 The actual speed depends on a variety of conditions, including performance of the mobile device, operating system, number of applications running simultaneously and the conditions of other network devices such as switches or routers.
2 Speed based on using approved Epson media. For more information, please visit www.epson.com/testedmedia
3 Requires an Internet connection.
4 Paper savings depend on the text and graphics printed on the receipt.
5 Warranty coverage varies per model. See warranty life coverage per model above.
EPSON is a registered trademark and EPSON Exceed Your Vision is a registered logomark of Seiko Epson Corporation. OmniLink is a registered trademark of Epson America, Inc. Epson Preferred is a service mark of Epson America, Inc. All other product and brand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in these marks. Copyright 2023 Epson America, Inc.
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CAMBRIDGE, England, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SysKit, a UK company specializing in data governance and management for Microsoft 365, received a 9-million-dollar investment from Cade Hill Investments. The company will use the funds to scale the business operations, increase hiring and strengthen their lead position in the data governance industry.
"This investment is a part of a long-term growth strategy," said Toni Frankola, CEO of SysKit. "In the times ahead of us, an organization's grasp of its Microsoft 365 workspaces, with a secure and compliant tenant, could mean the difference between success and failure. That's why Cade Hill recognized SysKit Point as an indispensable solution in a company's IT arsenal, and a prime candidate for investment."
Tenant visibility is the key to successful IT management
SysKit's flagship product, SysKit Point, enables organizations to protect their business-critical information while ensuring collaboration capabilities stay intact. The platform provides visibility in the environment to maintain compliance, reduces sprawl and the chances of a data leak, and establishes control over workloads.
"We decided to partner with SysKit because its technology could do something useful for almost every company in the world. We've also got to know the team and believe in their ability to grow the business and in Cade Hill's potential to add value to that process," said Simon Galbraith, CEO of Cade Hill Investments.
SysKit as a fully customer-oriented business
The company has relocated its headquarters from Croatia to the UK to improve accessibility to its customers. "SysKit Point's best features grew from customer feedback and daily business challenges users face. We want to provide them with the best experience possible, whether it concerns product upgrades, support, or simplifying processes such as invoicing." Frankola concluded.
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PARIS (AP) — French trade union leaders walked out of talks with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Wednesday after failing to find a compromise on the contentious plan to raise the country’s legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years.
The heads of France’s major unions, who want the withdrawal of the pension plan, met with Borne on Wednesday, a day before the planned 11th round of nationwide strikes and protests since January.
A giant banner emblazoned with the words: “64, it’s no” was displayed by unionists on the top of the Arc de Triomphe monument soon after the meeting broke up. They removed it after police arrived at the landmark.
“We have chosen to end that useless meeting,” the head of the hard-left CGT union, Sophie Binet, told reporters. “We have found in front of us a radicalized, stubborn, disconnected government. It’s a slap in the face of the millions of French who take to the streets.”
The secretary general of the more moderate CFDT union, Laurent Berger, denounced what he called “a serious democratic crisis.”
“The public opinion is increasingly against this reform since January,” he said. He called for a “maximum of workers to get mobilized” and “join the marches” staged across the country Thursday.
Borne was adamant about the necessity of the planned reform. “I told them again I am convinced… of the need for a reform,” she said.
“I think it was important in the moment our country is going through to be able to talk with each other, that’s what we were able to do,” she added.
The government argues the reform is needed to make the French pension system financially sustainable in the coming years as France’s population ages. Unions say other options are possible, like making companies and the wealthy pay more to finance the pension system.
The reform also would require 43 years of work to earn a full pension at 64, otherwise workers would still have to wait until they turn 67. Opinion polls show a large majority of French people are against the changes.
Opponents have been further angered by President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to stand strong on the retirement bill that his government forced through parliament without a vote.
The bill is now being examined by the Constitutional Council, which is expected to say on April 14 whether it approves full or parts of the text — the last step before the law can enter into force. | 2023-04-05T15:06:13+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/french-pm-unions-meeting-fails-ahead-of-pension-protests/ |
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — A 25-year-old Alabama woman returned home late Saturday after being the focus of a two-day search by police and family members who reported her missing after she stopped to check on a child who was walking along a highway.
Police said Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell had returned to the home she shares with her parents in Hoover, AL.com reported late Saturday night.
Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said Russell arrived home alone and was brought to a hospital for evaluation, AL.com reported.
Russell’s whereabouts were not immediately clear since around 10:45 p.m. Thursday when she called 911 and a family member to say she saw a young child walking on the side of Interstate 459.
Police found Russell’s car and her cellphone but were unable to find her or a child in the area.
Hoover Police Lt. Daniel Lowe said the family member on the phone with Russell lost contact with her even though the line remained open. A single witness reported possibly seeing a gray vehicle and a man standing outside of Carlee’s vehicle, but they had no additional information.
Police asked people to report any information they might have about her disappearance, while family members organized a search in the area.
Talitha Russell told AL.com her daughter was headed home in the community about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of Birmingham after leaving work and stopping to get food. She was on the phone with her brother’s girlfriend when she said she saw a child on the roadside.
“My son’s girlfriend heard her asking the child, ‘Are you Ok?’ She never heard the child say anything but then she heard our daughter scream,’’ Talitha Russell said. “From there, all you hear on her phone is background noise from the interstate.”
During the search there were two separate rewards of $20,000 and $5,000 for information assisting Russell’s safe return, police said. | 2023-07-17T02:34:30+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/ap-alabama-woman-returns-home-following-disappearance-and-search-after-reporting-child-on-interstate/ |
Stock markets today: Asia mixed ahead of US earnings
By JOE McDONALD
AP Business Writer
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street edged higher as investors awaited U.S. earnings reports and an update on economic growth.
Shanghai and Hong Kong declined while Tokyo advanced. Oil prices were little-changed.
Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index gained 0.1% on Monday after Coca-Cola Co. announced better quarterly profits than expected. Some 170 of the biggest U.S. companies are due to report earnings this week.
Also this week, U.S. data are expected to show economic growth is slowing following interest rate hikes to cool stubbornly high inflation.
If the economy cools, tech stocks will face a “difficult environment” maintaining high prices that have helped to buoy the market, Edward Moya of Oanda said in a report. He said stocks face “big risks” from corporate earnings and a battle in Washington over raising the government’s debt limit.
The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.7% to 3,250.79 while the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo advanced less than 0.1% to 28,620.07. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong sank 1.9% to 19,578.20.
The Kospi in Seoul tumbled 1.6% to 2,482.50 after South Korea reported unexpectedly strong economic growth in the first quarter, avoiding a technical recession. Korean economic activity expanded by 0.3% over the previous three-month period, rebounding from a 0.4% contraction.
India’s Sensex opened up 0.2% at 60,175.77. Singapore and Bangkok declined. New Zealand and Australian markets were closed for a holiday.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 advanced to 4,137.04 on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% to 33,875.40 while the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.3%, to 12,037.20.
Analysts expect companies in the S&P 500 to report their biggest drop in earnings since the spring of 2020, when the pandemic paralyzed the economy.
Microsoft is due to report earnings Tuesday and Amazon on Thursday. Microsoft fell 1.4% and Amazon dipped 0.7%.
The majority of companies so far this earnings reporting season have been beating forecasts.
Wall Street is also waiting for the first estimate of how quickly the U.S. economy grew in the first three months of the year. Economists expect growth to slow to 1.9% at an annual rate, down from 2.6% in the final quarter of 2022.
Higher rates have already slowed U.S. housing sales by making mortgages more expensive. Manufacturing and other areas of the economy have also shown pain, while the job market has stayed resilient.
The Federal Reserve meets next week. Much of Wall Street expects the U.S. central bank to raise interest rates at least one more time, before likely taking a pause. Many traders are betting the Fed will have to cut rates later this year in order to prop up the economy. But Fed officials have insisted they will keep rates high at least through the end of this year.
In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude gained 2 cents to $78.78 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 89 cents on Monday to $78.76. Brent crude, the price basis for international oil trading, added 2 cents to $82.56 per barrel in London. It advanced $1.07 the previous session to $82.73.
The dollar declined to 134.21 yen from Monday’s 134.27 yen. The euro gained to $1.1051 from $1.1046. | 2023-04-25T10:15:12+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2023/04/24/stock-markets-today-asia-mixed-ahead-of-us-earnings/ |
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Miami Herald reporter Jacqueline Charles about the ongoing challenges facing the nation of Haiti. Aid groups have been quietly pulling out of the country.
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Miami Herald reporter Jacqueline Charles about the ongoing challenges facing the nation of Haiti. Aid groups have been quietly pulling out of the country.
Copyright 2022 NPR | 2022-12-27T11:26:02+00:00 | klcc.org | https://www.klcc.org/2022-12-27/amid-multiple-crises-people-in-haiti-receive-very-little-assistance |
Though he's been churning out music for more than three decades, Australian songwriter Paul Kelly isn't widely known in America. Since the 1970s, Kelly has explored the rootsy side of pop-rock and country music, at times recalling Bruce Springsteen, Nick Lowe, or Tom Petty while sometimes recording under pseudonyms.
In a session with host David Dye, Kelly talks about his 25th album: Stolen Apples is a musically diverse disc that fits comfortably into Kelly's catalog while continuing to explore outside his niche. The lyrics prominently feature striking Biblical imagery, particularly in "Gold Told Me To."
Copyright 2008 XPN | 2022-07-23T00:22:54+00:00 | iowapublicradio.org | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2008-04-22/paul-kelly-the-rootsy-side-of-life |
INDIANAPOLIS – The doubts seeped into Shaquille Leonard’s psyche.
How could they not?
As the Indianapolis Colts found different and historic ways to reach rock bottom during a tumultuous 2022, their All-Pro linebacker’s fifth season was bookended by a pair of surgeries to address two disks in his back. It began with Leonard rehabbing from a June 9 surgery and ended with a second surgery Nov. 15.
One of the NFL’s true difference-makers was limited to three games and 74 defensive snaps. A broken nose and concussion sustained in his week 4 debut against the Tennessee Titans contributed to his scarcity, but the back issue was the undeniable culprit.
Were there moments Leonard worried he might never regain the disruptive form that resulted in a long list of honors? You know, Defensive Rookie of the Year, three first-team and one second-team All-Pro selections, three Pro Bowls?
“There’s no question,’’ Leonard said Wednesday afternoon. “Every day I think about that. I see myself on tape at practice, I look slow. In the game, I look slow. I feel like I hurt the team last year whenever I was on the field. It sucks to kind of sit back and watch that and sit back and see the bad plays and know it’s not you.
“Of course, man, there’s been so many times where I’m thinking, ‘Will I ever be back? Will I ever be back to the Maniac?’’’
Motivation isn’t that far away. Whenever necessary, Leonard flips on a video when he was the Maniac. Maybe his rookie year when he led the NFL with a then-franchise record 163 tackles. Maybe ’21 when he compiled an ultra-busy stat line: four interceptions, eight forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, 122 total tackles.
“A lot of times I watch the film of my old self and find that reassurance of who I am and never lose sight of who I was and who I still can become,’’ he said.
Anytime a player is dealing with a back and nerve issues, there are long-term concerns. And that’s especially true when that player has undergone two surgeries to address the same problem. In Leonard’s case, two disks in his neck were pressing on nerves which caused pain and weakness in his left leg and calf.
But, so far so good.
Leonard isn’t back, but the early signs are encouraging.
“He seems at a really good place,’’ defensive coordinator Gus Bradley said. “I know he’s been talking about this offseason, how the workouts have been going and just the confidence he’s getting.
“It’s a work in progress, right? Shaq is never good enough where he’s at.’’
Leonard offered an upbeat update on his status.
“I’m feeling a whole lot better than what I did at any point of the year last year,’’ he said. “Moving around a whole lot better. Got more power in the calf. Still not where I want to be. I’m taking it one day at a time, one step at a time and just maintaining the focus and trying to get 1% better each day.’’
It’s important to differentiate the situation facing Leonard now as opposed to last offseason.
Last year, there was an understandable urgency for Leonard to get back on the field as soon as he felt capable of doing so. The NFL schedule waits for no one.
After undergoing his first back surgery June 9, Leonard was cleared to practice Aug. 30. He appeared in his first game Oct. 2 against the Titans, when he suffered a concussion and a broken nose that required surgery. It ultimately was determined Leonard’s back/nerve issue required a second procedure, and he was placed on the injured reserve list Nov. 12.
Now, there remains an urgency for Leonard to get back and fully engage with his teammates, but training camp is more than three months away, and the September opener is roughly five months down the road.
“I’m not going to say there’s still not an urgency. There’s OTAs,’’ Leonard argued.
The Colts’ organized team activities, which consists of 10 practices, start May 23. Not being able to fully participate gnaws at Leonard.
“You’re working with a bunch of guys, and you see them doing all the work, and you think it’s cool to be standing on the sideline while they’re working?’’ he said. “It sucks. It sucks not being out there with them day-in and day-out. It’s somewhat embarrassing.
“I think there’s an urgency of getting back. There’s nothing like going through basic training with your guys to get ready for war.’’
It’s unclear how involved Leonard will be when the Colts begin on-field work next week. He’s still limited in how much running he’s allowed to do.
“I’m cleared to do everything my body is allowing me to do,’’ he said. “Everybody’s working together and making sure I’m not pushing it. They know if they give me an inch, I take a mile.
“It would be amazing if I’m 100% tomorrow, and that’s my goal.’’
When he’s as close as possible to returning to Maniac form, Leonard will be able to better put 2022 in his rearview mirror.
“Oh, man, last year was by far one of the hardest years of my life,’’ he said. “Just fighting through injury . . . it was tough. Mentally, it was really, really bad. Seeing the guys out there fighting for a win each Sunday and me standing on the sideline. Too many times after the game I’m in the locker room just boo-hooing.
“I felt like I let the team down not being out there . . . I felt somewhat embarrassed coming in each day, injured, not getting better. I felt like I didn’t want to be around for a while. It was hard, still hard.
“Like I said, I’m nowhere near where I want to be . . . I’m just going to continue to work, be the best version of myself and get back.’’
Taylor Update
Running back Jonathan Taylor offered an update after undergoing arthroscopic surgery in late January to clean out loose particles in his right ankle.
“Physically, I’m feeling well right now,’’ he said.
Taylor hasn’t been cleared to do everything at this point, “but we’re rollin’,’’ he said. “Anytime you get a procedure, you’ll definitely feel the difference.’’
Taylor led the NFL with a franchise-record 1,811 rushing yards in 2021, but was unable to approach that last season. Toe and ankle injuries, coupled with inconsistent blocking by the offensive line, contributed to him finishing with 861 yards in 11 games.
He’s entering the final year of his rookie contract and eligible for a contract extension.
“I don’t even know how that goes,’’ Taylor said. “I’ll keep you posted.’’
Ideally, an extension would come before the start of the season.
If not, Taylor said, “it wouldn’t be a distraction to me. I’m under contract here for four years. I put pen to paper.
“That’s where I’m at right now. I made an obligation to them, and they made an obligation to me. Things will happen naturally.’’
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You can follow Mike Chappell on Twitter at @mchappell51. | 2023-04-19T23:55:00+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/sports/colts/colts-shaq-leonard-feeling-a-whole-lot-better-than-at-any-point-last-year/ |
KEENE, Texas (AP) — A 12-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man have been arrested on a murder warrant in the fatal shooting of a Sonic Drive-In employee in Texas, police said.
Matthew Davis, 32, was shot and killed Saturday night as he fought with Angel Gomez, 20, in the parking lot of the restaurant in Keene, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of Dallas, police said.
The boy was at the restaurant with Gomez, who was causing an unspecified disturbance in the parking lot, and shot Davis several times after taking a gun from Gomez’s vehicle, according to a police statement.
Davis was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The boy used an AR-style rifle in the shooting, Police Chief James Kidd told The Dallas Morning News on Tuesday.
Both Gomez and the boy fled the scene, but Gomez later returned and was arrested on a murder warrant and the boy, whose name has not been released, was found and arrested in the nearby town of Rio Vista, said police.
Court records do not show that formal charges have been filed.
The shooting comes in the wake of two mass shootings that has focused attention on guns in Texas. | 2023-05-17T15:48:48+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/news/ap-top-headlines/12-year-old-texas-boy-arrested-after-fatal-shooting-at-sonic-restaurant/ |
2 inmates are on the run after escape from Missouri jail
CASSVILLE, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - Police in Barry County are searching for two inmates who escaped the county jail Thursday night.
According to Barry County Sheriff Danny Boyd, seven inmates escaped the jail a little before 11:30 p.m. Thursday after assaulting the two correctional officers.
Boyd said about 15 minutes after the escape, three of the inmates were caught.
Two more of the inmates were captured and returned to the Barry County Jail at 6:50 a.m.
Deputies and the highway patrol were looking for Derson Pelep, Rolondo Saldivar, Axel Agans and Mario Che-Tiul. It’s unclear at this point who is still at large.
Boyd said the Missouri Highway Patrol is currently assisting with the search by using a helicopter. The U.S. Marshall Service is also on the way to help look for the inmates.
Pelep was booked into jail in February for rape and sodomy charges. Che-Tui was being held on molestation and incest charges; he was booked into the jail last December. Saldivar was being held on drug charges after he was taken to jail on May 19. It’s currently unclear why Agans was in jail.
Boyd said that law enforcement began searching on the south side of town, but he believes that the inmates were picked up by someone helping them escape. The inmates stole clothing from the jail property room and will not be in prisoners clothing if seen in public.
The sheriff said the men are considered armed and dangerous. Those who see them should not approach them. Instead, immediately call 911.
He encourages everyone in the area to keep their doors to their homes and vehicles locked at all times.
The sheriff said the jailers received medical treatment and were released.
The escape comes almost a year to the day since three inmates escaped from the Barry County Jail.
On June 3, 2022, Lance Justin Stephens, Matthew Allen Crawford, and Christopher Allen Blevins cut through a ceiling and got out of jail.
Crawford was captured in a Springfield, Missouri, neighborhood. Police in Mills, Wyoming, captured Blevins four days later, and law enforcement captured Stephens in the San Antonio area 11 days later.
Copyright 2023 KY3 via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-02T12:29:50+00:00 | witn.com | https://www.witn.com/2023/06/02/4-inmates-are-run-after-escape-missouri-jail/ |
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police are planning on holding more sobriety checkpoints in May. They say they will be ramping up their efforts in all counties statewide in May.
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You will notice more sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols. On top of looking for drunk drivers, they’re also doing registration, insurance, and driver’s license checks. It’s part of their effort to end drunk driving deaths in the state. | 2023-04-27T22:26:26+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/nmsp-ramping-up-sobriety-checkpoints-in-may/ |
Hyundai is bringing back its EV subscription program, aimed at providing “flexible access to electric vehicles.”
For a locked-in monthly price, it’s wrapping in the vehicle plus insurance, roadside assistance, and maintenance.
Pricing depends on the model and mileage, and it starts at $699 a month for the Kona Electric and $899 a month for the Ioniq 5, with 1,000 monthly miles allowed and surcharges for overage clearly laid out. The only additional cost is a $300 acquisition fee. Hyundai notes that the subscriber can cancel at any time, with no long-term commitment.
The solution makes a lot of sense for those who might want to try an EV for a few months—especially those who have a remote assignment or need to commute to a different job for a few months. Hyundai notes that it costs about half the amount of a daily car rental—with monthly rental also on the list of options at some Hyundai dealerships.
The details have been a long time coming. Hyundai first noted the Ioniq 5 at the center of this new subscription plan in May 2021. Then, it says that so-called “mobility pioneers,” who were used to using subscription services in many other aspects of their lives, would want to try the Ioniq 5 in this way. Perhaps the strong demand and relatively short supply of the Ioniq 5 have been limiting factors delaying the rollout.
Hyundai’s parent company has also been exploring the idea of battery leasing to lower EV prices and coordinate reuse, but this idea doesn’t appear to be put to use in Evolve+.
Evolve+ isn’t the first time Hyundai has tried EV subscriptions. In Southern California, it rolled out the previous subscription plan, called Unlimited+, on the 2017 Ioniq Electric. For one monthly fee—then modeled after top-of-the-line smartphone plans—it rolled in Blue Link remote-vehicle services, maintenance, and unlimited public charging privileges, along with reimbursement for tax, title, and registration fees.
The charging perk for Unlimited+ was removed in 2018, and Hyundai made clear that the cars couldn’t be used for ride-hailing, such as for Uber and Lyft; shortly after that Hyundai pulled the plug completely on that form of it.
A few other factors make this program different. This time Hyundai claims that it’s worked on this with its dealers, with the program itself dealer-operated. Because of that, shopping tools will be able to offer the range of options, including buying, leasing, renting, and Evolve+, all satisfied at the dealership.
Exact vehicles for Evolve+ can be selected via an Evolve+ smartphone app that’s available on the Google Play and Apple Store. Terms can easily be renewed from the app, and a simple credit card payment secures the vehicle, with a pickup time chosen at the dealership.
Evolve+ will start in seven cities across six states (not yet named), Hyundai says, with plans to expand the service to more markets.
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- Lexus RZ 450e EV priced, puts the priority on features not range | 2023-02-10T13:43:47+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/automotive/internet-brands/starting-at-699-a-month-you-can-subscribe-to-a-hyundai-ev/ |
Schools promote sports safety precautions after Hamlin’s collapse
ESSEXVILLE, Mich. (WNEM) - Garber High School’s athletic director discussed the importance of having a plan in place in the event of a medical emergency as seen during the Buffalo Bills game on Monday night.
Football players, coaches, and fans alike were left shocked and shaken after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during the Monday night football matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals. Hamlin collapsed after tackling Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins.
“It was a shock, you don’t see that stuff, especially in that arena for sure,” said Dave Schwartz, the athletic director at Garber High School.
The same shock has been felt across the world by fans who watched Hamlin collapse.
Schwartz talked about the importance of having a plan in place.
“You always have a plan for those kinds of things regardless what level you’re at, whether it’s high school, college, or pro,” Schwartz said.
He said on the high school level at Garber, all staff is trained to assist students during the event of cardiac arrest. Whether it be during a game, training, or class, protocols are in place to save a student’s life in case of an emergency.
“We obviously have defibrillators in different parts of the building, and everybody has access to those, and we have been all trained on how to work those,” Schwartz said. “Our athletic trainer, which we’re very fortunate to have, has those on him. He’s got one portably with him and he’s got one in his training room where he is, just one step away from one of those if something were to happen at a practice or a game or any type of event.”
Schwartz said they make sure every athlete is seen by physicians for any underlying health conditions to lessen the possibility of an accident happening.
“You know, that’s why we put these kids through physicals and have doctors check them out. If they find something that is a concern, obviously we put the brakes on until we find out exactly what’s going on,” Schwartz said.
He said though we all love our sports, it is important to remember things like this can happen.
Copyright 2023 WNEM. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-03T23:56:16+00:00 | wnem.com | https://www.wnem.com/2023/01/03/schools-promote-sports-safety-precautions-after-hamlins-collapse/ |
NEW YORK, May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WHP Global, a leading global brand management firm, announced today that it has closed the joint acquisition of the Bonobos® brand with strategic partner Express, Inc. (NYSE: EXPR).
In conjunction with this transaction, WHP Global and EXPR have entered into an exclusive long-term license agreement granting EXPR the right to use the intellectual property acquired by WHP Global for the operation of the Bonobos business in the United States.
"The acquisition of Bonobos marks an important milestone in our partnership with EXPR and adds an innovative DTC men's fashion brand to the WHP Global portfolio," said Yehuda Shmidman, Chairman and CEO of WHP Global.
WHP Global's brand portfolio now includes more than 10 powerful brands that are approaching $7 billion in global retail sales across three verticals including fashion, athletic, and hard goods.
For additional background on the Bonobos acquisition, please read the announcement press release here.
ABOUT WHP GLOBAL
WHP Global is a leading New York based firm that acquires global consumer brands and invests in high-growth distribution channels including digital commerce platforms and global expansion. WHP owns ANNE KLEIN®, JOSEPH ABBOUD®, JOE'S JEANS®, BONOBOS®, ISAAC MIZRAHI®, LOTTO®, TOYS"R"US®, BABIES"R"US®, and a 60% interest in the EXPRESS® brand. Collectively the brands are approaching $7 billion in global retail sales. The company also owns WHP+, a turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform and WHP SOLUTIONS, a sourcing agency based in Asia. For more information, please visit www.whp-global.com.
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At Secured.22 Customer Conference Barracuda showcases innovations in Email Protection, Zero Trust Access, and Managed XDR
CAMPBELL, Calif., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Barracuda Secured.22 Conference -- Barracuda, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-first security solutions, coming off its recent in person customer event, TechSummit22, kicks off Secured.22, the company's annual, virtual worldwide customer conference, with several product announcements. New capabilities protect against persistent and evolving threats like ransomware, and help customers solve complex digital business transformation challenges in the areas of Email Protection, Zero Trust Access, Managed XDR, and Data Protection.
Barracuda Secured.22 Customer Conference presents technical security scenarios that teach practitioners how to identify, prevent, recover, and respond quickly to cybersecurity attacks. Each scenario includes multiple sessions that cover the type of attack and why it happens, how it happens, and how to optimally use Barracuda products in preparation for and in response to the attack.
"At Secured.22, we're sharing with our customers pragmatic security advice on how to protect their organizations in various technical scenarios, ranging from recovery from new ransomware variants to a day in the life of our Security Operations Center," said Brian Babineau, Chief Customer Officer at Barracuda.
Alongside the conference, Barracuda is announcing several product innovations that help customers stay protected against the most frequent and sophisticated cyberattacks. Today's announcements include:
- Zero Trust Access: as part of Barracuda's SASE platform, Barracuda CloudGen Access now includes web security to protect users no matter where they work.
- Email Protection: now with Zero Trust Access, Barracuda Email Protection hardens the Microsoft 365 environment by continuously verifying and only allowing the right users to access the right resources.
- XDR: now integrated with Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, MSPs can gain visibility and insights by offering 24x7 SOC services, and increase efficiency by reducing product silos, mitigating alert fatigue, and streamlining management of their customers' environments.
- Data Protection: now available, Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is transactable in Azure Marketplace. Barracuda's Data Protection business momentum was boosted by the growth in its Cloud-to-Cloud Backup SaaS product line that protects data stored in Microsoft 365.
"Our conference spans IT security scenarios that cannot go ignored," said Fleming Shi, CTO at Barracuda. "The announcements we've made today provide a broad set of capabilities across our email protection, Zero Trust, and XDR platforms to help customers proactively protect their businesses in today's increasingly complex threat landscape while also helping to maintain user productivity."
Resources:
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Four ways Barracuda is helping customers accelerate digital business transformation: http://cuda.co/bg09134ways
Enhancing security with Zero Trust Access: http://cuda.co/bg0913zta
Expanded XDR capabilities strengthen Barracuda's security offering to MSPs: http://cuda.co/bg0913xdr
Barracuda Data Protection innovation and momentum: http://cuda.co/bg0913data
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About Barracuda Secured.22
Barracuda Secured.22 Customer Conference, happening this week September 13 and 14, is the company's annual global virtual conference for Barracuda customers. Barracuda Secured.22 is an informative event covering technical security scenarios that enable practitioners to identify, prevent, recover, and respond quickly to cyber security attacks. For more information, please visit: https://barracuda.events/secured.22/.
About Barracuda
At Barracuda we strive to make the world a safer place. We believe every business deserves access to cloud-first, enterprise-grade security solutions that are easy to buy, deploy, and use. We protect email, networks, data, and applications with innovative solutions that grow and adapt with our customers' journey. More than 200,000 organizations worldwide trust Barracuda to protect them — in ways they may not even know they are at risk — so they can focus on taking their business to the next level. For more information, visit barracuda.com.
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Nissan in 2021 rolled out a handful of concepts previewing potential designs for the brand’s upcoming EV portfolio. One of them was a pickup truck called the Surf-Out, which could prove popular as both a lifestyle truck and light-duty workhorse in the U.S.
Nissan design chief Alfonso Albaisa told Motor Authority in a 2022 interview that his design team was investigating an electric pickup truck, and now an executive representing Nissan dealerships has revealed that Nissan is studying one for the U.S.
The information was revealed by Nissan Dealer Advisory Board Chairman Tyler Slade in an interview with Automotive News (subscription required) published on Sunday.
Slade also said in the interview that dealers are asking for a mid-size electric truck, and that commercial buyers could benefit as running costs could potentially be lower compared to a traditional gas-powered truck.
While Ford already offers an electric truck in the form of the full-size F-150 Lightning, and General Motors and Ram are readying full-size electric trucks of their own for 2024, any Nissan electric truck is likely to be in the mid-size category or smaller. There is already a mid-size electric pickup on the market in the form of the R1T, though it comes at a hefty price starting at $73,000.
According to Automotive News’ sources, Nissan plans to exit the full-size pickup truck segment, potentially as soon as this year. Nissan’s current option in the segment, the Titan, managed just 27,406 sales in 2021 and only 15,063 sales in 2022.
Nissan plans 23 electrified models across the Nissan and Infiniti brands by 2030, of which 15 will be EVs. The first of the new EVs is expected in 2025.
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- Acura ZDX, future EVs to be sold online only | 2023-01-27T15:05:46+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/automotive/internet-brands/nissan-reportedly-investigates-electric-pickup-for-us/ |
(NewsNation) — FBI agents found dozens of classified documents during their search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago on Monday, sources confirmed to NewsNation.
Investigators discovered classified documents in two areas: Trump’s personal office above a ballroom and in a storage room near the pool. Sources say there were “boxes everywhere,” with some containing Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI). Those are considered some of the highest level of classified documents.
Since the documents are so secretive, it’s unknown whether investigators will ever publicly acknowledge what they’re in reference to, let alone release them.
Classified nuclear weapons documents may have been among the items the FBI found, according to a source cited by the Washington Post.
Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke publicly for the first time Thursday about the FBI search of Trump’s home, and although he did not reveal what the FBI was looking for, he did say he approved the search.
Garland said he would be asking a court to unseal the search warrant. Trump said Thursday night he doesn’t oppose its release and encouraged it to be unsealed immediately.
The judge has set a deadline of 3 p.m. Friday for Trump’s legal team to decide if they are going to object to the release of the warrant.
Questions have been circulating about exactly what it was the FBI was looking for and why they would engage in the unprecedented search of a former president’s home. According to the Washington Post, it may have been because federal authorities worried sensitive nuclear documents possibly in Trump’s possession could fall into the wrong hands.
The New York Times then reported Thursday night that the search was focused around material relating to “some of the most highly classified programs run by the United States,” according to an anonymous source cited by that publication.
The Washington Post’s source, which was anonymous, did not say whether or not any nuclear weapons documents were found in the home.
Sources confirmed to NewsNation that the execution of the search warrant is linked to an investigation into whether or not the former president mishandled presidential records related to the discovery of boxes full of White House records that were taken to Mar-a-Lago after Trump left office.
Trump lawyer Christina Bobb said on NewsNation’s “On Balance: With Leland Vittert” on Thursday that they were surprised by the FBI raid on Trump’s home, having believed to that point they had cooperated amply with federal investigators.
Bobb said Trump handed over everything investigators had asked for prior to the search. Federal authorities indicated otherwise with the search.
Neither the Department of Justice nor Trump’s legal team have made the search warrant or search receipt public yet.
Bobb said the Trump legal team would be open to making the documents public, but needed to confer with the Justice Department first.
“We’re waiting to hear back from them,” Bobb told NewsNation. “We’re very eager. We know that people want information, and we’re eager to respond as best as possible in coordination with the Department of Justice so we’re just waiting to hear back from them.”
Trump called the search of his estate a “surprise attack” and alleged it was a “targeted raid.”
“In early June, the DOJ and FBI asked my legal representatives to put an extra lock on the door leading to the place where boxes were stored in Mar-a-Lago — We agreed. They were shown the secured area, and the boxes themselves. Then on Monday, without notification or warning, an army of agents broke into Mar-a-Lago, went to the same storage area, and ripped open the lock that they had asked to be installed. A surprise attack,” Trump said on the social media platform Truth Social. | 2022-08-12T13:54:28+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/fbi-agents-found-dozens-of-classified-documents-in-mar-a-lago-search-sources/ |
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected separatists on Monday killed a local chief and two of his aides in Nigeria’s southeast, police said Tuesday, the latest incident in renewed attacks blamed on separatists in the region.
The attackers, identified as members of the leading pro-Biafra group known as the Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, shot dead Ignatius Asor in his palace in the Oguta council area of Imo State, said Michael Abattam, spokesperson for police in Imo.
The police said the gunmen arrived at the local palace in Imo’s Obudi Agwa village, where they were received by the chief after disguising themselves as “persons in distress” and who had come to report an emergency situation to him.”
“The unsuspecting Royal father allowed them into his palace, sat down with them and in the process of explaining the reason for their visit, they brought out guns, shot and killed the (chief) and two of his aides, and hurriedly fled the palace,” said Abattam.
Emma Powerful, a spokesperson for IPOB, denied the group’s involvement in the attack, accusing the police and government of trying to “implicate us in every criminality going on in our territory.”
There have been a series of attacks blamed on IPOB and its militant arm in recent months. The outlawed separatist group has been pressing for the region to break away from the West African nation and become independent.
Authorities say the group is responsible for the deaths of hundreds in the region and many of those targeted in the violent attacks are security forces or their informants as well as local leaders who have spoken against the group’s separatist agitation.
Africa’s most populous nation already faces the deadly threat of Boko Haram extremists and other armed groups in the country’s northeast and northwest regions. | 2022-11-15T12:58:45+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/nigerian-local-chief-killed-in-renewed-separatist-violence/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
When the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates, the interest rate on your savings account usually follows in step. But recently, that logic hasn't held up.
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When the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates, the interest rate on your savings account usually follows in step. But recently, that logic hasn't held up.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-01-17T01:22:55+00:00 | kunm.org | https://www.kunm.org/npr-news/npr-news/2023-01-16/the-fed-has-been-raising-interest-rates-so-why-are-savings-interest-rates-low |
Texas to execute man for killing pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son
A Texas inmate seeking to stop his execution over claims of religious freedom violations and indifference to his medical needs is scheduled to die Wednesday evening for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son more than 17 years ago.
Related video above: Lawyer Bryan Stevenson talks death penalty, exonerations
Stephen Barbee, 55, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was condemned for the February 2005 deaths of Lisa Underwood, 34, and her son Jayden. Both were suffocated at their home in Fort Worth. They were later found buried in a shallow grave in nearby Denton County.
Barbee’s attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his execution, arguing his religious rights are being violated because the state prison system, in the wake of a ruling by the high court on what spiritual advisers can do while in the execution chamber, did not create a written policy on the issue.
In March, the U.S. Supreme Court said states must accommodate the wishes of death row inmates who want to have their faith leaders pray and touch them during their executions. Texas prison officials didn’t formally update their policy but said they would review inmates' petitions on a case-by-case basis and would grant most reasonable requests.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt in Houston issued a preliminary injunction, saying the state could only execute Barbee after it had published a clear policy on spiritual advisers that protects an inmate's religious rights. Last week, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Hoyt’s injunction, saying it was overbroad.
On Tuesday, Hoyt issued a new injunction focused specifically on protecting Barbee's rights. The Texas Attorney General's Office immediately appealed to the 5th Circuit, which would have to make a ruling before the Supreme Court could take up the issue.
The Texas Attorney General's Office said in a previous court filing that Barbee’s claims are moot as state prison officials are allowing his spiritual adviser to touch him and pray aloud during his execution.
Also Tuesday, Hoyt denied a separate request by Barbee’s attorneys for an execution stay over claims the inmate’s right to avoid cruel and unusual punishment would be violated. His lawyers say Barbee has physical constraints that limit the movement of his shoulders and arms and he would experience "intolerable pain and suffering" if he is executed in the normal manner with his arms outstretched on the gurney so that IV lines can be placed to deliver the lethal injection.
In a court filing from earlier this month, lawyers with the Texas Attorney General’s Office assured Hoyt that prison officials would make accommodations for Barbee and allow his arms to remain bent and if needed would find another location to place the IV lines.
On Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously declined to commute Barbee’s death sentence to a lesser penalty or to grant a four-month reprieve.
Prosecutors said Barbee killed his ex-girlfriend and her son because he didn’t want his wife to know Underwood was seven months pregnant, presumably by him. DNA evidence later revealed Barbee wasn’t the father. Underwood owned a Fort Worth bagel shop, which was named after her son. She and her son were reported missing after failing to show up at a baby shower.
Barbee confessed to police he killed Underwood and her son but later recanted. Barbee said the confession was coerced and has since maintained he is innocent and was framed by his business partner.
His trial, including sentencing, took less than three days to complete in February 2006.
Barbee is set to receive a lethal injection on the same day as Arizona plans to execute Murray Hoope r for killing two people during a home robbery in Phoenix on New Year’s Eve 1980. Hooper is set to be executed at 11 a.m. CST on Wednesday.
If Barbee is executed, he would be the fifth inmate put to death this year in Texas. He is the last inmate scheduled for execution this year in the state. | 2022-11-16T17:21:23+00:00 | wyff4.com | https://www.wyff4.com/article/texas-execution-stephen-barbee/41974475 |
KIYV, Ukraine (AP) — KYIV — Ukrainian officials say a Russian missile strike on the city of Zaporozhzhia has killed at least 23 people and wounded 28.
Zaporizhzhia Regional Governor Oleksandr Starukh said in an online statement Friday that Russian forces targeted a humanitarian convoy heading to Russian-occupied territory. Online video purportedly of the site of the attack shows bodies lying motionless next to a cars with their windows blown out.
Starukh said those in the convoy planned to travel into Russian-occupied territory to pick up their relatives and then take them to safety. He said rescuers were at the site of the attack.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian president’s office said four of 16 S-300 missiles that Russia launched struck a car market as well as an area where civilians had gathered leaving to pick up relatives.
Russia did not immediately acknowledge the strike that comes as Moscow prepares to annex four regions into Russia following an internationally condemned, Kremlin-orchestrated “referendum” vote.
Zaporozhzhia, the capital city of the Zaporozhzhia region, remains in Ukrainian hands. THe region's Russian-occupied areas were included in the sham vote.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS:
— Russian strike kills 23 as Kremlin to annex Ukraine regions
— Russia opens more border draft offices amid call-up exodus
— Hundreds of kids from east Ukraine stranded in Russian camps
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
KYIV — Ukrainian officials in the Zaporizhzhia region have declared Oct 1 as a day of mourning for the 23 civilians who were killed following a Russia missile strike on the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia.
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KYIV —: A Ukranian official says there were no military facilities or equipment situated in the Zaporizhzhia area were Russia missile strikees killed 23 people and wounded 28.
Ukraine’s Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said in an online statement there were “just cars and peaceful civilians” with women and children among them.
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KYIV — Russian state media are accusing Ukraine of carrying out the Zaporizhzhia attack on its own citizens, without providing any evidence to support the claim.
Russian forces have repeatedly targeted Ukrainian civilians in the fighting since the war began in February.
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KYIV — Russian-installed officials in the southern Kherson region said Thursday that a Ukrainian missile strike on the city of Kherson killed a deputy head of the region’s pro-Kremlin administration. A report in Russian state news agency RIA Novosti offered no details as to when the alleged strike took place, saying only that it hit the center of Kherson. Officials in Kyiv have not commented on the alleged attack.
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KYIV — Russian and Western analysts say Ukrainian forces have likely encircled the Russian-occupied city of Lyman as Kyiv pushes on in an eastern offensive.
Lyman, a city some 160 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, had been a key node for ground communications and Russian military operations in the region.
Analysts said Friday it appears Russia faces a last stand with reservists and some tank units as Ukraine has cut off all routes out of the city.
The Washington-based Institute for the Study of War, citing Russian reports, said the situation had become “extremely difficult” for the BARS-13 detachment and the 752nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 20th Combined Arms Army in the area.
If Ukraine takes Lyman, that allows Kyiv to push into Russian-occupied Luhansk, which just took part in Moscow’s internationally criticized, gunpoint referendums.
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KYIV — The British military says newly mobilized Russian troops coming into Ukraine are equipped with poor medical supplies with them.
The British Defense Ministry said Friday medical knowledge and supplies remain low, with some soldiers having to buy their own modern tourniquets. That mirrors videos and photos online suggesting some soldiers are being supplied with Soviet-era first aid kits.
The ministry added that the Russian troops' lack of confidence in sufficient medical provision is “almost certainly contributing to a declining state of morale and lack of willingness to undertake offensive operations in many units in Ukraine."
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KYIV — Russia struck other Ukrainian cities overnight with heavy rocket barrages including the city of Dnipro where Iskander missiles struck a transportation company.
Valentin Reznichenko, head of the Dnipropetrovsk region, said at least one person was killed and five others were wounded.
Mikolaiv region Chief Vitaliy Kim said Russian missile strike on Mikolaiv damaged a high rise and wounded eight people.
Ukraine's air force said Russia again launched Iranian-made suicide drones around the Black Sea port city of Odesa and the city of Nikolaev, some of which air defense shot down and others that struck targets.
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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote for Friday afternoon on a resolution that would condemn Russia for its “illegal so-called referenda” in four Ukrainian regions and declare that they “have no validity.”
The U.S.- and Albanian-sponsored resolution would call on all countries not to recognize any alterations to the status of Ukraine’s Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. It would reaffirm the U.N. commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence within its internationally recognized borders.
The Kremlin has announced plans to move on annexing Russian-controlled areas of the four regions Friday, and Russia is certain to veto the resolution.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said earlier this week that if that happens the U.S. and Albania will put the resolution to a vote in the 193-member General Assembly where there are no vetoes.
The draft resolution, obtained late Thursday by The Associated Press, would order Russia to “desist and refrain from actions aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine.”
It would also demand the withdrawal of all Russian troops from Ukraine.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is denouncing the referendums underpinning Russia’s planned annexation of four Ukrainian regions as a “sham” and vows that the United States will never recognize the land as Russian territory.
Speaking Thursday to Pacific island leaders in Washington, Biden said: “The so-called referenda was a sham, an absolute sham. The results were manufactured in Moscow.”
He called the hastily arranged election a “flagrant, flagrant violation of the U.N. charter.”
Biden commented a day after his administration said it has concluded that Moscow falsified results of the referendums and forced people to cast ballots under duress.
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LONDON – Russia's war in Ukraine and the energy and food crises it worsened will severely drag down global economic growth and push up inflation this year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Wednesday.
China's “zero-COVID" policies that have scrambled manufacturing supply chains also are weighing on a world economy that was just starting to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Paris-based OECD said, becoming the latest institution to slash its growth forecast and underscoring the dimming economic outlook.
The OECD, a club of largely wealthy nations, expects the global economy to expand 3% in 2022, down from the 4.5% that it predicted in December.
Inflation is forecast at nearly 9% for the OECD's 38 member countries, which include the United States, United Kingdom and many European nations, nearly double the previous estimate.
The World Bank, the United Nations, and the International Monetary Fund have made similar downgrades to their economic forecasts recently.
“Russia's war is indeed imposing a heavy price on the global economy,” OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann said at a press conference in Paris.
The organization released its forecast as it gears up for a two-day annual meeting starting Thursday, attended by government ministers and featuring video remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The OECD warned that the economic turmoil will hit the poor the hardest. The war is disrupting supplies of basic food like wheat and energy, of which Russia and Ukraine are major global suppliers, and that's fanning inflation that eats away at disposable income and living standards, it said.
The war is hurting economic growth in European nations the most because they are more exposed to the war through trade and energy links. But the OECD also raised the alarm about poor countries farther afield facing food shortages.
“We’re very concerned about the food situation in low-income countries. The war is really sending shockwaves all the way to Africa and the Middle East," OECD chief economist Laurence Boone said. “The war could spark starvation. It could cause political unrest and turmoil." | 2022-06-08T12:19:20+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/business/2022/06/08/oecd-slashes-global-economic-outlook-on-russia-ukraine-war/ |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Rose Lavelle believes she’s developed into a smarter player in the four years since becoming a breakout star for the United States in the 2019 Women’s World Cup final against the Netherlands.
The midfielder was 24 and one of the Americans’ younger players when she scored in the 69th minute of the title game in Lyon, France. Megan Rapinoe also scored in the 2-0 victory that earned the United States its second straight World Cup trophy, and fourth overall.
The United States meets the Netherlands again on Thursday, this time in the group stage of the tournament. Both teams have a win in Group E headed into the match in New Zealand’s capital of Wellington.
Lavelle, now a veteran on an American team that has 14 players making their World Cup debuts, reflected on the past four years on the eve of the rematch.
“I feel like obviously I have a lot more experience, so I think just my mentality is a bit is a bit different. Four years ago I was obviously one of the younger players on the team, and I think now I find myself in a different position, which I think just kind of gives me a little more confidence,” she said. “I feel like I’m a smarter player. I think I’ve grown in every realm, which is what I would hope.”
Lavelle injured her knee in an April exhibition match against Ireland and hadn’t played for her club team, OL Reign, in the run-up to the World Cup.
Coach Vlatko Andonovski declared that Lavelle was available before the team’s opener against Vietnam, and she came in the game as a substitute in the 61st minute. The United States won 3-0 on a pair of goals from Sophia Smith and another from Lindsey Horan.
Lavelle was subbed in at the same time as Rapinoe, her Reign teammate who injured her calf in a National Women’s Soccer League match in June.
The win over Vietnam in Auckland wasn’t as lopsided as many expected given the Golden Star Women’s Warriors inexperience on the international stage. The Vietnamese were among eight teams making their first World Cup appearance at the tournament co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia.
The Netherlands will no doubt be a bigger challenge than Vietnam.
The two teams also met in the quarterfinals at the Tokyo Olympics, with the Americans advancing on penalties after a 2-2 draw.
Ranked No. 9 in the world, the Netherlands has won just one of its 10 matches against the United States overall. Only one of those meetings came in a World Cup — that 2019 final. The only Dutch victory in the series came in the first meeting in 1991.
The Netherlands opened the World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Portugal, winning it on Stefanie van der Gragt’s goal. But the team is missing one of its most dynamic players, forward Vivianne Miedema, who ruptured her ACL while playing for her club team, Arsenal, in December.
“I think every time we play them it’s a very physical, intense match. They have a lot of different threats,” Lavelle said. “I think they’re technical, good on set pieces, so I think it’s going to be a tough game. But I think we’re really excited for it.”
Lavelle was introspective when asked Wednesday whether the World Cup championship goal changed her.
“I don’t really feel like it did. It was a goal and it was fun,” she said. “But I feel like I’m still just me.”
Andonovski went a little further in what the goal did for Lavelle.
“If I can add on that, maybe Rose’s life changed, but she hasn’t changed a bit,” the coach said. “She’s still the same humble and good person.”
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CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A Philadelphia man who pleaded guilty to conspiring with a New Jersey couple on a bogus feel-good story of helping a motorist in distress that garnered more than $400,000 in online donations has been sentenced to three years’ probation.
Johnny Bobbitt Jr., 39, who previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, was also ordered Monday in federal court in New Jersey to pay $25,000 in restitution. He earlier was sentenced to five years’ probation after pleading guilty in 2019 to state charges of conspiracy to commit theft by deception.
Prosecutors said Bobbitt aided Mark D’Amico and Katelyn McClure in a feel-good story in late 2017 about the homeless veteran giving his last $20 to help McClure when her car ran out of gas on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia. The three conducted newspaper and television interviews and solicited donations, ostensibly to help Bobbitt, through a GoFundMe campaign they named “Paying It Forward,” prosecutors said.
The campaign raised more than $400,000 from about 14,000 donors in about a month and at the time was the largest fraud perpetrated through the crowdfunding platform, according to the prosecutor’s office in Burlington County, New Jersey.
Authorities began investigating after Bobbitt sued the couple, accusing them of not giving him the money. They eventually determined that all of the money was spent by March 2018, with large chunks spent by McClure and D’Amico on a recreational vehicle, a BMW and trips to casinos in Las Vegas and New Jersey.
D’Amico pleaded guilty in December 2019 and was sentenced in August to five years in state prison, a term running concurrent to an earlier term imposed on separate federal charges. McClure was sentenced to a year on federal charges and is awaiting sentencing on state charges. Both have been ordered to fully reimburse GoFundMe. | 2022-10-04T00:32:48+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/new-jersey/homeless-veteran-gets-probation-in-nj-good-samaritan-gofundme-scam/ |
Los Angeles DA files charges against 2 former police detectives in 2020 shooting
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two former Los Angeles-area police detectives have been charged in the 2020 shooting of an unarmed man that left him paralyzed from the waist down, the district attorney said Wednesday.
Former Whittier detectives Cynthia Lopez and Salvador Murillo opened fire on April 30, 2020, as Nicholas Carrillo ran from them. Two bullets struck him in the back — one severing his spinal cord — as he climbed a fence to escape.
“Although he was lucky to survive, his life was forever changed and he must now begin using a wheelchair,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said Wednesday during a news conference.
Murillo is charged with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and two counts of assault under color of authority. Lopez faces two counts of assault under color of authority, one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle and one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. Prosecutors filed the charges Tuesday.
The detectives were in plainclothes and an unmarked car when they spotted a sedan that had been supposedly used during an unarmed robbery the month before, Gascón said. A woman was the suspect in that robbery at a Walmart, where a television was stolen. Carrillo was alone in the car on the day he was shot.
The detectives followed the sedan into an alley, and emerged from their vehicle with their guns drawn. The sedan reversed and collided with the detectives’ car, Gascón said.
Lopez fired into the sedan’s rear windshield, prosecutors said. Carrillo then ran from the car and Lopez and Murillo opened fire as they chased him. He was not armed.
They are expected to be arraigned Monday. It was not immediately clear whether they had attorneys who could speak on their behalf.
The Whittier Police Officers’ Association, the union that represents the department’s rank-and-file officers, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
The detectives are no longer employed by the Whittier Police Department, which also did not respond to a request for comment. Whittier is about 15 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.
The Whittier case comes two weeks after Gascón’s office charged seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse with involuntary manslaughter in the 2020 death of a man who screamed “I can’t breathe” while multiple officers restrained him as they tried to take a blood sample.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-12T20:31:48+00:00 | atlantanewsfirst.com | https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/04/12/los-angeles-da-files-charges-against-2-former-police-detectives-2020-shooting/ |
W&H's new Piezomed module is game changer in piezo surgery that can be used in conjunction with the clinician's existing Implantmed Plus as a simple add-on solution. With this innovation, W&H is breaking new ground in surgical applications. This modular system combines expertise from different areas to meet requirements for a maximized workflow.
WINDSOR, ON, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - W&H is revolutionizing the surgical workflow with the new Piezomed module. This easy add-on solution for the Implantmed is creating entirely new treatment options for patients – a true game changer in piezo surgery. This impressive product innovation in the periodontal and oral surgery specialties as well as for the dental implant surgery field, with its modular design, allows the device to be adapted to users' specific requirements.
The Implantmed Plus by W&H is now a true all-rounder thanks to the new Piezomed module that combines an implantology motor and piezo surgery in one device. This means the Implantmed can be combined with the Piezomed module and used to cover several surgical applications that changes the way oral surgery and implantology work. This, coupled with the implant stability measurement and documentation features, makes W&H the first manufacturer to cover the entire surgical workflow. Oral surgeons can look forward to discovering a new world of treatment possibilities.
The Piezomed module simplifies the processes in oral surgery and implantology, as users always have the right device on hand in a compact and space-saving form, whatever the application. The modular system's standardized operation simplifies the practice team's daily workflows. What's more, only one irrigation tubing and one saline solution are required, which enables optimized handling. In the 'Piezomed Plus' and 'Piezomed Classic', W&H has two module versions available to meet all piezo surgery requirements in practice, whether for day-to-day or intensive use:
- The easiest operation
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The new module brings all the benefits of W&H piezo technology to its users.
The combination of the Implantmed Plus and the Piezomed module is changing working methods in oral surgery and implantology. All products and functionalities that come with the new modular system are fully tailored to the user's workflow. W&H's surgical contra-angle handpieces allow procedures to be performed with unrivalled precision, while the wireless foot control ensures greater comfort and freedom of movement.
The easy add-on ensures seamless transition between the two technologies, representing a real step forward. Implantology and piezo surgery combined in a single unit – a true breakthrough in every respect!
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Court Ruling By Jury Asserts Validity of Gibson Trademarks -- Deems Them Not Generic -- Putting Gibson In A Position To Own Their Legacy Innovations And Be Future Focused
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The court's decision by jury today, to uphold Gibson's long-established and well-recognized trademarks for Gibson's innovative and iconic guitar shapes is a win for Gibson and the music community at large. The court found that the Gibson Trademarks are valid, the Gibson shapes are not generic, and the defendants were guilty of both infringement and counterfeiting. Gibson is very pleased with the outcome after years of simply trying to protect their brand and business through well recognized intellectual property rights, rights that have been Gibson's for decades.
Gibson's guitar shapes are iconic and now are firmly protected for the past, present, and future. From a broader perspective, this court decision is also a win for Gibson Fans, Artists, Dealers, and related Partners who expect and deserve authenticity. Not to mention for all of the iconic American brands that have invested in meaningful innovation and continued protection, only to see it diluted with unauthorized and often illegitimate knock-offs. Gibson can now focus attention on continuing to leverage its iconic past, and invest in future innovation, with confidence.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — A federal jury awarded $21 million to the family of a pregnant teen who was shot and killed by undercover police officers in Northern California five years ago, attorneys said.
Elena Mondragon was a passenger in a BMW pulling out of a Hayward apartment complex when an unmarked van filled with Fremont police officers tried to cut it off in March 2017, according to a complaint filed by the teen's family. At the time, Fremont police said the BMW's driver, who was apparently wanted by police, had rammed the car into the van.
Police opened fire and fatally wounded Mondragon, who was a passenger. She was 16 and in her first trimester of pregnancy.
Her family's civil rights and wrongful death complaint described the killing as "a botched covert arrest operation," the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The jury's decision on Friday was "a tremendous verdict for the family," said plaintiffs' attorney John Burris.
Burris said the jury decided to split culpability between the man driving the car and the officers, so that the city of Fremont will likely supply about $10 million of the award.
Fremont officials did not immediately comment on the jury's decision.
In 2018, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office concluded that the fatal police shooting was justified.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-06-26T07:33:44+00:00 | wksu.org | https://www.wksu.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-06-26/a-jury-awarded-21m-to-the-family-of-a-pregnant-teen-shot-and-killed-by-police |
(The Car Connection) — So much has happened in the electric vehicle space since Hyundai wowed us with the Ioniq 5 late in 2021.
The Cadillac Lyriq reoriented GMs luxury brand with a value-laden gem. Nissan did something similar with the belated launch of the Ariya crossover. Rivals such as Ford and Kia introduced performance versions of their electric crossovers, while Rivian rocked the industry with the innovative R1T electric lifestyle truck. Mercedes-Benz and BMW fleshed out their EQ and i-Series electric vehicle lineups, and Audi expanded the E-Tron family.
Most significantly, Ford flipped the script on full-size pickup trucks with the launch of the F-150 Lighting, a fully capable electric truck with even better packaging and performance than its perennial bestseller, the F-150. It evolves the automotive industry in such a seismic way as to win the overall Best Car To Buy 2023 award.
So why doesn’t it earn double honors for The Car Connection’s Best Electric Car To Buy 2023? Efficiency. It’s not enough to have no tailpipe emissions; the Best Electric Car must be efficient with how it uses its energy and must earn a perfect 10 on our Green rating by averaging at least 3.0 miles traveled per kwh used. We also prize value, and the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5 does that better than any competitors, despite sharing a TCC Rating of 8.4 out of 10 with the Lyriq, Ariya, and Rivian R1S three-row electric crossover. (Read more about how we rate cars.)
All but the base Ioniq 5 comes with a 77.4-kwh battery pack feeding a single motor with rear-wheel drive and a range of 303 miles. That translates to more than 3.3 miles per kwh, based on EPA ratings. Dual-motor all-wheel-drive models go up to 266 miles with 19-inch wheels, and hover at the 3.0-miles/kwh range. Like every other electric vehicle, range suffers from larger wheels with broader contact points.
In its second year of production, another big advantage of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 is its 800-volt architecture that enables CCS DC fast-charging from 10-80% in about 18 minutes. On a 240-volt home outlet, it takes less than seven hours to charge and it can accept up to 10.9 kwh. Most other mainstream electrics utilize a 400-volt architecture that at least doubles the fast-charge times.
New this year, all Ioniq 5 versions come with a more efficient heat pump as well as battery pre-conditioning that better preserves range, especially on cold days. The technical advantages bolster the more obvious charms of the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5: its eye-catching design stands out in the gelatinous blob of aero-minded electric crossovers, and the interior takes full advantage of the clean-sheet approach to cabin design afforded by an EV powertrain.
The center console slides fore and aft 5.0 inches to open up even more front legroom, and the rear seats also slide back to optimize space depending on your needs. Fold down the 60/40-split rear seats and the already airy cabin opens up to 59.3 cubic feet of space, which is better than many compact crossovers. The front trunk is sized like a briefcase, and can only stow the charger, but clever packaging abounds inside the car where it matters most.
Inside, it’s remarkably quiet and consistently comfortable, and the retro-inspired hatchback shape with its hard creases and cuts leans into the future with impressive performance. The dual-motor AWD versions churn out 320 hp and 446 lb-ft of torque, enabling a 0-60 mph time of 5.0 seconds, better than all but the most muscular GT versions of the Ford Mustang Mach-E. It’s not the spryest handler, but its fully independent suspension soaks up road imperfections well. Four regen brake settings provide enough variability to coast like a gas car or engage one-pedal driving.
For about $47,000 with the larger battery pack, Hyundai equips the Ioniq 5 with a wealth of features such as heated front seats and twin 12.3-inch display and infotainment screens, as well as its excellent 5-year/60,000-mile warranty. With top safety ratings from the IIHS and standard driver-assist tech such as automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, automatic high-beam headlights, and active lane control, the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5 is a value that still stands out among other electric crossovers.
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Read about the other winners of The Car Connection’s Best Car To Buy 2023 awards, and find out which vehicles took home top honors from our sister sites, Motor Authority and Green Car Reports. | 2023-01-08T16:40:46+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/automotive/hyundai-ioniq-5-best-electric-car-to-buy-2023/ |
President Biden on Monday called for the immediate repeal of Uganda’s new Anti-Homosexuality Act and warned of possible sanctions as his administration evaluates “the implications of this law on all aspects of U.S. engagement with Uganda.”
“This shameful Act is the latest development in an alarming trend of human rights abuses and corruption in Uganda. The dangers posed by this democratic backsliding are a threat to everyone residing in Uganda, including U.S. government personnel, the staff of our implementing partners, tourists, members of the business community, and others,” Biden said in a statement about the legislation, which was signed into law earlier Monday by President Yoweri Museveni.
The new anti-gay measure imposes the death penalty in cases of “aggravated homosexuality” and would impose a life sentence for engaging in gay sex. The state defines “aggravated homosexuality” as homosexual acts carried out by those infected with HIV or homosexual acts that involve children, disabled people or those drugged against their will.
Biden called for its repeal and warned of significant action against the country.
The president said he directed his National Security Council to evaluate implications of the law on U.S. engagement with Uganda, including whether the U.S. will continue to safely deliver services under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Biden said the new law might also affect Uganda’s eligibility for the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
“And we are considering additional steps, including the application of sanctions and restriction of entry into the United States against anyone involved in serious human rights abuses or corruption,” he added.
“I join with people around the world — including many in Uganda — in calling for its immediate repeal. No one should have to live in constant fear for their life or being subjected to violence and discrimination. It is wrong.” | 2023-05-29T21:53:16+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/hill-politics/biden-calls-for-repeal-of-ugandas-new-anti-gay-law-threatens-sanctions/ |
A new report that looks at death data across Santa Barbara County was published Monday.
The Public Health Department shared the findings, which looked at leading causes and rates of death across different demographics from 2018 through 2020.
9,857 people died in the three-year period, or about 0.7% of the nearly 450,000 residents of Santa Barbara County. Health officials say that puts the mortality rate of Santa Barbara County residents 8% below the rate across California.
The number of Santa Barbara County residents who died from 2018 to 2020 went up compared to previous years, but health officials say when adjusted for age, the death rate is on the decline.
Leading causes of death
Cancer and heart disease were the two leading causes of death across the county.
A new category was the third most common cause of death: unintentional injuries.
The CDC places car accidents, unintentional falls and unintentional poisonings in the category.
In prior years, the category has regularly ranked 5th or 6th most common cause of death in Santa Barbara County, but its frequency has gone up each year since 2013. It rose from 16.3 deaths per 100,000 people in 2013 to 39.1 deaths per 100,000 people in the most recent report.
Alzheimer's disease, stroke, chronic lower respiratory disease, diabetes, liver disease, suicide and the flu were the 4th-10th leading causes of death.
Demographics
Men died at a higher rate than women did in the county, health officials say. Compared to women, men had a 39% higher death rate for cancer, a 26% higher death rate for heart disease and a 63% higher death rate for unintentional injuries.
When measuring across race and ethnicity, health officials say death rates went down significantly among Asian/Pacific Islanders, multiracial and Hispanic residents.
The death rate among white residents went up 46% percent, reaching a rate nearly 3 times higher than the Hispanic death rate, which went down 40% in the same time period.
COVID-19 deaths in 2020
The compiled report includes a section dedicated to deaths from COVID-19 during the first year of the pandemic.
174 county residents died from COVID-19 in 2020, including 80 women and 94 men. The pandemic caused an average 30.5 deaths per 100,000 people, ranking just under stroke, the 5th leading cause of death in the county, which has a death rate of 33.7 per 100,000 people.
Deaths from COVID-19 were highest among male and white populations in the county.
North Santa Barbara County had the highest death rate from COVID-19 in 2020.
Senior Epidemiologist Joy Kane says the Public Health Department will publish a more detailed report that analyzes how race/ethnicity and location play a role in mortality rates.
Death reports from 2013 through 2020 are available online at Santa Barbara County Public Health's website. | 2022-07-18T21:46:48+00:00 | ksby.com | https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/sb-co-publishes-data-on-mortality-rate-includes-first-year-of-pandemic |
Dodgers third. Cody Bellinger flies out to center field to JJ Bleday. Mookie Betts homers to center field. Trea Turner singles to right field. Freddie Freeman lines out to shallow right field to Jon Berti. Trea Turner doubled off first.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Dodgers 1, Marlins 0.
Marlins fourth. Joey Wendle grounds out to shallow infield, Dustin May to Freddie Freeman. Jon Berti singles to right field. Brian Anderson singles to left center field, tagged out at second, Joey Gallo to Chris Taylor. Jon Berti scores. JJ Bleday pops out to shallow infield to Will Smith.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Dodgers 1, Marlins 1.
Marlins sixth. Jacob Stallings grounds out to shallow infield, Dustin May to Freddie Freeman. Peyton Burdick flies out to right field to Mookie Betts. Joey Wendle singles to shallow infield. Jon Berti singles to shallow infield. Joey Wendle to second. Jerar Encarnacion singles to left field. Jon Berti to third. Joey Wendle scores. Throwing error by Joey Gallo. JJ Bleday hit by pitch. Garrett Cooper reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. JJ Bleday out at second.
1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 4 left on. Marlins 2, Dodgers 1. | 2022-08-28T00:48:34+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/L-A-Dodgers-Miami-Runs-17402745.php |
GenCyber Girls campers part of historic ceremony
MADISON, S.D., June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dakota State University and ArmyCyber (ARCYBER) have signed an Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) at a ceremony held at DSU on June 19.
This agreement will "promote joint research, collaboration, educational programs, and professional projects for both parties' mutual advantage," said the document, by forging a cooperative relationship to further the educational, research, and service missions. This is the first partnership of its kind for ARCYBER because it encompasses all five of its mission objectives, to operate, defend, attack, influence, and inform.
"We are proud and excited to broaden our relationship with Dakota State University," said Lt. Gen Maria Barrett, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Cyber Command.
"DSU's students and faculty have proven to be innovative, skilled, and forward-thinking — just the kind of talented, focused, and driven young minds our nation needs in its cyber workforce to counter our cyber adversaries and defend the networks and critical infrastructure that are vital to our nation."
As this relationship progresses throughout the five-year agreement, Dakota State and ArmyCyber will develop a deeper understanding of each other's needs and capabilities, said DSU President José-Marie Griffiths. Through this awareness, students will be able to see cyber career paths they may not be aware of, such as civilian roles available with the military. They may also be on the front lines with jobs that haven't been created yet.
"Dakota State is leading the new security frontier – which is cyber – and this agreement will provide us with distinctive opportunities to contribute to our nation's security while providing cutting-edge workforce experience for our students," she stated.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem said, "In South Dakota, we become the best – and then we do it again. We break our own records, we beat ourselves, we create a new precedent. We set the bar, and then we raise it."
"I have seen this kind of work ethic demonstrated by the folks at DSU time and time again. And this Educational Partnership Agreement is yet another opportunity to raise the bar. It's raising the bar for universities across the country who are getting involved in the cyber security field. But it is also raising the bar for our students, and for students all over the country. DSU is giving students the kind of career opportunities that they can't get anywhere else," Noem stated.
This event provided a timely example for potential DSU students. Over 100 middle school girls attending Dakota State University's GenCyber Girls in CybHER® camp were at the signing ceremony. Barrett, Noem, and U.S. Senator Mike Rounds explained the significance of this agreement to the campers, and described what doors the EPA can help open for rising cyber careers in these students' future.
"Dakota State University is a nationally recognized leader in the field of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence," said U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and co-chair of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus.
"While today is a great day for DSU and our nation, it has been long in the making. I appreciate the work of Dr. Michael Sulmeyer, the Army's Principal Cyber Advisor, whose visit to DSU at my request helped pave the way for the signing of this agreement," he stated.
"Additionally, I am grateful for the visionary leadership of Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, who continues to find ways to take DSU to the next level as a top institution for cybersecurity. This agreement opens up a world of possibilities for DSU students and is another opportunity for South Dakota to play a critical role in maintaining the defense of our country."
Dakota State University (DSU) is located in Madison, S.D. Founded in 1881, DSU offers undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs through its colleges of arts and sciences, business and information systems, computer and cyber sciences, and education. DSU has a special focus on the development, application, implications, and impacts of computing, information technologies and cyber security in all areas of human endeavor. DSU has received multiple Center of Academic Excellence designations in education, research and regional resource development from the U.S. National Security Agency and U.S. Department of Homeland Security. DSU is home to the Madison Cyber Labs (MadLabs®), a cyber R&D hub with labs and institutes that explore and advance technology application, workforce development, business expansion, economic growth, and policy improvement across multiple disciplines and fields. For more information, contact mediarelations@dsu.edu, 605-270-3816, or visit the DSU website at dsu.edu.
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted lower Monday to start what could be a quiet stretch following their best week since March.
The S&P 500 lost 8.58 points, or 0.2%, to 4,273.79. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 199.90, or 0.6%, to 33,562.86, while the Nasdaq composite slipped 11.34, or 0.1%, to 13,229.43.
The majority of stocks on Wall Street sank after a report showed growth fell short of economists’ forecasts for businesses in the construction, accommodation and other U.S. services industries last month. It was still a fifth straight month of expansion, though.
It’s the latest mixed reading for a U.S. economy that has defied forecasts for a recession but has begun to slow under the weight of higher interest rates.
“There’s this muddle-through environment that the market is starting to work through,” said Anthony Saglimbene, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial.
Monday’s dip came after a weekslong rally carried Wall Street to its highest level since August. That was largely because a resilient job market has forced recession-callers to keep pushing out predictions for a downturn by another few months. Still, pressure remains on the economy from the squeeze of still-high inflation, interest rates and cracks in the U.S. banking system.
“The market is starting to build a degree of optimism that I think is warranted,” Saglimbene said. “Whether it comes to fruition remains to be seen.”
After helping to lead the market higher early in the day, a drop for heavyweight Apple helped drag the S&P 500 to its modest loss in the afternoon. It fell 0.8% after unveiling a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world. It will cost $3,500 when it’s released early next year.
In the oil market, crude gained after Saudi Arabia said it would cut back production in hopes of boosting its price. A barrel of U.S. crude rose 0.6% to $72.15, and a barrel of Brent crude, which is the international standard, climbed 0.8% to $76.71.
Both were close to $120 a year ago, and their prices have fallen on worries that a strapped global economy would burn less fuel.
Elsewhere, Wall Street was relatively quiet. This upcoming week is light on earnings reports and top-tier economic data. That leaves few clues for the dominant question hanging over the market: Which will come first, the economy falling into a recession or inflation easing enough for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates?
That’s why much attention is on next week, when the government will release the latest monthly updates on inflation at the consumer and wholesale levels. It’s also when the Fed will meet next on interest rate policy. Traders are largely betting that it will stand pat on rates, which would mark the first meeting where it hasn’t hiked in more than a year.
The bet on Wall Street, though, is that it could resume hiking rates in July. The reason for such a pause would be to allow the Fed time to assess how its frenetic set of rate hikes over the last year have affected the economy.
The goal of high rates is to lower inflation by slowing the entire economy and dragging down prices for stocks, bonds and other investments. With rates at their highest level since 2007, several high-profile U.S. bank failures since March have already shaken the market, while the manufacturing industry has been contracting for months.
Last week, though, data showed that U.S. employers unexpectedly accelerated their hiring in May, while increases in workers’ wages slowed to keep some pressure off inflation. That helped bring Wall Street to the edge of what’s called a “bull market.”
If the S&P 500 rises 0.4% more and finishes a day above 4,292.44, it will be more than 20% above where it was in mid-October. That would mean Wall Street’s main measure of health has transformed from its frigid “bear market,” when it fell more than 20% over nine months, into a powerful bull.
In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 3.68% from 3.70% late Friday. It helps set rates for mortgages and other loans that shape the economy’s strength.
The two-year Treasury, which moves more on expectations for the Fed, dropped to 4.45% from 4.51%. It had been higher earlier in the morning, before the weaker-than-expected report on the U.S. services industries thudded onto Wall Street.
In stock markets abroad, indexes were mostly lower in Europe. Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumped 2.2%, while gains in other Asian markets were more modest.
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AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Joe McDonald contributed. | 2023-06-05T22:30:51+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/business/ap-business/stock-market-today-asian-stocks-follow-wall-st-up-after-strong-us-jobs-report-2/ |
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In a high school gymnasium about 20 miles south of Phoenix, a room full of people shift in their seats. The space is silent, with every small creak echoing in the high rafters of the building. No one wants to be the first one to speak.
Finally, a tall woman with dark hair stands up and walks to the microphone. She begins in English, but introduces herself in Tohono O'odham.
"They call me April Ignacio and I am providing testimony on behalf of my family," she says. In her hands she holds a stack of papers that she reads from.
Ignacio is one of hundreds of people in attendance, from small children to elderly tribal citizens, who have come here to speak to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. The public forum at the Gila Crossing Community School is Haaland's fourth stop on the Road to Healing tour. For months, she and her staff have been traveling the country, listening to survivors and their families tell of the abuse they experienced in federal Indian boarding schools.
Many people – like Ignacio – brought written testimony that was pages long, so they didn't forget anything.
"My family in particular has five generations of boarding school attendees and survivors," Ignacio says. She went on to tell of her grandparents' experiences of abuse and the lasting impacts of it on her family
That's exactly the kind of thing Haaland flew over two thousand miles to hear: "I want you all to know that I'm here with you on this journey," she promised. "I will listen. I will agree with you. I will weep alongside you and I will feel the pain that you feel."
Haaland is Pueblo of Laguna, and the first Indigenous woman to serve in her position. She's also personally invested in this work – her grandparents attended federal boarding schools.
In the past few years, the Department of the Interior has taken the unprecedented step of acknowledging the role its boarding schools played in the long-running federal effort to erase Native languages and cultures. Children in this system were forced to cut their hair, only speak English, practice certain religions and, ultimately, assimilate into mainstream or white culture. Punishments were harsh, and many children never made it home.
Those who did bore deep scars that Haaland is hoping this process will help to heal.
As rows of tribal citizens sat facing the Secretary, some said her background and understanding made them feel empowered to tell their stories for the first time. June Marie Holiday Wauneka drove over 400 miles – or about seven hours – to attend the second stop of the weekend, deep in the Navajo Nation.
Wauneka attended one of the government-run boarding schools in the 1950s at just 6 years old.
Before she left home, her cousin gave her some advice: "You're gonna get picked on. He says, 'I want you to learn how to fight.' "
She had to learn – battling both the students who bullied her, and the teachers who harassed and hit her.
"I fought to live each day," she says. "And I have scars in my heart and in my mind."
After the meeting, she choked up as she recalled the moment she got to tell Haaland her story.
"I thanked her for the opportunity to speak," she said. "And it brought me peace to know that it was finally spoken out."
Wauneka said that opportunity was worth the long drive and the gas money. She said she felt it was her duty to speak out, as a way of paying it forward to the next generation. She now has grown children of her own, and grandchildren to look after.
Her grandkids, she says, are about the same age she was when she was first sent to boarding school.
"That's how small I was when I was treated like that," she said. "Boy, I'm so glad I made it through those things. And I found peace talking about what happened to me."
An added bonus? A selfie with Secretary Haaland. Wauneka smiled with pride as she talked about it: "It was an honor."
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-02-10T17:33:17+00:00 | knkx.org | https://www.knkx.org/2023-02-10/on-the-road-to-healing-tribal-citizens-are-speaking-out-about-boarding-schools |
Erin Viancourt
Cleveland, Ohio, birthed the Browns in football as well as music’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Along the way came Erin Viancourt, Cleveland native and aspirant country music singer. Relocated to Nashville’s Music City, Viancourt hits the road for the historic Down Home in Johnson City on Friday, July 28.
She’s on the road to promote her new album. Released this month, “Won’t Die This Way” brands as Viancourt’s long-awaited debut. Built with nods to country music’s past, Viancourt recalls Loretta Lynn’s sassiness as well as shades of outlaw country a la 1970s. Yet she maintains her own style. She’s lived more than a little, songs including “I Should’ve Known Better” reveal. And yet, as heard on the title track, Viancourt’s a long-hauler, a singer with moxie and character.
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Who: Erin Viancourt When: Friday, July 28 at 8 p.m. Where: The Down Home, 300 W. Main St., Johnson City Admission: $20 Info: 423-929-9822 Web, audio and video: www.erinviancourtmusic.com
Dusty Leigh Huston
Her mama named her after ZZ Top. She loves Dolly Parton, Tina Turner, and gentle giant Don Williams, too.
Sounds like Idaho native Dusty Leigh Huston quite a head-start on this music making thing. Hear more when she appears at the Bristol Casino Bar in Bristol, Virginia, on Saturday, July 29. She follows The Kindest People, a band of considerable might.
Kerosene and Maybelline comprise Huston’s mix of music. There’s the power of “The Hell I Won’t,” a confident declarative matter of fact rocker. Then there’s the acoustic-dripping ballad “Angry Right Now,” a pensive nod to country. Drenched in myriad prisms of drama, Dusty Leigh Huston bears a long look and a longer listen.
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Who: The Kindest People and Dusty Leigh Huston When: Saturday, July 29 at 8 p.m. Where: Bristol Casino, 500 Gate City Hwy., Bristol, Va. Admission: Free Info: 276-696-3660 Web, audio and video: http://dustyleigh.com
Victor Lawson
& Boogie Chillen
Generational roots of the blues stretch far from Mississippi’s Delta, Chicago’s South Side, Detroit’s downtown and so forth. Some of those found the likes of Victor Lawson in Southwest Virginia.
Blues plugged in, Victor Lawson & Boogie Chillen return to Delta Blues BBQ in Bristol, Tennessee, on Friday, July 28. His band named after a John Lee Hooker song, 1948’s “Boogie Chillen,” Lawson’s music pays homage to those who planted the roots.
But Lawson does not live in music’s past. Learned from it. Applies it. Plays it. And then Lawson percolates in today’s world with contemporary layers to those foundations laid by such blues men of yore including Muddy Waters and Elmore James of the 1940s and ‘50s as well as Johnny Winters from the ‘70s and Stevie Ray Vaughan from the ‘80s. His own style applied, Lawson’s music scintillates when it should along indelible grooves of entertainment.
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Who: Victor Lawson & Boogie Chillen When: Friday, July 28 at 8 p.m. Where: Delta Blues BBQ, 724 State St., Bristol, Tenn. Admission: Free Info: 423-573-3382 Web, audio and video: www.facebook.com/victorlawsonandboogiechillen/
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Ronnie Williams goes back to the earliest of days of The Carter Family Fold. For instance, he attended the first annual Carter Fold Festival in 1975. That’s when Maybelle Carter and Sara Carter, two-thirds of the original Carter Family, returned to Hiltons to perform.
Williams, a friend of several generations of Carters and a widely respected and renowned academic and musicians steeped in Carter Family music, returns often to The Carter Family Fold. Staged each Saturday night, the weekly show spawned the festival.
So, Williams will headline the 49th annual Carter Fold Festival on Saturday, Aug. 5 at The Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia. As he has done for 40 years, he will play his 1929 Gibson L5 guitar, a nearly exact duplicate of Maybelle Carter’s famous 1928 Gibson L5.
Particularly when Williams, a resident of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, performs at The Carter Fold, he nearly always plays Carter Family music exclusively. He may perform “Worried Man Blues” and perhaps “Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow.” Whichever he chooses to play, his knowledge of Carter Family music is profound.
“Sometimes Helen Carter (one of Maybelle’s three daughters) would call me in the middle of the night to ask me how a certain Carter Family song went,” Williams said. “Johnny Cash said that I knew more Carter Family music than they did.”
As a child in the early 1970s, Williams befriended Maybelle Carter. He met her backstage before a concert appearance in Richmond, Virginia. They struck up friendship that lasted until her death in 1978. Their friendship extended to Maybelle’s daughters Helen, Anita, and June as well as Johnny Cash and much deeper into the family.
In addition to Williams, performers during the 49th Annual Carter Fold Festival include Leftover Biscuits, Whitetop Mountain Band, and Carson Peters and his band Iron Mountain. Gates open at 12 noon on Saturday, Aug. 5. Music starts at 1 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person ages 12 and older. Children ages 6 to 11 will be charged $5 each admission. Kids ages 5 and younger will be admitted free of charge.
For more information on the 49th Annual Carter Fold Festival, call 276-594-0676 or visit https://carterfamilyfold.org.
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NEW YORK (AP) _ Evercore Inc. (EVR) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $140.4 million.
The New York-based company said it had earnings of $3.44 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $3.50 per share.
The investment bank posted revenue of $831.3 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $831.3 million, which beat Street forecasts.
For the year, the company reported profit of $476.5 million, or $11.61 per share. Revenue was reported as $2.76 billion.
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XI'AN, China, May 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 23, the 16th (2023) International Solar Photovoltaics and Smart Energy (Shanghai) Conference and Exhibition (SNEC) kicked off at Kerry Center in Pudong, Shanghai. Li Zhenguo, Founder and President of LONGi, who was invited to attend the opening ceremony, delivered a keynote speech titled "Building collaborative innovation ecosystem to create a zero-carbon world".
Speaking at the ceremony, Li said it is the mission and responsibility of the entire industry to make photovoltaic cheaper to use. The continuous advancement of technology is the biggest driving force for cost reduction of photovoltaic power generation. At present, LONGi is actively developing an open innovation system, aiming to establish strong collaborations with educational institutions, industry peers and partners across the supply chain. The company is dedicated to advancing photovoltaic conversion efficiency in the near future while simultaneously driving down electricity costs.
Four methodologies to explain LONGi's innovation history
Innovation is the soul of LONGi and the endogenous driving force for the continuous development of the photovoltaic industry. Li Zhenguo has conducted a comprehensive review of LONGi's technological innovation process since its inception and has distilled it into what he refers to as "LONGi's four innovation methodologies."
1. Technological innovation adheres to "First principle" and consistently strives to enhance efficiency, placing it at the forefront of progress;
2. Prioritizing customers, creating value for customers, and always providing customers with a product reliability guarantee with leading standards, reliable quality and excellent user experience;
3. Stable and reliable corporate values, with a strong emphasis on product reliability and cost-effectiveness, and customer value improvement serving as the driving force to provide long-term value for photovoltaic power plants;
4. Adherence to an open mindset and commitment to investing in scientific and technological research and development to cultivate an open cooperation ecosystem that not only empowers ourselves but also our partners and the industry as a whole. By leading the way in innovation and industry transformation, we strive to achieve success for all stakeholders involved.
LONGi has a long history of innovation. Since 2014, LONGi has been at the forefront of overcoming key challenges in the solar industry. They pioneered the industrialization of RCz single crystal growth technology and successfully addressed the initial light attenuation issue of monocrystalline PERC in 2015. In 2017, LONGi introduced diamond wire-cutting technology for the slicing process and incorporated double-sided power generation technology into both cell and module production.
Through these remarkable advancements and ongoing technological innovation, LONGi has maintained its leadership position in driving continuous cost reductions within the industry.
"Thanks to technological innovation, the cost of photovoltaic electricity has dropped from 4 yuan to less than 0.5 yuan, which not only supports future development but also makes photovoltaics a supporting force for 'carbon neutrality'," Li Zhenguo said.
Building an open innovation ecosystem to create a zero-carbon world
With the world reaching a consensus on "carbon neutrality", the global energy transition to renewable energy has become the general trend.
During his keynote speech, Li Zhenguo expressed LONGi's commitment to maintaining an open mindset, fostering a collaborative innovation ecosystem, and jointly building a zero-carbon world. In addition to continuously increasing investment in R&D, LONGi will spare no effort in seeking wider and deeper exchanges and cooperation around the world.
Just as a single tree cannot form a forest, it is the convergence of hundreds of rivers that create vast seas. LONGi, with its unwavering commitment to open innovation, has successfully harnessed the power of the entire industry chain through numerous instances of technological innovation leadership.
Speaking with the media, Li Zhenguo said the technology that will change or even subvert the photovoltaic industry in the future may not be in the photovoltaic industry itself, but in a certain field that seems to be "out of reach".
To this end, LONGi specially held a launch conference for its "STAR Innovative Ecological Cooperation Platform" during this year's SNEC. According to the company, the platform will build a global leading green energy ecosystem with the mission of transmitting innovation trends, collecting global ideas, integrating solutions, docking high-quality resources and promoting technological innovation in the global photovoltaic industry.
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PORTLAND, Maine — Maine is one of the least diverse states in the nation, and the fishermen in its famed lobster industry reflect that demographic reality. But this summer, a small group of Black young men started to learn the trade.
At 15, Cristiano Silva thought he might spend the summer working at a McDonald's near his home on the outskirts of Portland, Maine, and help with household expenses.
Instead, he found himself on a lobster boat called the Sea Smoke, out among Casco Bay's rocky islands. One breezy day on the boat last month, Cris scrunched his nose and placed a fist-size mesh bait bag full of smelly herring inside a wire lobster trap.
"I like it, I like it. The only thing I can't stand is the smell of the fish," he says. "I'm not going to lie. That's what's kind of kicked my butt. I can't handle it right now."
Cris was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and he was still a toddler when his mother emigrated here a decade ago. This spring he and three other Black teens were recruited from area high schools to learn how to lobster in a new program called "Lift All Boats."
Guided by experienced volunteers, the young men started from scratch. They spent their first day painting foam buoys in distinctive bright colors, tying them to traps and then heading out into the bay and dropping them to the seafloor.
Every week after, they went back out to haul up the traps to see what they caught.
"The whole thing that's a little tricky is getting the, what's called the buoy out of the water," Cris says, as he angles a hooked pole off the boat's side to catch a buoy line. "'Cause sometimes, right, it's a weird angle and you kind of miss it."
Luke's Lobster co-founder shows them the ropes
Capt. Jeff Holden, a volunteer with the program, shows the students how, once they get ahold of the buoy lines, they can thread them into an electric pulley that helps to bring the attached lobster traps up from the sea.
"Don't get your fingers caught between here and the hauler, 'cause it'll pull your hand right into the hauler," he warns. "You can actually cut a finger off if you're not careful."
Holden is a longtime fisherman and lobster dealer who with his son Luke and partner Ben Conniff founded the Luke's Lobster company in 2009.
Conniff says that Maine's seafood packing plants are some of the most diverse places in the state, with many immigrant workers from Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
"But when you think about that most-prized job in the industry — getting to go out and catch those lobsters yourself, you don't see any diversity," Conniff says. "You see a sea of white."
Conniff says that's not been driven by deliberate racism, but by the geographic isolation of Maine's coastal communities and by conservation policies that limit available commercial lobstering licenses to discourage overfishing.
There are more than 6,500 licenses issued, although the number of boats actively fishing is far fewer. Many lobstermen in the year-round fishery hold onto their licenses even when they aren't actively harvesting.
Lobstering can be a lucrative trade to learn
Lobster populations appear to be dropping off from historic highs a few years ago, and the industry is under pressure from conservationists and federal regulators to radically reduce the use of trap rope that can entangle critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.
Still, in a good year it can be a very lucrative enterprise: In 2021, when pandemic-driven market trends were driving up seafood prices in general, Maine harvesters landed lobster worth a record $725 million.
The only way to avoid years on the state's waiting list for a commercial license is to start an apprenticeship by the age of 18, logging 1,000 hours on the water.
That usually means a kid from a coastal lobstering community, where a father, aunt, or friend of the family is an active lobsterman and willing to make a place on their boat.
"There just is not access for someone who's not already an industry insider," Conniff says.
That's where Conniff and his company are trying to play a new role, by putting a boat and gear and fishing expertise specifically at the service of young Mainers of color.
They worked with schoolteachers like Halima Noor to recruit the program's first class.
"I had never heard of a lobsterman that was a person of color," she says.
Noor, who was born in Somalia, says the doors of opportunity don't always swing wide for young Black people in Maine — although she's not expecting the lobstering program to change the world.
"But if they're just like, 'We got to do something that no other kid of color in Maine got to do and this was great, guys,' I'd be like 'Thank you, that's all I wanted for you to get,' " Noor says
The oldest of the apprentice lobstermen, 17-year-old Joshua Lamour, is a promising football player who's excited about college recruiters who've been turning up lately. But he says the lobstering experience is also opening new ways to think about his future.
"And also just being alone out on the ocean sometimes, just doing your job and getting work done and you're really focused on nothing else," he says. "You can leave everything else behind. It's good. It's very therapeutic, I think."
Josh and Cris both emphasize that a key part of their decision to join the program was the prospect of getting paid for their share of the catch.
Although, it's actually been a tough year that way. The price that harvesters got at the dock remained stubbornly low this season. Cris notes that the price can seesaw pretty wildly.
"Now it's like $5 per pound, so it's like a little disappointing," he said that day at sea in August. "So it really depends on how lucky you get. ... Last time I was pretty lucky. I got some good ones. I made some good money."
On that particular day, there was still some fishing luck in the offing. As they hauled glistening lobster traps up from the sea, Josh, Cris and the other students were frequently rewarded by the sight of keeper-size lobster scrabbling around inside.
"Ooh, this one's so heavy, I caught so many lobsters," Cris says.
"Ohhh, big catch here, baby" Josh observes.
Cris and Josh say they will encourage siblings and schoolmates to join the program next summer. They plan to attend again, too, and they are even talking about getting a small boat and going into business together.
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ROCKLIN, Calif. , April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Luna, the leading provider of in-home, in-person physical therapy, today announced a collaboration with Powerback Rehabilitation (Powerback), one of the nation's largest rehabilitation therapy providers, to deliver in-home, in-person outpatient physical therapy together across key strategic markets.
"Today's challenges in healthcare and demographic shifts in the aging population have fueled our service evolution, including this collaboration with Luna," said Carl Shrom, CEO of Powerback Rehabilitation. "As the two leading companies in outpatient, in-home, in-person physical therapy, our combined approach will address these challenges at scale by delivering greater access to in-home therapy, which will help more patients get their power back."
Powerback Rehabilitation provides comprehensive rehabilitation services (physical, occupational, and speech therapy) and wellness services in approximately 1,400 locations across the U.S. and has over 1,000 home health relationships. Through the partnership, the Powerback Rehabilitation To You in-home service line, which provides high-quality, personalized rehabilitation therapy in the safety and convenience of patients' homes, will expand their physical therapy service areas with licensed Luna physical therapists. The collaboration will also expand to in-home occupational therapy and speech therapy later this year.
Unlike remote or virtual care, Luna's licensed physical therapists provide 1:1 hands-on care from the convenience of the patient's home. The service is covered by most major insurances with the same co-pay cost as facility-based care.
"Luna's in-home, in-person physical therapy, together with the scale of Powerback, makes for an enviable combination," said Palak Shah, Co-Founder and Head of Clinical Operations at Luna. "This will result in greater geographic coverage for Powerback, along with access to Luna's thousands of therapists, which will improve patient experience and recovery."
Based on specialty, geography, schedule, and other factors, Luna will match Powerback patients with local therapists at the time and location of their choosing. For consistency of care, the same therapist will treat Powerback Rehabilitation patients for the entirety of the treatment plan from the comfort of their homes. Additionally, Powerback patients and therapists will be able to communicate with each other and discuss care needs between visits via the Luna Physical Therapy app.
When looking for a partner, Powerback Rehabilitation sought to find a company with shared values, high-quality staff to match their own, and the ability to expand services outside of the current Powerback footprint.
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A heart-wrenching video from New Jersey State Police shows officers discovering a missing 4-year-old boy.Officials say the child and his black Labrador wandered away from their home in Buena Vista Township and were missing for more than an hour. Bodycam video shows officers running toward the boy and scooping him up. His loyal dog was still right by his side."We are thankful to report that due to the quick response of the troopers and his mother, the terrified child was safely located and in good health," police wrote. Top headlines:Florida police looking for missing 2-year-old after mom found deadFlorida residents can enjoy 3 days of Universal Orlando for the price of 1 with new ticket offerFlorida expert breaks down possible political impacts of Trump's indictment
BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, N.J. —
A heart-wrenching video from New Jersey State Police shows officers discovering a missing 4-year-old boy.
Officials say the child and his black Labrador wandered away from their home in Buena Vista Township and were missing for more than an hour.
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Bodycam video shows officers running toward the boy and scooping him up. His loyal dog was still right by his side.
"We are thankful to report that due to the quick response of the troopers and his mother, the terrified child was safely located and in good health," police wrote.
Top headlines: | 2023-03-31T14:58:55+00:00 | wesh.com | https://www.wesh.com/article/police-find-child-new-jersey-woods/43478285 |
AMARILLLO and LUBBOCK, Texas — The Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo recently celebrated the opening its new Purina Nutrition Center.
According to a press release from Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech Today website, the center gives veterinary students a way to experience a variety of pet food options, ensuring they understand optimal nutrition for their patients while making sure the school’s animals are receiving proper nutrition.
“Optimal nutrition is so important to health,” said Guy Loneragan, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine in the press release. “We are so very thankful for the generosity of Purina. The Purina Nutrition Center allows us to provide even greater level of excellence of care at our school. It also serves as an important educational asset for our students as they learn various nutritional strategies in disease management and health promotion.”
The Purina Nutrition Center has abundant pet-food organizers and dispensers with the capacity to house sufficient product to support the needs of the school, the university said.
“Purina is a great friend of veterinary medicine,” said John Dascanio, senior associate dean for academic and student affairs in the press release. “Their products serve the health needs of pets across the world. We truly appreciate their willingness to place a nutrition center at our school. This will serve as a focal point for students as they navigate all the pet food choices they have for various health conditions.”
This center will play a vital role in advancing optimal nutritional care for the dogs and cats housed on campus, which further promotes Texas Tech’s Vet School as a national leader in veterinary medicine.
“Nutrition is a fundamental part of pet health, for healthy pets and pets needing veterinary care,” said Lauren Stump, veterinary communications manager at Purina in the press release. “The partnership between Purina and Texas Tech highlights the school’s commitment to the nutrition education of their students and the nutrition knowledge of future veterinarians.”
The Purina Nutrition Center is located in the west wing of the school’s Amarillo campus. | 2022-11-20T01:57:20+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/state-regional/purina-nutrition-center-opens-at-the-texas-tech-school-of-veterinary-medicine/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion was on the ballot in several states Tuesday, months after the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion in a decision that led to near-total bans in a dozen states.
The most intense focus was on Michigan, where there was a push in the presidential battleground to protect abortion rights in the state constitution, and Kentucky, a GOP stronghold where a legal battle over a restrictive law is already underway.
Voters in solidly Democratic Vermont decided to enshrine such rights in their state constitution, while California voters weighed a similar step. Montana voters, by contrast, were considering newborn resuscitative care requirements with criminal penalties, including the rare case of an attempted abortion.
In Michigan, supporters of the measure collected more signatures than any other ballot initiative in state history.
The measure, if passed, would put a definitive end to a 1931 ban on abortion. A state judge has blocked the ban, but another court could revive it after the Roe v. Wade was overturned in June. The initiative would negate that ban and affirm the right to make pregnancy-related decisions about abortion and other reproductive services such as birth control without interference.
James Miller, 66, of Flint, Michigan, said he thought of his daughters, granddaughters and great-granddaughters when he voted in favor of the measure.
“I think we should do the right thing for women,” he said. “It’s her body; it’s her privacy.”
About two-thirds of U.S. voters say abortion should be legal in most or all cases, according to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of over 90,000 voters across the country. Only about 1 in 10 say abortion should be illegal in all cases.
About 6 in 10 also say the Supreme Court’s abortion decision made them dissatisfied or angry, compared with fewer who say they were happy or satisfied.
Michelle Groesser of Swartz Creek, Michigan, said she opposes abortion, even though she believes that any ban likely would have some narrow exceptions. “In a perfect world, I personally would want all life preserved,” she said.
Opponents have contended the Michigan measure could have far-reaching effects on other laws in the state, such as one requiring parental notification of an abortion for someone under age 18. Legal experts say changes to other laws would only happen if someone sued and won, a process that could take years and has no certainty of success.
Even so, the messaging appeared to resonate with some Michigan voters, including Brian Bauer, 64, of Mundy Township, who said the proposal was confusing and voted against it.
Bauer is an abortion opponent who supports some limited exceptions, “but nobody’s willing to throw (in) any kind of compromise … it’s either a yes or no vote.”
In Kentucky, voters were considering a ballot measure that would amend the state constitution to say there is no right to abortion.
The Republican-controlled Legislature has already passed a near-total ban. The ballot measure, if approved, would undercut legal arguments from abortion-rights supporters challenging abortion restrictions. The two sides are set to meet in court a week after Election Day.
Lawmakers added the proposed amendment to the ballot last year, a move that some thought would drive more conservative voters to the polls. But since the Roe decision, abortion-rights supporters have raised nearly $1.5 million to fight it. They were hoping to repeat the surprise outcome this summer in conservative Kansas, where voters overwhelmingly defeated a similar amendment that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban the procedure outright.
Kentucky voter Jim Stewart, 71, a registered Republican, said he’s against abortion, but still voted no on the amendment. “You got to have a little choice there.”
Al Smith, 83, voted yes: “I don’t believe in abortion at all, not for any circumstance,” he said. Both men spoke at an elementary school in Simpsonville, a small town outside of Louisville.
In Vermont, voters overwhelming approved constitutional protections for abortion — an issue that arose after the Legislature in 2019 passed a law guaranteeing abortion rights.
California has already passed several measures aimed at easing access to abortion and has set aside millions of taxpayer dollars to help pay for some out-of-state abortion travel. Voters were considering whether to approve language that would explicitly guarantee access to abortion and contraception in the state constitution.
The question for Montana voters was whether to create criminal penalties for health care providers unless they do everything “medically appropriate and reasonable” to save the life of a baby after birth, including the rare possibility of birth after an attempted abortion.
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Associated Press writer Tammy Webber in Flint, Michigan and Rebecca Reynolds in Simpsonville, Kentucky, contributed to this report.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the 2022 midterm elections at https://apnews.com/hub/2022-midterm-elections. And learn more about the issues and factors at play in the midterms at https://apnews.com/hub/explaining-the-elections. | 2022-11-09T06:26:13+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/politics/ap-michigan-kentucky-among-states-with-abortion-on-ballot/ |
PAINCOURTVILLE, La. (BRPROUD) – The Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office recently responded to a disturbance on LA 1.
The disturbance involved neighbors in the 6300 block of LA 1.
One of those neighbors was identified as Harold J. Theriot, 83, of Belle Rose.
Deputies arrived at the scene and “the complainant advised that the neighbor pointed a gun at her and her dog during a dispute,” according to the Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Harold J. Theriot was contacted during the investigation and deputies found reason to take the elderly man into custody.
Theriot was arrested and taken to the Assumption Parish Detention Center.
APSO says that a “firearm believed to have been brandished during the incident” was located by deputies.
The 83-year-old man was charged with Aggravated Assault with a Firearm.
The Belle Rose native remains behind bars until a scheduled bond hearing takes place with Judge Verdigets. | 2022-08-16T16:46:41+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/83-year-old-louisiana-man-accused-of-pointing-gun-at-dog-during-neighbor-dispute/ |
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As more Southern states pass new restrictions on abortion, Virginia is poised to become an outlier in the region for its relatively permissive laws, setting up the state as a destination for women seeking abortions and raising questions about providers’ capacity to meet demand.
South Carolina is among the last bastions in the region for those seeking legal abortions, but that status could end soon. Access would be almost entirely banned after about six weeks of pregnancy — often before women know they’re pregnant — under a bill expected to come up for a vote in the House on Wednesday. The state Senate, which previously rejected a proposal to nearly outlaw abortions, could give final passage next week.
And most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will be banned in North Carolina beginning July 1 after the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto late Tuesday.
Abortion is banned or severely restricted in much of the South, including bans throughout pregnancy in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. In Georgia, it’s allowed only in the first six weeks.
Such restrictions are possible because the U.S. Supreme Court last year struck down the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which established a nationwide right to abortion.
“It would be just devastating for abortion access in the South,” Jamie Lockhart, executive director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, said of the proposed six-week ban in South Carolina, the 12-week ban in North Carolina, and a six-week ban in Florida that will take effect only if the state’s current 15-week ban is upheld by the state Supreme Court.
But North Carolina Rep. Sarah Stevens, a Republican, said she sees the 12-week ban and other restrictions in North Carolina’s new law as “safeguards,” not obstacles to abortion.
“We seek to balance protecting unborn babies while ensuring the safety of mothers,” she said Tuesday.
Stricter bans across the South would heighten Virginia’s role as an access point and create a “ripple effect” as people travel from out of state to seek care, Lockhart said.
“Despite abortion providers’ efforts to increase available appointments and expand access for patients through telemedicine, the dramatic influx in out-of-state patients will lead to longer wait times for people in those access states,” Lockhart said.
Virginia currently allows abortions in the first and second trimesters. An abortion is allowed in the third trimester only if three doctors certify the mother’s mental or physical health is at serious risk.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, pushed for a 15-week ban during this year’s legislative session, but that was defeated by the narrow Democratic majority in the state Senate.
Victoria Cobb, president of the conservative Family Foundation of Virginia, said Wednesday that the state’s laws became out of step with its neighbors’ during years of “liberal influence.”
Virginians “are going to have to work to protect our Commonwealth from being exploited by the abortion industry,” Cobb said.
The costs of travel for women who need to go outside their home states for abortions can quickly add up, said Ashlyn Preaux, who helps run an abortion fund in South Carolina.
Abortion remains legal through 22 weeks in South Carolina, and the state had already seen an increasing number of out-of-state patients before Florida and North Carolina enacted new restrictions. Farther west, women often travel to Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico or Colorado.
Provisional state health department data show South Carolina reported nearly 1,000 abortions in each of the first three months this year, after totaling just over 200 in the one full month that a previous six-week ban took effect last year. Nearly half of the patients reportedly came from other states.
Preaux fears the region’s new barriers will increase the burden on South Carolina abortion providers already working to match the need. The state has just three clinics, which she stressed are already limited by regulations that largely block them from providing abortions beyond the first trimester.
Until Tuesday, North Carolina had been considered a safe space, said Dr. Erica Pettigrew, a family medicine doctor in Hillsborough. But now, “North Carolinians will be health care refugees to other states,” she said, also criticizing provisions of the law for potentially creating more paperwork, along with additional medical and licensing requirements.
In Michigan, one of the leading states in protecting abortion rights since Roe v. Wade was overturned, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Wednesday that will prohibit companies from firing or otherwise retaliating against workers for having an abortion.
The legislation amends the state’s civil rights law, which had previously only outlawed employment discrimination if an abortion was to “save the life of the mother.” It will ensure that workers cannot be treated differently for receiving an abortion regardless of reasoning.
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Kruesi reported from Nashville, Tennessee. Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Joey Cappelletti in Lansing, Michigan; James Pollard and Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, South Carolina, and Gary Robertson and Hannah Schoenbaum in Raleigh, North Carolina. Schoenbaum and Pollard are corps members for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. | 2023-05-17T22:03:43+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/spread-of-abortion-restrictions-in-south-puts-pressure-on-virginia/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news |
NEW YORK – Serena and Venus Williams are getting their Sister Act back together for doubles at the U.S. Open.
The American siblings, who have won two of their 14 women's doubles Grand Slam titles at Flushing Meadows, were given a wild-card entry by the U.S. Tennis Association on Saturday, making it their first tournament as a team in more than four years.
Serena announced this month that she is preparing to end her playing career and, while she did not explicitly say the U.S. Open would be her final event, she has indicated it will be.
Serena, who turns 41 next month, and Venus, who turned 42 in June, won women's doubles championships at the U.S. Open in 1999 — the year Serena won her first major singles trophy at age 17 in New York — and 2009.
Their other Grand Slam triumphs in doubles: six at Wimbledon, four at the Australian Open and two at the French Open. The most recent came at the All England Club in 2016.
They've also won three doubles gold medals at the Olympics.
That's all aside from their combined total of 30 major trophies in singles — 23 for Serena, and seven for Venus.
The sisters have not competed anywhere in doubles as a pairing since losing in the third round of the French Open in June 2018.
Since then, each Williams has entered two doubles events with other partners.
For Serena, one was with Caroline Wozniacki in January 2020, and the other with Ons Jabeur this June — that came in Eastbourne, England, in a grass-court tune-up ahead of Wimbledon. That marked Serena's return to competition after nearly a full year away from the tour.
She has gone 1-3 in singles in 2022, including a first-round loss at Wimbledon in June, and said less than three weeks ago that “the countdown has begun" to the close of her time as a professional player so she can focus on having another child and on her business interests.
For Venus, the first doubles event since 2018 was with Harriet Dart in June 2019, and the other was with American teenager Coco Gauff at last year's French Open. In singles, Venus was off the tour for nearly a year until returning at a tournament in Washington this month.
Other women's doubles teams receiving wild cards from the USTA on Saturday were Sophie Chang and Angela Kulikov, Robin Montgomery and CoCo Vandeweghe, Katrina Scott and Elizabeth Mandlik, Peyton Stearns and Ashlyn Krueger, Hailey Baptiste and Whitney Osuigwe, and Clervie Ngounoue and Reese Brantmeier.
Men's doubles wild cards went to Brandon Holt — who qualified in singles on Friday and whose mother, Tracy Austin, won singles titles at the U.S. Open in 1979 and 1981 — and Govind Nanda, NCAA champion Ben Shelton and Chris Eubanks, Nicholas Monroe and Keegan Smith, Max Schnur and Hunter Reese, Alex Michelsen and Sebastian Gorzny, Robert Galloway and Alex Lawson, and Nicholas Godsick and Ethan Quinn.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Rescuers evacuated stunned survivors on a large barrier island cut off by Hurricane Ian and Florida's death toll climbed sharply, as hundreds of thousands of people were still sweltering without power days after the monster storm rampaged from the state's southwestern coast up to the Carolinas.
Florida, with nearly four dozen reported dead, was hit hardest by the Category 4 hurricane, one of the strongest to make landfall in the United States. Flooded roadways and washed-out bridges to barrier islands left many people isolated, amid limited cellphone service and a lack of basic amenities such as water, electricity and the internet.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday that multibillionaire businessman Elon Musk was providing some 120 Starlink satellites to “help bridge some of the communication issues.” Starlink, a satellite-based internet system created by Musk's SpaceX, will provide high-speed connectivity.
Florida utilities were working to restore power. As of Saturday night, nearly 1 million homes and businesses were still without electricity, down from a peak of 2.67 million.
At least 54 people were confirmed dead: 47 in Florida, four in North Carolina and three in Cuba.
More than 1,000 people were rescued from flooded areas along Florida's southwestern coast alone, Daniel Hokanson, a four-star general and head of the National Guard, told The Associated Press while airborne to Florida.
In Washington, the White House announced that President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden would travel to Florida on Wednesday. But a brief statement did not release any details of the planned visit to the state.
The bridge to Pine Island, the largest barrier island off Florida’s Gulf Coast, was destroyed by the storm, leaving it accessible only by boat or air. The volunteer group Medic Corps, which responds to natural disasters worldwide with pilots, paramedics and doctors, went door-to-door asking residents if they wanted to be evacuated.
Some flew out by helicopter, and people described the horror of being trapped in their homes as water kept rising.
“The water just kept pounding the house and we watched, boats, houses — we watched everything just go flying by,” Joe Conforti said, fighting back tears. He said if it wasn’t for his wife, who suggested they get up on a table to avoid the rising water, he wouldn’t have made it: “I started to lose sensibility, because when the water’s at your door and it’s splashing on the door and you’re seeing how fast it’s moving, there’s no way you’re going to survive that.”
River flooding posed a major challenge at times to rescue and supply delivery efforts. The Myakka River washed over a stretch of Interstate 75, forcing a traffic-snarling highway closure for a while before officials said later Saturday that it could be reopened.
While swollen rivers have crested or are near cresting, the levels aren’t expected to drop significantly for days, National Weather Service meteorologist Tyler Fleming said.
Elsewhere, South Carolina's Pawleys Island, a beach community roughly 75 miles (115 kilometers) up the coast from Charleston, was also hit hard. Power remained knocked out to at least half the island Saturday.
Eddie Wilder, who has been coming to Pawleys Island for more than six decades, said it was “insane” to see waves as high as 25 feet (7.6 meters) wash away a landmark pier near his home.
“We watched it hit the pier and saw the pier disappear,” he said. “We watched it crumble and and watched it float by with an American flag.”
Wilder's house, located 30 feet (9 meters) above the shoreline, stayed dry inside.
In North Carolina, the storm downed trees and power lines. Two of the four deaths in the state were from storm-related vehicle crashes, and the others involved a man who drowned when his truck plunged into a swamp and another killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator in a garage.
At Port Sanibel Marina in Fort Myers, Florida, the storm surge pushed several boats and a dock onshore. Charter captain Ryan Kane said his vessel was so badly damaged that he was unable to use it to help rescue people, and now it will be a long time before he can take clients fishing again.
“There’s a hole in the hull. It took water in the motors. It took water in everything,” he said, adding: “You know, boats are supposed to be in the water, not in parking lots."
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Kinnard reported from Pawleys Island, South Carolina; Associated Press contributors include Freida Frisaro in Miami; Brendan Farrington in Tallahassee, Florida; Gerald Herbert in Pine Island, Florida; Mike Pesoli in Lehigh Acres, Florida; Sarah Rankin in Richmond, Virginia; and Amy Forliti from Minneapolis. | 2022-10-02T05:36:09+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Florida-deaths-rise-to-47-amid-struggle-to-17481084.php |
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Norfolk Southern announced plans to improve the use of detectors placed along railroad tracks to spot overheating bearings and other problems in response to a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border a month ago.
Monday’s announcement came the same day Pennsylvania’s governor announced that the company had agreed to pay several million dollars to cover the cost of the response and recovery in that state.
The company said it would evaluate the distance between “hot bearing” detectors — currently 13.9 miles (22 kilometers) on average on its core network — and promised to look at every location where the distance is more than 15 miles (24 kilometers), deploying more detectors if practical.
Norfolk Southern “anticipates adding approximately 200 hot bearing detectors to its network, with the first installed on the western approach to East Palestine,” said the company announcement, which comes amid proposals from President Joe Biden’s administration and Congress aimed at improving safety following last month’s derailment.
The National Transportation Safety Board has said the crew operating the train that derailed Feb. 3 outside East Palestine, Ohio, near the Pennsylvania border got a warning from such a detector but couldn’t stop the train before more than three dozen cars came off the tracks and caught fire.
Half of the town of about 5,000 people had to evacuate for days when responders intentionally burned toxic chemicals in some of the derailed cars to prevent an uncontrolled explosion, leaving residents with lingering health concerns. Government officials say tests haven’t found dangerous levels of chemicals in the air or water in the area.
A week ago, a safety advisory from the Federal Railroad Administration urged railroads to reexamine the use of such detectors, making sure that they get inspected often enough by trained employees and that there are safe standards for determining when to stop a train or park a railcar when a warning is triggered. The railroad administration said overheating bearings likely caused at least four other derailments since 2021 and called for ways to analyze temperature trends from the sensors to help identify potential problems sooner.
Norfolk Southern also said it would work with manufacturers to speed up tests and deployment of new “multi-scan” detectors able to scan a greater cross-section of a railcar’s bearings and wheels. It also vowed to work with other railroads to review standards and practices, reevaluating the temperature triggering an alarm and the response to such alarms as well as analyzing data for patterns that could warn of safety issues.
Also announced in Norfolk Southern’s six-point safety plan Monday was installation of more acoustic bearing detectors, which analyze the acoustic signature of vibration inside the axle to identify potential problems. Norfolk Southern said it has five such detectors in service and will add 13 more on high-traffic routes.
The company also said it is working with Georgia Tech Research Institute to develop more advanced safety inspection technology and will join the railroad administration’s “confidential close call reporting system,” also citing its own program that “encourages railroaders to speak up if they see something that is unsafe.”
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has proposed a number of safety improvements, including reviving a rule requiring upgraded, electronically controlled brakes on certain trains filled with flammable liquids that are designated “high-hazardous flammable trains,” and possibly expanding which trains are covered by that designation. The industry has been pushing to delay any major changes until after the transportation safety board completes its investigation a year or more from now.
Ohio’s two U.S. senators last week introduced legislation that would require railroads to create disaster plans and tell emergency response commissions what hazardous materials are going through their states. Other provisions would maintain a two-person crew size and require regulators to set limits on train size and weight.
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, who joined the legislation, said Monday that preventing future derailments would require measures “far beyond the steps Norfolk Southern outlined today” and called on the company and other rail firms to “get on board” the Senate proposal.
Professor Allan Zarembski, who leads the University of Delaware’s rail engineering and safety program, earlier said that overheating bearings cause only a handful of the more than 1,000 derailments each year, and he doubted the value of any “knee-jerk reaction” amid great political pressure. On Monday, he called Norfolk Southern’s plan on hot bearings “a good incremental step forward” to get rid of a problem he reiterated was “very infrequent.”
On Saturday afternoon, 28 cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed in Ohio between Dayton and Columbus and prompted a temporary shelter-in-place order, but officials said the derailment did not involve any hazardous materials, although the 212-car train also had cars containing liquid propane and ethanol that didn’t derail.
In Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro said Monday that Norfolk Southern has pledged several million dollars to cover the cost of the response and recovery in Pennsylvania after last month’s derailment. The company previously announced more than $1 million for Ohio to replace fire equipment used in the response to the fiery wreck, plus $1 million for East Palestine and more than $1.2 million for evacuation costs for nearly 900 families and businesses.
The company has said it is “committed to coordinating the cleanup project and paying for its associated costs,” and wants to ensure that East Palestine’s residents and natural environment recover. | 2023-03-07T09:43:58+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/nation/2023/03/norfolk-southern-says-it-plans-to-make-safety-upgrades-after-derailments.html |
Paul Haggis, Oscar-winning screenwriter and director, detained in Italy on sexual assault charges
By Toyin Owoseje and Hada Messia, CNN
Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis has been detained in Italy over allegations of sexual assault and aggravated personal injury, according to a statement from local prosecutors and his legal team.
The 69-year-old Canadian-born director and screenwriter, who won two Oscars for the 2004 crime drama “Crash,” was in the country to attend a film festival that begins Tuesday in Ostuni, a tourist town in the southern Italian region of Puglia.
Public prosecutors in the nearby town of Brindisi said in a statement Sunday that they issued a warrant for the detention of a “70-year-old” Canadian man identified as “P.H.,” who was staying in Ostuni.
They said: “The man is seriously suspected of the crimes of aggravated sexual violence and aggravated personal injury, crimes committed to the detriment of a young foreign woman.”
Haggis’ US-based attorney, Priya Chaudhry, told CNN in an email on Monday that she was “confident that all allegations will be dismissed against Mr. Haggis,” while noting that Italian law prevents her from discussing the evidence.
She added: “He is totally innocent, and willing to fully cooperate with the authorities so the truth comes out quickly.”
Haggis’ lawyer in Italy, Michele Laforgia, said in a press statement Sunday: “Paul Haggis is currently in Ostuni, at his home, under ‘detention’ by order of the Public Prosecutor of Brindisi. We are waiting to be summoned by the Judge for Preliminary Investigations for the custody interrogation and to render our version of the facts.”
He added: “Haggis immediately declared that he was completely innocent and that he hopes for the maximum speed of all the necessary investigations to clarify the matter. Obviously we cannot declare anything further nor give details of the accusations until we learn fully the acts of the legal case behind the cautionary measure and we have been heard by the judicial authorities.”
Haggis is an acclaimed director, producer and screenwriter. His film credits include “Crash,” which earned him Oscars for best picture and best original screenplay at the 2006 Academy Awards, and the screenplays for the multi-Oscar-winning “Million Dollar Baby” as well as the James Bond film “Quantum of Solace.”
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian cruise missiles destroyed farm storage buildings in the Odesa region early Friday, Ukrainian officials said, as the Kremlin’s forces expanded their targets following three days of bombardment of the region’s Black Sea port infrastructure.
Other Russian missiles damaged what officials described only as an “important infrastructure facility” southwest of the port city of Odesa, in what appeared to be part of an ongoing effort to cripple Ukraine’s food exports.
Attacks in recent days have put Odesa in Russia’s crosshairs after Moscow abandoned a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to send grain through the key Black Sea port.
In the attack on the storage site, two of the low-flying cruise missiles hit initially and started a blaze, and then another struck during firefighting efforts, regional Gov. Oleh Kiper said. The barrage injured two people, damaged equipment and destroyed 100 metric tons of peas and 20 metric tons of barley, Kiper said.
Russia targeted Ukrainian critical grain export infrastructure after vowing to retaliate for an attack that damaged a crucial bridge between Russia and the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula.
“The enemy is continuing terror, and it’s undoubtedly related to the grain deal,” said Natalia Humeniuk, a spokeswoman for the Ukrainian military’s Operational Command South.
Both Russia and Ukraine have announced that they will treat ships traveling to each other’s Black Sea ports as potential military targets.
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said the recent strikes against port and grain infrastructure and threats of escalation at sea “are likely a part of a Kremlin effort to leverage Russia’s exit from the Black Sea Grain Initiative and exact extensive concessions from the West.”
In Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Western countries should address Russia’s demands in order to restore the Black Sea grain corridor.
“Russia has some expectations. If these are overcome, Russia is in favor of the active work of this grain corridor,” said Erdogan, who helped negotiate the deal. “We know that (Putin) has some expectations from Western countries. Western countries need to take action on this issue.”
He reiterated he would talk to Putin by phone and hoped to meet him in Turkey next month.
In comments reported by state-run news agency Anadolu and other media, Erdogan warned that end of the grain initiative would raise global food prices, increase famine and unleash new waves of migration.
The Russian Defense Ministry, meanwhile, said the navy conducted drills that simulated action to seal off a section of the Black Sea. In the maneuvers, a missile boat fired anti-ship cruise missiles at a mock target.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, meantime, repeated his claim that Ukraine’s much-anticipated counteroffensive is failing, although he offered no evidence.
Putin, whose authority was shaken last month by a short-lived rebellion from a Russian mercenary force, told a meeting of his Security Council that the Ukrainian military has suffered massive losses and the West is struggling to maintain supplies of weapons and ammunition.
Putin also spoke provocatively about Poland, alleging that Warsaw has formed a special military unit to ensure security in western Ukraine and has plans to meddle in Kyiv’s affairs.
In other developments, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the resignation of the country’s culture minister, suggesting the ministry’s spending was misguided during wartime.
“Paving stones, city decorations, and fountains can wait till after the victory,” he said.
The move follows recent scandals involving local authorities, such as the repair of a cobblestone road in central Kyiv and renovation of a fountain in a city in western Ukraine city.
Zelenskyy also fired the Ukrainian ambassador to the United Kingdom, Vadym Prystaiko, who was also ambassador to the International Maritime Organization. He gave no reason, but Prystaiko had publicly criticized the president on occasions.
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Andrew Wilks in Istanbul, Turkey, contributed
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amazônia: Photography by Sebastião Salgado, designed by Lélia Wanick Salgado, will make its North American debut at the California Science Center on October 21, 2022. This multimedia experience, presented with generous support from the Annenberg Foundation, includes photography, video, and an enveloping soundscape of the forest and original music composed by an acclaimed French musician, Jean Michel Jarre. Amazônia explores the interconnected lives of the people and forest of the Amazon and their survival in the face of the rapidly encroaching outside world.
The 13,000 sq. ft. exhibition invites guests to explore more than 200 large-scale suspended photographs, including stunning portraits of indigenous leaders and their communities and dramatic landscapes taken over seven years of expeditions deep into the forest, captured by the world-renowned Brazilian photographer. Salgado's breathtaking black-and-white photographs draw viewers into one of the planet's most biodiverse regions.
"This extraordinary exhibition will enrich our understanding of life in the Amazon, the ongoing threats from the outside world, and the vital role of sustainable development and conservation to ensure its survival for generations to come," said California Science Center President and CEO, Jeffrey Rudolph. "We are honored to share Amazônia with our guests, and are immensely grateful for both the vision and generosity of Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation for bringing this opportunity to our visitors."
"When I first saw the astounding work that makes up Amazônia, I felt a deep connection to parts of the Earth that my own eye had never seen," said President and CEO of the Annenberg Foundation, Wallis Annenberg. "I also felt a sense of outrage about the deforestation and the climate disruption ravaging the Amazon. Still, the photographs depicting the grit and strength of the indigenous peoples are awe inspiring. Amazônia is great art and great teaching and I so hope every Angeleno sees this groundbreaking exhibit."
Two projected video montages and interviews with indigenous leaders highlight the contemporary issues facing the guardians of the planet's largest rainforest and reveal how the lives of indigenous people are interconnected with their forest environment, its prosperity, and its fate.
"My wish, with all my heart, with all my energy, with all the passion I possess, is that in 50 years' time this exhibition will not resemble a record of a lost world," says Sebastião Salgado. "Amazônia must live on – and, always at its heart, its indigenous inhabitants."
The bilingual exhibit, presented in both English and Spanish, is organized in six different forest sections to explore:
- Aerial Views – The exhibition provides visitors with a look at sweeping aerial shots of immense waterfalls and stormy skies.
- Flying Rivers – The Amazon forest is the only place on Earth where aerial humidity does not depend on evaporation of the oceans. Instead, every tree sucks groundwater through its roots, and the moisture that reaches the leaves evaporates as vapor, projecting hundreds of liters of water per day into the atmosphere and creating "flying rivers," revealed in this exhibition, which carry even more water than the Amazon River itself.
- Tropical Rains – Clouds, captured dramatically by Salgado, are an intrinsic part of the Amazon, offering an ever-changing spectacle.
- Mountains – Brazil also boasts mountains, including the Pacaraima and Imeri mountain ranges, showcased in the exhibition, which feature peaks shrouded in mist and rainforest-covered lower slopes.
- Anavilhanas – In the vastness of the Amazon rainforest lies the world's largest fresh water archipelago, known as the Anavilhanas. Between 350 and 400 islands of every imaginable shape rise out of the dark waters.
- Ocas – In the center of the exhibition guests find three enclosures representing indigenous homes called "ocas." Together the ocas display 100 photographs of the people of the Amazon, along with video interviews of indigenous leaders.
Sebastião Salgado is a documentary photographer, born in Brazil and renowned worldwide for the power and emotion of his photo journalism and his dedication to environmental education, social justice, and conservation. Having studied economics, Salgado began his career as a professional photographer in 1973 in Paris, working with the photo agencies until 1994 when he and Lélia Wanick Salgado formed Amazonas Images, an agency created exclusively for his work, today their studio. Throughout this time, the Salgados had also been working to restore a portion of the Atlantic Forest, damaged over time through deforestation and degradation. In 1998, they transformed the land into a nature reserve and formed Instituto Terra, a foundation dedicated to its reforestation and conservation, along with related programs in environmental training and education. Over his long and illustrious career, Salgado has traveled in 120 countries and his work has been featured in books and films on diverse themes. His most recent exhibition Amazônia has been shown in Paris, Rome, London, São Paulo, Manchester, Avignon and Rio de Janeiro.
Amazônia opens at the California Science Center with the generous support of the Annenberg Foundation. Reflecting the educational mission of the Science Center and the core values of accessibility and inclusiveness shared by the Annenberg Foundation, admission to the exhibition is free.
California Science Center guests are encouraged to complement their visit with the IMAX movie Amazon Adventure 3D, where they'll experience the heart of the Amazon rainforest and trace the extraordinary journey of naturalist and explorer Henry Walter Bates. Filmed on location in the lush Amazon region, Amazon Adventure 3D plunges audiences into a wild world of beauty and captivating animal behavior. Visitors to the California Science Center can also extend their visit by exploring the Ecosystems gallery, which features an unprecedented blend of live plants and animals, and hands-on science exhibits in 11 immersive environments. From walking through a living kelp forest to experimenting on a polar ice wall, guests will investigate some of the Earth's most fascinating ecosystems and discover the ways various species have had to adapt to their unique environments.
The California Science Center is a dynamic destination where families, adults and children can explore the wonders of science through interactive exhibits, live demonstrations, innovative programs and awe-inspiring movies. The California Science Center and IMAX Theater are located in historic Exposition Park just west of the Harbor (110) Freeway at 700 Exposition Park Drive, Los Angeles. The Science Center is open daily from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. with free general admission. Parking is $15. Learn more about the California Science Center.
The Annenberg Foundation is a family foundation focused on addressing the critical issues of our time through innovation, community, compassion, and communications for more than 30 years. Since 1989, it has funded programs in education and youth development; civic and community life; equity and social justice; health and human services; animal services and the environment; and arts, culture and humanities. To learn more about the Annenberg Foundation and its various initiatives, click here.
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GATES MILLS, Ohio -- Sitting on two-and-a-half secluded acres at the end of a private winding drive is the former home of George Brown. One of the most noted architects of his time, he built the home during the early part of the 20th century as his personal residence.
“This charming storybook home situated on the Chagrin River looks like it came straight out of your favorite fairytale,” boasts Chestnut Hill Realty broker Craig Cantrall, who has it priced at $895,000. “With whimsical and historically significant architectural details throughout, this Gates Mills beauty is truly a one-of-a-kind property.”
Located at 7755 Old Mill Rd., the main house has two bedrooms and three bathrooms. Leaded glass windows, medieval-style light fixtures, wood-beamed ceilings, hardwood floors and a trio of fireplaces add to the magical, old-world aesthetic.
“The architecture is so unique with intricate carvings and ornate details providing character, warmth and endless conversation,” Cantrall writes in his listing.
The picturesque outdoor space is ideal for reflection with multiple seating areas, beautiful gardens, a lighthouse windmill and woods to explore. There’s a tea house and a tiny house on the property, too.
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Versatile Solution with Lightweight, Portable and Stackable Design Ideal for Photo, Event and Retail Environments
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Epson is further supporting the event photography market with the introduction of the SureLab® D570 professional minilab photo printer. Offering high-quality photo printing in a lightweight and compact design, the SureLab D570 provides a versatile solution for printing brilliant small-format photos on demand, making it ideal for event, hospitality, kiosk, and retail environments.
"It's such a special memory when event sites are able to offer a photo for consumers to take with them, and the new SureLab makes that easier than ever," said Aaron Brill, associate product manager, Professional Imaging, Epson America, Inc. "Designed for portability without sacrificing quality, the SureLab D570 is the ideal affordable solution for low- to mid-volume, small-format photo printing for any on-site event, photo kiosk or tourist destination."
The SureLab D570 minilab has a small footprint and features the latest in professional imaging technology, coupling Epson's advanced MicroPiezo® AMC™ printhead with vivid UltraChrome® D6r-S ink to consistently deliver crisp, vibrant pictures. With low power consumption, the printer is energy efficient enough to be powered by a user-provided portable battery, for easy event printing on-site. The SureLab D570 prints high-quality 4"x6" photos in seconds,1 allowing businesses to provide customers with the photos they want on demand, at virtually any time.
Engineered to be lightweight and portable, the minilab printer is easy to carry to on-site events. In addition, with a stackable design, businesses can scale and add more printers to keep up with customer demand. For improved usability, the SureLab D570 features built-in wireless connectivity as well as simplified software for creating professional prints with either the minilab's redesigned printer driver or a smartphone.
Additional features include:
- Outstanding photographic quality – high-quality prints using Epson's MicroPiezo AMC printhead and AccuPhoto™ image processing and screening technology
- Zero cartridge waste – UltraChrome D6r-S high-capacity 70 mL ink bottles (sold separately) deliver a wide color gamut and low operating costs; 6-color dye-based ink set for vibrant water-, smudge- and fade-resistant prints2
- Versatile connectivity – easily connect to and control one or multiple printers over Wi-Fi®, Ethernet or USB
- Simplified software – create professional prints using the redesigned printer driver for Windows® or Mac®, or with your smartphone app
- Engineered for reliability – robust print engine is backed by Epson U.S.-based support team and limited warranty
- Epson® Cloud Solution PORT3 – monitor the live status of an entire printer fleet regardless of location; view output production rates, printer status, errors, and more
Availability
The SureLab D570 is now available through Epson Authorized Professional Imaging Resellers. For more information, visit www.epson.com/proimaging.
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Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of more than JPY 1 trillion. global.epson.com
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1 The SureLab D570 prints 4"x6" photos in as fast as 14 seconds. Print speeds are based on the print engine speed only. Total throughput time for any print depends on various factors including workstation configuration, file size, print resolution, ink coverage and networking. Actual print speeds will vary.
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Local sheriff recalls events from The Oklahoma City bombing, 28 years later
HUGO, Okla. (KXII) - “I’d never been to a war, but to me, that was what looked like to be a war zone,” Choctaw County’s Sheriff, Terry Park said.
He has been in law enforcement since 1985, and said, of all the horrors he’s seen, the Oklahoma City bombing was perhaps the worst he’s encountered.
“I was on duty that morning, and I had just pulled out of Mcdonald’s and something blew up, you could tell, and I radioed down to Oklahoma County and asked them if we’d had a plane crash at Tinker field, and they said, no, get downtown,” Park said.
Park saw thick black smoke fill the streets of Downtown.
“I go up into what would be the playground area for the little kids, the nursery, and we could look to the left and out laid two ladies dying. I looked to the right going into the building, and there was a little gentleman sitting there like he was sitting in a chair, but he was dead,” Park recalled.
Park said 28 years later, the images are still clear as day.
“Then we found, I think it’s like, four little babies that were charcoal gray with no clothes on. They were all dead.”
Park said he can recall every detail from the bombing, stating,
“It never goes away. You always have it on your mind, on what you seen that day and the people that lost their lives all over some coward person doing what he done.”
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts report that North Korea is testing “nuclear triggering devices” and that its preparations for another nuclear test were at a final stage in June, quoting information from unnamed countries.
The panel of experts said in new excerpts from their latest report obtained Friday by The Associated Press that they have been “unable to identify the test locations and dates” for the tests of nuclear triggering devices reported by one U.N. member state.
In excerpts obtained Thursday, the experts said North Korea is paving the way for additional nuclear tests with new preparations at its northeastern test site and continues to develop its capability to produce a key ingredient for nuclear weapons.
In the new excerpt, the panel said: “As of early June, two member states assessed that the preparation for nuclear tests was at a final stage.”
On other issues, the panel said in Thursday’s excerpts that North Korea conducted two major hacks this year, resulting in the theft of cryptocurrency assets worth “hundreds of millions of dollars.” Pyongyang also continues illicitly importing oil and exporting coal in violation of U.N. sanctions, using the same companies, networks and vessels, it said.
South Korean and U.S. intelligence officials have said they detected North Korean efforts to prepare its northeastern Punggye-ri testing ground for another nuclear test. It would be the North’s seventh since 2006 and the first since September 2017, when it claimed to have detonated a thermonuclear bomb to fit on its intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The panel of experts’ report to the U.N. Security Council provides some details of the work being carried out at the site by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the country’s official name.
The experts said they observed that the DPRK started re-excavation work in March at the entrance to Tunnel 3 at Punggye-ri “and reconstructed support buildings originally dismantled in May 2018.”
“Satellite imagery showed increased numbers of vehicle tracks around this secondary entrance from mid-February 2022, followed by construction of a new building adjacent to the entrance at the beginning of March,” the panel said. “A pile of lumber, for possible use in the construction of the tunnel structure, was also detected around the same time.”
It added that, “Piles of soil from the tunnel excavation around the entrance were observed during this period.”
“Work at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site paves the way for additional nuclear tests for the development of nuclear weapons,” the experts said, adding that this is an objective stated at the Eighth Congress of the country’s ruling Workers’ Party of Korea in January 2021.
Robert Floyd, head of the U.N. nuclear test ban treaty organization, told a U.N. press conference Friday that its monitoring facilities detected the six previous DPRK nuclear tests. “If there is a seventh time, I’m very confident our system will pick it up, we’ll characterize it, and that information then gets shared with the states of the world,” he said.
Floyd is attending the high-level conference reviewing the landmark Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty which began Monday and ends on Aug. 26. Under the NPT’s provisions, the five original nuclear powers — the United States, China, Russia (then the Soviet Union), Britain and France — agreed to negotiate toward eliminating their arsenals someday and nations without nuclear weapons promised not to acquire them in exchange for a guarantee to be able to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
Floyd raised the question of whether the possibility of a seventh DPRK nuclear test will strengthen or weaken nonproliferation and disarmament arrangements, “and the appetite of states to see these things come into place.”
“I wonder as to how much that is actually feeding into the tone that we’ve heard this week during the review conference, where there was quite a deal of accommodation of various positions,” he said.
“I wonder whether the states are recognizing at a time such as this it is really important to be able to strengthen the NPT and to come together around some of these very important issues, rather than, `Oh, this is a reason we should abandon such an important thing as the cornerstone of nuclear architecture,’” Floyd said.
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NAPA, Calif. (KRON) — Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old husband of Democratic Congresswoman and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was arrested in Napa County late Saturday night, Nexstar’s KRON has confirmed.
According to the Napa County public booking report, Paul Pelosi was arrested at approximately 11:44 p.m. He was booked at 4:13 a.m. for codes 23152(a) and 23152(b) VC, which references the California Vehicle Code that makes it “unlawful for a person who has 0.08 percent or more, by weight, of alcohol in his or her blood to drive a vehicle.”
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Sept. 13, 1933—Oct. 6, 2022
KENOSHA—Arlene E. Alleman, 89, of Kenosha, passed away peacefully, Thursday, October 6, 2022 at Froedtert South St. Catherine’s Medical Center.
She was born on September 13, 1933 to the late August J. and Henrietta (Ward) Conrad in South Milwaukee. She was educated in South Milwaukee. She attended Gateway College and received her nursing certificate.
On August 9, 1952 she married Donald C. Alleman at St. James Catholic Church. He preceded her in death on May 30, 1969.
Arlene worked as an LPN for several nursing homes throughout Kenosha and Racine.
Arlene was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church.
Arlene enjoyed volunteering at the nutrition site at The Towers and volunteered as much as she could. She loved crafts, baking and quilting and making presents for donations.
Arlene is survived by her children: Kathleen (Steve) Nelson of Berlin, WI, Mark (Donna) Alleman of Kenosha and Craig (Susan) Alleman of Bristol; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and a half sister, Melody Bigalke.
She is preceded in death by two daughters: Debra Tallman and Julie Alleman; a brother, Richard; half brother, Gerald Quarters and sisters: Rosemary, Dorothy and Joan.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Arlene will be held on Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. Interment will be held at All Saints Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Bruch Funeral Home.
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DETROIT, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Benzinga, a financial news and data company, has added 6 new members to its Benzinga Psychedelics Advisory Council.
These 6 new members are:
- Amanda Siebert, Author, Journalist, Photographer, Host
- Kathryn Walker, CEO, Revitalist Lifestyle and Wellness
- Lauren Taus, Psychedelic Assisted Therapist, Inbodied Life
- Lindsay Hoover, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, JLS Fund
- Najla Guthrie, CEO, Wellbeing Digital Sciences
- Natalie Ginsberg, Global Impact Officer, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, (MAPS)
Unlock the secrets of the psychedelics industry with the elite thought leaders of the Benzinga Psychedelics Advisory Council, an extension of Benzinga's strong commitment to content and education through its daily psychedelics coverage and its Benzinga Psychedelics Capital Conference.
Comprised of the industry's most respected figures, the council members will share their unparalleled insights on the latest trends and news, as well as forecasts. The council not only recognizes the achievements of industry pioneers but also grants Benzinga readers and conference attendees access to credible, expert analysis.
From exclusive articles, expert opinions, and live discussions at the Benzinga Psychedelics Capital Conferences, to informative quotes on relevant news, the Benzinga Psychedelics Advisory Council is your ultimate guide to the psychedelics industry.
"Benzinga is a media giant that has dedicated a large amount of real estate to emerging markets, such as cannabis, crypto, and psychedelics. We truly care about the growth of these industries and strive to provide the most up-to-date news, data, and executive insights to the Benzinga community," says Elliot Lane, Head of Cannabis and Psychedelics Partnerships at Benzinga. "A diverse group of thought leaders throughout the mental health industry has joined our Benzinga Psychedelic Advisory Council to communicate their firsthand knowledge directly to the individual, a value for consumers not found anywhere else in this space."
CEO
Revitalist Lifestyle and Wellness
Kathryn Walker is the CEO of Revitalist Lifestyle and Wellness (CSE: CALM) (OTCQB: RVLWF) (FSE: 4DO) which serves as a leading mental health and wellness company lead by a comprehensive team of specialty providers. Kathryn worked at a Level 1 Trauma Center in Tennessee for 9 years before attending anesthesia school at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. She practiced anesthesia of all specialties for 8 years before opening the first Revitalist location in Knoxville, TN in 2018. Today Kathryn operates as a leading advocate for psychedelic medicine as she continues to advance her comprehensive skill set recently graduating with her second Master's degree in Psychiatric Nursing as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
Recognizing the need for community access, Kathryn founded the national mental health 501c3 nonprofit, Community Change Foundation (CommunityChangeFoundation.org). This nonprofit foundation focuses on providing financial assistance to veterans, frontline workers, and the financially disadvantaged seeking help with psychedelic therapies. Kathryn incorporated Community Change Foundation in 2019.
Recognizing the need for education and training advancements, Kathryn founded the American Association of Psychedelics (AAPsychedelics.org). This education non-profit 501c3 aims to continually bring high-quality education and training to all disciplines of providers. Kathryn incorporated the American Association of Psychedelics in 2021.
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
JLS Fund
Lindsay Hoover is a co-founder and Managing Partner of JLS Fund, a PsyTech venture fund. JLS is investing in the exciting convergence of science, technology and neurology, catalyzed by the enormous potential of plant-based and psychedelic medicines to heal illness and enhance wellness. We invest in drug development and delivery technologies, supporting and enhancing software and technologies, and related consumer products and services.
CEO
Wellbeing Digital Sciences
Najla Guthrie is revolutionizing the way we treat and talk about wellness. Her extensive list of accomplishments includes founding KGK Science, publishing over 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals, becoming the CEO of Wellbeing Digital Sciences, and her research on the effects of citrus juices and their constituent flavonoids on breast cancer cells.
Najla is a global leader in the nutraceutical and emerging psychedelic industry with a focus on how the development of natural compounds can fundamentally change the way we treat and prevent mental illness. She continues to present and speak at a global level, lobby for the advancement of policy changes in the supplement and cannabis industries, and lead the team at Wellbeing Digital Science and KGK Science.
Global Impact Officer
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, (MAPS)
Natalie Lyla Ginsberg (MSW) is the Global Impact Officer at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, (MAPS), and the co-founder of the Jewish Psychedelic Summit. She works for the ethical, accessible and safe integration of psychedelics in mainstream culture and society. Natalie joined MAPS in 2014, founding the Policy & Advocacy department, and serving as its director for 5 years. She also initiated and co-developed MAPS' Health Equity program, including MAPS' first MDMA Therapy Training for Communities of Color. Before joining MAPS in 2014, Natalie worked as a Policy Fellow at the Drug Policy Alliance, where she helped legalize medical cannabis in her home state of New York, and worked to end New York's race-based marijuana arrests. Natalie currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. She received her B.A. in history from Yale College and her master's of social work (M.S.W.) from Columbia University.
Author, Journalist, Photographer, Host
Amanda Siebert is an author and freelance multimedia journalist focusing on culture, science, business, and health in the cannabis and psychedelics spaces. She is currently a contributing writer at Healing Maps, DailyOm, and Forbes, the co-founder and editor-in-chief at Inside the Jar (on hiatus), and the host of the podcast, Root Medicine. Her first book, "The Little Book of Cannabis: How Marijuana Can Improve Your Life", was published by Greystone Books in 2018 on the same day cannabis was legalized in Canada. In 2019, it was named the #1-selling non-fiction cannabis book in the country. In her second book, "Psyched: 7 Cutting-Edge Psychedelics Changing The World," (published October 2022) she breaks down the history, science, and cultural and medical uses of seven different psychedelic drugs and plant medicines, contextualized with case studies and interviews with scientists, doctors, therapists, advocates, ethnobotanists, practitioners, and users.
Psychedelic Assisted Therapist
Inbodied Life
Lauren Taus is a psychedelic-assisted therapist, trained to work with both psychoactive compounds and plant medicines. Lauren leads Inbodied Life, a group therapy practice that also offers immersive educational programs for clinicians to learn psychedelic-assisted therapy and integration in contexts that hold personal healing as essential to effective facilitation. Lauren is a lifelong student, educator and activist. For decades, Lauren's work has focused on creating aligned, and kind mind-body connections to support complete health for individuals and the collective. Lauren is a regular speaker and contributor in the larger space of psychedelic medicine. Her work has been featured in DoubleBlind, Chacruna, The Guardian, NY Magazine and more.
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WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, January 1, 2023
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FREEZING FOG ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
443 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
* WHAT...Visibility of half a mile or less in freezing fog.
* WHERE...Kittitas Valley.
* WHEN...Until noon PST today.
* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility
and potential frost on bridges.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you. Also, be alert for frost on bridge decks
causing slippery roads.
* WHERE...Yakima Valley.
...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
* WHAT...Visibility of a quarter mile or less in freezing fog.
* WHERE...Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington.
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COVID-19 omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 could be ‘worst’ so far, doctors say
LOS ANGELES - The omicron variant of COVID-19 has two subvariants that have now dominated most of the cases in the United States, according to data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week.
Subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are more transmissible, and early evidence shows both are capable of evading immune responses from previous infection as well as current COVID-19 vaccines.
While they are not as deadly, they spread more quickly. And with more people infected, the chances of new mutations and variants cropping up increase. What’s more, more infections mean a higher chance of people developing long-term COVID-19.
Health care experts are calling these new subvariants the worst they’ve seen of any of the COVID-19 variants thus far.
BA.4 and BA.5 evade immunity and infect more efficiently
The omicron variant of COVID-19, which caused surges of new cases throughout the U.S. and the world, has birthed two new subvariants called BA.4 and BA.5, both of which were first discovered in South Africa in April 2022.
"They are sort of children of omicron that have gone a different route," explained Dr. Stuart Ray, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases for Johns Hopkins Medicine.
While both are highly transmissible, the BA.5 subvariant is currently the culprit for the majority of cases in the U.S., according to the CDC.
As of July 2, the BA.5 strain accounts for more than half of U.S. cases. This domination only took mere months since the strain’s discovery.
FILE -Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (gold) within endosomes of a heavily infected nasal Olfactory Epithelial Cell. (NIH/NAID/IMAGE.FR/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
"We know that they are evading immune responses. So we know that people who either have been vaccinated or have prior infection are susceptible to these new variants. We’re still learning exactly how susceptible and what are the modulators, but some data just out in the last couple of days shows pretty significant escape from immune responses both in people who’ve been infected and those who’ve been vaccinated. So these viruses are finding a way around," Ray said.
The most worrisome thing about the subvariants are their ability to infect lung cells more efficiently; that’s according to recent studies involving infected hamsters, Ray said.
"That’s really the best tool we have that doesn’t involve putting people at risk. It looks like it infects lung cells better and might cause more severe disease, at least in those animals," Ray continued.
COVID-19 infects people of all ages but so far, the people who are the most vulnerable to BA.4 and BA.5 remain similar to previous strains: the elderly and the immunocompromised.
Why are BA.4 and BA.5 variants of concern
The two new subvariants are not as deadly, so why are we so concerned about them? Health officials have said they are the worst variants we’ve seen so far in this pandemic.
"I like to at least talk about how we define ‘worst,’ because worst would mean the thing that kills the most people, causes the most hospitalizations, and the most disruption. And of course the temporal, what we in science call the secular trend, the thing that’s happening over time that’s changing, because we have immunity that’s gaining over time, that makes this milder than it would have been if it appeared in 2020 because we had so little immunity back then," Ray said.
"So with all those caveats, and also understanding that if the thing that’s half-price and you buy four times as much, you’re spending twice as much. So if it’s less severe on a per-case basis but many, many more people get infected, it can be very bad. I think keeping those things in mind, BA.4 and BA.5 are about the worst we’ve encountered because they are so much more immune-evasive and they are so much more infectious. The fact that they are ramping up nationally, taking over this space of COVID in the United States so rapidly shows us that they really are infectious," he explained.
According to Ray, the more infections there are, the more chances a virus has to mutate and learn our immune responses, which usually don’t kick into overdrive until about the second week of infection. By then, severe COVID will probably have taken over.
And not only that, because a lot of people have thrown out their masks and are resuming activities as normal, these strains have more room for trial and error. If they can’t get you sick one way, they’ll find another way.
FILE -Travelers wait to board their flight at a United gate in the west terminal on May 23, 2022, in Austin, Texas. (George Rose/Getty Images)
While many had hoped the virus would eventually mutate into a more mild form of COVID-19 as the population builds up immunity through either infection or vaccination, that hasn’t been the case with this virus, according to Ray.
"All these infections are just exactly the spawning ground for the next variant, although that could come from left field again," Ray said. "We’ve seen it come out of the most unlikely places, so I think letting the virus have its way with our population is probably not the thing to do. Having people work to try to limit spread would be great but I think that what we’re looking at and a number of analyses of the virus suggest that BA.4 and BA.5 are outliers in terms of being highly evolved, highly infectious, highly evasive, and if this virus has the potential to shift into a new gear because it's found this niche, it could pose as a risk."
Updated COVID-19 vaccines
FILE - A woman receives the COVID-19 vaccine in this file photo. (Amy Beth Bennett/Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Recently, advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted that it’s time to tweak shots to better match the most recent virus variants.
While this move is to stay ahead of the curve, Ray advises people who are contemplating receiving a vaccine now to get whatever is available instead of waiting for the updated vaccine.
Despite BA.4 and BA.5 having a better ability to evade immunity, the current vaccines are still the best way to protect from infection, in conjunction with proper preventative measures such as masking and not gathering in large numbers indoors.
Because the COVID-19 virus continues to mutate, should we consider a yearly COVID-19 shot, such as the flu? Not right now, according to Ray.
"So, I think that we will probably see some updates. I don’t think we’re going to be seeing an annual COVID-19 vaccine update," Ray said. "This is science and it’s hard to watch it happen in real-time but I’ve spent my whole life, or my whole professional life, watching science happen in real-time and it is a messy process where we get it wrong the first time in some ways, but we’re rigorous about learning from those things that weren’t optimal to improve them for the next version. And in the midst of a pandemic, we do the best with what we have."
It’s not clear who would be offered a tweaked booster — they might be urged only for older adults or those at high risk from the virus. But the FDA is expected to decide on the recipe change, and then Pfizer and Moderna will have to seek authorization for the appropriately updated doses in time for health authorities to settle on a fall strategy.
Current COVID-19 vaccines have saved millions of lives globally. Booster shots in the U.S. still retain strong protection against hospitalization and death, but their ability to block infection dropped markedly when omicron appeared.
RELATED: New vaccine could protect against COVID-19 variants before they emerge
Pfizer and Moderna already were brewing boosters that add protection to the first omicron mutant. Their combination shots, what scientists call "bivalent" vaccines, substantially boosted levels of antibodies capable of fighting that variant, more than simply giving another dose of today’s vaccine.
Many scientists favor the combination approach because it preserves the original vaccines’ proven benefits, which include some cross-protection against other mutants that have cropped up during the pandemic.
The question facing the FDA is the correct recipe change. Both companies said they’d have plenty of omicron-targeted combo shots by October but Moderna said switching to target omicron’s newest relatives might delay its version another month.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. This story was reported out of Los Angeles. | 2022-07-08T20:00:28+00:00 | fox29.com | https://www.fox29.com/news/covid-19-omicron-subvariants-ba-4-and-ba-5-could-be-worst-so-far-doctors-say |
Alabama medical helicopter crash leaves two dead
Two people are dead following a fatal helicopter crash in Alabama on Sunday evening, Fox News Digital has learned.
Emergency rescue service Lifesaver was involved in the crash in Shelby County, Alabama on Sunday, April 2 at approximately 5:23 p.m. According to the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, a deputy called 911 to report the crash of the aircraft on County Road 43.
In a press conference on Sunday evening, Shelby County Sheriffs Office Chief Deputy Clay Hammac said that the Lifesaver helicopter was requested to assist the extraction of a hiker who was experiencing breathing problems and chest pains.
While attempting to extract the hiker, the crash occurred.
"Our deputies did the best they could to render aid," Hammac said. "The helicopter was on fire."
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Three crew members were on board at the time of the crash, authorities confirmed to Fox News Digital.
One crew member was pronounced dead at the scene, while the second one was pronounced dead at the local hospital.
The condition of the third crew member was not immediately available and the original patient – the hiker – was transported separately to a hospital.
Hammac called it a difficult time for those in the public safety profession.
"We count ourselves as family of all first responders, fire, medical and law enforcement," the chief deputy said. "Many of us in this profession know these individuals who were involved so this affects us very deeply."
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Chelsea Mayor Tony Picklesimer called the first responders "heroes" and praised them for their efforts.
"This flight crew on Lifesaver, they’re heroes and so our hearts go out to the families of these two flight members and a heartfelt thanks to my heroes, Chelsea Fire and Rescue and the deputies that responded," Mayor Picklesimer said in the press conference. "Please remember these families that will be left behind and that have to deal with this tragic event."
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said in a Twitter post that Bear Creek Road and Mountain Oaks Drive are closed in both directions with first responders assessing the scene. The sheriff’s office asked residents to please avoid the area.
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The sheriff's officers shared that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Natioanl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) were investigating why the crash occurred.
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EVANSTON, Ill. — Chase Audige scored 19 points and reserve Brooks Barnhizer scored 18 and Northwestern beat UIC 92-54 on Tuesday night.
Jaden Brownell made a 3-pointer to get the Flames within 17-14 with 11:21 before halftime. Northwestern countered with a 15-2 run, led 32-16 a little more than five minutes later and grabbed its first 20-point lead on consecutive baskets by Audige.
The Wildcats led 42-21 at intermission. Northwestern built an early 15-8 advantage and never trailed. Nine Northwestern players entered the scoring column.
Toby Okani scored 12 points for UIC.
The Wildcats improve to 9-2 for the first time since 2016-17. Northwestern entered 8-2 for the second straight year under head coach Chris Collins.
It was the first meeting between the two teams since 2014. Northwestern leads the all-time series 6-4 and won the previous meeting 63-46 on Dec. 22, 2014.
The Wildcats are 27-14 against the current alignment of the Missouri Valley Conference. UIC saw its three-game win streak end and fell to 8-5.
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NEW YORK , Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Kohl's Corporation ("Kohl's" or the "Company") (NYSE: KSS) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Kohl's investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between October 20, 2020 and May 19, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
KSS investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) Kohl's new strategic framework to "drive top-line growth," "expand operating margin," and become "the most trusted retailer of choice for the active and casual lifestyle" (the "Strategic Plan") was not well tailored to achieving the Company's stated goals; (ii) the defendants had likewise overstated the Company's success in executing its Strategic Plan; (iii) Kohl's had deficient disclosure controls and procedures, internal control over financial reporting, and corporate governance mechanisms; (iv) as a result, the Company's board of directors was able to and did withhold material information from shareholders about the state of Kohl's in the lead-up to the Company's annual meeting; (v) all the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to have a material negative impact on Kohl's financial condition and reputation; and (vi) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Kohl's during the relevant time frame, you have until November 1, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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Shortage of children’s pain relief medicine prompts purchase limits
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Atlanta independent pharmacist Ira Katz says he understands why chain pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens are placing limits on the number of children’s pain-relief products customers can buy.
He worries that because of the current shortage, parents might try to stock up on the medicines, leaving other people’s children without any.
“We do have them right now, but it’s very, very difficult for us to get them,” said Katz, who has owned and operated Little Five Points Pharmacy for 41 years. “I don’t ever recall a situation like this.”
Supply issues stemming from a nationwide outbreak of children’s respiratory illnesses have caused a shortage of children’s fever reducers acetaminophen and ibuprofen, commonly known as Tylenol, Advil and Motrin.
Walgreens has a six-per-purchase limit of medicine, and CVS is limiting customers to two per purchase.
Katz says he doesn’t have a limit in place at his store, but he would implement one if necessary.
He shared some good news regarding last month’s shortage of children’s antibiotics – specifically amoxicillin and cefdinir oral suspension, which are commonly used in treating children for bacterial illnesses like ear infections and strep throat.
“They had been on backorder for weeks, and we finally got a huge supply of that,” he said. “All the pediatricians here in town are aware of that.”
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Fetterman, Oz in bruising US Senate race in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Control of the U.S. Senate could depend on whether Pennsylvanians elect Democrat John Fetterman or Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday, capping a bare-knuckled and extraordinary campaign for an open seat.
Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s towering and plainspoken lieutenant governor, spent much of the campaign recovering from a stroke in May, while fending off attacks by Oz that questioned whether he was honest about its effects and fit to serve.
With two weeks to go in the race, Fetterman turned in a rocky debate performance, struggling to complete sentences, jumbling words throughout the hourlong televised event and fueling concern inside his party that it damaged his chances.
To underscore the importance of the race, President Joe Biden campaigned in Pennsylvania for Fetterman three times in the final three weeks, while former President Donald Trump came in to hold a rally for Oz, his endorsed candidate.
Polls show a close race.
Oz, 62, carried his own baggage into the election in the presidential battleground state. The smooth-talking and wealthy heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity just moved from his longtime home in neighboring New Jersey — a mansion overlooking the Hudson River, just across from Manhattan — and barely won a bruising primary in which opponents cast him as an out-of-touch Hollywood liberal.
With his “every county, every vote” slogan, the tattooed and hoodie-wearing Fetterman, 53, sought to bring the Democratic Party back to rural areas. Along the way, he vowed to be the Democrats’ “51st vote” to pass foundational legislation to protect rights to abortion, same-sex marriage, unions and voting, as well as to raise the minimum wage.
Fetterman has characterized a vote for Oz as a vote to outlaw abortion — ridiculing Oz’s comment that he wants “women, doctors, local political leaders” to decide the fate of abortion — and painted Oz as a soulless TV salesman who hawked useless health supplements for money and will say or do anything to get elected.
He also wielded a wicked social media campaign that brought in a torrent of small-dollar donations and mercilessly trolled Oz for his carpetbaggery and ultra-wealthy lifestyle, plowing new ground in how campaigns might use the medium.
Pennsylvania’s seat is coming open because second-term Republican Sen. Pat Toomey decided against seeking a third term. Pennsylvania polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Oz would be the first Muslim to serve in the U.S. Senate.
Oz, a political novice, left his lucrative daytime TV career for politics in a new state and had the help of national political headwinds against Democrats, such as rising inflation. Still, he struggled to persuade conservatives that he is one of them, while campaigning to win suburban swing voters and peel off Black and Latino voters, who lean heavily Democratic.
He relentlessly attacked Fetterman over flip-flopping on natural gas drilling and progressive stances on things like criminal justice reform. Fetterman, as lieutenant governor, had set out to free the over-incarcerated, rehabilitated or innocent. But Oz and Republicans often cast it as freeing dangerous criminals to roam the streets, distorting Fetterman’s positions in the process.
Oz also challenged Fetterman over whether he had been honest about the effects of the stroke and pressed Fetterman to release his medical records. Fetterman refused, and also refused to let his doctors answer questions from reporters.
The stroke left Fetterman occasionally stumbling over words and unable to quickly process spoken conversation into meaning, a common effect of a stroke called auditory processing disorder. Fetterman has insisted he will recover fully, but he also required closed-captioning during media interviews and the lone debate between the men.
He tried to turn his recovery into a strength, accusing Oz of trying to capitalize on his disability and saying it had made him more empathetic toward people with medical problems.
The election was the most expensive for a U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania, surpassing $300 million. Money from national groups poured in, and Oz spent more than $25 million of his own fortune on the race.
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Company investment of $400M over two years will increase advertising firepower; drive higher quality restaurant enhancements and remodels; and support ongoing technology and digital investments
Plan developed in collaboration with Burger King Franchisees and endorsed by more than 93% of U.S. Restaurants
MIAMI, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Burger King® Company ("Burger King," "BK," "Company," "Brand") today shared the details of its "Reclaim the Flame" plan to accelerate sales growth and drive Franchisee profitability. The plan was built in collaboration with Franchisee leaders from across the country and was shared with all U.S. Franchisees at its annual convention this week by Tom Curtis, President of Burger King North America.
The plan includes Burger King investing $400M over the next two years, comprised of $150M in advertising and digital investments to "Fuel the Flame" and $250M for a "Royal Reset" involving restaurant technology, kitchen equipment, building enhancements and high-quality remodels and relocations. This investment will work to enhance ongoing Franchisee investments to modernize the Burger King restaurant portfolio, and when combined with our brand re-positioning plan, menu enhancements and focus on operational excellence, will help drive our overarching goal of improving the Guest experience and attracting more traffic back to the brand over time.
Burger King Franchisees representing more than 93% of all U.S. restaurants have endorsed the plan and have agreed to co-invest in increased advertising firepower over the coming years. These corporate investments are in addition to Burger King recently expanding its field team to provide increased support to Franchisees as they continue improving restaurant-level profitability and execution.
Jose Cil, CEO of Restaurant Brands International ("RBI"), commented on the announcement:
"Over the past year, Tom has built a talented leadership team that has worked collaboratively with Burger King Franchisees to develop a multi-year plan to drive the performance of the system. We believe now is the time to make a significant investment to accelerate the work given the quality of the team, focus of the plan, commitment of our Franchisees and the opportunity that clearly exists for our iconic brand to Reclaim the Flame and be the first choice for a high-quality meal, an exceptional experience, and a great value."
Tom Curtis, President of Burger King North America, added:
"We are relentlessly pursuing a better experience for our Guests. This is the driving force behind all the initiatives that we are executing collaboratively with our Franchisees. Our plan is focused on a few important priorities — operational excellence, refreshed image, and enhanced marketing — that when put together, provide a superior experience for our Guests."
"I'm very proud and thankful that our Franchisees have stepped up once again to invest in our performance together, reflecting the genuine partnership and mutual respect we have built between the Franchisor and Franchisees. Ultimately, the success of this Reclaim the Flame plan comes down to execution at the restaurant level and we are so fortunate to have Franchisees who love this brand and are working closely with us to focus on the right priorities. I believe in this team, this plan, and a bright future as we evolve and enhance our Guest experience and drive profitable growth for the business."
Matt Dunnigan, Chief Financial Officer of RBI, commented:
"Our $400M investment into the Burger King U.S. system represents a substantial deployment of capital toward important marketing and image investments aimed at accelerating our sales growth and modernizing our iconic brand across the U.S. In 2023 and 2024, these investments are expected to have an average annual impact to adjusted EPS of approximately ($0.10) to ($0.12), before considering benefits from any potential sales improvements. In 2025 and beyond, we expect the impact to be accretive to adjusted EPS as our advertising investments conclude and we realize the long-term sales benefits of our Reclaim the Flame initiatives and increased advertising contributions from our system."
The Reclaim the Flame plan is designed with targeted initiatives that will work in concert with one another to improve all the fundamental aspects of Guest experience: perception of the brand; high-quality menu offerings at everyday value; engaging and relevant advertising; high quality modernization of our restaurants; and an all-around improved service and execution.
Burger King is refreshing and modernizing its brand, adding meaning and relevance to historical brand anchors like 'Flame Grilling' and 'Have it Your Way', while also introducing new brand elements to broaden its attraction for a younger and more diverse base of Guests.
Burger King has built a multi-year menu roadmap that is Guest-led and brand focused. Burger King will invest in premium branding to reaffirm the elevated position of its flame-grilled Whopper® and is developing new flavor extensions, while also focusing on Team Member training and rolling out kitchen enhancements to ensure exceptional execution at the restaurant.
The brand is also building a destination worthy Chicken Sandwich portfolio and has launched the Royal Crispy Chicken — a premium chicken sandwich with unique flavor variations built around a simplified menu and improved operations — resulting in a better Guest experience. This menu addition complements the long-standing and loved Original Chicken Sandwich — allowing the brand to strongly compete in the growing chicken sandwich market while still maintaining its focus on growing its core burger category.
Burger King is currently developing innovative products to accelerate industry leadership in burgers, breakfast, beverages, snacking, and plant-based products. In addition, the brand will continue to provide a strong everyday value offering in its menu, especially as the cost of food at home continues to face inflationary pressures.
Given our recent momentum and confidence in our multi-year plan, we believe now is the right time to significantly enhance our advertising firepower. In a historic agreement with its Franchisees, Burger King will invest $120M in its U.S. advertising fund over the next two years to grow traffic, accelerate sales growth and amplify the fundamental advancements we are making to the Guest experience. The Burger King advertising investment represents an annual increase of approximately 30% to the brand's media purchasing firepower, inclusive of advertising efficiencies we expect to achieve through our ongoing partnership with our new media agency. Following the investment period in 2023 and 2024, participating Franchisees have agreed to increase their advertising fund contributions by 50 basis points through 2028 if certain profitability thresholds are met, which we plan to share an update on annually. This plan has received the endorsement of Franchisees representing more than 93% of the system, all of whom have agreed to the new Fuel the Flame co-investment program over the past two months.
In addition, Burger King will invest $30M through 2024, in excess of the digital fees collected from Franchisees, to support our Guests ease of ordering on the Burger King app which includes integrated payment processing, enhancing the Royal Perks loyalty program, the addition of digital personalized offers, and improving the overall convenience of delivery and pick up options. This investment will continue to strengthen the brand's digital channels that now generate ~$900M of annual system-wide sales in the U.S.
The Burger King $250M investment plan will include two important components. The first involves investing $50M of capital over the next two years alongside a comparable co-investment from Franchisees in a restaurant refresh program touching ~3,000 restaurants across restaurant technology, kitchen equipment, and building enhancements. These investments are designed to ensure our restaurants are ready to deliver an exceptional Guest experience as we work to drive traffic back to the system aided by our menu enhancements and Fuel the Flame advertising investment.
In addition, Burger King is launching a Royal Reset remodel program that provides access to $200M of funding for ~800 restaurant remodel projects over the next two years. As part of this program, the company is changing its incentive structure, which has historically focused on advertising and royalty rate discounts for up to seven years. The Royal Reset remodel program is designed to improve returns on capital for our Franchisees by providing more substantial baseline incentives, access to additional contributions in exchange for a higher royalty rate election, and funding of these incentives in upfront cash at the time of remodel completion. The program will also offer greater financial support to better operators, adding further incentive for Franchisees to improve operations across the system.
The Royal Reset remodel program represents a shift toward higher quality remodels and creates a viable path toward modernizing the system. Through a more thoughtful approach and increased funding, we are establishing support for our Franchisees to address their most important investments and lay the foundation for sales and profitability growth in the years to come. This will be the first step toward a more consistent, long-term cadence of portfolio reimaging that is focused on smarter investments and executing with quality to drive sales growth and attractive returns on capital for both Burger King and its Franchisees.
We have historically maintained a reimaging program which has generated average year one sales uplifts of approximately +12% with sustained outperformance in comparable sales relative to non-remodeled restaurants of approximately 2%(1). While the historical sales uplift performance from prior reimaging programs is encouraging, we are focused on enhancing these results through improved project selection and more targeted scope management. We believe this new approach over the next two years will generate the momentum needed to transition into a sustainable reimaging program that reverts to more normalized capital contributions from Burger King in 2025 and beyond.
The Burger King contributions from the Royal Reset remodel program will be accounted for as royalty credits and recognized through our income statement over the life of the new Franchise Agreements, which will be up to 20-years. Given the long duration of the royalty credit amortization in our income statement versus the near-term benefits of royalty rate increases and sales uplifts from modernization, we do not expect any materially negative impact to the income statement from this program. If we are successful in generating sales uplifts consistent with historical experience or better, we expect the program will generate a positive return on our capital and be accretive over time.
The Burger King U.S. brand has substantially expanded its operations team and is intensely focused on creating a culture of "Repeatable Precision" at each restaurant, and improving the brand's employee value proposition to assist Franchisees to attract and retain valuable Team Members. Over the past year, the brand has worked closely with Franchisees to simplify menu items and restaurant operations, resulting in four consecutive quarters of improvements in key operating metrics and Guest satisfaction surveys. In early 2023, Burger King will host dozens of "Royal Roundtables" with restaurant managers and Franchisees across the U.S. to educate and energize restaurant teams as they implement meaningful operational changes within their restaurants.
Founded in 1954, the Burger King® brand is a global fast-food hamburger chain known for food quality and value as the only place guests can get the iconic flame-grilled Whopper® sandwich. The Burger King system operates more than 18,700 locations in more than 100 countries and U.S. territories. Almost 100 percent of Burger King restaurants are owned and operated by independent franchisees, many of them family-owned operations that have been in business for decades. To become a member of our Royal Perks loyalty program, please visit www.bk.com/signup. To learn more about the Burger King brand, visit the Burger King brand website at www.bk.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.
Restaurant Brands International Inc. is one of the world's largest quick service restaurant companies with over $35 billion in annual system-wide sales and over 29,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries. RBI owns four of the world's most prominent and iconic quick service restaurant brands – TIM HORTONS®, BURGER KING®, POPEYES®, and FIREHOUSE SUBS®. These independently operated brands have been serving their respective guests, franchisees and communities for decades. Through its Restaurant Brands for Good framework, RBI is improving sustainable outcomes related to its food, the planet, and people and communities.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements, which are often identified by the words "may," "might," "believes," "thinks," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "intends" or similar expressions and reflect management's expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date hereof. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding: (i) the amount, timing and use of the additional investments related to digital, advertising and restaurant enhancements into the Burger King U.S. system and ability to achieve advertising efficiencies; (ii) the expected financial impacts of the Reclaim the Flame investments on RBI's results of operations, including our expectations that the costs of the plan will primarily impact 2023 and 2024 adjusted EPS and that the plan will be accretive in 2025 and beyond; (iii) our expectations regarding the amount and timing of Franchisee co-investments in the Reclaim the Flame program; (iv) the ability of the Reclaim the Flame plan to drive profitable growth for our Franchisees and the Burger King system, as well as our belief that the Royal Reset modernization investments will result in Franchisees substantially enhancing sales growth and their return on capital; (v) our intent to provide annual updates on future Franchisee contributions to the advertising fund; (vi) our belief that the Royal Crispy Chicken sandwich positions the Burger King brand to strongly compete in the chicken sandwich market; (vii) our belief that the implementation of the Reclaim the Flame plans will improve the experiences of our Guests and Team Members; and (viii) the anticipated accounting treatment of the investments associated with the Reclaim the Flame program.
The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations are detailed in filings of RBI with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and with the securities regulatory authorities in each province and territory of Canada, such as its annual and quarterly reports and current reports on Form 8-K and include the following: (1) risks related to RBI's ability to successfully implement the Reclaim the Flame plan and the ability of participating Franchisees to meet the profitability thresholds; (2) risks related to the franchised business model; (3) risks related to technology and the ability to successfully implement digital initiatives; (4) risks related to ownership and leasing of properties by us and our Franchisees; (5) risks related to our Franchisees financial stability and their ability and willingness to access and maintain the liquidity necessary to co-invest in the restaurant modernization initiatives; (6) risks related to the ability of the Burger King Franchisees to compete in an intensely competitive industry; and (7) changes in accounting, tax and other laws and regulations or interpretations thereof. Other than as required under U.S. federal securities laws or Canadian securities laws, we do not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or circumstances, change in expectations or otherwise.
SUPPLEMENTAL: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Fuel the Flame Advertising Investment
How much incremental investment per quarter?
- Burger King U.S. will pulse investments behind key initiatives as it sees opportunities in the market to drive sales.
- For competitive reasons, Burger King U.S. does not intend to signal in advance in which quarters or channels it will make incremental investments.
How will the Burger King advertising investment impact the income statement?
- The incremental investment will be reflected in the BK Segment Results and Consolidated Statements of Operations under "Advertising expenses and other services".
- The expense will be recognized in the period spent.
How will the Franchisee co-investment work for incremental advertising funds?
- Burger King has committed to invest $120M in advertising from Q4'22 – Q4'24.
- If system average EBITDA is in-line with 2019 levels by December 2024, then Franchisees will invest an incremental 50 basis points of sales into the advertising fund for 2025 and 2026.
- Following 2026, this 50-basis point investment will continue assuming reasonable growth in system average EBITDA has occurred.
- As of September 12, 2022, over 93% of the system have signed the new Franchise spending agreement to participate in the Fuel the Flame co-investment.
Royal Reset Refresh Program
What is the anticipated timing and scope of the $50M near-term Royal Reset Refresh Program initiative?
- Burger King expects to deploy $50M over the next 24 months which will be spent on restaurant technology.
- The investment will target restaurants that would benefit most significantly and will be done in partnership with Franchisees who match the investment, through spending on kitchen equipment and building enhancements, resulting in approximately a $100M total investment in the system.
How will the $50M restaurant refresh program impact RBI's financial statements?
- Income Statement Expenses: The Royal Reset refresh program investment will be capitalized and recognized in Depreciation and Amortization, which the company expects will carry an average depreciable life of approximately 5-7 years.
- Statement of Cash Flows: The investment will be accounted for as capital expenditure and appear under "Payments for property and equipment" under "Cash flows from investing activities".
Royal Reset Remodel Program
What is the anticipated timing and scope of the $200M Royal Reset remodel program?
- The Royal Reset remodel program is targeting approximately 800 high-quality projects from 2023 to 2025, supported by a bottoms-up approach focused on maximizing returns on investment.
- We expect to formalize commitments for all $200M by the end of 2024, with the cash largely deployed by the end of 2025 given project lead times.
- We expect the significant majority of remodels under the Royal Reset program to be completed in 2023 and 2024, supported by benefits from the Fuel the Flame and Royal Reset refresh programs.
- Following the completion of the program, we expect to revert to more normalized capital contributions from Burger King in 2025 and beyond.
How will the size of the Burger King remodel investments be determined?
- The level of investment by Burger King U.S. for each remodel will depend on the following:
- Scope of remodel: Ranges from lower capital intensity upgrades costing ~$500K to more capital intense and comprehensive rebuilds costing ~$1.8M.
- Quality of operations: Access to greater funding for Franchisees with better operations as determined by their 'Franchisee Success Score', tied to our recently revamped operational success program.
- Royalty rate increases: Franchisee in good standing will have access to greater relative levels of funding should they opt for an increased royalty rate between our standard 4.5% and a maximum of 6.0%.
How will the Royal Reset remodel investments impact RBI's financial statements?
- Income Statement:
- Statement of Cash Flows: The remodel investment will appear on the cash flow statement as a change in "Other long-term assets and liabilities" under "Cash flows from operating activities" at the time of remodel completion.
What is the difference between this incentive structure and prior remodel programs?
- Prior remodel programs primarily identified opportunities based on franchise agreement expiration schedules rather than identifying the highest potential return projects.
- In addition, unlike prior programs where Franchisees were incentivized with royalty rate and advertising fund discounts over up to seven years, the Royal Reset remodel program will deliver 100% of our contribution at the time of remodel completion and provide access to greater levels of funding as compared to past programs.
- The Royal Reset remodel program represents a shift toward higher quality remodels and greater support for Franchisees to amplify our system modernization. Through more refined site and scope selection, along with increased funding, Franchisees can substantially enhance their restaurant image with strong returns on capital to lay the foundation for sales and profitability growth in the years to come.
- This remodel investment program is also expected to provide Burger King U.S. with a positive return on capital over time through sales improvements and higher average royalty revenue.
What level of sales uplift do you expect from Royal Reset remodels?
- Historically, remodeling efforts have generated average year one sales uplifts of approximately +12%2.
- After the initial sales uplifts, remodeled restaurants have also experienced sustained outperformance in comparable sales relative to non-remodeled restaurants of approximately 2%.
- While we believe the historical performance is encouraging, Burger King looks to build on this progress in future years through improved project selection and scope management.
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Monsoon rains force halt in Indonesia quake rescue efforts
CIANJUR, Indonesia (AP) — Searchers in Indonesia on Wednesday rescued a 6-year-old boy who was trapped for two days under the rubble of his house, which collapsed in an earthquake that killed at least 271 people, as heavy monsoon rains lashed survivors in makeshift shelters and forced a suspension of rescue efforts.
The death toll was likely to rise with many people still missing, some remote devastated areas still unreachable and more than 2,000 people injured in Monday’s 5.6 magnitude quake. Hospitals near the epicenter on densely populated Java island were already overwhelmed, with patients hooked up to IV drips lying on stretchers and cots in tents set up outside awaiting further treatment.
It was the most deadly earthquake in Indonesia since a 2018 earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi killed about 4,340 people.
Many of the dead in this week’s earthquake were public school students who had finished their classes for the day and were taking extra lessons at Islamic schools when the buildings collapsed, West Java Gov. Ridwan Kamil said.
More than 12,000 army personnel were deployed Wednesday to bolster search efforts by police, the search and rescue agency and volunteers, said Suharyanto, chief of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.
Suharyanto, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, said aid was reaching thousands of people left homeless who fled to temporary shelters, where supplies were being taken by foot over the rough terrain.
He said rescuers recovered three more bodies Wednesday and rescued a 6-year-old boy, who was found alive next to the dead body of his grandmother under the rubble of his house.
Police, soldiers and other rescue personnel used jackhammers, circular saws, farm tools and their bare hands to desperately dig in the worst-hit area of Cijendil village, where a landslide left tons of mud, rocks and trees.
The government appeared to be focused on finding bodies, and wherever possible, survivors. Authorities struggled to bring tractors and other heavy equipment over washed-out roads to villages hit by landslides.
Residents, however, complained the government was too slow.
Muhammad Tohir, 48, was sitting in his living room with his family in Cijendil when the catastrophe struck. He and his family managed to escape, but his sister and her two children were crushed by a landslide a few kilometers (miles) from his house.
“When I came to my sister’s house, I was devastated by what I saw,” Tohir said. “Dozens of houses had been buried by landslides. … It felt like doomsday.” He said at least 45 people had been buried alive under tons of mud.
Tohir and other residents searched for the missing using farm tools and managed to pull out two bodies. Two days later, rescue personnel arrived to help in the search.
“The government was too slow in responding to this disaster,” Tohir said.
He said he would not give up until they could pull his sister and nieces out of the mud.
In several hard-hit areas, water, food and medical supplies were being distributed from trucks, and authorities deployed military personnel carrying food, medicine, blankets and field tents.
Volunteers and rescue personnel erected temporary shelters for those left homeless in several villages in Cianjur district.
About 6,000 police, soldiers and volunteers dug through the debris with their bare hands, shovels and hoes as heavy rain hindered their efforts.
Arif Yulianto, a search and rescue coordinator, said they were forced to halt their efforts Wednesday afternoon because the rain made the landslide areas unstable. He said the search would resume early Thursday.
Suharyanto said 2,043 people were injured, including more than 600 who were still receiving treatment for serious injuries, and that nearly 62,000 survivors had been moved to shelters.
Most sought protection under makeshift shelters that were lashed by the downpours. Only a few were lucky to be protected by tarpaulin-covered tents. They said they were running low on food, blankets and other aid, as emergency supplies were rushed to the region.
About 40 people remained missing, Suharyanto said at a news conference. Rescue operations were focused on about a dozen villages in Cianjur where people were believed trapped.
More than 56,230 houses in Cianjur were damaged and more than 170 public buildings were destroyed, including 31 schools, he said.
About 100 of the 271 confirmed deaths were children, Suharyanto said.
“We are saddened by this earthquake, especially because children have been disproportionately affected,” said Yacobus Runtuwene of Wahana Visi Indonesia, a Christian humanitarian group concerned with child welfare.
The magnitude of Monday’s earthquake, 5.6, would not typically be expected to cause serious damage. But the area is densely populated, and experts said the shallowness of the quake and the lack of earthquake-resistant infrastructure contributed to the damage.
More than 2.5 million people live in rural, mountainous Cianjur district, including about 175,000 in its main town, which has the same name.
President Joko Widodo visited Cianjur on Tuesday and pledged to rebuild its infrastructure and provide assistance of up to 50 million rupiah ($3,180) to each resident whose house was damaged.
The country of more than 270 million people is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its location on the arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin known as the “Ring of Fire.”
A powerful Indian Ocean quake and tsunami in 2004 killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them in Indonesia.
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Associated Press writers Niniek Karmini and Edna Tarigan in Jakarta, Indonesia, contributed to this report.
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A former Theranos executive learns Wednesday whether he will be punished as severely as his former lover and business partner for peddling the company’s bogus blood-testing technology that duped investors and endangered patients.
The sentencing for Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, who was convicted in July of fraud and conspiracy, comes less than three weeks after Elizabeth Holmes, the company’s founder and CEO, received more than 11 years in prison for her role in the scheme. The scandal revolved around the company’s false claims to have developed a medical device that could scan for hundreds of diseases and other potential problems with just a few drops of blood taken with a finger prick.
The case threw a bright light on Silicon Valley’s dark side, exposing how its culture of hype and boundless ambition could veer into lies.
Holmes, 38, could have gotten up to 20 years in prison — a penalty that U.S. District Judge Edward Davila could now impose on Balwani, who spent six years as Theranos’ chief operating officer while remaining romantically involved with Holmes until a bitter split in 2016.
While on the witness stand in her trial, Holmes accused Balwani, 57, of manipulating her through years of emotional and sexual abuse. Balwani’s attorney has denied the allegations.
The two trials had somewhat different outcomes. Unlike Balwani, Holmes was acquitted on several charges of defrauding and conspiring against people who paid for Theranos blood tests that produced misleading results and could have pointed patients toward the wrong treatment. The jury in Holmes’ trial also deadlocked on three charges.
Balwani was convicted on all 12 felony counts, and his lawyers contend he deserves a far more lenient sentence of just four to 10 months in prison, preferably in home confinement. Prosecutors for the Justice Department are seeking 15 years. A probation report recommends nine years.
Duncan Levin, a former federal prosecutor who is now a defense attorney, described Balwani’s bid for a light sentence as “utterly unrealistic.” Levin suspects the judge may give greater weight to the Justice Department and the probation office recommendations, which mirror the sentences those agencies sought for Holmes.
The judge ultimately gave her 11 1/4 years in prison and recommended that the sentence be served in a low-security facility in Byran, Texas.
The Justice Department “has now conceded that both defendants deserve the same sentence, even though Balwani was convicted for far more counts,” Levin said. Since Holmes got an 11-year sentence, “it follows logically that he will get the same sentence.”
Federal prosecutors also want the judge to order Balwani to pay $804 million in restitution to defrauded investors — the same amount sought from Holmes. Davila deferred a decision on restitution during Holmes’ Nov. 18 sentencing until an unspecified future date.
In court documents, Balwani’s lawyers painted him as a hardworking immigrant who moved from India to the U.S. during the 1980s to become the first member of his family to attend college. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1990 with a degree in information systems.
He later moved to Silicon Valley, where he first worked as a computer programmer for Microsoft before founding an online startup that he sold for millions of dollars during the dot-com boom of the 1990s.
Balwani and Holmes met around the same time she dropped out of Stanford University to start Theranos in 2003. He became enthralled with her and her quest to revolutionize health care.
Balwani’s lawyers said he eventually invested about $5 million in a stake in Theranos that eventually became worth about $500 million on paper — a fraction of Holmes’ one-time fortune of of $4.5 billion.
That wealth evaporated after Theranos began to unravel in 2015 amid revelations that its blood-testing technology never worked as Holmes had boasted in glowing magazine articles that likened her to Silicon Valley visionaries such as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
Before Theranos’ downfall, Holmes teamed up with Balwani to raise nearly $1 billion from deep-pocketed investors that included software mogul Larry Ellison and media magnate Rupert Murdoch.
“Mr. Balwani is not the same as Elizabeth Holmes,” his lawyers wrote in a memo to the judge. “”He actually invested millions of dollars of his own money; he never sought fame or recognition; and he has a long history of quietly giving to those less fortunate.” Balwani’s lawyers also asserted that Holmes “was dramatically more culpable” for the Theranos fraud.
Echoing similar claims made by Holmes’s lawyers before her sentencing, Balwani’s attorneys also argued that he has been adequately punished by the intense media coverage of Theranos, which has been the subject of a book, documentary and award-winning TV series.
Balwani “has lost his career, his reputation and his ability to meaningfully work again,” his lawyers wrote.
Federal prosecutors cast Balwani as a ruthless, power-hungry accomplice in crimes that ripped off investors and imperiled people who received flawed results. The blood tests were to be available in a partnership with Walgreen’s that Balwani helped engineer.
“Balwani presented a fake story about Theranos’ technology and financial stability day after day in meeting after meeting,” the prosecutors wrote in their memo to the judge. “Balwani maintained this façade of accomplishments, after making the calculated decision that honesty would destroy Theranos.” | 2022-12-06T21:51:41+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-holmes-former-partner-faces-sentencing-in-theranos-case/ |
SINGAPORE, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EQONEX Limited (NASDAQ: EQOS) ("EQONEX" or the "Company"), a digital assets financial services company, today announced that on July 21, 2022, it received a written notice (the "Notice") from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") that the Company is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement of US$1.00 per share set forth in Nasdaq Rules for continued listing on Nasdaq.
Based on the closing bid price of the Company's listed securities for the last 30 consecutive business days from June 7, 2022, to July 20, 2022, the Company no longer meets the minimum bid price requirement set forth in Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). The Notice is only a notification of deficiency, not of imminent delisting, and has no current effect on the listing or trading of the Company's securities on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has been provided 180 calendar days, or until January 17, 2023, to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). To regain compliance, the Company's common shares must have a closing bid price of at least US$1.00 for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days.
The Company's business operations are not affected by the receipt of the Notification Letter. The Company intends to monitor the closing bid price of its ordinary shares and may, if appropriate, consider implementing available options, including, but not limited to, implementing a reverse share split of its outstanding ordinary shares, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement under the Nasdaq Rules for continued listing on Nasdaq.
The Company intends to resolve the deficiency and regain compliance with the Listing Rules.
About EQONEX
EQONEX Limited (NASDAQ: EQOS) is a technology driven digital assets financial services group that provides institutional grade infrastructure and a full suite of trading, custody and asset management solutions to clients. The Group's digital assets ecosystem has been designed to accommodate the needs of institutions and individuals with the same degree of regulatory oversight and security they are accustomed to in traditional financial markets. EQONEX's ecosystem primarily encompasses EQONEX Exchange, a digital asset exchange; Digivault, a FCA accredited hot and cold digital assets custodian and Bletchley Park Asset Management, a fund of crypto-hedge funds.
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HARLINGEN, Texas (KVEO) — Drivers, beware. Your chances of hitting a deer are at their highest now through next week.
For a week after clocks change this Sunday, motorists are 16% more likely to run into a deer, according to a recent report that examined a dataset of more than one million instances of vehicles colliding with deer across 23 states in the United States.
A team of researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle, led by Calum X. Cunningham, published their findings Wednesday with Current Biology, detailing how deer-vehicle collisions spike in late October through early November.
According to the researchers, deer strikes spike in late October and early November in all the states studied — except for Alaska. “Almost 10% [of these collisions] occurred during the two-week period centered on the autumn time change, which is 2.5 times greater than expected if collisions were universally distributed,” they stated.
Of course, the time change coincides with the deers’ rutting season — when bucks tend to wander in search for mating opportunities — but the time change also shifts more human commutes into the darker hours, they noted.
The paper argues that a permanent adoption of daylight saving time would save lives — of both deer and motorists — by reducing deer-vehicle collisions.
“The shift to standard time each autumn causes an abrupt increase in nighttime driving during the peak breeding season for deer, resulting in a 16% increase in deer-vehicle collisions,” the researchers stated.
The report’s findings indicated:
- Deer-vehicle collisions are 14 times more likely shortly after dark than before
- Nighttime traffic and collisions with deer are more likely during standard time
- Collisions with deer spike by 16% in the week after clocks change in the fall
- Adopting permanent daylight saving time in the U.S. would prevent more than 36,000 deer-vehicle collisions and would save $1.2 billion in collision costs annually, the researchers estimated
The researchers said conservation efforts tend to focus on preventing impacts by addressing “spatial causes of collision risk,” but that reductions in accidents might be achieved by focusing more on the clock.
“Year-round [daylighting saving time] presents one such way of reducing traffic volumes at night, with our analysis indicating [daylight saving time] reduces collisions simply by shifting the times at which humans are active relative to sunlight,” the paper concluded.
Conversely, adopting a permanent standard time would have dire effects — actually leading to more deaths, according to the research.
“In contrast, year-round standard time would incur significant animal mortality and societal costs, estimated here at 66 human fatalities and more than $2 billion in the U.S. annually,” the research team concluded.
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, so be sure to move those clocks back one hour — and be extra careful on the roads in the following days. | 2022-11-03T15:11:01+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/weird/drivers-are-16-more-likely-to-hit-a-deer-next-week-the-time-change-may-be-why/ |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. (WWLP) – A construction project is expected to begin this month at Natural Bridge State Park in North Adams as part of a redesign plan.
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) says the project will take place over three phases and is expected to take several years to complete. The project will address safety and accessibility concerns of metal walkways attached to the stone walls and hanging over the chasm and improve the visitor experience.
Last year DCR had restricted access to hazardous structures in the chasm area which will be removed first. The next phases will include designing, planning, and installing new infrastructure that meets current safety requirements. The process will also include opportunities for engaging with the public and stakeholders.
Natural Bridge State Park has a natural white arch made of 550-million-year-old bedrock marble that was carved into shape by the forces of glacial melt over 13,000 years ago. The bridge spans Hudson Brook as it runs through a steep 60-foot gorge, one of the best demonstrations of glacial erosion in New England. The park contains a marble quarry, glacial “potholes,” and North America’s only white marble dam, built in 1838. This dam was first used to supply water to an industrial quarry mill that operated from 1810 to 1947 when the mill was destroyed in a fire.
“Natural Bridge State Park is a great example of the beautiful natural resources the Commonwealth has to offer,” said DCR Commissioner Brian Arrigo. “The construction starting this spring will ensure that DCR can provide visitors to Natural Bridge State Park with a safe and fun experience.”
The park operates seasonally, from May through October, and will remain open to the public during construction with some restrictions. The pedestrian bridge over the chasm with a view of the marble dam will be accessible, as well as other areas including views of blast rock and marble quarry. The park’s walking trails, Visitor’s Center, and picnic areas will remain open.
The park was privately owned from 1950 to 1983 and operated as a tourist attraction using boardwalks to view the chasm. In 1985 the state bought the property and created the Natural Bridge State Park.
Natural Bridge State Park is located on McAuley Road, North Adams. | 2023-05-03T22:00:35+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/berkshire-county/natural-bridge-park-in-north-adams-to-undergo-redesign-construction/ |
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CHICAGO, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 700 student entrepreneurs, and their faculty advisors, will be in downtown Chicago next week for the 39th annual Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO) Global Conference and Pitch Competition.
The conference will be held Oct. 28-30, 2022, at the Sheraton Grand Chicago River Walk. Attendees will network with other entrepreneurial-minded students, listen to presentations from seasoned entrepreneurs, subject matter experts, motivational speakers and fellow students who seek to be one of the transformative entrepreneurs of tomorrow.
Keynote speakers at this year's conference include: Dylan Gambardella, of Next Gen HQ; Cary Singleton, of Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship; Jason Feifer, of Entrepreneur Magazine; Courtney Gras, of AWS – Startups; David Zasada, of Intuit; Abby Malchow, of Amazon.com; Steven Shaw, of Verizon; and, Rebecca White, author of See, Do, Repeat.
One of the highlights of the conference is the $20,000 Global Pitch Competition. For the past few weeks, 100 student-entrepreneurs have been hard at work building their business profiles on the platform PitchPages. Twenty of the top 100 students will pitch live. These student-entrepreneurs will have five minutes to pitch their startup business ideas to a panel of judges, for a chance to win part of $20,000 in prize money. Members of the general public can view pitch competition submissions here: ceo.pitchpages.io. Qualified investors are invited to attend the conference as spectators of the pitch competition.
A few of the Top 25 finalists include:
- March, an inclusive toiletry line for hotels and resorts that has an emphasis on providing shampoos and conditioners that suits Black hair.
- Resense, creates a Memory Box toolkit that increases brain health, exercises the senses and elicits long-term memories for those living with Alzheimer's and Dementia.
- TuneHatch, a web-based platform that uses predictive analytics to maximize fan turout at concerts, helping artists and venues book more profitable shows.
- Kwizera Coffee, a revolutionary coffee supply chain that is vertically integrated which creates larger opportunities for the farming communities.
Coinciding with the Global Pitch Competition there will be two other competitions at the conference. These two competitions offer the chance to showcase and develop student entrepreneurs' skills with a chance to win cash prizes:
- Marketplace Simulation Challenge: Students attending the CEO Global Conference and Pitch Competition will have the chance to compete in teams against one another for cash prizes. This is a half-day, fast-paced competition where teams compete within a simulated business ecosystem to start and manage their own businesses.
- $10,000 Venture Valley E-Sports Tournament: Participants will play a match of the Venture Valley Game, picking one business and gaining the highest revenue within the five-minute match. The winner of the match will win a $10,000 cash prize! All scores will be tallied on a leaderboard throughout the conference, and the winners will be announced on Oct. 30.
In an effort to create a more inclusive conference and to ensure that Black, indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) college students face no financial barriers in attending the conference, the Verizon Foundation has sponsored a Black, Indigenous and People of Color Scholarship. This scholarship will cover the full registration cost of the conference for 25 BIPOC students.
The event will also honor the co-founder of CEO, Dr. Gerald Hills on his Retirement and a Legacy Video, created in his honor will be debuted.
The conference also features a university awards program where CEO will recognize the top chapters in the CEO network. The awards will include Outstanding CEO Chapter Leader, Global Chapter of the Year and many more.
The 2022 conference is sponsored by The University of Tampa, Amazon.com, Amazon Web Service (AWS), The Singleton Foundation, The John E. Hughes Foundation, The Coleman Foundation, The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation, Marketplace Simulations, Startup Wars and Verizon.
According to Giles Hertz, President of CEO, the annual conference will generate an economic impact of more than $600,000 for the Chicago region and showcase Chicago as a startup region of choice for future founders. For more information, contact Dean Mesick at dmesick@c-e-o.org.
The Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO), based in The University of Tampa's Lowth Entrepreneurship Center, a part of Sykes College of Business, is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit corporation whose mission is to "inform, support and inspire college students to be entrepreneurial and to seek opportunity through enterprise creation." From its inception in 1984, the organization has grown to approximately 16,500 members, representing nearly 250 college- and university-based chapters.
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CUTE: Curious otter goes ‘ape’ over new friend
(CNN) – An otter was caught on camera going ape over a gibbon at a Chicago-area zoo.
Is it the beginning of a beautiful interspecies relationship?
The otters were being introduced to their new habitat at the Brookfield Zoo. It’s a habitat that’s home to small apes called gibbons. The gibbons live above in the treetops, while the otters are below in the water.
A 10-month-old pup went right up to Neubo, an 8-year-old male gibbon, and began sniffing his underarm area. He seemed especially intrigued by Neubo’s feet.
The curators of primates said this intermingling of species probably wouldn’t happen in the wild where other species represent a threat.
Otters are known as curious, intelligent and gregarious animals.
Tim Sullivan, the curator of primates at the Brookfield Zoo, witnessed the meeting.
“He was just kind of watching cautiously but was very comfortable with the otter kind of investigating him, smelling the hair on his chest,” Sullivan said.
Otters are tactile creatures. A different video showing them holding hands at the Vancouver Aquarium became a hit on the internet.
A couple of aquariums even put holes in their plexiglass so that otters and humans can do some interspecies hand-holding of their own.
For the otter and gibbon, it was a series of pecks, resembling kisses, that finally caused the gibbon to swing away.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-17T02:18:27+00:00 | newschannel6now.com | https://www.newschannel6now.com/2022/09/16/cute-curious-otter-goes-ape-over-new-friend/ |
(The Hill) – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday warned that if Republicans win control of the Senate in November, President Biden’s nominees will have a tough time getting confirmed.
McConnell says he’ll be “picky” in deciding which of Biden’s nominees are moderate enough to warrant getting votes on the Senate floor.
“We’ll be way more picky over who gets to head various boards and commissions and agencies that are important to how all of you function in our society,” McConnell said at a Rotary Club luncheon in Florence, Kentucky.
Nominees such as Steve Dettelbach, Biden’s choice to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or Arianna Freeman, Biden’s pick to sit on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, both needed discharge votes just to move out of committee in the current Senate, which is evenly split between the two parties. Neither nominee likely would have been confirmed under a Senate GOP majority.
Biden may also have a tough time getting a vote on a Supreme Court nominees. McConnell criticized Biden’s recent selection for the high court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, as a judicial activist who “ruled like a policymaker implementing personal biases.”
“If I’m the majority leader, we’ll be really picky on appointees. There are 1,200 executive branch appointments that come to us. They’re not all as important as the Supreme Court, but many of them are quite important and [need] to be confirmed by the Senate,” McConnell said Monday. “We’re in the personnel business, the House is not.”
McConnell also ruled out passing any other big spending bills along the lines of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, with passed with only Democratic votes last year.
“We won’t be doing any spending bills, but if we can find ways to make some progress for the country during a time of divided government, we’ll do it,” he added.
McConnell suggested last year that he would block any Supreme Court nominee Biden submits to the Senate in 2024 if another vacancy arises in a presidential election year.
“I think in the middle of a presidential election, if you have a Senate of the opposite party of the president, you have to go back to the 1880s to find the last time a vacancy was filled,” McConnell told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt a year ago.
He said the prospect of a Senate GOP majority confirming a liberal nominee to the Supreme Court in a presidential election year with a Democrat in the White House would be “highly unlikely.” | 2022-06-27T23:59:44+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national/mcconnell-vows-to-be-picky-with-biden-nominees-if-gop-wins-senate/ |
MADRID – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s chances of getting reelected after a July election have received a potentially important boost following an agreement between more than a dozen small leftist parties to run on a joint ticket, a deal that is expected to provide key support for Sánchez's Socialists in any post-election negotiations to form government.
The deal signed late Friday ended days of intense negotiations and was sealed at the last moment with an agreement between Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz’s newly formed alliance, Sumar, and the Socialists’ small but influential far-left coalition partner, United We Can, or Podemos.
Podemos and 14 other groups would form part of the Sumar alliance for the election, Sumar said.
Sumar, which means to add or unite in Spanish, was to be officially registered later Friday as a political group to compete in the election.
Sánchez called an early general election for July 23 last week after the Socialist party and United We Can took a serious battering in local and regional elections on May 28.
The fragmentation of parties to the left of the Socialists was blamed for many of the regional and local election losses.
The May vote saw Spain swinging strongly to the right, turning the leading opposition conservative Popular Party, or PP, into the country’s main political force.
Most polls tip the PP to win in July but predict it will need the support of the extreme right party Vox.
But the new deal among the country’s small leftist parties could help Sánchez work out a new coalition government, especially given that Díaz and Sánchez are two of the country’s most popular politicians.
“While a PP-led government following the elections is the most likely scenario at this stage, a surge in support for the left-wing parties could still help Sanchez stay in power,” said Antonio Barroso, deputy research director the London-based Teneo think tank, in a note this week.
“Without such a (leftist party unity) deal, the spreading of votes among different parties would probably penalize the left, making it easier for the PP and Vox to reach the 176-seat threshold,” for a majority in Parliament, he added.
Sumar didn't run in the May elections.
The Socialists have led the minority coalition government since 2019, but internal arguments with United We Can and several controversial laws have taken their toll. | 2023-06-09T20:11:22+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2023/06/09/small-leftist-parties-in-spain-unite-before-july-election-in-pact-that-could-help-sanchez/ |
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — States are doling out more cash than ever to lure multibillion-dollar microchip, electric vehicle and battery factories, inspiring ever-more competition as they dig deeper into their pockets to attract big employers and capitalize on a wave of huge new projects.
Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas have made billion-dollar pledges for a microchip or EV plant, with more state-subsidized plant announcements by profitable automakers and semiconductor giants surely to come.
States have long competed for big employers. But now they are floating more billion-dollar offers and offering record-high subsidies, lavishing companies with grants and low-interest loans, municipal road improvements, and breaks on taxes, real estate, power and water.
“We’re in the second war of the states,” said John Boyd, a principal at the Florida-based Boyd Company, which advises on site selections. “That’s how competitive economic development is between the states in 2023.”
The projects come at a transformative time for the industries, with automakers investing heavily in electrification and chipmakers expanding production in the U.S. following pandemic-related supply chain disruptions that raised economic and national security concerns.
One of the driving forces behind them are federal subsidies signed into law last summer that are meant to encourage companies to produce electric vehicles, EV batteries, and computer chips domestically. Another is that states are flush with cash thanks to inflation-juiced tax collections and federal pandemic relief subsidies.
The number of big projects and the size of state subsidy packages are extraordinary, said Nathan Jensen, a University of Texas professor who researches government economic development strategies.
“It is kind of a Wild West moment,” Jensen said. “It’s wild money and every state seems to be in on it.”
Good Jobs First, a nonprofit that tracks and is critical of corporate subsidies, said 2022 set a record for the number of billion-dollar-plus incentive deals. At least eight were finalized, though that figure might be higher since such deals can be cloaked in secrecy and take time to come to light.
Eighteen of last year’s 23 known “megadeals,” in which state and local incentive packages to private companies exceeded $50 million in value, were for semiconductor and EV plants, according to the group’s data.
More than $20 billion in public money was committed to subsidizing those known megadeals, according to Good Jobs First data. That total eclipsed the previous record of $17.7 billion that was committed to subsidizing such deals in 2013.
Many of the companies drawing the biggest subsidy offers — such as Intel, Hyundai, Panasonic, Micron, Toyota, Ford and General Motors — are profitable and operate around the globe. Some lesser-known names in the nascent EV field are getting big offers too, such as Rivian, Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors and Vietnamese automaker VinFast.
The subsidy offers are generally embraced by politicians from both major parties and the business elite, who point to promises of hundreds or thousands of jobs, massive investments in construction and equipment, and what they contend are immeasurable trickle-down benefits.
Still, academics who study such subsidies find them to be a waste of money and rarely decisive in a company’s choice of location.
In a 2021 paper arguing that subsidies are driven by politicians for their own benefit, researchers from The Citadel, the College of Charleston and the University of Louisville-Lafayette wrote that studies conclude “they do little, if anything, to promote meaningful improvements in economic outcomes.”
The mounting cost of competing for the projects hasn’t dissuaded states from trying. On the contrary, they’re clambering to outdo each other.
Michigan was stung by hometown Ford’s $11.4 billion commitment in 2021 to build electric vehicle and battery plants in Tennessee and Kentucky. It responded by pledging more than $2.5 billion for electric-vehicle projects by Ford and GM and plants by makers of EV batteries and battery components.
Pennsylvania has yet to lure a microchip or EV factory, and the state’s business elite are sounding the alarm after watching neighboring Ohio land a $20 billion Intel plant.
In his first budget speech to lawmakers, newly inaugurated Gov. Josh Shapiro said Pennsylvania needs to “get in the game” and warned that it would take money.
Jabbing a finger in the air, he brought the room to a standing ovation, saying: ”It’s time to compete again here in Pennsylvania!”
Oregon lawmakers hoping to attract a major semiconductor plant are advancing legislation that would marshal $200 million in subsidies and loosen decades-old protections against urban sprawl.
The aim is to procure huge plots of land with ready-made utilities. That has elicited protests from conservationists who say the state mishandled developable land and agricultural groups that warned of the permanent destruction of high-quality farmland.
Dick Sheehy, a retired site selection consultant who traveled the world to inspect possible locations for semiconductor makers, told a panel of Oregon lawmakers in January that states are tipping the scales over better-qualified competitors by offering larger incentive packages.
“The money the state is putting up is so large that certain companies can’t afford not to look at it,” Sheehy said.
In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott promised to win passage of “economic development tools” during the current legislative session, saying the state lost out on a massive Micron semiconductor plant because it couldn’t match the $5.5 billion in tax credits offered by New York.
“The CEO of Micron was basically begging me because he really wanted to do business in Texas. He knew Texas was a better place. He said, ‘Please could you come up with some more?'” Abbott told a Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce crowd in February. “We gave every penny that we could give.”
Asked about Abbott’s assertions, Micron declined to address Abbott’s description of the phone call with CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, but it called New York the most competitive state and listed reasons why it is the “ideal home” for its plant.
Those included a compelling case made by top officials — including Gov. Kathy Hochul and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer — plus an attractive local workforce, local research and development partners, and a good quality of life for employees.
In Oklahoma, frustration among lawmakers has been bubbling over since the state lost out on a string of projects: first a Tesla plant to Texas, then a Panasonic EV battery plant to Kansas and, just days ago, a Volkswagen EV battery plant to Canada.
That latest loss led state Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat to create a committee to figure out what went wrong in Oklahoma’s bidding for a “megaproject.”
Business-friendly Oklahoma shouldn’t keep losing out to other states, Treat said.
“You never know if you’re being used so they can go to that other state so they can say, ‘Hey, Oklahoma is willing to do this,’” Treat said in an interview. “And they intend on going to that state the whole time.”
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Associated Press writers Sean Murphy in Oklahoma City and Andrew Selsky in Salem, Oregon, contributed to this report.
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Follow Marc Levy on Twitter: @timelywriter | 2023-04-01T13:41:03+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/war-of-the-states-ev-chip-makers-lavished-with-subsidies/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s honeybee hives just staggered through the second highest death rate on record, with beekeepers losing nearly half of their managed colonies, an annual bee survey found.
But using costly and Herculean measures to create new colonies, beekeepers are somehow keeping afloat. Thursday’s University of Maryland and Auburn University survey found that even though 48% of colonies were lost in the year that ended April 1, the number of United States honeybee colonies “remained relatively stable.”
Honeybees are crucial to the food supply, pollinating more than 100 of the crops we eat, including nuts, vegetables, berries, citrus and melons. Scientists said a combination of parasites, pesticides, starvation and climate change keep causing large die-offs.
Last year’s 48% annual loss is up from the previous year’s loss of 39% and the 12-year average of 39.6%, but it’s not as high as 2020-2021’s 50.8% mortality rate, the survey found. Beekeepers told the surveying scientists that 21% loss over the winter is acceptable and more than three-fifths of beekeepers surveyed said their losses were higher than that.
“This is a very troubling loss number when we barely manage sufficient colonies to meet pollination demands in the U.S.,” said former government bee scientist Jeff Pettis, president of the global beekeeper association Apimondia that wasn’t part of the study. “It also highlights the hard work that beekeepers must do to rebuild their colony numbers each year.”
The overall bee colony population is relatively steady because commercial beekeepers split and restock their hives, finding or buying new queens, or even starter packs for colonies, said University of Maryland bee researcher Nathalie Steinhauer, the survey’s lead author. It’s an expensive and time consuming process.
The prognosis is not as bad as 15 years ago because beekeepers have learned how to rebound from big losses, she said.
“The situation is not really getting worse, but it’s also not really getting better,” Steinhauer said. “It is not a bee apocalypse.”
Despite big annual losses the situation is a far cry from 2007 when many bee experts expected an end to managed pollination said U.S. Department Agriculture research entomologist Jay Evans, who wasn’t part of the survey.
“There are threats certainly in the environment and honeybees have persisted,” Evans said. “I don’t think honeybees will go extinct but I think they will always have these sort of challenges.”
Some commercial beekeepers who have succeeded in the past lost as much as 80% of their colonies this past year, while other beekeepers did well, it varied so much, Evans said. Pettis, who has 150 colonies on Maryland’s Eastern shore, had less than 18% loss, saying he used organic acids for mite control.
The parasitic mite Varroa destructor that helps transmit viruses is the chief culprit, but bad weather and queen issues were also big problems in the past year, Steinhauer said. Pesticides also make things worse because it makes bees more vulnerable to diseases and less likely to seek food, she said.
“It really can be like death by a thousand cuts with the most obvious one being varroa,” Steinhauer said.
The mite varroa is a flat creature that crawls on the bee – it would be the equivalent of a frisbee or flat softball on human bodies – Evans said. The mite seems to make it easier for viruses to attack and kill bees, he and Steinhauer said.
It used to take large amounts of varroa, such as in 60% of a colony, to cause virus problems, but now even small infestations at 1% or 2% in a colony can cause massive problems, Steinhauer said.
“We are fighting this evolving enemy,” Steinhauer said.
Another problem is landscapes that have only one crop or homogenous landscapes which deprive bees of food, while pesticides and bouts of extreme weather also have caused problems.
For example in the Washington, D.C. area unusual 80-degree warmth in January brought some bees out of their normal winter routine and then when it turned cool again, they had problems, Evans said.
“The impact of climate change on bee colony survival is real and can go undetected,” Pettis said in an email.
The demand for pollination from commercial bee colonies is growing even as the beekeepers have to work harder to make up for losses, Steinhauer said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 35% of the human diet comes from insect-pollinated plants and the honeybee is responsible for 80% of that pollination.
“There is this whole side of our agricultural industry that relies on these colonies,” Steinhauer said. “And the fact that every year the commercial beekeepers have to invest so much more effort to keep those numbers up because they have to fulfill those pollination contracts puts a lot of stress on those beekeepers and the bees.” ___
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Associated Press climate and environmental coverage receives support from several private foundations. See more about AP’s climate initiative here. The AP is solely responsible for all content. | 2023-06-22T17:26:28+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/science/ap-science/nearly-half-of-us-honeybee-colonies-died-last-year-struggling-beekeepers-stabilize-population/ |
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