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By MICHAEL PHILLIS, JENNIFER McDERMOTT, MADDIE BURAKOFF and MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm was set to announce a “major scientific breakthrough” Tuesday in the decades-long quest to harness fusion, the energy that powers the sun and stars.
Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it, something called net energy gain, according to one government official and one scientist familiar with the research. Both spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the breakthrough ahead of the announcement.
Granholm was scheduled to appear alongside Livermore researchers at a morning event in Washington. The Department of Energy declined to give details ahead of time. The news was first reported by the Financial Times.
Proponents of fusion hope that it could one day produce nearly limitless, carbon-free energy, displacing fossil fuels and other traditional energy sources. Producing energy that powers homes and businesses from fusion is still decades away. But researchers said it was a significant step nonetheless.
“It’s almost like it’s a starting gun going off,” said Professor Dennis Whyte, director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a leader in fusion research. “We should be pushing towards making fusion energy systems available to tackle climate change and energy security.”
Net energy gain has been an elusive goal because fusion happens at such high temperatures and pressures that it is incredibly difficult to control.
Fusion works by pressing hydrogen atoms into each other with such force that they combine into helium, releasing enormous amounts of energy and heat. Unlike other nuclear reactions, it doesn’t create radioactive waste.
Billions of dollars and decades of work have gone into fusion research that has produced exhilarating results — for fractions of a second. Previously, researchers at the National Ignition Facility, the division of Lawrence Livermore where the success took place, used 192 lasers and temperatures multiple times hotter than the center of the sun to create an extremely brief fusion reaction.
The lasers focus an enormous amount of heat on a small metal can. The result is a superheated plasma environment where fusion may occur.
Riccardo Betti, a professor at the University of Rochester and expert in laser fusion, said an announcement that net energy had been gained in a fusion reaction would be significant. But he said there’s a long road ahead before the result generates sustainable electricity.
He likened the breakthrough to when humans first learned that refining oil into gasoline and igniting it could produce an explosion.
“You still don’t have the engine and you still don’t have the tires,” Betti said. “You can’t say that you have a car.”
The net energy gain achievement applied to the fusion reaction itself, not the total amount of power it took to operate the lasers and run the project. For fusion to be viable, it will need to produce significantly more power and for longer.
It is incredibly difficult to control the physics of stars. Whyte said it has been challenging to reach this point because the fuel has to be hotter than the center of the sun. The fuel does not want to stay hot — it wants to leak out and get cold. Containing it is an incredible challenge, he said.
Net energy gain isn’t a huge surprise from the California lab because of progress it had already made, according to Jeremy Chittenden, a professor at Imperial College in London specializing in plasma physics.
“That doesn’t take away from the fact that this is a significant milestone,” he said.
It takes enormous resources and effort to advance fusion research. One approach turns hydrogen into plasma, an electrically charged gas, which is then controlled by humongous magnets. This method is being explored in France in a collaboration among 35 countries called the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor as well as by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a private company.
Last year the teams working on those projects in two continents announced significant advancements in the vital magnets needed for their work
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Mathew Daly reported from Washington. Maddie Burakoff reported from New York, Michael Phillis from St. Louis and Jennifer McDermott from Providence, R.I.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration announced Tuesday that it would restrict the use of anti-personnel land mines by the U.S. military, aligning the country’s policy more closely with an international treaty banning the deadly explosives.
The announcement reverses a more permissive stance by then-President Donald Trump, and it concludes a review that has lasted for more than a year. Bonnie Jenkins, the State Department’s undersecretary for arms control and international security, said the new policy fulfills “a commitment that President Biden made as a candidate,” when he described Trump’s decision as “reckless.”
Anti-personnel land mines are buried underground or scattered on the surface, and they can pose a lethal threat to civilians long after combat has ended.
Under the new policy, the U.S. will restrict the use of these explosives outside of its efforts to help defend South Korea from a potential North Korean invasion. Although the U.S. does not currently have any minefields deployed there, Washington has pledged support for Seoul’s defense, which includes anti-personnel mines.
The U.S. has a stockpile of 3 million anti-personnel land mines. Under the new policy, any that aren’t needed to protect South Korea will be destroyed. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a question about whether any will be discarded.
The exception regarding the Korean Peninsula, which was also in place during President Barack Obama’s administration, leaves the U.S. short of full compliance with the Ottawa Convention, the 1997 treaty intended to eliminate anti-personnel land mines.
The announcement comes as Russia deploys such mines during its invasion of Ukraine.
“The world has once again witnessed the devastating impact that anti-personnel landmines can have in the context of Russia’s brutal and unprovoked war in Ukraine, where Russian forces’ use of these and other munitions have caused extensive harm to civilians and civilian objects,” National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said in a statement. | 2022-06-21T15:53:37+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/world-news/ap-international/most-land-mine-use-by-us-military-banned-except-for-korea/ |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Doug La Follette is adjusting to a new status in Wisconsin politics: relevance.
The 81-year-old secretary of state has been a forgotten man for four decades, stuffed into a basement office and stripped of most of his duties long ago. That is changing, however, as Republicans explore a push to shift election oversight, including certification of results, from a bipartisan election commissionto La Follette’s office.
The effort is less a sign of confidence in La Follette than a move by Republicans to shift power to an office they might someday control. While Republicans say the change would make Wisconsin’s chief elections officer directly accountable to voters, it is also raising concerns that it would allow the party to rally behind candidates who embrace Donald Trump’s lie that the last presidential election was stolen.
That is particularly alarming to those who watched Trump’s efforts to pressure election officials to improperly influence certification of the 2020 vote.
“Regardless of the actual vote count, this one individual could then say who won or lost the election,” said Matthew Rothschild, executive director of government watchdog group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. “This would threaten the very foundation of our democracy: that the people choose who represents us, with our sacred freedom to vote.”
Multiple reviews, recounts, lawsuits and an investigation by The Associated Presshave confirmed there was no widespread fraud in the last White House race. Nationally, federal and state election officials and Trump’s own attorney general have said there was no credible evidence the election was tainted anywhere in the country.
The new attention for La Follette’s seat is a sign of the lingering fallout from the 2020 election, and Wisconsin isn’t alone. Once-sleepy secretary of state offices that already oversee elections are now hot-button races, with Trump himself paying close attention. He has endorsed candidates for secretaries of state in places including Georgia, Arizona and Michigan — each of which was crucial to electing Democrat Joe Biden as president in 2020.
The future of La Follette’s office is also raising the stakes of Wisconsin’s governor’s race, which incumbent Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, is already casting as a referendum on American democracy.
For Wisconsin to join the 36 other states where the secretary of state is the chief elections official, Republicans would first need to unseat Evers. He is a supporter of the bipartisan commission, whose members are appointed by the governor and legislative leaders in an effort to reduce political influence in the management of elections.
With Evers out, Republicans could use their virtually guaranteed legislative majorities next year to dissolve the elections commission and shift its duties to the secretary of state. That would give the officeholder enhanced power in 2024, when Trump may again seek the White House.
State Rep. Timothy Ramthun, a Republican candidate for governor, introduced a bill in February to do exactly that, though it didn’t get a hearing before the legislative session ended. Kevin Nicholson, another GOP candidate for governor, has said he supports the idea, which has also been pushed by a conservative think tank linked to former GOP Gov. Scott Walker.
La Follette said he decided to run again to stop Republicans from meddling with elections. He noted Trump’s telephone call in 2020 to Georgia’s GOP secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, asking Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn Trump’s loss in the state to Biden. Raffensperger refused despite veiled threats from Trump and now faces a GOP challenger in this month’s primary.
“Let’s say Mr. X in the future calls the secretary of state in Wisconsin and says ‘I just need 5,000 votes.’ I would hang up on them,” La Follette said. “A Republican of a certain persuasion might not hang up on them.”
All four Republicans competing in the August primary for the secretary of state nomination support handing election oversight to the office. Each has sharply criticized the election commission’s handling of the 2020 presidential election, saying the commission’s interpretations of state law improperly allowed widespread use of ballot drop boxes and unsupervised voting by nursing home residents. That, they wrongly contend, led to fraudulent votes that carried Biden to victory over Trump.
Republicans have tried for months to discredit the commission, including pressuring the nonpartisan administrator, Meagan Wolfe, to resign.
Wolfe declined an interview, but the commission’s chair, Democrat Ann Jacobs, called the Republican push to give election oversight to the secretary of state “a veiled attempt to politicize election administration.”
“They’re looking to change the refs because they lost the game,” she said.
State Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, who leads the Republican candidates for secretary of state in fundraising, said putting the secretary of state in charge of elections would make someone directly responsible to voters.
“I feel strongly we need to be looking at every option in increasing transparency and trust in our election process,” she said. Loudenbeck said she would “be firm in my refusal” if anyone pressured her to influence election results.
La Follette, a distant relative of Wisconsin’s famous progressive governor and 1924 presidential candidate, “Fighting” Bob La Follette, likely has that last name to thank for his long tenure in office. He was first elected secretary of state in 1974. After a failed try for lieutenant governor in 1978, he won his old office back in 1982 and has won reelection nine times since.
The offices’s only duties are to sit on a state timber board and to verify documents that Americans and foreign nationals need for travel. Republicans banished La Follette to the Capitol basement and stripped the office of a ceremonial duty to affix the state seal to laws after he refused to do so for then-Gov. Walker’s law restricting public unions in 2011.
La Follette’s once-comfortable margins have tightened in recent years, and in what may be a sign of Democrats’ concerns about retaining the office, Dane County Democratic Party Executive Board Chair Alexia Sabor recently announced a primary challenge. He’s also rarely had a Republican challenger as weighty as Loudenbeck, who spent eight years on the Legislature’s powerful budget committee.
La Follette has never relied on raising a lot of money to win, and he said he will not for the primary, either — even as lingering fears of COVID-19 hinder the retail campaigning he has done in the past. If he wins the primary, he said, he knows he will need money to win in November, especially if Trump or others start pouring dollars into the Republican nominee’s campaign.
“I would hope the Democratic Party establishment, which wants to keep the office in the hands of a Democrat for very obvious reasons, would be willing to help fund that,” he said.
The state party chairman, Ben Wikler, was circumspect about Democrats’ plans for the race.
“The Republican secretary of state candidates are seeking powers that can only be granted by a Republican governor,” Wikler said. “Evers’ veto pen is the most important barrier preventing election subversion in 2024.”
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Follow Todd Richmond on Twitter at https:/./twitter.com/trichmond1 | 2022-05-07T22:47:05+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/politics/wisconsin-gop-eyeing-shift-in-control-of-election-oversight/ |
GLENDALE, Ariz. (KDVR) — During Super Bowl week, so much of the attention goes to the players, coaches and their respective teams. Something that isn’t seen is the community work that many players do in the cities where the Super Bowl is held.
For Troy and Tommi Vincent, they have their “Safe Zone Activity Day” and FOX31’s Myck Miller caught up with them about the great cause.
“This is the sixth year of Vincent Country’s ‘Safe Zone Activity Day,’ and we have the opportunity to go into Super Bowl cities and present a safe space where kids can be kids,” said Tommi. “It is a tremendous opportunity to pour love into the community. We know that the Super Bowl goes somewhere every year, and we decided that we wanted to have the opportunity to bring a bit of the Super Bowl to the kids in the community who actually live there.”
For the children that live in the city of each Super Bowl, Troy and Tommi make it their mission to use positive language to uplift and inspire these young kids.
“Everyone is called by their name, everyone is greeted with joy, with love, with empathy. We would say happiness is contagious,” said Troy.
As a former player, Troy uses his connections with players, both former and current, and the National Football League to interact with the kids and give them a front-row seat to what is possible with hard work and dedication.
“Well, I would say we’re influencers and we are role models, and that’s part of the responsibility of being a professional athlete. But these athletes make a choice. We have multiple players come out and spend a wonderful day with us dancing, having fun, smiling and remembering themselves as young children,” said Troy.
During Black History Month, Tommi strives to show and provide representation while educating that history isn’t simply for one month.
“So you mentioned Black History Month, what we’re able to do in this space, as well as the representation in the game, is for young people to recognize it’s not about a month it’s about your life. You are a history-maker,” said Tommi. “So everything you do is creating history that will be on the books and will have the opportunity to inspire future generations.”
And that’s what it’s all about, inspiring the next generation.
They’ll do it again next year at Super Bowl LVIII. So Las Vegas, Nevada, get ready because Troy and Tommi Vincent are coming to your city. | 2023-02-09T19:21:06+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/sports/the-big-game/players-give-back-to-community-hosting-the-super-bowl/ |
LAKELAND, Fla., March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Poets&Quants for Undergrads, a leading online publication for undergraduate business education news, ranks Florida Southern College's Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise at No. 44 on its list of the Best Undergraduate Business Schools of 2023.
Florida Southern jumped 24 spots in this year's rankings to No. 44, the highest ranking in the five years that FSC has made the list. FSC debuted at No. 83 in 2019.
Florida Southern is one of only three schools in Florida to be included in this year's rankings. The College is the second highest-ranking private institution in the state, and is positioned ahead of business powerhouses such as Carnegie Mellon's Tepper Business School and Eller College of Management at University of Arizona.
"Poets&Quants are particularly unique rankings as they were launched to help students make the best possible choice for undergraduate business education," explains Dr. Michael Weber, dean of FSC's Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise. "Our inclusion on this prestigious list is validation of our program quality by industry experts."
Considered the most comprehensive assessment of undergraduate business programs, Poets&Quants ranks schools using admissions standards, career outcomes, and firsthand student experiences. This year, Poets & Quants surveyed graduates of the Class of 2020 on aspects of faculty availability, extracurricular opportunities, and accessibility of the alumni network.
The Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise appeals to future business leaders with the highly personalized, hands-on opportunities the faculty provide.
"Faculty are vital to students. They serve as instructors and mentors," says Katie Sharp, an accounting major from Iota, La. "They connect us with opportunities to apply what we're learning and provide a network that will help us get good jobs in the future."
As an undergraduate, Sharp has been able to travel abroad, mingle with leaders of Fortune 500 companies, intern with an international accounting firm, and secure a job there for when she graduates in December.
The exceptional preparation FSC graduates receive is not only noted by guidebooks such as Poets&Quants, U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, and Colleges of Distinction but is also accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Less than five percent of the world's business programs hold this prestigious accreditation and those that do produce highly skilled graduates and more desirable graduates in the job market.
About Florida Southern College
Founded in 1883, Florida Southern College is the oldest private college in the state. The College maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 70+ undergraduate programs and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, nursing, and physical therapy. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, is an award-winning national leader in engaged learning, and boasts 30 NCAA Division II National Championships. Florida Southern is ranked at #8 among the "Best Regional Universities in the South" by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 "Best Colleges" guide and is included in The Princeton Review's 2023 Best 388 Colleges guide and the "Fiske Guide to Colleges 2023." The 2022-2023 Colleges of Distinction guidebook praises Florida Southern's AACSB accredited Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise alongside the College's School of Education and its Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Poets&Quants, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, and The Princeton Review further laud the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise and the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences as foremost programs in the nation for business and nursing education. Home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, FSC has appeared on The Princeton Review's top 20 "Most Beautiful Campus" national listing for 13 consecutive years. Connect with Florida Southern College.
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Introduces Tag Line – "mapping the manmade™" Reflects Next Stage of Technology Innovation and Growth
CAMPBELL, Calif., May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zircon Corporation today announced a new corporate identity for its parent company, ZRCN Inc. (ZRCN). The new name reflects the company's strategic plan to apply its proprietary sensor-based technology to an expanded mix of global markets, including commercial building, government infrastructure and building information modeling.
"This new corporate brand and tagline reflects our focus on creating new, technical solutions for a broader range of specialized applications," commented John Stauss, Chief Executive Officer of ZRCN. "This includes applying our technology across large adjacent markets where our expertise can offer unique contributions in, for example, the areas of safety, efficiency, infrastructure data analysis and regulatory measurement and reporting."
Stauss added, "These concepts are really incremental to the work Zircon has historically specialized in, hence the new brand. Zircon's work continues of course, flying under its own well-established, and highly-focused brands and colors."
The company will continue to develop, produce and market its leading portfolio of advanced hand tool products under the Zircon "A higher form of tools" brand. Additional details regarding the new product portfolio under the ZRCN brand will be provided at a future date.
About ZRCN Inc.
ZRCN is the parent company of Zircon Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary.
Zircon Corporation is a leading developer of innovative, electronic hand-tools utilizing the company's proprietary sensor-based semiconductor technology. A Silicon Valley-based company established and operating in Northern California since 1977, Zircon is the manufacturer of the original StudSensor™ stud finder, under the Zircon brand. Zircon® StudSensor™ stud finders, MultiScanner™ wall scanners, MetalliScanner® metal detectors, and electronic scanning, water detection, and leveling tools can be found worldwide throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. For more information, visit https://www.zircon.com.
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — CrossAmerica Partners LP (CAPL) on Monday reported a first-quarter loss of $1.6 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
The Allentown, Pennsylvania-based company said it had a loss of 4 cents per share.
The wholesale fuels distributor posted revenue of $1.02 billion in the period.
CrossAmerica shares have climbed slightly more than 3% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Monday, shares hit $20.50, a climb of slightly more than 2% in the last 12 months.
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Ventura County prosecutors say a city council in the county has violated the state’s open meeting law. Ventura County prosecutors say the Ojai City Council violated the open meeting law, known as the Brown Act.
They say that in December and January, the city council discussed matters which exceeded the scope of what they claimed they were going to talk about in closed session.
Government boards are allowed to meet behind closed doors to discuss things like personnel matters and lawsuits, but the discussions must stick to what is publicly noticed. And, votes need to take place in public sessions.
The DA’s office also says one of the council members violated the Brown Act by disclosing some of what was discussed in closed session to a media outlet.
The city council has been given 30 days to respond to the cease and desist order. In a letter to the council, prosecutors say if the council doesn’t make a commitment to comply, the DA’s office will pursue legal action. | 2023-06-07T05:47:12+00:00 | kclu.org | https://www.kclu.org/2023-05-16/ventura-county-prosecutors-say-the-ojai-city-council-violated-the-states-open-meeting-laws |
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — The Wichita County Child Welfare Board is honoring a member of the KFDX family.
The board held a luncheon to award its 2022 Patsy Baggett Service Award. This year’s recipient went to our very own Meredith Crowe who works in our sales department.
The award honors recipients for work in caring for children who have been removed from homes.
One member says Meredith was the right choice because of her work behind the scenes and her active service after stepping down from the board three years ago.
“Three years after she’s still actively involved and doing something and always promoting the welfare of children,” Wichita County Child Welfare Board member David Collins said.
“I think being aware and being involved and just getting more people in the know of what the needs are is just really important So, thank y’all for giving me that opportunity to do that,” Crowe said.
Congrats to Meredith!
Click here for more information about the Child Welfare Board. | 2022-11-05T23:27:54+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/local-news/kfdx-member-recipient-of-patsy-baggett-service-award/ |
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MEXICO CITY, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The prestigious international publication Institutional Investor recognized Grupo Financiero Banorte as the "Most Honored Company" in Mexico in its "Latin America Executive Team" ranking, awarding the bank first place in key industry categories in 2022.
The magazine also ranked Banorte in the top three in each category in Latin America, where it was among the most honored companies.
Banorte Chairman Carlos Hank González said: "We are proud that investment professionals from around the world, consulted by Institutional Investor, recognize the talent of our leaders and our teamwork. This is a boost to consolidate our position as the best financial group in Mexico and to continue working for and with Mexicans."
To choose the winners, Institutional Investor surveyed more than 900 investment professionals around the world, who evaluated 357 Latin American listed companies. It consulted buy-side analysts, money managers and sell-side researchers at securities firms and financial institutions.
Banorte executives and its operations drew top honors in these categories:
- Best Chief Executive Officer: Marcos Ramírez Miguel
- Best Finance Director: Rafael Arana de la Garza
- Best Investor Relations Professional: Tomás Lozano Derbez
- Best Investor Relations Team: Banorte
- Best Investor Relations Program: Banorte
- Best ESG: Banorte
- Best Crisis Management, COVID -19: Banorte
- Best Investor/Analyst Event: Banorte
Attributes measured included credibility, leadership, communication and commercial and market knowledge.
Banorte CEO Marcos Ramírez Miguel said the international recognition from financial analysts "demonstrates the credibility we have earned with them. We are convinced that this achievement will further strengthen their confidence in us."
Institutional Investor is a leading international financial publisher, reaching influential decision-makers in asset management and banking. For more than 30 years, the publication has recognized companies through its global rankings. The integrity and credibility of the ratings it issues have been designated as a standard for measuring excellence.
Grupo Financiero Banorte is the largest Mexican financial institution. It offers financial services to individuals and companies through its businesses: banking, brokerage, fund operator, insurer, pension, leasing and factoring, warehouse, portfolio manager and the remittance company Uniteller. It also integrates the largest retirement savings fund in the country by asset management. Grupo Financiero Banorte is a public company listed on the main indicator of the Mexican Stock Exchange, and has 30,000 employees, more than 1,100 branches and 9,700 ATMs.
Website: carloshankgonzalez.com
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Francisco Rodríguez Daniel
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francisco.rodriguez.daniel@banorte.com
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Ramadan marks the ninth month of the Islamic calendar which celebrates God providing the holy book of Islam, the Qur’an, to the prophet Muhammad. This year, Ramadan is observed from March 22 to April 20, in which fasting and communal prayer make up some of the daily practices. The month is a time to honor ṣawm, one of the pillars of Islam, by practicing abstinence from certain activities, piety and self-restraint.
“It is considered one of the blessed months of the Islamic/lunar calendar where Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset,” Yasir Iqbal, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in physics, said. “Fasting includes no food/drinks, leisure activities including music/sex with the spouse during the fasting period, etc. is prohibited.”
When class schedules are set months in advance, it becomes even harder to find ways to set aside adequate time while keeping up with attendance and class assignments.
“I have a lab at 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and I do not think that I would have [the] option to change [it] even though it is pretty close to sunset,” Iqbal said.
While Ramadan practices continue for Muslim students when coming to college, it can be harder to keep up with traditions and parts of the holiday when someone is away from home. Ahmed Bayoumi, a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering from Cairo, Egypt, says it has been hard to recreate the memories he has of the holiday at home.
“Most of the special ways have fallen out of practice since I’ve come to the states,” Bayoumi said. “Everyone would speak to loads of fun it is to come together for either our dawn or dusk meal … I personally miss some dishes that would only be prepared in Ramadan and the overall ‘Ramadan vibes’ like the decorations, spirituality and community.”
In addition to keeping up with all the traditions celebrated from home, the Muslim community at Tech is a minority, meaning there aren’t as many accommodations or opportunities to participate in certain practices. In Muslim culture, it is customary to alter the daily schedule during Ramadan to make time for special meals and times of prayer.
“Obviously since we’re the minority here neither the government nor the university provides accommodations,” Bayoumi said. “For example, the biggest change that happens back home is work/school hours. Since we are expected to pray more at night and wake up earlier for the dawn meal, the society as a whole becomes more flexible during the day to accommodate napping hours.”
Some students find more community in bigger cities like Dallas, where they can travel to meet up with family and other members of their community to enjoy traditions from their childhood that might not be as accessible and available here.
Menna Elmewaly, a first-year biochemistry student from Cairo, Egypt, said the best way to increase the opportunity and awareness of the holiday is to communicate with peers of other backgrounds and religions.
“I feel like most people don’t know a lot about other cultures and I feel like it would be a really good topic to just talk about and talk about the pros and cons and what it’s like to have a different religion,” Elmewaly said. “I feel like [Ramadan is] a really fun month for people to get to learn about and get to know what other people experience and just get to learn more about as a fun experience.”
Within the Muslim population on the Tech campus, many students come from overseas, making Lubbock their first home in America. It can become even more frustrating when those students feel underrepresented and associate that with the attitudes of the community and country as a whole. With a campus of around 40,000 students, Tech represents a vast range of religions and holidays that go unnoticed as a whole.
“I think Texas Tech is in a special position as the home of Muslims in Lubbock since most of us come from elsewhere to attend college; there are very few Lubbockite Muslims,” Bayoumi said. “ So if they don’t at least take the initiative, who will? Not to mention that it’s an educational institute that has huge potential in spreading awareness of the Muslim community.” | 2023-03-23T04:15:23+00:00 | dailytoreador.com | https://www.dailytoreador.com/muslim-students-struggle-to-find-community-during-ramadan/article_ad324a76-c8d9-11ed-8778-a3352ec123b6.html |
Washington (AP) — The number of people living in America without health insurance coverage hit an all-time low of 8 percent this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.
“Every American has the right to the peace of mind that comes with access to affordable, quality health care,” President Joe Biden said in a statement Tuesday about the record-low rate of uninsured Americans.
The findings come days after Democrats hammered out a 725-page climate, health care and tax deal that would extend generous federal subsidies for people who buy private health insurance that are credited with driving down the uninsured rates. Democrats have proposed spending $64 billion to extend those price breaks for three more years.
The drop in uninsured Americans began last year, when Congress and Biden signed off on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill that lowered premiums and out-of-pocket costs for new or returning customers purchasing plans through the Affordable Care Act’s private health insurance markets.
The uninsured rate fell to just under 9 percent last year with the improved subsidies. The Biden administration also began to step up advertising and increased the number of counselors who helped sign up people for plans during the open enrollment season last year.
Prior to last year, the uninsured rate had consistently remained in the double digits for decades. The number of uninsured Americans began dropping after the ACA, which expanded Medicaid and offers health insurance to people who lack job-based coverage through a mix of subsidized private plans, was enacted in 2010.
Roughly 26 million people remain without health insurance in the U.S. Just under 2 percent of children are now uninsured.
“We know that access to quality, affordable health care is key to healthier lives, economic security, and peace of mind,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement Tuesday. | 2022-08-02T21:57:29+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/number-of-uninsured-americans-drops-to-record-low/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
Acquisition will Enhance Everi's Player Loyalty and Guest Engagement Technology Capabilities and Expand Addressable Market Beyond Casino Gaming Industry
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everi Holdings Inc. (NYSE: EVRI) ("Everi" or the "Company"), a premier provider of land-based and digital casino gaming content and products, financial technology and player loyalty solutions, announced today that it will expand its addressable market beyond the casino gaming industry for the first time and broaden its range of mobile capabilities to its established gaming customers through an agreement to acquire certain strategic assets of Venuetize, Inc. ("Venuetize"). Venuetize is a privately owned innovator of mobile-first technologies that provide an advanced guest engagement and m-commerce platform for the sports, entertainment and hospitality industries. Venuetize collaborates with its clients and partners with their venue ecosystem to elevate the guest experience and strengthen their mobile channel engagement, leading to incremental revenue opportunities.
Randy Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer of Everi, said, "This acquisition will, for the first time, expand Everi's addressable market beyond casino gaming and also perfectly aligns with our capital allocation strategy, which has delivered a track-record of success of executing on high-return accretive investments that expand our technology capabilities into new markets and new geographies. The complementary assets and established customer base of Venuetize being acquired together with our existing financial access and loyalty products are expected to enable further growth into additional entertainment, sports and hospitality venues and also to create new crossover marketing opportunities with our existing customers."
Venuetize's technology is live in nearly 100 global venues, including partnerships with more than 50 sports teams and event venues associated with nine pro sports leagues and multiple retail and entertainment districts. Such recognized, world-class clients as the PGA Tour, Churchill Downs, TD Garden Hub on Causeway Street, and professional sports teams and venues associated with Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, National Basketball Association, National Women's Soccer League and National Hockey League, have partnered with Venuetize to build connected fan and guest communities through enhanced mobile engagement. In addition to expanding Everi's addressable market into gaming-adjacent industries, with more than 185 third-party technology integrations, Venuetize is also expected to accelerate the growth of Everi's mobile wallet and loyalty offerings with established gaming customers through an expanded array of new mobile products and integrations.
The transaction is anticipated to close within 30 days, subject to customary conditions. The acquisition will be funded from existing cash on hand. Following the acquisition of these assets, Venuetize's experienced team will join Everi.
Darren Simmons, Executive Vice President and FinTech Business Leader of Everi, said, "Venuetize will grow Everi's base of recurring revenues, and leverage our combined capabilities and third-party integrations to further elevate the capabilities of our range of mobile and wallet offerings for both gaming and gaming-adjacent customers. We are excited to welcome the talented Venuetize team to Everi. We look forward to adding their expertise and the company's innovative technology solutions, which we expect will quickly become an important contributor toward our ongoing mobile-first growth initiatives. Having already established itself as a leading mobile platform provider in the sports, venue and entertainment markets, the addition of Venuetize begins an exciting new chapter for Everi, catapulting us into an expanding mobile space with recognized clients and venues known around the world."
Jon Romm, Venuetize's Founder and Chief Executive Officer, said, "I am thrilled at the opportunity to bring our expertise and leading solutions to the evolving mobile landscape in gaming. The knowledge and experience that our team has gained in delivering seamlessly integrated and complex mobile-first platforms to stadiums and other venues will readily create an encompassing fabric to strengthen guest engagement across any gaming enterprise."
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In this context, forward-looking statements often contain words such as "will," "expects," "leverage," "anticipates," "expand," "plan," "believe," "target," "future," "estimate," "may," "should," "intends," or "well positioned" and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are subject to additional risks and uncertainties, including those set forth under the heading "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including, without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on March 1, 2022 and subsequent periodic reports, and are based on information available to us on the date hereof.
These cautionary statements qualify our forward-looking statements, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement contained herein speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we do not intend, and assume no obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
This press release should be read in conjunction with our most recent reports on Form 10‑K and Form 10‑Q, and the information included in our other filings with the SEC. Understanding the information contained in these filings is important in order to fully understand our reported financial results and our business outlook for future periods.
About Everi
Everi's mission is to lead the gaming industry through the power of people, imagination and technology. With a focus on player engagement and helping casino customers operate more efficiently, the Company develops entertaining game content and gaming machines, gaming systems, and services for land-based and iGaming operators. The Company is also a preeminent and comprehensive provider of trusted financial technology solutions that power the casino floor while improving operational efficiencies and fulfilling regulatory compliance requirements, including products and services that facilitate convenient and secure cash and cashless financial transactions, self-service player loyalty tools and applications, and regulatory and intelligence software. For more information, please visit www.everi.com, which is updated regularly with financial and other information about the Company.
About Venuetize
Venuetize is a leading mobile technology and advanced m-commerce platform for the sports, entertainment and hospitality industries. Venuetize provides a mobile-first technology platform that enables clients to engage with their guests in more personalized and meaningful ways. With more than 185 third-party integrations, that include ticketing, mobile POS ordering, content, social media, and sports wagering, Venuetize serves more than 50 premier clients encompassing nearly 100 venues. Our purpose is to help our clients connect their customers to the world they want to experience in a way that is easier, safer, and more rewarding. Founded in 2014, Venuetize works with professional sports teams, stadiums and arenas, casinos, entertainment districts, and shopping destinations across the globe. For more information, visit http://www.venuetize.com/.
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Some airport websites go offline; cause being investigated
Published: Oct. 10, 2022 at 12:07 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(AP) - The websites for some major U.S. airports appear to be recovering after having gone offline.
Officials said flights have not been affected.
A spokesman for Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport said Monday that the external website was down earlier in the day.
He said IT and security people are investigating.
It’s a similar story across the country, as parts of the website for Los Angeles International Airport also were disrupted.
A spokeswoman said LAX notified the FBI and the Transportation Security Administration.
Last week, hackers claimed responsibility for cyber attacks against state government websites across the country.
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IRVINE, Calif., April 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Minnesota Real Estate Developer Sentenced To 78 Months in Prison And $1.5 Million Special Assessment for Tax Evasion, Mail and Wire Fraud
The evidence presented at trial proved that from 2009 until January 2012, the real estate developer willfully evaded the payment of employment and excise taxes owed by him and the three businesses he controlled. One of the ways he avoided paying taxes was by transferring over $1.1 million into a bank account in the name of a shell company with no legitimate business purpose but used by him to pay personal expenses. The developer evaded payment of more than $700,000 in taxes.
He had also filed a fraudulent financial statement, making numerous misrepresentations to the IRS to avoid paying the taxes he owed. For example, he failed to disclose multiple personal vehicles that he owned, and he denied the existence of the shell company's bank account, which he was using to receive monthly compensation of $50,000 from two of his companies. The developer also falsely claimed to be living in Bayport, Minnesota, when, in truth, he had already moved into a $1.4 million house he was purchasing in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Read on to know how you can save yourself from becoming a similar cautionary tale.
Who is a Real Estate Professional?
To be a real estate professional, an individual must spend the majority of his or her time in real property businesses:
- Development or redevelopment
- Construction or reconstruction
- Acquisition or conversion
- Rental
- Management or operation
- Leasing
- Brokerage
Furthermore, to qualify as a real estate professional, the taxpayer must spend:
- more than 50 percent of his/her time in real estate activities; AND,
- more than 750 hours in real estate activities.
From our experience, we know that your examiner will give serious attention to the fact whether you are able to satisfy him that you materially participate in one or more of the specific real estate trades or businesses listed above. The examiner will try to determine who is the real estate professional, husband or wife. The auditor will request and closely examine your documentation regarding time. You are required under the law to provide proof of services performed and the hours attributable to those services.
We advise you to seek legal guidance from a dually California licensed Tax Attorney and CPA immediately if you or your business entity (S Corp, C Corp, LLC, Partnership, etc.) have received an audit notice from the IRS or a California Taxing Authority, such as Franchise Tax Board (FTB), the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) and the Employment Development Department (EDD) concerning a tax audit. Depending on what the federal or California auditor finds, an examination of your business and personal tax filings could lead to devastating outcomes, including an unexpected tax assessment, costly accumulated interest, and/or substantial civil penalties—none of which even begins to approach the danger involved in an IRS or California criminal tax investigation. If the government believes that there is strong enough evidence to prosecute you for tax evasion or related offenses successfully, you will be at risk of jail time, in addition to much higher financial fines and criminal restitution.
Material Participation
A taxpayer materially participates in an activity if he or she works on a regular, continuous, and substantial basis in operations. If a taxpayer does not materially participate, losses are passive, which means they generally are not deductible in the absence of passive income. Material participation is time sensitive.
Under an audit, you shall be required to identify the amount of your participation in a trade or business activity for each year. The type and quantity of time documented shall determine whether an activity should be treated by you as passive or non-passive. Please note that you can have a significant financial interest in a business and yet not materially participate. Real estate investing is generally passive under the tax code but can rise to the level of trade or business depending on the individual facts and circumstances of your case.
Material participation is a year-by-year determination. Consequently, it is conceivable you could be passive in one year and non-passive (in other words, materially participating) in the subsequent year. An examiner will try to determine if reported losses are classified properly on your given return. Losses from businesses, whether conducted as a Schedule C, Schedule Form, partnership, or S Corporation, are passive if the taxpayer does not materially participate.
Material participation does not apply to the following activities:
- Rentals are generally passive, whether or not the taxpayer materially participates. However, rental real estate interests of real estate professionals are subject to the material participation tests.
- Working interests in oil and gas activities are excepted from the passive loss limitations. If liability is not limited, the taxpayer has a "working interest."
- Income from a partnership or S Corporation that trades in stocks, bonds, or securities for the accounts of the partners or shareholders is non-passive. Income or losses, even from a limited partnership interest, may be deducted as non-passive.
You should know that The IRS and California taxing authorities, such as the Franchise Tax Board (FTB), the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA), and the Employment Development Department (EDD), have been aggressive in auditing real estate professionals. To survive the audit and prove that the statutory requirements have been met, it is critical that taxpayers establish credibility by maintaining detailed, accurate records. Let us discuss some of the common issues faced by taxpayers involved in the real estate industry.
Passive Active Loss
Prior to 1986, a taxpayer could generally deduct losses in full from rental activities and trades or businesses regardless of his or her level of participation. This gave rise to significant numbers of tax shelters that allowed taxpayers to deduct non-economic losses against wages and investment income. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 added IRC § 469, which limits the taxpayer's ability to deduct losses from businesses in which he or she does not materially participate and from rental activities.
Federal tax law disallows any deduction for a taxpayer's net loss from passive activities for the year. Passive activities include, by definition, any rental activity, including any rental activity conducted through the means of a separate entity, such as a partnership or limited liability company. An exception to this disallowance rule prevails if the taxpayer is deemed a "real estate professional." Passing muster as a real estate professional requires the taxpayer to meet certain statutory tests (see above). Difficulties can arise in meeting these tests, especially if taxpayers are nonchalant about keeping good records.
Section 469(a) of the Internal Revenue Code provides that no tax deduction is allowed for the taxpayer's net passive loss for the year. The passive loss rule applies to all taxpayers other than taxable corporations, so called C corporations. Losses from one passive activity are allowed only to the extent that there are other passive activities that generate a net profit. Passive activities can include more than rental operations. For example, allocations of income and loss from limited partnerships, no matter what the business purpose of the partnership, are generally considered passive in nature.
Any excess passive loss not deductible in the current year is suspended and can be carried forward indefinitely into future years and can be deducted if there are net profits from passive activities. Alternatively, if a passive activity is sold, the taxpayer can deduct all suspended losses at that time. There is no expiration of the suspended losses as long as the taxpayer still owns the property in question. Rental activities are passive activities by definition.
The passive loss rules are extraordinarily complex and obtuse. Let's use some examples to depict the basics of the passive loss rules as they apply to rental activities.
Julia is a full-time attorney who leases a single-family residence to tenants. This is her only passive activity. Her adjusted gross income (AGI) for the current year, Year 1, is $200,000 before considering any rental loss. For Year 1, the rental had a loss of $(15,000). Julia is not allowed to deduct any of this loss for the current year. Rather, the loss is suspended and carried forward into future tax years, starting with Year 2, when it can offset future profits generated by the rental residence or profits generated by any other passive activity.
Continuing with Example 1, assume that during the following year, Year 2, the rental residence shows a net loss of $(5,000) through July 1, at which time Julia sells the residence. Julia can now deduct all $20,000 of the losses from the rental, as she has disposed of her entire interest in this passive activity. She is allowed to deduct all these losses in Year 2 even if the rental residence had been sold at a loss.
The foregoing examples included a mention of adjusted gross income (AGI) for the taxpayers. AGI is basically the taxpayer's gross taxable income for the year, less business deductions, rental losses, and contributions to retirement accounts. Readers may know this as the so-called "bottom line" on page 1 of Form 1040. From AGI, various other deductions, such as home mortgage interest, property taxes, and charitable contributions, are deducted in deriving taxable income.
How are Real Estate Professionals Audited?
You must understand that your examiner will scrutinize your situation thoroughly. Expect to be asked: What are your real property trades or businesses? Where do you materially participate? Are you or is your spouse the real estate professional?
You will be requested to provide documentation of your timekeeping; the auditor is likely to closely examine your log. The examiner will scrutinize all activities you are involved in—even if they are not related to real estate and even if you are not getting paid.
You will be interviewed. You will be asked questions about your personal life, business, civic activities, philanthropy, family obligations, and hobbies. Be mindful that the examiner is building a case around all of your time spent in all activities to determine the remaining time available for real estate. The examiner is going to assess your credibility.
Knowing what to say and, more importantly, what not to say is the key to the entire process. Therefore, it is absolutely crucial that you are thoroughly prepared for an audit. While representing you, we strive not to be surprised by anything raised by the IRS or a California taxing authority conducting the audit or disclosed by you during the course of the audit. That is where our years of experience comes in. Once we determine that you might be facing potential criminal tax liabilities, your primary goal becomes the prevention of initiation of a criminal tax investigation, and we do whatever we can to achieve that.
Our Approach to Dealing with Audits
During an eggshell audit, the IRS or a California taxing authority is looking for the possibility that you, as a subject of a civil audit, will make a mistake and provide information leading to the initiation of a criminal tax investigation. As your attorney representing you in an eggshell audit, our goal is extremely clear: the resolution of the audit without a referral by the civil examiner to the IRS's criminal investigation division (CID). However, as simple as that goal is, reaching it is cumbersome and perilous. That is where we come in!
Using our decades of experience, we have distilled our approach to four key aspects while we represent you as you undergo an eggshell audit:
- Understanding deeply how civil audits arise and the steps that need to be taken as your counsel to prepare you for the audit;
- Recognizing when you are facing an eggshell audit and recognizing whether you might have committed criminal tax fraud;
- Key techniques to employ when representing a real estate entity going through an eggshell audit and the signals to look for when evaluating whether a civil investigation has turned criminal; and
- Steps to take after a criminal investigation has started to lessen the possibility of referral for prosecution.
The IRS is very thorough in its approach and has a deep understanding of all vulnerable areas related to the tax filings of those in the real estate industry. The IRS audits real estate entities so frequently that it has even developed a Passive Activity Loss Audit Technique Guide to assist its IRS Revenue Agents during audits by providing insight into the issues, accounting practices, and methods unique to the real estate industry. In general, the guide identifies issues unique to the real estate industry of which the Revenue Agents should be aware. It directs Revenue Agents to look for certain vital sources of information and outlines steps and techniques to be taken in conducting effective and focused audits/investigations of real estate entities. However, using our extensive experience, we use the same tools to the advantage of our clients. In other words, we know what weapons and strategies the other side might deploy, making us ready to defend every blow that might come our way.
If you know you cheated on your tax returns, the biggest mistake you can make is to consult the original preparer. The reason is that they are likely to become the primary witness against you if the government decides to initiate criminal tax proceedings. They would have absolutely no incentive to protect you and are likely to reveal everything, including the information that you thought was confidential. A CPA, EA, or CTEC certified preparer generates most of his income from tax accounting and preparation; thus, they are strongly motivated to protect their reputation with the taxing authorities at the expense of your reputation. As uniquely qualified and extensively experienced Criminal Tax Defense Tax Attorneys, Kovel CPAs our firm provides a unique platform to efficiently achieve the optimal and predictable results that simultaneously protect your liberty and your net worth.
If you have failed to file a tax return for one or more years or have taken a position on a tax return that could not be supported upon an IRS or state tax authority audit, eggshell audit, reverse eggshell audit, or criminal tax investigation, consider hiring the Tax Law Offices of David W. Klasing. Hiring our firm can make all the difference between paying the proper amount of income taxes due, as opposed to doing jail time, paying a hefty penalty, and paying for the cost of a long and agonizing prosecution.
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More Commonly Asked Tax Audit Questions
- How should Tax Audits be Handled by Criminal Tax Counsel?
- How to survive audit when I cheated on return being audited
- What is an eggshell audit?
- What is a reverse egg shell audit?
- Why is a reverse egg shell audit dangerous for a taxpayer?
- Warning signs of a criminal referral from an IRS audit
- Effective tax defense counsels goals in an egg shell audit?
- How are the 4 goals and outcomes 1 and 2 best obtained?
- What are the possible outcomes of an egg shell audit?
- Is it my right to know why I was selected for examination?
- What can I do to prepare for an audit?
- What is an IRS civil examination?
- How IRS decides which tax returns are audited
- What are my appeal options if I disagree with IRS?
- What are my basic taxpayer rights if the IRS audits me?
- Options if I am unable to pay at the conclusion of audit
- What a 30 or 90-Day Letter from the IRS means
- What is involved with appealing disagreements?
- Rights to disagree with IRStaxauditor'sss findings
- Can I stop the IRS from repeatedly auditing me?
- Can I have the examination transferred to another area?
- Can I record my IRS interview and is it a good idea?
- How many years of returns are at risk during an audit?
- Common reasons for the IRS to conduct a tax audit
- How to avoid negative consequences from an IRS interview
- Have to agree to interview by taxing authority directly?
- Are all audits the same?
- What should I do if the IRS is investigating me?
- What ifIdon'ttt respond to a taxing authority audit notice
- Your rights during an IRS tax audit
- Risks of attending an IRS audit without a tax lawyer
- Most common audit technique used by taxing authorities
- Don't go into an IRS audit without representation
- Why hire an attorney to represent me in an audit?
- Why hire David W. Klasing to represent me in an audit
California Sales Tax Questions and Answers
- Common issues encountered during sales tax audit
- What is a sales tax audit?
- Disagreeing with business audit conclusions
- Timeline to file Petition for Redetermination?
- What should Petition for Redetermination contain?
- Is the appeals conference formal or informal?
- Appeals Division's Decision and Recommendation
- Are a mark-up percentage and a profit margin the same?
- Problems with the mark up audit
- Can State Board of Equalization ignore my business records
- What is a sales tax deficiency determination?
- Business being audited for sales tax. Should I be worried?
- Audit determined fraud to avoid sales and use tax
- Definition of "sale" for California Sales Tax
- What do California sellers need to know about sales tax?
- How do I apply for a sellers permit?
- What are my obligations as a permit holder?
- What is sales tax?
- What is tangible personal property?
- What is a sale?
- What are total gross receipts?
- What is use tax?
- Who is responsible for paying the use tax?
- Who is a retailer engaged in business in California?
- Who is a qualified purchaser?
- Do I need a Certificate of Registration Use tax?
- Do I need a Use Tax Direct Payment Permit?
- What types of sales are exempt from sales tax?
- How are Internet Transactions Taxed?
- How is California sales or use tax determined?
- What is the statewide sales and use tax rate?
- Are there other local and district sales and use taxes?
- Total sales and use tax rate calculation
- How to protect against successor liability in California
- Recourse when issued California sales tax liability notice
- CA Sales Tax liability extend to purchasers/successors?
- Waiting Until Audited to Take Action on Tax Matters
- Sales tax records needed in California
- What are California's sales and use taxes?
- Why does the State of California audit businesses to ensure compliance with sales and use taxes? How does the State determine whether to audit my business?
- The BOE reviews the purchase invoices of my business
Questions and Answers for Criminal Tax Representation
- When tax defense counsel parallels tax crime investigation
- Guilty of tax obstruction by backdating documents?
- To be found guilty of tax obstruction must a person actually be successful in impeding the IRS's functions?
- Help! The Document I Gave the IRS Had False Information
- Tax crime aiding or assisting false return IRC §7206(2)
- What is the crime known as tax obstruction § 7212?
- What is the difference between tax perjury and tax evasion?
- What is the tax crime commonly known as tax perjury?
- What is a Klein Conspiracy?
- Increased possibility of civil action in IRS investigation
- Am I Guilty of Tax Evasion if the Law is Vague?
- What happens if the IRS thinks I committed tax crimes?
- What are ways to defend against a tax evasion charge?
- Difference between criminal tax evasion and civil tax fraud
- What accounting method does the IRS use for tax fraud
- Can I Change Accounting Method to the Accrual Method
- What is the willfulness requirement for tax evasion?
- I didn't know I committed tax fraud. Can I get off?
- Concealed assets from IRS. Can I avoid tax evasion charges
- How government proves I willfully engaged in tax evasion
- What is the venue or court where a tax crime case is heard?
- Must the IRS prove tax crimes beyond a reasonable doubt?
- Is it a crime to make false statements to the IRS?
- Will the IRS overlook my tax evasion if it's minor?
- Failed to tell IRS about my nominee account
- Audit risk with cash based business transactions
- How to defend a client charged with tax evasion
- Is it tax evasion if I didn't file income tax return?
- Government says I attempted to evade my taxes. Now what?
- I forgot to pay my taxes or estimated tax. Is this a crime?
- Government proof I "willfully" failed to pay taxes
- 5 Ways to Respond to Tax Evasion Charges
- Being audited after using a tax professional
- Rules for what an IRS agent can do while investigating me
- How tax preparers, attorneys and accountants are punished
- How the IRS selects tax crime lead for investigation
- How does the IRS prosecute suspected tax crimes?
- Does IRS reward informant leads for suspected tax crimes?
- How the government proves deficiency in a tax evasion case
- Do prior tax crimes factor into new IRS tax convictions?
- Requesting conference before investigative report is done
- Requesting conference after IRS Special Agent Report
- What are my rights during an IRS criminal investigation?
- Avoid prosecution for tax crime with voluntary disclosure?
- Defense tactics that make it hard for to prove willfulness
- How a tax attorney can stop your criminal tax case?
- What can you generally tell me about tax crimes?
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The head of a major aid organization said Thursday that the Taliban have agreed to consider allowing Afghan women to resume work at the agency in the southern province of Kandahar, the religious and political center for the country’s rulers.
The Taliban last December barred Afghan women from working at nongovernmental organizations, or NGOs, allegedly because they were not wearing the hijab — the Islamic headscarf — correctly or observing gender segregation rules. In April, they said the ban extended to U.N. offices and agencies in Afghanistan. There are exemptions in some sectors, like health care and education.
Jan Egeland, the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, met officials in the capital Kabul and Kandahar to persuade them to reverse the ban on the organization’s female staff.
“We have an agreement to start immediate talks on a temporary arrangement that will enable our female colleagues to work with and for women and others in Kandahar,” Egeland told The Associated Press. “If we get a provincial exemption in Kandahar, we should be able to replicate it elsewhere.”
In January, the Taliban said they were working on guidelines for women to return to work at NGOs. Egeland said earlier this week that key officials told him they are close to finalizing these guidelines. But they were unable to give a timeline or details when pressed.
The temporary arrangement would be in place while the nationwide guidelines are developed. The interim arrangement would cover all sectors and all programming by the Norwegian Refugee Council, he said.
Aid agencies have been providing food, education and health care support to Afghans in the wake of the Taliban takeover in August 2021 and the economic collapse that followed it. But distribution has been severely impacted by December’s edict.
Egeland said he made it clear to the Taliban that the agency needs to be able to deliver aid as it did before the ban, and with women.
Years of humanitarian diplomacy in Afghanistan have paved the way for the positive feedback from Kandahar, with the Norwegian Refugee Council negotiating with the Taliban to provide education and relief in areas under their control during the war, he said.
“They knew we never broke any rules in terms of Afghan culture, we go way back, but we have to be firm,” Egeland told the AP.
He insisted the organization will not employ male-only teams or deliver male-only aid work.
Egeland said there is agreement within the Ministry of Economy, which oversees NGOs in Afghanistan, that a regional deal could open a pathway to a national one.
“I have a strong sense they understand that if aid operations are cut for a longer period, they may not come back. They realize time is running out.”
The Taliban have repeatedly told senior humanitarian officials visiting Afghanistan since December that the NGO restrictions are temporary suspensions, not a ban. | 2023-05-25T12:17:47+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/aid-chief-says-taliban-agree-to-consider-allowing-women-to-resume-agency-work-in-kandahar/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
NAPLES, Fla., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bramshill Investments, an award-winning alternative asset management firm, releases an investor video with its outlook for the credit markets.
Amid market volatility, active management has proven to be more important than ever. After one of the sharpest selloffs in history during the first half of 2022, yields in US fixed income have increased markedly. Bramshill Founder/CIO, Art DeGaetano and Co-Portfolio Manager, Derek Pines sit down to discuss their defensive positioning year-to-date and where they're seeing opportunities in the credit market. Click here to watch.
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Bramshill Investments, LLC, is a fixed income investment manager with over $4.3 billion in assets under management (as of 6/30/2022). The firm was co-founded in 2012 by former GLG portfolio manager, Arthur DeGaetano. The team's core investment strategy has an established combined track record of over thirteen years with an absolute return objective that can be accessed through various vehicles. Bramshill also offers other alternative investment strategies. Bramshill is an investment adviser registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Registration as an investment advisor with the SEC does not imply a certain level of skill or training of Bramshill or its employees. References to awards should not be construed as testimonials for our advisory services. For more information, please visit: https://bramshillinvestments.com
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InvestmentNews judges recognize her accomplishments, leadership and commitment to clients and the financial planning profession
NEW YORK, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marianne Rodriguez, CFP®, Director and Wealth Advisor at Round Table Wealth Management (RTWM), an SEC Registered Investment Advisory firm, has been named to the InvestmentNews "40 Under 40" class of 2022. This annual list recognizes professionals under 40 years old who are impacting the financial planning / wealth management profession for the better.
Rich Policastro, President of RTWM, spoke about the recognition Rodriguez has earned from her peers saying: "We were so happy to learn that Marianne was selected for the InvestmentNews 40 Under 40 class of 2022. Marianne exhibits many qualities which make her such an integral part of our firm and the lives of the clients that she supports. Specifically, her passion to help others, strong work ethic, deep industry knowledge, and thirst to always learn more is an inspiration to all of us at Round Table Wealth Management."
With over 9 years of experience in the financial services world, Rodriguez joined the Boca Raton branch of RTWM as a Wealth Advisor in September 2020. Now working in the New York office, she continues her work developing and implementing complex financial planning strategies and managing high net worth clients' investments. RTWM has four branches: its headquarters in Westfield, NJ, and additional offices in New York City, Boca Raton, FL and Bend, Oregon.
This year's "40 Under 40" honorees were selected by a judging committee comprised of InvestmentNews staff members from more than 1,000 nominations based on their accomplishments, contributions to the financial services industry, leadership and future promise.
"I feel very thankful and honored to be recognized amongst this amazing group of professionals," said Rodriguez. "I hope my journey through the financial industry serves as evidence that being passionate about what you do can make a difference in other people's lives. "
Rodriguez received her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a minor in Marketing and Human Resources from Universidad Iberoamericana UNIBE in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ marks in 2018 and is currently an active member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA). Rodriguez, who is fluent in four languages – English, Spanish, French and Portuguese – is passionate about cultural diversity and learning from people who come from different backgrounds. She has been serving the financial needs of the Southeast Florida market, coordinating all aspects of the investment management and financial advisory services for her relationships, assisting clients with personal and commercial banking solutions as well as insurance and investment guidance and advice. Her focus is to provide her clients with comprehensive planning tools and resources as they navigate life and seek to maximize the benefits of their investments and retirement planning.
Round Table Wealth Management (RTWM), an independent financial advisory firm established in 1999, is managed by four partners with over 100 years of industry experience. They, along with other members of the firm, form a dedicated team of highly-credentialed wealth advisors, financial planners, and investment management professionals.
Global in their investing and personalized in their service, the firm provides objective strategies designed to meet the far-reaching goals of each client in a personal and comprehensive manner. Those clients are comprised of high-net-worth individuals, families (national and global), business owners, professionals, and women investors seeking thoughtful financial advice and guidance to grow and preserve their wealth. Assisting cross-border clients and expats with multi-national interests and a high degree of tax complexity is a key area of focus. In addition, the firm specializes in working with families and individuals who have multi-generational wealth concerns.
With approximately $1.6B in assets under management (AUM) for its clients, RTWM offers personalized advisory services supported by institutional knowledge, deep experience, and skilled expertise. Their fiduciary approach involves a suite of holistic planning services including investment, philanthropy, retirement, insurance, cash flow and tax and estate counsel.
Learn more at www.RoundTableWealth.com.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two people are dead and several others are injured after a 15-vehicle pileup in icy conditions on Interstate 80 near Iowa City Sunday.
The Iowa State Patrol said the crash happened after several drivers lost control on the icy highway and collided around 5:45 a.m. Nine of the vehicles involved in the crash were semitrailer trucks.
Westbound lanes of Interstate 80 were closed for more than eight hours after the crash. Two of the three lanes reopened by 2 p.m.
“This crash demonstrates the importance of all drivers paying attention, every single minute, to road conditions and potential hazards ahead!” Iowa State Trooper Bob Conrad said in a statement. “Two families now have to adapt and accept a loved one never returning home! These types of crashes can be avoided!” | 2023-01-08T23:36:29+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Two-dead-after-15-vehicle-pileup-on-icy-I-80-in-17703545.php |
MELBOURNE, Australia and INDIANAPOLIS, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, Telix, the Company) today announces its presence at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting to be held in Vancouver from June 11-14.
Gallium-based prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) (PSMA-PET) will be a highlight of the meeting, where Telix is showcasing its PSMA-PET imaging agent, alongside presentations on clinical programs across prostate and breast cancers.
Telix Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Colin Hayward said, "I am pleased to see Telix's collaborative therapeutic and diagnostic research being recognised and presented at major international oncology and nuclear medicine conferences. Advancing care with a theranostic approach in patients with multiple cancer types, I am particularly looking forward to Telix's sponsored symposium on how the introduction of PSMA-PET has changed the landscape of prostate cancer management, featuring an expert panel moderated by Dr. Delphine Chen from Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, University of Washington."
SNMMI presentation details are as follows:
- Sponsored Symposium: PSMA: the next frontier in Theranostics - transforming PCa care. Don't get left behind…
A renowned panel of Nuclear Medicine thought leaders moderated by Dr. Delphine Chen, Professor of Radiology, Director of Molecular Imaging, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, University of Washington will explore how the introduction of PSMA-PET has changed the landscape of Prostate Cancer Management including extensive Case Review.
Date & Time: Monday, 13 June, 11:45 am – 12:45 pm PDT (4.45 am – 5:45 am AEST). - Poster Presentation: Added diagnostic confidence of identifying prostate cancer metastases with Ga-68 PSMA-11 PET.
Date & Time: Saturday, June 11, 2022, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm PDT.
Presenter: Dr. Delphine Chen, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
Poster ID: 3605. - Oral Presentation: 18F-Fluciclovine and 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT for Detection of Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer: Interim Report from an Exploratory Trial.
Date & Time: Sunday, June 12, 2022, 1:10 pm – 1:20 pm PDT (6:10 am – 6:20 am AEST).
Presenter: Dr. David Schuster, Emory University.
Presentation ID: 2592.
About Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
Telix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialisation of diagnostic and therapeutic products using Molecularly Targeted Radiation (MTR). Telix is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia with international operations in Belgium, Japan, Switzerland, and the United States. Telix is developing a portfolio of clinical-stage products that address significant unmet medical need in oncology and rare diseases. Telix is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: TLX). For more information visit www.telixpharma.com and follow Telix on Twitter (@TelixPharma) and LinkedIn.
Telix's lead product, gallium-68 (68Ga) gozetotide (also known as 68Ga PSMA-11) injection, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA),[1] and by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).[2] Telix is also progressing marketing authorisation applications for this investigational candidate in Europe[3] and Canada.[4]
This announcement has been authorised for release by Dr. Christian Behrenbruch, Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer.
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Emily and Kobe are seeing unflattering sides of one another after their whirlwind romance in China. On Sunday's episode of 90 Day Fiancé, the couple's bickering since Kobe arrived in Kansas from Cameroon to be with Emily and their son, Koban, uncomfortably reached a head in front of her mom.
On Sunday's episode, Kobe said he was missing Cameroon and that he felt that Emily didn't appreciate the sacrifices he made by leaving his home country. He also found it difficult that he wasn't able to work for 90 days, but wanted to help out with Emily's family's horses. While Kobe was shoveling manure, Emily was criticizing the job he was doing and Kobe got upset. He told her he wanted to do it his own way and that she just wanted to control everything.
"Emily's talking to me as if she's controlling or commanding me like she's my boss, I don't even know why she was there, you know?" he told cameras. clearly frustrated. "Sometimes I just feel like she is just trying to make her family know that she is control of me but I'm losing my patience."
The two continued to argue in front of her mom, Lisa, and when Emily told Kobe he was being rude for not listening to her, he told her to "shut the f**k up."
"I cannot believe you just said that to me," she told him as Lisa shook her head.
Kobe continued to get upset, noting that he was doing this all for her and she was testing him in front of her parents. Emily eventually walked away in anger.
"We only spent two months together before I got pregnant, so now I'm like, is this your temper?," an upset Emily told cameras. "Like, if we get into it even bigger, are you going to tell me to shut the f**k up? And in front of my mom. I've never seen that Kobe before."
Kobe was similarly surprised at Emily's personality.
"I don't really want to be fighting with Emily, especially in front of her mom," he said. "But, her attitude, her demanding nature, she was never like this back in China and I'm not happy about this."
Later, he talked to Lisa and said he didn't want to "look like an a**hole" but he didn't know how to deal with a woman talking to a man like he was "inferior." Lisa said that while she knew Emily could be pushy and bossy, her husband would have never talked to her that way. Kobe eventually talked to Emily and they continued to butt heads, though he did apologize for telling her to shut the f**k up. But the temporary peace between the couple was definitely shaky.
"I love her and I know she loves me and I want to marry her, but, there are times like, she doesn't want to consider me, which, if we have to get married, man, she has to listen to me," he told cameras. "Because I doubt if she keeps going like this this thing of a marriage is even going to work."
ET recently spoke to Emily and Kobe about their journey this season on 90 Day Fiancé and how Kobe has been adjusting to life in Kansas. Watch the video below for more.
RELATED CONTENT: | 2022-06-06T22:17:53+00:00 | ktvb.com | https://www.ktvb.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/90-day-fiance-kobe-tells-emily-to-shut-the-fk-up-in-front-of-her-mom/603-b6bc3ad6-839d-4b00-b400-fd49f78e1f35 |
FIRST ALERT FORECAST: Mostly sunny, upper 80s today
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Expect mostly sunny skies in north Georgia today with warmer afternoon temperatures in the upper 80s.
Friday’s summary
High - 87°
Normal High - 85°
Chance of rain - 20%
What you need to know
We’re seeing a few showers this morning in northwest Georgia. Showers are expected in Floyd, Gordon, Bartow and Polk counties through 8 a.m. Otherwise, the rest of north Georgia will see plenty of sunshine today with warmer highs in the upper 80s.
Rain chances remain low
A few showers are possible on Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but he overall overage of rain will be low for the next seven days.
Tropical Depression Two
Tropical Depression Two developed in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on Thursday. The depression is expected to weaken as it moves south through Saturday with no direct impact to the U.S., although the outer-rain bands will impact Florida through Saturday.
Copyright 2023 WANF. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-02T10:46:44+00:00 | atlantanewsfirst.com | https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/06/02/first-alert-forecast-mostly-sunny-upper-80s-today/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A dead man was found lying along the road in Birmingham over the weekend.
On Sunday, members from the Birmingham Fire and Rescue crew found an unresponsive man lying on the grass shoulder of a road in the Wylam community. According to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, the BFR crew was returning to their station from an unrelated call when they found him in the 200 block of Quebec Drive Wylam at 6:35 a.m. Six minutes later, the victim was pronounced dead.
An autopsy will be performed Monday to determine the identity of the man and the cause and manner of his death. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. | 2023-07-31T18:22:44+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/man-found-dead-off-roadway-in-birmingham/ |
“ Ted Lasso” returns Wednesday for its third season and while there are certainly questions about whether AFC Richmond will finally go all the way — or if Nate will receive his comeuppance — there’s one big question: Is this actually the last season?
The Emmy-winning Apple TV+ series, about an American coaching a soccer team in London, has long been described as a three-season series — but executive producer, writer and star Jason Sudeikis is noncommittal about what comes next.
“I’m still in it,” he said in a recent interview.
“We’re still editing the last few episodes, so it’s really something that I haven’t had the time to sit with, despite the fact that there’s a lot of wonder and curiosity … from the press or fans — and certainly it seems like people in show business are equally as interested,” he laughed. “That answer will arrive probably when there’s enough space for the question to really land.”
Brendan Hunt, who plays assistant coach Beard, (whose first name “has not been revealed,” said the actor. “We don’t know that he doesn’t have one, but he certainly appears to have no use for it.”) is also an executive producer and writer on the show.
“We always saw it as this three-movement suite or a three-piece story,” Hunt says, but admits the show’s success has added more questions than answers to that original plan. “So the door is still open for — after this suite is finished — that maybe we’ll pick up with something else in this world.
When asked, if there’s a character from the series whom Hunt would like to see explored further, Hunt deadpans, “Phoebe (Roy Kent’s young niece) as she battles London’s drug-riddled crime underworld.”
Brett Goldstein, who plays Roy Kent, the Richmond player-turned-coach with a gruff exterior and a heart of gold, is a definite breakout. He played Hercules in the end credits of “Thor: Love and Thunder,” and is a creator and executive producer on “ Shrinking,” also on Apple TV+. He credits “Ted Lasso” for giving him creative opportunities of which he had only dreamed.
“I’d worked for years and years and years and 12 people had seen all of it, you know, and then doing a show that loads of people watch is different. It really is different,” Goldstein says. “Without being cheesy, I learned an awful lot from working on ‘Ted Lasso,’ and I will take those lessons with me into anything else I do,” he said.
Toheeb Jimoh had only been acting professionally for two years when he got cast as player Sam Obisanya.
“I’m at a stage where, because of this show I’m able to stand on my own two feet as an artist now. I’ve kind of absorbed the Lasso way in the same way that all of the players have,” Jimoh says. “Ted says, ‘It’s not about the wins or losses, it’s about making these players the best versions of themselves on and off the pitch.’ I really feel that’s the same lesson that ‘Ted Lasso’ has given us young actors on the show. It’s about making us to the best versions of ourselves on and off the screen, you know?”
Hannah Waddingham, who plays AFC Richmond owner Rebecca Welton, was already an accomplished stage performer prior to “Ted Lasso,” and already has other exciting jobs lined up including a role in “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part Two.” But she still wonders if she’ll ever be able to duplicate the “Ted Lasso” experience.
“I don’t know about you guys here, but Brits are natural worriers. It makes me worried that I may not ever have that again because it is such a beautiful kind of symbiosis with all of us,” she says.
For now, Sudeikis seems more willing to address what the show has meant to him than what lies in store.
“I see it through the eyes of my kids when we go somewhere and the way people come up to to myself and .. any of us, just how loving people are,” he says, joking that he doubts the the cast of “Succession” gets quite the same reception. “I’m sure they’re excited to see them because they’re all wickedly talented, but it’s a different vibe on that show and a different family, if you will. So, being surrounded by that type of kindness and have it reflected back to you — especially in front of kids or family — has been really, really moving.” | 2023-03-16T02:01:10+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/does-ted-lasso-end-with-season-3-what-to-believe/ |
Election misinformation is thriving on Rumble, a video sharing platform popular with some conservatives and far-right groups, according to research published Thursday.
Nearly half of the videos suggested by the site in response to searches for common election-related terms came from untrustworthy sources, according to the analysis from NewsGuard, a firm that monitors online misinformation.
The percentage was far better at Rumble’s much larger rival YouTube, where about 1 in 5 videos came from untrustworthy sources. The search terms included the names of candidates as well as politically sensitive words and phrases such as gun rights, voter fraud and abortion.
The findings illustrate how alternative platforms like Rumble have become hot spots for election-related misinformation as they have increased in popularity. The site is popular with conservatives and some far-right groups critical of content moderation efforts by larger platforms such as YouTube.
Misleading or deceptive claims about voting and elections have proliferated in heading into next week’s elections and have been blamed for increasing distrust and polarization.
Some of the videos reviewed by NewsGuard’s researchers in October included online shows featuring allies of former President Donald Trump such as Steve Bannon and conspiracy theorists such as Alex Jones. Many videos contained debunked claims about the 2020 election, the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the QAnon conspiracy theory, as well as misinformation about voting and the elections.
“Rumble frequently pushes videos from untrustworthy sources that traffic in election misinformation,” NewsGuard’s report found.
The researchers used a number of factors, including the use of deceptive headlines or a history of publishing false content, to determine which sites were untrustworthy.
Messages left with Rumble were not immediately returned Wednesday and Thursday. According to a mission statement on the platform’s website, Rumble aims “to restore the internet to its roots by making it free and open once again.”
Rumble said in September it now has 78 million active monthly users around the world, with 63 million in the United States and Canada. The site boasts a long list of podcasts helmed by prominent conservatives such as Don Bongino and Bannon, whose videos have millions of subscribers on Rumble.
The Florida-based platform’s growth has come from users interested in news and politics, as well as younger users in the 18-24 age group, Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski said in September.
Bannon’s show was among the top results when researchers ran a search on the term “voter fraud.” A longtime Trump ally, Bannon was kicked off YouTube last year for repeatedly violating its rules; he was banned from Twitter after calling for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease specialist, to be beheaded.
A spokesman for Bannon told the AP on Thursday that Bannon’s comment was metaphorical and that he didn’t intend it to be taken literally.
Together, the the misinformation-laden videos turned up by researchers at NewsGuard had been viewed nearly 9 million times so far.
YouTube has been criticized for not doing enough to tackle misinformation on its platform. But the NewsGuard report shows the platform’s efforts are making a difference. Researchers said that in addition to suggesting fewer videos containing misinformation, YouTube did not recommend any videos supporting QAnon.
Nevertheless, a report released this fall by New York University faulted Meta, Twitter, TikTok and YouTube for amplifying Trump’s false statements about the 2020 election. The study cited inconsistent rules regarding misinformation as well as poor enforcement.
In a statement emailed to the AP, YouTube spokeswoman Ivy Choi said the platform, which is owned by Google, has invested in efforts to identify misinformation and limit its spread. The most visited channels and videos about the election all rely on trustworthy, authoritative sources, she added.
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Sunny skies are expected to grace much of Northern California on Monday ahead of another round of storms that could bring rain to the Bay Area and at least another foot of snow to the already-blanketed northern Sierra Nevada.
The system — which should move into the region late Monday and linger through Wednesday — threatens to further saturate soils in communities along the San Francisco Bay while adding to impressive seasonal snowfall totals over the high country. A half-inch of rain is expected to fall along the coastal parts of the Bay Area by midweek, while 1 to 2 inches of rain could fall over the higher elevations.
“Rain’s going to be the story for at least the beginning part of the work week,” said Dial Hoang, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
The early-week system follows another storm front that moved into the region late Saturday night, dropping rain across the Bay Area and more powder across the Sierra.
By 2 p.m. Sunday, the weekend storm had dropped nearly a half-inch to three-quarters an inch of rain over much of the Bay Area. The Oakland Museum received .54 inches of rain, while downtown San Francisco recorded .86 inches of new precipitation, according to rain gauges overseen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Mt. Tamalpais received 1.22 inches of rain.
Look for light to moderate rain to continue across the Bay Area and Central coast through the remainder of the morning. Breezy and gusty winds will also continue. Both wind and rain will diminish Sunday afternoon. #CAwx #BayAreaWX #CArain pic.twitter.com/2dkPq29YEW
— NWS Bay Area 🌉 (@NWSBayArea) March 19, 2023
The inland portions of the East Bay, including much of Contra Costa County, generally received .3 to .6 inches of rain by 2 p.m. Sunday. A rain shadow effect from the bordering mountains limited precipitation in the Santa Clara Valley, leaving only .05 inches of rain in San Jose. But more fell over the nearby Santa Cruz Mountains, with rain gauges showing accumulations of more than a half-inch.
This week’s storm also should further bury the Sierra Nevada in even more powder — adding to near-historic snowfall levels that have led to numerous structure collapses in recent weeks, even as it’s provided a banner season for ski resorts bordering Lake Tahoe.
Rarely have conditions atop Donner Summit been so snowy. The UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab measured another 1.6 inches of snow Saturday night into Sunday morning — leaving the lab barely more than 1 inch from registering its second-snowiest winter on record. So far, the lab has received 669.7 inches of snow this winter, just a shade below the 671 inches received during the 1982-1983 winter season.
We received 1.6" (4 cm) of #snow this morning before our 8am measurement. We are now just over 1" (3 cm) away from this season being the 2nd snowiest on record at CSSL with winter '82/'83 currently holding the record.
Plenty more snow coming today & this week.#CAwx #CAwater pic.twitter.com/lf2o9uE8Sn
— UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab (@UCB_CSSL) March 19, 2023
A foot or two of snow was forecast to fall Sunday and early Monday morning.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, another 8-12 inches of snow could fall over Donner and Echo passes. Up to 18 inches of snow could fall farther south along Carson, Ebbetts and Sonora passes. The heaviest periods of snow will be on Tuesday, Mueller said.
“Winter just isn’t ready to let up around here yet,” Mueller said. | 2023-03-20T14:26:07+00:00 | santacruzsentinel.com | https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2023/03/19/scattered-showers-on-tap-for-the-bay-area-while-the-sierra-girds-for-more-snow/ |
Update: This post was updated at 2:57 p.m. with some additional information about tuition increases for non-Pennsylvania residents students; and again at 3:08 p.m. with additional information about 2024-25 costs.
ERIE - A Penn State trustees committee has recommended a dual track on tuition rates that will carry 2 percent increases for Pennsylvania resident undergraduates at University Park in State College in each of the next two years, but freeze tuition at last year’s rate at all of Penn State’s Commonwealth campuses. | 2023-07-20T19:17:48+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/pennstate/2023/07/penn-state-seeks-2-tuition-hike-at-main-campus-no-increase-for-commonwealth-campuses.html |
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — On May 25, Joshua Duggar, 34, was sentenced to over 12 and a half years in federal prison following his December 2021 conviction on child pornography charges.
In addition to handing down a prison term of 151 months, Judge Timothy L. Brooks of the Western District of Arkansas Federal Court in Fayetteville also stipulated that Duggar will have 20 years of supervised release after that. He added some “special conditions” to the terms, noting that some of them were not “typical.”
Duggar “shall have no unsupervised contact with minors.” The judge specifically stated that Duggar must “proceed with caution” regarding any event that might include minors. He needs to receive prior approval from the U.S. Probation Office before “attending any such place, function, or event.”
Duggar must submit his person, residence, place of employment, vehicles, papers, computers and any other electronic devices or storage media for search “at a reasonable time and in a reasonable manner” anytime there is suspicion that he may have violated any condition of his supervised release.
“The defendant shall not possess, use, or have access to a computer or any other electronic device that has Internet or photograph storage capabilities without prior advance notice and approval of the U.S. Probation Office,” the sentencing document says. Duggar must also pay for internet-monitoring software to be installed on any approved devices. Judge Brooks voiced specific concerns about Duggar potentially having such devices if he returns to working in a self-employed capacity. The defendant must submit to random searches of any devices.
Duggar may not “purchase, possess, use, distribute, or administer marijuana,” and he may not possess a medical marijuana card or prescription. A ban on other controlled substances was addressed earlier in sentencing, as were stipulations that Duggar is never to own or possess a firearm and that he must submit to random DNA collection.
He must participate in a sex offense-specific treatment program and pay for it himself “if financially able.”
He will also “be required to submit to periodic polygraph testing at the discretion of the probation offices as a means to ensure that he is in compliance with the requirements of his supervision or treatment program.”
Defense attorney Justin Gelfand objected to this condition, citing the “lack of reliability coupled with potential ramifications” regarding polygraph testing. He added that such tests are usually inadmissible as evidence in court.
Judge Brooks countered by calling them “just kind of routine” in many districts, and noted that they would be used as a part of future treatment, not as “a tool to trip people up.”
The defense also objected to an earlier stipulation that the judge conceded was “not a typical condition,” but one he felt was “appropriate to impose in this case.” Duggar was forbidden from ever viewing pornography of any kind again.
“He will go to great lengths to defeat” monitoring or accountability software, the judge added. Gelfand objected based on the defendant’s first amendment rights. He felt that “robust supervision conditions” were sufficient, and added that viewing adult pornography is a “completely legal activity.”
Prosecuting attorney Dustin Roberts voiced the government’s support of the court’s conditions regarding pornography and polygraph testing, and had no objections to any of the terms.
Duggar must also pay fines totaling $50,100, including a trio of specific special assessments. The fines are due immediately, but the court outlined procedures for payment plans if the defendant is unable to pay at this time, including some of the balance to be paid during his incarceration and a certain percentage of his future income dedicated to payment if necessary.
The judge concluded the proceedings in this case by addressing “one more matter” before the court: the government’s request that Duggar forfeit the HP desktop computer he used to download the illegal child sexual assault material.
“Nobody wants the computer back, so to speak,” said Gelfand. “Just preserved.” He added that the defense wanted to “make darn sure” that the device remained safely in evidence for a possible appeal.
With that, Duggar was taken back into custody by U.S. Marshals and will await transfer to a federal prison. | 2022-05-28T15:02:04+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/national-news/conditions-of-josh-duggars-supervised-release-after-prison-are-not-typical-but-appropriate-judge-says/ |
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Individuals who were subject to the data breaches of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management ("OPM") and Its contractor, and who experienced an out-of-pocket loss after the breaches, could be eligible for a payment from a class action settlement.
The settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit about the data breaches of OPM and its security contractor that allegedly compromised personal information of certain then-current and former federal government employees and contractors, as well as certain applicants for federal employment. The Defendants in the case—OPM and its contractor Peraton Risk Decision Inc. ("Peraton")—deny that they did anything wrong but have agreed to settle the lawsuit. The Court has not decided who is right.
Who's in the Settlement? You are a Class Member if your personal information was compromised as a result of the breaches of OPM's electronic information systems in 2014 and 2015 or the breach of Peraton's electronic information systems in 2013 and 2014; and if, after May 7, 2014, you suffered an out-of-pocket expense or compensable lost time: (1) to purchase a credit monitoring product, credit or identity theft protection product, or other product or service designed to identify or remediate the data breaches at issue in this case; (2) to access, freeze or unfreeze a credit report with a credit reporting agency; or (3) as a result of an identity theft incident or to mitigate an identity theft incident.
What does the Settlement provide? Defendants will pay $63,000,000 into a Settlement Fund, which will be distributed to Class Members who submit valid claims. Class Members who submit valid claims will receive $700 or the actual amount of the claim—whichever is higher—up to a maximum of $10,000. If the total value of all valid claims, plus any incentive awards to named Plaintiffs, exceeds the Settlement Fund, then the value of those individual claims will be reduced in equal proportion.
What are your options? If you are a settlement class member, you must fill out and submit a Claim Form to qualify for a payment. You can quickly and easily file your claim online at www.OPMDataBreach.com. You can also download a paper Claim Form from the website or get one by calling the Claims Administrator at 1-855-917-3567. The completed Claim Form must be submitted online or by mail postmarked no later than December 23, 2022.
If you are a Class Member and you don't want benefits from the Settlement, and you want to keep your right to sue Defendants on your own about the legal issues in this case, then you must take steps to get out of the Settlement. This is called excluding yourself from—or "opting out" of—the Class. If you do not exclude yourself from the Settlement, you will remain in the Class and will give up the right to sue Defendants for the claims resolved by the Settlement. Your request for exclusion must be submitted by mail postmarked by September 9, 2022. If you do not exclude yourself from the Settlement, you may object to the Settlement if you do not like any part of it. The deadline to object is September 9, 2022. For more information, visit www.OPMDataBreach.com.
The Court will hold a Fairness Hearing at 10:00 a.m. on October 14, 2022. At this hearing, the Court will consider whether the Settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate. If there are objections, the Court will consider them. The Court will listen to people who have asked to speak at the hearing. You may attend at your own expense, or you may also pay your own lawyer to attend, but it is not necessary.
The above is a summary. The Settlement Agreement and more information on the lawsuit and your rights are available at www.OPMDataBreach.com or by calling toll-free 1-855-917-3567.
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BERLIN (AP) — A German ballet director issued a public apology on Tuesday for smearing dog feces on the face of a newspaper critic whose reviews he had taken exception to.
Marco Goecke was suspended from his post as ballet chief at the Hannover state opera following the weekend incident. T he theater’s management called on him Monday to apologize “comprehensively” and explain himself.
According to the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Goecke approached its dance critic, Wiebke Huester, during the interval of a premiere at the opera house on Saturday and asked what she was doing there.
The newspaper said that Goecke, who apparently felt provoked by a recent review she wrote of a production he staged in the Netherlands, threatened to ban her from the ballet and accused her of being responsible for people canceling season tickets in Hannover. He then pulled out a paper bag with the feces and smeared her face with the contents.
“I would like to apologize sincerely to all concerned, first and foremost to Ms. Huester, for my absolutely unacceptable act,” Huester said in a written statement. “In retrospect, I am clearly aware that this was a disgraceful act in the heat of the moment and an overreaction,” he added.
However, he added that it’s time for media to “rethink a certain form of destructive and hurtful reporting that damages the whole cultural sector” and criticized Huester for what he said were “often nasty reviews.”
Goecke pointed to the “nervous strain” resulting from two premieres in quick succession as a reason for his actions.
“I apologize for the fact that I finally blew my top, but I also ask for a certain understanding at least for the reasons why this happened,” he wrote.
Huester filed a criminal complaint after the incident. Goecke faces an investigation on suspicion of bodily harm and slander.
Goecke has said his elderly dachshund had defecated earlier, and he had packed the mess into a bag and had been planning to dispose of it. While he says he then acted in the heat of the moment, the critic has contended that it was a premeditated attack.
Huester said she was shocked by Goecke’s statement on Tuesday.
“What kind of an apology is this supposed to be?” she asked on 3sat television, describing it as an attempted justification of his actions, German news agency dpa reported. | 2023-02-14T22:18:25+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/entertainment-news/ap-german-ballet-director-issues-apology-over-feces-attack/ |
EEIQ is Committed to Student Success at Davis College and EduGlobal College,
its Two Owned and Operated Colleges
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- EpicQuest Education Group International Limited (NASDAQ: EEIQ), ("EpicQuest Education", "EEIQ" or the "Company"), a provider of comprehensive education solutions for domestic and international students seeking college and university degrees in the US, Canada and the UK, today announced that on July 19, 2023, Davis College and Northeastern University signed an Articulation Agreement (the "Agreement") whereby upon admission, Davis College students can transfer credits earned at Davis College to Northeastern University's College of Professional Studies Bachelor of Science programs.
"Our agreement with Northeastern University offers our students a pathway for achieving Bachelor of Science degrees in three distinct programs," said Diane Brunner, President of Davis College. "Northeastern University is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious universities in the US, and we are pleased to enter this agreement given their history of academic excellence and commitment to innovation. And while Davis College will begin to offer a four-year Bachelor of Science in Business degree in the Fall of 2023, we are pleased to provide our students with an academic pathway with Northeastern University as both schools are well aligned in providing elite career-oriented professional training."
As described in the Agreement with Northeastern University, Davis College students would be required to complete applicable Associate of Applied Business degrees. Upon admission to Northeastern University's College of Professional Studies programs, Davis College students would be able to transfer the credits earned at Davis College towards achieving Bachelor of Science degrees at Northeastern University's College of Professional Studies in Management, Digital Media and Communication, and Project Management. Northeastern University's College of Professional Studies has full discretion as to the acceptance of each Davis College student into these programs. The Agreement is effective beginning in Spring 2023 and will be in effect for an initial period of three years, and will be automatically extended unless terminated by either party.
About Northeastern University
Northeastern University is a prominent private research university located on an urban campus in Boston, and is a global research university as well as a recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Northeastern University's approach is to integrate real-world experience with education, research, and innovation that empowers its students. The university has one of the largest co-op programs in the world where students alternate periods of academic study with periods of professional employment related to their major. With more than 36,000 full-time and part-time students, Northeastern University offers undergraduate and graduate programs in 10 colleges and schools across its 14 campuses worldwide. Northeastern University is ranked #44 in the current US News annual ranking of top US universities, which can be seen online at https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities. For more information about Northeastern University, please visit www.northeastern.edu.
About Davis College
Davis College was founded in 1858 and is a private career-training college located in Toledo, Ohio. Davis College offers a specialized professional career training curriculum in numerous fields, and its mission is to provide marketable skills that enhance the employability of its graduates. Davis College offers coursework flexibility to ensure program success as well as externship opportunities that provide its student population with real-world skill sets prior to graduation. In addition to its offering a four-year Bachelor of Science in Business degree, expected to begin in the Fall of 2023, Davis College has agreements with several four-year US universities for 'transfer pathways' that pave the way for its associate degree students to gain admission with the ability to transfer earned course credits. Davis College is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and the Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and Schools with programs authorized by the Ohio Board of Higher Education. For more information, please visit www.daviscollege.edu/.
About EpicQuest Education Group International Limited
EpicQuest Education Group International Limited ("EpicQuest Education" or the "Company") provides comprehensive education solutions for domestic and international students seeking university and college degrees in the US, Canada and the UK. The Company owns and operates EduGlobal College, based in British Columbia, Canada, which focuses on English proficiency educational programming for students pursuing academic degrees. The Company operates and is a 70% owner of Davis College, a career training college located in Toledo, Ohio. In addition, the Company has a recruiting relationship with the Miami University Regional campuses, where it maintains residential facilities, a full-service cafeteria, recreational facilities, shuttle buses and an office for the regional campuses that provides study abroad and post-study services for its students; these facilities are not owned, maintained, operated or are a part of Miami University. The Company is also a recruiting agent for the University of the West of Scotland (through The Education Group (London) Ltd) and Coventry University, both of which are located in the UK. For more information, please visit www.epicquesteducation.com/.
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Actor Ezra Miller gets fine, probation after home break-in
(AP) - Actor Ezra Miller pleaded guilty Friday to a charge stemming from a break-in and theft of alcohol at a neighbor’s home in Vermont, one of a string of arrests and reports of erratic behavior last year that stretched from Hawaii to New England.
Miller, who appeared in several “Justice League” movies and stars in the upcoming film “The Flash,” agreed that by entering the plea and abiding by the conditions, they would avoid a three-month jail sentence for a misdemeanor charge of unlawful trespass, a $500 fine and a court fee, a year of probation, and conditions including continued mental health treatment.
Two other charges were dropped, including a felony burglary count that could have carried a sentence of 25 years in prison, but Vermont Superior Court Judge Kerry Ann McDonald-Cady told Miller the felony charge could be refiled if they fail to abide by the details of probation.
During the nearly 30-minute hearing in Bennington, Miller, 30, answered the judge’s questions but declined to make a statement. However, after the hearing, Miller’s attorney, Lisa Shelkrot, sent a statement on the actor’s behalf.
“Ezra would like to thank the court and the community for their trust and patience throughout this process, and would once again like to acknowledge the love and support they have received from their family and friends, who continue to be a vital presence in their ongoing mental health,” the statement said.
Miller pleaded not guilty in October to stealing liquor from a neighbor’s home in Vermont. State police responded to a burglary complaint in Stamford on May 1 and found that several bottles of alcohol had been taken while the homeowner was away.
The homeowner said he had been friends with Miller for about 18 years and bought the home a year and half ago in Stamford, where Miller also had a home, according to the police affidavit. Miller was charged after police consulted surveillance footage and interviewed witnesses.
Miller was arrested twice last year in Hawaii, including for disorderly conduct and harassment at a karaoke bar.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-13T16:15:40+00:00 | kxii.com | https://www.kxii.com/2023/01/13/actor-ezra-miller-gets-fine-probation-after-home-break-in/ |
Accomplished human resources executive joins Alteryx to lead all aspects of HR, from talent acquisition to diversity and inclusion, to meet the company's growth and innovation strategy
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alteryx, Inc. (NYSE: AYX), the Analytics Automation company, today announced that Doniel Sutton has been appointed Chief People Officer, where she will lead all human resource related functions, including, talent strategy, total rewards, talent acquisition, development, culture, and diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Sutton will report to Alteryx Chief Executive Officer Mark Anderson.
"I am thrilled to welcome Doniel to the Alteryx team as our Chief People Officer," said Anderson. "Doniel is a values-driven business partner, with a transparent, inclusive approach to leadership and a history of establishing high-performance cultures. Her wealth of experience in leading organizations through periods of high growth and scale will be of tremendous value to Alteryx."
A highly accomplished, results-driven HR executive, Sutton has built a career in shepherding global organizations through sustainable transformations, new business model implementations, M&A transactions and integrations, global expansions and more. Sutton brings more than 20 years of strategic and global human resources leadership experience at Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies, including her most recent role as Chief People Officer at Fastly. Previously, Sutton held senior HR leadership roles at PayPal, Prudential, Bank of America, and Honeywell.
"I'm so excited to join the Alteryx team, as the organization continues to accelerate momentum globally with top-notch talent, a strong client base and an impressive platform. I'm deeply passionate about data and analytics as it's one of the richest and most enabling tools we leverage in the HR function for strategy and effective decision making," said Sutton. "Harnessing the power of Alteryx's platform to democratize data creates value for our employees and that's what makes this opportunity so special. I look forward to partnering with the incredible Alteryx leaders as we continue to evolve what it means to democratize data and enable analytics for all, while also building a strong culture for people to perform their best work."
Sutton is a highly regarded and sought-after strategic HR thought leader with multiple features and accolades under her belt, including media coverage in Bloomberg, NY Times, CNBC, Profile Magazine and more. Among her many career achievements includes being recognized by Black Enterprise in 2017 as one of the 300 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America and being awarded the 2018 American Business Award's Bronze "Stevie" HR Executive of the Year. Most recently, Doniel was named as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders in SaaS in 2021 by The Software Report.
Alteryx (NYSE: AYX) powers analytics for all by providing the leading Analytics Automation Platform. Alteryx delivers easy end-to-end automation of data engineering, analytics, reporting, machine learning, and data science processes, enabling enterprises everywhere to democratize data analytics across their organizations for a broad range of use cases. More than 8,000 customers globally rely on Alteryx to deliver high-impact business outcomes. To learn more, visit www.alteryx.com.
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AMECAMECA, Mexico (AP) — Moisés Vega has a distinctive job: The 64-year-old Mexican says he can speak the sacred language of volcanoes to ask for good weather and a good crop.
Mexico lowered the alert level on the Popocatépetl volcano by early June after its eruptions of gas and ash had drawn international attention. For Vega, though, the 17,797-foot (5,425-meter) mountain, known as El Popo, is a living being that never fades from his sight.
“The Popocatépetl is our father and the Iztaccíhuatl is our mother,” he said, referring to a neighboring volcano. “They are providers of water and we are not afraid of them. On the contrary, their exhalations are blessings because they give us life.”
There is no English translation for his profession, but among the inhabitants of the towns of central Mexico, men like him are called “graniceros.”
“Their work is based on the pre-Hispanic notion of conciliation with nature,” said archaeologist Arturo Montero, from the University of Tepeyac. “They are regulators of the weather who believe that the mountains are spirits of nature.”
It’s unknown how many “graniceros” are in Mexico. Vega says that in Amecameca, the city where he lives 44 miles southeast of Mexico City, there are only four (himself included). He estimates that there could be a similar number in nearby towns.
Many locals believe that only men who are struck by lightning and survive — Vega among them — are the ones who can claim the job.
“I knew I would become a ‘granicero’ since I was a boy,” Vega said. He was ordained to fill that role in a ritual in 1998.
His main task is to perform rituals three times per year to ask the volcanoes for good weather; just the right amount of rain needed for the crops. He mostly leads these ceremonies in stone shrines built by the locals in “El Popo” or “El Izta,”
He also works as a traditional healer and makes additional income explaining El Popo’s story to tourists visiting a volcano museum in Amecameca.
Montero said it’s not easy for contemporary “graniceros” to remain well-versed in ancient knowledge, given that many have to take a variety of jobs to get by. But they want to preserve their ancestral legacy and responding to inquiries from anthropologists, journalists and tourists helps them do that, he said.
On a recent Sunday, Vega pointed to a replica of a shrine built to show visitors what real temples devoted to volcanoes look like. He said the rituals he performs are a fusion of pre-Hispanic and Christian elements. In addition to flowers and fruits, shrines have crosses, but not crucifixes. They are painted in blue, to represent the sky, or white, to emulate clouds.
“I respect the (Catholic) religion because we grew up in this place, but the mountain speaks to us in the words of our grandparents, not in the words of the conquerors,” he said in reference to the evangelization led by the Spaniards after 1521.
The roar of “El Popo” tells him that something is wrong. Someone may have climbed its slopes to perform an animal sacrifice, which is against the community’s beliefs. A thief may have stolen the crosses from their sacred spots. A group of drunken men may have profaned its soil.
Alcohol is forbidden in the volcanoes, Vega said, because spirits can get drunk and interfere with the weather. This could lead to a catastrophe, he said, as bad weather can destroy the crops and leave people hungry.
The sacred understanding of “El Popo” varies from town to town, but many agree that the volcano does not threaten their lives. Leticia Muñoz, who sells avocados in the town of Ozumba, said she trusts “graniceros” more than the government and she would never evacuate her home.
“One sees that (the volcano) is harmless,” she said. “If he wanted to, he would explode.”
The last big eruption of El Popo was in 1994; many in Mexico City could see the smoke. Many people who were evacuated said they lost their animals and vowed they would never leave again.
The connection between local communities and volcanoes has evolved through the centuries because each mountain responds to the needs of its inhabitants, said Laura Elena Romero, an anthropologist from the University of the Americas Puebla.
According to Romero, the sacred mountains of Mesoamerica are associated with the essential resources of life and that is why “graniceros” like Vega make offerings to ask for rain while others request prosperity for their businesses.
During rituals, she said, there’s a dialogue between men and volcanoes and they are seen as members of each community.
“The volcano wouldn’t harm the people to whom it belongs,” she said.
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Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. | 2023-06-21T11:32:52+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/news/world-news/how-a-mexican-spiritual-leader-preserves-the-sacred-knowledge-of-the-volcano-known-as-el-popo/ |
There was a country music hit several years ago entitled “One More Day.” It reverberated with a lot of people following the 9-11 attack.
The song should also resonate with everyone who ever wanted to stop smoking, but couldn't quite do it.
This Thursday, Nov. 17, if you smoke, we hope you perform a death-defying act. We hope you give yourself One More Day -- maybe years more -- to be with your loved ones.
Starting Thursday – or today, for that matter -- smokers, dippers and chewers can give themselves a pay raise, add years to their lives, spend more time with their loved ones, and then talk about having pulled the whole thing off.
Remember, it ain't bragging if you can do it.
How?
Easy.
Quit smoking, dipping or chewing.
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Those seeking more information should contact the Mississippi Tobacco-Free Coalition or the Mississippi Tobacco Quitline at 1-800-227-2345 to receive free counseling and medications, such as nicotine patches or gum.
For more information, visit www.quitlinems.com or https://smokefree.gov
On Smokeout Day, smokers and users of smokeless tobacco are encouraged to quit for 24 hours. The hope is that some of them will springboard from that to quit for life.
The American Psychiatric Association and the National Institute on Drug Abuse classify smoking as addictive. To anyone who smokes, that's displaying a firm command of the obvious.
Many people seeking treatment for drug and alcohol dependency say quitting their problem substance is easier than giving up cigarettes.
Moral support and expert help can make the difference between success and failure, according to the experts.
Smoking is a major cause of heart disease. Smoking-related deaths kill over 480,000 Americans annually. That's far more than the number of people killed during the whole Vietnam War. It's equal to the deaths of every man, woman and child in more than 20 towns the size of Houston.
Each year.
Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States. Thousands of Mississippi children now under 18 will ultimately die prematurely from smoking, according to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Youngsters say smoking makes them look older. They're right. Smoking causes premature wrinkling of the skin, and yellowed fingertips.
It's cool to lose a breast or a lung or a jawbone to cancer while you're still young, isn't it? Just ask anyone who ever has.
By the way, smoking turns your cash to ash. If you smoke, dip or chew, figure out how much you spend each day on your habit, and multiply that figure by 365. Quit next Thursday, stay quit, and begin enjoying that extra cash.
Let's see now, smokes average about $6.78 per pack -- or about 34 cents per cigarette — in Mississippi. A pack-a-day guy or gal who quits cold and stays quit would save about $47.60 weekly, or $2,475 annually. Think that wouldn't buy some food or clothes for the kids, or start a slush fund toward another car or truck or the kids' college education, or make you a good little IRA?
And the previous paragraph about costs doesn’t include some really major money you could save. Quit smoking, and think of the years of insurance deductibles and co-pays you won’t have to pay to deal with smoking related illnesses such as cancer, stroke, high blood pressure, to name a few.
Think of the insurance co-pays you won’t have to pay for medication for those illnesses. If you can prove you’re a non-smoker, your insurance premiums will likely decline.
This Thursday – or today, for that matter -- perform a death-defying act. Quit.
The life or lung or breast you save may be your own.
If you don't have enough pride in yourself, or enough backbone, to quit committing suicide on the installment plan, do it for your family and friends. Why put them through the possible misery of your cancer, your heart attack, or your funeral?
And when you say "that will never happen to me," remember the graveyards are full of people who once said the same thing.
On Thursday, see the light, and we’re not talking about the glow from the end of a cigarette.
Just quit.
And give yourself One More Day...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Hoosier Lotto" game were:
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Hoosier Lotto" game were:
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The fast-growing fintech is building the most rewarding way to pay for consumers and the planet.
SILVER SPRING, Md., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Future™, the movement to accelerate the shift to a low-carbon economy through financial rewards, has raised $5.3M in seed funding. Led by Accomplice, with participation from Active Impact Investments, Techstars Ventures, Urban Impact Ventures, Climate Capital, and the author, activist, and host Baratunde Thurston.
Future is empowering consumers to reduce their carbon emissions and earn extra cash. While most cards give the highest rewards for activities with a high carbon footprint, like flying or filling up your tank, FutureCard Visa Card gives its highest rewards in the fast-growing low-carbon economy. Future offers up to 6% cashback on greener alternatives to everyday spending across transportation, food, fashion, devices, beauty, and furniture. There's no interest, and Future doesn't use members' points to plant trees or buy other carbon offsets. Instead, the focus is on making low-carbon products and services more readily accessible for families and individuals across America.
"We are thrilled to lead this investment in Future," said Ryan Moore, Co-founder of Accomplice. "More and more consumers across the country are looking for simple and rewarding ways to do right by our planet. Future is building a new category of financial product that helps them do just that."
Future was founded in the fall of 2021 by Jean-Louis Warnholz and Kamal Bhattacharya and has since grown to over 20 team members across product and engineering, growth, partnerships, and operations. "There's a common misconception that reducing carbon emissions in our day-to-day life is hard and expensive," said Jean-Louis Warnholz, Future's CEO. "Future is on a mission to change that by connecting our members with brands, products, and services that are good for your wallet and good for the planet."
With this seed round of funding, Future will launch even more rewarding ways to tackle climate change and will add more game-changing brands to the rewards ecosystem. Current FuturePartners, with elevated 6x rewards and weekly raffles, include Back Market, Rad Power Bikes, Just Salad, Ministry of Supply, For Days, Earth Hero, Fulton, Everlasting Wardrobe, and Hilos. To learn more about Future and to reserve a FutureCard, click here.
"There has been so much innovation in expanding low-carbon choices for consumers, from plant-based protein and circular fashion to electric mobility," said Mike Winterfield, Founder of climate VC Active Impact Investments. "Future is leveraging AI to maximize the benefits of the emerging low-carbon economy for consumers and the planet."
About Future™: Future is building a payments and rewards ecosystem for the low-carbon economy, inspiring the shift to low-carbon products and services with outsized financial incentives. Future pays consumers to reduce their carbon footprint. Future launched the FutureCard Visa Card, initially with 5% cashback for climate-friendly purchases and a proprietary FutureScore to track individual impact on the climate and get personalized recommendations to earn more cash and emit less carbon.
Future Press Contact: future@thenumber29.com
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WASHINGTON – The idea of a daring wartime trip by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington had percolated for some time before the surprise visit was revealed just hours ahead of the Ukrainian president's arrival.
During an October summit in Zagreb, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed with her counterpart in the Ukrainian parliament the prospect of Zelenskyy addressing the U.S. Congress. Biden administration officials had similarly for months talked with Ukraine about a Zelenskyy visit to the White House, hoping for one before year's end to send an unmistakable signal of support ahead of a brutal winter that could deepen Russian President Vladimir Putin's assault.
In previous calls, Zelenskyy had indicated to Biden and other senior officials that the United States was the first country he wanted to visit when the time was right for him to travel, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the conversations. So in a Dec. 11 phone call between the two leaders, Biden reiterated the invitation.
This time, Zelenskyy told Biden, was the right time.
“I really wanted to come earlier. Mr. President knows about it, but I couldn’t do it because the situation was so difficult,” Zelenskyy said from the Oval Office on Wednesday. The trip could happen now, the Ukrainian leader said, because “we controlled the situation and ... first of all, because of your support.”
The behind-the-scenes details of Zelenskyy's surprise visit to Washington were described by an aide to Pelosi, a U.S. official and a senior administration official, all of whom requested anonymity to describe planning for the secret trip. Once the wheels of planning started to roll, Zelenskyy's 10-hour visit — which packed in an Oval Office meeting with Biden, a joint news conference at the White House and an address to a largely supportive Congress — came together quickly.
After the two presidents discussed the trip on Dec. 11, the White House extended a formal invite on Dec. 14, according to the senior administration official. Zelenskyy accepted the invitation on Friday, and the visit was confirmed two days later, at which point White House officials notified Pelosi's office of the Ukrainian leader's travel plans.
“I’m delighted you were able to make the trip to be here,” Biden told Zelenskyy on Wednesday. “It’s an honor to be by your side in united defense against what is a brutal, brutal war being waged by Putin.”
What came about Wednesday was an elaborately executed plan by U.S. and Ukrainian officials to swiftly and safely route Zelenskyy to Washington, his first known trip outside the country's borders since Russia's invasion in February.
The Ukrainian president crossed into Poland early Wednesday, according to Poland’s private broadcaster, TVN24, arriving at a train station in Przemysl, a border town and the arrival point for many refugees fleeing the war. Accompanied by the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, Zelenskyy was transported in a U.S. Embassy vehicle to an airport in Rzeszów, where he boarded a nonstop flight that landed at Joint Base Andrews shortly after noon Wednesday.
Carrying Zelensky to Andrews was a U.S. Air Force jet — a government plane typically used for Cabinet secretaries and other dignitaries below the president and vice president. The White House didn't publicly announce the impending Zelenskyy visit until 1 a.m. Wednesday — waiting until they felt Zelenskyy was safely out of Ukraine.
Once Zelenskyy landed, Secret Service protection kicked in, as is typically done for visiting heads of state.
The senior administration official said the U.S. consulted closely with Zelenskyy on his security, and that the Ukrainian president felt it was sufficient for him to briefly travel to the United States.
Meanwhile, Pelosi, who had traveled the world in recent months in a ferocious defense of Ukraine, had also been planting the seeds for months for a Zelenskyy address to Congress.
She had been at the Zagreb summit in October at the invitation of Zelenskyy and Ruslan Stefanchuk, the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament. There, Zelenskyy spoke to the audience of “the importance of the free world’s unshakable solidarity with Ukraine” — an address that Pelosi emphasized in her invitation to the Ukrainian president.
The U.S. House speaker returned from Croatia and began discussing the idea of a Zelenskyy address, informing the other main congressional leaders — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. — about her conversations abroad and asking for their support for the Ukrainian leader to come to the Capitol.
On Wednesday, Pelosi — just days away from handing over her gavel to Republican control — finally welcomed Zelenskyy to the Capitol, which she called a “profound privilege” and a “great pride," coming at a moment when Capitol Hill is about to greenlight an additional $45 billion of emergency aid to Ukraine.
“Your visit comes as the Congress prepares to again pass another consequential round of security, economic and humanitarian assistance," Pelosi told Zelenskyy. "Within the next 48 hours, hopefully this will be done.”
Before he left Ukraine, there were clues in Zelenskyy's own words that a surprise trip abroad could be in the works.
In a visit Tuesday to Bakhmut, located in Ukraine's contested Donetsk province, Zelenskyy was handed a Ukrainian flag. He pledged then that he would pass on the flag “from the boys to the Congress, to the president of the United States.”
Standing before the U.S. Congress on Wednesday night, Zelenskyy finally produced the flag — covered in signatures by Ukrainian troops battling on the front lines.
“They asked me to bring this flag to you, to the U.S. Congress, to members of the House of Representatives and senators whose decisions can save millions of people,” Zelenskyy said in his final words to lawmakers. “So let these decisions be taken. Let this flag stay with you. Ladies and gentlemen, this flag is a symbol of our victory in this war.”
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AP writers Matthew Lee and Zeke Miller contributed to this report. | 2022-12-22T06:13:58+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2022/12/22/zelenskyys-surprise-visit-to-dc-was-months-in-the-making/ |
SALT LAKE CITY, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sera Prognostics Inc., The Pregnancy Company® (NASDAQ: SERA), focused on improving maternal and neonatal health by providing innovative pregnancy biomarker information to doctors and patients, today announced the retirement of the Company's President and CEO, Gregory C. Critchfield, M.D., M.S. Dr. Critchfield is retiring after 12 years of dedicated and valuable service to the Company. Dr. Critchfield plans to step down from his executive role effective June 8, 2023, to pursue other activities. Zhenya Lindgardt, a member of the Company's Board of Directors, will succeed Dr. Critchfield, as Interim CEO & President. Kim Kamdar, Ph.D., a member of the Board, has been appointed as Chair of the Board. Dr. Critchfield continues his service as a member of the Board.
"On behalf of Sera Prognostics' Board of Directors, I want to express our deep appreciation for all that Greg has done to lead Sera from its inception to its important role today in protecting mothers and babies with its PreTRM® pregnancy test as well as a pipeline of other potentially ground-breaking pregnancy-related test products," said Dr. Kamdar. "Greg has been a remarkable leader, and we look forward to his continued participation as a member of the Board of Directors. We are also grateful to Zhenya Lindgardt for her forthcoming leadership, and we believe her significant experience in leading high-growth organizations will, for the interim, help shape the Company's strategy and operations in the next exciting phase in the Company's development."
"Sera is well positioned to be a leading provider of solutions to improve the well-being of mothers and babies with its PreTRM test and other valuable pregnancy predictions in its robust pipeline," said Dr. Critchfield. "With these and other accomplishments in place after 12 years with the Company, this is the right time in Sera's history and development for me to help transfer the leadership of Sera into Zhenya's capable hands to drive Sera's growth to the next level . I am excited to work with Zhenya and the Board as we move forward."
"At this juncture, given positive AVERT data and the potential for the PRIME data to foster additional volume growth for PreTRM, I am excited to step into an operating leadership role in the Company to support Sera in this next stage of bringing Sera's products to market. With so many unmet needs of mothers and babies across the globe, the opportunities to make an impact are tremendous," said Zhenya Lindgardt.
Ms. Lindgardt currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of The Commons Project Foundation, a non-profit public trust established with support from the Rockefeller Foundation. Previously, Ms. Lindgardt served as Vice President of Platform and Customer Engagement of the Executive Team at Uber Technologies Inc., a publicly traded mobility, transportation and delivery solutions company. Prior to that role, Ms. Lindgardt served in a variety of positions, including as a Senior Partner and Managing Director for 19 years with The Boston Consulting Group, a global consulting company.
About Sera Prognostics, Inc.
Sera Prognostics is a leading health diagnostics company dedicated to improving the lives of women and babies through precision pregnancy care. Sera's mission is to provide early, pivotal pregnancy information to improve the health of mothers and newborns, resulting in reductions in the costs of healthcare delivery. Sera has a robust pipeline of innovative diagnostic tests focused on the early prediction of preterm birth risk and other complications of pregnancy. Sera's precision medicine PreTRM® Test reports to a physician the individualized risk of spontaneous premature delivery in a pregnancy, enabling earlier proactive interventions in women with higher risk. Sera Prognostics is located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
About Preterm Birth
Preterm birth is defined as any birth before 37 weeks' gestation and is the leading cause of illness and death in newborns. The 2022 March of Dimes Report Card shows that, for the last four consecutive years, more than one in ten infants is born prematurely. Prematurity is associated with a significantly increased risk of major long-term medical complications, including learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, chronic respiratory illness, intellectual disability, seizures, and vision and hearing loss, and can generate significant costs throughout the lives of affected children. The annual health care costs to manage short- and long-term complications of prematurity in the United States were estimated to be approximately$25 billion for 2016.
About the PreTRM® Test
The PreTRM® Test is the only broadly validated, commercially available blood-based biomarker test that provides an early, accurate and individualized risk prediction for spontaneous preterm birth in asymptomatic singleton pregnancies. The PreTRM® Test measures and analyzes proteins in the blood that are highly predictive of preterm birth. The PreTRM® Test permits physicians to identify, during the weeks 18 through 20 of pregnancy, which women are at increased risk for preterm birth and its complications, enabling more informed, personalized clinical decisions based on each woman's individual risk. The PreTRM® Test is ordered by a medical professional.
Sera Prognostics, the Sera Prognostics logo, The Pregnancy Company, and PreTRM are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sera Prognostics, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to Dr. Critchfield's retirement from his positions as President and CEO of the Company, and his continuation as a director; Dr. Kamdar's appointment as Chair of the Board; Ms. Lindgardt's appointment as interim CEO & President of the Company; the Company's pipeline of other potentially ground-breaking pregnancy-related test products; the potential for the PRIME data to foster additional volume growth for PreTRM; and the company's strategic directives under the caption "About Sera Prognostics, Inc." These "forward-looking statements" are based on management's current expectations of future events and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those set forth in or implied by forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: net losses, cash generation, and the potential need to raise more capital; revenues from the PreTRM Test representing substantially all Company revenues to date; the need for broad scientific and market acceptance of the PreTRM Test; a concentrated number of material customers; our ability to introduce new products; potential competition; our proprietary biobank; critical suppliers; the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential lingering impact on our operations, as well as the business or operations of third parties with whom we conduct business; estimates of total addressable market opportunity and forecasts of market growth; potential third-party payer coverage and reimbursement; new reimbursement methodologies applicable to the PreTRM Test, including new CPT codes and payment rates for those codes; changes in FDA regulation of laboratory-developed tests; the intellectual property rights protecting our tests and market position; and other factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" contained in our Final Prospectus on Form S-1, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2021, as well as any updates to those risk factors filed from time to time in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Annual Reports on Form 10-K, or Current Reports on Form 8-K. All information in this press release is as of the date of the release, and the Company undertakes no duty to update this information unless required by law.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR on Tuesday ordered Denny Hamlin to begin sensitivity training this week after he posted an anti-Asian meme from the television comedy “Family Guy” to criticize Kyle Larson’s driving on the last lap at Talladega Superspeedway over the weekend.
Hamlin deleted the tweet Monday night and apologized.
“I took down a post I made earlier today after reading some of the comments,” he wrote. “It was a poor choice of memes and I saw how it was offensive. It came across totally wrong.”
Hamlin is a three-time Daytona 500 winner who drives a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. He also owns 23XI Racing with Michael Jordan and fields two cars supported by the Japanese automaker — one driven by Bubba Wallace, the only Black driver at NASCAR’s top level.
Hamlin is also good friends with Larson, the reigning Cup Series champion who was suspended by NASCAR almost all of the 2020 season for using a racial slur during an online race. He is half-Japanese.
On Sunday at Talladega, Larson was in second exiting the final turn when he made his move for the win. He moved up the track multiple lanes in an aggressive move that caused 23XI driver Kurt Busch to crash — a wreck that also collected Wallace.
In the meme, an Asian woman speaks in choppy English before moving across six lanes of traffic with no warning, reflecting a racist steretype about Asian drivers. It has long been removed from the episode on all streaming platforms but the clip can still be found on YouTube. Larson’s name was superimposed over the female driver in the meme.
Hamlin’s tweet was up nearly seven hours before he deleted it right before midnight.
Toyota said in a statement it supported NASCAR’s punishment of Hamlin.
“We have spoken with Denny Hamlin regarding his tweet from yesterday. Toyota supports NASCAR’s decision to mandate sensitivity training for Denny and we will all move forward together,” the automaker said.
NASCAR’s rulebook has a section that says its members “shall not make or cause to be made a public statement and/or communication that criticizes, ridicules, or otherwise disparages another person based upon that person’s race, color, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, or handicapping condition.”
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More AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-04-27T19:33:45+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/hamlin-sent-to-sensitivity-training-after-family-guy-tweet/ |
CONCORD, N.H. — President Joe Biden approved a federal disaster declaration for New Hampshire following damage caused by a severe storm and flooding that happened around Christmas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said.
Funding is available to the state, eligible local governments, and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the storm in Belknap, Carroll, Coos, and Grafton Counties, FEMA said in a news release Wednesday.
Funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide.
The storm damaged communities from Dec. 22-25. A combination of heavy snow and high winds downed trees and power lines, causing numerous power outages.
Gov. Chris Sununu said a FEMA preliminary damage assessment totaled $3.1 million.
“This disaster declaration will afford communities affected by the storm the opportunity to rebuild and recuperate costs incurred fixing the damages,” he said in a statement. “The state will continue to work with officials in all four counties to utilize these relief dollars as efficiently and expeditiously as possible.” | 2023-03-16T17:14:19+00:00 | newscentermaine.com | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/regional/new-hampshire/new-hampshire-gets-disaster-declaration-following-december-storm-fema-federal-funds/97-9a152d00-ae8a-4d2b-ae1b-5bfff3e31416 |
KYIV – The armed rebellion against the Russian military may have been over in less than 24 hours, but the disarray within the enemy’s ranks was an unexpected gift and timely morale booster for Ukrainian troops
The spectacle of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny in the critical military command and control hub in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, and later Russia's scramble to fortify Moscow as troops marched to upend the country’s military leadership was greeted “with applause” by commanders of Ukraine’s Eastern Group of Forces, said its spokesperson, Serhii Cherevatiy.
“Soldiers at the front lines are positive about it,” he said. “Any chaos and disorder on the enemy’s side benefits us.”
A video of well-known Ukrainian drone commander “Magyar” watching the revolt while eating enormous amounts of popcorn went viral. A plethora of gleeful memes mocking Russian leader Vladimir Putin inundated social media, and statement after statement from Ukraine’s top brass described the turmoil as a sure sign of more instability to come.
The debacle appears to be resolved, for now, with Prigozhin’s exile to Belarus in a deal mediated by Minsk. But for Ukrainians watching, the damage was done: Russian vulnerabilities were exposed, and by agreeing to concessions hours after branding Prigozhin a back-stabbing traitor, Putin appeared weak and desperate.
The short-lived rebellion did not noticeably affect Russian army posture along the 1,000 kilometer (600-mile) front line in eastern Ukraine, but it could give Ukraine the impetus it needs to intensify its counteroffensive, which military leaders have admitted is going slower than expected.
“In the short term, it distracted attention from the war and diverted some resources from the front,” said Nigel Gould-Davies, a senior fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Affairs. But in the longer term, he said, it shows lack of unity among Russia's fighting forces. “It’s terrible for Russia’s morale. The officers and soldiers alike. It’s very good for Ukraine’s morale.”
On Russian Telegram channels, milbloggers urged Russian soldiers to stay focused on the war. “Brothers! Everyone who holds a weapon at the line of contact, remember, your enemy is across from you,” read one message.
Ukrainian soldier Andrii Kvasnytsia, 50, who was injured fighting in the eastern city of Bakhmut, where battles are nonstop along the southern flanks of the salt-mining town occupied by Russian troops, said “Everyone is excited.”
“My friend called me today and he said: ’Andrii, I haven’t been drinking for so many years, but today I have a good reason to drink,” he said. “It is all hard, not easy, but we will certainly win." He spoke to The Associated Press in Kyiv, where he is recuperating.
As Wagner troops marched toward Moscow, Hanna Malyar, Ukraine’s deputy defense minister, announced progress in several directions along the front line where fighting has been raging for weeks, and that Russian advances further north were thwarted.
“The enemy’s weakness is always a window of opportunity, it allows us to take the advantage,” she told AP, adding that it was too early to assess how the political game playing out in Russia might give Ukraine the military upper hand.
Ukraine stepped up attacks in several directions in the southeast earlier this month, a move that signaled its much anticipated counteroffensive had begun. But progress has been “slower than desired,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has acknowledged.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said last week a new reserve army would be formed by the end of June, bolstering Russian manpower along the Ukrainian front, where Russia has committed 90% of its forces and significantly outnumbers Ukrainian fighters already.
Experts have said the Ukrainians need to maintain flexibility and speed to exploit Russian vulnerabilities along the front line, and puncture lines of defense when the opportunity presents itself.
With modern NATO-standard weapons systems in their possession, morale is the necessary ingredient to summon the velocity Ukrainian troops need to change the dynamics on the ground, they say.
“This is going to give the Ukrainians a real boost,” said James Nixey, head of Chatham House’s Russia and Eurasia program. “If we’ve been saying that the Ukrainians do have a lot to fight for, they have been lacking a little bit in morale of late.”
Ukrainian commanders told their fighters the discord playing out in Russia was, indirectly, their doing. “The heroes of Bakhmut who held the city for 10 months and exhausted the enemy, they are the co-authors of this Russian epic fail,” said Cherevatiy.
The truth is more complicated. The longstanding rivalry between Prigozhin and the Russian military leadership predates the full-scale invasion, but Wagner’s relative effectiveness compared with regular army troops fighting in the city raised Prigozhin’s profile and may have given him the confidence to forge ahead with the rebellion.
Still, the message resonates among Ukrainian military ranks as it prepares for the next decisive push in the war.
In Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on Sunday, servicemen belonging to a mortar unit fired at Russian targets from their positions, dedicating each blast to grievances caused by Russia.
“For Kakhovka Dam!” cried a Ukrainian Special Forces servicemen with the call sign Rhein, referring to the catastrophic dam collapse blamed on Russia earlier this month that submerged entire Ukrainian communities.
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Mystyslav Chernov in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, and Danica Kirka in London contributed.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2023-06-26T08:21:31+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/news/world/2023/06/26/the-chaos-in-russia-is-a-morale-booster-for-ukraine-as-it-pushes-forward-with-its-counteroffensive/ |
- The Company's solar power solutions have been instrumental throughout the world in the past year as the globe witnesses an unprecedented number of natural disasters.
FREMONT, Calif., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading solar power technology solution provider, Jackery, won the Life Saving Solution of the Year Award at this year's Natural Disaster Expo held in Miami. Featuring both emergency backup power and off-grid power, Jackery's products were deemed by judges to be the best in safety and reliability, while causing no negative environmental impact.
The exhibition included 200 suppliers and 5,000 representatives from government agencies and disaster emergency response organizations. Attendees witnessed the unveiling of three awards that saw companies nominated based on the impact their services, products, or strategies had on emergency service provision and response to natural disasters, as well as market recovery from major incidents or disasters.
With the aim of empowering outdoor enthusiasts go further, Jackery has been always committed in providing quality products in life-saving work and community relief.
Jackery's response to the California wildfires
Jackery has been quick to respond to fires and wildfires throughout the United States. In California, the company worked directly with the mayor's office to distribute over 100 donated Jackery Explorer power stations and solar panels to affected families in the community.
Jackery's donations to Kentucky
When catastrophic tornadoes devastated the midwestern United States, Jackery was on hand to donate solar generators and portable power stations. The power stations provided essential electricity while the grid was down. These incidents continue, and Jackery continues to be ready and willing to help.
Climate change represents ongoing concerns for safety. Jackery products power lights, appliances, heaters/air conditioning, medical devices, communication devices, among others. The company continues to lead the way with proactive activism and to spread awareness of how backup solar power can save lives.
Jackery's life-saving devices bring peace of mind
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Popocatépetl volcano just outside Mexico City has been erupting occasionally since 1994, but over the past week it has rumbled every day.
Scientists have recorded hundreds of explosions, and webcams trained on the volcano have shown it spewing incandescent material. From Mexico City, you can see a column of ash rising from the summit.
Like Mount Vesuvius in Italy and Mount St. Helens in Washington state, Popocatépetl is a stratovolcano capable of catastrophic, explosive eruptions, the last of which came around the year 800.
Scientists in Mexico say it's impossible to tell how long this new activity will last, or whether recent activity might lead to such a blast. But they say the 17,700-foot volcano, known locally as El Popo, will give enough warning to evacuate the millions who could be in danger.
Mexico has deployed about 7,000 troops to the region to help prepare for an evacuation if one is needed. More than 25 million people live within 60 miles of the peak.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A judge in Fiji is due to rule Tuesday on whether U.S. authorities can seize the luxurious superyacht Amadea — worth some $325 million — which has been stopped from leaving the South Pacific nation because of its links to Russia.
But a vital question remains over which oligarch really owns the Amadea. Only one of the two possible candidates faces sanctions.
Is the real owner Suleiman Kerimov? That’s what the U.S. claims.
Kerimov, an economist and former Russian politician, was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2018 for alleged money laundering and has faced further sanctions from Canada, Europe and Britain after Russia invaded Ukraine. Kerimov made a fortune investing in Russian gold producer Polyus, with Forbes magazine putting his net worth at $14.5 billion.
Or is the real owner Eduard Khudainatov? That’s what defense lawyers claim.
Khudainatov is the former chairman and chief executive of Rosneft, the state-controlled Russian oil and gas company. Crucially, Khudainatov currently does not appear to face any sanctions, unlike many oligarchs and people with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin who have been sanctioned since the war began.
As with many superyachts, determining the real ownership of the Amadea is difficult due to the shadowy trail of trusts and shell companies. On paper, the superyacht is registered in the Cayman Islands and owned by Millemarin Investments Ltd., also based in the Cayman Islands.
Defense lawyers have claimed in court that Millemarin Investments Ltd. (sometimes spelled Millemarine) is the legal owner of the vessel and that the company is linked to the real, or beneficial, owner, Khudainatov. But U.S. authorities have claimed that behind all the various fronts, the real owner is Kerimov.
On April 19, after the yacht had sailed into Fiji from Mexico, the High Court in Suva ordered that the Amadea not leave Fiji until the merits of the U.S. warrant to seize the vessel were determined. Perhaps reflecting the question over ownership, the court later ordered Fijian prosecutors to amend an original summons which named just Kerimov to also include Millemarin Investments Ltd. as a second respondent to the case.
For now, the yacht continues to sit in a Fijian harbor with its crew of about 25 rotating on and off the vessel, while a police officer remains on board to ensure it stays put.
According to Boat International, the Amadea is 106 meters long and was built in 2017. It features a stainless steel albatross that extends off the bow and weighs more than 5 tons, a live lobster tank in the galley, a 10-meter (33-foot) pool, a hand-painted Pleyel piano and a large helipad.
The U.S. Embassy in Suva said in a statement that the U.S. was acting with allies and partners around the world to impose costs on Russia because of its “war of choice.”
“We continue to ratchet up the pressure on Putin’s oligarchs and we are working with allies and partners to go after corrupt gains from some of the individuals closest to Putin, no matter where they are held around the world,” the embassy said. | 2022-04-29T07:50:03+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/international/us-tries-to-seize-yacht-in-fiji-but-which-oligarch-owns-it/ |
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Colorado Springs Mayor-elect Yemi Mobolade about his victory in Tuesday's election. He's the first Black person to be elected mayor there.
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Consecutive rain chances next weekend bring hope
COLUMBUS – SUMMARY: Temperatures in the upper 90s lie in wait next week, as mostly dry conditions and sufficient sunshine allow for some substantial warming. A few rain chances during the week, including consecutive opportunities heading into the weekend, offer some possibility of combating drought conditions.
SUNDAY: A more typical summer day awaits us Sunday, as highs hit the low 90s in the afternoon. The chances for a few odd showers and thunderstorms exists, but most of us will stay dry. Lows sit in the mid 70s overnight.
NEXT WEEK: A more serious chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms comes into play Monday, limiting the opportunity for our warming trend to start early. Highs get into the mid to upper 90s by Thursday, before back-to-back thunderstorm chances Friday and Saturday cool us down as low as the mid to upper 80s. Lows will remain stable in the low to mid 70s throughout the week. | 2022-07-24T02:23:04+00:00 | wcbi.com | https://www.wcbi.com/consecutive-rain-chances-next-weekend-bring-hope/ |
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SEATTLE (AP) — As the Seattle Kraken scattered following the end of their second season in existence, general manager Ron Francis and coach Dave Hakstol received an overwhelming message from their players.
Getting to the playoffs and making a run was great and will go a long way in helping establish the Kraken in their hometown. But there was also a missed opportunity to do something really special with this season.
“We didn’t have to say that. Our players were saying that to us,” Francis said Thursday. “They understood that they had a good season, but they were not happy that they didn’t advance beyond this round.”
Seattle’s management was still dealing with the mixed emotions that came with the Kraken’s unexpected playoff run and the disappointment when it ended earlier this week in a Game 7 loss to Dallas in the Western Conference semifinals.
Making the playoffs was significant for the second-year franchise. Knocking out defending champion Colorado galvanized the community. But there was a bitter taste left behind from falling to the Stars.
“We felt like we had a great commitment right from Day One of training camp all the way through,” Hakstol said. “There was a real purpose to everything that the guys were doing on a daily basis. That tracks back to your leadership.”
The messages both given and received by Hakstol and Francis also were pointed toward next season and not letting the playoff run be a one-time event in the infancy of the franchise.
Francis noted there will be room to improve the roster. Seattle has 10 draft picks and is expected to have a chunk of space under the salary cap. Some of that money seems destined to go to defenseman Vince Dunn, who'll be a restricted free agent, with forward Ryan Donato and defenseman Carson Soucy highlighting Seattle’s list of unrestricted free agents.
“We’re hopeful, yeah. But we’ll see how those go. We haven’t started them yet,” Francis said of talks with Dunn, who had a career-high 64 points. “Usually if you get a deal where the team is not happy and the player is not happy, that’s probably a fair deal. So we’ll see if we can strive to get to that point.”
One player Seattle would like to get a full season from is forward Andre Burakovsky, who missed the final three months due to injury. Francis provided clarity about what happened with Burakovsky, who was Seattle’s leading scorer when he last took the ice for a game in early February.
Francis said Burakovsky tore a groin muscle in his first shift of Seattle’s first game following the All-Star break against New Jersey. The initial diagnosis was that Burakovksy should be back just after the trade deadline and would be, in turn, Seattle’s roster addition.
But Burakovksy had a pair of setbacks along the way that eventually led to surgery to fully repair the injury in mid-April. If Seattle had advanced to the Stanley Cup final there was a chance Burakovsky could have returned.
“We missed him. But also, great job by the guys in that locker room. They didn’t use it as an excuse or a crutch,” Francis said. “They continued to fight and battle and believe in what they had and found a way to still have some success.”
Francis said the expectation that Burakovsky would return played into Seattle’s decision not to make any moves at the trade deadline. That also worked out in Seattle’s favor, giving the Kraken maximum flexibility going into the offseason.
“If there’s a way we can improve our team and we feel makes us better we’re certainly not going to hesitate to do that,” Francis said. “But we think we’ve got a good group and we’re headed in the right direction.”
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(CNN) — American Airlines has agreed to pay its pilots triple their normal rate after a computer scheduling glitch left thousands of flights with understaffed cockpits.
The malfunction in the scheduling program occurred early Saturday morning and allowed pilots to drop flights the airline was counting on them to fly throughout the rest of this month in order to take time off. The number of flights left without one or both required pilots quickly soared past the 12,000 mark, according to the Allied Pilots Association, the pilots union at American, which employs roughly 13,000 APA members.
Although the triple pay is a one-time windfall for American’s pilots, the airline has also agreed to permanent double-time pay for pilots who fly on peak days, which often fall during holiday travel periods.
“We’re pleased to have reached an agreement with the APA and appreciate their partnership in coming to a resolution quickly to take care of our pilots, our team and our customers,” the airline said in a statement.
The problem comes as American and other US carriers struggle to deal with a surge in flight cancellations due to staffing shortages.
So far this summer the entire airline industry has had to cancel thousands of US flights due to a shortage of crew members. Often those cancellations have spiked over holiday weekends, including Memorial Day, the weekend of Father’s Day and Juneteenth and the Independence Day holiday. There was also a surge of cancellations over the Christmas and New Year’s holiday travel period last year.
The computer glitch caused its own set of problems for the nation’s largest airline. Tracking service FlightAware showed nearly 200 American flights, or about 6% of its schedule, were canceled Wednesday, and more than 800 flights, or roughly 26% of those scheduled, were delayed.
American spokesperson Matt Miller said he didn’t know the cause of the canceled and delayed flights on Wednesday or how many were caused by the scheduling snafu. But Dennis Tajer, an American pilot and spokesperson for the union, said it’s clear that the issues stemmed primarily from the scheduling problems.
Tajer added that negotiations between American’s new CEO, Robert Isom, and the pilots union leadership got things back to normal fairly quickly.
“You had a system under duress already without enough pilots,” Tajer said. “This IT failure would have caused problems for the month of July if nothing had been done. We’re cautiously optimistic that Mr. Isom sees the value of working with us.”
Ed Sicher, president of the APA, said in a message to membership that he hopes this agreement can be a springboard to reaching a new labor deal for pilots at American.
The union and the airline had been negotiating a new contract since 2019, but efforts to reach a long-term agreement were derailed by the pandemic. Pilots are continuing to work under terms of a 2015 contract that had been due to be renegotiated in 2020.
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CINCINNATI (WIVB) — UC Health officials said Bills safety Damar Hamlin was released from UC Medical Center on Monday morning and flew back to Buffalo, where he will continue to recover at Buffalo General Medical Center.
This comes one week after Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest while on the field with the Bills in their game against the Bengals, which was later canceled after being postponed.
Doctors said that Hamlin began walking on Friday, which is also when a breathing tube got taken out. They say that his recovery is on a normal-to-accelerated path and did not suffer a spine injury.
Doctors said that when Bills running back Nyheim Hines ran back the opening kickoff in the Bills’ 35-23 win against the New England Patriots, Hamlin was jumping around and yelling, which set off “every” alarm in the ICU in the process.
“He was fine, it was just an appropriate reaction to a very exciting play,” a doctor said.
“There is no reason to believe he won’t continue his path to recovery,” one doctor said, but said it is “entirely premature” to determine if Hamlin will be able to play football again.
Hamlin tweeted on Monday afternoon shortly after the news was announced, “Headed home to Buffalo today with a lot of love on my heart. Watching the world come together around me on Sunday was truly an amazing feeling. The same love you all have shown me is the same love I plan to put back into the world [and] more. Bigger than football!”
In a conference that took place this past Thursday, doctors William Knight IV and Timothy Pritts announced that Hamlin was not yet able to speak, due to having a breathing tube, but was able to communicate through writing.
The following day, he was taken off a ventilator and able to speak. The 24-year-old is in his second season as an NFL player. Both years have been with the Bills.
On Sunday, the Bills kept the New England Patriots out of the playoffs with a 35-23 victory that included two kickoff return touchdowns by Nyheim Hines.
The doctors who spoke during Thursday’s conference plan to share more details on Hamlin’s health in a conference set to take place Monday at 3 p.m. We will stream it live on this page. | 2023-01-09T21:46:33+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/top-stories/doctors-to-provide-another-update-on-hamlins-health-at-3-p-m/ |
Usually, cats and dogs aren’t known to pal around together. Sometimes, though, something special happens that unites two unlikely furry friends. In this case, the Cincinnati Zoo has teamed up a cheetah cub and a puppy to be playmates and this might be the most adorable duo we’ve seen in a long time.
This Ohio zoo is already well-known for its world-famous hippo, Fiona — who will be a big sister soon, by the way!
Now, a new addition to the facility is taking her share of the spotlight. In late May, Cincinnati Zoo officials announced the arrival of Rozi (pronounced like “Rosie”) to its Cat Ambassador Program. The zoo’s social media team has been sharing some precious updates with fans on Rozi’s growth and development. (Editor’s warning: This video may cause a strong case of “AWWWWW.”)
Here's a look at the first few weeks with cheetah cub Rozi! 𥹠pic.twitter.com/LI1x4TWVCg
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) June 7, 2022
Rozi is part of the Cincinnati Zoo’s Cat Ambassador Program, which is a conservation and education program to help preserve cheetahs and other wild cats, and educate the public on the importance and value of them.
According to the Cincinnati Zoo’s statement about Rozi, single cheetah cubs cannot be adequately nourished by their moms, so they must be bottle-fed and cared for by people trained to meet their special requirements. As a result, 4-week-old Rozi was transferred to Cincinnati from Oregon to get the care she needs in a facility equipped to handle everything she requires.
“The first few months are important for bonding and building trust, so we will be with her night and day,” said Linda Castañeda, lead trainer for the Cat Ambassador Program, in the statement. “When she’s ready, she will join the other ambassadors and eventually participate in the Zoo’s Cheetah Encounter.”
In addition to human care, Rozi also needs animal companionship and bonding to develop properly. That’s why the Cincinnati Zoo adopted a rescue puppy to be Rozi’s very own pal. The doggy was introduced to fans via Facebook with an invitation to name the zoo’s latest animal addition. After many votes, Rozi’s new companion was named Daisy and she is absolutely precious!
The votes are in! Say hello to Daisy! She will be Rozi’s puppy companion. They will be introduced soon! We adopted her from Animal Rescue Fund, Inc. and her liter mates are available for adoption if you’re looking for a puppy! pic.twitter.com/8LqgGwbeYU
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) June 6, 2022
While Rozi and Daisy haven’t been introduced just yet, we have to imagine it will be shown on the zoo’s TikTok page — and will be a must-see event.
This isn’t the first time the Cincinnati Zoo has paired a pup with a young cheetah. Kris the cheetah and Remus the dog were paired up in 2019 and became a viral sensation of their own. The clip below of them meeting for the first time has been viewed more than 1.1 million times. In it, you can see that Kris was a little wary at first but soon warmed to her playful canine companion.
Since then, the duo has developed a close bond and spent quite a bit of time together. Zoo team members continue to keep a close eye on them as they mature to monitor their relationship and still post occasional updates on them, like this cute pic published on Facebook in September 2021.
Stay tuned to the Cincinnati Zoo’s social media pages for updates on this newest odd couple!
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NEW YORK (AP) — As television programming goes, expectations were widespread that the Jan. 6 committee hearings would essentially be reruns. Instead, they have been much more.
The five sessions have revealed a storyteller’s eye, with focus, clarity, an understanding of how news is digested in modern media, and strong character development — even if former President Donald Trump’s allies suggest there aren’t enough actors.
The hearings are pausing for a break until next month, leaving Americans much to digest.
As seen during Trump’s impeachments, modern congressional hearings tend to produce more heat than light. That was part of why the Jan. 6 committee faced low expectations, along with the sense — 18 months after the insurrection, an event that played out on live television — that there may be little new to learn.
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy’s decision not to participate gave the committee a gift, the chance to craft hearings as a unicorn of sorts in today’s political age.
The hearings are concise, no more than 2 ½ hours, each day with a specific theme. It goes like this: First, viewers are told at the outset what they’re going to hear. Then they hear it. Then they are told at the end what they just heard. Usually there’s a preview of what’s next — a trick that likely reflects the advice of James Goldston, a former ABC News producer hired as a consultant.
Keeping the presentations understandable with short, simple bursts of information reflects lessons learned from the impeachment, said Norm Eisen, a former lawyer on the House Judiciary Committee who worked on those hearings and is now at the Brookings Institution.
“It’s just focused on the witnesses and the evidence,” said Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California, a member of the panel who also led the second Trump impeachment hearings. “We know we have a precious opportunity to get this information to the American people, and we don’t want to waste a minute of it.”
The committee uses clips from taped testimony like a journalist would include quotes in a story. Questioning of live witnesses doesn’t wander.
Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Republican Vice Chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., question witnesses alongside one other member who is in charge of each hearing.
The result is a rare sight in Congress: lawmakers staying silent.
“I’m surprised by the discipline involved in doing this effectively, because politicians love to grandstand,” said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a specialist in political communication and director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. “And if people were grandstanding, it wouldn’t work.”
As a result, sound bites that emerge from each hearing and are repeated online and in news reports — the way many Americans learn about these sessions — consistently reflect the narrative the committee is trying to advance, Jamieson said.
Each day’s hearing fits the overall theme — that the plot to nullify the 2020 election was multi-faceted, with the events of Jan. 6, 2021, only one part, and that many of the people surrounding Trump didn’t believe his claims of election fraud.
Witness testimony gains power because it mostly comes from Republicans, Trump’s former aides and allies, Jamieson said. It’s one thing to have Schiff declare Trump’s rigged election claims were bull, quite another to have it come from the former president’s attorney general, with an Ivanka Trump endorsement.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who defied Trump’s pleas not to certify the election, received the type of praise he’d never expect from a committee led by Democrats.
The most pointed political messages come from Cheney, who has spoken directly to Republican Trump supporters even as she knows many are furious with her.
“It can be difficult to accept that President Trump abused your trust, that he deceived you,” she said at the conclusion of Thursday’s hearing. “Many will invent excuses to ignore that fact. But that is a fact. I wish it weren’t true. But it is.”
The hearings also command the attention of journalists by consistently offering something new or unexamined, such as Thursday’s revelation of congressmen who pleaded for presidential pardons, or the extent of Trump’s fundraising off his false claims of fraud.
“Things really couldn’t have gone much better from the committee’s point of view,” said veteran television producer Chris Whipple, author of a forthcoming book on the first year of the Biden administration. “The production has been fine, but it really has been a masterpiece of casting.”
Citing the creator of “The West Wing,” Whipple added: “Aaron Sorkin couldn’t have dreamed up a character like Rusty Bowers,” the Republican Arizona House speaker who resisted Trump’s request to appoint false electors.
The committee has also created villains like John Eastman, architect of the effort to nullify the election, and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, diminishing Giuliani by reports that he was intoxicated on election night.
The testimony of Georgia elections worker Wandrea “Shaye” Moss put a face on common Americans who were affected by false accusations of voter fraud.
Even an anchor on the frequently Trump-friendly Fox News Channel, Neil Cavuto, said after the hearing where Moss was featured that “this just seems to make Donald Trump look awful.”
Trump seems to have sensed it. He criticized McCarthy, who pulled all of his Republican appointees off the Jan. 6 committee after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of them. At the very least, having Trump allies on the panel would have hurt the committee’s ability to control its message, Jamieson said.
Tim Graham of the conservative watchdog Media Research Center said he objects to the media portraying the commission’s work as bipartisan when the only two Republicans — Cheney and Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger — are longtime Trump critics.
“The fact that this is not a balanced commission is really a shame,” said Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University professor and Fox News analyst. “Having someone there to ask probing questions, rather than scripted questions, I think would have added greater authority and power to this hearing.”
Given the evidence presented, Whipple wondered how effective additional Republicans would have been.
“I’m not sure it would have helped them one iota,” he said, “and it might have hurt them.”
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Associated Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick and Lisa Mascaro in Washington contributed to this report.
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For full coverage of the Jan. 6 hearings, go to https://www.apnews.com/capitol-siege | 2022-06-27T06:32:55+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/no-reruns-committee-tries-new-approach-to-break-through/ |
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced its offer to purchase for cash any and all of the company's outstanding notes listed in the table below (collectively, the "Notes"). Each reference to an "Offer" herein refers to the applicable offer to purchase for cash the 2.200% Senior Notes due September 2022 (the "2022 Notes") or the 1.350% Senior Notes due June 2023 (the "2023 Notes"), as applicable.
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We have retained Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC ("Morgan Stanley") to act as the Dealer Manager in connection with the Offer (the "Dealer Manager"). Questions regarding terms and conditions of the Offer should be directed to Morgan Stanley at 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Liability Management Group or at (212) 761-1057 (collect) or (800) 624-1808 (toll free).
D.F. King has been appointed as information agent and tender agent (the "Information Agent and Tender Agent") in connection with the Offer. Questions or requests for assistance in connection with the Offer, or for additional copies of the Tender Offer Documents, may be directed to the Information Agent and Tender Agent at (212) 269-5550 for banks and brokers or (866) 207-3648 for holders (toll free), or via e-mail at PayPal@dfking.com. You may also contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offer. The Tender Offer Documents can be accessed at the Offer Website: www.dfking.com/PayPal.
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, not to purchase any Notes or to extend, re-open, withdraw or terminate the Offer and to amend or waive any of the terms and conditions of the Offer in any manner, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Holders are advised to read carefully the Offer to Purchase for full details of and information on the procedures for participating in the Offer.
Holders are advised to check with any bank, securities broker or other intermediary through which they hold the Notes when such intermediary would require to receive instructions from a Holder in order for that the Holder to be able to participate in the Offer before the deadline specified above. The deadline set by any such intermediary may be earlier than the relevant deadlines specified above.
All documentation relating to the Offer, including the Offer to Purchase, together with any updates, are available from the Information Agent and Tender Agent, the contact details for whom are set out below. Holders are urged to contact the Information Agent and Tender Agent for the relevant announcements relating to the Offer. In addition, all documentation relating to the Offer to Purchase, together with any updates, will be available via the Offer Website: www.dfking.com/PayPal.
DISCLAIMER This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Offer to Purchase. This announcement and the Offer to Purchase contain important information which should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Offer. You are recommended to seek your own financial, legal and tax advice, including as to any tax consequences, immediately from your broker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial or legal adviser. Any individual or company whose Notes are held on its behalf by a broker, dealer, bank, custodian, trust company or other nominee or intermediary must contact such entity if it wishes to participate in the Offer.
None of the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Tender Agent or the Information Agent or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates makes any recommendation as to whether or not Holders should tender their Notes in the Offer.
None of the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Tender Agent or the Information Agent or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates assumes any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information concerning the Company, the Notes, or the Offer contained in this announcement or in the Offer to Purchase. None of the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Tender Agent, the Information Agent or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates is acting for any Holder, or will be responsible to any Holder for providing any protections which would be afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Offer, and accordingly none of the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Tender Agent, the Information Agent or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates assumes any responsibility for any failure by the Company to disclose information with regard to the Company or Notes which is material in the context of the Offer and which is not otherwise publicly available.
General
This announcement is for informational purposes only. This announcement is not an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any Notes or any other securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. The Offer is being made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. The Offer is not being made to Holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction in which the securities laws or blue sky laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer will be deemed to be made on behalf of the Company by the Dealer Manager or one or more registered brokers or dealers that are licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.
No action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction that would permit the possession, circulation or distribution of either this announcement, the Offer to Purchase or any material relating to us or the Notes in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Accordingly, neither this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the Offer may be distributed or published, in or from any such country or jurisdiction, except in compliance with any applicable rules or regulations of any such country or jurisdiction.
The distribution of this announcement and the Offer to Purchase in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement or the Offer to Purchase comes are required by us, the Dealer Manager, the Information Agent and Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.
Neither this announcement nor the Offer to Purchase, or the electronic transmission thereof, as applicable, constitutes an offer to sell or buy any of the new notes pursuant to the New Notes Offering, a solicitation for acceptance of the Offer, or a notice of redemption under the indenture governing the Notes. The distribution of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. We are not aware of any jurisdiction where the making of the Offer is not in compliance with applicable law. If we become aware of any such jurisdiction, we will make a good faith effort to comply with applicable law or seek to have such law declared inapplicable to the Offer. If, after such good faith effort, we cannot comply with any such law, the Offer will not be made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of) Holders residing in such jurisdiction. In those jurisdictions where the securities, blue sky or other laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer and the Dealer Manager or any of their respective affiliates is such a licensed broker or dealer in any such jurisdiction, the Offer shall be deemed to be made by the Dealer Manager or such affiliate (as the case may be) on behalf of the Company in such jurisdiction.
Each Holder participating in the Offer will give certain representations in respect of the jurisdictions referred to above and generally as set out herein. Any tender of Notes pursuant to the Offer from a Holder that is unable to make these representations will not be accepted. Each of the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Tender Agent and Information Agent reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to investigate, in relation to any tender of Notes pursuant to the Offer, whether any such representation given by a Holder is correct and, if such investigation is undertaken and as a result the Company determines (for any reason) that such representation is not correct, such tender shall not be accepted.
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SOURCE PayPal Holdings, Inc. | 2022-05-16T14:20:18+00:00 | mysuncoast.com | https://www.mysuncoast.com/prnewswire/2022/05/16/paypal-announces-debt-tender-offer/ |
Darcey faces an awkward moment with her matchmaker, Michelle, in this exclusive clip from Monday's all-new episode of Darcey & Stacey. In the clip Michelle bluntly tells Darcey that the photos she's given her to show her potential suitors are too filtered.
"I just feel like it's not the right representation of you," Michelle tells Darcey. "Number one, there's a lot of photos with filters. How would you feel if I showed you a picture of a guy and he looks all young and then when you see him he's got ... so I kind of need you to give me some photos that are more authentic to how you look, OK?"
Darcey responds to cameras, noting, "I sent her some great photos, yes they had some filters on it. I mean, it's still me. I didn't really know what she was looking for at the time so I just kinda sent her the best ones I had on my phone at the time, but I'm totally fine taking more pictures, you know, au naturel."
But the talk gets serious when the matchmaker asks Darcey about her family. Darcey's parents got divorced when she was 12 and her father remarried twice, which also ended in divorce. Darcey says she never had a good example of what a healthy relationship looked like and that it's affected both her and her twin sister, Stacey. Darcey fights back tears and says she doesn't want to be like her mother, who never dated again after her divorce.
"She's lonely," Darcey says. "Daddy too. Sometimes I think we just choose the wrong ones 'cause we don't want to be lonely."
"So, just gotta figure it out, that's why I feel like I need to talk to Michelle and try to figure things out for myself so I don't, you know, die alone."
Darcey & Stacey airs Mondays at 8/7c on TLC.
ET spoke with Darcey and Stacey last July, where they candidly opened up about getting intense plastic surgery. Watch the video below for more.
RELATED CONTENT: | 2023-01-26T08:28:50+00:00 | ktvb.com | https://www.ktvb.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/darcey-stacey-darcey-gets-called-out-for-her-heavily-filtered-photos-exclusive/603-a5a0a77e-0951-46be-b4eb-07764c902ec7 |
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government announced Wednesday that it will detain all imports of sugar and related products made in the Dominican Republic by Central Romana Corporation, Ltd. amid allegations that it uses forced labor.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection investigation found that the company allegedly isolated workers, withheld wages, fostered abusive working and living conditions and pushed for excessive overtime, the agency said in a news release.
“Manufacturers like Central Romana, who fail to abide by our laws, will face consequences as we root out these inhumane practices from U.S. supply chains,” said AnnMarie Highsmith with the CBP’s Office of Trade.
A spokeswoman for the company did not immediately return a text message seeking comment. Central Romana, which has long faced those types of accusations, is the Dominican Republic’s largest sugar producer in an industry that exports more than $100 million worth of products to the U.S. every year.
One of Central Romana’s owners is the Florida-based Fanjul Corp.
The announcement was cheered by activists who have long decried the treatment of tens of thousands of workers who live and work on sprawling sugarcane fields, many of them Haitian migrants or descendants of them.
“This is needed to improve their situation,” Roudy Joseph, a labor rights activist in the Dominican Republic, said in a phone interview. “We’ve been asking for improvements for decades.”
The Associated Press last year visited several sugarcane fields owned by Central Romana where workers complained about a lack of wages, being forced to live in cramped housing that lacked water and restrictive rules including not being allowed to grow a garden to feed their families since transportation to the nearest grocery store miles away was too costly.
Joseph noted that at least 6,000 workers also are demanding pensions for which they paid dues but that were suspended by Dominican President Luis Abinader.
Sugarcane workers also have organized several protests this year to demand permanent residencies after working for decades in the Dominican Republic, which is now cracking down on Haitian migrants under Abinader in a move that has drawn heavy international criticism.
Central Romana produced nearly 400,000 tons (363,000 metric tons) of sugar in the harvest period that ended last year after grinding more than 3.4 million tons (3 million metric tons) of cane, according to the company.
Wednesday’s announcement comes after the U.S. Department of Labor in September placed sugarcane from the Dominican Republic on its list of goods produced by children or via forced labor. The U.S. State Department also has cited the Dominican Republic in its report on human trafficking.
A group of U.S. legislators who visited the country issued a statement in July saying workers lived in settlements, or bateyes, “under harsh and substandard conditions” and that some “described being directed to stay quiet and not speak to anyone about their conditions before our visit.”
The congressional delegation also noted that Central Romana had started to make improvements, but that “despite this, a culture of fear appears to permeate the industry, where company supervisors, armed guards, and officials from an unrepresentative union monitor workers both in the fields and in the bateyes.” | 2022-11-23T16:00:52+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/dominican-sugar-imports-tied-to-forced-labor-rejected-by-us/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Two top congressional progressives are joining forces with leading health care activists to pressure Washington officials to help ease the burden of patients’ medical debt and predatory practices.
The upcoming “Freedom From Medical Debt” initiative, led by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and first reported by The Hill, is intended to push Democrats from the White House to Congress to address what liberals see as one of the most pressing national problems: the cost of care.
“Health care is the third rail in American politics,” said Joseph Geevarghese, who leads Our Revolution, a coalition of grassroots members working alongside the Capitol Hill duo on the debt-relief campaign.
“The truth is, even after the expansion of the ACA, efforts to expand Medicaid through the states, we’re still seeing a significant amount of patients, even patients with health insurance, struggling under the burden of medical debt,” Geevarghese said.
Close ideological allies and personal friends, Khanna and Sanders are authoring forthcoming legislation in the House and Senate this month, while activists are preparing to push President Biden to use executive action to help stop price gouging for vulnerable patients, end a variety of predatory debt collection tactics, and ensure that people seeking medical assistance have financial aid and free or reduced price care available.
The progressive lawmakers are making their case as Biden kicks off his 2024 reelection campaign and after he recently signed a bill announcing the end of the national emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving many in a financially vulnerable spot around treatment.
Expanding access to health care and patient protections continues to poll as a reliable and popular position nationally, encouraging Democrats — from former presidents Clinton and Obama to Sanders himself — to lean heavily into the issue during election time.
They are holding a virtual forum Monday evening alongside advocates from the National Consumer Law Center and Tzedek DC and patients whose lives have been significantly impacted by medical debt and related systematic burdens.
The event is expected to draw testimonies from those who have suffered long-term harm as a result of the industry’s most pernicious practices, including racking up life-altering debt from cancer diagnoses to strokes and traumatic brain injuries.
“In 2010, I was hit by a car on my bike. I barely survived, had a brain injury, my hand amputated and reattached — costing nearly $1 million,” said Kristin Noreen, a patient from Washington. “Even with insurance, some of that went on credit cards. Now, instead of paying it down, I’m incurring more costs for pain treatments that aren’t covered,” she said. “It’s a vicious cycle.”
Elizabeth McLaughlin, a resident from Indiana, said she was debt-free until one experience at the emergency room left her reeling.
“I had no debt until I went to the ER for an injury in 2015 and got hit by a $20,000 bill,” McLaughlin said ahead of the meeting. “Even with insurance and working all my life, I still got saddled with debt.”
Khanna, who is leading the effort, has become a prominent voice within the Congressional Progressive Caucus with an elevated national presence, often tying together a range of policy concentrations with their real-world financial impact for middle- and working-class Americans.
His former role as Sanders’s campaign co-chair in 2020 allowed him to work alongside the Vermont senator on his signature issue, where he attracted massive crowds for his commitment to Medicare for All and railing against what many on the left say are the medical industry’s most damaging anti-patient practices.
As the progressive lawmakers prepare to work through the legislative process on Capitol Hill — and face the political difficulties of the GOP-controlled House — activists are amassing support from dozens of states and key congressional districts that they hope will catch the attention of the White House.
Their goal is to pressure the Biden administration to explore what’s possible through executive action. They also plan to target the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for their support to, as Geevarghese puts it, “get beyond the band-aid” of debt forgiveness and to tackle the broader problem.
“Medical debt is the number one reason for personal bankruptcies in the United States,” Geevarghese said. “We can stop that and the president has the power.” | 2023-05-08T19:27:02+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/hill-politics/khanna-sanders-to-call-for-action-aimed-at-easing-burden-of-medical-debt/ |
(The Hill) – After School Satan Clubs have been steadily increasing in popularity and are not likely to slow down as their supporters rack up media attention and legal wins fighting for free speech.
The clubs, associated with the Satanic Temple and currently only offered in primary schools, began at the beginning of 2020 and quickly gained attention from parents who wanted an alternative to religious clubs, according to June Everett, campaign director of the After School Satan Club.
“That’s kind of when things started blowing up. And I anticipate that every year moving forward is going to get busier and busier,” Everett told The Hill.
Last Monday, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled in favor of the Satanic Temple and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which sued when a Northampton County school district would not allow the club to meet at on its grounds.
“In a victory for free speech and religious freedom, a federal court has ruled that the Saucon Valley School District must allow the After School Satan Club to meet in district facilities,” the ACLU announced.
The court also ruled students do not need signed permission slips to attend.
The Satanic Temple was founded in 2014 and says its mission is to “encourage benevolence and empathy, reject tyrannical authority.” A member should also use “practical common sense” and stand up for justice, according to its website.
There are congregations around the country, and they tell those interested that if their goals are to “sell my soul, get rich, join the Illuminati, etc.” they should “look somewhere else.”
While the clubs are controversial, mostly for their name and association with the Satanic Temple, students are not actually getting proselytized or instructions in devil worship.
“We’re definitely not interested in having children identify as Satanists,” said Rose Bastet, who has been involved with the Satanic Temple for four years.
Bastet is one of the After School Satan Club volunteers at B.M. Williams Primary in Chesapeake, Va. She started the process to get the club in the school back in October 2020.
The process took so long, according to Bastet, because the school was “giving us the runaround” and she believes “they were in the background looking for any way that they could prevent us from meeting.” The club was officially approved in February.
“They finally approved us, and that’s when it hit the news. And, oh, the media here just went insane,” Bastet said.
The school received a bomb threat days after the club had its first meeting. Although police said they couldn’t confirm the incident was connected to the After School Satan Club, Bastet said her name was mentioned in the threat.
“The local Christian mom groups, everything, they really stirred up a ruckus, making it seem like we were doing something nefarious,” Bastet said, adding “they tried to intimidate me by releasing my legal name.”
Everett said the clubs are excellent alternatives to Christian after-school groups for agnostics, atheists and religious minorities such as pagans, emphasizing that groups’ actual activities can encompass nearly anything.
Bastet said her club focuses on learning about different animals.
“One of our meetings a couple of months ago, we learned about Virginia native bats,” she said. “This last meeting, we had one of the parents in the club volunteer to bring in a bunch of bones and fossils that she and her husband have found in Virginia.”
The program could change this coming fall, as Everett says they are considering teaching some of the seven core tenets of the Satanic Temple in the clubs, but that plan has not been finalized.
The seven tenets include “compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason” and that “beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one’s beliefs.”
“We just came out with a book that is like the children’s version — or I should say a very sweet way to interpret — the tenets in a very understanding way that children could understand. So we might start actually using this book to talk to the kids about our seven tenets,” Everett said.
“We have a lot of big plans for next school year,” she added.
The Satanic Temple has looked into expanding into high schools but says it is difficult because students must be more actively engaged to keep the club running, as opposed to primary schools, where the groups are adult-run and easier to implement.
“That means that it has to be a student-led club. They usually have officers and they usually have to present it to the board and they have to have a sponsoring staff member. Basically, all the things that the younger kids aren’t old enough” to do, Everett said.
She added that a new partnership with the Secular Student Alliance should help expand the After School Satan Club’s reach.
“[Secular Student Alliance’s] specialty is really college level and high school kids. So with their partnership, we hope to use them to help us get into more high school and colleges,” Everett said. | 2023-05-09T13:14:09+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/national/after-school-satan-clubs-gain-popularity-amid-legal-victories/ |
Ballot proposals to expand early voting were leading Tuesday in Connecticut and Michigan as voters in several states decided measures that could affect the way votes are cast in the next presidential election.
The voting-related measures were among more than 130 state proposals appearing on ballots, addressing contentious issues such as abortion, taxes, drug policy and labor laws.
While the measures in Connecticut and Michigan sought to expand access to voting, proposals in Arizona and Nebraska sought to tighten voter identification requirements. Other ballot measures would affect direct-democracy opportunities by raising the bar to pass future ballot initiatives.
Michigan voters were favoring a wide-ranging initiative backed by voting rights advocates. It would expand early voting options, require state-funded return postage and drop boxes for absentee ballots and specify that the Board of State Canvassers has only a "clerical, nondiscretionary" duty to certify election results. The proposal also could preempt Republican attempts to tighten photo identification laws by amending the state constitution to include the current alternative of signing an affidavit.
When it came to how Cadillac area voters about Proposal 2, they were against the constitutional amendment. With all 17 precincts reporting unofficial results in Missaukee County, 4,308 voters were against it while 2,532 were for it. In Osceola County, unofficial results also showed voters opposing the proposal by a tally of 5,442 to 3,777 yes votes with one precinct left to report shortly after 12:30 a.m.
Wexford County voters also were opposed to the proposal by a tally of 7,845 no votes to 6,922 yes votes, unofficial reports showed shortly after 12:30 a.m. With only 50% of precincts reporting in Lake County, unofficial results showed voters were against the proposal with 2,563 no votes to 2,476 yes votes.
Voters in Michigan also were deciding on a proposal about term limits for state legislators.
Proposal 1 would amend the state constitution to reduce the maximum length lawmakers can serve in the Legislature from 14 years to 12 years, but allow them to serve the full tenure in one chamber. Lawmakers elected for Senate in 2022 would still be subject to the current term limits.
It also would require state lawmakers, the governor, the secretary of state and the state attorney general to disclose certain financial information.
Locally, voters were similar with their votes on Proposal 2.
With 100% of precincts reported, Missaukee County's unofficial results showed voters were opposed to the proposal, 4,308 no votes to 2,532 yes votes. In Osceola County with one precinct left to report, unofficial results had it failing 5,442 to 3,777, while unofficial results in Wexford County had voters opposing the proposal by a tally of 7,845 no votes to 6,922 yes votes.
With only 50% of votes in at press time, Lake County unofficially had a tally of 2,563 no votes to 2,476 yes votes. | 2022-11-09T07:57:17+00:00 | cadillacnews.com | https://www.cadillacnews.com/news/early-voting-proposals-leading-as-states-settle-ballot-items/article_00f9a6d0-5fef-11ed-a380-8760a9aa9ae6.html |
Which Geiger counter is best?
If you want to monitor radiation levels from a specific source, you need a reliable Geiger counter. This tool can warn you when there is radiation, as well as measure it in the environment. The best one for its ease of use and accuracy is the GCA-03W Geiger Counter Nuclear Radiation Detection Monitor, which comes with a digital meter and external wand.
What to know before you buy a Geiger counter
Effects of radiation
Radiation, or electromagnetic waves as it’s sometimes called, exists all around you in the natural environment. In most cases, it’s found in nontoxic amounts that have no lasting effect on the body. However, exposure to high doses of radiation could damage the DNA and cause cellular breakdown, which could increase the risk of organ failure or cancer. The higher the radiation levels and the longer the exposure, the greater the potential harm to the body, especially for children and young adults.
Using a Geiger counter
The Geiger counter was developed by a German scientist named Hans Geiger in the early 1900s. The original tool could detect radiation but could not identify its source or type.
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These counters can easily detect one or more of the following types of radiation:
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Screen readings
Many modern Geiger counters have an LCD screen that displays all the information you need, including the current radiation levels. These electromagnetic waves can be measured in different ways, such as:
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Some counters incorporate LED lights in their design, which can detect nearby radiation. Others vibrate when exposed to high enough levels. A few even have a backlit screen, which lets you see the results in the dark.
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Material and display
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Geiger-Muller tube
Geiger counters use a tube, the Geiger-Muller tube, to sense radiation. This tube contains a gas that, when combined with radiation, pushes an electron to create an ion pair. The device then uses currents to send information about the radiation levels, counts per minute or second and other available information to the display. If the tube is damaged, the counter may not work.
In some counters, the tube is located within the device. Many modern devices have an external wand that contains the tube. This wand helps reach into nooks and crannies for a more accurate reading. However, it can be easily damaged, so make sure it’s durable.
Pairing with technology
More specialized counters come with a compatible software or app that works on different devices, such as smartphones or computers. This feature lets you do different things, including:
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Size and weight
Some Geiger counters are small enough to fit in your hand or pocket, while others are boxier and less portable. Handheld devices usually weigh a few ounces, while larger ones can weigh multiple pounds.
Battery
Most counters run on battery. Many modern devices have a rechargeable battery with a USB or AC cord. Some use disposable AA or AAA batteries instead.
How much you can expect to spend on a Geiger counter
Small household Geiger counters usually cost $30–$100, while larger or more advanced devices cost around $10–$400.
Geiger counter FAQ
Can Geiger counters cause radiation?
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What is radiation sickness?
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What’s the best Geiger counter to buy?
Top Geiger counter
GCA-03W Geiger Counter Nuclear Radiation Detection Monitor
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What you’ll love: It can be used to detect gamma rays, X-rays and beta rays. It’s meant for regulatory inspections, but can also be used as a personal device.
What you should consider: It does not detect Alpha radiation.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Geiger counter for the money
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What you should consider: Although it can identify radiation in the area, it may not provide the most accurate reading.
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What you need to know: This enhanced counter has a large display and can be calibrated as needed to detect radiation levels.
What you’ll love: It comes with two tubes and independent calibration settings, as well as a graph mode. It also has built-in flash memory and can be linked to a server to share data from anywhere in the world.
What you should consider: Although it’s fairly intuitive, the instructions are limited.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NEW YORK (AP) — When Lukas Dhont was 12, a camera was thrust into his hands. For Dhont, who would come out as gay as a young adult, the camera was an escape from the strains and stereotypes he was beginning to feel pushed on him.
“I needed this other reality in which I could disappear because my own reality was one where I very much felt the pressures of these expectations and these codes and these norms that were put upon my body just because I was male,” the 31-year-old Belgian filmmaker says.
In his first home movies, Dhont created silly sci-fi shorts. His brother Michiel (now Dhont’s producer) would play an alien or a zombie. Later, Dhont discovered a wider movie world through things like the films of Chantal Akerman, and realized that cinema could be a place to confront reality, not run from it.
“I stopped filming the zombies and turned the camera toward me,” says Dhont.
Dhont’s second film, “Close,” dives back into that period of adolescence that was so formative for him. Set in the Belgian countryside, it’s about a friendship between two 13-year-old boys — Léo (Eden Dambrine) and Rémi (Gustav De Waele) — whose tender intimacy is tested, tragically, when Léo, seeking to fit in with other, more macho boys, pushes Rémi away.
The film, which follows Dhont’s acclaimed but controversial 2018 debut “Girl,” is a sublimely delicate and devastating portrait of young friendship and the harsh intrusion of gender roles. “Close,” which A24 is expanding in limited release in the coming weeks, won the Grand Prix in May at the Cannes Film Festival, the festival’s second most prestigious prize. Last month, it was nominated for best international film at the Academy Awards. Dhont was at a New York hotel when it was announced.
“It was a sort of haze,” Dhont said in a recent interview. “I think I must have screamed in a high-pitched voice that made part of the lobby really panicked.”
For Dambrine and De Waele, “Close” has, itself, been an experience of friendship. Their own coming of age has happened over the course of making and releasing the film. Dambrine, whom Dhont cast after first seeing him on a train, was 13 when they began and just turned 16. De Waele was 12 when he auditioned and is now nearly 15.
“The funny thing is that they’re teenagers now,” Dhont says. “They have long hair and skateboards. It’s been a real gift to be able to experience this whole journey through the eyes of 14-year-olds.”
“The first day of casting, we were immediately very close to each other,” Dambrine says, speaking on a Zoom interview with De Waele. “I felt a big connection between us. There were 13 boys at the casting and I was immediately close to Gustav because the other boys were a bit boring. Sorry to the other boys.”
At the end of the day, all the actors filled out a questionnaire. One question: Who’s your favorite person in the world? Hours after meeting each other, Dambrine wrote De Waele and De Waele wrote Dambrine.
“Lukas still thinks it was a plan,” says Dambrine.
“I think Lukas didn’t search for talent,” says De Waele. “He searched for friendship. When I came home from the casting, I said to my parents, ‘I made a friend.’”
Dhont’s first film, “Girl,” about a teenage ballerina’s gender transition, won the the Caméra d’Or for best first feature in Cannes. But when it arrived on Netflix, some in the LGBTQ community questioned Dhont’s casting of a non-transgender lead and criticized a scene of self-inflected violence as perpetuating a false narrative of gender transition. Dhont has called the backlash a “process of learning” about perspective in storytelling.
Some reviewers have also criticized “Close” and its drastic mid-movie shift of being emotionally manipulative. Dhont, though, cites statistics that show how suicide rates increase among young males as evidence of the fraught nature of teenage years for boys.
“The stakes are really high. At least they feel so to me,” says Dhont. “We hope there’s a strong sense of hope for this tragedy to not happen, for it to be avoided. I understand why the film moves as it moves.”
Part of Dhont’s motivation in writing “Close” with co-writer Angelo Tijssens was a kind of personal atonement. While Dhont had his own experiences of friends falling away from him, he also distanced himself from some relationships as a kid, and now regrets it.
“There were some friends out there that I actively pushed away out of fear,” Dhont says. “I deprived not only myself but them from the love they felt — and I mean love in the broadest sense of the term. I think this film is also an ode to them.”
A key resource in expanding “Close” beyond Dhont’s own experiences was psychologist Niobe Way’s 2013 book “Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection.” She interviewed hundreds of boys between the ages of 13 and 18. Their conversations, strikingly over time, charted how intimacy and friendships give way to distrust and isolation as boys become men.
“I wanted to speak about this society that has this dominance-based masculine culture and tells young men from a early age that there are certain traits valued, like independence, being more distant with the emotional world,” says Dhont. “So we tear them apart, not only from each other, but we rupture the language that connects them to the inside. There are many problems — and I’d even dare to say for a film with a small scope, world problems — that start with what seems like a small rupture but is actually a very big one.”
Making “Close” — an intimate process that included months of rehearsals and a production that encouraged looseness and warmth — was for De Waele and Dambrine the kind of open-hearted experience for which many of the boys of “Deep Secrets” might have yearned.
“It really changed my vision of life,” says Dambrine, “how friendship really works.”
It’s also been head-spinning. Says Dambrine: “In Cannes, everyone acts like you’re super famous but you’re just a normal kid who skipped school to come to the festival.”
Now they’re headed to the Oscars for what will surely be an even more bewildering spectacle. They hope to see Austin Butler, a Cannes encounter, again. De Waele laments that it’s impossible for him to meet his most idolized filmmaker — Billy Wilder — on his first trip to Los Angeles (Wilder died in 2002).
“I also want to see Cate Blanchett,” says Dambrine.
“Yeah, of course,” echoes De Waele.
Both boys may be edging closer to adulthood but they’re giddy in a childlike way talking about their transformative time with “Close.” As they get ready to sign off, Dambrine adds one last observation that he’s clung to.
“The movie’s talking about judgment,” Dambrine says. “In your life, people will always judge you. So why do you have to listen to them now and change for them, when you can just skip what they’re saying and live your life and be happy with yourself?”
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Follow AP Film Writer Jake Coyle on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/jakecoyleAP | 2023-02-04T02:44:42+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/ap-boyhood-collides-with-masculinity-in-oscar-nominated-close/ |
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Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Wednesday's results
Kelowna 5 Swift Current 2
Regina 4 Spokane 3 (SO)
Medicine Hat 3 Prince Albert 2
Lethbridge 4 Edmonton 1
Vancouver 5 Victoria 3
Everett 5 Tri-City 3
Friday's results
Winnipeg at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon 8 Spokane 5
Moose Jaw 6 Regina 2
Red Deer 6 Medicine Hat 4
Kelowna 6 Lethbridge 0
Swift Current 8 Edmonton 4
Kamloops 6 Prince George 5 (OT)
Victoria 7 Tri-City 6 (SO)
Seattle 4 Everett 1
Portland 2 Vancouver 1
Saturday's results
Saskatoon at Regina, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Winnipeg, 7:05 p.m.
Swift Current at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Kamloops at Prince George, 6 p.m.
Vancouver at Portland, 6 p.m.
Kelowna at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Everett, 6:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Victoria, 6:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Edmonton at Calgary, 2 p.m. | 2022-12-17T23:06:35+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17661386.php |
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray remained unbeaten this season in matches that go to a deciding third or fifth set by coming back to beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4 across more than three hours in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday.
Murray, a 35-year-old who has an artificial hip, faced a pair of break points while serving at 15-40 and already trailing 4-3 in the final set. Convert either of those chances, and Etcheverry would have served for the victory.
But 2009 Indian Wells runner-up Murray managed to hold there, beginning a three-game, match-ending run against Etcheverry, a 21-year-old from Argentina who is ranked 61st after reaching the final of a tournament in Santiago, Chile, last week.
So far in 2023, Murray is 5-0 in best-of-three-set matches that last three sets, along with 2-0 in best-of-five matches that go five. He is 0-3 in contests that conclude earlier.
Another man who owns three major titles, Stan Wawrinka, made a successful return to the hard-court tournament in the California desert after four years away, beating qualifier Aleksandar Vukic 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.
Wawrinka, a 37-year-old who has been ranked as high as No. 3 and is now No. 100 after a series of operations to his left foot and left knee, hit 10 aces and won 28 of 33 first-serve points. His previous match in Indian Wells was a loss to Swiss Davis Cup teammate Roger Federer in the third round in 2019.
Wawrinka will face No. 26 seed Miomir Kecmanovic in the second round at the first Masters 1000 tournament of the season.
Former No. 3-ranked and 2020 U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem was beaten 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) by Adrian Mannarino. The French player won the last three points of the tiebreaker to defeat Thiem, the 2019 Indian Wells winner whose ranking has dropped to No. 102 as he works his way back from right wrist and abdominal injuries.
Emma Raducanu, who won the 2021 U.S. Open as a teenage qualifier, was back on court Thursday for the first time since January after having tonsillitis, and fell behind 2-0 in each set during what would become a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Danka Kovinic.
Another 20-year-old, Ben Shelton, trailed 2-0 at the outset against Fabio Fognini before taking 12 of the last 15 games to win 6-4, 6-1. Shelton, the 2022 NCAA singles champion at the University of Florida who hadn’t won a match since reaching the Australian Open quarterfinals, will take on No. 4 seed and defending champion Taylor Fritz next.
Fognini was warned for an audible obscenity and for taking too much time getting ready to return serves; he also spiked a racket during the match but wasn’t cited by the chair umpire for that.
Thanasi Kokkinakis claimed 32 of 34 points he served in a 6-4, 6-1 victory over wild-card entry Brandon Holt to earn a matchup on Saturday against reigning U.S. Open champion and No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz.
Danielle Collins, the 2022 Australian Open runner-up, lost a second consecutive match against an opponent ranked outside the top 50, knocked out 6-4, 6-4 by 80th-ranked Dalma Galfi. Galif had lost in qualifying but moved into the main draw when someone withdrew. Collins delivered only nine winners while making 41 unforced errors.
In a match featuring American former Grand Slam singles champions, 2020 Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin beat 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens 6-4, 6-1. Claire Liu beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 7-6 (5), 6-3 and will play No. 1 Iga Swiatek in the second round.
Varvara Gracheva, who qualified for Indian Wells after reaching the final at Austin, Texas, last week, defeated Ysaline Bonaventure 6-2, 6-2; Katerina Siniakova beat Jule Niemeier 7-5, 6-4; and Jil Teichmann was a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Ashlyn Krueger.
In other results, Jack Draper overwhelmed qualifier Leandro Riedi 6-1, 6-1 to set up an all-British matchup against No. 24 Dan Evans; Mackenzie McDonald defeated Filip Krajinovic 6-3, 6-0; and Marton Fucsovics beat J.J. Wolf 1-6, 6-0, 6-3.
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AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-03-11T03:19:01+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/sports/ap-sports/wawrinka-wins-in-return-to-indian-wells-after-4-years-away/ |
The North Dakota High School Coaches Association has announced the Optimist All-Star Volleyball rosters for 2022.
The format for the all-star game is switching this year to a red team vs blue team format, as opposed to an East vs West game like it has been in the past.
The red and blue teams will play on June 13 at Fargo Shanley before competing at Bismarck High on June 14.
Red Team
Danielle Hagler, North Star
Paige McAllister, Fargo Shanley
Emily Skalicky, Fargo North
Eden Olson, Our Redeemer’s
Mia Hinsz, Bismarck
Hannah Hoedl, Fargo Shanley
Teegan Scherr, Linton-HMB
Nadia Chwialkowski, West Fargo
Emma Lucas, Northern Cass
Sydney Upton, Bishop Ryan
Riley Hauff, Drake-Anamoose
Hunter Peterson, Jamestown
Coaches: Kelsey Gibbons, West Fargo & Tim Walstrum, Kenmare
Blue Team
Macy Fridgen, Century
Emily Degree, Des Lacs-Burlington
Alissa Haugland, Divide County
Olivia Vetter, Fargo Shanley
Katie Trumbauer, Jamestown
Abby Cox, Oakes
Piper Harris, Mandan
Bailey Munson, Thompson
Ava Wild, Fargo Davies
JayCee Richter, Linton-HMB
Kinsey Zuroff, Beulah
Kenadi Renner, Bismarck
Coaches: Jamie Richter, Linton-HMB & Jamie Zastoupil, Century
For the full roster click here. | 2022-04-25T03:57:10+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/local-sports/optimist-all-star-volleyball-rosters-announced/ |
Freeze Warning issued October 14 at 1:16PM MDT until October 15 at 10:00AM MDT by NWS Pocatello ID
* WHAT…Temperatures 28 to 32 expected.
* WHERE…Mud Lake, INL, Craters of the Moon NM, Idaho Falls,
Rexburg, St. Anthony, Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls,
Shelley, and Fort Hall.
* WHEN…From 1 AM to 10 AM MDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing. | 2022-10-14T20:23:04+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/weather/alerts-weather/2022/10/14/freeze-warning-issued-october-14-at-116pm-mdt-until-october-15-at-1000am-mdt-by-nws-pocatello-id/ |
The Dallas Stars signed Jake Oettinger to a $12 million, three-year contract on Thursday, securing the young goaltender whose 64 saves in Game 7 of the playoffs capped the season in which he became the team's starter.
Even after beginning last season in the minors with several veteran goalies also on the Stars roster, the 23-year-old Oettinger had a 30-15-1 record for them during the regular season. The 64 saves in the finale against Calgary were among 272 he had over the seven games before Johnny Gaudreau’s overtime goal for the Flames ended the first-round series.
“Jake’s performance spoke for itself last season,” Stars general manager Jim Nill said. “He has elite physical ability and presence in the net, while also exhibiting phenomenal mental strength in high pressure situations. Jake’s poise and character off the ice have made him a leader in our locker room. He has shown that he has the skill, work ethic and poise to excel at the NHL level."
Jason Robertson, only the fourth Dallas skater with a 40-goal season, was the team's only restricted free agent still unsigned after Oettinger's deal got done.
The 6-foot-5, 220-pound Oettinger ranked 10th in the NHL last season with a 2.53 goals-against average, and also had a .914 save percentage. He set a single-season franchise record for the fewest games to reach his 25th victory, doing so in his 40th appearance.
The 26th overall pick in the 2017 draft, Oettinger made his NHL debut during the 2020 playoffs. He took over for Anton Khudobin during Game 1 of the Western Conference final, and again in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final that the Stars lost to Tampa Bay in six games.
After appearing in 29 games for the Stars as a rookie in 2020-21, Oettinger began last season back in the minors. But he took full advantage of his opportunity after injuries to Khudobin (hip) and Braden Holtby (lower body), and veteran Ben Bishop having to end his playing career because of a degenerative knee issue.
“A phenomenal young goalie," Stars captain Jamie Benn said after last season. “He’s going to be great for this organization for a long time.”
The Stars earlier this summer re-signed goalie Scott Wedgewood to a $2 million, two-year contract. He was 3-1-3 with a 3.05 goals-against average as Oettinger’s backup after getting traded from Arizona.
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More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-09-01T22:19:19+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Stars-net-Oettinger-with-12M-3-year-deal-after-17413653.php |
The 2023 PGA Championship Odds & Preview: Patrick Cantlay
From May 18-21, Patrick Cantlay will hit the course at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York to play in the 2023 PGA Championship. It's a par-70 that spans 7,394 yards, with a purse of $15,000,000.00 on the line.
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Patrick Cantlay Insights
- Over his last 20 rounds, Cantlay has shot below par on 14 occasions, while also carding one bogey-free round and 17 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has carded a top-five score in six of his last 20 rounds, while ranking among the top 10 scores of the day seven times.
- Over his last 20 rounds, Cantlay has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round eight times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on 11 occasions.
- In his past five tournaments, Cantlay has finished in the top five twice.
- In his past five events, Cantlay has finished within three shots of the leader twice and posted a score better than average five times.
- Cantlay hopes to qualify for the weekend for the seventh straight time.
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PGA Championship Insights and Stats
- In Cantlay's previous six appearances in this tournament, he has finished among the top five once. His average finish has been 26th.
- In his past six appearances at this event, he made it to the weekend five times.
- Cantlay did not make the cut in his most recent appearance at this tournament (2022).
- Courses on the PGA Tour have played at an average length of 7,300 yards in the past year. This event will be held on a par 70 that registers at 7,394 yards, 94 yards longer than average.
- Golfers at Oak Hill Country Club have averaged a score of +3 per tournament, higher than the Tour-wide scoring average of -5 during the past year.
- The average course Cantlay has played in the past year has been 77 yards shorter than the 7,394 yards Oak Hill Country Club will be at for this event.
- The tournaments he has played in the past year have seen an average score of -5. That is lower than this course's recent scoring average of +3.
Cantlay's Last Time Out
- Cantlay shot below average on the 16 par-3 holes at the Wells Fargo Championship, with an average of 3.25 strokes to finish in the 17th percentile of the field.
- He finished in the 87th percentile on par 4s at the Wells Fargo Championship, averaging 3.93 strokes on those 44 holes.
- Cantlay shot better than 77% of the field at the Wells Fargo Championship on the tournament's 12 par-5 holes, averaging 4.42 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.57.
- Cantlay carded a birdie or better on one of 16 par-3s at the Wells Fargo Championship, worse than the field average of 1.5.
- On the 16 par-3s at the Wells Fargo Championship, Cantlay recorded more bogeys or worse (four) than the tournament average (2.2).
- Cantlay's 10 birdies or better on the 44 par-4s at the Wells Fargo Championship were more than the tournament average (5.0).
- At that last competition, Cantlay's par-4 showing (on 44 holes) included a bogey or worse seven times (worse than the field average, 6.9).
- Cantlay finished the Wells Fargo Championship bettering the field average of birdies or better on par-5s (4.0) with six on the 12 par-5 holes.
- The field at the Wells Fargo Championship averaged 0.7 bogeys or worse on the 12 par-5s, but Cantlay finished without one.
PGA Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: May 18-21, 2023
- Course: Oak Hill Country Club
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Par: 70 / 7,394 yards
- Cantlay Odds to Win: +1800 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The Ballard Commons Park reopens Saturday with a revamped skate park and plans for a new play area.
The park closed in December 2021 for upgrades after the clearing of a homeless encampment. Changes include new sanitation equipment for the park that originally opened in 2005.
The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department has planted trees, winterized the Portland Loo public restroom, removed graffiti, installed café-style lighting and added five new benches, among other improvements.
To mark the reopening, the city will host celebrations Saturday and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., with games, food, music and performances for people visiting the park, located at 5701 22nd Avenue Northwest.
Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss, who represents District 6 which includes the Ballard area, has talked about his hopes for a new relationship between the community and the park, which the city set aside $1 million to renovate.
“There’s been a lot of pain and trauma at this park, and a decade-plus of neglect,” Strauss previously said in an interview. “But we’ve taken the time to build a foundation and a better future for Ballard Commons Park, and this reopening is just the beginning.”
Nearly 80 people were removed from Ballard Commons and were either placed in shelter or housing, or were forced to leave. The park was one of the first large encampments to be removed with a gradual approach — it was cleared over three months. This strategy will help prevent large encampments from resurfacing, unlike with previous clearings at Ballard Commons, Strauss has said.
He said part of the park will be closed starting in June for the construction of a new play area, which he hopes will be completed in September.
Material from The Seattle Times archives is included in this report. | 2023-03-11T20:01:22+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/ballard-commons-park-reopens-with-new-look-after-2021-closure/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
BERLIN (AP) — Depeche Mode have lined up a new album and the band’s first live shows in more than five years, an announcement that comes months after the death of founding member Andy “Fletch” Fletcher.
The band said in Berlin on Tuesday that the album, “Memento Mori,” will be released next spring. The accompanying tour will start with what’s billed as a “special, limited series of North American arena dates” starting March 23, ahead of a summer stadium tour in Europe.
Lead singer Dave Gahan said he and fellow band mainstay Martin Gore started talking in January about working on a new project together. Gore had been writing “for a while, through the pandemic,” and came up with the title — Latin for “Remember that you must die.”
“I liked that immediately, just because it kinda felt like it was right for the imagery that was already developing in the songs — that life can be so fleeting and just be there and then gone the next minute,” Gahan told The Associated Press.
“Living or not living, and what are we doing while we are living here, that’s … kinda what it’s about,” he said. “The album is going to take you on a little trip.”
Keyboardist Fletcher was about to join the team in Santa Barbara, California, when he died in May and didn’t get to hear any of the material, Gahan said.
“I’m sure he would have had a lot to say,” he added. “Probably the first thing he would have said was, ‘Why are there so many songs about death?’”
Fletcher formed the group that would become giants of British electro-pop along with fellow synthesizer players Gore and Vince Clarke, and Gahan, in Basildon, England in 1980.
“I’m sure that his absence in the studio in some way changes what we did, and that will happen when we perform on stage as well,” Gahan said. “We have no intention of replacing Fletch on stage. He did his own thing there.”
“Memento Mori” will be Depeche Mode’s 15th studio album and the first since 2017’s “Spirit.” What will come after that isn’t yet clear.
“I don’t know what there is for us in the future,” Gahan said. “I never do. We never really plan to do anything beyond what we’re doing in the moment.”
Next year’s tour will take the band to New York’s Madison Square Garden, Chicago’s United Center, Los Angeles’ Kia Forum and Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, among other stops. In Europe, venues will include the Stade de France in Paris, Berlin’s Olympic Stadium and London’s Twickenham Stadium. | 2022-10-04T20:56:47+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/entertainment-news-news/ap-depeche-mode-line-up-1st-album-tour-in-over-5-years/ |
Kyyba, Inc. founder's new book 'The Pursuit' in tandem with the Global Harmonic Resonance Project empowers entrepreneurs to create positive massive social impact.
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The best move for former President Donald Trump is the one most unexpected. Being unpredictable or unconventional was the trait that helped him win the White House in 2016, and it would help him today.
The baseball pitcher that tips off his pitches eventually gets hit hard, looks bad, and does not last long in a game against professional hitters. Trump must do something that no one would expect – maybe a change up pitch after countless fastballs.
Trump should be magnanimous and withdraw from the presidential race. It would be in his best interest, and it would be for the good of the country. For the leading candidate for the Republican nomination to gracefully bow out now would allow Trump to give an endorsement next year that would help ensure a Republican victory in 2024.
If Trump were to take himself off the stage, I believe the drama would be gone. And most Americans would feel more positive about Trump because of this sacrifice, his willingness to help the nation by taking the spotlight off himself. This also means that come January 2025, he would likely have a friend in the White House.
Such a move would baffle the Democrats and force President Joe Biden not to run for re-election. Democrat leaders realize that Biden’s only viable election path is to go through Trump. He would likely not be able to overcome any of the other major GOP candidates in 2024.
Democrats are betting heavily on Trump to “slug it out” politically. That is exactly what they want. They also know that as long as people ask Trump to leave the race, it would likely cause the opposite reaction: enticing him to stay in it.
Are the Trump antics truly unprecedented? Not really.
We have had two sitting presidents and two sitting vice presidents who were in political hot water, all accused of breaking the law. In fact two of the four actually pled guilty to felonies (Presidents Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon and Vice Presidents Aaron Burr and Spiro Agnew). None were convicted by a jury.
Burr was arrested for killing Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a duel (imagine if we had duels today – the charges were eventually dropped). He had lost a very close election for president. After leaving office Burr was a targeted person and was indicted repeatedly related to the so-called “Burr conspiracy.” Sound familiar? Espionage? Burr was even arrested for treason. He was always acquitted.
With all the crimes Trump allegedly committed – he could have done this or that, might have, should have – the end result was nothing bad actually happened.
No person is above the law. However, no one person should be able to potentially harm 330 million Americans with major distractions (i.e. Trump indictments) that do not represent a clear and present danger to America.
The DOJ case against Trump could have been reported and filed for future consideration by Attorney General Merrick Garland as the interference in our elections is a valid claim. But that option was not taken. This is like going after the bartender on the Titanic for watering down drinks. Does it really matter? Wrong focus.
Meanwhile, America has serious and unprecedented national security concerns.
We can put to one side the obvious – the failed U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the failure to deter Russia from invading Ukraine – but there are many more.
Never has our two biggest world adversaries (China and Russia) joined forces to work against the U.S. Never has the two countries been able to get 65% of the world, nearly every country of color, to work against the U.S.-led effort to sanction Russia. Never has China and Russia physically attempted to bully us in the air, on the seas, and on the ground (with the arrest of innocent Americans). Never has China had a presence in the Western Hemisphere as it does now with its alleged spy network in Cuba. Never has tensions been higher with China over Taiwan. And never have our two major adversaries refused to meet or talk to a U.S. president.
Never has three of our other sanctioned foes worked so feverishly to hurt America – aforementioned Cuba, North Korea and Iran, which is bonding with the largest producer of oil, Saudi Arabia.
Never has our southern border with Mexico been this porous, as the Biden administration allows friends, foes, and drugs to enter illegally.
Never have we had a vice president with so little experience in foreign policy, governance, and public policy. She had only served for two years as a senator.
The fate of America is of paramount concern.
The political party in charge of the White House in January 2025 would determine the future, agenda, and direction of the country. America must get it right.
Trump should throw the Democrats and liberal media a curveball or better yet a change up. It would reverse his fortunes and improve his legacy if he “gave one for the country” during these perilous times.
The Democrats and the liberal media would be shocked. They would not be able to hit a totally unexpected pitch. Game over.
If Trump helps America to get it right in 2024 (with a Republican president not named Trump), Americans would reciprocate. As with the examples of Nixon, Clinton, Agnew, and Burr, the court of public opinion always gets it right.
Gary Franks served three terms as U.S. representative for Connecticut’s 5th District. He was the first Black Republican elected to the House in nearly 60 years and New England’s first Black member of the House. Host: podcast “We Speak Frankly.” Author: “With God, For God, and For Country.” @GaryFranks/ Tribune News Service | 2023-06-16T05:02:43+00:00 | bostonherald.com | https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/06/16/franks-trump-should-return-to-being-unpredictable/ |
ATLANTA, June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LexisNexis® Risk Solutions has been named an overall leader in KuppingerCole's Leadership Compass: Fraud Reduction Intelligence Platforms (FRIP) report. The report recognizes LexisNexis Risk Solutions as a product, innovation and market leader and provides an independent review of fraud prevention platforms across several categories including vendor service functionality, prevention measures and innovative fraud solutions. It serves as a useful guide to help organizations find the solution that best meets their needs.
KuppingerCole Analysts evaluated 20 vendors for core FRIP capabilities such as identity proofing, credential intelligence, device intelligence, user behavioral analytics, behavioral/passive biometrics and bot detection and management. LexisNexis Risk Solutions earned the highest possible rank – Market Champion – across all categories: security, functionality, interoperability, deployment, usability, innovativeness, market position, financial strength and ecosystem.
KuppingerCole reviewed the LexisNexis Risk Solutions Dynamic Decision Platform (DDP) and LexisNexis® RiskNarrative™ products for its report. DDP uses digital identity intelligence, behavioral analytics, machine learning and case management for clients to continually improve their decisions about risk and trust. It provides enhanced authentication, identity verification and fraud decisioning and is a core component of the LexisNexis® Digital Identity Network®.
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Camera catches man robbing Casa Grande hotel at gunpoint
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. - Officials with the Casa Grande Police Department say they are looking for a man who was caught on camera robbing a hotel at gunpoint on Thanksgiving.
The armed robbery, according to police, happened at 2:00 a.m. at the Quality Inn located near Florence Boulevard and Henness Road.
"Fortunately, no one was injured, but he did get away with cash," officials wrote, in a statement.
Anyone with information should contact Casa Grande Police.
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Greyson Parisien’s time on earth was short. But the boy with dark-rimmed eyeglasses who was enchanted by the music in “Frozen,” the sound of ripping paper and his dad playing the guitar is having an outsized impact on his tribal community in the far reaches of North Dakota.
His journey to correct an irregular heart led the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians to add an organ donation box to tribal IDs, which it unveiled during a November ceremony.
The rate of organ donations among Native Americans is much lower than other ethnic groups. For some tribes, cultural beliefs are a factor. In rural communities, time, distance and spotty internet access can hinder the process.
“You don’t think about donation and how many people are not donors,” said Greyson’s grandmother, Joan Azure. “I was thinking, ‘There has to be more donors.’ When you’re going through this personally, you don’t want someone to die but you also want your child to live.”
Fewer than 1% of the 100,000 people nationwide waiting for organ transplants are Native Americans, who make up nearly 3% of the U.S. population.
The figures are higher in some states, including New Mexico where 1 in 5 people on the waiting list are Native American. In South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota, nearly 5% of patients awaiting an organ donation are Native American.
Greyson had surgery at 5 months to correct a heart problem, and then he needed an external device to pump blood through his small body. A heart transplant allowed him to leave the hospital after a year and return to the Turtle Mountain reservation, headquartered in Belcourt, North Dakota.
Tribal members followed Greyson’s treatment through updates his family posted on social media. They saw him hooked up to medical equipment and dressed sharply in boxy eyeglasses, bow ties and khakis, his hair combed in a mohawk.
When he died suddenly of pneumonia in September 2019, the community sought understanding and assurance that it wasn’t because of his new heart. He was 21 months old.
Greyson’s story and spirit live on in parades, powwows and conversations. Joan Azure also highlights her grandson during a week devoted to children born with congenital heart problems.
The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians honored Greyson this year with a resolution to add an organ donation box to tribal IDs. The tribe unveiled the IDs in November, waived the $10 fee and encouraged tribal members to check the box.
“Today is a monumental day that people will remember, especially Native nations, for decades to come,” tribal Chairman Jamie Azure said, standing next to Greyson’s photo, was taken after he got a new heart — smiling with arms stretched to the sky.
The tribe believes it could be the first of the 574 federally recognized Native American nations to designate a spot on tribal IDs for organ donors.
Susan Mau Larson, the chief strategy officer for LifeSource, part of a network of nearly 60 organ procurement organizations, said she hopes other tribes follow suit. Several are working with tribal communities to raise awareness of organ donation and transplant.
Those conversations can be tough, especially when personal or traditional beliefs don’t align with Western medicine. They happen in tribal communities, at events and in hospital rooms as someone nears the end of their life. And there are guidelines: Identify the decision maker in a family. Tell a story, don’t explain the process. Give the family time to discuss. Be comfortable with silence. And comfort families, regardless of the decision.
In the Southwest, Darryl Madalena encourages tribal members to think about becoming organ donors by making a connection between kidney disease — which afflicts Native Americans at higher rates than the U.S. population — and organ donation and receipt.
He talks about tribes’ increasing reliance on Western medicine and asks, hypothetically, if members would be prevented from journeying on if they had a pacemaker or an artificial hip. If not, why not donate or receive an organ?
“So much of westernized medicine is in the fabric of our communities, our lives, our culture,” said Madalena, the Native American liaison for New Mexico Donor Services. “If you pull one string, that may be very detrimental to the health of Natives.”
Madalena’s work is partly driven by the memory of his partner, Mylia Phouamkha, a Hopi woman who died within a week of being hospitalized with liver problems in 2019, without enough time to seriously consider a transplant.
She and Madalena had a son together, Micca, who was 2 years old at the time.
“If your heart tells you and you have it within yourself to have a transplant if you need it …I would say yes, do it,” said her father, Myron Ami, as Micca sat on his lap.
Madalena has faced criticism for mentioning death, which can be a taboo topic. His community of Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico believes that people enter this world physically and spiritually whole, and that they should leave the same way.
“That’s what we’re taught, that’s what the beliefs still are,” he said.
The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians doesn’t hold the same beliefs, Joan Azure said. About 40% of people in Rollette County where the tribe is based have signed up to become organ donors, compared to 65% overall in North Dakota.
Education, means or opportunity are big factors, said Mau Larson. Simply getting a driver’s license means traveling 80 miles (130 kilometers) from the Turtle Mountain reservation. But tribal IDs are renewed every two years, giving tribal members a more frequent opportunity to choose organ donation.
Studies show that organ recipients are best matched with donors of similar genetic makeup, Mau Larson said. Kidneys are especially needed in Native American communities, where one-quarter of the population is diabetic, she said.
Greyson and his family spent much of his life in Rochester, Minnesota, for his medical care, hundreds of miles from the rolling hills and lakes of the Turtle Mountain reservation. His heart came from a girl named Coralynn, whose picture on a puzzle piece was interlocked with Greyson’s on a parade float banner reading “Not all Heroes Wear Capes!”
After Greyson died, his family asked a Turtle Mountain elder to to bestow a traditional name upon him, through their creator. The elder was in a sweat lodge praying when it came to him: “Waasizo Gichi Anong Ningaabii’ Anong,” or “Shining Big Star in the West,” said Joan Azure.
“Even in his worst moments, his smile shined brightly, his presence brought happiness and light to everyone he came into contact with,” she said. “And he provided guidance to many with that bright shining light through his bravery and strength.”
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Fonseca reported from Flagstaff, Arizona. Fonseca covers Indigenous communities on the AP’s Race and Ethnicity Team. Follow her on Twitter: @FonsecaAP. Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Dave Kolpack in Belcourt, North Dakota. | 2022-12-20T12:27:00+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/health/ap-health/ap-boy-who-got-new-heart-inspires-tribe-to-boost-organ-donation/ |
ALBANY — He no longer holds public office and he no longer calls New York home. Yet former President Donald Trump is getting plenty of attention in the governor's race.
Some of it has been invited by Trump, who hosted a Labor Day weekend fundraiser for the campaign of GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, a Long Island congressman and the underdog in his quest to become New York's next chief executive.
But sensing Zeldin's past support for Trump is a liability for the Republican in one of the nation's bluest states, Gov. Kathy Hochul and her campaign team have been working overtime to portray Zeldin as an extremist who voted in January 2021 against certifying election results.
"People in New York understand our values and Donald Trump never has and never will represent them, and to the extent that my political opponent wants to be so closely associated and rely on him for the resources, it's troubling," Hochul told reporters in New York City this week.
Zeldin has been brushing off the attacks, though Hochul has greatly outraised the funds he has in his warchest, limiting his ability to respond to the deluge of television advertising now arrayed against his campaign.
He argues he is speaking to the issues he says are on the minds of New Yorkers -- such as the impacts of inflation, the state's business climate and public safety.
“Kathy Hochul can air as many ads as she wants about Donald Trump and ‘orange man bad.’ said Zeldin, mocking a derogatory expression used by critics of Trump. "But our focus is on the breaking point of the New York individual, the family, the New York business, the New York community that is dying right now.."
Will voters be persuaded Zeldin is unfit because of his past support for Trump? Saranac Lake resident Raymond Scollin, a member of the state Republican Party executive committee, doesn't think so.
"Trump doesn't play a role in this election for me," Scollin said. "What it comes down to is: Do you want Lee Zeldin in the governor's mansion, or do you want Kathy Hochul? For me,I look at what she's done with the Second Amendment (by supporting additional pistol permit mandates), the exodus coming out of New York state and the taxes, and it's a no-brainer that Zeldin would make a far better governor."
Zeldin has maintained he can win the election if he can simply pick up 29% of the vote in the state's biggest population center -- New York City, which has been the traditional base of the Democratic Party in the state. Democrats also tend to run strong in the other big cities -- Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and Yonkers, said George Arzt, a long-time Democratic consultant.
"Trump is a compelling issue for New York City and big cities around the state," Arzt said.
While Trump's star power has helped rake in badly needed checks for the Zeldin campaign, the former president's involvement in the race shapes up as a "double-edged sword" for Hochul's challenger, Arzt said.
"There is no one on the Republican side who can bring in money like Donald Trump," Arzt said."But this is becoming more of a weapon for the Democrats than it is for the Republicans, who are desperate for dollars."
Hochul's campaign has pulled in more than $34 million following her installment as governor in the wake of the resignation of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in August 2021. By being governor, she also gets to travel to all regions of the state in state aircraft, as long as public business is conducted on those trips,
She has often traveled to New York City in recent weeks. "That's where the voters are," Arzt observed.
Vincent Casale, a GOP campaign strategist from Cooperstown, said Zeldin needs to keep his political base energized heading into the Nov. 8 election while also raising sufficient funds to get his message out across the state.
"The big question mark now is how does embracing Trump play to independents (voters who are unaffiliated with a political party) and play to the voters in the middle," Casale said.
As for the Democratic message, Judith Hunter, chairwoman of the New York State Rural Democratic Conference, said her party has several valid reasons for reminding voters about Zeldin's association with Trump.
The former president, Hunter said, "is trying to be his party's leader by inserting himself in primaries all over the place. It's not like he's gone into quiet retirement."
"Zeldin was ever zealous in his support of Trump during the impeachments," Hunter said. "He's trying to soft pedal it now, but he was out there as much as anybody else in Congress in his support of Trump, and he voted to reject the votes of millions of Americans" when Congress was asked to certify the election results following current President Joe Biden's victory in November 2020.
"So, no, he gets no pass," Hunter said.
The focus on Trump in the current cycle comes four years after New York Democrats used a similar playbook in attacks on then GOP gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro, who ended up being defeated by Cuomo.
The Cuomo campaign branded Molinaro a "Trump Mini Me," mocking the height of the Republican candidate. Molinaro, who is 5 feet 8 inches tall, had never expressed support for Trump and revealed he did not vote for Trump in the 2016 presidential election. | 2022-09-09T04:25:31+00:00 | niagara-gazette.com | https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/talk-of-trump-hovers-over-governors-race/article_0e874006-2fe2-11ed-bee6-7faaa1772dd2.html |
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Beijing was targeting its Pacific aid to new diplomatic allies Solomon Islands and Kiribati while Chinese financial support across the region continued to decline, the Lowy Institute reported Monday in its latest annual analysis of regional assistance.
China’s aid to the Pacific has fallen from a peak of $287 million in 2016 to $187 million in 2020 — the lowest level since 2008, when the Sydney-based international policy think tank began quantifying support for developing island nations in the Pacific.
At the same time, pandemic response measures drove Pacific aid to a record $4.25 billion in 2020, a 47% increase on the previous year, Lowy’s Pacific Aid Map report showed.
Only 5% of Chinese aid to the Pacific was allocated to pandemic-related support, the report found.
The institute does not yet have complete data for 2021, but preliminary results suggest the decline in Chinese aid has continued.
Pacific Aid Map Project Director Alexandre Dayant said China was investing more into the Solomon Islands and Kiribati — Pacific countries that switched their diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to Beijing in 2019 — than Taiwan had provided.
“Chinese aid remains a key diplomatic tool for Beijing in the Pacific,” Dayant said.
“New development financing has become closely targeted to specific countries,” he added, naming Kiribati and the Solomons.
While Taiwan had provided $8 million to $9 million a year to the Solomons’ so-called Constituency Development Funds, Beijing was now contributing $11 million to $12 million, Dayant said.
The funds are allocated directly to lawmakers to spend and are criticized as a source of corruption.
Beijing has also increased the scale of infrastructure planned for the Solomons to host the regional Pacific Games next year, Dayant said, describing China’s investment in the Solomon Islands as small but increasing rapidly.
China was also planning to finance an airliner for Kiribati to boost its tourism industry in a deal that would not have met Taiwan’s aid program rules, Dayant said.
Australia’s new government has promised greater engagement with its Pacific neighbors. It blames neglect by its predecessor for China striking a bilateral security deal with the Solomons early this year that raised fears of a Chinese naval base being established in the South Pacific.
Australia, the biggest aid donor to the Pacific, announced in the government’s annual budget last week an additional 900 million Australian dollars ($570 million) in aid for the Pacific region.
Lowy researchers pointed to several reasons for China’s dwindling aid in the region, including a slowing domestic economy.
Pacific leaders were becoming wary of “white elephant” Chinese infrastructure projects and of falling into potential debt traps, Dayant said.
With the United States and its allies attempting to counter China’s growing influence in the Pacific, Pacific leaders now had more potential development partners to choose from.
Lowy’s Pacific Islands Program Director Meg Keen noted that Papua New Guinea had not taken on a new Chinese loan in three years.
Samoa had recently decided against borrowing from China to upgrade its port.
“We’re seeing different assessments of risk and return, different modes of operation, but really importantly, the Pacific island countries making choices about what will serve their development interests best, and they have more choices because there’s competition,” Keen said. | 2022-10-31T09:38:35+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/report-china-targets-2-diplomatic-allies-with-pacific-aid/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
TORONTO and LONDON, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Overbond, the leading API-based credit trading automation and execution service in the global capital markets, and Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services (MD+S), have entered into an agreement relating to the recently launched Clearstream Bond Liquidity Data offering. The agreement will provide Overbond customers with market insights on instrument liquidity and trading activity through a fixed-income post-trade data set on Eurobonds settled by Clearstream.
In the fixed-income trading space, data gaps remain a challenge for efficient, profitable fixed income trading and automation. This is especially true in Europe, where transparency in fixed-income instruments hardly exists. Amidst this broad data gap, bond desks may use and aggregate any existing but incomplete data sources available in the market.
However, aggregating the available data into executable prices and liquidity measures requires sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud-based processing. Most bond trading desks lack the resources and expertise to do this in-house. Overbond partners with the world's largest exchanges and capital markets data providers to bring cloud-based AI aggregated data and automated trading solutions to fixed-income trading desks around the globe.
Through the partnership with Deutsche Börse and Clearstream, Overbond will gain access to settlement-level fixed-income transaction data derived from the 170 million transactions that Clearstream processes annually across 100 currencies and 60 domestic markets. As the bond market is an over-the-counter market and most bonds are still traded over the phone, the addition of settlement-layer records significantly supplements the data sourced from electronic platforms.
Overbond utilises six months of historical data to train its AI model, in order to generate pre-trade pricing and liquidity analytics. Combining Clearstream transaction data for European instruments with data from Overbond partners that provide binding quote data from all-to-all trading platforms will create the most robust European AI training data set available for the benefit of a better informed fixed-income trading in the EU.
"Complete and accurate data is a foundational tool for achieving consistent profitability in the bond markets. Incorporating Clearstream data into the training set for Overbond AI is a game-changer. It allows us to create a great tool for traders of European debt and enables them to automate up to 40% of their trades using Overbond," said Vuk Magdelinic, CEO of Overbond.
"This partnership is a great milestone for the fixed-income industry as it combines our bond settlement data with Overbond's AI and cloud-based technology," said Alireza Dorfard, Head of Market Data + Services at Deutsche Börse. "It is in line with our ongoing efforts to collaborate with partners on providing state-of-the-art solutions in financial markets."
"Being at the heart of the Eurobond market, Europe's largest securities market, it is Clearstream's mission to increase transparency and therefore efficiency for all participants. This partnership is a great step on this journey, providing the market with comprehensive, up-to-date and high-quality bond settlement data," added Guido Wille, Head of Eurobonds Business at Clearstream.
Overbond AI will use this data set to generate a robust European fixed-income trading data set and enhance the precision of Overbond liquidity scoring, risk tiering and margin modeling―all of which will be available to Clearstream clients.
Overbond is a developer of process-redefining, AI-driven data and analytics and trade automation solutions for the global fixed income markets. Overbond performs market surveillance, data aggregation and normalization, and deep AI quantitative observation on more than 100,000 corporate bonds and fixed income ETFs. Applying proprietary artificial intelligence to pricing, curve visualization, market liquidity, issuance propensity, new issuance spreads, default risk and automated reporting, Overbond enables trade automation and enhances trade performance and portfolio returns. Clients of Toronto-based Overbond include global investment banks, broker-dealers, institutional investors, corporations and governments across the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.overbond.com.
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- Grant To Be Used For zSpace Equipment That Allows Students To Learn Using AR
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Irvine International Academy (IIA) announced that the Mandarin immersion and STEAM charter school has been awarded a $77,504 grant for STEAM education provided by the Larry & Helen Hoag Foundation.
The purpose of the grant is to assist in the purchase of zSpace materials and equipment, which uses augmented reality technology that allows educators and students to interact and manipulate virtual objects in an innovative 360-degree screen projecting experience. The grant also falls in line with Irvine International Academy's continued focus on STEAM education and project-based learning for all its students.
More important, the use of this unique technology furthers the Academy's priority to prepare its students to be "global citizens" and equip them with the essential skills needed to thrive not just in the United States, but internationally.
"We think it's important to emphasize this vision of global citizenship because one day these incredible children will be out in the world and it's our job to position them best for the future," said Dr. Stefan Bean, Executive Director, Irvine International Academy. "This grant will help our students get excited about the real-world applications of what they're learning – whether it's virtually exploring the human body or virtually creating math solutions – and help them compete in a vast, global community."
The zSpace curriculum will feature lessons and experiences for each grade level of the school's K-6 community. Each zSpace learning station features a laptop with reflector tracking points, a sensor module and a stylus that allows students to learn STEAM subjects using immersive images they can move and manipulate.
The grant was made possible due to the generosity of the Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation, which supports educational institutions and programs that are creative, innovative, efficient and have an impact on the future of their communities. The Foundation has previously awarded the school grants to acquire musical instruments and library books, support campus safety, and hire teacher aides.
The Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation has also pledged to provide Irvine International Academy's Parent Teacher Organization a matching grant of up to $25,000 based on donations the PTO can procure. Those funds will go toward continuing to enrich the STEAM labs and education that students currently receive.
"We are very appreciative of the Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation's support of our mission to become the premier Mandarin immersion and STEAM charter school in the region," said Dr. Bean.
Once the zSpace equipment has been purchased and installed, the devices should be ready for use by students by the end of September.
Irvine International Academy is a Mandarin Immersion and STEAM charter school located in Irvine, California. IIA provides a unique learning environment for students to learn in both English and Mandarin Chinese, and provide students with the best path for educational success. Additionally, students are steeped in the STEAM educational disciplines, including science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. For more information on the Irvine International Academy, visit: https://irvineia.org/.
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IRS is ending unannounced visits to taxpayers to protect worker safety, combat scammers
The Internal Revenue Service said Monday it is ending its decades-old policy of making unannounced home and business visits, in an effort to help keep its workers safe and to combat scammers who pose as IRS agents.
Effective immediately, revenue agents will no longer make unplanned visits to taxpayers' homes and businesses "except in a few unique circumstances," the Treasury Department said in a statement. The agency will instead mail letters to people to schedule meetings.
"Today’s announcement is the right thing to do, at the right time," new IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel told reporters on a call Monday.
The change ends "an era at the IRS," he said, reversing a practice by revenue officers whose duties include visiting homes and firms to resolve taxpayers' liabilities by collecting unpaid taxes and unfiled tax returns.
The agency in recent years has experienced more threats, in part tied to conspiracy theories that agents were going to target middle-income taxpayers more aggressively after the passage of a climate, health care and tax bill that provided $80 billion to step up tax collections.
In response, the agency last August announced a comprehensive review of safety at its facilities. And in May, the agency said it would begin limiting workers’ personal identifying information on communications with taxpayers.
The Treasury Department’s inspector general for tax administration said in a report that it was "concerned that taxpayers and anti-government or anti-tax groups with malevolent intent may use the Internet or social media to track down and identify IRS employees, their families, their homes, and personal information to threaten, intimidate, or locate them for physical violence."
RELATED: IRS outlines what you need to know to prepare for tax filing in 2023
The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents IRS workers, commended the agency for ending unannounced visits.
"The officers we represent will continue to efficiently and effectively carry out their mission of helping taxpayers meet their lawful tax obligations through other means of communication," union leader Tony Reardon said in an emailed statement.
The issue of home visits has been politically contentious this year.
Ohio House Republican Jim Jordan sent a letter to Werfel and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in March, asking why journalist Matt Taibbi received an unannounced home visit from an IRS agent shortly he gave testimony on Capitol Hill regarding his research into Twitter records.
Werfel said he thinks "the issues raised by unannounced visits, including ones that have been raised to us by the U.S. Congress, will be significantly mitigated" by the policy change.
The agency said an increase in scam artists posing as IRS agents also had created confusion about unannounced home visits. | 2023-07-25T21:47:31+00:00 | fox10phoenix.com | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/irs-ending-unannounced-visits-taxpayers-protect-worker-safety-combat-scammers |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday announced the infusion of nearly $36 billion to shore up a financially troubled union pension plan, preventing severe cuts to the retirement incomes of about 350,000 Teamster workers and retirees across the United States.
“It’s about everything you worked for,” Biden said, with union officials standing behind him. “It’s about finding a dignified retirement.”
The money for the Central States Pension Fund is the largest amount of federal aid provided for a pension plan, the Biden administration said. It comes from the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that he signed into law in 2021.
“This matters,” Biden said. “This matters for workers … This matters for their spouses, this matters for their mothers and fathers who they’re taking care of … It matters for the country.”
Many union retirement plans have experienced financial pressure because of underfunding and other issues. Without the federal assistance, Teamster members could have seen their benefits reduced by an average of 60% starting within a couple of years.
“Union workers and their families are finally able to breathe a huge sigh of relief, knowing that their hard-earned retirement savings have been rescued from steep cuts,” said Lisa Gomez, assistant labor secretary for employee benefits security.
While bargaining for contracts in past years, union members chose to forgo raises and other benefits on the assumption they would would have “a prosperous retirement,” Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien said in a written statement. But when the retirement fund faltered, union members turned to lobbying the federal government for help.
“This is an issue of fairness — of this country keeping its word to hardworking, honest people who did everything they were supposed to do in life,” O’Brien said.
Multiemployer pension funds are created by agreements between unions and companies and are partially insured by the federal government’s Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. The insurance program was on track to become insolvent in 2026, but the pandemic relief money is expected to keep it on firm footing through 2051.
Biden traveled to Ohio in July to highlight the final rules for the pension relief program. Before Thursday, the program had awarded aid to 36 troubled pension plans, but none of those had received more than about $1.2 billion.
The amount going to the Central States Pension Fund represents somewhere between one-third and one-half of the total estimated cost of the federal aid program.
The retirement plan has participants in almost every state, with the largest concentration in the Midwest. There are about 40,000 participants in both Michigan and Ohio, nearly 28,000 in Missouri, 25,000 in Illinois and about 22,000 each in Texas and Wisconsin, according to figures provided by the White House.
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Lieb reported from Jefferson City, Missouri. | 2022-12-09T06:34:31+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/business-news/ap-biden-releasing-nearly-36b-to-aid-pensions-of-union-workers/ |
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Rob Gronkowski won’t be joining Tom Brady for a third season with the Buccaneers.
The four-time All-Pro tight end announced his retirement for the second time in three years on Tuesday. In an Instagram post, Gronkowski thanked his teammates and coaches over the years and said he’s going back to “chilling out.”
Gronkowski won four Super Bowls with Brady, including three in New England.
“I want to thank the whole entire first class Buccaneers organization for an amazing ride, trusting me to come back to play and help build a championship team,” Gronkowski wrote on Instagram. “I will now be going back into my retirement home, walking away from football again with my head held high knowing I gave it everything I had, good or bad, every time I stepped out on the field. The friendships and relationships I have made will last forever, and I appreciate every single one of my teammates and coaches for giving everything they had as well.”
The 33-year-old retired in 2019 after nine seasons with the Patriots, but returned in 2020 when Brady went to the Buccaneers. The close friends teamed up to help Tampa beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl in February 2021. Gronkowski caught two touchdown passes in that game.
“Love you as a man, teammate and friend,” Brady wrote on Gronkowski’s post. “One of a kind in every way.”
The Buccaneers and Brady were hoping Gronkowski would play another season. But Tampa prepared for his departure in the draft by selecting tight ends Cade Otton in the fourth round and Ko Kieft in the sixth round. Veteran tight end Cameron Brate also remains with the Buccaneers.
“Rob is a true professional who left it all on the field for us the past two seasons and helped establish a championship culture in our building,” Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said in a statement. “It is always difficult to see a great player walk away from the game when he is still enjoying that kind of success, but the overwhelming emotions I feel today are gratitude and respect for one of the greatest tight ends who ever played the game.”
The fun-loving Gronkowski will be tough to replace. He was not only one of the league’s best pass-catching tight ends but also among the best blockers at his position. Gronk was known for his toughness, playing physical and through injuries.
His jovial personality made him one of the league’s most popular players and a natural for a broadcasting job.
Gronkowski’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told ESPN it wouldn’t surprise him if Brady called and talked him out of retirement at some point during the season. Brady himself ended a 40-day retirement in March to play his 23rd season.
But for now, Gronk has spiked his last football in an NFL game.
He ends his career — again — with 621 catches for 9,286 yards and 92 touchdowns in the regular season. He had 98 receptions for 1,389 yards and 15 TDs in the postseason.
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WFO BOSTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, July 12, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Windham County in northern Connecticut...
Tolland County in northern Connecticut...
Northeastern Hartford County in northern Connecticut...
* Until 700 PM EDT.
* At 610 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Suffield, or
near Enfield, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. Minor hail
damage to vehicles is possible.
* Locations impacted include...
Enfield, Vernon, Windsor, Mansfield, South Windsor, Southbridge,
Longmeadow, Suffield, East Longmeadow, Ellington, Tolland, Windsor
Locks, Coventry, Stafford, Somers, Dudley, East Windsor, Thompson,
Sturbridge and Monson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned Beijing on Thursday against using force to change the status quo with Taiwan and expressed concern about the human rights situation in China, days after holding bilateral talks with the new Chinese premier.
Scholz told German lawmakers that Berlin wants constructive relations with China because the country plays a key role in solving global problems such as food security, climate change and poverty.
“At the same time we clearly urged China to stick to international rules,” he said of a recent declaration by the Group of Seven major economies. “No country is another’s backyard — that is true for Europe as much as anywhere else in the world.”
“We strongly reject all attempts to change the status quo in the East and South China Sea by force or coercion,” said Scholz. “That is especially true for Taiwan.”
Beijing considers the self-governed island to be part of China and has been expanding its military presence in the region.
“We also view with concern the human rights situation and the rule of law in China,” he added. “I underlined these messages the day before yesterday during the German-China government consultations.”
Scholz’s comments to parliament were significantly stronger than his public remarks at a joint statement Tuesday with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, who was on his first foreign trip since taking charge of the world’s second-largest economy as premier in March. The chancellor didn’t mention Taiwan explicitly as he spoke alongside Li.
Journalists were not permitted to ask questions at that event, a decision that Scholz’s office attributed to the wishes of the Chinese delegation. | 2023-06-23T00:13:45+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/germany-warns-china-over-taiwan-voices-human-rights-concerns-days-after-talks-with-chinese-premier/ |
Man dies after getting stuck in machine at paper mill
WHITING, Wis. (WSAW/Gray news) - A 40-year-old man has died after he became stuck in a paper machine at Mativ Inc. Paper Mill in Whiting,
The incident was reported around 1 p.m. Sunday at Mativ Inc. Paper Mill.
Sheriff’s deputies and emergency personnel arrived on the scene and performed lifesaving measures, but the man died as a result of his injuries.
The man’s name is not being released at this time.
“We are deeply saddened by yesterday’s death of one of our team members at our Whiting facility,” said Jason Free, executive vice president of Operations at Mativ. “We are actively investigating the cause of the incident and are fully cooperating with all authorities. Prioritizing the safety of our employees is our number one goal. We express our sincere condolences to our employee’s family and all others affected by this loss.”
The sheriff’s office was assisted at the scene by a number of agencies, including Plover Fire Department, Plover EMR and Portage County Ambulance.
An investigation is being conducted by the Portage County Sheriff’s Department along with Mativ Inc. Paper Mill.
Whiting is a village south of Wausau in the north-central part of the state.
Copyright 2023 WSAW via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-15T17:16:01+00:00 | newschannel10.com | https://www.newschannel10.com/2023/05/15/man-dies-after-getting-stuck-machine-paper-mill/ |
Cincinnati Bengals Director of Player Personnel Duke Tobin doesn’t rule out the possibility of drafting an offensive lineman, despite adding three starters in free agency and using three picks last year on that position.
Many mock drafts project Iowa center Tyler Linderbaum as the Bengals’ first-round pick at No. 31 overall even after they signed former Patriots interior offensive lineman Ted Karras with the intent of him replacing Trey Hopkins as the starting center.
Cincinnati also added right tackle La’el Collins and guard Alex Cappa, but Tobin said the Bengals will consider all options that could potentially improve the team now and in the future. The NFL Draft takes place Thursday through Saturday, and the Bengals have eight picks over seven rounds.
“With the O-line, if there’s a guy that improves us that we think will have a good career in this league, we’re not going to pass on him, particularly if he’s the best guy on the board,” Tobin said Friday in a pre-draft press conference at Paul Brown Stadium. “But yeah, sometimes it does come down to a numbers game and you’ve got to be cognizant of what you already have.”
Jonah Williams, the team’s 2019 first-round pick, returns at left tackle, and the Bengals return Jackson Carman, D’Ante Smith and Trey Hill from last year’s draft class.
Carman, a Fairfield High grad, was the team’s second-round pick out of Clemson who the Bengals were hoping could make a smoother transition from left tackle to right guard. Instead, he ended up in a carousel that ended with him and 2020 draft pick Hakeem Adeniji splitting duties.
The Bengals have said they still hope for continued development from Jackson and the other young linemen, and that remains the case for Tobin. As of now, they are expected to compete for the open left guard spot.
“We like all three of those young guys we took, and we think they all could develop and grow,” Tobin said. “We think we’re going to have a good starting five. There’ll be some competition there. And then we think we have really good backups that can come in the game and have proven come in the game and provide winning football for us. So, we’re excited about the group. We’re excited about those three that we drafted last year. We’re excited about (Isaiah) Prince and the development he made this year. I really like the way the offensive line is coming together. I really do.”
Some believe Linderbaum would be too good of an option to pass on if available at No. 31. In the case the Bengals do end up with him, Karras spent most of 2021 at left guard with the Patriots and could easily move back. Tobin said that offensive line coach Frank Pollack and coach Zac Taylor will decide where he plays but noted he can be a very effective center and left or right guard.
The one big knock on Linderbaum that could deter teams from taking him in the first round is his short arm length. Some say that won’t be as big of a deal at center but it is something to consider. Asked in general if arm length is a non-negotiable for the Bengals, Tobin said he doesn’t rule good players out because of any particular trait.
“I negotiate everything,” Tobin said. “So, there are no non-negotiables for me. Again, it comes down to whether the guy has been able to play effectively with whatever trait that he doesn’t have. But yeah, it’s bigger is better, longer is better, faster is better, smarter is better, tougher is better. So every inch you can get is a better analysis. But ultimately it comes down to how the guy plays and can he overcome it where he’s playing right now.”
The one certain focus for the Bengals will be the defensive backs, but where they address those needs will depend on who is available. Cincinnati could use some reinforcements at the safety position, especially considering Jessie Bates and Vonn Bell are not guaranteed beyond 2022, and it’s no secret the team wants to add competition and depth or a possible upgrade at cornerback.
Tobin said there are some good safeties that can play both free and strong, and versatility in that position is a big trait for which the Bengals look.
“It’s a decent safety draft, for sure,” Tobin said.
As for the cornerback position, the Bengals return Chidobe Awuzie and re-signed Eli Apple this offseason, but Apple struggles with consistency and there aren’t many options beyond him on the roster. That makes cornerback a high possibility to be addressed in the first or second round.
Tobin said that position certainly will be an area to look at, but “it’s going to have to be the right guy at the right time.”
“There’s good players,” Tobin said when asked about the corners at the top of the draft. “There’s very good players. I don’t know how many of them we’re going to have access to. … There’s very good players and we’ll see how they compare to the guys who are left at the other positions. We’re not going to force something. We’re going to take what’s given to us at that point.”
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian soccer great Pelé will be cheering on his country's national team on Monday in its World Cup game against South Korea from the hospital, where he is being treated for a respiratory infection aggravated by COVID-19.
“In 1958, I walked the streets thinking about fulfilling the promise I made to my father,” the three-time World Cup winner wrote on Twitter, alongside a photograph of a then-17-year-old Pelé. “I know that today many have made similar promises and are also seeking their first World Cup. I’ll be watching the game from hospital and I’ll be rooting for each one of you. Good luck!”
The 82-year-old Pelé was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday but is under no imminent risk of death, according to several family members.
The soccer great is also undergoing chemotherapy in his fight against cancer. He is expected to leave the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo once he fully recovers from the respiratory infection, although neither the family nor the hospital know when that might happen.
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AP World Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/world-cup and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-12-05T20:10:15+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/sports/2022/12/05/pele-to-watch-brazils-world-cup-match-from-the-hospital/ |
DALLAS (KXAN) — The end of this month can’t come soon enough for Paul Lewis. He’ll get to hand over the keys to his house in a Dallas suburb and start a long drive north, where he’ll become the latest LGBTQ+ Texan to leave the state in hopes of finding a friendlier place to call home.
“Part of me hates the fact that I’m leaving Texas, the home I’ve always known,” Lewis said. “But part of me is also excited by the fact that I get to start a new chapter.”
The lifelong Texan committed in January to begin looking for somewhere else to move. He explained how two factors ultimately solidified that decision, pointing to the growing number of LGBTQ+ restrictions introduced this legislative session as well as the frequency of deadly mass shootings happening in the state. He noted his home in Carrollton is 20 minutes from the Allen Premium Outlets, where a gunman killed eight people in May. Plus, the governor recently signed a bill into law that would ban transgender minors from receiving certain health care options to help in their transition.
“I don’t feel like Texas is my home anymore,” Lewis said simply.
He ended up selling his home through a real estate service launched last summer by the Dallas-based broker, Bob McCranie, who sought to help LGBTQ+ people list their homes in Texas and then connect them with an agent in another state or even a different country where they’d like to go next. McCranie initially called it “Flee Texas,” but soon changed the name to reflect a broader group of people expressing interest in the service.
“What we discovered was we got so much response from other states that we decided to expand and become ‘Flee Red States,'” McCranie said Tuesday. “We’ve helped 27 groups of people so far get out.”
When someone goes to the website FleeRedStates.com, a message reads, “As LGBTQIA+ citizens in Red States, many of us feel at risk. Current laws are highly discriminatory against trans youth and their families. Our marriages, our families, and even our safety are at risk. If you feel the need to leave the jurisdiction of a Red State, let us help you sell your property here and connect with you an LGBTQIA+ or ally agent in a better location of your choice. We are licensed in Texas and we have affiliates in all 50 states and several countries.” People can share their contact information to create an account and start the process of connecting with a real estate expert.
“We’re calling it kind of the ‘rainbow Underground Railroad,'” McCranie said. “We’re trying to get people out quietly and get them to someplace where they feel safer.”
Gov. Abbott response
The governor held an event Thursday to sign a bill that will bar transgender women from playing on female sports teams at the collegiate level, which expands upon a law passed two years ago in Texas. KXAN asked Abbott to address its reporting that dozens of people are leaving the state because they said lawmakers keep pursuing these kinds of laws. He responded to a question about what he would say to LGBTQ+ Texans who assert they no longer feel welcome here anymore.
“Texas of course is a very welcoming state, and we want everybody to be here,” Abbott said. “So much so because the policies we promote, Texas over the past decade has been the leading state in the United States of America people choose to move to for our policies, and we will continue to advance policies that protect children, that protect women in sports but protect all Texans and their freedoms.”
After working in Texas real estate for more than 20 years, McCranie called it a “sad thing” to change his business to now help people leave the state rather than put down roots here. However, he said he has no plans to stop it anytime soon because he still worries which LGBTQ+ restrictions the state’s Republican leaders will pursue next.
“What we all want as human beings is to feel a level of safety, and if your state is making you feel unsafe, there’s no reason to stay,” McCranie said. “I can’t believe somebody could look at, let’s say, California or New York versus Texas and Florida and say that LGBTQ people feel more welcome in Florida and Texas. Do you think that’s a reasonable presumption? Of course not.”
Where to next
A woman who sold her home recently in the Austin area now resides in New Zealand, where she traveled to last week to reunite with her transgender son who’s in nursing school there. They decided to go somewhere overseas rather than another state because they’re concerned about a possible shift in the national political rhetoric against transgender rights.
McCranie told KXAN some of the people whom he helped through the Flee Red States service now live internationally, too, in places like Portugal, Mexico and Ireland. However, many of his clients moved somewhere else in the U.S.
When Lewis leaves the Dallas area at the end of the month, he’ll be bound for Michigan. He said it’s not only closer to some of his family, but state leaders there also worked to codify protections for the LGBTQ+ community. For example, earlier this year, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a law that expanded the state’s anti-discrimination policies to include sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Under Texas state law, those remain unprotected classes despite efforts to change that by mostly Democratic state lawmakers and LGBTQ+ advocates.
As he spends the next two weeks packing up his belongings, Lewis shared what he hopes Texas leaders will take from hearing how their policies are making him and other LGBTQ+ people flee the state.
“You should honestly be ashamed with the amount of injustice that you’re bringing into the state of Texas because that’s not my Texas. That’s not the Texas I grew up in,” Lewis said. “My Texas was you are proud to be from here. You helped your neighbor. You were loving and kind, and you’re turning into something else because my Texas doesn’t feel that way anymore. I feel more hate brewing in the state than I have my entire life, and your decisions are making it worse.”
It remains unclear whether legal challenges will emerge to some of the laws that Gov. Abbott signed this year. Several legal advocacy groups, though, already announced they planned to file a joint lawsuit against the state soon over the law that will ban gender-affirming care options for transgender minors. They argue it stops young people from accessing “medically necessary care.” | 2023-06-15T22:52:08+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/realtor-helps-lgbtq-texans-leave-state-through-rainbow-underground-railroad/ |
On Friday afternoon, a city of Oakland spokesperson confirmed that the city is the target of an ongoing ransomware attack, the full severity and scope of which are still unclear.
“The City is following industry best practices and developing a response plan to address the issue,” the spokesperson wrote. “In an abundance of caution, [the Information Technology Department] has taken affected systems offline while they work to secure and restore services safely. In the meantime, the public should expect delays from the City as a result. We are actively monitoring the situation and sending updated information as it becomes available.”
The spokesperson added that “911, financial data, and fire and emergency resources are not impacted” by the attack. However, they did not address specific questions about which agencies are most affected, who might be behind the ransomware attack and, perhaps most importantly, if any data stored by the city was stolen. News of the ransomware attack was first reported Thursday by Jaime Omar Yassin, an independent journalist.
According to an email obtained by Yassin, the attack began Wednesday night. For the time being, many city services remain out of use. A librarian confirmed to SFGATE, for instance, that Oakland library computers aren’t connecting to the internet and haven’t been able to since Thursday morning.
Ransomware attacks on local governments are increasingly common, said Brett Callow, a cybersecurity threat analyst at Emsisoft. This week, the city of Modesto was also targeted by what appears to be a ransomware attack, though Callow cautioned to SFGATE that it’s too early to know whether the two incidents have any connections.
But already this year, there have been six other ransomware attacks on local governments in the United States, Callow said. Four of those attacks have involved data being stolen, a tactic that’s become more and more common since 2019, Callow noted.
“They’re normally able to bring their most critical systems back up fairly quickly,” Callow said of how attacks on local governments typically go. “But the impact can last for a very long time.”
This is a developing story. | 2023-02-11T00:21:54+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/ransomware-attack-hits-oakland-17777432.php |
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "The BED ASSIST is an aid for daily living designed to provide added independence when getting into or out of bed. This practical product would be employed by anyone who has difficulty getting in and out of bed, such as the elderly and disabled individuals." said inventor from Riverside, CA "I created this idea for my mother who needed help getting in and out of bed, and wanted to help others who are also dealing with disabilities."
This innovative invention would be convent, safe, easy to use, efficient, as well as the reduce risk of injury, offering peace of mind. The BED ASSIST would allow independence, increased self-esteem, dignity, comfort, and a reduced risk of injury with this product. Also this practical product could save individuals money that may have been used to purchase a hospital bed or Hoyer lift.
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Las Vegas police seeking missing man
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Missing Persons Detail has asked for the public’s assistance in finding Leroy Hall.
Hall was last seen at 5:43 a.m. Wednesday in the 3000 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard. He may be in severe emotional distress and in need of medical assistance.
He was last seen wearing a black beret-style hat, black jacket, plaid button-up shirt, dark-colored pants, white Nike shoes, and carrying a blue bag.
Anyone with information about Hall and his whereabouts are strongly encouraged to contact the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department at (702) 828-3111, the Missing Persons Detail during business hours at (702) 828-2907 or by email at missingpersons@lvmpd.com.
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Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with Ali Velshi, MSNBC anchor and economics correspondent about the politics behind the Biden administration’s decision to forgive $10,000 in loans for certain borrowers.
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Hy-Vee announces changes in top leadership, new CEO
Hy-Vee, the state's largest employer, announces CEO Randy Edeker will step down from his current position starting Oct. 1.
Hy-Vee made the announcement late Wednesday afternoon.
The company's current vice chairman, Aaron Wiese, will step into the CEO role. Wiese is currently vice chairman of Hy-Vee and president of the company's supply chain subsidiaries.
Jeremy Gosch will remain as the company's COO and president. Gosch oversees all retail operations for Hy-Vee.
Edeker will still lead the West Des Moines-based grocery chain as the chairman of the board for the company. Gosch and Wiese will still report to Edeker.
“Both Aaron and Jeremy have been trusted leaders of our executive team for many years, and I am thankful for the leadership they continue to provide our great company,” said Randy Edeker, chairman of the board and current CEO of Hy-Vee in a news release. “With this announcement, I can continue to focus on Hy-Vee’s strategy and evolution in today’s changing environment while Jeremy can focus on overseeing our stores and Aaron can focus on the day-to-day operations of the overall company.”
Edeker led the grocery store chain through the COVID-19 pandemic — one of its busiest times.
Last weekend, Hy-Vee sponsored the IndyCar race in Newton. Edeker has helped the company with other high-profile partnerships, such as Wahlburgers and Mark Wahlberg.
Recently, Edeker oversaw layoffs at the company's corporate office.
He also announced changes in March to the company's Hy-vee Aisles online ordering — centralizing it to stores with the most online orders.
Gosch and charmain Aaron Wiese will still report to Edeker. | 2022-07-27T23:07:02+00:00 | kcci.com | https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-hy-vee-announces-changes-in-top-leadership-new-ceo/40735113 |
Poll: Biden approval, views of economy steady, sour
Washington — Fresh off his party’s better-than-anticipated performance in the midterm elections, President Joe Biden is facing consistent but critical assessments of his leadership and the national economy.
A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds 43% of U.S. adults say they approve of the way Biden is handling his job as president, while 55% disapprove. That’s similar to October, just weeks before the Nov. 8 elections that most Americans considered pivotal for the country’s future.
Only about a quarter say the nation is headed in the right direction or the economy is in good condition. Both measures have been largely negative over the course of the year as inflation tightened its grip, but were more positive through much of Biden’s first year in office.
Mishana Conlee said she tries to be optimistic about the coming year, but she thinks things are going to the gutter because “our president is incompetent” and not mentally fit for the White House. The 44-year-old in South Bend, Indiana, said she's frustrated about rising expenses when she's living paycheck to paycheck as a dietary aide at a nursing home.
“The more I work, I just can't get ahead," Conlee said. "That's just all there is to it.”
She doesn't blame Biden for the state of inflation, but “I feel like he’s not doing anything to change it,” said Conlee, an independent who voted for former President Donald Trump. Biden's "not doing us any good.”
The Biden administration in its second year in the White House relished economic growth, a series of legislative wins and relative success for the president's party in the midterms. But that has yet to translate to glowing reviews from a pessimistic public.
“I don’t understand why his approval ratings are so low,” said 56-year-old Sarah Apwisch, highlighting the administration's investments in infrastructure and computer chip technology.
Apwisch recognizes that it's been “a tough year” and that prices are higher, but she's hopeful because of the midterm results as a Republican-turned-Democrat who worries about the “Make America Great Again” movement’s influence on the GOP.
“We’re headed in the right direction,” said the Three Rivers, Michigan, resident who works for a market research company’s finance department. She is eager to see Democrats press forward on a wide-ranging agenda, including codifying abortion rights.
Even as Republicans took control of the House, Democrats defied historical precedent to stunt GOP gains and even improve their Senate majority, which was cemented with this week’s runoff win for Sen. Raphael Warnock, the lone Democrat in Georgia this year to be elected statewide.
Glen McDaniel of Atlanta, who twice voted for Warnock, thinks the Biden administration has moved the country forward and weathered the economic storm as well as possible.
“I think that this administration has done as much as they can" to fight inflation, the Democrat said.
But McDaniel, a 70-year-old medical research scientist, also thinks the nation faces “social headwinds” that he wants Biden and the party to prioritize.
“I think that the Democrats can be a little bit more aggressive” in legislating on things like marriage equality, reproductive rights and voting reform, he said.
The poll shows majorities of Democrats and Republicans alike think things in the country are on the wrong track, likely for different reasons.
But Democrats have shown renewed faith in Biden, boosting his overall job approval rating from a summer slump. Even so, the 43% who approve in the new survey remains somewhat depressed from 48% a year ago and much lower than 60% nearly two years ago, a month after he took office.
Seventy-seven percent of Democrats, but only 10% of Republicans, approve of Biden.
While many Americans don’t entirely blame Biden for high inflation, AP-NORC polling this year showed Biden consistently hit for his handling of the economy.
As in recent months, the new poll shows only a quarter of U.S. adults say economic conditions are good, while three-quarters call them bad. Nine in 10 Republicans, along with about 6 in 10 Democrats, say the economy is in bad shape. Ratings of the economy have soured amid record-high inflation, even as Biden touts falling gas prices and a low unemployment rate at 3.7%.
Joshua Steffens doubts that the job market is as good as indicators show. The 47-year-old in St. Augustine, Florida, said he has been unemployed and struggling to find an information technology job since September.
“Even though they’re trying to claim that things are looking good,” Steffens said, “in the trenches, it definitely does not appear that it’s so accurate.”
Biden’s shopping and vacationing, captured on broadcast news, is “tone deaf,” said the Republican, who called the president “a habitual liar.”
Steffens said he and his wife are experiencing rising expenses for electricity and groceries, and relying on his wife’s income has “put a strain” on their holiday shopping. He doesn’t think Biden is handling high inflation well.
“If he has policies that he’s trying to push through, then they’re not working currently,” Steffens said.
The poll of 1,124 adults was conducted Dec. 1-5 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points. | 2022-12-08T15:03:07+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/08/biden-approval-views-of-economy-steady-sour-ap-norc-poll/69711296007/ |
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NEW YORK, June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ: IEP) between August 2, 2018 and May 9, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important July 10, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Icahn Enterprises securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
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Since its launch in 2020, NBCUniversal has had its share of big events to showcase its Peacock Streaming Service. It gets another one this month with the FIFA Men’s World Cup.
With Telemundo as the official Spanish-language broadcaster in the United States, Peacock will simulcast the games and have them available on-demand and other ancillary programming.
Rick Cordella, the president of programming for NBC Sports and Peacock Sports, said NBCUniversal was a bit behind its competitors when rolling out a streaming service, but he feels they have closed the gap.
He hopes the World Cup is another event that will drive more viewers to the platform.
“We’ve seen sports has been the catalyst to get people in the door. They seek it out, they find it, and then they’re exposed to all the entertainment options we have,” he said. “It just gives you a reason to open up our app every week if you’re a fan of a certain sport.”
Peacock reported it had 15 million paid subscribers and 30 million monthly active accounts last month.
Before moving back to NBC Sports, Cordella was Peacock’s chief commercial officer and instrumental in its launch.
Before Peacock’s launch, NBC’s streaming offerings were spread out among its Olympic site and the various NBC Sports Gold packages for Premier League soccer, rugby, motorsports, and the Tour de France. Peacock helped put them under one roof and one price.
Over the past couple of months, Peacock has touted its advantage of having the most varied live sports package. Besides the Olympics and World Cup, it also has NFL “Sunday Night Football,” the Premier League, “Sunday Morning Baseball,” Notre Dame football and hockey, NASCAR, and golf, among others. It will add Big Ten football and basketball next season.
As the World Cup draws near, those promotions have ramped up over the past month.
Peacock has also benefitted from adding WWE in the spring of 2021, including its 12 premium live events.
“The model we put together for WWE was very much a sports model of how many people show up for that live event on Saturday or Sunday night, how long will they stay around, or how much other content they have,” Cordella said. “There’s not a lot of difference between the passion you see for Premier League and the passion you see for WWE events.”
Cordella also noted that fans are tuning in for more than one sport. Premier League fans will stream sports, as will WWE fans.
Like the Olympics, Cordella hopes that the World Cup is another vehicle to draw subscribers and keep them.
The World Cup is also beneficial when it comes to streaming. According to a study from Tremor International, a video-first ad tech platform, 38% of fans ages 25-34 prefer to watch games on streaming compared to 33% on broadcast or cable television.
“I think one of the advantages we have in this particular property is that if you’re outside the pay-TV ecosystem, you don’t have a slot to watch it outside. You can come to Peacock for the tournament,” Cordella said.
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Chances are, if you live on Earth, you've experienced some strange, or downright dangerous, weather in the last few years. Maybe it was a heat wave that was hotter and longer than you'd ever experienced. Or a thunderstorm that dropped a scary amount of rain. Or a powerful hurricane that seemed to materialize overnight.
Climate change is part of that story. Extreme weather is more likely as the Earth gets hotter. But such sweeping statements can feel impersonal, when really what you want to know is: has climate change affected me?
"You have some extreme weather disaster, and people want to know: Did climate change flood my house? Did climate change make it so hot that my power went out?" says Michael Wehner, a senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who studies how climate change influences extreme weather. "Those are good questions."
Now, scientists can answer those questions with more and more certainty. For some types of weather, it's become possible to say exactly how much worse it was because of climate change. Or that without global warming, the disaster would not have happened at all.
Climate change makes every heat wave worse
Heat waves have the clearest connection to global warming. "It seems obvious that as the global climate warms, heat waves would also warm," says Wehner.
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But how much warmer, exactly?
Scientists have quantified that. "For garden variety heat waves – like the hottest day of the year, or the hottest day every 10 years – in the U.S., climate change has increased that heat wave's temperature by 3 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit," Wehner explains.
You can see those extra degrees in action when heat records fall over and over. Millions of people living in more than a dozen cities in the Western U.S. and Texas experienced record-breaking temperatures during a heat wave this June. Many cities, such as Phoenix, Las Vegas and Houston, set new heat records almost every summer.
But scientists can go even further, using supercomputers and advanced statistics to analyze the most extreme heat waves, like the one that killed hundreds of people in Canada and the Pacific Northwest in 2021. Temperatures reached 120 degrees in parts of Canada, and hit 115 degrees in Oregon and Washington.
When scientists analyzed how climate change affected that heat wave, they found something startling. "It was virtually impossible without climate change," says Wehner.
Another way to say that? Climate change caused last summer's extreme heat wave.
Most scientists communicate with statistics. That has upsides and downsides
Climate scientists tend to stay away from the word "cause." They opt instead for numbers that explain exactly how likely an extreme weather event was, compared to a world before humans started burning large quantities of fossil fuels.
But many scientists are aware that, for the public, those numbers might not mean much.
"We could say [the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave] was a 1 in 1000 year event in today's climate. Or that it was about 150 times more likely today than it was in a preindustrial climate, " says Luke Harrington, a senior research fellow at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand who studies climate change and extreme weather. "But that's probably not useful [if you want] to understand that [the heat wave] was basically not going to happen in a preindustrial world."
Wehner points out that, for more common types of dangerous weather, more detailed numbers can be helpful because they tell people how often they'll need to cope with certain events.
For example, imagine there's a thunderstorm that drops a lot more rain than usual and floods your house. In the past, such a storm would have been very rare – a once in a lifetime event.
Scientists might study that storm and find it was 10 times more likely to happen because of climate change.
"If that event is 10 times more likely, that means it's going to happen once every 7 years," instead of once in a lifetime, explains Wehner. In other words, weather that once was very rare is now happening regularly. And knowing that can help people plan for the future.
In the future, climate change information may be part of regular weather forecasts
The research methods that make this possible are very new, in the scheme of things. In general, science moves slowly. But the science of finding climate fingerprints in individual weather disasters has gone from infancy to maturity in less than 20 years, in part because of the enormous demand for information about how global warming is changing our lives.
"There's a clear demand for this from the public," says Wehner. He says the research techniques have advanced to the point where people with less academic training could do the work. "Just like weather forecasting, you could hire professionals to do this," he explains.
The satellite weather service for the European Union is piloting such a service, which would analyze how much climate change contributed to individual weather events in Europe.
That would free up time for climate scientists to focus on the most pressing questions that still remain about extreme weather and global warming.
Some types of weather are harder for scientists to study
Some types of weather are so complex that it is still difficult for scientists to pinpoint the influence of climate change on individual events, even if the overall connection to climate change is well-understood.
For example, wildfires are getting more widespread and intense as the Earth gets hotter. Global warming dries out plants and soil and makes hot and dry weather conditions more likely.
But scientists aren't able to say exactly how much worse, or more likely, a specific wildfire was because of global warming.
That's partly because humans can play such an active role in where fires start and how large they get. Most wildfires are started by humans – for example, by a campfire, power line or even a rogue cigarette. Human land management dictates how much vegetation such as trees, shrubs or grass is available to feed the fire. And firefighters influence how large the fire gets and where it burns.
"Any fire has so many factors going on, and only some of them are closely related to the climate," says Megan Kirchmeier-Young, a research scientist at Environment and Climate Change Canada who studies extreme weather.
Attributing individual hurricanes to climate change is also difficult. Hurricanes are both complex and relatively rare compared to other types of extreme weather – especially since only a small fraction of the storms that form actually make landfall.
That small data set makes it difficult to compare the effects of storms that happen today, with global warming, to storms that happened before humans caused global warming.
Still, in many cases scientists are able to quantify the effect of climate change on hurricane rain. Researchers found that climate change caused up to 15% more rain to fall during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Another study looked at the entire 2020 hurricane season and found that climate change increased extreme rain by 10% for the season as a whole.
But researchers are still figuring out how climate change causes other changes in hurricanes, says Jill Trepanier, who studies climate change and tropical cyclones at Louisiana State University.
For example, hurricanes are getting more powerful, and storms are more likely to rapidly intensify. Warmer ocean water is generally to blame for both phenomena, but scientists don't understand what's happening well enough to say that a specific storm was "x" amount more powerful, or intensified "y" percent, more quickly because of climate change.
"We can't say 'This is the reason they rapidly intensify.' We haven't solved that problem," she says. "That's something we're still working on."
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Updated March 16, 2023 at 9:28 AM ET
Though Opening Day for Major League Baseball is March 30, down in Savannah, Georgia, Banana Ball is already in full swing.
The adaptation is a bizarro version of baseball championed by the Savannah Bananas, an exhibition team that has sold out every game since their inaugural season in 2016.
The Bananas have taken the sports world by storm. Nearly half a million people are on the waitlist for their cross-country tour and the team has more followers on TikTok than any team in the Major League.
But the team is more than just a social media phenomenon. Big Leaguers are also catching on: over the weekend, the Bananas played a team of retired MLB players under the rules of Banana Ball.
Counting down the seconds to Show Time 🤭 pic.twitter.com/Nx9jX5TKII
— Savannah Bananas (@TheSavBananas) March 11, 2023
"This is not your granddad's pastime!" boomed the Bananas' announcer before the start of the game.
It certainly is not. Banana Ball follows a set of nine highly unorthodox rules. Among them, there is a strict two-hour time limit, batters get a strike if they step out of the batter's box, and, perhaps the most popular rule: if a fan catches a foul ball, the batter is out.
But the antics don't stop there. A chant of "We will, we will peel you!" regularly plays over the speaker system to the tune of Queen's "We Will Rock You." There's also a pep band and a cheerleading squad of grandmas: the "Banana Nanas."
The Bananas used to play in the collegiate summer wood-bat Coastal Plain League, with occasional Banana Ball games. At the end of last season however, those became so popular that the team announced they would peel away to play nothing but Banana Ball.
Most games are played against the Party Animals, a team fielded by the Bananas. But part of their schedule this year consists of so-called "challenger games," featuring other squads, the MLB retirees among them.
The Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA) put together an ad-hoc roster that faced the Bananas Saturday night.
Time to see if we can teach an old dog new tricks 😉 See you on the Banana Ball field @MLBPAA 🤝
— Savannah Bananas (@TheSavBananas) March 11, 2023
📍 Savannah, GA
🏟️ Historic Grayson Stadium
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"Now batting: Johnny Damon!" thundered the announcer, introducing the 18-year MLB veteran.
Damon is perhaps best known for helping the Boston Red Sox end their 86-year-long World Series drought in 2004. Though he came up clutch in that postseason, he was hitless in three at-bats against the Bananas.
The rest of the retired Major Leaguers fared about the same, scoring just one point among them.
That's another thing: these games have points, not runs. One point is awarded to whichever team scores the most runs in an inning, regardless of the actual run total. This keeps the games close and creates the opportunity for walk-offs during the bottom of any inning. That's what happened this weekend.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, the tallest player in all of baseball hobbled slowly toward the batter's box.
"Please welcome Dakota "Stilts" Albritton!" announced Bananas owner Jesse Cole.
Cole serves as a sort of ringleader for every game, dressing in a yellow tuxedo and yellow top hat — his routine uniform.
Standing 10 feet, 9 inches tall on stilts, Albritton rose to the occasion with a runner in scoring position.
"That one's cranked down the third-base line, fair!" yelled Bananas broadcaster Biko Scalla over the team's live stream on YouTube. "And the Bananas are going to walk the inning off!"
The Top 14 Moments from a Historic Weekend in Bananaland!@BikoRicoSuave has all the bats on fire, former Major Leaguers shining in their Banana Ball debuts, the greatest mic’d up moment in Bananas history, and so much more!
— Savannah Bananas (@TheSavBananas) March 12, 2023
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In the end, the Major Leaguers lost,5-1. But Johnny Damon was in good spirits regardless.
"Obviously, we want to win every time we get out there," Damon said. "But it was fantastic. Everybody's leaving here happy."
Former Oakland Athletics outfielder Billy Burns assessed his team's performance as "horrible," but laughed it off.
"You could tell all of us hadn't played in years. But it was a really cool experience," he said. "I've never played anything like that. And it was way faster-paced than I thought, so I was exhausted after like the second inning."
Team MLBPAA will get another crack at it later this year: the Bananas have scheduled two more games against them, as part of their 33-city national exhibition tour.
Damon says the MLB can learn from how the Bananas appeal to a bunch of different groups: "They're bringing everything for the fans — for the grandmas, for the babies, for the kids."
His mother even got in on the fun, participating in a between-the-innings race of grandmas from third base to home plate.
First Challenger game of the year against the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association was electric from the dances to the dingers ⚡️
— Savannah Bananas (@TheSavBananas) March 12, 2023
See you boys again in Tampa Bay! @MLBPAA pic.twitter.com/djuAPRvHLN
The Bananas host a "fan fest" outside the ballpark after every home game at Grayson Stadium. The celebration is full of chanting, dancing and autograph-signing. This weekend was no different.
"It was awesome," Bananas shortstop Ryan Cox said at the fan fest. "You watch those guys on TV growing up, you model your game after a lot of them. Sharing the same field was just the coolest thing I've ever done on a baseball field."
Copyright 2023 Georgia Public Broadcasting | 2023-03-16T15:30:44+00:00 | kanw.com | https://www.kanw.com/npr-news/npr-news/2023-03-14/mlbs-opening-day-is-almost-here-but-banana-ball-is-happening-now |
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