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SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — What tricolor bats lack in size, they make up for in their important role in insect control and pollination. But their survival is being threatened by biological and environmental factors.
The tricolor bats’ range includes Maryland and the Eastern Shore. They weigh only 6 grams, with a body length of just slightly over 3 inches. Despite their diminutive size, they serve a big role in pest control by eating a number of insects that endanger crops. For an animal weighing roughly the same as a quarter, it’s one of the most prolific natural control measures of grain moths and beetles.
It has distinct tricolored fur that appears yellowish-brown and is dark brown at the base, pale in the middle and dark at the tip. Its lifespan of a mere four to eight years makes it all the more vital that its hibernation not be disturbed.
Formerly known as the eastern pipistrelle, it is the smallest bat in Maryland. The bat can be found east of the Rocky Mountains in 39 U.S. states, including Delaware and Virginia, and parts of Canadia, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize and Nicaragua.
What is killing tricolor bats?
The most serious threat to tricolor bats is white-nose syndrome, but that’s not the only factor that has precipitated anywhere from an 80% to 100% decline in populations in some areas, depending on the season.
“The species used to have one of the highest numbers of hibernating bats in the state as well as high numbers in the summer. But now they’re in much more limited numbers due to white-nose syndrome and wind-related mortality,” said Dana Limpert, eastern region ecologist for Wildlife and Heritage Services in the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
White-nose syndrome results when a European-based fungus grows in the caves and mines where the bats hibernate. That fungus eventually gets on the animal itself, causing it to disrupt its hibernation at the cost of gaining the necessary fat stores needed to survive the coming season. It has led to many bats leaving hibernation early without the necessary strength to survive.
Research into artificial hibernating structures that have been decontaminated from the fungus may present a sustainable solution considering they would use those structures anyway. Although in its early stages, results have been positive.
According to Lampert, land-based wind turbines create a less consistent air pressure when spinning at a certain speed, causing passing bats to have their lungs explode. It is a condition common to a number of other bat species as well. The remedy is regulating the speed at which such turbines can rotate.
Also noted as factors by U.S. Fish and Wildlife are changes in temperature and precipitation, include disturbance to bats in their roosting, foraging, commuting and wintering habitats.
How are tricolor bats tracked?
The state’s Department of Natural Resources contends a sharp decline in population strongly indicates tricolor bats might not be using their traditional caves and mines anymore.
“Being so small, we can’t put radios on them to track where they’re roosting. What we have done is some acoustic work to locate their echolocation calls and then we can classify that,” Lampert said. “With tricolor bats, they’re very distinctive calls.
“The work we’ve done in the summer showed there’s been a decrease of 80% or more,” Lampert said.
In terms of the white-nose syndrome, some research indicates some tricolor bats can recover from being covered in the fungus. Yet that hasn’t stopped Maryland from already listing them as a state-endangered. Bolstered by proposed federal endangered species protection, the fight to ensure a future for tricolor bats could get easier.
“One thing (federal protection) would do is take a research to create habitat management recommendations for winter and summer. That’s mainly forest, so anything related to cutting of trees near caves or mines would have to go through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,” Lampert said.
What is the latest on federal protection?
Tricolored bats are the smallest species of bat native to the Eastern U.S. with adults weighing only 0.2 to 0.3 ounces, or roughly the weight of a quarter. White nose syndrome has contributed to a 97% loss of tricolored bat populations in the US to date.
In September, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list the tricolored bat as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The determination was announced under auspices that the species faces extinction due primarily to the range-wide impacts of white-nose syndrome, and a deadly disease affecting cave-dwelling bats across the continent.
“Bats are essential for healthy ecosystems and contribute at least $3 billion annually to the U.S. agriculture economy through pest control and pollination. The growing extinction crisis highlights the importance of the Endangered Species Act and efforts to conserve species before declines become irreversible,” a release by the federal service said following the announcement.
According to the federal office, the proposal to list the tricolored bat comes after an in-depth review found that the species has declined so dramatically across its range that it now meets the definition of endangered under the current law.
“The Service has a strong foundation in place for working with stakeholders to conserve bats while allowing economic activities within the range to continue to occur, and will continue to build on these in light of the tricolored bats endangered status,” the statement said.
As an example, the federal department cited the use of habitat conservation plans in wind energy projects so as to move forward after minimizing and mitigating their impacts on tricolored bats.
“White-nose syndrome is decimating hibernating bat species like the tricolored bat at unprecedented rates,” said Martha Williams, service director for the agency. “Bats play such an important role in ensuring a healthy ecosystem. The Service is deeply committed to continuing our vital research and collaborative efforts with partners to mitigate further impacts and recover tricolored bat populations.”
The Center for Biological Diversity was among the groups with the strongest support for the decision, noting much of the population decrease trends as to why.
“It’s baffling that the Fish and Wildlife Service acknowledged that habitat loss is one of the biggest threats to the tricolored bats’ survival but decided not to designate any critical habitat for them. These bats urgently need their homes protected to stop them from going extinct,” said Will Harlan, a scientist at the center. | 2022-10-02T13:21:37+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Maryland-s-smallest-bat-s-survival-threatened-17481402.php |
BISMARCK, N.D., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MDU Resources Group, Inc.'s (NYSE: MDU) board of directors today declared a quarterly dividend on the company's common stock of 21.75 cents per share, unchanged from the previous quarter.
The dividend is payable Oct. 1 to stockholders of record Sept. 8, 2022.
About MDU Resources
MDU Resources Group, Inc., a member of the S&P MidCap 400 and the S&P High-Yield Dividend Aristocrats indices, is Building a Strong America® by providing essential products and services through its regulated energy delivery and construction materials and services businesses. For more information about MDU Resources, visit www.mdu.com or contact the Investor Relations Department at investor@mduresources.com.
Financial Contact: Brent Miller, director of financial projects and investor relations, 701-530-1730
Media Contact: Laura Lueder, manager of communications and public relations, 701-530-1095
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Electronic Transaction Consultants to receive the award at IBTTA's 90th Annual Meeting & Exhibition in September
TORONTO, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Quarterhill Inc. ("Quarterhill") (TSX: QTRH) (OTCQX: QTRHF), announces that the International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association ("IBTTA") has awarded Electronic Transaction Consultants, LLC ("ETC"), a Quarterhill company, the 2022 Toll Excellence Award for Private Sector Innovation for ETC's Accounts Receivable Management ("ARM") application for the Harris County Toll Road Authority ("HCTRA"). Each year IBTTA presents the Toll Excellence Awards to highlight the very best projects, innovations and solutions from the international tolling industry, and describes the awardees as "global industry leaders and role models, performing outstanding work by finding less costly solutions for drivers, creating stronger customer support services, improving safety, enhancing sustainable clean water practices, and embracing new technologies." The awards will be presented during IBTTA's 90th Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Austin, Texas on September 19, 2022. ETC previously won IBTTA's 2019 Toll Excellence Award for the successful implementation of the Central U.S. Interoperability Hub.
In 2019, Harris County Commissioners Court unanimously approved the changes to the violation invoicing and collections process to provide a more customer-friendly, transparent resolution process for drivers. HCTRA chartered ETC to develop and implement an integrated ARM application initially for use by HCTRA. The ARM application was specifically designed and developed to collect on past due receivables along with the functionality to perform hearings, adjudication and/or litigation. The ARM application was to be integrated with the ETC riteHorizon™ Back Office System implemented at HCTRA, along with electronic delivery of data and documents to the Harris County Attorney Office and County Clerk's Office. The ARM application is a consolidated solution with the integration of advanced technologies, including a modern low-code user interface (UI) and cloud infrastructure, and can be integrated easily with any back-office system, tolling or otherwise. The system provides seamless integration across the various processes, with a clear timeline for each collection and legal action escalation points. This enables users to quickly evaluate each case and decide on the next steps.
"The team at ETC is so grateful to be selected by IBTTA for this respected award," stated ETC's President & Chief Executive Officer Kevin Holbert. "This is further validation of ETC's dedication to technical and operational excellence and commitment to being the innovation leader in the tolling and smart mobility market. This would not have been possible without visionary Anil Mirmira, P.E., Deputy Director, Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) and his team who provided ETC with an opportunity to be their solution provider. Through this project, ETC was able to support HCTRA's new business process for in-house collections of delinquent receivables along with hearings and litigation. Implementation of the ARM application has not only allowed HCTRA to maximize their revenue collection, but also being able to increase conversion from an unregistered user to an enrolled account holder."
ETC is a leading U.S. intelligent transportation systems provider, developing and delivering best in class solutions for tolling, congestion management, smart mobility, and multimodal transportation initiatives. ETC's passionate and innovative team has been driving the future of mobility since 1999, with a number of industry firsts, including all electronic tolling (AET), dynamic pricing, agency interoperability, hosted mobility solutions and machine learning.
For over two decades, ETC has delivered sophisticated solutions to many of the U.S.'s largest toll authorities, including state-wide programs, county networks and tolling-specific authorities. ETC's solutions process over two billion transactions annually totaling over $3 billion in revenues for our customers, incorporating the latest in evergreen open-source and SaaS technologies and Big Data architecture through our innovative riteSuite™ products.
Quarterhill is a leading provider of tolling and enforcement solutions in the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) industry, as well as, through its Wi-LAN Inc. subsidiary, a leader in Intellectual Property licensing. Our goal is global leadership in ITS, via organic growth of the Electronic Transaction Consultants, LLC (ETC) and International Road Dynamics, Inc. (IRD) platforms, and by continuing an acquisition-oriented investment strategy that capitalizes on attractive growth opportunities within ITS and its adjacent markets. Quarterhill is listed on the TSX under the symbol QTRH and on the OTCQX Best Market under the symbol QTRHF. For more information, visit www.quarterhill.com
The International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association (IBTTA) is the worldwide association for the owners and operators of toll facilities and the businesses that serve them. Founded in 1932, IBTTA has members in more than 20 countries on six continents. Through advocacy, thought leadership and education, members are implementing state-of-the-art, innovative user-based transportation financing solutions to address the critical infrastructure challenges of the 21st century.
This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding ETC, Quarterhill and their businesses. Forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by ETC and/or Quarterhill in light of their experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and the expected effects of new business strategies, as well as other factors that ETC and/or Quarterhill believe are appropriate in the circumstances. The forward-looking events and circumstances discussed herein may not occur and could differ materially as a result of known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting ETC and/or Quarterhill, including: potential risks and uncertainties relating to the ultimate geographic spread of the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19"); the severity of the disease; the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak; actions that may be taken by governmental authorities to contain the COVID-19 outbreak or to treat its impact; the potential negative impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and financial markets and any resulting impact on ETC and/or Quarterhill and/or their businesses. Other factors include, without limitation, the risks described in Quarterhill's March 11, 2021 annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2020 (the "AIF"). Copies of the AIF may be obtained at www.sedar.com. ETC and Quarterhill recommend that readers review and consider all of these risk factors and notes that readers should not place undue reliance on any of ETC's forward-looking statements. ETC has no intention, and undertakes no obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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VANCOUVER, BC, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HPIL Holding (OTC: HPIL) is pleased to announce that it has secured a $CAD 32 million capital commitment from GEM Global Yield LLC SCS ("GEM"), for a 36-month term following the public listing of the Company's common stock on the Canadian Stock Exchange (CSE). HPIL intends to use the funds to strengthen its business, by providing the financial resources to develop its business segments and markets as well as to incubate further technologies. The share subscription facility will allow HPIL to draw down funds against the issuance of shares of HPIL's common stock. HPIL will control the timing and the size of such drawdowns, subject to specified limits. The Company has issued warrants to GEM to purchase up to three point eight (3.8%) of the outstanding common stock of the Company on a fully diluted basis, which will vest in full concurrently with a public listing of HPIL's shares. During the commitment period, HPIL has the option to increase the facility to $CAD 75.5 million, subject to certain terms and conditions.
"This agreement with GEM helps to secure funding for continued growth and development of the Company as we continue to bring innovative technologies to our key business segments," stated Stephen Brown, CEO of HPIL.
"We are excited to be working with GEM and their excellent team and look forward to achieving significant milestones in 2022 and 2023; as we move forward with our business strategy and take advantage of the opportunities that are available to the Company," stated Stephen Brown, CEO of HPIL.
ABOUT GEM:
Global Emerging Markets ("GEM") is a $3.4 billion alternative investment group based in Paris, New York and the Bahamas. GEM manages a diverse set of investment vehicles focused on emerging markets and has completed over 520 transactions in 70 countries. Each investment vehicle has a different degree of operational control, risk-adjusted return and liquidity prole. The family of funds and investment vehicles provide GEM and its partners with exposure to: Small-Mid Cap Management Buyouts, Private Investments in Public Equities (PIPEs) and select venture investments. For more information: http://www.gemny.com
ABOUT HPIL:
HPIL Holding is a worldwide diversified company developing projects with innovative technology that strongly believes in its slogan: WHERE THE HUMAN ELEMENT MEETS THE FUTURISTIC MIND. The Company has a well-versed project slate such as Apogee Dynamics, World Gaming Group, Medusa Artificial Intelligence, NFT Procurement, ZIPPA and Humm Token. www.hpilholding.ca
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Trump’s tax returns to be discussed by congressional panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to publicly release years of Donald Trump ‘s tax returns, which the former president has long tried to shield.
Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., has kept a close hold on the panel’s actions, including whether the panel will meet in a public or private session. And if lawmakers move forward with plans to release the returns, it’s unclear how quickly that would happen.
But after a yearslong battle that ultimately resulted in the Supreme Court clearing the way last month for the Treasury Department to send the returns to Congress, Democrats are under pressure to act aggressively. The committee received six years of tax returns for Trump and some of his businesses. And with just two weeks left until Republicans formally take control of the House, Tuesday’s meeting could be the last opportunity for Democrats to disclose whatever information they have gleaned.
Trump has long had a complicated relationship with his personal income taxes.
As a presidential candidate in 2016, he broke decades of precedent by refusing to release his tax forms to the public. He bragged during a presidential debate that year that he was “smart” because he paid no federal taxes and later claimed he wouldn’t personally benefit from the 2017 tax cuts he signed into law that favored people with extreme wealth, asking Americans to simply take him at his word.
Tax records would have been a useful metric for judging his success in business. The image of a savvy businessman was key to a political brand honed during his years as a tabloid magnet and star of “The Apprentice” television show. They also could reveal any financial obligations — including foreign debts — that could influence how he governed.
But Americans were largely in the dark about Trump’s relationship with the IRS until October 2018 and September 2020, when The New York Times published two separate series based on leaked tax records.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning 2018 articles showed how Trump received a modern equivalent of at least $413 million from his father’s real estate holdings, with much of that money coming from what the Times called “tax dodges” in the 1990s. Trump sued the Times and his niece, Mary Trump, in 2021 for providing the records to the newspaper. In November, Mary Trump asked an appeals court to overturn a judge’s decision to reject her claims that her uncle and two of his siblings defrauded her of millions of dollars in a 2001 family settlement.
The 2020 articles showed that Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2017 and 2018. Trump paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the past 15 years because he generally lost more money than he made.
The articles exposed deep inequities in the U.S. tax code as Trump, a reputed multi-billionaire, paid little in federal income taxes. IRS figures indicate that the average tax filer paid roughly $12,200 in 2017, about 16 times more than the former president paid.
Details about Trump’s income from foreign operations and debt levels were also contained in the tax filings, which the former president derided as “fake news.”
At the time of the 2020 articles, Neal said he saw an ethical problem in Trump overseeing a federal agency that he has also battled with legal filings.
“Now, Donald Trump is the boss of the agency he considers an adversary,” Neal said in 2020. “It is essential that the IRS’s presidential audit program remain free of interference.”
The Manhattan district attorney’s office also obtained copies of Trump’s tax records in February 2021 after after a protracted legal fight that included two trips to the Supreme Court.
The office, then led by District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., had subpoenaed Trump’s accounting firm in 2019, seeking access to eight years of Trump’s tax returns and related documents.
The DA’s office issued the subpoena after Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen told Congress that Trump had misled tax officials, insurers and business associates about the value of his assets. Those allegations are the subject of a fraud lawsuit that New York Attorney General Letitia James filed against Trump and his company in September.
Trump’s longtime accountant, Donald Bender, testified at the Trump Organization’s recent criminal trial that Trump reported losses on his tax returns every year for a decade, including nearly $700 million in 2009 and $200 million in 2010.
Bender, a partner at Mazars USA LLP who spent years preparing Trump’s personal tax returns, said Trump’s reported losses from 2009 to 2018 included net operating losses from some of the many businesses he owns through his Trump Organization.
The Trump Organization was convicted earlier this month on tax fraud charges for helping some executives dodge taxes on company-paid perks such as apartments and luxury cars.
The current Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, told The Associated Press in an interview last week that his office’s investigation into Trump and his businesses continues.
“We’re going to follow the facts and continue to do our job,” Bragg said.
Trump, who refused to release his returns during his 2016 presidential campaign and his four years in the White House while claiming that he was under IRS audit, has argued there is little to be gleaned from the tax returns even as he has fought to keep them private.
“You can’t learn much from tax returns, but it is illegal to release them if they are not yours!” he complained on his social media network last weekend.
Republicans, meanwhile, have railed against the potential release, arguing that it would set a dangerous precedent.
Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, the Ways and Means Committee’s Republican leader, accused Democrats on the committee of “unleashing a dangerous new political weapon that reaches far beyond President Trump, and jeopardizes the privacy of every American.”
“Going forward, partisans in Congress have nearly unlimited power to target political enemies by obtaining and making public their private tax returns to embarrass and destroy them,” Brady said in a statement. “We urge Democrats, in their rush to target former President Trump, not to unleash this dangerous new political weapon on the American people.”
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Kinnard reported from Columbia, South Carolina. Associated Press writers Michael R. Sisak and Jill Colvin in New York contributed this report.
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Venus Williams 2023 Wimbledon Odds
Venus Williams will start Wimbledon against Elina Svitolina in the round of 128. She was defeated by Jelena Ostapenko in the round of 16 of Viking Classic Birmingham (her most recent tournament). Williams currently has +20000 odds to be crowned champion at AELTC Wimbledon Qualifying and Community Sports Ground.
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Williams at 2023 Wimbledon
- Next Round: Round of 128
- Tournament Dates: June 25 - July 16
- Venue: AELTC Wimbledon Qualifying and Community Sports Ground
- Court Surface: Grass
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Williams' Next Match
In the round of 128 of Wimbledon, on Monday, July 3 (at 5:00 AM ET), Williams will face Svitolina.
Venus Williams Grand Slam Odds
- Wimbeldon odds to win: +20000
- Wimbledon odds to win: +20000
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Williams Stats
- In her most recent match, Williams was defeated 3-6, 7-5, 3-6 versus Ostapenko in the Round of 16 of Viking Classic Birmingham.
- Williams is 2-7 over the past 12 months, with no tournament victories.
- Williams is 1-2 on grass over the past 12 months.
- Through nine matches over the past year (across all court types), Williams has played 25.4 games per match. She won 43.7% of them.
- Williams, over the past 12 months, has played three matches on grass, and 32.0 games per match.
- Over the past 12 months, Williams has been victorious in 26.3% of her return games and 60.9% of her service games.
- On grass over the past 12 months, Williams has claimed 66.7% of her service games and 27.1% of her return games.
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The DeVos Family Foundation is donating $1 million to assist with Hurricane Ian relief efforts in Central Florida and across the state, the Orlando Magic announced Friday.
The DeVos Family Foundation (DVFF) and the Magic are working with local partners and officials to ensure help is available to those most impacted in Central Florida and throughout the entire region.
DVFF is donating $500,000 to the Hurricane Recovery Fund set up by the Heart of Florida United Way and the Central Florida Foundation, $250,000 to the statewide Florida Disaster Fund and $250,000 will be reserved for future rebuilding efforts.
“Our hearts are with this community, which has long been part of our family,” Magic chairman Dan DeVos said in a statement. “We will continue to partner with organizations closest to those most impacted and as always, prioritize the health and safety of the people in the region. This community is resilient, and our thoughts and prayers are with those affected as well as the leaders and first responders who continually put neighbors first.”
The DeVos Family Foundation will also continue its 30 Grants for 30 Years Initiative with the Orlando Magic throughout the 2022-23 season, providing funding and in-game recognition for nonprofit honorees in the Orlando area.
The donations are part of the DeVos family’s effort to contribute a total of $3 million to 30 area nonprofit organizations over the course of this season and last.
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at khprice@orlandosentinel.com or follow him on Twitter at @khobi_price.
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BERWICK, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A local non-profit is working towards its goal of connecting teens with their community to encourage economic development in Columbia and Luzerne Counties.
For more than five years “For the Cause’s” Berwick Teen Center has helped teens get involved with the community. But now thanks to a $25,000 grant the organization is expanding its services through a new business program.
Teresa Peters, the Regional Teen Center Director, For the Cause, INC. says the teen center is a place for students to come and hang out or get involved in their programs. The center offers a wide variety of programs like tutoring, counseling, and a youth leadership action board.
Peters said the center is really grateful to the PPL Foundation for providing them with the grant. She says it will allow them to expand their services and even offer programs like these to more schools in the surrounding communities. | 2023-01-10T12:08:54+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/area-teen-center-kicks-off-new-business-program/ |
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP)– AMR’s Eastfield Mall COVID-19 testing site will be closed on Saturday, Sunday and Monday for the July 4th holiday weekend.
The shut down is due to lab closures before the weekend. Testing will resume on Tuesday, July 5th at their regular hours:
- 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Monday through Friday
- 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Saturday and Sunday | 2022-07-01T11:07:13+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/health/coronavirus-local-impact/eastfield-mall-covid-19-test-site-closing-for-july-4th-weekend/ |
DETROIT (AP) — Inside the MotorCity Casino one recent night, there were roars from the crowd as boxer after boxer was knocked out. A few laughs, too, when a fighter’s vomit stopped one bout and another was delayed because a competitor failed to put on a protective cup.
Watching from a front-row seat was Thomas Hearns, the revered fighter known as “The Hitman.” Now 64, he was hailed by the approximately 2,000 fans when hightlights were shown of his career that included titles in five weight classes.
“I like what I’m seeing,” Hearns told The Associated Press between fights on an 11-bout card. “Fighters are getting more action.”
The bad news for the event, and for Detroit’s once-fabled boxing scene in general, was that Hearns was easily the biggest name on hand. The best active boxer from Detroit is fighting this weekend on the other side of the world because his hometown does not host big-time bouts these days.
Former champion Tony Harrison (29-3-1, 21 KOs) is fighting Australian Tim Tszyu (21-0, 15-0 KOs) on Sunday in Sydney for the vacant WBO 154-pound title. Showtime will air the fight in the U.S. on Saturday night.
The 32-year-old Harrison, who was managed early in his career by famed trainer Emanuel Steward, had his fourth fight at the MotorCity Casino. His last fight in Detroit, though, was nearly a decade ago in the Cobo Center Ballroom.
Little Caesars Arena, home of the Red Wings and Pistons, has not had a boxing event and doesn’t have one on the calendar any time soon.
“There’s no support for fighters no more,” Harris told AP from Australia, wearing a Detroit Tigers baseball cap. “It should be the highest support for fighting because people from Detroit, they know how to do one thing and that’s fight. Inside the ring. Outside the ring. Fighting paycheck to paycheck, rent to rent.”
While Harrison has trained in Detroit at his own gym, he has been forced to go from coast to coast and other countries to compete. The fighter known as Superbad, a nickanme Steward gave him, handed Jermell Charlo his only loss and took his 154-pound title in New York in 2018, then lost the championship in Canada a year later in an 11-round rematch.
“It’s so sad that Tony doesn’t have opportunities here because he’s an accomplished fighter,” said Jackie Kallen, who was Hearns’ publicist and managed former champion and Michigan native James Toney. “Hopefully, he will win this weekend to help put him on the map with more people.”
Joe Louis, a famed boxer who moved to the Motor City as a child, Sugar Ray Robinson and Hearns represented the city as world champions and are regarded as all-time greats. Fighters from around the world, including former heavyweight champions Joe Frazier and Wladimir Klitschko, were schooled by Detroit-based trainers Eddie Futch and Steward.
When Louis started his career in the late 1930s and boxed for more than a decade, Detroit had more than 1.5 million residents and was the fourth or fifth-largest city in the United States, a foundational cradle of the nation’s automaking industry. The fights at Olympia Stadium and Cobo Arena, where the Red Wings and Pistons once played, were legendary for decades.
By the time Hearns was done throwing his feared right hand in 2006, the city had taken so many blows of its own over the decades that its population was knocked out of the country’s top 20 towns.
These days, the city and the sport are fighting to get up off the mat. But boxing is still here, if at a smaller scale.
In addition to the low-level professional fights, the sport will draw more than 1,000 competitors on March 25 for a weeklong USA Boxing qualifer in a convention center just down the street from “The Fist,” the 24-foot bronze sculpture that honors Louis in downtown Detroit.
Boxing is also used as a vehicle to enrich the lives of children with after-school programs.
“It’s not the sport of boxing that keeps the kid off the street,” said Khali Sweeney, founder and CEO of the Downtown Boxing Gym. “It’s the connection that you make with the kid. Boxing is just the icebreaker.”
Harrison’s gym, Superbad Fitness, also fights for children in Detroit to give them an athletic, academic and social outlet to stay off the streets.
“For me, winning in life is helping other kids be successful in life,” Harrison said.
A pair of promoters, Carlos Llinas and Dmitriy Salita, are pushing the sport in the Detroit area with a periodic series of bouts in smaller venues in hopes of bringing it back to the masses.
“That’s definitely the ultimate goal, to be at Little Caesars and be able to fill that arena the way we fill this consistently,” Llinas said backstage at the MotorCity Casino. “That just goes to show that people are hungry for boxing. What it is going to take is that next superstar that will develop from this, I like to call it a farm league.”
Llinas and Salita each are aiming to promote several boxing cards this year.
“I really believe that Detroit could and should be one of the hubs of professional boxing in the United States,” said Salita, who also manages women’s world middleweight champion Claressa Shields of Flint, Michigan. “The state of Michigan and the city of Detroit has produced some of the greatest fighters in our sport. Greatest fighters, greatest trainers. There’s such a rich boxing culture here.”
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The new chair of Disney World’s revamped governing body said Wednesday that new supervisors had good intentions about collaborating with the company after they were appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, so it was “shameful” when Disney signed agreements with their predecessors stripping them of most of their authority.
“Our board wanted to work with Disney, but Disney decided they didn’t want to work with us. It was Disney’s way or the highway,” Martin Garcia, chair of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, said at the start of a board meeting.
In response, he had a warning about what the DeSantis-appointed supervisors who now oversee Disney World’s vast Florida holdings might try to achieve in an evolving showdown between the governor and Disney: “Nothing is off the table at this point.”
Among the changes board members made Wednesday were eliminating a planning agency and making the board responsible for future planning. They also said that in the future, they might consider acquiring more land under eminent domain, monetizing the district’s assets to pay off debt, banning COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates, asserting the board’s “superior authority” over the district and exploring new zoning for the construction of affordable housing for Disney workers on Disney World property.
Disney World required masks and had social distancing protocols in place in 2020 when it reopened after closing for several months in an effort to stop COVID-19’s spread. DeSantis has been a fierce opponent of virus mask and vaccine mandates and has petitioned the state Supreme Court to convene a grand jury to investigate “any and all wrongdoing” with respect to the COVID-19 vaccines.
Disney also said last year it would donate almost 80 acres (32 hectares) for the construction of 1,400 affordable housing units by a third-party developer. Hours after the board meeting ended Wednesday, the company announced that groundbreaking would be next year with the first units finished in 2026.
Wednesday’s meeting continued a battle pitting prospective presidential candidate DeSantis and Republican state lawmakers against Disney that started last year when the entertainment giant publicly opposed what critics call the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislation barring school instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. In retaliation, Florida lawmakers passed, and DeSantis signed, legislation reorganizing Disney World’s company-controlled government, allowing the governor to appoint the five members of the Board of Supervisors. Disney previously had controlled the board for its 55-year existence.
Last month, the new DeSantis-appointees claimed their Disney-controlled predecessors pulled a fast one by stripping the new board of most powers and giving Disney control over design and construction at the theme park resort before the new members could take their seats.
At Wednesday’s meeting, Garcia said the new supervisors last week discovered another “11th-hour agreement” between Disney and the previous supervisors that allows the company to set its own utility rates.
DeSantis and state lawmakers ratcheted up the pressure on Disney on Monday by proposing upcoming legislation that would require state inspections of Disney rides, which would be an unprecedented move since Florida’s largest theme park operators have been able to conduct their own inspections. The lawmakers also plan to consider legislation that would revoke the agreements between the previous board supervisors and Disney.
Republican state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia said he had a message for Disney: “You are not going to win this fight. This governor is.”
Disney has said all agreements made with the previous board were legal and approved in a public forum.
Disney CEO Bob Iger earlier this month said that any actions against the company that threaten jobs or expansion at its Florida resort was not only “anti-business” but “anti-Florida.”
The new supervisors have hired a team of high-powered lawyers that includes a former Florida Supreme Court justice to possibly challenge the agreements between Disney and the old board. At Wednesday’s meeting, the attorneys outlined their arguments for why the deals were illegal, claiming they weren’t properly noticed and were self-dealing. They also said a district can’t confer governmental powers to a private entity.
“Disney engaged in a caper worthy of Scrooge McDuck,” said David Thompson, one of the attorneys.
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The plight of the private-market tenant has rarely looked so painful, particularly in major cities such as London where record rents have combined with spiraling energy costs to accentuate a cost-of-living crisis. The city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, has repeatedly called on the government to impose a rent freeze. However, a policy that might offer short-term relief would probably exacerbate supply shortages.
Perhaps it’s time to pay more attention to how the tax system treats renters.
Tax policies in most countries overwhelmingly favor home ownership. There are good reasons for this. Buying a home gives people a stake in society, encouraging them to be responsible and stable citizens. It is also sound financial planning. Real estate values almost always appreciate over time, so purchasing creates economic security for the buyer. Even if the price doesn’t increase, paying off a mortgage builds equity, providing a cushion of wealth that can support consumption in later life.
All well and good, in normal times. After a global property boom driven by more than a decade of ultra-low interest rates, though, prices in many countries have become increasingly detached from traditional measures of affordability.
In London, for example, the ratio of house prices to average annual earnings has risen to more than nine times from less than three in the mid-1990s. This has helped give rise to an unfortunate demographic group: those who earn too much to qualify for subsidized social housing, yet aren’t wealthy enough to become home owners and are in effect trapped in the private rental market.
Too often, this “squeezed middle” find themselves perpetually running in place — with the money they might be using to pay off a mortgage or save toward a deposit eaten up by rental payments and other costs. Private renters in the UK are in a particularly precarious position (behind only New Zealand), as indicated by 2020 figures from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The picture has almost certainly worsened since then, considering the pandemic, the resurgence of inflation and rising housing costs. Asking rents in London jumped 15.7% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, according to data from Rightmove.
To economists, housing is an asset and therefore, if the tax system is to be neutral, should be taxed like any other asset. But that isn’t the case for owner-occupiers. An investor who buys a house in the UK and then lets it out will be subject to tax on the rental income at his or her marginal rate, as well as capital gains tax when it is sold (after expenses and allowances). Investing in a home to live in can be viewed conceptually as an identical transaction, where the buyer then lets the property back to himself or herself, but this “imputed” income isn’t taxed; nor do UK home owners pay capital gains tax on their primary residence when it is sold.
This special deal for owner-occupiers appears to be the norm across most developed countries. Only one nation — the Netherlands — had a clearly defined imputed tax and even there the rate actually charged was so small as to be “almost irrelevant,” Jens Lunde of Copenhagen Business School and Christine Whitehead of the London School of Economics found in a 2021 study of housing taxation across 22 mostly European markets.
The chances of the UK or anywhere else equalizing tax treatment by removing the benefits granted to owner-occupiers are vanishingly slim to non-existent. Quite simply, any change that might seriously impact the wealth of home owners would be political suicide in a democracy (responsible and stable citizens also tend to vote). In the UK, 64.9% of householders were owner-occupiers as of 2021, down from a peak of 70.9% in 2003.
But what governments could do is offer compensating tax breaks to the squeezed private-renter class. After all, they are hardly an insignificant lobby themselves, having grown to 18.5% of the UK market from about 9% in the early 1990s. In that light, it’s perhaps surprising that there hasn’t been more political pressure to give them a fairer deal. This is an aspirational group, who might reasonably expect their lives to improve in the future. Leaving them too long on a treadmill to nowhere is likely to have adverse consequences for the British economy, destroying incentive and increasing resentment toward the economic system.
The idea doesn’t come out of nowhere. Hong Kong — another city with famously high housing costs — has a so-called rental reimbursement scheme that allows employers to classify a portion of remuneration as repayment for this expense, reducing the employee’s taxable income (disclosure: I benefited from this program for many years). An illustration carried on the website of KPMG gives the example of an employee earning HK$600,000 ($76,000), who has HK$240,000 paid as rental reimbursement. The tax bill falls by more than half to HK$23,820 from HK$58,500.
Others may be ready to follow. Ireland, where rents jumped by a record 14% in the third quarter of last year, introduced a rental tax credit in its December budget, albeit of only 500 euros ($545) for individuals and 1,000 euros for couples. It appears to have flown largely under the radar, inside as well as outside the country. A survey last month found almost seven out of 10 people were unaware of the measure, the Irish Independent reported.
There are potential objections. Arguably, giving tenants more disposable income will simply allow them to bid up rents further, in effect funneling public money into the pockets of private landlords. Yet given the parlous financial condition of the renter class and the unfairness of the existing tax system, it’s an idea worth considering. It would certainly make more sense than a rent freeze.
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"A Game Changer for the Future of Underwater Warfare"
OTTAWA, ON, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada has officially launched its most advanced suite of distributed acoustics processing solutions, including the UYS-506 Sonobuoy Processor, at Combined Naval Event 2023 in Farnborough, United Kingdom.
This launch positions General Dynamics among the first globally to offer and field a distributed acoustics processing system that can be hosted on autonomous vehicles enabling real-time data relay with other airborne or shipborne platforms and ground stations. With this improved interoperability, operators and decision makers can achieve extended range performance without sacrificing exceptional target detection and identification capabilities.
General Dynamics has recently fielded this new technology suite. The company was subcontracted earlier this year to support General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), developer of MQ-9B SeaGuardian®. General Dynamics is now providing the acoustics processing technology necessary for GA-ASI's SeaGuardian to conduct various tests to review adaptability for crewed-uncrewed teaming missions.
"At General Dynamics, we're passionate about providing capabilities that find submarines and adapting our world leading solutions to unmanned platforms for our customers. We're exceptionally proud to see our distributed acoustics processing technology lead the market in this important space. This is a game changer for the future of Underwater Warfare," said Matt Young, Senior Director, International Air and Naval Programs.
Using advanced processing techniques, General Dynamics UYS-506 Sonobuoy Processor minimizes the bandwidth required to transmit data from the aircraft to the ground station without decreasing system performance. The full suite being fielded includes small form factor on-board processing, distributed acoustics technology, quality of service data management, and field-proven intelligence exploitation software. All of this is supported by crew training and post mission analysis and exploitation capabilities.
This new suite, including the UYS-506, will be on display at Combined Naval Event 2023 in Farnborough from May 23-25, 2023. Chris Wardman, Business Development Manager, will be presenting on Integrating Beyond Traditional ASW Platforms as part of the Underwater Defence & Security Stream on Wednesday, May 24.
To learn more, visit: https://gdmissionsystems.ca/airborne-anti-submarine-warfare.
General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada delivers advanced system solutions to Canadian and international customers. Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, it is one of the largest defence and security companies in Canada and is a world-class prime contractor and systems integrator for sea, air, land and cyber solutions. For more information, visit www.gdmissionsystems.ca.
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Broken Arrow police on Sunday night were investigating after one person was killed and two people were injured in a shooting in a neighborhood just east of U.S. 169.
Police in a social media post said the shooting occurred about 4 p.m. and the victims were two females and one male.
“We can confirm the male victim from this shooting is deceased,” BA police said in an updated social media post Sunday night.
The shooting occurred in a neighborhood southeast of 61st (Albany) St. and Garnett Road.
KOTV reported one victim was treated at the scene and two others were hospitalized.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased PayPal common stock between February 3, 2021, and February 1, 2022, inclusive.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: December 5, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that PayPal Holdings, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants had inflated the Company's vitally important Net New Active Accounts metric guidance through an usually large use of marketing campaigns that were easily susceptible to fraud; i.e. the creation of millions of illegitimate accounts which were created for the sole purpose of taking advantage of cash incentives for account creation; (2) defendants used these marketing campaigns and other incentives to hide the Company's true churn rate and declining levels of engagement with the platform; and (3) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and /or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in PayPal you have until December 5, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased PayPal securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
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CLEVELAND, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lincoln Electric, a world leader in the engineering, design, and manufacturing of advanced arc welding, cutting and automation solutions, is seeking to hire dozens of engineers. Some of the positions will support the company's entry into the electric vehicle charging space as it applies its proven expertise in power electronics and extensive domestic manufacturing capabilities to design and manufacture DC fast charge EV chargers for the U.S. market.
"These engineering positions represent an opportunity to work on existing Lincoln Electric priorities and initiatives as well as new technologies in the EV charging space," said Steve Sumner, Vice President, Corporate Innovation, Lincoln Electric. "Engineers who enjoy deep technical analysis, product rollouts, project management, customer interaction – or all of the above – will find Lincoln Electric a great place to work."
In addition to a competitive pay and benefits package, Lincoln Electric is currently offering a sign-on bonus of up to $10,000* for qualified candidates**.
The new engineering positions will be hired out of technology hubs located in Detroit, Cleveland and Columbus. The specific open jobs include:
- Power Electronics Engineer
- Embedded Firmware Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Process Engineer
- Electrical Engineer
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Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the engineering, design, and manufacturing of advanced arc welding solutions, automated joining, assembly and cutting systems, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting equipment, and has a leading global position in brazing and soldering alloys. Lincoln is recognized as the Welding Expert™ for its leading materials science, software development, automation engineering, and application expertise, which advance customers' fabrication capabilities to help them build a better world. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln has 56 manufacturing locations in 19 countries and a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices serving customers in over 160 countries. For more information about Lincoln Electric and its products and services, visit the Company's website at https://www.lincolnelectric.com.
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Jason Belleau to Drive Growth Through Strategic Business Partnerships
CLAREMONT, N.H., Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- North Country Smokehouse welcomes Jason Belleau as the incoming Director of National Business Development. Having realized considerable growth since the 2015 acquisition by parent company, duBreton, NCS aims to continue their trajectory through new and valued partnerships.
In his role, Jason will be responsible for driving strategic growth, new item ideation, and special projects. He will represent both brands in Certified Humane Raised & Handled® and USDA Organic ®, fresh & further processed pork.
Jason joins the team following his near 30-year career for Whole Foods Market, most recently as the Executive Leader of Meat & Poultry. "I've worked extensively with both brands for many years," says Belleau. "Whole Foods Market named duBreton National Supplier of the Year for Perishables in 2020. Their fresh ground pork sits on shelf nationwide, as well as an assortment of fresh cuts that vary by region. NCS earned Local Supplier of the Year in 2019 and they just went national with their humanely raised applewood smoked bacon and organic ham steak a few short months ago." Jason describes the family-owned business as easy to work with. "Being a vertically integrated company means more control and better communication. Their innovative and incredibly nimble which is something you don't see very often. I considered them a true partner. Now, it's my job to forge new partnerships on their behalf and I'm eager to get started." he concludes.
Jason brings with him an extensive industry roster and solid understanding of the better-for-you protein category. When asked what made him ultimately decide to join the team he said "The opportunity for personal and professional growth drew me in initially. The leadership team and desire to make the programs best in industry clinched it."
As one of America's few remaining, family-owned smokehouses, North Country's mission is to hand craft premium, artisanal smoked meats with relentless flavor, exceptional animal care, and respect for the land. Located in the heart of New England, their authentic charcuterie features only the best hand-selected, natural ingredients, and small batch smoking process over embers of local hardwoods.
A subsidiary of duBreton, the company is vertically integrated from feed to further processing and farms responsibly for people, animals, and the environment. In an industry widely focused on pace, North Country Smokehouse is focused on restoring values to America's farm and food systems and has been recognized for producing premium, better- for-you proteins with patience and persistence.
Voted America's Best Bacon by Men's Journal, New England's Best Meat by Yankee Magazine, and The Best Bacon in America by Food & Wine, the company prioritizes true transparency and culinary innovation.
North Country Smokehouse can be found at upscale retailers, discerning distributors, and with custom crafted recipes in noted restaurants, hotels, and resorts nationwide.
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JACKSONVILLE, Ala (AP) — Zion Webb fired 11 yards to a diving Sterling Galban in the back corner of the end zone in overtime and Jacksonville State then recovered a Jonathan Murphy fumble on Kennesaw State's first play to wrap up the Gamecocks' first win over the Owls 35-28 in the Atlantic Sun Conference opener Saturday.
The Gamecocks spent 17 seasons in the Ohio Valley Conference before joining the ASUN.
Jacksonville State outscored the Owls 18-0 in the third quarter and took a 28-21 lead, but Murphy tied the game with a 2-yard run with 3:14 left in regulation. On first down at his own 9, Murphy broke free for a 57-yard run to give Kennesaw State a first down at the Gamecocks' 34, but Nathan Robertson missed a 45-yard field-goal attempt with 19 seconds left.
Kennesaw State denied Jacksonville State an offensive touchdown and took a 21-10 lead into halftime. Amon Scarbrough scored the Gamecocks' lone first-half touchdown on a blocked punt recovered in the end zone.
Webb gave the Gamecocks (5-1, 1-0) a 28-21 lead on a 42-yard touchdown pass to Keishoen Jarrett and a toss to Ahmad Edwards for a 2-point conversion.
Murphy completed just 4 of 13 attempts for 44 yards and carried 39 times for 134 yards and three touchdowns to lead Kennesaw State (1-3, 0-1).
Webb completed 11 of 22 passes for 184 yards and two touchdowns with an interception to lead Jacksonville State.
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Gov. DeSantis’ adminstrations argues lawsuit over migrant flights is ‘moot’
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCJB) - Arguing that the case is “moot” because of a bill passed during a special legislative session, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed after the state flew about 50 migrants from Texas to Massachusetts in September.
Attorneys for DeSantis and the Florida Department of Transportation filed a motion late Friday in Leon County circuit court, pointing to a bill (SB 6-B) designed to bolster efforts to transport migrants to “sanctuary” areas of the country.
Circuit Judge John Cooper scheduled a hearing Wednesday on the motion.
Sen. Jason Pizzo, D-Hollywood, filed the lawsuit, alleging that a section of the state budget used to pay for the flights is unconstitutional because it created a new program and changed laws about issues such as contracting.
But the bill passed Feb. 10 by the Legislature and signed last week by DeSantis sought to neutralize such arguments.
In part, it repealed the part of the budget that was used as a basis for the flights and created the Unauthorized Alien Transport Program in state law. Also, the bill funneled remaining money provided in the budget section back to state coffers, and allocated $10 million to the newly created program — effectively swapping out money.
“Here, it is indisputable that SB 6-B repeals (the section of the budget),” the motion to dismiss said. “Moreover, by repealing (the section) the Legislature effectively gave plaintiff (Pizzo) precisely what he requested. It eliminated the challenged appropriation, which allegedly amended substantive law, thereby ensuring it cannot be used to transfer unauthorized aliens.”
Pizzo, an attorney, said before the bill passed that DeSantis was trying to make the lawsuit moot. But he also told reporters Feb. 6 there still could be a finding that the section of the budget was unconstitutional, while saying the “governor is losing to me in court.”
The DeSantis administration sparked a national controversy when it flew the migrants Sept. 14 from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, with a brief stop in the Northwest Florida community of Crestview.
The flights came as DeSantis, widely expected to run for president in 2024, frequently criticizes the Biden administration on immigration and border issues.
Lawmakers last year included $12 million in the budget for the Department of Transportation to carry out a “program to facilitate the transport of unauthorized aliens from this state.”
The DeSantis administration used $615,000 of that money to pay Vertol Systems Company, Inc. to fly the migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. Also, four additional Vertol purchase orders of $950,000 each are listed on a state contracting website for “relocation services.”
Legislative staff analyses said $1.565 million had been spent as of Jan. 31, leaving a balance of $10.435 million from the original $12 million.
The bill passed during the special session required that the remaining money “immediately revert” to state coffers and said payments already made under the section of the budget are “deemed approved.” Also, it provided $10 million to the state Division of Emergency Management for the Unauthorized Alien Transport Program.
In the motion to dismiss, DeSantis administration lawyers wrote there is “zero chance” that the disputed section of the budget will be “invoked again.”
“Indeed, (the section) no longer exists, and different provisions of Florida law now authorize similar actions,” the motion said. “Thus, not only is there no evidence (the section) will be applied again, but there would be no need.”
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Gustavo Dudamel announced his resignation as music director of the Paris Opéra on Thursday, a surprise decision two seasons into a six-year contract scheduled to run through the 2026-27 season.
A 42-year-old Venezuelan who lives in Madrid, Dudamel was hired in February by the New York Philharmonic as its music director starting with the 2026-27 season. He has been music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2009, a tenure that will end after 17 seasons when Dudamel starts in New York.
“It is with a heavy heart, and after long consideration, that I announce my resignation as music director of the Paris Opéra in order to spend more time with my family,” Dudamel said in a statement Thursday.
His early exit from Paris at the end of the current season in August could free the conductor for additional engagements in New York, where Jaap van Zweden leaves after the 2023-24 season, his sixth as music director.
“I have no plans other than to be with my loved ones, to whom I am deeply grateful for helping me to continue to be strong in my resolve to grow and remain challenged, both personally and artistically, each and every day,” Dudamel said.
Dudamel conducted the New York Philharmonic last weekend, for the first time since his appointment was announced, in three performances of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, and he is not scheduled with the orchestra next season. He and Philharmonic CEO Deborah Borda participated in extensive planning meetings last week.
“He’s been considering his life very carefully over the past couple of years. Like so many people during the pandemic, he took the time, we all took the time, to evaluate our lives, our goals, our futures, finding just the right balance,” Borda said in a telephone interview. “This is a critical move on really the chessboard of his life as he contemplates his future.”
Dudamel made his Paris Opéra debut in December 2017 in Claus Guth’s staging of Puccini’s “La Bohème” that was moved to a spaceship, and his appointment by the Paris Opéra was announced in April 2021 to start that Aug. 1.
He conducted new productions of Puccini’s “Turandot” and Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro” in his first season, followed this season by a revival of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” and the company debut of John Adams’ “Nixon in China.” The 2023-24 season, announced in March, has Dudamel leading a new production of Wagner’s “Lohengrin“ starting Sept. 23 and Thomas Ades’ “The Exterminating Angel” starting Feb. 9.
The status of his engagements with the company next season is not clear.
Alexander Neef had hired Dudamel after being appointed general director of the Paris Opéra in July 2019 to succeed Stéphane Lissner for the 2021-22 season. Neef praised Dudamel’s “passion and immense talent.”
“He was able to forge a special relationship with the musicians of the orchestra, the artists of the chorus, the singers and the artistic teams, a relationship marked by mutual respect and the desire to create the most beautiful performances together,” Neef said in a statement. “Gustavo Dudamel is an immense musician. I express my deep gratitude to him for the work accomplished during his tenure, and I fully respect his decision.”
Dudamel’s short tenure is unusual in the opera world, where scheduling often is done five years in advance. His predecessors as Paris music director were Philippe Jordan (2009–21) and James Conlon (1994-2004). | 2023-05-25T19:08:16+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/entertainment-news/ap-dudamel-in-surprise-move-resigns-from-paris-opera-2-years-into-6-year-contract/ |
The new biomarker of twisted blood vessels is being developed for clinical application by AI newcomer, Picture Health, to better predict patient outcomes.
Building on their academic research discovering the new biomarker, the team at Picture Health will rapidly develop AI tools utilizing QVT for use in clinical care. This new biomarker, tangled and disorganized tumor blood vessels, is a new, yet critical, indicator for cancer outcomes and can provide new prognostic insight for a variety of treatments.
- Picture Health is at the cutting edge of new technology focused on bringing AI treatment selection and monitoring to clinical use
- Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICIs) are quickly becoming a first-line cancer treatment despite not benefiting the majority of patients
- Peer reviewed scientific papers were published in Clinical Cancer Research and Science Advances and highlighted by the NCI
- New studies utilizing Picture Health technology analyzed over 1000+ lung and breast cancer patients, factoring in common treatment strategies like immunotherapy and chemotherapy
- New quantitative vessel tortuosity (QVT) biomarker measures twisted blood vessels that grow erratically to feed the tumor
CLEVELAND, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Picture Health today announced plans to commercialize a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered biomarker with the potential to transform the way doctors decide how to treat cancer. This critical advancement in cancer outcomes research sheds new light on cancer tumors: analyzing the state of the blood vessels that feed them. Recently published studies have shown the technology to be a powerful tool for determining whether a patient will benefit across multiple cancers and treatment strategies. Using routine diagnostic imaging, such as CT scans, the studies applied AI algorithms to extract a map of the blood vessels surrounding the tumor. And what they found was surprising – and telling.
"Tumors trick our bodies into building new blood vessels to grow and spread," explains Picture Health's Head of AI and author of the Clinical Cancer Research study, Nathaniel Braman, PhD. "But these blood vessels differ from the kind ordinarily found in the body. Measuring their shape and organization can help predict if a patient will respond to treatment."
"Tumor-associated vessels are more twisted and disorganized," continues Braman. "We found that the more chaotically arranged blood vessels surrounding a tumor are, the less likely treatments like chemotherapy or immunotherapy are to help." In addition, looking at quantitative vessel tortuosity (QVT) over time while a patient is on treatment can accelerate physician response assessment, as it may indicate treatment effectiveness earlier than changes in the size of a tumor.
About the Studies
Analyzing a variety of radiologic scans of more than one thousand patients with breast or lung cancer, the studies leveraged QVT to predict patient outcomes for a number of common treatment strategies, including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and surgery. The first study was led by Braman, while the second study, published in Science Advances, was from the lab of Anant Madabhushi, PhD of the Emory School of Medicine. In this study, patients were evaluated both before and after they were treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapies. They found that changes in vessel twistedness was an important indicator of when treatment was - or wasn't - working.
"Vessel shape and arrangement is a new cancer imaging biomarker that hasn't been considered before," explains Madabhushi, Picture Health's Chief Scientific Officer. "It's a game changer, allowing us to possibly prevent wasting a patient's time and move to a treatment that has a better chance of a more favorable outcome."
Next Steps
These studies are the latest in a large body of scientific literature published by Madabhushi's academic team. Picture Health will take the next step to further develop these tools to make them available for clinical use - to aid those millions of patients affected by lung cancer (over 2 million diagnosed every year).
"Our technologies have so much potential to enable oncologists to improve cancer care that we are focused on moving them into the clinic quickly," says Madabhushi. "Thankfully, we're working with multiple pharma and clinical partners to accomplish this."
QVT is just the beginning. Unlocking all of the insights contained in clinical images to help oncologists treat cancer patients is the company's vision – and mission.
"At Picture Health, we're building predictive AI tools to help clinicians decide the best course of action for their patients as early as possible, so that precious time isn't wasted," says CEO, Trishan Arul. "These new tools are uncovering hidden information in routine clinical images – and that is key to transforming cancer care."
About Picture Health
Picture Health is working to develop novel artificial intelligence tools to provide better insights for tumor diagnosis, prognosis, treatment selection and tumor monitoring. Its Px AI solutions turn routine clinical images into a valuable data source that unlocks the potential of every pixel to help radiologists, pathologists and oncologists provide the best cancer care to their patients.
Potential Images
The blood vessels feeding tumors which respond to cancer treatment are less twisted and more organized (A) compared to those surrounding tumors which do not respond to treatment (B).
QVT analyzes the torsion & curvature of blood vessels feeding cancer tumors. These characteristics are strongly associated with treatment response and likelihood of cancer recurrence in both lung and breast cancer.
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City of Tacoma
Public Works Engineering
REQUEST FOR BIDS PW23-0019F Edison, Whitman, Lincoln Safe Routes for Schools – REBID
Submittal Deadline: 11:00 a.m., Pacific Time, Tuesday, March 7th, 2023
Submittals must be received by the City’s Procurement and Payables Division prior to 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
For electronic submittals, the City of Tacoma will designate the time of receipt recorded by our email, bids@cityoftacoma.org, as the official time of receipt. This clock will be used as the official time of receipt of all parts of electronic bid submittals.
Submittal Delivery: Sealed submittals will be received as follows:
By Email:
bids@cityoftacoma.org
Maximum file size: 35 MB. Multiple emails may be sent for each submittal
Bid Opening: Sealed submittals in response to a RFB will be opened Tuesday’s at 11AM by a purchasing representative and read aloud during a public bid opening held at the Tacoma Public Utilities Administrative Building North, 3628 S. 35th Street, Tacoma, WA 98409, conference room M-1, located on the main floor. They will also be held virtually Tuesday’s at 11AM. Attend via this link or call 1 (253) 215 8782. Submittals in response to an RFP, RFQ or RFI will be recorded as received. As soon as possible, after 1:00 PM, on the day of submittal deadline, preliminary results will be posted to www.TacomaPurchasing.org.
Solicitation Documents: An electronic copy of the complete solicitation documents may be viewed and obtained at the City’s plan distribution service provider, ARC, 632 Broadway, Tacoma, WA, or by going to http://www.e-arc.com/location/tacoma. Prospective bidders will be required to pay reproduction costs. A list of vendors registered for this solicitation is also available at their website. Pre-Proposal Meeting: A pre-proposal meeting will not be held.
Project Scope: This Contract shall generally consist of installing improvements at Edison Elementary School, Whitman Elementary School, and Lincoln High School consisting of: ADA compliant curb ramps, missing link sidewalks, bulbouts with pedestrian actuated beacons, traffic
calming, and signage/markings.
Estimate: $1,366,850
Paid Sick Leave: The City of Tacoma requires all employers to provide paid sick leave as set forth in Title 18 of the Tacoma Municipal Code. For more information, visit our Minimum Employment Standards Paid Sick Leave webpage. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA Information: The City of Tacoma, in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), commits to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability, in all of its programs and activities. Specification materials can be made available in an alternate format by emailing Gail Himes at ghimes@cityoftacoma.org, or by calling her collect at 253-591-5785.
Title VI Information: “The City of Tacoma” in accordance with provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. sections 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin in consideration of award.
Additional Information: Requests for information regarding the specifications may be obtained by contacting Tina Eide, Senior Buyer by email to teide@cityoftacoma.org.
Protest Policy: City of Tacoma protest policy, located at www.tacomapurchasing.org, specifies procedures for protests submitted prior to and after submittal deadline.
Meeting sites are accessible to persons with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities can be arranged with 48 hours advance notice by calling 253-502-8468.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Unilever PLC (NYSE: UL) between September 2, 2020 and July 21, 2021, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 15, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Unilever securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Unilever class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7063 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 15, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that in July 2020, Ben & Jerry's board passed a resolution to end sales of its ice cream in "Occupied Palestinian Territory" as well as the risks attendant to the board's decision. Additionally, Unilever's s description of its legal risks was materially false and misleading because Unilever acknowledged that complying with all applicable laws and regulations was important but omitted discussing Ben & Jerry's boycott decision, which risked adverse governmental actions for violations of laws, executive orders, or resolutions aimed at discouraging boycotts, divestment, and sanctions of Israel adopted by 35 U.S. states ("Anti-BDS Legislation").
On July 19, 2021, Unilever and its hand-picked Ben & Jerry's CEO, finally "operationalized" the Ben & Jerry's board's resolution to boycott. Ben & Jerry's announced on its website and through its Twitter account that, upon the expiration of the current licensing agreement by which its products had been distributed in Israel for decades, Ben & Jerry's would end sales of its ice cream in "Occupied Palestinian Territory" but Ben & Jerry's would purportedly continue to sell its products in Israel.
Ultimately, the states of New York, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, Illinois, Colorado, and Arizona announced decisions to divest their pension fund investments in Unilever due to violations of their Anti-BDS Legislation.
When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Unilever class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7063 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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Updated June 24, 2022 at 2:34 PM ET
The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill on gun safety 234 to 193 on Friday, exactly one month after a mass shooting in Texas took the lives of 19 children and 2 adults.
The Senate passed its version of the bill late on Thursday night by a 65-33 vote, and it now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law. It is the first gun control measure to come out of Congress in nearly three decades.
The narrow bill focuses on mental health and school safety, and includes incentives for states to pass "red-flag laws."
The legislation resulted from negotiations among 10 Republicans and 10 Democrats that began after two mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, in May.
"This bill is a compromise," said Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who led the negotiations, right before the Senate vote began. "It doesn't do everything I want. But what we are doing will save thousands of lives without violating anyone's Second Amendment rights."
The Senate begins its two-week July 4 recess after Friday.
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DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, Switzerland:
Polish President Andrzej Duda is predicting that the German government will agree one day to send powerful Leopard tanks to Ukraine, citing Germany’s membership in NATO and rising public support for Ukrainians beleaguered by Russia’s war.
The Polish leader quipped during a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday: “We don’t mention that Ukraine will win this war, we mention that Ukraine will not lose this war,” before chuckling.
His Lithuanian counterpart, Gitanas Nauseda, quickly replied: “I mention that Ukraine will win this war.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have been clamoring for more supplies of Western weaponry like tanks and air defense systems nearly a year into the war.
Duda said it was an “important moment” that NATO members, like Britain have vowed to send modern tanks to Ukraine, which could affect the thinking of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government.
Scholz, who is speaking at Davos on Wednesday, has said Germany will “weigh every step carefully” and consult with its allies on further weapons deliveries to Ukraine.
Duda also said German public opinion was becoming “stronger and stronger and stronger” in favor of Ukraine, and he hoped that would result in the “very needed decision” to send Leopards to Ukraine.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS:
— Ukraine’s first lady to speak on the first big day in Davos
— Online conspiracy theories target World Economic Forum
— Business trusted most in a more polarized world, report says
— Anti-poverty group urges windfall tax on food company profits
Follow AP’s coverage of the World Economic Forum meeting at https://apnews.com/hub/world-economic-forum | 2023-01-17T09:52:29+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Live-updates-World-Economic-Forum-gathering-in-17722193.php |
DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN, HOST:
Children as young as 6 months of age will soon be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19. They are the last age group to gain access to the vaccines. And as NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports, public health officials say there's an urgent need to protect this population.
YUKI NOGUCHI, BYLINE: While COVID-19 has been mostly mild in the vast majority of children, a significant number have died from the disease.
MATTHEW DALEY: Children at every age have died from COVID-19.
NOGUCHI: Dr. Matthew Daley is a member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, and spoke at the virtual meeting yesterday. The CDC says COVID-19 has killed nearly 450 children aged 4 years and under.
DALEY: Among people ages 1 to 4 years of age, COVID-19 is the fifth most common of all causes of death.
NOGUCHI: Daley says the data from older kids and adults show clearly that vaccination prevents death. In fact, unvaccinated people 5 years and older were 10 times more likely to die from COVID than those who were vaccinated.
DALEY: Phrased in another way, these data provide real-world evidence that most deaths from COVID-19 are preventable through vaccination.
NOGUCHI: Scientists with vaccine makers Moderna and Pfizer presented data showing that their shots are safe and effective for the youngest kids. Moderna's vaccine for the youngest age group contains two doses given four weeks apart. The Pfizer BioNTech version has three doses. The first two are given three weeks apart and the third eight weeks after the second shot. Pediatricians across the country are eagerly waiting for this.
JENNIFER SHU: We've had a lot of interest in the vaccine. Our phones have been ringing off the hook.
NOGUCHI: Dr. Jennifer Shu is a pediatrician in Atlanta and has already preordered both vaccines for her patients. She expects to receive shipments by Monday.
SHU: Then we will start making appointments whenever the shipment comes in and plan to start giving them on Tuesday.
NOGUCHI: Yuki Noguchi, NPR News.
KURTZLEBEN: NPR's Rhitu Chatterjee contributed to this report. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | 2022-06-27T03:48:44+00:00 | wbfo.org | https://www.wbfo.org/2022-06-18/fda-gives-emergency-approval-for-covid-19-vaccines-for-kids-as-young-as-6-months |
NEW YORK (AP) — A day after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she would step aside, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York launched a history-making bid Friday to become the first Black person to helm a major political party in Congress as leader of the House Democrats.
In a letter to colleagues, Jeffries gave a nod to the "legendary figures" before him: Pelosi, the first female speaker in U.S. history, and her leadership team. He encouraged his fellow House members to embrace a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" to unleash their "full potential as a team." And he pledged to draw on the diverse Democratic caucus as it works to govern in a divided Congress and win back the majority after House Republicans narrowly seized control in the midterm elections.
"The House Democratic Caucus is the most authentic representation of the gorgeous mosaic of the American people," Jeffries wrote.
"I write to humbly ask for your support for the position of House Democratic Leader as we once again prepare to meet the moment."
Along with Pelosi, the other top two House Democrats — Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the majority leader, and Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, the whip — also announced their intentions to step down from leadership. All three are in their 80s.
A new generation wasted no time preparing to take their place. Along with Jeffries, Reps. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts and Pete Aguilar of California — who have worked together as a lower-rung leadership team — swiftly wrote to colleagues with their bids for the second- and third-ranking positions in House Democratic leadership. Jeffries and Clark are in their 50s, while Aguilar is in his 40s.
The trio has been working together for years, preparing for just this moment, seeking to engineer a smooth transition when Pelosi, Hoyer and Clyburn decided to leave.
Pelosi heartily backed the potential new leaders.
"It is with pride, gratitude and confidence in their abilities that I salute Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark and Vice Chairman Pete Aguilar for being ready and willing to assume this awesome responsibility," Pelosi said Friday in a statement.
House Democrats will meet behind closed doors as a caucus in two weeks, after the Thanksgiving holiday, to select their members. So far, Jeffries, Clark and Aguilar have no stated challengers.
The Brooklyn-born Jeffries has long been seen as a charismatic new leader, known for his sharp but careful style, first in New York politics and then when he entered the national stage upon winning election to Congress in 2012.
A former corporate lawyer and state assemblyman, Jeffries has represented Brooklyn and parts of Queens for a decade and quickly rose through the ranks in Congress, serving as the party's 5th-highest-ranking member as chair of the House Democratic Caucus.
"You could sense there was some purpose in him," said the Rev. Al Sharpton, the civil rights leader, recalling the quiet and pensive young lawmaker he first met decades go.
"He always seemed like a guy that was headed somewhere but was willing to pace himself to get there," Sharpton said. "You meet a lot of people that are ambitious, that would do anything. You never got that impression from Hakeem."
While Jeffries has been part of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, he's seen as a more moderate, business-friendly lawmaker who is sometimes at odds with the House's furthest-left members.
But his appeal rests in his political skill at a transformative time as the Pelosi and her team make way for a new era.
Carl Heastie, a Democratic state lawmaker who became the first Black person to serve as the speaker of the New York State Assembly, bonded with Jeffries on the campaign trail two decades ago over a love of hip-hop.
"Hakeem had that 'it' factor," Heastie said. "He stands out in the room."
If Jeffries is chosen to serve as the minority leader, the Democrats will be led in both chambers of Congress by men from Brooklyn — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Brooklyn native, lives in a neighborhood near where Jeffries lives with his wife and two sons.
His district includes the Black cultural hub of the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, home to Jackie Robinson and once represented by Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress.
The job of minority leader puts Jeffries in line to become speaker if Democrats regain House control.
"Another glass ceiling broken," said Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass., about his colleague's rise. "I look forward to be able to call him speaker."
Jeffries first won election to the House in 2012, replacing Democrat Edolphus Towns, who decided to retire instead of facing what was expected to be a tough primary challenge from Jeffries.
Growing up in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood, Jeffries attended New York City public schools before graduating from the State University of New York at Binghamton, where he studied political science. He received a master's in public policy from Georgetown University and a law degree from New York University.
He clerked for a federal judge and worked for several years at a New York City law firm and later as a corporate lawyer for CBS.
His first runs for public office were strong back-to-back but unsuccessful attempts to unseat longtime Democratic state Assemblyman Roger Green starting in 2000.
New York Attorney General Letitia James, who was Green's campaign manager, said Jeffries was then "an up-and-coming insurgent" who "wanted to make his mark in central Brooklyn — and in fact, he did."
When the seat opened in 2006, Jeffries won. He served six years in Albany, working on criminal justice and civil rights legislation.
He sponsored a law that stopped the New York Police Department from keeping a database of personal details of every person stopped and questioned under the department's controversial stop-and-frisk tactic, even if the people were released and not charged with a crime.
He continued that work in Congress. After the 2014 chokehold death in New York of Eric Garner, a Black man whose gasps of "I can't breathe!" became part a national rallying cry against police brutality, Jeffries sought to pass legislation that would make the chokehold maneuver a federal crime.
James, who rose up through the same Brooklyn Democratic political circles as Jeffries and worked with him on affordable housing issues when she was on the City Council, said she reached out to Jeffries on Thursday night.
"I texted him and urged him not to forget the residents of public housing we served," James said. "And he answered back and said, 'Never.'"
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Mascaro reported from Washington. | 2022-11-18T22:12:27+00:00 | kjrh.com | https://www.kjrh.com/news/national/hakeem-jeffries-makes-historic-bid-to-lead-house-dems-after-pelosi |
Kandi Burruss, Kenya Moore and Drew Sidora are back. Marlo Hampton gets promoted from friend to Housewife. Five-time Olympic medalist and track star Sanya Richards-Ross makes her debut. And Sheree Whitfield makes her long-awaited return.
These Georgia ladies will share the drama that consumes their lives when “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” Season 14 premieres on Bravo on Sunday, May 1, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. It’s also available to stream on FuboTV.
Some of the hot topics this season will include accusations of infidelity and financial fraud. In the trailer, Drew’s relationship with her husband, Ralph Pittman, appears to be strained. Meanwhile, Sheree is giving her old flame Tyrone Gilliams attention, leaving her feeling confused about what she wants.
It’s not all about the drama. Kenya Moore is coming off her time on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” competition and to honor that, the “Real Housewives” join her on a vacation to Turks and Caicos.
What channel is Bravo on?
You can find which channel it is by using the channel finders here: Verizon Fios, AT&T U-verse, Comcast Xfinity, Spectrum/Charter, Optimum/Altice, DIRECTV and Dish.
Where can I watch ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ if I don’t have Bravo?
It’s available to stream on FuboTV ($64.99/month) offers you access to your favorite TV shows, live sports events and much more. There’s a free trial when you sign up. | 2022-05-01T21:31:54+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/tv/2022/05/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta-season-14-how-to-watch-premiere-night-stream-for-free.html |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dispute at a Los Angeles park at or near an apparently unpermitted car show led to a barrage of gunshots that left two people dead and five wounded, authorities said.
The LA Police Department said the shooting occurred around 3:50 p.m. Sunday at Peck Park in LA’s San Pedro neighborhood. At the time, an estimated 500 people were in the park and many ran for cover when the shooting began.
“All of a sudden we heard three shots — pow, pow, pow,” witness Dwayne Ellis told KABC. “Then we heard about 50 or 100 more — pow, pow, boom, boom. All kinds of shots. People were running.”
LAPD Capt. Kelly Muniz said during a news conference that a dispute of some kind preceded the gunfire. Police don’t know what started the disagreement or how many people fired. No arrests had been made.
Paramedics from the LA Fire Department responded. Spokesman Erik Scott said four men and three women were taken to hospitals and two of them died. He said the seven victims ranged in age from 23 to 54. No names were released.
Peck Park is about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of downtown Los Angeles. Councilman Joe Buscaino represents the area and said the shooting occurred during an unpermitted car show hosted by gang members.
“Know that this park and many parks across the city have been having issues with these car shows,” Buscaino told Southern California News Group.
Buscaino has since 2020 been pushing a measure to allow Los Angeles park rangers to carry firearms.
“Recreation staff on scene can identify potential issues and coordinate with park rangers,” Buscaino said. “We’ve lost a sense of common sense in the City of Los Angeles.”
Skipp Townsend, a gang interventionist who visits the park regularly, was at the scene with other onlookers Sunday.
“It’s sad and heartbreaking that people still won’t talk,” Townsend told the Los Angeles Times. “You know, instead they pick up guns. So that’s heartbreaking, that we can have peaceful events in this area for, you know, two, three years straight with no incidents, and then one incident like this happens.” | 2022-07-25T17:11:31+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/authorities-7-hurt-in-shooting-at-los-angeles-park/ |
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has parlayed his country’s NATO membership and location straddling Europe and the Middle East into international influence, is favored to win reelection in a presidential runoff Sunday, despite a host of domestic issues.
Erdogan, 69, who has amassed greater powers during his 20 years in office, finished a first-round election on May 14 just short of a victory and also retained a majority in parliament. That came despite rampant inflation and the aftermath of a catastrophic earthquake that killed over 50,000 people in the country’s south.
His challenger in the runoff is Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the 74-year-old leader of the main opposition social democratic Republican People’s Party and the joint candidate of a six-party alliance, who has promised to undo years of democratic backsliding under Erdogan, to repatriate Syrian refugees and promote rights of women.
Here’s a look at the main domestic issues shaping the election, and where Erdogan and his challenger stand:
ERDOGAN’S ECONOMICS
Contrary to the mainstream economic theory of interest rate increases helping to keep consumer prices in check, Erdogan maintains that high borrowing rates cause inflation. The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, under pressure from the president, repeatedly slashed interest rates to boost growth and exports.
Instead, the value of the Turkish lira nosedived, and the rate cuts exacerbated a cost-of-living crisis. Inflation peaked at 85% in October. The official April figure was 44%, although independent groups say they think the actual rate is much higher.
To offset the impacts of inflation and win back votes, Erdogan has engaged in a public spending spree ahead of the elections, increasing the minimum wage and pension payments.
The opposition alliance has promised to restore the central bank’s independence and a return to orthodox economic policies, if Kilicdaroglu becomes president.
Erdogan reportedly has asked Mehmet Simsek, his internationally respected former finance minister, to return to the position, a sign that a new government may embrace more orthodox policies, if the Turkish leader wins a third presidential term.
On Thursday, Erdogan described Turkey’s economy, banking system and financial system as “sound.” He also said, however, that Gulf states, which he did not name, had “deposited money” in Turkey, providing temporary “relief.”
RECOVERING FROM DISASTER
Turkey is grappling with a difficult recovery from February’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake, the deadliest quake in the country’s modern history. It destroyed or damaged more than 300,000 buildings. Hundreds of thousands of residents are sheltering in temporary accommodation like tents. Some 658,000 people were left jobless, according to the International Labor Organization.
The World Bank estimates that the earthquake caused $34.2 billion in “direct damages” — an amount equivalent to 4% of Turkey’s 2021 gross domestic product. The recovery and reconstruction costs could add up to twice that much, the international financial institution said.
Erdogan’s government, meanwhile, has been accused of setting the stage for the devastation with lax building code enforcement. Some people left homeless or struggling to earn money also found the government’s earthquake response to be slow.
Despite the criticism, in the parliamentary election Erdogan’s alliance won 10 out 11 provinces in areas affected by the quake, signaling that the president’s focus on rebuilding during the campaigning has paid off. Erdogan has pledged to construct 319,000 homes within the year and has attended a number of groundbreaking ceremonies, trying to persuade voters that only he can rebuild lives and businesses.
Kilicdaroglu says his government would give houses to quake victims for free instead of the 20-year repayment plan envisaged by Erdogan’s government.
REFUGEES NO LONGER SO WELCOME
Refugees, especially those fleeing civil war in neighboring Syria, were once greeted with open arms in Turkey, but anti-migration sentiment is on the rise amid the economic downturn. A shortage of housing and shelters in the quake-hit provinces has increased calls for Syrian refugees to go home.
The soft-mannered Kilicdaroglu had vowed to repatriate Syrians within two years, saying he would seek European Union funds to build homes, schools, hospitals and roads in Syria and encourage Turkish entrepreneurs to open factories and other businesses there. In a bid to woo nationalist voters in the lead up to the runoff race, Kilicdaroglu hardened his tone, saying he would send refugees packing within a year of being elected. He has since also won the backing of an anti-migrant party.
Under mounting public pressure, Erdogan’s government has begun constructing thousands of brick homes in Turkish-controlled areas of northern Syria to encourage voluntary returns. On Thursday, Erdogan announced in a television interview that Qatar was funding a separate housing project that would help resettle up to a million Syrians.
His government is also seeking reconciliation with Syrian President Bashir Assad to ensure their safe return.
Erdogan said Thursday there are some 4 million refugees in Turkey, including around 3.4 million Syrians, but anti-migrant parties say the figure is closer to 13 million.
A MORE DEMOCRATIC TURKEY?
The coalition of six parties has declared a commitment to restore Turkey as a parliamentary democracy and to give citizens greater rights and freedoms should their alliance win the elections.
Erdogan succeeded in getting a presidential system of governance narrowly approved by referendum in 2017 and introduced in 2018. The new system abolished the office of the prime minister and concentrated a vast amount of powers in the hands of the president.
The alliance has outlined plans for a greater separation of powers, including an increased role for parliament and an independent judiciary.
Kilicdaroglu has also promised to do away with a law that makes insulting the president a criminal offense punishable by prison. He has pledged to abide by decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, which have called for the release of former pro-Kurdish party co-chair Selahattin Demirtas and philanthropist businessman and human rights activist Osman Kavala from prison.
But lacking a parliamentary majority, Kilicdaroglu would face an uphill battle implementing the democratic reforms even if he is elected.
WILL THE ELECTION AFFECT WOMEN’S AND LGBTQ+ RIGHTS?
Seeking to widen his support from voters, Erdogan has expanded his own political alliance with two nationalist parties to include a small Islamist party and also secured the backing of a radical Kurdish-Islamist party.
The parties newly recruited into Erdogan’s camp have Islamic agendas, which have raised fears about the future of women’s rights in Turkey. They want to scrap laws on alimony and domestic violence protection, arguing they encourage women to leave their husbands and threaten traditional family values.
Erdogan already has removed Turkey from a European convention that aims to prevent domestic violence – a nod to religious groups that claimed the treaty encourages divorce and LGBTQ+ rights. Pandering to his pious and conservative supporters, Erdogan and other members of his ruling party have called LGBTQ+ individuals “deviants.”
The Kilicdaroglu-led alliance has vowed to rejoin the European treaty and to uphold the rights of women and minority communities. Kilicdaroglu has also reached out to conservative women, assuring them they will be able to continue wearing Islamic-style headscarves that were once banned in schools and government offices under Turkey’s secular laws.
WHAT ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY?
Under Erdogan, Turkey has, at times, become a difficult NATO ally, often pursuing its own agenda. It has cultivated close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin and blocked the alliance’s expansion. However, it has also emerged as a key mediator between Russia and Ukraine, helping broker a crucial deal that allowed Ukrainian grain shipments and alleviate a food crisis.
The opposition alliance has signaled it would pursue a more Western-oriented foreign policy and seek to rebuild ties with the United States, the European Union and NATO allies.
The Kilicdaroglu-led opposition says it would work for Turkey’s reinstatement to the U.S.-led F-35 fighter jet program, from which the country was ousted following the Erdogan government’s purchase of a Russian-made air defense system.
At the same time, a Kilicdaroglu-led government is expected to try to balance Turkey’s economic ties with Russia.
An opposition win also could result in Turkey ending its veto of Sweden’s request to join NATO. Erdogan’s government has blocked Sweden’s accession into the alliance, pressing the country to crackdown on Kurdish militants and other groups that Turkey regards as terrorist threats. | 2023-05-28T02:17:29+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-as-turkey-heads-to-runoff-presidential-race-domestic-issues-loom-large/ |
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. went up slightly last year after two big leaps during the pandemic.
Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the numbers plateaued for most of last year. Experts aren’t sure whether that means the deadliest drug overdose epidemic in U.S. history is finally reaching a peak, or whether it’ll look like previous plateaus that were followed by new surges in deaths.
“The fact that it does seem to be flattening out, at least at a national level, is encouraging,” said Katherine Keyes, a Columbia University epidemiology professor whose research focuses on drug use. “But these numbers are still extraordinarily high. We shouldn’t suggest the crisis is in any way over.”
An estimated 109,680 overdose deaths occurred last year, according to numbers posted Wednesday by the CDC. That’s about 2% more than the 107,622 U.S. overdose deaths in 2021, but nothing like the 30% increase seen in 2020, and 15% increase in 2021.
While the overall national number was relatively static between 2021 and 2022, there were dramatic changes in a number of states: 23 reported fewer overdose deaths, one — Iowa — saw no change, and the rest continued to increase.
Eight states — Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia — reported sizable overdose death decreases of about 100 or more compared with the previous calendar year.
Some of these states had some of the highest overdose death rates during the epidemic, which Keyes said might be a sign that years of concentrated work to address the problem is paying off. State officials cited various factors for the decline, like social media and health education campaigns to warn the public about the dangers of drug use; expanded addiction treatment — including telehealth — and wider distribution of the overdose-reversing medication naloxone.
Plus, the stigma that kept drug users from seeking help — and some doctors and police officers from helping them — is waning, said Dr. Joseph Kanter, the state health officer for Louisiana, where overdose deaths fell 4% last year.
“We’re catching up and the tide’s turning — slowly,” said Kanter, whose state has one of the nation’s highest overdose death rates.
Beginning in the mid-1990s, abuse of prescription opioid painkillers was to blame for deaths before a gradual turn to heroin, which in 2015 caused more deaths than prescription painkillers or other drugs. A year later, the more lethal fentanyl and its close cousins became the biggest drug killer.
Last year, most overdose deaths continued to be linked to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. About 75,000, up 4% from the year before. There also was a 11% increase in deaths involving cocaine and a 3% increase in deaths involving meth and other stimulants.
Overdose deaths are often attributed to more than one drug; some people take multiple drugs and officials say inexpensive fentanyl is increasingly cut into other drugs, often without the buyers’ knowledge.
Research from Dr. Daniel Ciccarone, a drug policy expert at the University of California, San Francisco, suggests “there appears to be some substitution going on,” with a number of people who use illicit drugs turning to methamphetamines or other options to try to stay away from fentanyl and fentanyl-tainted drugs.
Ciccarone said he believes overdose deaths finally will trend down. He cited improvements in innovations in counseling and addiction treatment, better availability of naloxone and legal actions that led to more than $50 billion in proposed and finalized settlements — money that should be available to bolster overdose prevention.
“We’ve thrown a lot at this 20-year opioid overdose problem,” he said. ”We should be bending the curve downward.”
But he also voiced some caution, saying “we have been here before.”
Consider 2018, when overdose deaths dropped 4% from the previous year, to about 67,000. After those numbers came out, then-President Donald Trump declared “we are curbing the opioid epidemic.”
But overdose deaths then rose to a record 71,000 in 2019, then soared during the COVID-19 pandemic to 92,000 in 2020 and 107,000 in 2021.
Lockdowns and other pandemic-era restrictions isolated people with drug addictions and made treatment harder to get, experts said.
Keyes believes that 2022’s numbers didn’t get any worse partly because isolation eased as the pandemic ebbed. But there may be issues ahead, others say, like increased detection of veterinary tranquilizer xylazine in the illicit drug supply and proposals to scale back things like prescribing addiction medications through telehealth.
“What the past 20 years of this overdose crisis has taught us is that this really is a moving target,” Keyes said. “And when you think you’ve got a handle on it, sometimes the problem can shift in new and different ways.”
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Donald Trump appeals judge’s decision to keep hush-money case in New York state court
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump asked a federal appeals court Friday to reverse a federal judge’s decision to keep his hush-money criminal case in a New York state court that the former president claims is “very unfair” to him.
Trump’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan after U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein last week rejected his bid to move the case to federal court, where his lawyers were primed to argue he was immune from prosecution.
U.S. law allows criminal prosecutions to be moved from state to federal court if they involve actions taken by federal government officials as part of their official duties, but Hellerstein ruled that the hush-money case involved a personal matter, not presidential duties.
Trump’s appeal notice came at the end of another busy week of legal action for the twice-indicted Republican as he seeks a return to the White House in next year’s election. On Thursday, he was indicted on new criminal charges in a separate case in federal court in Florida involving allegations that he illegally hoarded classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office, which is prosecuting the hush-money case and fought to keep it in state court, declined to comment on Trump’s appeal.
Trump pleaded not guilty April 4 in state court to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to hide reimbursements made to his longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen for his role in paying $130,000 to the porn actor Stormy Daniels, who claims she had an extramarital sexual encounter with Trump years earlier.
Cohen also arranged for the National Enquirer to pay Playboy model Karen McDougal $150,000 for the rights to her story about an alleged affair, which the supermarket tabloid then squelched in a dubious journalism practice known as “catch-and-kill.”
Trump denied having sexual encounters with either woman. His lawyers argue the payments to Cohen were legitimate legal expenses and not part of any cover-up.
He is scheduled to stand trial in state court on March 25, 2024. In the meantime, his lawyers have asked the state court judge presiding over the case, Juan Manuel Merchan, to step aside, arguing that he’s biased in part because his daughter does political consulting work for some of Trump’s Democratic rivals. Trump has referred to Merchan as “a Trump-hating judge” with a family full of “Trump haters.” The judge has yet to rule on the request.
In seeking to try the hush-money case tried in federal court, Trump’s lawyers have argued that some of his alleged conduct amounted to official presidential duties because it occurred in 2017 while he was president, including checks he purportedly wrote while sitting in the Oval Office.
Moving the case from state court to federal court would have significant legal and practical consequences for Trump. In federal court, for example, his lawyers could then try to get the charges dismissed on the grounds that federal officials have immunity from prosecution over actions taken as part of their official job duties.
A shift to federal court would also mean a more politically diverse jury pool — drawing not only from heavily Democratic Manhattan, where Trump is wildly unpopular, but also from suburban counties north of the city where he has more political support.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-28T23:16:01+00:00 | wfsb.com | https://www.wfsb.com/2023/07/28/donald-trump-appeals-judges-decision-keep-hush-money-case-new-york-state-court/ |
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With Ben Sasse apparently ready to resign his Nebraska U.S. Senate seat to become president of the University of Florida, speculation is rampant that his temporary replacement could be Gov. Pete Ricketts.
Ricketts, who like Sasse is a Republican, would otherwise be out of a political job due to term limits at the end of the year.
Scenarios of how Ricketts would ascend to the U.S. Senate run the gamut from his presumptive successor naming him as Nebraska’s newest U.S. senator to Ricketts appointing himself to fill the seat. However, Ricketts issued a statement Friday afternoon appearing to rule out appointing himself.
“If I choose to pursue the appointment, I will leave the appointment decision to the next governor and will follow the process established for all interested candidates,” Ricketts said in the statement.
The question is whether Ricketts wants the job.
“I think the obvious candidate is Pete Ricketts, and if he wants to be a U.S. senator, then it's his to take,” said Mark Fahleson, a former chairman of the Nebraska Republican Party.
Dan Welch, who was the state GOP chairman until he was unexpectedly voted out during a shake up at the state party's convention in July, agreed that all eyes are on Ricketts to fill the seat.
“I haven't talked to him, so I don't know what his plans are," Welch said. ”This probably took him by surprise, too."
Ricketts on Friday confirmed that the news of Sasse's departure caught him off guard.
“The first I learned about Sen. Sasse’s plan to resign from the United States Senate was yesterday, when he called to notify me," Ricketts said, adding that the job of governor "is the greatest job in the world, and it will remain my number one focus for the remainder of my term.”
The University of Florida confirmed Thursday that Sasse is the sole finalist to become the president of the school, and Sasse has indicated he will take the job. Fahleson, an attorney who is a longtime close friend of Sasse, said Friday that given the university's process for hiring its next president, “the earliest he'll step down is in early December."
Sasse’s replacement would serve until 2024, the next opportunity for a special election for the seat. The winner of that election would then have to run again in 2026, when Sasse’s term expires.
Ricketts could still appoint a successor if Sasse resigns before Jan. 3, and the governor's statement Friday didn't address what he would do if Sasse resigns before Ricketts' term is up. The governor's office did not immediately return a message seeking clarification.
If Sasse were to leave the Senate after that, when Ricketts leaves office, the newly-elected governor would appoint Sasse’s replacement. Republican Jim Pillen — who has been heavily supported by Ricketts to be his successor — is favored to win the governor’s race in November.
The Nebraska Secretary of State's office confirmed that there is nothing in Nebraska law that would keep a sitting governor from appointing himself. And most Democrats, according to Nebraska Democratic Party Chairwoman Jane Kleeb, had expected him to do so.
“Ricketts is power hungry and will do anything to either send himself or someone who will answer to him,” Kleeb said Friday. “Nebraskans are tied of the revolving door, musical chairs and one-party rule."
While some political insiders feared Ricketts appointing himself to the seat would reek too much of self-dealing, others within the state’s Republican Party were unfazed by that possibility.
“It’s not self-dealing if he’s the obvious candidate for the job,” Fahleson said. “And there's no one out there who's on his level. He has not contemporaries.”
Fahleson said that, despite the questions about how the seat will be filled, there's no question which party will control it.
“Nebraska is a solidly Republican state, and whoever makes that appointment will be a Republican,” he said. | 2022-10-07T22:55:08+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/All-eyes-on-Nebraska-Gov-Ricketts-to-replace-17494752.php |
CA Medford, OR Zone Forecast for Tuesday, September 13, 2022
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National Weather Service Medford, OR
213 AM PDT Wed Sep 14 2022
CAZ080-142300-
Western Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Somes Bar, Happy Camp, Callahan, Etna,
Fort Jones, Greenview, and Scott Bar
213 AM PDT Wed Sep 14 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy early this morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s to lower 80s. South winds around
5 mph shifting to the southwest late this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Lows in
the mid 40s to lower 50s. West winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
east after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s to lower 80s. East
winds around 5 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the north after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s. North winds
around 5 mph shifting to the northwest late in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower to mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 50s to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 60s to
mid 70s. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s to lower 80s.
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CAZ081-142300-
Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Hilt, Klamath River, and Yreka
213 AM PDT Wed Sep 14 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy until early afternoon then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s to lower 80s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph shifting to the south this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. West winds 5 to 10 mph
shifting to the northwest after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 70s to lower 80s. Southeast winds around 5 mph
early in the morning becoming light, then becoming northwest 5 to
10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 50. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s to lower 80s. North winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of thunderstorms in
the evening. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s to lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 50s to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 60s to
mid 70s. Lows in the mid 40s.
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CAZ082-142300-
South Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Mount Shasta, Dunsmuir, and McCloud
213 AM PDT Wed Sep 14 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy early this
afternoon then becoming partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s to
mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Haze in the evening. Lows in the mid 30s
to mid 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid
60s to mid 70s. Northeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the
south in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A 10 percent chance of
thunderstorms in the evening. Haze in the evening. Lows in the
lower 40s to lower 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph shifting to
the northwest after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
20 percent chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 60s to mid 70s. North winds around 5 mph shifting to the
southwest in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Patchy fog after midnight. Colder. Lows in the mid 30s to mid
40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Chance of
rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of
rain showers after midnight. Colder. Lows in the lower 30s to
lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs in
the lower 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in
the evening. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s to
mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Slight chance of
showers in the afternoon. Warmer. Highs in the lower 60s to lower
70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to
mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s.
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CAZ083-142300-
North Central and Southeast Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Pondosa, Bray, and Tennant
213 AM PDT Wed Sep 14 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy until early afternoon then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
clear. Haze in the evening. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A 10 percent chance of
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to
mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of
rain showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs in
the lower 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
rain showers. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Highs in the mid
50s to mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to
mid 40s. Highs in the lower 60s to lower 70s.
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CAZ084-142300-
Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc Counties-
Including the cities of Newell, Tulelake, Dorris, and Macdoel
213 AM PDT Wed Sep 14 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy late this
morning then becoming mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid
70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest late
this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
clear. Haze in the evening. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 70s. South winds
around 5 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Slight chance of thunderstorms in
the evening. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 70s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Lows around 40.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to
mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of
rain showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs in
the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Highs in the mid 50s
to mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to
lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s to lower 70s.
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CAZ085-142300-
Modoc County-
Including the cities of Day, Lookout, Adin, Alturas, Canby,
Davis Creek, and Likely
213 AM PDT Wed Sep 14 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
clear. Haze and patchy smoke in the evening. Lows in the lower to
mid 40s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph decreasing to around 5 mph
well after midnight.
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in the lower to mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Haze in the evening. Lows in the
lower to mid 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
20 percent chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower to mid 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy with
a chance of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Chance of rain showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of rain
showers after midnight. Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs in
the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers. Lows in the mid 30s to
lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Slight chance
of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Retired Las Vegas correspondent Robert Macy, who wrote thousands of stories about entertainment, crime and sports in Sin City over the course of two decades for The Associated Press, has died. He was 85.
Macy died early Friday in hospice in Las Vegas following a brief illness, his family said.
After graduating from the University of Kansas with a degree in journalism in 1959, Macy spent the next decade working in television, in public relations and for newspapers.
He began his almost 30-year career with the AP in 1971 when he was hired by the news cooperative as a writer in Kansas City, Missouri. Macy gained attention there early on for his coverage of a hotel pedestrian walkway collapse that killed more than 100 people.
A decade later Macy was in Las Vegas, where throughout the ’80s and ’90s he wrote about a virtual who’s who of entertainers, then staples of The Strip.
In 1988 he reported on the fatal police shooting of a man who took a 74-year-old employee hostage while trying to steal $1 million in jewelry from the Liberace Museum. Macy was there when singer Wayne Newton, known as “Mr. Las Vegas,” performed his 25,000th show in 1996.
He interviewed more than 200 celebrities, including comedians George Burns and Red Skelton and singers from Phyllis McGuire to Paul Anka to the Osmond Brothers. He also developed friendships with more than a few.
Macy knew entertainers Siegfried & Roy so well that when trainer and performer Roy Horn was attacked in 2003 by one of their white tigers, the AP story carried his byline even though he was already retired.
Macy retired from the AP in 2000 and the following year was inducted into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame.
He is survived by his wife, Melinda, of Las Vegas: son Brent and daughter-in-law Martha, of Las Vegas; and son Scott, granddaughters Kara and Savannah and great-granddaughter Azlynn, all of Leesburg, Florida.
Funeral services are pending. | 2022-11-13T14:08:11+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-retired-las-vegas-ap-correspondent-robert-macy-dies-at-85/ |
(CNN) — Taco Bell is testing a new menu item with a beloved snack food. The fast-food chain hopes the creation can replicate the success of its Doritos shells.
The experiment: A massive Cheez-It, which is 16 times the standard size, serves as the base for Taco Bell’s new “Big Cheez-It Tostada.” The meal layers ground beef, sour scream, tomatoes, lettuce and cheddar cheese on the cheesy cracker for $2.49. It’s described as an “abundantly cheesy and nostalgic, yet magically modern, dining experience,” according to a release.
The second item Taco Bell is testing is a “Big Cheez-It Crunchwrap Supreme,” which replaces the internal tostada shell, with the giant Cheez-It for $4.29. It’s packed with the usual ingredients, including ground beef, nacho cheese sauce, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.
Both are available only in one restaurant, located in Irvine, California, for the next two weeks.
Like many fast food chains, Taco Bell regularly tests menu items before potentially expanding their availability to other locations. The company, based in Southern California, has used its hometown for a plant-based protein made from peas and chickpeas last year.
Partnering with a well-known snack could also help boost sales. Its Doritos taco shells quickly became a fast food icon shortly after its 2012 debut and sold over 500 million of them within about a year of its launch.
The brand is a strong performer for its parent company, Yum! Brands. It reported same-store sales growth of 5%, beating expectations, in its most recent earnings report.
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Choosing a John Deere mower
The John Deere company is famous for its green and yellow tractors. In addition to its agricultural products, it makes and sells professional-grade mowers for grounds-maintenance companies and for use on golf courses, tennis courts, soccer pitches, cricket ovals, and baseball and football fields. In 1963, it established a homeowner division for making and selling John Deere lawn and yard mowers.
The John Deere company has built its reputation on making and selling quality products that cost more initially but are worth it in the long run.
Riding mowers
Ride-on mowers come in the familiar configuration where the engine is in front and the mower deck is between the front and rear wheels, underneath the operator’s seat. You sit on a riding mower as you would a tractor and drive it as you would a car.
Deere ride-on mowers come in four series
- 100 series mowers are the base models, with three horsepower choices and three deck widths.
- 200 series mowers have hydrostatic transmissions, two horsepower choices and two deck widths.
- 300 series mowers start to add such features as power steering and deck leveling systems.
- 500 series mowers have all the bells and whistles.
Zero-turn mowers
Zero-turn-radius mowers are a radical departure from the traditional suburban lawn tractor in terms of design and performance. Zero-turn mowers are faster, more nimble and mow wider paths. The radical design has the mowing deck out front and the engine in the back. When you operate a zero-turn mower, you do it with lap handles instead of with a steering wheel and pedals.
Deere has three series of zero-turn mowers
- Z300 series mowers are the base models. They mow at speeds up to 7 mph.
- Z500 series mowers have better decks, more comfortable seats and suspensions, and can mow at up to 9 mph.
- Z700 series mowers are the top of the line, mowing up to 10 mph with the largest decks, the best suspensions and the most comfortable seats.
Choose a zero-turn mower or a lawn tractor
Either is a worthwhile choice
John Deere Z345M 42-Inch 22 HP Zero-Turn Riding Mower
What you need to know: Mow at speeds up to 7 mph with the deep 42-inch deck.
What you’ll love: The heavy-duty steel frame is formed and welded for superior strength. The foot platform flips up for easy access to the mower deck and the 18-inch-high seat back is easily adjustable while seated.
What you should consider: There were rare customer complaints that the quality didn’t match the price.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
John Deere S120 42-Inch 22 HP V-Twin Riding Lawn Tractor
What you need to know: You can quickly and easily change direction with the hydrostatic transmission’s side-by-side foot pedals.
What you’ll love: There’s cruise control, and the high-back seat can move to any of 10 different positions. You can change the engine oil without tools in only 30 seconds with the all-in-one oil and filter.
What you should consider: The turning radius is not as tight as with a zero-turn mower.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
A bagger collects your clippings as you go
John Deere 42-Inch Twin Bagger for Zero Turn Mowers
What you need to know: Two durable bags hold all your grass clippings so you don’t need to rake or blow.
What you’ll love: The mower deck blows the mown grass into two rear-mounted bags that together hold 6.5 bushels of clippings. Material flows smoothly through the chute to reduce clogging. High lift blades are included for optimum performance for long grass and grass that is moist and dense.
What you should consider: The tractor may be difficult to fuel with the bagger attached.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
John Deere 42-Inch Twin Bagger for 100 Series Lawn Tractors
What you need to know: You can install this bagger in less than five minutes, no tools required.
What you’ll love: Combined, the two durable bags hold 6.5 bushels of lawn clippings. The chute and large exit duct reduce the chance of clogging and increase airflow to fill the bags completely, even when the grass is wet. Three high-lift blades are included to increase your mower’s bagging performance.
What you should consider: The tractor may be hard to fuel with the bagger attached.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
A cover protects your investment
John Deere Zero-Turn Mower Cover
What you need to know: No room in the garage? No problem.
What you’ll love: This heavy-duty polyester cover keeps your mower dry in the rain while also protecting against damage from tree sap and bird droppings. The elastic cord in the bottom hem adjusts for a tight fit while the dual vents circulate air to prevent ballooning in the wind.
What you should consider: This cover does not protect the rear-mounted bagger.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
John Deere Riding Mower Cover for 100 Series Lawn Tractors
What you need to know: This provides all-season protection for your riding mower.
What you’ll love: The black coated polyester fabric keeps your mower dry in wet weather while not showing dirt. The elastic shock cord provides a quick, tight fit while the dual vents keep the cover from flapping in the wind.
What you should consider: This cover doesn’t resist direct summer sun.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Gloves and a hat protect you
John Deere JD00004 Leather Gloves
What you need to know: These tough work gloves carry the John Deere logo on the back.
What you’ll love: The premium-quality split cowhide has a double-stitched, reinforced saddle for extra protection, comfort and durability. The shirred elastic wrist ensures a snug fit.
What you should consider: Look for a larger size, because these run small.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
John Deere Logo Green Chino and Mesh Hat
What you need to know: The leaping deer logo and the John Deere name on the front tell everyone what kind of lawn mower you drive.
What you’ll love: This green and yellow hat is made of cotton chino and polyester mesh. It’s officially licensed John Deere merchandise, so you can be sure of its quality.
What you should consider: The sizes run a bit big.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Fountain Safeway holds ribbon-cutting ceremony for new vehicle registration kiosk station
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A new self-service kiosk is letting residents in the Fountain area easily renew their vehicle registration closer to their homes.
The announcement comes from the Clerk and Recorder’s Office who stated the new kiosk will be available inside the Safeway store located at the 6900 Block of Mesa Ridge Parkway.
In light of the new self-service station, a ribbon-cutting ceremony is being held today Wednesday, May 17, at 10:30 a.m., to officially introduce the kiosk to the Fountain Safeway location.
To use the kiosk, users just have to type their license plate number on the touchscreen or scan their renewal postcard. Checks, credit and debit cards can be accepted with cash transactions only available for 24/7 branch locations.
Following these steps, users should expect to receive their year tab and registration right there on the spot.
Instructions and voice prompts are available in Spanish and English but it should be noted that active-duty military non-residents are not able to renew their registration at the kiosk.
The kiosks, Clerk and Recorder officials say, are not programmed to take in and review those kinds of documents. As a result, military personnel should visit one of the Clerk’s four motor vehicle offices to renew their registration.
Other services that can be completed at the kiosk include:
- Checking your title status
- Obtaining a duplicate registration card
- Obtaining replacement tabs | 2023-05-17T15:28:51+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/2023/05/17/fountain-safeway-holds-ribbon-cutting-ceremony-for-new-vehicle-registration-kiosk-station/ |
WATCH: 102-year-old WWII veteran from segregated mail unit honored
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Millions of letters and packages sent to U.S. troops had accumulated in warehouses in Europe by the time Allied troops were pushing toward the heart of Hitler’s Germany near the end of World War II. This wasn’t junk mail — it was the main link between home and the front in a time long before video chats, texting or even routine long-distance phone calls.
The job of clearing out the massive backlog in a military that was still segregated by race fell upon the largest all-Black, all-female group to serve in the war, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. On Tuesday, the oldest living member of the unit was honored for her service nearly eight decades after the war ended.
Romay Davis, 102, was recognized at an event at Montgomery City Hall that followed President Joe Biden’s decision in March to sign a bill authorizing the Congressional Gold Medal for the unit, nicknamed the “Six Triple Eight.”
Presented with the medal citation and a wartime uniform to replace hers, which was stolen out of a car soon after she returned stateside, Davis received a standing ovation; some in the crowd applauded with tears in their eyes.
“I never thought anything like this would happen to me,” she said.
Davis, in an interview at her home Monday, said the unit was due the recognition, and she’s glad to participate on behalf of other members who’ve already passed away.
“I think it’s an exciting event, and it’s something for families to remember,” Davis said. “It isn’t mine, just mine. No. It’s everybody’s.”
The medals themselves won’t be ready for months, but leaders decided to go ahead with events for Davis and five other surviving members of the 6888th given their advanced age.
Following her five brothers, Davis enlisted in the Army in 1943. After the war, the Virginia native married, had a 30-year career in the fashion industry in New York and retired to Alabama. She earned a martial arts black belt while in her late 70s and rejoined the workforce to work at a grocery store in Montgomery for more than two decades until she was 101.
While smaller groups of African American nurses served in Africa, Australia and England, none matched the size or might of the 6888th, according to a unit history compiled by the Pentagon.
Davis’ unit was part of the Women’s Army Corps created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943. With racial separation the practice of the time, the corps added African American units the following year at the urging of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune, according to the unit history.
More than 800 Black women formed the 6888th, which began sailing for England in February 1945. Once there, they were confronted not only by mountains of undelivered mail but by racism and sexism. They were denied entry into an American Red Cross club and hotels, according to the history, and a senior officer was threatened with being replaced by a white first lieutenant when some unit members missed an inspection.
“Over my dead body, Sir,” replied the unit commander, Maj. Charity Adams. She wasn’t replaced.
Working under the motto of “No Mail, Low Morale,” the women served 24/7 in shifts and developed a new tracking system that processed about 65,000 items each shift, allowing them to clear a six-month backlog of mail in just three months.
“We all had to be broken in, so to speak, to do what had to be done,” said Davis, who mainly worked as a motor pool driver. “The mail situation was in such horrid shape they didn’t think the girls could do it. But they proved a point.”
A month after the end of the war in Europe, in June 1945, the group sailed to France to begin working on additional piles of mail there. Receiving better treatment from the liberated French than they would have under racist Jim Crow regimes at home, members were feted during a victory parade in Rouen and invited into private homes for dinner, said Davis.
“I didn’t find any Europeans against us. They were glad to have us,” she said.
The 6888th previously was honored with a monument that was dedicated in 2018 at Buffalo Soldier Military Park at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. But immediately after the war, members returned home to a U.S. society that was still years away from the start of the modern civil rights movement with the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955.
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas helped shepherd the bill to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the unit.
“Though the odds were set against them, the women of the Six Triple Eight processed millions of letters and packages during their deployment in Europe, helping connect WWII soldiers with their loved ones back home, like my father and mother,” Moran said in a statement earlier this year.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-27T00:45:08+00:00 | kcbd.com | https://www.kcbd.com/2022/07/27/watch-102-year-old-wwii-veteran-segregated-mail-unit-honored/ |
Stock market today: Stocks dip following inflation data, drops for Disney, banks
New York — Wall Street is slipping Thursday, weighed down by a sharp drop for The Walt Disney Co. and flaring fears about the health of some U.S. banks.
The S&P 500 was 0.4% lower in midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 275 points, or 0.8%, at 33,255, as of 11 a.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% lower.
Disney was one of the heaviest forces dragging down the market. It dropped 8.2% after it said it lost streaming subscribers in the U.S. and Canada last quarter, surprising analysts. That was despite its earnings and revenue for the latest quarter roughly matching Wall Street’s forecasts.
Some banks beaten down by the industry’s mini-panic were also under heavy pressure again, and PacWest Bancorp dropped 22% after saying it saw 9.5% of its deposits leave last week. It said the majority of the flight occurred in two days after news reports said the bank was talking with potential investors and partners, raising worries for its customers.
Investors have been hunting for the next possible victim after high interest rates helped lead to three high-profile U.S. bank failures since March.
Also falling was Peloton Interactive, which dropped 7.8%. It's offering free seat posts for its original model bikes after recalling 2.2 million of them. The assembly can break while someone's riding it.
Helping to offer some support for the overall market was a report that showed inflation at the wholesale level was a bit cooler last month than economists expected. It followed a report from the prior day that showed inflation at the consumer level was also behaving largely as forecast.
The reports bolstered expectations on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve will hold off on hiking interest rates again at its next meeting in June. That would be the first time that’s happened in more than a year.
The Fed has been hiking rates at a furious pace to get the worst inflation in decades under control. Inflation has come down from its peak last year, but high rates have also sent prices for investments tumbling, helped caused turmoil for the banking industry and slowed the economy enough that many investors are preparing for a recession later this year.
A separate report on Thursday said more workers filed for unemployment benefits last week than expected. That’s bad news for workers and adds to concerns about a potential recession because the job market has been one of the main pillars left to prop up the economy.
But a cooling of the labor market would also contain a silver lining for the Fed, which fears that a too-hot job market could lead to upward pressure on inflation.
Following the reports, Treasury yields fell on expectations for a less aggressive Fed. Traders are betting on a high probability that the Fed will even have to cut interest rates later this year. Rate cuts act like steroids for financial markets but would likely happen only if the economy slides into recession and needs such oomph.
The Fed, meanwhile, has said it’s unsure of its next move but does not anticipate rate cuts this year if things go as expected.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 3.39% from 3.44% late Wednesday. It helps set rates for mortgages and other important loans. The two-year Treasury yield, which moves more on expectations for the Fed, fell to 3.87% from 3.91%.
On the winning side of Wall Street was Robinhood Markets, which rose 2.9% after reporting a smaller loss and better revenue for the latest quarter than expected. It also launched a way for advanced traders to make some kinds of trades 24 hours a day, five days a week.
In markets abroad, stocks in London slipped 0.4% after the Bank of England raised interest rates to their highest level since late 2008. The move was widely expected as inflation remains high in the U.K.
Stock indexes were mixed elsewhere across Europe and Asia, with most making only modest moves.
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AP Business Writers Yuri Kageyama and Matt Ott contributed. | 2023-05-11T16:30:25+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2023/05/11/stocks-financial-markets-wall-street-thursday/70207260007/ |
She shoots, she scores! Get your tickets for the Fever Draft Party
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Ready for a bit of Hoosier hysteria? Join the Indiana Fever as they select the No. 1 overall pick in next month’s WNBA draft!
Fans are invited to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Monday, April 10, to watch — and celebrate — as the team takes the top draft pick for the first time in franchise history.
The Fever Draft Party will kick off at 6 p.m., with the draft set to begin an hour later.
Fans of all ages will be able to meet Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell and forward Queen Egbo, check out the Family Fun Zone, and hang out on the court between draft picks! Food and drinks will also be available.
Heading into the draft, the Fever own five of 36 draft picks:
- 1st Round:1st Overall
- 1st Round: 7th Overall
- 2nd Round: 13th Overall
- 2nd Round:17th Overall
- 3rd Round: 25th Overall
Visit the Indiana Fever website to learn more. | 2023-03-27T16:34:42+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/she-shoots-she-scores-get-your-tickets-for-the-fever-draft-party/ |
Designed for the safe and simple removal of tissue, the LapBox empowers gynecologists to use manual morcellation during minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures as an alternative to higher-risk open surgery.
NAZARETH, Israel, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ark Surgical Ltd., an Israeli medical device company, announced today that it has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its patented LapBox tissue containment removal system for manual morcellation. Designed to enable the safe and simple removal of tissue, the LapBox empowers gynecologists to use manual morcellation for minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures as an alternative to higher-risk open surgery.
Uniquely designed as a double-walled container, the LapBox creates a secure, enclosed environment to prevent the risk of dispersion of cancerous cells during morcellation. It also employs an easy-to-use delivery technology providing gynecologists with improved control and maneuverability to optimize laparoscopic surgery.
"We are delighted to meet this major regulatory milestone," said Stav Tori, CEO of Ark Surgical. "Following our recent successful first-in-human study, our strategic plan is being implemented. We remain committed to bringing a much-needed safe tissue containment solution for the millions of women requiring myomectomies and hysterectomies."
"Today, the majority of hysterectomies are still being performed by open surgery with a large abdominal incision," said Dr. Edward Evantash, Chief Medical Officer of Ark Surgical. "The advanced LapBox containment system paves the way for many more women to now benefit from a minimally invasive approach, which is proven to reduce pain, shorten recovery times and decrease complications."
Ark Surgical is initiating a Round B investment and will be presenting the LapBox at the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) 2022 Global Congress in Aurora, CO - Dec 1-4, 2022.
About Ark Surgical
Ark Surgical is a privately held Israeli medical device company commercializing the novel LapBox tissue containment removal system. The Company was founded by medical device veterans with hands-on experience in the clinical setting and operates as a portfolio company of the NGT³ (Next Generation Technology) venture capital fund. For more information: https://ark-surgical.com/.
Contact:
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stav@ark-surgical.com
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MEDINA, Ohio — Each Memorial Day, at the Medina County Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the names of the 33 men from Medina County killed in Vietnam are read aloud.
It’s been part of the ceremony since the memorial was established in 1990.
But this year was different.
“We decided to read all the names of all the veterans from Medina County from World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. As far as we know there’s none from Afghanistan or Iraq,” said Rich Malone, Vietnam Veteran
One hundred and two names were read aloud Monday afternoon. One from World War I, 64 from World War II, four from Korea, and 33 from Vietnam.
One of the 33 from the Vietnam War was Russel Hewit.
“He was like my big brother,” said Ron Hewit, his cousin.
For Hewit, his cousin is always close in thought, his name etched on the memorial and in his heart.
“In Russ’ case he gave up a family, a good-paying job, and a son he never got to meet. So he gave it all,” said Hewit.
Ariann Deeb could hardly speak her heartfelt words at the ceremony. Both her grandfather and father served our country and came home, but both have since passed away.
For Deeb, Memorial Day is about honoring and remembering those who fought for our country.
“It’s never been about picnics, fireworks, cookouts always been about the ones who served our country,” she said.
“All gave some, Some gave all. May we always remember all of our heroes who gave all while serving our country,” said Dave Zeleznak, Vietnam Veteran.
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LONDON (AP) — Climate protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in London’s National Gallery on Friday to protest fossil fuel extraction, but caused no discernible damage to the glass-covered painting.
The group Just Stop Oil, which wants the British government to halt new oil and gas projects, said activists dumped two cans of tomato soup over the oil painting, one of the Dutch artist’s most iconic works. The two protesters also glued themselves to the gallery wall.
The soup splashed across the glass covering the painting and its gilded frame. The gallery said “there is some minor damage to the frame but the painting is unharmed.” The work is one of several versions of “Sunflowers” that Van Gogh painted in the late 1880s.
London’s Metropolitan Police said officers arrested two people on suspicion of criminal damage and aggravated trespass.
“Specialist officers have now un-glued them and they have been taken into custody to a central London police station,” the force said in a statement.
Just Stop Oil has drawn attention, and criticism, for targeting artworks in museums. In July, Just Stop Oil activists glued themselves to the frame of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” at London’s Royal Academy of Arts, and to John Constable’s “The Hay Wain” in the National Gallery.
Activists have also blocked bridges and intersections across London during two weeks of protests.
The wave of demonstrations comes as the British government opens a new licensing round for North Sea oil and gas exploration, despite criticism from environmentalists and scientists who say the move undermines the country’s commitment to fighting climate change. | 2022-10-14T14:58:13+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/uk-climate-protesters-throw-soup-on-van-goghs-sunflowers |
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The owners of a beloved comedy club in the heart of downtown Richmond are preparing for the venue’s last laugh as they get ready to relaunch with a very different kind of bar and restaurant.
“Comedy has been a big part of our life. We love comedy,” Sandman Comedy Club owner Michael Sands said. “To let the comedy part go… that hurts.”
Sands told 8News his first date with his now-wife and business partner, Carrie, was at Comedy on State in Wisconsin. The pair will have been married for 33 years later this month.
The Sandman Comedy Club has been in operation for a little over two years, and in that time, a number of high-profile guests have performed on its stage — including the likes of Shane Gillis, Sam Morril and Bobcat Goldthwait.
Construction within the club began in January 2020 with plans to open in May of that same year. However, the COVID-19 pandemic forced Sands to delay the opening until April 2021 — even then, there were restrictions.
“Unfortunately, we were just never able to get over the hump of getting enough people in here to keep it profitable,” Sands said. “I love our loyal customers, they’re the best… I just wish we had more of them.”
The final show at Sandman Comedy Club will be on Sunday, June 25. Sands says that anyone with tickets for future shows that were scheduled for after the comedy club’s closing will have refunds automatically returned to their accounts.
“I’m hoping that the very last weekend, there’ll be a tick up where people say ‘let’s go do it, one last time,'” Sands said. “But I don’t want that to be the goodbye forever because we’re not closing, we’re pivoting.”
The future plans for Sandman
Sands told 8News that although he ultimately came to the decision to close the comedy club, his affection for the community made him want to keep the space. Instead of closing and selling, Sands decided he would take the bar and restaurant in an all-new direction.
“Everybody in the community that we’ve worked with has been awesome. That’s why we’re staying in this venue … We like being in downtown Richmond and we like the people in Richmond,” Sands said. “I wanted to do activities where we could get people to come in and spend a little more time — activities that they can do together as a group.”
The new Sandman Casino Bar will have five pool tables, two beer pong tables, six to eight Queen machines, live Keno through Virginia Lottery, two dart machines and eight Texas hold ’em poker tables.
With all of these games and features will come regularly scheduled leagues and tournaments for pool, darts and poker. There will also be poker classes held at the venue for those interested in learning.
“It’s a really cool venue and when we decided we needed to pivot and do something, we thought about it for a long time,” Sands said. “If you look at the stuff that’s in downtown Richmond, nobody has any of the things we’re doing. Or, if they do have it, they don’t have it on the level that we’re going to have it.”
The new Sandman will also feature new couches, chairs and bar seating as the space moves away from its stage-centric layout. It will also soon be the first place in Virginia to have an automated cocktail maker.
Sands says he is aiming to open the Sandman Casino Bar on Sunday, Aug. 2. When it first opens, its hours will be Wednesday through Friday from 4 p.m. to midnight, with weekend hours from noon to midnight. | 2023-06-14T20:03:10+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/sandman-comedy-club-to-hold-last-stand-up-show-relaunch-as-casino-bar-in-same-richmond-location/ |
British actor Julian Sands’ cause of death ‘undetermined,’ coroner says
(CNN) - Officials in California say there is “no definitive cause of death” for British actor Julian Sands.
Sands’ remains were found in a remote area on Mount Baldy back in June. Sands was reported missing in January when he went hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains in southern California.
On Monday, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department ruled Sands’ cause of death was deemed to be “undetermined.”
The department says this is the coroner’s final determination.
According to officials, the coroner looked at the condition of the body and no other factors were discovered during their investigation.
The spokesperson says this is common in these types of cases.
Sands was known for his work in shows like “24″ as well as movies like “A Room with a View” and “The Killing Fields.”
The actor was 65 years old.
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Residents can help Orlando kids battling illnesses by buying $1 coffee on Dunkin' Iced Coffee Day
ORLANDO, Fla. - Central Florida residents can help local kids battling illnesses by buying coffee on Dunkin' Iced Coffee Day.
Dunkin' says participating restaurants in the Greater Orlando area will offer $1 iced coffee on Wednesday, May 25, and will donate 100% of the proceeds to Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.
It's part of the restaurant's Dunkin' Joy Childhood Foundation – which Dunkin' says has granted more than $37 million to national and local nonprofits since 2006.
The $1 beverage will be offered nationwide, according to Dunkin', giving customers elsewhere the opportunity to bring joy to kids at hospitals in their communities.
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A 12-year-old is charged with murder in the shooting of a Sonic restaurant employee in Texas last weekend, according to police.
Matthew Davis, 32, admonished Angel Gomez, 20, for being disorderly in the parking lot of the Keene, Texas, restaurant at about 9:40 p.m. last Saturday. A physical altercation ensued, then the juvenile suspect, who is unnamed because they are a minor, allegedly shot Davis multiple times from the back seat of Gomez's vehicle, the Keene Police Department said.
Davis was transported to the hospital, where he died.
The juvenile suspect's age was confirmed by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Gomez and the child – both from Fort Worth, about 28 miles from Keene – fled the area, but Gomez eventually returned to the scene. Law enforcement tracked and arrested the child in Rio Vista, about 14 miles south of Keene. Police confiscated several firearms from the minor.
Both Gomez and the boy are now in custody and being charged with murder, police said.
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CHENGDU, China and SEATTLE and LONDON, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BAILI-BIOPHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. ("Baili") and its wholly owned subsidiary, SystImmune, Inc ("SystImmune"), announced today that it has entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with AstraZeneca (LSE :AZN) (STO: AZN) (NASDAQ : AZN) to evaluate the combination of Baili's cancer therapy, SI-B001, an EGFR x HER3 bispecific antibody, in combination with AstraZeneca's third-generation, irreversible epidermal growth factor receptor ("EGFR") TKI, TAGRISSO® (osimertinib), in a new Phase 2a study, sponsored and conducted by Baili, for patients with non-small cell lung cancer ("NSCLC").
Dr. Yi ZHU, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Baili commented, "SI-B001 has demonstrated good tolerability and early sign of efficacy during Phase 1 trial in China. We are excited about the collaboration with AstraZeneca to investigate the combination of SI-B001 and a leading third-generation EGFR TKI for patients with NSCLC. By combining SI-B001 with Osimertinib, we believe it has the potential to provide more effective treatment options for patients with NSCLC."
The financial terms of the non-exclusive collaboration have not been disclosed.
About SI-B001
SI-B001 is a bispecific antibody designed with the proprietary platform technology developed by Baili and SystImmune. It can bind to EGFR and HER3, and simultaneously inhibits the ligand induced EGFR×EGFR homodimers, the formation of EGFR×HER3 heterodimers and the activation of its downstream signal pathway. SI-B001 can also induce endocytosis of EGFR and HER3, and down-regulate the levels of EGFR and HER3 tumor cells. In preclinical studies, SI-B001 has demonstrated superior tumor killing activities. SI-B001 Phase 1 trials have shown good safety and preliminary efficacy.
About NSCLC and EGFR
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among men and women, accounting for about one-fifth of all cancer deaths. More than a third of the world's lung cancer patients are in China. Lung cancer is broadly split into NSCLC and small cell lung cancer, with 80-85% classified as NSCLC. The majority of NSCLC patients are diagnosed with advanced disease while approximately 25-30% present with resectable disease at diagnosis. For patients with resectable tumors, the majority of patients eventually develop recurrence despite complete tumor resection and adjuvant chemotherapy.
Approximately 10-25% of NSCLC patients in the US and Europe, and 30-40% of patients in Asia have EGFR-mutated NSCLC. These patients are particularly sensitive to treatment with an EGFR TKI which blocks the cell-signaling pathways that drive the growth of tumor cells.
About Baili
Baili is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the research and development, manufacturing, and commercialization of medicines for cancer and other diseases. With strong R&D teams in both China and US, it has developed fully integrated proprietary platforms in bispecific, multi-specific antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates. Its highly differentiated platforms have generated a pipeline of six clinical stage anti-cancer drug candidates. The Company also has state-of-the-art manufacturing capability designed and built to meet cGMP standards.
With multiple in-house proprietary platforms for innovative biopharmaceuticals, Baili has built a robust pipeline to benefit cancer patients around the world.
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Puffy, dark skin under the eyes is incredibly frustrating to deal with — and those of us who suffer from this will go to great lengths to get rid of the problem so as not to look older and tired. That’s why we seek out eye cream for dark circles.
According to the Mayo Clinic, dark circles under your eyes are usually not a sign of a medical problem, but they can appear when you haven’t had enough sleep. Sometimes dark circles are shadows under your eyes from puffy eyelids or hollows that develop as you age. Other causes include allergies, atopic and contact dermatitis, heredity, sun exposure and rubbing or scratching your eyes. Dark circles may also be the result of pigmentation or underlying redness.
Luckily, eye creams for erasing dark circles exist, and they’re designed to leave you feeling beautiful again. Companies combine brightening products with ingredients like vitamin C, hydroquinone and kojic acid to counteract the effects of pigmentation. If dark circles are caused by underlying redness or puffiness, they may add ingredients like caffeine and vitamin K too.
Retinol is a powerhouse ingredient that has been shown to even out skin tone over time and stimulate the production of collagen, making the skin less thin and improving the appearance of dark circles. It can reduce fine lines and wrinkles and even treat blemishes.
If you’re looking for something that uses retinol to help improve your skin, this RoC Retinol Correxion Eye Cream for dark circles might be the solution. It has more than 18,000 5-star reviews on Amazon — and it costs less than $20!
This retinol-packed eye cream, currently on sale for $17.04 on Amazon, is formulated for the thin, fragile skin under the eye. The manufacturer says it has been clinically proven to instantly smooth the appearance of lines, wrinkles and crow’s feet and visibly reduce dark circles and puffiness in four weeks. With 12 weeks of use, RoC promises the product can reduce the appearance of fine lines and crow’s feet by 50%.
RoC Retinol Correxion is packaged in an opaque tube that limits exposure to light and air, which should help preserve the formula without losing integrity.
Use it in the morning and at night after cleansing and before moisturizing.
This eye cream for dark circles boasts more than 27,600 reviews, leading to a rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars overall! Several reviewers commented they have spent money on pricier eye creams that never worked like this drugstore brand.
One reviewer commented she’s now on her fourth tube. This eye cream has reversed some of the negative effects of smoking and sun exposure for her.
“The results are truly impressive and I am surprisingly shocked!” she said. “I really didn’t think over-the-counter retinal [sic] creams could work, but this cream has proven me wrong.”
Several other men and women have also praised this eye cream for dark circles.
Debra P. said, “I’m 56 years old and have spent a fortune on creams. I saw a dermatologist and she told me this is better than high-end products. Purchased and love it. The people at work said my face looks amazing.”
D. Brown is an older man who always hated the bags and dark circles under his eyes. After a month of constant, he felt shocked at the results. He says consistency is the key.
“Package lasted almost four months, worth the price and results,” he said.
In addition to adding an eye cream for dark circles to your beauty arsenal, certain lifestyle changes can help as well. Sleeping well, adding a few extra pillows under your head, making sure you are hydrated and watching your salt intake are also worth considering.
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ORLANDO, Fla. , Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Holiday Inn Club Vacations Incorporated, a leading national vacation ownership company, today announced that Kumar Rajnish has joined the company as its Chief Strategy Officer. In this newly created role, Kumar will oversee corporate strategy and direct business transformation for the company. He will be responsible for refining and driving the company's growth strategy and leading business transformation initiatives for the organization, including digital.
"Growth and transformation – especially with regard to acquisitions and strategic partnerships – have been important parts of our company's history and success for many years. This will continue to be a top priority, coupled with an intense focus on delivering an exceptional customer experience. These are exciting times for the company, which is why I am excited to welcome Kumar to our executive team" said John Staten, President and Chief Executive Officer at Holiday Inn Club Vacations Incorporated. "Kumar's extensive experience and success leading teams through periods of rapid growth and change will be instrumental as we continue to make progress against our mission of becoming the most loved brand in family travel."
With over 25 years of experience in corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions and integrations, business development, sales and marketing, financial analysis and operations, Kumar has a proven track record of developing high-performance teams and introducing companies to new markets. Prior to joining Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Kumar was the Chief Strategy Officer for Kaplan North America, where he oversaw the company's corporate strategy, partnership development, sales enablement, advanced data and analytics. Additionally, Kumar served in management consulting, corporate development and sales and marketing roles for global organizations such as McKinsey & Company, FedEx Express and IBM.
Encompassing 28 resorts across 14 U.S. states, Holiday Inn Club Vacations Incorporated is a resort, real estate and travel company with a mission to be the most loved brand in family travel by delivering easy-to-plan, memorable vacation experiences that strengthen families.
Based in Orlando, Fla., the company has been a leader in the vacation ownership industry since 1982, when it was established by Holiday Inn® founder Kemmons Wilson with the opening of the company's flagship property, Holiday Inn Club Vacations® at Orange Lake Resort next to Orlando's Walt Disney World® Resort.
Today, the Holiday Inn Club Vacations resort portfolio spans across the United States. Throughout its history, the company has maintained the core family values true to its founding Wilson family, while aggressively pursuing growth, transforming its member engagement model and building an industry-leading team passionate about the guest experience.
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Study finds U.S. generated 10 times the number of bot attacks compared to China, the second highest source during the 2022 holiday season
NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DataDome, the global leader in advanced bot and online fraud management, today released its inaugural "E-Commerce Holiday Bot & Online Fraud Report" which analyzes bot traffic during fraudsters' busiest time of year – the holiday season. The study identifies and quantifies the proliferation of bots, aggregating and analyzing traffic data of more than 110 billion requests made in Q4, 2022 across a range of e-commerce sites DataDome protects.
"During flash sales events such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, e-commerce platforms typically face at least five times - and sometimes up to 30 times - more bot attacks than on normal days," said Benjamin Fabre, CEO & Co-Founder of DataDome. "As bad bots become more sophisticated and difficult to thwart, staying ahead of them is imperative. This holds true particularly during flash sales and the busy holiday season, when the impact of these attacks is maximized."
DataDome analyzed the website, mobile app and API traffic of e-commerce businesses it protects, across clothing, footwear, ticket, and electronic retail among other companies located in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Key observations from the report include:
- The United States was the #1 direct source of bot attacks. The US generated 10 times the number of bot attacks compared to China, the second country of origin for the most bot attacks against online retailers and e-commerce platforms during this period. Attackers tend to choose IP addresses/proxies located in the same country as the website they target in order to appear more human and bypass traditional geo-blocking techniques. Many of the e-commerce sites DataDome protects are in the US, which helps explain why so many attacks appear to have originated from the US.
- E-commerce bots are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their ability to mimic human behavior and bypass basic security tools. The availability of high-quality proxies has made it easy for attackers to leverage IPs from the home location of their target business. And attackers paid premium prices for ISP proxies, proving both the increasing ROI of online fraud, especially scalping, around Black Friday and other limited sales, and the effectiveness of ISP proxies in helping cybercriminals avoid detection by more basic bot mitigation tools and web application firewalls (WAFs).
- 98% of the attacks were from scraping and scalping bots: Numbering in the billions, scraping bots, considered a gateway automated threat that often leads to more aggressive and damaging attacks, were used to test the availability of products and target the limited infrastructure resources during the busy holiday season. Scalping attacks followed, as fraudsters tried to snag as much inventory as possible to resell for profit later.
- Some industries saw more impact than others: Industries that saw the most bot traffic include clothing & footwear and electronic goods—especially hot ticket items, such as gaming consoles and luxury or limited edition merchandise. The biggest attack DataDome observed in Q4 2022 targeted a large US retailer with ~66M malicious bot requests in less than two hours.
"Fraudsters are getting easier access to more sophisticated bots and technology every day. As the ease and ROI of online fraud increase, so do the frequency and intensity of bot attacks," said Antoine Vastel, PhD, Head of Research at DataDome. "Yesterday's basic bot mitigation measures are no match against today's evolving threats—especially bots that use ISP proxies and machine learning to mimic human behavior. Now more than ever, it is critical that retailers protect all endpoints from attacks, as threats target the weakest link in their infrastructures."
The full research report, "E-Commerce Holiday Bot & Online Fraud," is available here. On February 16, 2023 at 12:00p EST, DataDome's Head of Research will host a webinar that dives into the report's findings.
For more information about DataDome's fraud detection and prevention, visit www.datadome.co/.
About DataDome
DataDome's bot and online fraud protection detects and mitigates attacks with unparalleled accuracy and zero compromise. Our machine learning solution analyzes 1 trillion data points per day to adapt to new threats in real time. Our 24/7 SOC experts protect hundreds of high-profile brands worldwide, including Reddit, Patreon, and AngelList. A force multiplier for IT security teams, DataDome is fully transparent, easy to deploy, and frictionless for consumers. In 2022, DataDome was named a Strong Performer in the Forrester Wave: Bot Management and ranked the top G2 Leader in Bot Detection & Mitigation for Fall 2022 and Winter 2023.
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Michigan Public Radio’s Rick Pluta joins Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd to describe how gun rights have been a hot-button issue in the Michigan governor’s race, along with abortion rights and inflation.
Washington Post reporter Patrick Marley covers politics in Wisconsin and joins Here & Now‘s host Anthony Brooks to talk about why election law is one of the hot-button issues in the governor’s race.
Spotlight PA’s Katie Meyer joins Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd to discuss the fundraising advantage that Democrat Josh Shapiro has against Republican election denier Doug Mastriano in the Pennsylvania governor’s race.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe about Mississippi officials' misappropriation of welfare funds and former NFL player Brett Favre's involvement in the scandal.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe about Mississippi officials' misappropriation of welfare funds and former NFL player Brett Favre's involvement in the scandal.
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Easy cookie recipes
You don’t have to know much about the science behind baking to make delicious cookies — as long as you have a foolproof recipe, that is. Baking is much more precise than cooking, so finding reliable instructions and sticking to them is likely to yield the best result, especially if you’re new to baking.
To find some tried-and-true recipes for basic cookies, we talked to Southern bakers who have spent years perfecting these go-to cookies for bake sales, family gatherings, and holidays. These simple recipes and tips will help you make consistently delicious chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies, and snickerdoodles.
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Chocolate chunk cookies
Everyone needs a go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe on hand. This is a slight twist on the classic, thanks to the inclusion of instant coffee — an optional but highly recommended addition.
Chocolate chunk cookie ingredients
3/4 cup butter (one-and-a-half sticks)
2 tablespoons instant coffee (optional, but recommended)
2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup white granulated sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
1 large egg yolk, room temperature
2 cups semisweet chocolate chunks
1 cup roughly chopped, toasted pecans
Chocolate chunk cookie directions
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Combine butter and instant coffee in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat until butter melts and coffee granules dissolve, stirring occasionally. Set aside to cool to room temperature, but don’t let butter resolidify.
3. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl and set aside.
4. Combine butter/coffee mixture, both sugars, egg, and egg yolk in the bowl of your stand mixer. Mix at medium speed until light and creamy. Mixture will be dark at first, but as you continue beating, it will change to a light color.
5. Turn mixer to its lowest setting and gradually add flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chunks and pecans. Drop scant ¼-cups cookies two inches apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
6. Bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for eight to 10 minutes. Cookies should be soft but no longer look wet.
7. Cool slightly on baking sheet, then remove to wire racks to cool completely. Yields 18 to 24 cookies.
Tips:
- Nuts can be toasted either in a skillet on the stove or in the oven. Toasting in the oven is easiest and less likely to result in burned nuts. Simply place on a baking sheet and put in a 350-degree Fahrenheit oven for four to five minutes, or until the nuts smell fragrant.
- Regular-sized chocolate chips can be used in this recipe, but chunks work best. They will stay soft and melty longer, and they give the cookie more of a gourmet feel.
- Instant coffee is optional, but it adds to the flavor profile of the cookie. If you choose to omit the coffee, don’t skip the step of melting the butter. It really makes a difference.
Simple sugar cookies
If you get seasonal cookie cutters, this is a fun seasonal recipe that you can make for many occasions: holidays, birthdays, pool parties — the list goes on.
Simple sugar cookie ingredients
1 cup butter at room temperature (two sticks)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
Simple sugar cookie directions
- Beat butter at medium speed in an electric stand mixer for two minutes or until creamy. Gradually add the sugar and mix well. Add the egg and vanilla and mix well.
- Turn the mixer to the lowest speed and gradually add the flour and salt, mixing until well blended.
- Divide the dough in half and wrap each portion in plastic wrap. Place in the refrigerator until firm enough to roll out — 30 to 60 minutes. The dough should be malleable, not rock hard.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface (waxed paper, a pastry mat, or clean counter) to a generous 1/4-inch thickness. Cut into shapes with a cookie cutter that has been dipped in flour and place on parchment-lined (or lightly greased) cookie sheets.
- Bake for six to eight minutes or just until the bottom edges of the cookies begin to brown slightly.
- Cool cookies slightly on cookie sheet, then transfer to a rack to finish cooling. Decorate if desired.
Tips:
- Use butter, not margarine, for best consistency and flavor.
- I prefer unbleached flour. I find that it results in better texture for rolled doughs. However, bleached flour will work just fine.
- While cookie cutters are the traditional method of cutting sugar cookies into shapes, you can use biscuit cutters, the open end of a glass, a pastry cutter, a sharp knife, or anything you have on hand! You’ll probably need to flour whatever implement you choose to use.
Snickerdoodle recipe
These soft, cinnamon-sugar cookies are great with a glass of milk or a cappuccino. This is the easiest cookie recipe on our list, so it’s a great place to start for beginner bakers.
Snickerdoodle ingredients
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter at room temperature (one stick)
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Snickerdoodle directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Mix shortening, butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar, and eggs thoroughly in a stand mixer.
- Stir together all dry ingredients: flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. Add dry ingredients to shortening/butter/sugar/egg mixture, and mix on low speed just until combined.
- Roll into small balls, about one inch in diameter.
- Roll each cookie dough ball in a mixture of 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon.
- Place 2 inches apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for six to eight minutes.
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WASHINGTON (KFOR) – If you have been struggling to access your Dish Network account recently, you’re not alone.
Earlier this month, Dish Network claimed that a “network outage” was impacting services. As a result of the “outage,” the company’s website was down for several days.
Now, we’re getting a better idea of what caused the outage.
In a statement on its website, Dish said the February 23 outage was sparked by a “cybersecurity incident,” which also impacted internal communications and customer call centers.
“We immediately activated our incident response and business continuity plans to contain, assess and remediate the situation,” the company writes. “We retained the services of cybersecurity experts and outside advisors to assist in the evaluation of the situation, and we notified appropriate law enforcement authorities.”
Company officials say internal communications and customer call centers are still being impacted.
On Tuesday, Dish confirmed “certain data” was obtained from its IT systems during the cybersecurity breach. So far, it’s unclear what data was taken.
“It’s possible the investigation will reveal that the extracted data includes personal information,” the company says. Officials are still working to determine what was impacted by the breach.
If any customers’ data was obtained, Dish says it will “take the appropriate steps and let any impacted customers know.”
Customers may still have trouble accessing their accounts, making payments, or contacting customer service, Dish notes. The company says customers will not lose service if they can’t make a payment while Dish systems are impacted, and late fees for those unable to make payments will be removed.
At this point, other details about the breach have not been released. | 2023-02-28T23:02:35+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/dish-network-confirms-cybersecurity-breach/ |
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed concern Monday about rising food prices caused in part by the war in Ukraine and said he will serve as secretary of agriculture when he takes office to prepare for a possible emergency.
Marcos Jr. and Vice President-elect Sara Duterte take office June 30 after winning landslide victories in May 9 elections.
They will inherit daunting problems, including a coronavirus pandemic-battered economy, soaring inflation, unemployment and mounting foreign and domestic debt, in addition to longstanding poverty, insurgencies and political divisions.
After meeting with his designated finance, trade and economic secretaries, Marcos Jr. told reporters on Monday that he will temporarily serve as agriculture secretary and will reorganize the Department of Agriculture to foster an economic recovery following two years of coronavirus outbreaks and lockdowns.
“I think the problem is severe enough that I have decided to take on the portfolio of secretary of agriculture at least for now,” he said, adding he has asked his key advisers to anticipate “emergency situations, especially when it comes to food supply.”
Marcos Jr. said skyrocketing oil prices, disruptions in the supply of agricultural feed, and decisions by Thailand and Vietnam to temporarily restrict exports of rice — a key staple for Filipinos — could send food prices higher.
Marcos Jr. has named about two dozen Cabinet members so far, including his economic team, a temporary defense chief and a national security adviser. A key appointee who has drawn attention is Juan Ponce Enrile, a 98-year-old retired politician and lawyer who will serve as presidential legal counsel.
Enrile was the defense chief who defected with his forces from Marcos Jr.’s dictator father in 1986 in a turbulent series of events that led to the army-backed “People Power” pro-democracy uprising that toppled the elder Marcos.
The dictator was driven into exile in the United States with his family and died in Hawaii in 1989. His widow, Imelda Marcos, and her children were allowed to return to the Philippines in 1991 and accomplished a stunning political comeback, helped by a well-funded social media campaign to refurbish the family name that had been tarnished by human rights atrocities and plunder during the Marcos dictatorship.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This National Mentoring Month, entrepreneurs are harnessing the power of mentoring to launch their businesses to new levels of success. Entrepreneurs who work with a mentor are five times more likely to start a business – and report higher revenues and increased business growth – according to SCORE, a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration and the nation's largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors.
Mentoring: From Startup to Shark Tank
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Recently, the Porters fulfilled their dream to appear on Shark Tank, garnering priceless exposure for their company, Action Glow, plus a $200,000 investment in their patented LED lighting kits for sporting equipment. Their advice to other entrepreneurs: "Get a mentor right away. Your net worth is your network. We are super fortunate to have business experts in our corner. We are still learning every day, but when we have a challenge, we know we have someone who can guide us in the right direction."
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"Mentors make a difference. With years of real-world knowledge and experience, SCORE mentors provide entrepreneurs with critical guidance, as well as practical tools and resources, free of charge," explains SCORE CEO Bridget Weston. Since its launch nearly 60 years ago, SCORE has helped more than 11 million entrepreneurs start or grow a business.
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Recommendation is based on data from two pivotal trials showing Dupixent significantly improved itch, skin lesions and health-related quality of life in adults with prurigo nodularis
If approved, Dupixent would be the first and only targeted medicine specifically indicated for prurigo nodularis in the European Union
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. and PARIS, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) and Sanofi today announced that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion, recommending the approval of Dupixent® (dupilumab) in the European Union (EU) to treat adults with moderate-to-severe prurigo nodularis who are candidates for systemic therapy. The European Commission is expected to announce a final decision on the Dupixent application in the coming months. In September 2022, Dupixent was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of adult patients with prurigo nodularis.
Prurigo nodularis is a chronic, debilitating skin disease with underlying type 2 inflammation and has one of the highest impacts on a patient's quality of life among inflammatory skin diseases, due to the extreme itch it causes. Those with prurigo nodularis experience intense, persistent itch with thick skin lesions (called nodules) that can cover most of the body. The disease is often painful – with burning, stinging and tingling of the skin – and can negatively affect mental health, activities of daily living and social interactions. High-potency topical steroids are commonly prescribed but are associated with safety risks if used long-term.
The positive CHMP opinion is supported by data from two Phase 3 trials, PRIME and PRIME2, showing Dupixent significantly reduced itch (the primary endpoint) and skin lesions compared to placebo. Dupixent also significantly improved health-related quality of life while reducing measures of skin pain and symptoms of anxiety/depression. The safety results of the trial were generally consistent with the known safety profile of Dupixent in its approved dermatology indication. Adverse events more commonly observed with Dupixent compared to placebo included conjunctivitis.
The use of Dupixent in adults with moderate-to-severe prurigo nodularis is investigational in the EU and is not yet approved.
About Dupixent
Dupixent, which was invented using Regeneron's proprietary VelocImmune® technology, is a fully human monoclonal antibody that inhibits the signaling of the interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-13 (IL-13) pathways and is not an immunosuppressant. The Dupixent development program has shown significant clinical benefit and a decrease in type 2 inflammation in Phase 3 trials, establishing that IL-4 and IL-13 are key and central drivers of the type 2 inflammation that plays a major role in multiple related and often co-morbid diseases. These diseases include approved indications for Dupixent, such as atopic dermatitis, asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP), as well as investigational diseases prurigo nodularis and eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in the EU.
Dupixent has received regulatory approvals in one or more countries around the world for use in certain patients with atopic dermatitis, prurigo nodularis, asthma, CRSwNP or EoE in different age populations. Dupixent is currently approved across these indications in the U.S. and for one or more of these indications in more than 60 countries, including in the EU and Japan. More than 500,000 patients have been treated with Dupixent globally.
About Regeneron's VelocImmune Technology
Regeneron's VelocImmune technology utilizes a proprietary genetically engineered mouse platform endowed with a genetically humanized immune system to produce optimized fully human antibodies. When Regeneron's co-Founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer George D. Yancopoulos was a graduate student with his mentor Frederick W. Alt in 1985, they were the first to envision making such a genetically humanized mouse, and Regeneron has spent decades inventing and developing VelocImmune and related VelociSuite® technologies. Dr. Yancopoulos and his team have used VelocImmune technology to create approximately one in five of all original, FDA-approved or authorized fully human monoclonal antibodies. This includes REGEN-COV® (casirivimab and imdevimab), Dupixent, Libtayo® (cemiplimab-rwlc), Praluent® (alirocumab), Kevzara® (sarilumab), Evkeeza® (evinacumab-dgnb) and Inmazeb™ (atoltivimab, maftivimab and odesivimab-ebgn).
Dupilumab Development Program
Dupilumab is being jointly developed by Regeneron and Sanofi under a global collaboration agreement. To date, dupilumab has been studied across more than 60 clinical trials involving more than 10,000 patients with various chronic diseases driven in part by type 2 inflammation.
In addition to the currently approved indications, Regeneron and Sanofi are studying dupilumab in a broad range of diseases driven by type 2 inflammation or other allergic processes in Phase 3 trials, including pediatric EoE, hand and foot atopic dermatitis, chronic inducible urticaria-cold, chronic spontaneous urticaria, chronic pruritus of unknown origin, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with evidence of type 2 inflammation, chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyposis, allergic fungal rhinosinusitis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and bullous pemphigoid. These potential uses of dupilumab are currently under clinical investigation, and the safety and efficacy in these conditions have not been fully evaluated by any regulatory authority.
U.S. INDICATIONS
DUPIXENT is a prescription medicine used:
- to treat adults and children 6 months of age and older with moderate-to-severe eczema (atopic dermatitis or AD) that is not well controlled with prescription therapies used on the skin (topical), or who cannot use topical therapies. DUPIXENT can be used with or without topical corticosteroids. It is not known if DUPIXENT is safe and effective in children with atopic dermatitis under 6 months of age.
- with other asthma medicines for the maintenance treatment of moderate-to-severe eosinophilic or oral steroid dependent asthma in adults and children 6 years of age and older whose asthma is not controlled with their current asthma medicines. DUPIXENT helps prevent severe asthma attacks (exacerbations) and can improve your breathing. DUPIXENT may also help reduce the amount of oral corticosteroids you need while preventing severe asthma attacks and improving your breathing. DUPIXENT is not used to treat sudden breathing problems. It is not known if DUPIXENT is safe and effective in children with asthma under 6 years of age.
- with other medicines for the maintenance treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP) in adults whose disease is not controlled. It is not known if DUPIXENT is safe and effective in children with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis under 18 years of age.
- to treat adults and children 12 years of age and older, who weigh at least 88 pounds (40 kg), with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). It is not known if DUPIXENT is safe and effective in children with eosinophilic esophagitis under 12 years of age and who weigh at least 88 pounds (40 kg).
- to treat adults with prurigo nodularis (PN). It is not known if DUPIXENT is safe and effective in children with prurigo nodularis under 18 years of age.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Do not use if you are allergic to dupilumab or to any of the ingredients in DUPIXENT®.
Before using DUPIXENT, tell your healthcare provider about all your medical conditions, including if you:
- have eye problems.
- have a parasitic (helminth) infection.
- are scheduled to receive any vaccinations. You should not receive a "live vaccine" right before and during treatment with DUPIXENT.
- are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known whether DUPIXENT will harm your unborn baby.
- are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known whether DUPIXENT passes into your breast milk.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the- counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
Especially tell your healthcare provider if you are taking oral, topical, or inhaled corticosteroid medicines; have asthma and use an asthma medicine; or have atopic dermatitis, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis, eosinophilic esophagitis, or prurigo nodularis and also have asthma. Do not change or stop your corticosteroid medicine or other asthma medicine without talking to your healthcare provider. This may cause other symptoms that were controlled by the corticosteroid medicine or other asthma medicine to come back.
DUPIXENT can cause serious side effects, including:
- Allergic reactions. DUPIXENT can cause allergic reactions that can sometimes be severe. Stop using DUPIXENT and tell your healthcare provider or get emergency help right away if you get any of the following signs or symptoms: breathing problems or wheezing, swelling of the face, lips, mouth, tongue or throat, fainting, dizziness, feeling lightheaded, fast pulse, fever, hives, joint pain, general ill feeling, itching, skin rash, swollen lymph nodes, nausea or vomiting, or cramps in your stomach-area.
- Eye problems. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any new or worsening eye problems, including eye pain or changes in vision, such as blurred vision. Your healthcare provider may send you to an ophthalmologist for an exam if needed.
- Inflammation of your blood vessels. Rarely, this can happen in people with asthma who receive DUPIXENT. This may happen in people who also take a steroid medicine by mouth that is being stopped or the dose is being lowered. It is not known whether this is caused by DUPIXENT. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have: rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, a feeling of pins and needles or numbness of your arms or legs, or persistent fever.
- Joint aches and pain. Some people who use DUPIXENT have had trouble walking or moving due to their joint symptoms, and in some cases needed to be hospitalized. Tell your healthcare provider about any new or worsening joint symptoms. Your healthcare provider may stop DUPIXENT if you develop joint symptoms.
The most common side effects include:
- Eczema: injection site reactions, eye and eyelid inflammation, including redness, swelling, and itching, sometimes with blurred vision, cold sores in your mouth or on your lips, and high count of a certain white blood cell (eosinophilia).
- Asthma: injection site reactions, high count of a certain white blood cell (eosinophilia), pain in the throat (oropharyngeal pain), and parasitic (helminth) infections.
- Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyposis: injection site reactions, eye and eyelid inflammation, including redness, swelling, and itching, sometimes with blurred vision, high count of a certain white blood cell (eosinophilia), gastritis, joint pain (arthralgia), trouble sleeping (insomnia), and toothache.
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis: injection site reactions, upper respiratory tract infections, cold sores in your mouth or on your lips, and joint pain (arthralgia).
- Prurigo Nodularis: eye and eyelid inflammation, including redness, swelling, and itching, sometimes with blurred vision, herpes virus infections, common cold symptoms (nasopharyngitis), dizziness, muscle pain, and diarrhea.
Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away. These are not all the possible side effects of DUPIXENT. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Use DUPIXENT exactly as prescribed by your healthcare provider. It's an injection given under the skin (subcutaneous injection). Your healthcare provider will decide if you or your caregiver can inject DUPIXENT. Do not try to prepare and inject DUPIXENT until you or your caregiver have been trained by your healthcare provider. In children 12 years of age and older, it's recommended DUPIXENT be administered by or under supervision of an adult. In children 6 months to less than 12 years of age, DUPIXENT should be given by a caregiver.
Please see accompanying full Prescribing Information including Patient Information.
About Regeneron
Regeneron is a leading biotechnology company that invents, develops and commercializes life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases. Founded and led for nearly 35 years by physician-scientists, our unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to nine FDA-approved treatments and numerous product candidates in development, almost all of which were homegrown in our laboratories. Our medicines and pipeline are designed to help patients with eye diseases, allergic and inflammatory diseases, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, pain, hematologic conditions, infectious diseases and rare diseases.
Regeneron is accelerating and improving the traditional drug development process through our proprietary VelociSuite® technologies, such as VelocImmune®, which uses unique genetically humanized mice to produce optimized fully human antibodies and bispecific antibodies, and through ambitious research initiatives such as the Regeneron Genetics Center, which is conducting one of the largest genetics sequencing efforts in the world.
For more information, please visit www.Regeneron.com or follow @Regeneron on Twitter.
About Sanofi
We are an innovative global healthcare company, driven by one purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. Our team, across some 100 countries, is dedicated to transforming the practice of medicine by working to turn the impossible into the possible. We provide potentially life-changing treatment options and life-saving vaccine protection to millions of people globally, while putting sustainability and social responsibility at the center of our ambitions.
Sanofi is listed on EURONEXT: SAN and NASDAQ: SNY
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LOS ANGELES, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vance Street Capital LLC ("Vance Street"), a Los Angeles based private equity firm, today announced its second single asset continuation fund – VSC Extended Value (EV) 2, LP ("EV2") – backing Motion Dynamics Corporation ("Motion Dynamics" or the "Company"), a leading provider of highly engineered precision wire-based components primarily for the medical device, industrial and aerospace markets.
Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Fruitport, Michigan, Motion Dynamics is a leading manufacturer of wire-based micro-components and sub-assemblies, which are frequently found in micro-catheters, pacemakers and neuromodulation devices. The Company focuses on products that require fine and ultra-fine wire diameters, unique alloy types and shapes, and high precision / tight tolerances.
Vance Street originally invested in Motion Dynamics in September 2016 through Vance Street Capital II, L.P. ("Fund II"). Since partnering with Motion Dynamics, the Company has doubled its manufacturing footprint, expanded into new and adjacent manufacturing capabilities and pursued strategic M&A, all of which have contributed to market leading growth. Chris Witham, Founder and President of Motion Dynamics, has led the Company under Vance Street's ownership and will continue to lead the business during the next phase of growth. "We originally partnered with Vance Street due to their experience working with entrepreneurs and their long track record of supporting high-precision manufacturing businesses. Throughout their investment period, Vance Street has been a supportive partner and we look forward to continuing to collaborate with the team to capitalize on the strong foundation we have built to further the Company's growth," said Chris Witham.
EV2 was oversubscribed and is capitalized with commitments from both new and existing Vance Street LPs. Vance Street offered all LPs in Fund II the opportunity to reinvest the value of their investment.
"Motion Dynamics was an outstanding investment for Fund II, and we are excited that Chris and the rest of the Motion Dynamics team chose to partner with Vance Street again. We remain aligned in our objectives on how to pursue growth, add additional capabilities and continue to build upon this leading MedTech platform," added Brian Martin, Managing Partner at Vance Street.
Vance Street partnered with Apogem Capital ("Apogem") as the lead investor. "We tracked Motion Dynamics for some time and jumped at the opportunity to support the Company and Vance Street by providing equity and debt to complete the transaction," said Michael Zeleniuch, Managing Partner at Apogem.
Vedder Price LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP acted as legal advisors to Motion Dynamics and Vance Street Capital LLC. Debt financing for the transaction was provided by Apogem Capital, BMO Capital Markets and Northwestern Mutual. M2O Private Fund Advisors LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor to Vance Street and placed the continuation fund with Apogem Capital as the lead investor. The EV2 syndicate included new investors to finance the transaction. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Vance Street Capital is a middle-market private equity firm investing in highly engineered solutions businesses across the medical, life science, industrial, and aerospace & defense sectors. For over two decades, Vance Street's partners have worked with management teams and family owners to accelerate revenue growth, improve operations, and acquire strategic assets for the companies in their investment portfolio. For more information please visit: www.vancestreetcapital.com
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — All Joshua Dobbs had to do was protect the football.
He failed miserably.
The journeyman quarterback who was signed off Detroit’s practice squad just a few weeks ago turned the ball over twice in the second half Saturday night, handing Jacksonville 10 points in a 20-16 loss that could haunt the Tennessee Titans for the next eight months.
The Titans had done everything they needed to do to beat the Jaguars in a winner-take-all game to decide the AFC South. Derrick Henry was effective running the ball, helping Tennessee control the clock for 36 minutes. The defense held Jacksonville to 222 yards, including 19 yards rushing.
Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars had done nothing down the stretch, losing a yard on nine plays in the fourth quarter.
It was Tennessee’s game to win. It was Tennessee’s division to clinch for the third time in as many years.
And then Dobbs turned the ball over twice. He badly underthrew a deep pass to Treylon Burks that resulted in an interception and a field goal. And then he fumbled on a sack, which Josh Allen scooped up and returned 37 yards for the go-ahead score.
“Hats off to them for making a great play in a big moment of the game,” Dobbs said.
Dobbs felt like his arm was going forward on the fumble, although officials reviewed the play and confirmed Allen’s touchdown.
“When you throw the ball and the ball goes forward after the guy hits you, it feels like – I’m a physics guy – so it’s pretty simple that it’s going forward,” Dobbs said. “When you’re on road, they do a great job of not showing replays of big plays. I’ll check it out on film, but it was definitely a tough one.”
To be fair, Dobbs probably shouldn’t have been in this position. With Ryan Tannehill (ankle) out for the season and rookie Malik Willis struggling in his place, the Titans turned to Dobbs to try to get them out of their late-season funk.
He played well last week against Dallas and even looked poised in the first half against Jacksonville. But his night unraveled late, and Tennessee (7-10) lost its seventh consecutive game.
“Nobody wants to finish how we did,” said Henry, who finished with 109 yards on 30 carries. “That’s never the plan, never the goal. Like I said, stuff happens, adversity happens.
“We wanted to win the division and have a great record, yeah, but it didn’t happen this year. All you can do is go back to work and be thankful for the journey and everybody in their efforts and look forward.”
The Titans rested several starters last week and essentially created a 10-day break to get healthy. They returned to their bruising brand of football and looked like they would pull an improbable turnaround — until Dobbs’ final turnover changed the game.
“We just got on a (crappy) streak and couldn’t get off it,” Titans coach Mike Vrabel said. “Couldn’t make the plays when we needed to. We couldn’t be consistent enough when we needed to, and it showed up again.”
Dobbs completed 20 of 29 passes for 179 yards, with a touchdown and an interception. He also ran five times for 32 yards.
“I’m proud of my effort,” he said.
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SEATTLE, Wash. — Watching Debra Ann Byrd take the stage is something unforgettable
"It is sometimes a difficult story. Sometimes it's a challenging story, but it is a story of hope," she said, referencing her autobiographical solo show Becoming Othello: A Black girl's journey, performed at Seattle Shakespeare Company.
While her work shows that she was clearly born to take the stage, her journey to it was anything but given to her.
"The every Black girl who had been disenchanted and disillusioned by being told, 'You can't perform the classics,' I wanted to be a voice for them. I wanted to be a voice for the people who feel like they had no hope," she said.
Show business is rarely easy, but the discrimination Debra Ann says she and many Black actors and playwrights face in their theatre careers has been a barrier difficult to overcome.
"I decided somebody has to fix this, and maybe that's somebody's me," she said.
According to the New York Times, the Broadway theater season right before the pandemic featured only two Black playwrights. The season after it and the nationwide racial reckoning, the number increased to 8. This represents some of the progress made in American theatre, especially when it comes to featuring work written by Black playwrights, as the theater is a powerful way to open minds.
"It was very important that people saw, physically saw, people of color on the stage performing the classics because some people don't believe it until they see," she said.
Debra Ann fell in love with Shakespeare in the 90s when she saw a Black troop performing his work. It inspired her to later start a theater company featuring actors of color and to found the Harlem Shakespeare Festival. She herself has played Othello three times. While she's a groundbreaker, she says she's only following history.
"Way back in 1821, before Black people were free from slavery, there were Black people doing Shakespeare in New York," she said. "I can't do it because what? Because you're lying."
Debra Ann believes misconceptions about certain industries or arts shouldn't hold people back, and on this Black History Month, she invites people outside of the Black community to seek out not only performances by people of color but the stories behind what it took to get them to the stage.
"If I can make it visible, if I can make people see it, see us, and not just people of color, mixed race cast, you'll see the stage won't explode. The show becomes alive. It has some salt and some pepper, some paprika, and a little bit of cayenne, and you will see a story that comes alive in a way that you may have not experienced," she said. | 2023-02-03T20:44:22+00:00 | ktvq.com | https://www.ktvq.com/news/national/performer-and-writer-makes-space-for-black-representation-in-classical-theatre |
Astros’ Phil Maton to miss postseason after punching locker originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Phil Maton let his anger get the best of him, and it is going to cost him the chance to pitch in the playoffs.
The Houston Astros reliever revealed on Tuesday that he broke a bone in his right pinkie while punching his locker on the final day of the regular season. Maton gave up two runs – along with a single to his brother, Nick Maton – in one-third of an inning in what turned out to be a 3-2 Astros win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
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“It was a short-sighted move and, ultimately, it was selfish,” Maton said on Tuesday (h/t ESPN). “It's one of those things that I hope doesn't affect our team moving forward.”
Maton said he had surgery on Monday and is turning his attention to next season. The 29-year-old went 0-2 across 67 appearances and posted a 3.84 ERA for the Astros in 2022.
The top-seeded Astros left Maton and fellow reliever Will Smith off their postseason roster. In their place, the team added two rookies, right-hander Hunter Brown and infielder David Hensley.
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After earning a bye for the Wild Card Series, Houston opens up the postseason on Tuesday with Game 1 of the ALDS against the fifth-seeded Seattle Mariners. AL Cy Young favorite Justin Verlander is on the mound for Houston against Seattle starter Logan Gilbert. | 2022-10-11T20:48:15+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/astros-phil-maton-to-miss-postseason-after-punching-locker/2880619/ |
By STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Members of a deeply conservative Amish community in Minnesota don’t need to install septic systems to dispose of their “gray water,” the state Court of Appeals ruled Monday in a long-running religious freedom case that went all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A three-judge panel ruled that the government “failed to demonstrate a compelling state interest” to justify overriding the religious freedom of the Amish families that challenged state regulations governing the disposal of gray water, which is water that’s been used for dishwashing, laundry, and bathing, but not toilet waste.
The Swartzentruber Amish in southeastern Minnesota are among the most traditional Amish groups in the country, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch noted in a 2021 ruling. It sent the case back to Minnesota courts for reconsideration in light of a high court decision a month earlier in a different religious freedom case. That ruling went in favor of a Philadelphia-based Catholic foster care agency that said its religious views prevented it from working with same-sex couples.
A Minnesota district court last September concluded that the government showed that it had a compelling state interest “of the highest order” in requiring the Swartzentruber Amish to use septic tanks to protect groundwater supplies in the area. The families then appealed again. The Court of Appeals sided with them Monday, and sent the case back to the lower court for an order in favor of the Amish.
Fillmore County in 2013 started requiring homes to have modern septic systems to dispose of gray water. The Swartzentruber Amish sought an exemption, saying their religion prohibits that technology. They sued in 2017. For years they had discharged their gray water directly onto the ground. They offered instead to use mulch basins filled with wood chips to filter the water, as allowed in some other states, but the government argued that mulch basins would be ineffective.
The federal religious freedom law that was at issue in the Philadelphia case “prohibits governments from infringing sincerely held religious beliefs and practices except as a last resort,” Gorsuch explained at the time, urging the Minnesota court and local authorities to swiftly resolve the dispute.
“In this country, neither the Amish nor anyone else should have to choose between their farms and their faith,” Gorsuch said.
The Court of Appeals noted that the Swartzentruber Amish use some technology, but don’t own or drive automobiles, and don’t use telephones, electric lights or modern flush toilets. They supply water to their homes from cisterns and have always prohibited septic systems.
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RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FMI Corporation, a leading provider of investment banking and consulting services to the built environment, today announced the acquisition of SLATE Partners, LLC, a Denver-based investment bank.
Co-founded by Aaron Bachik and Jason Munoz in 2014, SLATE Partners provides sell-side and buy-side mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services to companies in the building materials and building services industries nationwide. The firm's clients include family and entrepreneur-owned businesses as well as private equity-backed companies.
The acquisition of SLATE Partners brings significant complementary talent and transaction experience to the FMI Capital Advisors team. The addition enhances FMI's M&A capabilities and sector expertise in the building products, facilities services and contractor services segments, while strengthening its position as an advisor to private equity portfolio companies.
"We are thrilled to welcome the SLATE Partners team to FMI Capital Advisors," says Chris Daum, CEO of FMI Corporation. "We admire the firm Aaron and Jason have built, and our two firms share a commitment to exclusively serving clients across the built environment. Together, we have more than 50 investment banking professionals providing sell-side M&A and ESOP advisory services to clients across the built environment and throughout the United States and Canada."
"We are excited to join the FMI platform, where we can leverage the firm's banking and consulting scale and globally established reputation in the built environment to accelerate growth and build upon the track record of success established by SLATE over the past 8-plus years," said Aaron Bachik, co-founder and Managing Director at SLATE Partners.
"The combination of FMI and SLATE creates an investment bank with unmatched reach, unique capabilities and a focused commitment to advising buyers and sellers across the spectrum of the built environment," said Jason Munoz, co-founder and Managing Director at SLATE Partners.
FMI is a leading provider of consulting and investment banking services to the built environment. We provide services in the areas of strategy, leadership and organizational development, operational performance, mergers and acquisitions, financial advisory and private equity financing.
SLATE Partners' exclusive mission is to provide mergers and acquisitions services to building materials and building services companies nationwide. This specifically includes manufacturers, distributors, and producers of both natural and manufactured building materials, as well as building services companies such as architects, engineers, and providers of construction and facilities services.
Contact: Katie DeRee, +13033987292, katie.deree@fmicorp.com
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Rebeka Mikulasikova scored 18 points to lead six Ohio State players in double figures as the No. 4 Buckeyes rolled to a 105-52 win over Wright State on Wednesday.
The Buckeyes, who have won five straight, shot a season-best 55.7% from the field. They led 4-3 after nearly the first two minutes and the Raiders never got the lead.
Madison Greene scored a season-high 17 points, Taylor Mikesell and Cotie McMahon added 16 apiece and Taylor Thierry posted 15 points for the Buckeyes.
Mikulasikova scored 11 points in the second quarter as Ohio State went on a 17-2 run. The Buckeyes entered halftime with a 56-28 lead.
McMahon scored 10 points in the third quarter as the Buckeyes shot a game-best 64.7% in the frame.
Ohio State held a 42-30 advantage on the glass and forced 23 turnovers. McMahon and Rikki Harris had five steals apiece.
Isabelle Bolender led Wright State with 13 points. Bryce Nixon added 11 and Columbus native Lauren Scott scored 1.
SHELDON OUT
Guard Jacy Sheldon, whose 27 steals through four games lead Ohio State, didn’t play as she sat out and wore a boot on her right foot.
BIG PICTURE
Wright State: The Raiders lost their third of four to begin the year after defeating Ohio Christian of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics on Thursday. Seven of the 15 players on the team are freshmen.
Ohio State: Taylor Mikesell shot 4 of 9 from 3-point range as Ohio State shot a season-high 46.2% from distance. The Buckeyes finished fourth in the Big Ten in 3-point percentage a season ago and had their best performance from beyond the arc of the young season.
UP NEXT
Wright State: Travels to Eastern Illinois Monday.
Ohio State: Hosts North Alabama Sunday
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- Chicago Auto Show's EV Test Track features six electric vehicles for consumers to experience, with nearly 30 EVs displayed on the show floor
- Autel Energy, a leading provider of EV charging stations, announces it's the official EV charger of Chicago Drives Electric at the Chicago Auto Show
- How to charge your EV promises to be a major question at this year's show
CHICAGO, Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Many consumers attending the Chicago Auto Show will be looking to purchase their first electric vehicle, and they'll be able to learn everything they need to know at McCormick Place.
This year's show, taking place Feb. 11-20, features nearly 30 electric vehicles. The Chicago Drives Electric indoor test track also returns to the auto show floor bigger and better than before covering 100,000 square feet of show floor space.
"With all the interest in EVs, what consumers want to know is how do I charge an EV if I buy one," says Autel Energy Chief Operating Officer John Thomas. "We're here at this year's show to answer your questions, and it's really not complicated. Eighty percent of charging is done at home. What worries people is the charging that they do away from home. We offer both solutions, at home charging and charging for your community.
"The great thing about EVs is you never have to go to a gas station. Your vehicle can always be full," Thomas says. "Most people charge their EVs like they charge their phones. You charge when you get home. That way, every morning when you leave you have a full charge. What can be complicated is selecting the kind of charger you want for your home or what kind of charger your township should install. For that, you must do your research. We're here to help and encourage you to visit the EV Test Track for a test drive and stop by our Autel Energy exhibit near the track to learn about charging."
Autel Energy has a 3,000-square-foot exhibit space adjacent to the track in the South Hall. The EV charging company is providing 15 chargers to keep all participating EVs on the track charged overnight.
Autel Energy's MaxiCharger family of products includes AC (Level 2) home and commercial chargers, DC bi-directional vehicle-to-everything (V2X) home charging, DC fast charging (Level 3) and digital energy management offerings, including mobile apps and Autel's ChargeCloud, the only all-in-one charging cloud solution available today. Autel's holistic approach to curating solutions that address the needs of the entire charging ecosystem helps balance the grid while enabling the organic expansion of power access.
Autel Energy has sold more than 10,000 residential and commercial EV chargers in only four months, with new customers signing on daily.
The 2023 Chicago Auto Show runs Feb. 11-20 at McCormick Place and is open to the public daily at 10 a.m. Tickets to the show are on sale at ChicagoAutoShow.com.
About Autel Energy
Autel Energy's vision is to create a seamless customer experience that enables the deployment of technology and smart infrastructure that accelerates the adoption of electric vehicles and energy management solutions worldwide. Autel Energy makes the most advanced products accessible and convenient for residential and commercial users offering hardware, software, apps, and cloud-based solutions to cover almost every use case and application. This includes world-class charging hardware for AC (Level 2) home and commercial, DC Bi-directional V2X power management, and DC (Level 3) fast charging from 40kW to 480kW with innovative configurability and modularity.
About the Chicago Auto Show
First staged in 1901, the Chicago Auto Show is the nation's longest running auto exposition in North America. The show is produced by the Chicagoland's new-car dealer association, the Chicago Automobile Trade Association, which has staged the show since 1935. The 2023 public show is Feb. 11-20 at McCormick Place. For more information and the latest updates, visit ChicagoAutoShow.com or Facebook.com/ChicagoAutoShow.com.
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MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials began evacuating thousands of villagers, shut down schools and offices and imposed a no-sail ban Monday as Typhoon Mawar approached the country's northern provinces a week after battering the U.S. territory of Guam.
The typhoon is packing maximum sustained winds of 155 kpm (96 mph) and gusts of up to 190 kph (118 mph) but is forecast to spare the mountainous region a direct hit. Current projections show the typhoon veering northeast toward Taiwan or southern Japan.
Although it's expected to slow down considerably, authorities warned of dangerous tidal surges, flash floods and landslides as it blows past the northernmost province of Batanes from Tuesday to Wednesday. Disaster-preparedness officials said the typhoon's course could change abruptly and there was no room for complacency.
"Even if the sun is up, the weather is so unpredictable nowadays and could change anytime so we should always stay on the side of safety," Assistant Secretary Raffy Alejandro of the Office of Civil Defense told The Associated Press. "We're talking here of potential threats to lives."
Mawar tore through Guam last week as the strongest typhoon to hit the U.S. Pacific territory in over two decades, flipping cars, tearing off roofs and knocking down power.
"These typhoons, earthquakes and natural calamities have been a part of our lives," Batanes Vice Gov. Ignacio Villa told the AP by telephone. "We cannot afford not to prepare because that would potentially mean the loss of lives and major damage."
Army troops, police, firefighters and volunteer groups were standing by for search and rescue operations in northern provinces and more than a million food packs have been prepared for any contingency, officials said.
More than 4,800 people have been evacuated to emergency shelters in Cagayan, Batanes and other provinces, Alejandro said. He added that the number of the displaced was expected to rise given the precautionary evacuations that were underway Monday in flood- and landslide-prone regions.
Classes and office work, except those involved in disaster-preparedness, have been suspended in most of Cagayan and Batanes provinces, where occasional downpours and gusty wind were reported Sunday night. Flights to and from the provinces have been canceled and fishing and passenger vessels prohibited from sailing.
In at least one province, officials imposed a liquor ban.
Villa said the local government lent ropes to villagers living in high-risk communities to strengthen their houses as the typhoon approached.
About 20 typhoons and storms each year batter the Philippine archipelago, which also lies on seismic faults where volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur, making the Southeast Asian nation one of the world's most disaster-prone.
In November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan left more than 7,300 people dead or missing, flattened entire villages, swept ships inland, demolished about a million shanties and houses and displaced more than 5 million in one of the country's poorest regions in the central Philippines.
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Data Vault Holdings to Provide FTB Players with a personalized Datavault® unlocking unique digital asset creation capabilities
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Data Vault Holdings, Inc., leading the way in tokenomics and metaverse data visualization, valuation, and monetization, today announces its partnership with Florida Travel Baseball (FTB). Under the new contract, Data Vault Holdings will work alongside FTB to provide players with their own NFTs, generate tokens to support fundraising events and create tokens to memorialize awards players can receive including, but not limited to, championships, game ball, batting and individual category awards in hitting, pitching and fielding. Additionally, the partnership will encourage engagement among peers and unearth new experiences that access the social element of NFTs to build community and a constant effort in education and awareness around cybersecurity and data management for young players learning to manage all aspects of the modern game which includes their own image and likeness.
"FTB is one of the most successful travel baseball programs in the country, producing over 30 MLB first-round picks, 50 current MLB players, and over 10 MLB All-Stars since its inception in 2009. We are excited to partner with Datavault® and leverage their cutting-edge technology platform to provide our players with unique experiences and access to the metaverse," said George Gonzalez, owner of FTB. "This partnership will also create new revenue streams for our organization that can be used to support scholarships and travel expenses for our players."
"Datavault® is thrilled to be working with FTB, one of the premier travel baseball programs in the country," said Nathaniel Bradley, co-founder and CEO of Data Vault Holdings. "This partnership will provide our team with an opportunity to engage directly with a passionate community of young athletes who are looking for new and innovative ways to connect with each other. We believe that our platform has the potential to redefine how people interact with sports and entertainment properties, and we are excited to work with FTB to bring this vision to life. FTB will use revenue generated from fundraising events to provide scholarships and pay travel expenses so kids who would not otherwise have had these opportunities can participate. The Datavault® platform is well-suited for sports organizations in that it provides a way for players to tokenize their data, mint their own NFTs as well as curate tokens from FTB as they have individual and team achievements. In the end many players and FTB will have the ability to sell memorabilia–creating new revenue streams while also providing unique opportunities for fan engagement in a secondary market and continual sales revenue through the use of smart contracts that we're continuing to explore."
The partnership between Data Vault Holdings and Florida Travel Baseball arrives at a time of increased interest in NFTs from major sports franchises such as the NFL, MLB, and NBA. Data Vault Holding's team will work closely with FTB to create NFTs for players and will work to perfect the interface so the tokens are created automatically and inline with baseball workflows. Further regimented coins give players first-of-their-kind relics of their achievements and utility in high fidelity multimedia that were previously not possible to deliver on this scale. Additionally, professional artists will create artwork for Florida Travel Baseball awards, including scholarships and branded crypto trophies. Through these individualized pieces of memorabilia, fans will be able to gain direct access to an athlete's personal journey throughout their career, both on and off the field through social media accounts.
As a result of the partnership, both FTB and Data Vault Holdings will be able to expand their audience and promote growth. Overall, Datavault's® crypto technology–via the unique digital memorialization of iconic sports players through avatars and NFTs will build new income streams for Florida Travel Baseball as well as encourage engagement among fans and peers to create a community around a shared love of the game.
Florida Travel Baseball (FTB) was established in 2009 and strives to have well-rounded players, emphasizing not only talent on the field, but also a great attitude, outstanding character, and impressive academics.
FTB provides young people with opportunities they may not receive otherwise, such as scholarships and the opportunity to travel. The organization also places an emphasis on building relationships and being there for their FTB players long after their season is over.
For more information about Florida Travel Baseball, please visit ftbteams.com.
Data Vault Holdings Inc. is a technology holding company that provides a proprietary, cloud-based platform, Datavault®, for the delivery of branded data-backed cryptocurrencies. Data Vault Holdings Inc. provides businesses with the tools to monetize data assets securely over its Information Data Exchange® (IDE). The company is in the process of finalizing the consolidation of its affiliates Data Donate Technologies, Inc., ADIO LLC, and Datavault® Inc. as wholly owned subsidiaries under one corporate structure. Learn more about Data Vault Holdings Inc. at www.datavaultholdings.com.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — The city of Clearwater is now without a mayor.
Monday morning, Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard resigned from his office in the middle of a special council work session after calling for a five-minute recess.
Upon returning, Hibbard made the announcement.
“This is probably one of the toughest things I’ve ever done in my entire life, but I know it’s right because I’m not a quitter,” Hibbard said. “But I’m not the right leader for the council anymore.”
During his announcement, Hibbard said he is concerned about where the city of Clearwater is going over budget concerns, saying that it was simple math and the city was “not doing very well on the test.”
“I’m a busy guy,” he said. “I’ve always believed in making sacrifices for public services, and I love Clearwater.”
“In good conscience for my family, for my own health and other things, I cannot remain the mayor,” Hibbard said.
After his speech, Hibbard packed up his things and walked out in the middle of the meeting.
The council took another recess before returning, saying while the mayor’s resignation was a shock, there is still work to do and that nobody should freak out.
8 On Your Side has reached out to the city of Clearwater for an official statement. | 2023-03-20T17:36:18+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/florida-news/florida-mayor-shocks-council-with-surprise-resignation/ |
Top Player Prop Bets for Dodgers vs. Angels on June 20, 2023
Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman are two of the top players with prop bets available when the Los Angeles Angels and the Los Angeles Dodgers play at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on Tuesday (starting at 10:07 PM ET).
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Dodgers vs. Angels Game Info
- When: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 10:07 PM ET
- Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California
- How to Watch on TV: TBS
- Live Stream: Watch the MLB on Fubo!
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MLB Props Today: Los Angeles Dodgers
Clayton Kershaw Props
- Strikeouts Prop: Over/Under 6.5 (Over Odds: -120)
Kershaw Stats
- The Dodgers will hand the ball to Clayton Kershaw (8-4) for his 15th start of the season.
- If he completes six or more innings with three or fewer earned runs allowed, he'll earn his fourth consecutive quality start.
- Kershaw has four starts in a row of five innings or more.
- He has finished three appearances without allowing an earned run in 14 chances this season.
- Among qualified pitchers this year, the 35-year-old's 2.95 ERA ranks 12th, 1.105 WHIP ranks 19th, and 10.7 K/9 ranks eighth.
Kershaw Recent Games
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Freddie Freeman Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -263)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -105)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +425)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +170)
Freeman Stats
- Freeman has 25 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs, 35 walks and 46 RBI (94 total hits). He's also swiped nine bases.
- He's slashing .328/.407/.557 on the year.
- Freeman has recorded at least one hit in four straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .190 with a double, two walks and two RBI.
Freeman Recent Games
Mookie Betts Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -244)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -130)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +330)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +175)
Betts Stats
- Mookie Betts has 15 doubles, a triple, 17 home runs, 41 walks and 43 RBI (72 total hits). He's also stolen five bases.
- He has a slash line of .264/.365/.513 on the year.
Betts Recent Games
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MLB Props Today: Los Angeles Angels
Shohei Ohtani Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -233)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +115)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +380)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +195)
Ohtani Stats
- Ohtani has 14 doubles, three triples, 24 home runs, 38 walks and 58 RBI (83 total hits). He has swiped 10 bases.
- He's slashing .300/.384/.632 on the year.
- Ohtani will look for his 16th straight game with a hit in this matchup. During his last 10 games he is hitting .472 with three doubles, eight home runs, 10 walks and 16 RBI.
Ohtani Recent Games
Mike Trout Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -200)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +125)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +425)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +190)
Trout Stats
- Mike Trout has 13 doubles, 15 home runs, 39 walks and 39 RBI (67 total hits). He's also stolen one base.
- He has a .257/.364/.479 slash line on the year.
- Trout brings a three-game streak with at least one hit into this one. During his last five outings he is batting .278 with two doubles, a home run, five walks and two RBI.
Trout Recent Games
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LAS VEGAS, July 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- World famous comedian, author, producer and director Jerry Seinfeld returns to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in 2024 with six performances of an all-new show. Having consistently played to sold-out crowds on the iconic stage since 2003, Seinfeld has easily cemented himself as the longest-running superstar headliner in the iconic resort's history.
2024 performances going on sale are:
- Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13
- Friday, Aug. 9 and Saturday, Aug. 10
- Friday, Sept. 6 and Saturday, Sept. 7
There are limited tickets still available for Seinfeld's final performances in 2023 on Friday, July 28 and Saturday, July 29.
Tickets will go on sale to the public Friday, July 28 at 10 a.m. PT. Caesars Rewards members, Caesars Entertainment's loyalty program, as well as Live Nation and Ticketmaster customers, will have access to a presale beginning Wednesday, July 26 at 10 a.m. PT through Thursday, July 27 at 10 p.m. PT.
Tickets start at $84, plus applicable tax and fees, and can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com/SeinfeldVegas. All shows begin at 8 p.m.
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Jerry Seinfeld's comedy career took off after his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1981. Eight years later, he teamed up with fellow comedian Larry David to create what was to become the most successful comedy series in the history of television: Seinfeld. The show ran on NBC for nine seasons, winning numerous Emmy, Golden Globe and People's Choice awards, and was named the greatest television show of all time in 2009 by TV Guide, and in 2012 was identified as the best sitcom ever in a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll.
His latest Emmy nominated Netflix projects include Jerry Before Seinfeld and 23 Hours to Kill along with the highly acclaimed web series, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Seinfeld has also starred in, written and produced movies (Comedian, Bee Movie), directed and produced a Broadway hit (Colin Quinn Long Story Short), and wrote three best-selling books (Is this Anything?, Seinlanguage and The Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Book) and a children's book (Halloween). He will star in the upcoming comedy film, Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, which he directed, co-wrote and produced.
Seinfeld continues to perform both nationally and internationally.
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Ram recalls 1.25 million trucks; tailgates can open unexpectedly
DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is recalling about 1.25 million pickup trucks because the tailgates may not close completely and cargo could spill onto the road.
The recall covers Ram 1500, 2500 and 3500 pickups from the 2019 to 2022 model years.
The company, formerly Fiat Chrysler, says it found that striker plates on the pickups may not be lined up right to allow complete closure. Stellantis says it’s not aware of any related crashes or injuries.
Most of the recalled trucks are in North America.
Dealers will inspect the tailgate striker alignment and adjust it if necessary. Customers will be notified starting Jan. 27. In the meantime, Stellantis says owners should make sure they secure any cargo in the beds.
Pickups with “multi-function tailgates,” the Ram 1500 Classic, and trucks with sensors that alert drivers to unsecured tailgates are not affected by the recall, the company says.
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The Justice Department has subpoenaed Stephen Miller, who served as a senior White House adviser under former President Trump, in its investigation into the events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, The New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the matter.
Miller was one of more than a dozen people connected to the former president who received subpoenas this week from a federal grand jury seeking information related to Trump’s Save America PAC and alleged plans to submit slates of fake electors in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to the Times.
The federal grand jury also subpoenaed former White House political director Brian Jack, per the outlet.
Trump’s Save America PAC was formed days after the 2020 election was called for President Biden as the former president fundraised on his unfounded claims that the election was stolen.
Several junior and mid-level aides who served on Trump’s campaign or in the White House, Ivanka Trump’s chief of staff and the chief financial officer of Trump’s 2020 campaign have also received subpoenas seeking information related to the Save America PAC, the Times reported earlier this week.
The investigation is one of many Trump is currently facing.
The former president and the Justice Department are currently tied up in a legal battle related to the department’s investigation into documents recovered from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. | 2022-09-13T00:08:01+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/hill-politics/department-of-justice-subpoenas-stephen-miller-in-connection-to-trump-pac-fundraising-report/ |
VANCOUVER, BC, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - NexGen Energy Ltd. ("NexGen" or the "Company") (TSX: NXE) (NYSE: NXE) (ASX: NXG) is pleased to announce a major milestone in the advancement of regulatory approvals for the 100% owned Rook I Project ("Rook I" or the "Project") with the submission of the draft Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment ("ENV") and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission ("CNSC"). The EIS submission included letters of support for the Project from each of the Clearwater River Dene Nation (CRDN), Birch Narrows Dene Nation (BNDN), and Buffalo River Dene Nation (BRDN), which all have also endorsed the Project through the execution of Benefit Agreements with NexGen covering the entire lifespan of the Project.
The submission of the draft EIS follows the Provincial and Federal Environmental Assessment (EA) processes that commenced in April 2019 following regulatory acceptance of NexGen's Project Description. The Project, located in the uranium rich district of Saskatchewan's southwestern Athabasca Basin, includes underground and surface facilities to support the mining and processing of uranium ore from the Arrow deposit.
Leigh Curyer, Chief Executive Officer commented: "The submission of the draft EIS is an exciting and significant milestone for NexGen, and we are proud to be working alongside our local Indigenous partners and all our stakeholders as we deliver on this generational opportunity for Saskatchewan and Canada. The draft EIS incorporates best practise in every aspect of the Project's elite environmental performance and is a culmination of many years of detailed data collection, analysis and design. Upon review and approval of the Environmental Assessment, the Rook I Project will deliver enormous economic, social, and community benefits, while being a major supplier of carbon-free base load energy fuel, highlighting Canada's leading environmental commitment to the world.
On behalf of everyone at NexGen, I would like to congratulate and thank all our valued partners with whom we have been working side by side. The communities where we operate, the government of Saskatchewan and Canada and their regulatory bodies, our valued employees, consultants and investors in accomplishing this unique milestone. The NexGen team is dedicated to the optimal delivery of the Rook I Project and ready for the next exciting phase of development."
Luke Moger, Vice President, Environment, Permitting & Licensing commented: "Conducting the biophysical and socio-economic assessments in support of developing the draft EIS highlights the elite environmental and social outcomes of the Rook I Project resulting from NexGen's long-term and disciplined planning approach. Key environmental design features such as the permanent underground storage of all tailings as engineered cemented backfill and the consolidation and optimization of the Project footprint reflect the commitment of the team and the integrated approach taken, including the incorporation of valuable feedback from local Indigenous Groups and communities.
We are excited to share our draft EIS with the experienced Provincial and Federal regulatory teams and welcome the transition to the next stage of the EA process, including the technical and public review that will be led by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment."
NexGen conducted the EA pursuant to The Environmental Assessment Act of Saskatchewan and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (collectively the "Acts"). The information and analysis conducted and submitted in the EIS represent the basis against which the environmental, social, and human health effects of the Project will be evaluated by the ENV and CNSC.
Since 2011, NexGen established an experienced team of subject matter experts and qualitied professionals across all aspects of the Project to conduct technical studies; engage with Indigenous Groups, communities, regulators, and public stakeholders; and prepare the EIS. The EIS represents the collection of reports that document NexGen's EA of the proposed Project and demonstrates the robust engagement undertaken over many years, the favorable geological setting of the Arrow deposit, NexGen's focused incorporation of environmental stewardship into the Project designs, and the generational positive long-term economic benefits the Project will provide to local communities, Saskatchewan, and Canada.
The draft EIS fulfills a key aspect of meeting Provincial and Federal requirements so that regulatory authorities can make an informed decision regarding Project approval. Data and analyses on the potential positive and adverse effects from the Project are included, as well as the mitigation measures and monitoring and management programs to be implemented by NexGen. Other important aspects of the EIS include the demonstration of meaningful engagement with affected Indigenous Groups, local communities, and the public, and the incorporation of Indigenous and Local Knowledge into the EA.
In 2019, NexGen entered into Study Agreements with each of the Clearwater River Dene Nation ("CRDN"), Birch Narrows Dene Nation ("BNDN"), Buffalo River Dene Nation ("BRDN"), and Métis Nation – Saskatchewan (on behalf of Northern Region 2). NexGen has been working with local Indigenous Groups and communities since 2013, with the Study Agreements formalizing engagement approaches specifically designed to support participation in the EA process and providing capacity funding for engagement and retention of technical support. The Study Agreements also fully funded the completion of self-directed Indigenous Knowledge and Traditional Land Use Studies by each Indigenous Group that were valuable sources of information used by NexGen in conducting the EA.
In addition, NexGen has signed Benefit Agreements with the CRDN, BNDN, and BRDN to ensure provisions for ongoing engagement, financial and human resources to support Indigenous cultural and traditional values as well as environmental stewardship, employment, training, and economic development throughout the entire lifespan of the Project.
With submission of the draft EIS, the ENV and CNSC have commenced their respective Provincial and Federal reviews. Under the Provincial EA review process, the ENV has commenced their technical review of the EIS. Under the Federal EA review process, the CNSC is currently undergoing a conformance review of the EIS in advance of conducting parallel technical and public review.
Through a cooperative Provincial-Federal EA process, the ENV and CNSC will share information and work to reduce regulatory duplication, while providing a comprehensive EA process in accordance with the separate requirements that apply and must be satisfied with respect to the Acts, regulations, and guidelines in place for each of the respective jurisdictions.
To support the submission of the draft EIS, NexGen has launched "Delivering a Generational Project" – a 10-minute video on NexGen's team and innovative approach, and the unique characteristics of the Rook I Project. The video can be found by visiting www.nexgenenergy.ca or www.saskatchewanuranium.ca
NexGen is a British Columbia corporation focused on the development of the Rook I Project located in the southwestern Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada, into production. The Rook I Project is supported by a NI 43-101 compliant Feasibility Study which outlines elite environmental performance as well as industry leading economics. Rook I hosts the Arrow Deposit that hosts Measured Mineral Resources of 209.6 M lbs of U3O8 contained in 2.18 M tonnes grading 4.35% U3O8, Indicated Mineral Resources of 47.1 M lbs of U3O8 contained in 1.57 M tonnes grading 1.36% U3O8, and Inferred Mineral Resources of 80.7 M lbs of U3O8 contained in 4.40 M tonnes grading 0.83% U3O8.
NexGen has a highly experienced team of uranium industry professionals with a successful track record in the discovery of uranium deposits and in developing projects through discovery to production. The Company is the recipient of the 2018 PDAC Bill Dennis Award for Canadian mineral discovery and the 2019 PDAC Environmental and Social Responsibility Award.
All technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Anthony ( Tony) George , P.Eng., NexGen's Chief Project Officer, a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101.
A technical report in respect of the FS is filed on SEDAR ( www.sedar.com ) and EDGAR (www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml ) and is available for review on NexGen Energy's website (www.nexgenenergy.ca ).
Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors
This news release includes Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources classification terms that comply with reporting standards in Canada and the Mineral Reserves and the Mineral Resources estimates are made in accordance with NI 43-101. NI 43-101 is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators that establishes standards for all public disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical information concerning mineral projects. These standards differ from the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") set by the SEC's rules that are applicable to domestic United States reporting companies. Consequently, Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources information included in this news release is not comparable to similar information that would generally be disclosed by domestic U.S. reporting companies subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of the SEC Accordingly, information concerning mineral deposits set forth herein may not be comparable with information made public by companies that report in accordance with U.S. standards.
The information contained herein contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable United States securities laws and regulations and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. "Forward-looking information" includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to mineral reserve and mineral resource estimates, the 2021 Arrow Deposit, Rook I Project and estimates of uranium production, grade and long-term average uranium prices, anticipated effects of completed drill results on the Rook I Project, planned work programs, completion of further site investigations and engineering work to support basic engineering of the project and expected outcomes. Generally, but not always, forward-looking information and statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "believes" or the negative connotation thereof or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved" or the negative connotation thereof. Statements relating to "mineral resources" are deemed to be forward-looking information, as they involve the implied assessment that, based on certain estimates and assumptions, the mineral resources described can be profitably produced in the future.
Forward-looking information and statements are based on the then current expectations, beliefs, assumptions, estimates and forecasts about NexGen's business and the industry and markets in which it operates. Forward-looking information and statements are made based upon numerous assumptions, including among others, that the mineral reserve and resources estimates and the key assumptions and parameters on which such estimates are based are as set out in this news release and the technical report for the property , the results of planned exploration activities are as anticipated, the price and market supply of uranium, the cost of planned exploration activities, that financing will be available if and when needed and on reasonable terms, that third party contractors, equipment, supplies and governmental and other approvals required to conduct NexGen's planned exploration activities will be available on reasonable terms and in a timely manner and that general business and economic conditions will not change in a material adverse manner. Although the assumptions made by the Company in providing forward looking information or making forward looking statements are considered reasonable by management at the time, there can be no assurance that such assumptions will prove to be accurate in the future.
Forward-looking information and statements also involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, performances and achievements of NexGen to differ materially from any projections of results, performances and achievements of NexGen expressed or implied by such forward-looking information or statements, including, among others, the existence of negative operating cash flow and dependence on third party financing, uncertainty of the availability of additional financing, the risk that pending assay results will not confirm previously announced preliminary results, conclusions of economic valuations, the risk that actual results of exploration activities will be different than anticipated, the cost of labour, equipment or materials will increase more than expected, that the future price of uranium will decline or otherwise not rise to an economic level, the appeal of alternate sources of energy to uranium-produced energy, that the Canadian dollar will strengthen against the U.S. dollar, that mineral resources and reserves are not as estimated, that actual costs or actual results of reclamation activities are greater than expected, that changes in project parameters and plans continue to be refined and may result in increased costs, of unexpected variations in mineral resources and reserves, grade or recovery rates or other risks generally associated with mining, unanticipated delays in obtaining governmental, regulatory or First Nations approvals, risks related to First Nations title and consultation, reliance upon key management and other personnel, deficiencies in the Company's title to its properties, uninsurable risks, failure to manage conflicts of interest, failure to obtain or maintain required permits and licences, risks related to changes in laws, regulations, policy and public perception, as well as those factors or other risks as more fully described in NexGen's Annual Information Form dated February 25, 2022 filed with the securities commissions of all of the provinces of Canada except Quebec and in NexGen's 40-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and Edgar at www.sec.gov .
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking information or statements or implied by forward-looking information or statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information or statements due to the inherent uncertainty thereof.
There can be no assurance that forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or reissue forward-looking information as a result of new information or events except as required by applicable securities laws.
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Exclusive: McConnell details GOP efforts to not ‘screw this up’ in 2024 Senate battle
By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell should be brimming with confidence.
Republicans are in the driver’s seat to take the Senate majority: with 23 seats held by Democrats, compared to just 11 for Republicans. There are likely just two GOP incumbents whose seats Democrats may try to flip — and both are in Republican terrain — while three Democrats hail from states that former President Donald Trump easily won in 2020.
The Kentucky Republican just scored a prized recruit in West Virginia and expects two other top candidates to jump into races in Montana and Pennsylvania. And after tangling last cycle with Florida Sen. Rick Scott, his last chairman of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm, he is now in line over strategy and tactics with the committee’s new chairman, Montana Sen. Steve Daines.
But in an exclusive interview with CNN, McConnell made clear he knows full well that things can quickly go south. So he’s been working behind the scenes for months to find his preferred candidates in key races — including during his recent recovery from a concussion and a broken rib — in an attempt to prevent a repeat of 2022: When a highly favorable GOP landscape turned into a Republican collapse at the polls and a 51-49 Senate Democratic majority.
“No, no — I’m not,” McConnell said with a chuckle when asked if he were confident they’d take back the majority next year. “I just spent 10 minutes explaining to you how we could screw this up, and we’re working very hard to not let that happen. Let’s put it that way.”
In the interview, McConnell gave his most revealing assessment in months of the field forming in the battle for the Senate. He said that his main focus for now is on flipping four states: Montana, West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. He said Republicans are still assessing two swing states with Democratic incumbents: Wisconsin, where the GOP is searching for a top-tier candidate, and Nevada, where he expects to likely wait until after next year’s primary to decide whether to invest resources there.
And in what is emerging as the most complicated state of the cycle — Arizona — McConnell said there’s a “high likelihood” that Republican leaders would wait and see first who wins the GOP primary next year before deciding whether to engage there at all. Plus he doesn’t see any chance that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema — who became an independent and left the Democratic Party last December but is still weighing a reelection bid — will join his conference.
“I think that decision was made when she ended up continuing to caucus with the Democrats,” McConnell said when asked if trying to get Sinema to flip to the GOP was a live discussion. “We would love to have had her, but we didn’t land her.”
While he knows the presidential race could scramble the map, he believes a potential Trump nomination could bolster Republican chances in three key Senate battlegrounds. But above all else, McConnell is making clear that his outside group, the Senate Leadership Fund, along with the National Republican Senatorial Committee, are prepared to take a much heavier hand in contested Republican primaries than the past cycle, a move that could escalate their intraparty feuding but one the GOP leader sees as essential to avoiding the pitfalls from 2022.
“We don’t have an ideological litmus test,” McConnell said flatly. “We want to win in November.”
“We’ll be involved in any primary where that seems to be necessary to get a high-quality candidate, and we’ll be involved in every general election where we have a legitimate shot of winning — regardless of the philosophy of the nominee,” the Kentucky Republican said.
But McConnell and Republican leaders are treading carefully in deciding which primary races to engage in, since trying to tip the scales could generate backlash from the conservative base and help far-right candidates — something GOP leaders learned in past election cycles, like the tea party wave of 2010.
McConnell on Trump’s down-ticket impact
In the 2022 cycle, Republicans also seemed to have the wind in their sails. With inflation running rampant and President Joe Biden’s poll numbers taking a nosedive, Republicans had several paths to the majority.
But Democratic incumbents hung onto their seats as they campaigned on issues like abortion rights and took advantage of Trump’s late emergence on the campaign trail, while several GOP candidates who won messy primaries turned out to be weak general-election candidates. McConnell’s allies worked in the Missouri and Alabama primaries to defeat GOP candidates they viewed as problematic but largely steered clear of a number of other contested primaries.
Part of the issue: Trump hand-selected candidates in key races, bolstering their chances in primaries even though they were vulnerable in general elections.
“In other places where we did not get involved in the primaries it was because we were convinced we could not prevail, and would spend a lot of money that we would need later,” McConnell said, reflecting on 2022.
Plus, in the last cycle, Scott’s NRSC made the strategic decision to steer clear of primaries, arguing they would let the voters choose their candidates without a heavy hand from Washington. (Scott and his allies later blamed McConnell for hurting their candidates by not embracing an election-year agenda.)
This time around, the Daines-led NRSC is heavily involved in candidate recruiting and vetting and has already signaled its support for certain GOP candidates in Indiana and West Virginia, aligning its efforts with McConnell’s.
“I think it’s important to go into this cycle understanding once again how hard it is to beat the incumbents, no incumbent lost last year,” McConnell told CNN on Friday. “Having said that, if you were looking for a good map, this is a good map.”
But he later added: “We do have the possibility of screwing this up and that gets back to candidate recruitment. I think that we lost Georgia, Arizona and New Hampshire because we didn’t have competitive candidates (last cycle). And Steve Daines and I are in exactly the same place — that starts with candidate quality.”
McConnell, who has faced incessant attacks from Trump after he blamed the former president for being “practically and morally responsible” for the 2021 Capitol attack, is not publicly letting on any concerns about the possibility that Trump could be on the top of the GOP ticket again.
As Daines has already backed Trump for president, McConnell didn’t answer directly when asked if he’d be comfortable with him as the party’s 2024 presidential nominee.
“Look, I’m going to support the nominee of our party for president, no matter who that may be,” he said.
McConnell believes that Trump at the top of the ticket could help in some key states with Senate races.
“Whether you are a Trump fan or a Trump opponent, I can’t imagine Trump if he’s the nominee not doing well in West Virginia, Montana and Ohio,” McConnell said.
Left unmentioned: Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, Arizona and Pennsylvania, all of which Trump lost in 2020 but are key parts of the Senate map in 2024.
“I didn’t mention Wisconsin; I think clearly you’d have to have an outstanding candidate. And I think there are some other places where with the right candidate, we might be able to compete — in Nevada, Arizona,” McConnell said. “But as of right now the day that you and I are talking, I think we know that we are going to compete in four places heavily, and that would be, Montana, West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.”
Yet each of those have their own challenges for the GOP.
GOP primaries loom
In Pennsylvania, McConnell and the NRSC have their eyes on David McCormick, the hedge fund executive who barely lost his primary last cycle to Mehmet Oz, the Trump-backed TV doctor who later fell short in the general election to Democrat John Fetterman.
While McCormick is widely expected to run for the seat occupied by Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, he could face a complicated primary if the controversial candidate, Doug Mastriano, runs as well. Mastriano, who won the Trump endorsement in the 2022 gubernatorial primary and later lost by double digits in the fall, is weighing a run for Senate. But McConnell and the NRSC are expected to go all-out for McCormick, whom the GOP leader called a “high-quality candidate.”
Asked if he were concerned about a potential Mastriano bid, McConnell said: “I think everybody is entitled to run. I’m confident the vast majority of people who met Dave McCormick are going to be fine with him.”
While the GOP field in Ohio to take on Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is expected to be crowded and has yet to fully form, top Republicans are signaling they’d be comfortable with several of them as their nominee. But that’s not necessarily the case in Montana or West Virginia.
In Montana, Rep. Matt Rosendale, a member of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus who lost to Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in 2018, is considering another run against him in 2024, though Rosendale posted a low fundraising number last quarter. But Senate GOP leaders are looking at some other prospective candidates, including state attorney general Austin Knudsen and, in particular, businessman Tim Sheehy, whom McConnell met with in recent weeks.
Asked if he were concerned about a Rosendale candidacy, McConnell said: “Yeah, I don’t have anything further to say about Montana. We’re going to compete in Montana and win in November.”
And in West Virginia, McConnell and top Republicans landed Gov. Jim Justice in the battle for the seat occupied by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who has yet to decide whether to run again. But Justice is already facing a primary challenge against Rep. Alex Mooney, who is backed by the political arm of the anti-tax group, the Club for Growth.
McConnell didn’t express any concerns about Mooney’s candidacy but said that they wouldn’t hesitate to help Justice.
“What we do know about West Virginia is it’s very, very red, and we have an extremely popular incumbent governor who’s announced for the Senate. And we’re going to go all out to win it,” McConnell said.
McConnell pointedly declined to discuss any concerns about other controversial candidates who may emerge this cycle, including Kari Lake, who is weighing a US Senate run in Arizona after losing her bid for governor last year and then later claimed the election was stolen. Blake Masters, who lost his bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, is also among the candidates considering another run.
Asked about Lake and other prospective GOP candidates who deny the 2020 election results, McConnell wouldn’t weigh in directly.
“What I care about in November is winning and having an ‘R’ by your name, and I think it is way too early to start assessing various candidacies that may or may not materialize,” McConnell said.
McConnell also indicated they may want to until after the primary to decide if Nevada is worth pouring their money into, even as GOP sources say that national Republicans are recruiting military veteran Sam Brown, who fell short in the Senate GOP primary last cycle.
The GOP leader is signaling he has little concern about the races of two GOP incumbents — Scott in Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas, even as Cruz is facing a Democratic recruit, Rep. Colin Allred who is poised to raise big sums of money.
“Both of them are very skilled,” McConnell said of Cruz and Scott, characterizing Democratic efforts to beat them as “really long shots.” Democrats, he argued, “don’t have much hope there. I don’t think they have any opportunities for offense” in 2024, he said.
How long the 81-year-old McConnell — the longest-serving Senate party leader in history — plans to keep his job is a lingering question as well, especially in the aftermath of his recent fall that sent him to the hospital for concussion treatment. After Scott failed to knock him off from his post after the 2022 midterms, McConnell said, “I’m not going anywhere.” And he told CNN last fall that he would “certainly” complete his term, which ends in January 2027.
Asked on Friday if he still plans to serve his full term or run for leader again, McConnell let out a laugh and didn’t want to engage on it.
“I thought this was not an interview about my future,” he said. “I thought it was an interview about the 2024 Senate elections.”
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IBERIA PARISH, La. (KLFY) – James Duhe Jr. says he was driving around New Iberia not knowing that he was in the first stage of having a stroke.
“A flushed feeling from my hip to my foot. Then I realized something was obviously very wrong and then realized it was not my car.”
Duhe says he pulled over in a panic and flagged down an Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office patrol unit that was nearby.
“Captain Randal Delcambre stopped, and he was courteous and kind. He got on his “microphone” (police dispatch) right away and I had E. M. T’s there in no time.”
In just over an hour, Duhe says he was able to be transported to the Lourdes Stroke Center in Lafayette to be treated for his emergency and says the doctors credited the quick timing of his arrival for the reason he was able to recover so fast.
“By the second day, I was finally able to move my leg (and) my toes and so on because they said I had gotten there fast enough.”
Since the incident occurred, Duhe says he wants to show his appreciation for what Deputy Delcambre did.
He says he is grateful for his quick thinking and initiative and are happy he is still here to tell his story.
Iberia Parish Sheriff Tommy Romero released a statement regarding Deputy Delcambre’s heroic acts.
“I want to personally thank Mr. Duhe for his recognition of Deputy Randall Delcambre, it is always nice to be acknowledged for a job well done. Deputies with the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s office are continuously trained to render aid and assistance when needed,” Romero said. | 2023-03-02T11:57:40+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/state-news/iberia-parish-sheriff-deputy-helps-save-mans-life/ |
TALLINN, Estonia , March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leil Storage, a start-up based in Tallinn, Estonia, is launching its data storage solution today at the CloudFest conference in Germany. The company aims to revolutionize the data storage market for backup and archive by offering purpose-built solutions at an unprecedented low cost, all while staying greener than competing options.
Founded by Aleksandr Ragel (CEO) and Dmitrii Liautov (CTO), Leil Storage has partnered with Western Digital to use Host-Managed Shingled Magnetic Recording (HM-SMR) drives and Power Disable HDD management. This enables the company to offer customers an environmentally friendly data storage solution that has lower energy consumption, a lower cost per terabyte, and better performance compared to traditional legacy storage systems.
Leil Storage's parent company, DIAWAY, founded by the same founders, has been on the market for 6 years and has earned the reputation of trusted and innovative provider of highly scalable, designed to achieve the best performance and cost efficiency infrastructure solutions, deployed by ISVs, MSPs and SPs in more than 40 countries worldwide.
The Leil Storage solution is available as a private or public cloud service, and customers can choose between Leil Backup and Leil Archive. They are optimized for storing large amounts of backup and archiving data, ensuring immutability and fast data retrieval, in compliance with the latest EU green agenda*.
"We focus on data storage that is designed for backup and archive only, which is greener than the competition, uses the latest technologies to safeguard the data and protect investments. And it scales out without scaling the bill," said Aleksandr Ragel, CEO of Leil Storage.
Leil Storage's purpose-built redundant and reliable data storage solution is available at an unbeatable price, starting from $4 per TB per month, all costs included. Leil Storage aims to help data-heavy backup and archive companies with over 1 PB of storage to improve their technology and finances. By choosing Leil Storage, they can increase their profits, offer better deals to their customers, and reduce their environmental impact.
About Leil Storage
Leil Storage is a backup storage spin-off of DIAWAY, a global system integrator and premiere builder of infrastructure solutions for ISVs and SPs. Leil Storage is designed to meet the challenges of explosive backup data growth, suboptimal legacy storage and green agenda compliance.
For more information, please visit: https://leil.io/ and https://diaway.com.
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DALLAS (AP) — Travelers who counted on Southwest Airlines to get them home suffered another wave of canceled flights Wednesday, and pressure grew on the federal government to help customers get reimbursed for unexpected expenses they incurred because of the airline’s meltdown.
Exhausted Southwest travelers tried finding seats on other airlines or renting cars to get to their destination, but many remained stranded. The airline’s CEO said it could be next week before the flight schedule returns to normal.
Adontis Barber, a 34-year-old jazz pianist from Kansas City, Missouri, had camped out in the city’s airport since his Southwest flight was canceled Saturday, hoping to reach a New Year's gig in Washington, D.C.
He left his airport vigil Wednesday. “I give up,” he said. “I’m starting to feel homeless.”
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By early afternoon on the East Coast, about 90% of all canceled flights Wednesday in the U.S. were on Southwest, according to the FlightAware tracking service.
Other airlines recovered from ferocious winter storms that hit large swaths of the country over the weekend, but not Southwest, which scrubbed 2,500 flights Wednesday and 2,300 more on Thursday.
The Dallas airline was undone by a combination of factors including an antiquated crew-scheduling system and a network design that allows cancellations in one region to cascade throughout the country rapidly. Those weaknesses are not new — they helped cause a similar failure by Southwest in October 2021.
The U.S. Transportation Department is now investigating what happened at Southwest, which carries more passengers within the United States than any other airline. A Senate committee promises to investigate too.
In a video that Southwest posted late Tuesday, CEO Robert Jordan said Southwest would operate a reduced schedule for several days but hoped to be “back on track before next week.”
“We have some real work to do in making this right,” said Jordan, a 34-year Southwest veteran who became CEO in February. “For now, I want you to know that we are committed to that.”
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has criticized airlines for previous disruptions, said that “meltdown” was the only word he could think of to describe this week’s events at Southwest. He noted that while cancellations across the rest of the industry declined to about 4% of scheduled flights, they remained above 60% at Southwest.
From the high rate of cancellations to customers’ inability to reach Southwest on the phone, the airline’s performance has been unacceptable, Buttigieg said. He vowed to hold the airline accountable and push it to reimburse travelers.
“They need to make sure that those stranded passengers get to where they need to go and that they are provided adequate compensation,” including for missed flights, hotels and meals, he said Wednesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
Robert Mann, an aviation consultant and former airline executive, said the Transportation Department could force Southwest to pay refunds for all flights that were canceled for reasons within the airline’s control, such as lack of crews. He estimated that could total 6,000 cancellations affecting 1 million customers and adding up to $300 million.
Since Southwest plans to pay $428 million in shareholder dividends next month, “the numbers are not life-threatening, although brand damage has been done,” Mann said.
Some consumer advocates are skeptical the government will punish Southwest.
William McGee, a travel expert at the American Economic Liberties Project, noted that the Transportation Department fined Frontier Airlines and several foreign carriers for slow refunds early in the pandemic but didn't touch the four biggest U.S. airlines.
“What Pete Buttigieg should do and what he will do are probably two different things,” McGee said. His group wants a change in federal law that would make it easier for states and private parties to sue airlines for harming consumers.
On its website, Southwest told customers affected by canceled or delayed flights between Dec. 24 and Jan. 2 to submit receipts. The airline said, "We will honor reasonable requests for reimbursement for meals, hotel, and alternate transportation.”
Navy physician Lt. Cmdr. Manoj Mathew said after spending hours on hold over two days Southwest reimbursed him for the first leg of his family's trip from Washington to Houston — they drove through terrible weather after the Dec. 23 flight was canceled. Now he is worried whether Southwest will operate the return flight Sunday.
“I’m trying to reach other airlines,” he said. “There are no flights, plus it’s very expensive for us.”
Delta Air Lines said it was capping last-minute fares in Southwest markets through the weekend, and American Airlines said it too was limiting fares in “select” cities. Neither provided figures.
Leaders of Southwest labor unions have warned for years that the airline’s crew-scheduling system, which dates to the 1990s, was not keeping up as the route map grew more complicated.
“The fact is this is not the same airline that (Southwest co-founder) Herb Kelleher built where planes went point-to-point,” Randy Barnes, president of the union that represents Southwest ground workers, said Wednesday. “If airline managers had planned better, the meltdown we’ve witnessed in recent days could have been lessened or averted.”
The other large U.S. airlines use “hub and spoke” networks in which flights radiate out from a few major or hub airports. That helps limit the reach of disruptions caused by bad weather in part of the country.
Southwest, however, has a “point-to-point” network in which planes crisscross the country during the day. This can increase the utilization and efficiency of each plane, but problems in one place can ripple across the country and leave crews trapped out of position. (Crews can be stranded at hub-and-spoke airlines too.)
Those issues don't explain all the complaints that stranded travelers made about Southwest, including no ability to reach the airline on the phone and a lack of help with hotels and meals.
Teal Williams, a 48-year-old active-duty Army reservist from Utah, was stuck at the Denver airport with her husband and two teenage kids on Christmas Day after their flight to Des Moines, Iowa, was canceled. She said Southwest employees had no information about flights and didn’t offer food vouchers while elderly passengers sat in wheelchairs for hours and mothers ran out of formula for their infants.
“It was just imploding, and no one could tell you anything,” Williams said. The airline employees “were desperately trying to help, but you could tell they were just as clueless as everybody else... it was scary.”
Unable to find plane, train or bus seats, Williams and her family felt lucky to score a rental car. They drove 12 hours to Iowa.
Hollingsworth reported from Kansas City, Missouri. Thalia Beaty in New York also contributed to this report. | 2022-12-29T12:29:51+00:00 | wcfcourier.com | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/southwest-airlines-flight-cancellations-continue-to-snowball/article_361afe31-724c-538b-94be-d48981b53b56.html |
Portfolio comprises eight properties in the Northeast, Southeast, Texas and California, demonstrating the continued national demand for grocery-anchored assets
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JLL's Capital Markets group announced today that it has closed the $278.153 million sale of a portfolio comprising eight grocery-anchored retail properties totaling 687,000 square feet across affluent markets in Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Orange County, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
JLL represented the seller. Inland Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. purchased the asset.
The portfolio is 88.5 percent leased with a weighted average lease term of 6.3 years, with 36 percent of the total space designated as grocery square footage. Tenants include some of the top grocery chains in the U.S., including Ralphs, Target, Whole Foods Market, Giant, Trader Joe's and Sprouts Farmers Market, along with Nordstrom Rack, Starbucks, Rite Aid and Sierra Trading Post.
The portfolio consists of:
- Olde Ivy Village, 4330 East-West Connector, Smyrna, GA (Atlanta)
- Denton Village, 4930 Teasley Lane, Denton, TX (Dallas)
- Northpark Square Village, 27706-27776 McBean Pkwy., Valencia, CA (Los Angeles)
- Northville Park Place, 18771-39869 Traditions Dr., Northville, MI (Detroit)
- City Place, 205 Radio Dr., Woodbury, MN (Minneapolis)
- Rusty Leaf Plaza, 2512-2560 E. Chapman Ave., Orange, CA (Orange County)
- Lower Makefield Shopping Center, 700 Stony Hill Rd., Yardley, PA (Philadelphia)
- New Town Village, 9700 Groffs Mill Dr., Owings Mills, MD (Washington, D.C.)
These properties are surrounded by dense populations in affluent markets with the average household income within a three-mile radius exceeding $130,000.
The JLL Capital Markets team representing the seller was led by Managing Director Bill Moylan and Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of U.S. Retail Capital Markets Chris Angelone, along with Senior Managing Directors Barry Brown, James Galbally, Jim Hamilton and Geoff Tranchina and Managing Director Amy Sands.
"This trade is a terrific example of another high-quality grocery-anchored portfolio of scale trading in dense markets," Angelone said. "This portfolio provides geographic diversity, income diversity and tenancy diversity, and, although there is a little choppiness in the markets, we are seeing no slowdown in demand for well-located opportunities across the country."
The JLL Capital Markets group is a full-service global provider of capital solutions for real estate investors and occupiers. The team's in-depth local market and global investor knowledge delivers the best-in-class solutions for clients — whether investment sales and advisory, debt advisory, equity advisory or a recapitalization. The firm has more than 3,000 Capital Markets specialists worldwide with offices in nearly 50 countries.
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About Inland Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.
Inland Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. was formed to acquire, directly or indirectly, a portfolio of commercial real estate located throughout the United States with a focus specifically on grocery-anchored retail assets. Inland Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. was sponsored by Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation. For more information, please visit inland-investments.com.
About JLL
JLL (NYSE: JLL) is a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. JLL shapes the future of real estate for a better world by using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people and our communities. JLL is a Fortune 500 company with annual revenue of $19.4 billion in 2021, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce more than 100,000 as of March 31, 2022. For further information, visit jll.com.
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Cowboy Days festival returns for 23rd year
Guests will enjoy demonstrations, entertainment, food
LAS CRUCES – Culture, skill, and entertainment will be in abundance at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s 23rd annual Cowboy Days celebration in Las Cruces.
The fun is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 4. The family-friendly admission price is $10 per carload.
This year marks the return of the Castro family performance group of Lienzo Charro El Pedregal in Vado, N.M. Daniel Castro and several of his family members perform trick roping and traditional charreada demonstrations from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and from 2:30 to 3:15 p.m. Charreada is a festive event that features a variety of equestrian activities, as well as costumes and music that bring a uniquely Latino culture to a sport that has its roots in Spain. Seating is limited for these performances in the Round Pen.
“The best part of what we do is that we’re able to do it as a family,” said Castro. “My kids are by my side learning part of our culture and tradition through our shows. It’s important to us to keep our heritage alive for future generations.”
The Parade of Breeds cattle program is a staple of Cowboy Days. Livestock Manager Greg Ball brings each of six breeds of beef cattle into the Round Pen to discuss their history and characteristics. This popular program is from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Linda McDaniel of Alamogordo will be at Cowboy Days with her working dogs. They will demonstrate herding at 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Pony rides for children ($5) are from 9-11 a.m. and from 1-3 p.m. with a limited number of tickets available.
Horseshoeing demonstrations are scheduled for 10-10:30 a.m. and 1-1:30 p.m. Chuckwagon cooking, blacksmithing, and fiber arts demonstrations also will take place throughout the day. The local chapter of the Back Country Horsemen will do horse care demonstrations, such as saddling and grooming, at 10:45, 11:45, 12:45, 1:45, 2:45 and 3:45.
Cowboy Days guests will enjoy listening to the music of Las Cruces’ Neal McCowan (12:30-3:30 p.m.), having lunch at the food trucks, and shopping at the craft booths and Museum plant sale.
Ollie Reed of the Western Writers of America will do a presentation in the Museum’s Theater at 2 p.m. A New Mexico journalist since 1976, Reed received the 2016 Rounders Award, which is presented by the New Mexico Department of Agriculture to those who "live, promote and articulate the western way of life."
Reed also will do a presentation at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 3. This special “school day” of Cowboy Days is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with several hundred area school children touring the Museum and visiting about 20 educational activity stations. Some of the presenters on March 3 are musicians and storytellers Crow & Karla of Las Cruces, Fort Selden Historic Site, Master Gardeners, Back Country Horsemen, Mesilla Valley Cowbelles, High Noon Leather, City of Las Cruces Museums, Branigan Library, New Mexico Department of Game & Fish, NMSU Cooperative Extension Services, Asombro, Doppler Dave Speelman from KVIA in El Paso, New Mexico Ag in the Classroom, and fiber arts demonstrations by Museum volunteers.
A highlight on Friday, March 3 is the Sheep to Shawl program with sheep shearing most of the day, beginning at 10 a.m. The public is invited to enjoy the educational activity stations, the sheep shearing, plant sale, and see the Museum’s exhibits and livestock. Regular Museum admission applies on March 3: $5 for adults, $4 for senior citizens, and $3 for children 4 to 17.
Admission to Cowboy Days on March 4 includes all the Museum’s regular offerings, including the popular exhibit: Riding Herd with Billy the Kid: The Rise of the Cattle Industry in New Mexico. Pets are not allowed at the Museum.
Cowboy Days schedule
Saturday, March 4
- 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Continuous activities: Wool carding, spinning and weaving demonstrations, chuck wagon cooking, blacksmith demonstrations, craft booths, food trucks, plant sale, exhibits.
- 9-11 a.m.: Pony rides for children near the Pony Barn. ($5). Limited number of tickets.
- 10-10:30 a.m.: Horseshoeing demonstration on the South 20.
- 10-10:30 a.m.: Working dog demonstration near the Sheep Barn.
- 10:30-11:30 a.m.: Parade of Breeds cattle program in the Round Pen.
- 10:45 a.m.: Back Country Horsemen’s horse care demonstration near the Bridge.
- 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Charreada and trick roping performance in the Round Pen.
- 11:45 a.m.: Back Country Horsemen’s horse care demonstration near the Bridge.
- 12-12:30 p.m.: Working dog demonstration near the Sheep Barn.
- 12:30-3:30 p.m.: Neal McCowan music in the Courtyard.
- 12:45 p.m.: Back Country Horsemen’s horse care demonstration near the Bridge.
- 1-3 p.m.: Pony rides for children near the Pony Barn ($5). Limited number of tickets.
- 1-1:30 p.m.: Horseshoeing demonstration on the South 20.
- 1:30-2:30 p.m.: Parade of Breeds cattle program in the Round Pen.
- 1:45 p.m.: Back Country Horsemen’s horse care demonstration near the Bridge.
- 2 p.m.: Ollie Reed and the Western Writers of America in the Theater.
- 2:30-3:15 p.m.: Charreada and trick roping performance in the Round Pen.
- 2:45 p.m.: Back Country Horsemen’s horse care demonstration near the Bridge.
- 3:30-4 p.m.: Working dog demonstration near the Sheep Barn.
- 3:45 p.m.: Back Country Horsemen’s horse care demonstration near the Bridge.
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Police: Golfer bit off man’s nose in argument over game
Bay St. Louis, Miss. – An argument between two men over a golf game led one golfer to bite the nose off the other in the parking lot of a casino, police said.
Mark Wells, 51, of Biloxi initially fled the scene in a Tesla before turning himself in, Bay St. Louis Police Chief Toby Schwartz said in a news release.
The nose was not found as the victim was taken to a hospital, WXXV-TV reported.
Officers responding to a complaint of an assault at the Hollywood Casino Monday night arrived to find a victim with a disfiguring facial injury, the statement said. “The investigation determined that suspect, Mark Curtis Wells, bit the nose off of the victim,” Schwartz said.
Officers were told that Wells and the victim had been arguing throughout the day over a golf game they played at the resort’s course.
Wells was charged with felony mayhem and booked on into the Hancock County jail, where he paid the required 10% of a $50,000 bond himself and walked out within the hour, WXXV reported.
According to the Biloxi Sun Herald, Wells faces up to seven years in prison if convicted of the felony, which state law defines as a premeditated “crime committed with the intent to kill in which the suspect mutilates, disfigures, disables, or destroys someone’s tongue, eye, lip, nose, limb or another body part.”
An official at the jail wouldn’t say whether Wells has a lawyer who could comment on his behalf. | 2022-12-01T20:13:23+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/01/police-golfer-bit-off-mans-nose-in-argument-over-game/69692618007/ |
LSU left-hander Jacob Hasty, who made 13 appearances late in the season, including one start in the Southeastern Conference tournament, has entered the transfer portal.
Hasty emerged as a key bullpen piece in April and finished the season with a 3.55 ERA through 25⅓ innings, allowing 14 hits and 10 earned runs, while striking out 28 and walking 15. He was a key piece in LSU's 12-3 victory May 8 at Alabama, where he tossed four innings, allowing just two hits and no earned runs while striking out four.
He is the first pitcher to enter the portal after pitching coach Jason Kelly left to become head coach at the University of Washington, and according to a source close to Hasty, he is waiting to see who LSU's pitching coach will be. Players who enter the transfer portal have the option to return.
LSU was short on left-handed pitchers this year after Javen Coleman underwent Tommy John surgery. For most of the season, Riley Cooper was the only lefty seeing regular time on the staff. Trey Shaffer, a graduate transfer from Southeastern Louisiana, made 11 appearances and has no eligibility left.
LSU has five left-handers in its 2022 recruiting class, but two of them are ranked among MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects: Robby Snelling (No. 16), Michael Kennedy (No. 87).
Right-hander Dylan Tebrake, a two-time Big East pitcher of the year from Creighton University, announced his commitment to the Tigers earlier this month, and Vanderbilt pitcher Christian Little posted on Instagram that he was at Alex Box Stadium on Tuesday. Tebrake is also draft-eligible but is not listed among the MLB Top 100 prospects. | 2022-06-22T20:24:21+00:00 | theadvocate.com | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_5a5a5a30-f253-11ec-b1fc-8704983c22cd.html |
By HARM VENHUIZEN
Associated Press/Report for America
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As promised, Wisconsin Republicans are offering clarity on when judges might apply a proposed amendment that would make it harder for violent criminals to go free on bail. The proposed amendment that the Republican-controlled Legislature fast-tracked to the April ballot would allow courts to consider a defendant’s past convictions for violent crimes when setting bail, but state law offers several definitions for what constitutes a violent crime. The amendment’s sponsors on Friday circulated a bill that would provide a clear list of which crimes judges could look at. If the Legislature passes the definition, it would only go into effect if voters approve the proposed amendment in April.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2023-02-03T20:36:56+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/ap-news/2023/02/03/bill-would-clarify-bail-amendment-set-for-wisconsin-ballot/ |
The hotel offers easy walking access to Disneyland®, Downtown Disney®, and the Anaheim Convention Center
PROVO, Utah, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dynamic City Capital (DCC), a Utah-based real-estate investment firm focused on hotel investments in prime markets, announced the acquisition of the Anaheim Portofino Inn & Suites (Anaheim Portofino). The Anaheim Portofino is one of the top-producing independent hotels near the Disneyland® Resort and the Anaheim Convention Center.
"The acquisition of the Anaheim Portofino was an exceptional opportunity to expand our presence in the Anaheim Market," commented Ryan Phelps, DCC's Chief Investment Officer. "The hotel is ideally located for patrons to take advantage of all Anaheim offers and aligns with our strategy of purchasing quality properties in prime hotel markets. You don't get better hotel markets than Anaheim," concluded Phelps.
The Anaheim Portofino is ideally located across the street from Disneyland® and California Adventure Park®. The hotel has 190 guest rooms, including Disney-themed kids' suites. Guests can use the on-site concierge service to purchase Disneyland® tickets through the hotel. In addition, the ART shuttle provides guests easy access to and from the gates of Disneyland® and other area attractions.
The Anaheim Portofino is DCC's second hotel acquisition in Anaheim during the last 12 months and its eighth acquisition or hotel opening during that same time frame. The other markets they expanded during the past year include Bellevue, San Francisco, San Jose, Clearwater Beach, and Fort Lauderdale.
For more information on the Anaheim Portofino or to make reservations, please call 800-341-6301 or visit https://www.portofinoinnanaheim.com.
About Dynamic City Capital
Dynamic City Capital (DCC) is a privately held real estate investment and asset management firm with three decades of experience in hospitality. During its 30+ year history, DCC has placed hundreds of millions of dollars of capital on behalf of its investment partners. After opening the first Marriott® franchised hotel in the State of Utah in 1991, the company has been involved in the development, acquisition, and management of hotel assets throughout the United States, representing the premium-branded hotel families of Hilton®, Hyatt, IHG®, and Marriott®. For additional information, please visit www.dynamiccity.com.
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Which self-stirring mugs are best?
If you’re a coffee drinker who adds creamer, sweetener, spices or other extras to your morning cup and you dislike using a new teaspoon each time to mix your drink, a self-stirring mug might be the best kitchen gadget for you. These reusable mugs stir everything together at the push of a button. A small stirring mechanism sits at the bottom of the self-stirring mug.
For more information, take a look at the entire buying guide on self-stirring mugs from BestReviews. Our top choice for a reliable and easy-to-use self-stirring mug is the Kare & Kind Self-Stirring Coffee Mug.
What to know before you buy a self-stirring mug
Size
Self-stirring mugs come with various capacities, generally ranging from 8 to 16 ounces. Mugs with higher-quality insulation take up more space because they have more insulated walls. The larger the mug, the less likely it will fit in average cup holders.
Durability
Self-stirring mugs vary in quality and durability based on the materials used. Since the mug includes a mechanical element, the stirring mechanism sometimes can fail. Self-stirring mugs primarily made of stainless steel are more resistant to breaking, rusting or failing.
Insulation
Insulation quality in self-stirring mugs depends on the materials and design. If you savor your hot beverage and want it to stay warm, choose a mug that is well-insulated with high-quality materials.
Power source
Either batteries or a USB port powers the stirring mechanism in self-stirring mugs. If your mug doesn’t come with the necessary batteries, factor those into your overall cost. You need to charge reusable batteries with a USB port, so keep the charging cable handy.
What to look for in a quality self-stirring mug
Materials
Self-stirring mugs use a combination of food-grade plastic and stainless steel. The more durable ones have more steel than plastic. Lids and battery compartments often are plastic or rubber for ease of use.
Design
Along with high-quality materials, look for a design that matches your personal preferences. There are many options available with different colors, patterns and shapes.
Stirring mechanism
These mugs usually have a simple push-button design to trigger the stirring mechanism. Some mugs have a magnetic stirring mechanism that is food-safe and removable for easy washing.
Lid
Most self-stirring mugs come with a plastic or rubber lid similar to a travel mug. The lid tightly seals to prevent spills and maintain the temperature of the drink. Lids usually have a locking port to drink out of for use on the road.
Handle
The button that powers the motor for the stirring mechanism usually is on the handle of the self-stirring mug. Look for a comfortable handle that is easy to hold and durable.
How much you can expect to spend on a self-stirring mug
Most self-stirring mugs cost between $12-$20, with less expensive and more expensive options available based on the quality of insulation, the type of power source and size.
Self-stirring mug FAQ
Are self-stirring mugs dishwasher-safe?
A. Generally, no. Check the manufacturer label or instructions for model-specific information. Otherwise, assume your self-stirring mug is not dishwasher-safe. Because they have a battery compartment and a motor, being immersed in water for long periods can harm these mugs.
Can I take a self-stirring mug with me when I travel?
A. Technically, yes. Self-stirring mugs often come with lids and are made of durable, travel-friendly materials. However, larger sizes may not fit in average cup holders. If you take them outdoors for camping or backpacking, add fresh batteries or bring along the accompanying USB charger and make sure you have a charging port so you can still stir your drinks on the go.
What’s the best self-stirring mug to buy?
Top self-stirring mug
Kare & Kind Self-Stirring Coffee Mug
What you need to know: This model has a powerful self-stirring mechanism and a nice design.
What you’ll love: The graphics on this mug are more appealing than other mugs that read “self-stirring mug” on the outside. The 13.5-ounce size provides enough room to mix a beverage without spilling. The self-stirring mechanism is powerful.
What you should consider: Some customers reported issues with the handle cracking and the lid not fitting correctly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon.
Top self-stirring mug for the money
Chuzy Chef Electric Lazy Self-Stirring Mug
What you need to know: This no-frills self-stirring mug is an excellent option for anyone who wants to try the trend at an accessible price.
What you’ll love: For the size and durability, this mug is a steal. The stirring mechanism works well and it’s easy to replace the batteries as needed. The mug with the self-proclaimed inscription of “self-stirring mug” comes in five colors.
What you should consider: A few customers noticed scratches on the mug and say the plastic pieces feel flimsy.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Wayfair
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What you need to know: For the cat lovers who also love their drinks stirred well, this is the perfect mug.
What you’ll love: This self-stirring mug features a prominent cat graphic on the front. The mug boasts a 15.2-ounce capacity, making it easy to stir any number of drinks without spilling. The self-stirring mechanism is robust and comes with a one-year warranty. You can choose between a black or pink finish.
What you should consider: Customers have quality concerns about the magnets, handles and mug exteriors that break easily. The lid may not fit as tightly as expected.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon.
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The World's Largest Directory of Haunted Houses and Horror Attractions Reveals the Top 13 Haunts to Visit Across the Country
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hauntworld Magazine, the world's largest directory of haunted houses and horror attractions, is ready to kick off the 2022 Halloween season for fright enthusiasts nationwide. Today, they've unveiled this year's Top 13 scariest haunted houses across the country, that promise thrill seekers the ultimate scream-filled experiences at every turn. From spine-chilling haunts to abandoned asylums, concrete factories and century-old schoolhouses, this year's top 13 list is delivering new, fear-inducing scares for guests to experience beginning this September, if they dare.
"Hauntworld has been publishing its list of Top 13 scariest haunted houses for nearly two decades, and each year, we're committed to seeking out the most thrilling Halloween attractions for spooky season fans that are looking to put their bravery to the test," said Larry Kirchner, editor at Hauntworld Magazine. "Our list of top 13 haunted attractions is more scream-worthy and horrifying than ever before with each location offering new scenes, special effects and undeadly characters at every turn, and we're excited to continue connecting fans with the most horrifying haunted houses and unforgettable experiences across the country this Halloween season."
Hauntworld Magazine's list of Top 13 Haunts are located in major cities across America with each location delivering a different spooky adventure for travelers and haunt seekers to enjoy. The top 13 haunted attractions include:
- Pennhurst Asylum – Spring City, PA– Opening on 9/24
Hidden in the old forests of northern Chester County, lies Pennhurst Asylum. Just forty-five minutes from Philadelphia is a sprawling campus of monolithic abandoned buildings which stand as sentries over you as you follow the dark and twisted paths and catwalks. Journey deep into the heart of one of the most haunted places in America as you experience new levels of fear. - 13th Gate – Baton Rouge, LA – Opening on 9/30
Widely regarded as one of the top haunted houses in the Country, The 13th Gate, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is the Ultimate Haunted House. Adventure through 13 nightmarish realms where your worst fears come true, and anything can happen. - HellsGate – Lockport, IL – Opening on 9/30
The only haunted house in Chicagoland that is hidden deep in the woods, HellsGate challenges its audiences to a truly terrifying interactive experience with over 40 rooms and more than 150 live actors. This year, HellsGate is introducing the Escaped Prisoners of Statesville Haunted Prison into their dark world of attractions where guests can find new characters roaming the halls and hiding in the woods for a surprise scare. - The Darkness – St. Louis, MO – Opening on 9/24
Some rank The Darkness as the best haunted house in America due to its amazing set design and the industry's largest collection of monsters, animations and special effects, along with a huge gift store. This season, The Darkness celebrates its 29th Year of Fear with a total renovation to make The Darkness longer and scarier than ever before. - Eloise Asylum – Westland, MI – Opening on 9/17
Located in the heart of southeast Michigan lies the most infamous haunted site in the Midwest – The Eloise Asylum. The massive building is a towering five-stories of brick and glass and is home to two of Americas most terrifying, cutting-edge haunted attractions. Guests will quickly find themselves overwhelmed by the army of monsters and killers they will face inside as they navigate the grotesque asylum. - The Dent Schoolhouse – Cincinnati, OH – Opening on 9/16
Relive the legend of a murderous janitor and find out the truth about what went on behind the walls of Cincinnati's Halloween Tradition. Cinematic sets, award winning makeup, and sinister storytelling makes each trip through the Dent Schoolhouse feel like a real-life horror movie. With mini escape games, festive fall treats, axe throwing, The Spooky Gift Shop and massive photo-ops, visitors can enjoy a night out at The Dent Schoolhouse for a fun fall experience! - Bennett's Curse – Baltimore County, MD – Opening on 9/30
Bennett's Curse is Maryland and DC's number one Halloween event. A locally owned, small family business that opened in 2001, Bennett's Curse is known far and wide for its incredible array of giant monsters, detailed sets, and impressive theming. The legendary haunted attraction consistently ranks as one of the best Haunted Houses in America year after year. - Kersey Valley Spooky Woods – Archdale, NC – Opening on 9/24
Kersey Valley is located right in the heart of North Carolina. Founded in 1985 from a dare between teenagers to enter an abandoned farmhouse, Kersey Valley has evolved to become a full weekend of attractions – from zipline tours, escape games, ax throwing tours, daytimefamily events with the Maize Adventure and the popular spooky woods. Come hungry as the Tumbleweeds Grub House and Watering Hole serve up some tasty options along with the famous Apple Cider Donuts, Fudge, and Funnel Cake shops. - Headless Horseman Haunted Attractions – Ulster Park, NY – Opening on 9/24
Headless Horseman Haunted Attractions is a unique, immersive experience for Halloween lovers and haunt seekers alike. Celebrating their 30th anniversary, the attraction's theme this year is The Horseman's Night of The Shadows, featuring a theatrical walk through and nine additional haunted attractions including stunt performers, trained actors, monsters, pyrotechnics, professional illusions, and a cast and crew of over 300. In addition, there is a magic illusion stage show, food eateries, retail shops, and donut bakery. - Hundred Acres Manor – Bethel Park, PA – Opening on 9/9
Pittsburgh's Top Halloween Tradition, Hundred Acres Manor, brings visitors a whole new vision of horror and fun all within one haunted house. Hundred Acres Manor features five-themed haunted house sections with add-on attractions like burial simulators, a beer garden, and insanity maze and more. - Georgetown Morgue – Seattle, WA – Opening on 9/23
The Georgetown Morgue is open each Fall, offering a one-of-a-kind Halloween experience including five-minute escape games and haunted walk throughs like the Dark Maze and the Spooky Shack for merchandise, photo ops and more. The attraction caters to more than just adventurous city folk looking for a good scare – thrill-seeking visitors to make the journey from all over the Puget Sound region because the Georgetown Morgue isn't just a haunted house, it's legendary. - Salt Lake Fear Factory – Salt Lake City, UT – Opening on 9/9
Fear Factory is one of the top Halloween attractions in the world, made up of six buildings up to six stories high with two underground passages, and is a massive haunted attraction in Salt Lake City, Utah. Fear Factory has quickly grown to be one of Utah's - and the world's - favorite Halloween entertainment attractions. The attraction has seen more than 11 documented historical deaths and boasts over 100 nightly live actors. It is a great destination to bring family, friends, coworkers and more for an evening of entertainment, thrills and fun. - Factory of Terror – Canton, OH – Opening on 9/23
The Factory of Terror, located in Canton, Ohio, is one of the largest indoor haunted houses in the world recognized by Guinness World Records three times for this achievement. This enormous haunt is more than a mile long and consists of five unique spine-chilling attractions including the brand new, The Abyss and Zombie Bar Crawl, where patrons experience five themed bars throughout the building.
Tickets prices, hours and dates vary by location. For more information, and to read Hauntworld Magazine's full article, visit www.hauntworld.com/americas-scariest-haunted-house-top-13-2022
About Hauntworld Magazine:
Hauntworld Magazine is the world's largest directory of haunted houses and horror attractions. Hauntworld helps you find haunted houses by city, state, or zip code. Hauntworld has reviewed more than 200 haunted houses across America and Canada. Hauntworld features over 7,500 different haunted attractions near you including haunted houses, hayrides, corn mazes, pumpkin patches, escape rooms, ghost tours, real haunted houses, and Halloween attractions. Hauntworld also reviews and rates the scariest haunted houses open near you with our annual Hauntworld Top 13 Haunts, America's Scariest Haunted House list. For more information, please visit www.hauntworld.com/haunted-houses.
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(Motor Authority) — You don’t use a sledgehammer to drive in a picture hook. You don’t swat a fly with Edward’s scissorhands. And you certainly don’t make a bundt cake in a springform pan. You, an enthusiastic driver, need the right tool for the job. Especially when you’re a hundred miles from Los Angeles, in blistering triple-digit heat, specifically to cake your innards in dust and flip the work-week grimace into a wide grin.
Enter the 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor. Like the F-150 Raptor, it’s lightly contained chaos, a size-large container of whoop-ass available retail for the street, no after-modding needed.
It’s purpose-built for high-speed, off-road rampages. To fit the part, it wears the oddly tiered look that all bro-dozers share—it’s like a smaller vehicle drove up into the middle of a much bigger car and parked there. It’s so big, it doesn’t fit in the Bronco factory without some modifications.
But that’s just the start: the Bronco Raptor stuffs a 418-hp twin-turbo 3.0-liter V-6 with 440 lb-ft of torque under its vented fiberglass hood and ships its output to all four wheels through a 10-speed paddle-shifted automatic transmission. A performance dual-exhaust system with differing runner lengths comes with an electronic valve system that can damp exhaust noise for quieter driving, or let the Raptor rip.
It’s been through a few rounds of anabolic add-ons. The four-wheel-drive system is shared with other Broncos, but the Sasquatch package’s 2-speed transfer case comes here with a 3.06 4Lo ratio for a 67.7:1 crawl ratio. A bigger driveshaft sends power to a Dana 50 rear axle; a Dana 44 axle slings things up front. All around, thicker half-shafts (from 5mm to 9mm) stiffen the Bronco Raptor’s ability to withstand impacts from its aerial acts—more on that in a bit. All told, the Raptor’s track ends up 8.6 inches wider than a stock Bronco’s—and it can tow up to 4,500 lb thanks to a specific Raptor Tow/Haul mode and additional space under the body that permits a stouter hitch.
Elsewhere down under, the Bronco Raptor adapts the F-150 Raptor suspension, shocks, hubs, brakes, and exhaust. It retunes the other Raptor’s Fox 3.1 internal bypass semi-active dampers for its specific weight and traction needs. Its 17-inch wheels (Beadlock-capable wheels will be available) come wrapped in 37-inch BFGoodrich K02 all-terrain tires that bolt to an M14 pattern like the F-150 rather than the standard Bronco’s M12 pattern. In all, the Braptor sports 13.1 inches of ground clearance, 1.6 inches more than a Sasquatch Bronco on 35-inch tires, with 13 inches of front suspension travel and 14.0 inches at the rear. A bolstered frame with a carbon-composite brace across the roof’s B-pillars increases torsional stiffness by 50%.
Bronco Raptor: King of the Hammers
Ideally, I’d take a single-use tool like a Bronco Raptor to the home of the off-road gods: the King of the Hammers course in California’s Johnson Valley. King of the Hammers cooks up world-class off-road racing with open races for spectators and a classic Coachella Valley festival atmosphere. Think Burning Man plus Mad Max, and triple the potential for dehydration.
We line up for the morning’s low-speed rock crawl initiation, and with a disconnected front sway bar—one of a passel of buttons on the Bronco Raptor dash—we clamber over a spine of rocks that probably mark an ancient volcano’s dying sputters. “Avenge me, break some A-arms, and slice some tires,” it may have said if volcanoes could talk.
With a helmet strapped to my head, in full Rick Moranis “Ghostbusters” homage, I begin carefully picking my way up the rock path. The Raptor’s pretty black donuts pass within a hair of a legion of sharp rocks, gliding by with just a credit card’s worth of space.
The wide-beam Bronco can get a little slimmer by unbuckling its add-ons. The flares and fenders bolt on and off, though they require special tools instead of using fasteners like standard Broncos. Each Bronco Raptor comes with a specific tool kit to remove the fenders and flares for extreme off-roading; the same kit provides the tool to remove the six bolts holding the running boards, which hide standard rock rails.
Trotter has jokes. He becomes the MST3K to my off-roading adventure when he cautions us about a big rock ahead. No sooner than he says, “it’s a little tire kicker, when you find it you’ll know,” my ribs and my kidneys decide to hook up as they matched on Tinder. I land hard in a rock pocket and for a moment, swear I’ve coughed up a chunk of the spleen.
“Marty found it,” Trotter deadpans. Now I know when that foot-plus of rear-end travel’s used up.
To keep the rest of my spleen intact, I rummage through memory to find old horseback riding skills. I post up and let the Bronco handle the path with equal parts speed and prowess. It clangs and clips along, while its Fox shocks duel between sag and compression. I could learn something from these shocks at my age—but try as I might,
Pump up the jams
After a water break, our Bronco busters step up to be fitted with full helmets and HANS devices. We’ll be driving a high-speed course and for a grand finale, jumping the Bronco Raptor into the air, if briefly. I lived in Georgia, and I know how to “Dukes of Hazzard” this bit, I tell myself. Or so I think.
I make the mistake of sending a picture home of me in the setup, which I describe as a cross-your-heart death preventer. “Are you on the road or in the air? And HOW fast???” There’s not a diacritical mark my husband doesn’t adore.
“It’s off-road racing and jumping,” I answer. “So, both?”
Before long, we’re miles off the trodden dirt track, on a deeply rutted path that’s coated in silt. It billows off the rear tires like wildfires as I skim through an autocross course meant to train for the big time coming up shortly. I stab at the gas and provoke the Raptor into loop-de-looping figure-eights. It doesn’t take much to get it angry. Waves of dust blot out the view for everyone hundreds of feet around. The Braptor loves to spin, as the constant buzz of its turbo V-6 broadcasts a midrange snarl that sounds like it’s sampled from murder hornets.
I take that skill to a long course, where the replaceable rock guards and wide-view LED marker lights make the case for themselves. First I scrabble behind a lead-follow instructor who races through a backdrop that probably doubled for Tatooine at some point in “Star Wars” reshoots, pounding and bounding and rounding through turns like Dr. Seuss’ musical bicycle without the who-clatters and who-claps. Chasing a bright-orange truck shouldn’t be tough, but wind-blown dust throws up a wall ahead of me as the SUV hammers over buckboard and washboard, really, any kind of board. Now I know what a milkshake feels like. Those LED lights are the only thing between me and rear-ending the Braptor ahead.
Then, for some inexplicable reason, they loose us on the off-road course alone, one at a time. I yank the Raptor out of the pit area—it’s a literal pit, a dry lakebed a mile from what passes for passable bathrooms—by posting up on the gas pedal, and immediately, the dun-covered cones and pink ribbons that try to mark the course turn into a dust devil. Silver skeletons of sagebrush sail past my side view; the instructor’s trail of dust is gone and so am I, careening through a few mild turns, cranking the Raptor up to 75 mph plus to see what it can do, aware for a bright moment that I’m on my own, save for the dust cloud I kick skyward.
The only reinforcements out here are the Raptor’s aluminum front skid plate and steel modular bumper, and I call on them right away. What do you call it when you go off-off-road? I do that. I hit the wall of a rut and pop out like a weasel, sliding at a 30-degree angle up the bank and then over that picturesque sagebrush. The Raptor snubs it off with its massive 37-inch tires, drops back into the dugout trail, and I scorch whatever earth can still be scorched until I arrive at a welcome sight: a spotter who sets me up for a leap into the air.
The jump’s easy on the pedals, but sits big on my brain. How’s this thing going to react when it falls back to earth, all 4,500 lb of it? I take faith in the instructor’s directions and push it to 40, 45, then 50 mph before I angle left then drift up to 65 mph before the road rises to meet me. I take off—and then for a brief second, I’m floating high enough for a barbell to pass under the tires before I drop back onto the 108-degree hellscape.
Those big donuts cushion my fall, and the Bronco Raptor lands like it’s on pillows. Donuts? Pillows? It’s the most outrageous machine this side of Homer Simpson’s Canyonero—only here it’s me that’s animated. I can’t stop chattering about the Raptor’s exhilarating portfolio of stunts. It’s capable, outrageously so. The 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor can do all the things you’d normally only do to rental cars and ATVs. If the job is off-road lunacy and weekend thrill-driving, it’s the perfect tool. | 2022-07-11T21:12:33+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/automotive/review-2022-ford-bronco-raptor-bedevils-the-dust-terrorizes-all-terrain/ |
Phoenix Event Showcases Nikola's Strengths as An Integrated Truck and Energy Company
FCEV Truck, Mobile Fueling Trailer Demonstrated to Attendees
PHOENIX, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikola Corporation (Nasdaq: NKLA), a global leader in zero-emission transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, announced at a special event today that it has created a new global brand, HYLA, to encompass the company's energy products for producing, distributing and dispensing hydrogen to fuel its zero-emissions trucks. More than 300 fleet, government, supplier, energy and media representatives were on site for the announcement at Nikola's U.S. headquarters in Phoenix, which highlighted the progress made by Nikola's energy and truck businesses.
"Nikola is the only company that is successfully integrating a revolutionary new product, the hydrogen fuel cell truck, and the full hydrogen energy infrastructure supply chain under one roof," said Nikola CEO and President Michael Lohscheller. "The unveiling of our Nikola Tre fuel cell truck and flexible mobile fueling trailer demonstrates a real and sustainable competitive advantage for our customers and are significant proof points that we are accomplishing what we set out to achieve."
"The HYLA brand represents Nikola's hydrogen-focused energy business by supporting our fuel cell electric vehicles and those of other OEMs," said Carey Mendes, President, Nikola Energy. "Hydrogen energy is the catalyst for the HYLA brand and serves as a forward-looking solution for our customers to help them achieve their sustainability goals and dramatically reduce the overall carbon emissions in the transportation sector."
With a range of up to 500 miles, the Nikola Tre FCEV is expected to have among the longest ranges of all commercially available zero tailpipe emission Class 8 tractors while realizing weight savings when compared to battery-electric Class 8 trucks with similar range. The Tre FCEV is well-suited for a variety of applications ranging from drayage and intermodal to metro-regional truckload and less than truckload to certain specialized hauling use cases.
With an estimated fueling time of less than 20 minutes at Nikola fueling stations based on expected technology improvements, transitioning from diesel to hydrogen is anticipated to be a seamless experience.
Under the HYLA brand, Nikola is developing access of up to 300 metric-tons per day (TPD) of hydrogen. This supply is expected to be supported by the previously announced projects referenced below, which are being developed with Nikola partners.
- City of Buckeye, AZ Production Hub – phased development of up to 150 metric-TPD
- Plug Power – multi-region offtake agreement of up to 125 metric-TPD
- Terre Haute, IN Wabash Valley Resources – 50 metric-TPD
- Crossfield, Alberta TC Energy – 60 metric-TPD
- Clinton County, PA KeyState – 100 metric-TPD
Located in Buckeye, Ariz., the PHH is expected to be built in phases to scale with the demand created from Nikola's zero-emission trucks in the Southwest region, starting with 30 metric-tons in the first phase, and up to 150 metric-TPD of hydrogen in future phases. Construction of the first phase is anticipated to be completed in the second half of 2024, once final investment decisions and customary regulatory approvals are finalized.
With the intent to have 60 hydrogen stations in place by 2026, the first announced hydrogen stations will be in California in Colton, Ontario, and a location servicing the Port of Long Beach. California is a launch market for Nikola and these stations intend to support key customers to help advance the state's efforts to decarbonize the transport sector.
The HYLA flexible mobile fueler solution is an integral part of Nikola's flexible customer service in its early years by distributing hydrogen to its FCEV customers at locations which meet their needs. The mobile fueler cools and compresses hydrogen to rapidly fill 700 bar FCEV heavy-duty trucks. Coupled with a hydrogen tube trailer with a capacity of 960 kg, the mobile fueler can refuel customer trucks back-to-back.
The mobile fueler program includes its own mobile fuelers as well as a number of third party mobile fuelers, which will provide Nikola customers with a variety of flexible fueling options.
The first mobile fueler has completed commissioning and testing and has been released for market operation. Nikola has additional hydrogen mobile fuelers being commissioned in Q1 2023.
Nikola Corporation is globally transforming the transportation industry. As a designer and manufacturer of zero tailpipe emission battery-electric and hydrogen-electric vehicles, electric vehicle drivetrains, vehicle components, energy storage systems, and hydrogen station infrastructure, Nikola is driven to revolutionize the economic and environmental impact of commerce as we know it today. Founded in 2015, Nikola Corporation is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information, visit www.nikolamotor.com or Twitter @nikolamotor.
Certain statements included in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as "believe," "may," "will," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "expect," "should," "would," "plan," "predict," "potential," "seem," "seek," "future," "outlook," and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the company's expectations regarding its business and the potential benefits received from the planned integrated offering of trucks and fueling solutions, including the Tre FCEV and mobile fuelers; the potential benefits received from the company's hydrogen production, offtake, distribution and dispensing plans; the expected performance and specifications of company vehicles and hydrogen production, distribution and fueling solutions; business model and strategy; the company's expectations regarding its projected truck builds and related specifications; the company's expectations for its trucks and market acceptance of electric trucks; and market opportunity. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release, and on the current expectations of Nikola's management and are not predictions of actual performance. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to general economic, financial, legal, regulatory, political and business conditions and changes in domestic and foreign markets; the potential effects of COVID-19; the outcome of legal proceedings to which Nikola is, or may become a party; failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the recently completed business combination; the conversion of pre-orders into binding orders; risks related to the rollout of Nikola's business and the timing of expected business milestones; the effects of competition on Nikola's future business; the availability of capital; and the other risks detailed from time to time in Nikola's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 and other documents Nikola files with the SEC. If any of these risks materialize or our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and Nikola specifically disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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There are nearly 400 million civilian-owned guns in the U.S., according to an estimate by the Small Arms Survey.
Americans often lament how everyone seems to be looking down at the screen of a smartphone, reading, texting, or watching videos. But in fact, we have more guns than smartphone users. We gripe about the time we spend in cars, backed up along highways and roadways, going to work, running errands, eating takeout between obligations, and lined up for gas. But there are more guns in America than registered motor vehicles.
Is that how we see ourselves? A country with more guns than cars or smartphones?
There have already been 131 mass shootings across America this year, according to The Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit group that tracks these incidents.
This week began, of course, with news of the shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville. Three adults were killed: Katherine Koonce, Cynthia Peak, and Mike Hill. And three students, nine-year olds: Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney. Police killed the shooter.
The Gun Violence Archive counted 646 mass shootings last year in the United States. This means that on average, four or more people, not including the shooter, were shot or killed in a single incident more than 12 times each week of 2022.
646 mass shootings. That's more than the number of movies released in American theaters last year, or triples hit in Major League Baseball games.
I spoke this week with Pam Simon. She is a former teacher who was shot in the arm and chest, near her heart, at an event for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in 2011. 19 people were shot that sunny morning — including the Congresswoman. Six died, one of them a little girl. Pam Simon is no relation, but we met in Tucson after she was shot. We call each other "Cousin" now.
Pam says when she hears of some new mass shooting, "Each and every time it sucks the air out of me. ... I let myself be numb to avoid the full impact of the new horror unfolding. Yet I also feel duty bound to honor each life. After all, someone prayed for me or spent time thinking about me, an injured person they did not know ...
"All we know," Pam Simon told us, "is that there are new members of the 'club that no one wants to belong to' beginning the agonizing journey of grief."
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-04-01T13:51:14+00:00 | iowapublicradio.org | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2023-04-01/opinion-americas-shameful-obsession-with-guns |
(NEXSTAR) – More than 4,600 cases of monkeypox have been reported in the U.S. since May, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the nation’s health regulators are rushing to deploy thousands of vaccine doses. Should you be getting the vaccine?
Because there is currently a limited supply of the monkeypox vaccine in the U.S., health officials are allocating doses to those who are at the greatest risk of being infected. This includes individuals that may be exposed to monkeypox while working or those who may have been exposed to monkeypox, the CDC explains.
While 300,000 monkeypox vaccine doses have been sent out from the nation’s Strategic National Stockpile, and nearly 800,000 more will soon be available for distribution, you may still need to meet certain eligibility requirements set by your local health department to receive a shot.
The New York City Health Department, for example, is limiting monkeypox vaccine access to those who are gay, bisexual, and men who are sexually active with men, as well as transgender, gender non-conforming, or gender non-binary persons who are 18 years old or older and had multiple or anonymous sex partners in the last two weeks. Those who may have been exposed to monkeypox or are notified by the Health Department due to close contact with someone with the disease are also eligible to get the vaccine.
Chicago and Austin require the same conditions for vaccine eligibility.
Vaccine eligibility for those living in San Francisco is similar but also includes sex workers of any sexual orientation or gender identity; persons who were notified by an event or venue of a potential exposure to the disease; and laboratory workers performing monkeypox virus testing.
For the best chance of preventing monkeypox, the CDC recommends getting the vaccine within four days of exposure. Between four and fourteen days after exposure, the vaccine can reduce symptoms but may not prevent the disease.
If you are hoping to get the monkeypox vaccine, check with your healthcare provider or local health department to determine your eligibility.
Despite the majority of monkeypox cases being reported among men who have sex with men, anyone can contract the virus. Monkeypox is mainly spread through skin-on-skin contact but can also be transmitted through touching linens used by someone who is infected.
Besides getting the vaccine, the CDC recommends avoiding skin-to-skin contact with people with rashes or scabs that could be monkeypox; not touching the bedding, towels, or clothing of a person with monkeypox; and washing your hands often with soap and water, or using an alcohol-based sanitizer.
If you become sick with monkeypox, the CDC says you should isolate. Your isolation should continue if you have a fever or respiratory symptoms like a sore throat, nasal congestion or cough. Officials say you should only leave isolation to seek a healthcare provider or in case of an emergency. When leaving isolation, you should cover any rash and wear a mask.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2022-07-29T14:13:42+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/should-you-get-the-monkeypox-vaccine/ |
By ELAINE KURTENBACH
AP Business Writer
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares slipped in Asia on Thursday after benchmarks fell more than 1% on Wall Street in the middle of a mostly quiet and holiday-shortened week.
U.S. futures were mixed and oil prices declined.
Investors are watching to see how China’s relaxation of its stringent COVID-19 policies, and the outbreaks of infections that have followed, will affect business activity and travel.
One concern is that the massive outbreaks could generate new, potentially vaccine resistant variants of the virus, “leading to knock-on virus surges across the globe, China’s reopening could still mark a positive step over the long run in light of past global attempts in bringing virus cases under control,” Yean Jun Rong of IG said in a commentary.
The Hang Seng in Hong Kong shed 1.0% to 19,691.33, while the Shanghai Composite index was down 0.3% at 3,078.81.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.9% to 26,093.67.
The Kospi in Seoul sank 1.9% to 2,236.40 after the government reported South Korea’s industrial production fell 3.7% from a year earlier in November, worse than forecast and a bigger drop than the 1.2% decline in October. Retail sales were down 1.8% from the month before.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gave up 0.9% to 7,020.10. Bangkok’s SET index gained 0.3% and Mumbai’s Sensex was flat.
The worst year since 2008 for the S&P 500 has been winding down with little in the way of data to drive trading. But later Thursday, the U.S. government was due to release jobless claims, a measure of employment that could provide insight into how the economy is faring as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to quash inflation.
The Fed has already raised its key interest rate seven times this year and is expected to continue raising rates in 2023. The key lending rate, the federal funds rate, stands at a range of 4.25% to 4.5%, and Fed policymakers forecast that the rate will reach a range of 5% to 5.25% by the end of 2023. Their forecast doesn’t call for a rate cut before 2024.
On Wednesday, the S&P 500 fell 1.2%, with technology, energy and industrial stocks among the biggest weights on the benchmark index. It finished at 3,783.22.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.1% to 32,875.71. The Nasdaq slid 1.4% to 10,213.29. The Russell 2000 gave up 1.6%, ending at 1,722.02.
Bond yields were mixed. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences mortgage rates, rose to 3.88% from 3.85% Tuesday. The yield on the two-year Treasury fell to 4.34% from 4.38% late Tuesday.
With two more days of trading left in 2022, the S&P 500 is headed for a roughly 20% drop for the year, even as profits and margins for companies in the index have hit record heights this year. The Dow is on pace for a 9.5% drop, while the Nasdaq is doing much worse, on pace to plunge 34.7%.
Southwest Airlines slid 5.2% as the carrier grappled with the fallout after cancelling thousands of flight cancellations. The airline’s CEO said it could be next week before the flight schedule returns to normal. Shares in other airlines also fell. Delta Air Lines dropped 2.8% and United Airlines fell 2.4%.
Tesla rose 3.3% as it stabilized from steep losses it suffered after reports Tuesday that it temporarily suspended production at a factory in Shanghai.
U.S. crude oil prices settled 0.7% lower and natural gas prices plunged 10.8%. That hurt energy stocks. Exxon Mobil fell 1.6%.
Early Thursday, U.S. benchmark crude was down 54 cents at $78.42 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Brent crude, the pricing basis for international trading, gave up 57 cents to $83.42 per barrel in London.
The U.S. dollar fell to 133.77 Japanese yen from 134.39 yen late Wednesday. The euro rose to $1.0617 from $1.0613.
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Gabriel Landeskog’s season never started, but now it’s officially over.
The Avalanche captain will not play in the 2023 NHL playoffs, the team announced Thursday afternoon. Landeskog underwent arthroscopic right knee surgery in October and was initially assessed a 12-week recovery timeline, but the process has been pushed back multiple times.
Team management remained uncertain about his future throughout the regular season.
“He’s pushing himself to the limits of what he feels like he can do,” coach Jared Bednar said Wednesday.
Landeskog also underwent a clean-up surgery on his right knee in March 2022, missing the final 23 games of the regular season then returning for the start of the playoffs. He had a fantastic postseason, with 22 goals in 20 games to help lead the Avalanche to its third Stanley Cup championship.
Landeskog rehabbed on his own for a chunk of the 2022-23 season then returned to Denver in February. He started skating individually Feb. 21 but has not been a full participant in an Avalanche practice since then. With the team’s announcement, he has now missed 105 consecutive regular-season games going into the 2023 offseason.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — For the movie theater industry, the math behind recovery is simple: More movies in theaters equals more money for theaters and Hollywood.
John Fithian, the outgoing CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners, assured exhibitors Tuesday at the CinemaCon trade convention that the industry is “ off to an incredible start in 2023.”
In 2022, the domestic box office rebounded to $7.4 million, aided by the enormous successes of films like “Top: Gun Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water.” According to a report from The Cinema Foundation, the biggest difference between the pre-pandemic landscape of 2019 and 2022 was the number of wide releases. In 2019 there were 112 wide releases. In 2022, there were 71 movies that opened on over 2,000 screens. Eight of them grossed over $300 million domestically and 18 surpassed $100 million, the foundation found.
“This year, we will have more than 100. And new titles are being added at a steady place,” Fithian said. “The major studios are all aggressively claiming release dates for major titles in 2024 and beyond.”
One of the big themes of the convention, which runs through the week, is the renewed focus on theaters as the most profitable way to release a film, as opposed to on a streaming service. Monday night, Sony touted its partnership with Apple to release Ridley Scott’s historical epic “Napoleon” in theaters in November. Later in the week, Paramount will talk about how it will release another Apple TV+-made film, Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” in theaters in October.
“It is now more irrefutable than ever that theatrical is the keystone of the movie industry,” Fithian said. “Releasing major films with massive budgets directly to streaming platforms is not a sustainable business model. The return on investment is non-existent.”
The Cinema Foundation found in a poll that nine out of ten people are 50% more likely to watch a movie on a streaming service when it was released theatrically first.
A recent test case of that is Ben Affleck’s “Air,” sold as a streaming product to Amazon but which Amazon decided to give a theatrical release where in several weeks it has grossed over $68.4 million worldwide.
Motion Picture Association Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin spoke about what his group is doing to “ensure that more movies are being made in more markets.”
“It starts by engaging and partnering with elected officials, regulators, and local industry around the world to help create the right conditions for global production,” Rivkin said. “What are those conditions? Policies that encourage Investment and a strong rule of law. Robust copyright laws that protect creators. Tax laws that give producers the motive, and the means, to invest in creating jobs. And the commercial freedom that enables distributors like many of you here today to bring unique and exciting movies to your audiences.”
Rivkin also said the Middle East holds great potential for the industry.
“Just look at Saudi Arabia. Since 2018, the country has become one of the region’s top movie markets, and they now cite production incentives, which we are helping to shape, as a core element of their Vision 2030 economic plan,” he said. “Similarly, the King of Jordan last year shared with me his ambitious plans to attract more international investment in new sound stages to make movies in iconic locations like Petra and Wadi Rum.”
There were somber tributes to several distribution executives who died unexpectedly recently, including MGM Domestic Distribution Chief Erik Lomis, who died in March at age 64 and Dave Hollis, the former Disney distribution chief who died in February at 47.
And Fithian and Rivkin also wished well to Michael O’Leary the incumbent president and CEO of the theater owners’ association.
“I have known Michael for many years, and he is a born leader with extensive experience in government relations and knowledge of the movie industry too,” Fithian said. | 2023-04-26T11:24:47+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/business/ap-business/theater-owners-group-optimistic-about-future-of-moviegoing/ |
Balancing internal equity with market competitiveness to build an effective base pay structure allows organizations to achieve greater pay transparency and improved talent attraction and retention results.
TORONTO, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Compensation, specifically base pay, is usually the highest organizational cost and a significant factor in employee attraction and retention. In a competitive labor market, organizations must find a way to balance transparent, modern pay structures with organizational needs. In response, McLean & Company, the global research and advisory partner of HR professionals around the world, has released its industry resource titled Design a Base Pay Structure. The blueprint was created to assist HR leaders in developing a base pay structure that is internally and externally equitable by balancing the internal job worth hierarchy with external market competitiveness.
Designing base pay structures can be complex, requiring accurate data collection and a significant time investment from HR and management. At a time when employees are demanding increased organizational transparency, including around compensation, the process can be even more challenging given the sensitive and highly confidential nature of pay information.
"A credible base pay structure provides the foundation for increased pay transparency. However, the structure must also be flexible so it can accommodate and respond to the external environment," says Rachel Stewart, practice lead, HR Research & Advisory Services at McLean & Company. "Sometimes the process of designing a base pay structure can even inform the compensation philosophy. If what is seen throughout the process warrants a change in the philosophy, it's better to adjust than to hold on to an approach that is no longer strategic and serving employee and organizational needs."
While few organizations lack any structure for base pay at all, many do not have a consistently equitable and flexible approach in line with modernized, research-backed standards. Traditional base pay structures are often seen as antiquated and out-of-date by prospective employees and as bureaucratic red tape that hinders management's hiring abilities. Moving toward greater transparency and flexibility addresses both issues at the source.
McLean & Company's research suggests a hybrid approach to building base pay structures, providing organizations with the flexibility to attract and retain talent as well as sufficient guidelines to inform compensation decision making. The firm's resource will guide HR professionals and management through the four necessary steps to design a flexible base pay structure. The steps are intended to empower managers by involving them in the process, educating them on salary administration guidelines and benchmark market data, and moving toward greater pay transparency. The four steps are as follows:
- Collect and analyze market data – The first step requires HR leaders and management to confirm the organization's target market positioning strategy; identify appropriate market comparators, data sources, and benchmark market matches; and determine the right cadence to gather market data to ensure the organization is staying up to date on market changes.
- Create the base pay structure – Step two assists in determining the appropriate number of pay structures for the organization, establishing job grades and developing preliminary pay bands based on benchmark market data, and reviewing the fit with organizational base pay data. The base pay structure must then be finalized with stakeholders.
- Determine salary administration guidelines – The next step in the process is to determine guidelines for compensation practices, such as setting new hire pay, promotional increases, and lateral transfers to ensure the base pay structure is applied consistently among compensation decision-makers.
- Prepare to roll out the transparency strategy – Upon completion of the fourth and final step, HR leaders and management will have identified both the organization's current and desired pay transparency levels, developed a pay transparency strategy to bridge the gap between the two, and crafted a communication plan for the pay transparency strategy.
"It is important to remember that every organization has positives and negatives," explains Stewart. "Rather than sugar-coating, be honest about how and why compensation has been structured. Transparency in all things, including compensation, is a motivation and retention factor as it helps employees plan their long-term career at an organization."
To help HR and people leaders in their efforts in streamlining and implementing hybrid base pay structures that support talent attraction and retention, McLean & Company offers practical resources, like the Design a Base Pay Structure blueprint.
The firm also provides its members with various levels of support designed to meet organizations' unique HR needs, including DIY toolkits, guided implementations, workshops, and dedicated consulting. To access the full collection of research or to learn more about becoming a member, visit hr.mcleanco.com/services or connect via LinkedIn and Twitter.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Legislature got back to work Monday with Republicans holding even larger majorities in both chambers and goals of approving more tax cuts, further easing gun restrictions and spending public money to fund private schools.
Republicans have controlled both legislative branches since the 2017 session and have worked with GOP governors to pass numerous conservative bills on everything from education to abortion rights.
They will have even greater sway this session given their expanded 64-36 majority in the House and 34-16 majority in the Senate. Because Democrats hold so few seats following a poor showing in the November 2022 election, they will be able to do little more than complain as Republican-backed measures become law.
Republicans in previous sessions pushed through big reductions in income taxes, and in 2026 the state is expected to fully implement a 3.9% flat income tax. This year, Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver said Republicans would seek reductions or at least more transparency in property taxes, which are imposed by local governments.
Gun rights also will be a priority, following overwhelming voter approval in November of a measure adding the right to keep and bear arms to the Iowa Constitution.
For several years, Gov. Kim Reynolds has pushed unsuccessfully for a measure that would allow the use of state money to fund scholarships for children at private school. Thanks in part to Reynolds' successful effort to defeat some Republican legislators who have opposed such measures, the proposal has a better chance of passing this year.
Restriction of abortion rights has been a priority for the past several years, but Reynolds and Republican leaders said they would wait to see the outcome of a case before the Iowa Supreme Court before taking action. In that case, Reynolds has asked the court to overturn a district court ruling and reverse a permanent injunction of a 2019 law that bans abortions when cardiac activity can be detected. | 2023-01-09T14:53:53+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Iowa-lawmakers-turn-to-taxes-guns-private-17704435.php |
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