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Joe Biden is coming home. The President is cutting his trip to Japan for the G7 meeting short to help negotiate a deal ahead of the debt ceiling deadline on June 1.
North Carolina Republicans overrode Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill that would outlaw most abortions after 12 weeks. This bill not only affects pregnant people in that state, but also those in neighboring states who travel to North Carolina for the procedure.
The publishing company Penguin Random House and writer’s group PEN America sued a Florida school district over the removal of books about LGBTQ+ issues and race, saying that their removal violated the First Amendment.
We cover the most important stories from around the country in the domestic hour of the News Roundup.
Copyright 2023 WAMU 88.5 | 2023-05-19T16:29:04+00:00 | wlrn.org | https://www.wlrn.org/2023-05-18/the-news-roundup-domestic |
President Biden’s recent executive order targeting the use of commercial spyware poses a serious threat to the digital surveillance industry, experts say, as some companies weigh the impact that the decision will have on their businesses.
The order, which was released last month, prohibits all U.S. federal agencies from using or buying commercial spyware that could pose a national security risk or target U.S. personnel.
It specifically bans the use of commercial spyware that a foreign government or foreign person used to try to access government electronic devices.
It also bans spyware that uses data obtained without authorization from the government, intends to disclose non-public information about the government and activities, or is under effective control by a foreign government.
James Lewis, a senior vice president and director with the strategic technologies program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that the order is “upsetting the market” as some spyware makers have voiced their concerns about the impact of Biden’s action on the industry.
“Some of them have told me that they’re not sure they’re going to be able to stay in business,” Lewis said.
The order has ‘enormous global implications for the market’
The order essentially closes the market to certain spyware vendors and limits their access to the U.S.
“The U.S. is one of the largest and most sought-out after-markets on technology,” said Michael De Dora, U.S. senior campaigner at Access Now, a non-profit digital rights advocacy group.
“And so spyware companies now have less purchasing power if one of the largest markets for their technologies is essentially closed off,” he said. “It has enormous global implications for the market on spyware.”
Ron Deibert, director of Citizen Lab, a digital security research group based at the University of Toronto, said the order is a “very big deal” because spyware firms have for a long time seen the U.S. market as “very lucrative” and also one that could legitimize their business around the world.
“It opens up a lot of doors and gives them a stamp of approval,” Deibert said.
He added that the spyware industry is starting to realize that “business as usual is over” because prior to the order “it was really the wild west [where] there were no [meaningful] consequences other than bad publicity of selling it to some of the world’s worst autocrats.”
How big is the spyware industry?
The spyware industry is estimated to be worth $12 billion; its largest vendor, NSO Group, an Israeli firm that manufactures and sells spyware known as Pegasus, is believed to be valued at more than $1 billion, The New Yorker reported last year.
Pegasus has been heavily criticized for its role in multiple high-profile surveillance and international relations cases that have made headlines in recent years.
The Hill was unable to independently verify the $12 billion worth or get an estimate of the number of spyware firms worldwide as the industry often operates in secrecy to evade transparency and accountability, experts said.
“Spyware companies are constantly changing names, creating new affiliates, morphing into something with a new name,” De Dora said, explaining why it’s hard to track them down.
He said, however, that his organization, Access Now, has been able to identify at least 17 different spyware firms, most of which are subsidiaries or affiliates of other companies.
According to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, between 2011 and 2023, at least 74 governments entered into contracts with commercial companies, most of which are based in Israel, to obtain spyware or digital forensics tools.
Of those 74 governments, 44 have been identified as autocracies while 30 were found to be liberal democracies, the foreign policy think tank reported.
In a statement to The Hill, an NSO Group spokesperson said that the firm’s “technologies are only sold to allies of the U.S. and Israel, particularly in Western Europe, and are aligned with the interests of U.S. national security and governmental law enforcement agencies around the world.”
The spokesperson added that the company “has repeatedly called for an international regulatory framework to prevent government misuse of commercial spyware.”
Over the past few years, NSO Group has been under intense scrutiny from the U.S. government and its closest allies over the sale of its invasive spyware tools to governments that abuse them and illegally use them to spy on people, including government officials, journalists, human right activists and dissidents.
Congress takes a strong stance against spyware misuse
Congress has also taken a strong stance against the misuse of spyware.
Last year, the House Intelligence Committee passed the Intelligence Authorization Act, which included a provision authorizing the director of National Intelligence to prohibit the U.S. intelligence community from buying and using foreign spyware.
The bill would also allow the president to impose sanctions on foreign government officials and firms that target U.S. officials with spyware.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who chaired the committee last year, said during a hearing that spyware “could be used against every member of this committee, every employee of the executive branch, every journalist or political activist.”
Following the harsh criticism, particularly coming from the U.S., NSO Group announced last year that it was restructuring.
The firm said it was replacing its CEO and cutting 13 percent of its workforce, a decision likely tied to the Department of Commerce’s decision to blacklist the company when it added it to its entities list in 2021.
“Being put on the entities list was killing the company,” Lewis said at the time.
The Hill also reached out to a number of other spyware firms for comment on how the order may affect their business and the industry, but they have yet to respond.
When spyware becomes a national security concern
Administration officials said that the executive order is also intended to protect U.S. government personnel from security risks following reports that at least 50 government officials were targeted by commercial spyware in at least 10 countries.
“I think the tipping point was when they found out that spyware was being used against 50 Americans,” Lewis said.
De Dora, who said he shared the same views as Lewis, said that this was the first time that the U.S. government publicly confirmed that U.S. government officials overseas had been targets of spyware, which he thinks played “a big part in getting the U.S. to act.”
“It is one thing, even though it’s wrong, for the U.S. government to see that spyware is being used against people around the world who are journalists, dissidents, etc.,” he said.
“It’s quite another when U.S. government staff are being targeted as well because it changes the calculation from one of simply U.S. foreign policy and human rights to one of U.S. national security,” he added.
Spyware faces new scrutiny at state and local levels
Although experts saw the executive order as a major step forward and one that sends a clear message to the industry, they highlighted a few areas that the administration should address moving forward.
First and foremost, they said that the administration should find a way to also involve state and local governments, which were not included in the order, so they too can take precautions and be careful with whom they do business.
“One of the weaknesses of this executive order is that it does nothing to shape the sub-federal demand in terms of state and localities,” said Jason Blessing, a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
He added that because state and local governments don’t have the same legal obligations as federal agencies under the order, they could technically use spyware that poses national security risks.
“Unfortunately, [the order] doesn’t do much to regulate below the federal level, so that’s one issue that will have to be addressed,” he added.
Lewis added that the order should also go a step further and go after the buyers of spyware — including foreign governments, with possible sanctions.
“The executive order is great when it comes to [targeting] suppliers … but you also have to look at customers,” he said.
De Dora said Congress should also consider passing legislation similar to this order in case a future administration decides to remove it.
“If Congress encoded the executive order into a law it would prevent future administrations from so easily scraping the executive order from the books,” he said.
De Dora also said that his organization, Access Now, and other civil societies have urged countries to call for a moratorium on the sale and use of spyware technology until governments can establish guardrails on the use of spyware so that they can’t be abused.
“We think that governments need to adopt a moratorium in order to put in place at the very least a system that would ensure that spyware and surveillance technology are used correctly,” De Dora said.
He added that other organizations have also called for a complete ban on certain types of spyware tools because they are so invasive “that they would be incompatible with human rights,” something with which he said he agrees.
“I think there are certain forms of spyware technology that are naturally incompatible with human rights because they’re so invasive and so powerful that there’s no way they could ever be used in a proportionate way in accordance with law and international human rights,” he said.
While there are other types of spyware that are less invasive and that could be used in a way that doesn’t infringe on human rights, most buyers are likely not going to settle for the least capable tool, De Dora said.
“If you’re a law enforcement agency, you want the most powerful spyware technology that’s out there on the market,” he said. | 2023-04-21T18:56:10+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/hill-politics/bidens-order-against-commercial-spyware-is-upsetting-the-market/ |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican candidate Daniel Cameron said Wednesday that he would move quickly as Kentucky’s governor to revive a push to require some able-bodied adults to work in exchange for health care coverage through Medicaid.
If he succeeds in unseating Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear later this year, Cameron said his administration would seek federal permission to impose the Medicaid work requirement. The proposed rule would exclude able-bodied adults who are “truly vulnerable,” including those with children or who are pregnant, his campaign said in a follow-up statement. Cameron declared that connecting Medicaid coverage to work for some Kentuckians would raise workforce participation in the post-pandemic era.
“That will be one way in which we tackle the workforce issue,” Cameron said while attending a forum hosted by the Kentucky Farm Bureau, which Beshear did not attend.
The issue of imposing a Medicaid work requirement is yet another stark differences between Cameron and Beshear, who is seeking reelection to a second term in November. Beshear rescinded an attempt by the state’s previous GOP governor, Matt Bevin, to create a Medicaid work requirement that Beshear says would have stripped coverage from about 100,000 Kentuckians.
Cameron, the state’s attorney general, also used his time before the farm bureau officials to lay out his views on agriculture, taxes and spending. The Republican nominee is trying to cultivate strong support in GOP-leaning rural regions to offset Beshear’s expected strength in the metropolitan areas of Louisville and Lexington. Kentucky’s showdown for governor is one of the nation’s most closely watched campaigns this year.
Cameron said he supports policies promoting “generational farming,” enabling Kentuckians to keep farming operations within their families. He said he would “lean on” the GOP-led legislature and his running mate, state Sen. Robby Mills, on whether to pursue new tax exemptions to support agriculture.
Asked about his budget priorities, Cameron pointed to law enforcement. He recently unveiled a public safety plan that included awarding recruitment and retention bonuses to bolster police forces.
“We’re going to prioritize making sure that there is money within our budget to help our law enforcement community,” Cameron said Wednesday.
Beshear has touted his crime-fighting record by noting he pushed for large pay raises for state troopers, as well as increased training for police officers. The governor says he will seek additional funding for police training and body armor to protect law officers if he wins another term.
Cameron, answering a question about taxation, said he wants property taxes to be “as low as possible.”
“But I also recognize that our schools and a lot of local entities rely on some of those taxes,” Cameron added. “And so we’ll have to be smart and deliberative about how we approach this.”
Cameron’s pledge to seek a Medicaid work rule for some able-bodied adults would put an immediate Republican imprint on his administration if he wins in November. Cameron raised the issue during the GOP primary and vowed again Wednesday to make it “one of the first things I will do as governor.”
“If we want the plan and the coverage to exist and remain solvent for those that are means-tested and medically necessary, we need to make the program, as best as possible, transitory – something that folks will come off of if they are able-bodied individuals,” he said at the forum.
Medicaid is a joint federal and state health care program for poor and disabled people. Advocates have said work requirements would become one more hoop for low-income people to jump through, and many could be denied coverage because of technicalities and challenging new paperwork.
In Kentucky, hundreds of thousands were added to the Medicaid rolls when then-Gov. Steve Beshear, the current governor’s father, expanded the program to cover able-bodied adults. For many Kentuckians, it was their first time to have health coverage in a state plagued by high disease rates.
Bevin’s plan would have required that affected recipients either work, study, volunteer or perform other “community engagement” activities to qualify for Medicaid. A federal judge blocked the requirements before they took effect, but Bevin’s administration had appealed until Andy Beshear rescinded those efforts. At the time, Beshear referred to his action as the “moral, faith-driven thing to do.” Beshear, who calls health care a “basic human right,” narrowly defeated Bevin in the 2019 governor’s race.
Cameron’s campaign said Wednesday that his proposal would require affected adults to either work, be enrolled at least part-time in college or be involved in job training or community service to stay on Medicaid.
“We will protect the truly vulnerable but we will not allow able-bodied people to take advantage of taxpayer generosity,” Cameron said in the follow-up statement from his campaign. | 2023-07-27T10:21:49+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/ap-health/ap-gop-nominee-says-he-would-renew-push-for-medicaid-work-requirement-if-elected-governor-in-kentucky/ |
Authorities are investigating a package that exploded inside a building at Northeastern University in Boston. One person was injured. Police found and rendered safe a second suspicious package.
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Authorities are investigating a package that exploded inside a building at Northeastern University in Boston. One person was injured. Police found and rendered safe a second suspicious package.
Copyright 2022 NPR | 2022-09-14T22:58:57+00:00 | wlrn.org | https://www.wlrn.org/2022-09-14/school-is-back-in-session-northeastern-university-after-package-exploded-injuring-1 |
LUXEMBOURG (AP) — The European Union's top court on Tuesday overturned a decision requiring automaker Fiat Chrysler to pay up to 30 million euros ($30 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg.
The European Commission, the EU's executive arm and anti-trust regulator, had determined in 2015 that a 2012 Luxembourg tax ruling favored Fiat companies in Europe and was incompatible with state aid rules in the 27-nation bloc.
A European court ruled in the commission's favor in 2019, ordering the automaker to return the tax break. Fiat Chrysler, which last year merged with France’s PSA Peugeot to form Stellantis, asked the higher court to set aside the order.
The Court of Justice of the EU said Tuesday that the commission failed to take into account the typical tax laws in Luxembourg when it was determining whether the automaker got a tax advantage and that the EU's General Court “committed an error of law" in upholding that approach three years ago.
EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager tweeted that Tuesday's ruling was a “big loss for tax fairness."
“The Commission is committed to continue using all the tools at its disposal to ensure that fair competition is not distorted in the Single Market through the grant by Member States of illegal tax breaks to multinational companies," she said in a statement.
It comes as countries in Europe and around the world are working to enshrine into law a global minimum tax deal that more than 130 nations signed on to last year, designed to create a more equal footing in attracting and keeping multinational companies.
It aims to deter multinationals from stashing profits in countries where they pay little or no taxes — commonly known as tax havens. | 2022-11-08T14:29:45+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/EU-court-sides-with-Fiat-Chrysler-in-tax-17567341.php |
WEST PARK, Fla. – The Broward Sheriff’s Office has located the parents of a 3-year-old boy after he was found wandering in West Park on Thursday morning.
Deputies said the boy was found around 8:45 a.m. near Southwest 41st Street and Southwest 58th Avenue.
Detectives say the child calls himself “Jayden” and appears to be in good health.
He is currently being reunited with his family.
BSO has not given information on where the parents were at the time the child wandered off.
Deputies are still investigating the incident.
Broward Sheriff’s Office West Park District deputies have located a child’s parents, and he is currently being reunited with family. https://t.co/L7c2RbLnXT
— Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) November 3, 2022 | 2022-11-03T19:22:56+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/11/03/deputies-locate-wandering-child-in-west-park/ |
NANCHANG, China, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from chinadaily.com.cn:
East China's Jiangxi province, known as the "cradle of the Chinese revolution", has managed to strike a balance between economic growth and environmental protection, and the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" has become a motto for the province's future development.
Wuning county in Jiangxi's Jiujiang city has remained committed to following a green development path with ecological protection as its main priority, which has brought tangible benefits to local villagers, and boosted the county's high-quality social and economic development.
The ecological circulation industrial park in Changshui village in Wuning, covers an area of more than 1,000 mu (66.67 hectares) and has adopted a new industrial model featuring rice-fish farming, mushroom-fruit relay cropping, bee-forest raising, and ecological circulation, which helps local farmers explore a new development mechanism that combines tourism, agriculture and culture. The new model not only benefits the environment, but also improves the efficiency of agricultural production and increases farmers' incomes.
Ji'an city in Jiangxi, also responded actively to the provincial government's call to build a brand-new Jiangxi with lucid waters and lush mountains, and has beefed up efforts to beautify the coastline along the Ganjiang River, which is dubbed as the "mother river" of Jiangxi.
Through years of continuous efforts, the water quality of Ganjiang River has been significantly improved, which has created a better living environment for residents living along the river. In recent years, more and more rare and endangered birds have taken shelter in Ji'an such as the scaly-sided merganser, also known as the Chinese merganser, which is an endangered species under first-grade State protection and appears on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's red list.
Luxi county, an old revolutionary base in Pingxiang city, Jiangxi, is located near the mountains and the river, and boasts abundant ecological resources.
In recent years, the county has highlighted the integration of Red tourism with green industry, and received the honor of being a "Beautiful and livable demonstration county in Jiangxi".
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SOURCE chinadaily.com.cn | 2022-08-23T11:53:41+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2022/08/23/greener-jiangxi-improves-quality-life/ |
Michigan family shocked by first baby girl born in 130 years
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) - For the first time in over 130 years, a Michigan family has welcomed a baby girl.
Little Audrey Clark is a unicorn unlike any other. She was born on St. Patrick's Day to Andrew and Carolyn Clark and will have an incredible story to tell for the rest of her life as she's the first girl born to the Clark family since the late 1800s.
"I have two older brothers and they both have boys. My dad had three boys and his dad had three boys and my great-great-grandfather had two boys and then my great-great-great grandfather, he had five children and the last one that was born in 1885 was a girl," Andrew said.
The Clark family of west Michigan didn't think they would break the streak, especially since their firstborn was a boy.
"We just assumed we're going to have another boy because, obviously, history showed itself with Cameron," Carolyn said.
When they decided to expand their family, they had to find out before the baby was born.
"We were just like, 'I have to know'. We, once again, just assumed it was a boy. But you know it's always a 50-50 chance and you never know," Carolyn said.
At their gender reveal party, they didn't even know. But their cousin did and baked rainbow cookies with pink frosting in the middle.
"We were just all kind of shocked that it was actually pink on the inside," Carolyn said. "It was a very pleasant surprise but we were all just shocked and in disbelief.
Then the pink presents started pouring in.
"Our parents have just been spoiling her before she was even here - you know - buying all the bows and tutu's and outfits," Carolyn said. "She's got enough clothes that she doesn't have to wear the same outfit twice."
Big brother Cameron is smitten with his baby sister. He's generous with kisses and determined to her safe from bad guys.
"Yeah I'll punch those guys away," the 4-year-old said.
The boy is already protecting the precious baby girl - who is the rarest of jewels in the Clark family line of boys. And they couldn't be happier.
"We were very shocked that this unicorn emerged and made her debut," Carolyn said.
"I just thought history was going to continue and be a litter of boys but we are blessed and we're happy," Andrew said. "Our little rainbow baby born on a special rainbow day."
Audrey Clark is the first girl born to the Clark family in more than 130 years. | 2023-04-06T22:24:50+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/michigan-family-shocked-by-first-baby-girl-born-in-130-years |
Could Maine Be Seeing its First Cannabis Social Clubs in the Near Future?
It's weird to live in the times we do.
When I first to Southern Maine right after high school, I remember they were having those Hempstock festivals and such. They still do, but at that point it had taken on kind of a life of its own, and thousands of people would show up from all over. These days the numbers seem smaller, but I could be mistaken about that.
But back then, that was the most "social" environment you could find for thousands of miles when it came to weed. Trips to Amsterdam were the only other alternative, but that was expensive and only reserved for those who could afford it. Fast forward to now, and we're starting to talk about our first cannabis-based social clubs here in the Pine Tree State.
A bill is coming before the state legislature that could change all that.
When cannabis was voted into legalization for recreational use in 2016, there was actually wording that was specific to the concept of cannabis "bars", if you will. During the process of getting it all on the books, the social club aspect was voted out. But there are bipartisan lawmakers looking to change it.
Rep. David Boyer (R-Poland) thinks this will fix some of the glaring inconsistencies with our current situation. Right now, if a tourist buys cannabis in Maine, there is technically no legal place for them to consume it. It's illegal in hotels, public places, and there are no areas designated for them to use their cannabis, according to WGME.
This could fix that for those folks. But opponents argue it will create more high drivers on the road. Of course, supporters point out bars exist... Safety is a concern, but supporters are really just hoping to mimic the convenience bars offer to drinkers. No word yet on when this vote will take place, but we'll keep you posted. | 2023-03-14T16:34:13+00:00 | 1019therock.com | https://1019therock.com/maines-first-cannabis-bars/ |
BEIJING, March 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, Secoo Group (NASDAQ: SECO), a leading online and offline boutique lifestyle platform in Asia, announced that it has officially accessed the AIGC and ChatGPT technologies, and submitted an application for access to the multimodal GPT-4 launched by OpenAI. On February 14, Secoo Group became the first batch of ecological partners of Baidu ERNIE Bot. Today (March 17), it officially entered the experience and access stage.
Next, Secoo will combine the advantages of OpenAI's multimodal GPT-4 technology and the Chinese version of ChatGPT Baidu ERNIE Bot, and use its own powerful global supply chain advantages and the shopping needs of more than 50 million high-end registered users to achieve interactive dialogue similar to human beings. It will complete product recommendations, selling point explanations, discount promotions, and generate visual images and videos through AI robots, reducing the cost of "shopping guide explanation". Through the two platforms of OpenAI and ERNIE Bot, Secoo Group can accurately understand user needs, improve its intelligent marketing capabilities, explore more intelligent luxury goods marketing models, and make luxury goods intelligent marketing scenes more accurate.
On 6th February, SECOO Group announced that it would carry out in-depth research and development on AIGC and ChatGPT related technologies, realize interactive dialogue similar to real people through ChatGPT technology, further improve the richness of luxury related text and video content, commodity selling point description and other related content, and significantly improve the conversion rate. The current operation mode of luxury e-commerce has been profoundly, rapidly and completely changed with the rapid pace.
On February 14, SECOO Group (NASDAQ: SECO), Asia's leading online and offline boutique lifestyle platform, announced that it had joined the first batch of ecological partners of the ERNIE Bot developed by Baidu, the Chinese version of ChatGPT.
About SECOO Group, the world-famous luxury shopping service platform, the only NASDAQ-listed luxury e-commerce in China, with more than 50 million high-end registered users, the well-known online and offline high-quality lifestyle platform in Asia, including more than 100 international famous luxury brands to reach direct cooperation, and more than 3800 high-end brands to gather 400000 goods from around the world, including luxury goods trading, medieval second-hand trading. Meantime, it includes fashion show, identification, maintenance, fashion wear, beauty, 3C digital, food and wine, Chinese famous items, lifestyle goods, high-end hotel reservation and other businesses who are committed to three-dimensional presentation of the world's good things, high-end lifestyle to every user of SECOO. Give you the beauty of the world!
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SOURCE Secoo Group | 2023-03-17T13:57:51+00:00 | waff.com | https://www.waff.com/prnewswire/2023/03/17/secoo-group-officially-accesses-openai-ernie-bot-luxury-goods-intelligent-marketing-scene-will-be-more-accurate/ |
Elton John closes out his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour this summer and husband David Furnish explained why the legendary singer wants to take his final bow from touring.
“I think the most important thing, and the most significant thing for us, is what this means to our family,” Furnish told Billboard. “Because as long as I’ve known Elton, he’s been on the road, doing 90 to 100 shows annually. It’s a big commitment.”
Furnish said he and Sir Elton now have an even bigger commitment to attend to — their “beautiful sons.” The pair share 9-year-old Elijah and 11-year-old Zachary.
He explained, “We were able to take them with us in the early days. And now they have their own lives. And that’s really important that they continue to have their own lives, their own identity, to not have their life defined by their father’s career.”
Sir Elton will close out the U.S. leg of his farewell tour with a trio of dates at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, with the final night set for November 20. As for why Elton chose to close things out in LA, Furnish said the city is a “very, very special place for us.”
“We have a home here. Our sons were born next-door [to The Webster] at Cedars-Sinai; they’re coming in next week to come and see the shows. We have our annual Oscar party here; we’ve raised $95 million for the Elton John AIDS Foundation with that event for over 25 years,” he explained.
Sir Elton’s final show at Dodger Stadium will be livestreamed on Disney+ on Sunday.
The Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour concludes July 8 with a show in Stockholm, Sweden.
Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-17T16:24:25+00:00 | warm1069.com | https://warm1069.com/elton-john-chose-to-retire-from-touring-so-his-sons-wont-have-their-lives-defined-by-their-fathers-career/ |
Thompson, Nancy
Nancy (Kerr) Thompson, age 85, of Huber Heights, passed away peacefully on April 7, 2023 while in hospice care at Springfield Regional Medical Center. She was born in Clinton, Iowa on February 26, 1938, the daughter of Norman and Martha (Lee) Kerr. Her family later moved to Middletown and she graduated from Middletown High School. A graduate of the Miami Valley Hospital School of Nursing, she spent her career at the hospital for over 35 years. After retirement she continued as a volunteer at the hospital. She also served as the first woman president of the Huber Heights School Board for eight years. She enjoyed reading, diverse music, gardening and animals, and treasured the family property in Muskoka, Canada. She is survived by her daughters, Laura (Chris) Mokren, Elizabeth Thompson, Amy (Rod) Alsip and Anne (Mark-Tami Hotta) Thompson; grandchildren, Robert (Taylor) Poling, Julianna (Jacob) Ross, Kuni, Tomo and Max Hotta; sisters, Barbara (Doug) Alder and Cathy Kerr; and brother, Jerry (Peggy) Kerr. She was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved husband of 56 years, Ivan; and her brother, Thomas (Connie) Kerr. A Celebration of Life will be held April 29 at 1:00 pm at the Zerkle Funeral Home in Tipp City with a gathering of family and friends from noon until the time of service. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Ohio's Hospice of Dayton; The Alzheimer's Association; or the Miami Valley Hospital Foundation.
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Zerkle Funeral Home - Tipp City | 2023-04-16T05:45:44+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/obituaries/thompson-nancy/ZVXJELLDVNBJHI3UFQIETNWFGU/ |
When We Were Young debuts today
It’s finally here and we’re there.
After yesterday’s show was cancelled because of high winds, the emo and pop punk-heavy When We Were Young debuts today at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds.
Headlined by reunited emo progressives My Chemical Romance and pop punk favorites Paramore, the fest features over 60 acts, ranging from the hard hitting acts A Day to Remember, Bring Me The Horizon, Knocked Loose, goth punks stalwarts AFI and Alkaline Trio, emo lifers Dashboard Confessional and Taking Back Sunday, indie troubadour Beight Eyes, and many more.
When We Were Young is off to such a strong start that next year’s line-up has already been announced, the bill topped by Blink-182 and Green Day.
The fest also returns next Saturday, October 29.
Today’s show begins just before noon and spans 12 hours over five stages.
Let the emo marathon begin…
Contact Jason Bracelin at jbracelin@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0476. Follow @jbracelin76 on Instagram | 2022-10-23T19:02:29+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/music/when-we-were-young-debuts-today-2662801/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The southbound lanes of Kansas Highway 15 between the Derby Wastewater Treatment Facility has been closed temporarily.
A Facebook post from the City of Derby says a materials spill caused the closure of the highway between 91st Street and 95th Street.
Cleanup is currently taking place. The city is asking drivers to use an alternate route until the cleanup is complete. | 2023-07-31T18:47:05+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/southbound-k-15-closed-in-derby-due-to-materials-spill/ |
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Mideast envoy said 2022 is on course to be the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since the U.N. started tracking fatalities in 2005, and he called for immediate action to calm “an explosive situation” and move toward renewing Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
Tor Wennesland told the U.N. Security Council that “mounting hopelessness, anger and tension have once again erupted into a deadly cycle of violence that is increasingly difficult to contain,” and “too many people, overwhelmingly Palestinian have been killed and injured.”
In a grim assessment, the special coordinator for the Middle East peace process said the downward spiral in the West Bank and current volatile situation stem from decades of violence that has taken a toll on Israelis and Palestinians, the prolonged absence of negotiations, and the failure to resolve key issues fueling the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
Wennesland said his message to Palestinian officials and factions, Israeli officials and the international community in recent weeks has been clear: “The immediate priority is to work to calm the situation and reverse the negative trends on the ground” but the goal must be “to empower and strengthen the Palestinian Authority and build towards a return to a political process.”
In the past month, the U.N. envoy said 32 Palestinians including six children were killed by Israeli security forces and 311 injured during demonstrations, clashes, search-and-arrest operations, attacks and alleged attacks against Israelis. Two Israeli forces personnel were killed and 25 Israeli civilians were injured by Palestinians during shooting and ramming attacks, clashes, the throwing of stones and Molotov cocktails and other incidents during the same period, he said.
Wennesland said the month saw “a spike in fatal violence” that has 2022 on track to be the deadliest in the West Bank.
More than 125 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and east Jerusalem this year. The fighting has surged since a series of Palestinian attacks killed 19 people in Israel in the spring. The Israeli army says most of the Palestinians killed have been militants. But stone-throwing youths protesting the incursions and others not involved in confrontations have also been killed.
Ongoing Israeli arrest raids in the West Bank pose a serious challenge to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority. Abbas relies on security cooperation with Israel, particularly against his Islamic militant rivals, to remain in power. At the same time, this cooperation is deeply unpopular among Palestinians who chafe against Israel’s open-ended occupation, now in its 56th year.
Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war and has built more than 130 settlements there, many of which resemble small towns, with apartment blocks, shopping malls and industrial zones. The Palestinians want the West Bank to form the main part of their future state. Most countries view the settlements as a violation of international law.
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador, delivered an impassioned address to the Security Council on Friday, saying: “Our people, our children, our youth are being killed, and they will not die in vain.”
“What happens next is your responsibility,” he told council members. “We knocked on every door, searched for any avenue leading to freedom and dignity, justice and redress, shared peace and security.”
Yet, Mansour said that 75 years after the British partition of Palestine, its people are still waiting “for their turn to be free,” and he accused Israel of “trying to destroy the state of Palestine.”
The Palestinian ambassador challenged the Security Council to protect and promote the two-state solution, and he raised a series of questions that allude to the possibility of further bloodshed and a decades-long fight for freedom if necessary, and possible legal action at the International Court of Justice on Israel’s occupation.
“Either we live side by side, or I fear we might die side by side,” Mansour said of Israel. “Help us live. … Our people will not disappear, they will not renege their national identity, they will not accept subjugation. The Palestinian people will be free.”
Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan countered that the message in Abbas’ speech to world leaders last month and Mansour’s statement Friday were the same: “It is a message of false victimhood, lies of oppression and fictions of aggression.”
“Israel is in the midst of a terror wave,” he told the council. “Since the start of this year alone, there have been over 4,000 Palestinian terror attacks perpetrated against Israelis — car ramming, rock throwing, fire bombings, stabbing, shootings, rockets, and many other acts of Palestinian violence have been become a fact of life for millions of Israelis.”
Erdan said “the Palestinian Authority may play victim here at the council” but he said on the streets of the West Bank cities of Jenin and Nablus they “praise terrorists.”
Palestinian leaders say they want peace but Erdan said “they consistently refused to sit down at the negotiating table with Israel and have rejected every peace plan placed before them.”
At the General Assembly last month ,Abbas launched a campaign for full membership at the United Nations “while bypassing the negotiating table,” Erdan said. Palestine is currently a non-member observer state at the U.N.
Erdan stressed that “peace can only be achieved through direct negotiations and mutual — I repeat mutual — concessions.” | 2022-10-29T22:04:48+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-un-2022-likely-deadliest-for-palestinians-in-west-bank/ |
MOSCOW (AP) — The chairman of the board of Russia's largest private oil company Lukoil has died with Russian news agencies on Thursday citing sources saying that he had fallen from a hospital window in what may have been a suicide.
A Lukoil statement said Ravil Maganov “passed away after a severe illness” but did not give further details.
Russian news reports said his body was found on the grounds of the Central Clinical Hospital, where Russia's political and business elite are often treated. He appeared to have fallen from a sixth-story window, the reports said.
State news agency Tass cited an unnamed law enforcement source as saying Maganov had committed suicide and that he had been admitted to the hospital after a heart attack. The news site RBK also said police were investigating the possibility of suicide.
Lukoil was one of a few Russian companies to publicly call for an end to Russia's military operation in Ukraine, calling in March for the “immediate cessation of the armed conflict.” | 2022-09-01T13:07:15+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Russian-top-oil-executive-dies-reports-suggest-17412239.php |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Midday" game were:
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(three, four, five, six, eleven, twelve, fourteen, twenty-four, twenty-seven, thirty-seven, thirty-nine, forty-seven, fifty, fifty-one, fifty-three, fifty-six, sixty-six, sixty-seven, seventy-six, seventy-eight; BE: five) | 2022-08-14T18:17:47+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Quick-Draw-Midday-game-17372778.php |
The EPA said Monday that it is proposing to close a prior “loophole” that allowed some companies to get out of reporting their releases of certain kinds of toxic chemicals.
The agency said it was proposing to end stipulations that let companies get out of disclosing how much PFAS — a group of chemicals, some of which have been linked to cancers and other illnesses — they were dumping.
Under current regulations, implemented under the Trump administration, companies did not have to disclose the presence of PFAS if they only made up a small concentration of an overall discharge.
The EPA said that fewer companies than expected reported PFAS releases in 2021 and 2022, and said that some of them cited this concentration threshold, which the agency is now proposing to remove.
“PFAS continue to pose an urgent threat to our country and communities deserve to know if they may be exposed because of the way these chemicals are being managed, recycled, or released,” said EPA Administrator Michael Regan in a statement.
“By removing this reporting loophole, we’re advancing the work set out in the Agency’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap and ensuring that companies report information for even small concentrations of PFAS,” he added.
Exposure to types of PFAS has been linked to kidney and testicular cancer, as well as thyroid disease and high cholesterol. The substances are sometimes called “forever chemicals” because they linger in peoples’ bodies and the environment instead of breaking down over time. One study estimates that they can be found in the blood of 97 percent of Americans.
Melanie Benesh, vice president of government affairs at the Environmental Working Group, told The Hill that reporting requirements are important for a community’s right to know what’s in their water.
“As the saying goes, sunshine is often the best disinfectant,” she said.
“It’s incredibly important if you are a community that lives downstream from one of these facilities, to know if… PFAS are being manufactured, used, released nearby and how much of that PFAS is being released because ultimately it’s your drinking water,” she added | 2022-12-12T17:56:40+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/national-world/epa-proposes-to-close-loophole-for-reporting-forever-chemical-releases/ |
With the Yankees in need of a few wins, the Athletics provided the perfect punching bag.
After scoring seven and 10 runs in the first two games of this week’s series, the Bronx Bombers tagged Oakland for double digits again on Wednesday in an 11-3 blowout. The bludgeoning gave the Yankees their first sweep of the season — and some positive vibes heading into a pivotal stretch against competitive division rivals.
The abysmal A’s found themselves in an immediate hole Wednesday, as a Gleyber Torres sac fly put the Yankees on the board before the red-hot Harrison Bader drove a three-run jack to right. Umps checked the dinger for fan interference, but the home run ultimately stood.
Bader is now hitting .429 with a 1.341 OPS, two triples, three home runs and 11 RBI over eight games since coming off the injured list.
Second-inning solo shots from Carlos Perez and Jace Peterson, hit off Jhony Brito, cut Oakland’s deficit in half, but the Yankees blew the game open with seven runs in the fifth. The frame included a two-run homer from DJ LeMahieu and the first grand slam of Anthony Volpe’s young career.
Brito didn’t allow any other runs over 4.1 wobbly innings, while JJ Bleday took Deivi Garcia deep in the 23-year-old’s return to the majors.
The Yankees and A’s are both in last place in their respective divisions, but the pinstripers, 21-17, were supposed to beat up on their eight-win opponent at home. Now comes the hard part following a relative reprieve in the Yankees’ schedule.
Thursday brings the start of a four-game home set with the first-place Rays, who won two-out-of-three games against the Yankees at Tropicana Field this past weekend. One run decided each contest, but the Yankees spoiled a golden opportunity to win the series when Gerrit Cole blew a 6-0 lead last Sunday.
“We progressed as a group throughout the series,” Cole said after that game. “I just let ‘em down today by coughing up the lead.”
Once the Yankees wrap things up with Tampa, another American League East test awaits in Toronto. The club heads north of the border Monday for another four-game series against the Blue Jays from May 15-18.
Toronto took a three-game series from the Yanks in the Bronx earlier this season.
From there, a three-game voyage to Cincinnati interrupts the barrage of division opponents before the Yankees host the Orioles from May 23-25. New York edged the O’s in a three-game series during its first road trip of the season.
The Yankees still haven’t played the Red Sox — and won’t until a home and away series in June — but the AL East is looking like a gauntlet in the early going of 2023. The Yankees were the last team in the division to reach 20 wins, and they’re 4-5 against the East so far.
With the team sitting in the cellar, the next two weeks offer a chance to gain ground after the Yankees put themselves in an early hole.
() | 2023-05-10T21:02:01+00:00 | bostonherald.com | https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/05/10/anthony-volpes-first-grand-slam-powers-yankees-to-sweep-of-lowly-as-as-tough-al-east-stretch-awaits/ |
EXPLAINER: Forest carbon credits aim to offset pollution
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Forest carbon credits are promises that companies, individuals and governments can buy to counteract their emissions by paying to plant or protect trees. Trees store carbon in their tissue, which means that the taller and healthier a tree grows, the more carbon it can store. Soils and vegetation also store carbon. When a tree is chopped down, the carbon stored within it is often released into the atmosphere. Forest carbon credits aim to avoid deforestation and burning, but there are questions about how effective they are. That’s because sometimes deforestation happens despite the carbon credit arrangement. Another issue can be that the trees were not at risk of being cut down in the first place, so the carbon credits did not change the status quo. | 2022-12-22T16:28:13+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/12/22/explainer-forest-carbon-credits-aim-to-offset-pollution/ |
WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, September 17, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
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552 PM CDT Sat Sep 17 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
The Flood Advisory is cancelled for a portion of southeast Texas,
including the following county, Harris.
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 2022-09-17T23:32:00+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-HOUSTON-GALVESTON-Warnings-Watches-and-17449093.php |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — One of two disturbances in the Atlantic now has an 80% chance of becoming a tropical depression sometime in the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center said.
According to the NHC, a broad area of low pressure has continued to produce showers and thunderstorms over the ocean, a few hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands in West Africa.
The system is expected to move generally northwestward over the eastern Atlantic and is likely to form into a tropical depression sometime in the next day or two. Forecasters are giving it an 80% chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm in the next two to five days.
Forecasters are also watching a tropical wave that had disorganized showers and thunderstorms a few hundred miles east of the Windward Islands, part of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea.
Some slow development is possible as it makes its way west toward the islands and the eastern Caribbean Sea. The NHC said the storm’s progress would be monitored across the Windward Islands. Right now, the storm has a medium 40% chance of becoming a tropical depression or significant storm sometime in the next two days, and a 60% chance of becoming one in the next five.
The next named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is Julia. | 2022-10-04T20:55:49+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/disturbance-in-the-atlantic-now-has-80-chance-of-development/ |
Cambia Health Foundation promotes equitable, whole-person health by addressing maternal health disparities and access to behavioral health care
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambia Health Foundation is investing $400,000 to improve health outcomes for pregnant people, new parents and young children. Cambia's grant partners are working to reduce maternal health disparities, increase behavioral health access or a combination of both.
"These investments reflect Cambia Health Foundation's commitment to advance equity through whole-person health in underserved communities by recognizing the interconnectedness of the physical, social and behavioral factors that influence a person's overall health," said Peggy Maguire, president of Cambia Health Foundation. "Early intervention builds resilience and improves long-term health outcomes for young children and their caregivers."
The Foundation's grants support organizations that are working to address one or both of the following issues:
Maternal health disparities: About 700 people die each year during pregnancy. Black women are three times more likely to suffer from pregnancy-related causes of death than white women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To address this critical health disparity, Cambia Health Foundation's investment will support grantees and fund projects to reduce inequities in maternal and infant health across the Pacific Northwest.
Inequitable access to behavioral health services: Maintenance of mental health for new mothers is especially important because 1 in 10 women report symptoms of major depression. Meanwhile, children with multiple adverse childhood experiences (traumatic events that impact their health and well-being) are more likely to develop mental health issues. Despite the urgent need for behavioral health care for new parents and young children, a number of barriers exist that prevent them from receiving the mental health care they need.
Examples of projects funded with these grants include full integration of behavioral and emotional health for children and their families, early intervention and increasing the percentage of behavioral health providers who identify with diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Cambia Health Foundation is pleased to award funding to the following organizations:
- American Academy of Pediatrics: WA State Chapter (Washington)
- Birth Equity Collaborative (Washington)
- Byrd Barr Place (Washington)
- Childhaven (Washington)
- Latino Network (Oregon)
- Reach Out & Read (Washington)
About Cambia Health Foundation
Cambia Health Foundation is the corporate foundation of Cambia Health Solutions. Founded in 2007, the foundation has funded over $110 million in grants to advance patient- and family-centered care for all. We purposefully invest in ideas that expand access to behavioral health care to advance equity through whole-person health.
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Mark Payton smiled when he was asked if he grew up rooting for the Chicago White Sox.
“South Side, it’s part of the life,” Payton said Friday.
Payton was born in Orland Park and attended St. Rita. Growing up, he made it to as many Sox games as he could.
“Parents took me all the time,” Payton said. “As much as we could get out, dad would get out of work and we’d come watch the night games. A lot of memories here as a kid.”
Friday marked another day to remember for the outfielder when the Sox selected Payton’s contract from Triple-A Charlotte and he joined the team ahead of the three-game series against the Minnesota Twins at Guaranteed Rate Field.
“This is awesome,” he said. “Going to be special. Something I’ve always thought about as a kid coming to games. And getting a chance to go out and play here is going to be pretty cool.”
The Sox also placed center fielder Luis Robert on the paternity list and transferred reliever Aaron Bummer to the 60-day injured list.
Robert is eligible to return from the paternity list after one day but might gone for as many as three. Robert has appeared in just two games, once as a pinch runner and the other as a defensive replacement, since his last start Aug. 25 at Baltimore because of left wrist soreness.
Bummer, who has been on the injured list since June 9 with a left lat strain, is eligible to be reinstated as soon as Saturday.
Eloy Jiménez, who exited Thursday’s game against the Kansas City Royals with right leg soreness, was not in the starting lineup Friday. Acting manager Miguel Cairo said Jiménez was “a little sore. It’s day to day.”
“It’s going to be something that he has to deal with (until) the end of the year,” Cairo said. “We hope that he can help us by being in the lineup.”
Cairo continues to fill in for Tony La Russa, who missed Tuesday’s game at the direction of his doctors and is out indefinitely. He went to Arizona to undergo additional testing by his personal physicians, the team announced Wednesday.
“I talked to him (Thursday) night, he’s doing good,” Cairo said. “I talked to him, the same Tony. They’re doing some tests. ... So we’re going to find out more later on in the next couple days.”
Cairo referred to Payton as “a gamer, he’s ready to play, and hopefully he can help us when he’s here.”
Payton, 30, appeared in 32 major-league games in parts of two seasons with the Cincinnati Reds (2020-21). He went 7-for-40 (.175) with one double and two runs.
Payton slashed .289/.365/.522 (110-408) with 25 doubles, five triples, 20 home runs, 77 RBIs, 74 runs and 11 stolen bases in 104 games with Charlotte after being signed on March 28.
“He plays all three outfield positions, he can swing the bat, he’s a good outfielder and he can run too,” Cairo said. “We’re going to find a way to put him in there in a condition that can help us. I told him to be ready because you never know when I’m going to use a pinch hitter or (need) an outfielder or anything. Just be ready. Watch the game and learn, watch the pitchers and learn from the game.”
Payton is among the International League leaders in runs (fourth), OPS (sixth, .887), hits (sixth), slugging percentage (seventh), triples (tied-seventh) and home runs (tied-ninth).
“Just going out and trying to put together the best at-bat I possibly can,” Payton said. “Not give any pitches away and not miss the pitch I want to hit. I’ve kind of stayed in rhythm and the hitting coach down there, Chris Johnson, has done a great job keeping me on the right path all season.
“I think the consistency of just the amount of at-bats and getting the chance to play every day (has helped). The last couple of years have been kind of difficult in the sense of being on a taxi squad for a week at a time and coming back down trying to get back in a rhythm. Basically playing every day down there (in Charlotte) and getting four or five at-bats a night keeps you in rhythm and you find the confidence wave and try to ride it out as long as possible.”
That approach paved the way to Friday’s move.
“This is awesome,” Payton said. “Happy to be here and fight for this team to get to the playoffs.” | 2022-09-03T01:43:53+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-chicago-white-sox-mark-payton-20220903-p6bva3duxvavpfpqeuj6xlai3m-story.html |
MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trade finance disruptor TCC (Trade Capital Corporation) today announced it has selected former BDO assurance partner Patrick Fichtner as its Chief Accounting and Compliance Advisor, effective immediately.
In his new role, Fichtner will provide technical accounting guidance to TCC to ensure deal structure compliance with relevant accounting standards in TCC clients' jurisdictions. Fichtner brings 15 years of experience advising public and private companies, from start-ups to household name multinationals, and preparing SEC-compliant filings.
"Our clients are some of the world's best known investment-grade manufacturers with complex supply chains. Patrick's role provides an additional layer of assurance for the deal structures we are negotiating," said Michael C. Doran, TCC's Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel.
"I'm delighted to be joining TCC's advisory board and help TCC's global clients drive capital-optimized business models and deliver tangible results," said Fichtner.
TCC also recently selected tech executive Avanish Sahai, and Hypatia Kingsley, a partner with leading executive recruitment firm Spencer Stuart to its advisory board.
Sahai previously served as executive at tech giants Google Cloud, Oracle and Salesforce, and currently sits on the Board of Directors of HubSpot. Kingsley brings 25 years of experience in fintech leadership in consumer financial services, commercial and corporate banking, payments, asset and wealth management, and alternative investing in the United States and China with her.
"TCC is privileged to have world-class talent on our team and advisory board. Avanish is a veteran executive with extensive experience leading platforms and ecosystems at software giants, while Hypatia's seasoned voice in international fintech corporate leadership, and Patrick's experience in audit and compliance add depth to bring TCC's vision to life," said TCC CEO Sanjay Bonde.
"Very excited to be a part of the Trade Capital Corporation community. TCC is innovating Capital as a Service to provide more efficient global supply chains – another demonstration of fintech's capacity to disrupt and deliver solutions beyond the traditional," Kingsley said.
TCC has onboarded several finance and supply chain heavyweights to its executive leadership team as it bolsters its unique position in inventory funding and holding solution. The firm already boasts more than 500 years of combined experience in supply chain and finance among its executive management.
TCC and its wholly-owned trading arm TradeCo deliver Capital as a Service (CaaS) in an integrated supply chain technology platform. Our CaaS™ solution offers access to cash flow, providing manufacturers with liquidity and capital efficiency – off balance sheet, while our end-to-end technology platform 1TCC™ provides procurement, logistics, warehousing, track and trace, planning and forecasting as well as integration with third party logistics providers to deliver comprehensive, end-to-end supply chain services. TCC's CaaS Wallet™ business suite of finance solutions includes the Inventory Card™, Factoring Card™ and SupplierPay Card™ to monetize and secure inventory, accelerate supplier payments and create more resilient supply chain ecosystems.
For more information visit: www.tradecapitalcorp.com
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President Joe Biden on Friday used a short visit to the United Nations climate change summit in Egypt to tell the world the United States was ready to take back its leadership role on fighting a warming planet after the passage of one of the president's key priorities.
In a speech to the United Nations COP27 summit, Biden proclaimed the US is back as a global leader on climate change following passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which included around $370 billion in clean energy incentives meant to slash the use of harmful greenhouse gases.
"My friends, I came to the presidency determined to make ... transformational changes that are needed, that America needs to make and we have to do for the rest of the world, to overcome decades of opposition and obstacles of progress on this issue alone," Biden said, "to reestablish the United States as a trustworthy and committee global leader on climate. As I stand here before you, we've taken enormous strides to achieve that."
Biden added that other nations must similarly raise to the challenge.
"To permanently bend the emissions curve, every nation has needs to step up," he said. "At this gathering, we must renew and raise our climate ambitions. The United States is acting. Everyone has to act. It's a duty and responsibility of global leadership."
Biden arrived Friday to the climate summit underway in an Egyptian Red Sea resort eager to highlight major new US investments toward limiting climate change, a sharp difference from the last time he showed up at a climate conference empty handed.
During his speech, Biden apologized for the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord under former President Donald Trump, and said he was trying to prove to skeptics that "good climate policy is good economic policy." He said those steps would drive progress and durable economic growth around the world.
He highlighted a new proposed rule requiring large federal contractors to develop carbon reduction targets and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, leveraging the federal government's purchasing power to combat climate change in the private sector and bolster vulnerable supply chains.
Biden also announced new rules from his administration intended to further clamp down on super-polluting greenhouse gas methane. The Environmental Protection Agency plans to further strengthen an earlier regulation it announced to cut down on methane pollution from the oil and gas sector. As proposed, the updated rule would reduce methane emissions from oil and gas by 87% below 2005 levels.
The newly enhanced rule would also require oil and gas companies to respond to "credible third-party reports" of large methane leaks. The EPA rule still must go through a public comment process before it's finalized.
Biden announced new partnerships with foreign nations on cutting methane and several other new international climate initiatives. The US will double a multi-year pledge of adaptation funding to $100 million, and announce new climate partnerships with African and Pacific Island nations.
The actions the nation is taking means the US will "meet our emissions targets by 2030," Biden said.
"The climate crisis is about human security, economic security, environmental security, national security and the very life of the planet," Biden said.
Worries about Republicans back in Washington
Yet many nations who have sent representatives to this week's conference in Egypt are focused on another matter: demanding climate reparations be paid by wealthy and high-emitting countries like the United States to smaller, poorer nations who have felt the outsized effects of climate change.
It's a proposal some European countries have latched onto, and have goaded Biden into supporting. But political constraints both in the United States and elsewhere make significant progress unlikely, at least in the near-term.
Biden has already struggled to gain backing in Congress for global climate resilience funding, which would help low-income nations prepare for the adverse effects of a warming planet, like floods and other extreme events. If Republicans seize control of one or both chambers, the prospects of any new climate legislation over the next two years appears dim.
When he was asked by reporters in Egypt how he plans to convince Republicans to fund his climate initiatives, Biden replied: "Reality."
Speaking at the climate conference Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged that after the midterm contests, Democrats will need to partner with Republicans on taking steps to fight climate change, even as she cast doubt on the opposing party's willingness to take action.
"Our colleagues said, 'Why are we having this discussion, there is no climate crisis, it's all a hoax,'" she said of the GOP reaction to investments meant to combat climate change that were included in the Inflation Reduction Act.
"We have to get over that," she went on. "I place my confidence in their children, who will hopefully teach their parents that this is urgent, long overdue."
Biden's climate envoy John Kerry on Wednesday announced a new plan to raise cash for climate action in the developing world by selling carbon credits to companies wishing to offset their emissions. He said the proposal would help countries decarbonize their energy system. But the plan has already attracted criticism because of the way it will be financed -- with money raised in sales of carbon credits, which allow companies to pay for someone else to cut their planet-warming emissions, instead of cutting their own.
But he was frank in an interview with CNN's David McKenzie that "there is not enough money in any country in the world to actually solve this problem," referring to accelerating the energy transition and tackling the climate crisis.
Meeting with El-Sisi
Meeting with Egypt's military-backed leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Biden thanked the host of this year's COP27 summit for reminding the world of the urgency of the climate crisis.
"It is an urgent crisis and we all have to do considerably more," Biden said.
He said with Sisi he would discuss a wide range of issues, including the US-Egypt defense partnership, a more integrated Middle East, and -- critically -- human rights.
The president is only expected to be in Egypt for roughly three hours. He is stopping over on his way to other international summits in Asia.
The ensuing years saw the overthrow of the authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak during the Arab Spring followed by a period of instability and the elevation to power of el-Sisi, whom Biden's predecessor Donald Trump once referred to as his "favorite dictator."
Biden has kept Sisi at arms' length over the course of his own presidency, and limited some military aid over human rights concerns. Ahead of their meeting, Biden said he was "looking forward to our conversation," and praised Egypt for supporting Ukraine at the United Nations and for helping broker a ceasefire during a cross-border conflict in Gaza last year.
Speaking ahead of Biden, el-Sisi also raised the subject of human rights, claiming he'd established a comprehensive approach. The US has previously accused Egypt of a woeful human rights record.
Before he departed, Biden was urged by human rights activists and a group of House Democrats to raise with el-Sisi the imprisonment of British-Egyptian activist and writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who is currently on a hunger strike.
A senior administration official said that the US is "concerned" about the case and that "human rights will feature prominently" in the president's conversations abroad.
Asked by reporters if he discussed el-Fattah with el-Sisi, Biden said, "What we talked about is the relationship between the United States and Egypt."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Apple's latest security update was easy to miss. But security experts are warning that everyone should update any Apple device they have immediately.
Apple said Wednesday that there are serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices. The issue may already have been "actively exploited," according to the company. Apple's issues security updates multiple times a year.
Without the latest update, a hacker could wrest total control of Apple devices, allowing the intruder to impersonate the true owner and run any software in their name.
The good news? There's an easy fix: just update your Apple phone, computer or tablet.
WHY IS UPDATING YOUR APPLE DEVICE SO URGENT?
Updates can be time consuming and sluggish. But they are necessary to keep your device safe from hackers who might run malicious code on your device.
WHY DOESN'T MY APPLE DEVICE DO THIS FOR ME?
Apple devices are set to automatic updates by default, but it can be quicker to check for the latest updates and do it manually.
WHAT APPLE DEVICES ARE AFFECTED?
The affected devices include the iPhone6S and later models; several models of the iPad, including the 5th generation and later, all iPad Pro models and the iPad Air 2; and Mac computers running MacOS Monterey. The flaw also affects some iPod models.
HOW DO I UPDATE MY DEVICE?
To update your Apple device to the latest operating system that includes the security patches on your phone go to “Settings,” click “General” and click “Software Update.” On the Mac, go to “System Preferences,” then “Software Update.” | 2022-08-19T15:46:48+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/You-really-need-to-update-your-iPhone-Here-s-17384378.php |
Radford vs. Charlotte at Daytona Beach, Fla., 9:30 p.m.
North Texas at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m.
E. Kentucky vs. S. Utah at Daytona Beach, Fla., 7 p.m.
Wisconsin at Oregon, 9 p.m.
UAB at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Utah Valley St., 9 p.m.
Arkansas vs. UConn at Paradise, Nev., 7:15 p.m.
FAU vs. Tennessee at New York, 9 p.m.
Michigan St. vs. Kansas St. at New York, 6:30 p.m.
Gonzaga vs. UCLA at Paradise, Nev., 9:45 p.m.
San Diego St. vs. Alabama at Louisville, Ky., 6:30 p.m.
Princeton vs. Creighton at Louisville, Ky., 9 p.m.
Miami vs. Houston at Kansas City, Mo., 7:15 p.m.
Xavier vs. Texas at Kansas City, Mo., 9:45 p.m. | 2023-03-21T15:15:01+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/college-basketball-schedule-17851406.php |
WELD COUNTY, Colo. — A Weld County man says he keeps getting charged tolls for a car he sold four years ago. Meanwhile, the license plates have been sitting in Bruce Griffith's garage since 2019.
"We put them on a shelf in the garage. We've got a whole stack," Griffith said, who added that he sold the car to his son, who now lives in South Carolina. "One day, my wife came to me, and she pointed out some charges on the [Express Toll statement] and said, 'What were you doing on the HOV lanes?' And I wasn't."
He found multiple charges for the car he'd sold four years ago, listing the plates that were in his garage.
E-470, which operates ExpressToll, eventually reversed those charges, saying it was a misread plate. Records show they removed the car from his account, but the next month's bill shows more mistaken charges.
"It was to another one of my cars for that same dead plate to a different car entirely. How do you even do this?" he asked.
He reached out to his neighbors on social media, and in his informal poll, he said dozens reported billing issues with Colorado toll roads.
Contact Denver7 has repeatedly covered similar stories, including a Denver man who kept getting toll charges for his broken-down car in 2021.
Jessica Carson, E-470's public affairs director, said the accuracy rate for license plate reads is more than 99.7%.
Still, when it comes to millions of license plates, there have been tens of thousands of errors — more than 21,000 in 2023.
Carson said there are systems in place to catch most of those errors before they are billed to consumers, but some are not caught.
In Griffith's case, she said, the readers were registering a "Q" instead of an "O," and because the plates were still in his name with the DMV, his account was billed.
"We are regretful when an error like this occurs, and we are happy to help them and work with them and make sure everything is made. So, thank you for bringing it to our attention and we just want our customers to know that," Carson said.
Griffith's old plates are now on a special recognition system to keep this from happening again to him.
But he wants everyone to be aware of the issue and double-check their ExpressToll statements.
"If this is happening to me, it's happening to motorists all across Colorado. And that's just not OK," he said.
Express Toll has been providing back-office services for CDOT since 2006, but last week CDOT put out an RFP (request for proposals) for the service, considering other options.
Editor's note: Denver7 seeks out audience tips and feedback to help people in need, resolve problems and hold the powerful accountable. If you know of a community need we can address or have a story idea for our consumer investigates team to pursue, please email us at contact7@denver7.com or or call (303) 832-7777. Find more Contact Denver7 stories here. You can also use the form below to request help from Jaclyn Allen and the Contact Denver7 Team. | 2023-05-09T01:49:38+00:00 | denver7.com | https://www.denver7.com/news/contact-denver7/weld-county-man-receives-expresstoll-charges-for-car-he-sold-four-years-ago |
New findings to be presented at AACC 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting
ANAHEIM, Calif., July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at the 2023 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo, scientists will present new data about rates of co-infections with SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the United States, providing one of the first snapshots of the interplay among these common but potentially deadly viruses. Their work could lead to better diagnosis and patient management for all three illnesses.
The research, which garnered results from more than 26,000 respiratory tests of U.S. adults and children in late 2022, found co-infections in more than 1% of positive samples. Co-infections were especially widespread among those under the age of 21. The findings could have implications for how clinicians approach respiratory disease testing during future epidemics and seasonal outbreaks.
"With changing behaviors as the COVID pandemic began to recede, we felt it was important to investigate the resurgence of other respiratory viruses and potential incidents of co-infection, especially with the additional circulation of SARS-CoV-2," said lead scientist George Pratt, PhD, at Quest Diagnostics in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Household respiratory viruses such as RSV pose major burdens on public health systems. Co-infections tend to occur when there are multiple outbreaks of respiratory diseases, such as in winter during flu season. Patients with multiple infections have a higher risk of severe disease and treatment complications, making it critical to understand how common co-infections are in the general population.
Co-infections can be especially problematic during an epidemic. For example, in late 2022, there was a spike in cases of RSV in the United States, which coincided with the ongoing spread of COVID-19 and the appearance of seasonal influenza. But researchers have lacked the data to define rates of co-infections during this outbreak of RSV, which until recently had no vaccine.
Now, Pratt and colleagues present one of the first wide-ranging studies of co-infection rates in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a retrospective study, they analyzed 26,657 respiratory tests from a clinical laboratory, gathered during a 107-day period in autumn of 2022. These tests included 9,800 samples from pediatric patients under the age of 21. The scientists tested the samples for RSV, SARS-CoV-2, and influenza A/B with the Roche cobas® and Cepheid Xpert® platforms.
"The most novel part of our research is the large sample size of results we had available as a part of co-testing in the Northeast," Pratt said. "Being able to look at over 26,000 test results was a great asset for our study."
Overall, the tests revealed that co-infections with two or more of the viruses occurred in 1.33% of positive results and in .55% of the studied samples. The positivity rates varied by the viruses involved, ranging from .38% in adults for both SARS-CoV-2 and RSV to 2.28% in adults for both influenza A and SARS-CoV-2. However, co-infection rates in the pediatric group were higher than in the adult population for all three viruses. Pratt noted that his team was surprised by the very high 6% co-infection rate of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A in those under 21, which he said matched what was previously observed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in hospitalized pediatric patients.
"As we experience more flu-seasons and future epidemics of respiratory viruses, we'll be able to acquire more co-infection rate data," Pratt said. "Our current work would make a useful data point to help evaluate whether future co-infection rates are shrinking or growing," he added.
About the 2023 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo
The 2023 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting offers 5 days packed with opportunities to learn about exciting science from July 23-27 in Anaheim, California. Plenary sessions will explore microbiome-directed therapies for undernutrition, big data for practicing precision medicine, healthcare equity, cardiovascular disease in women, and promising sickle cell disease treatments.
At the Clinical Lab Expo, more than 900 exhibitors will fill the show floor of the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, with displays of the latest diagnostic technology, including but not limited to COVID-19 testing, artificial intelligence, point-of-care, and automation.
About the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM)
Dedicated to achieving better health through laboratory medicine, ADLM (formerly AACC) brings together more than 70,000 clinical laboratory professionals, physicians, research scientists, and business leaders from around the world focused on clinical chemistry, molecular diagnostics, mass spectrometry, translational medicine, lab management, and other areas of progressing laboratory science. Since 1948, ADLM has worked to advance the common interests of the field, providing programs that advance scientific collaboration, knowledge, expertise, and innovation. For more information, visit www.myadlm.org.
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Despite higher prices, endless talk of a possible recession and falling markets, 401(k) participants managed to keep their savings rates relatively steady in the fourth quarter of last year, helping to stabilize their nest eggs and increase their overall average balances.
That's according to new data from Fidelity Investments, one of the largest providers of workplace retirement plans, which combined represent $2.8 trillion in assets on its platform.
"Fortunately, the data show that retirement savers understand the importance of saving for the long-term, despite market shift. We are encouraged to see people look past the current volatility and continue to make smart choices for their future," said Kevin Barry, president of Workplace Investing at Fidelity.
By that Barry means the average 401(k) savings rate (including both employee contributions and employer matches) held roughly steady at 13.7%, down from the 13.8% in the third quarter and 13.9% in the second quarter.
Among generations in the workforce, Baby Boomers had the highest savings rate as a percent of their income (16.5%). The youngest cohort -- Gen Z workers -- saved 10.2%.
A third of participants actually increased their contribution rate over the last year, according to Fidelity. But the average rate among this group is still very low -- at just 2.6%.
The average 401(k) balance in Fidelity-administered plans, meanwhile, rose 7% from the third quarter, to $103,900. That said, thanks to poor performances in both stocks and bonds last year, the average is still 23% below the $135,600 recorded at the end of 2021.
In terms of 401(k) loans, the percent of active plan participants with outstanding ones remained at 16.7%. That's down from 17% a year earlier and 21% from five years ago, Fidelity said.
The average outstanding loan amount was $10,200. Among different age groups, Gen Xers had the highest average, followed by Baby Boomers. And even though they are just getting started in their careers and haven't had a lot of time to amass savings, 3.2% of Gen Z workers also had outstanding 401(k) loans, but their average amount ($3,000) was the lowest among all age groups.
Hardship withdrawals from 401(k)s -- money taken when a participant is under financial stress of some kind (e.g., to prevent eviction, pay for funeral expenses or to cover a near-term tuition bill) -- stood at 2.4% for the year, up from 1.9% in 2021. The average amount taken out was $2,200. Unlike a 401(k) loan, a hardship withdrawal does not need to be paid back, and will be taxed. Plus, in some instances it may be subject to a 10% penalty if you're under 59-1/2.
The new retirement law, Secure 2.0, includes a provision that will make it easier and less costly for 401(k) participants to take money out of their account for emergency needs up to $1,000 in a year.
Apart from its workplace retirement plans, Fidelity reported a 10.2% annual increase in the number of IRAs on its platform, noting that 61% of the IRA contributions made in the fourth quarter of last year went into Roth IRAs. | 2023-02-23T19:59:45+00:00 | albanyherald.com | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/business/401-k-balances-rise-despite-economic-and-market-challenges/article_6efce23e-a9b8-561c-a9f6-eb5a0a4255b4.html |
It’s one of nature’s most incredible sights: Millions of monarch butterflies, clustered together across the tree line, moving their wings in near unison. As the temperature warms, the butterflies take flight, cascading through the forest in a sea of orange, white and black. No wonder these swarms are, evocatively, also called kaleidoscopes.
Every year, monarch butterflies undertake the arduous 3,000-mile journey from the Great Lakes to winter in California and Mexico. They have followed this migratory path for centuries, pollinating flowers across the continent and inspiring awe in generations of Americans. Now, these creatures — an indelible part of many childhood memories — are under threat.
In July, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) placed the species on its “Red List,” designating it “endangered.” Estimates suggest that the monarch population has declined between 22 percent and 72 percent in the past decade alone; the population in the west has shrunk by an estimated 99.9 percent since the 1980s.
Some variation in butterfly numbers is normal. But looking at 10-year averages, it is clear the population is fluctuating around a mean well below the range of the 1990s and 2000s. Experts attribute the decline to habitat loss and climate change. As North American farms increasingly use herbicides associated with genetically modified corn and soybeans, milkweed plants — the sole diet of monarch caterpillars — are disappearing. That, coupled with urbanization and the extreme weather events of the past few years, has imperiled monarch breeding.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spent years assessing whether it should list monarchs as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. It eventually decided that, though monarchs met the criteria for protection, many other species were at higher risk and had greater need of federal intervention. It is a sad reflection on the state of the world that so many species merit this designation, with limited resources on hand to help them.
The recent IUCN classification does not trigger any legal or regulatory responses. Still, the news should drive attention to the pressures facing monarchs — and other flora and fauna affected by deforestation, global warming and other threats to biodiversity. This includes creatures that are less recognizable and beloved. A 2019 scientific review found that a third of insect species were endangered, with a rate of extinction eight times higher than reptiles, birds and mammals. Data suggests that the total mass of insects worldwide is declining by more than 2 percent annually.
Planting more milkweed and nectar-producing flowers could help monarchs. But, as with all forms of conservation, individual efforts can only do so much. Policies that address climate change, maintain protected lands and curb cultivation on marginal land with little commercial value would have far greater impact — for butterflies and many other forms of wildlife.
Our natural world is full of marvels. We should do what we can to preserve them for future generations — and ensure our planet’s ecosystems can survive and thrive. | 2022-08-01T18:39:48+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/01/monarch-butterfly-endangered-species-insects-biodiversity/ |
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WEST MICHIGAN — WEST MICHIGAN — The forecast from FOX 17 Meteorologist Candace Monacelli: Variable cloud cover is expected this morning, with temperatures still cooler, in the 30s. Frost advisory for some communities continues until 9 a.m. Cloud cover today will be light, with high temperatures finally breaking into the 60s. Isolated rain chances have been added to our forecast for Thursday evening and night into early Friday as a weak low pressure system drops into the western Great Lakes. Temperatures will become above average in the 70s by Saturday and Sunday. We have most likely seen our last freeze of the season, as well as our last flurries! Our next, more significant rain chances, don’t arrive until next week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Stay tuned to FOX 17 for your latest weather updates.
TODAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy through the morning, but becoming partly sunny to mostly cloudy in the afternoon with an isolated shower or sprinkle possible. Highs in the lower 60s. Winds light and variable.
TONIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered light rain showers possible. Lows inn the lower 40s.
FRIDAY: Partly sunny to mostly cloudy. A chance of a few light scattered showers, mainly in the morning. Highs in the middle to upper 60s.
SATURDAY: Partly cloudy to partly sunny and warm. Highs near 70.
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For the latest details on the weather in West Michigan, head to the FOX 17 Weather page. | 2023-05-04T10:08:59+00:00 | fox17online.com | https://www.fox17online.com/weather/todays-forecast/todays-forecast-partly-cloudy-a-bit-warmer-with-isolated-rain-chances |
DALLAS, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LITEON Technology, global industry leading power, mechanical and cooling solutions provider exhibited at the booth 327 in SC22 Summit on November 14-17, 2022, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, Dallas, TX. With the record turn up and request collected, SC22 has been a great success for us, after a successful OCP 2022 show in San Jose last month.
LITEON's focus and innovation has been demonstrated through our broad portfolio of products coverage and solution to support for Hyperconverged Infrastructure solutions (HCI), and well as High Performance Computing (HPC), which above & beyond Open Rack power products for Rack Enclosure (19"-21") covering both 12V and 48V architecture, Power Supply & Battery Backup (3KW-5.5KW) and Power Shelf (15KW-27.5KW) through ODM and OEM partnerships that integrate its technologies into their systems with the highest performance and most competitive cost. For High Performance computing, we have developed industry leading power solution, which exceed 100W/in3, in multiple standard form factor with included MCRPS 3200W, which targeted to next gen HPC and Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence application.
We will also be showcasing a liquid cooling solution. Due to the increase in demands for high performance computing, artificial intelligence and machine leaning, the power budget demand has significantly increased. Traditional convection cooled solution shall be not enough to dissipate such high heat, as such Liquid cooling shall be the next mainstream solution for rack optimized and data center applications. LITEON leverages our strengths in mechanical design, power system solution and thermal management, coupled with our hardware and software design leadership, and developed a Total Solution with liquid cooling system to enable Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI) at rack level, including OCP V3 enabled Rack, server chassis, power system and Battery Backup Solution, as well as CDU and liquid cooling peripherals, to support our customer in ease of deployment in Data Center application.
Along with these solutions, we will also be showcasing our server enclosures. LITEON Technology has more than 25 years' experience of chassis product design, in-house tooling development, and manufacturing. We also have a dedicated CAE team to provide simulation analysis in the early stages of new product development, which enhance design robustness and cost competitiveness our solution. From our experienced chassis product design and high efficiency automation manufacturing, we continue to expand our footprint into cloud applications, as well as expecting a wide coverage/total mechanical solution for our customers.
Over the last two years, LITEON has enhanced our global manufacturing footprint in different locations of Asia. In 2023, we will continue to expand our manufacturing footprint beyond Asia to North America region in Plano Dallas, as well as Guadalajara Mexico. With this move, we intended to bring supply closer to the point of demand, to improve our flexibility and shorten lead time to North America market.
At SC22, LITEON Technology has showcased our latest Open Rack compliant power products as below:
1- 50V ATS-PSU Power Shelf System, 2OU, 33kW, N+1
2- 50V ORV3 Battery Backup System, 2OU, 15kW @240Sec, N+1
3- 50V ORV3 Power Shelf System, 1OU, 15kW, N+1
4- 50V ORV3 compatible Immersion Power Shelf System, 2OU, 24kW, N+1
5- 12V ATS-PSU Power with Backup System, 3OU, 15kW@4min, N+1
6- 12V Horizontal Power System, 2OU, 24kW, N+1
7- 12V Vertical Immersion Power System, 3OU, 27kW, N+1
8- 12V Battery Backup System, 1OU, 7kW@3min
9- MCRPS 3200W Power Module
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for President Joe Biden found more classified documents at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, than previously known, the White House acknowledged Saturday.
White House lawyer Richard Sauber said in a statement that a total of six pages of classified documents were found during a search of Biden’s private library. The White House had said previously that only a single page was found there.
The latest disclosure is in addition to the discovery of documents found in December in Biden’s garage and in November at his former offices at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, from his time as vice president. The apparent mishandling of classified documents and official records from the Obama administration is under investigation by a former U.S. attorney, Robert Hur, who was appointed as a special counsel on Thursday by Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Sauber said in a statement Saturday that Biden’s personal lawyers, who did not have security clearances, stopped their search after finding the first page on Wednesday evening. Sauber found the remaining material Thursday, as he was facilitating their retrieval by the Department of Justice.
“While I was transferring it to the DOJ officials who accompanied me, five additional pages with classification markings were discovered among the material with it, for a total of six pages,” Sauber said. “The DOJ officials with me immediately took possession of them.”
Sauber has previously said that the White House was “confident that a thorough review will show that these documents were inadvertently misplaced, and the president and his lawyers acted promptly upon discovery of this mistake.”
Sauber’s statement did not explain why the White House waited two days to provide an updated accounting of the number of classified records. The White House is already facing scrutiny for waiting more than two months to acknowledge the discovery of the initial group of documents at the Biden office.
On Thursday, asked whether Biden could guarantee that additional classified documents would not turn up in a further search, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters, “You should assume that it’s been completed, yes.”
Sauber reiterated Saturday that the White House would cooperate with Hur’s investigation.
Bob Bauer, the president’s personal lawyer, said his legal team has “attempted to balance the importance of public transparency where appropriate with the established norms and limitations necessary to protect the investigation’s integrity.”
The Justice Department historically imposes a high legal bar before bringing criminal charges in cases involving the mishandling of classified information, with a requirement that someone intended to break the law as opposed to being merely careless or negligent in doing so. The primary statute governing the illegal removal and retention of classified documents makes it a crime to “knowingly” remove classified documents and store them in an unauthorized way.
The circumstances involving Biden, at least as so far known, differ from a separate investigation into the mishandling of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s private club and residence in Florida.
In Trump’s case, special counsel Jack Smith is investigating whether anyone sought to obstruct their investigation into the retention of classified records at the Palm Beach estate. Justice Department officials have said Trump’s representatives failed to fully comply with a subpoena that sought the return of classified records, prompting agents to return to the home with a search warrant so they could collect additional materials.
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Associated Press writer Eric Tucker contributed to this report. | 2023-01-15T05:49:17+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/ap-lawyers-found-more-classified-documents-at-joe-bidens-home/ |
Invest 92-L forms in the Atlantic, likely to become tropical depression: NHC
A tropical wave – named Invest 92-L – is being tracked by the National Hurricane Center and could become possibly a tropical depression next week.
Invest 92-l is located in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic several hundred miles south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands, and is producing a "broad area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms" the National Hurricane Center said in its Saturday morning update.
Environmental conditions appear conducive for additional development, so a tropical depression is likely to form by the early to middle portion of next week as the system moves westward at 15 to 20 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic, the NHC said.
Invest 92-L has a 40% formation chance through the next 48 hours and a 70% formation chance through the next seven days.
Timeline: Stormy Saturday with torrential rain, damaging winds possible
Will Invest 92-L impact Florida?
The long-term impacts of Invest 92-L are unknown, but there is a ridge of high pressure over the middle of the Atlantic, according to the FOX 35 Storm Team. This pressure will carry Invest 92-L to the west.
Most weather models have Invest 92-L strengthening and then turning to the north.
If it continues to develop into a depression and into a tropical storm, it would be the second named tropical storm of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The next name on the list is Bret.
What is an Invest system?
An invest system is short for "investigative system" or "area of interest". The invest tag is reserved for areas of disturbed weather being monitored for potential tropical development. Once the National Hurricane Center ear-marks an investigative area, spaghetti forecast models are applied to the situation, helping to forecast future tracking.
Invests are identified by numbers ranging from 90-99, the letter "L" is attached if the system resides in the North Atlantic. | 2023-06-17T19:00:12+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/invest-92-l-forms-in-the-atlantic-likely-to-become-tropical-depression-nhc |
Cherryville football's hopes for momentum before league play crash in 50-0 loss to Chase
CHERRYVILLE — In the postgame huddle Friday, Cherryville football coach Tim Pruitt didn’t mind name-dropping a few teams he’d love to see his squad play at some point this fall.
“As I told the kids, our goal is at some point to meet teams like Mitchell, a Mount Airy, a Starmount, a Mountain Heritage,” he said.
Such lofty aspirations seemed distant Friday night following a 50-0 thumping at the hand of Chase.
After Cherryville (2-2) fumbled the opening kickoff, Chase’s Jalen Rudisill connected with Taivon Derisma for the game’s first touchdown. From there the rout was on, the Trojans (4-0) scoring on seven of their nine possessions.
Meanwhile, Cherryville was limited to 61 yards in the game.
“We play a tough schedule, and a team like Chase is a tall task,” he said. “I thought we put together a good game plan we thought we could execute, but our first three series resembled nothing we thought we could execute.”
Adding to the team’s injury list didn’t help matters either.
“We started the game with three running backs. After this week we’re down to two,” he said. “It’s a big challenge when you have so many kids get injured in the game.”
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Pruitt wasn’t willing to make excuses, though. “We have to take away penalties, bad snaps, missed tackles, broken coverages, running up the field and being out of position. Those things will not help you win football games,” he added.
Especially with the start of Southern Piedmont 1A/2A play getting under way in this week. In coming weeks, the Ironmen will take on reigning 2A state champion Shelby, Burns and East Gaston, each of which won playoff games last fall.
Thanks to being part of a split conference, Cherryville can earn a home playoff game if it wins against the like of Bessemer City, Highland Tech and Thomas Jefferson.
“We want to play really well against our 1A opponents, and hopefully hang in there against the 2A teams,” Pruitt said. “You look at the game between West Lincoln (in Week 2) and (Friday night) and there isn’t much difference between those two games. We need to step up to teams who are big and physical, and that’s what we need to be successful as the playoffs draw closer.”
You can reach Joe Hughes at 704-914-8138, email jhughes@gastongazette.com and follow on Twitter @JoeLHughesII. | 2022-09-10T04:39:49+00:00 | gastongazette.com | https://www.gastongazette.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/09/09/nc-high-school-football-chase-cherryville-nchsaa-week-4/7972386001/ |
Members of the House held a moment of silence on the floor Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which left 20 students and six teachers dead.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said the pause for reflection was “in continuing remembrance of the victims” of the shooting that took place in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. Lawmakers from both parties stood in the chamber for just over 40 seconds to honor the 26 lives lost.
“Today marks 10 years since 20 innocent children and six selfless educators were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.,” Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.), whose district includes Newtown, said on the House floor.
She was surrounded by members of the Connecticut delegation and Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.), whose 17-year-old son was fatally shot at a gas station in 2012.
“Newtown is a small community with a big heart. A community that changed forever 10 years ago, bonded by a shared grief that no one can truly comprehend,” Hayes added. “The lives of my constituents in this community were reshaped forever.”
The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School is the deadliest school shooting at an elementary, middle or high school in the U.S. The second deadliest incident in that category occurred on May 24, when a gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 students and two teachers.
Hayes on the House floor Wednesday noted that families of the victims in the shooting have mourned the loss of their loved ones and honored their memories through service. She named a number of organizations that were created in the aftermath of the tragedy.
“Every single family affected honored the memories of their loved ones through service. These families have all found ways to turn their grief into action,” Hayes said.
“While I recognize that we have so much work to do as legislators in this body, my only ask of you today, colleagues, is that we not let the deaths of these children be in vain and that we recommit ourselves to making our schools and our communities safe and find ways to turn solemn moments like this into action,” she added.
Congress took rare action this year to address gun violence, passing a gun safety package that President Biden signed into law. The measure enhances background checks for gun purchasers between the age of 18 and 21, creates a federal offense for individuals who obtain firearms through straw purchases or trafficking and clarifies the definition of a federally licensed firearm dealer, among other measures.
It marked the first time in nearly 30 years that Congress approved major legislation to counter gun violence.
Pelosi cited that legislation in her statement marking 10 years since the shooting in Newtown.
“Endlessly inspired by courageous survivors and families transforming their anguish into action, Democrats have led the charge to combat the scourge of gun violence. This summer, President Biden and the Democratic Congress enacted the first major gun violence prevention law in nearly three decades, which deploys stronger tools to keep weapons out of dangerous hands and invests in critical mental health services,” she said. | 2022-12-14T21:57:20+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/house-holds-moment-of-silence-to-mark-10th-sandy-hook-anniversary/ |
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed testing inside a Missouri school closed amid concerns of radioactive contamination, and sampling of soil outside the school has begun, Corps officials said Friday.
A suburban St. Louis school board voted last week to close Jana Elementary School in Florissant, Missouri, after testing by a private firm found levels of radioactive isotope lead-210 that were 22 times the expected level on the kindergarten playground. It also found high levels of polonium, radium and other material inside the school, which sits along Coldwater Creek, a 19-mile (31-kilometer) waterway contaminated decades ago with Manhattan Project atomic waste.
The Corps said in a news release that radiation detection instruments were used to scan surfaces inside the school. That work began Monday and concluded on Friday.
Sampling of soil outside the school began Wednesday and is expected to go on for another two weeks, the Corps said. The agency plans to sample at least 45 spots, with depths ranging from 15 to 28 feet below the surface.
Preliminary test results are expected in November.
“Public safety is our top priority,” Col. Kevin Golinghorst, St. Louis District commander, said in the release. “Our team has the right expertise and experience to complete this work.”
The approximate 400 students at Jana Elementary are taking virtual classes for the next month, then will be reassigned to other schools. It hasn't been determined when Jana Elementary will reopen.
Coldwater Creek was contaminated in the 1940s and 1950s when waste from atomic bomb material manufactured in St. Louis got into the waterway near Lambert Airport, where the waste was stored. The result was an environmental nightmare that resulted in a Superfund declaration in 1989.
The site near the airport has largely been cleaned up but remediation of the creek itself won’t be finished for another 16 years, Corps officials said.
A 2019 federal report determined that those exposed to the creek from the 1960s to the 1990s may have an increased risk of bone cancer, lung cancer and leukemia. Environmentalists and area residents have cited several instances of extremely rare cancers that have sickened and killed people.
The Corps of Engineers earlier found contamination in a wooded area near the school, but hadn’t previously tested the school or its grounds. This summer, lawyers involved in a class-action lawsuit representing local residents seeking compensation for illnesses and deaths received permission from the Hazelwood School District to perform testing.
Results from testing done by Boston Chemical Data Corp. were released earlier this month, prompting the decision to shut down the school.
It’s unclear exactly what any cleanup would involve, how long it would take or who would pay for it. A school district spokeswoman declined comment. | 2022-10-28T16:36:42+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Inside-testing-done-soil-sampling-begins-at-17541588.php |
Student in custody after incident with fireworks at northwest Las Vegas school
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - A student was taken into custody after an incident with fireworks at a high school in the northwest Las Vegas Valley on Monday morning.
According to a letter to parents from Centennial High School principal Keith Whipperman, there was a disturbance in the school’s cafeteria involving firecrackers on Monday morning.
Later Monday, Whipperman issued an updated letter to parents notifying them that a student had been arrested in connection with the incident.
There were no serious injuries reported, the initial letter said.
“As I mentioned in my previous communication, I am asking that parents and guardians talk to their student about the ramifications of breaking the Student Code of Conduct,” Whipperman said.
In the letter, the school also advised that students could reach out to a counselor if they needed to speak with someone about the incident.
A full copy of the two notices can be read below:
Update
Centennial High School families,
I would like to provide an update regarding this morning’s incident in the cafeteria involving fireworks. Police have arrested a student in connection with the incident. We understand that the events of today may have affected your child and they may need someone to talk to. Please have them reach out to their counselor if they need assistance. Clark County School District has additional mental health services available should your child need them.
While we cannot discuss individual student matters, all CCSD policies and procedures are being followed, and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken.
As I mentioned in my previous communication, I am asking that parents and guardians talk to their student about the ramifications of breaking the Student Code of Conduct.
Should you have any questions about your child, please feel free to call us at 702-799-3440.
Thank you.
Keith Wipperman
Principal
Centennial High School
Original Message
Parents/guardians,
This is Centennial High School Principal Keith Wipperman. As always, we want to keep you informed of important issues happening within our school community. This morning, there was a disturbance in the cafeteria involving firecrackers. There were no serious injuries reported.
We are working to identify those responsible. As it has been communicated multiple times, the Clark County School District is actively pursuing any and all legal actions against students who violates the CCSD Student Code of Conduct. Our priorities are to keep the children in a safe environment free from distractions.
Should you have any questions or concerns about your child, please feel free to call us at 702-799-3440.
Copyright 2023 KVVU. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-24T21:57:46+00:00 | fox5vegas.com | https://www.fox5vegas.com/2023/04/24/student-custody-after-incident-with-fireworks-northwest-las-vegas-school/ |
Original research out of Canada finds streamlined way to use patient reported outcomes (PROs) to flag patients with cancer who are at increased odds of having unplanned emergency department visits.
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- New research in the February 2023 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network illustrates how the use of an algorithm to calculate a patient-reported symptom complexity score can help oncologists identify patients who are at increased risk for unplanned visits to the emergency department (ED), creating the potential for additional proactive care, and the reduction of healthcare costs.
The researchers used the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System-Revised (ESASr) as a measurement tool for the most-common symptoms experienced by people with cancer. After classifying each patient's symptom complexity based on the number and severity of symptoms reported, the researchers correlated the symptom complexity with the odds of having an ED visit within a week. Of 29,164 unique patients with cancer who had completed a PRO questionnaire between October 1, 2019 and April 1, 2020, 738 experienced an ED visit within seven days. The results showed patients with high complexity (i.e. multiple co-occurring severe symptoms) were three times more likely to use the ED than those with low complexity (fewer or less severe symptoms), and over four times more likely to be admitted into the hospital. Patients with moderate symptom complexity also had nearly twice the odds of needing either type of acute, hospital-based unplanned care compared to those with low complexity.
"Using a tool to generate a symptom complexity score—summarizing a large amount of symptom information and condensing it into a quick, easily interpreted alert—allows clinicians to have a real time, comprehensive overview of the symptom severity a patient is experiencing," said lead researcher Linda Watson, RN, PhD, Cancer Care Alberta and University of Calgary. "With this information at their fingertips, clinicians can then proactively offer additional support or symptom management in the lower-cost out-patient care setting and hopefully avoid costly—and potentially distressing—hospital visits. Health care teams have to manage many competing priorities, so finding quick, reliable ways to identify which patients may benefit from targeted symptom management in lower-cost ambulatory care clinics would be helpful."
Several other studies referenced by the authors suggest that up to 1 in 5 ED visits and/or hospital admissions for patients with cancer could potentially be avoided with proactive symptom management in the community. The authors also noted that it is important to recognize that not all ED visits can, or should, be prevented. Some urgent health problems may necessitate emergency or inpatient care, and some individual patient circumstances may warrant ED use.
"Clinicians who treat patients with cancer are aware that identifying and supporting those who are at the highest risk for ED visits or hospitalizations will lead to better patient outcomes and experiences," commented, Kay Yeung, MD, PhD, UC San Diego Health Moores Cancer Center, Member of the NCCN Guidelines® Panel for Breast Cancer, who was not involved with this research. "One of the barriers is how to do a comprehensive assessment effectively in a busy oncology clinic. This retrospective observational cohort study shows that a novel symptom complexity algorithm based on patient reported outcome questionnaires correlates tightly with acute care utilization and may help clinicians proactively identify such patients. It will be important to further investigate how implementing this algorithm prospectively can impact acute care utilization, financial burden, and clinical outcomes."
To read the entire study, visit JNCCN.org. Complimentary access to "Association Between Patient-Reported Symptom Complexity Level and Acute Care Utilization Among Patients With Cancer: A Population-Based Study Using a Novel Symptom Complexity Algorithm and Observational Data" is available until May 10, 2023.
Close the Care Gap
The February issue of JNCCN also includes an in-depth description of the development of the Health Equity Report Card (HERC) by NCCN, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), and the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF). The HERC is a tool for improving the quality and equity of cancer care that includes 17 practice recommendations across four domains. The article also describes the implementation and scoring plan for the HERC . It was initially launched by the Elevating Cancer Equity initiative working group—chaired by Robert A. Winn, MD, Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, and Shonta Chambers, MSW, Executive Vice President of Health Equity and Community Engagement at the Patient Advocate Foundation. Feasibility of implementation of the HERC is being piloted in the academic care setting with plans for a similar feasibility pilot in the community care setting to begin later this year.
On World Cancer Day, February 4, 2023, the organizations highlighted the 17 actionable practice changes from the HERC, as part of ongoing efforts to "Close the Care Gap." Learn more at NCCN.org/wcd and read the full article at JNCCN.org.
About JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
More than 25,000 oncologists and other cancer care professionals across the United States read JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. This peer-reviewed, indexed medical journal provides the latest information about innovation in translational medicine, and scientific studies related to oncology health services research, including quality care and value, bioethics, comparative and cost effectiveness, public policy, and interventional research on supportive care and survivorship. JNCCN features updates on the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®), review articles elaborating on guidelines recommendations, health services research, and case reports highlighting molecular insights in patient care. JNCCN is published by Harborside. Visit JNCCN.org. To inquire if you are eligible for a FREE subscription to JNCCN, visit NCCN.org/jnccn/subscribe. Follow JNCCN on Twitter @JNCCN.
About the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) is a not-for-profit alliance of leading cancer centers devoted to patient care, research, and education. NCCN is dedicated to improving and facilitating quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care so all patients can live better lives. The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) provide transparent, evidence-based, expert consensus recommendations for cancer treatment, prevention, and supportive services; they are the recognized standard for clinical direction and policy in cancer management and the most thorough and frequently-updated clinical practice guidelines available in any area of medicine. The NCCN Guidelines for Patients® provide expert cancer treatment information to inform and empower patients and caregivers, through support from the NCCN Foundation®. NCCN also advances continuing education, global initiatives, policy, and research collaboration and publication in oncology. Visit NCCN.org for more information and follow NCCN on Facebook @NCCNorg, Instagram @NCCNorg, and Twitter @NCCN.
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said there will be “powerful effects” on military readiness if Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) continues to hold up more than 150 Pentagon nominees over an abortion policy in the Defense Department.
Austin told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) the U.S. is facing “one of the most complex times” with foreign adversaries and approving the Pentagon’s nominees is “absolutely critical in terms of the impact on the force.”
“Not approving the recommendations for promotions actually creates a ripple effect in the force that makes us far less ready than we need to be,” the defense secretary said. “The effects are cumulative and it will affect families, it will affect kids going to schools … it’s a powerful effect and it will impact our readiness.”
Tuberville followed through with a promise to delay civilian and flag officer nominations in the Pentagon on March 8, protesting a new DOD policy providing leave and reimbursement for servicemembers who need to travel to get an abortion.
The GOP senator’s hold forces the Democrat-controlled Senate to consider and vote on each nomination rather than approving them in batches, dragging out the process.
Tuberville, a member of the SASC, has said he will continue to stymie the nominations until the Defense Department rescinds the new policy.
On Tuesday, he vowed to prevent the military from becoming “politicized,” arguing the new Pentagon policy circumvented congressional authority by forcing the government to pay for abortions.
“This is about not forcing the taxpayers of this country to fund abortion. That’s been a bipartisan consensus for more than 40 years,” Tuberville said. “The American taxpayer [is] on the hook to pay for travel and time off for elective abortion.”
The Defense Department allows for abortions in the case of rape or incest or if the health and life of the woman is endangered.
In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade last year, the Pentagon vowed to continue to allow abortions at military treatment facilities, including in more than a dozen states with more restrictive laws.
Protesters for and against abortion demonstrate outside the Supreme Court on June 27 in the aftermath of its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Peter Afriyie)
In February, the Defense Department updated its policies to include the reimbursement and leave procedures. Previously, service members would pay out of pocket for abortion care at a civilian hospital.
Republicans have blasted the policy, including SASC ranking member Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and have questioned the Defense Department’s position that not facilitating some abortion access could impact readiness.
Conversely, a group of 36 Senate Democrats and two Independent senators sent a letter to the Pentagon on Monday expressing support for the new abortion policy.
Austin on Tuesday said nearly 1 in 5 servicemembers of U.S. troops are women who don’t get to choose where they are stationed — close to 80,000 of them are in states with limited reproductive health care access.
The defense chief also said the new policy is “based on strong legal ground.” | 2023-03-28T19:39:16+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/hill-politics/defense-chief-slams-tubervilles-hold-on-pentagon-nominees-over-abortion-policy/ |
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Several local investors have joined together with the Chickasaw Nation to purchase the historic Skirvin Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City.
Ortus Hotel Investments, LLC of Oklahoma City and the Chickasaw Nation’s Sovereign Properties Holdco, LLC, in conjunction with lead investor of the Colcord Hotel, Paul Self and other local investors announced their finalized purchase Friday.
Ortus Hotel Investments, LLC has invested in hotels across the United States, including the Colcord Hotel.
Officials say Ortus will serve as general partner and has secured financing from Bancfirst for a portion of the purchase price as well as for a $15 million make over and renovation.
“Ortus is pleased to be joined by Sovereign Properties Holdco and the Chickasaw Nation in local ownership of the landmark Skirvin Hotel,” Mark Beffort, CEO of Ortus Hotel Investments, LLC. “Prior to the pandemic, the Skirvin performed well, and it has returned to a relatively strong occupancy rate in 2022. We are honored to be trusted caring for one of Oklahoma City’s finest historical assets.”
According to the investors, the $15 million renovation will include a comprehensive refresh of the guest rooms, restaurant and banquet and meeting spaces as well as the iconic lobby, public space and ballrooms beginning next year. The hotel will remain open and operational throughout the renovation period.
“The Skirvin Hilton is one of Oklahoma City’s most beloved historic places as many residents and visitors know its storied past and have followed its revitalization and reopening in 2007. We believe our investment fits hand-in-glove with our OKANA project just east of downtown.” said Bill Anoatubby, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation. “We appreciate the opportunity to partner on this project with Mark Beffort who is well-respected in this arena and has a proven record of sound investments in historic and commercial properties.”
The 225‐room hotel will be managed by the Hilton Domestic Operating Company Inc.
Originally built in 1910, the historic Skirvin Hotel is the oldest hotel in the state of Oklahoma. | 2022-12-16T22:35:21+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/local/oklahoma-city-investors-join-chickasaw-nation-to-buy-skirvin-hotel/ |
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How to Watch the Oilers vs. Golden Knights Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 3
Published: May. 7, 2023 at 8:16 PM CDT|Updated: 36 minutes ago
The Vegas Golden Knights go on the road to square off with the Edmonton Oilers for Game 3 of the NHL Playoffs Second Round on Monday, May 8, beginning at 8:30 PM ET on ESPN, SportsNet, CBC, and TVAS. The series is tied at 1-1.
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Oilers Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info
- When: Monday, May 8, 2023 at 8:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN, SportsNet, CBC, and TVAS
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Where: Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta
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Oilers vs. Golden Knights Head-to-Head
Oilers Stats & Trends
- The Oilers rank 17th in goals against, giving up 256 total goals (3.1 per game) in league play.
- The Oilers lead the league with 325 total goals (4.0 per game).
- Over the last 10 contests, the Oilers are 7-1-2 (75.0% of possible points).
- Over on the defensive side, the Oilers have given up 2.9 goals per game (29 total) in those 10 outings.
- They have averaged 4.1 goals per game (41 total) over that time.
Oilers Key Players
Golden Knights Stats & Trends
- The Golden Knights have given up 225 total goals this season (2.7 per game), 11th in the NHL.
- The Golden Knights' 267 goals on the season (3.3 per game) rank them 14th in the NHL.
- In the past 10 contests, the Golden Knights have gone 7-2-1 (80.0% of possible points).
- On the defensive end, the Golden Knights have given up 2.5 goals per game (25 total) over those 10 matchups.
- They have averaged 3.4 goals per game (34 total) during that stretch.
Golden Knights Key Players
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — National Vietnam War Veterans Day, March 29, 1973, marks the 50th anniversary of the last U.S. combat troops that departed South Vietnam.
On Wednesday, the Harlingen VA Outpatient Clinic held a somber ceremony to mark the milestone and honor those who served.
The war, which lasted a decade for the United States, took the lives of more than 58,000 American servicemen, about 2,200 Texans died and nearly 150 of them were from the Rio Grande Valley.
There were three million Americans who served during the war and over 850,000 are still alive.
At the ceremony, veterans were surrounded by family and friends.
“We sponsored this event because we’re proud of what we did in Vietnam, for our country, and we’re proud to be veterans,” said Samuel Cardenas, Vietnam war veteran.
Among those who served our country was Manny Flores, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 40 years.
He is known by many in the community and while many were there to honor his sacrifice, he was there to honor those that were lost.
“I’ll never forget, I’ll never forget why I went there. It was not only me, there were other people. It’s emotional because of the people that were lost,” Flores said.
His wife Angie Flores said her brother also fought in the war. She said it was a difficult time for her family.
“It’s hard, but just to have him here. It’s a blessing in itself,” she said.
This was the first time the Harlingen VA Outpatient Clinic hosted and honored Vietnam Veterans in a ceremony. | 2023-03-30T21:28:10+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/vietnam-veterans-honored-on-50th-anniversary-of-troop-withdrawal/ |
BEIJING (AP) — China’s trade growth rebounded in May after anti-virus restrictions that shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers began to ease.
Exports surged 16.9% over a year earlier to $308.3 billion, up from April’s 3.7% growth, a customs agency statement said Thursday. Imports rose gained 4.1% to $229.5 billion, accelerating from the previous month’s 0.7%.
China’s trade has been dampened by weak export demand and curbs imposed to fight outbreaks in Shanghai, site of the world’s busiest port, and other cities. Consumer demand was crushed by rules that confined millions of families to their homes.
Forecasters have cut estimates for China’s economic growth to as low as 2% this year, well below the ruling Communist Party’s target of 5.5%. Some expect activity to shrink in the quarter ending in June before a gradual recovery begins.
Most factories, shops and other businesses in Shanghai, Beijing and other cities have been allowed to reopen but are expected to need weeks or months to return to normal activity.
“Exports showed considerable resilience in May despite the impact of the protracted lockdown in Shanghai,” said Rajiv Biswas of S&P Global Market Intelligence in a report.
China’s politically sensitive global trade surplus widened by 82.3% over a year earlier to $78.8 billion. That was among the highest monthly trade gaps but below December’s record $94.4 billion.
Exports to the United States rose 15% over a year ago to $51.9 billion despite lingering U.S. tariff hikes on Chinese imports in a dispute over Beijing’s technology ambitions. Imports of American goods rose 21.2% to $15.8 billion.
China’s trade surplus with the United State widened by 13.5% to $36.1 billion.
Import figures got a boost from higher global prices for oil and other commodities while the volume of foreign goods bought grew less strongly.
The export rebound is likely to be temporary due to “growing headwinds” as high inflation and rising interest rates weigh on consumer purchasing power, said Sheana Yue of Capital Economics in a report.
“Outbound shipments will soften,” Yue said. “Imports are set to remain weak.”
Exports to the 27-nation European Union rose 20.3% to $48 billion, while imports of European goods jumped 95.7% to $24.8 billion. China’s trade surplus with the EU widened by 83.2% to $23.2 billion.
Imports from Russia, mostly oil and gas, jumped 79.5% over a year ago to $10.3 billion.
China’s growing purchases of Russian energy are irritating Washington and its allies at a time when they are enforcing trade and financial sanctions to punish President Vladimir Putin’s government for its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
Beijing declared ahead of the attack that it had a “no limits” friendship with Moscow. It criticizes the sanctions but has avoided helping Putin for fear of losing access to Western markets and the global banking system.
China bought 20% of last year’s Russian crude exports, according to the International Energy Agency.
China’s “zero-COVID” strategy that confined Shanghai’s 25 million people to their homes starting in late March helped to keep case numbers low but disrupted manufacturing and trade.
The Port of Shanghai says the number of cargo containers handled each day returned to 95% of normal by late May. However, a backlog of tens of thousands of containers is likely to cause delays that will be felt around the world.
Authorities responded to complaints about the soaring cost of “zero-COVID” by switching to a more targeted approach of isolating buildings or neighborhoods with cases instead of cities. But some areas covered by restrictions that have closed shops, factories and offices for weeks at a time have millions of inhabitants.
China’s economy grew by a weak 4.8% over a year earlier in the quarter ending in March. That was an improvement over the 4% rate in the final three months of 2021, but the current quarter’s economic indicators are dismal.
Auto sales in April fell by almost half from a year earlier. Retail spending was off by a worse-than-forecast 11%.
The ruling party is trying to shore up growth with tax refunds to entrepreneurs, easier credit and spending on building public works. The World Bank warned this week such “old playbook” policies might delay efforts to encourage growth based on consumption instead of debt-fueled investment.
High debts “store up further risks down the line,” the bank’s chief China economist, Ibrahim Chowdhury, said in a statement.
As Shanghai reopens, factories plan to have only half their employees on the job at one time to limit disruptions if there are more quarantines, according to foreign business groups. That will weigh on demand for imported components and raw materials.
“It will be months at least, and possibly years, before all the people who were working get back to work,” Carl B. Weinberg of High-Frequency Economics said in a report this week. | 2022-06-10T03:43:51+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/business/us-world-business/chinas-trade-rebounds-in-may-as-anti-virus-curbs-ease/ |
LOS ANGELES, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles based radio station and media platform, NAAB Radio, has announced its fully integrated digital media platform is now available on iHeartRadio. NAAB radio offers its listeners and advertisers a diverse set of genres and topics from 'Hip-Hop Uncut' to their 'Inside Politics' station curating their 24 different stations to the diverse music tastes of the millions of listeners NAAB Radio has amassed since inception in 2019.
In alignment with the influence the radio platform has held since i2019 and furtherance of its reach and growth as a radio station from its new association with iHeartRadio, NAAB Radio plans to host a star-studded Multi-Event during the Pre-BET Awards Weekend filled with Athletes, press, influencers, and celebrities from all over to celebrate Black Entertainment's biggest weekend on June 24th, 2022, at the JW Marriott LA Live in Los Angeles, CA.
NAAB Radio is doing it again. In 2021, NAAB Radio brought the official Pre-BET after party and now it is bringing the Official NAAB Radio Pre-BET Awards Party with Live Performances by major recording artists.
The main event will be Hosted by LA Buck from Snoop Dogs legendary Dogg pound Group (DPG) along with a special Celebrity Host appearance by Ray J, owner of Raycon Global (a wireless audio brand) and Ex reality tv star of Love & Hip Hop. Actress & Comedian, Torrie Hart, is slated to host the Fashion Show. There will also be a talent show for up-and-coming artists hosted by Big Mike a.k.a. B Mike Rob as seen on 'Love & Hip Hop' and a live appearance by Host & Dogg pound Group artist LA Buck performing his new single 'Party Girls'.
The NAAB Radio Official Pre-BET Awards Party is a celebrity red carpet event with a list of invited celebrity guests like Snoop Dogg, Lil Kim, YE West, Nick Cannon, Omarion, Rick Ross, Chris Brown, LIL Wayne, Trey Song & more.
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19-year-old charged with murder of pregnant woman at motel, police say
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) – A 19-year-old man is facing murder charges for the shooting death of a pregnant woman at a South Carolina motel last week.
According to the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, 23-year-old Katherine Calloway called 911 on May 26, stating she had been shot multiple times at a Days Inn motel.
Calloway was rushed to the hospital but died the next day. Arrest warrants revealed she was 12 weeks pregnant when she was killed.
On Thursday, one week after the shooting, deputies arrested 19-year-old Michael Unique Washington Jr. in connection to the crime. He was charged with murder, death of a child in utero during the commission of a violent crime, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. He is being held without bond.
Deputies are still investigating a motive for the murder, but they said they do not believe Washington knew the victim before they met that night at the motel.
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By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a symbol of stability in a turbulent era that saw the decline of the British empire and disarray in her own family, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96.
The palace announced she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where members of the royal family had rushed to her side after her health took a turn for the worse.
A link to the almost-vanished generation that fought World War II, she was the only monarch most Britons have ever known.
Her 73-year-old son Prince Charles automatically became king and will be known as King Charles III, it was announced. British monarchs in the past have selected new names upon taking the throne. Charles’ second wife, Camilla, will be known as the Queen Consort.
A funeral was to be held after 10 days of official mourning.
The BBC played the national anthem, “God Save the Queen,” over a portrait of Elizabeth in full regalia as her death was announced, and the flag over Buckingham Palace was lowered to half-staff as the second Elizabethan age came to a close.
The impact of her loss will be huge and unpredictable, both for the nation and for the monarchy, an institution she helped stabilize and modernize across decades of enormous social change and family scandals, but whose relevance in the 21st century has often been called into question.
The public’s abiding affection for the queen has helped sustain support for the monarchy during the scandals. Charles is nowhere near as popular.
In a statement, Charles called his mother’s death “a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family,” adding: “I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.”
The changing of the guard comes at a fraught moment for Britain, which has a brand-new prime minister and is grappling with an energy crisis, double-digit inflation, the war in Ukraine and the fallout from Brexit.
Prime Minister Liz Truss, appointed by the queen just 48 hours earlier, pronounced the country “devastated” and called Elizabeth “the rock on which modern Britain was built.”
British subjects outside Buckingham Palace wept when officials carried a notice confirming the queen’s death to the wrought-iron gates of the queen’s London home. Hundreds soon gathered in the rain, and mourners laid dozens of colorful bouquets at the gates.
“As a young person, this is a really huge moment,” said Romy McCarthy, 20. “It marks the end of an era, particularly as a woman. We had a woman who was in power as someone to look up to.”
World leaders extended condolences and paid tribute to the queen.
In Canada, where the British monarch is the country’s head of state, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s eyes were red with emotion as he saluted her “wisdom, compassion and warmth.” In India, once the “jewel in the crown” of the British empire, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “She personified dignity and decency in public life. Pained by her demise.”
U.S. President Joe Biden called her a “stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States.”
Since Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth reigned over a Britain that rebuilt from a destructive and financially exhausting war and lost its empire; joined the European Union and then left it; and made the painful transition into the 21st century.
She endured through 15 prime ministers, from Winston Churchill to Truss, becoming an institution and an icon — a reassuring presence even for those who ignored or loathed the monarchy.
She became less visible in her final years as age and frailty curtailed many public appearances. But she remained firmly in control of the monarchy and at the center of national life as Britain celebrated her Platinum Jubilee with days of parties and pageants in June.
That same month she became the second longest-reigning monarch in history, behind 17th-century French King Louis XIV, who took the throne at age 4. On Tuesday, she presided at a ceremony at Balmoral Castle to accept the resignation of Boris Johnson as prime minister and appoint Truss as his successor.
When Elizabeth was 21, almost five years before she became queen, she promised the people of Britain and the Commonwealth that “my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service.”
It was a promise she kept across more than seven decades.
Despite Britain’s complex and often fraught ties with its former colonies, Elizabeth was widely respected and remained head of state of more than a dozen countries, from Canada to Tuvalu. She headed the 54-nation Commonwealth, built around Britain and its former colonies.
Married for more than 73 years to Prince Philip, who died in 2021 at age 99, Elizabeth was matriarch to a royal family whose troubles were a subject of global fascination — amplified by fictionalized accounts such as the TV series “The Crown.” She is survived by four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Through countless public events, she probably met more people than anyone in history. Her image, which adorned stamps, coins and banknotes, was among the most reproduced in the world.
But her inner life and opinions remained mostly an enigma. Of her personality, the public saw relatively little. A horse owner, she rarely seemed happier than during the Royal Ascot racing week. She never tired of the companionship of her beloved Welsh corgi dogs.
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in London on April 21, 1926, the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York. She was not born to be queen — her father’s elder brother, Prince Edward, was destined for the crown, to be followed by any children he had.
But in 1936, when she was 10, Edward VIII abdicated to marry twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson, and Elizabeth’s father became King George VI.
Princess Margaret recalled asking her sister whether this meant that Elizabeth would one day be queen. “Yes, I suppose it does,” Margaret quoted Elizabeth as saying. “She didn’t mention it again.”
Elizabeth was barely in her teens when Britain went to war with Germany in 1939. While the king and queen stayed at Buckingham Palace during the Blitz and toured the bombed-out neighborhoods of London, Elizabeth and Margaret spent most of the war at Windsor Castle, west of the capital. Even there, 300 bombs fell in an adjacent park, and the princesses spent many nights in an underground shelter.
She made her first public broadcast in 1940 when she was 14, sending a wartime message to children evacuated to the countryside or overseas.
“We children at home are full of cheerfulness and courage,” she said with a blend of stoicism and hope that would echo throughout her reign. “We are trying to do all we can to help out gallant soldiers, sailors and airmen. And we are trying, too, to bear our own share of the danger and sadness of war. We know, every one of us, that in the end all will be well.”
In 1945, after months of campaigning for her parents’ permission to do something for the war effort, the heir to the throne became Second Subaltern Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. She enthusiastically learned to drive and service heavy vehicles.
On the night the war ended in Europe, May 8, 1945, she and Margaret managed to mingle, unrecognized, with celebrating crowds in London — “swept along on a tide of happiness and relief,” as she told the BBC decades later, describing it as “one of the most memorable nights of my life.”
At Westminster Abbey in November 1947 she married Royal Navy officer Philip Mountbatten, a prince of Greece and Denmark whom she had first met in 1939 when she was 13 and he 18. Postwar Britain was experiencing austerity and rationing, and so street decorations were limited and no public holiday was declared. But the bride was allowed 100 extra ration coupons for her trousseau.
The couple lived for a time in Malta, where Philip was stationed, and Elizabeth enjoyed an almost-normal life as a navy wife. The first of their four children, Prince Charles, was born in 1948. He was followed by Princess Anne in 1950, Prince Andrew in 1960, and Prince Edward in 1964.
In 1952, George VI died at 56 after years of ill health. Elizabeth, on a visit to Kenya, was told that she was now queen.
Her private secretary, Martin Charteris, later recalled finding the new monarch at her desk, “sitting erect, no tears, color up a little, fully accepting her destiny.”
“In a way, I didn’t have an apprenticeship,” Elizabeth reflected in a BBC documentary in 1992 that opened a rare view into her emotions. “My father died much too young, and so it was all a very sudden kind of taking on, and making the best job you can.”
Her coronation took place more than a year later, a grand spectacle at Westminster Abbey viewed by millions through the still-new medium of television.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s first reaction to the king’s death was to complain that the new queen was “only a child,” but he was won over within days and eventually became an ardent admirer.
In Britain’s constitutional monarchy, the queen is head of state but has little direct power; in her official actions she does what the government orders. However, she was not without influence. The queen, officially the head of the Church of England, once reportedly commented that there was nothing she could do legally to block the appointment of a bishop, “but I can always say that I should like more information. That is an indication that the prime minister will not miss.”
The extent of the monarch’s political influence occasionally sparked speculation — but not much criticism while Elizabeth was alive. The views of Charles, who has expressed strong opinions on everything from architecture to the environment, might prove more contentious.
She was obliged to meet weekly with the prime minister, and they generally found her well-informed, inquisitive and up to date. The one possible exception was Margaret Thatcher, with whom her relations were said to be cool, if not frosty, though neither woman ever commented.
The queen’s views in those private meetings became a subject of intense speculation and fertile ground for dramatists like Peter Morgan, author of the play “The Audience” and the hit TV series “The Crown.” Those semi-fictionalized accounts were the product of an era of declining deference and rising celebrity, when the royal family’s troubles became public property.
And there were plenty of troubles within the family, an institution known as “The Firm.” In Elizabeth’s first years on the throne, Princess Margaret provoked a national controversy through her romance with a divorced man.
In what the queen called the “annus horribilis” of 1992, her daughter, Princess Anne, was divorced, Prince Charles and Princess Diana separated, and so did her son Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah. That was also the year Windsor Castle, a residence she far preferred to Buckingham Palace, was seriously damaged by fire.
The public split of Charles and Diana — “There were three of us in that marriage,” Diana said of her husband’s relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles — was followed by the shock of Diana’s death in a Paris car crash in 1997. For once, the queen appeared out of step with her people.
Amid unprecedented public mourning, Elizabeth’s failure to make a public show of grief appeared to many to be unfeeling. After several days, she finally made a televised address to the nation.
The dent in her popularity was brief. She was by now a sort of national grandmother, with a stern gaze and a twinkling smile.
Despite being one of the world’s wealthiest people, Elizabeth had a reputation for frugality and common sense. She turned off lights in empty rooms, and didn’t flinch from strangling pheasants.
A newspaper reporter who went undercover to work as a palace footman reinforced that down-to-earth image, capturing pictures of the royal Tupperware on the breakfast table and a rubber duck in the bath.
Her sangfroid was not dented when a young man aimed a pistol at her and fired six blanks as she rode by on a horse in 1981, nor when she discovered a disturbed intruder sitting on her bed in Buckingham Palace in 1982.
The image of the queen as an exemplar of ordinary British decency was satirized by the magazine Private Eye, which called her Brenda, apparently because it sounded working-class. Anti-monarchists dubbed her “Mrs. Windsor.” But the republican cause gained limited traction while the queen was alive.
On her Golden Jubilee in 2002, she said the country could “look back with measured pride on the history of the last 50 years.”
“It has been a pretty remarkable 50 years by any standards,” she said in a speech. “There have been ups and downs, but anyone who can remember what things were like after those six long years of war appreciates what immense changes have been achieved since then.”
A reassuring presence at home, she was also an emblem of Britain abroad — a form of soft power, consistently respected whatever the vagaries of the country’s political leaders on the world stage. It felt only fitting that she attended the opening of the 2012 London Olympics alongside another icon, James Bond. Through some movie magic, she appeared to parachute into the Olympic Stadium.
In 2015, she overtook her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria’s reign of 63 years, seven months and two days to become the longest-serving monarch in British history. She kept working into her 10th decade, though Prince Charles and his elder son, Prince William, increasingly took over the visits, ribbon-cuttings and investitures that form the bulk of royal duties.
The loss of Philip in 2021 was a heavy blow, as she poignantly sat alone at his funeral in the chapel at Windsor Castle because of coronavirus restrictions.
And the family troubles continued. Her son Prince Andrew was entangled in the sordid tale of sex offender businessman Jeffrey Epstein, an American businessman who had been a friend. Andrew denied accusations that he had sex with one of the women who said she was trafficked by Epstein.
The queen’s grandson Prince Harry walked away from Britain and his royal duties after marrying American TV actress Meghan Markle, who is biracial, in 2018. He alleged in an interview that some in the family -– but pointedly not the queen -– had been less than welcoming to his wife.
She enjoyed robust health well into her 90s, although she used a cane in an appearance after Philip’s death. Months ago, she told guests at a reception “as you can see, I can’t move.” The palace, tight-lipped about details, said the queen was experiencing “episodic mobility issues.”
She held virtual meetings with diplomats and politicians from Windsor Castle, but public appearances grew rarer.
Meanwhile, she took steps to prepare for the transition to come. In February, the queen announced that she wanted Camilla to be known as “Queen Consort” when “in the fullness of time” her son became king. It removed a question mark over the role of the woman some blamed for the breakup of Charles’ marriage to Princess Diana in the 1990s.
May brought another symbolic moment, when she asked Charles to stand in for her and read the Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament, one of the monarch’s most central constitutional duties.
Seven decades after World War II, Elizabeth was again at the center of the national mood amid the uncertainty and loss of COVID 19 — a disease she came through herself in February.
In April 2020 — with the country in lockdown and Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with the virus — she made a rare video address, urging people to stick together.
She summoned the spirit of World War II, that vital time in her life, and the nation’s, by echoing Vera Lynn’s wartime anthem “We’ll Meet Again.”
“We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return. We will be with our friends again. We will be with our families again. We will meet again,” she said.
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The late Associated Press writers Gregory Katz and Robert Barr contributed material to this report.
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What do you do when a train carrying toxic chemicals crashes in your town?
East Palestine, Ohio, is finding out the hard way.
The train derailed earlier this month, but the mess still hasn’t been cleaned up. Now officials are playing the blame game, with East Palestine residents stuck in the middle.
What’snext for East Palestine residents? Trains roll through America’s small towns every day. Sowho’s responsible when things go so wrong?
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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Footage from inside an SUV carrying New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara appears to show the football player admitting to punching someone at a Las Vegas nightclub from February 2022.
“I connected with the [expletive]’s jaw so hard,” Kamara can be heard saying in a copy of the video, which was obtained along with court documents by Nexstar’s KLAS this week.
Kamara, along with Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Chris Lammons and two other men identified as Darrin Christopher Young and Percy Ahmaad Harris, are facing criminal charges connected to a beating outside of a Las Vegas nightclub on Feb. 5, 2022, during the NFL Pro Bowl weekend. Lammons was with the Kansas City Chiefs at the time.
A grand jury indicted the four men after they were shown surveillance video of the brawl at Drai’s After Hours, a nightclub in the Cromwell hotel and casino.
The victim, Darnell Greene, told Las Vegas Metro police that he was waiting outside an elevator at Drai’s when he was accosted by members of the group.
“Once the elevator came down I went to step on the elevator and a guy put his hands on my, on my chest. Like to tell me, like, push me back and tell me I can’t get on the elevator,” Greene told the grand jury. “And I, um, you know, I go there, it’s not my first time there, I’ve been there a few times and everybody use [sic] the same elevator. So, when he pushed me I pushed his hands down off of my chest and then he pushed me real hard and then somebody hit me.”
According to police, after the victim pushed Kamara’s hand off his chest, Kamara shoved him before another suspect, identified as Lammons, punched Greene and knocked him back against a wall. Greene told the grand jury he then fell unconscious and does not remember anything further.
Following the alleged incident, a limo driver picked up the group from a hotel garage near Drai’s and drove them to the Vdara hotel, the driver told the grand jury.
Video from inside the limo video appears to show Kamara sitting in a seat behind the driver, alongside Lammons, Harris and two women. Young appears to be sitting in the front passenger seat. Kamara refers to that person as “D” — as in Darrin — and the man responds by calling him “Alvin.”
“You trippin’ bro,” Young appears to tell Kamara in the video, allegedly in response to Kamara claiming he “connected” with another man’s jaw. “You can’t be in the doing that.” Shortly afterward, Young tells Kamara that this kind of behavior could one day result in a lawsuit.
Kamara, Lammons, Young and Harris each face charges of conspiracy to commit battery and battery resulting in substantial bodily harm, documents said. One of the suspects, Percy Harris, is identified in court documents as Kamara’s manager.
Greene has filed a civil lawsuit in Louisiana, asking for $10 million in damages. He suffered an orbital fracture and other injuries, which caused him to have shoulder surgery.
“The state has avoided a contested preliminary hearing by indicting Mr. Kamara,” his attorneys David Chesnoff, Drew Findling and Richard Schonfeld said in a statement last week. “He intends to vigorously fight the allegations at trial as he was defending himself and others at the time of the incident.” An attorney for Lammons did not immediately return a request for comment.
“We do not comment on the status of ongoing matters and cases that include pending law enforcement and legal activity,” an NFL spokesperson said Wednesday. “We continue to monitor all developments in the matter which remains under review of the Personal Conduct Policy.”
The indictment means the criminal case will bypass Las Vegas Justice Court and immediately move to district court. A judge set a court date for March 2. | 2023-02-23T22:58:52+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/alvin-kamara-appears-to-admit-to-vegas-nightclub-beating-in-video/ |
My granddaughter Eleanor is 7 years old, full of life and ready to rule the world. If you don’t believe me, ask her brothers.
When Elle spends a night with us, she brings a backpack full of “necessities”: five changes of clothing; at least one “fancy” dress; two swimsuits; books for reading; paper for drawing; crayons for coloring; two of her favorite stuffed animals; and an interesting assortment of hats.
She doesn’t pack a toothbrush, but keeps one at our place. She doesn’t bring a coat because she never gets cold. And though she adores her brothers, she leaves them at home, because it’s her turn to feel special, not theirs.
Her backpack is coming apart at the seams. If she had a bigger one, she’d bring more stuff. I love the things she brings that don’t need to be packed—laughs and hugs and lots of memories.
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She sits at our dining room table, coloring a picture, staying within the lines. Her long brown hair, streaked with gold, flows down her back like a waterfall. One hand brushes it off her face. The other hand keeps coloring.
I wish you could see her.
Watching her, I recall two memories. The first is my daughter (Elle’s Auntie Nan) at Elle’s age, doing her homework at that same table. Same hair, same laugh, same readiness to rule the world. If you don’t believe me, ask her brothers.
The second memory is of me at Elle’s age, same hair, same laugh, but no interest in ruling the world. If you don’t believe me, don’t ask my brother.
Some of the happiest days of my childhood were spent with my grandmothers, who were as different from each other as two old women could possibly be.
One lived alone on a farm in the mountains where she knew the names of every living thing, trees, flowers, birds, snakes or anything else I needed to know.
The other lived in a small town where she knew every soul who passed her porch, where they’d been, what they’d bought and how much they’d paid for it.
One taught me how to crochet; the other taught me how to cheat at cards. I inherited both of their natures. Sometimes they argue in my head and I never know which side will win.
I wish you could hear them.
My grandmothers made me feel special to them. I was sure I was their favorite. My mother’s mother actually told me I was her favorite. I later learned she told other grandkids they were her favorites, too. But I knew she meant it most for me.
I have no desire to give my grandchildren my two-sided nature. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. But I want Elle and her brothers and their cousins to know they are all special to me. Each one of them is my favorite.
Children need to feel special. They long to be somebody’s favorite. It takes a fair amount of time to give them that. That’s why God created grandparents.
Tonight was Elle’s turn to feel special to us. She milked it for all it’s worth. For dinner, she chose the Running Iron (where cowboy boots hang from the ceiling) and ate mac’n’cheese and apple pie. When we came home she picked a movie (she swore “Home Alone” was OK with her mom) and stayed up late to laugh at it with us.
I put her to bed in our guest room, read a book, said prayers and kissed her goodnight.
Minutes later, she screamed, “There’s a spider on the wall!”
Papa Mark, our hero, removed the spider. But Elle’s eyes still looked as big as hubcaps. So I got in bed, pulled her close and promised to stay all night.
Soon she was snoring softly, with her arm across my face. And I recalled how it felt so long ago to fall asleep in the safety of my grandmother’s arms.
Tomorrow, we’ll pack up all her stuff, load it in the car and Elle will go home. I will miss her. But I hope she’ll take a few good memories to share some fine day with her grandchildren.
Can you guess what we plan to give her for Christmas? Yes, a brand new backpack—pink with white unicorns—that will hold only half as much stuff.
Sharon Randall is the author of “The World and Then Some.” She can be reached at P.O. Box 922, Carmel Valley CA 93924 or www.sharonrandall.com. | 2022-10-16T13:16:27+00:00 | heraldcourier.com | https://heraldcourier.com/opinion/columnists/precious-time-spent-with-a-7-year-old-granddaughter/article_36a0e0b6-4be3-11ed-9a30-7f2d06f87774.html |
If you haven’t gotten your hands on Halloween’s most sought-after decoration, The Home Depot’s 12-foot giant-sized, animatronic skeleton, here’s good news: The internet-famous yard display (aptly named “Skelly”) has a daunting dupe.
It is large, and it is scary. And if you’re willing to sacrifice a few feet in size, Seasonal Visions International’s 8-foot Towering Skeleton is available at Best Buy (and on sale!). This hefty bag of bones creeps it real with glowing LED eyes just like Skelly’s, and also has a movable jaw that makes sinister sounds for an even more frightening presence.
This $250 plug-in animatronic is less expensive than the 12-foot Skelly, which retails at $299, and compensates for its (still larger-than-life) size with added movement features. The bony plastic arms are even poseable, so if your fleshy human arms get tired of holding the candy basket on Halloween night, let Mr. Bones take over.
The original 12-foot Skelly debuted on The Home Depot’s shelves in 2020, and quickly sold out before Halloween month after becoming a viral social media sensation. The novel decoration helped drive record sales for the home improvement company, and has since made its celebrity appearance online and in retail stores at the end of each summer.
If you’re still pining for Skelly, The Home Depot’s 12-foot skeleton has been restocked as of Sep. 26 with an anticipated delivery date of Oct. 25. But for those who want to get their decor up earlier and save a few bucks, grab the 8-foot Towering Skeleton from Best Buy – it’s bound to be the life of the party. | 2022-09-27T18:57:56+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/shopping/article/Home-Depot-giant-skeleton-alternative-Best-Buy-17468198.php |
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former UCLA student who stormed the U.S. Capitol while waving a flag promoting a far-right extremist movement was sentenced on Wednesday to three years and six months in prison for his role in a mob’s attack on the building.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden also sentenced Christian Secor, 24, of Costa Mesa, California, to three years of supervised release after his prison term, court records show.
Secor was a follower of “America First” movement leader Nicholas Fuentes, “a public figure known for making racist statements, celebrating fascism, and promoting white supremacy,” a prosecutor wrote in a court filing. Fuentes spread false information about the 2020 presidential election and used Twitter to champion the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, the filing says.
Fuentes, a livestreaming internet personality whose supporters are known as “Groypers,” was outside the Capitol on Jan. 6 but hasn’t been accused of entering the building that day or been charged with any riot-related crimes. In 2017, Fuentes was a Boston University student when he attended a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that erupted in violence.
Secor entered the Capitol while carrying a blue flag with the white letters “AF” and wearing a hat bearing the same “AF” emblem. At UCLA, Secor was president of America First Bruins.
Secor had access to a privately manufactured “ghost gun” and other weapons, “all while supporting political violence,” wrote Kimberly Paschall, an assistant U.S. attorney. The night before his arrest, Secor and an associate exchanged text messages regarding “ultra secret” “future operations,” the prosecutor said.
“Secor’s history of adhering to extremist ideology and easy access to weapons, including firearms, warrants serious consideration when fashioning an appropriate sentence,” Paschall wrote.
After entering the Capitol through the Senate Wing door, Secor walked through the office suite of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and once in the Rotunda, Secor joined other rioters in pushing against doors and overpowering three police officers, according to a court filing that accompanied his guilty plea. Entering the Senate chamber, Secor sat in a chair that Vice President Mike Pence had occupied about 30 minutes earlier.
After the riot, Secor tweeted a message that said, “It was Trump supporters you losers, and you should be proud. One day accomplished more for conservativism than the last 30 years.”
Prosecutors recommended sentencing Secor to four years and nine months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
Defense lawyer Brandi Harden said Secor, then 22, flew from Newport Beach, California, to Washington “upon the urging of” then-President Donald Trump because Secor wanted to protest the results of the 2020 election that Democrat Joe Biden won.
“Christian’s involvement in the January 6th protest was not pre-meditated,” the lawyer wrote. “At the time of his trip to Washington D.C., he had become disillusioned by the hysteria about a stolen election coming from social media and news channels.”
Harden said Secor’s participation in the riot was “minimal, short lived, and included no violence.”
“He joined the crowd without a plan and without any understanding of what was about to unfold,” Harden wrote in a court filing.
Secor was arrested in February 2021. He pleaded guilty in May to a felony count of obstructing an official proceeding, the joint session of Congress for certifying Biden’s victory.
The court’s probation department calculated a sentencing guideline range of 51 months to 63 months of imprisonment for Secor.
Harden asked the judge to sentence Secor to two years of supervised probation, 75 hours of community service and home detention instead of incarceration.
UCLA suspended Secor after the riot. He began working for a family-owned vacation rental business after his arrest, according to Harden.
The FBI has linked other Capitol riot defendants to the “America First” movement, including California resident Brandon Scott Cavanaugh.
“Groypers believe they are defending against the demographic and cultural changes that are destroying the ‘true America,’ a white, Christian nation,” an FBI wrote in a court filing for Cavanaugh’s case.
Approximately 900 people have been charged with federal crimes stemming from the Jan. 6 attack. More than 400 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanor offenses, and nearly 300 have been sentenced.
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For full coverage of the Capitol riot, go to https://www.apnews.com/capitol-siege | 2022-10-20T12:01:33+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/ap-ex-ucla-student-linked-to-extremists-gets-jan-6-prison-term/ |
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after being hit by a car in the city’s Glenville neighborhood Monday morning.
Cleveland police said the teenager was walking across the street about 8:30 a.m. near E. 115th St. and Superior Avenue when he was struck by the vehicle. The driver remained on scene, police said.
The yout was transported to Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital by Cleveland EMS, and he is in critical condition, police said. The identity of the teenager is not being released at this time. | 2022-12-05T18:24:14+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/12/cleveland-teenager-in-critical-condition-after-being-struck-by-vehicle.html |
Federal regulators opened their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta's acquisition of a virtual-reality company Thursday in a San Jose, California, courtroom.
In a landmark legal challenge to a Big Tech merger, the Federal Trade Commission has sued to prevent Meta's acquisition of Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural, asserting it would hurt competition and violate antitrust laws.
The FTC is arguing that, were it not for the Within acquisition, Meta would have developed its own dedicated VR fitness up, entering this nascent market with its own product as a new competitor — and Within would have remained in independent player in the market.
Regulators cite a 2015 email from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Facebook executives saying that his vision for “the next wave of computing” — namely virtual and augmented reality — was control of apps as well as the platform on which those apps are distributed. The email said that a key part of this strategy is for the company to be “completely ubiquitous in killer apps,” which are apps that prove the value of the technology.
“Meta could have used “all its vast resources and capabilities” to build its own VR fitness app, said FTC lawyer Abby Dennis. Instead, she added, when Meta heard a rumor that Within was being pursued by Apple, it decided instead “to just acquire the market leader” in the space.
Meta lawyer Mark Hansen, disputed the FTC's claim that the company was going to build its own app.
“There will be no evidence that Meta was ready” do do anything, he said.
Meta Platforms Inc. has been unsuccessful in its bid to have the case dismissed after arguing that the U.S. failed to prove that the virtual reality market is concentrated with high barriers to entry.
After Meta argued that the lawsuit contained “nothing more than the FTC’s speculation about what Meta might have done,” the FTC revised its complaint in October to narrow the focus of its allegations.
Over the summer, FTC Chair Lina Khan and the other two Democratic commissioners voted to block the deal, with two Republicans going the other way.
The Within case is part of a more aggressive stance by the FTC following its 2020 antitrust lawsuit against Facebook seeking remedies that could include a forced spinoff of Instagram and WhatsApp, or a restructuring of the company.
Zuckerberg was dropped as a defendant in the case in August, but he is expected to testify next week.
Under Zuckerberg’s leadership, Meta began a campaign to conquer virtual reality in 2014 with its acquisition of headset maker Oculus VR. Since then, Meta’s VR headsets have become the cornerstone of its growth in the virtual reality space, the FTC noted in its suit. Fueled by the popularity of its top-selling Quest headsets, Meta’s Quest Store has become a leading U.S. platform with more than 400 apps available to download, according to the agency.
Hansen said more than 99% of the apps available to Quest users were made by independent developers, not Meta.
Meta's strategy for growth, he added, “depends on getting third-party developers to build apps for Quest."
“Meta needs those third-party apps as much, if not more, than apps need Meta — there is no gatekeeping going on.” | 2022-12-08T20:54:35+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/2022/12/08/ftc-challenges-meta-acquisition-of-vr-company-in-court/ |
LONDON (AP) — A man who met Kevin Spacey in a pub says that at one point when they were alone during a night of heavy drinking with others, the actor kissed his neck twice and grabbed his crotch.
The two-time Oscar winner looked panicked after he was pushed away and was told, “I am sorry, man, I don’t bat for that team,” the witness said.
The man’s interview with police was played Tuesday for jurors in Spacey’s sexual assault trial in a London courtroom.
Spacey, 63, has pleaded not guilty to a dozen charges that could send him to prison if he is convicted. His lawyer said Spacey denies all allegations of nonconsensual acts and suggested the accusers are looking for payouts from a wealthy star.
Allegations by four men from 2001 to 2013 while the American actor worked at the Old Vic Theatre include seven counts of sexual assault, three counts of indecent assault and causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.
The witness, who can’t be named under British court rules, said Spacey had invited him and others back to a house where the actor was staying in the Cotswolds to “carry on the party” after the pub closed. Spacey offered booze and marijuana, he said.
According to the witness, Spacey had been friendly as he drank double Jack Daniel’s whiskey and colas at the pub with the man and his group of friends. As the drinks flowed, the group began calling the Hollywood star “K-Dawg,” the witness said.
The man said he hadn’t thought much of Spacey’s touchy-feely behavior at the bar when he had put his hands on the backs and legs of the man and his friends.
But he said he was shaken by what occurred later after he accidently let Spacey’s dog out of the house while returning from smoking on the veranda. He testified that he managed to catch the little pooch and apologized to Spacey, who said not to worry and approached him in a “huggy” posture.
“We did an awkward man hug as I call it,” the witness said. “He hugged me, I did a sort of pat on the back type of thing.”
Spacey then kissed his neck and grabbed his crotch and said, “Be cool, be cool,” the man testified.
He said that when he pushed Spacey away, the actor’s eyes widened and he got an “immediate panicked look on his face.”
The witness said he left the house and called his father and told him about the unwanted touching on the drive home.
When Spacey was questioned by police about the allegation, he said that he did not recall kissing anyone’s neck or grabbing a crotch and that he would not have done such a thing without an indication of consent, according to the prosecutor’s opening statement.
Spacey said it was “entirely possible and indeed likely” he made a “clumsy pass” that he had forgotten and might have touched someone’s crotch in the process, the prosecution said.
The prosecution said the actor indicated that he vaguely recognized a photo of the man and that he might have been among a group the actor was drinking with at the time.
The witness will be cross-examined Wednesday before a jury of nine men and three women in Southwark Crown Court.
Spacey, who has homes in the U.S. and London, is free on bail. | 2023-07-05T12:19:29+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/entertainment-news/ap-accuser-says-he-told-kevin-spacey-after-crude-advance-i-dont-bat-for-that-team/ |
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CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines canceled about 18 flights this week when it realized that some of its Boeing 777-200 planes had not undergone required inspections of the front edges of the wings.
The airline canceled flights Monday night and Tuesday morning, and said it’s trying to rebook stranded passengers.
The Federal Aviation Administration said United grounded 25 of the jets after discovering it had failed to inspect slats on the wing edges that are used during takeoffs and landings.
The FAA said United reported the issue, and the FAA is reviewing circumstances that led to the missed inspections.
United said late Tuesday afternoon that it had inspected 10 of the planes and was working with the FAA to return the others to flying in the next two weeks without causing additional flight cancellations.
The matter was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
United’s Boeing 777-200s had been grounded until earlier this year by the failure of a Pratt & Whitney engine on one that caused parts of the housing to fall on the Denver area.
The planes seat between 276 and 364 passengers, according to United’s website, and are mostly used on long international flights. | 2022-09-21T10:53:21+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/business/ap-united-airlines-grounds-25-planes-after-missed-inspections/ |
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:IDYA) today announced the closing of its underwritten public offering of 8,761,905 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $10.50 per share, before underwriting discounts and commissions, including the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase up to an additional 1,142,857 shares of common stock in the offering. The gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by IDEAYA, were approximately $92.0 million.
J.P. Morgan, Jefferies, Citigroup and Guggenheim Securities acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. Wedbush PacGrow acted as lead manager for the offering.
The public offering was made by IDEAYA pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that was previously filed with and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. The offering was made only by means of a written prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may also be obtained by request from: J.P. Morgan, by mail at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at 866-803-9204, or by email at prospectus-eq_fi@jpmorganchase.com; Jefferies, by mail at Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, or by telephone at 877-547-6340 or 877-821-7388, or by email at Prospectus_Department@Jefferies.com; Citigroup, by mail at Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at 1-800-831-9146; or Guggenheim Securities, by mail at Guggenheim Securities, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 330 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017, or by telephone at (212) 518-5548 or by email at gsequityprospectusdelivery@guggenheimpartners.com.
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Body recovered from lake in Kissimmee after person entered pond: Deputies
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - A body was recovered from a Kissimmee pond after dive teams responded to a report of someone entering a pond on Tuesday.
Osceola County Sheriff Marco Lopez said the body was that of an older female. No other information on the woman's identity has been released.
"There were witnesses that saw this person go into the pond. And there was someone that actually tried to retrieve this person when they went under the water," said Sheriff Lopez.
Dive teams were searching a pond in the Springlake Village gated community off Boggy Creek Road around 10 p.m. Tuesday.
No other details have been released. This is an ongoing investigation. | 2023-01-19T00:19:11+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/body-recovered-from-lake-in-kissimmee-after-person-entered-pond-deputies |
CLEVELAND, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Freedonia Group analysis of the global silicone fluids market finds that the personal care segment will continue to hold the largest share of demand in value terms through 2025, due primarily to increasing production of cosmetics and toiletries. Higher value personal care products made with silicones are already considered to be essential by many in developed countries and are continuing to be adopted by consumers in many developing areas, where they are increasingly available and affordable.
Although market growth will be restrained by the introduction of regulations limiting or outlawing the use of certain types of silicones in North America and Western Europe due to concerns about the safety of these products, opportunities exist. Manufacturers of silicone-based personal care products can meet increasing demand for "better-for-you" products by introducing hybrid formulations that include more natural ingredients and higher value silicones, many of which are allowable replacements for the D4 and D5 varieties under legal scrutiny.
Global Silicone Fluid Market to Grow 6.4% Annually Through 2025
Through 2025, demand for silicone fluids is expected to grow 6.4% per year to $8.7 billion, with volume demand reaching 1.2 million metric tons. Demand will be boosted by:
- growing use of products containing silicone in developing economies, supported by rising personal incomes
- healthy growth in chemical manufacturing (particularly as high prices for gas prompt drilling) and construction markets
Though inflationary pressures are having some impact on the market, much growth in demand will be due to continued use of silicone fluids rather than to price spikes. Manufacturers of silicones are likely to avoid passing rising prices on to consumers as much as possible in order to keep silicones competitive with other inputs to finished goods.
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McALLEN, Texas — The mother of an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody said Friday that agents repeatedly ignored pleas to hospitalize her medically fragile daughter as she felt pain in her bones, struggled to breathe and was unable to walk.
Agents said her daughter's diagnosis of influenza did not require hospital care, Mabel Alvarez Benedicks said in an emotional phone interview. They knew the girl had a history of heart problems and sickle cell anemia.
“They killed my daughter, because she was nearly a day and a half without being able to breathe," the mother said. "She cried and begged for her life and they ignored her. They didn’t do anything for her.
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The girl died Wednesday on what her mother said was the family’s ninth day in Border Patrol custody. People are to be held no more than 72 hours under agency policy, a rule that is violated during unusually busy times.
The account is almost certain to raise questions about whether the Border Patrol properly handled the situation, the second child fatality in two weeks after a rush of illegal border crossing severely strained holding facilities.
Roderick Kise, a spokesperson for the Border Patrol's parent agency, Customs and Border Protection, said he could not comment beyond an initial statement because the death was the subject of an open investigation. In that statement, CBP said the girl experienced "a medical emergency" at a station in Harlingen, Texas, and died later that day at a hospital.
Alvarez Benedicks, 35, said she, her husband and three children, aged 14, 12 and 8, crossed the border to Brownsville, Texas, on May 9. After a doctor diagnosed the 8-year-old, Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, with influenza, the family was sent to the Harlingen station on May 14. It was unclear why the family was held so long.
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Anadith woke up her first day in the Harlingen station with a fever and had a headache, according to her mother, who said the station was dusty and smelled of urine.
When she reported her daughter's bone pain to an agent, she said he responded, “'Oh, your daughter is growing up. That’s why her bones hurt. Give her water.’”
“I just looked at him,” Alvarez Benedicks said. "How would he know what to do if he’s not a doctor?”
She said a doctor told her the pain was related to influenza. She asked for an ambulance to take her daughter to the hospital for breathing difficulties but was denied.
“I felt like they didn’t believe me,” she said.
Anadith received saline fluids, a shower and fever medication to reduce her temperature, but her breathing problems persisted, her mother said, adding that a sore throat prevented her from eating and she stopped walking.
At one point, a doctor asked the parents to return if Anadith fainted, Alvarez Benedicks said. Their request for an ambulance was denied again when her blood pressure was checked Wednesday.
An ambulance was called later that day after Anadith went limp and unconscious and blood came out of her mouth, her mother said. She insists her daughter had no vital signs in the Border Patrol station before leaving for the hospital.
The family is staying at a McAllen, Texas, migrant shelter and seeking money to bring their daughter's remains to New York City, their final destination in the U.S.
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Anadith, whose parents are Honduran, was born in Panama with congenital heart disease. She received surgery three years ago that her mother characterized as successful. It inspired Anadith to want to become a doctor.
Her death came a week after a 17-year-old Honduran boy, Ángel Eduardo Maradiaga Espinoza, died in U.S. Health and Human Services Department custody. He was traveling alone.
A rush to the border before pandemic-related asylum limits known as Title 42 expired brought extraordinary pressure. The Border Patrol took an average of 10,100 people a into custody a day over four days last week, compared to a daily average of 5,200 in March.
The Border Patrol had 28,717 people in custody on May 10, one day before pandemic asylum restrictions expired, which was double from two weeks earlier, according to a court filing. By Sunday, the custody count dropped 23% to 22,259, still historically high.
Custody capacity is about 17,000, according to a government document last year, and the administration has been adding temporary giant tents like one in San Diego that opened in January with room for about 500 people.
On Sunday, the average time in custody was 77 hours. | 2023-05-20T18:21:47+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/20/nation/mother-8-year-old-girl-who-died-border-patrol-custody-says-pleas-hospital-care-were-denied/ |
Senate confirms new US ambassador to Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to confirm the new U.S. ambassador to Russia.
Hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was expected to arrive in Washington for a historic visit, senators voted to 93-2 to confirm veteran diplomat Lynne M. Tracy as the new ambassador to Russia. Some viewed it as a signal of the American commitment to war-torn Ukraine as it confronts Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer opened the chamber’s session by saying that Wednesday’s passage of a fresh $45 billion military aid package for Ukraine and confirmation of the new U.S. ambassador to Russia would send a strong signal that Americans stand “unequivocally” with the Ukrainian people.
Tracy, a career member of the Foreign Service who previously served as ambassador to Armenia, “will be tasked with standing up to Putin,” Schumer said. The only two votes against Tracy came from GOP Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky, both of whom have been skeptical of the administration’s support for Ukraine.
Tracy will oversee an embassy in Moscow that has been decimated in terms of staffing as U.S.-Russia ties have plummeted over the war in Ukraine along with several long-standing and unrelated diplomatic disputes over personnel and facilities and compounded by disagreements over arms control.
Tracy, who speaks Russian, previously served as a senior adviser for Russian affairs in the State Department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, as the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. She also held several posts in Central and South Asia.
The previous U.S. ambassador to Moscow, John Sullivan, left Russia in early September in a departure that had been expected but was accelerated by the failing health of his wife, who died a day after his return to the United States.
Tracy is well-regarded within diplomatic circles and received a State Department heroism award from then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2009.
While leading the U.S. consulate in Peshawar in Pakistan’s insurgency-ridden border regions, Tracy survived an attack on her by a gunman that left her vehicle riddled with bullets, but insisted on going to work that day and staying on post, even as security concerns compelled the consulate to trim its staff.
Tracy also received the State Department’s distinguished honor award for her work as the embassy deputy in Moscow.
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AP Diplomatic Writer Matthew Lee contributed.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-21T21:00:06+00:00 | waff.com | https://www.waff.com/2022/12/21/senate-confirms-new-us-ambassador-russia/ |
SCARSDALE, N.Y. — Electric lawn mowers have taken the U.S. consumer market by storm over the past few years. And they've done so quietly — about 20 decibels more quietly in some cases.
Once restricted to lawns no larger than the length of an extension cord, mowers on the market today run on lithium ion batteries that can last 45 minutes or more without charging and cost about as much as gas-powered versions. And in 2021, according to market research company FactMR, electric lawn mowers made up 37% of all sales.
But professional landscapers, who have to run their machines all day, day after day, have yet to join the trend in large numbers. Electric heavy-duty ride-on mowers make up just 11% of the total market for all heavy-duty ride-on mowers.
"For homeowners, I feel like it's great," said Austin Acocella, co-owner of Acocella Landscaping in Scarsdale, N.Y. "The battery just doesn't last long, especially for the stuff that I do."
He has checked out commercial-grade mowers with batteries that can last six or more hours, but hasn't wanted to pay the upfront costs. A 52-inch-wide ride-on model, the Rival from Mean Green Mowers, starts at nearly $30,000. That is more than three times a comparable gas-powered machine – though the manufacturer says the customer will break even given significantly lower operation and maintenance costs.
"In the future I would love to buy them, but right at this second, I just can't because of inflation and just everything that's going on," Acocella says. "I just can't swing it yet."
Acocella and his employees began using hand-held electric devices – leaf blowers, weed whackers and hedge trimmers – last year when one of his clients, the town of Larchmont, required it. He's begun to use them on other properties as well because they are lighter, much quieter, and don't emit pollutants. But with the exception of the hedge trimmer, he says, they need frequent battery changes and are not as powerful.
"I need something that's going to last long or something that's easy," Austin says. "Like I have a gas can, it's on a truck that I just fuel up and I go. How many batteries do I need to have in order to get through the day?"
Bans on gas-powered gear
Yet landscapers are being pressured to change – sometimes by clients and sometimes by governments. Last fall, the California Legislature passed a law requiring that all new landscaping equipment sold in the state be emissions-free beginning Jan. 1, 2024.
The state and national landscaping associations objected, arguing that electric equipment wasn't advanced enough to operate for long periods of time, and in some cases, did not work as well as gas equipment. As proof, they cited a study from the California State University at Fullerton to show that zero emissions equipment hadn't caught on among professionals. The study found that less than 6% of equipment used by landscapers were zero-emissions, compared to more than 50% of the gear used by homeowners.
But Assemblymember Marc Berman, the bill's author, disputes the industry's characterization of zero-emissions equipment.
"This equipment is ready today," said Berman, a Democrat from Palo Alto. "There are at least eight brands that produce zero emission equipment in each major equipment category for commercial equipment."
After that bill was passed, New York State Sen. Pete Harckham introduced a similar bill in Albany. Though it did not pass in the regular session, Harckham told NPR he plans to re-introduce it but has not decided on when the mandate would take effect.
Both the California legislation and the New York proposal only address the sale of new equipment, meaning landscapers and homeowners can continue using their existing gas-powered tools.
Numerous cities and towns across the country have gone further and restricted the use – as opposed to just the purchase – of gas-powered leaf blowers. And this month, two municipalities in Marin County, Calif., – Fairfax and Sausalito – banned the use of other gas-powered equipment as well, including mowers, to be phased in over the next 18 months.
Mixed environmental impact
Electric lawn mowers won't help much in terms of climate-changing emissions – people just don't mow their lawns nearly as much as they drive. The California Air Resources Board, for example, estimates that phasing out gasoline-powered lawn equipment will save an average of 0.66 million metric tons of CO2 a year, while the state produced 418 million tons in 2019 – the last year data was available.
But the agency found that gasoline-powered engines produce substantial amounts of other pollutants, such as nitrogen oxide, which can lead to respiratory difficulties and smog. In addition, researchers have raised concerns about the impact of the equipment's noise and vibrations on operators' health.
Large, commercial-grade equipment is used on a significant proportion of green spaces around the country – not only public properties and office parks. The California State University survey found, for example, that half of the state's residents with lawns hired landscapers to take care of them, either partially or fully.
Drawbacks of mandates
Still, even some supporters of green landscaping oppose mandating electric equipment, arguing that it may cause small landscapers – an important employer of immigrants and limited-skill workers – to go out of business.
"If you just ban the use of equipment, you're really putting the entire onus on the landscapers to come up with the money that they need to purchase the equipment," said Jamie Banks, the founder and CEO of the non-profit Quiet Communities, Inc. "It's not just purchasing the tool but also purchasing enough batteries and enough chargers that they can meet their work production needs."
And some of those batteries are expensive – as much as $1,500 for a backpack-style one to power a leaf blower. California lawmakers have so far allocated $30 million for subsidies to offset the higher prices landscapers will have to pay for new electric equipment. But the National Association of Landscape Professionals said the amount breaks down to just $15 for each piece of gas-powered equipment that landscapers in the state need to replace.
Berman, the state legislator, said that he is hoping to get more subsidies in the budget for the coming year.
Quiet Communities and another nonprofit, the American Green Zone Alliance, have been working with towns, school districts, and other entities to adopt zero-emissions equipment for their own properties, but to do so voluntarily. So far, they say they have recruited about 20 locales and institutions across the country to take part in their program.
"I think the writing is on the wall," Banks said. "It's just, how do we get there in a way that's, you know, fair, most efficient and so forth."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-07-30T14:21:17+00:00 | mtpr.org | https://www.mtpr.org/2022-07-30/professional-landscapers-are-reluctant-to-plug-into-electric-mowers-due-to-cost |
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has been deposed in defamation suit filed by rape accuser E. Jean Carroll, her lawyers say.
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MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos met in person for the first time in two years Thursday as both sides are talking more about trying to work together in the coming legislative session.
Evers and Vos met privately at the governor's residence for about an hour. Evers met last week with Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu.
"It is a positive sign," Vos said Friday of the meeting. He called it a "good first step."
Vos said he and Evers had a good dialogue on a number of topics, but he declined to discuss details. Britt Cudaback, a spokesperson for Evers, also called it a good meeting but declined to provide details. Evers on Tuesday said he had a good meeting with LeMahieu, but did not provide details about what they discussed.
LeMahieu said prior to his meeting that he hoped it would be the first in a series of regular get-togethers with the governor.
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Republican lawmakers were used to meeting weekly with former Republican Gov. Scott Walker. But Evers has repeatedly said he does not need to meet that frequently with GOP leaders.
"The idea that somehow we have to meet weekly to resolve the issues facing Wisconsin, you know, my job is different than their job," Evers said Tuesday. "They have their caucus and I have the people of Wisconsin. So I’ll continue to go around the state and listen to people and they can deal with their caucuses."
Evers and Republicans had a contentious relationship over his first term, beginning with Republicans calling a lame duck session in 2018 before he took office to pass a number of bills limiting his power. The relationship worsened over the years as Republicans fired one of his Cabinet secretaries, refused to confirm dozens of his appointees and sued Evers repeatedly over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Republican lawmakers were infuriated in 2020 when Evers' staff secretly recorded a meeting about pandemic response efforts.
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But after Evers' reelection win in November, he and Republicans have talked more about trying to build a better working relationship over the next four years.
Vos, in an interview Thursday, said he viewed the start of the new legislative session Jan. 3 as a chance to begin anew.
"If I held every grudge in this job, I’d be a pretty lonely, sad person," Vos said. "So I guess I’m willing to hit the reset button." | 2022-12-23T18:08:47+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/wisconsin-governor-gop-leader-meet |
A redesigned Mercedes-Benz SL-Class arrived for 2022. The SL is officially classified as an AMG and is closely aligned with the performance skunkworks’ next-generation GT sports car that’s still being developed.
For the 2023 model year, Mercedes will expand the SL lineup with an entry-level SL 43 powered by a 4-cylinder engine. It’s due in U.S. showrooms this summer, and Mercedes on Monday confirmed a starting price of $111,050, including a $1,150 destination charge.
Under the hood is a 2.0-liter turbo-4 that generates 375 hp and 354 lb-ft of torque. While such engine configurations aren’t new, the SL 43’s turbocharger is an electrified design similar to what’s used in Formula 1.
The same setup is also found in the new C 43 that also arrives for 2023.
Automakers have offered engines with electric compressors before, in which an electric motor is used to spin a compressor that helps deliver boost pressure to an engine during low revs, with a conventional turbocharger taking over once the revs build. The result is strong engine response from idle, something turbocharged engines don’t normally have.
In the case of the SL 43’s engine, the electric motor is integrated directly with the turbocharger, sitting between the turbine wheel on the exhaust side and the compressor wheel on the intake side. In F1, the electric motor is also used to recover energy from the exhaust when boost isn’t required, though this isn’t the case in the SL 43.
Instead, the electric motor here relies on energy recovered from the vehicle’s 48-volt mild-hybrid system. This system is essentially a beefed-up electric starter motor able to aid the engine during high loads and recover energy under braking.
Unlike the V-8-powered SL 55 and SL 63, which come with standard all-wheel drive, the SL 43 comes with rear-wheel drive only. The SL 43 also misses out on the AMG Ride Control suspension with adjustable damping as standard, though it’s on the options list.
A 9-speed automatic transmission is common to all versions of the SL. Using launch control, Mercedes claims the SL 43 will sprint to 60 mph from rest in 4.8 seconds and top out at 170 mph.
The SL 43 is visually distinguished from the SL 55 and SL 63 by unique front and rear fascias, as well as round tailpipes instead of the V-8 models’ square-shaped tips. There are also different wheel patterns for the SL 43, with the standard set measuring 19 inches in diameter.
Standard features include power heated and cooled seats with leather trim, an AMG Performance steering wheel, a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, and an 11.9-inch infotainment screen with a tilt function to improve visibility when there’s glare.
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WASHINGTON, May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- After the previous launch target date changed due to weather conditions in New Zealand, NASA and Rocket Lab are now targeting 9 p.m. EDT Sunday, May 7, (1 p.m. Monday, May 8, New Zealand Standard Time), to launch two storm tracking CubeSats into orbit.
The agency's TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) mission has a two-hour launch window from Launch Complex 1 Pad B in Māhia, New Zealand.
Rocket Lab will provide live coverage beginning approximately 20 minutes before launch. Coverage will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, the agency's website, and Rocket Lab's website.
A second launch from Rocket Lab will carry two additional CubeSats, with exact launch times contingent on the date and time of the first launch. TROPICS is a constellation of four identical CubeSats designed to observe tropical cyclones from low Earth orbit, making observations more frequently than current weather tracking satellites. Gathering data more frequently can help scientists improve weather forecasting models.
TROPICS will study tropical cyclones as part of NASA's Earth Venture Class missions, which select targeted science missions to fill gaps in our overarching understanding of the entire Earth system.
Full coverage of this mission is as follows (all times Eastern):
Sunday, May 7
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The Clam Festival in Yarmouth has a rich history. Over the years, the Clam Festival featured various events. Some traditions remain, including the parade, clams, carnival and fireman’s muster. Revenue from the festival goes to local nonprofits.
Over time, the connection to clammers has changed. In 1969, based on news reports at the time, more than 100 bushels of whole clams were bought from clammers and consumed by more than 5,000 people. Now, with roughly 100,000 festivalgoers, the chamber uses a food distributor, but the clams are still predominantly sourced from Maine suppliers. Last year, festival goers consumed a record-breaking 217 gallons of shucked clams that were cleaned, breaded and cooked, according to the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce.
This year, the Casco Bay Regional Shellfish Working Group, the Maine Shellfish Learning Network and Casco Bay Estuary Partnership are working to return the clamming fishery to the center of the festival. Visitors can engage with the clamming community through various activities. We have been working with harvesters to build a clam hod float for the parade, and there will be an opportunity to learn about clamming during the shucking contest. Visitors to the food stalls can learn about the fishery through a “tide to table” placemat that will be distributed Friday afternoon before the parade. Aligning with the parade’s theme, “People in Your Neighborhood,” we encourage festival goers to learn about the clammers in their community.
Caitlan Vultaggio
Resilience Corps Fellow
Yarmouth | 2023-07-20T18:36:23+00:00 | bangordailynews.com | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/07/20/opinion/letters/letter-celebrate-maine-clammers/ |
The forecast is showing a hot day in Tulsa. It looks to reach a warm 83 degrees. We'll see a low temperature of 66 degrees today. There is a 57% chance of rain in the forecast. Check the radar before you head outside, and don't forget an umbrella. The sunshine will be intense today; high UV indexes are forecasted. Be careful outside, especially during late morning through mid-afternoon. If your shadow is shorter than you, seek shade and wear protective clothing and generously apply sunscreen on exposed skin. The Tulsa area should see a light breeze, with forecast showing winds from the South, clocking in at 6 mph. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. Stay in the know. Visit tulsaworld.com for local news and weather.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Three children whose bodies were found in a suburban Minneapolis lake over the holiday weekend died in drownings that were classified as homicides, and their mother died of a drowning that was suicide, authorities said Tuesday as they also identified the victims.
Searchers recovered the bodies of Molly Cheng and her three children, ages 3, 4 and 5, from Vadnais Lake on Friday and Saturday. Authorities had said earlier the deaths were being investigated as a triple murder-suicide.
The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday that Cheng called police on Friday morning and said her husband, Yee Lee, had fatally shot himself. That afternoon, one of Cheng’s relatives called police to say she planned to kill her children and herself, the department said, resulting in a welfare check that eventually tracked Cheng's cell phone to the lake.
The Ramsey County medical examiner determined that the cause of 4-year-old Quadrillion Lee and 3-year-old Estella Zoo Siab Lee's deaths was drowning and smothering. Five-year-old Phoenix Lee's death was caused by drowning. | 2022-07-06T00:01:26+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Police-Mother-drowned-children-then-killed-17286282.php |
Leaders in international policy, technology, finance and marketing join Global Citizen's Global Board, including Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Judy A. Smith, Former Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Kristin Lemkau, CEO, J.P. Morgan Wealth Management, Nir Bar Dea, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Bridgewater, and Diego Scotti, EVP & CMO, Verizon
Global Citizen welcomes new members to its Europe Board of Directors with the appointment of Co-Chair Sabrina Dhowre Elba, Dame Karen Pierce DCMG, and Sawsan Chebli
NEW YORK and LONDON, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- International advocacy organization Global Citizen is proud to announce the appointment of six new members to its Global Board of Directors, along with three new additions to its Europe Board of Directors. New Global Board members include: Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women; Judy A. Smith, Founder, CEO, Smith & Company; Erna Solberg, Former Prime Minister of Norway; Kristin Lemkau, CEO, J.P. Morgan Wealth Management; Nir Bar Dea, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Bridgewater; and Diego Scotti, EVP & CMO, Verizon.
Global Citizen's Europe Board of Directors welcomes the appointment of new co-chair Sabrina Dhowre Elba, UN Goodwill Ambassador for IFAD, Dame Karen Pierce DCMG, British Ambassador to the US and Sawsan Chebli, German politician, former spokesperson to the German Federal Foreign minister and permanent Secretary for Active Citizenship and International Relations and State of Berlin Delegate to the Federation.
The appointment of these nine global leaders in their respective fields of policy, technology, philanthropy, finance, media and marketing underscores Global Citizen's pioneering position at the forefront of innovative global advocacy. The new members will join Global Citizen's Board of Directors to advise the organization on strategy.
The expansion of its Board of Directors emphasizes Global Citizen's commitment to its bold ambitions to impact the most urgent challenges facing the world today, including breaking systemic barriers, taking climate action, empowering girls, and defending advocacy, aligned to its 2022 End Extreme Poverty NOW campaign.
"We're incredibly honored to have these outstanding leaders join Global Citizen's Board of Directors at this important juncture in the campaign to end extreme poverty," said Hugh Evans, Co-Founder and CEO of Global Citizen. "Their profound expertise, decades of experience, diversity of thought and dedication to philanthropy make them powerful additions to our Board, and I look forward to working with them closely on our mission to end extreme poverty, empower girls and protect the planet."
Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is the former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women. A Hauser Leader at the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership, she served as Deputy President of South Africa from 2005 to 2008. As a global advocate for women and girls, Dr. Mlambo-Ngcuka has successfully mobilized an historic USD $40B for women and girls around the world.
For more than 25 years, Judy A. Smith has counseled presidents and world leaders through global crises, advised Fortune 50 CEOs through complex challenges, and advised some of the world's highest-profile individuals. A former federal prosecutor and Deputy White House Press Secretary, her groundbreaking career served as the inspiration for the hit TV show "Scandal."
Erna Solberg served as the 35th prime minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021, and was the country's second female Prime Minister. From 2014 to 2022, she co-chaired the UN Secretary General's Advocacy group for the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals, with a particular interest in ensuring quality education for girls and children, and in combating climate change and its impacts.
Throughout her career, Kristin Lemkau has been listed among the world's most influential, innovative, powerful and daring leaders as the current CEO of J.P. Morgan Wealth Management and during her tenure as the CMO of JPMorgan Chase. A champion of advancing workplace diversity, Kristin has been at the forefront of building the Wealth Management business and has led global brand, media, sponsorships, data and analytics, performance marketing and consumer communications.
Nir Bar Dea is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of asset management firm, Bridgewater Associates. Nir previously served as Bridgewater's Deputy CEO and has shaped the firm's future by driving the transformation of its investment engine, spearheading Bridgewater's long-term strategic vision, and transitioning governance to the next generation of talent. Prior to joining Bridgewater, Nir served as an Advisor to the Israeli Mission to the United Nations in the 2014 General Assembly.
Recognized marketing leader Diego Scotti has a track record of transformational brand-building across industries including financial services, retail, and digital media. Over the past seven years, Diego and his team have led the evolution of the Verizon brand from a phone company to a technology and experience brand led by purpose and innovation. He has been instrumental in building Verizon's brand purpose -- to create the networks that move the world forward -- solidifying the company's dedication to social impact and embedding its responsible business plan, Citizen Verizon, throughout the marketing organization.
Canadian model and actress Sabrina Dhowre Elba is a UN Goodwill Ambassador for IFAD. She recently visited an IFAD-supported project in Sierra Leone and has dedicated her efforts as IFAD Goodwill Ambassador to the challenges faced by rural women and girls. Born in Canada, of Somali descent, she also works with a variety of civil society organizations, including Conservation International, on environmental issues. She is passionate about gender equality and promoting the empowerment of women and girls worldwide.
Dame Karen Pierce DCMG is the British Ambassador to the USA. Prior to arriving in DC, Karen Pierce was the United Kingdom's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York since March 2018. Prior to this role, Karen served as the Director General for Political Affairs and Chief Operating Officer of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London from 2016.
Sawsan Chebli is a German politician, she is former spokesperson to the German Federal Foreign minister and permanent Secretary for Active Citizenship and International Relations and State of Berlin Delegate to the Federation. Sawsan has more than ten years of experience in shaping debates and policies on identity politics, migration, Muslims in Western societies. She is a strong advocate for fighting racism, right-wing extremism, anti-Semitism and strengthening social cohesion and democracy.
These appointees will sit alongside existing members of Global Citizen's Board of Directors. The Global Board is Co-Chaired by Chris Stadler, Managing Partner, CVC Capital Partners, and Fran Katsoudas, EVP and Chief People, Policy & Purpose Officer, Cisco. The Europe Board is Co-Chaired by John Reid, President, Live Nation Europe - Concerts. A full list of Global Citizen's Board members is available here.
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NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. f/k/a Peridot Acquisition Corp. ("Li-Cycle" or the "Company") (NYSE: LICY) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Li-Cycle investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between February 16, 2021 and March 23, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
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LICY 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: (1) Li-Cycle's largest customer, Traxys, is not actually a customer, but merely a broker providing working capital financial to the Company while Traxys tries to sell Li-Cycle's product to end customers; (2) the Company engaged in highly questionable related party transactions; (3) the Company's mark-to-model accounting is vulnerable to abuse and gave a false impression of growth; (4) a significant portion of the Company's reported revenues were derived from simply marking up receivables on products that had not been sold; (5) the Company's gross margins have likely been negative since inception; (6) the Company will require an additional $1 billion of funding to support its planned growth (which is a figure greater than the Company raised via the merger); and (7) as a result, Defendants' public statements were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Li-Cycle during the relevant time frame, you have until June 20, 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.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
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OMAHA, Neb. – Equipment that failed before a freight train hauling toxic chemicals derailed in eastern Ohio is the focus Friday on the second day of a rare federal hearing in the small town closest to the accident.
The National Transportation Safety Board said in its preliminary report that an overheating wheel bearing likely caused the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment that sent a plume of toxic black smoke into the sky. Several tank cars were damaged in the crash, and officials decided that five of them containing vinyl chloride needed to be blown open to release the chemical and prevent an explosion.
Roughly half the 5,000 residents of nearby East Palestine had to evacuate their homes as a result. State and federal officials have said the air and water around town is safe, but residents continue to worry about the long-term health effects from the derailment.
On Thursday, first responders and others testified about the difficulties they encountered in identifying the train's cargo and reviewed why officials decided to release and burn the toxic chemicals. On Friday, residents, local officials and others are hearing testimony about the wheel bearings, trackside detectors and tank cars.
The NTSB will determine the cause of the derailment but that report is not expected until at least a year after the derailment.
Mike Rush with the Association of American Railroads trade group testified Friday morning that railroads have eliminated most derailments involving overheating bearings by using trackside detectors designed to spot them before they can cause a crash, but that the system is not failsafe, as illustrated by the derailment in Ohio this year.
The NTSB has said that the overheating bearing triggered an alarm, but that the crew didn't have a chance to stop the train before the derailment.
Rush said nearly every hazardous materials shipment that railroads haul arrives safely, but even one derailment involving those chemicals can be disastrous.
“The Feb 3 derailment is a stark reminder of the railroad industry’s responsibility to the communities in which we operate. The railroads are taking what happened here with the utmost seriousness,” Rush said.
Jason Cox with the Transportation Communications Union testified that the railcar that caused the derailment wasn't inspected by Norfolk Southern even though it passed through three railyards where qualified inspectors were working. Cox said a detailed inspection by a carmen might have caught the problem and prevented the derailment.
But Rush said a visual inspection won't typically find a damaged bearing because they are sealed inside the railcar's axle. The industry relies on trackside detectors to spot overheating bearings.
Norfolk Southern and all the major freight railroads have announced plan to add more trackside detectors and review what temperature should set off an alarm. But federal regulators and Congress have called on the industry to do more.
The Environmental Protection Agency and Ohio officials continue to oversee the cleanup of contaminated soil and water. | 2023-06-23T15:53:54+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/news/national/2023/06/23/ntsb-hearing-focuses-on-equipment-that-failed-before-fiery-ohio-derailment/ |
LONDON — Twitter reported a quarterly loss Friday and declining revenue caught Wall Street off guard with the number of people using the platform on the rise.
It was worse than industry analysts had anticipated.
The company lost $270 million in the April-June period, or 8 cents per share. Wall Street was expecting a per-share profit of 14 cents, according to a poll by FactSet.
Inflation has crimped advertising spending and that was a huge drag on Twitter’s quarterly revenue, which slid 1% to $1.18 billion. The company also cited “uncertainty” over the acquisition by Musk.
Twitter is holding no calls with analysts and will not publish a letter to shareholders, as is the norm, because of the pending acquisition.
The underlying numbers at Twitter, however, were good. The number of daily active users rose 16.6% to 237.8 million compared with the same period a year before.
Those numbers are particularly impressive in the wake of a quarterly earnings report late Thursday from the social media company Snap.
Snap also saw advertising tumble in the high-inflationary environment and shares plunged more than 30% Friday before the opening bell.
“When compared to the nightmare quarter of SNAP last night, it shows digital ad spending is not falling off a cliff like feared which is a positive for others in the space such as Facebook, Pinterest, and Google,” wrote Dan Ives, who covers technology for Wedbush.
Shares of Twitter Inc. slipped about 1% early Friday amid a broader sell-off on the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite.
The stock reaction may also be muted because the fight with Musk has overshadowed almost everything. Twitter is attempting to force Musk to make good on his April promise to buy the company for $44 billion. Twitter last week sued Musk to complete the deal and both sides are bracing for an October courtroom trial to resolve the dispute.
The April-June fiscal quarter encompassed a tumultuous three months for Twitter, starting with the April 4 disclosure that Musk had acquired a huge stake in the company, paving the way for his takeover bid later that month. It didn’t take long for the relationship to fray as Musk publicly tweeted his concerns about Twitter and its employees and signaled he was having second thoughts.
Twitter argued in court that Musk’s actions in and his “repeated disparagement of Twitter and its personnel” created uncertainty that harmed Twitter’s business operations, employees and stock price.
It called for an expedited trial so the company could carry on with important business decisions, while Musk sought to wait until next year because of the complexity of the case and his demands for more of Twitter’s internal data about how it counts fake and automated “spam bot” accounts — which he’s cited as a chief reason for trying to terminate the deal.
A judge this week set the trial for October, siding with Twitter’s concerns that too much delay could cause the company irreparable harm. It will be held in Delaware’s Court of Chancery, which handles many high-profile business disputes, unless Musk and Twitter settle the case before then. | 2022-07-22T13:42:30+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/twitter-posts-270m-quarterly-loss-as-revenue-slips/2022/07/22/d4e9a7ac-09b8-11ed-80b6-43f2bfcc6662_story.html |
The Senate voted to open debate on a landmark tax, climate change and drug-price bill during a rare Saturday session that is expected to continue late into the night.
The $437 billion, 755-page bill, a slimmed down version of President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar domestic agenda, is on track for passage after a year of wrangling with two holdout Democrats, Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, over the contents of the package.
“This is one of the most consequential and impactful bills Congress has seen in decades,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said as the debate and a marathon slog through scores of proposed amendments got underway.
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The vote was 51-50 with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie. Vermont Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy arrived via wheelchair to cast the vote, after being absent for weeks due to hip surgery.
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The legislation would allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices for the first time, starting with 10 high-priced drugs by the middle of this decade and expanding from there. It would cap out of pocket drug costs for seniors enrolled in Part D at $2,000 per year and their spending on insulin at $35 per month. Savings from these lower drug prices is used to pay for three years of subsidized Obamacare premiums. Without an extension, discounted premiums made available during the Covid-19 pandemic are set to expire in January.
The bill would also provide roughly $374 billion in climate and energy spending, including on expanded tax credits for the purchase of electric vehicles and to fund renewable energy projects. Funding for this comes from the establishment of a 15% corporate minimum tax on large firms, a 1% excise tax on the value of stock buybacks and revenue gained from an $80 billion boost to the Internal Revenue Service budget for tax enforcement.
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Manchin, of West Virginia, agreed to the outline of the deal last month in a surprise deal he negotiated in secret with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and after he secured funding for coal-related projects, requirements that public lands be opened to fossil fuel projects when opened for renewable projects, and a promise to pass a separate bill easing environmental reviews of energy projects.
Arizona Senator Sinema endorsed it this week after a proposal to narrow a the carried interest loophole was dropped and an exception to the minimum corporate tax was made for accelerated depreciation tax deductions used by many manufacturers. She also helped win a $4 billion boost to the Bureau of Reclamation to address a severe drought in the Colorado River basin.
Democrats are using a fast-track budget process to bypass Republicans, who are united in opposition to the bill and who say its tax increases and spending could worsen inflation and a looming recession.
“Hundreds of billions of dollars in tax hikes during a recession will kill jobs,” Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday on the Senate floor. “The American people don’t want hundreds of billions of dollars in Green New Deal waste.”
Democrats responded with their own studies which show small inflation decreases over time due to the bill.
The fast-track process was activated when Democrats last August adopted a fiscal 2022 budget resolution with the goal of quickly enacting a $3.5 trillion measure with major changes to the social safety net and increased taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
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Months of negotiations with Manchin collapsed in December when he walked away from a $2 trillion version of Biden’s agenda which would have provided paid family leave, expanded child tax credits, expanded Medicaid coverage, childcare subsidies and Medicare hearing coverage.
The budget process comes with certain procedural quirks, including giving Republicans the chance to offer unlimited amendments in what’s known as a vote-a-rama. The GOP has promised to make the process of passing the bill this weekend “hell,” and Democrats expect to stay in session overnight to tire out the opposition and discourage further amendment votes.
Democrats said they are hoping that Republicans will not use all 10 hours of debate they are entitled to on Saturday and refrain from other procedural delays. GOP tactics will determine whether final vote occurs late Saturday, on Sunday, or later. Sunday is seen as the most likely.
Passage of the bill would be a major victory for Biden, even though he played a more limited role in the final talks than he did last year when trying to secure passage of a much larger version of the bill.
It would also be a coup for Schumer after the Biden agenda appeared entirely stalled by party infighting this spring. Schumer cited a series of recent legislative victories, including passage of a new gun law, veterans health benefits and a bill boosting US semiconductor manufacturing. | 2022-08-07T00:33:14+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/06/nation/senate-votes-start-debating-dems-climate-energy-health-tax-bill-biden-priorities-clear-initial-hurdle/ |
Pacific season’s 1st hurricane aims at Mexico tourist zone
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Agatha, the first of the eastern Pacific season, headed for a stretch of tourist beaches and fishing towns on Mexico’s southern coast Monday amid warnings of dangerous storm surge and flooding from heavy rains.
After forming on Sunday, Agatha quickly gained power, and it was predicted to make landfall as a strong Category 2 hurricane Monday afternoon or evening, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
It was moving toward the area near Puerto Escondido and Puerto Angel in the southern state of Oaxaca — a region that includes the laid-back tourist resorts of Huatulco, Mazunte and Zipolite.
The hurricane center said Agatha could “bring an extremely dangerous storm surge and life-threatening winds.”
Early Monday, Agatha had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 kph) — just 1 mph under the threshold for a Category 3, the hurricane center said. The storm’s center was about 65 miles (110 kilometers) southwest of Puerto Angel and heading to the northeast at 6 mph (9 kph).
Little change in strength was expected before the storm makes landfall, according to the hurricane center. A hurricane warning was in effect between the port of Salina Cruz and the Lagunas de Chacahua.
The civil defense office in Oaxaca published photos Sunday of fishermen hauling their boats up on beaches to protect them from the storm as the initial bands moved over land.
Municipal authorities in Huatulco ordered “the absolute closure” of all the resort’s beaches and its famous seven bays, many of which are reachable only by boat. They also closed local schools and began setting up emergency storm shelters.
To the west in Zipolite, long known for its clothing-optional beach and bohemian vibe, personnel at the small Casa Kalmar hotel gathered up outdoor furniture and put up wooden storm shutters to prevent strong winds from blowing out glass windows and doors.
“The biggest worry here is the wind,” hotel manager Silvia Ranfagni said.
With only one guest — and plenty of cancellations due to the hurricane — Ranfagni planned to ride out Agatha at the property, which is three or four blocks from the beach.
“I’m going to shut myself in here with my animals,” she said, referring to her dog and cats.
The government’s Mexican Turtle Center — a former slaughterhouse turned conservation center in Mazunte — announced it was closed to visitors until further notice because of the hurricane.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm was expected to drop 10 to 16 inches (250 to 400 millimeters) of rain on parts of Oaxaca, with isolated maximums of 20 inches (500 millimeters), posing the threat of flash floods and mudslides.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-05-30T13:55:55+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/2022/05/30/seasons-1st-hurricane-aims-heavy-hit-mexico-tourist-zone/ |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
05-34-37-39-45
(five, thirty-four, thirty-seven, thirty-nine, forty-five)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
05-34-37-39-45
(five, thirty-four, thirty-seven, thirty-nine, forty-five) | 2022-08-07T03:53:14+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17357046.php |
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke won an unexpectedly tight race Thursday to become the Republican nominee in the race for a new U.S. House seat representing western Montana, a victory that comes after days of hand-counting ballots in one county.
Zinke defeated former state Sen. Al “Doc” Olszewski by just over 1,600 votes out of 84,500 cast in the race, or 1.9 percentage points, according to preliminary numbers. Unofficial results had Zinke with 35,241 votes to 33,633 for Olszewski.
Zinke won “despite facing more than a million dollars of negative advertising against him” by three Republicans, two Democratic candidates and a Democratic Super-PAC, his campaign said in a statement.
In a statement, Zinke thanked former President Donald Trump and others for their endorsements, as well as western Montana residents for their “confidence that America can be fixed and for ignoring” the political attacks.
Olszewski called Zinke to concede the race.
“We started as a big underdog and ran a race based on the conservative principles of our Republican Party,” Olszewski said in a statement, thanking those who voted for him.
Zinke was one of five Republicans on the primary ballot for the open seat, which Montana gained this year thanks to its growing population.
Zinke served as Interior Department secretary under Trump, and his rivals have been drawing attention to a troubled tenure that was marked by multiple ethics investigations. One investigation determined Zinke lied to an agency ethics official about his continued involvement in a commercial real estate deal in his hometown. Federal prosecutors declined to pursue criminal charges.
Despite Trump’s endorsement, Zinke also faced a smear campaign over his military service from the extreme right wing of his party and questions about his residency following revelations that his wife declared a house in California as her primary residence, qualifying her for a tax break.
Zinke, a former Navy SEAL, was considered a de facto incumbent since he twice won elections for the state’s other House seat before stepping down in 2017 to join the Trump administration.
Olszewski, an orthopedic surgeon and hardline conservative, tried to paint Zinke as a “liberal insider.”
The political dynamics reflect the GOP’s sharp right turn that meant Zinke’s status as a former Cabinet member wasn’t enough for some in his party. They said he was too soft on guns and didn’t do enough to build Trump’s envisioned wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. His wife’s residence declaration boosted long-standing suspicions that Zinke spends most of his time outside Montana.
Zinke doesn’t deny that his wife is a California resident, and he acknowledges holding fundraisers there. He raised a total of $2.5 million through the end of March, almost as much as all other candidates from both parties combined, about 80% from out-of-state donors.
The outcome in the close race was delayed after Lincoln County realized a vendor had printed ballots on the wrong sized paper, meaning they could not be run through a machine tabulator and had to be counted by hand. The hand count began Tuesday and wrapped up late Thursday afternoon.
In November, Zinke will face Olympic rower and attorney Monica Tranel, who won the Democratic primary for the U.S. House seat. | 2022-06-10T21:05:50+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/politics/ryan-zinke-wins-gop-nod-in-race-for-new-montana-house-seat/ |
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Keno" game were:
03-04-12-22-24-30-31-32-33-40-49-54-56-57-60-61-66-72-73-76
(three, four, twelve, twenty-two, twenty-four, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, forty, forty-nine, fifty-four, fifty-six, fifty-seven, sixty, sixty-one, sixty-six, seventy-two, seventy-three, seventy-six) | 2022-11-29T05:03:30+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Keno-game-17617256.php |
Colossal failures in government always produce the same hackneyed response. The culprits say there’s plenty of blame to go around.
Not this time. Blame for the costly, crazy gerrymandering of congressional districts falls on Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and her fellow Democrats who control the Legislature.
Led by Sen. Joe Cervantes of Las Cruces, Democrats reshaped the state’s three congressional districts in ridiculous ways for maximum political gain. Lujan Grisham signed the bill into law, inviting litigation. She got it.
Various Republicans and Tim Jennings, the Democratic mayor of Roswell, sued to invalidate the newly drawn districts.
Cervantes months ago told me the lawsuit would go nowhere in a hurry. He was as wrong as a politician could be.
The state Supreme Court this week kept the lawsuit alive. That’s a win for good government and a tacit denunciation of cutthroat maneuvers in the Capitol.
With its ruling, the Supreme Court sent the lawsuit back to a district judge in Eastern New Mexico to “resolve” the matter by Oct. 1.
Litigants trying to undo the political pretzels concocted by Democratic legislators have a strong case.
One of New Mexico’s redrawn congressional districts resembles a map of Florida. It sprawls across more than 500 miles, placing Farmington and part of Hobbs in the same district. The rest of Hobbs was shifted to a different district to dilute the city’s support of Republicans.
Democratic legislators and Lujan Grisham also divided Roswell into two districts. Roswell is the seat of Chaves County, which was splintered into three districts.
With their maneuvers, Democrats destroyed much of the base of then-Congresswoman Yvette Herrell, a Republican.
Of the 16,000 Chaves County residents who voted in congressional elections last fall, only 77 were in Herrell’s redrawn district. Seventy-six of them voted for her.
Not only did Democrats diminish Herrell’s strongholds, they added a section of more liberal Bernalillo County to her 2nd Congressional District. Herrell’s opponent, Democrat Gabe Vasquez, carried Bernalillo County by 9,000 votes.
All the changes enabled Vasquez to return Herrell to private life. He defeated her by 1,350 votes of 192,000 cast.
With Vasquez’s election, Democrats hold all three of New Mexico’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. That was the mission of the redistricting bill, no matter what is said in or out of courtrooms.
None of my analysis should suggest I’m a fan of Herrell. In her only term in Congress, her first decision was to vote against certifying Democratic President Joe Biden’s victories in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
Herrell wanted to discard the votes of 5 million people who chose Biden instead of Republican Donald Trump. She regurgitated Trump’s unfounded complaints of election fraud in states she knew nothing about.
Given Herrell’s track record for trying to trample the rights of voters, it’s almost impossible to empathize with her about redistricting. Almost.
The Democratic state Legislature engineered Herrell’s defeat with the boundary changes. Lujan Grisham sealed an unfair system with her signature, all the while making an incredible claim.
The governor said redistricting didn’t favor either political party.
Cervantes told me the changes made all three congressional districts more competitive. He also claimed it’s an advantage for a city to be splintered into different districts.
Carve up a community, and it receives attention from two members of Congress instead of one.
His account is impossible to accept.
Howls of protest would fill the Plaza if Republicans controlled the Legislature and they divided Santa Fe into two congressional districts.
The only reason to make that change would be to dilute Santa Fe’s voting strength for Democrats, thereby providing a Republican with a path to Congress.
With their gerrymandering, Democrats made it plain they didn’t care about preserving communities of interest in southeastern New Mexico. Their mission was to pick up a congressional seat.
The power play has been interrupted by the Supreme Court.
Too bad public money and resources will continue to be wasted litigating a case that never should have existed.
If the Democrats win, the state’s congressional districts will continue to look like salamanders and jagged pieces of a puzzle.
If they lose and a sense of balance is restored, Herrell might end up back in Congress.
Both prospects are unappealing, but the choice is easy. I’m rooting for a court to toss out Frankenstein’s monster.
In one swoop, a judge can restore communities of interest and invalidate the machine-style politics of the Legislature.
Ringside Seat is an opinion column about people, politics and news. Contact Milan Simonich at msimonich@sfnewmexican.com or 505-986-3080. | 2023-07-08T04:35:44+00:00 | santafenewmexican.com | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/state-supreme-court-rings-up-a-win-for-fair-play/article_ea0e3c68-19b3-11ee-af40-5fe8cde64e5e.html |
Lyft co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer are relinquishing their leadership roles to make way for a former Amazon executive as the ride-hailing service struggles to recover from the pandemic while long-time rival Uber has been regaining its momentum.
Under the new order announced Monday, Green will step down as Lyft's CEO effective April 17 and Zimmer will give up his role as the San Francisco company's president at the end of June.
David Risher, who helped build Amazon into an e-commerce powerhouse, will replace Green as CEO. Green will remain involved with Lyft as its non-executive chairman while Zimmer will be vice chairman after he leaves management.
The shake-up comes about a month after Lyft disclosed that it suffered a $588 million loss for the final three months of last year, more than doubling from the same 2021 period, and provided a dismal outlook for 2023. That deepened a downturn in Lyft's stock, which has pushed its shares below $10, a roughly 80% drop from their price at the end of 2019, just a few months before the declaration of a global pandemic brought the demand for ride-hailing services to a screeching halt.
While Uber's ridership has bounced back to pre-pandemic levels, Lyft hasn’t yet found a way to get back on track, causing its losses to mount and investors to bail of its stock. Uber diversified its operations to include food delivery — a popular option during government lockdowns that kept people in the habit of opening the Uber app.
In a research note, Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives described Lyft's past six months as a "train wreck" that dictated a change in command. He said Risher had so much work in front of him that Lyft might eventually explore a sale. A deal wouldn't cost as much as it would have a few years ago, given Lyft's current market value has fallen below $4 billion, down from about $14 billion at the end of 2019.
In a prepared statement, Risher said he was “gobsmacked” when he was first approached about becoming Lyft’s CEO and is now “prepared to take this business to new levels of success.”
Hired as Amazon's 37th employee, Risher proved so instrumental to the Seattle company that when he left its founder, Jeff Bezos, posted a thank you note crediting Risher for helping to create a business that "is all about: working hard, having fun, making history."
With consumers curtailing e-commerce shopping following the pandemic, Amazon has announced 27,000 layoffs since late last year.
Risker had been running a San Francisco nonprofit called Worldreader focused on helping young children to read.
Uber, also based in San Francisco, went through a far more tumultuous change in leadership in 2017 when its co-founder Travis Kalanick was forced out in a high-profile power struggle that was dramatized last year in a TV series on Showtime. Uber is now run by Dara Khosrowshahi, who has been trying to turn the company into the transportation equivalent of Amazon. | 2023-03-28T01:14:31+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/business/2023/03/27/lyft-to-pick-up-new-ceo-amid-deepening-post-pandemic-losses/ |
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Officials say nine people died over the holiday weekend from likely drug overdoses in a rural Florida Panhandle county.
After two women were found dead of an apparent overdose on Friday, the Tallahassee Democrat reports that the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office put out an alert seeking the public's help to warn others of the possibly polluted drug supply. Gadsden County is located northwest of Tallahassee.
Sheriff Morris A. Young said investigators believe the deaths are related to fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid used as a pain medication. County officials said they've confirmed seven of the deaths, while two others remain under investigation. No arrests were immediately announced. | 2022-07-06T02:58:47+00:00 | wsfltv.com | https://www.wsfltv.com/news/national/officials-nine-fatal-drug-overdoses-in-rural-florida-county |
What are must-have kitchen appliances?
From a house to an apartment to somewhere in between, the kitchen is often the heart of any gathering. On weeknights, kids do their homework on the counter while you’re preparing dinner, and there’s just something about a warm kitchen that makes party guests feel comfortable while snacking and conversing.
However, if you don’t have the right kitchen appliances to prepare dinner or appetizers, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed or trapped by extra tasks. The right kitchen gadgets can also take your cooking to the next level. So, whether you’re looking to expand your culinary skills or want to spend more time relaxing and less time cooking, here are some incredible kitchen appliances you’ll never cook without again.
How to choose kitchen appliances for your home
Determine your needs
While a few kitchen appliances are a must-have for every kitchen, you should stock your kitchen with gadgets that are most useful for your needs and cooking skill set. Determining your needs will also help determine where you should spend the most money. For example, if you often make smoothies, invest in a quality blender that will last. Or, if you bake bread or make cookies every day, a KitchenAid mixer will save you a lot of time.
Be mindful of your space
Whether you have an apartment kitchen or a large cooking area, you need to be mindful of your space. If you have a tiny kitchen, you may want to opt for multi-purpose cookers like an Instant Pot or air fryer. However, if you have ample room, be mindful that some large appliances may not fit in standard cupboards.
Consider how easy it is to use
Even if you find an appliance useful, you may not reach for it often if it requires a lengthy clean-up process or needs to be put in storage because of its large size. Consider all aspects, including how to clean your kitchen appliances, where you need to store them and if it makes your life easier.
Must-have kitchen appliances
Affordable kitchen appliances
Presto 22-inch Electric Griddle With Removable Handles
Instead of using several pans or cooking your meal in batches, this electric griddle will help you get out of the kitchen faster. Its 22- by 11-inch cooking surface is ideal for making a large batch of pancakes, several quesadillas, grilled cheese sandwiches or eggs for the entire family. With removable handles, it’s also convenient to store and fits in most kitchen cabinets.
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Hamilton Beach Electric Tea Kettle
If you fancy a cup of tea in the morning, or anytime at all for that matter, here’s something to help you get that cozy cup in quickly. This cordless, stainless steel electric tea kettle boils water in no time at all and has an auto-shutoff feature. Think of this for college dorms as well.
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Mueller Ultra-Stick 9-Speed Immersion Hand Blender
Once you have an immersion blender, you’ll never want to go without it ever again. From pureeing soups to beating eggs to making whipped cream, this versatile immersion blender has a ton of uses. In addition to the motor body, it comes with several attachment heads, including a blender, egg whisk and milk frother.
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Hamilton Beach Electric Indoor Searing Grill
Using a large outdoor grill every day can be time-consuming and impractical for apartment living or bad weather. This compact indoor grill delivers consistent results on your favorite foods and provides those signature grill marks. Since the grill plate, hood and drip tray are all removable and dishwasher-safe, you’ll spend less time cleaning.
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Midrange kitchen appliances
COSORI Air Fryer Oven Combo 5.8QT Max XL
Whether you need to heat up french fries, make healthier chicken wings or cook veggies, this air fryer can do it all. With a 5.8-quart basket, it’s big enough to fit an entire 5-pound chicken or enough for three to five people. As a bonus, the basket has a nonstick coating and is dishwasher-safe.
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Anova Culinary Nano Sous Vide Precision Cooker
While most people are unfamiliar with a precision cooker, it’s a must-have appliance for cooking meat, eggs or vegetables. Because it circulates water at a precise temperature, your food cooks perfectly every single time. Plus, it’s small enough to keep in a drawer.
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Instant Pot Duo Plus 9-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker
This versatile appliance can replace your slow cooker, rice cooker, steamer, saute pan and more, making it ideal for small kitchens or anyone looking to streamline their cooking. It features quick one-touch programs and cooks your favorite meals up to 70% faster than traditional methods.
Instead of having a single-serve Keurig and a pot coffee maker, this model combines the best of both to make coffee for your whole family or just yourself. Whether you’re making a single cup or an entire carafe, there are several options to choose from. Plus, the drip cover can be removed to allow for large travel cups.
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High-end kitchen appliances
Breville Smart Oven Pro Countertop Convection Oven
Whether your regular oven is full or you want to toast up to six pieces of bread quickly, this convection oven is ideal. It has 10 cooking functions, including toast, bagel, bake, roast, broil, pizza and more. You can also slow cook a meal for up to 10 hours before switching to a warm setting.
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KitchenAid Tilt-Head 5-Quart Artisan Stand Mixer
One of the most coveted and long-lasting kitchen appliances is the KitchenAid Stand Mixer. This 5-quart model can mix up to nine dozen cookies or four loaves of bread at once. Plus, there are separate attachments available to make pasta, spiralize or grind meat.
Ninja BL770 Mega Kitchen System
This Ninja Mega Kitchen System includes a 1500-watt motor base, 72-ounce powerful crushing pitcher, 64-ounce food processor, two 16-ounce ninja cups with to-go lids and several blades. Plus, all the parts are BPA-free and dishwasher-safe.
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Seasoned executive tapped to lead global marketing and product-led growth strategy
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NinjaOne, the first unified IT management platform for MSPs and IT departments, today announced that Shay Mowlem has joined as the company's first-ever Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer. Mowlem will oversee global marketing functions and lead the company's product-led growth strategy and strategic partnerships. Mowlem brings over 25 years of experience at high-growth enterprise technology companies such as Rubrik, MuleSoft, and Splunk.
"NinjaOne is focused on helping businesses worldwide modernize their IT capabilities and drive efficiencies through automation and exceptional user experiences. As we continue to expand our product roadmap and global footprint, Shay's proven leadership for guiding SaaS companies through accelerated growth will be an invaluable asset," said NinjaOne CEO Sal Sferlazza. "I'm thrilled to bring Shay on board. His unique blend of marketing and product leadership experience makes him well suited to lead NinjaOne's next phase of growth."
Mowlem joins NinjaOne from Illumio, where he served as Chief Marketing Officer. He led the company through a global go-to-market transformation that included innovative strategies to increase demand creation programs, build brand awareness, and create the company's Zero Trust Segmentation category. Previously, Mowlem served in executive marketing and product roles at Rubrik, MuleSoft, and Splunk, where he led each of the companies through significant growth.
"NinjaOne is the largest independent company focused on helping MSPs and internal IT professionals to monitor, manage, and support their devices. As flexible working environments become permanent and the number of devices and applications continues to grow, NinjaOne's mission to help unify IT operations is timely and critical," said Shay Mowlem, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, NinjaOne. "I'm excited to be part of the NinjaOne team, and I look forward to supporting our customers on their journey towards IT modernization."
About NinjaOne
NinjaOne is a leading unified IT management solution that simplifies the way IT teams work. With NinjaOne, MSPs and IT departments can automate, manage, and remediate all their endpoint management tasks within one fast, modern, intuitive platform, improving technician efficiency and user satisfaction. NinjaOne supports over 9,000 customers around the world, and is consistently ranked #1 for its world-class customer support. NinjaOne has been recognized as the best rated software in its category on G2 and Gartner Digital Markets for the past three years.
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Hong Kong authorities on Friday were investigating the cause of a huge blaze that broke out overnight at a construction site in a popular shopping district and forced 170 people in nearby buildings to evacuate.
No deaths or injuries have been reported after the fire erupted at the Mariners’ Club redevelopment project in the densely populated Tsim Sha Tsui district at about 11 p.m. Thursday. Multiple floors of the structure — including scaffolding — were on fire, and burning debris floated in the air.
The Empire Group's redevelopment plan was to build a 42-story architectural landmark to house the historic Mariners’ Club and a new hotel, the firm's website said.
The fire was largely extinguished by 8:30 a.m., deputy chief fire officer Keung Sai-ming said. Firefighters had battled the blaze for around nine hours.
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When firefighters arrived at the scene Thursday night, flames were seen on multiple floors of the building but only temporary firefighting equipment was available, Keung said.
“The building is still under construction, so firefighting equipment commonly found in other buildings is not ready for use yet," he said. “We needed a large number of people to supply water to the very high floors to fight the fire, so we faced many challenges.”
The construction materials there, including wooden boards and metal bars, also made it difficult for fire crews to move around, he added.
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The site is surrounded by a shopping center, several hotels and some residential and commercial buildings. Earlier in the night, crowds of onlookers gathered on the street to watch the operation that involved 250 firefighters and paramedics.
“Yesterday night was quite windy. The burning debris was blown towards five buildings by our count,” Keung said. “Two of the buildings, namely a hotel and a commercial building, saw part of their balconies catch on fire. Fortunately, our officers on standby quickly extinguished them.”
As dawn broke, the fire was less serious than it had been hours earlier, although flames could still be seen on multiple floors. The structure’s exterior walls were blackened and parts of its scaffolding appeared shaky.
People staying in three buildings close to the scene had to be evacuated, police said.
One person who stayed in a nearby building was startled and felt sick, and was later sent to a hospital, authorities said. Another resident also felt sick near the scene and went to the hospital, they added.
Tsim Sha Tsui is a tourist and shopping area in Kowloon, and is famous for its skyscrapers and an iconic view of the city’s Victoria Harbor.
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This story has been updated to reflect that balconies of two buildings were caught on fire, not rooftops. | 2023-03-03T12:20:26+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/massive-hong-kong-blaze-consumes-skyscraper-in-shopping-district/2985484/ |
The wonder of music By Rob Stein Published July 25, 2023 01:35 PM Facebook Twitter Listen • 4:38 NPR's Weekly Dose of Wonder explores the wonder of music in this installment. Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-07-25T21:53:13+00:00 | kpcc.org | https://www.kpcc.org/2023-07-25/the-wonder-of-music |
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Two men were arrested after a video footage outside a local bar caught the police department’s attention, police said.
His black shirt is ripped and he runs for help, but men catch him and continue the assault.
Domingo Gonzalez, 23; and Canek Guerra, 25; were taken into custody on charges of robbery and engaging in organized criminal activity, according to the Brownsville Police Department on Monday.
Gonzalez was arrested Jan. 10, and Guerra was arrested Jan. 19, police said.
The charges stem from an investigation that started Jan. 2 after a social media post uploaded a video of a man being beaten by other men outside of a bar at the 3100 block of Pablo Kisel Boulevard in Brownsville.
In the video, multiple men are seen beating on a man in a dark SUV that is parked at night outside a Brownsville club. The men in the video get into the vehicle, beating on the man from both the open passenger doors and open driver door window for several moments before the men slides forward under the open door to crawl away.
The video got the attention of Brownsville Police Department, which has investigated other instances of social media videos showing crimes unfold.
“The victim filed a report with officers about the video where several males assaulted him,” the police department said Monday.
Police said the men took the victim’s phone, jewelry and car keys–and attempted to take the vehicle but other people stopped them.
According to police, people identified one of the men in the video as Gonzales and a warrant for his arrest was issued.
“The case detective managed to identify two other subjects by the video and issued warrants for both,” Brownsville PD said.
On Jan. 10, an officer conducted a traffic stop of a speeding vehicle and the driver was identified as Gonzalez, who taken into custody on a warrant related to the investigation, police said.
On Jan. 19, the U.S. Marshalls Fugitive Task Force found Guerra at the 1300 block of W. Saint Francis, police said.
Both Gonzalez and Guerra have a total bond of $225,000 each. | 2023-01-23T20:45:07+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/social-media-post-results-in-2-men-arrested-for-assault-police-say/ |
LAKELAND, Fla., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lawton M. Chiles Jr., Center for Florida History is proud to announce the 2022-23 Florida Lecture Series lineup.
The six speakers offer an eclectic view of distinct periods and important events that have helped shape Florida's rich history.
"Our series this year includes topics as diverse as Florida's Banking Crash of 1926, stories of Cuban exiles in the 1960s, Tampa's Rock and Roll scene in the 1970s, stories of violence on Florida's cattle frontier, and finally on March 16, 2023, local favorite Bob Kealing will conclude our series with "1964, the year the Beatles rocked Florida!" Florida Southern Professor of History and the Director of the Lawton M. Chiles Jr., Center for Florida History Dr. James M. Denham said.
The Lawton M. Chiles, Jr., Florida Lecture Series is a forum that brings speakers to the Florida Southern College campus to explore Florida life and culture through a wide range of disciplines, including history, public affairs, law, sociology, criminology, anthropology, literature, and art. The overall objective of the series is to bring members of the community, the faculty, and the student body together to interact with and learn from leading scholars in their fields.
All lectures will start at 7 p.m. and be delivered in Branscomb Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. The talks are free and open to the public.
Kicking off this year's Florida Lecture Series will be returning speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jack E. Davis on Sept. 15. Davis is the Rothman Family Chair in the Humanities at the University of Florida. Davis has previously spoken about environmental topics and this time will be no different as he offers a glimpse into his new book The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird. In this book, Davis explores the history and significance of the Bald Eagle, and includes stories of the founding fathers, rapacious hunters, heroic bird rescuers and the lives of the majestic animals themselves.
Florida State University Professor Dr. Raymond Vickers will take the stage at Branscomb on Oct. 6. Dr. Vickers is a lawyer and entrepreneur with a long history of studying and understanding the economic ebb and flow of financial systems. His lecture will focus on Florida's Banking Crash of 1926, a pivotal national catastrophe connected to the Florida land boom of the 1920s that contributed to the New York Stock Market Crash of 1929.
On Nov. 17, former reporter and lawyer David L. Powell will deliver a talk on his book Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memories of Early Cuban Exiles. The book and lecture gives insight into the influx of Cuban refugees that fled Fidel Castro's regime for a chance at a better life in the United States. Powell's work also gives historical background that illuminates a pivotal period in the context of the Cold War and how the US government's Cuban Refugee Assistance Program had far-reaching effects on refugee policy, bilingual education and child welfare programs.
Rollins College History Professor Claire Strom will be in the Hollis Room to start the Spring 2023 semester's history lecture portion. Strom is a published author and a specialist in agricultural history, the American South, the Progressive Era, and public health. The topic of Strom's lecture will be Violence in the Rural South: Murder, Ticks and Cows, where she will look at Florida cattle farmers' sometimes violent reaction to mandatory tick eradication treatment by the government.
Music dominates the final two lectures of the 2022-23 series.
Former Florida Southern student Rick Norcross will share stories and songs from his venerable career as a musician and journalist. Norcross' talk "From Florida Southern College to London to Janis Joplin, Elvis Presley, Elton John & Mick Jagger," tells his story as he made his way from a freshman at Florida Southern to playing the folk clubs of England in 1965 to becoming a music journalist for the Tampa Bay Times during the late 60s and early 70s. Norcross' long career and multitude of experiences make for an exciting and entertaining night of music and stories.
Bob Kealing finishes the Florida Lecture Series slate with a look at one of the most iconic bands in the history of music, The Beatles. Kealing's book Good Day Sunshine State: How the Beatles Rocked Florida is a look into the nearly two weeks The Beatles spent in Florida during their watershed year of 1964. Kealing will discuss the little-known nexus between The Beatles, Martin Luther King Jr., and civil rights activism in Northeast Florida.
Founded in 1883, Florida Southern College is the oldest private college in the state. The College maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 70+ undergraduate programs and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, nursing, and physical therapy. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, is an award-winning national leader in engaged learning, and boasts 30 NCAA Division II National Championships. Florida Southern is ranked at #8 among the "Best Regional Universities in the South" by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 "Best Colleges" guide and is included in The Princeton Review's 2023 Best 388 Colleges guide and the "Fiske Guide to Colleges 2023." The 2022-2023 Colleges of Distinction guidebook praises Florida Southern's AACSB accredited Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise alongside the College's School of Education and its Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Poets&Quants, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, and The Princeton Review further laud the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise and the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences as foremost programs in the nation for business and nursing education. Home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, FSC has appeared on The Princeton Review's top 20 "Most Beautiful Campus" national listing for 13 consecutive years. Connect with Florida Southern College.
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Racial and ethnic disparities in advanced math and science skills occur far earlier in the U.S. than previously known. Our new study finds that 13% of white students and 16% of Asian students display advanced math skills by kindergarten. The contrasting percentage for both Black and Hispanic students is 4%.
These disparities then continue to occur throughout elementary school. By fifth grade, 13% of white students and 22% of Asian students display advanced math skills. About 2% of Black students and 3% of Hispanic students do so. Similar disparities occur in advanced science skills.
What explains these disparities? Factors that consistently explain these disparities include the family’s socioeconomic status – such as parental education and household income – and the student’s own understanding of math, science and reading during kindergarten.
We observed these findings in analyses of a nationally representative sample of about 11,000 U.S. elementary school students. The students were followed from the start of kindergarten until the end of fifth grade.
Why it matters
Fewer than 10% of U.S. scientists and engineers are Black or Hispanic.
Racial and ethnic disparities in advanced math and science skills are constraining the country’s scientific innovation and economic competitiveness. Students who display advanced math skills early are more likely to later obtain doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and math fields – collectively called STEM – and to become scientists or inventors.
Yet little has been known about how early racial and ethnic disparities in advanced math and science skills emerge. This information could help inform efforts to support students of color at a keytime of child development.
Currently, most efforts by researchers and policymakers to address Black and Hispanic underrepresentation in STEM begin in highschool or college. Yet minority students’ interest in STEM careers begins to decline by middle school, with many students viewing scientists as stereotypically white.
Recent work suggests that racial and ethnic disparities in advanced math skills are increasing in size in the U.S. by the upper elementary grades.
What still isn’t known
We were able to identify the factors that mostly explained disparities in advanced math or science skills between Hispanic and white students during elementary school. These factors included the family’s socioeconomic status, the student’s emerging bilingualism, and the student’s early knowledge about math, science and reading. However, these same factors explained only some of the disparities between Black and white students.
Other factors we did not study could be involved, including the greater likelihood of Black students to attend lower-qualityschools. The emerging bilingualism of many Hispanic students may help facilitate advanced STEM skills through greater mathematical reasoning, procedural learning and problem-solving.
To increase STEM representation in high school, college and the workforce, efforts by educators and policymakers to support talented students of color may need to begin by the elementary grades.
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NEW YORK, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BNY Mellon Wealth Management named Brian Dlug as its new head of deposits, succeeding Lynne Sawyer who now serves as the chief operating officer for the business. In this new role, Brian is overseeing the strategic approach for the development of banking products and product lines to ensure cohesion with business unit objectives. He is based in New York and reports to Rick Calero, head of banking and lending.
Prior to joining BNY Mellon Wealth Management, Brian was at Morgan Stanley for 12 years, where he most recently served as executive director, head of Cash Management & Bank Accounts. He was responsible for growing deposits through client engagement with Cash Management & Bank products. He also previously held a variety of senior positions at American Express, where he focused on banking, marketing, business analysis and other global finance areas of expertise.
"Brian is a demonstrated leader in banking and brings more than 25 years of experience to the firm," said Calero. "With his expertise in product and cash management, lending support and business development, he is well suited to help grow our banking business and support our Active Wealth framework."
Brian earned a Bachelor of Science from Villanova University and Master of Business Administration from Wake Forest University.
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A few weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ended affirmative action in college admissions. The ruling held that the race-conscious admission programs of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. It's now deemed unconstitutional for colleges — both public and private — to weigh race as a factor in who they should admit.
Affirmative action for minority kids may now be dead. But a blockbuster new study, released today, finds that, effectively, affirmative action for rich kids is alive and well. They may or may not always do it on purpose, but a group of the most prestigious private colleges in America are handing a massive admissions advantage to rich kids over less affluent kids — even when they have the same SAT scores and academic qualifications.
The study is by Raj Chetty and David J. Deming, of Harvard University, and John N. Friedman, of Brown University. We at Planet Money have already dubbed Raj Chetty the Beyoncé of Economics because of his long list of popular hits in empirical economics. And, let me tell you, this is another ***Flawless classic in his catalog. I mean, not only is the study eye-opening, but Chetty is also kind of sticking his neck out here, by shining a spotlight on the admission practices of his employer, Harvard. But they can't fire Beyoncé! (He has tenure).
Among a number of other discoveries, the economists find that kids from the richest 1% of American families are more than twice as likely to attend the nation's most elite private colleges as kids from middle-class families with similar SAT scores. The silver spoon these wealthy kids are born with can, apparently, be used to catapult them past other equally bright, but less privileged kids into some of America's best colleges.
Chetty and his colleagues provide compelling evidence that fancy schools are promoting a kind of neo-aristocracy, with admission programs that help to perpetuate a family's class privilege from one generation to the next. The advantages they grant to rich kids are about more than just legacy admissions, a practice in which elite colleges give preferential treatment to kids of alumni and donors. The economists find that other types of evaluation and recruitment play important roles in giving rich kids a leg up, as well.
Going further, the economists find evidence suggesting that reforms to the admissions policies at these prestigious schools could really make a big difference in the life trajectories of less affluent kids, and make America's elite less of an exclusive club for people born into privilege
Silver spoon-fed schools
Chetty, Deming, and Friedman focus their study on what they call the "Ivy-Plus colleges": the eight Ivy League schools — Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and UPenn — as well as Stanford, MIT, Duke, and the University of Chicago.
Less than half of 1% of Americans go to these prestigious private colleges. "Yet these twelve colleges account for more than 10% of Fortune 500 CEOs, a quarter of U.S. Senators, half of all Rhodes scholars, and three-fourths of Supreme Court justices appointed in the last half-century," the economists write. These schools, in other words, appear to be an important gateway to the American elite, which makes their admission policies relevant for all of us.
Rich kids obviously have a bunch of advantages that help them bolster their academic credentials — like great private schools, SAT tutors and so on. Indeed, Chetty and his colleagues have already amassed a ton of evidence that the environment — even the zip code — in which kids grow up has a huge impact on their chances of climbing the economic ladder.
But these childhood advantages are not what this study is about. In this study, the economists compare rich kids and their less affluent peers who have achieved roughly equal academic credentials (measured by SAT scores and GPAs). Yet, even then, the rich kids are still way more likely to get into elite colleges. It's pretty shocking when you consider how much harder it is for a less well-off kid to measure up academically to a rich kid, who, from a young age, has benefited from tremendous resources aimed at bolstering their academic credentials.
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The economists pull together a range of large data sources that enables them to thoroughly analyze the admission decisions of America's most elite colleges. They got internal admissions data from a bunch of schools, allowing them to see which kids applied and which ones got in. They have SAT and ACT test scores. And, equipped with IRS data, the economists are able to see how rich these kids' families were when they applied to college, and how much money the kids earned after they graduated. They focus primarily on students admitted between 2010 and 2015, which gives them enough of a postgraduate track record for the researchers to see how they've done in their careers.
With this treasure trove of data, the economists then embark on a rigorous analysis. First, they establish the overwhelming reason why rich kids are disproportionately attending these schools: admissions. Yes, they find, their less affluent peers are a bit less likely to apply and enroll, but the main reason for the disparity is colleges are systematically admitting more rich kids than less well-off ones.
As previously mentioned, the economists find that wealthy children, even when they have comparable SAT and ACT scores to less affluent kids, are much more likely to get into these elite schools. A student from the richest 1% of American families (from families earning over $611,000 per year) is twice as likely to attend an elite private college as a middle-class student (from a family earning between $83,000-$116,000 per year) with the same academic credentials. The economists find this disparity can only be found at elite private colleges: they find no such advantage for rich kids at America's flagship public universities, like UC Berkeley or the University of Michigan.
"I think implicitly what we're finding in the data is that — whether intentionally or not — we currently have a system that appears to have affirmative action for kids from the richest families, the top 1% in particular, which gives them a substantial leg up in admissions relative to other kids," Chetty says.
Why rich kids are getting admitted more
The economists find three factors that give rich kids this huge admissions boost. The first is legacy admission programs. They calculate that 46% of their admissions advantage comes from programs that give them preferential admission due to their parents being alumni.
One defense for these legacy kids might be that they're smart, hard-working, and ambitious, so they'd be able to get into another Ivy-Plus college if they wanted to. But the economists find these same legacy kids see no advantage when they apply to schools their parents did not go to. "So, in other words, that legacy impact is totally non-transferrable across colleges, which strongly suggests that it's not that these kids are just kind of stronger applicants in general," Chetty says. "It's actually about literally being a legacy at this college."
The second reason that rich kids get an admissions advantage is athletic recruitment. The economists calculate that 24% of the admission boost for students from the richest 1% of families comes from the fact that they excel at some sort of sport. That may be somewhat surprising, because if you watch pro sports, the stars usually don't come from privileged backgrounds. The economists are unable to do a sport-by-sport analysis, but, Chetty says, it's likely that kids are finding a recruitment advantage in expensive, elite sports, such as fencing, tennis, rowing or lacrosse. Elite private colleges, after all, are generally not known for their stellar football or basketball teams.
The last reason rich kids are more likely to be admitted is because they tend to have higher non-academic ratings that make their applications pop. Think extracurricular activities, compelling letters of recommendation, and guidance counselors who help them engineer perfect resumes and personal statements. This explains about 30% of their advantage.
Chetty says the rich-kid advantage in non-academic ratings is almost entirely driven by the fact that they are much more likely to attend elite private high schools. "If you're coming from an elite private school, you tend to have much higher non-academic ratings," Chetty says. "Now, of course, kids from high-income families are much more likely to attend these schools."
Why the particular college you go to might matter, after all
So, yeah, rich kids are much more likely to get into fancy colleges than less affluent kids. But does that necessarily mean that it really matters for future outcomes? It's possible that going to one of these elite schools doesn't have a large effect on a person's later career. Indeed, there have been some influential economic studies that suggest that the choice of college by similarly qualified students doesn't have much of an effect on how much they end up making, on average.
The reason for this, economists have long figured, is that elite colleges are highly selective. The kids they admit are smart, hard-working, highly ambitious — and apparently much more likely to come from rich families — which means they have a solid shot at success, whether they go to a particular school or not. Economists call this "selection bias." The idea is, basically, schools are just selecting winners — not necessarily making winners. Which is why the causal effect of a particular school on a kid's outcomes might not actually matter very much.
But that's not what this new study finds. They find that going to these Ivy-Plus colleges makes kids a lot more likely to become tremendously rich and successful. This is especially the case for less affluent kids. "Attending an Ivy-Plus college instead of the average highly selective public flagship institution increases low-income students' chances of reaching the top 1% of the earnings distribution by 60%, nearly doubles their chances of attending an elite graduate school, and triples their chances of working at a prestigious firm," the economists write.
So why are these economists finding that the particular school that kids attend matters a great deal, while previous studies have suggested that it doesn't? Chetty and his colleagues do a bunch of statistical work backing up and double-checking this finding. For example, they use one technique in which wait-listed kids serve as a kind of quasi-experiment. In some cases these kids are admitted from the waitlist for a somewhat random reason, and other times they are not let in. This enables the researchers to compare outcomes of statistically similar students, some of whom went to Ivy-Plus colleges, some of whom went to flagship public colleges. The economists are now able to see what happened to those students over time.
Chetty says that, consistent with previous findings, the data shows that the particular school these students attend doesn't matter much when it comes to their average earnings. If a bright kid goes to UC Berkeley instead of Harvard, they'll still make good money working in tech or law, or whatever. Compared to similar kids who did go to Harvard, their earnings, on average, usually won't look much different.
However, Chetty says, their data is much richer than previous studies, which relied on small surveys instead of the massive administrative datasets that Chetty, Deming and Friedman use in this study. As a result, the economists are able to zero in and see "upper-tail" outcomes like the likelihood of these kids reaching the top 1% of income earners. Previous studies couldn't see outcomes in the same detail. And that's where Chetty and his colleagues are finding significant advantages when kids go to these elite private schools.
"These colleges have a huge causal effect on getting you access to the upper tail — to positions of influence, to becoming a leader," Chetty says. We're talking about elite positions like corporate executives, U.S. Senators, top professors, Supreme Court justices. "I think what these colleges do is really open doors for some folks to get to a set of positions that they really would not have had much access to had they not gone."
As a result, Chetty says, reforming admission practices at these schools could have a meaningful impact on what America's elite looks like. One potential reform they highlight: just use the same admissions criteria as America's flagship public universities, where it's more about raw academic credentials, and wealthy children don't have the same overt admissions advantage.
Admissions in a world after race-based affirmative action
Mind you, Chetty and his colleagues studied admissions data before the recent Supreme Court decision, when most of these schools had some sort of race-conscious affirmative action program. Even in this world, as Chetty and his colleagues found in a previous study, kids from the richest 1% of American families were 77 times more likely to attend an Ivy League college than those from families in the bottom fifth of the income distribution.
Now, with race-based affirmative action dead, it's plausible that the underrepresentation of lower and middle-class families at these schools could look even worse in coming years, because race is strongly correlated with income and wealth.
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision, we've begun to see a national debate about admissions policies at America's elite schools. Just days after the ruling, a group of advocacy organizations filed a complaint against Harvard for their legacy admissions policy, arguing that it primarily benefits the kids of wealthy, white families. President Biden criticized legacy admissions and other similar policies that "expand privilege instead of opportunity." And a wave of universities, including Wesleyan, Carnegie Mellon, and MIT — one of the "Ivy-Plus" schools in this study — have begun ending their legacy admission programs.
But many schools, including the majority of the Ivy-Plus colleges, are still clinging to their legacy admission programs. If their goal is to have their students go on and make a significant impact on society, Chetty and his colleagues find, that doesn't make a lot of sense. They find that rich kids who are admitted because of their legacy status or their athletic background or their non-academic ratings are actually a bit less likely to see outsized success after graduating, compared to middle- or lower-class kids who don't have those credentials. The economists find that raw SAT and ACT scores — and, more generally, academic ratings like GPA — are much more predictive of future success than anything else.
Of course, these colleges may still be reluctant to end their programs that give a leg up to the richest kids in America. The colleges assert that legacy programs help build community and school loyalty. Probably more relevant is the importance of legacies to these fancy private colleges' business models: rich kids are more likely to pay tuition — and their parents are more likely to give donations and pad their endowments.
As for concerns that diversity at these schools is about to plummet because of the end of race-conscious affirmative action, Chetty has some ideas to promote both racial and socioeconomic diversity that may survive judicial scrutiny.
It would be an admission process that would take into account "kids who come from neighborhoods that have particularly low levels of upward mobility and use that as a measure of adversity," Chetty says. This would not be explicitly focused on race itself, but it would pick up "the adversity in childhood environments that is correlated with race."
Call it zip code-based affirmative action. After all, if you grow up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood and manage to score a 1500 on the SATs, you've jumped over a much higher hurdle than your silver-spoon-fed competition.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two California-based freelance journalists were awarded the American Mosaic Journalism Prize, giving them $100,000 each for their work, it was announced on Wednesday.
The Heising-Simons Foundation gives the annual prize for excellence in long-form journalism about underrepresented groups in the United States. The foundation said it is the largest dollar prize given annually for journalism in the U.S.
Cerise Castle, a journalist from Los Angeles, won for her investigative piece, “A Tradition of Violence,” which looked at gangs within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the foundation said.
Her story first appeared in Knock LA, a nonprofit community journalism project, and quickly spread, including an article on NPR. The story last year received the American Journalism Online Award for best use of public records.
The other award went to Carvell Wallace, a writer and podcaster based in Oakland. He was honored for a piece that appeared on Medium, “What if My Mother Had An Abortion,” exploring how her life would have been different if she hadn’t had him. Judges also cited his story on Black cyclist Justin Williams that appeared in Bicycling magazine.
“I’ve long thought that the only thing that really matters is how we treat each other,” Wallace said. “I view everything through this lens, whether it’s sports, culture, politics, art or film.” | 2023-02-15T05:54:32+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/ap-california-based-freelance-journalists-win-100000-prizes/ |
DALLAS (AP) — Most U.S. airlines lost money in the first quarter, traditionally the weakest time of year for travel, but they are all eagerly looking ahead to a summer of full planes and high fares.
American Airlines and Southwest Airlines said Thursday that they expect to be solidly profitable in the second quarter. They joined Delta Air Lines and United Airlines in giving an upbeat outlook for the April-through-June period, which includes the start of peak season for carriers.
“We see a strong demand environment this summer, and we’re highly confident that will continue,” American CEO Robert Isom said on a call with analysts.
Airlines are getting a tailwind from leisure travelers, who are still eager to leave home after a long pandemic lockdown. Their gaze is shifting this summer from domestic destinations to overseas.
“Demand is smoking hot for international destinations,” said Ryan Green, Southwest’s chief commercial officer, “and then it’s the typical summer destinations that you would expect — Florida, the Southwest, Hawaii.”
Southwest lost $159 million in the first quarter, which it blamed on fallout from a December meltdown that continued to hurt bookings early into this year. The airline said that it made money in March, however, as revenue picked up, giving it momentum heading into summer.
American stood out from its peers by eking out a $10 million profit for the first quarter as revenue jumped 37% from a year earlier. The airline predicted second-quarter earnings per share that would easily beat Wall Street expectations.
American cited strength in both domestic and international bookings.
In the last two weeks, both Delta and United posted large losses for the first quarter but also spoke in glowing terms about the summer outlook.
Air travel began to rebound from the pandemic last year, and that has carried into 2023. The number of travelers screened at U.S. airport checkpoints in January, February and so far in April exceeded the same months in pre-pandemic 2019.
There was a brief scare about bookings slowing down a few weeks ago, and United said it saw a temporary drop in sales to corporate travelers after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank raised fears of a widespread banking crisis.
Both concerns seem to have subsided, however. Delta CEO Ed Bastian said he saw no impact on bookings after scary headlines about bank failures and tech-industry layoffs.
Airlines do face headwinds, however. Costs for labor and jet fuel are up, and airlines can’t get all the planes they want because of production problems at Boeing that will delay deliveries of new 737 Max jets.
Southwest planned to take 90 Max jets this year but now expects to get only 70. That will cause the airline to hire fewer new workers, CEO Robert Jordan said.
Jordan said Southwest had planned to hire 7,000 people this year. He did not say how much that number will be cut.
Southwest is Boeing’s biggest airline customer, and its fleet consists entirely of 737s, while American uses both Boeing and Airbus jets.
“Fortunately with this latest issue with the Max, we haven’t had to make too many changes,” said Isom, the American CEO. “Boeing has been a great partner … we need them to get their act together.”
American, based in Fort Worth, Texas, said Thursday that its profit excluding one-time items was 5 cents per share, a penny better than analysts predicted after the company lowered expectations two weeks ago.
American said it expects to earn between $1.20 and $1.40 per share in the second quarter, which would beat analysts’ average forecast of $1.04 per share in a FactSet survey.
The airline continued to pay down debt, which peaked at more than $53 billion in mid-2021. American ended March with $14.4 billion in liquidity — cash, short-term investments and available credit.
“We have some flexibility with this excess liquidity to either further invest in the business or potentially use it to pay down debt at a faster rate,” Chief Financial Officer Devon May said in an interview. “That’s a decision we will be making in the coming months.”
Southwest had already indicated it would lose money in the first quarter. Thursday’s loss was narrower than Southwest’s $278 million loss a year earlier. After one-time items, it worked out to 27 cents per share, matching Wall Street expectations.
Revenue rose 22% to a first-quarter record of $5.71 billion, slightly less than analysts expected.
Dallas-based Southwest said the winter breakdown cost $380 million in the quarter from lingering lost bookings and extra expenses — on top of $800 million in last year’s fourth quarter. Southwest failed to bounce back after a winter storm just before Christmas, and its problems were compounded when its crew-rescheduling system broke down, leading to 16,700 canceled flights in a 10-day stretch.
Southwest’s average fare was $169, up $10 from a year ago. American doesn’t provide the same figure, but it said that passengers paid 21% more for each mile they flew.
Airlines are counting on that kind of pricing power continuing and growing into summer. Strong demand for tickets and a limited supply of flights are keeping average fares high, which will boost airline revenue. But the carriers are facing higher costs for labor and fuel, plus the possibility of a recession that could hu.1t ticket sales.
Shares of Southwest closed down 3.3% while American gained 1.1%. | 2023-04-27T21:23:44+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/business/ap-business/southwest-reports-159-million-1q-loss-on-meltdown-effects/ |
The United States and South Korea have decided to extend military exercises in response to a recent spate of missile launches from North Korea, offering stern warnings for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un should he hold a nuclear test, officials announced Thursday.
The decision to extend the Vigilant Storm joint military air drills comes after Pyongyang late Wednesday launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), with additional missile launches early Thursday. South Korean officials say the ICBM failed while in flight, according to Yonhap news agency.
The U.S.-South Korea war games, which began on Monday, had been scheduled to end on Friday and include some 240 fighter jets and other aircraft holding more than 1,600 flights. Officials did not say how long the drills would be extended.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, speaking to reporters following a meeting with South Korea Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-sup at the Pentagon, said the nations decided to extend Vigilant Storm “to further bolster our readiness and interoperability.” He added that the two will “continue to work closely together to develop options to protect the United States and our allies in the region.”
And Lee threatened that should Kim use any use nuclear weapons against the South or other allies in the region such as Japan, it would “result in the end of Kim Jong Un regime by the overwhelming and decisive response of the Alliance.”
The North Korean missile launches are the latest in a string of similar actions, including the firing of 23 missiles on Wednesday, including one that landed off the coast of South Korea for the first time, after testing several throughout the month of October.
Washington and Seoul have condemned the launches, with the Biden administration pressing countries to enforce sanctions on Pyongyang for violating United Nations Security Council resolutions that ban the isolated nation from holding missile and nuclear tests.
The most recent launches, which have prompted South Koreans to seek shelter, also follow a deadly Seoul crowd surge late last week that killed at least 153 people.
“It’s highly unfortunate that [North Korea] has chosen to interrupt this solemn period with the illegal and destabilizing launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile last night as well as additional missile launches today,” Austin said.
Asked whether the U.S. needs to adjust its strategy in response to an increasingly bellicose North Korea, Austin would only say that Washington will implement a larger U.S. military rotational presence in South Korea.
“We don’t have a plan to change our permanent positioning or staging of assets on the [peninsula] currently,” he said. “But you’ll see assets move in and out on a routine basis.”
Lee and his delegation were in D.C. on Thursday for the 54th United States-Republic of Korea Security Consultative Meeting, where U.S. and South Korean officials reaffirmed previous military commitments and “concurred on the need to enhance combined exercises and training events to strengthen readiness against [North Korea’s] nuclear and missile threats,” according to a readout of the gathering.
As part of the so-called war game enhancement, Austin and Lee pledged to conduct a table top military exercise annually, to include a scenario in which North Korea uses a nuclear weapon.
And looking forward, the two “pledged to seek new measures to demonstrate Alliance’s determination and capabilities” in the face of Pyongyang’s threats. | 2022-11-03T20:58:53+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/hill-politics/us-south-korea-extend-war-drills-in-response-to-norths-missile-launches/ |
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