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BEIJING, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, the Beijing SME Public Service Platform announced the lists of service providers and 2022 SME service voucher products. Office IT integrated solution provider Edianyun has the honor of being included in the lists. The company has updated the prospectus for the HKEX listing application.
Edianyun focuses on providing one-stop office IT services on a subscription basis to SME customers. Currently enterprise office IT service is a market of a large size.
As SMEs are growing rapidly in China, the number of SMEs reached 49 million in 2021 and is expected to increase to 84 million by 2026 according to the statistics. With the maturation of SME office IT services, the demands for digitalization and one-stop integrated IT services are also rising constantly. Analyses show that the market size of enterprise office IT services increased from RMB146.6 billion in 2017 to RMB156.0 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach RMB213.9 billion in 2026.
Huge market demands drive the industry to move forward with big strides, but to stand out from numerous IT service providers is not an easy thing. So how does Edianyun differentiate itself from its competitors in specific businesses and services?
One-stop office IT solutions recognized by customers
Edianyun can provide SMEs with innovative one-stop office IT solutions, and deliver customized computer devices with pre-installed OS, optional software, and independently developed office IT management tools as customers require. In addition, Edianyun can also offer one-stop managed IT services ranging from device ordering, management, and field check to bulk shipping, together with comprehensive IT service support for enterprise customers.
Fundamentally different from traditional rental service providers, Edianyun has transformed its focus from hardware IT and basic maintenance services to all-inclusive IT operation and management services, aiming at helping customers ensure long-term and stable IT operation through its software, system maintenance, and, data services.
This service mode will bring many benefits to business users. Firstly, businesses will avoid the need to contact branders or distributors for device purchasing. Secondly, they also don't need to hire other IT teams or IT operators during the whole service lifecycle, while Edianyun will provide integrated solutions to meet all their office IT service requirements.
Coordinated development of businesses and ESG
Edianyun owns the only remanufacturing factory with a productivity of over 600,000 devices in China. The company has also established a set of standard specifications on device diagnosis, renovation, and testing, and transformed the nonstandardized remanufacturing processes.
By taking advantage of the remanufacturing technology, the average service life of devices could be extended by seven-to-ten years, which maximizes the value of involving devices during every lifecycle stage. Meanwhile, it can also reduce waste amounts and carbon emissions, and save material and energy costs, which realizes the positive coordinated development of businesses and ESG.
It is calculated that the new business mode can reduce the company's annual carbon dioxide greenhouse gas emissions by 50,000 tons, the number of which is predicted to exceed 80,000 tons, 140,000 tons, and 250,000 tons respectively in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Enterprise office IT services were brought into being as SMEs flourished and the digitalization transformation process advanced, and Edianyun will take the lead and stick to exploring and innovating this difficult yet right road that no one has stepped on.
The enrollment in the Beijing SME Public Service Platform is a testament to Edianyun's SME servicing capabilities and strengths and the government's high recognition of this. As Edianyun is entering the capital market, the company stands ready to create more fruitful results in the enterprise office IT service field.
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Comedian Lewis Black is returning to Bismarck for a show at the Belle Mehus Auditorium at 8 p.m. Feb. 18.
Known as the King of Rant, Lewis Black uses his trademark style of comedic yelling and finger pointing to expose the absurdities of life. The show is for mature audiences.
Tickets cost $39.50-$79.50 and go on sale Friday. Tickets are available at JadePresents.com, Etix.com, via phone at 800-514-3849 or in person at the Bismarck Event Center, 315 S. 5th St. | 2022-10-21T07:24:14+00:00 | bismarcktribune.com | https://bismarcktribune.com/entertainment/comedian-lewis-black-announces-bismarck-show/article_07997bf0-4e42-11ed-9ce8-3b5f7cb5d8b8.html |
Miles de estudiantes de preparatorias del área de Yuma se graduaron de sus planteles respectivas el viernes, entre ellos los de la Preparatoria de San Luis. Aquí salen fotografías de la ceremonia de graduación en San Luis.
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SPRINGDALE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA)- Wedding season is usually a happy time for couples but over the last couple of years, some couples have been through a lot.
This generation of couples have faced several hardships like the pandemic, inflation, and rising costs but many have remained hopeful to make it to that big day.
Ralph Desuse is the executive producer for the Kiss the Brides Expo that came to Springdale, Ark. this past Sunday.
Desuse says they have been putting on this wedding expo here in northwest Arkansas since 2009 to provide easier access for couples.
He says he understands the struggles of trying to prepare for the big day and provided the expo for brides to have opportunity to have a face-face conversation with vendors to get the help they need.
“Nothing beats being able to meet with these wedding professionals one on one,” -said, Desuse.
Latrice Lee is a bride who participated in the expo and says attending the expo this year gave her a sense of relief.
Lee says she can use all the help she can get as she is still need for several things for her wedding day.
“I’m really looking for a wedding planner and all the help I can get,” said, Lee.
Despite all the challenges Lee has faced she is just excited to be marrying the love of her life in the upcoming year. | 2022-08-09T19:56:54+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/couples-struggling-to-make-their-wedding-day-special/ |
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway on Wednesday joined fellow Scandinavian countries in offering a second booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine to some of its population, to be available from July 1 to people aged 75 and over, because of a rise in infections.
“There is a need to vaccinate our most vulnerable citizens,” Health Minister Ingvild Kjerkol said, adding that vaccination remains “the cornerstone of the government’s preparedness.”
Nursing home residents and people over 80 should be first in line, Kjerkol said, adding that the summer holidays could be “demanding” for some municipalities — which in Norway are responsible for handling vaccinations.
“I would therefore like to emphasize that the pace of vaccination must be adapted to the municipalities’ capacity,” she said.
Denmark has offered a second booster shot to nursing home residents and people aged 50 and over, while Sweden recommended a third booster shot for people with an increased risk of becoming seriously ill and anyone aged 65 and over.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the pandemic at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic | 2022-06-29T21:35:05+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/health/norway-joins-neighbors-offers-extra-booster-shot-to-elderly/ |
Norfolk Southern train cars derail, spilling diesel and oil; 2 taken to hospital
At least 11 cars in a Norfolk Southern train derailed in Jasper, Alabama, on late Saturday, spilling diesel fuel and engine oil off the tracks.
Authorities transported at least two crew members to a nearby hospital following the crash, but both have since been released. Norfolk says there is no hazmat threat from the derailed cars, and its cleanup teams are currently working in the area.
"According to Norfolk Southern, the train crew was briefly trapped in the engine room because the engine tilted over. There were no major injuries, but RPS was called to the scene to evaluate the crew and transported two crew members as a precaution," Jasper Police wrote in a statement.
"Jasper Fire called all personnel in to assist the crew in getting out of the train and managing the scene, along with Jasper Police. Norfolk Southern and Walker County EMA are remaining on the scene to return the track to service," the statement continued.
TRAIN DERAILS 25 CARS IN MONTANA, SPILLING UNCONFIRMED CONTENTS
Norfolk acknowledged the spillage in its own statement on the derailment on Sunday.
"During the derailment, the locomotive rolled onto its side and as a result spilled some diesel fuel and engine oil. Norfolk Southern crews have responded and have been working through the night on cleanup. We'd also like to thank the first responders who quickly arrived on-scene and took care of our crew," the company wrote.
FEDS SAY RAILROADS MUST RE-EXAMINE TRAIN ASSEMBLY AMID DERAILMENT SURGE
Saturday's crash was only the most recent derailment to take place across the U.S. Americans have developed a new focus on the trend after another Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio and spilled toxic chemicals.
A Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio and sucked in the attention of the entire country. (NTSB/Handout via Xinhua via Getty Images)
Officials chose to dispose of the chemicals with a controlled burn, resulting in a massive plume of smoke that required the nearby are to be evacuated.
This is a developing story. | 2023-04-09T18:50:29+00:00 | fox10phoenix.com | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/norfolk-southern-train-derails-jasper-alabama |
Biden administration tells Supreme Court Title 42 will end when Covid-19 public health emergency expires
By Priscilla Alvarez and Ariane de Vogue, CNN
The Biden administration told the Supreme Court Tuesday that its intent to let the coronavirus public health emergency expire in May will moot the ongoing case over a Trump-era border restriction.
“Absent other relevant developments, the end of the public health emergency will (among other consequences) terminate the Title 42 orders and moot this case. The government has also recently announced its intent to adopt new Title 8 policies to address the situation at the border once the Title 42 orders end,” Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote in a filing submitted to the high court.
The Trump administration invoked Title 42 at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The public health authority allows border officials to turn away migrants encountered at the US-Mexico border in the name of Covid-19 prevention.
Title 42 has been the subject of ongoing litigation amid efforts to end the authority.
Last year, Republican-led states, which had already filed suit in a separate court, requested to intervene in a case, arguing that the program should be left in place. The Supreme Court agreed to leave the program in effect and said it would hear arguments on March 1 on whether the GOP-led states can intervene. The administration’s brief was filed in advance of those scheduled arguments, which could potentially be impacted.
“The anticipated end of the public health emergency on May 11, and the resulting expiration of the operative Title 42 order, would render this case moot: Because the Title 42 order would have ‘expired by its own terms,’ this suit seeking only prospective relief would ‘no longer present a “live case or controversy,'” the filing states.
“In that event, the government will ask the court of appeals to vacate the district court’s judgment and remand with instructions to dismiss private respondents’ suit as moot,” it continues.
This story is breaking and will be updated.
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PODGORICA – Hundreds of people gathered Friday for a protest prayer led by the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro against the holding of an LGBTQ pride march this weekend.
The influential church has called its followers in Montenegro to join the prayer for “the sanctity of marriage and preservation of family” after organizing a similar gathering in neighboring Serbia ahead of a pan-European pride event there last month.
The Pride Montenegro march is set to take place Saturday in this highly conservative nation of 620,000 people. Montenegro approved same-sex partnerships in 2020 and pride marches have been held here since 2013 as the country seeks entry into the 27-nation European Union.
The Serbian Orthodox Church, which has the biggest religious following in Montenegro, has staunchly criticized pride marches. The church head, Patriarch Porfirije, has blasted what he described as LGBTQ ideology imposed from the West.
In Montenegro, the local branch of the Serbian Orthodox Church said of the march: "Their actions directly demolish God-blessed marriage and family and traditional values.”
Several pro-Serb politicians in Montenegro and local members of the Night Wolves, the Russian biker group that is considered close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, attended the church-called gathering outside the main Orthodox temple in Podgorica, Montenegro's capital. Some participants held religious images as priests performed the prayer ceremony on a stage.
Montenegrins remain divided among those favoring pro-EU reforms and those seeking closer ties with Serbia and Russia. Montenegro's pro-Western leaders have accused the church of being an instrument of Serb nationalist policies and of Russia in Montenegro.
The Serbian church in Montenegro also led weeks of protest ahead of the 2020 election that toppled long-ruling pro-Western authorities and paved the way for the formation of a pro-Serb government. A former Slavic ally of Russia in the Balkans, Montenegro in 2017 defied Moscow to join NATO. | 2022-10-08T05:04:22+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/world/2022/10/07/orthodox-church-leads-protest-against-montenegro-pride/ |
Top-rated body sunscreens at Sephora
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- Supergoop! Mini Glow Oil Body Sunscreen SPF 50 PA
- Supergoop! Play Everyday Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 PA
- Shiseido Ultimate Sun Protector Lotion SPF 50 Sunscreen
Summer is just around the corner, so it’ll soon be time to put on your favorite bathing suit for a beach or pool day. Going to the beach or a pool on a hot summer day is fun, but it can turn into a dreadful experience if you don’t wear sunscreen to protect yourself.
To avoid getting a nasty sunburn, using an effective sunscreen is a must, and Sephora has got you covered with plenty of terrific products.
What to look for in quality sunscreen at Sephora
Sephora offers high-quality beauty and personal care products, so you can rest assured that almost any sunscreen in their catalog is safe and effective. Nevertheless, it’s best to consider a few things before you run out and buy sunscreen.
Broad-spectrum
The sun’s rays are classified as either Ultraviolet A or Ultraviolet B. UVB rays cause sunburns, but UVA rays penetrate the skin and affect deeper tissue, which can cause long-term health issues. Look for a sunscreen that provides broad-spectrum protection to get complete protection.
Sun protection factor
SPF relates directly to UVB ray protection and indicates how long you can stay in direct sunlight before getting sunburned. For example, if you can sit under the sun for 15 minutes before getting sunburned, wearing a layer of sunscreen with an SPF rating of 30 would provide 450 minutes of protection.
It’s the consensus that a 30 SPF sunscreen is adequate for most skin types. However, it’s important to note that although it can protect you for several hours, sunscreen tends to wear off quickly due to skin cells constantly shedding and other external factors. For that reason, experts recommend applying sunscreen every two to three hours.
Water-resistance
You’ll most likely wear sunscreen when on vacation or for a pool day, so there’s a good chance you’ll get wet at some point. Even if you wear it on a typical summer day, the heat from the sun will cause you to sweat, which will wash away the layer of sunscreen you’ve applied.
That’s why it’s crucial to get a water-resistant body sunscreen, so you don’t have to reapply it every time you get wet. When you’re on vacation or at the beach, you don’t want the hassle of having to have it close by because it washed off.
Application method
Body sunscreens are usually available in squeeze tubes or pumps, but some come in spray bottles. Spray-on sunscreens are convenient and easy to apply, but tubes and pumps let you use the right amount.
Ingredients
Many body sunscreens use natural ingredients to make them suitable for those with sensitive skin. You don’t have to worry about harmful toxins with products offered at Sephora, but it’s still a good idea to check the label before buying. Also, many body sunscreens are fortified with minerals and botanicals that can be beneficial, so look around and see what catches your eye.
Price
Most sunscreens are inexpensive and, on average, cost anywhere between $8 to $15, but it depends on the size of the bottle. So, be mindful of how much sunscreen you’re getting at a specific price point.
Sephora offers some high-end lotions, usually formulated with quality ingredients, that can cost up to $60 for a standard-size bottle. However, if you’re working with a budget, you can find an effective and suitable sunscreen for under $20.
8 most popular sunscreens at Sephora
Top sunscreens with 50 SPF or higher
Supergoop! Play Everyday Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 PA
This hydrating sunscreen is made with a vegan formula and is both fast-absorbing and non-greasy. It can be used on the body and face and is suitable for various skin types, including normal, dry and oily.
Sold by Sephora
Supergoop! Mini Glow Oil Body Sunscreen SPF 50 PA
This oil-based body sunscreen has a radiant finish, but it isn’t greasy and gives the skin a vibrant glow. It’s made with ingredients that leave the skin nourished, such as meadowfoam seed oil, marigold extract and grape seed oil.
Sold by Sephora
Shiseido Ultimate Sun Protector Lotion SPF 50 Sunscreen
If you want to stay well-protected under intense heat and sunlight, this sunscreen is what you want. It is water-resistant for up to 80 minutes, and it uses HeatForce and WetForce technology to get stronger when exposed to heat and moisture.
Sold by Sephora
Tatcha The Silk Sunscreen Mineral Broad Spectrum SPF 50 PA
This newer product is already a customer favorite, thanks to its high SPF rating and quality ingredients, such as hyaluronic acid and niacinamide. It is hydrating with a smooth, silky texture and is also reef-friendly.
Sold by Sephora
Dr. Jart+ Every Sun Day Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50
This sunscreen boasts a matte finish and a hypoallergenic zinc-oxide formula, and it is best suited for normal, combo and dry skin types. It is a thorough cream but still lightweight and also fragrance-free, which is a plus for those with sensitive skin.
Sold by Sephora
Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Sunscreen SPF 50
This sunscreen incorporates several minerals — including vitamins A, C and E — into its formula to create a hydrating and gentle product. It uses quality ingredients, such as hyaluronic acid, aloe and niacinamide, to soothe and nourish the skin over time.
Sold by Sephora
Top sunscreens under 50 SPF
Biossance Squalane and Zinc Sheer Mineral Sunscreen SPF 30 PA
This sunscreen is ideal for sensitive skin types and incorporates an effective anti-aging formula that’s great for treating fine lines, wrinkles and dark circles around the eyes. It’s lightweight, and the water lily creates a soothing effect on the skin.
Sold by Sephora
Innisfree Daily UV Defense Sunscreen SPF 36
It’s not as expensive as other products, but this sunscreen offers adequate broad-spectrum protection with its 36 SPF rating. It’s a lightweight cream suitable for normal, dry and combo skin types.
Sold by Sephora
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Studies have raised alarms about the many ways kids have been affected by the pandemic — from loneliness to faltering grades. NPR's Sarah McCammon discusses this with psychologist Lisa Damour.
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Two arrested after 6-year-old, dad shot in possible road rage
Updated July 5, 2023 - 9:32 pm
A 6-year-old girl and her dad, a man in his 30s, were shot Wednesday morning in North Las Vegas in a suspected road rage incident.
Two other men, a man and his uncle, were taken into custody, police said.
The girl and her father were shot near Lone Mountain Road and Fifth Street about 10:50 a.m. Wednesday, according to North Las Vegas police.
“We take all shootings seriously; however, when it involves a kid, it brings a special level of interest to not only the police department but also to the community,” said North Las Vegas Police Department spokesperson Brian Thomas.
Both victims were taken to University Medical Center, police said. Police said both were in stable condition.
“For reasons unknown at this time, a suspected road rage incident occurred between a tan Scion xB and a silver Nissan SUV,” police said in a release Wednesday night. “While in the area of North 5th Street and Lone Mountain Road, shots were fired at the Nissan SUV as a result of the road rage incident. The suspect then fled the area before police arrived.”
The vehicle the victims had been traveling in, a Nissan Pathfinder, ended up in the parking lot of an Olive Garden on East Craig Road between between North Fifth Street and North Bruce Street, police said.
On Wednesday after the shooting, crime scene investigators were processing the vehicle. A portion of its rear window was shattered as if it had been shot out. Other people were in the vehicle at the time, but they weren’t injured.
Thomas confirmed Wednesday night that two men had been arrested in connection with the shooting.
Donavyn Stern, 23, was arrested at a home in the 4500 block of Testarossa Lane, which is less than half a mile from the Olive Garden. He faces four counts of attempted murder and several other felony charges, Thomas said.
Zachary Stern, 39, who is Donavyn Stern’s uncle, Thomas said, was also taken into custody down the street from where police were investigating the Nissan Pathfinder in the Olive Garden parking lot. A bike that Zachary Stern had been riding was also taken by police.
Zachary Stern, who was arrested in the parking lot of an apparent restaurant under construction two doors west of the Olive Garden, was handcuffed and put in the back of a patrol vehicle. He is accused of trying to hide or destroy evidence.
His arrest played out in front of a Review-Journal reporter and photographer.
Multiple North Las Vegas police K9 units responded, and officers with dogs canvassed the nearby area as if in search of something. A North Las Vegas Fire Department firetruck then pulled up, and fire crews used a ladder to climb up on to the building’s roof. Once on the roof, a firefighter appeared to say that a gun had been found up there.
Zachary Stern was arrested on suspicion of destroying or cleaning evidence, prohibited person in possession of a firearm, resisting a police officer, and other charges, Thomas said.
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Contact Brett Clarkson at bclarkson@reviewjournal.com. | 2023-07-06T08:09:10+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/two-arrested-after-6-year-old-dad-shot-in-possible-road-rage-2803941/ |
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Brandon Hagy shoots 2-over 56 in round two of the Wyndham Championship
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Brandon Hagy sticks tee shot close and makes birdie at Wyndham
In the opening round of the 2022 Wyndham Championship, Brandon Hagy makes birdie on the par-3 12th hole.
Brandon Hagy hit 7 of 15 greens in regulation during his second round at the Wyndham Championship, finishing at 5 over for the tournament. Hagy finished his day in 155th at 5 over; Ryan Moore, Brandon Wu, and Joohyung Kim are tied for 1st at 9 under; Sungjae Im, John Huh, and Russell Henley are tied for 4th at 8 under; and Anirban Lahiri, Brian Stuard, and Davis Riley are tied for 7th at 7 under.
Hagy hit his drive 355 yards getting on the green in 2, and rolled a birdie on the 529-yard par-5 fifth. This moved Hagy to 1 under for the round.
On the 423-yard par-4 sixth, Hagy had a bogey after hitting the green in 4 and one putting, moving Hagy to even for the round.
After a tee shot at the 223-yard par-3 seventh green, Hagy suffered from a tough three-putt after missing a putt from 7-feet for a par and finished with a bogey. This put Hagy at 1 over for the round.
Hagy had a 358-yard drive to the right rough. He ended up getting on the green in 3 and two putting for a bogey on the 416-yard par-4 ninth. This moved Hagy to 2 over for the round.
At the 235-yard par-3 12th, Hagy hit a tee shot 198 yards at the green, setting himself up for the 15-foot putt for birdie. This moved Hagy to 1 over for the round.
After a 275 yard drive on the 405-yard par-4 13th, Hagy chipped his third shot to 8 feet, which he rolled for two-putt bogey on the hole. This moved Hagy to 2 over for the round.
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TORONTO, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Greenbrook TMS Inc. (NASDAQ: GBNH) ("Greenbrook" or the "Company") today announced its first quarter 2023 ("Q1 2023") operational and financial results. All values in this news release are in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated.
FIRST QUARTER 2023 OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Quarterly revenue increased by 52% to $19.9 million, up $6.8 million as compared to the first quarter of 2022 ("Q1 2022"), predominately due to the completion of the acquisition of Check Five LLC (d/b/a "Success TMS") ("Success TMS") in the third quarter of 2022 and strong performance in our mature regions as compared to Q1 2022. Patient starts and treatment volumes both increased by 57% to 2,854 and 92,533, respectively, as compared to Q1 2022.
- The Company has made significant progress on its previously-announced comprehensive restructuring plan (the "Restructuring Plan") during Q1 2023 by eliminating approximately $19 million of annualized costs from the business to date. Q1 2023 results illustrate early signs of progress made through a return to entity-wide regional operating income. We also experienced significant cost reductions, especially in marketing and recurring corporate, general and administrative expenses, without a proportional impact to revenue as compared to the fourth quarter of 2022.
- Loss for the period and comprehensive loss increased by 16% in Q1 2023 to $9.3 million as compared to Q1 2022.
- The Company is excited about the continued roll-out of its Spravato® (esketamine nasal spray) offering at select treatment centers ("Treatment Centers") to diversify its offering to patients. As of the date of this press release, the Company has expanded its Spravato® offering to 45 Treatment Centers.
- The Company will continue to focus on reducing expenses through implementation of the Restructuring Plan. These savings are expected to be fully reflected in late 2023 as the costs associated with executing these savings begins to dissipate. We believe the Company is on track to achieve its previously-announced target of $22 million to $25 million in cost reductions once the Restructuring Plan is fully implemented.
Bill Leonard, President and Chief Executive Officer of Greenbrook, commented:
"We are very pleased that our focus on the execution of our comprehensive Restructuring Plan has already yielded early positive results, including the return to entity-wide regional operating income. We believe that we are now well-positioned to reduce the business cost structure sufficiently to operate profitably. As we continue to implement the Restructuring Plan, we believe that mental health remains a key focus in the United States and the unmet demand for treatment remains at an all-time high. We continue to offer innovative solutions for this unmet need and our leadership position and nationwide footprint continues to serve as a valuable platform to bring the needed help to patients struggling with depression."
SELECTED FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING RESULTS (1)
Selected Financial Results
Selected Operating Results
For more information, please refer to the Management's Discussion & Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (the "Q1 2023 MD&A") and the unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. These documents will be available on the Company's website at www.greenbrooktms.com, under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com and under the Company's EDGAR profile at www.sec.gov.
CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST
First Quarter Conference Call Details:
Bill Leonard, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Erns Loubser, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on May 16, 2023 to discuss the financial results for Q1 2023.
Toll Free North America: 1-888-396-8049
Toronto: 416-764-8646
Webcast:
For more information or to listen to the call via webcast, please visit:
www.greenbrooktms.com/investors/events.htm
For those that plan on accessing the conference call or webcast, please allow ample time prior to the call time.
Conference Call Replay:
Following the live call, a replay will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website and www.greenbrooktms.com/investors/events.htm
About Greenbrook TMS Inc.
Operating through 133 Company-operated Treatment Centers (following completion of the Restructuring Plan), Greenbrook is a leading provider of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ("TMS") and Spravato® (esketamine nasal spray), FDA-cleared, non-invasive therapies for the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder ("MDD") and other mental health disorders, in the United States. TMS therapy provides local electromagnetic stimulation to specific brain regions known to be directly associated with mood regulation. Spravato® is offered to treat adults with treatment-resistant depression and depressive symptoms in adults with MDD with suicidal thoughts or actions. Greenbrook has provided more than one million treatments to over 32,000 patients struggling with depression.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information
Certain information in this press release, including, but not limited to, information with respect to the Company's future financial or operating performance, the Company's expectations regarding the impact of the Restructuring Plan on our business, and the continued roll-out of the Spravato® offering at additional Treatment Centers and its potential to enhance profit margins and diversify total revenue, constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws in Canada and the United States, including the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, but not necessarily in all cases, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "targets", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "an opportunity exists", "is positioned", "estimates", "intends", "assumes", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate" or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might", "will" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances contain forward-looking information. Statements containing forward-looking information are not historical facts but instead represent management's expectations, estimates and projections regarding future events.
Forward-looking information is necessarily based on a number of opinions, assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by the Company as of the date of this press release, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including, but not limited to, macroeconomic factors such as inflation and recessionary conditions, substantial doubt regarding the Company's ability to continue as a going concern due to recurring losses from operations; inability to increase cash flow and/or raise sufficient capital to support the Company's operating activities and fund its cash obligations, repay indebtedness and satisfy the Company's working capital needs; inability to satisfy debt covenants under the Company's credit facility and the potential acceleration of indebtedness; the possible failure to complete the Restructuring Plan on terms acceptable to the Company or its suppliers (including Neuronetics, Inc.), or at all; risks relating to the Company's ability to realize expected cost-savings and other anticipated benefits from the Restructuring Plan; risks related to the Company's negative cash flows, liquidity and its ability to secure additional financing; increases in indebtedness levels causing a reduction in financial flexibility; risks relating to the Company's dependence on Neuronetics, Inc. as its exclusive supplier of TMS devices; and other factors described in greater detail in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, in the "Risks and Uncertainties" section of the Company's Q1 2023 MD&A, and in the Company's other materials filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, available at www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov, respectively. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that could affect the Company; however, these factors should be considered carefully. There can be no assurance that such estimates and assumptions will prove to be correct. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter statements containing any forward-looking information, or the factors or assumptions underlying them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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TORONTO (AP) — Fred VanVleet scored 12 of his season-high 32 points in the fourth quarter, O.G. Anunoby matched his season best with 27 points and added 10 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Houston Rockets 116-109 on Wednesday night.
Otto Porter Jr. scored 14 points, Scottie Barnes had 13 and Gary Trent Jr. 11 as the Raptors improved to 5-1 at home.
VanVleet made a season-high seven 3-pointers, topping the six he hit in Monday’s loss at Chicago. He shot 7 for 16 from long range against the Rockets.
Jabari Smith Jr. had 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Kevin Porter Jr. had 12 points and 11 assists but the Rockets lost for the seventh time in eight games.
Jalen Green scored 21 points and Alperen Sengun had 17. Seven different Rockets players scored in double digits.
Toronto led 20-19 with 5:53 left in the first but KJ Martin scored five points as Houston closed the quarter with an 18-9 run to lead 37-29 after one.
The Rockets shot 14 for 20 in the first, then missed eight of their first nine field goal attempts to begin the second. Houston was 4 of 21 in the second, going 1 for 13 from 3-point range.
Anunoby and VanVleet each scored nine points in the second quarter, and Toronto led 57-54 at halftime.
VanVleet scored eight points in the third as the Raptors took an 86-82 lead into the fourth.
TIP-INS
Rockets: Had 11 assists in the first quarter. They finished with 29. … Dropped to 1-8 on the road. … Sengun had eight rebounds.
Raptors: F Precious Achiuwa left early in the fourth quarter because of a sprained right ankle. … F Pascal Siakam (strained right adductor muscle) missed his third straight game. Siakam, injured last Friday at Dallas, is expected to miss at least two weeks. … C Khem Birch (right knee) missed his fourth straight game. … Toronto had 20 rebounds in the second quarter and finished with 50.
UP NEXT
Rockets: Visit the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night.
Raptors: Visit the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night.
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NEW YORK, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Dentsply Sirona Inc. ("Dentsply Sirona" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: XRAY). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Dentsply Sirona and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On April 19, 2022, Dentsply Sirona issued a press release announcing the termination of Chief Executive Officer Don Casey, effective immediately, and stating that Casey "will cease to serve as a member of the Company's Board." On this news, Dentsply Sirona's stock price fell sharply during intraday trading on April 19, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Police investigate double homicide at home daycare in N. Carolina
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) – Police in North Carolina are investigating a double homicide that happened at a home daycare Thursday morning, WBTV reports.
B&T Learning Center owner Sharon Chambers and her nephew Benny Sloan Jr. were found dead by Chambers’ adult daughter, according to a family member.
Police say they were both shot and killed at the childcare home just after 8 a.m. Thursday. No children were at the residence at the time.
According to police, this shooting was domestic-related and not a random act of violence.
The learning center serves children up to 12 years old and has a 3-star license from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service’s Division of Child Development and Early Education.
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MLB Games Tonight: How to Watch on TV, Streaming & Odds - Friday, June 16
The Tampa Bay Rays and the San Diego Padres take the field in one of many compelling matchups on the MLB slate today.
Here you will find information on live coverage of all of today's MLB action.
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How to Watch Today's MLB Games
The Chicago Cubs (31-37) play the Baltimore Orioles (43-25)
The Orioles will look to pick up a road win at Wrigley Field against the Cubs on Friday at 2:20 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 2:20 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- CHC Key Player: Nico Hoerner (.283 AVG, 4 HR, 29 RBI)
- BAL Key Player: Adley Rutschman (.282 AVG, 9 HR, 29 RBI)
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The Washington Nationals (27-40) play the Miami Marlins (38-31)
The Marlins will look to pick up a road win at Nationals Park versus the Nationals on Friday at 7:05 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 7:05 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- WSH Key Player: Lane Thomas (.286 AVG, 9 HR, 31 RBI)
- MIA Key Player: Jorge Soler (.258 AVG, 20 HR, 40 RBI)
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The Boston Red Sox (34-35) face the New York Yankees (39-30)
The Yankees will look to pick up a road win at Fenway Park versus the Red Sox on Friday at 7:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- BOS Key Player: Rafael Devers (.247 AVG, 17 HR, 56 RBI)
- NYY Key Player: Gleyber Torres (.252 AVG, 11 HR, 28 RBI)
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The New York Mets (32-36) face the St. Louis Cardinals (27-42)
The Cardinals hope to get a road victory at Citi Field versus the Mets on Friday at 7:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- NYM Key Player: Francisco Lindor (.214 AVG, 12 HR, 43 RBI)
- STL Key Player: Paul Goldschmidt (.288 AVG, 11 HR, 31 RBI)
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The Atlanta Braves (43-26) play host to the Colorado Rockies (29-42)
The Rockies will take to the field at Truist Park against the Braves on Friday at 7:20 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- ATL Key Player: Ronald Acuña Jr. (.331 AVG, 15 HR, 45 RBI)
- COL Key Player: Ryan McMahon (.271 AVG, 10 HR, 38 RBI)
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The Texas Rangers (42-26) play the Toronto Blue Jays (38-32)
The Blue Jays will look to pick up a road win at Globe Life Field versus the Rangers on Friday at 8:05 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- TEX Key Player: Marcus Semien (.283 AVG, 10 HR, 53 RBI)
- TOR Key Player: Bo Bichette (.314 AVG, 14 HR, 44 RBI)
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The Kansas City Royals (18-50) play the Los Angeles Angels (39-32)
The Angels hope to get a road victory at Kauffman Stadium against the Royals on Friday at 8:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- KC Key Player: Bobby Witt Jr. (.244 AVG, 11 HR, 31 RBI)
- LAA Key Player: Shohei Ohtani (.301 AVG, 22 HR, 54 RBI)
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The Milwaukee Brewers (34-34) play the Pittsburgh Pirates (34-33)
The Pirates hope to get a road victory at American Family Field against the Brewers on Friday at 8:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- MIL Key Player: Christian Yelich (.269 AVG, 9 HR, 30 RBI)
- PIT Key Player: Bryan Reynolds (.282 AVG, 7 HR, 38 RBI)
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The Minnesota Twins (35-34) play the Detroit Tigers (28-39)
The Tigers hope to get a road victory at Target Field versus the Twins on Friday at 8:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- MIN Key Player: Carlos Correa (.219 AVG, 9 HR, 34 RBI)
- DET Key Player: Spencer Torkelson (.238 AVG, 7 HR, 32 RBI)
The Houston Astros (39-30) play the Cincinnati Reds (34-35)
The Reds hope to get a road victory at Minute Maid Park against the Astros on Friday at 8:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet SW
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- HOU Key Player: Kyle Tucker (.281 AVG, 9 HR, 39 RBI)
- CIN Key Player: Jonathan India (.278 AVG, 8 HR, 36 RBI)
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The Oakland Athletics (19-52) play the Philadelphia Phillies (35-34)
The Phillies will look to pick up a road win at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum versus the Athletics on Friday at 9:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- OAK Key Player: Esteury Ruiz (.255 AVG, 1 HR, 28 RBI)
- PHI Key Player: Nicholas Castellanos (.316 AVG, 8 HR, 42 RBI)
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The San Diego Padres (33-35) face the Tampa Bay Rays (50-22)
The Rays will hit the field at PETCO Park against the Padres on Friday at 9:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- SD Key Player: Juan Soto (.261 AVG, 11 HR, 33 RBI)
- TB Key Player: Wander Franco (.301 AVG, 8 HR, 33 RBI)
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The Arizona Diamondbacks (41-28) face the Cleveland Guardians (32-36)
The Guardians will look to pick up a road win at Chase Field against the Diamondbacks on Friday at 9:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- ARI Key Player: Corbin Carroll (.310 AVG, 14 HR, 35 RBI)
- CLE Key Player: José Ramírez (.285 AVG, 10 HR, 40 RBI)
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The Los Angeles Dodgers (39-30) take on the San Francisco Giants (36-32)
The Giants will take to the field at Dodger Stadium against the Dodgers on Friday at 10:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet LA
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 10:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- LAD Key Player: Freddie Freeman (.332 AVG, 13 HR, 45 RBI)
- SF Key Player: LaMonte Wade Jr (.276 AVG, 8 HR, 21 RBI)
The Seattle Mariners (33-34) take on the Chicago White Sox (30-40)
The White Sox hope to get a road victory at T-Mobile Park versus the Mariners on Friday at 10:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- SEA Key Player: Ty France (.279 AVG, 6 HR, 31 RBI)
- CHW Key Player: Luis Robert (.264 AVG, 17 HR, 36 RBI)
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Mayor Melvin Carter, and St. Paul-based McKnight Foundation CEO Tonya Allen to address attendees
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Living Cities, a philanthropic member collaborative of philanthropic foundations and financial institutions, announced today its convening of leadership representing 20-plus cities across the country to share lessons learned from responding to a once-in-a-century pandemic, economic challenges, and navigating a racial reckoning. The gathering will take place July 20-22.
Living Cities' Closing the Gaps Network is a multi-year initiative that brings together public sector leaders committed to imagining an anti-racist society and equitable-opportunity economy, and building it through the transformation of government policies, practices and operations.
"The dedicated public sector leaders in cities around the country have had a rough several years—and some might argue a rough several decades," said Living Cities President and CEO Joe Scantlebury. "We are excited to bring these leaders together for the first time in over two years to celebrate their hard work and give them opportunities to connect in person with people dealing with the same issues they are facing."
Convening attendees include members of city government, board members, philanthropic foundations and partners working to create more racially equitable outcomes — specifically around homeownership and business ownership opportunities.
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter will be a keynote on the first night of the two-day gathering and share his perspective on how city governments are on the front lines of equity issues for the country.
"The pandemic exacerbated challenges too many of our families have faced for too long," said Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter. "That's why investing in our young people, families and workers is critical to ensuring no one is left behind as we rebuild from this global public health and economic crisis."
Also joining the convening is Tonya Allen, President and CEO of the McKnight Foundation, the Twin Cities-based institution and long-standing member of Living Cities.
"We're thrilled to host the Closing the Gap Network in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, where civic leaders are taking bold steps to transform our region from being the epicenter of racial injustice to the epicenter of racial opportunity," said McKnight President Tonya Allen. "For over 20 years, McKnight has partnered with Living Cities to create a more vibrant future for all Minnesotans – and closing racial wealth gaps is key to achieving that vision."
Award-winning author, historian and MacArthur Fellow Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is also a keynote speaker, and will deliver a speech at Thursday's luncheon. Taylor writes and speaks extensively on Black politics, social movements and racial inequity in the United States.
Founded in 1991, Living Cities is a collaborative of the world's largest foundations and financial institutions. The organization fosters transformational relationships across sectors to connect those who are willing to do the hard work of closing racial income and wealth gaps. Living Cities partners with cross-sector leaders in cities across the country to imagine and create an America in which all people are economically secure, building wealth and living abundant, dignified and connected lives. To learn more about Living Cities and its member institutions, visit LivingCities.org.
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Albert D’Alessandro and Tai Mann each scored three touchdowns to lead Jackson Memorial to a 34-0 road win over Jackson Liberty, in Jackson.
With the win over their crosstown rival, the Jaguars (4-1) retain the Connor Cup. The rivalry trophy is named after Don Connor, who was a longtime athletic director at Jackson Memorial.
D’Alessandro hauled in a 57-yard touchdown pass from Mann in the first quarter and ran back a pick-six for a 90-yard touchdown in the second quarter. Mann and D’Alessandro also linked up on a 19-yard scoring strike in the second quarter. Mann punched in a short rushing touchdown in the fourth.
Ryan Jagodzinski started off the scoring by running back the opening kickoff for a touchdown.
The Lions fell to 2-3 on the season.
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BARENTSBURG, Norway (AP) — A 15-year-old boy in a polar bear hoodie took turns reading the Gospel passage about Jesus’s birth in Russian with three girls in dresses and bows who proclaimed it in Norwegian, in a shared celebration of Orthodox Christmas deep in the Arctic undimmed by war and the round-the-clock polar night.
The girls and a dozen of their fellow members of Polargospel, the children’s choir at the only church in Svalbard – an archipelago closer to the North Pole than to either Oslo or Moscow – traveled three hours by boat Saturday to mark the holiday with the 40 children in Barentsburg.
At midday in the snow-covered square of this village owned by Russia’s Arctic mining company, a full moon illuminated a bust of Lenin standing in front of a big, twinkling Christmas tree and an even larger old monument reading “Our goal is Communism” in Cyrillic script.
This far north, the sun never rises in winter.
“We who live in the north in darkness, we know how much the light means,” said the Rev. Siv Limstrand as she handed out the slim yellow candles popular in Orthodox churches to the children after the Gospel reading. “Even one weak candle in the window is enough to find the way to each other.”
The tradition of an annual Christmas visit by the Lutheran pastor of Svalbard Church and other leaders from the archipelago's main settlement of Longyearbyen – 34 nautical miles away from Barentsburg through a fjord hemmed by majestic white mountains – was suspended during the pandemic. It was put in doubt again by the war in Ukraine, which also disrupted the occasional visits by Orthodox priests.
For 18 months, none has come to celebrate services in Barentsburg’s tall, wooden chapel filled with icons. It’s always open, its light shining like a beacon through the windows toward the miners’ modern apartment complexes and out to sea.
So for the last couple of months, Limstrand worked with the church’s choir director and with the teachers at Barentsburg’s school to create a program stripped of officialdom, whose songs and short narrations focused on the Christmas Gospel message of light and peace in the darkness.
As she finalized her remarks while on the big ship Svalbard’s governor lent for the occasion, Limstrand said she wasn’t even sure if she’d offer a formal blessing at the end of the performance.
But the atmosphere had become so festive that she did invoke the Old Testament’s “The Lord bless you and keep you” verse to the audience that included church staff, parents from Longyearbyen, teachers from Barentsburg and, seated unobtrusively in the back, the general manager of Arcticugol, the mining company that runs the town.
For more than a century, mining has driven permanent settlements in Svalbard, including Longyearbyen, with about 2,000 residents, and Barentsburg, where about 350 people live. Even though it’s Norway’s territory, the Soviet Union was party to an early 20th century treaty that allowed other countries to share in mining rights, and Arcticugol continues to operate Russia’s mine.
During the Cold War, tensions flared between the two countries in Svalbard, as they have again since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including over transit for Barentsburg’s food supplies in July. In October, the Svalbard’s tourism council – representing the archipelago’s growing leisure industry – announced it would cut off Arcticugol’s tourism branch in protest against the war.
But church members approved the choir’s Christmas visit, Limstrand said, to help the children not see one another as enemies but rather pray for all – especially in such remote communities.
“We’re so far away we feel connected to all the world,” she told The Associated Press, adding that her responsibility as Svalbard’s pastor is to ensure “spiritual hospitality” beyond her Protestant flock.
Leonard Snoeks said his 10-year-old daughter had fundraised for Ukraine, selling waffles and coffee outside their home in Norway, but had no qualms coming on the choir trip with the new friends she’s made since the family moved to Svalbard six months ago from the Norwegian mainland.
“Although things are as they are, it doesn’t separate the fact that people are people,” Snoeks said. “The church choir is really important to see beyond that, to show that you care.”
To highlight this wasn’t a diplomatic overture but ministry from children for children, Saturday’s celebration took place at Barentsburg’s school.
The Russian program followed the Norwegian choir’s performance. Since most families in Barentsburg are Ukrainian, it included a poem and a rendering in that language of the globally popular “Carol of the Bells,” which was first penned a century ago in Ukraine.
Svetlana Yanevska, the school’s assistant director since May, sang the carol a cappella along with students.
She later explained that it was especially important this year to follow religious traditions together, from preparing for the performance to going house to house in Barentsburg on Christmas Eve sharing sweets like kutia, a rice pudding with nuts and raisins.
“Kids everywhere are kids. Our aim is that all kids are happy and safe,” Yanevska said.
The first Russian number started in pitch dark, with young children in white costumes dancing and rhythmically waving flashlights as a projection of Santa's sleigh moved on the wall past the Donald Duck mural.
The school’s English teacher, Maria Kharcheva, who recently moved here from Russia, explained the rays of light were meant to symbolize “the stars in the night sky when the Savior was born.”
“I’m a religious person. This holiday is very important to me. It symbolizes something pure, warm,” Kharcheva said. While she missed having an Orthodox priest on Christmas, she was delighted with this “unusual” celebration that the children had worked hard to prepare.
They all mingled over the gift exchange – presided by a teacher acting as Ded Moroz, the Slavic equivalent of Santa Claus, in flowing white beard and blue robe – followed by Napoleon cake, Russian tea, and Cokes. Then a clunky bus drove the Norwegian group over snow-packed streets back to the port for the long ride home.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to revive an ACLU lawsuit challenging a portion of the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance of Americans’ international email and phone communications.
The justices left in place an appeals court ruling against the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia. The organization said that the National Security Agency’s “Upstream” surveillance program violates free-speech rights and protections against unreasonable search and seizure.
Details of the Upstream program are classified, but it collects data from transmissions over high-speed cables that carry electronic communications into and out of the country.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, had ruled that the lawsuit must be dismissed after the government invoked the “state secrets privilege” against the possible damage to national security that might result from a court case. | 2023-02-21T19:25:07+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/politics/ap-supreme-court-wont-revive-lawsuit-over-nsa-surveillance/ |
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Duke's Launches Tomatoes and Mayo Restaurant Event in Richmond and Greenville
RICHMOND, Va., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Last year, Duke's Mayo took over tomato season with a weeklong celebration that served mayo and tomato dishes in partnership with restaurants across Richmond. This year, they're inviting their hometown Greenville to join in too. The event will run from Monday, July 18th to Sunday, July 24th, and will feature specials from over 70 total restaurants in both cities.
Hot Tomato Summer was created to lend support to restaurants bouncing back from the pandemic. The event received so much love from Richmonders and Duke's fans alike that the brand decided to make its comeback even hotter, quintupling last year's footprint.
Duke's and tomatoes paved their way as the power couple of southern cuisine over 100 years ago when Eugenia Duke perfected the tomato sandwich in Greenville, S.C. For Hot Tomato Summer, each event partner will put their own spin on the duo and create custom specials that will run throughout the week in addition to their regular menu, inviting folks to enjoy Duke's in both its classic and remixed glory.
"When we launched Hot Tomato Summer last year, we wanted to remind everyone of the talent, creativity, and flavors only found in the South," said Rebecca Lupesco, Duke's Brand Manager of Mayohem, "but the dishes truly blew us away, ranging from mayo ice cream to tomato pie, seafood salad, and more. We can't wait to see what bold and exciting flavors are on the table this year."
In honor of the event and to raise awareness of food desserts, Duke's and Sauer Brands will collectively be donating $20,000 to help support Shalom Farms and Mill Village Garden. Shalom Farms is a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that everyone has equitable access to nourishing food and meaningful opportunities to grow, choose, cook and enjoy fresh produce. And with a similar mission, Mill Village Farms is working to redevelop vacant properties in Greenville's historic mill communities, growing food for the surrounding area while also providing employment opportunities for neighborhood youth.
For more information on participating restaurants and specific offerings, you can visit dukesmayo.com/hottomatosummer.
Duke's Mayonnaise was created in 1917 in Greenville, S.C. by Eugenia Duke. Since then, Duke's has been adding southern flavors to make good things better. In addition to the flagship mayonnaise, which is still made according to the founder's original recipe, Duke's offers light, olive oil, and flavored mayonnaises, tartar sauce, sandwich relish and regionally inspired Duke's Southern Sauces, dressings, and mustards. Duke's is the Official Condiment of the Tailgate and title sponsor of the Duke's Mayo Classic & Duke's Mayo Bowl. For more information, visit dukesmayo.com or follow @dukes_mayonnaise on Instagram.
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Supreme Court certifies ruling ending Trump border policy
Posted/updated on: August 2, 2022 at 7:34 amSAN DIEGO (AP) — The Supreme Court has certified its month-old ruling allowing the Biden administration to end a cornerstone Trump-era border policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court. It was a pro forma act that has drawn attention amid near-total silence from the White House about when, how and even whether it will dismantle the policy. The sparse entry records that justices voted 5-4 that the administration could scrap the “Remain in Mexico” policy, overruling a lower court that forced the policy to be reinstated in December. The Biden administration had no immediate comment. | 2022-08-02T12:49:13+00:00 | ktbb.com | https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1149738 |
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Castellum has appointed Joacim Sjöberg as acting CEO of Castellum AB during the ongoing recruitment process. Joacim Sjöberg has been a member of the Board of Directors of Castellum since 2020 and has good knowledge of the company and the industry.
"I am very pleased that Joacim Sjöberg made himself available for this assignment during the ongoing recruitment process for a new president and CEO. The Board of Directors and I have great confidence that Joacim Sjöberg is the right person to lead the company until a new CEO can take office," says Per Berggren, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Castellum AB.
In addition to his role as member of the Board of Directors, Joacim Sjöberg assumes the role with immediate effect. CEO Rutger Arnhult is thus exempted from work for the remainder of his notice period.
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Per Berggren, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Castellum AB, +46 70 553 80 48
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Castellum is one of the largest listed property companies in the Nordic region that develops flexible workplaces and smart logistics solutions. As of 30 September 2022, the property value totalled approximately SEK 186 billion, including the ownership share of the Norwegian company Entra ASA. We are active in attractive Nordic growth regions. One of our sustainability goals is to become entirely climate neutral by 2030 at the latest. Castellum is the only Nordic property and construction company elected to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). The Castellum share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Large Cap.
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Company's Failure to Respect Workers a Consistent Pattern of Behavior
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Drivers at Keolis Transportation represented by Teamsters Local 639 have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike if necessary. The approximately 150 bus drivers provide transit and paratransit services for Prince William County in Virginia.
"The company is dragging its feet during negotiations and refusing to provide the members with the benefits and wage structure they deserve," said Bill Davis, Local 639 Secretary-Treasurer. "Our members are the only source of transportation for commuters to the DC region and the most vulnerable citizens of the communities they serve. The drivers have been patient but persistent in their demand for a fair and equitable contract, but the company is not listening to them."
The workers have been in negotiations since September of last year. Keolis has a consistent record of mistreating its workforce – last year, Teamsters Local 533 members in Reno, Nev. had to go on strike three times to get the contract that they deserved. Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 in Loudoun County, Va. are currently on strike at Keolis, primarily because of similar issues that the Teamsters are having with the company.
"When we first organized with the Teamsters around a year ago, we thought maybe the company had learned that it needed to make some very serious changes – apparently not," said Carrie Blount, a Keolis driver and member of the negotiating team. "Sometimes in life, people just have to learn lessons the hard way, so if that means hitting the picket line, so be it."
The company and the union still have a bargaining session scheduled for next week.
"Without a change in tactics from Keolis, I have no doubt that these hardworking drivers will stand up and fight for what they are due in these negotiations," said Business Agent John Estes, who serves on the Local 639 negotiating committee.
Founded in 1934, Teamsters Local 639 represents workers in a wide variety of industries throughout our nation's Capital, Maryland and Virginia. For more information, go to teamsters639.com/
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Massachusetts’ unemployment rate fell to 2.8 percent in May, just one-tenth of a percentage point above the record low set in the summer and fall of 2000.
The drop, from 3.1 percent in the previous month, was driven by a shrinking workforce, according to data released on Friday by the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. The national unemployment rate in May, published two weeks ago, was 3.7 percent.
Even with fewer workers to choose from, local employers added 5,700 jobs last month. Payrolls in the state have expanded by an average of nearly 8,400 jobs a month this year.
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Other key figures from the report include:
- Job gains were led by the education and health services sector, which added 2,700 jobs from April. Government gained 1,400 jobs and trade, transportation, and utilities rose by 1,300.
- Leisure and hospitality employers shed 500 jobs last month. The financial sector lost 600 jobs.
- The state’s labor force — the number of people with a job or actively seeking one — declined by 3,800 in May, though it has edged up by 1,800 workers since the start of the year. The labor force has lost 65,700 workers since February 2020, a contraction of 1.8 percent.
The jobless rate was 1.9 percent in New Hampshire last month, matching Nebraska and South Dakota for the lowest rate in the country. Unemployment was 2.1 percent in Vermont, 2.4 percent in Maine, 3 percent in Rhode Island, and 3.7 percent in Connecticut.
Larry Edelman can be reached at larry.edelman@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeNewsEd. | 2023-06-16T19:00:06+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/16/business/mass-jobless-rate-drops-28-percent-workforce-shrinks/ |
29th and Chambers shooting, Milwaukee man wounded
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investors shouldn’t expect a change of leadership at the top of Berkshire Hathaway anytime soon, even though Chairman Warren Buffett is 92 and his partner Charlie Munger is 99, one longtime board member said Thursday.
Ron Olson told a group of investors gathered ahead of Saturday’s annual meeting that after spending a lot of time with both legendary investors, he doesn’t think a transition to Greg Abel as CEO is imminent. Buffett has said Abel will one day take over Berkshire and Abel already oversees all of the conglomerate’s non-insurance businesses, but Buffett has no plans to retire.
“Charlie at 99? That brain is as good as it ever was,” Olson said. “Warren is the same way. His energy is amazing. So don’t count on Greg taking over tomorrow.”
The longevity of the two men who have led Berkshire for nearly six decades is always in the back of mind of the shareholders who will pack an Omaha arena to listen to Buffett and Munger spend hours answering questions. Many wonder how the company will fare once those two are no longer at the helm.
Olson has been on Berkshire’s board since 1997 and has been part of countless conversations over the years about how to eventually replace Buffett. He said the board has total confidence in Abel, who led Berkshire’s massive utility unit starting in 2008 before taking his current vice chairman role in 2018.
Olson said Abel has had the advantage of spending many years working closely with Buffett and is steeped in Berkshire’s unusual culture of letting companies it owns largely run themselves. Olson said he thinks preserving that culture of trust will be the most important part of Abel’s job running the company.
“He has had a lot of what I would call grooming and practice,” Olson said.
Berkshire has said for years that Buffett’s job as chairman, CEO and chief investment officer will be split into several parts when he is gone. Berkshire finally designated Abel as the CEO successor two years ago after Munger hinted at it during an offhand comment at the annual meeting.
Buffett has said he believes his oldest son, Howard, who already serves on Berkshire’s board, would make an ideal chairman to help protect the company’s culture.
Berkshire has hired two other investment managers who oversee a small part of the company’s portfolio now. Olson said Abel will have to decide how big a role those two will play in managing Berkshire’s investments in the future.
Berkshire owns an eclectic assortment of businesses including Geico and other major insurers, a number of large utilities, BNSF railroad and a range of retail and manufacturing businesses. Berkshire also holds major stakes in companies like Apple, Bank of America, American Express, Coca-Cola and Chinese electric car maker BYD. | 2023-05-04T22:56:46+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/board-member-92-year-old-buffett-wont-be-replaced-soon/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A bill requiring stricter safety rules in response to the 2018 sinking of a Missouri tourist boat that killed 17 people passed the Senate on Thursday.
The legislation, headed to President Joe Biden for approval, directs the U.S. Coast Guard to draft new requirements for amphibious vehicles such as the tourist attraction that sank during a storm on Table Rock Lake near Branson.
Lawmakers included the new regulations in a defense funding bill.
The measure calls for design changes to ensure the crafts stay upright. The Missouri vessel flooded through an air intake hatch on the bow that was not weather tight.
Many of the changes included in the measure were recommended by the the National Transportation Safety Board after its investigation into the July 2018 tragedy.
The agency has said Ride the Ducks should have suspended water operations that day because of the severe weather forecast.
Operators of amphibious vehicles would be required to seek refuge if a weather watch or warning is issued for high wind speeds under the proposal.
The legislation also calls for immediate removal of canopies, side curtains and associated framing from the duck boats to improve passengers’ chances of escape during emergencies. | 2022-12-16T22:31:32+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Congress-OKs-new-law-on-tourist-boats-after-17659753.php |
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Barings BDC, Inc. (NYSE: BBDC) ("Barings BDC" or the "Company") today reported its financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2022 and announced that the Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per share.
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Third Quarter 2022 Results
Commenting on the quarter, Jon Bock, Chief Executive Officer, stated, "While uncertain and volatile economic conditions are pressuring global asset prices, we continue to see strong performance across our diversified investment portfolio. Portfolio yields continue to increase as a result of increasing base rates, and our stockholder friendly incentive fee 'look back' further demonstrates investor alignment in the event of unrealized write-downs resulting from increasing yields. Looking into the fourth quarter, we see continued strong portfolio performance and expect to benefit from deploying incremental capital at attractive risk-adjusted returns. With that as our frame of reference, we expect fourth quarter net investment income of at least $0.27 per share, with further expansion into 2023."
During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company reported total investment income of $56.3 million, net investment income of $27.9 million, or $0.26 per share, and a net increase in net assets resulting from operations of $9.9 million, or $0.09 per share.
Net asset value ("NAV") per share as of September 30, 2022 was $11.28, as compared to $11.41 as of June 30, 2022. The decrease in NAV per share from June 30, 2022 to September 30, 2022 was primarily attributed to net unrealized depreciation on the Company's investment portfolio, credit support agreements and foreign currency transactions of approximately $0.24 per share, partially offset by a net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions of $0.07 per share, share repurchases of $0.02 per share and net investment income exceeding the Company's third quarter dividend by $0.02 per share.
Jonathan Landsberg, Chief Financial Officer, stated, "We continue to benefit from rising base rates as the weighted-average yield on our debt investments expanded meaningfully in the quarter. Moreover, our current net leverage ratio of 0.99x affords us the flexibility to take advantage of increasingly attractive risk-adjusted returns. As a result, our Board of Directors declared a fourth quarter dividend of $0.24 per share, or an 8.5% yield on our September 30, 2022 net asset value of $11.28 per share. This dividend level aligns with our hurdle rate, the highest in the BDC sector at 8.25%, which provides meaningful earnings power protection in the event of increased credit stress. We anticipate earnings will continue exceeding our base dividend in the current environment, and we will look to drive additional stockholder value through a combination of retention of excess earnings, continued share repurchases, and future special dividend distributions."
Recent Portfolio Activity
During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company made 21 new investments totaling $183.4 million and made investments in existing portfolio companies totaling $50.7 million. The Company had 8 loans repaid totaling $60.0 million, received $24.2 million of portfolio company principal payments and received $21.1 million of return of capital from our joint ventures. In addition, the Company sold $84.2 million of loans, recognizing a net realized loss on these transactions of $3.6 million and sold $45.1 million of middle-market portfolio company debt investments to one of its joint ventures and realized a loss on these transactions of $5.4 million. Lastly, the Company received a distribution from one of its portfolio companies totaling $6.2 million, which was recognized as a realized gain.
During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded net unrealized depreciation totaling $26.1 million, consisting of net unrealized depreciation on its current portfolio of $47.9 million, unrealized depreciation of $0.1 million on the MVC credit support agreement with Barings, unrealized depreciation reclassification adjustments of $0.5 million related to the net realized gains on the sales / repayments of certain investments, net of unrealized appreciation of $3.5 million on the Sierra credit support agreement with Barings, deferred tax asset of $1.6 million and net unrealized appreciation related to foreign currency transactions of $17.2 million. The net unrealized depreciation on the Company's current portfolio of $47.9 million was driven primarily by credit or fundamental performance of investments of $1.8 million, the impact of foreign currency exchange rates on investments of $26.9 million and broad market moves for investments of $19.2 million.
Liquidity and Capitalization
As of September 30, 2022, the Company had cash and foreign currencies of $137.3 million, $651.0 million of borrowings outstanding under its $1.1 billion senior secured revolving credit agreement and $725.0 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured notes outstanding. In addition, the Company had a net receivable from unsettled transactions of $28.1 million.
Share Purchase Program
In connection with the completion of the Company's acquisition of Sierra on February 25, 2022, the Company committed to make open-market purchases of shares of its common stock in an aggregate amount of up to $30.0 million at then-current market prices at any time shares trade below 90% of the Company's then most recently disclosed NAV per share. Any repurchases pursuant to the authorized program will occur during the 12-month period commencing on April 1, 2022 and are expected to be made in accordance with a Rule 10b5-1 purchase plan that qualifies for the safe harbors provided by Rules 10b5-1 and 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, as well as subject to compliance with the Company's covenant and regulatory requirements. As of November 10, 2022, the Company repurchased a total of 2,263,496 shares of its common stock in the open market under the authorized program at an average price of $9.69 per share, including broker commissions.
Dividend Information
The Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per share.
The Company's fourth quarter dividend is payable as follows:
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
Barings BDC has adopted a dividend reinvestment plan ("DRIP") that provides for reinvestment of dividends and distributions on behalf of its stockholders, unless a stockholder elects to receive cash. As a result, when the Company declares a cash dividend or distribution, stockholders who have not opted out of the DRIP will have their cash dividends or distributions automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Company's common stock, rather than receiving cash.
When the Company declares and pays dividends and distributions, it determines the allocation of the distribution between current income, accumulated income, capital gains and return of capital on the basis of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). At each year end, the Company is required for tax purposes to determine the allocation based on tax accounting principles. Due to differences between GAAP and tax accounting principles, the portion of each dividend distribution that is ordinary income, capital gain or return of capital may differ for GAAP and tax purposes. The tax status of the Company's distributions can be found on the Investor Relations page of its website.
Subsequent Events
Subsequent to September 30, 2022, the Company made approximately $131.1 million of new commitments, of which $103.0 million closed and funded. The $103.0 million of investments consists of $97.5 million of first lien senior secured debt investments and $5.5 million of equity investments. The weighted average yield of the debt investments was 9.9%. In addition, the Company funded $7.5 million of previously committed delayed draw term loans.
Subsequent to September 30, 2022, the Company placed its debt investment in Core Scientific Inc. ("Core Scientific") on non-accrual status effective with the monthly payment due October 31, 2022. As a result, under U.S. GAAP, the Company will no longer recognize interest income on its debt investment in Core Scientific for financial reporting purposes.
Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter 2022 Results
Barings BDC has scheduled a conference call to discuss third quarter 2022 financial and operating results for Friday, November 11, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. ET.
To listen to the call, please dial 877-407-8831 or 201-493-6736 approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. A taped replay will be made available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call and will remain available until November 25, 2022. To access the replay, please dial 877-660-6853 or 201-612-7415 and enter conference ID 13733372.
This conference call will also be available via a live webcast on the investor relations section of Barings BDC's website at https://ir.barings.com/ir-calendar. Access the website 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to download and install any necessary audio software. An archived webcast replay will be available on the Company's website until November 25, 2022.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements included herein or on the webcast/conference call may constitute "forward-looking statements," which relate to future events or Barings BDC's future performance or financial condition. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made, which reflect management's current estimates, projections, expectations or beliefs, and which are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the Company's projected net investment income and earnings, the Company's distribution levels and frequency of distributions, the Company's share repurchase activity, the ability of Barings LLC to manage Barings BDC and identify investment opportunities, all of which are subject to change at any time based upon economic, market or other conditions, including with respect to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on Barings BDC's and its portfolio companies' results of operations and financial condition, and may not be relied upon as investment advice or an indication of Barings BDC's trading intent. More information on the risks and other potential factors that could affect Barings BDC's financial results and future events, including important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from plans, estimates or expectations included herein or discussed on the webcast/conference call, is included in Barings BDC's filings with the SEC, including in the "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of Barings BDC's most recently filed annual report on Form 10-K, as well as in subsequent filings, including Barings BDC's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. In addition, there is no assurance that Barings BDC or any of its affiliates will purchase additional shares of Barings BDC at any specific discount levels or in any specific amounts. There is no assurance that the market price of Barings BDC's shares, either absolutely or relative to net asset value, will increase as a result of any share repurchases, or that any repurchase plan will enhance stockholder value over the long term.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To provide additional information about the Company's results, the Company's management has discussed in this press release the Company's net debt (calculated as total debt less unrestricted cash and foreign currencies (excluding restricted cash) and net receivables from unsettled transactions) and its net debt-to-equity ratio (calculated as net debt divided by total net assets), which are not prepared in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP measures are included to supplement the Company's financial information presented in accordance with GAAP and because the Company uses such measures to monitor and evaluate its leverage and financial condition and believes the presentation of these measures enhances investors' ability to analyze trends in the Company's business and to evaluate the Company's leverage and ability to take on additional debt. However, these non-GAAP measures have limitations and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the Company's financial results as reported under GAAP.
These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative to, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. These measures should only be used to evaluate the Company's results of operations in conjunction with their corresponding GAAP measures. Pursuant to the requirements of Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K, as promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has provided a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures in the last table included in this press release.
About Barings BDC
Barings BDC, Inc. (NYSE: BBDC) is a publicly traded, externally managed investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Barings BDC seeks to invest primarily in senior secured loans in middle-market companies that operate across a wide range of industries. Barings BDC's investment activities are managed by its investment adviser, Barings LLC, a leading global asset manager based in Charlotte, NC with $338+ billion* of AUM firm-wide. For more information, visit www.baringsbdc.com.
About Barings LLC
Barings is a $338+ billion* global investment manager sourcing differentiated opportunities and building long-term portfolios across public and private fixed income, real estate, and specialist equity markets. With investment professionals based in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, the firm, a subsidiary of MassMutual, aims to serve its clients, communities and employees, and is committed to sustainable practices and responsible investment. Learn more at www.barings.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restrictions and public venues reopened, The Associated Press has learned.
Mirroring the increase in those reports is the disclosure that close to 36,000 service members said in a confidential survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact — a dramatic increase over the roughly 20,000 who said that in a similar 2018 survey, U.S. defense and military officials said.
The latest numbers are certain to anger lawmakers on Capitol Hill who have been critical of the Pentagon’s efforts to get a handle on sexual crimes and misconduct.
According to officials, the overall increase is largely fueled by a nearly 26% jump in reports involving Army soldiers. It’s the largest increase for that service since 2013, when such reports went up by 51%.
The increase in Navy reports was about 9%, the Air Force was a bit more than 2% and the Marine Corps was less than 2%, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the reporting has not yet been made public.
The big increase is especially troublesome for the Army, which is struggling to meet its recruiting goals and is expected to miss the target by at least 10,000 — or by anywhere from 18% to 25% — at the end of September. Army leaders have acknowledged that it is important for parents and others who influence recruits to feel comfortable that their son or daughter is safe and will be taken care of in the service.
Army officials said the numbers are alarming and that they certainly could have an impact on recruting, if parents believe their youth are at risk of assaults. They said Army leaders saw the growing numbers last year and began trying to implement new programs. Already, they said, some programs are working and the sexual harassment and assault numbers have been coming down this year.
COVID-19 and the pandemic restrictions make year-to-year comparisons complicated. Officials said they do not have enough data to determine if — or how much — the pandemic played a role in the higher reporting and survey numbers.
The Pentagon and the military services have long struggled to come up with programs to prevent sexual assaults and to encourage reporting. While the military has made inroads in making it easier and safer for service members to come forward, it has had far less success reducing the assaults, which have increased nearly every year since 2006.
Army leaders said they’ve seen some results with a training program that soldiers get when they report to their first duty station. It is rolled out right away, and has soldiers acting out dangerous situations and emphasizes training on how to respond. They also said they are improving evaluation programs that grade unit leaders, including randomly picking peers and others to do the assessments.
The double-digit overall increase comes after two years of relatively small increases in reports filed by or involving service members. In the budget year ending September 2020, reports of sexual assault and unwanted sexual contact edged up by 1%, as much of the world largely shut down due to the pandemic. The previous year, reports went up by about 3% — a substantial improvement over 2018, which also saw a 13% increase.
The widespread restrictions on travel and movement for the military continued during fall 2020 and the early part of 2021, and many businesses, restaurants and bars were shut down or had limited service. Things began to open up as more people were vaccinated in the summer and fall, but it’s also not clear whether that greater freedom contributed to the increase in assault reports.
The Pentagon releases a report every year on the number of sexual assaults reported by or about troops. But because sexual assault is a highly underreported crime, the department began to do a confidential survey every two years to get a clearer picture of the problem. The 2018 survey found that more than 20,000 service members said they experienced some type of sexual assault, but only one-third of them filed a formal report.
The latest report, expected to be publicly released Thursday, estimates that about 35,800 service members experienced some type of sexual assault in the previous year, based on the confidential survey. That means that only about one in every five service members reported an incident that happened in the previous year.
Every year as many as 10% of the assaults that service members reported happened before they joined the military.
Officials familiar with the findings said survey respondents also reported increases in hostility in the workplace, as well as more sexual harassment, which can sometimes lead to other sexual assaults or misconduct. They said the survey revealed that about 8% of all women and 1.5% of men in the service said they had experienced some form of unwanted sexual contact.
Officials said the survey suggested that, based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a woman’s chance of being sexually assaulted in the military was about the same as a woman in the general population. But for men, the risk for those in the military is much lower than in U.S. society.
Defense officials have argued that an increase in reported assaults is a positive trend because so many people are reluctant to report it, both in the military and in society as a whole. Greater reporting, they say, shows there is more confidence in the reporting system and greater comfort with the support for victims.
It’s unclear, however, whether the increased reports last year actually represent a growing problem or whether those who say they were assaulted were just more willing to come forward.
The Pentagon has been under persistent pressure from Congress to improve prevention and prosecutions. Lawmakers acted late last year to take some prosecution authority out of the hands of commanders and instead use independent prosecutors.
Victims rights advocates and others have argued that service members don’t trust the system and are often unwilling to go to their commanders with a complaint for fear of retribution. They also worry that commanders may not press ahead with some cases if they know the accused. Members of Congress argued that using independent prosecutors would make the process more fair, and make victims more comfortable coming forward. | 2022-09-01T14:53:33+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-reported-sexual-assaults-across-us-military-increase-by-13/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 1/6 committee is set to plunge into Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to salvage the 2020 election by pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to reject the electoral count — a highly unusual and potentially illegal strategy that was set in motion in the run-up to the U.S. Capitol riot.
With two live witnesses Thursday, the House panel intends to show how Trump’s false claims of a fraudulent election left him grasping for alternatives as courts turned back dozens of lawsuits challenging the vote.
Trump latched onto conservative law professor John Eastman’s obscure plan and launched a public and private pressure campaign on Pence days before the vice president was to preside over the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress to certify Joe Biden's election victory. A federal judge has said it is “more likely than not” Trump committed crimes over the scheme.
"The illegality of the plan was obvious," the Jan. 6 panel said in a court filing against Eastman.
The committee will hear from Greg Jacob, the vice president’s counsel who fended off Eastman’s ideas for Pence to carry out the plan; and retired federal judge Michael Luttig, who called the plan from Eastman, his former law clerk, "incorrect at every turn.”
Thursday's session is also expected to divulge new evidence about the danger Pence faced that day as the mob stormed the Capitol shouting “hang Mike Pence!” with a gallows on the Capitol grounds as the vice president fled with senators into hiding. Nine people died in the riot and its aftermath.
The session is expected to show how Trump’s pressure on Pence “directly contributed” to the attack on the Capitol and how the Eastman strategy posed a “grave, grave threat” to democracy, according to a committee aide who insisted on anonymity to discuss the upcoming hearing.
Ahead of the hearing, Pence's former chief of staff, Marc Short, said his boss was determined to stay at the Capitol that night and finish the job, despite the threats.
“He knew his job was to stay at his post,” Short said on CNN on Wednesday.
Short said Pence didn't want the world seeing the vice president leaving the Capitol when "a hallmark of democracy” was under siege.
“He thought it was important that he stay there and make sure the work of the American people was completed that night,” said Short, who testified under subpoena to the committee for eight hours, but has not yet appeared as a live witness.
The panel is reconvening for a third hearing this month after a blockbuster prime-time start last week, followed by logistical setbacks in recent days. Monday's key witness, former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, abruptly declined to appear in person because his wife was in labor with their child. Wednesday's scheduled hearing with witnesses from the Justice Department who tried to convince Trump that his claims of voter fraud were just not true was postponed.
Nevertheless, the panel's yearlong investigation is portraying a publicly gripping account of Trump's final weeks in office as the defeated president clung to “the big lie” of a rigged election even as those around him — his family, his top aides, officials at the highest levels of government — were telling him he simply lost the election.
Former Attorney General William Barr, who resigned at the end of 2020 rather than be part of Trump's plans, testified earlier that the president was becoming “detached from reality” if he believed the lies. He said he told the president his claims of voter fraud were “bull-—.”
With 1,000 interviews and reams of 140,000 documents, the committee is connecting the dots, showing how Trump's false claims of election fraud became a battle cry as he summoned thousands of Americans to Washington for a Jan. 6 rally and then sent them to Capitol Hill to “fight like hell” for his presidency.
More than 800 people have been arrested in the Capitol siege, and the panel is considering whether to send a referral for criminal charges against Trump to the Justice Department. No president or former president has ever been indicted by the Justice Department, and Attorney General Merrick Garland has said he and his team are following the proceedings in Congress.
For now, the panel is pressing ahead with its hearings, with more scheduled for next week.
Thursday's will unpack the Eastman plan to have the states send alternative slates of electors from the five or seven states Trump was disputing, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. With competing slates for Trump or Biden, Pence would be forced to reject them, returning them to the states to sort it out, under the plan.
Pence refused the plan, believing the founding fathers would not have left it to one person, the vice president, to decide the outcome, Jacob told the panel in previous testimony. Jacob said the idea was utterly against some 130 years of precedent in American history, “entirely made up.”
The committee in hearings ahead will be delving into the roles of extremist groups and others who heeded Trump's call to Washington. Leaders and others from the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys face rare sedition charges over their roles in the Capitol attack.
Several members of Congress are also under scrutiny, including Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., whom the committee has asked for an interview to discuss a Capitol tour he gave that included basement tunnels to a group of people the day before the attack.
The panel is also probing several candidates for elected office, including the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, who were among the rioters.
The panel, which is expected to deliver a final report on its findings later this year, intends for its work to be a record for history of the most violent attack on the Capitol since the War of 1812. Unlike other national traumas that have pulled the country together, the Jan. 6 Capitol attack appears to have left many Americans divided. Congress splintered over forming the committee, which most Republicans opposed.
The panel's two Republicans, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, have been shunned by the GOP for their work with Democrats leading the investigation into Trump and his role in the Capitol attack.
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Associated Press writers Kevin Freking in Washington and Farnoush Amiri in Los Angeles contributed to this report. | 2022-06-16T05:18:14+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/1-6-panel-probes-Trump-pressure-on-Pence-to-17245136.php |
It's been over a month since someone in Illinois won the $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot, and according to state lottery officials, the winnings have yet to be claimed.
According to the Illinois Lottery, the winning ticket was bought in July at a Speedway gas station in Des Plaines, about 20 miles outside Chicago.
But as of Friday, the winnings haven't been claimed.
On Friday's "Today" show, co-anchor Hoda Kotb said state lottery officials are urging those in the state to recheck their tickets.
The winning numbers were: 13-36-45-57-67, Mega Ball: 14, the Associated Press reported.
"For a prize of this magnitude, it's not unusual for the winner to take a while to claim," said Harold Mays, the state's Lottery Director, in a previous statement. "I'm sure they're going through a range of emotions."
Illinois Lottery spokesperson Emilia Mazur told the Associated Press that state lottery winners who win more than $250,000 could choose to stay anonymous per Illinois regulations.
According to state lottery rules, although winners have up to 12 months to claim their prize, they have 60 days from the drawing date to choose the cash option or be paid annually over 29 years, the Associated Press reported.
The news outlet reported that if the winner chooses the cash option, they could likely receive $780.5 million.
According to the Associated Press, the huge jackpot was the third-largest ever lottery prize in the U.S. | 2022-08-26T17:41:42+00:00 | krtv.com | https://www.krtv.com/news/national/winner-of-1-3-billion-mega-millions-jackpot-has-yet-to-claim-prize-lottery-officials-say |
2 Florida deputies disciplined for sharing news of Bob Saget’s death before his family was notified, internal report says
By Dakin Andone and Chuck Johnston, CNN
Two Orange County, Florida, sheriff’s deputies have been disciplined for sharing information about Bob Saget’s death with members of the public before the comedian’s family had been notified, according to the results of an internal investigation by the sheriff’s department.
Both deputies confirmed they had improperly shared the information in testimony given as part of the investigation, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department report states. The exact nature of the disciplinary action was not specified.
Saget was on tour when he was found dead in an Orlando, Florida, hotel room on January 9. The Orange County Chief Medical Examiner’s Office determined Saget — a 65-year-old comedian and actor known best for his role on the TV sitcom “Full House — died as a result of “blunt head trauma,” per an official autopsy report. Saget’s family similarly said in a statement Saget died due to head trauma, adding, “No drugs or alcohol were involved.”
Deputy Emiliano Silva, who had responded to the Ritz Carlton in Orlando where Saget’s body was found, texted his brother informing him of Saget’s death, the report states. Minutes later, Silva’s brother tweeted, “RIP Bob Saget,” though he later deleted it after Silva told him to, the report states.
This tweet prompted a flood of media inquiries at a time when authorities had yet to notify Saget’s next-of-kin, the report states, citing the sheriff’s department’s communications director.
Silva later told internal investigators in an interview he “really wasn’t thinking” when he shared the information with his brother, but that he “had no ill intent,” according to the report.
Before Silva’s brother deleted his tweet, another account responded asking how he learned of Saget’s death, the report states. That account holder said he had received similar information from his friend, who was a member of the department — later identified as Deputy Steven Reed.
According to the investigation, Reed, who was off-duty at the time, texted the news of Saget’s death to two neighbors who had recently attended one of Saget’s shows. Reed told investigators in his own interview, “Hindsight, probably shouldn’t have shared it in the way and the manner that I did.”
Both deputies were found to have violated department policy, the report states.
CNN has reached out for comment to Jay Smith of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 93, who attended both Silva’s and Reed’s interviews as their representative, according to the internal report.
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Here’s how much your favorite TV characters would pay for rent in 2022
LOS ANGELES - Have you ever watched your favorite sitcom on television and thought to yourself, "There is no way they can afford that place?? You and me both.
We all know many films and television shows set unrealistic expectations when it comes to what characters can afford, especially those who live in major cities such as New York City.
"When writing a TV show, showing a realistic depiction of what life would be for the characters based on their salaries might not be a priority, however when watching any sitcom or similar, viewers will probably catch up on whether their favorite character could be able to afford their apartments," a spokesperson for Hovia, an interior design institute, said.
Chandler's apartment on Friends
That’s why Hovia is setting the record straight. The studio calculated how much the characters living in these homes and apartments would have to pay for rent in 2022 — and well, it’s pricey.
"The reality is that most of those apartments are often more expensive than it might look, as they're located in popular neighborhoods of big cities, which combined with today’s average prices will prove just how unrealistic expectations are when watching TV," the spokesperson continued.
Monica’s Apartment in ‘Friends’
This is probably one of the most notable apartments in TV history. In the series, Monica and Rachel pay only $200 a month for rent, since Monica’s grandmother left her with a rent-controlled lease.
Inside apartment on series "Friends"
However, according to Hovia, a two-bedroom apartment in West Village, Manhattan just like theirs would be found today for an average of $6,554 a month.
"In fact, ‘Friends’ seems to be the only show that attempts to explain just how Monica and Rachel are able to afford such a luxurious space, which goes in stark contrast to Carrie Bradshaw’s living arrangements, which is among the most unrealistic of all," the spokesperson added.
Carrie’s Apartment in ‘Sex and the City'
Speaking of Carrie Bradshaw’s living arrangement, this legendary apartment in TV history at 64 Perry Street will always be considered the Carrie Bradshaw apartment. The one-bedroom place was used again for the series’ revival "And just like that..." on HBO Max.
Sarah Jessica Parker seen on the set of "And Just Like That..." the follow up series to "Sex and the City" in the West Village on October 20, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Raymond Hall/GC Images)
Carrie’s infamous place on the Upper East Side would cost an average of $4,072 a month, which may be too expensive with a writer’s salary. Although, some may argue, her popular column may warrant a higher salary.
Ted and Marshall’s Apartment in ‘How I Met Your Mother’
The Upper West Side apartment shared by Ted and Marshall has become the setting for many scenarios including the infamous "Interventions", the group’s holiday celebrations and so much more.
WATCH: ‘Friends: Behind Closed Doors' free on Tubi
A real two-bedroom in the neighborhood would today be up for rent for an average of $7,100 a month, a number that Marshall and Ted may actually be able to afford with their salaries as a lawyer and an architect.
Sheldon and Leonard’s Place in ‘The Big Bang Theory’
According to the "Big Bang Theory," Sheldon and Leonard’s Pasadena apartment is situated in the ‘Los Robles Apartment Building’ — an apartment complex one block away from the City Hall and adjacent to a lamp store. The building with its infamous out-of-order elevator is on the fourth floor, has at least five floors and has sixteen units.
Sheldon and Leonard’s Pasadena apartment on "The Big Bang Theory"
The spacious two-bedroom, in 2022, would be up for rent for an average of $2,894, the least expensive on the list.
Nick, Jess, Schmidt, and Winston’s Loft in ‘New Girl’
In the series, Jess moves in with three guys into a loft located in the Arts District in Los Angeles. The three-bedroom apartment is converted into a four-bedroom to split the rent even further.
A similar loft in the neighborhood would today be worth an average of $4,800 a month.
Meredith’s House in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Inherited from her mother (and therefore owned by Meredith), the large house on Queen Ann Hill, Seattle, has basically seen almost every character live in it, from Meredith’s fellow interns to the doctors of Grey Sloane Memorial Hospital.
In the show, the house has three bedrooms, and to rent a similar place in 2022, the monthly costs would be an average of $4,200 a month.
Richard Castle’s Apartment in ‘Castle’
Richard Castle’s apartment in SoHo, New York, is a two-bedroom to accommodate his teen daughter, and in real life it would cost a whopping $10,450 a month, as SoHo is among the most expensive neighborhoods in the city.
However, it is possible to believe that thanks to his successful career, Castle would easily be able to afford it. | 2022-11-12T01:24:54+00:00 | fox29.com | https://www.fox29.com/news/heres-much-your-favorite-tv-characters-would-pay-for-rent-in-2022 |
LOS ANGELES, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lichen Planopilaris (LPP) is a disease that can lead to patchy areas of permanent baldness. Besides baldness, severe irritation, and itching, LPP contributes to a diminished quality of life. LPP accounts for 1 - 7.5% of hair loss cases, affecting about 1-7% of middle-aged women, and is known as a source of frustration for both doctors and patients due to current drug treatments, such as regular scalp injections, often proving ineffective with unwanted side effects that preclude long-term use.
First Study Reporting LPP Response to a Natural Product
In a recent study titled: Lichen Planopilaris Responsive to a Novel Phytoactive Botanical Treatment: A Case Series, published in Dermatology and Therapy, four patients from two clinics with LPP successfully responded to a new botanical formula, either applied topically or combined with its capsule formulation, Dr.UGro Gashee. Within weeks of initiating treatment, all patients experienced resolution of symptoms and inflammation with signs of hair regrowth sustained throughout follow-up.
According to Dr. Umar, the report's lead author, it is an important finding for a typically unremitting disease since three of the four patients received Gashee exclusively, and three had failed previous drug treatments. Furthermore, a previously published study had showcased the potential of Gashee in another scarring hair loss condition called Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia.
According to Dr. Umar, botanical formulations may be an important treatment regimen given their potential effectiveness and favorable safety profile, particularly for chronic conditions that typically require continued treatments for several years. Dr. Umar added: "the goal is to find an effective treatment with the best side effect profile and least interference with patients' lifestyle and quality of life."
Gashee was invented by Dr. Umar using proprietary methods and plant-based ingredients. It is an eco-friendly natural product manufactured using sustainable processes in harmony with Mother Nature. Dr. Umar notes, "Our findings suggest that the role of botanicals such as Gashee in treating LPP warrants further investigation in larger, controlled trials involving more patients."
Dr. Umar is a board-certified dermatologist, a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, and a world-renowned hair expert with several related patents in hair transplantation. He is an associate faculty at the Department of Medicine, Dermatology Division, University of California, Los Angeles, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, where he leads the Scalp Disorders Specialty Clinic and has a private practice at Dr. U Hair and Skin Clinic in Manhattan Beach, California.
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Judge won’t dismiss election workers’ suit against Giuliani
By KATE BRUMBACK
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has declined to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani by two women who served as election workers in Georgia in November 2020. In the lawsuit filed last December, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss accused Giuliani of defaming them by falsely stating that the pair engaged in election fraud while counting ballots at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Giuliani argued to dismiss the lawsuit in a motion filed in June, saying the claims against him were inadequately pleaded and barred by First Amendment protections for free speech. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Beryl Howell in Washington on Monday rejected those arguments, allowing the lawsuit to move forward. | 2022-10-31T22:42:05+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2022/10/31/judge-wont-dismiss-election-workers-suit-against-giuliani/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The chorus against Ticketmaster’s contentious concert pricing practices is growing, numbering among them Zach Bryan and friends.
The country music artist dropped a live album, “All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster,” on Sunday. With it came a statement posted to social media in which he decried “a massive issue with fair ticket prices to live shows lately.”
“I’ve decided to play a limited number of headline shows next year to which I’ve done all I can to make prices as cheap as possible and to prove to people tickets don’t have to cost $450 to see a good and honest show,” Bryan wrote, cautioning that he didn’t have control of ticket prices for festivals he’ll play.
The statement doesn’t mention Ticketmaster by name except in the new album title, though he tagged the company in a separate Instagram post displaying the track listing. A message seeking comment from Ticketmaster was not immediately returned.
Ticketmaster has faced a slew of bad press and scrutiny in recent weeks, notably around the botched rollout of tickets for superstar Taylor Swift’s upcoming Eras Tour.
A presale event in mid-November crashed the site and left many fans without tickets; the planned general sale for the stadium tour was subsequently scrapped because the dominant ticketing giant had run out of tickets. The debacle has even led several state attorneys general to open investigations.
Ticketmaster Mexico is also in hot water over a Bad Bunny concert in Mexico City where thousands were left in the cold thanks to fake tickets. Mexico’s consumer protection agency announced an investigation, but Ticketmaster Mexico denied the December concert was oversold and instead blamed false tickets bought through unofficial channels and “temporary interruptions in the ticket reading system, which unfortunately momentarily impeded recognition of legitimate tickets.”
Experts say the frustration over Ticketmaster’s practices could drive political engagement, which Bryan alluded to in his statement when criticizing inaction while “huge monopolies sit there stealing money from working class people.”
A songwriter “trying to make ‘relatable music for the working class man or woman’ should pride themself on fighting for the people who listen to the words they’re singing,” he added.
As of Monday morning, Bryan enjoyed a one-two punch atop Apple Music’s country chart: The 24-track “All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster,” a recording of his Nov. 3 show at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, is at No. 1, followed by his 2022 major label debut, “American Heartbreak.”
Bryan said he would announce a tour soon. | 2022-12-27T08:33:20+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/ap-zach-bryan-drops-all-my-homies-hate-ticketmaster-album/ |
(NEXSTAR) – Are you making enough money to afford your bills, buy the things you want, and set aside some money and pay off debt? Unsurprisingly, where you live can impact just how much wiggle room you have in your budget, especially in some U.S. metros.
A new study reviewed data from the MIT Living Wage Calculator, which estimates the living wage you need to support yourself and various family sizes throughout the country based on “geographically specific expenditure data related to a family’s likely minimum food, childcare, health insurance, housing, transportation, and other basic necessities” and a common budgeting method known as the 50/30/20 rule.
Conducted by SmartAsset, a financial planning website, the study used the required annual income after taxes estimated by the living wage calculator to determine how much you need to earn to “live comfortably” in the nation’s largest cities using the 50/30/20 rule. The budgeting technique allocates your after-tax income to three categories: basic living expenses (50%), discretionary spending (30%), and saving or paying off debt (20%).
SmartAsset used MIT’s estimated living wage salaries as the “needs,” or 50% of one’s budget. They then doubled that salary for their analysis, allowing for an individual to spend the rest on wants, saving and paying off debt. For their analysis, SmartAsset focused on the basic cost of living for an individual with no children for the nation’s 25 largest metro areas.
As they did last year, SmartAsset found cities along both coasts, especially the West Coast, require the highest salary to “live comfortably.” Nine of the 10 metros with the highest post-tax annual salary needed were along the seaboards.
Unsurprisingly, California had the most cities — three — landing in the top 10. San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley had the highest necessary salary at $84,026, according to SmartAsset. Coming in second and about $5,000 behind was San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad at $79,324.
These are the 10 cities where an individual with no children needs the highest salary to “live comfortably,” according to SmartAsset:
The most affordable cities were spread throughout central states from the Midwest south to Texas. An individual with no children living in St. Louis, Missouri, requires the smallest post-tax salary at $57,446. Though much lower than the salary needed in San Francisco, it’s up nearly $10,000 over the salary SmartAsset calculated last year for the city.
Just three cities on this year’s list require a post-tax salary of less than $60,000: St. Louis; Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan, and San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas.
You can view SmartAsset’s full list here. Don’t see your city listed? You can find your city, county or state on MIT’s Living Wage Calculator, then find the required annual income after taxes for one adult with no children and multiply it by two.
Nationally, SmartAsset found you need a salary of nearly $68,500 after taxes to live comfortably, up about 20% from last year’s $57,013. | 2023-03-09T20:10:45+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/national/can-you-afford-to-live-comfortably-in-these-us-cities/ |
Air Sign Trine
Every joke is at least a little true, otherwise it wouldn’t be funny. Typically, jokes tell more about the teller than the subject. “Wit is a treacherous dart. It is perhaps the only weapon with which it is possible to stab oneself in one’s own back.” This adage comes courtesy of Dorothy Parker, and a trine of Venus in Gemini and Saturn in Aquarius.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). When someone needs an open door, you’ll be right there with a smile. This is true both literally and figuratively. As far as your talent goes, you’re better than you think you are. Invest in yourself.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Not everyone wants the prize you’re going for, but those who do will give you stiff competition. You have a high tolerance for discomfort and will do what it takes to win. Your victory will be sweet because you worked so hard for it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your powers of concentration are impressive. You stay calm in the chaos. You’ll be put in charge of an important job. There is one person who you haven’t talked to in a long while. This will be an auspicious time to catch up.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). To seize your opportunities, you must first recognize them. What is needed? What do you need to learn, do or get to meet the need? There’s a niche to be filled, and you’re just the one to fill it.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Pick your battles, or better yet, decide not to fight. Someone falls in love with your gentle spirit. Just because you are kind does not mean that you are weak. Sometimes the most heroic move is not to make one.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You become deeply engrossed in the work of the day. Mental chatter quiets down in a hum of productivity. Someone will be excited to be in your presence and get an energetic charge from being near you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Share with generous people who will let you be the star of the hour when it’s your turn. You don’t know enough of these types, but you’ll meet more as you consciously seek the company of unselfish people.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There are many subtleties between casualness and formality. You’ll navigate nuance so well, figuring out what to wear, say and do to connect with people in a genuine way. You’ll influence others with your style.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Any fool can force things along, but it takes a strong person to know when to go with the flow. Your gentle ways will open previously locked doors. You will be water, following the path of least resistance.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Looking too hard for a reward prevents people from experiencing the reward that is the work itself, or the present moment. Spontaneity is your strength. You will be fearless in your pursuit of experience.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re a dreamer, and yet you are realistic about what it will take to make your dreams come true. Deals come up. The first offer will not be the only one or the best one. Hold out for what you really want.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your No. 1 task is to make yourself happy. Clear the decks. Look at the trouble and either resolve it or accept it. Because you treat others so well and want nothing from them, you wind up getting everything.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 12). Your interactions make a difference, even the small ones. The attachments you form this solar journey will be unique, valid, meaningful and just right for you. More highlights: a divine intervention in a rather mundane matter, a colorful collaboration and the key to an exclusive arrangement, given to you because you earned it. Libra and Leo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 30, 12, 41 and 1.
CELEBRITY PROFILES: Fans clamoring for fitness guru Richard Simmons’ return to the spotlight were pleased to see him release classic workouts via YouTube to get some happiness and healthiness pumping through the coronavirus pandemic. True to the nurturing instincts of his sign, Simmons has helped thousands live a more vital life. Cancer sun provides contrast to a Libra moon and outgoing Leo planets.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Holiday Inn Club Vacations Incorporated, a national vacation ownership company, today announced that it has been recognized by J.D. Power for providing "An Outstanding Customer Service Experience" with its Owner Support team in 2022. Holiday Inn Club Vacations is the first company in the timeshare or vacation ownership industry to achieve this prestigious certification.
"It's easy to claim to be a customer-centric organization, but it's something quite different to earn recognition for great customer service from a globally respected organization like J.D. Power. It speaks volumes about our team's dedication to placing customers at the heart of all we do," said John Staten, President and Chief Executive Officer of Holiday Inn Club Vacations Incorporated.
"While this certification is an important milestone and one of many ongoing initiatives designed to transform our customer journey into an even more personalized and innovative experience for all owners, Club members and guests, we're constantly looking for more ways to do better. That includes embracing best practices from all industries not just the hospitality or timeshare space. That's what customer-obsessed organizations like HICV do," added Staten.
"This certification includes a detailed evaluation of Holiday Inn Club Vacations policies, practices, and procedures, as well as primary research where they must meet our cross-industry customer satisfaction benchmark from recently serviced customers. They have proven that they are dedicated to providing excellent service and exceeding customer expectations," said Mark Miller, Practice Leader, Customer Service Advisory, J.D. Power. "With our Certified Customer Service Excellence Program, we independently verify the organization is following best practices consistent with cross-industry top performers by the channel in which they are certified and deliver outstanding customer service experiences. We're excited to present this certification to a timeshare company for the first time and congratulate Holiday Inn Club Vacations for achieving this prestigious distinction."
The extensive and rigorous J.D. Power certification program uses a series of national benchmarks to measure excellence in customer service. J.D. Power establishes these benchmarks through comprehensive research, which span across several industries. Additionally, program's best practices and benchmarks are updated annually to account for changing consumer preferences.
Holiday Inn Club Vacations offers a points-based membership program and a network of 28 family-friendly resorts located across the U.S. in top travel destinations. The resorts provide spacious, home-away-from-home villas with multiple bedrooms and kitchens, along with on-property amenities that provide memorable experiences to families, from lazy rivers and waterparks to horseback riding and hiking trails. For more information on Holiday Inn Club Vacations, visit holidayinnclub.com.
J.D. Power 2022 Certified Customer Service ProgramSM recognition is based on successful completion of an evaluation and exceeding a customer satisfaction benchmark through a survey of recent servicing interactions. For more information, visit www.jdpower.com/ccc.
Encompassing 28 resorts across 14 U.S. states, Holiday Inn Club Vacations Incorporated is a resort, real estate and travel company with a mission to be the most loved brand in family travel by delivering easy-to-plan, memorable vacation experiences that strengthen families.
Based in Orlando, Fla., the company has been a leader in the vacation ownership industry since 1982, when it was established by Holiday Inn® founder Kemmons Wilson with the opening of the company's flagship property, Holiday Inn Club Vacations® at Orange Lake Resort next to Orlando's Walt Disney World® Resort.
Today, the Holiday Inn Club Vacations resort portfolio spans across the United States. Throughout its history, the company has maintained the core family values true to its founding Wilson family, while aggressively pursuing growth, transforming its member engagement model and building an industry-leading team passionate about the guest experience.
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A trial to determine whether Georgia can continue to ban abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy is set to begin in an Atlanta courtroom Monday.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney has scheduled two days of testimony in a lawsuit that seeks to strike down the law on multiple grounds, including that it violates the Georgia Constitution’s right to privacy and liberty by “forcing pregnancy and childbirth upon countless Georgians.”
The state attorney general’s office responded in a court filing that Georgia’s privacy protections do not extend to abortion because it affects another “human life.”
Georgia’s law bans most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” is present. Cardiac activity can be detected by ultrasound in cells within an embryo that will eventually become the heart as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. That means most abortions in Georgia are effectively banned at a point before many women know they are pregnant.
The doctors and advocacy groups that filed the lawsuit before McBurney in July also argue the law was invalid from the start because it violated the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court precedent when it was enacted.
Georgia’s law was passed by state lawmakers and signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in 2019 but it had been blocked from taking effect until the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which had protected the right to an abortion for nearly 50 years. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Georgia to begin enforcing its abortion law just over three weeks after the high court’s decision in June.
The law includes exceptions for rape and incest, as long as a police report is filed, and allows for later abortions when the mother’s life is at risk or a serious medical condition renders a fetus unviable.
The state has argued that the Roe decision itself was wrong and the Supreme Court ruling wiped it out of existence.
In August, McBurney rejected a request by the plaintiffs to immediately block the abortion law while the lawsuit was pending, though he stressed that decision did not touch on the merits of the case. Earlier this month, he denied a request by state officials to postpone the trial, which he will decide, not a jury. | 2022-10-25T12:24:05+00:00 | sun-sentinel.com | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-georgia-abortion-law-20221024-6v7m44jjlffudkgh3g5xqhxqhu-story.html |
Breastfeeding Infant Development Support Alliance Calls on You to Support Moms by Protecting Nursing Pillows
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - The ability for parents to choose how they feed their babies is at risk because of possible action by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Nursing Support Pillows are safely depended on millions of times a day by mothers and caregivers to aid in breastfeeding their babies. Despite this, the CPSC is threatening to significantly change or even ban Nursing Pillows.
In threatening to take action against this beloved product, the CPSC may be choosing to ignore more than 30 years of history, facts and medical guidance to impose the will of government over the needs of mothers. Taking away the rights to choose how to care for, comfort and support children is not the gift any loving mom wants.
The Breastfeeding Infant Development Support Alliance (BFIDSA) is made up of professionals, mothers, caregivers, and experts advocating for the proven benefits of breastfeeding for babies.
"Breastfeeding not only provides health benefits to moms but reduces the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by 50%. Parents need more support not less. It is education about safe sleep for infants that is the most effective tool in preventing infant deaths in their sleeping environment," says Alison Jacobson, CEO of First Candle, a non-profit Safe Sleep advocacy organization. "The trusted support provided by Nursing Pillows cannot be removed. In doing so we have grave concerns about alternative choices moms will make."
CPSC's failure to consider data around the safety, value, and intended purpose of nursing pillows would be another attack on women's rights, a risk to maternal health, and a barrier to breastfeeding despite the American Academy of Pediatrics' clear guidelines. Such regulation would not eliminate or even significantly reduce risks due to unsafe sleep environments.
That is why BFIDSA is asking all moms, caregivers, and anyone who loves and supports these important tools in babies' lives to join the fight to save nursing pillows. Show your support for Nursing Pillows by visiting the BFIDSA.org/savethepillow to send a letter to your Members of Congress and CSPC demanding they support moms and caregivers by protecting one of the most valuable tools for feeding and comfort.
Behavioral changes require consistent education which does work when we meet parents where they are and treat them with empathy. We must ensure that nursing pillows remain available as the trusted support that moms and caregivers have come to rely on.
The Breastfeeding Infant Development Support Alliance is a growing community of manufacturers, retailers, breastfeeding advocates, maternal health advocates and healthcare professionals committed to ensuring the safety and continued availability of products used by parents and caregivers in support of breastfeeding and infant development. For more information, visit www.BFIDSA.org and #SavethePillow.
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Wall Recycling, a Leading Solid Waste Management Company in North Carolina, Serves as the Research Triangle's Largest Recycling Operation
HOUSTON and RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Allied Industrial Partners LLC ("AIP"), an industrial-focused private equity firm, today announced that it has made a strategic investment in Wall Recycling, LLC (or the "Company"), a leading regional provider of solid waste hauling, disposal and recycling services for municipal, commercial and industrial waste generators throughout North Carolina. The Company will continue to be led by its founder and CEO Dan Wall. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Wall Recycling is a market leader in the provision of critical, turn-key waste management and recycling solutions for large commercial, industrial and governmental clients. Founded in 2006, Wall Recycling has established itself as one of the most complete recycling businesses in the Research Triangle and one of the leading waste management companies in North Carolina with over 13 locations across state. Its streamlined recycling and waste services include front-end load, rear-load, roll off collection, critical transfer and disposal infrastructure. In addition, Wall provides recycling facilities that service municipal, commercial and industrial clients throughout the state.
"We have been impressed with what Dan has achieved, creating one of the largest and most respected recycling and waste companies in North Carolina," said Bradford Rossi and Philip Wright, Co-Founders and Managing Partners of AIP. "We look forward to working with Dan and his team to evolve and expand Wall Recycling's services and technology to meet the growing demand for recycling and environmental services from both corporations and government customers."
Wall Recycling marks AIP's largest investment to date and is its second platform in the waste and recycling sector, having announced the acquisition of Waste Eliminator in June, while also supporting Waste Eliminator's two add-on acquisitions in July. AIP applies a thematic investment approach focused on defensive industrial businesses that are poised for accelerated growth.
"AIP not only provides us with the capital needed to invest in our business, but we now have a partner who truly understands the industry and can guide us as we look to add new and innovative solutions for our growing customer base," said Mr. Wall. "Wall Recycling is known for the highest level of service, and we believe our new partnership with AIP will only enhance the customer experience."
About Allied Industrial Partners
Founded in 2019 by an experienced group of operating executives and investment professionals, Allied Industrial Partners LLC is an operationally focused lower-middle market private equity firm that thematically invests in high-growth companies within defensive industrial subsectors, including industrial services, niche manufacturing, value-added distribution, waste management, environmental services, and critical infrastructure services. AIP seeks to partner with experienced management teams that can benefit from its operational enhancement capabilities and its active, hands-on involvement, which allows the firm to execute on buy and build strategies. For more information, visit www.alliedindustrialpartners.com.
About Wall Recycling
Based in Raleigh, NC, Wall Recycling is the Research Triangle's largest recycling company providing full-service waste management and scrap metal recycling for both commercial and government customers. Customers across North Carolina depend on Wall Recycling as a one-stop-shop for their waste and recycling needs. Please visit https://www.wallrecycling.com for more information.
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'Because we can': Beer will be sold at 2032 Brisbane Olympics, but not in Paris for 2024 Games
No worries about spectators getting a beer at the stadium when Australia hosts the 2032 Olympics.
"We’ll serve a beer because we can," Brisbane organizing committee president Andrew Liveris said Wednesday when asked about an alcohol prohibition for ordinary fans at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
That’s the law for stadiums in France, where media reported Monday that Paris officials will not ask for exemptions for their dozens of venues. The rule, however, does not apply to sections where VIPs and high-end hospitality clients can expect a full range of Champagne, wine, liquor and beer.
"Clearly local jurisdiction dictates what happens in stadiums," Liveris said in an online briefing hosted by the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. "As of now, Australia allows beer to be served in stadiums."
Availability of beer with alcohol has been a regular issue at major sports events. The rugby World Cup in France later this year will have an exemption and a tournament sponsor's beer will be sold.
When France hosted the 2016 European Championship, a sponsor for the month-long soccer tournament sold a low-alcohol beer at stadiums. Brazil changed its law, under pressure from FIFA, before the 2014 World Cup so that stadiums could sell Budweiser and a local beer affiliated to that brand.
An eve-of-tournament prohibition enforced by Qatari authorities ensured only alcohol-free Budweiser could be sold at World Cup stadiums last year despite years of assurances to FIFA and the brewer. | 2023-06-29T00:15:26+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/because-we-can-beer-will-be-sold-at-2032-brisbane-olympics-but-not-in-paris-for-2024-games |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — No, it’s not lottery deja vu.
There really is another giant lottery jackpot up for grabs Saturday night, the latest in a string of big prizes enticing players to plunk down $2 and try to beat formidable odds.
This time, it’s an estimated $700 million Powerball jackpot drawing, which ranks at the 10th largest in U.S. lottery history. It comes on the heels of a $1.35 billion Mega Millions prize won by someone in Maine less than three weeks ago and a record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won by a California player last November.
The prizes grow so large because the odds of winning them are so long, at one in 292.2 million for Powerball. That allows jackpots to roll over week after week, getting bigger and bigger.
The last time someone won the Powerball jackpot was Nov. 19, 2022.
The $700 million prize is for a winner who chooses to be paid over 29 years through an annuity. Nearly all jackpot winners prefer a one-time check, which for Saturday’s drawing would be an estimated $375.7 million.
Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. | 2023-02-04T13:30:04+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/news/national-news/ap-700m-powerball-prize-latest-in-string-of-giant-jackpots/ |
Updated May 27, 2022 at 2:05 PM ET
The city of Uvalde has set up memorials at Robb Elementary School and in Uvalde Town Square. People visit to pay their respects and mourn the 21 lives lost after Tuesday's tragic mass shooting.
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<strong>May 26:</strong> Mourners visit a memorial for a victims of Tuesday's mass shooting at an elementary school, in City of Uvalde Town Square.
<strong>May 26:</strong> People embrace at a memorial in the town square for victims of Tuesday's mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
<strong>May 26:</strong> Community members walking towards the memorial at Robb Elementary School.
<strong>May 26:</strong> People visit memorials for victims of Tuesday's mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, in City of Uvalde Town Square.
<strong>May 26:</strong> People arrive to drop off flowers at a makeshift memorial outside the Robb Elementary School.
<strong>May 27:</strong> A makeshift memorial for the shooting victims outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
<strong>May 26:</strong> People visit memorials for victims of Tuesday's mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, in City of Uvalde Town Square.
<strong>May 26:</strong> A woman brings flowers at a makeshift memorial outside Uvalde County Courthouse in Uvalde, Texas.
<strong>May 26:</strong> Community members mourning at Primer Iglesia Bautista as Pastor Julian Moreno, grandparent of one of the identified killed victim at the Robb Elementary School shooting preaches.
<strong>May 25:</strong> Community members pray together at a vigil for the 19 students and two adults killed in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday.
<strong>May 25:</strong> Residents of Uvalde, Texas, attend a vigil for victims of the Robb Elementary School mass shooting Tuesday.
<strong>May 25:</strong> Community members attend a vigil for the 19 students and two adults killed in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday.
<strong>May 25:</strong> Mourners pray after a vigil to honor the victims of a mass shooting at Uvalde, Texas' Robb Elementary School on Tuesday.
<strong>May 25:</strong> Community members mourn at a vigil for the 19 students and two adults killed in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday.
<strong>May 25:</strong> Hundreds of people gathered at a vigil for the 19 students and two adults killed in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday.
<strong>May 25</strong>: Two community members hold hands during Mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde, Texas.
<strong>May 25:</strong> People attend a prayer vigil for the Robb Elementary School students and teachers killed in a mass shooting Tuesday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde, Texas.
<strong>May 25:</strong> Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke speaks to the media after interrupting a press conference held by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in Uvalde, Texas.
<strong>May 25:</strong> Flowers are placed on a makeshift memorial outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
<strong>May 24:</strong> Members of the community gather on Uvalde's Town Square for a vigil in the wake of Tuesday's mass shooting at the city's Robb Elementary School.
<strong>May 24:</strong> President Joe Biden speaks about the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
<strong>May 25:</strong> In this aerial view, law enforcement works on the scene at Uvalde, Texas' Robb Elementary School, where at least 21 people were killed Tuesday, including 19 children and two adults.
<strong>May 24:</strong> Police walk near Robb Elementary School following Tuesday's mass shooting.
<strong>May 24:</strong> Emergency personnel gather near Robb Elementary School following the shooting.
<strong>May 24:</strong> A girl cries, comforted by two adults, outside the Willie de Leon Civic Center where grief counseling will be offered.
<strong>May 24: </strong>Friends and families gather in mourning outside the Willie de Leon Civic Center where grief counseling will be offered.
<strong>May 24: </strong>Police walk near Robb Elementary School following the shooting.
<strong>May 24: </strong>Law enforcement personnel stand next to an armored vehicle.
<strong>May 24: </strong>A woman cries and hugs a young girl while on the phone outside the Willie de Leon Civic Center where grief counseling will be offered in Uvalde, Texas.
<strong>May 24: </strong>The Archbishop of San Antonio, Gustavo Garcia Seller, comforts families outside of the Civic Center.
<strong>May 24: </strong>People wait outside of the Civic Center in Uvalde, Texas.
<strong>May 24: </strong>Members of the community gather at the City of Uvalde Town Square for a prayer vigil in the wake of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
<strong>May 24: </strong>People mourn outside of the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
<strong>May 24: </strong>Members of the community gather at the City of Uvalde Town Square for a prayer vigil in the wake of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
<strong>May 24: </strong>Mourners attend a vigil at Sacred Heart Catholic Church for victims of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
<strong>May 24: </strong>A pastor at a church during a service in Uvalde, Texas.
<strong>May 24: </strong>Families hug outside the Willie de Leon Civic Center where grief counseling will be offered.
<strong>May 25: </strong>A police officer takes flowers from a resident to be placed at a makeshift memorial outside Robb Elementary School.
<strong>May 24</strong>: Community members gathered in Houston.
<strong>May 24:</strong> Community members gathered in Houston.
<strong>May 25: </strong>An officer walks outside of Robb Elementary School.
<strong>May 25</strong>: Catholic faithful depart after a Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde Texas. | 2022-05-28T02:02:15+00:00 | upr.org | https://www.upr.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-05-24/photos-mourners-gather-at-memorials-in-uvalde |
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — An explosion tore through a cafe Sunday in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, and preliminary reports suggested a prominent military blogger was killed and more than a dozen people were injured.
Russian news reports said blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed and 16 people were hurt in the explosion at the Street Food Bar No. 1 cafe in Russia's second-largest city. The reports did not mention any claim of responsibility or provide details beyond saying that a cafe visitor carried an “explosive device."
Russia's Interior Ministry said everyone at the cafe at the time of the blast was being “checked for involvement.”
Russia media and military bloggers said Tatarsky was meeting with members of the public and that a woman presented him with a box containing a statuette that apparently exploded.
Since the fighting in Ukraine began on Feb. 24, 2022, various fires and explosions have occurred in Russia without any clear connection to the conflict.
Russia's Tass news agency said Tatarsky, using various pseudonyms, had been filing text and video reports from Ukraine as well as from the Kremlin. | 2023-04-02T17:28:52+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/explosion-in-russian-cafe-kills-military-blogger-17874302.php |
MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) — A man having a “mental health crisis” shot and killed a police officer, wounded a second and fired at a third before being wounded in a shootout in a western Pennsylvania city on Monday, authorities said.
Two officers were dispatched shortly after noon to a domestic disturbance call in McKeesport, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Police Superintendent Christopher Kearns said at a news conference.
The officers tried to talk to the man but he walked away from the home, and officers were warned by a family member that he might be armed, Kearns said. The officers encountered him nearby and he “suddenly produced a handgun and shot the two McKeesport officers,” Kearns said.
One officer was taken to a hospital in McKeesport, where he was pronounced dead. A statement from McKeesport Police Chief Adam Alfer identified him as 32-year-old Sean Sluganski, who had worked for the department full-time for two years.
The second officer, 35-year-old Charles Thomas Jr., was flown to a Pittsburgh-area trauma center. Thomas, who has been on the force for four years, was discharged by Monday night and back home recovering with family, Alfer reported.
Kearns said the suspect was shot when he walked around a corner and fired at the third officer, who returned fire.
The suspect was later listed in stable condition at a Pittsburgh-area trauma center.
The McKeesport Area School District said all schools and buildings were temporarily put on an exterior lockdown due to the police activity nearby.
Police said charges were being prepared against the suspect, who is known to McKeesport police. “They have dealt with him on past occasions,” Kearns said.
The mayor’s office asked people to keep the department in their thoughts and to respect the families’ privacy “during this tragic and traumatic time.”
The president of the Fraternal Order of Police state lodge, Joseph Regan, said the officers “left their homes knowing it was their duty to protect and serve McKeesport regardless of the outcome.
“Today, they made sacrifices we hoped and prayed they would never need to make. They are heroes,” Regan said.
About a month ago, a police chief was killed and two officers wounded in an Allegheny County borough northeast of Pittsburgh. The suspect was later shot and killed in Pittsburgh after crashing a carjacked vehicle and exchanging gunfire with police, authorities said. | 2023-02-07T22:36:35+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-officer-killed-2nd-wounded-in-western-pennsylvania-shootout/ |
Bloom talks about writing songs for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and losing her musical collaborator Adam Schlesinger, who died from COVID-19 complications in March 2020. She stars in the Hulu series Reboot.
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Bloom talks about writing songs for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and losing her musical collaborator Adam Schlesinger, who died from COVID-19 complications in March 2020. She stars in the Hulu series Reboot.
Copyright 2022 Fresh Air | 2022-10-04T19:45:23+00:00 | wbfo.org | https://www.wbfo.org/2022-10-04/rachel-bloom-looks-back-on-crazy-ex-girlfriend-and-moves-ahead-on-reboot |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The sweetest “Love Story” unfolded at one of Taylor Swift’s sold-out concerts at Raymond James Stadium this past weekend after a couple got engaged during her performance.
TikTok user Alyse Mitchell captured the moment and shared the proposal to social media, which quickly went viral.
In the viral video, Mitchell and her friend were seen “having the most feral experience” at the concert when all of a sudden, they were “slipped the sweetest note ever.”
The sweet message inscribed on a sticky note from a hotel read, “Please record me in Love Story I’m going to propose.”
Then, right on cue, just as Taylor Swift was singing, “He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring,” the man did just that! As soon as Swift sang those words, the man got on one knee and held a ring box to his girlfriend, who was jumping up and down beside him, singing along to the song.
The unsuspecting girl was so engulfed in the concert experience and song that she didn’t even see her boyfriend kneel down at first. A girl standing behind the future bride could be seen in the video nudging her in the back to get her attention.
As soon as the girl caught on, she was stunned, and everyone around her began cheering and screaming with excitement!
“I was so honored. Thank you for trusting a total stranger like me with something like this,” Mitchell wrote in her video.
Since the video quickly gained attention, some TikTok users were quick to comment that the man had the ring box facing toward him instead of the girl.
“That’s so sweet!!! Why is the box facing him tho,” one user wrote. Mitchell responded to the comment and said, “The poor thing was SO NERVOUS, but he did so good.”
As of Monday morning, Mitchell’s post has 4.3 million likes and 18.4 million views!
As Taylor Swift’s Tampa takeover came to an end, the 12-time Grammy Award winner left her mark on the city. Aside from Tampa Mayor Jane Castor making Swift the honorary Mayor of Tampa and Hillsborough County changing its name to “Swiftsborough,” the iconic singer also donated over 125,000 meals to Feeding Tampa Bay in an effort to end hunger in the community.
According to the Twitter account “Taylor Swift Facts,” an estimated total of 206,459 fans showed up over a three-day period of Swift’s sold-out concert series at Raymond James Stadium. | 2023-04-17T21:07:42+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/a-love-story-for-the-ages-taylor-swift-fan-gets-proposed-to-during-florida-performance/ |
FORT COLLINS, Colo., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- STOW IT, one of the leading vehicle storage start-ups, is now working with semi-truck yards throughout the United States to provide secure long-term parking. STOW IT works with fleet owners, semi-yard owners, and brokers to facilitate vehicle storage. They are currently looking for well-connected individuals in the industry to connect those who need parking with available their available semi yard inventory and offering a lucrative commission structure.
STOW IT offers individuals who present deals a 6% connection fee for the lifetime of the deal. STOW IT handles the entire process including payments, contacts and accounting including the payment of the commission to you each month. Their current goal is to get connected with those who can help fill up their semi-yard inventory.
There are no fees or sign-up costs, and you make money if you connect a deal. The leases are storage leases, not commercial real estate deals or leases, so you do not need a broker's license to make the commission.
These individuals will get priority access to STOW IT's real-time inventory of available spaces and yards throughout the United States.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will postpone the launch of an empty space capsule to the International Space Station pending further investigation of a coolant leak on a supply ship docked to the station, the second such leak at a docked Russian craft in two months, the head of Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos said Monday.
The Soyuz capsule was to be launched in automatic mode on Feb. 20 and dock with the orbiting outpost two days later, to serve as a lifeboat for crew evacuation in case of an emergency. Roscosmos director Yuri Borisov said the launch will be delayed, at most until early March.
A Soyuz capsule that can accommodate an astronaut capsule and was already docked to the station developed a coolant leak in December.
Russians Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio were supposed to return to Earth in March in that capsule, but Russian space officials said higher temperatures from the coolant leak could make that dangerous.
Then another coolant leak was detected Saturday in a docked supply ship. The leak was detected after a second supply ship docked with the space station.
Borisov said the unmanned Soyuz launch would be delayed “until we make sure and get to the site of a possible breakdown.”
Because the new Soyuz will be launched in automatic mode, a replacement crew will now have to wait until late summer or fall when another capsule is ready. That means Prokopyev, Petelin and Rubio will have to stay several extra months at the station, possibly pushing their mission to close to a year.
Besides Prokopyev, Petelin and Rubio, the space station is home to NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada; Russian Anna Kikina; and Japan’s Koichi Wakata. The four rode up on a SpaceX capsule last October. | 2023-02-13T19:53:46+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/science/ap-science/ap-russia-delays-launch-to-space-station-while-leak-is-probed/ |
Alabama inmate sues to block funding for prison construction
An Alabama prison inmate Monday sued to stop the state from spending money on new prisons, arguing that an injunction required Alabama to first put the money toward improving safety in the state’s prisons.
Troy Connell, convicted by a jury of capital murder in 2004 and serving a life sentence at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, is seeking to intervene in a long-running case over health and safety in Alabama prisons, arguing conditions have deteriorated in the state prisons and put him at risk.
The Alabama Attorney General's Office had no comment on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson has given the state a July 5 deadline to respond to the motion. Frank Ozment, an attorney for Connell, said in a phone interview that Connell must live in restricted housing and has “struggled” to stay safe. Ozment said another inmate attacked Connell on Monday, despite correctional officers being present.
“This whole business of not having enough correctional officers is critically important to him and enormous numbers of inmates who are not gang members and do not have any protection,” Ozment said.
More:Bibb Correctional Facility inmate dies after being stabbed
Alabama prisons face violence and overcrowding. The U.S. Department of Justice detailed many instances of inmate-on-inmate and officer-on-inmate assaults in reports issued in 2019 and 2020. In late 2020, DOJ sued the state, saying the conditions violated inmates’ Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment.
The state is under an order to increase staffing in the state prisons, but Corrections has struggled to do so. The state is appealing the order.
Last fall, the Legislature approved a $1.3 billion spending plan to build two new men’s correctional facilities in Elmore and Escambia counties after a years-long campaign by Gov. Kay Ivey and former Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn, who argued that new prisons would be safer, require less staffing and provide more rehabilitation opportunities. The Alabama Corrections Finance Authority last week approved the sale of $725 million in bonds to finance those projects.
More:State committee authorizes bond sale for new men's prisons in Elmore and Escambia counties
Critics have argued that the new prisons will not address the culture of violence within the state’s correctional system. A group of investors and advocates on Monday called on investors to reject the bonds, saying they would perpetuate mass incarceration and do nothing to address the problems in the system.
“It means that Alabama residents like me will be paying these investors back — plus interest — for decades to come,” Veronica Johnson, the executive director of the Alabama Justice Initiative, said in a statement. “These banks and investors plan to lock up our family members and take money from our pocketbooks all at the same time. It is a disgrace.”
Connell’s lawsuit seeks to have the staffing situation considered “prior in right” to prison construction, meaning that the state would have to consider staffing before prison construction.
The lawsuit says Connell is “not unsympathetic” to efforts to improve or renovate the state prisons. Connell has lived in cells that were often “filled with biting insects and covered with mildew.”
More:In 1976, the feds took over Alabama's prison system. And Alabama's prisons improved.
“However, the problems immediately at hand in Alabama prisons are such that they are unlikely to be resolved without compliance with this Court’s injunction, regardless whether anyone builds new prisons,” the lawsuit said.
The suit also says that the inmates will get to the new prisons “only if those persons survive the presently unconstitutional conditions, which have grown increasingly lethal since this action commenced.”
“If they don’t do something about the current situation, the whole new prison thing is going to be moot,” Ozment said.
Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Brian Lyman at 334-240-0185 or blyman@gannett.com. | 2022-06-29T16:52:19+00:00 | montgomeryadvertiser.com | https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2022/06/29/alabama-inmate-sues-block-funding-prison-construction/7754393001/ |
Health Kids born in the summer may be more likely to get the flu, researchers say By Steve Inskeep, A Martínez Published July 17, 2023 at 4:10 AM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Two Harvard researchers say a summer birthday could mean a kid is more likely to catch the flu. Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-07-17T10:29:44+00:00 | kgou.org | https://www.kgou.org/health/health/2023-07-17/kids-born-in-the-summer-may-be-more-likely-to-get-the-flu-researchers-say |
WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, May 21, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
828 PM CDT Sat May 21 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN REAL COUNTY...
At 828 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tuff, or near
Leakey, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Leakey and Tuff.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MEDINA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
south central Texas.
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BANDERA COUNTY...
At 828 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tarpley, moving
east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Tarpley and Hill Country State Natural Area.
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCLENNAN AND
NORTHEASTERN FALLS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
central and north central Texas.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HILL...NORTHERN LIMESTONE AND SOUTHWESTERN NAVARRO
COUNTIES...
At 829 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Blooming Grove to near Wortham to near Groesbeck,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Mexia, Groesbeck, Mart, Hubbard, Coolidge, Dawson, Bynum, Fort Parker
State Park, Frost, Mount Calm, Tehuacana, Malone, Penelope and
Mertens.
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Shower chances increase late Thursday
Updated: 22 minutes ago
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - After a milky sky, due to wildfire smoke, remained with us today we see a quiet night ahead.
Ahead of us, we see a warm front moving back into the state on Thursday followed by a cold front Thursday night.
Scattered showers will be possible starting Thursday afternoon and lasting into the early part of Friday. Overall the best chance is Thursday night with most of us receiving 0.25″ or less. Our weekend weather continues to look fabulous with highs in the lower to middle 70s. Have a great night!
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany announced Friday that it was suspending its participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali after the West African nation refused to grant a civilian aircraft carrying German troops permission to use its airspace.
The flight was part of a troop rotation, and German officials said it was not the first time Mali has denied overflight permission.
Germany’s defense minister, Christine Lambrecht, alleged her Malian counterpart, Sadio Camara, had not adhered to agreements. German troops will now focus on ensuring their own security, her ministry said.
“Camaras’ actions speak a different language than his words,” Lambrecht said “We must therefore take measures and suspend the operation of our reconnaissance forces and transport flights (with helicopters) until further notice.”
Germany announced earlier in the year that it was drawing down its participation in a European Union military mission in Mali after France pulled out. But Germany continued to provide troops to the U.N.’s MINUSMA peacekeeping mission in the West African nation.
Like France, Germany has expressed misgivings about the presence of Russian mercenaries in Mali.
German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said Berlin was willing to continue participating in the U.N. mission in Mali.
“But such a deployment only makes sense if it has the support of the government there,” he said. | 2022-08-12T17:54:29+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/ap-international/germany-suspends-participation-in-mali-military-mission/ |
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Harrowing, previously unseen images from 1938’s Kristallnacht pogrom against German and Austrian Jews have surfaced in a photograph collection donated to Israel’s Yad Vashem memorial, the organization said Wednesday.
One shows a crowd of smiling, well-dressed middle-aged German men and women standing casually as a Nazi officer smashes a storefront window. In another, brownshirts carry heaps of Jewish books, presumably for burning. Another image shows a Nazi officer splashing gasoline on the pews of a synagogue before it’s set alight.
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Yad Vashem — The World Holocaust Remembrance Center released the photographs on the 84th anniversary of the November pogrom also known as Kristallnacht, or “The Night of Broken Glass.” Mobs of Germans and Austrians attacked, looted and burned Jewish shops and homes, destroyed 1,400 synagogues, killed 92 Jews and sent another 30,000 to concentration camps.
The violence is widely considered a starting point for the Holocaust, in which Nazi Germany murdered 6 million Jews.
Jonathan Matthews, head of Yad Vashem’s photo archive, said the photos dispel a Nazi myth that the attacks were “a spontaneous outburst of violence” rather than a pogrom orchestrated by the state. Firefighters, SS special police officers and members of the general public are all seen in the photos participating in the Kristallnacht. The photographers themselves were an integral part of the events.
Matthews said these were the first photos he was aware of depicting actions taking place indoors, as “most of the images we have of Kristallnacht are images from outside.” Altogether, he said, the photos “give you a much more intimate image of what’s happening.”
The photos were taken by Nazi photographers during the pogrom in the city of Nuremberg and the nearby town of Fuerth. They wound up in the possession of a Jewish American serviceman who served in Germany during World War II — how, precisely is uncertain, he never talked about them to his family.
His descendants, who declined to give his name, donated the album to Yad Vashem as part of the institution’s effort to collect Holocaust-era objects kept by survivors and their families.
Yad Vashem said the photos help demonstrate how the German public was aware of what was going on, and that the violence was part of a meticulously coordinated pogrom carried out by Nazi authorities. They even brought in photographers to document the atrocities.
Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan said the photos will “serve as everlasting witnesses long after the survivors are no longer here to bear testimony to their own experiences.” | 2022-11-09T17:34:15+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/newly-discovered-photos-show-notorious-night-of-nazi-violence-vandalism/ |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Stratus Properties Inc. (STRS) on Monday reported net income of $96.6 million in its second quarter.
The Austin, Texas-based company said it had profit of $11.53 per share. Earnings, adjusted to account for discontinued operations, were 9 cents per share.
The real estate company posted revenue of $11.1 million in the period.
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Ashton Kutcher says he battled vasculitis for a year
(CNN) - Ashton Kutcher disclosed that he battled an autoimmune disease for over a year.
During an interview for an upcoming episode of National Geographic’s “Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge,” the actor said he had a rare form of vasculitis
According to Kutcher, the condition affected his sight, hearing and mobility, and that it took him more than a year to recover.
Vasculitis happens when a body’s immune system starts to attack arteries, veins and small capillaries. It can cause issues with blood flow and can result in significant organ damage.
Over-the-counter medicines can be used for minor cases, while more serious cases can be treated with steroids.
Actor-director Harold Ramis, best known for films including “Stripes,” “Ghostbusters” and “Groundhog Day,” died of vasculitis in 2014, four years after he contracted the condition.
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IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Healthcare REIT, Inc., a self-managed, publicly registered, real estate investment trust, announced today the appointment of Scott A. Estes to the company's board of directors, effective August 30, 2022. Estes will serve as one of the company's independent directors and as a member of the audit committee. Following the appointment of Estes, the company's board of directors will be comprised of 10 directors, seven of whom are independent.
"We are pleased to welcome Scott Estes to the American Healthcare REIT board," said Danny Prosky, president, chief executive officer and director. "Scott's extensive experience in the healthcare real estate space as the former chief financial officer of Welltower, the largest publicly traded healthcare REIT in the country, as well as his lengthy service as a member of the boards of two other NYSE-listed real estate investment trusts will prove invaluable to American Healthcare REIT as we grow our business and pursue our strategic plan on behalf of our fellow stockholders."
Estes served as chief financial officer of Welltower Inc., an S&P 500 constituent real estate investment trust focused on healthcare infrastructure, for more than a decade, from March 2006 to October 2017. His 14-year tenure with the company began in 2003 as vice president of finance. Estes was significantly involved in the management of capital allocation in support of Welltower's rapid growth, with direct oversight of capital markets transactions which raised more than $14 billion of equity capital and $10 billion of unsecured debt capital.
Prior to joining Welltower, Estes served as a senior equity research analyst and vice president with Deutsche Bank Securities, a leading financial services firm, with primary coverage of the healthcare REIT and healthcare services industry sub-sectors. Additionally, Estes served as a vice president in Bank of America Securities' equity research department from January 1998 through December 1999, covering the healthcare REIT and seniors housing sectors, as well as an associate analyst and assistant vice president in Morgan Stanley's equity research department from March 1994 through December 1997, covering the healthcare REIT and healthcare services industry sub-sectors.
Since July 2017, Estes has served as a member of the board of trustees and audit committee chairman of JBG SMITH Properties, an NYSE-listed REIT that owns, operates, invests in and develops a dynamic portfolio of mixed-use properties in the high growth and high barrier-to-entry submarkets in and around Washington. D.C. Additionally, since June 2018, he has served as an independent director and audit committee chairman of Essential Properties Realty Trust, an NYSE-listed REIT that acquires, owns and manages a portfolio primarily comprised of single-tenant properties that are net leased on a long-term basis to companies operating service-oriented or experience-based businesses.
"Our board selected Scott to serve as a director based on his impressive financial and business expertise, particularly in his capacity as chief financial officer of one of the largest publicly traded healthcare REITs in the world," said Jeff Hanson, chairman of the board. "We believe his experience in the oversight of financial reporting, capital markets and capital raising, corporate finance and accounting, treasury, tax and audit functions, as well as his previous service on the boards of directors of two other NYSE-listed REITs, will deliver significant value to our company and stockholders, particularly in his role as a member of our audit committee."
American Healthcare REIT, Inc., a self-managed, publicly registered, healthcare real estate investment trust, owns and manages a diverse portfolio of healthcare real estate assets totaling approximately 19.5 million square feet, with a gross investment value of approximately $4.3 billion. As of June 30, 2022, this international portfolio includes 313 buildings comprised of medical office buildings, senior housing communities, skilled nursing facilities, and other real estate-related investments across 36 states, the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man. For more information, please visit www.AmericanHealthcareREIT.com.
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Latest collaboration by the eco-conscious brand features ‘Peanuts’ characters
Whether you are a fan of the “Peanuts” comic and characters, comfortable shoes, sustainable products or all three, you won’t want to miss out on Cariuma’s line of “Peanuts” sneakers that just hit the market. Snoopy and other members of the gang adorn these skate-style shoes for a look that’s whimsical and a fit that’s comfortable. What’s more, other collections, such as the Van Gogh Museum line, and classic styles are also available.
If you want your choice in footwear to be about more than appearances, you’ll also love that Cariuma focuses on sustainability in the materials and the manufacturing process. So you can feel good about slipping on these trendy, casual kicks.
Cariuma collaborations
If you have your heart set on a pair of “Peanuts” sneakers, keep in mind that there is a good chance they will sell out quickly. This is the third time the company has worked with “Peanuts” on a collaboration, and they went quickly each time. “Peanuts” is just one of the collaboration collections Cariuma currently has to offer. A few other popular collaborations include:
- Van Gogh Museum: Made to celebrate the museum’s 50th anniversary, this line showcases florals and landscapes in a Vincent van Gogh artistic style.
- National Geographic: Available in two color options, these shoes feature a peace lily pattern.
- Pantone: This collection contains shoes in a plethora of Pantone color options.
- Avatar: Celebrate the beauty of the oceans with this line of shoes available in multiple patterns.
These popular collaborations are just some of the collections offered by Cariuma. The company is frequently bringing back popular collaborations when they sell out or offer new ones.
Cariuma commitment to sustainability
If you are new to Cariuma, you’ll be pleased to learn that the company has a passion for sustainability. In addition to adhering to ethical practices in making products, it also uses eco-friendly materials, such as cotton, cork, rubber, sugarcane, bamboo and other natural or recycled items.
Cariuma’s commitment goes even further. For every pair of sneakers purchased, it plants two trees in the Brazilian rainforest to help revitalize the ecosystems and animals that inhabit them. The result is products you can feel good about purchasing and wearing.
Cariuma sneaker styles
Skate shoes are the most popular style of Cariuma sneakers. Often preferred by skateboarders, these shoes also pair perfectly with many casual styles. They stand out in terms of comfort too.
Cariuma also offers variations of their skate shoes as well as slip-on and high-top sneakers. Regardless of the style you choose, they are available in sizes for men and women.
Best Cariuma sneakers
“Peanuts” Skate Canvas OCA Low Sneakers
Classic skate shoes with a low profile, these canvas sneakers are both cool and comfortable. They feature Snoopy on a skateboard, which is perfect for skate fans. They come in a choice of black, white or pink.
Sold by Cariuma
“Peanuts” Skate Slip-On Pro Sneakers
The “Peanuts” collaboration line also offers a slip-on style. These laid-back shoes are easy to put on and take off, and they look great, too.
Sold by Cariuma
“Peanuts” Skate Naico Pro Sneakers
“Peanuts” characters are featured on the sides and heels of these skate shoes, so they are fun and functional. They are made of a combination of suede and canvas for durable wear.
Sold by Cariuma
Van Gogh Museum Sunflowers Canvas OCA Low Sneakers
The sunflower graphics of these Cariuma sneakers make them ideal for summer as well as art enthusiasts. They are vegan and made of organic cotton that’s breathable and sustainable.
Sold by Cariuma
Van Gogh Museum Wheatfields with Crows OCA Low Sneakers
You’ll be right on trend with these low-profile sneakers that feature a classic Van Gogh work of art. They are made of canvas and have the Vincent signature on the sides.
Sold by Cariuma
Pantone Canvas OCA Low Sneakers
Be bold with these sneakers from the Pantone collection that come in a choice of attention-grabbing colors. From neutral brown to bright blue, there’s a color for everyone in this collaboration.
Sold by Cariuma
If you are a serious skateboarder, Catiba Pro sneakers are for you. Made of canvas and suede, they are designed to provide reliable grip and ankle support. They are good-looking, too.
Sold by Cariuma
National Geographic Peace Lily OCA Low Sneakers
Get back to nature with these sneakers that sport a peace lily design. They’re part of the National Geographic collection and are made of sustainable canvas.
Sold by Cariuma
Avatar Off-White/Blue NAIOCA PRO Sneakers
These sneakers are part of a limited edition that honors the oceans. This pair features the word “Avatar” on the side and tongue and has a blue ripple design on the bottom.
Sold by Cariuma
Off-White Canvas NAIOCA Sneakers
White sneakers are in this year, which makes this pair a stylish pick. However, they come in several other colors too. Made of canvas and natural rubber, they offer an excellent blend of comfort and foot support.
Sold by Cariuma
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PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockedge Technologies Inc., a leading enterprise blockchain technology platform, and Suvik Technologies FZE, a UAE-based public blockchain technology company, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture in Dubai, aimed at creating tools that empower organizations globally migrate to WEB3 technologies.
With the right complementary ingredients to facilitate the movement towards a large-scale secure Web3 adoption, Blockedge brings its infrastructure automation platform, expertise to develop decentralized applications and interoperable blockchain solutions. At the same time, Suvik group brings its proprietary trading system for crypto assets and Plugin - a Decentralized Oracle Platform built on XDC Network.
"Web3 is all about building system-backed trust to facilitate trusted peer-to-peer transactions," said Srinivas Mahankali, Chief Business Officer of Blockedge Technologies Inc. "To accelerate the adoption of Web3 technologies globally, we have come together to leverage each other's strengths to create the required infrastructure layer to encourage and empower over 1000 organizations in the next three years," he added.
Vinod Khurana, Co-Founder of Plugin Decentralized Oracle on XDC Network and CEO of Suvik Group added, "The creation of the joint venture between Blockedge and Suvik has come at the right time and place and has the potential to add immense value to the blockchain ecosystem. With this venture, we aim to launch decentralized applications across industries, with an initial focus on Agriculture, Healthcare, Supply chain, and E-commerce".
The partnership will be converted into a 55:45 joint venture based in Dubai, specifically focusing on the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and North America.
About Blockedge Technologies Inc.: Blockedge is a blockchain technology platform fully dedicated to accelerating blockchain transformations. Offering a host of products, solutions, and services, Blockedge brings the power of automation for enterprises to build and adopt global scale blockchain networks to transform their businesses. Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, USA, Blockedge has its knowledge center based out of Chennai, India. For more information, please visit: www.blockedge.io.
About Suvik Group: The group is headquartered in United Arab Emirates, a Country which offers ample opportunities of growth in a stable and vibrant economy. In UAE, Suvik provides expertise in Management Consultancy, Business setup, Blockchain Technology solutions, IT & Software service, Distributed Ledger Technology Services & Corporate Advisory Services.
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STERLING, Va., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, REI Systems announced Wagish Bhartiya, an experienced executive with a diverse and rich career history, as the company's Chief Growth Officer (CGO). REI Systems serves agencies across the federal government. Bhartiya has been tasked with bolstering REI's growth engine, deepening its market presence, and expanding its customer portfolio.
He will oversee REI Systems' business development, capture, and marketing functions and enable the go-to-market strategy aligned to organic and new growth initiatives. Before stepping into his role as CGO, Bhartiya was the Vice President of Software as a Service (SaaS) for ten years at REI Systems, where he led the development of technology strategy and oversaw the delivery of innovative digital transformation solutions to numerous clients across markets and domains.
"Asking Wagish to lead our growth organization after his demonstrated successes running and growing a business unit within REI makes a lot of sense for our organization," said Shyam Salona, REI Systems CEO. "With a proven track record of building teams and aligning our go-to-market approach with customer missions, he offers us the expertise needed as we continue to scale the company."
"Our ability to engage with and support our customers and their missions is foundational to who we are as a company," said Bhartiya. "I am tremendously excited by the opportunity to showcase what makes REI Systems such an incredible technology partner with an even greater number of government customers moving forward."
Bhartiya brings more than 15 years of experience supporting companies providing cutting-edge and high-tech solutions. Prior to joining REI Systems, Bhartiya honed his skills at tech companies like Amazon, where he served as Product Manager for its e-commerce products, and LivingSocial where he was Director of Strategy and ran direct sales. He also spent time at McKinsey & Company in their high-tech practice, focusing on sales and marketing-related issues.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Duke University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
REI Systems provides reliable, effective, and innovative technology solutions that advance federal, state, local, and nonprofit missions. Our technologists and consultants are passionate about solving complex challenges that impact millions of lives. We take a Mindful Modernization® approach in delivering our application modernization, grants management systems, government data analytics, and advisory services. Mindful Modernization is the REI Way of delivering mission impact by aligning our government customers' strategic objectives to measurable outcomes through people, processes, and technology. For more information, visit REIsystems.com.
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The number of applications for visas used in the technology industry soared for a second straight year, raising “serious concerns” that some are manipulating the system to gain an unfair advantage, authorities said Friday.
There were 780,884 applications for H-1B visas in this year's computer-generated lottery, up 61% from 483,927 last year, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said in a message to “stakeholders.” Last year's haul was up 57% from 308,613 applications the year before.
Each year, up to 85,000 people are selected for H-1B visas, a mainstay for technology giants such as Amazon.com Inc., Google parent Alphabet Inc., Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. and International Business Machines Corp.
Last year, the government began requiring workers who won the lottery to sign affidavits stating they didn't try to game the system by working with others to file multiple bids under different company names, even if there was no underlying employment offer. By winning at least once, these companies could market their services to technology companies that wanted to fill positions but didn't have visas, effectively becoming labor contractors.
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“The large number of eligible registrations for beneficiaries with multiple eligible registrations — much larger than in previous years — has raised serious concerns that some may have tried to gain an unfair advantage by working together to submit multiple registrations on behalf of the same beneficiary. This may have unfairly increased their chances of selection,” the agency wrote.
The agency said it has “undertaken extensive fraud investigations” based on lottery submissions from the last two years, denied some petitions and is “in the process” of referring some cases to federal prosecutors for possible crimes.
The number of registrations tied to people who applied more than once rose to 408,891 this year from 165,180 last year and 90,143 the year before.
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"We remain committed to deterring and preventing abuse of the registration process, and to ensuring only those who follow the law are eligible to file an H-1B cap petition," the agency said.
H-1B visas, which are used by software engineers and others in the tech industry, have been a lightning rod in the immigration debate, with critics saying they are used to undercut U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents. They are issued for three years and can be extended another three years.
Technology companies say H-1Bs are critical for hard-to-fill positions even as they have had to lay off workers in other areas. As the number of applications have soared in the last two years, major companies have seen winning lottery submissions dwindle.
Andrew Greenfield, a partner at the law firm Fragomen, which represents major technology companies, said the increase in applications is “bizarre” given widespread layoffs in the industry. His clients had a roughly 15% success rate on lottery entries this year, down from about 30% last year.
“It's devastating,” Greenfield said. “Our clients are legitimate employers that are just unable to source enough talent in the United States to fill all their hiring needs.”
Fraud, as outlined by U.S. authorities, may be driving up applications, with companies under different names but the same ownership submitting entries on behalf of the same person, Greenfield said, but there may be other reasons. Some applicants may convince different, independently-owned companies to sponsor them in the lottery, which is perfectly legal. Some companies may overestimate their labor demands when they enter the lottery in March.
The computer-generated lottery in March selected 110,791 winners for the 85,000 slots. Companies have until June 30 to confirm they plan to go ahead with hiring. If confirmations fall short of 85,000, the government may hold another lottery to fill remaining slots. | 2023-05-01T17:50:19+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/tech-visa-lottery-application-increase-triggers-serious-concerns-from-us-immigration-agency/3025513/ |
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(NEXSTAR) — It’s a parent’s worst fear: You’re shopping for groceries, or you’re spending the day at a park with the family when suddenly your kid goes missing.
In many cases, you’re able to locate your child within a few seconds, in an adjacent aisle or around a nearby corner. But other times, those seconds continue to tick away and panic takes hold.
“That is the nightmare of every single parent out there,” said Callahan Walsh, a child advocate and executive director for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
Walsh, whose parents Revé and John Walsh co-founded the NCMEC after his brother Adam Walsh’s abduction and murder in 1981, is well aware of the anguish parents experience after a child goes missing. That’s why the NCMEC has worked to help recover nearly 4,000 missing children over the last four decades, and why the organization operates programs aimed at fighting child exploitation and supporting the parents of those missing kids.
The NCMEC also provides resources for educating parents and children on what to do in the first moments following a child’s disappearance.
It’s in those moments, Walsh said, that parents need to try to stay calm.
“It’s a tough thing to say to a parent who is looking for their child, but it is important so they can accurately provide the descriptor information, and actively be part of the search,” Walsh told Nexstar.
Descriptions of a missing kid should include things like height, weight, hair color, eye color and, “most importantly, what that child was wearing,” he said.
That last bit, in fact, is exactly how a mom on TikTok claims she recently found her lost daughter at a children’s play center. That mom, Krista Piper Grundey, recently went viral after sharing the story of how she located her 3-year-old by shouting out what the girl was wearing, rather than the girl’s name.
Grundey herself said she learned the trick from another mom who had temporarily lost her child at a grocery store.
“I stopped calling out her name and I started yelling ‘Little girl! Pink shirt, pink Minnie Mouse shirt!’” she said in her TikTok video, which has been viewed more than 600,000 times since last month.
She said the other moms immediately knew what to look for. Within minutes, a woman had located her child.
“I probably looked like a crazy person, but it got the job done,” Grundey said.
Walsh commended Grundey — and the mom who shared the initial idea — for spreading the importance of relaying this kind of descriptive information.
But he stressed that there are other important tips for parents or guardians who find themselves stuck in the same situation.
“It’s probably best to contact a store employee,” Walsh tells parents who may be bringing their children into stores, malls, sporting venues or play centers. If two parents are present, he said, one can run off to alert the staff. But if only one parent is present, it’s best to stay nearby in case the missing kid comes back.
“Call your child’s name, solicit help [from other adults] and ask for a store employee to be brought to you,” Walsh said.
If necessary, a sole parent can also walk toward the front of the store until an employee can be informed of the issue.
Once a store associate is available, Walsh and the NCMEC say it’s important to provide a detailed description of the child’s appearance, down to the specific pieces of clothing the child was wearing when they went missing.
“Store employees can then be activated to go search for the child,” said Walsh, who noted that many major retail outlets are already trained in “Code Adam,” a program of safety protocols named for Walsh’s brother Adam.
Walsh also advised that parents call law enforcement “right away,” rather than wait to report the missing child until a preliminary search is complete.
“[Police] would much rather get that second call, that the child has been found, rather than a call saying a child has been missing for an extended period of time,” he said.
It also helps to be proactive before heading out into a crowded public place, Walsh added.
“If you are going anywhere … an amusement park or sporting event, you can snap a quick picture when you get out of the car,” he said. “Not only is that a great keepsake, it’s an up-to-date photo of that child, of what they were wearing that day.”
“That picture could be absolutely instrumental in the recovery and safe return of that child,” Walsh said.
Proactive parents can also take advantage of the NCMEC’s KidSmartz and NetSmartz resources, to learn the proper protocol for preventing abduction or online exploitation — and to teach their kids.
Being educated on the proper protocols, after all, is perhaps the most important tool for parents hoping to locate their children.
“In most cases of children going missing in stores, it’s not an abduction, but rather a kid who wandered away or hid in some clothing racks,” Walsh acknowledged. “Still, it’s a scary situation.” | 2023-04-23T21:49:10+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/child-go-missing-in-a-crowd-heres-what-every-parent-should-do-next-according-to-an-expert/ |
If you have a mobile phone, you likely have an excellent camera built into it. But while the latest Samsung or Apple phones can take stunning photos, it is often better to have a professional DSLR camera for more complex scenarios.
However, these cameras weigh several times more than the average mobile phone, making them bulky to hold up for even short periods. The best way to get steady shots that are in focus and convey all the details is to mount them on a tripod. But these, too, can be cumbersome, making a portable tripod the best option.
In this article: Amazon Basics 60-inch Lightweight Tripod with Bag, Tycka 56-inch Travel Tripod and Bonfoto Camera Tripod for Travel
A portable tripod is excellent for steadying your on-the-go shots
A tripod is a great way to ensure your photos or video footage comes without any distracting sways or shakiness. Nothing can ruin an amazing scene faster than erratic jerking or constant movement.
While that can still happen when using a tripod, you greatly reduce the chances when you place the tripod on a flat surface or affix it to a steady object. But not every tripod is suitable for all cameras. Doing a bit of research before spending money on additional equipment is a good idea.
For example, if you want to travel with your tripod, it’s best to look for a gadget that folds up to a compact and convenient size. Professional camera tripods are great, but they often aren’t designed for quickly stashing in a backpack or satchel.
Also, consider where you’ll be doing most of your shooting. A portable tripod is best for quick photo sessions such as traveling abroad or going on a family holiday. In those cases, you aren’t always guaranteed to have a flat, steady surface.
An excellent solution for that would be to get a tripod that has flexible legs. These are specially designed so you can wrap the legs around any vertical object, such as a street lamp, a handlebar, a bridge railing or a table leg.
However, you must be mindful of the mounting screw size on the head and the maximum weight the tripod can handle. If the screw isn’t compatible with the camera, it simply won’t fit. And if the tripod isn’t strong enough to support a heavy DSLR camera, it might come crashing to the floor.
Best portable tripods for on-the-go photography
Amazon Basics 60-inch Lightweight Tripod with Bag
A basic yet solid tripod, it stands 60 inches tall when fully extended and can easily carry a weight of six pounds. It is compatible with most digital cameras and action cams that use the standard quarter-inch screw and measures a very portable 25 inches when retracted.
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If you don’t have a lot of space in your camera equipment bag, this tripod is an excellent choice. While the standard usage is in the tripod form, you can attach the quarter-inch mounting head onto the included monopod. When folded up completely, the tripod is only 14 inches but extends to 56 inches in seconds.
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Bonfoto Camera Tripod for Travel
A robust option, especially when traveling, this portable tripod has a quarter-inch mounting screw with a 360-degree ball head and sectional interlocking legs. It stands about 69 inches tall when fully extended but easily reduces to just under 2 feet. The double telescopic shaft has a water level on top.
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Able to safely carry a camera up to 11 pounds, this tripod stands 65 inches tall when the three legs are fully extended. However, it has three interlocking sections that reduce the size to just over a foot. It has a standard quarter-inch mounting screw and a removable panning handle.
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Vanguard Alta Pro 2+ 263AGH Aluminum Tripod
This tripod is an excellent choice if you need a bit more steadiness when taking photos or a swift hand for fast-moving objects. Below the mounting head is a pistol-like grip, making it easy to pan the camera. It stands 68 inches tall when fully extended but reduces to a portable size quickly.
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Joby is known for its excellent camera accessories, and this small tripod is a great option. The legs have several bendable points, letting you securely attach the tripod to almost any vertical surface. Even though it is small, it can carry a maximum weight of 6.5 pounds, which covers just about all cameras.
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Manfrotto PIXI EVO 2-Section Mini Tripod
This is one of the smaller tripods you can buy, making it the perfect travel accessory for excellent holiday snaps. Weighing only 9.4 ounces, it has three sturdy legs that fold out from the base, and the mounting screw sits on a swivel head.
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Dolica GX650B204 Proline GX Series
The tripod is 65 inches when fully extended, but the legs easily slide into themselves to minimize its length. It has foam grips on each leg for additional handheld support and is compatible with any cameras that use the standard quarter-inch mounting screw.
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Xenvo SquidGrip Flexible Tripod
This tripod is an excellent choice as it’s small and compatible with many cameras. The legs are bendable, meaning you can easily wrap them around poles or railings to steady your camera while still getting the perfect shot.
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Hundreds of artifacts, including serving dishes and a leather book, were recovered from a shipwreck settled on a shallow seabed off the coast of northern Canada.
Earlier this year, archaeologists set up camp on the ice above the wreck of HMS Erebus, a wooden vessel abandoned by its crew in 1848 during an Arctic expedition, according to a news release from the Canadian government.
Multiple diving expeditions have taken place at the wreck site, discovered in 2014, according to the Canadian parks department.
In September, 56 separate dives took place at the wreck over the course of 11 days, providing researchers with a more comprehensive understanding of the ship, one of the “best-preserved” wooden wrecks in the world, according to the parks department.
Of particular interest to divers were the second and third lieutenants’ cabins and the steward’s pantry.
The pantry of the 100-foot vessel yielded a trove of tableware, including platters, serving dishes and stoneware plates, according to CBC.
However, the most “remarkable” discovery was a book, Ryan Harris, one of the divers, told the Canadian outlet.
“We came across a folio — a leather book cover, beautifully embossed — with pages inside,” Harris said. “It actually has the feather quill pen still tucked inside the cover like a journal that you might write in and put on your bedside table before turning in.”
The recovered artifacts are owned jointly by the Canadian government and the Inuit Heritage Trust, an organization dedicated to protecting the heritage of indigenous Canadians, the parks department stated.
It was Inuit oral history that led to the discovery of the Erebus wreck. The search would have been “wholly impractical” without traditional knowledge, David Woodman, a researcher credited with helping find the ship, said, according to the parks department.
Following its abandonment in 1848, neither the crew nor the ship were seen again, leading the ill-fated voyage to achieve a myth-like status during the Victorian era and later years, according to The Spectral Arctic.
Only in later years was it discovered that the crew — weak, frozen and likely suffering from Scurvy — all perished while traveling by foot over the ice-covered water, according to a study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
One study, published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, found evidence that members of the ship’s crew resorted to cannibalism.
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Maren Morris is focusing on her family amid her social media feud with Brittany Aldean.
The "The Bones" singer appeared unfazed by the drama surrounding her recent "Insurrection Barbie" comments, aimed at Jason Aldean's wife. After assuring fans that she "can handle this s**t," Morris took to Instagram to change the narrative and offer a sweet behind-the-scenes look at her life as a mama on the road with two-year-old son, Hayes.
"My baby has been out on the road with me all month and is the biggest trooper I've ever seen," she captioned a carousel of photos and videos from their recent adventures. "He's only 2, but has come alive on this run. He is talking more than ever, has seen every zoo, aquarium, and children's museum that America has to offer. He knows every band, crew and bus driver's name now, and lights up a room when I know how much this team has sacrificed to make my show go while they are missing their families at home."
"Kids and touring is a creative adjustment that a lot of people have helped us make a reality, but we are making it work," she continued. "We miss @ryanhurd and can't wait to be home."
Morris' husband, fellow country singer Ryan Hurd -- who is currently performing on his own tour -- recently defended his wife against those critics who declared her career over for challenging an allegedly transphobic comment from Aldean.
"Scoring quick points by picking on trans kids isn’t something that is brave at all. And I’m proud of Maren for sticking up for them. Badge of honor to have CO engage in completely normal discourse, too. Shut up and sing only applies to those who you disagree with," Hurd wrote on Twitter.
Later, he added, "Getting a lot of people telling me our career is over, as if the last time she spoke up about something it disappeared. Honestly, we’re pretty ok over here. Tours are good, got a 2 year old we love, we’re f**king fine, and I promise she isn’t going to shut up now."
Currently in the midst of her five-month, 41-city Humble Quest trek, Morris recently gave ET a look inside her tour bus, which features a drawer full of Hayes' toys (including a matching mini toy bus!) and a safari-themed bunk that turns into a hideaway crib. While Morris always brings her son on the road with her, she said that she and Hurd are holding out hope that he will steer clear of the music industry when he grows up.
"Oh, boy. My husband Ryan and I joke, we're like, 'I hope he's an accountant, that he doesn't end up in the music industry,'" she quipped. "But he probably will."
But if he must follow in Mom and Dad's footsteps, Morris mused that it may be to her benefit.
"Maybe he can be in the band someday," she said, joking: "Maybe he'll be my drummer or something and I won't have to pay him as much."
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KOYA, Iraq (AP) — An Iranian drone bombing campaign targeting the bases of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq on Wednesday killed at least nine people and wounded 32 others, the Kurdish Regional Government’s Health Ministry said.
The strikes took place as demonstrations continued to engulf the Islamic Republic after the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who was detained by the Iranian morality police.
Iran’s attacks targeted Koya, some 65 kilometers (35 miles) east of Irbil, said Soran Nuri, a member of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan. The group, known by the acronym KDPI, is a leftist armed opposition force banned in Iran.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in a statement said the attacks “impacted the Iranian refugee settlements” in Koya, and that refugees and other civilians were among the casualties.
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry and the Kurdistan Regional Government have condemned the strikes.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency and broadcaster said the country’s Revolutionary Guard targeted bases of a separatist group in the north of Iraq with “precision missiles” and “suicide drones.”
Gen. Hasan Hasanzadeh of the Revolutionary Guard said 185 Basijis, a volunteer force, were injured by “machete and knife” in the unrest, state-run IRNA news agency reported Wednesday. Hasanzadeh also said rioters broke the skull of one of the Basij members. He added that five Basijis are hospitalized in intensive care.
The Iranian drone strikes targeted a military camp, homes, offices and other areas around Koya, Nuri said. Nuri described the attack as ongoing.
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said the government in Baghdad was expected to summon the Iranian ambassador to deliver a diplomatic complaint over the strikes.
In Baghdad, four Katyusha rockets landed in the capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Wednesday as legislators gathered in parliament.
The zone, home to the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, is a frequent target of rocket and drone attacks that the United States blames on Iran-backed Iraqi militia groups.
The Iraqi military earlier said in a statement that one rocket landed near parliament, another near the parliament’s guesthouse, and a third at a junction near the Judicial Council. Two security officials told the AP that the fourth rocket also landed near parliament.
Iraqi state news reported four security officers were wounded.
The office of Iraq’s caretaker prime minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, in a statement said security forces were pursuing the assailants who fired the rockets, and asked protesters to remain peaceful.
Cellphone footage circulating on social media showed smoke billowing from a carpark near the parliament building.
Following the first series of strikes in northern Iraq, Iran then shelled seven positions in Koya’s stronghold in Qala, a KDPI official told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity in order to speak publicly. The Qala area includes the party’s politburo.
An Associated Press journalist saw ambulances racing through Koya after the strikes. Smoke rose from the site of one apparent strike as security forces closed off the area.
Meanwhile, security forces lobbed tear gas and fired rubber bullets at protesting Iranian Kurds in Sulimaniyah.
On Saturday and Monday, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard unleashed a wave of drone and artillery strikes targeting Kurdish positions.
The attacks appear to be a response to the ongoing protests roiling Iran over the death of a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who was detained by the nation’s morality police.
The U.S. Department of State called the Iranian attacks an “unjustified violation of Iraqi sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
“We are also aware of reports of civilian casualties and deplore any loss of life caused by today’s attacks,” said spokesperson Ned Price in a statement. “Moreover, we further condemn comments from the government of Iran threatening additional attacks against Iraq.”
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq said in a tweet that the country cannot be treated as “the region’s “backyard” where neighbors routinely, and with impunity, violate its sovereignty.”
“Rocket diplomacy is a reckless act with devastating consequences,” the U.N. agency said.
Meanwhile, Britain’s State Minister for the Middle East said the attacks “demonstrate a repeated pattern of Iranian destabilizing activity in the region,” while the German Foreign Ministry and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez also condemned Iran for the strikes.
The U.N. secretary-general called on Iran early Wednesday to refrain from using “unnecessary or disproportionate force” against protesters as unrest over a young woman’s death in police custody spread across the country.
Antonio Guterres said through a spokesman that authorities should swiftly conduct an impartial investigation of Amini’s death, which has sparked unrest across Iran’s provinces and the capital of Tehran.
“We are increasingly concerned about reports of rising fatalities, including women and children, related to the protests,” U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric in a statement. “We underline the need for prompt, impartial and effective investigation into Ms. Mahsa Amini’s death by an independent competent authority.”
Protests have spread across at least 46 cities, towns and villages in Iran. State TV reported that at least 41 protesters and police have been killed since the demonstrations began Sept. 17.
An Associated Press count of official statements by authorities tallied at least 14 dead, with more than 1,500 demonstrators arrested.
Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard in a statement called for an international investigation over the deaths of protesters.
“Dozens of people, including children, have been killed so far and hundreds injured,” the statement read. “The voices of the courageous people of Iran desperately crying out for international support must not be ignored.”
The human rights organization added that it has documented cases of Iranian security forces sexually assaulting women protesters.
Meanwhile, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said it documented the arrests of at least 23 journalists as the clashes between security forces and protesters heated up.
CPJ in a Wednesday statement called on Iranian authorities to “immediately” release arrested journalists who covered Amini’s death and protests.
Dujarric added that Guterres stressed the need to respect human rights, including freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and association during the meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on September 22nd. | 2022-09-29T07:47:03+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/international/ap-un-calls-on-iran-to-avoid-unnecessary-force-on-protesters/ |
By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A fishing vessel that sank in New England, resulting in the loss of all four fishermen, likely capsized because of poor drainage of seawater from the rear deck and hatches that weren’t watertight, investigators said.
The National Transportation Safety Board called Tuesday for stepped up inspections and renewed its call for personal locator beacons for each crew member. The agency first made that recommendation after the loss of the cargo vessel El Faro and 33 sailors in 2015.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy urged fishing boat operators to purchase the individual radio beacons for crew members.
“Don’t wait for a mandate from the Coast Guard,” Homendy said in a written statement. “If the Emmy Rose crew had access to these devices, perhaps some of them would still be with us today.”
The tragedy unfolded as the Portland-based Emmy Rose was headed to Gloucester, Massachusetts, to offload an estimated 45,000 pounds of fish in November 2020.
A crew member told his girlfriend in a phone call that it was the 82-foot vessel’s biggest catch, and she told investigators that she heard ebullient crewmembers laughing and enjoying themselves in the background.
Hours later, early on Nov. 23, the vessel’s automated distress beacon signaled. The Emmy Rose disappeared without a radio distress call.
The Coast Guard dispatched a cutter and a helicopter, then other boats and aircraft, to the area about 25 miles east of Provincetown, Massachusetts. Rescuers found an oil sheen, an empty life raft and some debris. The fishermen were never recovered.
With a forecast for gusts up to 25 knots and sea levels of 5 to 8 feet, the Emmy Rose was returning to shore in conditions that could have put a trawler in peril with waves splashing onto the rear deck. The NTSB said seawater likely accumulated on the vessel’s rear deck, failed to drain properly and then poured into the vessel through hatches that weren’t watertight, making the vessel less stable.
The Emmy Rose was more susceptible to capsize because of its design and modifications, the NTSB said. The vessel was originally built for shrimping in the Gulf of Mexico and was modified for trawling for fish in New England waters.
“NTSB investigators found that at the time of the sinking, the Emmy Rose likely did not meet existing stability criteria, making it more susceptible to capsizing,” the agency’s report said.
The NTSB cannot mandate changes, but it recommended inspections of port covers designed to drain water from the deck and watertight hatches, along with individual radio beacons for crew members. The Coast Guard didn’t immediately respond to a call seeking comment in Wednesday.
Commercial fishing vessels are required to have an automated emergency beacon that floats free and signals rescuers. But individuals are not required to have them.
A judge awarded nearly $1 million in damages to the families of the fishermen. U.S. District Judge John Woodcock ordered the distribution of the insurance proceeds from boat owner, Boat Aaron & Melissa Inc.
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BANGKOK – World shares were mixed Wednesday, with Tokyo gaining more than 2% after Japan’s central bank kept its lax monetary policy unchanged, dispelling speculation it would yield to pressure to tighten credit to counter rising inflation.
Germany's DAX lost 0.1% to 15,170.03 and the CAC 40 in Paris was down less than 2 points, at 7,075.91. Britain's FTSE 100 also was nearly unchanged, at 7,850.12.
The futures for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average were nearly unchanged.
The Bank of Japan shook markets in December with a surprise widening of its target range for yields on long-term government bonds, part of its “yield curve control policy." It kept that range in its latest policy statement, despite recent cases when yields on 10-year government bonds exceeded the 0.5% upward or downward daily limit.
With Wednesday’s decision, the BOJ’s key interest rate remains at minus 0.1%.
“In keeping its key rate and yield curve control policy unchanged at today's meeting, the Bank of Japan probably wanted to convey a message to the market: don't fight the BOJ," economists at ING Economics said in a report.
Inflation has been more subdued in Japan than in the U.S. and many other countries, but prices have been creeping up as costs for oil and gas and other imports have risen. Moves by other central banks to raise interest rates to snuff out decades-high inflation have pulled the value of the Japanese yen lower, another strain on Tokyo's monetary stance.
Core inflation in Japan, excluding volatile food and energy costs, is forecast to rise to 1.8% in the fiscal year ending in March, and wages have not risen much.
“Concerning risks to the outlook, there remain extremely high uncertainties for Japan’s economy," said a BOJ statement. It cited threats from rising interest rates, disruptions from the war in Ukraine and persisting disruptions from the pandemic as major reasons for concern.
Still, expectations of a change in the longstanding easy money policy, aimed at fending off deflation, have been building as market watchers await the departure of BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, who is due to step down in April.
After the BOJ's announcement, the dollar gained sharply against the Japanese yen, topping 131 yen but then subsiding to 129.81 yen, up from 128.17 yen late Tuesday.
The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 2.5% to 26,791.12. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 edged 0.1% higher to 7,393.40, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong rose 0.5% to 21,678.00. The Shanghai Composite index was virtually unchanged, at 3,224.41.
Bangkok's SET gained 0.1% while the Sensex in Mumbai was up 0.6%.
On Wall Street, stock indexes closed mixed Tuesday as investors focused on a busy week of corporate earnings for insight into how much damage inflation is inflicting on the economy.
The S&P 500 slipped 0.2%, ending a four-day winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.1%, while strength in technology stocks helped the Nasdaq composite eke out a 0.1% gain. The Russell 2000 index fell 0.1%.
Markets were closed Monday for a holiday. The year has gotten off to a solid start for Wall Street after a dismal 2022, but investor sentiment could quickly turn as companies report their results for the October-December quarter.
Analysts expect companies in the S&P 500 to report a drop in profits for the fourth quarter from a year earlier. That would mark the first such decline since 2020, when the pandemic was crushing the economy.
Among the companies reporting their latest results this week: Netflix, M&T Bank and Procter & Gamble.
Inflation and how the Federal Reserve will continue its fight against high prices remain the big concerns for investors as they review earnings results and corporate statements.
Wall Street will get another inflation update on Wednesday, when the government issues its December report on inflation at the wholesale level, which tracks prices before they are passed on to consumers. The government will also release retail sales data for December, which could give investors more insight into how inflation is affecting consumer spending.
Consumer inflation has been easing for six straight months, raising hopes the Fed could soon consider softening its policy on interest rates, even though it has said it will keep raising rates this year and expects no rate cuts until 2024.
In other trading, U.S. benchmark crude gained 69 cents to $80.87 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It added 32 cents to $80.18 per barrel on Tuesday.
Brent crude, the pricing standard for international trading, was up 52 cents at $86.44 per barrel.
The euro rose to $1.0839 from $1.0790. | 2023-01-18T12:09:51+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2023/01/18/world-shares-mixed-yen-falls-after-boj-keeps-policy-intact/ |
Graduation rates are holding steady, enrollments are picking up and school districts are on track to spend their federal pandemic relief funds, the state’s top education official said Monday.
“We took a pause during the pandemic a bit. But we’re accelerating again,” said State Superintendent Chris Reykdal, who whipped through a wide range of policy proposals in a news conference on the first day of the 2023 legislative session.
He urged legislators to focus on student mental health, citing rising youth suicide cases and a 2021 state survey which found that nearly two-thirds of middle schoolers and nearly half of high schoolers reported feeling sad or hopeless for at least two weeks of the year. His agenda also supports removing a statewide cap on special education funding, providing free school lunch for students and expanding a library program that gives free books to kids ages five and younger.
This year’s agenda is consistent with what the state Education Department has supported — and not supported — in previous years. Reykdal, a former Democratic state lawmaker, is serving his second four-year term as state superintendent; he does not have the power to vote on laws.
His presentation included some new statistics and projections compiled by his office.
- School enrollments ticked up again slightly this past fall, but the total head count is still down 4% from the fall of 2019. This year the total public school population stands at 1,095,122, about 46,000 students fewer than at the start of the pandemic. Reykdal said he does not anticipate a “rapid recovery” to this number, since many families found alternatives that they’re sticking with, such as home schooling. He asked lawmakers to help offset the funding loss associated with this shift, a request he has made in prior years.
- Four-year graduation rates are up 2 percentage points, to 82%, compared with 80% in 2019. (In Seattle Public Schools, graduation rates increased by 6 percentage points in that same time period.) This is likely related to a push from districts and the state to make sure pandemic hardships didn’t prohibit students from graduating. Among the adjustments: a state program that waived credits for qualifying students. Rates are also up slightly for most students of color, and for foster and migrant students. White and Asian students lost a tiny amount of ground. Reykdal said his office would look into this trend, though it is likely not statistically significant.
- Salaries have made up much of school districts’ spending on pandemic relief from the federal government, and classroom teachers have gotten the lion’s share of that money. Using those one-time funds, districts paid for nearly 2,400 new classroom teachers, followed by other employees such as paraeducators, librarians, emotional support staff and classified staff. This spending may have been used to preserve positions that may have otherwise been cut. He said districts were on track to spend the majority of remaining funds this school year, responding to concerns about a slow spend of relief dollars here and in other states. And, in a statement that seemed geared toward a request for more transparency in how the dollars are spent, he said his office was working within the requirements of the law, which is vague on requiring detailed accounts of spending. | 2023-01-10T03:15:08+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/why-the-states-education-leader-says-wa-schools-are-accelerating/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news |
The NCQA CVO certification Further Substantiates Sutherland as an Industry Leader for End-to-End Credentialing Services
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sutherland, an experience-led digital transformation company, announced that it has received certification from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Credentials Verification Organizations (CVO), an independent, non-profit organization that works to improve healthcare quality through the administration of evidence-based standards, measures, programs, and accreditation.
The NCQA CVO certification focuses on keeping consumers protected while enhancing customer experience and holds a framework for organizations to achieve industry standards that accurately confirm practitioner credentials. The standards help credential verification organizations pinpoint areas to advance and align their services with those applicable by potential contracting organizations.
"We welcome this certification, as further validation of the quality and capabilities of our organization," said Matthew Collier, Chief Executive Officer at Sutherland Healthcare Solutions Inc., a Sutherland company. "Sutherland is an industry leader in our digital platforms, analytics, process automation and customized solutions and this is an additional level of validation that will serve to inspire trust from the markets we serve."
As an independent organization, the NCQA ensures no bias when granting an organization certification and is highly respected in the industry. To uphold its highly regarded reputation, it is required that the certification process of verifying providers' education, work history, licensing and any malpractice cases against them must be submitted completely without error.
A technology innovator in healthcare, Sutherland has integrated process transformation and workflow automation software to greatly improve credentialing efficiency and timeliness while ensuring zero errors with its Sutherland SmartCred platform. Sutherland SmartCred is a single common platform that can serve the credentialing needs of not just a single client but the entire industry, delivering a singular solution for the credentialing needs of all payers, systems and providers.
For more information, visit Sutherland Healthcare Solutions .
Sutherland is an experience-led digital transformation company. Our mission is to deliver exceptionally designed and engineered experiences for customers, providers and employees. For over 35 years, we have cared for our client's customers, delivering measurable results and accelerating growth. Our proprietary, AI-based products and platforms are built using robust IP and automation. We are a team of global professionals, operationally effective, culturally meshed, and committed to our clients and to one another. We call it One Sutherland.
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“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Monk” star Tony Shalhoub is set to play former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn in a six-part television series depicting the executive’s fall, according to Deadline.
Titled “Fall of the God of Cars,” the series will be a dramatization of Ghosn’s life produced by Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón and Michael Winterbottom, best known for the U.K. Covid-19 documdrama “This England,” according to the report. Timing for the series’ release wasn’t mentioned.
Ghosn was initially heralded as the savior of Nissan and its alliance partner Renault. In 1996, the Brazilian-Lebanese executive turned Renault into a profitable company in just one year, then did the same at Nissan five years later. He also oversaw the Renault Nissan alliance’s initial push for electric cars, as well as the 2016 purchase of a controlling stake in Mitsubishi.
Ghosn stepped down as CEO of Nissan in 2017, and was arrested in November of the following year on allegations of financial misconduct, including underreporting personal income with financial regulators and misuse of company funds while running the automaker. After making bail, he was re-arrested the following month on fresh charges.
That’s when the story gets truly television-worthy. In 2019, Ghosn fled to Lebanon, reportedly by being smuggled out of Japan in a music instrument case of a band that performed at a Christmas party at his Tokyo residence. At the time, Ghosn said he left Japan to escape “injustice and political persecution” and a “rigged Japanese justice system.”
Ghosn remains eager to voice his opinions. In a nearly two-hour interview released in 2021, he criticized the EV plans of Nissan and other established automakers, while comparing himself to Tesla CEO Elon Musk because of their mutual early support for EVs. Musk meanwhile has a documentary about him coming up shortly.
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- Nissan to build electric R32 Skyline GT-R | 2023-04-04T16:05:00+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/automotive/internet-brands/tony-shalhoub-tipped-to-play-carlos-ghosn-in-new-series/ |
NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Kohl's Corporation ("Kohl's" or the "Company") (NYSE: KSS). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Kohl's and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On May 20, 2022, Macellum Advisors GP, LLC ("Macellum"), "a long-term holder of nearly 5% of the outstanding common shares of Kohl's", issued a statement addressing "[t]his quarter's extremely disappointing results," which Macellum described as "simply a consequence of a weak Board and management configuration leading to a flawed strategic plan and an inability to execute." Macellum also stated that "the current Board appears to have withheld material information from shareholders about the state of Kohl's in the lead-up to this year's pivotal annual meeting," which "suggests to us a clear breach of fiduciary duty."
On this news, Kohl's stock price fell $5.84 per share, or 12.97%, to close at $39.20 per share on May 20, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A gunman killed two people at a construction site in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland on Thursday, as the nation prepared to host games in the FIFA Women's World Cup soccer tournament, authorities said.
Police said there were also multiple injuries during the incident, which took place near the hotel where Team Norway has been staying.
New Zealand Prime Minster Chris Hipkins said the tournament would go ahead as planned.
"Clearly with the FIFA World Cup kicking off this evening, there are a lot of eyes on Auckland," Hipkins said. "The government has spoken to FIFA organizers this morning and the tournament will proceed as planned. I want to reiterate that there is no wider national security threat. This appears to be the action of one individual."
Acting Police Superintendent Sunny Patel said the man began shooting at the site on lower Queen Street at about 7:20 a.m. Police swarmed the area and closed off streets.
The man moved through the building, firing at people there, Patel said.
"Upon reaching the upper levels of the building, the male has contained himself within the elevator shaft and our staff have attempted to engage with him," Patel said in a statement. "Further shots were fired from the male and he was located deceased a short time later."
It wasn't immediately clear if police had shot the gunman or he had killed himself.
Patel said that while alarming, the incident was isolated and didn't pose a national security risk.
The incident comes as soccer teams gathered in New Zealand for the FIFA Women's World Cup. The opening match is scheduled for Thursday between New Zealand and Norway.
Team Norway captain Maren Mjelde said people woke up quickly when a helicopter began hovering outside the hotel window.
"We felt safe the whole time," she said in a statement. "FIFA has a good security system at the hotel, and we have our own security officer in the squad. Everyone seems calm and we are preparing as normal for the game tonight."
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500 people show up for unaccompanied veteran’s funeral, shocking organizers
MOLINE, Ill. (KWQC/Gray News) – Hundreds of people showed up to the burial of an unaccompanied veteran on Thursday.
An unaccompanied veteran is one who has no known family or next of kin.
The burial of David Craig Yoder, 64, was held at Rock Island National Cemetery, located in Illinois along the Iowa border.
Yoder was born on May 29, 1959, and died on Feb. 2, 2023. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1976 to 1979, and his rank was Private First Class.
Organizers believe about 500 people showed up for the burial, which was a welcomed surprise.
Foster Cremation Services owner and retired veteran Bryan Foster said he nearly shed a tear at seeing the massive turnout.
“I thought we would probably have 25 people, but to have this many people show up for this celebration for Yoder, it was an honor,” Foster said.
Rock Island National Cemetery was established in 1863. Today, it is the final resting place of veterans who served in the Civil War, Mexican War, Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Twins vs. Guardians Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - June 3
Saturday's game that pits the Minnesota Twins (31-27) against the Cleveland Guardians (25-32) at Target Field has a projected final score of 4-3 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of the Twins, who is a slight favorite in this matchup according to our model. First pitch is at 7:15 PM on June 3.
This contest's pitching matchup is set, as the Twins will send Sonny Gray (4-0) to the mound, while Logan Allen (2-2) will take the ball for the Guardians.
Twins vs. Guardians Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 7:15 PM ET
- Where: Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- How to Watch on TV: FOX
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Twins vs. Guardians Score Prediction
Our prediction for this contest is Twins 4, Guardians 3.
Total Prediction for Twins vs. Guardians
- Total Prediction: Over 7.5 runs
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Twins Performance Insights
- In five games as the favorite over the last 10 matchups, the Twins have a record of 4-1.
- In its last 10 games with a total, Minnesota and its opponents have failed to hit the over five times.
- The Twins have won four of their last nine games against the spread.
- The Twins have won 24, or 68.6%, of the 35 games they've played as favorites this season.
- This season Minnesota has won 17 of its 26 games, or 65.4%, when favored by at least -135 on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Twins have a 57.4% chance to win.
- Minnesota has scored 264 runs (4.6 per game) this season, which ranks 13th in MLB.
- The Twins' 3.42 team ERA ranks second among all MLB pitching staffs.
Guardians Performance Insights
- In five games as the underdog over the last 10 matchups, the Guardians have posted a mark of 2-3.
- In its previous 10 games with a total, Cleveland and its opponents have combined to exceed the over/under on three occasions.
- The Guardians have put together a 6-2-0 record against the runline over their previous 10 matchups (oddsmakers set runlines in eight of those games).
- The Guardians have been chosen as underdogs in 24 games this year and have walked away with the win 10 times (41.7%) in those games.
- This year, Cleveland has won seven of 14 games when listed as at least +110 or worse on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Guardians have a 47.6% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- Cleveland is the third-lowest scoring team in MLB play averaging 3.6 runs per game (206 total).
- The Guardians have pitched to a 3.89 ERA this season, which ranks 10th in baseball.
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When it comes to corporate power and control over their lives, now and into the future, today’s college students are perilously dormant. When it comes to putting pressure on Congress to counter the various dictates of corporatism, there is little activity other than some stalwarts contacting their lawmakers on climate violence.
Much of campus activity these days focuses on diversity, tuition, student loans, “politically correct” speech demands and conforming conduct.
This campus environment is strangely oblivious to the corporate abuses of our economy, culture and government. This indifference extends to the endless grip of corporate power over the educational institutions that the students attend.
Companies see universities and colleges as profit centers.
Corporate vendors influence or control the food students eat on campus, down to the junk in vending machines, along with their credit cards, iPhones, very expensive textbooks and, of course, student debt.
College Boards of Trustees are dominated by corporate executives or corporate affiliated people. Corporate science is — as from drug companies, biotech, military weapons and fossil fuel companies — co-opting, corrupting or displacing academic science which is peer-reviewed and unencumbered by corporate profiteering.
Corporate law firms dominate law schools, with few exceptions, seriously distorting the curriculum away from courses on corporate crimes and immunities and courses that show how corporations have shaped public institutions such as Congress, state legislatures, and the Pentagon along with state and federal regulatory agencies.
Business schools, except for a few free-thinking professors, are finishing schools for Wall Street and other businesses. They operate in an empirically starved environment regarding what is really going on in the world of global corporate machinations, while feeding their student’s dogmatic free-market fundamentalism.
Engineering departments narrowly orient their students toward corporate missions, without educating them about the engineering professions’ ethical and whistleblowing rights and duties.
Social science courses are largely remiss as well. There are very few courses on plutocratic rule and uncontrolled big-business ways of getting commercial values to override civic values. Teachers may be wary of raising such taboo topics, but the enthusiastic student response to Professor Laura Nader’s course on “Controlling Processes” at UC Berkeley over the years might indicate deep student interest in courses on top-down power structures.
Active students in the 1960s and ’70s took their environmental, civil rights and anti-war concerns directly to Congress. They, with other citizen groups, pushed Congress and got important legislation enacted.
Students in about 20 states created lasting full-time student advocacy groups called Public Interest Research Groups or PIRGs.
Today the PIRGs are still making change happen in the country. However, few new PIRGs have been established since 1980. Students need to embrace how important, achievable and enduring such nonprofit independent PIRGs can be. With skilled advocates continuing to train students in civic skills and provide students with extracurricular experiences for a lifetime of citizen engagement, the PIRGs create a vibrant reservoir for a more functioning democracy.
As a leading European statesman Jean Monnet said decades ago: “Without people nothing is possible, but without institutions nothing is lasting.”
Students need to think about the civic part of their years ahead and focus on building the pillars of a democratic society that dissolve the concentrated power of giant corporations and empower the citizenry as befits the “We the People” vision in our Constitution. | 2022-07-16T22:08:04+00:00 | albanyherald.com | https://www.albanyherald.com/opinion/ralph-nader-students-campuses-and-dominant-corporate-power/article_47eb7fe6-051d-11ed-a0b7-b7cc31bf12eb.html |
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We turn now to the investigation into the Paris attacks, and NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson is here for that. Carrie, what are authorities in France doing right now to find the people who planned and carried out these shootings and bombings?
CARRIE JOHNSON, BYLINE: So French President Hollande says these attacks were planned in Syria, organized in Belgium and carried out in France. It's not just a matter, Ari, of gathering forensics from the crime scenes in Paris. There's a lot more going on here behind the scenes.
SHAPIRO: And it sounds like globally behind the scenes. We know in Brussels, Belgium, there was a very active manhunt - might've involved this eighth attacker, the man who escaped. Tell us about where authorities are looking for this man.
JOHNSON: Here's what we know, Ari. Seven of the attackers in Paris died on Friday. Six of them had detonated suicide vests, and the other one died in a shootout with police. But one man, a man named Salah Abdeslam, apparently escaped. He was stopped by French authorities in a car over the weekend. They looked at his papers, but they didn't make any connection. He was allowed to leave. Earlier today, there was a big standoff in Belgium. Our colleague Peter Kenyon was there for hours outside the building. The thinking was Salah might have been holed up in a building there in that working-class neighborhood. But the standoff ended with no arrests, so the manhunt continues not just in France but across Europe now.
SHAPIRO: What about other accomplices and people who may have organized the assault on Paris from - I don't know - as far away as Syria, perhaps?
JOHNSON: Our sad experience with these kinds of attacks is that authorities are looking not just for the people who did the shooting or the exploding but people who may have helped - accomplices - the man or woman who may have made the suicide vest, for instance. And more broadly, our colleague Dina Temple-Raston's been reporting on two other figures who may be linked to these attacks as masterminds or organizers of some sort.
One man is a French national by the name of Salim Benghalem. He's the main focus of the Syrian connection to these Friday Paris attacks. And he's the boss of a man named Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who's a Belgian national. And Dina says he's believed to be one of the people who ordered the attacks. Both of these men, Ari, are in Syria.
SHAPIRO: Let's talk about here in the United States for a moment. CIA director John Brennan made some rare public remarks about the self-described Islamic State today at a think tank. What did Brennan have to say?
JOHNSON: The CIA director says the group known as ISIS has activated a group inside itself bent on external operations. That means, Ari, targeting outside of Syria and Iraq to the West and elsewhere. And Brennan says they've gotten pretty sophisticated in terms of pulling off multiple coordinated attacks of the sort we saw in Paris and in hiding their tracks. Here's more of what John Brennan had to say.
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JOHN BRENNAN: This is not something that was done in a matter of days. This was something that was deliberately and carefully planned over the course, I think, of several months in terms of making sure that they had the operatives, the weapons, the explosives with the suicide belts. And so I would anticipate that this is not the only operation that ISIL has in the pipeline.
SHAPIRO: And apropos of that, Carrie, there is a new video out today. And in that video, ISIS - which Brennan just referred to as ISIL - says it wants to attack Washington, amongst other targets. What is the response from law enforcement about that?
JOHNSON: I reached out to the FBI and the Homeland Security Department today, and they both say there's still no specific or credible threat any place here in the United States. But FBI agents since Friday night have been directed to focus on priority cases. That means not just electronic surveillance but, in some cases, physical surveillance too. The challenges for U.S. and French officials - that they had some general warning about an attack in Europe for the past several months, but they didn't have enough evidence to piece it all together and disrupt this plot in Paris.
SHAPIRO: That's NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson. Thanks, Carrie.
JOHNSON: You're welcome. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | 2023-04-04T07:47:10+00:00 | wqcs.org | https://www.wqcs.org/2015-11-16/authorities-conduct-widespread-investigation-into-paris-terror-attacks |
DENVER — On Monday, April 21, Colorado launched the Cannabis Business Loan Program for social equity-licensed marijuana businesses.
The Cannabis Business Office (CBO) within the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) has partnered with lender NuProject to provide loans ranging from $50,000 to $150,000 to help businesses grow via equipment purchases, renovations or expansions, real estate and working capital, according to the state.
The loan terms will be based on the borrower's needs, the state said.
The program will be managed as a revolving loan fund, meaning the generated interest will go back into the fund as loans are repaid. The state estimates that the initial $1 million investment will lend $2.9 million over the next 10 years.
“This landmark loan program will create and retain 239 good-paying jobs and promote equity in the cannabis industry by providing growing businesses access to funding," said Governor Jared Polis in a statement. "I am committed to saving small businesses money and ensuring our state remains a great place to start and run a business in every industry."
This program is only for businesses that have been awarded a social equity license through the Marijuana Enforcement Division. | 2023-04-25T18:15:12+00:00 | koaa.com | https://www.koaa.com/colorado-launches-loan-program-for-social-equity-marijuana-businesses |
Suspect in Palmer Park shooting investigation now arrested, victim now identified
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Detectives with Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) have now arrested a suspect involved in the death of a 20-year old male.
On Sunday, May 7, at 1:34 a.m., officers with CSPD were in the area of the 2700 Block of Palmer Park when they heard multiple gunshots being fired from the parking lot.
Officers described a dark-colored sedan leaving the area and a pursuit was initiated but later stopped.
When officers returned to the scene, they found one adult male dead and an adult female suffering from gunshot wounds. The female was transported to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
That same night around 2 a.m., CSPD reported another adult male walked into a hospital seeking treatment for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. That’s when detectives with the Violent Crimes Homicide Unit took over the investigation.
Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for 21-year-old Donnell Chess for the homicide of the deceased male that same day.
Monday, May 8, the El Paso County Coroner's Office completed an autopsy of the victim and identified him as Ja’Lyn Tyre Lagrue, 20, a resident of Colorado Springs. The official cause and manner of Lagrue’s death is being determined by the Coroner's Office but it is now being investigated as a homicide.
Detectives with the Violent Offender Fugitive task Force (VOFTF) arrested Donnell Chess without incident on the same day. | 2023-05-09T16:03:06+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/top-stories/2023/05/09/suspect-in-palmer-park-shooting-investigation-now-arrested-victim-now-identified/ |
LONDON (AP) — After seven decades, the United Kingdom has a new woman to call queen.
Charles’ wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will be known as Queen Consort — a title that came with Queen Elizabeth II’s blessing after years of contention, dating back to the days before she even married Prince Charles.
It wasn’t always a given that the 75-year-old Camilla would take the title, even though it gives her none of the sovereign’s powers.
While the wife of a king is traditionally crowned queen, the question of what title Camilla would hold when Charles became king had been a tricky one for many years. That was due to sensitivity about her status as his second wife — and the wave of grief that washed over Britain following the death of his former wife, Princess Diana, in a car crash in 1997.
Charles and the royal household have moved carefully on the matter, mindful of lingering public perceptions of Camilla as the “third person” that ruined the marriage between Charles and the beloved princess.
But over the decades, Camilla has won over large parts of the British public with her discretion, down-to-earth personality and loyalty to her husband.
When Camilla and Charles married in a low-key civil ceremony in 2005, she was in fact the new Princess of Wales — Diana’s title — but she styled herself the Duchess of Cornwall instead.
Palace officials said for years that Camilla “intended” to be known as “Princess Consort” — instead of the traditional “Queen Consort” — when Charles acceded to the throne.
There is no precedent for the title Princess Consort, which was reportedly suggested by royal officials. The similar title of Prince Consort has only been used once — for Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1837 to 1901.
In a 2010 interview with NBC, Charles was asked if Camilla would become “Queen of England, if and when you become the monarch.” He hesitated as he replied, “That’s, well … We’ll see, won’t we? That could be.”
The question was resolved when Elizabeth declared she wanted Camilla to be known as Queen Consort after her son became king. It was an endorsement that formally signified the royal family’s acceptance of Camilla as a respected senior member and was widely seen as a move by Elizabeth to pave a smooth transition to Charles’ reign.
“When, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes king, I know you will give him and his wife, Camilla, the same support that you have given me; and it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service,” Elizabeth said in February 2022, when she marked the 70th anniversary of her rule.
Charles said he and Camilla were “deeply conscious of the honor.”
“As we have sought together to serve and support Her Majesty and the people of our communities, my darling wife has been my own steadfast support throughout,” he said.
The most recent Queen Consort in British history was George VI’s wife Queen Elizabeth, known in later years as the Queen Mother after her daughter became monarch in 1952.
By custom, Camilla will be anointed at Charles’ coronation, although that could be omitted.
Born Camilla Rosemary Shand on July 17, 1947, she came from aristocrats with long and close links with Britain’s royal family. Her great-grandmother, Alice Keppel, was a romantic partner of King Edward VII.
She met Charles at a polo match in 1970 when she was 23 and he was considered to be the most eligible bachelor in Britain. The two immediately became close, and by the end of 1972, Charles was smitten. But the romance was interrupted by his eight months of naval duty.
In his absence, Camilla married her longtime boyfriend, army officer Andrew Parker Bowles, in 1973. The couple divorced in 1995, shortly after Charles gave an explosive television interview admitting an affair with Camilla. Charles and Diana divorced the next year.
Charles and Camilla waited another nine years, marrying in 2005 in a private ceremony at the Guildhall in Windsor.
Since then, Camilla has taken up dozens of royal duties. She is patron or president of more than 90 charities, and has shown particular interest in work on animals, promoting literacy and empowering women. She also has found her voice as a public speaker, earning respect by campaigning about difficult issues such as sexual violence against women and domestic abuse.
In 2021, she delivered what many called her landmark speech, urging “the men in our lives” to get involved in women’s rights and expressing sympathy for the families of women who are murdered.
The same year, Buckingham Palace underlined Camilla’s role as a senior royal by making her a Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the most senior order of chivalry in Britain. | 2022-09-09T04:53:28+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/ap-camilla-becomes-queen-but-without-the-sovereigns-powers/ |
The United States vs. the Netherlands: Live Stream, TV Channel & Game Info - July 26
Published: Jul. 23, 2023 at 9:40 AM EDT|Updated: 56 minutes ago
In the middle round of Group E matches at the 2023 Women's World Cup, on July 26 at 9:00 PM ET, the United States will square off against the Netherlands.
This matchup will be airing on FOX US.
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How to Watch the United States vs. the Netherlands
- Game Day: Wednesday, July 26, 2023
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX US
- Location: Wellington, New Zealand
- Venue: Westpac Stadium
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The United States Group Stage Schedule
United States' Recent Performance
- The United States took on Vietnam in its last game and was victorious by a final score of 3-0. The victorious United States side took 27 shots, outshooting by 27.
- Sophia Smith two goals for her side in the match versus .
- In Women's World Cup action, Smith has two goals and one assist for the United States in Women's World Cup.
- Lindsey Horan has scored one goal for the United States in Women's World Cup so far.
- During Women's World Cup play, Alex Morgan has picked up one assist (but no goals).
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United States' 2023 Women's World Cup Roster
- Alyssa Naeher #1
- Ashley Sanchez #2
- Sofia Huerta #3
- Naomi Girma #4
- Kelley O'Hara #5
- Lynn Williams #6
- Alyssa Thompson #7
- Julie Ertz #8
- Savannah DeMelo #9
- Lindsey Horan #10
- Sophia Smith #11
- Alana Cook #12
- Alex Morgan #13
- Emily Sonnett #14
- Megan Rapinoe #15
- Rose Lavelle #16
- Andi Sullivan #17
- Casey Murphy #18
- Crystal Dunn #19
- Trinity Rodman #20
- Aubrey Kingsbury #21
- Kristie Mewis #22
- Emily Fox #23
The Netherlands Group Stage Schedule
Netherlands' Recent Performance
- In its last match on July 23, the Netherlands beat Portugal 1-0. the Netherlands outshot Portugal 12 to three.
- The Netherlands' Stefanie van der Gragt scored its only goal -- on one shot -- in the match.
- In one Women's World Cup match for the Netherlands, Sherida Spitse has failed to score but does have one assist (first in the 2023 Women's World Cup).
- In one Women's World Cup match, van der Gragt has one goal.
Netherlands' 2023 Women's World Cup Roster
- Daphne van Domselaar #1
- Lynn Wilms #2
- Stefanie van der Gragt #3
- Aniek Nouwen #4
- Merel van Dongen #5
- Jill Roord #6
- Lineth Beerensteyn #7
- Sherida Spitse #8
- Katja Snoeijs #9
- Danielle van de Donk #10
- Lieke Martens #11
- Jill Baijings #12
- Renate Jansen #13
- Jackie Groenen #14
- Caitlin Dijkstra #15
- Lize Kop #16
- Victoria Pelova #17
- Kerstin Casparij #18
- Wieke Kaptein #19
- Dominique Janssen #20
- Damaris Egurrola #21
- Esmee Brugts #22
- Jacintha Weimar #23
© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-23T14:39:07+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/sports/betting/2023/07/26/2023-womens-world-cup-united-states-netherlands-live-stream-tv/ |
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish authorities have preemptively evacuated some 500 people to avoid a wildfire that has broken out on the Canary island of La Palma.
The regional president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, said Saturday that, in addition to forcing the removal of the residents, the blaze has destroyed at least 11 homes within the relatively small burned zone of 140 hectares (345 acres). He warned that the number of evacuees could easily increase.
“With the resources that we are deploying, we hope we can control the fire today, but the winds are shifting,” Clavijo said. “More gusting winds are expected and, combined with the dryness of the terrain and the lack of rain, this situation is complicated.”
Spain’s army has deployed 150 of its firefighters to help local crews battle the blaze. More local firefighters are arriving on boats from the neighboring island of Tenerife, according to Clavijo.
The fire is on the western side of the island on wooded, hilly terrain dotted with homes. It is not an area that was directly impacted by the 2021 volcano eruption.
Puntagorda mayor, Vicente Rodríguez, told Spanish public broadcaster RTVE that the fire started inside the limits of his municipality. He added that the area has seen below-average rainfall in recent years, just like large parts of the drought-stricken mainland, due to changing weather patterns impacted by climate change.
The fire coincides with a heatwave that is hitting southern Europe.
Spain saw record high temperatures in 2022 and this spring as it endures a prolonged drought. Authorities and forestry experts are concerned that the conditions are ripe for a difficult wildfire campaign after seeing virulent fires as early as March.
La Palma, with a population of 85,000, is one of eight members of Spain’s Canary Islands archipelago off Africa’s western coast. At their nearest point, the islands are 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Morocco.
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Follow AP’s climate and environment coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/climate-and-environment | 2023-07-15T18:24:56+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/international/ap-spanish-authorities-evacuate-some-500-people-to-escape-a-wildfire-on-the-canary-island-of-la-palma/ |
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a person of interest in the disappearance of a Nebraska woman.
The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office says they are assisting the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Nebraska with their search for Aldrick L. Scott, 47, of Topeka. Authorities believe he may be connected to the disappearance of Cari Allen, 43, of Nebraska.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Nebraska says Allen has been missing since Saturday, Nov. 19. She is described as standing 5’8″ tall, weighing around 130 pounds with blond hair and hazel eyes.
Anyone with information about Allen’s or Scott’s whereabouts can call the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office at 402-444-6000 or call 911. You can also call the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office at 785-251-2200. | 2022-11-29T22:07:12+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/state-regional/search-for-missing-nebraska-woman-comes-to-kansas/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
The paintings ultimately wound up at the Orlando Museum of Art in Florida before they were seized by federal agents last year in a scandal that roiled the museum and led to its CEO’s departure after he threatened an art expert and told her to “shut up.”
Basquiat, a Neo-expressionist painter whose success came during the 1980s, lived and worked in New York before he died in 1988 at age 27 from a drug overdose. The Orlando Museum of Art scandal came in 2022 when a federal raid ended in the seizure of 25 paintings whose authenticity had been in question for a decade. The museum had been the first to display the artwork, and its former director had previously insisted the artwork was legitimate.
Defendant Michael Barzman, 45, was charged Tuesday in federal court in Los Angeles with making false statements to the FBI during an interview last year, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release. He has agreed to plead guilty and faces up to five years in prison.
Barzman’s court date has not been scheduled. Barzman admitted that he and another man, identified only as “J.F.” in court papers, had created the bogus paintings and agreed to split the sales’ proceeds.
“Mr. Barzman was drowning in medical debt after battling cancer for decades,” his attorney Joel Koury said in a statement Tuesday. “In desperation, he participated in this scheme because he was afraid of losing his health insurance. Since then, he has cooperated and done everything asked of him to compensate for his poor judgement.”
Mark Elliott, the chairman of the Orlando museum’s board of trustees, said in a statement that the museum “has recommitted itself to its mission to provide excellence in the visual arts with its exhibitions, collections, and educational programming” in the wake of the scandal.
Barzman admitted to the FBI — after repeated denials in interviews with federal agents, leading to Tuesday’s felony charge — that he made a false provenance for the paintings by claiming in a notarized document that they had been found in television writer Thad Mumford’s storage locker.
Barzman previously ran an auction business where he bought and resold the contents of unpaid storage units. He bought Mumford’s locker in 2012.
Mumford, who died in 2018, told investigators he had never owned any Basquiat art, and the paintings were not in the unit the last time he had opened it.
Experts pointed out that the cardboard used in at least one of the pieces included FedEx typeface that wasn’t used until 1994, about six years after Basquiat died, according to a federal search warrant. The artwork had been marketed as painted in 1982.
Barzman and “J.F.” would make the paintings on cardboard with various materials and then “age” them outdoors so the artwork would look like it was painted in the 1980s, according to Barzman’s plea agreement.
But on the back of one of the paintings seized from the Orlando museum, a crucial clue remained: A mailing label bearing Barzman’s name, painted over. | 2023-04-12T11:20:20+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/entertainment-news/man-agrees-to-plead-guilty-in-basquiat-artwork-fraud-scheme/ |
On a Texas highway Thursday, a soldier who had been away without leave took a drive back toward his Army base at Ford Hood.
Army Spc. Mark Wilkerson, who served for a year in Iraq beginning in March 2003, says he was denied conscientious-objector status. Rather than return to Iraq for a second deployment, he disappeared for a year and a half. Now he's resurfaced in the company of anti-war advocates, appearing Thursday at Cindy Sheehan's protest campsite near President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Later, in an interview while making his way toward Fort Hood to turn himself in, Wilkerson says he initially thought the Iraq war was a just war.
But after returning from his first deployment, he says, "I came up with the conclusion that we were not there for the reasons stated and I am no longer able to serve the military in any aspect."
"To anyone who's listening who thinks what I did was the wrong thing, I just have to say, there comes a time in every person's life when they have to make what they feel was the right moral decision for themselves," Wilkerson says.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-06-07T04:46:30+00:00 | upr.org | https://www.upr.org/2006-08-31/awol-iraq-veteran-returns-to-base |
Self-checkouts aren't just for grocery stores anymore.
Stores like Kohls, H&M, Bed Bath & Beyond and Zara have started testing out the self-checkouts in stores.
"The timing for department stores to test this out is actually great because consumers are really at a different place in terms of using technology within a store," said Shelly Kohan, a retail expert with Syracuse University. "An accelerant that came out of the pandemic is the consumer's comfort with using technology."
Kohan said efficiency is a benefit for customers. For companies, it saves on the cost of hiring employees. Instead of needing one worker for every register, an employee can watch over numerous self-checkout kiosks.
However, there are risks with offering a self-checkout option. They can frustrate customers who aren't tech-savvy. Theft is also another major concern.
"Theft in terms of customers either scanning a lower price of an item, but putting a more expensive one in their bag, theft in terms of not scanning something and just putting it in the bag. And sometimes, you know, you have customers that just make mistakes when they're scanning, and that's really not intentional, but it's still going to be a loss," Kohan noted.
There are also questions about what to do about security tags on certain items. Some stores are using wireless RFID security tags that deactivate when it's scanned.
Kohan said department stores have the benefit of learning from the mistakes and successes of grocery stores with self-checkout lanes. She believes that will lead to a shorter learning curve. | 2023-01-18T20:12:33+00:00 | krtv.com | https://www.krtv.com/news/national/self-checkout-options-expanding-where-you-may-see-them-next |
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The explosions that rocked natural gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea ahead of huge methane leaks “probably corresponded to an explosive load of several hundred kilos (pounds),” Denmark and Sweden wrote Friday in a letter to the United Nations.
Norwegian researchers published a map Friday projecting a huge plume of methane released by the damaged Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines will travel over large swaths of the Nordic region.
Moscow has requested an emergency meeting at the U.N. Security Council to discuss the pipelines and called for a thorough international probe to assess the damage to the pipelines, which carry natural gas from Russia to Europe. Russia says “it looks like a terror attack, probably conducted on a state level.”
The suspected sabotage this week on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines have produced two methane leaks off Sweden, including a large one above North Stream 1 and a smaller one above North Stream 2, and two leaks off Denmark.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian researchers published a map Friday projecting a huge plume of methane released by the damaged Nord Stream pipelines will travel over large swaths of the Nordic region.
The map released by the Norwegian Institute of Air Research shows the expected path the planet-heating gas is likely to take following leaks in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines.
“We assume the wind on the leak area blew the methane emissions north until the Finnish archipelago, then bends toward Sweden and Norway,” Stephen Platt, a professor with the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, said.
The independent institution is part of the Integrated Carbon Observation System, a European research alliance, which said s was confirmed by ICOS ground-based observations from several stations in Sweden, Norway, and Finland.” the “enormous amount of methane gas” emission
These methane levels aren’t dangerous to public health but the gas is a potential source of global warming.
Following the suspected sabotage this week of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines that carry Russian natural gas to Europe, there were two leaks off Sweden, including a large one above North Stream 1, and a smaller one above North Stream 2, and two leaks off Denmark.
The North Stream 2 leak “has diminished, but is still on-going,” the Swedish coast guard said. However, navigational warnings for ships were slightly increased to 7 nautical miles (13 kilometers or 8 miles) from 5 nautical miles from the incident areas, the coast guard said in a statement.
The Danish and Swedish governments have described the ruptures as the result of “deliberate actions.”
Russia also has said the leaks resulted from deliberate acts, saying “it looks like a terror attack, probably conducted on a state level.”
Moscow requested an emergency meeting at the U.N. Security Council to discuss the pipelines and called for a thorough international probe to assess the damage to the pipelines. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a study would only be possible once gas stops leaking from them.
Nordic seismologists recorded explosions preceding the leaks. A first explosion was recorded early Monday southeast of the Danish island of Bornholm. A second, stronger blast northeast of the island that night was equivalent to a magnitude-2.3 earthquake.
NATO warned Thursday it would retaliate for any attacks on the critical infrastructure of its 30 member countries and joined other Western officials in citing sabotage as the likely cause of damage to the natural gas pipelines. Denmark is a NATO member and Sweden is in the process of joining the military alliance.
The first leaks in the pipelines that extend from Russia to Germany were reported on Tuesday, prompting energy companies and European governments to beef up security.
Energy infrastructure security has increased across the Nordic region.
The fear of further damage to Europe’s energy infrastructure has added pressure on natural gas prices, which had already been soaring. Russia, a major supplier to Europe, cut off deliveries earlier this year in retaliation for sanctions imposed after its invasion of Ukraine. That has caused widespread economic pain across the continent.
Authorities in Norway, a major oil and gas producer, have reported at least six incidents of drone sightings near offshore installations in the North Sea. It prompted the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway — the Scandinavian country’s oil safety regulator — on Monday to “urge increased vigilance by all operators and vessel owners.“ On Wednesday, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said that there was no concrete threat against Norwegian oil and gas off-shore installations.
Danish daily newspaper Ekstra Bladet said a drone was spotted Wednesday near a Danish offshore oil and gas installation in the North Sea.
Sweden stepped up security around its three nuclear power plants.
Sweden’s public power transmission network operator Svenska kraftnat, said that it doesn’t not yet know if an undersea power cable that runs between southern Sweden and Poland was damaged when the Nord Stream gas pipelines some 500 meters (547 yards) away ruptured from what Western and Russian officials both claimed was intentional tampering.
“Since the cable is not in service, it can’t be determined if the cable is damaged in some way,” Per Kvarnefalk, a spokesman for Svenska kraftnat, said late Thursday. “We will therefore perform tests on the cable using special measurement equipment early next week with the aim to determine if the cable is fully functional.”
Svenska kraftnat partly owns the more than 250-kilometer-long high-voltage cable that transmits electricity through the Baltic Sea. | 2022-09-30T13:27:52+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/health/ap-huge-blasts-preceded-methane-pipeline-leaks-in-baltic-sea/ |
NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Eve Holding, Inc. (""Eve" or the "Company") (NYSE: EVEX). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Eve and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On September 29, 2022, Eve disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange commission that "in connection with the preparation of an amendment to a registration statement, [the Company] reviewed its accounting for certain warrants to acquire an aggregate of 24,200,000 shares of common stock, that were issued and became exercisable at the closing on May 9, 2022 of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2021, by and among the Company, Embraer S.A., Embraer Aircraft Holding, Inc. and EVE UAM, LLC (the 'Closing'). Based on such review and taking into account the technical accounting rules and interpretations regarding the accounting treatment of similar warrants, the Company expects to recognize certain non-cash expenses associated with the issuance of such warrants for the three months ended June 30, 2022." Accordingly, on September 23, 2022, the Company's Audit Committee "concluded that the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements included in the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 . . . should not be relied upon." Eve further stated that it "currently estimates that the adjustments will have the effect of increasing net loss by approximately $87 million as a result of a non-cash expense and increasing additional paid-in capital by the same amount, for the three months ended June 30, 2022."
On this news, Eve's stock price fell $0.70 per share, or 7.04%, to close at $9.24 per share on September 30, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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Pomerantz LLP
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