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(NEXSTAR) – After a human foot was found floating in a hot pool at Yellowstone National Park, investigators uncovered hundreds of dollars in cash and handwritten poems in the missing man’s car, according to new documents released Tuesday.
Mystery still surrounds the grisly discovery, however. Rangers found the foot, still inside a size 8.5 black shoe, in the Abyss Pool Aug. 16, 2022, after a park visitor reported it to a tour driver. Geologists didn’t find any other significant human remains, but “fatty deposits were found floating to the surface over time,” the documents said.
Using DNA analysis, investigators were able to identify the man to whom the foot belonged as 70-year-old Il Hun Ro, of Los Angeles. Investigators later determined that whatever happened to Ro took place on the morning of July 31, but nobody saw it. Foul play was not suspected, according to an earlier statement.
After bagging evidence and interviewing witnesses at the scene, investigators found that there were three unaccounted-for vehicles left in the parking lot. Two people claimed their vehicles in the next hour, and the third, a Kia Niro SUV, belonged to Ro.
Inside the vehicle was Ro’s laptop, personal photos, park maps, his wallet with $447 in it, and a small book of poems, according to the documents. Investigators used Google Translate to comb through the poems and Ro’s handwritten notes but found no evidence of a suicide note.
Using the driver’s license found in his wallet, investigators determined that Ro stayed for one night at the Canyon Lodge, about an hour away from the pool, located in the West Thumb Geyser Basin.
Upon a request from Nexstar, park officials provided background on the investigation, but did not disclose any additional new details not included in the document.
Yellowstone officials urge visitors to stay on boardwalks and trails in thermal areas and to exercise extreme caution as the ground surrounding the features can be very thin, with scalding water below.
Abyss Pool is over 50 feet deep with a temperature of roughly 140 degrees F. | 2023-01-05T02:29:05+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/man-whose-foot-was-found-in-yellowstone-pool-left-poems-447-in-cash-in-car-investigators/ |
Biden heads to Mideast jittery about Iranian nuclear program
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden starts the first visit to the Middle East of his presidency with a monumental task: assuring uneasy Israeli and Saudi Arabian officials that he is committed to preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power.
Biden begins the visit Wednesday with a three-day stop in Israel, where officials say Iran’s quickly evolving nuclear program is at the top of their agenda for talks with the U.S. president. Biden made reviving the Iran nuclear deal, brokered by Barack Obama in 2015 and abandoned by Donald Trump in 2018, a key priority as he entered office.
But indirect talks for the U.S. to reenter the deal have stalled as Iran has made rapid gains in developing its nuclear program. That’s left the Biden administration increasingly pessimistic about resurrecting the deal, which placed significant restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
Shortly after his arrival in Israel on Wednesday, Biden is expected to get a briefing on the country’s new “Iron Beam” missile defense system and visit the Yad Vashem, a memorial to Holocaust victims. Besides meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials, he’s slated to receive Israel’s Presidential Medal of Honor and visit with U.S. athletes taking part in the Maccabiah Games, which involve thousands of Jewish and Israeli athletes from around the globe.
Biden, in a Washington Post op-ed published Saturday, laced into Trump for quitting the nuclear deal that Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China and the European Union also signed onto. But Biden also suggested that he’s still holding onto at least a sliver of hope that the Iranians will come back into compliance.
“My administration will continue to increase diplomatic and economic pressure until Iran is ready to return to compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, as I remain prepared to do,” he wrote.
Israeli officials, who briefed reporters ahead of Biden’s departure from Washington on Tuesday, said the U.S. and Israel would issue a broad-ranging “Jerusalem Declaration” that will take a tough stance on Iran’s nuclear program.
The declaration commits both countries to use “all elements of their national power against the Iranian nuclear threat,” according to an Israeli official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview the statement.
The official said the Israelis would stress to Biden their view that Iran has calculated “time is on their side” and is loath to give any concessions. The Biden administration’s last round of indirect negotiations with Iran in Doha, Qatar, late last month ended without success.
Separately, Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid issued a joint statement on Wednesday announcing the two nations were launching a new strategic high-level dialogue on technology. The partnership is to focus on the use of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and other tech-based solutions, to take on global challenges such as pandemic preparedness and climate change.
The White House has also been frustrated with repeated Iran-sponsored attacks on U.S. troops based in Iraq, though the administration says the frequency of such attacks has dropped precipitously over the last two years. Tehran also sponsored the rebel Houthis in a bloody war with the Saudis in Yemen. A U.N.-brokered cease-fire has been in place for more than four months, a fragile peace in a war that began in 2015.
Separately, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Monday said the administration believes Russia is turning to Iran to provide it with hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles, including weapons-capable drones, for use in its ongoing war in Ukraine.
The Saudis, like the Israelis, have been frustrated that the White House has not abandoned efforts to revive the nuclear deal with Tehran. Biden heads to the Saudi port city of Jeddah on Friday to meet with King Salman and the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is widely known by his initials MBS, and to attend a gathering of the Gulf Cooperation Council, where Iran’s nuclear program is on the agenda.
Also looming over the Saudi visit is the president’s strained relationship with the crown prince.
As a White House candidate, Biden, a Democrat, said he would look to make the kingdom a “pariah” nation over its human rights abuses. The relationship was further strained when Biden last year approved the release of a U.S. intelligence report that determined that MBS likely approved the 2018 killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The president will arrive in Saudi Arabia, among the world’s biggest oil producers, at a moment of skyrocketing gas and food prices around the globe — driven, in part, by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. White House officials and energy analysts say there are low expectations that the Saudis or fellow members of OPEC+ will deliver relief.
Another factor in seeking a détente in the Saudi relationship is growing concern in the administration that the Saudis could move closer to China and Russia amid strains with the United States.
Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former U.S. State Department official, said Biden is looking forward to visiting Saudi Arabia “like I would look forward to a root canal operation.”
“You’ve got a president who is terribly conflicted about this meeting,” Miller said. “He can’t even acknowledge, in all of his public remarks, that he’s even going to meet with Mohammed bin Salman.”
But Israeli officials are cautiously optimistic that the Biden visit could be a breakthrough moment on a slow path toward normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Biden will be the first U.S. president to travel directly from Israel to Saudi Arabia, and the two nations’ shared enmity for Iran has led to subtle cooperation.
Earlier this week, opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu praised the crown prince’s “contribution” to the Abraham Accords, declarations of diplomatic and economic normalization signed by Bahrain, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the United States while Netanyahu was prime minister.
Israel is expected to hold new elections in the fall after the fragile coalition government led by Naftali Bennett crumbled last month.
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Federman and Madhani reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writer Chris Megerian in Washington contributed to this report.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-13T10:40:20+00:00 | kcrg.com | https://www.kcrg.com/2022/07/13/biden-heads-mideast-jittery-about-iranian-nuclear-program/ |
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people converged on the Serbian capital on Friday for a major rally in support of President Aleksandar Vucic, who is facing an unprecedented revolt against his autocratic rule amid the crisis triggered by two mass shootings that stunned the nation.
Addressing the rain-drenched crowd, Vucic blasted the opposition for seeking his resignation for mishandling the crisis and creating divisions within the country. The two shootings early May left 18 people dead.
Referring to large anti government protests held in the past weeks, Vucic accused opposition politicians of “trying to abuse the tragedy.”
“The politicians will go down in history of dishonor because they abused the biggest tragedy in the history of our nation,” he said. “Those politicians deserve only contempt.”
But Vucic still invited the opposition to dialogue about their demands.
“All along they had just one desire, to topple me and topple the government of Serbia,” he said. “Those politicians weren’t even interested in children.”
Vucic reiterated he will step down as his Serbian Progressive Party’s leader on Saturday and announced plans to form a new, nation-wide movement that is to include politicians, prominent intellectuals, artists and others.
“I am not going anywhere,” he said. “We will defend Serbia together.”
The rally Friday was somewhat overshadowed by a new crisis in Serbia’s former province of Kosovo, where ethnic Serbs clashed with Kosovo police on Friday and Vucic ordered Serbian troops to be put on a “higher state of alert.” Vucic also said that he ordered an “urgent” movement of Serbian troops to the border with Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008.
Answering Vucic’s call for what he called “the largest rally in the history of Serbia,” his supporters, many wearing identical T-shirts with his portrait, were bused to Belgrade from all over the Balkan country as well as neighboring Kosovo and Bosnia.
The organizers said that “hundreds of thousands” of participants attended the gathering in front of Serbia’s National Assembly amid rain and a thunderstorm that drove many to find a shelter.
Those working in state firms and institutions were told to take a day off from work to attend the rally in front of the parliament building. Some said that they were warned that they could lose their jobs if they don’t show up on the buses which started arriving hours before the gathering was to start.
Serbian officials said the rally promotes “unity and hope” for Serbia.
At three large anti-government protests held earlier this month in the capital, demonstrators demanded Vucic’s ouster as well as the resignation of two senior security officials. They also demanded the withdrawal of broadcasting licenses for two pro-Vucic television stations that promote violence and often host convicted war criminals and other crime figures.
Opposition protesters blame Vucic for creating an atmosphere of hopelessness and division in the country that they say indirectly led to the May 3 and May 4 mass shootings that left 18 people dead and 20 wounded, many of them schoolchildren who were gunned down by a 13-year-old schoolmate.
Vucic has vehemently denied any responsibility for the shootings, calling organizers of the opposition protests “vultures” and “hyenas” who want to use the tragedies to try to come to power by force and without an election.
Analysts believe that by staging the mass rally, Vucic who has ruled the country for more than a decade with a firm grip on power, is trying to overshadow the opposition protests with the sheer number of participants.
“For the first time, Vucic has a problem,” said political analyst Zoran Gavrilovic. “His problem is not so much the opposition, but Serbian society that has woken up.”
Vucic, a former pro-Russia ultranationalist who now says that he wants to take the country into the European Union, has alleged that “foreign intelligence services” are behind the opposition protests. He said that he received the tip from “sisterly” spy agencies “from the east” — thought to mean Russia.
Similar big rallies were held in Serbia in the early 1990s when strongman Slobodan Milosevic delivered fiery speeches that heralded the violent breakup of Yugoslavia and rallied the masses for the wars that followed.
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AP reporter Jovana Gec contributed. | 2023-05-27T13:20:08+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/world/ap-international/ap-pro-government-rally-held-in-serbia-amid-growing-discontent-after-mass-shootings/ |
NEW YORK, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of CareDx, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNA).
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Mega Millions jackpot grows to 5th largest in history
The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $720 million after no winning ticket was sold — again. It’s now one of two national lotteries with enormous jackpots but equally enormous odds against winning them.
No ticket for Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing matched the white balls 19, 22, 31, 37, 54 and the gold Mega Ball 18.
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The new jackpot is Mega Millions' fifth largest, the lottery said in a news release. On Monday, the nation’s other big lottery game — Powerball — also went without a winner, and its jackpot now stands at an estimated $1 billion, the third largest for that game.
For Mega Millions, the estimated $720 million jackpot in the next drawing would only be distributed to a winner who chooses an annuity paid over 29 years. Nearly all grand prize winners opt to take a cash payout, which for Friday night’s drawing is an estimated $369.6 million.
The largest Mega Millions jackpot was $1.537 billion won by an anonymous player in South Carolina on Oct. 23, 2018.
Despite the game’s long odds of 1 in 302.6 million, players continue to purchase tickets as the size of the grand prize grows.
The last time a Mega Millions player hit the top prize was April 18.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. | 2023-07-19T17:56:09+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/mega-millions-jackpot-july-2023 |
For more than five years, I’ve spotlighted several south suburban small-business owners in this column. With repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic still reverberating along with the spike in inflation, here is a look at how one of those businesses is faring in this intermittent column series.
Glynis Harvey feels like she has been hit with a double whammy. She and her husband, Mark Cagley, have worked diligently and successfully to keep their Matteson-based restaurant, Hidden Manna Cafe, going amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which pummeled industry sales.
They were hoping for better times this year. Now they’re dealing with the uncertainty of how inflation and threats of a recession will affect their bottom line and the industry’s recovery.
Last year, the 8-year-old restaurant’s sales were the lowest since the second year it opened, said Harvey.
Nationally, restaurant sales in 2021 were $799 billion, down $65 billion from pre-pandemic levels, according to the National Restaurant Association. Some 90,000 restaurants have temporarily or permanently closed since the pandemic began, according to the association.
This year, customer volume at Hidden Manna Cafe, which serves Creole and Cajun cuisine and seats 126 people, has risen. But sales still are not at pre-pandemic levels, Harvey said. And now, “our cost of goods has gone up,” said Harvey, who noted the cost of crawfish has jumped from about $7 a pound before the pandemic to $12.50 today, and regular crab legs are more than $20 a pound.
“When we purchase our food, we use food purveyors and they have a fuel surcharge,” she said.
As an independent restaurant, the business doesn’t get the sales volume discounts or purchasing discounts that large chain restaurants get, so inflation is making its profit margins even tighter, Harvey stressed.
The couple is weighing increasing prices in response to the higher costs, “but we’re not going to go crazy with price increases,” Harvey said.
Indeed, potential restaurant patrons already are faced with higher costs across the board. The Consumer Price Index in the Chicago metropolitan area rose 8% in May from a year earlier, according to the U.S. Labor Department. Gas prices shot up more than 50%, and grocery prices rose nearly 11%, which will cause many consumers to keep a tighter rein on discretionary spending.
Hidden Manna Cafe already has seen a 10% to 15% decline in sales in recent weeks, Harvey estimated.
With beef, pork and poultry prices all up double digits, restaurant owners and operators can’t increase prices as fast as product costs are increasing, said Sam Toia, president and CEO of the Illinois Restaurant Association.
But restaurants are increasing prices. Prices for food away from home rose nearly 9% in May from a year earlier.
Restaurants are being cautious on how much they’re raising prices, Toia said.
“What some are doing to combat inflation is they are adding extra fees to meals,” Toia said. “They are calling it a surcharge. Some are calling it a COVID charge.”
They’re also shrinking their menus to take off higher cost items, he said.
Some restaurants are also reducing portion sizes and reducing their hours to cut costs.
Portion sizes at Hidden Manna Cafe have not been reduced, said Harvey. But supply chain issues caused by the pandemic have caused the couple to temporarily take some items off the menu, she said.
“We mark it out of stock until we can get it,” she said.
Among items the restaurant has had difficulty getting delivered from its food and restaurant purveyor vendors in recent weeks are collard greens, American cheese and the paper it uses to cover its cloth tablecloths, she said. They’ve had to resort to shopping at a restaurant depot and grocery stores for some items.
Due to the pandemic, the restaurant changed its hours. It now operates from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, except for Wednesday, when it is closed; from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday; and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
“Pre-pandemic, we had totally different hours,” said Harvey. “We had longer hours on Fridays and Saturdays because we had music in the evening on Fridays and Saturdays.”
They temporarily tried bringing back weekend music entertainment in December but didn’t get the turnout.
“I think people are still hesitant about coming out,” she said.
The business has persevered during the pandemic thanks in part to two state COVID-19 relief related grants it received totaling $105,000.
The grants “allowed us to stay open and to pay our staff a little bit more,” she said.
Like many in the restaurant industry, the couple has had difficulty filling staff positions since the pandemic began. The restaurant, which employed 25 people before the pandemic, employs 14 today. It has several openings including for a line cook, barista/bartender and dishwasher. But Harvey said they are in a better position today on the staffing front than they were last year.
“Last August, we had to be closed for certain days because our staff was worn out,” she said. “Some of them were doing overtime every week, and that was with modified hours. At one point, we only had six people working.”
Harvey and Cagley initially had no plans to open a full-service restaurant. The two, who previously worked for the CTA, she as an electrical engineer and he as a mechanic, had planned to instead open a coffee shop after they fell in love with the property. But they were encouraged to open the restaurant instead.
Besides the restaurant, the couple run a property management company, which has helped see them through the lean times the restaurant has endured during the pandemic, she said.
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Harvey is not sure what to expect for sales at Hidden Manna Cafe in full-year 2023.
“It’s hard to say,” she said. “I’m reading all these reports saying we need to brace ourselves for a recession, which definitely would impact the restaurant industry as a whole not just Hidden Manna Cafe,” she said.
Among the lessons she has learned amid the challenges the past couple of years are, “You have to be able to think on your toes, make decisions and hope they make for the best outcome,” she said.
What has kept her going?
“Our staff and their willingness to want to work and see the business succeed,” she said. “But it’s definite stressful. We have to take it day by day. That’s the only thing I can do at this juncture. I have to look at today and tomorrow. That’s as far as I can actually look.”
Francine Knowles is a freelance columnist for the Daily Southtown | 2022-06-13T19:31:54+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-knowles-column-st-0614-20220613-32ja5xkvpvb4dmrlngalneciqu-story.html |
Sunny Hostin, a co-host of ABC’s daytime political talk show “The View,” is arguing it is nonsensical for suburban women to vote GOP in next week’s midterm elections.
“I read a poll just yesterday” showing that “suburban women are now going to vote Republican,” Hostin said during Thursday’s episode. “It’s almost like roaches voting for Raid,” she added, in reference to the popular pest repellent.
Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former Trump White House communications director and the lone conservative on the panel-style show, interjected, saying the comment was “insulting to the voter.”
“They’re voting against their own self interest,” Hostin countered.
“People make up decisions on what’s right for their family,” Griffin shot back, calling it wrong that Hostin felt she could make that determination for others.
Hostin refused to back down, saying she was “surprised” to see polling indicating that “women would vote against their own health care.”
Reproductive health and abortion rights have been one of the biggest issues Democrats are pushing ahead of next week’s elections, in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in June.
A recent Wall Street Journal poll found that suburban women, a key group of midterm voters, favor the GOP by 15 percentage points. | 2022-11-03T21:21:13+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/hill-politics/sunny-hostin-suburban-women-backing-gop-like-roaches-voting-for-raid/ |
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PARIS (AP) — Paris’ regional authorities warned residents to be vigilant Wednesday, with temperatures soaring to 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenheit). In a tweet, the Ile-de-France prefecture also asked residents to moderate their water consumption amid a “major dry spell.”
Elsewhere in France, some 27 departments have now been placed on “orange alert” with a heat wave spreading mainly to the east of mainland France. Temperatures are set to hit up to 40 C (104 F) in some places in the south. The heat will reach its peak Wednesday, and begin to decline Thursday.
This August heat wave episode should be shorter than that of July, according to the French weather agency. | 2022-08-03T10:47:14+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/France-s-2nd-heat-wave-of-the-year-leaves-Paris-17347602.php |
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a registered nurse and I thought there could be a better incontinence product for patients," said an inventor, from San Diego, Calif., "so I invented the INCONTINENCE PRODUCT. My design could help to reduce complications, morbidity and health care costs associated with traditional catheters."
The invention provides a more comfortable alternative to Foley catheters. In doing so, it reduces the incidence of infections, pain and complications. It also could provide an accurate measurement of urine output. The invention features a practical design that is easy to place and use so it is ideal for the elderly; bed-ridden individuals; anyone who has recently had surgery; as well as individuals who experience nocturia, urinary frequency or incontinence. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the San Diego sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-SDB-1678, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Mackie to Focus on Expanding Tishman Speyer's Reach Beyond China and India
NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tishman Speyer CEO Rob Speyer today announced the appointment of industry veteran Graham Mackie to lead the firm's expansion strategy across the Asia Pacific region. As a Managing Director based in Singapore, Mackie will focus on acquisition and business development opportunities outside of China and India.
"We are pleased to welcome Graham to help drive our expansion into the Asia Pacific region's most dynamic urban markets outside of China and India," said Rob Speyer. "Over the years, Graham has cultivated strong relationships and built a track record of successful investing in a range of asset classes in cities such as Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney."
"I am thrilled to join Tishman Speyer, one of the world's most recognized and esteemed international developers," said Graham Mackie. "Tishman Speyer has earned a sterling reputation in both China and India for its portfolio of innovation-focused, mixed-use developments. I look forward to building on that foundation as we expand into additional Asian markets."
Mackie joins Tishman Speyer with nearly two decades of experience in real estate investment, finance, fund management and development with a specific focus on the Asia Pacific region. Mackie spent the past 14 years at UBS Asset Management, most recently serving as head of Asia Pacific real estate. During his tenure, he managed more than $18 billion of real estate assets across Japan, Australia and Singapore.
Mackie started his career at AXA Real Estate Investment Managers. He holds a Master Degree of Business Management from University of St. Andrew in the United Kingdom and Diplome de Commerce from Ecole Superieure du Commerce, Amiens in France.
Tishman Speyer has been active in China for well over a decade. Its portfolio of existing assets and development projects encompasses 19.4 million SF. Major developments include The Springs in Shanghai, which will feature 10 million SF of offices, residences, hotels, restaurants, retail, entertainment and cultural venues, and Chang'an Mills, a former Beijing manufacturing plant that has been transformed into a vibrant mixed-use office and retail campus, which served as a backdrop to the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Tishman Speyer has developed 5.2 million SF of mixed-used projects in India since 2006 including WaveRock, a 2.5 million-SF sustainable office campus in Hyderabad.
The firm also recently established regional offices in Seoul and Tokyo.
About Tishman Speyer (tishmanspeyer.com)
Tishman Speyer is a leading owner, developer, operator and investment manager of top-tier real estate in 32 key markets across the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America. We develop, build and manage premier office, residential, industrial, and retail spaces for industry-leading customers, as well as state-of-the-art life science centers through our Breakthrough Properties venture. With global vision, on-the-ground expertise and a personalized approach, we are unparalleled in our ability to foster innovation, quickly adapt to global and local trends and proactively anticipate our customers' evolving needs. By focusing on health and wellness, enlightened placemaking and customer-focused initiatives such as our tenant amenities platform, ZO., and our flexible space and co-working brand, Studio, we tend not just to our physical buildings, but to the people who inhabit them on a daily basis. Since our inception in 1978, Tishman Speyer has acquired, developed, and operated 505 properties, totaling 218 million SF, with a combined value of over $124 billion (U.S.). Our current portfolio includes such iconic assets as Rockefeller Center in New York City, The Springs in Shanghai, TaunusTurm in Frankfurt and the Mission Rock neighborhood currently being realized in San Francisco.
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The Awesome Foursome
For defending champs Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman, success goes deeper than just the two guys swinging the clubs-
April 20, 2022
By Ben Everill , PGATOUR.COM
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Cameron Smith & Marc Leishman Round 4 highlights from Zurich Classic
NEW ORLEANS – Some people will tell you caddies aren’t that important.
Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman aren’t those people.
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Sitting down, beers in hand, with their caddies, Sam Pinfold and Matty Kelly, respectively, after winning the Zurich Classic of New Orleans a year ago, Smith and Leishman soaked up perhaps the most content feeling of their already successful careers.
“There is no doubt being great mates is an advantage in this type of tournament,” Leishman says. “We know each other. We know our games. We have fun together. And last year we all even stayed together, which doesn’t always happen because we have families, but happened to work out well for us last year.
“That’s a win that will always feel different,” he continues. “A win with your mates, for your mates … I’m not sure it gets much better for us. This is predominantly an individual sport but to win something you can truly share with three other guys you truly care about … well it’s beyond special. We will be talking about the moments together when we are old and gray.”
Their foursome enjoys a bond as strong as any in the sport. And in Kelly and Pinfold, Leishman and Smith have two of the best caddies in the game, a pair of consummate professionals who do so much more than show up, put up, and shut up.
Leishman and Kelly lay claim to one of the longest partnerships on the PGA TOUR, having started together before Leishman made the big time and became the 2009 Rookie of the Year.
Smith began with Pinfold, who hails from the same area in New Zealand as caddie legend Steve Williams, when his PGA TOUR dreams began in 2015.
The full crew of Smith, Pinfold, Leishman and Kelly made the trip to Tokyo for Olympic Games. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)Smith, Pinfold and Kelly live in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and spend time together socially, and while Leishman is based in Virginia Beach, they all sync up on TOUR. The connection goes back to their upbringings and shared culture. Both Australia and New Zealand value the importance of “mateship,” which with humor and grit all adds up to “ANZAC spirit.”
The origins of this are from World War I, when Australian and New Zealand soldiers battled against tremendous odds at Gallipoli. As a group they showed endurance against all odds, incredible courage in adversity, and an ability to keep humor and mateship at the forefront.
So while mateship isn’t a real word in any other country, it was almost added to Australia’s constitution at the turn of the millennium, such is its importance. In practical terms, it’s helpful to recall last year’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans, when Smith hit his tee shot on the drivable par-4 16th into the water Sunday. Leishman told the crew not to worry, he would just chip it in.
Of course, Leishman did exactly that, for an incredible birdie. The one rule the team has is they cannot say sorry. In fact, they try to make light of any adversity. “That shot is a great example of where the dynamic might have been the difference,” Kelly says.
“Some players’ headspaces might not have been as positive after being forced into a drop by their teammate’s shot,” he continues, “but Leish was already calling the next shot. And not one of us doubted that he could hole it. It’s hard to explain but all week we had a quiet confidence. It all just feels natural when we are together, and Leish owed Cam a shot like that anyway.”
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The “owed shot” is just Kelly playing into the humor narrative and comes from when the foursome had almost combined to win a World Cup in 2018 for Australia, finishing second to Belgium. In the final round, which used Foursomes, Leishman left a bunker shot in the sand at a critical moment as the locals were charging towards a potential comeback victory.
Rather than leave his mate feeling like he’d killed off the charge, Smith just jumped into the sand, took aim, and holed out for an incredible birdie before quipping, “That’s how you do it,” taking the edge off. Also that week, in the Four-balls, Smith made an early birdie and eagle and turned to Leishman to say, “You can turn up at any time,” with a grin.
The ribbing worked; Leishman quickly made three birdies in four holes.
To the untrained ear, that type of banter might sound strange or cruel, but the more an Aussie or Kiwi makes fun of you, the more they like you. Walk with this crew and you’ll be in stitches.
“We all grew up the same way in a pretty relaxed country where we don’t take ourselves or things too seriously,” Kelly says. “If you get too wrapped up in yourself or in a moment you won’t last long among Aussies and Kiwis. We don’t do anything special; we’re just ourselves. I guess that helps take away some of the pressure of the big moments.”
For all the talk of fun and frivolity, don’t for a second think they don’t take their jobs seriously. Both Kelly and Pinfold are extremely thorough in their preparations as caddies. They stay together at tournaments and are often spotted out on course in the early hours of practice days taking notes and studying yardages. They’ll take a side of the fairway each, get the numbers, and combine intel around the greens. This is another reason the dynamic works.
“The boys are both excellent caddies,” Smith says, but then catches himself. “Wait – are they going to read this? In that case they suck.” He laughs. “In all seriousness, they are as good as caddies as they are as blokes, which is brilliant. Pinna works hard, gets everything he could possibly need, so that when I need him, he’s always ready.
“And it’s just great to have someone out there you enjoy spending time talking with,” adds Smith, who had Pinfold by his side when he torched TPC Sawgrass with 10 final-round birdies and won THE PLAYERS Championship last month. “Putting crap on each other between shots, talking about common interests… the little things really help.”
The foursome would love to defend their Zurich title, and they have higher aspirations in team golf also. They want to be part of a winning International Presidents Cup Team. After Ernie Els relied heavily on data to make pairings at Royal Melbourne in 2019, the duo wound up not playing together. It stung at first, but they each sucked it up and played their role. Els’ data-driven side led going into Singles before being run down by Tiger Woods U.S. side, 16-14.
Last year’s Zurich win may have added an intangible to the data, something like Strokes Gained: Mateship, if you will. Trevor Immelman, who will captain the Internationals at the Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow in September, took notice. And he’s well aware of the foursome dynamic; Immelman even had Pinfold as his own caddie for a stint before Smith made it to the TOUR.
Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith's close friendship is particularly helpful in team events such as the Zurich Classic. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)“The data is important but not always more important than your gut,” Immelman says. “They can hold equal importance. And to be fair, Cam Smith right now is a completely different player than what he was in 2019. If you compare his data from then to now you might find it shows their compatibility in both ways.
“There is no doubt those four guys have a very special relationship. And that can rub off on others in a team room, also. They will no doubt be a very big part of our squad going forward.”
This year the team comes to New Orleans with even more gravitas. Leishman still has the edge with six TOUR wins, but Smith has since added the Sentry Tournament of Champions and THE PLAYERS to his trophy case, and he pushed Scottie Scheffler hard at the Masters.
Leishman and Smith are making a combined 9.7 birdies a round this season, the most of any team in the field. And when you add their Strokes Gained: Putting totals, they also rank first. In Strokes Gained: Approach, they sit second. They are the only team to rank in the top five of both of those stats. Plenty of pointers suggest they can defend their title belts.
“We love a feed or beer together for sure, but we also know there is a professional side to the relationship and to this week or any other week,” Pinfold says. “We are always learning and evolving as a team – whether that’s the four of us this week, or the two of us most weeks. You have to get the work done, and done well, for the friendship to continue to thrive.
“I’m very lucky to work for Cam,” he continues, “and I think Matty would say the same about Leish, but we won’t ever take that privilege for granted. We might play hard at times, but we work hard to earn that right. And this week won’t be any different.”
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Which chainsaw is best?
Whether landscaping, removing trees and bushes or cutting firewood, a chainsaw is handy. Still, there are numerous things to consider before choosing one. For example, you’ll want to decide between gas and electric, determine how much power you need and find a saw that’s comfortable to use.
What to consider before buying a chainsaw
Types of chainsaws
- Gas chainsaws: These are heavy and generally require the most maintenance. Additionally, gas saws produce more noise, vibration and emissions than other chainsaws. Still, they are more powerful than corded and battery-powered saws and offer plenty of mobility.
- Corded-electric chainsaws: These are quiet and lightweight. Corded saws are easy to maintain and usually the most affordable. Still, you have to use an extension cord, meaning they lack the mobility offered by gas and battery-powered saws.
- Battery-powered chainsaws: Battery-powered saws produce little vibration or noise. They’re mobile and lighter than gas-powered saws. They tend to be the least powerful and can be inconvenient for large jobs since the battery may die.
Chainsaw power
Gas chainsaws usually have a 30 to 60 cc engine. Those with 30 to 40 cc engines are more than enough for most people, as they’re ideal for yard maintenance and easier to handle than larger gas saws. Chainsaws with 40 to 60 cc engines are suitable for those with farms and those who use their chainsaw for commercial landscaping jobs.
Electric chainsaws usually have 20 to 60 volts of power. For small jobs, 20-volt chainsaws are ideal. Saws with 40 volts are suitable for most people who use them for general maintenance, whereas 60-volt saws are an excellent choice for contractors.
Chainsaw comfort
Many saws have cushioned comfort grips that make using them for long periods easier. The shape and the size of the saw’s handles can impact how comfortable it is to use as well. Generally, electric and battery-powered saws are more comfortable to use than gas-powered ones, although they aren’t ideal for every job.
Chainsaw FAQ
What size chainsaw do I need to cut firewood?
A. A 14- to 16-inch chainsaw is ideal for cutting firewood. These saws can cut through small- and medium-sized trees easily.
Are brushless motors better than brush motors?
A. Brushless motors are generally better for cordless chainsaws, as they let the saw run longer on a single charge.
How often do I need to sharpen my chainsaw?
A. It depends on the type of wood you’re cutting, although the chain generally needs to be sharpened after five to 10 hours of use.
Best chainsaw
Top gas chainsaws
Husqvarna 120 II 16-Inch Gas Chainsaw
What you need to know: This is small and easy to maneuver but powerful enough to handle most jobs.
What you’ll love: It produces fewer emissions than most gas chainsaws. It’s designed to reduce vibration. Most people felt it was simple to start.
What you should consider: Some people had issues with the fuel tank vent.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Poulan Pro 20-Inch 50cc Two-Cycle Gas Chainsaw
What you need to know: It’s relatively affordable but ideal for most jobs.
What you’ll love: It consumes less fuel than most gas chainsaws. It’s easy to start, although you’ll want to read the user manual to understand how to do it. Additionally, it includes a hard case to keep it safe.
What you should consider: It’s easy to flood the engine.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Ryobi 14-Inch 37cc Two-Cycle Gas Chainsaw
What you need to know: It is capable and has a vibration-reduction feature that makes it easy to use for long periods.
What you’ll love: It’s ideal for clearing brush and cutting firewood. It’s affordable and easy to start. It is durable and has a three-year limited warranty. It automatically oils the bar and chain.
What you should consider: Numerous people have received faulty units.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Top corded-electric chainsaws
Oregon CS1500 18-Inch 15-Amp Electric Chainsaw
What you need to know: This is durable and starts quickly.
What you’ll love: It sharpens its chain automatically. Adjusting the chain’s tension is simple, and it’s quiet but powerful.
What you should consider: Some people had issues with the chain falling off the saw.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
WORX 8-Amp 14-Inch Electric Chainsaw
What you need to know: It’s affordable and ideal for small jobs.
What you’ll love: It weighs less than 8 pounds and is simple to maneuver. The auto-tension chain system makes it easy to keep your chain as tight as you need it. Assembly is straightforward.
What you should consider: It is prone to leaking oil.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
WEN 12-Amp 16-Inch Electric Chainsaw
What you need to know: It’s lightweight but durable.
What you’ll love: The auto-oiling system keeps it lubricated. It’s quiet and easy to use. You can add tension to the chain without tools.
What you should consider: It isn’t ideal for extended use, as it may overheat.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top battery-powered chainsaws
Black and Decker 20-Volt Max Cordless Chainsaw Kit
What you need to know: This is lightweight and features a comfortable handle.
What you’ll love: It runs for around 45 minutes on a full charge. It’s quiet and simple to assemble. It’s easy to tell when you need to add oil.
What you should consider: The chain has to be lubricated manually.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
DeWalt 20-Volt Max XR Chainsaw
What you need to know: It’s durable, lightweight and easy to start.
What you’ll love: Adjusting the chain is simple, and the battery lasts a while. It uses the same battery as many other DeWalt tools.
What you should consider: The battery isn’t included.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Greenworks 40-Volt 16-Inch Chainsaw
What you need to know: The battery lasts a while, and it’s easy to tell when you need to add oil.
What you’ll love: The kickback chain makes it safer than many other models. It’s simple to start and comfortable to hold. It lubricates the chain automatically.
What you should consider: It’s expensive compared to other battery-powered saws.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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VANCOUVER, BC, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP ("AHIP") (TSX: HOT.UN, HOT.U, and HOT.DB.V) announces a U.S. dollar cash distribution of $0.015 per limited partnership unit ("Unit") for July 2022, which is equivalent to U.S. dollar $0.18 per Unit on an annualized basis. The distribution will be paid on August 15, 2022 to unitholders of record at the close of business on July 29, 2022.
AHIP intends to pay cash distributions on or about the 15th day of each month to the unitholders of record on the last business day of the preceding month.
American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP (TSX: HOT.UN, TSX: HOT.U, TSX: HOT.DB.V), or AHIP, is a limited partnership formed to invest in hotel real estate properties across the United States. AHIP's premium branded, select-service hotels are located in secondary metropolitan markets that benefit from diverse and typically stable demand. AHIP's hotels operate under brands affiliated with Marriott, Hilton, IHG and Choice Hotels through license agreements. The Company's long-term objectives are to build on its proven track record of successful investment, deliver monthly U.S. dollar denominated distributions to unitholders, and generate value through the continued growth of its diversified hotel portfolio. More information is available at www.ahipreit.com.
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Forward-looking information is based on a number of key expectations and assumptions made by AHIP, which management believe to be reasonable, including, without limitation: AHIP's distribution policy will be sustainable; AHIP will not be prevented from paying distributions under the terms of its senior credit facility or investor rights agreement or any other agreement; AHIP's business will perform consistent with AHIP's expectations; and AHIP will achieve its long term objectives.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jorge Polanco hit a tying homer and Jose Miranda delivered a game-ending single as the Minnesota Twins again rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning and beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 Saturday.
A day after Byron Buxton hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Jorge López for a 3-2 victory, Minnesota came back once more.
The two wins come after Minnesota lost back-to-back games to walk-offs by the Cleveland Guardians. The Twins are the first team in American League history to follow up back-to-back walk-off losses with back-to-back walk-off wins within a single season.
“It feels like every game we’ve played for a while now has kind of come to a conclusion with a lot of cheering and a lot of excitement on one side of the field, but we’ll take these,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “It’s two in a row now where we’ve needed something really big against one of the better bullpens in the league.”
Polanco began the ninth with a home run against López (4-4) that made it 3-all. Alex Kirilloff doubled with one out, Gary Sánchez singled and Miranda followed with a single to win it.
Miranda had entered the game in the top of the ninth at third base after Gio Urshela was pulled for a pinch-runner in the eighth.
“I knew my plan was trying to get the run in,” Miranda said. “So when it go to two strikes, I was just more focused and just trying to put the ball in play. And then I got a good pitch to hit, and I drove it.”
Minnesota starter Sonny Gray pitched five innings, allowing three runs on six hits and three walks. Jharel Cotton pitched three scoreless innings in relief and Emilio Pagán (4-4) worked the ninth.
Jordan Lyles threw 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball for Baltimore, giving up four hits and striking out seven. At one point, he retired 12 batters in a row. Nick Gordon hit a solo home run in the seventh, cutting the Twins’ deficit to 3-1 and finishing Lyles.
“Our starting pitching has been great on this road trip,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “Jordan going into the seventh with a shutout and Gordon got him, but we’ve got to help out these pitchers a little bit. We scored three runs today and two last night. We didn’t add on, and that doesn’t help.”
Hyde said he plans to give López Sunday off after the reliever has given up leads in the last two games.
“They had a really good plan to me and I couldn’t just command it where it should be,” López said. “I just have to keep concentrating, keep focusing on my execution. It’s part of the game.”
Anthony Santander hit his 15th home run for Baltimore. Orioles star Trey Mancini was back in the lineup after being limited to pinch-hitting duties on Friday with a right hand injury and went 1 for 3.
A single by Urshela and a double by Luis Arraez set up Carlo Correa's sacrifice fly.
ANOTHER SETBACK
Twins pitcher Randy Dobnak (right middle finger strain) had a setback in his recovery and received a cortisone shot in his finger on Friday 1. Dobnak has experienced several setbacks with his finger this season. He has ruptured two of the pulley tendons, with has caused strain on others tendons in the finger. He has not pitched at any level this season.
“It’s been frustrating, because like I said before, the day-to-day stuff, everything is fine -- it’s only when I throw,” Dobnak said. “And the fact that it’s gotten good to the point where I’m full go off the mound, and then it’s like -- setback! What’s a man got to do?”
Dobnak will rest for about two weeks before attempting to resume rehab. If all goes well, he said he could return to pitching in about six weeks.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Orioles: RHP Kyle Bradish (right shoulder inflammation) will throw off the mound Sunday for the first time since he went on the the 15-day injured list retroactive to June 21. ... INF Ramón Urías (left oblique strain) is expected to be in the lineup for Double-A Bowie as he begins a rehab assignment.
Twins: C Ryan Jeffers (right thumb contusion) was scratched from the lineup. He was injured taking warmup pitches before the first inning on Friday. He was removed from that game in the fifth inning. ... RHP Trevor Megill (right shoulder impingement) was scheduled to make his first rehab appearance for Triple-A St. Paul. He went on the 15-day injured list on June 19
UP NEXT
LHP Devin Smeltzer (4-1, 2.86) gets the nod for Minnesota in the series finale against the Orioles. Smeltzer has allowed three or fewer runs in each of his first three home starts this season. RHP Tyler Wells (6-4, 3.23) will start for Baltimore. Wells holds a 2.16 ERA in three career appearances (one start) against the Twins.
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Great Lakes have endured a lot the past century, from supersized algae blobs to invasive mussels and bloodsucking sea lamprey that nearly wiped out fish populations.
Now, another danger: They — and other big lakes around the world — might be getting more acidic, which could make them less hospitable for some fish and plants.
Scientists are building a sensor network to spot Lake Huron water chemistry trends. It's a first step toward a hoped-for system that would track carbon dioxide and pH in all five Great Lakes over multiple years, said project co-leader Reagan Errera of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
"If you change things chemically, you're going to change how things behave and work and that includes the food web," said Errera, a research ecologist with NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
“Does that mean your favorite fish might not be around any more? We don't know that, but we know things will change. Maybe where and when they spawn, where they're located, what they eat.”
Oceans are becoming more acidic as they absorb carbon dioxide that human activity pumps into the atmosphere — the primary cause of climate change. Acidification endangers coral reefs and other marine life.
Studies based on computer models suggest the same thing may be happening in big freshwater systems. But few programs are conducting long-term monitoring to find out — or to investigate the ecological ripple effects.
“This doesn't mean the waters are going to be unsafe to swim in. It's not like we're making super acid battery liquid,” said Galen McKinley, a Columbia University environmental sciences professor. “We're talking about long-term change in the environment that to humans would be imperceptible."
A 2018 study of four German reservoirs found their pH levels had declined — moving closer to acidity — three times faster in 35 years than in oceans since the Industrial Revolution.
Researchers say Great Lakes also could approach acidity around the same rate as in oceans by 2100. Data from the Lake Huron project will help determine if they're right.
Two sensors have been attached to a floating weather buoy at Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary near Alpena, Michigan. One measures carbon dioxide pressure in the water column and the other pH. Additionally, crews are collecting water samples at varying depths within the 4,300-square-mile (11,137-square-kilometer) area for chemical analysis.
Besides disrupting aquatic life and habitat, acidification could deteriorate hundreds of wooden shipwrecks believed resting on the bottom, said Stephanie Gandulla, the sanctuary's resource protection coordinator and a study co-leader.
Other monitoring stations and sampling sites are planned, Errera said. The goal is to take baseline measurements, then see how they change over time.
Data also is needed from lakes Erie, Michigan, Ontario and Superior, she said. All are part of the world's largest surface freshwater system but have distinct characteristics, including water chemistry, nutrients and other conditions needed for healthy biological communities.
Acidification from carbon dioxide overload in the atmosphere is different than acid rain caused by sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from fossil fuel burning for electric power generation or manufacturing.
While more potent, acid rain covers relatively small areas and can be reduced with scrubbing equipment, as the U.S. Clean Air Act requires. But the effect of carbon-related acidification is worldwide and potentially more damaging because there's no easy or quick fix.
"The only solution is a global solution," McKinley said. “Everyone cuts their emissions.”
Regardless of how well nations accomplish that, big lakes probably will continue acidifying as they absorb carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere, plus carbon-laden water runoff from land, she said.
Less certain are effects on ecosystems, although initial studies have raised concerns.
Based on laboratory tests, scientists who documented soaring acidity in the German reservoirs found it can imperil a type of water flea by hampering defense from predators. The tiny crustaceans are an important food for amphibians and fish.
Scientists in Taiwan experimented with Chinese mitten crabs, an Asian delicacy but an invasive species elsewhere. Increasing water acidity in lab tanks to projected 2100 levels more than tripled their mortality rates, according to a report last year.
Other studies have found freshwater acidification harms development and growth of young pink salmon, also known as humpback salmon, an important commercial and sport fishing species in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
But it's unknown how big such problems will get, said Emily Stanley, a University of Wisconsin freshwater ecology professor.
“I honestly don't see this as a thing that we as lake scientists should be freaking out about,” Stanley said. “There are so many other challenges facing lakes that are larger and more immediate,” such as invasive species and harmful algae.
Many lakes emit more carbon dioxide than they take in, she said. But other scientists say even those could acidify because their outflow will slow as atmospheric concentrations surge.
Either way, tracking lakes' carbon dioxide levels is a good idea because the compound is fundamental to processes including photosynthesis that algae and other aquatic plants use to make food, Stanley said.
A crucial question is the effect of CO2-related acidification on microscopic plants called phytoplankton, said Beth Stauffer, a University of Louisiana at Lafayette biologist studying the situation around river mouths where fresh and ocean waters meet.
Studies suggest some of the tiniest phytoplankton may thrive in acidic waters, while larger types — more nutritious for fish — fade.
“It's like walking into a buffet and instead of having the salad bar and roast turkey, you have just Skittles,” Stauffer said.
Of particular interest for the Great Lakes are quagga mussels, said Harvey Bootsma, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee lake scientist. The prolific invaders have elbowed aside other plankton eaters and fueled nuisance algae. Acidification could weaken quaggas' calcium carbonate shells, as it has with ocean mussels and clams.
But that's hardly a silver lining, Errera said. The same fate could befall native mussels that conservationists are struggling to protect.
The potential upheaval in freshwater ecosystems is one example among many of global warming's long reach, she said.
“Those greenhouse gases we're putting into the atmosphere have to go somewhere,” Errera said. “The oceans and large freshwater bodies are where they're going, and acidification happens as a result.”
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Pregnancy is often talked about as though it's a light switch. You're a regular person walking around and then a switch flips — presto, you're pregnant.
The reality is more nuanced.
"Sex ed really oversimplified it: 'The egg has been fertilized and it has implanted,'" says Carmel Shachar, who runs the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. "What people don't realize is that there's a whole, very complex journey before that, that honestly usually is invisible."
Lots of steps need to happen, she says, from the time an egg and sperm meet to the moment a person tests positive on a pregnancy test.
The more scientists learn, the more they realize that the start of pregnancy isn't a moment, but a process that often ends before it really begins. As many as 1 in 3 fertilized eggs either won't implant or will end in miscarriage. In fact, most pregnancy loss happens before the fertilized egg implants.
Defining exactly when a pregnancy begins is a hot topic in some state legislatures and U.S. courts at the moment. While federal law has long said pregnancy starts after a fertilized egg has implanted in the uterus, state law in Kentucky, for example, calls someone "pregnant" as soon as a sperm meets the egg.
With so much riding on biology that's often misunderstood, let's break down what is known: Here's how the run-up to a pregnancy begins in that very first week of action, from the minute a single egg, the size of a grain of table salt, bursts forth from an ovary.
DAY 0
Ovulation
Starting at puberty, a process called ovulation begins. That's when — roughly once a month — a single mature egg breaks through its surrounding capsule, or follicle, and is released from one of the ovaries.
If you were born with ovaries, you were born with all the eggs you'll ever have — roughly 1 million to 2 million. Each month, about 1,000 eggs are activated but never develop further, while one (or sometimes a couple) fully matures. This happens until menopause, usually several decades later, when there aren't many eggs left.
After it's released from the follicle, the egg is scooped up and enveloped by the nearby, fingerlike projections (also known as fimbriae) at the end of one of the two slender uterine tubes (sometimes called fallopian tubes) that lead to the uterus.
The egg is protected by two layers. The inner one is called the zona pellucida, a jelly cushion of protein. The outer layer is called the corona radiata — a sunlike array of helper cells that have been nurturing the egg inside the ovary. These protective layers become even more important later.
Anatomy of the human egg
(Assisted reproductive technologies have greatly expanded how ovulation and fertilization can happen so that many more people can have babies. What we're describing here is what happens when that assistance isn't needed.)
The uterine tube acts as a kind of pulsing walkway; it's lined with cilia (small hairlike structures) that beat rhythmically, moving the egg along. Once the egg leaves the ovary, there's only a short window — less than 24 hours — for fertilization to happen.
Meanwhile, a lot has been happening in the uterus. For weeks, rising levels of the hormone estrogen have prompted a thickening of the endometrium — that's the cushiony lining of the uterus. The endometrium is one of the fastest-growing tissues in the body — in a monthlong menstrual cycle, it can grow to eight times its initial thickness.
The 28-day cycle of the endometrium
If sexual intercourse happens the same day as ovulation (or even several days beforehand), that's when sperm may enter the picture.
Every ejaculation contains tens of millions of sperm, and sperm can survive up to five days or so inside the uterus or uterine tubes.
Anatomy of a sperm
Now, despite what you may have heard, sperm cells are not a mighty infantry on a self-propelled mission to get to the passive egg.
Those little tails do give sperm some mobility by moving in a corkscrew motion, but sperm don't have enough energy or directional ability to get to an egg on their own.
In fact, most sperm don't get very far. Crossing the uterus to get to the egg in whichever uterine tube it is in means navigating an immense distance with lots of crevices to get lost in and immune cells to evade.
Scientists think waves of fluid inside the uterus, body heat, chemical signals, beating cilia and muscular contractions of the uterus (possibly from sex) play a role in how quickly sperm get to one of the uterine tubes. Some can get there within an hour of intercourse!
Only a small percentage of the sperm make it that far.
DAY 1
Fertilization
Once inside the uterine tube, the sperm become hyperactivated (for reasons researchers still don't understand) and begin to move more vigorously.
When they reach the egg, the sperm still aren't done. There are those two layers that encapsulate the egg — the corona radiata and the jellylike zona pellucida — to get through before fertilization can happen.
Enzymes released by the sperm help break down these layers. When the first sperm gets through the corona radiata, through the zona pellucida and, finally, through the membrane of the egg itself, the egg releases enzymes that quickly harden the zona. No other sperm can get in at this point. The first sperm that reaches the egg and attaches to its outer membrane releases its genetic material into the egg.
This is the moment of fertilization, otherwise known as conception. It has been less than a day since the egg was released from the ovary, and there are still many uncertainties to overcome before this fertilized egg becomes an embryo.
The egg and sperm each have 23 chromosomes (most other cells in the body have 46 — in 23 pairs). Through the process of fertilization, the 23 chromosomes from the egg and the 23 from the sperm join together and mix a bit to create a new, unique genetic blueprint.
The egg, now fertilized and containing its new set of 23 pairs of chromosomes, is called a zygote. The genes that will influence hundreds of characteristics — ranging from biological sex to hair color and eye color — are determined instantly.
DAY 2
Division
Very quickly, the one-celled zygote starts to divide and travel again through the uterine tube. One cell becomes two, then four, then eight, then 16. The cells of the corona radiata that had been surrounding the egg start to fall off, disperse and eventually disappear.
DAYS 3 and 4
Travel time
The eight-to-32-cell stage looks kind of like a berry, so the bundle is called a morula, which is Latin for mulberry.
Even as the morula continues to divide into dozens of cells and then hundreds, its outer case, the now-hardened zona, keeps it from expanding in size — so it's still only about as big as a grain of salt. That's crucial to keep the little ball of cells from getting stuck as it moves through the slender uterine tube.
DAY 5
Entering the uterus
Four days after fertilization, the fertilized egg has become a blastocyst — a bundle of cells with certain structures. Some will become the placenta, and others the embryo.
The blastocyst has now traveled all the way down the uterine tube. Around this time, the bundle of cells breaks out of its zona covering so it's able to implant in the lining of the uterus — the endometrium.
Now inside the uterus, a week or so after ovulation, the blastocyst has about four days to implant in the soft-tissue lining of the uterus.
DAY 6
Implantation begins
Voilà — this is implantation, considered the start of pregnancy under U.S. federal law.
At this point — about a week after ovulation — the person who has had all these changes happening inside their body still has no idea it has been going on. It will take an additional week after implantation (at the earliest) before there's enough of a hormone called hCG in their urine to turn a home pregnancy test positive. That's right around the time some people with very regular cycles might notice that their period is late.
For all the fascinating things scientists know about how all this happens, there's still so much that's not yet well understood. Early pregnancy remains something of a black box. At the moment, there's limited technology to be able to observe — let alone intervene — in very early pregnancy, which is why so many of the details are still unknown. "It's happening inside a person, and it's very difficult to study without disturbing the pregnancy," notes Shachar, the Harvard bioethicist.
That's a challenge for laws that try to regulate pregnancy, Shachar says. "The take-away is that a lot of legislation in this area doesn't reflect scientific knowledge, especially because laws don't work well with scientific uncertainty."
As science and politics continue to clash over when life begins, understanding the process of early pregnancy as fully as possible is more important than ever.
Thanks to the many scientists who offered guidance and advice for this story, including Ripla Arora of Michigan State University, David Miller of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Joanne Muter of the University of Warwick, among others.
Illustrations by LA Johnson; edited by Meredith Rizzo and Deborah Franklin; visual design by LA Johnson, Meredith Rizzo, Alyson Hurt; researched and fact-checked by Will Chase; copyedited by Preeti Aroon.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-04-13T02:45:32+00:00 | kunm.org | https://www.kunm.org/npr-news/npr-news/2023-04-12/the-surprising-science-of-how-pregnancy-begins |
PHILADELPHIA – Along with his mother Maria and a few other people, Robert Quinn waited anxiously in a hospital room at Medical University in Charleston, S.C., for the results of the most important test of his young life. Quinn, who had passed out at work, was just 17 years old and doctors were trying to determine why had not been feeling well for several weeks. A star wrestler who hadn’t lost a match since he was in eighth grade, Quinn had so much of his life ahead of him, and everything was riding on these test results. A doctor delivered news that no one is ever ready to hear:
Quinn had a brain tumor, and he didn’t have long to live — maybe only a week.
“I lost it,” Quinn told NJ Advance Media. “I broke down. I’m thinking to myself, ‘Wow, I’m about to die.’ I had to come to terms with it being what it was, but I had to at least try and lift up the people around me, because I didn’t need to bring them down through the suffering I had to go through. I wanted to go out happy for the people around me and do whatever I could’ve done during then to keep it positive, because those were going to be my last days.”
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Obviously, the prognosis was wrong, because 15 years later, Quinn is an NFL star, a former All-Pro and an accomplished pass rusher with 102 sacks in 12 seasons. He’s also a member of the NFC-leading Philadelphia Eagles, who acquired him from the Chicago Bears last month for a 2023 fourth-round draft pick. Quinn broke Richard Dent’s franchise single-season record with 18.5 sacks last season.
With the Eagles headed for the postseason — giving Quinn another shot at a Super Bowl ring after first-round exits with the L.A. Rams in 2018 and the Bears in 2021 — the defensive tackle reflected on the diagnosis that changed his life.
“That’s gotta be Quinn”
Aside from his size, Quinn was like any other eighth-grader in South Carolina who showed an interest in athletics. He was sitting at his homeroom desk when an announcement came over the public address system: Wrestlers were needed.
Intrigued, Quinn attended his first day of practice, hoping he could show off some of the pro wrestling moves he had learned from Kane, his favorite wrestler. He was surprised when he found out scholastic wrestling was much different.
“I really thought it was like WWE,” Quinn said. “When I walked into the practice, it was Olympic-style wrestling. I was there, so I just kept going.”
The rules: No choke holds. No pile drivers. No throwing opponents onto tables. No climbing ladders or throwing chairs. Quinn quickly learned the nuances of the sport and compiled a 136-3 record from eighth grade through high school. Quinn says he still uses some elements of wrestling in his play along the defensive line.
“Wrestling teaches you how to keep your center of gravity low and you learn how to turn corners, get leverage, stuff like that,” Quinn said. “I can use [my wrestling skills] with my speed while working on the edge. It’s like when you’re ‘shooting’ to take down a wrestling opponent. It teaches you to be aggressive with body control.”
Things start to go wrong
Quinn became a star football player at Fort Dorchester High School, and entering his senior season he was being scouted by college recruiters. That’s when things started getting weird. One day, Quinn dropped off his girlfriend at her home, and she noticed that he took a wrong turn exiting her street. She followed his car and watched him drive aimlessly before convincing him to return to her home. Quinn said he couldn’t remember what he had done.
“I didn’t black out, but I got lost in the neighborhood,” Quinn said. “I circled the neighborhood, and I got lost in it. Before we knew what I was dealing with, that was the first time I had to deal with it.”
Quinn complained about headaches and when his mother looked at her son’s face, she noticed something different.
“I asked him what was wrong with his eyes,” she said. “Because his eyes were changing colors.”
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Quinn and his mother knew they had to take action when Quinn collapsed while getting ready for his job at Burger King. When he tried to climb to his feet, he collapsed again, rose to his feet, then blacked out in the bathroom. Maria heard the thump when he hit the floor the final time.
“By the grace of God, he fell between the door and the sink, so he didn’t hit the tub or anything,” Maria said. “We had to push the door open to find out. Right there, we just saw he was out of it, so we called 911 and rushed him to the hospital about two minutes from us.”
‘I don’t believe you’
At the hospital, doctors ran several tests, searching for the cause of Quinn’s confusion, loss of balance and blackouts. They originally told Quinn that the tumor would be terminal if it wasn’t removed as soon as possible.
“Oh, my God, I lost it,” Maria said. “When I heard the doctors, the first one said that he would never play football or any other sport again because they had to do this and had to do that. I’m saying to myself, ‘I know you’re a doctor, but I don’t believe you.’”
Surgery, however, revealed that the tumor was not malignant. Maria remembers getting the good news from the surgeon: “He’s fine. It’s not cancerous.”
Still, there were challenges. Quinn suffered from seizures after the initial surgery, so surgeons operated again. A scar from those surgeries are still visible on his forehead, and Quinn knows his story could have taken a tragic turn.
“I appreciate life, probably more than a lot of people, because of how close I was to the other side,” Quinn said. “I try to make the most out of the day. I know one day these eyes will not open. But when you are 17, and you go through that, there is really nothing else that you can tell me that can hit me worse than that.”
Making his way to the NFL
Quinn played at North Carolina, collecting 13 sacks, 86 tackles, and eight forced fumbles in two seasons. With the tumor remaining in his brain, his mother was uneasy with his football career.
“When I went to his second game at North Carolina, I remember his helmet came off, and I screamed,” Maria said. “I said, ‘Don’t hit my son in the head, please!’ It was just my nerves. Even with him still playing football, I’m always a little concerned, but they have him covered. The helmets were good, and everything was protecting him, and he was showing out. He says, ‘Nothing’s going to stop me.”
When Quinn was going through the draft evaluation process, the tumor and Quinn’s history were raised in the medical evaluations. Quinn said that was the last time anyone worried that the tumor would become a problem.
“During the draft, people weren’t sure, but I reminded them that I played in college,” Quinn said. “When someone hears that you have a brain tumor, it’s going to scare a lot of people.”
The Rams, then in St. Louis, selected Quinn him with the 14th overall pick in the 2010 draft. He played seven seasons with the Rams, followed by stints with the Miami Dolphins, Dallas Cowboys, and Bears before he came to Philadelphia. The midseason trade meant that Quinn would not have a bye week. So far this season, Quinn has a sack, 10 tackles, and four quarterback hits. Quinn said he wasn’t expecting a trade. Neither was his mom.
“It’s funny because I thought he was going to be with Chicago the rest of this year,” Maria said. “I was thinking, ‘They are not going to trade my son or anything like that ... right?’ When it happened in the middle of the season, I was shocked. But for him to be in Philadelphia, I’m happy.”
Welcome to Philadelphia
As he fits in, Quinn has been soaking up advice from the Eagles veterans, like fellow defensive end Brandon Graham, who was the first to accept him.
“B.G. welcomed me and after that, the whole room welcomed me,” Quinn said. “Walking into a new place in the middle of the season, that was the weird part. But the guys are making my transition a lot easier than I thought because of their personalities. They’re welcoming, but they’re serious about their business. There’s a lot of camaraderie, and it’s a group of guys that you can tell love each other.”
When it was time to introduce himself to his teammates, Quinn said he was short and to the point.
“I said, ‘I’m Robert Quinn, year 12, here to do my part.’ That’s it. I’m not a talker,” Quinn said. “I got a best friend like that. Some people love to hear their voice, but the guys here are just trying to make me feel at home.”
His new teammates have offered restaurant suggestions, but Quinn enjoys taking free food back to his hotel. Even though he’ll earn nearly $8 million this season, he doesn’t mind admitting he’s frugal.
“The cafeteria is more than enough for me,” Quinn said. “You see them throw a lot of food out, so if I take some, they can’t be too mad at me. And I’m in the hotel and they’re paying for it, so I can’t be mad about that, either. Gives me time to look for a place.”
As part of the trade, Quinn and the Eagles agreed he would become a free agent at the end of the season. So, is he looking to buy or rent? He deflects with a joke.
“My theory is, they traded for me, so I hope I’ll at least be making it through the year,” Quinn says with a laugh.
In the end, with all that’s happened, Quinn brings a positive attitude to Philadelphia. First, he says, “From where I came from, it’s interesting to flip a season around.” And more seriously, he offers this advice to anyone who, like him, has received a sobering diagnosis:
“Negativity doesn’t help,” Quinn said. “If you were told it was your last week to live, why spend it upset? Go out and party, just do something. Don’t sit in your cocoon and be upset and messed up about what’s potentially about to happen. Still enjoy life, because you never know. Here I am. Enjoy life and let it take its course.”
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Chris Franklin may be reached at cfranklin@njadvancemedia.com. | 2022-11-22T12:38:28+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/eagles/2022/11/eagles-robert-quinn-once-was-told-he-had-a-week-to-live-years-later-hes-chasing-nfl-qbs.html |
LONDON (AP) — Newly installed U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss told Parliament on Wednesday that she would tackle Britain’s “very serious” energy crisis while still slashing taxes, ruling out imposing a windfall levy on oil companies to pay for her plans to offset the soaring cost of heating and electricity.
Truss rebuffed opposition calls for a new windfall tax, even as she refrained from explaining how she would fund a plan meant to help the public pay energy bills skyrocketing because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the economic aftershocks of COVID-19 and Brexit.
She said during her first session of prime minister’s questions that she would set out a plan on Thursday to help with the immediate prices crisis so that people “are able to get through this winter,” as well as measures to bolster Britain’s long-term energy security.
But she added: “I am against a windfall tax. I believe it is the wrong thing to be putting companies off investing in the United Kingdom just when we need to be growing the economy.
“This country will not be able to tax its way to growth,” she said, to thunderous cheers from Conservative lawmakers in a packed House of Commons.
Truss’s spokesman said she wouldn’t cancel a windfall tax imposed in May by former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, her defeated Conservative leadership rival, but wouldn’t bring in a new one. She is also scrapping a previously announced increase in corporation tax from 19% to 25%.
Opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said that amounted to handing billions to energy firms that have pocketed hefty profits because of high energy prices. Instead, the cost of price relief will have to be paid by British taxpayers, he said, branding Truss’s economic plans a “Tory fantasy.”
British news media have reported that Truss plans to cap energy bills. The cost to taxpayers of that step could reach 100 billion pounds ($116 billion).
“The prime minister knows she has now choice but to back an energy price freeze, but it won’t be cheap and the real choice, the political choice is who is going to pay,” Starmer said. “Is she really telling us that she is going to leave (energy companies’) vast excess profits on the table and make working people foot the bill for decades to come?”
In her energy plan Truss also is likely to greenlight more oil and gas exploration in the North Sea and could lift a ban on fracking — both ideas that have been condemned by environmentalists.
Earlier Wednesday, Truss led the first meeting for her new Cabinet — a government diverse in race and gender and united in its support for the new leader’s staunchly free-market views.
Truss, 47, was appointed prime minister by Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday after winning an internal Conservative Party election to lead the Tories. The former foreign secretary is Britain’s third female prime minister after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May. All three have been Conservatives.
She immediately put her stamp on the government, clearing out many ministers from the administration of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson — notably those who had backed Sunak in the Conservative leadership contest.
She made Kwasi Kwarteng her Treasury chief, a key role for a Cabinet whose inbox is dominated by the energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which threatens to push energy bills to unaffordable levels, shuttering businesses and leaving the nation’s poorest people shivering at home this winter. Kwarteng is the first Black holder of the job whose formal title is Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Truss ally Therese Coffey becomes Britain’s first female deputy prime minister and also leads the health ministry as the state-funded National Health Service grapples with soaring demand and depleted resources in the wake of COVID-19.
For the first time, none of the U.K.’s “great offices of state” – prime minister, chancellor, foreign secretary and home secretary – is held by a white man. James Cleverly, whose mother is from Sierra Leone, is foreign secretary and Suella Braverman, who has Indian heritage, has been named home secretary, responsible for immigration and law and order.
In her first speech as prime minister on Tuesday, Truss said she would cut taxes to spur economic growth, bolster the NHS and “deal hands on” with the energy crisis.
“We shouldn’t be daunted by the challenges we face,” Truss said in her speech. “As strong as the storm may be, I know the British people are stronger.’’ | 2022-09-07T17:17:15+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-uk-leader-truss-holds-1st-cabinet-meeting-amid-energy-crisis/ |
Many religious holidays converge this spring
Those of us who live in an area with distinct seasons know that each of those seasons has its own beauty, its own ambience and intrinsic lessons which we can apply to the cycles in our lives.
Those of us who live in an area with distinct seasons know that each of those seasons has its own beauty, its own ambience and intrinsic lessons which we can apply to the cycles in our lives.
Spring, of course, is the season associated with rebirth and renewal, the season in which, in the words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, “. . . the world is renewed and the breath of life appears in plants, in animals and in men. . . “
Millions around the world celebrate the new year as a holy day at or near the vernal equinox, including Baha’is, who observe Naw-Ruz (New Day) beginning at sunset on March 20 and Hindus, who observe Vikram Samvat on March 22. Millions more, especially in the East, celebrate Nowruz as a largely secular commemoration of the new year.
The Baha’i Writings regarding Naw-Ruz include the following: “This sacred day when the sun illuminates equally the whole earth is called the equinox, and the equinox is the symbol of the Divine Messenger. The sun of Truth rises on the horizon of divine mercy and sends forth its rays on all . . . the rising of the sun at the equinox is the symbol of life and the human reality is revivified, our thoughts are transformed and our intelligence is quickened. The sun of Truth bestows eternal life, just as the solar sun is the cause of terrestrial life.”
The Divine Messenger referenced above refers to each of the Revealers of the great religions of the world, such as Moses, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammed, The Bab and Baha’u’llah. Foundational to Baha’i belief is that God has never left humanity without guidance, but has sent these Messengers throughout history to reveal one unfolding religion.
Their spiritual teachings are unchanging; things such as love, compassion, humility and the Golden Rule. The social laws and teachings they bring change over time as humanity evolves and requires new guidance. And of course, also over time, man-made dogmas creep in, injecting beliefs that were not part of the original Revelation. Nevertheless, no matter what label we give ourselves, humanity is one family and our similarities are far greater than our differences. Baha’u’llah said, “This is the changeless Faith of God, eternal in the past, eternal in the future.”
Baha’i Scripture also says, “Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere and show that love through deeds. . .” Perhaps one way of showing that love is learning about the Faith of a neighbor, friend, or co-worker, approaching the beliefs of others with an open heart and a sincere desire to learn. This spring, this new day, is a wonderful time to learn as so many religious holidays/holy days are converging. The following is just a partial list of them:
- Baha’i — Festival of Ridvan (Rez-vahn) April 21-May 2
- Buddhist — Vesak/Buddha Day May 5
- Christian — Easter April 9
- Hindu — Akshaya Vivitra April 22
- Jewish — Passover April 5-13
- Muslim — Ramadan March 23-April 2 followed by Eid
- Orthodox Christian — Easter April 16
During this season which is sacred to so many, may we all be inspired to take some small steps, in this divided world, to bring us closer to recognition of our true oneness.
Nancy Flood-Golembeck is a retired teacher and longtime member of the Baha’i faith. | 2023-04-09T17:21:12+00:00 | sj-r.com | https://www.sj-r.com/story/lifestyle/faith/2023/04/09/many-religious-holidays-converge-this-spring/70079654007/ |
In a recent history class, USU Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Chris Babits offered students the opportunity to write and record a short podcast on myths and misconceptions of American religious history. We’ll hear some of those podcasts today. Among them are pieces titled: “One Nation Under God: When the Pledge of Allegiance Went to War with Communism,” “White Devil, Black Jesus: Religious Influences in the Black Power Movement,” “Religious Insanity through the Eyes of Elizabeth Packard,” and “Drugs, Unemployment and Government Overreach: Fighting for Native American Religious Freedom.” Chris Babits and one of his students, Chloe Miller, will join us.
Additional podcasts:
'Faith of the Founding Fathers: How diversity of faith impacted America's religious freedoms' by Kalista Hill
'Prayer: Not Just in Secret' by Isabelle Johnson | 2022-06-07T19:19:46+00:00 | upr.org | https://www.upr.org/show/access-utah/2022-06-07/myths-and-misconceptions-of-american-religious-history-on-tuesdays-access-utah |
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BHUBANESWAR, India, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bhubaneswar-based Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) has unrolled itself back to international glory in the field of sports. None other than the FIFA, world's premier governing body for football, showed the willingness to realign its ties with the KISS with the objective to strengthen the cooperation in the 'Football For School' initiative in Odisha and later to make a pan-India outreach in South Asia as well.
A letter of intent has been signed in this regard between Youri Djorkaeff, CEO, FIFA Foundation, and Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder, KISS. The document broadly sets out terms for both entities to commit to investigating avenues of opportunity together – particularly concerning the extension of the Football for Schools programme, which is already active across ten FIFA Member Associations, said a statement.
FIFA has selected KISS as the nodal agency for the promotion of football as it was encouraged by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's big emphasis on promoting sports as a whole.
In October last year, KISS announced the launch of India's first-ever FIFA Football for School Programme in association with FIFA.
The latest development seeks to take the engagement between FIFA and KISS, a KIIT constituent, to a new level. According to the letter, KISS will act as knowledge hubs for Football for Schools training, and logistical hubs for Football for Schools balls distribution.
Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Djorkaeff said: "It is with great pride and excitement that today we sign this letter of intent with the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences. FIFA Foundation's Football for Schools programme was launched to positively impact the lives of 700 million children.
"Football is the global game, and we have already seen the power it has to unite, inspire, and educate in every corner of the world through the work already done by this programme. I am certain the collaboration we have set in motion today with help enhance that further still and I welcome the opportunities it will undoubtedly bring to millions of children across the region," Dr. Samanta said in his reaction. Dr. Samanta praised Chief Minister for promoting sports in a big way in the State and being a constant source of encouragement for all sportspersons. Also Football aficionados and lovers of the game have welcomed the FIFA-KISS latest initiative and congratulated Dr. Samanta for the collaboration.
"The programme is on its way to achieving that goal and is active in South America, Africa, East Asia, the Caribbean, and the Arab world. The partnership we are officialising here today is the next step on the journey in India and South Asia," he said
About KISS:
KISS is the world's largest fully free residential school and university for indigenous children, with 30,000 residential students and 30,000 studying on satellite campuses. It has already provided a platform for many sportspersons with state-of-the-art facilities.
Swiss Member of Parliament Dr. Niklaus Samuel Gugger is the Global Ambassador of KISS.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Precedent, the insurance industry's first Digitized Demand Handling technology, announced today that it has closed $9 million in Seed funding, provided by Adir Ventures (Adir). The new capital will be used to bring Precedent's suite of products to more insurers as well as broaden and accelerate new product development.
The Seed financing follows Precedent's successful launch in late 2022 and incredible initial traction among the top Property and Casualty carriers in the United States. Precedent has a robust pipeline of top-tier insurance carriers. They are also adding and expanding partnerships with the major claims management, injury evaluation, and core systems platforms.
As part of the investment, Barry Karfunkel of Adir will join Precedent's Board of Directors and serve as the Chairman of the Board.
"Precedent's offering is well-timed to meet the growing interest in creating efficiency in the claim handling process while also reducing severity of liability claims," said Barry Karfunkel of Adir. "We believe the compelling ROI for Precedent's customers will drive broader market adoption of Precedent's technology, leading to more accurate outcomes, lower costs and new efficiency gains for insurers."
"Digital integration between insurance carriers and providers, such as body shops, revolutionized claims efficiency and customer service. Customers can now report a claim, receive an estimate, and arrange for repairs straight from their phones. Body shops utilize digital exchange platforms that verify auto damage estimates before submission, drastically reducing cycle time and rework. In contrast, plaintiff attorneys and insurance carriers' still use outdated means like mail, fax, and email to exchange critical and time-sensitive information. This paperwork requires manual review, leading to delays, inconsistencies, and costly variation in processing. Precedent's proprietary technology, trained on millions of pages of attorney documents, can identify, extract, and advise next steps." Grant Little, Precedent CEO stated, adding "this Seed equity round from Adir allows us to define this new category and assist the industry in efficiently resolving claims with plaintiff attorneys, Adir's financial support, domain expertise and relationships will be extremely beneficial to us as we continue to grow."
About Precedent
Grant Little, former National General CIO, and Jim Andrews, former CRO of Carpe Data, founded Precedent to streamline the communication processes between attorneys and insurance carriers. This initiative was spurred by a five-year trend showing injury claims severity had escalated four times faster than inflation. Much of the excess severity is the result of failures in the claims handling process caused by easily missed information hidden within scanned images of faxes, mail, and email from plaintiff's attorneys.
Using the latest technology in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Large Language Models (LLM) Precedent empowers carriers with the tools they need to systematically manage their attorney repped injury claims. Precedent's vision is to be the foundation for all attorney-carrier interactions.
Precedent's technology seamlessly integrates with carriers existing document ingestion processes and can proactively push the extracted intelligence into core claim systems, injury evaluation software, and litigation management systems. This saves manual work and creates consistency and accuracy in a domain where mistakes can be costly. https://www.Precedent.com.
About Adir Ventures
Adir Ventures is a US focused investment firm with deep expertise in technology enabled insurance businesses. We focus on insurance carriers, distribution, & business service verticals within the insurance industry. Our team has been at the forefront of leveraging technology & analytics to drive value in the insurance industry, resulting in industry leading growth rates at leading margins. https://www.adirvc.com.
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SHANGHAI, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yunhanxincheng (shanghai) Internet and Technology Co., Ltd. ("Yunhanxincheng) recently kicks off the cooperation with C&K as its authorized distributor. The joint branding names, services and network advantages will add value in product supply, cost-effectiveness, and FAE technical support through user experiences.
About C&K
Since its formation in 1928, C&K has been at the forefront of technological evolution in electromechanical switches. The company's unmatched design capabilities tailored to customer needs are recognized globally by design engineers who demand high-quality switch performance. Nearly a century later, C&K remains one of the most recognizable and trusted names in the e-mech switch industry.
Products and Applications
C&K assembles over 55,000 standard products, 8.5 million switch combinations, and customized solutions, offering a wide range of options, including tactile switches, pushbutton switches, micro switches, toggle switches, rocker switches, detector switches, DIP switches, key switches, navigation switches, rotary switches, slide switches, switchlocks, thumbwheel switches, smart card readers, high-reliability connectors as well as customized components.
C&K products are widely used in various industries, including manufacturing automotive, consumer, healthcare, server/telecom, POS/M2M, aerospace and security as well as transportation. C&K's electromechanical switches, high reliability connectors and custom components have gained the trust of electronics design companies, manufacturers and distributors due to its design innovation, cutting-edge manufacturing processes and strict quality assurance standards.
Cooperation promotes better services
As C&K's partner, with the value-added service in big data, Yunhanxincheng stands out as one of the leading electronic companies, providing a one-stop service in designing, distributing, and assembling electronic products.
Yunhanxincheng has partnered with over 1,500 suppliers covering 16,000 brands, assuring a stable product supply. To achieve win-win cooperation, Yunhanxincheng continues to build an in-depth partnership with top names in an open and connective approach.
Yunhanxincheng strives to expand the service scope, associating in boosting the industry effectiveness, bringing top-notch user experiences to industry customers, namely efficient model selection, BOM tool, product authentication guarantee, 2-hour drop to delivery, credit limits granting, as well as one-on-one customer service.
Yunhanxincheng and C&K's collaboration is a combination of digital services and manufacturing strength of a quality brand in the electronics industry. The two companies will take their cooperation to the next level, promoting more brand activities and new product releases while offering quality and efficient services to users.
About Yunhanxincheng: YunhanXincheng is a leading vertical e-commerce platform specializing in electronic components distribution, holistic solutions, and SMT/PCBA manufacturing. The company was founded back in 2002 and headquartered in Shanghai, China. In 2011, ICKEY.cn, the first version of Yunhanxincheng's e-commerce platform was launched. With nearly 20 years of industry profession, ICKEY has accumulated more than 500,000 registered accounts and served 100,000 corporate accounts in its portfolio.
In addition to electronic components distribution, since 2018, Yunhanxincheng has invested in a SMT factory and an independent design house, to better serve its clients. Beyond its own SMT assembly lines, Yunhanxincheng flaunted the advantages as a big-data platform and rolled out the plan to virtually connect up to one hundred industry-and-application-based SMT factories. That said, Yunhanxincheng being a one-stop shopping site for electronic components is true to the name.
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LANGLEY, Wash. (AP) — One person was killed and nine people remained missing, including a child, after a floatplane crashed Sunday afternoon in Puget Sound in Washington state, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The agency said in a press release the plane was flying from Friday Harbor, a popular tourist destination in the San Juan Islands, to Renton, a southern suburb of Seattle.
Four Coast Guard vessels, a rescue helicopter and an aircraft were involved in the extensive search, along with nearby rescue and law enforcement agencies. Two vessels were to continue searching during the night and air patrols would resume at first light, the Coast Guard said late Sunday.
The crash was reported at 3:11 p.m. The Coast Guard said one body had been recovered and nine people were still missing. The cause of the crash is unknown, authorities said.
The plane went down in Mutiny Bay off Whidbey Island, roughly 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of downtown Seattle and about halfway between Friday Harbor and Renton.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the plane was a de Havilland DHC-3 Otter, a single-engine propeller plane.
Floatplanes, which have pontoons allowing them to land on water, are a common sight around Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. There are multiple, daily flights between the Seattle area and the San Juan Islands, a scenic archipelago northwest of Seattle that draws tourists from around the world.
These aircraft, which also fly between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, frequently travel over Seattle and land in Lake Washington, not far from the city’s iconic Space Needle.
Renton, where authorities say the flight was headed Sunday, is at the southern tip of Lake Washington, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) southeast of Seattle.
In 2019, a midair crash in Alaska between two sightseeing planes killed six people. The Ketchikan-based floatplanes were carrying passengers from the same cruise ship, the Royal Princess, and were returning from tours of Misty Fjords National Monument. | 2022-09-05T12:27:07+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/ap-1-dead-8-missing-after-float-plane-crashes-in-puget-sound/ |
WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, May 7, 2023
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
829 AM CDT Sun May 7 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern DeWitt
and Karnes Counties through 915 AM CDT...
At 829 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pawnee, or 8 miles southwest of Kenedy, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Kenedy, Karnes City, Runge, Falls City, Nordheim, Gillett, Cestohowa,
Coy City, Cotton Patch, Zunkerville, Paweleville, Choate, Hobson, El
Oso, Ecleto, Helena, Deweesville and Pana Maria.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 2868 9779 2867 9782 2872 9792 2869 9799
2878 9810 2888 9819 2919 9776 2888 9749
2867 9778
TIME...MOT...LOC 1329Z 211DEG 31KT 2872 9794
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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After some brief research, I learned that fennel can reach up to 10 feet in height at full maturity, which I imagine would be quite the site to behold.
Growing wild in numerous sectors of the greater Santa Barbara area, most notably near creeks and other areas close to fresh water sources, is another perennial herb that is often mistaken for a fennel called anise. While both have a distinct black licorice aroma and flavor, and the seeds of fully mature anise and fennel plants are used as a flavoring agent, it is the young bulb portion of the fennel plant that is the desired culinary portion when purchased at the local farmers markets.
About 6 inches in diameter and about a foot in height, these are much smaller specimens than those that reach peak elevation.
The cream-colored bulb of fresh fennel has hollow green stem extensions and a frilly umbrella-like top, brimming with aromatic notes of black licorice. The licorice notes also translate as the dominant flavor of the bulb, followed by a very refreshing finish. An acquired taste for many, a fennel bulb can be enjoyed in both raw and cooked preparations, and while the green stems and frilly tops are often discarded, I find they make for a nice flavoring agent in broths and sauces.
Fennel can be roasted in the oven, sautéed and grilled, as well as shaved raw and added to salads and slaws. Fennel infuses a wonderful underlying flavor to soups and stews, when caramelized as you would onions and enjoyed as a side, or when quick pickled with other seasonal root vegetables.
As fennel cooks, it becomes sweeter in flavor, and quite soft and pairs very well with rich meats and sauces.
This week I prepared a very simple, yet flavorful carrot and fennel soup, infused with a little apple and sweet potato. I started by caramelizing the fennel bulb in a pan before blending to a smooth consistency.
Curry Infused Fennel Bulb and Carrot Soup
2 tablespoons butter.
1 medium fennel bulb ends discarded and sliced.
1-pound carrots, peeled and diced.
1 large, sweet potato peeled and diced.
1 large apple peeled and diced.
1 small onion peeled and diced.
2 14.5-ounce cans low sodium chicken broth.
1 14.5 ounce can coconut milk (I used light).
1 tablespoon curry powder (add more as desired to taste).
1 tablespoon brown sugar.
Salt and pepper to taste.
½ cup fresh cilantro leaves.
1 lime cut into wedges.
In a medium heavy pot, add butter at medium heat and sauté fennel, carrot, sweet potato, apple, and onion. Turn regularly and cook for about 8 minutes, or until vegetables begin to caramelize. Add broth, coconut milk, curry powder, brown sugar and season with salt and pepper. Simmer for about 10 minutes or until all ingredients are soft and well incorporated. Blend until smooth and adjust seasoning and curry powder to taste. Garnish with fresh cilantro leaves and lime wedge. Yield: Serves 4. | 2023-01-20T13:31:15+00:00 | newspress.com | https://newspress.com/fix-of-the-week-139/ |
Police are seeking the public’s help as they investigate a swastika that was painted on a sidewalk in Swampscott, officials said.
The swastika was painted Friday afternoon near the juncture of Redington Street and Forest Avenue using white spray paint, according to a Saturday statement from Swampscott police. A nearby vehicle was found to have a white line painted on its side as well, according to the statement.
Religious organizations in Swampscott have been notified about the incident, according to police.
Police said evidence was recovered at the scene that could help identify a suspect or suspects. Police are also asking residents to aid in the search, encouraging them to review any home security video recorded between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Friday that might be helpful to them.
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Anyone with information about the incident can call the Swampscott Police Department at 781-595-1111. | 2023-01-09T04:46:16+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/08/metro/swampscott-police-investigate-swastika-painted-sidewalk/ |
INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Metropolitan police are investigating two separate overnight shootings, including one in which a 13-year-old suspect was taken into custody.
Shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday, officers were dispatched to the 11100 block of Waterfield Place on the northeast side in response to a shooting.
Police found a person suffering from injuries consistent with gunshot wounds. IMPD was unable to provide a condition.
According to a police report, a 13-year-old girl was arrested in connection with the incident.
Around the same time, IMPD responded to a separate incident on the east side in which a man was found shot near the 6000 block of East Washington Street.
Investigators believe the victim may have been shot at a different location before being found.
Both incidents remain under investigation. | 2022-10-17T11:15:38+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/13-year-old-girl-taken-into-custody-in-connection-with-overnight-shooting/ |
Police have warned the public about some concerning robberies targeting people wearing pricy Canada Goose jackets.
The jackets, which can cost up to $1,850 new, have been the target of at least five different instances of reported robberies in Washington, D.C. since December, according to local reports.
In one of the most recent encounters, police say the victim was walking when the suspect approached him "from behind."
The suspect was "holding a black handgun," a police reported read. The suspect told the victim not to speak or he would shoot him.
Two recent robberies, which happened within the span of a week, according to NBC Washington, occurred around the George Washington University campus in Washington, D.C.
An advisory to students was sent out by officials at the university which said, "Jackets have been taken off of victims, and in some cases, weapons have been brandished."
"These jackets are very expensive, and our community members should be mindful while wearing them, even in very public spaces," the announcement read.
Prices for the jackets are usually between $550 and $1,500 depending on the style, but can go a bit higher, or lower, depending on condition and where they are sold.
A Howard University student wearing a Canada Goose coat was targeted by multiple masked suspects that pulled up in a car and took his coat and fled according to police, the BBC reported.
In one case, the victim reported that they said no to giving up the jacket when three men approached him as he was walking to school. The victim said the men then assaulted him, forced him to the ground, and stole the jacket, injuring his eye and forehead, WJLA reported.
In another incident a man was told to give up his jacket and vehicle he was driving in. Another female was robbed at gunpoint during a different incident before the suspect fled the scene.
Police have released video of persons of interest fleeing a scene and are asking to public to help identify the individuals. | 2023-02-13T23:05:33+00:00 | kgun9.com | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/police-issue-warning-after-criminals-target-people-wearing-canada-goose-jackets |
Police in Arkansas responding to reports of active shooter at hospital
Police in Arkansas responding to reports of active shooter at hospital
THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THIS NEWS UPDATE - I'M YUNA LEE. BREAKING NEWS -- SHERWOOD POLICE CONFIRMS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION AT A HOSPITAL IN LITTLE ROCK. A SPOKESMAN FOR CHI ST. VINCENT NORTH HOSPITAL ALSO CONFIRMED THE SITUATION. POLICE ARE ASKING TH
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Police in Arkansas responding to reports of active shooter at hospital
An active shooting situation is unfolding at a hospital north of Little Rock, Arkansas, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.Sherwood police are urging the public to avoid the area of the CHI St. Vincent North Hospital, but are not releasing any other information beyond that they are responding to reports of an active shooter.The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is responding to the incident, according to a tweet.The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office is assisting Sherwood police in the response, according to Lt. Cody Burk, who also could not provide further details.This is a breaking news story and will be updated
An active shooting situation is unfolding at a hospital north of Little Rock, Arkansas, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
Sherwood police are urging the public to avoid the area of the CHI St. Vincent North Hospital, but are not releasing any other information beyond that they are responding to reports of an active shooter.
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is responding to the incident, according to a tweet.
The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office is assisting Sherwood police in the response, according to Lt. Cody Burk, who also could not provide further details.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated | 2022-09-28T17:52:51+00:00 | wisn.com | https://www.wisn.com/article/arkansas-hospital-shooting/41428000 |
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Magnus Ek, 53, a retired Swedish lieutenant, is teaching a group of Ukrainian conscripts how to fire an AK-47 in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region. Ek, who spent a decade as an instructor in Sweden, is among a group of foreign military volunteers who have gone to train Ukrainians how defend their country from Russia's invasion.
"You will find yourself in many strange shooting positions," Ek says, as he tromps around the snow-covered firing range where the temperatures hover around 16 degrees.
"So funny, so funny," says one of his students, a Ukrainian conscript.
Ek, who has served as a volunteer military trainer for months in Ukraine, uses physical comedy to hold the attention of his students. The situation, however, is not a joke.
He is teaching a group of 15 conscripts who were assigned to Ukraine's Border Force a week earlier. Most have no experience with weapons and Ek has only a few hours to expose them to as much as he can. He won't even have the opportunity to show them something basic: how to adjust the sights of their rifles so they can aim accurately.
"Maybe some other time," Ek says wistfully.
Ukraine is conscripting thousands of new soldiers to help replenish huge losses on the battlefield here in the country's east as the war grinds into a second, bloody year. The pressure to train civilians quickly and then send them to the front is tremendous as Ukraine faces an enemy with four times the population.
Lt. Col. Andrusenko Vyacheslav, deputy head of combat training for Ukraine's Border Force, says these conscripts will get about 17 days of instruction. By comparison, U.S. Army boot camp lasts 10 weeks. Vyacheslav says he'd like to provide at least 35 days of training and appears uncomfortable with the short time frame.
"I would say I'm concerned," he says. "I'm a bit concerned, I just hope that everything we give them they will use in battle and it will help them to do their tasks to the maximum potential."
Three to five days training is often all the conscripts receive, foreign trainers say
The war in Ukraine has been a magnet for foreign retired military. But there have been problems. The Mozart Group, one of the best-known American organizations operating in Ukraine, trained Ukrainian military and evacuated civilians, but collapsed amid acrimony, defections and a lawsuit in January.
Ek is part of a small team that operates out of a two-bedroom apartment in the city of Kramatorsk, the Ukrainian army's military hub in the eastern Donbas region. In addition to providing training, Ek has a website called Stop the War, which raises money to support the trainers and purchase gear for Ukrainian soldiers. Team members also rely on personal savings and donations from friends and family back home.
The trainers refer to themselves, tongue-in-cheek, as the "A Team," a reference to the popular 1980s action-adventure TV show about a motley crew of former special forces soldiers trying to clear their names of a crime they didn't commit.
Kelly Kilhoffer, a retired colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, volunteered with the team last year. On a couple of occasions, he says, he was able to get three to four weeks to train a group of soldiers. Far more often, he says, he got three to five days. Kilhoffer, who has since returned to the United States, raised his concerns with a Ukrainian officer.
"I'm like, 'Look, if we had more time, these guys would last longer," Kilhoffer recalls.
He says the officer insisted the conscripts learned a lot during their three days of training and would learn more on the job.
"I said, 'Well, yeah, but you're talking to the alive ones,' " Kilhoffer recalls. "'You're not talking to the dead ones.' "
One of the dead ones was a gung-ho Ukrainian graphic artist turned soldier named Ed. His passing hit Kilhoffer and the rest of the team hard. They recalled Ed as funny, always smiling and devoted to training and improvement.
"He'd load up extra magazines, he practiced shooting," Kilhoffer recalls. "His total duration of military service was less than two weeks from conscription to death."
Another team member, Stan, a retired U.S. Marine staff sergeant, says Ed was killed on his first mission, an assault on a Russian trench line that went wrong. Ed, who had a wife and toddler son, lost both legs in a minefield.
"They couldn't retrieve him and he's still out there to this day," says Stan. "This is what hurts the most; they said that they heard him. They still heard him."
Stan, who declined to give his full name citing privacy reasons, says the messages he and Ed shared are still on his phone. Then Stan begins to weep.
The volunteers come for different reasons and from varied backgrounds
The team members say they came here for various reasons. Kilhoffer, 56, a retired database administrator, says he saw Russia as a bully and was appalled by the human rights abuses. Ek, 53, wanted to put his skills to use from a decade as an instructor in Sweden.
Another member is Shannon Taylor, 25, a trauma nurse from New Zealand who provides battlefield first-aid training. She was inspired by a TV series back home about combat nurses in World War I, who turn an abandoned building into a field hospital.
"They just treated all the wounded soldiers," recalls Taylor with a sense of wonder. "Since then, I have always just wanted to do that."
Stan, 38, has come here because he loves military life, is a battlefield tactics nerd and sees himself as something of a crusader. He also says there is a common thread among those drawn to this war.
"Atonement," he says. "A lot of people [are] escaping their past, escaping supposed sins that they think they have the chance to, I guess, redo and make the cosmos good again."
Stan declined to elaborate.
Back at the training range, a group of Border Force soldiers huddle around Taylor, who kneels in the snow, showing them how to patch an abdominal wound.
"Do not apply pressure," she warns. Instead, she says, wrap the wound to keep the bandage in place, and, if some intestines come out, don't push them back inside.
Taylor was scheduled to return home in January, but she continues to delay. She says her training is paying off. One soldier she trained told her he was able to use what he'd learned to treat a fellow soldier who had suffered a head wound and another who had lost half his hand.
"He just walked in the door and gave me a massive hug and said that he was able to use those skills ... to rescue these two guys," Taylor recalls. "That just made it all worth it."
Producer Ross Pelekh and London Producer Morgan Ayre contributed to this story.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-03-27T10:11:59+00:00 | iowapublicradio.org | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-npr/news-from-npr/2023-03-27/foreign-volunteers-race-to-train-new-ukrainian-troops-to-be-sent-to-the-front |
Six days and counting before the U.S. government will not have enough money to pay its bills.
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are attempting to marshal support for the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which will raise the debt ceiling and cut spending.
Lawmakers are heading back to D.C. after the holiday weekend, and they'll have to hit the ground running to get a deal on the debt ceiling passed.
President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy reached a deal to raise the debt limit over the weekend, but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are taking issue with the legislation, so it's hardly a done deal. Nevertheless, President Biden is confident a deal will be reached by June 5.
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"Look, you know, I never say I'm confident what the Congress is going to do, but I feel very good about it. I've spoken to a number of the members. I spoke to McConnell; I spoke to a whole bunch of people. And it feels good," President Biden told reporters Monday.
The bill will get its first real test Tuesday afternoon, when the House Rules Committee meets to go over the bill before a potential full House vote Wednesday.
But McCarthy acknowledges that the compromise with the president "doesn't get everything everybody wanted," as he will have to rely on an equally divided House.
"This is the biggest set of spending cuts and substantial change from the spending of the last two years for this administration," McCarthy said Sunday.
If a deal doesn't happen in the next week or so, the U.S. could default on its debt, potentially triggering economic devastation both in the country and around the globe.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-05-30T13:05:49+00:00 | ktvq.com | https://www.ktvq.com/biden-and-mccarthy-s-debt-limit-deal-faces-first-critical-test |
Jamarcus Hamilton, Lanier football eager to erase last year's bitter memories of forfeits
Jamarcus Hamilton currently has no offers and no stars. He doesn't even have a 247Sports or Rivals page.
Yet Sidney Lanier football coach Derone Fagan says that in his coaching career of over a decade, he hasn't been around many better players than Hamilton, who helped Lanier defeat Stanhope Elmore 41-17 Thursday at Cramton Bowl.
With the win, the Poets (5-2, 3-1 Region 2-6A) clinched a playoff spot, their first since 2019 and extended their win streak to four.
"He's an elite, elite football player," Fagan said. "That kid is a five-star athlete. He hasn't been recognized enough ... but just looking at him moving around, you can tell."
Hamilton had 110 tackles, 11 sacks and three interceptions last season en route to being named to the Montgomery Advertiser's All-Metro team. In frequent offensive cameos, he ran for 465 yards on 36 carries for the Poets, who went 8-2 before forfeiting six games due to the use of an ineligible player.
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This season, Hamilton is one part of a large, talented Lanier senior class that's motivated to wipe the slate clean. So far, they're doing just that.
"They took our season," Hamilton said. "So we came back and worked harder."
A 6-foot-2, 200-pound athlete, Hamilton primarily plays safety but can line up at cornerback, linebacker and on the edge for a unit allowing 16 points per game (just 12 over the last four contests).
"Anywhere they put me at," Hamilton said, "that's my strongest position."
Hamilton might be Lanier's best all-around player, and better yet, his versatility means the Poets can always match him up against their opponents' best player. Against the Mustangs (1-6, 1-3), that meant Hamilton spent most of his time on an island with Jackson Thomas, a wide receiver committed to Troy. Aside from one deep catch in the first quarter, most of Thomas' receptions came around the line of scrimmage.
"(Hamilton) is athletic enough and a smart enough football enough to where we can put him in any matchup," Fagan said. "... We basically loaded the box, let him play football and then took it from there."
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Because of his defensive responsibilities and because the Poets already have a workhorse running back in Tacaris Bozeman, Hamilton is deployed sparingly on offense. He ran for 56 yards on four carries in a loss to Pike Road, 150 yards and two touchdowns on five carries in a win over Satsuma and 96 yards and a touchdown on four carries in a win over Russell County.
If Lanier really needs a yard, Hamilton's always a candidate to get it. On a fourth-and-1 in the second quarter, Hamilton burst through the line and broke multiple tackles to score an 11-yard touchdown.
"From our offseason conditioning every day, I know the kid's ready," Fagan said. "I know he's gonna be physically ready to carry the load on both sides. ... When he says he's ready, I know I have nothing to worry about."
After they lost two straight games in early September, the Poets started feeling that outsiders were doubting or overlooking them. "Everyone started counting us out," senior wideout Zariah Marks said, "so we had to count ourselves in."
They've used that feeling to propel themselves forward over the last month.
Not that being overlooked is new for Hamilton.
"Those (offers) are coming," Fagan said. "You know they will. His film is too good for him not to be offered."
Jacob Shames can be reached by email at jshames@gannett.com, by phone at 334-201-9117 and on Twitter @Jacob_Shames. | 2022-10-07T07:11:47+00:00 | montgomeryadvertiser.com | https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/10/07/jamarcus-hamilton-sidney-lanier-poets-football-eager-erase-last-season-bitter-memories/69529799007/ |
Annual Dog Adoption Event with Kentucky Humane Society Enjoys 4th Year of Success
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifteen rescue dogs found their forever homes thanks to Lucky's Mutt Madness, an annual national dog adoption event held in conjunction with the trade show, Equip Exposition. The TurfMutt Foundation, the environmental stewardship and education arm of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) who owns the show, partnered with the Kentucky Humane Society (KHS) for the event, which each year gives rescued dogs a chance to be adopted by thousands of trade show attendees.
The adopted dogs were given their new forever homes just before Animal Shelter Appreciation Week, November 6 to 12, launches.
"Equip Expo and Lucky's Mutt Madness is a perfect place for dogs to find a permanent home," says Kris Kiser, President of the TurfMutt Foundation, OPEI and Equip Exposition, "The show's attendees create the green spaces, such as yards, parks and other community outdoor space, that America loves. And who gets you outside faster than a dog?"
The TurfMutt Foundation also donated a $10,000 check to the KHS during the event to support their good work of animal rehabilitation, rescue and adoption. "The work they do is amazing, and we at the TurfMutt Foundation are so proud of our attendees who are helping their work by adopting dogs," says Kiser.
Brandon Jones took a break during Expo to visit Lucky's Mutt Madness and found himself adopting Vinny VanGogh Jones, or just "Vinny," a mixed breed pup.
"Mutt Madness made the event one of the most memorable days of my life," he said. "We lost our 18-year-old cat two months ago, and my wife and I, along with our four-year-old rescue dog Belle, had been feeling like we were missing a fourth member of the family." Now, safe at his new forever home, Vinny is "a big snuggler, and trots around very proudly when he helps clean up sticks in our backyard. To end up making a life-changing decision for this little puppy who just loves to be close to his new family, made the event an astronomical win for me personally."
Chris Vandiver, who also attended Mutt Madness, wasn't planning on adopting a dog, but Prince, a corgi German shepherd mix, captured his attention. "I fell in love with the little guy," he says. "Prince is adjusting very well at home. He's extremely playful, and super loveable."
Alisa Gray, President and CEO Designate of KHS says, "We love partnering with Equip Expo and the TurfMutt Foundation on Mutt Madness. It's so gratifying to see how many of our wonderful rescue dogs find new homes at this event. And this year, the new 5K Fun Run & Walk over the Big Four Pedestrian Bridge at Expo to raise funds for our work was an added bonus."
Nearly 200 people braved the cold morning on opening day of Expo to attend the run and walk fundraising event, sponsored by the Ariens Company.
Hearst Television crews also filmed two CBS shows at Equip Expo: Lucky Dog, an Emmy award winning show whose hosts rescue unwanted pups and place them with loving families and Mission Unstoppable, an educational series featuring women on the cutting edge of science and technology. The hosts of Lucky Dog, Eric Wiese and Rashi Khanna Wiese, met fans at Lucky's Mutt Madness.
For information on The TurfMutt Foundation visit www.TurfMutt.com
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TurfMutt was created by the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute's (OPEI) TurfMutt Foundation and has reached more than 70 million children, educators and families since 2009. Through education partners such as Weekly Reader, Discovery Education and Scholastic, TurfMutt has taught students and teachers how to "save the planet, one yard at a time." Today, TurfMutt is an official USGBC® Education Partner and part of their global LEARNING LAB. TurfMutt has been an education resource at the U.S. Department of Education's Green Ribbon Schools, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Green Apple, the Center for Green Schools, the Outdoors Alliance for Kids, the National Energy Education Development (NEED) project, Climate Change Live, Petfinder and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In 2017, the TurfMutt animated video series won the coveted Cynopsis Kids Imagination Award for Best Interstitial Series. TurfMutt's personal, home habitat was featured in the 2017-2020 Wildlife Habitat Council calendars. More information at www.TurfMutt.com.
Based in Louisville, the Kentucky Humane Society is the state's largest pet adoption agency and oldest animal welfare agency, established in 1884. Each year KHS finds loving homes for over 5,500 dogs, cats and horses. KHS is also a leader in helping keep pets in their homes and out of shelters in the first place, offering a free Pet Help Line, low-cost spay/neuter services, dog training classes and education. Learn more at www.kyhumane.org.
The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute is an international trade association representing manufacturers and suppliers of outdoor power equipment, small engines, battery power systems, portable generators, utility and personal transport vehicles, and golf cars, and their suppliers
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — On Friday, a man who helped run a day care out of his Fayetteville home, who was arrested in 2018, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison following an investigation.
The investigation also included a seizure of more than half a kilogram of cocaine, 300 pounds of marijuana, an ounce of heroin and 10 firearms.
Reshod Jamar Everett, 36, of Cumberland County was officially sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. He was one of two people in a couple running the illegal day care.
The sentencing accounts for “leading a drug trafficking operation out of an in-home daycare and other locations in Fayetteville,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Michael Easley.
On Friday, Easley said, “The fact that he stored drugs, cash, and loaded, high-powered AR rifles at an in-home daycare further underscores the danger that Everett presented to the community at large.”
Reshod and his wife, Victoria Everett, lived on Ronald Reagan Drive in Fayetteville where they ran “Tori’s Playhouse,” out of their home.
“For years, Reshod Everett used the compassion of our community to deflect from his criminal activity in order to garner mistrust of the police department,” Fayetteville Police Chief Gina Hawkins said. “We are pleased with our continued federal partnership and another drug peddler is out of our community.”
Evidence introduced at trial also showed that Everett attempted to obstruct prosecutors and investigators by giving false testimony under oath and attempting to bribe or threaten others to give false testimony, the DOJ said.
Everett was also found to be “using gang members to intimidate witnesses” and had been “engaging in an extensive social media campaign to falsely accuse the Fayetteville Police Department and Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office of wrongdoing.”
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was also involved in the investigation.
Special agent in charge Bennie Mims called it, in part — a tragedy waiting to happen.
“Large quantities of drugs and multiple firearms – many of which were loaded and ready to fire – were recovered within a business that served parents and children. This was a tragedy waiting to happen, and because of the work from the Fayetteville Police Department, ATF, and the U.S. Attorney’s office, we’ve prevented that tragedy and ended this individual’s criminal career,” Mims said.
This case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Operation called Cali Verde. OCDETF investigations identify, disrupt, and dismantle the highest-level drug traffickers, money launders, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks. | 2022-09-23T04:09:34+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/crime-and-public-safety/40-years-in-prison-for-fayetteville-man-who-led-drug-trafficking-from-in-home-day-care-other-areas-doj/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP)Gavin Lux allowed a routine two-out grounder to roll between his legs in the second inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies jumped through that opening to score four unearned runs.
With the Dodgers down to their final out three hours later, Lux got an improbable opportunity for redemption – and he crushed it.
Lux atoned for his fielding mistake with a two-run double in the ninth inning, and Los Angeles avoided a four-game series sweep with a 5-4 victory on Sunday.
”Probably shouldn’t even have been in that situation anyway, so I kind of had to make up for earlier,” Lux said after his first career walk-off RBI.
The Phillies led 4-0 after Lux’s error, and they were up 4-2 after Aaron Nola threw seven gutsy innings of four-hit ball. Lux drew a leadoff walk in the eighth and scored on Mookie Betts’ double off Jeurys Familia, but the reliever escaped with two groundouts.
Philadelphia then got within one strike of its first four-game sweep at Dodger Stadium since 1985, but couldn’t close it out.
The bases were empty when Cody Bellinger abruptly delivered a two-strike, two-out triple off closer Corey Knebel (0-3). Ten pitches later, it was over.
After Chris Taylor walked, Lux drove home both runners with a drive to the right field corner. He set off a frenzied celebration at Chavez Ravine for a big crowd that included actor Tom Hanks, who put both hands to his head in disbelief.
Betts also homered for the Dodgers, who avoided their first five-game skid since April 2019. Los Angeles hadn’t won in walk-off fashion since last July 20.
”I’m sure (the error) was on Gavin’s mind all day long,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. ”I don’t want to say it’s the biggest win of the year with a short sample, but it’s a big one. Guys are feeling real good right now.”
Although the Phillies’ perpetually problematic bullpen failed again, the powerhouse Dodgers have done it to better teams. They hadn’t done it lately, though: The Dodgers had lost five of six and were staring at another disheartening defeat to an opponent that was significantly better than them all weekend.
”You can’t always be in front,” Bellinger said. ”It’s nice to get hit with some adversity and see how we respond, because it’s not always going to be smooth sailing.”
Shane Greene (1-0) pitched two scoreless relief innings in his season debut for Los Angeles.
Rhys Hoskins had a two-run single during only the Phillies’ second loss on a seven-game West Coast road trip, snapping a four-game winning streak. Garrett Stubbs had two hits and drove in a run, but the Phillies couldn’t get back above .500 for the first time since April 12.
After battering the Dodgers for 29 runs and 37 hits in the first three games, the Phillies played the finale without Bryce Harper. The NL MVP underwent treatment on the torn ligament in his elbow after going 8 for 12 with three homers and eight RBIs in the first three games.
Nola struck out eight and walked two while pitching out of a handful of jams. He was the second straight Phillies starter to last seven innings against the Dodgers, who had only let two other opposing starters survive that long all season.
FIRST-TIMER
Michael Grove yielded four hits and three walks while pitching into the fourth inning in his major league debut. Grove got promoted from Double-A Tulsa to help Los Angeles’ depleted rotation, which is missing several potential starters due to various medical problems.
”I thought it’s as good as we could have expected,” Roberts said. ”It was a good learning experience for him.”
BAD SWING
Philadelphia’s Odubel Herrera swung and missed at a low slider that went through his legs in the seventh inning while facing Yency Almonte.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Phillies: C J.T. Realmuto got a day off to rest.
Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw played catch for the first time since going on the injured list Friday with inflammation in a pelvic joint. He is expected to have a bullpen session Wednesday. … Andrew Heaney will travel with the team next week and likely will throw in the bullpen. He has been out for a month with left shoulder pain.
UP NEXT
Phillies: After a day off, Philadelphia opens a three-game home series with San Diego on Tuesday. The Phillies haven’t named a starter.
Dodgers: Tony Gonsolin (3-0, 1.33 ERA) takes the mound in Chavez Ravine on Monday for the first of four games in three days against the Arizona Diamondbacks, who counter with Madison Bumgarner (2-1, 1.78).
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WASHINGTON (WTVA) - The U.S. Senate unanimously approved the appointment of Ashland, Mississippi, native Bill Renick to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors.
The Senate consented on Wednesday, according to U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, both Republicans from Mississippi.
President Joe Biden nominated the Benton County native during the summer.
Renick will be the only Mississippian currently on the Board of Directors. | 2022-12-22T02:27:54+00:00 | wtva.com | https://www.wtva.com/news/senate-confirms-ashland-native-to-tva-board/article_1d811f38-817b-11ed-8e0e-976fd8438acf.html |
America's tornado warning system is a patchwork of municipal sirens, cell phone alerts, and radio and TV messages. But even as forecasting for dangerous storms improves, people who live in rural areas too often miss the life-saving warnings.
Last month, a catastrophic tornado outbreak in Mississippi killed at least 26 people. A tornado rated 4 out of 5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale landed in Rolling Fork around 8 p.m. and was on the ground for an hour and 10 minutes, raging through the communities of Winona, Black Hawk and Silver City.
Victor Gensini, an associate professor of meteorology at Northern Illinois University, pins the rising probability of tragedies like Rolling Fork on multiple factors, including climate change, population growth, poverty, urban sprawl, and weak construction.
"A disaster itself is really a function of two things," Gensini tells NPR. "Number one is the physical risk of the hazard in this case, a particular tornado, and also the human vulnerability component ... how humans build along the landscape, how we cluster, how strong our structures are."
In Rolling Fork, as in many parts of the U.S., people who live in mobile homes often have no basement for sheltering from a storm. And Gensini says more than half of all tornado fatalities occur in weak-frame housing, "basically, like mobile home structures."
Climate change may exacerbate that risk. As global temperatures rise, some climate models suggest that the weather patterns that fuel tornadoes could become more common. A study co-authored by Gensini and published this year by the American Meteorological Society (AMS) predicted that by the end of the century, the average annual number of supercells — rotating storms known for producing monster tornadoes — could increase by 6.6% in the eastern U.S.
It remains unclear whether climate change or advances in the ability to monitor and study storms like tornadoes is driving that expansion. But Gensini says concepts like tornado "alley" and tornado "season" are outdated because they no longer capture how these storms behave.
"In reality, tornadoes don't really care what state it is, so to speak, and they certainly don't care what time of year it is," Gensini says. "There is a substantial climatological risk of tornadoes in most places east of the Rockies in the United States."
Luckily, Gensini says, improved forecasts for severe weather keep getting better. "Twenty years ago, we wouldn't even dream about trying to make a next day tornado forecast."
Why don't advanced tornado forecasts reach everyone?
"The science is there, the technology is there, the modeling is there, the forecasts are there. But we continue to see fatalities and casualties from these events because we're not getting across the finish line," Gensini says.
Experts say gaps in cell phone coverage and proximity to warning sirens and TV and radio play a part.
The National Weather Service (NWS) partners with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to send push alerts to smartphones when there is severe weather. But that only works with reliable cell service.
Kim Klockow-McClain, a senior scientist at The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Centers for Environmental Prediction, says weather messaging is delivered and people are then left to make decisions about how they want to be warned - by a favorite weather forecaster, a phone vibration, or a county siren. Klockow-McClain says warnings become a "social process."
"What we see is a lot of rural places receiving the poorest overall service, mainly in places that intersect with other social vulnerability factors like income and race," Klockow-McClain tells NPR.
Eleven minutes before last month's disaster in Mississippi, the NWS warned that a storm capable of producing tornadoes was headed for Rolling Fork. That warning triggered TV, radio and cell phone alerts, but residents of the small, predominantly Black city told The Washington Post they heard no warning sirens.
Even so, TV meteorologists interrupted March Madness to get the word out.
But Klockow-McClain, who used to work at the Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla., tells NPR communities can't always count on TV, because meteorologists may be under pressure to avoid breaking into primetime programming.
"Some station management has given meteorologists feedback in the past that they really want you to think about that," she says.
What about radio?
Sirens, Klockow-McClain says, are vital in rural, low-income communities. "Sirens can be a gap filler when nothing else is especially accessible or works well."
The AMS traces the history of the siren system to the Cold War when they were installed, not to warn about tornadoes, but to sound the alarm of an imminent attack. But the sirens are expensive to maintain and can't be heard everywhere.
For people out of siren or cell range, Klockow-McClain recommends a NOAA weather radio to sound an alarm. They're battery operated and come in a range of prices, starting at about the cost of a smoke and carbon monoxide detector for the home. But even though the weather service says it wants the radios to be as common as smoke detectors, only about 3-4% of the population has one.
"NOAA weather radio ... transmits warnings automatically. You can select different hazard types that you're interested in. If you're just interested in tornadoes, you can set it to that," Klockow-McClain says. "It's been something the weather service has been trying to get disseminated throughout the country for decades."
In Indiana, all new mobile homes are required by law to be equipped with a weather radio. The law honors 2-year-old C.J. Martin, who was killed in 2005 after a tornado tore through his mobile home community in the middle of the night. That storm killed 25 people.
Klockow-McClain says more people need to have a reliable warning system in their homes. "Especially at night when you really need something to reach out to you, NOAA weather radio is an amazing technology."
Jan Johnson, Simone Popperl and Rebecca Hersher contributed editing. contributed to this story
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suspended State Attorney Andrew Warren, saying he neglected his duty by not enforcing some laws — including those involving abortion restrictions.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suspended State Attorney Andrew Warren, saying he neglected his duty by not enforcing some laws — including those involving abortion restrictions.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Champaign County Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help in locating the person who committed an armed robbery last month.
The robbery happened at Slim Chickens located off of Neil Street in Champaign around 10 p.m. on June 12th. Officials state the suspect entered the business armed with a gun, ordered store employees in the office and forced them to turn over the contents of the safe.
The suspect fled the store with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The suspect is described as a light skinned Black male between 30-40 years old. He was wearing blue jeans, white shoes, a black Nike hoodie and a blue face mask. Nearby businesses are being asked to review their exterior security footage from around the time of the robbery.
If you have any information regarding this or any crime in Champaign County, please contact Crime Stoppers by calling 217-373-TIPS, through their website or via P3 Tips mobile app. All tips are anonymous and tips in this case can be rewarded with up to $2500 if they result in an arrest. | 2022-07-06T03:12:48+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/crime-stoppers-crime-of-the-week-2/ |
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis met Saturday with thousands of refugees and charity groups hosting them in Italy as he sought to promote legal migration routes to Europe as an alternative to smuggling operations that he said have turned the Mediterranean Sea into a “cemetery.”
Francis said “humanitarian corridors,” which have operated in Italy since 2016, saved lives and helped newly arrived asylum-seekers get acclimated while church groups provided housing, education and work opportunities.
“Humanitarian corridors not only aim to bring refugees to Italy and other European countries, rescuing them from situations of uncertainty, danger and endless waiting; they also work toward integration,” he said.
The Sant’Egidio Catholic charity, the Federation of Evangelical Churches and the Waldensian Church spearheaded the ecumenical humanitarian transfer initiative in Italy, which has brought more than 6,000 people to Europe, Francis was told.
Under the program, aid workers identify asylum candidates in refugee camps and process initial paperwork to bring them into Italy on humanitarian grounds. Once they arrive, they are then provided with assistance to settle and apply for asylum.
Families from Syria, Afghanistan, Rwanda and Ukraine were in the Vatican auditorium to meet with the pope.
“It was important for me to come here to show the world that humanitarian corridors are one of the most beautiful things this world has to offer for people who deserve” safety and dignity, Oliver Chris I. Kabalisa, a 22-year-old from Rwanda, said. “Because as a refugee, we do not leave our country because we want to, but because we are constrained, we are forced to.”
Afghan refugee Nazani Shakvulla said women in her country were suffering, banned from education, work and travel, and need help from the Vatican and charity groups “to support the humanitarian corridors and find a way to evacuate or find a way that girls in Afghanistan get education.”
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Follow AP’s coverage of global migration at https://apnews.com/hub/migration | 2023-03-19T11:43:17+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/pope-promotes-humanitarian-corridors-for-migrants/ |
For 94 years, the Academy Awards have ostensibly celebrated the best of cinema, but the Oscars have frequently been mired in controversy. In 2017, the wrong film was announced as the year's best picture, and in 2022, Will Smith infamously slapped presenter Chris Rock — before going on to accept the award for best actor. The 2023 Oscars won't be held until March 12, but there's already been a controversy regarding one of the nominees.
"This year, the big Oscar controversy so far has been the surprise nomination of Andrea Riseborough for best actress," New Yorker writer Michael Schulman says.
Riseborough is the star of To Leslie, a small film about a single mother who wins the lottery. Her nomination followed a social media campaign by high-profile A-list actors like Edward Norton and Jennifer Aniston. Meanwhile, two Black actresses who had been thought to be Oscar contenders — Viola Davis in The Woman King and Danielle Deadwyler in Till — were not nominated. (Following a public outcry, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that it would conduct a "review of the campaign procedures around this year's nominees.")
"It's not really a one-person-replaces-another situation," Schulman says of Riseborough's nomination. "But of course, it brought up all these issues of equity and representation at the Oscars, and opened up this question of does a Black actress like Danielle Deadwyler have the network of support within the industry that Andrea Riseborough [does]?"
In his new book, Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat and Tears, Schulman writes about the behind-the-scenes battles viewers don't see on Oscar night. In the early decades of its existence, the Academy of Motion Pictures was roiled by anti-communist hysteria and blacklists. More recently, the #MeToo and #OscarsSoWhite movements have challenged the Academy to confront its own institutional biases and blind spots.
Schulman notes that it's a mistake to see the awards as a "pure barometer of artistic merit or worth." Instead, he says, "There are a million other factors that go into who gets nominated and who wins."
Schulman says the effort to garner an Oscar nomination is similar to a political campaign: "You have campaign strategists and publicists and people who spend the entire year working on campaigns, strategizing, placing ads, entering films in film festivals and sort of positioning movies and appealing to particular Academy members."
The campaigns culminate on Oscars night, in a glitzy ceremony held in Hollywood's Dolby Theater, and televised around the globe. It's a long way from the first Academy Awards, which were handed out during a brief, 15-minute ceremony, following a dinner in a banquet room of the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles on May 16, 1929.
"What fascinates me about the very first Oscars is even at the beginning ... Hollywood was on such shaky ground," Schulman says. "For instance, The Jazz Singer, the groundbreaking talkie that basically killed off the silent movies had just come out and it was given an honorary award because the Academy felt it couldn't even compete with all the other nominees, which were silent films. And by the next year, the second Academy Awards, all of the nominees had sound."
Interview Highlights
On seeing the culture change through the Academy Awards
What I tried to do in the book is take certain years of the Oscars and put them on the couch and psychoanalyze them. And these moments of transition and these moments of instability are always so fascinating. ... When Moonlight won a few years ago, over La La Land, in that crazy envelope mix up and you could sense that: OK, so this means something. It's just one movie. It's just one win, but it means the culture. You can sense the culture kind of changing in this tectonic way.
On how #OscarsSoWhite changed the Academy
In 2016, for the second year in a row, all of the 20 acting nominees were white. And an activist named April Reign had started a hashtag the year before, which was, "#OscarsSoWhite they asked to touch my hair," and that got some pick-up in 2015. And in 2016, it went absolutely viral. And there was a lot of attention paid to the incredible whiteness and maleness of the people who are in the Academy and who do the voting.
So the Academy board of directors had an emergency meeting, and the president of the Academy at the time was Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who was the first Black president. And basically what they did was fast tracked a plan they had been discussing to actively try to diversify the membership. So they invited an unprecedented number of new people in, and it was more people of color, more women, younger people, and also more international people. At the same time, they had this policy where if you hadn't been active in the industry for many years, you would be demoted to an "emeritus status," this amazing kind of euphemism, which meant that basically you could not vote anymore. And this just set off a complete panic in Hollywood. Of course, there are a lot of people who praised what the Academy was doing, but then there was a very loud subsection of people who were just totally freaked out and felt that they were being blamed, that they were being scapegoated as racist. And it became a real conflict.
It has made a difference. I mean, one of the underappreciated things about these reforms was that the Academy became much more international. And I think you start to see that reflected in a win like Parasite a few years ago. The Academy's assessment of movies has become much less hemmed in by Hollywood as a physical place. But of course, the controversy has not died down. And we see that this year with the best actress category. This is a great year for Asian nominees: Michelle Yeoh and Hong Chau, all the people from Everything Everywhere All at Once. And yet there is still no Black actress nominated. There has not been a best actress winner who is a person of color since Halle Berry won the first and only one in 2002, and there are no female directors nominated this year. So I think this is not a problem that's been solved. Like the larger issue in American life over inclusion and representation, it's kind of an ongoing battle.
On how Harvey Weinstein changed how Oscars campaigns were run
Before Harvey Weinstein really had his rise in the '90s at Miramax, Oscar campaigning would be placing ads in the trade magazines, "for your consideration," ads in Variety or whatever. And people having maybe some private screenings at their homes in Beverly Hills. What Weinstein did was basically leave no stone unturned. He would not just blanket the airwaves and the papers with advertisements, but he would, for instance, find out where particular Academy members lived. And if there were three people in the Academy who happened to live in Santa Fe, he'd have people call them and set up a screening there and make sure they went. And he would find little pockets of Academy members. And there were just nonstop events, parties, hoopla.
He also had a real gift for sort of creating stunts that would get publicity. For instance, when the English Patient was out, he staged an entire evening at a town hall in New York City with people reading from the book. ... But then he would also find ways to sort of create humanitarian campaigns out of his movies. Famously, My Left Foot with Daniel Day-Lewis, he brought the movie and Daniel Day-Lewis to Washington and screened the movie for senators.
On Harvey Weinstein's infamous Oscars campaign for Shakespeare in Love to beat Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan for Best Picture in 1999
Saving Private Ryan ... was Spielberg's big World War II movie that was a tribute to his own father's generation. And his father had fought in the war. And it came out in the summer of 1998. It was a gigantic success, a critical darling, and it was presumed to be the frontrunner for best picture for many months. And then in December, along came Shakespeare in Love, from Harvey Weinstein's Miramax. And it was really such a different kind of movie. It was frothy and fun and clever and romantic, and it was about art, not war and love, not death. And as we've seen many, many years, the Oscar ... frontrunner fatigue sets in. And so people were suddenly interested in this new dynamic. And then what Weinstein did with Miramax was push every conceivable angle he could with this movie. Like there were tons of ads. He was throwing parties.
The thing that really made this campaign so ugly was that DreamWorks got word through the grapevine that Weinstein was negative, campaigning against Saving Private Ryan, that he was saying to journalists that they should write that essentially Saving Private Ryan was only good for the first 25 minutes, the famous D-Day sequence, and after that was basically a run of the mill World War II movie. And so this got to DreamWorks.
DreamWorks was absolutely furious. They started complaining to the press about everything Miramax was doing. Harvey Weinstein denied, denied, denied. And the people who worked for him didn't necessarily know what he was doing all the time. And so they felt that they were just being smeared by DreamWorks. And by the time everyone got to Oscar night, there was so much resentment and enmity between these two studios, and people still thought that Saving Private Ryan would win. And then Spielberg won best director ... but Shakespeare in Love won [best picture]. And it was just this explosion of shock and recrimination.
On why the Academy was created
The Academy was founded in early 1927, and it was the brainchild of Louis B. Mayer, the head of MGM. And the founders were basically 36 people who were a cross-section of the powerful people in silent era Hollywood. And their original rhetoric was extremely utopian. They saw themselves as a League of Nations for Hollywood. And much of what they were saying is that they wanted to create harmony and resolve disputes. And that's sort of the sunny side of what they were doing. The subtext of that is that Hollywood was not unionized at the time except for the technical craftspeople. And so the Academy, in a way, was created to preempt Equity or some other organizing body from organizing the creative professions. ...
What I tried to do in the book is take certain years of the Oscars and put them on the couch and psychoanalyze them. And these moments of transition and these moments of instability are always so fascinating.
For instance, if the writers were negotiating a contract with the studios, ... the Academy would sort of oversee the contract rather than a labor union doing it. So in its first 10 years, the Academy was really seen as the enemy by the kind of rank and file in Hollywood who felt, very much rightly so, that they were preempting unionization. And in the '30s, these guilds, like the Screen Actors Guild and the Screen Writers Guild, started to emerge as part of the labor movement of the '30s of the Depression and they went to war with the Academy. They would tell their members to resign from the Academy en masse. They would boycott the ceremony. And there was a real question — that of whether this very young Academy would survive.
It got to the point where the president of the Academy at the time, the director, Frank Capra, realized how toxic this all was. And he loved the Academy Awards. And he basically said, OK, the Academy is no longer going to do any of that stuff, any of that negotiating conflict resolution, anything having to do with economics or contracts, we're just not going to do it anymore. And so they really shed a lot of their original purpose. And what they preserved was the Oscars, which was the only thing that the Academy did that pretty much everyone in Hollywood liked.
Audio interview produced and edited by: Seth Kelley and Joel Wolfram.
Audio interview adapted to NPR.org by: Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Beth Novey.
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A journey into space that demonstrates the smartwatch's military-grade toughness and optimized positioning system.
CUPERTINO, Calif., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amazfit, a leading global smart wearables brand of Zepp Health (NYSE: ZEPP), recently sent its rugged outdoor GPS smartwatch, the Amazfit T-Rex 2, into space on a quest to prove its strength in extreme environments. The Amazfit T-Rex 2's space ride shows the brand leading by example with the spirit of "Up Your Game", while also fulfilling this watch's promise to inspire users to "Evolve Your Instinct". Amazfit believes that through the power of science and technology, there are infinite possibilities in life to be explored.
As the perfect companion for exciting outdoor adventures, the Amazfit T-Rex 2 has passed 15 military-grade tests including resistance to high and low pressure, extreme 70℃ heat and -40℃ cold, plus intense vibrations and shock – which were put to the ultimate test during the smartwatch's launch to space and return to land.
Beginning in the city of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, the Amazfit T-Rex 2 was sent into space on a lightweight spacecraft equipped with fully functional tracking and control systems, as well as an on-board camera to capture the most exciting highlights during the two and a half hour round-trip.
The smartwatch reached a peak altitude of about 113,000 feet (34.5 kilometers) and reached a top speed of over 180 miles per hour during the descent. Along with enduring intense air pressure of less than 0.2 percent of what we experience at sea level, the smartwatch also resisted freezing temperatures as cold as -64°C.
During this incredible trip, the Amazfit T-Rex 2's dual-band positioning and support for five satellite systems were both enabled to track its journey, while the Sent Into Space operating team on the ground each sported their own Amazfit T-Rex 2 to display their real-time movement directly on their watch, as they tracked the spacecraft during its return to Earth.
Once they retrieved the returned Amazfit T-Rex 2 from the landed craft, the Sent Into Space team reviewed the complete route the smartwatch had taken during its challenging mission to space, and acknowledged that the Amazfit T-Rex 2 had proved itself to be a true rugged outdoor GPS smartwatch.
Commenting on the space ride, one of the spacecraft technicians said, "There's a lot of smartwatches on the market but there's very few I'd be confident to take on one of our launches in Death Valley, or in the glaciers in Iceland, or on an aquatic recovery trip in the Pacific. I mean, this is a smartwatch that can go to space and come back working fine without a scratch."
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The general election campaign for Kentucky governor got off to a feisty start this week as Democrats worked to link the freshly minted Republican nominee to heavily criticized pardons by the vanquished predecessor of Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat who is trying to win a second term in GOP territory.
Republicans united behind attacks of their own, declaring at a Friday rally that Beshear has overstated his role in achievements they say stemmed from actions taken by the GOP-led Legislature.
“The governor has a press conference to take credit for the sun rising,” said Republican state Senate President Robert Stivers. “And I’m sure tonight he’ll probably have a press conference taking credit for the sun setting.”
While Republicans, led by their gubernatorial nominee, Daniel Cameron, ridiculed the governor’s record, Beshear stayed mostly above the fray. Beshear touted the state’s record-setting pace of economic development projects and said he intended to deliver more as he trekked across Kentucky on a bus tour.
“We can be the generations that change everything for Kentucky,” Beshear told more than 200 supporters who chanted “Andy, Andy” at an afternoon rally in Owensboro in western Kentucky. “We can turn our brain drain into a brain gain.”
If there was any doubt about national interest in the race, which could offer something of a preview of voter sentiment ahead of the 2024 presidential campaign, that was put to rest with a blistering ad launched on statewide television against Cameron by a group tied to the Democratic Governors Association.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, the association’s chair, has vowed to spend heavily in Kentucky on Beshear’s behalf, “maybe even at a historic pace to make sure he gets reelected.”
The association-backed ad accuses the Kentucky attorney general, who won the GOP nomination for governor in Tuesday’s primary, of shirking his duties by failing to hold former Gov. Matt Bevin accountable for issuing hundreds of pardons and commutations in his final days in office.
It claims Cameron “passed the buck” by failing to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the last-minute pardons of violent criminals and others by Bevin before he left office following his electoral loss to Beshear in 2019.
Cameron joined other Republican nominees for statewide offices Friday at the rally at state GOP headquarters, where he ripped into the governor’s decision to allow the early release of some nonviolent inmates during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the people released ended up committing new crimes, Cameron said. They were mostly nonviolent drug and property crime offenders who were released to help ease the spread of the virus in prison populations, according to the governor.
Cameron called himself the “law-and-order candidate” and derisively labeled his Democratic opponent as the ”catch-and-release candidate.”
Cameron’s barb reflected contrasting tones between the campaigns, the governor responded.
“While I’m out there talking about the future, trying to bring us together, move us not right nor left but forward, all you hear from my opponents are name calling, attempts to create division,” Beshear told reporters at his Owensboro rally.
The Democratic attack ad is the first volley in what’ sure to be a bitterly fought campaign. It previews a strategy of linking Cameron to Bevin, whose pugnacious style was rejected by many Kentuckians in favor of Beshear four years ago.
“Instead of passing the buck again, Daniel Cameron must finally answer for why he sided with Bevin and his cronies instead of Kentuckians by refusing to get to the bottom of this dangerous scandal,” Sam Newton, spokesperson for the Democratic Governors Association, said in a news release Friday.
Cameron was just weeks into his tenure as attorney general when he asked the FBI to investigate the flurry of Bevin pardons. The pardons included clemency for a convicted killer whose family held a fundraiser for Bevin and a convicted sex offender whose mother was married to a millionaire road contractor. Bevin’s actions drew bipartisan repudiations.
Cameron responded that the Democratic attack ad was “completely absurd.” He said his decision to turn the investigation over to the FBI drew broad support at the time. Cameron also signaled that Beshear’s record will be ripe for attacks.
“It’s a record that does not reflect the values of the men, women and children of all 120 counties” in Kentucky, Cameron said.
Beshear broke from the gate fast at the outset of the general election campaign after he spent months taking hits from a crowded field of Republicans vying to challenge him in November. Beshear debuted his first ad Thursday, stressing record economic development gains during his term and the state’s resilience after being hit by devastating tornadoes and flooding.
In another twist in the Bevin pardons scandal, Cameron hired Steve Pitt, who served as Bevin’s general counsel, as one of his top advisers in the attorney general’s office. Pitt pushed for one of Bevin’s controversial last-minute pardons while serving as the governor’s general counsel, the Courier Journal reported in 2020.
State Democratic Chair Colmon Elridge said this week that Cameron’s response was “a slap in the face to the victims, their families, law enforcement and prosecutors who took these dangerous criminals off the streets.”
Cameron, Kentucky’s first major-party Black nominee for governor, claimed a convincing victory Tuesday in a 12-candidate field. Beshear easily beat two under-the-radar challengers in his own primary.
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Associated Press writer Sara Burnett contributed from Chicago. | 2023-05-20T15:46:17+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/politics/ap-attacks-fly-as-contentious-general-election-campaign-for-kentucky-governor-begins/ |
Astronomers say they've discovered a strange exoplanet with a marshmallow-like density that appears to float in space as if it's in a cosmic bathtub.
Space observers using the Kitt Peak National Observatory telescope in Arizona say they found the planet orbiting a cool red dwarf star.
Experts used the WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope at the observatory to find the Jupiter-sized planet which is located in the constellation of Auriga the Charioteer about 580 light-years away from Earth.
Its orbit around a red dwarf star is interesting, because these types of stars are the smallest and most dim of all of the main-sequence stars. Those are stars which convert hydrogen into helium in their core, steadily.
Shubham Kanodia, a researcher at Carnegie Institution for Science’s Earth and Planets Laboratory said, “Giant planets around red dwarf stars have traditionally been thought to be hard to form.”
And that's what makes this giant fluffy celestial body with a marshmallow-like density so interesting.
“So far this has only been looked at with small samples from Doppler surveys, which typically have found giant planets further away from these red dwarf stars. Until now we have not had a large enough sample of planets to find close-in gas planets in a robust manner,” Kanodia said.
The planet, now identified as TOI-3757 b, still has many unexplained mysteries that surround its discovery.
Astronomers believe that such a large planet has formed around a dim star because TOI-3757 b has a rocky core. It is a gas giant so it is thought to have began as a massive rocky planet, about ten times the mass of Earth.
The planet is thought to have developed more slowly than other gas giants. | 2022-11-03T03:52:54+00:00 | ksby.com | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/astronomers-discover-giant-planet-with-marshmallow-like-fluffy-density |
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JobsOhio, the state's private nonprofit economic development corporation designed to drive job creation and new capital investment in Ohio, is proud to join The Ohio Manufacturers' Association (OMA) in commemorating the state's significant growth in the manufacturing sector after more than a decade of shared effort.
A recent OMA report examines how JobsOhio has fared in positioning the state's competitiveness as a private economic development organization in the last decade since its existence.
According to the latest data, Ohio's seasonally adjusted annual manufacturing GDP is more than $128 billion – up from $112 billion in late 2019, before the pandemic's start. And Ohio has more than 682,000 manufacturing workers earning an average of $67,000 annually.
Ohio has proudly built on its roots in rich industries like advanced manufacturing and the automotive sector while also increasing investments and support in other innovation-rich spaces such as aerospace, energy, and technology – all with research and development at the forefront.
With renowned universities, federal research institutes, and leading companies from nine major industry sectors, Ohio has long been a "quiet giant" of industrial innovation. The "giant" part certainly applies, but "quiet" won't last long. Ohio has the 5th highest number of Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies and is home to more than 120 NYSE/Nasdaq companies with a combined market capitalization above $1 trillion.
"Ohio's storied history as a pillar of American manufacturing is the foundation for a vibrant culture of innovation and meaningful investment that is sweeping the state," said J.P. Nauseef, JobsOhio President and CEO. "Manufacturing operations, with their associated workforces, jobs, and local economic uplift, are growing yearly because of deliberate actions being taken to help businesses succeed both now and in an increasingly bright future for our state."
Over the past decade, JobsOhio has built strategies around ten targeted industries representing one-third of Ohio's gross state product, nearly one-fourth of its employment, and 40% of the state's payroll. These key sectors include manufacturing-specific sectors like advanced manufacturing, aerospace, aviation, automotive, and energy and chemicals, and they also focus on the industries that make them work, including financial services, food and agribusiness, health care, logistics and distribution, technology, and most recently military and federal installations. As a result, Ohio's economy is more diversified and resilient than ever, ranking 9th out of the 50 states and number one in the Midwest with an industrial diversity score of .85 on a 1.0 scale.
Also credited for the surge in manufacturing project wins and activity is the cooperative support from JobsOhio's six regional partners around the state that deliver centralized resources with a strong connection to local communities, including sites, school systems, and unique workforce capabilities.
"Ohio continues to prove to the nation – and the rest of the world – that we are the powerhouse of manufacturing," said OMA President Ryan Augsburger. "With clear leadership from the state and the unique capabilities of JobsOhio, there is a tangible momentum that promises even more rewarding jobs, investment, and improved quality of life in our state. Manufacturing is how that gets done."
Since its founding in 2011, JobsOhio has helped to advance opportunities for Ohioans through catalytic investments and programs that have generated more than 210,000 new jobs with $10 billion in payroll, retained more than 590,000 jobs with $35 billion in payroll, and $64 billion in new capital investment across the state.
"Ohio is leading the revitalization of U.S. manufacturing, and that makes Manufacturing Day a day worth celebrating," Nauseef said.
JobsOhio is a private nonprofit economic development corporation designed to drive job creation and new capital investment in Ohio through business attraction, retention, and expansion. The organization also works to seed talent production in its targeted industries and to attract talent to Ohio through Find Your Ohio. JobsOhio works with six regional partners across Ohio: Dayton Development Coalition, Ohio Southeast Economic Development, One Columbus, REDI Cincinnati, Regional Growth Partnership, and Team NEO. Learn more at www.jobsohio.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
The Ohio Manufacturers' Association is Ohio's largest statewide business association comprised solely of manufacturers. Established in 1910, the OMA's mission is to protect and grow Ohio manufacturing. Learn more at OHIOMFG.com and MakingOhio.com.
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The TINT Shopify integration creates new opportunities for ecommerce brands to reach and convert customers
SAN ANTONIO, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The leader in visual content, TINT, has taken another step towards streamlined social eCommerce with the launch of a new integration with Shopify. Brands that want to scale their eCommerce sales can increase engagement, loyalty, and influence purchase decisions through the power of UGC and creator content.
TINT's State of User-Generated Content (UGC) 2022 research report found that 72% of consumers believe that reviews and testimonials submitted by customers are more credible than the brand talking about their products. The new integration will be of particular use to Shopify merchants looking to leverage the voice of their customers to increase sales. However, it will also be an important foundation for those who are just getting started in eCommerce.
Users of TINT and Shopify are now able to:
- Collect and display social content
- Configure multi-product linking
- Publish unlimited gallery and carousel widgets
- Analyze advanced UGC Insights
"More and more, UGC is being utilized across eCommerce to build trust, convert customers, and inspire repeat business and this integration could not be more timely for marketers looking to adapt to these shifts and scale their social commerce to meet their business goals." said Sameer Kamat, CEO, TINT.
In addition to Shopify, TINT integrates with other major eCommerce platforms, including Magento, BigCommerce, and Salesforce Commerce Cloud.
TINT is the world's most powerful User-Generated Content and Influencer platform - helping you tell your story through the voices of fans, customers, and creators. TINT works with over 5,000 brands in 173 countries and across every category, empowering them to create authentic experiences that strategically engage, build trust, convert sales, and inspire action at every step of the customer journey.
To learn more, visit https://www.tintup.com
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This award recognises a product, e-liquid or vaping innovation which is regarded as a game-changer for the industry and this is the first time it has been won by a disposable e-cigarette brand.
DUBAI, UAE, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GEEKBAR makes history, by being the first e-cigarette brand, to be named this year's industry game changer, by winning the distinguished 'Hall of Fame Award', at the Vapouround MENA Awards 2023, held in Dubai.
Established in 2015, GEEKBAR is an disposable vape brand, known for its high-quality disposable vape devices. GEEKBAR is committed to quality, from sourcing and manufacturing to marketing and distribution.
Potti Lan, the Chief Marketing Officer for GEEKBAR parent company GEEKVAPE, said: "As a company, we have a duty and opportunity to shape a better future for our consumers, employees, and stakeholders. GEEK BAR is enjoyed all over the world and we have worked hard to build a reputation that cares about our consumers, is reliable and cutting-edge. Compliance is of huge importance to us, as well as using state-of-the-art technology. We test our products to ensure that they are of the highest quality and that they meet all the safety and regulatory standards in the countries where they are sold.
"This is why we are so proud to have won this prestigious award in particular, at the Vapouround's MENA Vape Awards 2023, in Dubai. This is the first time the Hall of Fame Award has been won by a disposable vape brand and being a 'game-changer' for the right reasons is exactly what we are striving to be known for. This is accentuated by the launch of our most innovative and technically advanced Vaping Processing Unit (VPU) yet, the brand-new MELOSO range, which is both visually striking while elevating flavour and taste to new levels."
GEEKBAR's new MELOSO line-up uses a stunning design, with a shiny metallic base aimed to appeal only to discerning adult vapers while, on the inside, the ground-breaking VPU (similar to the CPU in computers) delivers the smoothest-ever taste with intense flavours and a fruity aroma to give an unparalleled vaping experience.
For more information on the GEEKBAR product line visit: http://www.geekbar.com/
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WINOOSKI, Vt., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SOOS is teaming up with CircleCI, the leading continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform, to offer CircleCI customers seamless access to SOOS's Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tool. Now users will have the ability to find, fix, and monitor known vulnerabilities in their app dependencies, without leaving the CircleCI platform.
CircleCI is the leading continuous integration and delivery platform for software innovation at scale. With intelligent automation and delivery tools, CircleCI is used by the world's best engineering teams to radically reduce the time from idea to execution. The company has been recognized as an innovative leader in cloud-native continuous integration by independent research firms and industry awards like the DEVIES, Forbes' Best Startup Employers of the Year, and Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™.
SOOS's cloud-based Software Composition Analysis tool scans your manifests in real-time. The open source software scan identifies vulnerable packages, indicates what the fix is, and integrates into the development team's CI/CD pipeline and workflow tools to make fixing and monitoring fast and simple. SOOS makes it easy to find all the license types included in the open source components of your project, as well as their dependencies. SOOS's robust web dashboard provides proprietary license attribution summaries, making it effortless to determine open source license allowances for commercial applications, web applications, internal applications, patentability considerations, source modifications, and attribution information.
"SOOS is on a mission to make software safer for everyone, by providing all developers access to the tools they need to identify and remediate open source vulnerabilities," said Becca Newton, SOOS's V.P. of Business Development. "These partnerships allow us to broaden our reach and fulfill our mission to provide streamlined, affordable solutions to the developer community. We're breaking down the barriers, because safety and security are our top priorities."
To sign up or learn more about CircleCI, visit: www.circleci.com/signup
To see SOOS's full suite of capabilities and learn more about our mission to make software safer for everyone, visit www.SOOS.io
About SOOS
SOOS is on a mission to democratize software security. Founded in 2020, SOOS makes it easy to identify and remediate open source vulnerabilities, with a straightforward pricing model and easy workflow integration. Peace of mind, without the hassle, means safer software for everyone.
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Docs: Suspect in Kent murder 'shot three people in the head with a revolver'
KENT, Wash. - A man faces life in prison after being charged with one count murder and two counts of attempted murder. Authorities say the 46-year-old entered a Kent apartment and shot three people in the head, killing one of them.
According to charging documents, Chucco Lavarr Robinson, 46, is the suspect in the case. Robinson was arrested on July 3, and now faces multiple serious charges with a maximum sentence of life in prison.
The shooting took place on June 29 around 5:30 a.m. on the third floor of the BLVD Apartments in Kent. The three victims were all allegedly shot in the head by Robinson, who was not allowed to have a firearm due to his extensive criminal record.
According to charging documents, a witness told police that he and another man, Jack Torres Lee Rainford, Jr., arrived that morning at the apartment complex. He said Rainford said he had to go inside an apartment because someone "owed him something." After ten minutes, the witness heard a gunshot, a woman screaming and then several more gunshots. Less than a minute later, a different man who appeared "frantic" ran out of the apartment and drove away.
After the man drove away, the witness called for Rainford and honked but did not get a response. Documents say the witness pried open a stairway door to get into the building and shouted for Rainford. Eventually, he said he found a third-floor apartment door open with Rainford's feet lying in the doorway. Rainford was gasping for breath and had been shot in the head. The witness called 911 and also found a woman with a gunshot wound in the bedroom.
Later that day, a woman told police that a man with her had also been injured in the shooting and ran away when the shots started getting fired in the apartment.
That man told police that Robinson had been acting paranoid prior to the shooting saying that he believed it was because of drug use.
On July 3, Des Moines Police found Robinson inside of his Toyota Corolla and arrested him for probable cause for the shooting. Charges were filed by the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office on July 6.
The suspect, who has already been convicted of second-degree murder in King County and first-degree burglary and second-degree assault in Spokane, now faces enhanced penalties under the persistent offender statute. Prosecutors say every felony conviction Robinson has counts as a strike against him.
One victim, Rainford, succumbed to his injuries on July 4. Another victim currently remains unresponsive in the hospital and is unable to breathe or eat on her own. A third victim was later identified as having been at shot inside the apartment, but he ran away when the shooting started and later contacted police.
The charging documents state: "His actions in this case, attempting to kill people and succeeding in killing one, coupled with his conviction history establishes clear and convincing evidence that he has a propensity for violence that creates a substantial likelihood of danger to the community."
Robinson now faces charges of first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree attempted murder, and unlawful possession of a firearm. If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Prosecutors asked for no bail for the defendant. | 2023-07-07T22:49:52+00:00 | fox13seattle.com | https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/suspect-charged-in-kent-triple-shooting-shot-three-people-in-the-head-with-a-revolver |
Michigan man charged with swapping barcodes to steal from Walmart self-checkout
ALPENA, Mich. (FOX 2) - A Michigan man is facing charges after he got caught allegedly swapping barcodes at a Walmart self-checkout.
A loss prevention employee at the store on M-32 in Alpena County told police they saw Joseph Carl Alexander, 36, switching barcodes on expensive items with the barcodes from cheaper products. He then took the items to self-checkout and scanned them.
When the employee tried to talk to Alexander because the barcodes didn't match the products, he allegedly said he needed to go outside and check on his children.
A review of surveillance video showed that Alexander had allegedly been swapping barcodes since June, and had stolen more than $1,100 worth of items by doing this.
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He is charged with first-degree retail fraud, and habitual offender, fourth notice.
According to the Michigan Department of Corrections, Alexander has previous convictions for delivering narcotics, possessing contraband in prison, attempted unlawful driving away in an automobile, and breaking and entering.
His bond was set at $25,000 10% cash surety, and he'll be back in court Sept. 13. | 2022-09-04T11:14:36+00:00 | fox10phoenix.com | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/michigan-man-charged-with-swapping-barcodes-to-steal-from-walmart-self-checkout |
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Freddie Freeman hit his 14th homer off Shohei Ohtani in the fourth inning, and seven relievers combined on a two-hitter in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ second straight shutout victory in the Freeway Series, 2-0 over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.
Ohtani (6-3) pitched seven innings of five-hit ball with two walks and 12 strikeouts, one off his career high. The two-way superstar was outstanding in his first career mound start against the Dodgers, who are likely to be one of his most ardent suitors in free agency this winter.
“I definitely felt way better this time than last time (on the mound),” Ohtani said through his translator. “I felt the most comfortable on the mound so far this year.”
But Ohtani went 0 for 7 at the plate in these two rivalry games against the Dodgers, while Mike Trout went 0 for 8. The former AL MVPs’ teammates weren’t much better while the Angels were shut out for the second and third time this season.
“I was sort of a fan tonight watching (Ohtani),” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “Really kept us at bay — you could argue dominated us. … Just to be a starting pitcher, to hold down a lineup like this, and then to go out there and hit at the top of the order, it’s remarkable.”
Miguel Vargas homered in the ninth inning, and Evan Phillips capped a stellar bullpen game by picking up his ninth save to conclude the Dodgers’ eighth consecutive victory over the Angels. This mini-sweep interrupted the Dodgers’ 4-10 skid before they traveled to Anaheim.
“It was really a clinic for our ‘pen,” Roberts said. “They all did what they needed to do tonight. Every single one of those guys did a fantastic job, and then we got some timely hitting.”
Ohtani allowed only an infield single in his first three innings, but Freeman led off the fourth by hammering an 0-1 cutter to the base of the fake rock pile beyond center field at Angel Stadium, where Freeman spent plenty of time while growing up 10 minutes away in Orange County as an Angels fan.
Freeman said he had about 30 friends and family members occupying a full suite at the Big A for the series.
“It’s pretty nice when you look up and see a whole suite jumping up and down,” Freeman said.
The Halos were shut out just once in their first 74 games, but after Clayton Kershaw shut them down in the Dodgers’ 2-0 win Tuesday, they were overwhelmed by the Dodgers’ bullpen, which had the majors’ second-worst ERA two days ago before throwing 11 combined shutout innings of two-hit ball in Anaheim.
“The bullpen games, I’ve seen it with other teams, it’s hard to score when you’re facing a different pitcher each time,” Angels manager Phil Nevin said. “It’s facts. You go through the numbers, it’s hard to do that. But we had some chances.”
Luis Rengifo had both hits for the Angels, who were on an 11-3 surge before completely losing their offensive mojo in front of two sellout crowds packed with fans of both teams.
The Angels had a runner called out at the plate for the second straight night when Rengifo tried to score from third on Mickey Moniak’s fly ball in the third inning. David Peralta threw out Rengifo from left.
Ohtani stranded two runners in the fourth after Freeman’s homer, and he stranded two more in the sixth before leaving to a big ovation after the seventh.
Brusdar Graterol opened for the Dodgers with two hitless innings, and Victor Gonzalez (2-2) followed him with 1 1/3 innings. Longtime Red Sox reliever Ryan Brasier later recorded four consecutive outs in his Dodgers debut.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Dodgers: RHP Shelby Miller went on the injured list with neck pain. Miller, who hasn’t pitched since June 15, will be sidelined for three to four weeks with a reoccurrence of the injury, Roberts said.
Angels: INF Gio Urshela is likely to miss the rest of the season with his broken pelvis, Nevin said. Urshela doesn’t need surgery, but he’ll need at least 12 weeks of rest and recovery time. … C Logan O’Hoppe began baseball activities in what’s expected to be a lengthy comeback from labrum surgery.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: After a day off, Emmet Sheehan (0-0, 0.00 ERA) makes his second major league start at Dodger Stadium on Friday against Houston. Sheehan pitched six hitless innings of two-walk ball last week against San Francisco.
Angels: After a day off, Patrick Sandoval (4-6, 4.08 ERA) takes the mound in Denver on Friday to face the Rockies for the first time. Sandoval pitched seven scoreless innings to beat Kansas City last week.
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BEIJING (AP) — The Asian gambling center of Macao will close all its casinos for a week starting Monday and largely restrict people to their homes as it tries to stop a COVID-19 outbreak that has infected more than 1,400 people in the past three weeks.
All businesses have been ordered to shut except for supermarkets and others providing essential services. Residents must stay home unless they need to go out, such as for food shopping or to work in a sector deemed essential.
Macao, a semi-autonomous Chinese region like nearby Hong Kong, is facing its first sizeable outbreak of the pandemic. The city of 680,000 people recorded 93 new cases on Saturday, bringing the total in the ongoing outbreak to 1,467.
The former Portuguese colony has been following a version of China’s “zero-COVID” strategy, locking down buildings that have cases and conducting repeated rounds of mass testing to find and isolate infected individuals.
Authorities warned that police would be patrolling the streets and violators would face penalties, according to Macao media reports. Anyone going out must wear a mask, with adults required to use an N95 or equivalent one.
The measures, announced Saturday, expand on restrictions that have been in place since June 23. The earlier order closed hair salons, gyms, cinemas, bars, nightclubs and other entertainment venues and banned dining in restaurants, limiting them to takeout or delivery.
Macao's economy is heavily dependent on its casinos and related businesses, which have been hit hard by the pandemic. Revenue from gambling recovered somewhat last year but is still far below pre-pandemic levels. | 2022-07-10T10:03:41+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Macao-to-shutter-casinos-for-a-week-in-COVID-19-17295236.php |
WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, September 2, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1226 PM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of western Texas, including the following
counties, Glasscock and Howard.
* WHEN...Until 330 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1226 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Big Spring, Forsan and Big Spring Country Club.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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SEATTLE (AP) — With ropes, a harness, a hammock and a bucket pulley system, masked activists in Seattle have taken residence in the branches of an old, thick cedar tree to prevent it from being cut down to make way for new homes.
The protest on a private lot is the latest episode highlighting tensions behind tree policy in Seattle as climate change increases temperatures and urban canopy decreases.
The Western red cedar, dubbed “Luma,” is about 80 feet (24.4 meters) tall, with two trunks that are each about 4 feet (1.2 meters) in diameter.
Its age is not known, but activists have estimated it could be as much as 200 years old. The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe is seeking to have the tree preserved for its archaeological significance, saying that Native Americans shaped its branches generations ago to distinguish it as a trail marker.
The protesters have declined to give their names, citing concerns about retaliation. They said they support new housing, but not at the expense of the tree.
“We have to win this tree. We have to win because Luma is setting the tone for every other tree that’s under threat in Seattle,” one said from the tree. “We have to show that we mean business.”
The occupation began July 14, with each activist taking shifts of several days in the tree.
Some local residents hope to see it preserved.
“We were led to believe that this tree was going to be was going to be kept,” said Andy Stewart, who lives down the block. “Then we got surprised to learn that the final permits were approved with the tree being removed.”
The tree is on a development site where a single family home is being replaced with six housing units split between two parcels. After the city surveyed the site and proposal, it decided that the tree needed to be removed to accommodate the new housing,
The initial plans neighbors cited didn’t accurately show the extent of the tree’s roots, said Bryan Stevens, a spokesman for the Department of Construction and Inspections.
“The tree sits towards the middle of the parcel, making it difficult to preserve while also allowing for the development to achieve the number of housing units allowed on the property,” Stevens said.
Stevens said the city can’t revoke the removal permit.
The activist in the tree said she hopes the city can find a way to keep the tree and create housing.
“It seems like there’s an easy solution to have the houses that they want on this lot if they would just take a small creative step,” she said.
The project is funded by Legacy Group Capital, which did not reply to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment.
The Snoqualmie Tribe this week sent a letter to the city asking officials to halt the removal. The city suggested the tribe reach out to state authorities to further assess if the tree is on an archeological site.
It’s unclear if the tree will be removed because new coordination between the landowner and the Washington Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation is needed, Stevens said.
The department’s executive director, Allyson Brooks, said the developer will need to seek a permit, since the site has been determined to be a “cultural resource.” The permitting process will take 60 days and will include consultation from the tribe.
Cities across the country have pledged to plant more trees to combat climate change and its impact. Trees not only absorb carbon dioxide but also cool cities. Researchers also say old trees need to be tended in cities because new plantings can take 10 to 20 years to start providing environmental benefits.
“Our majestic trees, for the most part, are our very largest native trees. And they are the most valuable in terms of keeping the community healthy and preserving our ecosystem,” said Sandy Shettler of the Last 6000, a group that aims to count and protect old trees.
Western red cedars can live up to 1,500 years in forests, according to the Washington Department of Natural Resources. | 2023-07-22T02:15:46+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/ap-seattle-climate-activists-roost-in-old-cedar-tree-to-prevent-it-from-being-cut-down-for-new-housing/ |
2022 NFL trade deadline live blog: Tracking latest rumors, completed deals originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The NFL trade deadline is Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET, and we've already seen a couple deals get done over the last few days.
The Kansas City Chiefs acquired 2021 first-round pick Kadarius Toney from the New York Giants to bolster their wide receiver depth. The Baltimore Ravens traded for veteran linebacker Roquan Smith in a deal with the Chicago Bears on Monday.
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Another AFC team to watch is the New England Patriots.
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The Patriots have been receiving trade calls on some of their veteran wideouts, including Nelson Agholor and Kendrick Bourne, per NBC Sports Boston's Phil Perry. Patriots running back Damien Harris and safety Jabrill Peppers reportedly have drawn interest around the league as well.
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New England also could be a buyer Tuesday because it still has a chance to make the playoffs as a wild card team.
The Buffalo Bills have a Super Bowl-caliber team and need to upgrade at running back. They've been linked to Christian McCaffrey (before he went to the 49ers) and Alvin Kamara.
Keep it right here for the latest news, rumors and completed deals before the 4 p.m. deadline. This story will be updated throughout the day.
4:02 p.m.: The Cowboys were surprisingly quiet at the trade deadline.
3:59 p.m.: The Bills have finally upgraded at running back.
3:21 p.m.: The Broncos have made another small move to bolster their pass rush.
2:59 p.m.: The Jaguars are trading for Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley, who is suspended indefinitely for betting on NFL games.
2:58 p.m.: The Dolphins have been busy today. They dealt reportedly Chase Edmonds to the Broncos earlier Tuesday and now they've acquired Jeff Wilson from the 49ers.
2:52 p.m.: First-round draft picks are not as difficult to acquire as they used to be.
2:47 p.m.: Bradley Chubb could be staying in Miami for a while.
2:26 p.m.: The Miami Dolphins are making a splash.
1:35 p.m.: The Bears have acquired Steelers wide receiver Chase Claypool.
One player unlikely to be traded is Patriots offensive tackle Isaiah Wynn.
12:27 p.m.: The Vikings have made a strong upgrade at tight end, acquiring T.J. Hockenson from the Lions.
11:20 a.m.: The Bears reportedly have interest in Patriots wide receiver Kendrick Bourne, per Doug Kyed of Pro Football Focus.
11:15 a.m. ET: Let's get caught up on the latest rumors from Tuesday morning. | 2022-11-01T20:19:49+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/2022-nfl-trade-deadline-tracker-live-updates-rumors-and-completed-deals/2897806/ |
Allegion helps property owners and managers navigate new industry pressures through flexible security hardware, software and services that create operational efficiencies and promote positive renter retention, revenue
ATLANTA, June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- From June 7-9, Allegion US, a leading provider of security solutions, technology and services, will be exhibiting and demonstrating new interoperable electronic access control technologies, software and proptech solutions at NAA Apartmentalize (booth #1705), an annual event that brings together multifamily housing professionals from around the world for three days of education, networking and learning about the latest industry trends and best practices.
"We're excited to unveil our latest security solutions at NAA Apartmentalize, which provide multifamily property owners and managers a unique opportunity to increase operational efficiencies, drive revenue and enhance renter acquisition and retention," said John Villanueva, general manager, Locks & Access Solutions at Allegion. "Our flexible and interoperable solutions and services help property managers create safe and secure communities for residents, which is a top priority in today's rental housing industry. By leveraging our innovative products like the Schlage XE360™ Series wireless electronic locks, property managers can streamline their security protocols and minimize risks to their communities, resulting in improved operational efficiency, increased revenue and greater resident satisfaction. We're looking forward to connecting with multifamily housing professionals to help them create thriving, secure and safe campuses."
Show attendees can join Allegion security consultants at booth #1705 for in-depth conversations around seamless access and have an up-close look at the following security solutions:
Schlage XE360 Series Wireless Electronic Locks: Building on the innovation of Schlage electronic locks, the XE360 Series is the next generation of wireless electronic lock from Schlage made to fit the needs of a wide range of common area openings. Its sleek design offers customers a solution that looks as good as it performs – at an affordable price point.
Designed specifically for multifamily buildings, the XE360 Series wireless lock is available as tubular, mortise, mortise deadbolt or exit trim and suites with other Schlage families to provide a wide selection of options to create a pleasing aesthetic across multifamily properties.
The Schlage XE360 wireless lock provides multifamily property owners and managers with a unique combination of innovative features designed to affordably simplify access control and provide next-level design for their properties. The system supports multiple credential types, including Schlage MIFARE®, Bluetooth® and NFC mobile, with advanced encryption to keep data and communications safe. The lock provides up to two years of battery life, wireless configuration using connected smartphones or tablets, comes standard with a uniquely concealed key override, and is currently capable of operating in an offline or no-tour capacity. With the innovative FleX Module™ (what is this? Add the noun after the trademark), the system is ready for future connectivity and encryption technology upgrades. The XE360 Series wireless lock currently works within the ENGAGE™ ecosystem, but its open architecture design also makes it easy to integrate with third-party software, making it a versatile and affordable solution for a range of multifamily properties.
Schlage Control® mobile enabled smart lock: The Schlage Control mobile enabled smart lock was designed specifically for multifamily residence doors. It allows properties to offer convenient security to residents and intelligent efficiency to property managers. Through support for Bluetooth® mobile credentials, Schlage Control deadbolts and interconnected locks allow residents to gain access using smart credentials or their smartphones. And without traditional keys to deal with, properties will save time and money in managing resident access. The open architecture capabilities of Schlage Control products offer properties the freedom to use the physical access control (PACS) or proptech provider of their choice to manage security and extend the possibilities of their locks beyond access control.
Proptech Alliances: Allegion offers a wide-ranging ecosystem of both independent proptech and traditional access control providers, ensuring multifamily properties have access to the broadest range of capabilities available. By working with a network of alliances, Allegion is introducing a new standard of multifamily living that provides premier services and amenities for residents. With a focus on interoperability and open architecture, Allegion is able to help property owners and managers deliver smart apartment experiences that residents desire and operational efficiencies that drive positive net operating income.
Additionally, show attendees can stop by the Zentra booth #1709 to learn more about Allegion's latest brand focused on access solutions for multifamily properties. Zentra's suite of solutions provides simple, smart and secure property access. The brand's offerings are unified by a single software platform with integrated hardware and support services to enhance back-end efficiency for property managers and improve the overall resident experience. Trusted and simple to use, Zentra was created with multifamily needs in mind – providing security that fits a campus' unique needs as well as the convenience its residents expect.
Multifamily housing professionals who will not be attending the show in person this year can utilize Allegion's online resources including the Solving for Multifamily Podcast and a wide array of digital resources, like the Beginner's Guide to Proptech.
For more information, please visit us.allegion.com.
About Allegion
Allegion (NYSE: ALLE) is a global pioneer in seamless access, with leading brands like CISA®, Interflex®, LCN®, Schlage®, SimonsVoss® and Von Duprin®. Focusing on security around the door and adjacent areas, Allegion secures people and assets with a range of solutions for homes, businesses, schools and institutions. For more, visit www.allegion.com.
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BERLIN (AP) — Swiss authorities said Thursday that they have been notified of 46.1 billion francs ($48.5 billion) in assets held by Russian nationals and entities in the Alpine country since sanctions were introduced earlier this year.
Switzerland, which isn’t a European Union member but has close relations with the 27-member bloc, applied EU sanctions against Russia following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February.
Among the measures, it has been forbidden since shortly after the war began to accept deposits of more than 100,000 francs from Russian citizens or entities — companies or organizations. Existing deposits above that level had to be reported to Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs by early June.
The secretariat said that 123 people or entities in Switzerland reported 7,548 “business relationships” with a total value of 46.1 billion francs. A further 294 “business relationships” with Russia’s close ally, Belarus, were worth 400 million francs.
People who are citizens of Switzerland or a country in the European Economic Area, or who hold a temporary or permanent residence permit from one of those countries, are exempt both from the ban on new deposits and the reporting requirement. Deposits under 100,000 francs also don’t have to be reported.
The secretariat stressed that “the level of reported deposits … can therefore not be equated with the total amount of funds of Russian origin held in Switzerland.”
The total amount frozen in Switzerland under sanctions stood at 7.5 billion francs in financial assets and 15 properties as of Nov. 25. Those are assets owned or controlled directly by people, companies and organizations subject to sanctions related to the war in Ukraine. | 2022-12-01T19:51:15+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/business-news/ap-business/ap-switzerland-says-it-knows-of-48-5-billion-in-russian-assets/ |
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Land Title Association (ALTA) Good Deeds Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded by ALTA, the national trade association of the land title insurance industry, today announced the recipients of $140,000 in grants. The Foundation announced the recipients of this year's second round of biannual grants during ALTA ONE, ALTA's largest annual event.
"My favorite season is officially grant season," said Foundation Board Chair Mary O'Donnell, president and CEO of Westcor Land Title Insurance Co. and past president of ALTA. "The impact that the ALTA Good Deeds Foundation grants have on these charitable organizations is immense. We are excited to see how this round of grants helps local communities across the country develop and grow."
Twenty-six $5,000 grants were awarded to charities supported by ALTA members, including Support the Enlisted Project in San Diego, the location of this year's ALTA ONE. The grants were awarded to: Assistance League of Omaha, Omaha, Neb.; Autism Acts of Kindness, Hollywood, Fla.; Birthday Wishes, Hicksville, N.Y.; The Community Project Inc., Lawrenceburg, Ind.; CONVERGENCE Memphis, Memphis, Tenn.; Feeding the Valley Inc., Columbus, Ga.; Food for Thought Outreach, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.; The Georgia Heirs Property Law Center Inc., Atlanta, Ga.; Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Duquesne, Pa.; Helping Hands, Canyon Lake, Calif.; HomeAid National Capital Region, Chantilly, Va.; Homes for Hearts, Memphis, Tenn.; Human Development Commission, Caro, Mich.; JD Breast Cancer Foundation, Cleveland; Light of Hope, Claremore, Okla.; Matt's Place Foundation Inc., Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans, St. Paul, Minn.; Operation 300, Port Salerno, Fla.; OPERATION TROOP APPRECIATION; McKeesport, Pa.; Rejuvenating Women, Omaha, Neb.; Support Our Students, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Trailhead Community, Littleton, Colo.; Wildland Firefighter Foundation, Boise, Idaho; Workforce Now Foundation of the York Builders Association, York, Pa.; and Yellow Roof Foundation, Concord, Calif.
The Foundation also awarded a $10,000 emergency grant last week to the Collier Comes Together Hurricane Recovery Fund created by the Collier Community Foundation in Naples, Fla., following the devastation of Hurricane Ian.
"This year, ALTA members came together to support a huge goal: to help the ALTA Good Deeds Foundation raise $1 million," said ALTA CEO Diane Tomb. "I am pleased to announce that this fall, we met that goal; since its inception in October 2020, ALTA members have gone above and beyond to support the Foundation. To date, we have given away more than $550,000 in grants to 97 community nonprofits in 36 states—plus Washington D.C.—across the country. We are grateful that, because of our members, the Foundation is able to continue its meaningful work and make an impact in so many communities."
The ALTA Good Deeds Foundation was launched in 2020 to bolster the charitable efforts of ALTA members. Land title insurance professionals can apply for grants on behalf of recognized 501(c)(3) organizations that they support financially or through volunteer efforts; preference is given to housing-related charities. The inaugural round of grants was announced in March 2021.
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ATLANTA and ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) announces the hiring of Allison Feldman as their new Chief Executive Officer. The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of Lewy body dementias (LBD), supporting people with LBD, their families, and caregivers, and promoting scientific advances. The Association's purposes are charitable, educational, and scientific.
Lewy body dementia is the second most common progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease and the most expensive dementia in the U.S. Frequently misdiagnosed, LBD may initially mimic Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, or psychiatric disorders. Common symptoms include progressive cognitive impairment, changes in movement called parkinsonism, visual hallucinations, a sleep disorder in which individuals physically act out their dreams, and unpredictable variations in cognition, attention, and alertness.
"The Board of LBDA is excited to welcome Allison as our new CEO and know she will be a great ambassador for our organization and to the individuals and families impacted by this disease," said Christina M. Christie, Board President. Lewy body dementia (LBD) affects an estimated 1.4 million individuals and their families in the United States. "At the Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA), we are committed to increasing recognition and diagnosis of LBD and ensuring all families have access to the information and support they need along their journey," she added.
Ms. Feldman was previously the CEO of the Facial Pain Association and the Acoustic Neuroma Association. Over the course of her 19 years in the nonprofit arena, Allison brings experience in direct program provision, outreach, and engagement, budgeting and finance, marketing, and communications, fundraising and development, volunteer management, governance, grant writing and fulfillment, sponsorship engagement, donor cultivation, building relationships, collaborating with external partners, and producing programs for thousands of people. Allison holds a Master's in Public Administration from the University of Georgia.
"More and more attention is being given to LBD, and my mission for the organization is to make sure we capitalize on this opportunity to create more awareness so we can all have a better understanding and treatment options for Lewy body dementia (LBD)," said Allison Feldman, recently appointed CEO of LBDA. "I have been impressed with the team at LBDA, and I look forward to working with each of them to advance our mission," she added.
The Tolan Group (TTG), a Hunt Scanlon Top 50 Healthcare & Life Sciences Executive Search Firm, executed this search assignment. Kaye Johnson, Managing Partner, and Hailey Brandvold, Associate, led the search efforts for TTG.
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Minnesota prosecutors drop state sex abuse charges against R. Kelly, citing federal convictions
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota prosecutors have dropped sex abuse charges against disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly that alleged he invited a 17-year-old girl to his hotel room in 2001 and paid her $200 to dance naked with him.
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said in a statement Tuesday that it believes her and that Kelly would likely be convicted if tried, but prosecuting him on charges that had been dormant since being filed in 2019 wouldn’t make a difference now that Kelly’s federal convictions could keep him in prison for the rest of his life.
“The overwhelming impact of proceeding to trial in this case on the survivor victim, the community, and the Hennepin County legal system would be enormous while a conviction would not add any additional time in prison,” the statement said.
The woman Kelly allegedly abused in Minnesota wanted to testify at a trial anyway, her lawyer said.
Attorney Gloria Allred issued a statement on behalf of the woman, identified only as Jane Doe. It said what Kelly did to her has been weighing heavily on her for more than 20 years and would continue to hurt her for the rest of her life.
“As a surviving victim of R. Kelly, I feel sad about the fact that Hennepin County Attorney’s Office in Minnesota decided not to hold him accountable for what he did to me when I was a minor,” the statement said. “If there had been a criminal trial, I would have been willing to testify against R. Kelly. Even though it wouldn’t have brought any extra prison time for him, it would have given me closure.”
Federal juries in Chicago and New York convicted Kelly, now 56, of crimes including child pornography, enticement, racketeering and sex trafficking related to allegations that he victimized women and girls. Born Robert Sylvester Kelly, he was sentenced to 30 years in the New York case last year and a mostly concurrent 20 years in February in the Chicago case.
The woman in Minnesota sued Kelly in 2021, but that case remans dormant, too, because Kelly is in prison and is unable to defend himself, cord records show. He was transferred to a federal prison in North Carolina last month.
The Grammy-winning Kelly rose from poverty in Chicago to become one of the world’s biggest R&B stars. Known for his smash hit “I Believe I Can Fly” and for sex-infused songs such as “Bump n’ Grind,” he sold millions of albums even after allegations about his abuse of girls began circulating publicly in the 1990s.
When he announced the Minnesota charges in 2019, then-County Attorney Mike Freeman said Kelly met the young woman before a concert in Minneapolis when she tried to get his autograph. Freeman said the performer gave her his signature and a phone number, and when she called it, she was invited to Kelly’s hotel room. She was offered $200 to take off her clothes and dance, and Kelly took his clothes off as well and they danced together, Freeman said.
The criminal complaint said she told investigators that Kelly lay on his bed and she climbed on top of him “body to body.” He allegedly touched her all over her body and fondled himself.
Cook County prosecutors in Chicago dropped state sex abuse charges there in January, citing his lengthy federal prison sentences.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-17T17:52:35+00:00 | ktiv.com | https://www.ktiv.com/2023/05/17/minnesota-prosecutors-drop-state-sex-abuse-charges-against-r-kelly-citing-federal-convictions/ |
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Several popular restaurants at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, including Wow Bao, 800 Degrees Woodfired Kitchen and Cantina Taqueria, have recently reopened after being closed for more than three years due to the pandemic.
Meanwhile, Shake Shack, the popular burger and milkshake eatery in the airport’s main terminal food court, should reopen in late May or early June, said Tina LaForte, vice president of Fraport Cleveland, which manages concessions at the airport. | 2023-04-20T13:58:39+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/travel/2023/04/shake-shack-shut-down-during-pandemic-at-cleveland-hopkins-airport-expected-to-reopen-soon.html |
NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential claims against Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. ("Argo" or the "Company") (NYSE: ARGO) and reminds investors of the December 20, 2022 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class action that has been filed against the Company.
If you suffered losses exceeding $100,000 investing in Argo stock or options between February 13, 2018 and August 9, 2022 and would like to discuss your legal rights, call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310). You may also click here for additional information: www.faruqilaw.com/ARGO.
There is no cost or obligation to you.
Faruqi & Faruqi is a leading minority and Woman-owned national securities law firm with offices in New York, Pennsylvania, California and Georgia.
The complaint alleges violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants touted that they closely monitored Argo's underwriting policies and had the ability to set appropriate reserves. Argo cultivated a narrative that it had a long history of successfully managing its reserves and that the Company had a "prudent reserving philosophy."
However, this narrative created by Argo was false and misleading. Argo's reserves were wholly inadequate, its underwriting standards were not prudent as represented, and Argo had dramatically changed its underwriting policies on certain U.S. construction contracts as far back as 2018. Further, these policies were underwritten outside of the Company's "core" business including in certain states and for certain exposures that were far riskier than investors understood and that the Company no longer would service moving forward.
The truth was partially disclosed on February 8, 2022, when Argo reported that its fourth quarter results for 2021 would be negatively impacted by $130 to $140 million worth of prior year reserve development and non-operating charges. The Company admitted that the largest reserve increases were related to construction defect claims within Argo's U.S. Operations, in addition to reserve increases in the Run-off segment. The Company also admitted that the prior year reserve increase for construction defect primarily related to the 2017 and prior underwriting years in business lines that had either been significantly remediated or discontinued.
When investors learned the truth about Argo's reserves and underwriting practices, the price of its common stock fell $7.11 per share (or 13.7%) in one day, dropping from a closing price of $51.87 per share on February 8, 2022 to close at $44.76 per share, on February 9, 2022. On February 10, 2022, the price of Argo's common stock declined to $42.82 per share, for a two-day drop of $9.05 per share (or 17.5%) wiping out over $315 million in market capitalization.
Just months later, on August 8, 2022, Argo again shocked its investors when it announced that it had entered into a Loss Portfolio Transfer agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Enstar Group Limited covering a majority of the company's U.S. casualty insurance reserves. On this news, the price of Argo's common stock declined $9.12 per share (or 28.3%) from an August 8, 2022 closing price of $32.22 to close at $23.10 per share on August 10, 2022. This drop caused the Company's market capitalization to fall another $320 million. Argo's stock price is down more than 60% this year, trading near its 52-week low.
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SEATTLE, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vida Agency, (TVA) and Converge Media announced today a strategic partnership to align core company competencies to better serve the diverse communities across the Northwest. The Vida Agency, founded by Amalia Martino, is a woman and minority-owned, multicultural communications company renowned for their deep fluency in the nuances of cultural competence and work with diverse and traditionally underserved communities. Converge Media is the trusted resource for culturally compassionate, community news and entertainment tailored for Black and urban Northwest audiences.
Both companies center all their work in the pursuit of racial and social equity for underrepresented communities and help bridge the gaps between industries and communities to ensure that every voice is heard. As part of the collaboration, The Vida Agency will help support Converge Media's advertising and sponsorship programs enabling the Converge team to focus on content creation and expansion. Converge Media currently produces more than 15 shows with coverage spanning local news, arts and culture, current events and trends, pop culture, politics and policy, LGBTQ+, sports, lifestyle and travel, music and more.
"Inclusive marketing is no longer optional. It is a key driver of business success," says Amalia Martino, Founder and President of The Vida Agency. "The brands able to have success in cultivating strong and authentic connections with diverse audiences will be those who commit the time, research, dollars, and learnings necessary to create culturally appropriate programs and campaigns," adds Martino. "Together with Converge, we stand ready to help companies across the country connect with an engaged multicultural audience in Seattle and beyond through Converge Media's extensive range of innovative marketing and advertising placement opportunities."
"It is important that Converge Media partners with agencies and organizations that clearly represent our core values around community," says Omari Salisbury, Founder and CEO, Converge Media. "With The Vida Agency we have a partner that brings a lot of heart to the streets and muscle to the boardroom to ensure that any brands interested in aligning with Converge Media understand our mission and values."
The Vida Agency and Converge Media have worked together for several years, originally collaborating on the Be Ready Be Hydrated public awareness and counter marketing campaign, when they formed a community-based coalition of organization and youth who were part of the priority population to develop a multicultural counter-marketing campaign that spoke to the community. Currently, the Converge and TVA teams are working together on Build the Beach for Us by Us, to raise awareness about construction career and subcontractor opportunities generated by the Rainier Beach High School rebuild for the students, alumni, and WMBE businesses in the Rainier Valley.
Converge Media is a leading producer of culturally relevant content in Seattle and across the Pacific Northwest. Converge Media's flagship programs offer news and entertainment tailored to the Pacific Northwest's Black and urban audiences. Monday through Friday, Trae Holiday and Omari Salisbury get you up to speed with street-level coverage of the day's most relevant news, featuring conversations with elected officials, community leaders, local creatives, and more. Built from a combination of short and long form content as well as commentary by trusted voices from the Black community, the segments are praised by citizens, government officials, community leaders, and local business owners. https://www.whereweconverge.com/
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Remains of missing Georgia toddler found in landfill, FBI confirms
The FBI confirmation comes one week after the toddler's mother was arrested and accused of the child's murder
The FBI confirmation comes one week after the toddler's mother was arrested and accused of the child's murder
The FBI confirmation comes one week after the toddler's mother was arrested and accused of the child's murder
FBI officials in Atlanta confirmed through DNA analysis that partial remains found in a Savannah landfill belong to a 20-month-old boy who's been missing since October.
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Authorities announced last week that they found bones in the Superior Landfill and sent them to an FBI laboratory for DNA analysis.
Quinton Simon was last seen at his Savannah home on Oct. 5. The circumstances surrounding his disappearance led to international coverage.
The chief of the Chatham County Police Department announced the arrest of Leilani Simon, the mother of Quinton Simon, last Monday.
At the time, Chief Jeffrey Hadley said they were awaiting DNA analysis after reportedly finding what they believed were human remains at the landfill.
A team of experts spent five weeks searching the landfill for any potential signs of Quinton Simon. On Monday, Nov. 28, officials reported that they have ceased operations at the landfill and began removing Command Post facilities for L. Scott Stell Park.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Leilani Simon in January.
Read the timeline of the investigation from sister station WJCL. | 2022-11-28T23:15:01+00:00 | wesh.com | https://www.wesh.com/article/quinton-simon-s-remains-found-in-savannah-landfill/42088600 |
Three environmental groups are threatening to sue the federal government for alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act related to livestock grazing in the Valles Caldera National Preserve in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico.
WildEarth Guardians, Western Watersheds Project and Caldera Action have filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
They allege the agencies violated the ESA by failing to consult or failing to reinstate consultation necessary due to the long-term and ongoing presence of livestock on the preserve.
They also allege the agencies violated the ESA by failing to ensure those actions are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of protected species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat.
They also allege the agencies violated the ESA by authorizing activities that have resulted in the take of ESA-listed species.
The groups identified threats to three ESA-listed species — the Jemez Mountain salamander, the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse and the Mexican spotted owl.
The groups claim cattle have illegally entered the preserve from neighboring Forest Service grazing allotments for years, causing damage to streams, riparian areas and important wildlife habitat.
“Despite public outcry from a spectrum of public land users, the Park Service has failed to address the issue,” the groups said in a press release.
“I feel a deep sense of betrayal,” said Madeleine Carey, Southwest conservation manager for WildEarth Guardians.
“We were promised this persistent issue would be dealt with and, if anything, things have gotten worse. No one from the Park Service has responded to our emails about the cows this summer,” she said.
As recently as Oct. 8, dozens of cattle were spotted in the preserve’s Valle San Antonio and Valle Toledo, an area closed to cattle grazing under National Park Service regulations, the groups said.
Caldera Action trusted the Park Service to protect the preserve from possible damage, said Tom Ribe, executive director of the organization.
“They closed the majority of the preserve to cattle grazing but then looked the other way while cows flooded in across vandalized and damaged fences,” he said.
“We have no idea why the management doesn’t respond to this blatant trespass. It is not consistent with Park Service policies,” he said.
Livestock entering the preserve has been documented by the Park Service and Forest Service since at least 2017, said Cyndi Tuell, Arizona and New Mexico director of Western Watersheds Project.
“Livestock trampling riparian areas of these protected lands has gone on far too long with federal land managers doing too little to stop it,” she said.
It’s frustrating that the Park Service is breaking its promise to protect the natural resources in the preserve and has let this situation fester for more than five years, she said.
“Species on the brink of extinction like the Jemez Mountains salamander need swift action, not agency foot-dragging,” she said.
The Interior Department declined to comment on the notice of intent to sue. A spokesperson for USDA said the agency does not comment on pending or ongoing litigation.
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A woman convicted as a teenager in the murder of her mother almost eight years ago in eastern Pennsylvania has lost her bid for a new trial.
Jamie Silvonek, who turns 22 next month, was 14 at the time of the March 2015 slaying. She was sentenced to 35 years to life after pleading guilty in Lehigh County to first-degree murder and other charges.
A state Superior Court panel on Thursday upheld a lower court's refusal to throw out her guilty plea on the grounds that her legal counsel was ineffective and the plea wasn't knowing and voluntary.
The Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia, which represented her, vowed an appeal. “We do plan to seek review in the (Pennsylvania) Supreme Court,” spokesperson Katy Otto told The (Allentown) Morning Call in an email.
Silvonek had testified that she plotted the murder of 54-year-old Cheryl Silvonek in Upper Macungie Township and urged Caleb Barnes in texts to carry it out. Barnes, of El Paso, Texas, a Fort Meade, Maryland soldier, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole plus 22 to 44 years.
Authorities said Barnes stabbed the victim in her car in the driveway after Barnes, Cheryl Silvonek and Jamie Silvonek returned home from a concert. Authorities said the defendants then buried the victim’s body and submerged her car in a South Whitehall Township pond. They were arrested within hours of the slaying.
Prosecutors said the woman had threatened to report Barnes, then 21, to police for having sex with her underage daughter. Jurors rejected Barnes’ argument at trial that the girl killed her mother and he only helped dispose of the body later because she said she was pregnant.
Silvonek previously lost her appeal to have her case sent back to juvenile court on the grounds that she has mental health issues. Her previous attorney has defended his representation, saying he called three expert witnesses seeking to have her tried as a juvenile, but once the judge ruled against that his options were limited. | 2023-01-21T16:49:11+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/New-trial-denied-for-woman-charged-as-teen-in-17732733.php |
Rishi Sunak, UK’s next PM, faces major economic problems
LONDON (AP) — Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is set to become Britain’s first prime minister of color after being chosen Monday to lead a governing Conservative Party desperate for a safe pair of hands to guide the country through economic and political turbulence.
The challenges facing the U.K.’s third prime minister this year are enormous: He must try to shore up an economy sliding toward recession and reeling after his predecessor’s brief, disastrous experiment in libertarian economics, while also attempting to unite a demoralized and divided party that trails far behind the opposition in opinion polls.
In his first public statement, Sunak said “the United Kingdom is a great country, but there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge.”
“We now need stability and unity, and I will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together,” said Sunak, who at 42 is Britain’s youngest prime minister in 200 years.
Sunak will be the first British prime minister with South Asian roots and its first Hindu leader — a milestone for a country with an extensive colonial past, and one that is still contested.
Elected party leader on the major Hindu festival of Diwali, Sunak takes over from Liz Truss, who quit last week after 45 tumultuous days in office. His only remaining rival, Penny Mordaunt, conceded and withdrew after failing to reach the nomination threshold of 100 Conservative lawmakers needed to stay in the race.
Sunak will now be asked by King Charles III to form a government and becomes the prime minister in a handover of power from Truss on Tuesday.
Victory is vindication for Sunak, who lost out to Truss in the Conservative election to replace former Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the summer when party members chose her tax-cutting boosterism over his warnings that inflation must be tamed.
Truss conceded last week that she could not deliver on her plans — but only after her attempts triggered market chaos and worsened inflation at a time when millions of Britons were already struggling with soaring borrowing costs and rising energy and food prices.
The party is now desperate for someone to right the ship after months of chaos — both during Truss’ short term and at the end of Johnson’s.
As finance minister, Sunak steered the economy through the coronavirus pandemic, winning praise for his financial support for laid-off workers and shuttered businesses.
He now faces the huge challenge of calming markets and trying to tame inflation at a time of weakened government finances, a worsening economic outlook and a wave of strikes. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt, appointed by Truss 10 days ago, is due to make an emergency budget statement Oct. 31 — if Sunak keeps him in the job.
Britain also faces broader economic problems stemming from the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the country’s exit from the European Union in 2020. Sunak was a firm supporter of Brexit.
Sunak was cheered wildly by Conservative lawmakers during a packed private meeting in Parliament minutes after he won the contest on Monday.
Former Cabinet minister Chris Grayling said Sunak had urged the party “to unite and fix the problems the country faces” and had got “a rapturous reception.”
Therese Coffey, who was Truss’ deputy prime minister, said the whole party should support Sunak now.
“We need to get behind him,” she said.
But Sunak still faces resentment from supporters of Johnson for quitting the government in July, a move that helped topple the then-leader. His background as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and his wife’s vast wealth — she is the daughter of an Indian billionaire — also fuel a sense he is out of touch with the struggles of ordinary people.
He takes the reins after Truss’ proposal for aggressive tax cuts that would be paid for through government borrowing pummeled the value of the pound, drove up the cost of government borrowing and home mortgages, and forced emergency Bank of England intervention. Truss executed a series of U-turns and replaced her Treasury chief but faced rebellion from lawmakers in her party that obliterated her authority.
In the lightning-quick contest to replace her, Sunak’s position strengthened after Johnson dramatically quit the race on Sunday night, ending a short-lived, high-profile attempt to return to the prime minister’s job he was ousted from little more than three months ago amid ethics scandals.
The prospect of a return by Johnson had thrown the already divided Conservative Party into further turmoil. He led the party to a thumping election victory in 2019, but his premiership was clouded by scandals over money and ethics that eventually became too much for the party to bear.
He threw in the towel late Sunday despite insisting he was “well placed to deliver a Conservative victory” in the next national election.
The Conservative Party turmoil is fueling demands for a national election. Under Britain’s parliamentary system, there does not need to be one until the end of 2024, though the government has the power to call one sooner.
Currently that looks unlikely. Opinion polls say an election would spell disaster for the Conservatives, with the left-of-center Labour Party winning a large majority.
Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London, said the Conservative Party is “not out of the woods yet” even after choosing Sunak.
“And certainly I think voters, while possibly they may give Rishi Sunak a little bit of a bounce, a little bit of credit for not being Liz Truss, are certainly out of love with the Conservative Party as a whole,” he said. “So I don’t expect this to make an enormous amount of difference to the opinion polls.”
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Following are the Cape-Atlantic League all-star selections for the 2022 high school baseball season as selected by league coaches.
Editor’s note: The NJ.com baseball staff was not involved with the selection process.
American Division
First Team
- P-Justin Sweeney, Egg Harbor Township, Jr.
- P-Cam Flukey, Egg Harbor Township, Jr.
- P-Marco Levari, St. Augustine, Jr.
- P-Benny Andreoli, Vineland, So.
- C-Drew Storr, Atlantic City, Sr.
- INF-David Rodriguez, Millville, Jr.
- INF-Ryan Taylor, St. Augustine, Sr.
- INF-Ryan Weingartner, St, Augustine, Sr.
- INF-Enzo Descalzi, Vineland, Sr.
- OF-Kyle Neri, St. Augustine, Sr.
- OF-Wayne Hill, Millville, Jr.
Honorable Mention
- P-Andrew Gaines, St. Augustine, Sr.
- C-Tristin Trivers, Egg Harbor Township, Sr.
- C-Gavin Shapiro, Millville, Sr.
- INF-Sergio Droz, Millville, So.
National Division
First Team
- P-Christian Coppola, Cedar Creek, Sr.
- P-Tommy Finnegan, Ocean City, Sr.
- P-Will Hoover, Mainland, Sr.
- C-Cole Campbell, Mainland, Sr.
- INF-Gavin Healy, Oakcrest, Sr.
- INF-John McColl, Cedar Creek, Sr.
- INF-Sam Wood, Mainland, Sr.
- OF-Trevor Cohen, Holy Spirit, Sr.
- OF-Nate Kennedy, Cedar Creek, Sr.
- OF-Duke McCarron, Ocean City, Jr.
- OF-Cohl Mercado, St. Joseph (Hamm.), Sr.
Honorable Mention
- Mike Cirucci, St. Joseph (Hamm.), Jr.
- Dante Edwardi, Ocean City, Jr.
- Christian Elliott, Mainland, So.
- Adrian Firpo, Oakcrest, Sr.
United Division
First Team
- P-Zach Strouse, Buena, Sr.
- P-Camaron Dunkle, Bridgeton, Sr.
- P-Joe Gutierrez, Pleasantville, Sr.
- C-Ryley Betts, Buena, Jr.
- INF-Ryan Gallagher, Middle Township, Sr.
- INF-Tre Carano, Buena, Sr.
- INF-Tanner Oliva, Cape May Tech, So.
- INF-Evan Shuffler, Lower Cape May, So.
- INF-Owen Hall, Middle Township, Sr.
- OF-Brady Betts, Buena, Post-Grad
- OF-Ben Harris, Middle Township, Sr.
Honorable Mention
- C-Adonis Diaz, Pleasantville, Sr.
- INF-Cole Shover, Buena, Sr.
- INF-Ronnie Neenhold, Cape May Tech, So.
- OF-Andrew Steinhauer, Cape May Tech, Sr.
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Kevin Minnick covers South Jersey baseball. He can be reached at kminnick@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @kminnicksports | 2022-06-20T17:10:29+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2022/06/baseball-cape-atlantic-league-division-all-stars-2022.html |
Every once in a while “Street Fighter” reinvents itself, and in the process, manages to draw new players to the fighting game community. It’s this fresh blood, embraced by a welcoming fanbase, that has kept the genre alive long after the demise of its ancestral home — the arcades.
The latest chapter in the franchise, “Street Fighter 6,” brings an even more inclusive approach to fighting games. Capcom streamlined years worth of fighting game mechanics and made the release more approachable to all skill levels. Trying to make the game easier for newcomers to pick up, the developers offer in-depth guides to teach novices the ins and outs of the systems and the characters so newbies can pick a fighter that appeals to them. Lastly, the developers acknowledge that not everyone is a fan of competitive gaming and they added a surprisingly deep single-player campaign called the World Tour.
A HUGE ADDITIONNo matter your skill level, players will find at least one element they like in “Street Fighter 6.” The most ambitious addition is the 20+-hour campaign that dabbles in “Like a Dragon” territory. Mostly set in a New York-inspired Metro City and Nayshall, a fictional country in Asia, this mode has players creating their own character who decides to sign up for martial arts classes at the Buckler Academy.
As the protagonist learns self-defense, the fighter runs into a rival student named Bosch. At first, the two don’t get along but they form a bond as they follow the instructions of their teacher Luke. Over the course of the campaign, the player finds out Bosch is into serious business, and while trying to help the friend, the protagonist ends up involved in an underground resistance movement fighting the exploitive shackles of a nongovernmental organization led by Johan Petrovic.
Amid the campaign, players will discover up to 18 other martial arts teachers who are fighters who players can select in the online Battle Hub or Fighting Ground modes. Players will globe trot to different locales learning from these masters. They’ll build relationships with them and add their moves to their repertoire. By the end of the campaign, they’ll end up with a fighter that will have the basic moves of one fighter, but the special attacks of others.
A CUSTOMIZED CHARACTERThe approach means players create an individual that’s unique to them. They’ll level them up by battling the Mad Gear gang, other aspiring fighters and even drones and refrigerators as they explore the larger Metro City and Nayshall maps. Players will also travel to other locales, but they’re smaller and adapted from the stages of the more traditional modes.
The World Tour resembles “Like a Dragon” with its odd side quests and wacky missions, but their design and storylines are boring at best and illogical messes at worst. The mode aspires to be comparable to Sega’s formidable action franchise, but it lacks any real personality. Despite those flaws, the mode is sorely needed because it provides an amazing amount of depth and world-building that “Street Fighter” has lacked.
In previous iterations, players have caught glimpses into a more intriguing world through the fighting game’s stages and cut scenes, but in this chapter, Capcom lets them actually explore the places that have been just backgrounds in the past. This also adds an air of authenticity because players can visit the World Warriors and see them interact with students or at their jobs. It helps brings the franchise to life.
BATTLE HUB AKA THE MAIN MODEWhat’s great is that players can bring their World Tour character into the Battle Hub, complete with outfits. This is the online mode that’s meant to mimic the arcades of the past. Of course, players can adjust a setting that lets them automatically match up against a human opponent, but it’s much better to explore the environment and pick out a rival.
Although it’s less efficient, there’s more of a thrill in choosing an opponent for a couple of matches. It feels more organic and it harkens back to the days when you would put a quarter on the arcade cabinet if you wanted to challenge someone. Explore the Battle Hub more, and players will discover old Capcom arcade games and an Extreme Mode, in which unusual rules and scenarios are thrown into the mix to create fresh twists on matches.
The Battle Hub is where fans will be spending most of their time, and Capcom did a great job of making the virtual environment an inviting places that resurrects the spirit of the arcades. The only problem is that it takes a bit of time to figure out the confusing setup for it. It’s not intuitive and takes a few minutes of exploring the menus.
A TRADITIONAL EXPERIENCEFighting Grounds is where fans will find mostly offline modes. It’s essentially the mode one would find in a fighting game in the PlayStation 2 era. Players will find an Arcade Mode alongside robust training options that cover every single aspect of the game. The World Tour also does an OK job at teach concepts, but players will have to find missions that cover the subjects.
This is where you can learn how the Drive System melds parrying and EX moves from “Street Fighter III” and Focus Attacks from “Street Fighter IV” into a more cohesive whole. The developers even introduced audio cues that let players know the type of hit delivered. It’s an elegant refinement of what came before.
Digging deeper into Fighting Grounds, players will find modes for parties. If you have friends over, they can play “Street Fighter 6” in a slew of ways including Team Matches and the Extreme Battle mode, where players can pick the rule set and gimmicks.
All of this makes this reinvention of the series appealing to gamers of all shapes, sizes and skill levels. Just like the avatars fans see, the fighting game community is a diverse one and “Street Fighter 6” serves to bring in a new generation of talent to the forefront.
‘STREET FIGHTER 6’
3½ stars out of 4Platform: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and Series S, PCRating: Teen | 2023-06-19T21:19:31+00:00 | twincities.com | https://www.twincities.com/2023/06/19/review-street-fighter-6-is-a-bold-revamp-that-widens-the-fanbase/ |
More details have been released regarding a shooting that took place Monday evening in Mason City.
According to affidavits, Stephen Allen Tidemanson, 24, of Mason City, was allegedly in an altercation with another male in the 300 block of Third Street NW around 7:55 p.m. when he took a 9mm handgun from the victim and then used it to shoot him in the upper chest.
A press release from the Mason City Police Department stated that Tidemanson, who has been charged with attempted murder and first-degree theft, fled the scene Monday night. Warrants were issued for his arrest and his was apprehended around 1:50 p.m. on Tuesday in the 300 block of First Street SW. The handgun was also retrieved at that time.
The condition and name of the alleged victim has not been released. Tidemanson faces up to 35 years in prison if convicted on both counts.
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Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has testified before a grand jury in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into former President Trump, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
Two people briefed on the matter told the outlet that Meadows, who served during the last year of the Trump administration, had testified, but when he did so and if prosecutors asked him about one or both of the cases Smith is overseeing related to Trump is unclear.
Smith has been investigating Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection and broader efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, as well as the classified and sensitive documents that were taken to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Fla.
The Hill has reached out to an attorney for Meadows, George Terwilliger, for comment.
“Without commenting on whether or not Mr. Meadows has testified before the grand jury or in any other proceeding, Mr. Meadows has maintained a commitment to tell the truth where he has a legal obligation to do so.” Terwilliger told the Times.
Meadows served as chief of staff as Trump was attempting to win reelection and was during the attempts from Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 results. Two people briefed on the matter told the Times that Meadows also had a role in trying to discuss the documents that were taken from the White House, and Meadows also served as one of Trump’s representatives to the National Archives.
Meadows was among several former Trump aides who were ordered in March to testify before a grand jury in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) probe of the insurrection. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the district court judge’s order in April following an appeal from Trump.
Meadows refused to testify before the House select committee that investigated the Capitol riot during the past session of Congress and was held in contempt, but the DOJ declined to prosecute him.
The Times reported that some Trump advisers had believed Meadows could be a major witness in the probes that Smith is conducting.
The report comes after Trump’s attorneys met with federal prosecutors on Monday to discuss the DOJ’s investigation into the documents.
Trump lashed out on social media after the meeting.
“The Marxists and Fascists in the DOJ & FBI are going after me at a level and speed never seen before in our Country, and I did nothing wrong,” he wrote in one post. “Joe Biden kept (keeps) thousand of documents, in many locations, some illegally taken from skiffs while he was a Senator, a big portion of which were classified. He didn’t want to give them back, and still doesn’t. Nothing happens to him, with same reasonable prosecutor who correctly exonerated Mike Pence. I have a much different prosecutor, a Trump hater!” | 2023-06-07T01:52:00+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/hill-politics/meadows-testified-before-grand-jury-in-special-counsels-trump-probe-report/ |
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers are zooming in Monday on tightening the extensive package of sanctions on Russia and looking at ways to add a ban on gold exports in hopes that the measures might finally start to have a decisive impact on the war in Ukraine.
The EU ministers also made a commitment to add another 500 millions euros in military aid to Ukraine’s war chest to beef up the defense of the nation.
The decision came after a video debriefing on the latest developments through a video conference by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, who said he was “grateful” for the new funds, which brings the EU total to 2.5 billion euros but still urged the 27 nations to provide more.
“If anything needs to be continued, it is weapons deliveries,” said Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, insisting it was also essential to secure the port of Odesa enough to make sure grain shipments could resume. “And anybody who can who can do that, obviously, this is the main industrial countries of of the Western world. They have to step up with that.”
On restrictive measures, EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said that at the moment “the most important thing is a ban on Russian gold,” which is Moscow’s second-largest export industry after energy. The Group of Seven leading industrial nations last month already committed to a gold ban, arguing that Russia has used its gold to back up its currency to circumvent the impact of several rounds of sanctions that nations around the world had already imposed on Moscow after its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
The 27 EU ministers will also assess how they can tighten controls on exports of high technology to Russia for a possible decision later in the week.
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They were named valedictorian and salutatorian at West Hempstead Secondary School. The twins competed in sports too. Both were three-sport varsity athletes with all-state honors for track.
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They were named valedictorian and salutatorian at West Hempstead Secondary School. The twins competed in sports too. Both were three-sport varsity athletes with all-state honors for track.
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Nuggets celebrate their 1st NBA title with parade through the streets of downtown Denver
DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic rode atop a firetruck with people who mean the world to him — his teammate Jamal Murray, his family — and the NBA trophy.
Jokic and the Denver Nuggets soaked in the moment and were soaked, too, by champagne spray on Thursday during a parade through downtown Denver to celebrate their first NBA title.
His young daughter, Ognjena, stole the show as she sat in front of him on the firetruck, at times wearing Jokic’s championship hat. Jokic turned in some big assists, too, shielding her from champagne showers.
This celebration has been a long time in the making and swarms of fans showed up. It took 47 seasons in the NBA for the franchise to finally make Denver the home of the Larry O’Brien Trophy.
Near the end of the parade route, an officer was struck by a firetruck, the Denver Police Department announced on social media. The officer was transported to the hospital with serious injuries. The crash remains under investigation.
The Nuggets capped off an impressive postseason by beating the Miami Heat in the Finals on Monday night in Game 5. The Nuggets finished 16-4 in the playoffs, which was tied for the second-best mark by an NBA champion since the first round was expanded to best-of-seven in 2003. San Antonio also was 16-4 in 2007, and Golden State went 16-1 in 2017.
“It’s hitting me right now,” said coach Michael Malone, who was choking up as he was interviewed shortly after climbing off his firetruck for the parade. “This is an amazing experience.
“I’ve got a crazy idea,” added Malone, who was wearing a shirt that read “Put this in your pipe and smoke it” with a picture of the NBA trophy under it. “Let’s do this again. I want to be on another float. I want to be at another parade and do this thing again.”
So many scenes to absorb. There was rookie Christian Braun tossing his shirt into the crowd. Veteran DeAndre Jordan mingling with the fans, giving them high-fives. Murray signing a painting of himself. And Kentavious Caldwell-Pope playing the role of TV broadcaster when he interviewed teammate Aaron Gordon.
“KCP, reporting live,” he said, turning to Gordon on the Denver 7 broadcast. “How does it feel to be a champion?”
“You would know, champ,” Gordon responded to Caldwell-Pope.
Caldwell-Pope was the lone Nuggets player to have earned a championship, courtesy of his title with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020.
That is, until now.
Twenty miles away from the party downtown, the Broncos wrapped up their offseason program Thursday in relative isolation. Veteran safety Kareem Jackson said the Nuggets’ championship inspires them.
“Yeah, definitely seeing another team in the same city win it all, and those guys had a great year. It’s definitely encouraging for us. We definitely want to do the same thing,” Jackson said.
Jokic is coming off an historic playoff performance, where he became the first player to lead the league in total points (600), rebounds (269) and assists (190) in a single postseason. The two-time NBA MVP added more hardware to his resume, too, capturing the Finals MVP.
He had that trophy next to him, too. Jokic momentarily misplaced it Monday night in the chaos of winning a title.
Jokic was called up to the microphone to speak and serenaded with thunderous chants of “MVP,” “MVP” from the crowd.
“Ok, ok, ok, ok,” he said to quiet them down. “Thank you. Thank you, though. … This is amazing. We’re all going to remember this our whole lives.”
With the season now officially closed, Jokic will soon head home to Sombor, Serbia, to spend time with his family and return to his other passion — horse racing. He’s hoping to make it back in time to attend a harness race on Sunday.
This is the second straight June the city has held a parade. The Colorado Avalanche were the guests of honor last year after hoisting the Stanley Cup.
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AP Sports Writer Arnie Stapleton contributed.
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6-year-old dies after dog bite incident
NORTH PORT, Fla. (WWSB/Gray News) - A 6-year-old boy died as a result of the severe injuries sustained from a dog bite incident that occurred Tuesday morning, according to North Port Police.
Initially, the child was airlifted to Sarasota Memorial Hospital with extensive traumatic injuries. He was later flown to Tampa General Hospital for additional procedures.
Authorities said the child’s injuries included severe trauma to the upper torso area.
The 3-year-old pit bull mix believed responsible for the child’s injuries was taken from the home by Sarasota County Animal Services on Tuesday. Police are not aware of any previous incidents involving the dog’s behavior.
“Our hearts are broken for this young child and his family. As a father and pet owner, I know this is one of the worst tragedies you can imagine,” said North Port Police Chief Todd Garrison. “We ask that everyone take a few moments to pay respect and reflect on those you care for in your life. Our time here is precious.”
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that the dog who bit and killed a child will be euthanized, per the owner’s request. The dog will be put down after the 10-day quarantine.
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LUND, Sweden, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to deliver compact heat exchangers to the world's largest green hydrogen plant, which is to be constructed in the Middle East. The facility, powered by renewable energy, will be part of the city of Neom, built from scratch in the northwestern desert, with the ambition of establishing a new model for sustainable living.
According to International Energy Agency (IEA), hydrogen is one of the leading options for storing energy from renewables during days, weeks or even months, and it enables transportation over long distances. However, green hydrogen production has its challenges. When purified water is split into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable electricity, it is crucial to keep a stable temperature in the electrolyser to maximize efficiency. Splitting water into the two gases generates excess heat which needs to be constantly cooled off. In this project it is done by using Alfa Laval energy efficient plate heat exchangers.
Alfa Laval is a leading supplier of heat exchangers to many of the main electrolyser manufacturers.
Neom's location and infrastructure will allow the generation of 4 GW of renewable power from solar and wind where the green hydrogen production facility will use about half of it. It will be the largest green hydrogen plant and the first installation of gigawatt size, producing 650 tons of hydrogen per day. This in turn will be used to produce 1.2 million tons of green ammonia annually.
"Our business within hydrogen has developed well over the past years and we are today supplying efficient heat exchangers to the various steps of the process; for production, distribution and use," says Thomas Møller, President of the Energy Division at Alfa Laval. "With our products and expertise, we will continue to be part of accelerating and scaling this area, which is so important in the race to net zero emission."
Did you know that… The IEA expects the total hydrogen demand from industry to expand 44 percent by 2030, with clean hydrogen becoming increasingly important – and rapid actions are needed in the next 10 years to meet this demand.
This is Alfa Laval
Alfa Laval is a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, and is active in the areas of Energy, Marine, and Food & Water, offering its expertise, products, and service to a wide range of industries in some 100 countries. The company is committed to optimizing processes, creating responsible growth, and driving progress to support customers in achieving their business goals and sustainability targets.
Alfa Laval's innovative technologies are dedicated to purifying, refining, and reusing materials, promoting more responsible use of natural resources. They contribute to improved energy efficiency and heat recovery, better water treatment, and reduced emissions. Thereby, Alfa Laval is not only accelerating success for its customers, but also for people and the planet. Making the world better, every day.
Alfa Laval has 17,900 employees. Annual sales in 2021 were SEK 40.9 billion (approx. EUR 4 billion). The company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
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HOULTON, Maine, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Katahdin Bankshares Corp. (OTCQX: KTHN), the parent company of Katahdin Trust Company, a community bank founded in 1918 serving northern Maine and the greater Bangor and Portland regions, announced that it has declared a cash dividend of $0.138 per share for the third quarter of 2022.
In making the announcement, Jon J. Prescott, Katahdin Trust President & CEO, stated that it represented a 10.4% increase over last year's third quarter dividend. The dividend will be payable on September 23, 2022, to shareholders of record as of September 16, 2022.
About Katahdin Bankshares Corp.
Katahdin Bankshares Corp. is the bank holding company of Katahdin Trust Company. Founded in 1918, Katahdin Trust is a community bank based in Houlton, Maine with more than $965 million in assets and 16 banking offices that serve Aroostook, Penobscot, and Cumberland counties. The Bank has nearly 180 employees and, in 2022, was named one of the Best Places to Work in Maine for the fifth year in a row and recognized the past three years as one of the Top 200 Community Banks in the country by American Banker magazine. Katahdin Bankshares Corp. common stock is quoted on the OTC Markets (OTCQX) under the symbol KTHN. Learn more about the Company and its subsidiary bank at www.katahdintrust.com and follow Katahdin Trust on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
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Today, Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signed a ban on abortion at six weeks’ gestation—before many people know that they’re pregnant, and, given the weeks-long wait at most clinics, a near-impossible turnaround—into law. It is set to take effect immediately.
“With my signature, the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act is now law and will begin saving the lives of unborn children immediately,” McMaster said. “This is a great day for life in South Carolina, but the fight is not over. We stand ready to defend this legislation against any challenges and are confident we will succeed. The right to life must be preserved, and we will do everything we can to protect it.”
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Greenville Women’s Clinic, and two physician-plaintiffs quickly filed a lawsuit to challenge the ban. In January, South Carolina’s Supreme Court struck down a six-week ban due to a right to abortion in the state’s constitution. “[F]ew decisions in life are more private than the decision whether to terminate a pregnancy,” wrote Justice Kaye Hearn in the January decision. “Our privacy right must be implicated by restrictions on that decision.”
It is not clear how the ban that was signed into law today could be set apart from the ban that was struck down as unconstitutional in January, though this version does include exceptions to prevent the serious risk of a substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function, in cases of rape and incest and if the fetus has a fatal anomaly.
Exceptions are notoriously difficult for patients to acquire. In such cases, the law makes clear that a physician “must make all reasonable efforts to deliver and save the life of an unborn child during the process of separating the unborn child from the pregnant woman, to the extent that it does not adversely affect the life or physical health of the pregnant woman.”
Under the law, too, doctors who perform abortions past six weeks could face fines, civil suits, and felony criminal charges that could result in a two-year prison sentence. So, too, does the bill require paternal child support from the moment of conception, which is not intended to provide support for the pregnant person—it’s a strategy to establish personhood for embryos and fetuses, which experts say is the next anti-abortion battlefront. | 2023-05-25T18:42:46+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/reckon/2023/05/south-carolina-governor-signs-six-week-abortion-ban.html |
Five analysts represent the next generation of mission-driven finance professionals in education.
NEW YORK, April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Equitable Facilities Fund, Civic Builders and Afton Partners today announced their selections for the second cohort of the Education Finance Analyst (EFA) Program.
From a pool of 530 applications, five analysts were selected to join the EFA Program, a collaborative effort between Equitable Facilities Fund, Civic Builders and Afton Partners to recruit, train and employ early-stage professionals from underrepresented backgrounds – preparing them to succeed in financial services roles across the education sector.
"This new class of analysts represents what the future of education finance can and should look like—professionals who reflect the communities we are trying to better serve," says Anand Kesavan, CEO of Equitable Facilities Fund. "I'm particularly excited that we have a number of public charter school students and staff alums joining our effort to improve access to equitable education. They understand better than most what our portfolio schools mean to students and families everywhere."
"Congratulations to these dynamic young professionals on their accomplishments to date and their decision to join the EFA program," says Carrie Stewart, managing partner of Afton Partners. "Afton and our client partners will be better for the talent and lived experience of our newest colleagues."
"We are thrilled to launch the second and expanded Education Finance Analyst cohort, a program which advances the common thread of our organizations' missions to ensure all students have access to a high-quality public education," shared CEO of Civic Builders, David Umanksy. "We know this diverse and talented group of professionals will bring tremendous insight and passion to our work."
Meet EFA's 2023 class:
- Rennic Liverpool joins Civic Builders from Babson College, where she plans to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in May. At Babson, Rennic serves as the chief operating officer of the Black Student Union, and is a Project Basta Fellow, a rigorous 10-week career prep program designed to support first-generation college students. Rennic is a public charter school alum, graduating from Achievement First in Brooklyn.
- Crystal Roman is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Latinx Studies. She joins Afton Partners from Uncommon Schools in Brooklyn, where she served as their director of special projects. There, Crystal oversaw the improvement of school wide processes, from transportation and technology to visual culture and facilities. She graduated high school from Boston Prep Charter Public School.
- Jason Huang is a Brooklyn native and eager to gain deeper knowledge into the bond markets and social impact investing. He joins Equitable Facilities Fund from Carahsoft Technology Corporation and is a recent graduate of Baruch College, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and a minor in Communication Studies.
- Arielle Dorvilus is a graduate of SUNY College at Old Westbury, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. There, Arielle was a member of The Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program, Accounting Society and Business Club. She joins Equitable Facilities Fund from WellLife Network, a nonprofit dedicated to the wellness of New Yorkers faced with disabilities, mental illness and addiction.
- Yesha Shah is completing her Master of Science in Financial Analysis at Rutgers University this May and is joining Afton Partners. She completed her undergraduate studies at Valdosta State University where she graduated with a Bachelor's in Finance and Economics. There, she served as a board member of Georgia FinTech Academy, a diversity talent development initiative for the FinTech industry created for students from across the University System of Georgia. Yesha credits multiple years at a STEM-focused public charter school for shaping her strong work ethic.
The two-year, paid fellowship offers full-time employment and training with three veteran education equity organizations. Analysts address the financial and real estate challenges facing public charter schools, a growing social investing sector that promotes educational equity, particularly in economically disadvantaged communities of color. Each fellowship includes an initial four-week training program designed to foster mission-alignment, understanding of the education sector, development of technical skills and ongoing professional development and enrichment.
Upon completion of the fellowship, analysts may be eligible for continued employment or go on to take roles with mission-oriented investors, charter schools and other organizations committed to leveraging finance for social good.
For more information on the Education Finance Analyst Program, visit the website.
About Equitable Facilities Fund
Equitable Facilities Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social impact fund created to provide low-cost facility loans that allow high-performing public charter schools to maximize the resources they dedicate to students. High-quality public charter schools promote bright futures for children across America and EFF believes these schools should borrow under terms comparable to traditional public school districts. EFF administers a $1 billion, 'A' rated revolving loan fund, which recapitalizes using funds from Equitable School Revolving Fund's bond issuances, to offer high-credit, scalable bond investment opportunities. To learn more, visit www.eqfund.org or email info@eqfund.org.
About Civic Builders
Civic Builders is the nation's leading nonprofit lender and developer, bringing high-quality educational opportunities to under-resourced communities through the development of public charter schools. Since 2002, the organization has supported the growth of 73 schools educating nearly 40,000 students annually. Civic Builders partners with philanthropists and capital providers to design and manage affordable, new financing and development solutions for high-quality schools, addressing the full spectrum of facilities and financing challenges so that school leaders can focus on the important work of educating students. Civic Builders' portfolio represents $1.45 billion invested into economically underserved communities to ensure all students have access to safe, positive, and student-centered learning environments. Learn more at www.civicbuilders.org.
About Afton Partners
Afton Partners creates meaningful change in our communities by transforming public policies and practices so they are effective, sustainable, and serve those who need it most. By partnering with public agencies and nonprofits in K-12 education, workforce development, early childhood, and human services, Afton builds capacity, strengthens governance, and ensures resources are aligned and equitably distributed. Afton is a nationwide leader in charter school financial planning services. We have worked with more than 70 charter school networks of all sizes, from single-site operators just getting started to the largest charter school organizations in the country. Our work with charter schools improves school resource allocation decision making, informs school facility and school growth planning, and strengthens leadership and governance on fiscal matters. Learn more at www.aftonpartners.com
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The evidence from studies is undeniable: Exercise is good for you. Not only does it help you live a better, happier life, it can help you live longer. In short, the human body functions best when movement and muscle engagement are part of your daily routine.
Judd NeSmith, founder of Serious Fitness and BestReviews fitness expert, said the heart is the body’s most important muscle, which is why it is essential to have regular cardio workouts.
In this article: NordicTrack T Series Treadmill, Schwinn Fitness Airdyne Bike Series and Concept2 Model D Indoor Rowing Machine.
Why it’s important to keep your heart healthy
“Heart health means improved blood flow, which will help you lower your blood pressure,” NeSmith said. “It will also help you increase blood flow from your heart, which can help you improve your cognitive functioning as you get older. A healthy heart can help decrease the risk of stroke and lower cholesterol.”
And, NeSmith said, “If you become consistent with a weekly cardiovascular routine — doing it for at least three or four days a week — you are going to have a lower resting heart rate. This means you’re probably going to increase your longevity. Also, the less your heart has to be working while you are resting, the healthier you are going to be.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agrees: “Regular physical activity is one of the most important things you can do for your health. Being physically active can improve your brain health, help manage weight, reduce the risk of disease, strengthen bones and muscles, and improve your ability to do everyday activities.”
Risks of a sedentary lifestyle
“Sedentary behaviors have wide-ranging adverse impacts on the human body,” the Korean Journal of Family Medicine reports. In short, a sedentary lifestyle not only means decreased physical activity, but your body’s chemical reactions follow suit. You get more fatty tissue and chronic inflammation, and your risk factors for numerous diseases increase.
So even if you have no interest in becoming athletic, you owe it to yourself to engage in cardiovascular exercise to have the best life possible.
Best cardio equipment
NordicTrack T Series Treadmill
“I love treadmills,” NeSmith said. “Especially during the colder months, or even in the warmer months when it’s raining outside.” They’re “ideal for walkers, joggers and runners,” he said, and good from beginners to experienced athletes. BestReviews found this NordicTrack treadmill the top product in the category, saying it’s “a feature-packed, high-end treadmill with a reasonable price tag.”
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NordicTrack Commercial Studio Cycle
NeSmith is also a fan of exercise bikes. This one from NordicTrack is the knd most people are familiar with because you see them in spin classes. Designed for longer bouts of cardio, anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour, it includes several options, such as a rotating touchscreen and an automatic trainer, that make it a luxury workout.
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Fan bikes are immediately identifiable because instead of a front wheel, they have a huge fan that produces resistance — the faster you pedal, the greater the resistance. NeSmith said these types of bikes are all the rage in gyms and excellent for cardio. This model from Schwinn is optimized for high resistance and low noise.
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Concept2 Model D Indoor Rowing Machine
“I am a big fan of rowing machines,” NeSmith said. “My favorite brand is the Concept2 rower. This machine is another great piece of cardiovascular equipment that can be used for longer bouts of cardiovascular exercise. However, if you prefer, you can use it for shorter, high-intensity blasts for interval training.”
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NeSmith said not to forget ellipticals. These low-impact machines are suitable for beginners, but you can up the intensity as you develop more strength and stamina. This one from Bowflex has a compact design to fit more easily in homes. It offers 16 levels of resistance and delivers a full-body workout.
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Stamina X Adjustable Height Plyo Box
“A lot of us sit for a living,” NeSmith said. “Then we go to work out, and we sit down on a piece of equipment. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge fan of exercise bikes. However, I’m also a fan of people exercising while they are upright.” A stair climber or stepping platform, he said, gives you cardiovascular exercise while developing better balance and a stronger core. The Stamina X is an excellent option because it can be set to 12-, 16-, 20- and 24-inch heights.
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“Jumping rope is one of the more efficient ways to burn a lot of calories,” NeSmith said. “A lot of my clients will jump rope for 30 seconds to a minute and then rest for that same amount of time, and repeat that sequence for five or 10 sets, and they get a phenomenal caloric burn. It also improves their heart health.” This one, lightweight and with ergonomic handles, is BestReviews pick as “Best of the Best” jump rope.
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Other exercise gear worth checking out
Cardio gear picked by the BestReviews staff include these:
- The Step Original Aerobic Platform is an adjustable step that can be set to 4-, 6- or 8-inch heights.
- If you already own a bike, the Kinetic by Kurt is a trainer that adapts to almost all bikes for indoor riding.
- Stamina makes a quality rower that has built-in wheels for easy storage.
- If you want to combine a little resistance training with cardio, the Cap Barbell enamel-coated cast iron kettlebell is a solid option.
- The Schwinn 290 is best for people who prefer to ride a recumbent exercise bike.
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Recent increase in E.coli illnesses spark investigation by health officials
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services have flagged an increase in the number of E.coli related illnesses this month. So far, there have been 98 recorded cases in the month of August. This is a significant increase compared to the 20 reported cases from the same time last year.
Health officials are still in the early stage of the investigation. Existing lab results linked some cases together. Investigations are taking place in Kent, Ottawa and Oakland County.
“While reports of E.coli illness typically increase during the warmer summer months, this significant jump in cases is alarming,” said Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, MDHHS chief medical executive, in a press release.
“This is a reminder to make sure to follow best practices when it comes to hand hygiene and food handling to prevent these kinds of foodborne illness. If you are experiencing symptoms of E. coli infection like cramping and diarrhea (or gastrointestinal distress), especially if they are severe, make sure to let your health care provider know.”
E.coli infection symptoms usually present three to four days after exposure, but also can appear as quickly as one day or as late as 10.
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Symptoms vary on a person-to-person case, but oftentimes include severe stomach cramps, diarrhea, vomiting, and fever.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services recommends these preventative measures:
- Wash hands with soap and warm water for 20 seconds or more, or use an alcohol-based sanitizer with 60% alcohol or higher.
- Wash hands before and after handling food.
- Wash hands after changing a diaper or using the bathroom.
- Wash hands after contact with animals or their habitats, like farms.
- Do not place cooked food on a plate that had raw meat, poultry, seafood, or eggs.
- Cook meats completely through.
- Rinse fruits and vegetables under running water
- Avoid swallowing water when swimming or playing in bodies of water. | 2022-08-17T00:16:59+00:00 | freep.com | https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/16/e-coli-cases-august-spark-investigation/10343527002/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.8% in June from a year ago, the biggest increase in four decades, and leaving Americans with no relief from surging costs.
Friday's figures from the Commerce Department underscored the persistence of the inflation that is eroding Americans' purchasing power, dimming their confidence in the economy and threatening Democrats in Congress in the run-up to the November midterm elections.
On a month-to-month basis, prices rose 1% from May to June, faster than the 0.6% rise from April to May and the biggest such jump since 2005.
The government’s report also said that consumer spending managed to just outpace inflation, rising 0.1% from May to June after adjusting for price changes. Consumer spending has weakened in the face of high inflation. But it’s helping fuel inflation itself, with demand still strong for services ranging from airline tickets and hotel rooms to restaurant meals and new and used autos.
Inflation has been rising so fast that despite the pay raises many workers have received, most consumers are falling behind the pace of cost-of-living expenses.
High inflation and interest rates are also hampering the U.S. economy, which shrank in the April-June quarter for a second straight quarter, intensifying fears that a recession is looming. Two quarters of declining growth meet an informal rule of thumb for when a recession begins, although robust hiring suggests that the economy still maintains pockets of strength and isn't yet in a downturn.
On Wednesday, the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a point for a second straight time in its most aggressive drive in more than three decades to tame high inflation. Chair Jerome Powell signaled that the Fed’s pace of rate increases might slow in the coming months.
Still, Powell stressed that the Fed’s policymakers regard the fight against inflation to be their top priority. He gave no hint that a weakening economy would cause the Fed to slow or reverse its rate hikes this year or early next year if inflation remained high.
By raising borrowing rates, the Fed makes it costlier to take out a mortgage or an auto or business loan. The goal is for consumers and businesses to borrow, spend and hire less, thereby cooling the economy and slowing inflation.
During the January-March quarter, consumers did increase their spending, even after adjusting for inflation. But the figure amounted to a meager 1% annual gain, down from 1.8% in the January-March period. At the same time, sharply higher mortgage rates have undercut the housing market: Sales of existing homes have sunk for five straight months, contributing to the economy’s contraction in the April-June quarter.
On Thursday, President Joe Biden rejected any notion that a recession had begun. Biden pointed to still-solid job growth, an unemployment rate near a half-century low and a spate of investments from semiconductor companies as evidence that the economy is still healthy.
Biden also welcomed an agreement forged by Senate Democrats on a slimmed-down version of his Build Back Better legislation, which many economists say could slow inflation over time. The bill would cut the government’s budget deficit, which restrains inflation by reducing overall demand. It would also reduce expenses for seniors by authorizing Medicare to negotiate the prices of some drugs.
Across the economy, soaring inflation was a consequence of the economy’s swift rebound from the pandemic recession of 2020. Government-fueled demand from vast stimulus aid, along with record-low borrowing rates and consumer savings built up during the pandemic overwhelmed factories, ports and freight yards. The resulting shortages of goods and labor sent prices spiking. Russia’s war against Ukraine further accelerated global prices for energy, food, fertilizer and other goods.
The Fed tends to monitor Friday’s inflation gauge, called the personal consumption expenditures price index, even more closely it does the government’s better-known consumer price index. Earlier this month, the CPI reported an acceleration in inflation, to 9.1% in June from a year earlier, the highest such reading in 41 years.
The PCE index, which tends to show a lower inflation level than CPI, is a broader measure of inflation that includes payments made on behalf of consumers, including medical services covered by insurance or government programs. The CPI covers only out-of-pocket costs, which in recent years have risen more. Rents, which are rising at their fastest pace in 35 years, are also given less weight in the PCE than in the CPI.
The PCE price index also seeks to account for changes in how people shop when inflation jumps. As a result, it can capture, for example, when consumers switch from pricey national brands to cheaper store brands. | 2022-07-29T13:17:01+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/nation-world/a-key-us-inflation-gauge-reaches-68-as-prices-keep-surging/ZMJA5TWULNACJOQJIGWWAFB4NY/ |
ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican football legend Herschel Walker were locked in a tight race Tuesday night in a runoff election that will decide the final U.S. Senate seat of the 2022 midterms.
With votes still being counted, Warnock was notching a strong performance in and around the Democratic stronghold of Atlanta. Walker maintained his advantage in Republican-leaning rural areas, but in several of those counties, Warnock tightened the margin slightly from the general election in November, putting pressure on Walker to find gains in more Democratic metropolitan areas as elections officials continue tabulating results.
Democrats are already assured a Senate majority, so the contest will determine whether the party has a 51-49 advantage or a 50-50 edge with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote. Last year, runoff victories by Warnock and fellow Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff gave Democrats control of the chamber for the first two years of President Joe Biden’s term.
Both of those contests were within 2 percentage points, and one of the top Georgia elections officials late Tuesday predicted another tight finish in this reprise. “It looks like a long night ahead. But this is why we count the voters’ votes,” Gabriel Sterling, a top lieutenant in the Georgia secretary of state’s office, wrote on Twitter.
In the general election last month, Warnock led Walker by about 37,000 votes out of almost 4 million but fell shy of a majority, triggering the second round of voting. About 1.9 million runoff votes already had been cast by mail and during early voting, an advantage for Democrats whose voters more commonly cast ballots this way. Republicans typically fare better on Election Day itself.
The state was on track for a robust Election Day, with state officials estimating the total number of votes cast to be roughly 1.4 million — slightly more than in the November midterm and the 2020 election. But early and mail voting did not reach the same levels as years past, and it was likely the total number of votes cast would be less than the 2021 Senate runoff election.
Voting rights groups point to changes made by state lawmakers after the 2020 election that shortened the period for runoffs, from nine weeks to four, as a major reason for the decline in early and mail voting.
The extended campaign became a bitter fight between two Black men in a major Southern state: Warnock, the state’s first Black senator and the senior minister of the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, and Walker, a former University of Georgia football star and political novice backed by former President Donald Trump.
A Warnock victory would solidify Georgia’s status as a battleground heading into the 2024 presidential election. A win for Walker, however, could be an indication of Democratic weakness, especially given that Georgia Republicans swept every other statewide contest last month.
Walker awaited results Tuesday night at the College Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta, while Warnock was at a hotel less than a mile away.
A 51-49 Democratic advantage in the Senate would mean that the party would no longer have to negotiate a power-sharing deal with Republicans and won’t have to rely on Harris to break as many tie votes.
Last month, Walker, 60, ran more than 200,000 votes behind Republican Gov. Brian Kemp after a campaign dogged by his meandering campaign speeches and by damaging allegations, including claims that he paid for two former girlfriends’ abortions — accusations that he denied.
Voting went smoothly despite some cold, rainy conditions in some parts early Tuesday. Stephanie Jackson Ali, policy director for the progressive New Georgia Project Action Fund, said the group had seen few issues around the state, with lines advancing and equipment issues being addressed promptly.
Voting Tuesday in Atlanta, Tom Callaway praised the Republican Party’s strength in Georgia and said he’d supported Kemp in the opening round of voting. But he cast his ballot for Warnock because he didn’t think “Herschel Walker has the credentials to be a senator.”
“I didn’t believe he had a statement of what he really believed in or had a campaign that made sense,” Callaway said.
Warnock, whose 2021 victory was in a special election to serve out the remainder of GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson’s term, said he believed he had convinced enough voters, including independents and moderate Republicans, that he deserved a full term.
“They know this race is about competence and character,” Warnock said. Walker, too, predicted victory and likened the contest to his leading Georgia to the 1980 national championship: “I love winning championships.”
Total spending on the seat this cycle approached $400 million by Tuesday, a staggering figure even for such a populous state with an expensive major media market like Atlanta.
For months, the senator focused on his work in the Senate and his status as senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church. However, beginning with the closing stretch before the Nov. 8 general election, he added withering takedowns of Walker, using the football star’s rocky past to argue that the political newcomer was “not fit” for high office.
Walker countered by seeking to portray Warnock as too beholden to Biden. He even accused Warnock of “being on his knees, begging” at the White House, a searing charge for a Black challenger to level against a Black senator about his relationship with a white president.
A multimillionaire businessman, Walker has inflated his philanthropic activities and business achievements, including claiming that his company employed hundreds of people and grossed tens of millions of dollars in sales annually, even though records indicate he had eight employees and averaged about $1.5 million a year. He has suggested that he’s worked as a law enforcement officer and graduated college, though he has done neither.
Walker was also forced to acknowledge during the campaign that he had fathered three children out of wedlock whom he had never before spoken about publicly — in conflict with his yearslong criticism of absentee fathers and his calls for Black men, in particular, to play an active role in their kids’ lives.
His ex-wife said Walker once held a gun to her head and threatened to kill her. He has never denied those specifics and wrote of his violent tendencies in a 2008 memoir that attributed the behavior to mental illness.
Warnock promoted his Senate accomplishments, touting a provision he sponsored to cap insulin costs for Medicare patients. He hailed deals on infrastructure and maternal health care forged with Republican senators, mentioning those GOP colleagues more than he did Biden or other Washington Democrats.
After the general election, Biden, who has struggled with low approval ratings, promised to help Warnock in any way he could, even if it meant staying away from Georgia. Warnock campaigned instead with former President Barack Obama.
Wary of possible backlash, Walker avoided campaigning with Trump until the campaign’s final day, when the pair conducted a conference call Monday with supporters.
Walker’s candidacy was the GOP’s last chance to flip a Senate seat this year. Mehmet Oz of Pennsylvania, Blake Masters of Arizona, Adam Laxalt of Nevada and Don Bolduc of New Hampshire, all Trump loyalists, lost competitive Senate races that Republicans considered part of their path to a majority. | 2022-12-07T03:02:25+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/national-news/polls-closing-in-georgia-runoff-between-warnock-walker-for-final-senate-seat/ |
The number and rate of U.S. abortions increased from 2017 to 2020 after a long decline, according to figures released Wednesday.
The report from the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights, counted more than 930,000 abortions in the U.S. in 2020. That’s up from about 862,000 abortions in 2017, when national abortion figures reached their lowest point since the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized the procedure nationwide.
About one in five pregnancies ended in abortion in 2020, according to the report, which comes as the Supreme Court appears ready to overturn that decision.
The number of women obtaining abortions illustrates a need and “underscores just how devastating a Supreme Court decision is going to be for access to an absolutely vital service,” said Sara Rosenbaum, a George Washington University health law and policy professor.
Medication abortions, the two-drug combination sometimes called the “abortion pill,” accounted for 54% of U.S. abortions in 2020, the first time they made up more than half of abortions, Guttmacher said.
The COVID-19 pandemic may have pushed down the numbers in some states, according to the report. In New York, abortions increased from 2017 to 2019, then fell 6% between 2019 and 2020. One in 10 clinics in New York paused or stopped abortion care in 2020.
Texas saw a 2% decrease between 2019 and 2020, coinciding with pandemic-related abortion restrictions in the state.
Elsewhere, the pandemic may have limited access to contraception, some experts said, or discouraged women from undertaking all the health care visits involved in a pregnancy.
Yet, abortions already were inching upward before the coronavirus upended people’s lives. One contributing factor: Some states expanded Medicaid access to abortion.
Illinois, for example, began allowing state Medicaid funds to pay for abortions starting in January 2018. The state saw abortions increase 25% between 2017 and 2020.
In neighboring Missouri, abortions decreased substantially, but the number of Missouri residents traveling to Illinois for abortions increased to more than 6,500.
“If states are paying for abortions I hope they are also looking at how to support childbirth, so a woman doesn’t think abortion is the best or only option,” said Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee, which opposes abortion.
Guttmacher conducts the nation’s most comprehensive survey of abortion providers every three years. The tally is considered more complete than data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that omits several states including California, the nation’s most populous state.
In 2020, fewer women were getting pregnant and a larger share of them chose abortion, the researchers found. There were 3.6 million births, a decline since 2017.
The abortion rate in 2020 was 14.4 per 1,000 women aged 15-44, an increase from 13.5 per 1,000 women in 2017.
Abortions increased by 12% in the West, 10% in the Midwest, 8% in the South and 2% in the Northeast. | 2022-06-15T12:45:26+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/health/1-in-5-pregnancies-in-us-terminated-in-2020-as-abortions-rose-report-says/ |
Qatar’s reversal on an agreement to let Anheuser Busch InBev sell Budweiser beer inside World Cup football stadiums throws a wrench into the brand’s marketing plans at the last minute.
The move highlights misunderstandings among the world’s largest brewer, the conservative Muslim country and FIFA, the international governing body of football, over a partnership Global Data said was worth $72 million.
It also paints AB InBev into a corner, since the brewer is unlikely to want to start a big public spat with the secretive football body and the host nation just as the quadrennial tournament — one of the world’s biggest sporting events and a global marketing bonanza — gets underway.
Budweiser “has a long-term relationship with FIFA and for the sake of this relationship it probably won’t make a big deal of this,” said Simon Chadwick, professor of sport and geopolitical economy at SKEMA Business School.
Although AB InBev may lose out on potential business in stadiums, such sales are not the main goal of these kinds of deals. In the run-up to the World Cup, Budweiser launched a marketing campaign based on its sponsorship, with activity planned in more than 70 markets and at 1.2 million pubs, bars and restaurants.
“Budweiser is involved in sponsoring the event for reasons of global visibility rather than the sales volume inside the venue,” Chadwick said.
AB InBev said in a statement that because of “circumstances beyond our control,” some of the planned “stadium activations” of its marketing won’t move forward but it’s looking forward to the rest of its World Cup campaign.
It’s also unlikely the company will take any legal action. “It’s rare for sponsors to sue rights holders, especially where there is an ongoing long-term relationship,” Alex Kelham, a lawyer at London firm Lewis Silkin, said. “It’s far more likely that this issue will be resolved internally.”
Qatar’s U-turn was also somewhat on-trend for Big Beer. AB InBev and other brewing giants are looking to supplement the slower growth of their core beverage with healthier, lower-alcohol products like seltzers and low alcohol beer. Sales of Budweiser Zero, the no-alcohol version of the American brew, will still go ahead in the stadium. The drink was already front and center of the beer giant’s marketing campaign.
Without breweries in the region, the company has had to ship its product to Qatar by ocean freight, then find refrigerated warehouse space to protect it from the country’s ultrahot weather.
Budweiser is also likely to take a long-term view, looking to the 2026 tournament to be jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico and the U.S.
Conrad Wiacek, head of sports analysis at GlobalData, said that even though tough negotiations mean the value of the contract is expected to double to $144 million for the next World Cup, Budweiser is unlikely to be deterred.
“Budweiser will be cautious to burn its bridges with the governing body, as the 2026 U.S. tournament will be highly prized,” he said. “Going elsewhere would open up opportunity for other alcohol brands in its wake.”
With assistance from Upmanyu Trivedi. | 2022-11-19T01:40:28+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/budweiser-left-with-ads-and-plenty-of-beer-after-world-cup-stadium-ban/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — A new book chronicling how four journalists cover remote areas, including the South Texas border with Mexico, will soon be released.
The book, “American Deadline,” is co-authored by Border Report’s South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez. It is scheduled to be released May 2 by Columbia University Press.
The book is co-written by Sanchez, who is based in McAllen, Texas, and three other journalists — Greg Glassner, Charles Richardson and Jason Togyer — from the towns of Bowling Green, Virginia; Macon, Georgia, and McKeesport, Pennsylvania, respectively. These are areas where newspapers are dwindling and journalists take on greater roles and geographic regions to bring information to growing populations.
It is set in 2020 when each journalist wrote a monthly column as part of a project that was originally called the “Year of Fear” and was a partnership between Columbia Journalism Review and the Delacorte Project. The dispatches share insight and snippets on these regions, their political leaders and what drives their economies, how immigration affects their communities, how industries affect their health, and how the emerging COVID-19 pandemic changed the course for so many that fateful year.
Border Report ran several of Sanchez’s columns in 2020, with permission from our parent company, Nexstar Media Group. One column was among the website’s top stories for 2020.
Now all of her columns and that of Glassner, Richardson and Togyer, are bound together with an introduction from Columbia Journalism’s Michael Shapiro.
According to Publishers Weekly, the book is a “unique and often heart-wrenching collaboration … the reporting is consistently fine-grained, evocative, and insightful. It’s a fitting testament to the value of local journalism.”
“For those of us trying to bolster local news in the U.S., ‘American Deadline’ offers more compelling evidence for why this coverage matters. In a series of astute, nuanced dispatches, four veteran journalists describe the same year in the life of their disparate communities after their local newsroom has withered or died. Critical elections with no candidate coverage. Rampant Covid misinformation. No government watchdogs. This is front-line reporting that’s a must read,” Kim Kleman, executive director of Report for America said.
Sanchez’s contributions highlight the start of then-President Donald Trump’s border wall, when the first 30-foot-tall steel bollards went up outside the small town of Donna, Texas. She also delves into the mystifying and influential politiqueras — Hispanic political activists who are the rainmakers and determine the next leaders of the Rio Grande Valley.
She adds personal stories of how the coronavirus struck Hidalgo County, on the border with Mexico, and her husband’s own lengthy hospitalization from the novel virus before there were vaccines and at a time when bodies were piling up in refrigerated trucks alongside the highway.
She chronicles a 48-year-old high school teacher from rural Starr County who painted in giant letters on her roof “NO BORDER WALL.” The teacher’s family homestead is on the banks of the Rio Grande and federal agents were entering their property and had put down wooden stakes primed to start building the border wall, which would block her family’s view of the river.
She also detailed the threat of the border wall cutting through the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge — known as the “jewel of the national wildlife refuge system” — located on the border with Mexico, which would devastate bird watchers and Winter Texans who flock to South Texas for its subtropical ecosystem.
“American Deadline” is available for pre-order from the publisher in paperback, hardback and as an e-book. | 2023-03-24T22:45:03+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/border-report-tour/new-book-co-authored-by-border-reports-south-texas-correspondent-out-soon/ |
Watch: Candidates for Arizona treasurer — Martín Quezada and Kimberly Yee — face off in debate
Candidates running for Arizona treasurer in the November election will debate at 5 p.m. Monday, with the event streamed on azcentral.com and broadcast on Arizona PBS, Channel 8.
Republican Kimberly Yee, a former state lawmaker, is running for a second term, and faces a challenge from Democrat Martín Quezada, a lawyer and state senator.
The half-hour debate is presented by the Citizens Clean Election Commission, which provides voter education and public funding for campaigns.
"Arizona Horizon" host Ted Simons will moderate the debate, along with Stacey Barchenger, a political reporter for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com.
Reach reporter Ryan Randazzo at ryan.randazzo@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-4331. Follow him on Twitter @UtilityReporter. | 2022-10-03T19:14:32+00:00 | azcentral.com | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/10/03/watch-kimberly-yee-martin-quezada-arizona-treasurer-debate/8168417001/ |
Titusville-Based Hydrogen Infrastructure Leader Supports Family Events All Year Long
TITUSVILLE, Fla., Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --GenH2, an industry leader in hydrogen infrastructure solutions, today announced a lineup of holiday events that the Titusville-headquartered company is supporting over the next few months. GenH2 is committed to supporting community events throughout the space coast, all year long.
"We are proud that we have built our headquarters in Titusville, where so many of our employees and their families have lived and flourished over the years," said Greg Gosnell, President of GenH2. "We are thrilled to participate in a number of events this Holiday season benefitting local non-profit organizations as we believe in giving back to our community every chance we have. At the end of the day, a close community is a strong community."
GenH2 will be supporting the following community events:
On October 30th from 2pm to 6pm, GenH2 will be joining multiple local organizations in creating a "Trunk or Treat" Halloween for the Titusville Community Fall Festival at the Gibson Center. GenH2 will be providing all the candy for this free family event featuring entertainment for the entire family including, a trunk or treat, costume contest, bounce houses, games, food trucks, and more.
GenH2 is pleased to be a Banquet Sponsor of the 32nd Annual Titusville Golf Classic, taking place on November 18 at The Great Outdoors Golf Club beginning at 10:30 am, with Dinner and Awards at 6:00 pm. The event benefits the Titusville YMCA, a critical part of improving the lives of local residents by providing lifesaving services and programs like food distribution events, swim lessons, out-of-school enrichment, and other family programming.
Volunteers from GenH2 will join the fun at the 13th Annual Space Coast Basket Brigade, taking place on November 19 and 20 from 10am to 4 pm at the Viera High School. At this family event, over 2,000 community members come together to package, decorate and personally deliver more than 3,500 Thanksgiving baskets to families in need in the local community and ensure that everyone has the opportunity to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal. As a Spotlight Plus Sponsor, GenH2 will also provide holiday meals for five families and five children.
GenH2 will participate in the Brevard County North, Florida "Toys for Tots" Toy Drive by accepting toy donations at the company's headquarters (5200 S. Washington Ave, Titusville, FL 32780) from November 28 to December 9, 2022. Donation boxes will be open to the public Monday to Friday from 8am to 4pm. This year more than 3,000 children in the Brevard County North area will benefit from the program.
About GenH2
GenH2 is an industry leader in hydrogen infrastructure solutions. The Titusville, Florida-headquartered technology company includes former NASA researchers and developers who possess decades of experience researching, engineering, and producing hydrogen solutions. GenH2 is focused on the mass production of infrastructure equipment necessary for the transition to a clean energy economy. GenH2 technology will allow safe onsite production, storage, and distribution of liquid or gaseous hydrogen, making the product accessible for everyday use; the company has plans to deliver its product to hundreds of locations across the country in the coming years. Learn more about GenH2 at www.DiscoverHydrogen.com.
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By WILL WEISSERT (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ‘s reelection campaign is vowing to hold the states that won him the White House in 2020 but also compete in places it lost like North Carolina and increasingly Republican-dominated Florida, providing what it says are “a number of viable pathways to the 270 electoral votes” needed to clinch four more years.
Offering her first extensive comments on strategy since she was named manager of Biden’s campaign last month, Julie Chavez Rodriguez wrote in a memo to “interested parties” that the 2024 race presents “significant opportunities to grow Democratic support.” It was released while Biden was traveling in Japan, but he is skipping previously planned, subsequent stops in Australia and Papua New Guinea to focus on debt limit talks in Washington.
Rodriguez said the reelection campaign is planning early investments to try to retain battleground states Biden won in 2020 including Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Nevada and New Hampshire, and to hold Georgia and Arizona, which hadn’t voted Democratic in a presidential race in decades prior to three years ago.
But the campaign will also “look to expand the map even further in states like North Carolina and Florida” and Rodriguez said both would be included in a “7-figure” advertising buy that encompassed investments in a string of swing states.
Biden’s reelection campaign is built around asking Americans to allow him to “finish the job” he started, and has sought to paint “extreme” Republicans like former President Donald Trump and supporters of his “Make America Great Again” movement as threats to core American political values.
Trump is now seeking the White House for a third time, and while Rodriguez’s memo did not mention him by name, it did predict Biden would “prevail over the MAGA extremist agenda once again.”
Biden’s political advisers have long argued that Biden beat Trump once and can do so again. If someone else captures the GOP presidential nomination — like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is widely seen as a top Trump alternative — Biden’s team maintains the same strategy can work since most top Republicans have done little to distance themselves from the MAGA movement.
Though Rodriguez’s memo makes no mention of it, contrasting Biden with his opponent may be the president’s strongest reelection tactic. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll last month found that only about half of Democrats think the 80-year-old Biden should run again, though 81% said they would at least probably support him in the 2024 general election if he is the nominee.
The memo says the reelection campaign plans to spread its message online and through in-person contacts with voters, but will rely heavily on leveraging voters’ existing social circles.
“While trust in the media may have eroded, trust in people’s personal networks has never been stronger,” Rodriguez wrote. She promised that the campaign will “engage early and often” with its traditional base supporters among women, as well as Black, Hispanic and Asian American voters, and young people who didn’t turn out for the 2022 midterms. The memo also says organized labor “will be core to our electoral success.”
Biden’s reelection campaign says it plans to try for gains among targeted groups of voters during next year’s race. That includes building on 2020, when Biden “made small, but critical gains among rural and white working class voters in battleground states.” It further notes that Democrats saw support rise slightly in those demographics during last year’s midterms in “states like Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Wisconsin, and remain consistent in Georgia and North Carolina.”
The memo says strong suburban support helped lift Biden to the 306 electoral votes he won in 2020, and there could be room for growth among such voters, who may be energized by the Supreme Court’s overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision.
National Democrats have remained strongly unified behind Biden. He faces only token opposition in the party’s presidential primary from self-help author Marianne Williamson and anti-vaccine activist Robert Kennedy Jr. That means, Chavez wrote, that the reelection campaign “is able to leverage party infrastructure from Day One, including tools, technology and people, which means we aren’t starting from scratch.” | 2023-05-18T12:55:53+00:00 | bostonherald.com | https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/05/18/biden-2024-campaign-sees-multiple-viable-pathways-to-2024-election-win/ |
Five new experiences and three integrations drive unprecedented results in <60 days from kickoff to launch.
NEW YORK, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyng, the leading zero-party data platform, today announced the early results of implementing its latest innovations in personalization for LĒVO Oil Infusions. By delivering preference-based personalization in record time, LĒVO was able to double its average visitor engagement and improve conversion by 29%.
Christina Bellman, CEO of LĒVO says, "Reaching customers is harder than ever with the changes in data privacy norms. We knew personalization with Wyng would be powerful, but we were blown away to see how much engagement and conversion increased immediately after launching just a few personalized experiences."
LĒVO is a pioneer in herbal infusion with patented appliances and a wide variety of recipes and accessories sold primarily through the website. Like many retailers, LĒVO faces a major challenge in engaging a broad audience with very different needs. Their products are used by DIY beauty and home health enthusiasts, professional chefs, and passionate cannabis users of all ages and skill levels. Traditional targeted ads and landing pages that rely on third-party data are becoming more expensive and less effective. To continue to acquire customers in this environment, they need to instantly understand and personalize their website for any anonymous visitor who lands on their site.
LĒVO partnered with Wyng to build preference-based personalization using zero-party data for their Shopify-based site in record time. The flexibility of the Wyng software and services helped LĒVO create deeply personalized experiences in record time. After kicking off the project in April, the first set of experiences launched in early June.
- Next Best Questions: Online visitors encounter two different experiences that collect recipe size and type preferences and then deliver instant value in the form of relevant content and product recommendations.
- Contextual Preferences: Users can easily add their favorite categories to their personal preferences, such as keto, vegan, desserts, lunch, or dinner. This enables LĒVO to recommend the products that are most likely to interest that particular visitor.
- Personalized Recommendations: LEVO embedded a shoppable product recommendation for anonymous and known visitors in various pages based on preferences collected during their current and previous sessions.
- Preference Center: By providing a central location where customers can update their needs and preferences whenever they want, LĒVO builds trust with customers and ensures a relevant brand experience.
- Integrations: The LĒVO implementation of Wyng includes integrations with several different platforms, including Shopify for eCommerce, CMS, and CRM, Klaviyo for email, and Attentive for SMS. Integrating zero-party data from Wyng with these platforms enables LĒVO to communicate relevant content throughout the customer relationship, keeping customers more engaged and loyal.
Early results show double the website engagement as well as a 29% higher conversion rate for visitors. In the future, LĒVO plans to implement more preference-based personalization by leveraging user-generated content, product quizzes, surveys, gamified experiences, and more.
Wendell Lansford, Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Founder of Wyng shared, "Wyng exists to help brands understand their customers better, in order to serve them better. LĒVO has a passionate and growing customer community, and we look forward to continuing to help them leverage zero-party data to strengthen customer relationships, and grow revenue by providing more relevant, rewarding, and trustworthy experiences based on each customer's personal preferences."
To learn more about Wyng, visit www.wyng.com and see the case study and video testimonial.
Wyng is the world's leading zero-party data platform. Built on a zero-party data API and privacy by design principles, Wyng makes it easy for marketers to deliver customer experiences that are always welcome, relevant, and compliant. More than 250 brands and enterprises use Wyng to build relevance and trust with their customers. To learn more, visit https://wyng.com.
LĒVO is the first of its kind: a premium kitchen appliance that allows you to infuse butter or oil with herbs at home, mess-free. We've automated a traditional process of botanical infusion that's usually messy and tedious, so more of us can enjoy homemade edibles, wellness products, and other creations at home. To learn more, visit www.levooil.com.
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SOURCE Wyng | 2022-06-28T13:40:52+00:00 | kswo.com | https://www.kswo.com/prnewswire/2022/06/28/lvo-doubles-engagement-increases-conversion-by-29-with-personalization-based-zero-party-data-powered-by-wyng/ |
TORONTO, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Quarterhill Inc. ("Quarterhill") (TSX: QTRH) (OTCQX: QTRHF), will release its financial results for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2022, on Thursday, August 11, 2022. Bret Kidd, President and CEO, and John Karnes, CFO, will host a conference call and audio webcast at 10:00 a.m. ET the same day.
The live audio webcast will be available at:
https://app.webinar.net/38vZ7ERG16j
- To access the call from Canada and U.S., dial 1.888.220.8474 (Toll Free)
- To access the call from other locations, dial 1.647.484.0475 (International)
Webcast replay will be available for 365 days at:
https://app.webinar.net/38vZ7ERG16j
Telephone replay will be available from 1:00 p.m. ET on August 11, 2022, until 11:59 p.m. ET on August 18, 2022, at: 1.888.203.1112 (Toll Free North America) or 1.647.436.0148.
Conference ID: 7443681 and Replay Passcode: 7443681
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
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SOURCE Quarterhill Inc. | 2022-07-28T11:47:10+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2022/07/28/quarterhill-announce-q2-fiscal-2022-financial-results/ |
Couple donates collection of classic cars to help fund students’ careers
MIDLAND, Mich. (WNEM/Gray News) - Some generous donors are giving 35 classic cars to a Michigan university in the hopes that proceeds from the hot rods will help fund the students’ business careers.
Michael and Dianne Morey donated the cars to Northwood University. Justin Marshall, the university’s chief development and engagement officer, said the couple sees the donation as continuing a legacy they created.
“With their own passion and their own time and business that they’ve grown, and they are passing the torch down to our students,” Marshall said.
One of the donated cars will be kept on the school’s campus in Midland, Michigan. The other 34 are to be sold through Mecum Auctions out of Florida, WNEM reported.
“We are going to keep a 1958 Chevrolet Corvette, a black and silver Corvette and that’s going to be displayed on campus and our educational mission so our experiential learning we are known for at Northwood, we are going to use it for our students and automotive programs,” Marshall said. “It will be used for our auto show, the world’s largest student-run auto show.”
The others will go to the highest bidder, appraised to be worth about $2.5 million. All cars were made between the 1930s and the 1970s.
“They’re mostly Chevrolets, American-made vehicles, what you would consider your classic cars. A lot of Chevrolet Bel Airs, a 1967 Camaro, lots of corvettes as well. It’s just a beautiful collection,” Marshall said.
The family is asking for a majority of the proceeds to go toward scholarships to help drive the future of students.
“There’s so many things they could have done with this collection,” Marshall said. “They are such an important part of their lives. Each car tells a different story from a different part of their lives. When we asked, they said, ‘We have written a lot of chapters in our own book and we really see ourselves in the students at Northwood University.’”
Copyright 2022 WNEM via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-05T18:56:07+00:00 | wafb.com | https://www.wafb.com/2022/12/05/couple-donates-collection-classic-cars-help-fund-students-careers/ |
FIND THE BEST GIFTS FOR EVERYONE YOU LOVE, ALL IN ONE PLACE
SEATTLE, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
BACKGROUND:
It's officially the season of joy! Calendars will soon fill up with festive events and hours will be focused on finding the perfect gifts for the loved ones in our lives. In this satellite interview, Nordstrom Senior Managing Fashion Editor, Kate Bellman shared some insider tips for in-store and online holiday shopping this season. From gifting and holiday dressing to holiday décor and festive events, Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack are the destinations to make holiday shopping fun and easy.
Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9057555-nordstrom-holiday-shopping-and-gifting-tips-with-kate-bellman/
KATE'S PICKS INCLUDE:
- From beauty and fragrance sets to cozy luxurious cashmere, Kate shared some of her favorite gift ideas for women. One of her top finds? Colorful kitchen and glassware.
- It can be notoriously hard to shop for the men in our lives. Kate shared some can't miss options including retro wireless speakers and trendy recolored sneakers.
- While kids want to see their must-have toy under the tree, there are so many essentials that are must-buys for the youngest people on our lists - including the cutest additions to their cold weather wardrobe. Or why not surprise them with a pair of pajamas that match with the entire family?
For more information visit: www.nordstrom.com
MORE ABOUT KATE BELLMAN:
Kate Bellman started with Nordstrom in 2012 as a Digital Merchandising Manager for the retailer's designer and wedding businesses. In 2016, she joined the Fashion Office as Fashion Director for Women's Footwear where she supported fashion and trend forecasting. In her current role as Senior Managing Fashion Editor, Kate oversees fashion content and stories for digital, social, and print where she brings to life seasonal must-have trends and key items.
Interview provided by Nordstrom
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Nordstrom, Inc.
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SOURCE Nordstrom, Inc. | 2022-11-18T19:50:01+00:00 | live5news.com | https://www.live5news.com/prnewswire/2022/11/18/make-merry-this-holiday-gifting-season/ |
HOUSTON (AP)Quincy Olivari had 27 points in Rice’s 70-62 victory against Prairie View A&M on Wednesday night.
Olivari added five rebounds and four steals for the Owls (5-2). Travis Evee scored 10 points, shooting 3 for 14, including 2 for 8 from beyond the arc. Cameron Sheffield was 2 of 3 shooting and 5 of 7 from the free throw line to finish with nine points and 15 rebounds. Max Fiedler had nine points, eight rebounds and eight assists.
The Panthers (4-4) were led by Tekorian Smith, who recorded 19 points, three steals and two blocks. Braden Bell added 13 points for Prairie View A&M. Jeremiah Gambrell also put up 10 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. | 2022-12-01T23:24:32+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/sports/ncaa-mens-basketball/rice-defeats-prairie-view-am-70-62/ |
After Hawaii crash, NTSB calls for inspection of helicopters
By The Associated Press
U.S. safety officials are calling for immediate inspection of certain Bell helicopters based on findings from their investigation into a crash in Hawaii. The National Transportation Safety Board said Friday that U.S. and Canadian regulators should require immediate inspections of hardware used to attach the tail booms to the fuselage on Bell 407 helicopters. The safety board says one of the hardware fittings used to attach the tail to the fuselage was missing and three others showed signs of cracking in the Hawaii crash, which injured the pilot and five passengers. The Bell 407 is a popular helicopter for sightseeing flights and for law enforcement and air ambulances. | 2022-12-02T21:04:48+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/12/02/after-hawaii-crash-ntsb-calls-for-inspection-of-helicopters/ |
NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2022 ,/PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Sema4 Holdings, Corp. (NASDAQ: SMFR).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
https://claimyourloss.com/securities/sema4-holdings-corp-loss-submission-form/?id=32610&from=4
The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Sema4 Holdings Corp. between March 14, 2022 and August 15, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until November 7, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Sema4 Holdings, Corp. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) there was a significant risk that Sema4 would reverse a material amount of previously recognized revenue that it could not recoup from third party payors; (2) the Company was experiencing declining selling prices for its reproductive health segment; (3) as a result of the foregoing, Sema4's financial results would be adversely affected; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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SOURCE Jakubowitz Law | 2022-10-14T10:55:29+00:00 | wafb.com | https://www.wafb.com/prnewswire/2022/10/14/smfr-shareholder-alert-jakubowitz-law-reminds-sema4-holdings-corp-shareholders-lead-plaintiff-deadline-november-7-2022/ |
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