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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has nominated a career air mobility pilot with key deployments in Afghanistan and Europe to serve as the Air Force’s next top general.
In a notice to Congress posted Wednesday, the White House nominated Gen. David W. Allvin to serve as the service’s next chief.
In his long career, which includes more than 4,600 hours flying military aircraft, Allvin has commanded units leading NATO’s air training and combat operations in Afghanistan, he’s led air strategy in Europe and he’s overseen all global air mobility operations, responsible for a fleet of more than 1,000 aircraft that fuel, transport and supply troops around the globe.
If confirmed, Allvin would replace outgoing Gen. CQ Brown, who was tapped by the White House to serve as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
Allvin was seen as a frontrunner for the position, having served most recently as the vice chief of staff of the Air Force.
Allvin’s nomination joins hundreds of other top generals awaiting confirmation to move into their new military assignments; each of those posts are currently being held up by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who has put a hold on the confirmation process until DOD revises a policy allowing service members to travel and take time off for reproductive health care. | 2023-07-26T20:27:55+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-white-house-nominates-allvin-as-next-air-force-chief/ |
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AKRON, Ohio — Akron, Ohio, police arrested the father of Jacob Blake and the aunt of Breonna Taylor on Wednesday while protesting the police killing of a 25-year-old Black man.
Akron Municipal Court records confirm Jacob Blake Sr. was arrested on four counts: riot, resisting arrest, failure to disperse and disorderly conduct. Bianca Austin, Taylor's aunt, was charged with three counts, riot, failure to disperse and disorderly conduct.
Twitter account @FamilysSoupTV posted a video showing the moment police officers arrested Jacob Blake Sr. "He's handicapped, that's Jacob Blake Sr. You know who that is, right?" said a witness in the video.
Police shot and killed 25-year-old Jayland Walker following a traffic-related pursuit on June 27. Police later said Walker was not armed. Walker was shot dozens of times and police released body-camera footage showing the shooting.
The police shooting sparked protests in the area, drawing Blake and Taylor. Akron's mayor had lifted a curfew the same day. He said he hoped protesters would be peaceful.
All the charges against the two are misdemeanors.
Jacob Blake Jr. was shot by a Kenosha Police Officer seven times and left partially paralyzed. The shooting led to massive protests and unrest across Wisconsin and the nation. That Kenosha officer, Rusten Sheskey, was not criminally charged in the shooting. Jacob Blake Sr. has been a vocal participant in police-related protests since then.
Taylor, who was employed as an EMT, was inside her home when police conducted a “no-knock raid” on her home. Thinking the police officers were intruders, Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, shot at the police.
Louisville Metro Police officers returned fire, striking and killing Taylor.
Cleveland-area news outlets report police said they are gathering information on what happened. Local activists are planning a press briefing on Thursday. | 2022-07-07T17:04:31+00:00 | ktvh.com | https://www.ktvh.com/news/national/jacob-blakes-father-breonna-taylors-aunt-arrested-in-akron-ohio-during-protest-over-police-shooting |
Biden risks troubled Americas summit in Los Angeles
WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden travels in Asia, his administration is scrambling to salvage next month’s summit focused on Latin America.
The Summit of the Americas, which the United States is hosting for the first time since the inaugural event in 1994, has risked collapsing over concerns about the guest list. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has threatened to boycott if Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua aren’t included. Unlike Washington, which considers the three autocratic governments as pariahs, Mexico’s leftist leader maintains regular ties with them.
A hollow summit would undermine efforts by the U.S. to reassert its influence in Latin America when China is making inroads and concerns grow that democracy is backsliding in the region.
Now Biden is considering inviting a Cuban representative to attend the summit as an observer, according to a U.S. official who declined to be identified while speaking about sensitive deliberations. It’s unclear if Cuba would accept the invitation — which would be extended to someone in the foreign ministry, not the foreign minister himself — and whether that would assuage López Obrador’s concerns.
López Obrador reiterated Friday that he “wants everyone to be invited,” but indicated that he was hopeful about reaching a resolution, adding that “we have a lot of confidence in President Biden and he respects us.”
Even if López Obrador attends, there could still be a notable absence in Los Angeles: Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro, who leads Latin America’s most populous country, hasn’t said whether he’ll attend.
The uncertainty is a sign of chaotic planning for the summit, which is scheduled to take place in a little more than two weeks in Los Angeles. Normally, gatherings for heads of state are organized long in advance, with clear agendas and guest lists.
“There’s no excuse that they didn’t have enough time,” said Ryan Berg, a senior fellow in the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “This is our chance to set a regional agenda. It’s a great opportunity. And I’m afraid we’re not going to take it.”
The National Security Council did not respond to a request for comment. Ned Price, speaking for the U.S. State Department, said the first wave of invitations was sent out Thursday, but there could be additions. He declined to say who had gotten invitations.
He said speculation about who was attending was “understandable,” noting that Biden will be the first U.S. president to attend the summit since 2015, when President Barack Obama went to Panama.
President Donald Trump skipped the next summit in Peru in 2018, sending Vice President Mike Pence in his place.
“Our agenda is to focus on working together when it comes to the core challenges that face our hemisphere,” Price said, including migration, climate change and the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
Cuba’s participation is often a controversial issue for the summit, which has been held every few years and includes countries from Canada to Chile. The island nation was not invited to the first gathering in Miami, but Obama made headlines by shaking hands with Cuban President Raul Castro in Panama.
Questions about Biden’s approach to Latin America are piling up when his attention has been elsewhere. He’s taken a lead in responding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, helping to forge an international coalition to punish Moscow with sanctions and arm Kyiv with new weapons.
Biden is also trying to refocus U.S. foreign policy on Asia, where he views the rising power of China as the country’s foremost long-term challenge. He’s currently on his first trip to the continent as president, visiting South Korea and Japan.
Berg argued that neglecting Latin America could undermine Biden’s goals, since China has been trying to make inroads in the region.
“It’s always been difficult for Latin America to get its due,” he said. “But we’re pretty close to being in a geopolitical situation where Latin America moves from a strategic asset for us to a strategic liability.”
Instead of putting the finishing touches on the schedule for the Summit of the Americas, administration officials have been racing to ensure it doesn’t devolve into an embarrassment.
Chris Dodd, a former U.S. senator from Connecticut chosen by Biden as a special adviser for the summit, spent two hours on Zoom with López Obrador this week.
There’s also been a steady drip of announcements adjusting U.S. policies toward the region.
For example, the U.S. is moving to ease some economic sanctions on Venezuela.
In addition, administration officials said they would loosen restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba and allow Cuban immigrants to send more money back to people on the island.
The discussion about Cuba’s potential participation in Los Angeles reflects a difficult diplomatic and political balancing act.
Biden faces pressure to invite Cuba from his counterparts in the region. In addition to López Obrador, Bolivia’s President Luis Arce has threatened to skip the summit.
But Biden risks domestic backlash if Cuba is included, and not just from Republicans. Sen. Robert Menendez, a Cuban American Democrat from New Jersey who heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is an outspoken critic of the Cuban government.
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Associated Press writer María Verza contributed from Mexico City, and Ellen Knickmeyer contributed from Washington.Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-05-21T06:01:20+00:00 | kcbd.com | https://www.kcbd.com/2022/05/21/biden-risks-troubled-americas-summit-los-angeles/ |
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Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker is the Southeastern Conference offensive player of the year and Alabama linebacker Will Anderson Jr. was named the top defensive player for the second straight year.
Tennessee coach Josh Heupel was picked as coach of the year by the Associated Press Monday after keeping his team in playoff contention for much of the season. The sixth-ranked Volunteers are 10-2 and face No. 10 Clemson in the Orange Bowl.
Mississippi freshman running back Quinshon Judkins was named newcomer of the year, edging LSU linebacker Harold Perkins Jr. Judkins led the SEC with 1,476 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns.
Hooker was picked as first-team quarterback and offensive player of the year on all but one ballot, with that nod going to Alabama's Bryce Young in both cases. He suffered a season-ending left knee injury in a loss to South Carolina, finishing with 3,135 yards passing and 27 touchdown passes against just two interceptions.
Anderson was the unanimous pick as defensive player of the year. He has 51 tackles, 10 sacks and 17 tackles for loss along with a pick-six.
Other unanimous picks were Tennessee wide receiver Jalin Hyatt, Georgia tight end Brock Bowers and running backs Judkins and Raheim Sanders (Arkansas).
Heupel received six coach of the year votes to edge LSU's Brian Kelly (five), who led the Tigers into the SEC championship game in his first season. Georgia's Kirby Smart (three) and South Carolina's Shane Beamer (one) also received votes.
The voting was conducted among a panel of 15 sports writers and broadcasters covering the league.
FIRST TEAM
Offense
WR — u-Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee, 6-0, 185, Jr., Irmo, South Carolina
WR — Dominic Lovett, Missouri, 5-10, 185, So., East St. Louis, Illinois
T — Broderick Jones, Georgia, 6-4, 310, So., Lithonia, Georgia
T — Darnell Wright, Tennessee, 6-6, 335, Sr., Huntington, West Virginia
G — O’Cyrus Torrence, Florida, 6-5, 347, Jr., Greensburg, Louisiana
G — Emil Ekiyor Jr., Alabama, 6-3, 307, Sr., Indianapolis
C — Ricky Stromberg, Arkansas, 6-4, 313, Sr., Tulsa, Oklahoma
TE — u-Brock Bowers, Georgia, 6-4, 230, So., Napa, California
QB — Hendon Hooker, Tennessee, 6-4, 218, Sr., Greensboro, North Carolina
RB — u-Quinshon Judkins, Mississippi, 5-11, 210, Fr., Pike Road, Alabama
RB — u-Raheim Sanders, Arkansas, 6-2, 227, So., Rockledge, Florida
PK — Jack Podlesny, Georgia, 6-1, 180, Jr., St. Simons Island, Georgia
AP — Lideatrick Griffin, Mississippi State, 5-10, 185, Jr., Philadelphia, Mississippi
Defense
DE — BJ Ojulari, LSU, 6-3, 250, Jr., Marietta, Georgia
DE — Isaiah McGuire, Missouri, 6-4, 274, Jr., Tulsa, Oklahoma
DT — Jalen Carter, Georgia, 6-3, 300, Jr., Apopka, Florida
DT — Byron Young, Alabama, 6-3, 292, Sr., Laurel, Mississippi
LB — u-Will Anderson, Jr., 6-4, 243, Jr., Hampton, Georgia
LB — Drew Sanders, Arkansas, 6-5, 233, Jr., Denton, Texas
LB — Harold Perkins Jr., LSU, 6-2, 220, Fr., New Orleans
CB — Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State, 6-0, 180, Jr., Grenada, Mississippi
CB — Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama, 6-1, 188, So., Birmingham, Alabama
S — Christopher Smith, Georgia, 5-11, 195, Sr., Atlanta
S — Antonio Johnson, Texas A&M, 6-3, 195, Jr., East St. Louis, Illinois
P — Kai Kroeger, South Carolina, 6-4, 207, Jr., Lake Forest, Illinois
Offensive player of the year: Hendon Hooker, QB, Tennessee
Defensive player of the year: u-Will Anderson Jr., LB, Alabama
Coach of the year: Josh Heupel, Tennessee
Newcomer of the year: Quinshon Judkins, RB, Ole Miss
SECOND TEAM
Offense
WR — Antwane Wells Jr., South Carolina, 6-1, 207, Jr., Richmond, Virginia
WR — Will Sheppard, Vanderbilt, 6-3, 200, Jr., Mandeville, Louisiana
T — Dalton Wagner, Arkansas, 6-9, 331, Sr., Spring Grove, Illinois
T — Javon Foster, Missouri, 6-5, 319, Sr., Detroit, Michigan
G — Beaux Limmer, Arkansas, 6-5, 302, Jr., Tyler, Texas
G — Ethan White, Florida, 6-4, 331, Jr., Clearwater, Florida
C — Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia, 6-4, 310, So., New Orleans
TE — Darnell Washington, Georgia, 6-7, 270, Jr., Las Vegas, Nevada
QB — Bryce Young, Alabama, 6-0, 194, Jr., Pasadena, California
RB — Devon Achane, Texas A&M, 5-9, 185, Jr., Missouri City, Texas
RB — Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama, 5-11, 200, Jr., Dalton, Georgia
PK — Will Reichard, Alabama, 6-1, 190, Sr., Hoover, Alabama
AP — Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama, 5-11, 200, Jr., Dalton, Georgia
Defense
DE — Derick Hall, Auburn, 6-3, 256, Sr., Gulfport, Mississippi
DE — Byron Young, Tennessee, 6-3, 245, Sr., Georgetown, South Carolina
DT — Mekhi Wingo, LSU, 6-0, 295, So., St. Louis, Missouri
DT — Deone Walker, Kentucky, 6-6, 330, Kentucky, Fr., Detroit, Michigan
LB — Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia, 6-1, 245, So., Hyattsville, Maryland
LB — Nathaniel Watson, Mississippi State, 6-2, 240, Sr., Maplesville, Alabama
LB — Ty’Ron Hopper, Missouri, 6-2, 221, Jr., Shelby, North Carolina
CB — Kelee Ringo, Georgia, 6-2, 210, So., Tacoma, Washington
CB — D.J. James, Auburn, 6-1, 174, Jr., Mobile, Alabama
S — Jordan Battle, Alabama, 6-1, 206, Sr., Fort Lauderdale, Florida
S — Brian Branch, Alabama, 6-0, 193, Jr., Fayetteville, Georgia
P — Nik Constantinou, Texas A&M, 6-3, 225, Jr., Melbourne, Australia
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AP All-SEC Voting Panel: Kayla Anderson, WKRN-TV, Nashville, Tennessee; John Clay, Lexington Herald Leader; David Cloninger, Post and Courier; Adam Cole, Opelika-Auburn News; Robbie Faulk, 247Sports/Starkville Daily News; Garland Gillen, Fox 8 (WVUE-TV), New Orleans; Stephen Hargis, Chattanooga Times Free Press; Michael Katz, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal; Nick Kelly, The Tuscaloosa News; Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star; David Matter, St. Louis Post Dispatch; Tom Murphy, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; Ben Portnoy, The State, Columbia, S.C.; Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel; Marc Weiszer, Athens Banner-Herald. | 2022-12-05T18:17:52+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/AP-All-SEC-Hooker-Anderson-Heupel-win-17632583.php |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Weeks after winning more Grammys, Willie Nelson is getting a new kind of honor: a university endowment in Texas.
The 89-year-old country music icon, who in the 1980s helped launch the Farm Aid benefit concerts, is the namesake of the new Willie Nelson Endowment for Uplifting Rural Communities at the University of Texas’ LBJ School of Public Affairs, the school announced Wednesday.
The endowment will fund research and student fellowships benefiting rural and farm communities. The “Always on My Mind” singer has raised more than $70 million for family farm owners through Farm Aid, according to the school, which also plans to honor the Texas native at a May gala.
“Willie Nelson is a national treasure who gained fame through his sheer musical talent and won hearts as someone who truly cares about the lives of his fellow Americans,” Larry Temple, Chairman of the LBJ Foundation Board of Trustees, said in a statement.
At the Grammys last month, Nelson’s won best country album for “A Beautiful Time” and best country solo performance for “Live Forever.” He has won a dozen Grammys over the course of his career.
He will receive the LBJ Foundation’s Liberty and Justice for All award, joining a list of recipients that include former U.S. presidents, members of Congress and the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. | 2023-03-22T13:32:27+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/willie-nelson-honored-with-texas-educational-endowment/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A man has been convicted of murder for the fatal shooting of a Louisiana State University basketball player during a 2018 street brawl in the state's capital.
Dyteon Simpson, 23, of Baker, was found guilty of second-degree murder, which carries a mandatory life sentence, in the killing of Wayde Sims.
East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore III said the jury of eight women and four men worked extremely hard on a very emotional case. The panel deliberated for about 90 minutes before handing up Monday’s verdict.
“This was by far not an easy case,” he said. “We’re happy for the family that they received justice.”
Simpson was represented by the East Baton Rouge Parish public defender’s office, which rested its case without calling any witnesses.
“It’s a loss for both sides, two lives lost,” Lisa Parker, the parish’s chief public defender, said afterward.
Simpson will be formally sentenced June 13.
Authorities said Simpson shot Sims, 20, in the face with a 9 mm pistol after Sims intervened during a fight to defend a friend outside a fraternity party just off the Southern University campus on Sept. 28, 2018.
Simpson was arrested in Sims’ killing while riding in the front passenger seat of his girlfriend’s car the next day. A 9 mm pistol found under that seat matched the bullet recovered from Sims’ body and a shell casing recovered from the shooting scene, prosecutors said.
The jury saw three videos of the fight and shooting for the first time Friday. Prosecutors replayed those videos Monday before they rested their case.
Sims’ parents, Wayne and Fay Sims, gave prolonged hugs to prosecutors Jermaine Guillory and Michelle Lacoste after the jury’s unanimous verdict was announced, The Advocate reported.
Before the verdict, Lacoste displayed a photograph of a smiling Sims for the jury and argued that Simpson could not claim the defense of justifiable homicide.
“Inserting yourself in a fight with this gun makes you the aggressor,” she said.
Sims, she added, was not the aggressor because he was trying to defend a friend.
“The family of Wayde Sims deserves justice; the community and the state demand justice,” Lacoste said.
Sims' father, Wayne Sims, played basketball at LSU in the late 1980s, when Dale Brown was coach. | 2022-04-12T23:00:47+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Louisiana-man-guilty-in-2018-death-of-LSU-17076449.php |
Why people in China are panic buying canned yellow peaches as COVID surges
An unprecedented wave of COVID cases in China has sparked panic buying of fever medicines, pain killers, and even home remedies such as canned peaches, leading to shortages online and in stores.
Authorities said Wednesday they had detected 2,249 symptomatic COVID-19 cases nationally through nucleic acid testing, 20% of which were detected in the capital Beijing. CNN reporting from the city indicates the case count in the Chinese capital could be much higher than recorded.
Demand for fever and cold medicines, such as Tylenol and Advil, is surging nationally as people rush to stockpile drugs amid fears they may contract the virus.
Canned yellow peaches, considered a particularly nutritious delicacy in many parts of China, have been snapped up by people looking for ways to fight COVID. The product is currently sold out on many online shops.
Its sudden surge in popularity prompted Dalian Leasun Food, one of the country's largest canned food manufacturers, to clarify in a Weibo post that canned yellow peaches don't have any medicinal effect.
"Canned yellow peaches ≠ medicines!" the company said in the post published Friday. "There is enough supply, so there is no need to panic. There is no rush to buy."
The People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party, also tried to set the record straight. It published a long Weibo post on Sunday urging the public not to stockpile the peaches, calling them "useless in alleviating symptoms of illness."
Authorities also pleaded with the public not to stockpile medical supplies. On Monday, the Beijing city government warned residents that it was facing "great pressure" to meet demand for drug and medical services because of panic buying and an influx of patients at clinics.
It urged the public not to hoard drugs or call emergency services if they have no symptoms.
Stock frenzy
The rising demand and shortage of supply of COVID remedies have fueled bets on drugmakers.
Shares of Hong Kong-listed Xinhua Pharmaceutical, China's largest manufacturer of ibuprofen, have gained 60% in the past five days. The stock has so far jumped by 147% in the first two weeks of this month.
"Our company's production lines are operating at full capacity, and we are working overtime to produce urgently needed medicines, such as ibuprofen tablets," Xinhua Pharmaceutical said Monday.
Ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat pain and fever. It is also known as Advil, Brufen, or Fenbid.
The drug shortage has spread from mainland China to Hong Kong, a special administrative region with a separate local government system. On Sunday, the city's health chief urged the public to refrain from panic buying cold medicines they do not need and urged residents "not to overact."
In some Hong Kong drugstores, fever drugs such as Panadol, the local brand name for Tylenol, have sold out. Most of the buyers were sending the medicines to their families and friends in the mainland, sales representatives told CNN.
Shares of Shenzhen-listed Guizhou Bailing Group Pharmaceuticals, known for making cough syrup, have gained 21% this week and risen 51% so far this month. Yiling Pharmaceutical, the sole producer of Lianhua Qingwen, a traditional Chinese medicine recommended by the government for treating COVID, has also jumped more than 30% in the past month.
Even providers of funeral services and burial plots have gotten a huge boost. Shares in Hong Kong-traded Fu Shou Yuan International, China's largest burial service company, have soared more than 50% since last month.
There is "strong pent-up demand for burial plots" in 2023, analysts from Citi Group said in a recent research report, adding that they've noticed increasing investor interest in the sector.
They cited the existence of hundreds of thousands of cremated remains, which are being temporarily stored in government facilities awaiting burial. Lockdowns across much of the country have halted funeral services, they said. | 2022-12-16T21:00:45+00:00 | wisn.com | https://www.wisn.com/article/why-people-in-china-are-panic-buying-canned-yellow-peaches-as-covid-surges/42240420 |
Dodgers fans are remembering legendary broadcaster Vin Scully. A memorial was erected outside dodgers stadium
Dozens of candles and flowers were left along Vin Scully Avenue. The longtime voice of the dodgers died on Tuesday at age 94.
He called Dodgers games from 1950-2016, moving with the team from Brooklyn in 1958.
Scully earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom and a spot on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. | 2022-08-03T16:20:38+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/dodgers-fans-install-makeshift-memorial-for-vin-scully-outside-stadium |
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE: ADC) (the "Company") today announced that it will settle all outstanding forward equity for net proceeds of approximately $599 million. The Company anticipates the settlement of all 8,739,752 shares will occur on September 30, 2022.
About Agree Realty Corporation
Agree Realty Corporation is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that is RETHINKING RETAIL through the acquisition and development of properties net leased to industry-leading, omni-channel retail tenants. As of June 30, 2022, the Company owned and operated a portfolio of 1,607 properties, located in all 48 continental states and containing approximately 33.8 million square feet of gross leasable area. The Company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ADC". For additional information on the Company and RETHINKING RETAIL, please visit www.agreerealty.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements about the amount of the settlement of the outstanding equity and the timing of such settlement. No assurance can be given that the settlement will occur and that it will occur when anticipated. Although these forward-looking statements are based on good faith beliefs, reasonable assumptions and the Company's best judgment reflecting current information, you should not rely on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond the Company's control and which could materially affect the Company's results of operations, financial condition, cash flows, performance or future achievements or events. Currently, one of the most significant factors, however, is the potential adverse effect of the current pandemic of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, on the financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and performance of the Company and its tenants, the real estate market and the global economy and financial markets. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts the Company and its tenants will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the scope, severity and duration of the pandemic, the actions taken to contain the pandemic or mitigate its impact, and the direct and indirect economic effects of the pandemic and containment measures, among others. Moreover, investors are cautioned to interpret many of the risks identified in the risk factors discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and other SEC filings, as well as the risks set forth below, as being heightened as a result of the ongoing and numerous adverse impacts of COVID-19. Additional important factors, among others, that may cause the Company's actual results to vary include the general deterioration in national economic conditions, weakening of real estate markets, decreases in the availability of credit, increases in interest rates, adverse changes in the retail industry, the Company's continuing ability to qualify as a REIT and other factors discussed in the Company's reports filed with the SEC. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made as of the date hereof. Unless legally required, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in the Company's expectations or assumptions or otherwise.
For further information about the Company's business and financial results, please refer to the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Risk Factors" sections of the Company's SEC filings, including, but not limited to, its Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, copies of which may be obtained at the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.agreerealty.com.
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DEERE (Godwin),
Nora Lee
97, of Urbana, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 30, 2022, in Mercy Memorial Hospital.
She was born on December 9, 1925, in Bellefontaine, Ohio, the daughter of the late Harry D. and Ethel Grace (Wallace) Godwin. She was a graduate of Rushsylvania High School. Nora Lee was married to the late Raymond P. Deere for 73 years until his passing in 2018.
Together Nora Lee and Raymond had two sons that survive: Ronald (Melanie) and Roger (Debra) Deere. Nora Lee is also survived by her grandchildren: Brendan (Angi) Deere, John Deere, Courtney (Tricia) Deere, Kara Stephens, Jessica Deere, and Justin (Abby) Deere; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; siblings, Lewis, Dean, Floyd, Wuanita, Josephine and JoAnne and their spouses; brother and sister-in-law, Leonard and June Deere; daughter-in-law, Margaret "Peggy" Deere; granddaughter, Stephanie Deere; and great-grandson, Blake Deere.
Nora Lee retired from Grimes Aerospace and was an active volunteer in the community for many years. She enjoyed her friends at the Urbana Champaign County Senior Citizen Center. She was a very talented individual and shared those talents with many throughout the years. Her family especially loved her cakes, pies and candy. Nora Lee was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and assisted members of the ladies sodality with making homemade noodles for the parish bazaar.
A gathering of family and friends will be held 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at VERNON FUNERAL HOME, Urbana. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, January 5, 2023, with Father Jacob Lindle Celebrant. Burial will follow in Oak Dale Cemetery, Urbana.
Memorial contributions in Nora Lee's memory may be made to the Urbana Champaign County Senior Citizen Center, 150 Patrick Avenue, Urbana, Ohio 43078 or PAWS Animal Shelter, 1535 W. U.S. Route 36, Urbana, Ohio 43078.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at
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Vernon Family Funeral Homes
235 Miami Street
Urbana, OH
43078
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Counting of mailed ballots in Pennsylvania is drawing renewed scrutiny amid a too-close-to-call U.S. Senate primary between Republicans David McCormick and Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Former President Donald Trump blasted the state’s elections procedures on social media Wednesday even though there are no indications of any wrongdoing with those ballots other than a printing error that was slowing the tally in one county. He has relentlessly criticized the state’s voting procedures since his loss in Pennsylvania two years ago, when it took several days to tally the results from all mailed ballots.
The head of the state association of county commissioners, the local officials who oversee the nuts-and-bolts of Pennsylvania voting, described Tuesday’s primary as “a very smooth election day” but acknowledged that the state’s 2019 law expanding the use of mailed ballots could be improved.
HOW THE STATE’S MAILED BALLOT SYSTEM WORKS
Until 2019, Pennsylvania allowed only limited voting using mailed ballots. Voters could receive an absentee ballot only if they could show a medical problem, planned travel or some other complication that would prevent them from voting in-person on Election Day.
A legislative deal that year put an end to straight-ticket voting, a priority of Republicans, in exchange for allowing anyone to request a ballot in the mail, a change sought by Democrats.
The mailed ballot expansion left in place the longstanding procedures for absentee ballots. But the pandemic brought much wider use of mailed ballots than anyone had anticipated, as voters sought alternatives to casting a ballot inside crowded precincts.
The state Supreme Court in 2020 allowed more ballot collection boxes and extended the period when mailed ballots would be accepted to three days after the election as long as they were mailed by Election Day. Those changes, which were temporary, fueled Trump’s claim that mailed ballots provided an opening for widespread fraud, but there is no evidence that occurred.
FAILURE TO AMEND EXISTING LAW
County officials throughout the state have been calling for changes to the 2019 law. One major problem is that it does not allow counties to begin processing mailed ballots before Election Day. Getting a head-start would allow local election workers to identify errors ahead of time and get the properly marked ballots ready to be tallied.
Not allowing that early processing creates a huge backlog of ballots to process just as local election officials have to turn their attention to Election Day voting. That creates a delay of several days — or longer — for counting mailed ballots.
Both parties generally agree the law should be amended to allow early processing of those ballots. That hasn’t happened, in part because of disagreements between the Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat. How much time should be allowed to receive ballots and how to address issues such as signature verification and drop boxes are among the contested changes.
Republican lawmakers have proposed linking early canvassing to a host of other election law revisions they want, including tougher voter ID requirements, changes Democrats do not support.
WHAT TRUMP IS SAYING ABOUT MAILED BALLOTS
Trump, who endorsed Oz, posted on his Truth Social platform Wednesday that Oz “should declare victory,” arguing that “makes it much harder for them to cheat with the ballots that they ‘just happened to find.’”
Oz has not taken that advice and made no public statements on Wednesday.
In another post, Trump said, “Here we go again! In Pennsylvania they are unable to count the Mail-In Ballots. It is a BIG MESS. Our Country should go to paper ballots, with same day voting.”
He was likely referring to a problem in Lancaster County, a GOP stronghold in the heart of Amish country. County elections officials said a company that printed its mailed ballots included the wrong ID code, which prevented scanning machines from being able to read them. The issue involved at least 21,000 mailed ballots, of which only a third were scanning properly. The slow but painstakingly detailed process of transferring the votes to fresh ballots that can be scanned is underway.
Trump takes a heightened interest in Pennsylvania because it’s one of the most important presidential battlegrounds and voters are split fairly evenly between Democrats and Republicans.
SAFE TRACK RECORD FOR MAILED BALLOTS
Eight states allow all elections to be conducted entirely by mail. This includes Republican-led Utah, where all-mail election have been in place statewide since 2019 and no major problems have been reported.
In those states and others, numerous safeguards are in place to ensure that people casting mailed ballots are who they say they are and vote just once. Pennsylvania counties have successfully counted mailed ballots during every election in which they have been used.
There has been no evidence of any widespread fraud or conspiracy to steal the 2020 presidential election despite claims pushed by Trump and his allies. Numerous judges, including Trump appointees, dismissed lawsuits filed over the November 2020 election.
A group of federal and state election officials issued a statement calling the 2020 election the “most secure” in U.S. history. And an exhaustive review by The Associated Press of every potential instance of fraud in the six states disputed by Trump, including Pennsylvania, found nowhere near enough cases to affect the outcome.
BALLOTS COUNTED AFTER ELECTION DAY
There is nothing suspicious about this. Tallies reported by election officials on election night are unofficial results. Those totals will change over time, particularly as mailed ballots are verified and counted. Local election offices have stringent procedures to ensure that every valid vote is counted.
It can take weeks to certify an election — the point at which all results are final. In states that allow election officials to pre-process and even pre-scan mailed ballots, results can come quickly.
Some states allow mailed ballots to be accepted if they arrive a few days after the election, as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.
Several states also allow for a period after the election for voters to correct technical mistakes with their mail ballot, such as forgetting to sign it. Once these are fixed, the ballot is counted and added to the totals.
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Cassidy reported from Atlanta. | 2022-05-19T21:13:07+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/politics/explainer-how-mailed-ballots-slow-results-in-pennsylvania/ |
Biden taps White House aide Neera Tanden as domestic policy adviser
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that he has chosen Neera Tanden, a veteran Washington insider who currently serves as White House staff secretary and senior adviser, to be his new domestic policy adviser.
Tanden will be the first Asian American to lead any of the three major White House policy operations, he said. She will succeed Susan Rice, a longtime foreign policy expert who surprised Washington by shifting to a domestic policy focus when she joined Biden’s White House.
In her current role, Tanden has overseen decision-making involving his domestic, economic and national security teams. He cited her 25 years of experience in public policy, her past work for Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and her tenure running the liberal-leaning Center for American Progress, one of the country’s largest think tanks, for nearly a decade.
She also helped write the Obama-era Affordable Care Act health care law.
Biden initially had nominated Tanden, the daughter of immigrants from India, to become director of the White House budget office, a position that requires Senate confirmation.
She eventually withdrew from consideration after encountering unexpected strong opposition from key Republican and Democratic senators over the tone and language she used in some of her tweets — including some that were directed at lawmakers.
Biden on Friday noted that Tanden, while growing up, had relied on programs she will oversee in her new role running the Domestic Policy Council, such as food stamps and public housing assistance, after her parents divorced. He said her lived experience would inform her future work.
“I know those insights will serve my administration and the American people well,” Biden said.
Rice is stepping down after two years running the Domestic Policy Council. Her last day at the White House will be May 26.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-05T18:02:54+00:00 | kmvt.com | https://www.kmvt.com/2023/05/05/biden-taps-white-house-aide-neera-tanden-domestic-policy-adviser/ |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
05-07-19-21-22
(five, seven, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-two)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
05-07-19-21-22
(five, seven, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-two)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000 | 2022-10-01T03:56:41+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17479525.php |
NPHM's long-anticipated physical home will help it intensify nationwide efforts to illuminate public housing's formative role in the American experience and addresses housing inequities for all U.S. residents
CHICAGO, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With grants of $1 million from the Builders Initiative and Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundations, and a Community Development Grant through the Chicago Recovery Plan, the National Public Housing Museum has reached its $14.5 million Power of Place Campaign goal. It will be able to break ground on its long-anticipated physical home, an adaptive reuse of the last remaining building of the former Jane Addams Homes at 1322-24 W. Taylor St., this fall.
Dedicated to the belief that all people have the right to a home, NPHM is the nation's first cultural institution founded to preserve and interpret the role of public housing in advancing this essential yet unfulfilled aspiration. Using oral histories, art and material culture, the museum will archive and share stories of hope, achievement, struggle, resistance, resilience and entrepreneurship from a diverse group of former and current public housing residents. By doing so, knowledge gained from the public housing experience can be used to shape and inform innovative public policy reform to reimagine our future communities and society, and the places we call home.
"Housing insecurity is one of the preeminent issues of our time. When people lose their homes, their lives, families, health and finances are disrupted. This cuts across class, race and location. And while public housing has had an enormous and often controversial impact on our nation's history, it has also shaped the way we look at what's essential for the public good," NPHM Executive Director Lisa Yun Lee, Ph.D., explained.
"The Museum draws on the power of place and memory to preserve, promote and propel the right of all people to have a place where they can live and prosper—a place to call home. This mission is grounded in social justice and human rights, and we are tackling it with a multifaceted approach that encompasses culture, activism and entrepreneurship. It's a groundbreaking undertaking, and we wouldn't be here or able to undertake it without our visionary founders and funders."
In the late 1990s, a group of public housing residents dreamt of creating a museum that preserved the collective voices, experiences and histories of public housing residents nationwide. In 2006, Chicago Housing Authority Commissioner Deverra Beverly, also chair of the CHA's Central Advisory Council for all public housing developments, a CHA resident and a local historian, and community activist Peter Pero, connected with the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation's Executive Director Sunny Fischer, who was also a former public housing resident, for potential funding.
Recognizing the potential of the public housing residents' dreams, and its potential to reframe the public housing narrative, Fischer joined their effort to create NPHM. With the Chicago Community Trust as fiscal sponsor, the Driehaus Foundation provided seed money, staffing and continued funding. This allowed the museum to incorporate in 2007 and continue its fundraising efforts. Additional grants came from the Ford and Alphawood Foundations. Civic and cultural leaders, scholars, preservationists, city planners and housing advocates joined public housing residents and activists as board members and advisors.
Since its inception, the museum has also received substantial capital donations from the Alvin H. Baum and Lehman Stamm Family Funds; the Conant Family Foundation: the Boeing, Joyce, Pierce Family, Lohengrin and B&D Foundations; the Terra Foundation for American Art; the National Endowment for the Humanities; and Lucia Woods Lindley. Generous program funders have included the Kresge, Mellon, Field and Laudau Family Foundations; the Illinois Arts Council and Illinois Humanities; the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince; a City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events City Arts Grant; and Leonard C. Goodman.
Today, NPHM is also proud to note that many housing authorities nationwide have supported this effort. They are driven by the belief that the story of public housing in America, which encompasses residents of every race, ethnicity, age and creed, can have a positive and formative influence on our nation's future.
Former residents, grateful for their experiences in public housing, are among NPHM's most committed supporters. Thoughtfully built projects such as the Jane Addams Homes, designed by acclaimed Chicago architect John Holabird, offered them stable, nurturing and inclusive communities and fulfilling family homes.
"Our family of 10 lived in the Jane Addams Homes from 1960 to 1974. Most of the residents there were Black, and it was a wonderful, economically integrated neighborhood where everybody knew each other. Our lives would have been very different without it," Rev. Marshall Hatch, senior pastor of Chicago's New Mount Pilgrim Church and adjunct professor at the McCormick Theological Seminary, recalled.
"Whenever we came in on a cold day, my mother would always say 'it's so nice to come back to a nice, warm home.' Those were her exact words the night she had a heart attack in 1967 at just 44 years old, right after a record-breaking snowstorm. No one could get through the snowdrifts to help her, and she passed. But the community really pulled together to help my father as my youngest sister was just two at the time," he said.
When Ned Lufrano's family of five lived in the Jane Addams Homes from 1938 to 1952, "almost everyone was Jewish or Italian and we were all very poor. But none of us thought there was anything wrong with being poor. I always considered living there an asset, not a hindrance. Life was good. It was a wonderful, family-oriented place," said Lufrano.
"You learned early on that no one was going to give you anything and if you wanted to make something out of yourself you had to get to work." A basketball star at Marshall High School and Ripon College, Lufrano left public housing when he was a sophomore in college. Years later, he sought out a similar environment to the one he experienced in public housing for his own family. He found that kind of community in Chicago's Lakeview, where he raised two sons and still lives today.
Pamela J. Phillips' 21 years in two New York City public housing projects, accrued during stints as a child growing up with her mother and three siblings and as an adult raising her own two children, taught her the meaning of community. "I learned about sharing and caring in a 'village' to create a safe, healthy environment where we all looked out for one another, including each other's kids," she said.
"We kept each other safe, provided each other with essentials when needed and the younger ones ran errands for the elders while they looked after us. It was our 'village.' Many of the moms worked and those who didn't made sure kids got to and from school or got snacks. We very much minded each other's business," Phillips said. "It also provided my mom and me with opportunities for upward mobility—opportunities we may not have had without being in a place where the rents were affordable."
Stories of nurturing communities and successfully launched lives are a major part of public housing's legacy, and the preservation of these stories is critical to the future of housing in America. "For so many people like myself, who lived there for many years, it offered us a true home and gave us a rich history. It's important to preserve those memories, build on the legacy public housing has given our nation and explore what it can offer future generations," Hatch said.
Though NPHM has lacked an official physical home since its inception, it has cultivated and engaged a robust and inclusive community committed to its mission. This diverse group of artists, historians, activists and museum staffers have developed and presented constructive and often transformative educational programs and exhibitions to help visitors connect public housing's multifaceted and historically significant past with the social justice and human rights issues America faces today.
Chief among these programs have been the NPHM Oral History Archives and Corps, which features a recording studio named in honor of revered activist, historian and scholar Dr. Timuel Black, an annual Artist as Instigator residency, an Entrepreneurship Hub and Cooperative Museum Store run by national group of current and former public housing residents and and a series of events and exhibits focusing on issues related to the museum's mission. All have been designed to help visitors understand housing inequities and inspire engagement in innovative public policy reform by reimagining the future of U.S. communities, society and the places Americans call home.
"For the past 14 years, we have been a vibrant museum with award-winning, mission-driven programs despite the lack a permanent home. Our building is designed to teach people about housing and social justice issues in equally innovative ways. As an inventive fusion of didactic and experiential features, it will always be the jewel of our collection when it opens next year," NPHM Board Chair and Cofounder Sunny Fischer said.
"One of its most compelling aspects is that it was once vibrant public housing designed by a world class architect, John Holabird. It is being impeccably restored, complete with its Animal Court, a sculpture garden created by Chicago artist Edgar Miller, and enhanced with new features by equally inspiring artists. The building serves as a reminder not only of the significant architecture and community many public housing residents enjoyed but also of the thousands of public housing units across the U.S. that have been demolished and never replaced," Fischer added.
The last standing structure from the Jane Addams Homes, transferred to NPHM in 2018 by the Chicago Housing Authority, will undergo extensive rehabilitation to become the museum's physical home. It will include the addition of 15 mixed income apartments in the back of the building in a unique partnership with the Chicago Housing Authority and Related Midwest.
Once completed, NPHM will offer engaging programs and exhibits that feature historically significant objects and art. These offerings will present provocative ideas from internationally renowned contemporary thought leaders ranging from academics to artists. The museum's mission will continue to be presenting inclusive, diverse and balanced portrayals of the public housing experience on America and addressing its past, present and future. The Museum will also be an African American Historic Site.
Among the museum's permanent exhibitions will be the Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation Storytelling and Everyday Objects Gallery featuring a rotating collection of objects from public housing residents nationwide; the Public Art Entrance designed by internationally acclaimed artists Amanda Williams and Olalekan Jeyifous; a music room to showcase the many significant works created by public housing residents; and three apartments, restored with historic artifacts, to portray period life for a Jewish family during the birth of public housing, an Italian family adapting to a changing neighborhood and a Black family during the civil rights era. After NPHM's physical home is built, public housing entrepreneurs will also collectively own and operate a retail space onsite.
Over the past century, more than 10 million people across the nation, from all races, ethnicities and creeds, have called public housing home. The breadth and depth of public housing's impact on our nation and to the public good has gone unrecognized. For example, former Americans whose lives were shaped by public housing include public officials such as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and President Jimmy Carter; corporate leaders such as former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz and former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns; performers like Barbra Streisand, Lily Tomlin, Diana Ross, Elvis Presley, Angela Bassett, Thelonius Monk, Ramsey Lewis, Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah, Jay-Z and Chaka Khan; and sports stars like the NBA's Tony Allen and baseball star Kirby Puckett.
The museum's new home is being designed to encourage the public to discover, learn and build a more just nation through a robust civic life. Ultimately, the exhibitions and programs in NPHM's new home add to the ongoing struggle to achieve social justice. It invites those who believe in the human right to housing to join in preserving history, fostering dialogue and creating change.
About the National Public Housing Museum: The NPHM is the first cultural institution in the United States dedicated to interpreting the American experience in public housing. Its mission is to preserve, promote and propel the right of all people to a place where they can live and prosper—a place to call home. Using art, oral histories and material culture, the museum will archive and share public housing stories of hope and personal achievement, as well as stories of struggle, resistance and resilience. These stories create opportunities for visitors to understand and engage in innovative public policy reform to reimagine the future of our communities, our society and the places we call home. Its physical structure is currently in development and will be an adaptive reuse of the last remaining building of the former Jane Addams Homes on Chicago's Near West Side. When completed, visitors will interface with compelling, historically significant exhibits and engage with the provocative ideas of internationally renowned contemporary artists.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Beshanda Owusu
Purpose Brand
bowusu@purposebrand.com
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The staffing giant offers temporary staffing support for MLB All-Star Game, among other major summer events
TACOMA, Wash., July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PeopleReady will assist fans of America's favorite pastime this week as they further their mission to connect people and work at the 2023 Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Game in Seattle. The company will help staff critical positions, from ticket takers to post-game cleanup, supporting over 47,000 baseball fans from around the world expected to enter T-Mobile Park.
"With the summer season in full swing for venues across the nation, the ability to efficiently hire qualified workers is essential to ensuring an event's success," said Kristy Willis, President of PeopleReady. "With the hospitality industry still struggling with a worker shortage, temporary staffing supports employers to fill their open positions quickly, while also offering job seekers schedule flexibility and, in some cases, unique and memorable work experiences."
With more than three decades of experience helping businesses in the hospitality industry thrive, PeopleReady has staffed over seven million hours of work for some of the largest stadiums and event venues in the nation. These employers have also often turned to PeopleReady's mobile app, JobStack, to request and manage temporary staff effortlessly in preparation for big events. In the last year alone, the company has provided staffing support at a variety of events. These include the National Football League's Super Bowl, record-breaking concert tours, MLB regular season games, the Indy 500 and more.
As hiring challenges continue for hospitality employers across the country, the industry has posted more than 72,000 new positions in the past 30 days. Based on its analysis of millions of jobs across the country, PeopleReady found that the hospitality jobs with the most openings this season include:
- Dishwashers
- Ushers and ticket-takers
- Cashiers
- Bartenders
- Food servers
- Desk clerks
Job seekers can access PeopleReady job opportunities via app (JobStack) and online (jobs.peopleready.com).
About PeopleReady
PeopleReady, a TrueBlue company (NYSE: TBI), specializes in quick and reliable on-demand labor and highly skilled workers. PeopleReady supports a wide range of industries, including construction, manufacturing and logistics, retail and hospitality. Leveraging its game changing JobStack staffing app and presence in more than 600 markets throughout North America, PeopleReady connected over 226,000 people to work in 2022. Learn more at www.peopleready.com.
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The Software Supply Chain Security (SSCS) offering allows adherence to new Federal regulations
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Anglepoint, the leading Software Asset Management (SAM) services provider for the Public Sector and the Global 2000, has launched the Software Supply Chain Security (SSCS) offering. As mandated by Executive Order 14028, federal government agencies must complete a full audit of their software as part of widespread efforts to improve the nation's cybersecurity. The SSCS offering encompasses a pre-packaged suite of tools and support for agency compliance with the new requirements as set forth by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under publication 800-218.
Philippe de Raet, Anglepoint's Vice President of Business Development for Public Sector clients, says, "More than ever before, the government's mission to safeguard information and systems against threats and vulnerabilities sits firmly at the forefront of every agency Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Anglepoint stands ready to assist Federal agencies in meeting all requirements as specified by the OMB security regulations in accordance with NIST 800-218 within the designated time frames. We are excited to collaborate with government agencies to meet these important milestones."
SSCS addresses the three major areas of the regulations that agencies must meet, including: 1) completing a software inventory, 2) developing process and training plans, and 3) attaining self-attestation from all software vendors. Anglepoint's Chief Product Officer, Kris Johnson, says, "Anglepoint understands the unique security concerns faced by the US government. SSCS was carefully crafted to offer agencies a level of service in achieving compliance with these complicated regulations that is not available anywhere else. Rather than relying on already over-burdened internal teams or a patchwork of outside consultants, Anglepoint's SSCS experts take agencies through each step necessary to achieve compliance while adhering to the quick succession of deadlines."
For more information, visit the SSCS web page.
Anglepoint is the leading provider of SAM & ITAM services to the Fortune 500 & Global 2000. Anglepoint's services drive cost optimization, risk mitigation, strategic planning within the cloud, SaaS, enterprise software and hardware estates of complex hybrid IT environments. We deliver comprehensive managed services including SAM strategy, execution, process automation, technology selection and implementation.
Contact: Alison Frederick, Analyst Relations at info@anglepoint.com.
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SOURCE Anglepoint | 2022-12-08T15:24:46+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/prnewswire/2022/12/08/anglepoint-launches-new-public-sector-software-compliance-offering/ |
Cause of fire at Conway's Red Jacket resort uncertain, investigators say
Investigators say there was no evidence of crime
Investigators say there was no evidence of crime
Investigators say there was no evidence of crime
The investigation of a fire at the Red Jacket Mountain View Resort has ended, with officials saying they could not determine how the fire started.
Officials said there was no evidence of a crime in the April fire that destroyed 75 rooms at the resort, but the cause will remain undetermined.
Those who were staying at the resort said they hope the end of the investigation helps brings answers from the hotel's insurance company, which they said has been difficult to deal with.
"We're struggling pretty bad because of the fire," said Joshua Sosvielle, who was staying at the Conway resort at the time of the fire. "We were out there for less than an hour before the fire started."
Courtney Ligor said she had also been at the resort for a short time before the fire started.
"We were only there for like an hour and a half," she said.
The fire burned down both their rooms and destroyed all the possessions they brought.
"If it wasn't for my mother driving the four hours up there with our spare key to the car, we would've been stranded," Sosvielle said.
"We had family who had to come up three hours," Ligor said. "Luckily. we had a spare key."
Both said they are desperate for an update from the hotel's insurance company now that the investigation is complete.
"He kept saying, 'Keep giving us time,' but it's been three months," Ligor said.
They said communication with the hotel's insurance consultant stopped in late June and early July.
"That's when he also said, 'Look at your homeowner's policy and take out against that,' and I was really annoyed with that because that would go against us," Ligor said.
"Then I said I wanted to speak to a supervisor. No reply," Sosvielle said.
The waiting game is leaving the victims with large holes in their wallets.
"It's coming out of our pocket," Ligor said. "They're still not giving us any inkling on when they'll conclude the investigation or if and when they'll replace anything."
The resort released a written statement saying it is working to help guests.
"Red Jacket Mountain View Resort remains committed and responsive to helping our guests resolve issues related to the fire," the resort said in the statement. "We will continue to work towards resolving any outstanding financial issues between our guests with the insurance company as well as helping to navigate the claim process between the two parties to the best of our ability."
News 9 has reached out to the hotel's insurance company multiple times for comment and has not heard back. | 2022-07-15T22:48:58+00:00 | wmur.com | https://www.wmur.com/article/cause-of-fire-red-jacket-resort-uncertain/40628138 |
After multi-year litigation, the defendants agree to cease unauthorized use of the UL Mark on vaping device products.
NORTHBROOK, Ill., March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, today announced it obtained a consent decree against two companies selling vaporizer devices (also known as vapes or vaping devices) with unauthorized UL Marks. Arizer Inc., a manufacturer of vaping devices, and Greenlane Holdings LLC, a distributor of vaping devices, both stipulated to a consent decree, permanent injunction and judgment of $2.2 million (USD) as part of a settlement of UL Solutions' claims against them for trademark counterfeiting and false advertising, according to UL LLC v. 7111495 Canada Inc. et al., Case No. 20-cv-05308, in the Northern District of Illinois.
These consent decrees are part of a years-long effort by UL Solutions to deter vaping devices with counterfeit UL Marks from entering the marketplace. In 2019, UL Solutions brought its first suit against several manufacturers and distributors of these devices, including Kandy Pens LLC and AFG Distribution Inc. This case also ended with a consent decree, permanent injunction and judgment (UL LLC v. AFG Distribution Inc., et al., Case No. 19-cv-02724).
Vaping devices typically incorporate a rechargeable battery and a heating element. If improperly constructed, these devices can catch fire and even explode while in use. Severe injuries and deaths have been reported due to such issues.
To guide manufacturers in developing safer devices for the US and Canadian markets, UL 8139, Standard for Electrical Systems of Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping Devices, was published in 2018. The UL 8139 safety Standard is used to evaluate these products' electrical, heating, battery and charging systems.
While compliance with UL 8139 is voluntary, over 35 manufacturers now have their vaporizer devices certified to this standard. Manufacturers that achieve UL certification have made the choice to put their products through the certification testing process, demonstrating their commitment to preventing serious injuries from lithium-ion battery fires and explosions.
With the increasing adoption of UL 8139 across the industry, some manufacturers applied counterfeits of the UL Mark to their products or packaging. This happens when a manufacturer intends to mislead customers into believing their product meets applicable safety standards. It can also occur when product designers copy the marks on another company's product. In either case, the effect is the same: customers are misled into believing the product has been UL certified when it has not.
"Our investment in deterring counterfeiting delivers tangible value to our customers," said Tammi Burke, director of customer marketing at UL Solutions. "Our customers invest heavily in designing and manufacturing their products to meet the requirements for UL certification. Only those companies that have earned our certification have the right to benefit from using the UL Mark. Counterfeiters of the UL Mark unfairly compete in the marketplace and claim an achievement they have not legitimately earned."
"UL Marks appear on billions of products globally to demonstrate that these products meet scientific safety, performance or sustainability standards," said Jackie McLaughlin, executive vice president and chief legal officer at UL Solutions. "To help safeguard the integrity of the UL Mark, we are committed to protecting our brand and taking on counterfeiters where necessary to protect the public and help fulfill our mission of working for a safer world. We applaud this decision by the Northern District of Illinois as it will help ensure the UL Mark remains a symbol of trust to the public."
About UL Solutions
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Certification Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
Press contact:
Steven Brewster
UL Solutions
ULNews@UL.com
T: +1 (847) 664.8425
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SOURCE UL Solutions | 2023-03-02T21:59:46+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2023/03/02/ul-solutions-obtains-consent-decrees-litigation-over-counterfeit-ul-marks-vaping-devices/ |
(NewsNation) — It has been almost a month since four University of Idaho students were tragically killed and police have yet to say if they are any closer to catching a suspect.
The lack of information has some living in fear since a brutal killer is on the loose and could possibly still be on the Idaho campus.
The rental home once filled with friendship and the joys of college life has been tragically quiet for weeks. Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Maddie Mogan and Kaylee Goncalves were stabbed to death sometime during the morning of Nov. 13.
A 24/7 security guard is stationed on the property to preserve the quadruple murder scene.
Neighbors no longer want to comment on the case and locals wonder why a full month hasn’t yielded more answers.
“It doesn’t seem too hard in a college town, there’s Wi-Fi everywhere, you can track phones so easily,” said Moscow resident Corey Ihler. “My phone connects to everything I walk by.”
Moscow police officials tell NewsNation that a new update on the investigation will be released on Monday.
One former FBI special agent believes the suspect is someone familiar with the property.
“I actually think that it’s highly possible that he has integrated himself back into the community,” said former FBI special agent Tracy Walder. “I am going to say ‘he’ because my gut tells me that it is a male, what this person tells me is that yes, he is very much a cold-hearted killer.”
Police have yet to publicly name any suspects or persons of interest. But no offer of a reward has some speculating that there is one.
“Why would you give a reward if you already have a person of interest?” Ihler asked.
Speculation is rampant since police have been tight-lipped, other than a specific plea for information about a white Hyundai Elantra.
Online sleuths continue to raise questions about a student who interacted with two of the victims at a food truck and the roommates who slept through the killings.
Online threats have police considering criminal charges against those crossing the line.
“We’re the official source of information. We want people to pay attention to what we’re putting out there because that is accurate information,” said Moscow Police Chief James Fry on Friday. “Anything that comes from other sources is either rumor or speculation and we want to put an end to that as soon as possible.” | 2022-12-12T01:45:23+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/idaho-murders-speculation-rampant-as-police-remain-tight-lipped/ |
Worker falls off equipment, dies at rice milling facility, officials say
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT/Gray News) - Police in Arkansas are investigating a death at a rice milling facility that happened shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday at Riceland Foods in Jonesboro.
Sally Smith, the public information specialist for the Jonesboro Police Department, said a worker lost their footing on a piece of equipment and fell.
Kevin McGilton, a spokesperson for Riceland, said workers found the employee “unresponsive” and immediately called local first responders.
“The cause of death has not been determined at this time, and we are working diligently with local authorities to determine the cause,” McGilton said. “We are not releasing the name of the team member to allow for proper notification of family.”
KAIT reports Jonesboro police do not suspect foul play.
Riceland President and Chief Executive Officer Jason Brancel sent his condolences to the employee’s family.
“Our employee team is an extension of our family,” Brancel said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with our team members and their families during this time.”
Copyright 2022 KAIT via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-09T20:11:49+00:00 | mysuncoast.com | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/11/09/worker-falls-off-equipment-dies-rice-milling-facility-officials-say/ |
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Matthew Connelly is a professor of history at Columbia University and author of the forthcoming book “The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals about America’s Top Secrets.” he wrote this column for the Los Angeles Times.
While the eyes of journalists, Congress and the public are on the Department of Justice investigation of the classified documents that former President Donald Trump removed from the White House, a recent report about a different critical issue of government secrecy has gone unnoticed.
This report was given to the Biden administration on July 26 and was written by Mark Bradley, director of the National Archives’ Information Security Oversight Office, which is responsible for overseeing the safeguarding of critical classified information. The report warns of a “dire need” to reform the current system of classification and declassification — cautioning that secrecy itself is out of control. Government officials are classifying so much that it is becoming impossible to prioritize and protect truly sensitive information, much less review classified records so they can eventually be released to the public.
The security classification system is designed to control information according to its level of sensitivity, ranging from confidential to top secret. Anyone seeking a security clearance to handle these materials must undergo rigorous background checks and training. But being approved for a level of clearance does not automatically give one access to classified information. Only those who already have access to a specific program’s information can grant others with clearance permission to see it, and only if the requestor has an explicit reason for their “need to know.” The system creates the impression that only a select few are permitted to handle carefully defined categories of truly dangerous information.
But these rules do not describe what is actually happening. In 2017 alone, officials told the ISOO that they had stamped something with “confidential,” “secret” or “top secret” more than 49 million times. At the time, this seemed like an improvement. In 2012, similar self-reported data added up to more than 95 million classifications, or three new state secrets per second. Bradley now says that a lot of the data in these earlier reports “was neither accurate nor reliable,” but cannot offer better estimates. And so many Special Access Programs — which may require additional security measures and bear the designation “Sensitive Compartmented Information” — have proliferated across the government that Bradley could not create a complete list.
The ISOO report warns that excessive secrecy and underinvestment in declassification is contributing to a lack of trust in government, which recent polls show is nearing historic lows. The number of people who currently have some level of government security clearance to access classified information totals nearly 3 million.
Trump has claimed that he had a standing order to declassify the records that ended up in Mar-a-Lago — but there is no evidence of such an order and numerous officials have called this claim ludicrous. The fact is, the declassification of even one document involves a page-by-page inspection, and often requires sign-off by multiple departments and agencies. Yet the government employs fewer than 2,000 people to review, redact and determine which of these records can eventually be released.
Since World War II, in the earliest days of the current security classification system, some information has been kept secret simply to cover up incompetence. For instance, in 1948 the first chair of the Atomic Energy Commission, David Lilienthal, was appalled by the “lack of integrity” in how officials pretended the “meager” intelligence they had on the Soviet nuclear program was too deep and too delicate to share with Congress. Yet nearly 75 years later, this intelligence is still top secret.
Some officials admit overclassification is endemic but insist that what they give presidents is always sensitive. But even former presidents have said this isn’t the case. George W. Bush started receiving briefings from the CIA at his Texas ranch while the outcome of the 2000 election was still in doubt. After almost a month, Bush suspected the CIA was holding out on him. “I’m sure that when I become president, you’ll start giving me the good stuff,” he said. But the briefer knew the president-elect would be disappointed — “We’ve already been giving him the good stuff,” the briefer thought.
Harry Truman estimated that 95 percent of American military secrets were actually revealed in the media. Richard Nixon complained, “The CIA tells me nothing I don’t read three days earlier in the New York Times.” Howard Baker, the long-serving senator and Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff, said that, during his entire career, he only learned one secret that remained so.
Some classified information is truly sensitive. But if so much is treated as secret, the public cannot know what government officials are doing in our name. When historians look back at this time, they should read the ISOO report to comprehend the scale of classified information that they likely won’t be able to see. Bradley predicts that so much has been hidden “most of it will never be reviewed for declassification.” It is our history that is being shrouded in secrecy. | 2022-09-14T14:00:20+00:00 | bangordailynews.com | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/09/12/opinion/opinion-contributor/why-were-drowning-in-a-tsunami-of-government-secrets/ |
Couple with service dog turned away at Vermont restaurant
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A Vermont restaurant owner has apologized after refusing to seat a couple because the wife brought her service dog.
Emma Rose McCadden and her husband went to A Single Pebble to celebrate their anniversary on Saturday, but the Burlington restaurant refused to seat them because of McCadden’s service dog.
McCadden has a heart condition. Her dog is trained to alert her when she may be having a medical emergency.
“She said, ‘We had someone come in once and said it was a service dog. Then, they barked and lunged at the table next to it,’” McCadden told WCAX. “’Now as a policy, we just don’t allow dogs in here.’”
McCadden and her husband went elsewhere. She later uploaded a video of the encounter on TikTok, which quickly garnered close to a million views.
McCadden removed it once people began aiming personal attacks at her and leaving the restaurant false reviews on Yelp and Google.
“I was hoping I could post the video like, ‘What do I do? It wasn’t just me,’” McCadden said. “She [the owner] said it was her policy to deny service animals. I wanted to make sure it didn’t happen to somebody else.”
Since then, the restaurant’s owner posted an apology on Facebook: “I would like to sincerely apologize to Ms. Rose for not allowing her into my restaurant with her service dog. I have also reached out privately to apologize to her directly. I made a mistake and I take full responsibility. I would like to thank those who provided the links to the ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] website regarding service animals, particularly the part that describes how even Vermont’s strict health regulations for restaurants take a back seat to the ADA. I am committed to educating myself and my team going forward so that this regrettable situation never happens here again.”
McCadden is a Ph.D. candidate in autism research and an instructor at the University of Vermont. She says it was important for her to advocate for her service animal since there are many others who can’t or are just uncomfortable doing it.
“I would just invite people to not speculate about someone’s medical conditions. Not all disabilities are visible,” McCadden said.
Kathy Gips from the New England ADA Center said experiences with fake service dogs often lead business owners to be hesitant about allowing them, even though they’re required to by law. The only time businesses can ask a service animal to leave is if they’re not under the control of their handler.
“People don’t know. Is this a real service animal? Does this person have a disability? What am I dealing with here? It’s a mess and has been since day one,” Gips said.
In addition to that, businesses are only allowed to ask handlers two questions. The first is, is this a service animal? The second is, is it specifically trained to do a task for you?
Gips says one common misconception is that emotional support animals are covered by the ADA, but that’s not true. Service animals undergo much more training.
“They have to be individually trained to perform a work or task for somebody with a disability,” Gips said.
Service animals in training are not federally protected by the ADA. However, several states, like Vermont, have laws that extend the same guidelines.
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HONOLULU (AP) — The birth of an endangered seal at one of Hawaii’s most popular tourism hubs is highlighting the tension between protecting the islands’ fragile ecosystems and maintaining access to the pristine white-sand beaches that attract millions of visitors each year.
Hawaii officials this week fenced off a large stretch of a popular Waikiki neighborhood to protect the Hawaiian monk seal, named Kaiwi, and her days-old pup. They are expected to hold a news conference Thursday to remind tourists and local beachgoers of the need to stay far away from the pair.
Kaimana Beach is next to a mid-sized hotel and is a favorite swimming and sunbathing spot for locals and visitors. Starting six years ago, Monk seals have occasionally given birth there, setting the stage for conflict between seal mothers and beachgoers.
Authorities are taking extra care this spring after a California tourist got too close to a mother-pup pair last year, and was pulled underwater by the mother, leaving cuts on the 60-year-old visitor’s face, arms, and back.
Officials have cordoned off part of Kaimana Beach when pups were born before, but the protected area this spring is much larger.
Kaiwi had one other pup at Kaimana two years ago. She gave birth again on April 14, and scientists expect her and her pup to stay together at Kaimana for about 5 to 7 weeks while the baby nurses.
Monk seal mothers are protective of their pups during this period and officials are asking people to stay at least 150 feet (45 meters) away from the pair in the water and on land.
In previous years, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials relocated the new seals after they weaned and their mother has left. Biologists and veterinarians took them to remote spots on Oahu where they could grow up with other wild monk seals and without much human interaction.
Fewer than 1,600 Hawaiian monk seals remain in the wild and it is a felony to disturb them.
Kaimana Beach has been the site of four Hawaiian monk seal births since 2017, starting with a mother named Rocky; she became the first seal to give birth in Waikiki since NOAA began keeping track in the 1970s.
Waikiki is home to a long stretch of hotels and white-sand beaches. It is the largest hub for tourism in Hawaii, which draws 10 million travelers annually. Oahu, the island where Honolulu and Waikiki are located, attracted 4.9 million visitors last year.
Hawaii also has more endangered species than any other U.S. state, ranging from rare forest birds to snails and plants. | 2023-04-20T19:40:40+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/science/ap-science/beach-birth-hawaii-blocks-some-waikiki-sands-for-seal-pup/ |
Official Chip and Dip of the NFL will serve culinary creations crafted with Tostitos; at-home fans can engage with recipes, a Super Bowl giveaway with football star Trevor Lawrence
PLANO, Texas, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tost by Tostitos, a limited-time casual dining restaurant that puts Tostitos chips and dips at the center of its recipes, is offering a front-row seat to how the fan-favorite snack can transform into a mealtime MVP from February 9-11 in Phoenix, Arizona. Snackers across the U.S. will also be able to elevate their get-togethers with a lineup of DIY recipes and a giveaway to make one fan's celebration the ultimate game day gathering.
"Tostitos believes that with good food and good company comes great memories," said Leslie Vesper, vice president of marketing at Frito-Lay. "The food table is the most anticipated element of many Super Bowl parties and Tostitos has always been part of these game day spreads. With Tost by Tostitos, we're bringing people together at home and in Arizona for the Super Bowl and showing them new and unexpected ways to incorporate their favorite chips and dips into both their Super Bowl celebrations and as mealtime staples."
Fans can enter the Tost by Tostitos social media giveaway now through February 8 for the chance to score a delivery of the chips, dips and ingredients needed to recreate dishes handpicked by Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence from the restaurant's menu, a personalized video message from the NFL pro to show off at their Super Bowl party and exclusive Tostitos swag. To enter, fans can visit Tostitos' Instagram page to share their favorite Tostitos chip in the comments and use #TostbyTostitos and #Sweepstakes. Official terms and conditions are available at www.tostbytostitos.com/sweepstakesrules. Tostitos is also sharing recipes direct from the Tost by Tostitos menu at www.tostbytostitos.com so party hosts can prep dishes to deliver the ultimate flavor experience.
With eight appetizers and entrées crafted by Frito-Lay's culinary team, the Tost by Tostitos menu includes:
- Tostitos Breaded Chicken Strips with Tostitos Toppers Dipping Sauce: Marinated chicken strips breaded with crushed Tostitos Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips and served with Tostitos Toppers sauces for dipping.
- Tostitos-Style Arizona Cheese Crisp: The traditional Arizona favorite. Large flour tortilla topped with cheese and green chiles and toasted crisp, drizzled with Tostitos Toppers Fire Roasted Red Chili Pepper sauce.
- Tostitos Shrimp Fritters: Diced shrimp, grilled corn, bell peppers, jalapeño, cilantro rolled and fried with Tostitos Cantina Tortilla and served with Tostitos Toppers Avocado Lime-flavored sauce, Tostitos Toppers Fire Roasted Red Chili Pepper sauce and Tostitos Toppers Fiesta Ranch sauce.
- Red Chili Braised Short Rib Skillet Dip: Short ribs, jalapeño bean dip, Tostitos Salsa con Queso, spiced tomatoes and crumbled cotija cheese served with Tostitos Hearty Dippers.
- Tostitos Hint of Lime Elotes: A crunchy version of Mexican-style street corn on the cob rolled in crushed Tostitos Hint of Lime-flavored tortilla chips.
- Street Tacos with Tostitos Toppers: Tacos made with a choice of Chicken Chile Verde, Pork Carnitas, Skirt Steak Al Carbon, or Cauliflower Adobo and accompanied with three Tostitos Toppers.
- Tostitos Grilled Salmon Nachos: Grilled marinated wild king salmon, Tostitos Crispy Rounds, refried beans, grated cheese, Mexican crema and cabbage pico de gallo.
- Sopapilla with Tostitos Ice Cream and Honey: Puffed, fried dough with Tostitos infused ice cream drizzled with honey.
Tost by Tostitos creates moments of togetherness featuring custom touches inspired by its location in Roosevelt Row, Phoenix's walkable arts district, including an immersive art installation. Created by four local artists who were selected in collaboration with the Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation (CDC), the installation will tell a story of how food and culture bring people together. Visit rooseveltrow.org/spotlight to learn more about the artists and their installations.
Reservations for complimentary lunch and dinner open today and are available at www.tostbytostitos.com. Lunch will be served Feb. 9 to 11 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and dinner between 5 and 9 p.m. Tost by Tostitos will be located at the Roosevelt Row Welcome Center at 918 N. 2nd Street in Phoenix, AZ.
For more information on Tost by Tostitos, visit www.tostbytostitos.com or follow Tostitos on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok.
About Tostitos
Tostitos is one of many Frito-Lay North America brands – the $19 billion convenient foods division of PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP), which is headquartered in Purchase, NY. Learn more about Frito-Lay at the corporate website, http://www.fritolay.com/, the Snack Chat blog, http://www.snacks.com/ and on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/fritolay.
About Frito-Lay North America
Frito-Lay North America is the $19 billion convenient foods division of PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP), which is headquartered in Purchase, NY. Frito-Lay snacks include Lay's and Ruffles potato chips, Doritos tortilla chips, Cheetos snacks, Tostitos tortilla chips and branded dips, SunChips multigrain snacks and Fritos corn chips. The company operates 30+ manufacturing facilities across the U.S. and Canada, more than 200 distribution centers and services 315,000 retail customers per week through its direct-store-delivery model. Learn more about Frito-Lay at the corporate website, www.fritolay.com, on Twitter (@fritolay), on Instagram (@fritolay) and on Facebook (Frito-Lay).
About PepsiCo
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the center of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com, and follow on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @PepsiCo
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Elon Musk said he has found a new CEO for Twitter, or X Corp. as it’s now called, and multiple media reports identify her as NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino, an executive with deep ties to the advertising industry.
Musk did not name Yaccarino when he made the announcement Thursday, but on Friday NBCUniversal said that Yaccarino would be stepping down from the company as chairwoman for global advertising and partnerships.
According to Yaccarino’s LinkedIn, Yaccarino has worked at NBCUniversal for nearly 12 years — previously serving as chair for advertising and client partnerships and as president of cable entertainment and digital advertising sales. Prior to her time with NBC, Yaccarino worked at global entertainment company Turner for almost two decades.
Yaccarino interviewed Musk on a Miami stage last month in front of hundreds of advertisers.
Luring advertisers is critical for Musk and Twitter after many fled in the early months after his takeover of the social media platform, fearing harm to their brands in the ensuing chaos. Musk said in late April that advertisers had returned, but provided no details.
NBCUniversal’s press release did not specify why Yaccarino was leaving the company on Friday, but her departure fueled speculation about her future role at Twitter.
Multiple media reports reported early Friday that Musk was “in talks” to hire Yaccarino as CEO. Sources familiar with the matter later confirmed to The Washington Post that Musk had selected Yaccarino to head the social media platform.
Musk, who bought Twitter last fall and has been running it since, has long insisted he is not the company’s permanent CEO. The Tesla billionaire said in a tweet Thursday that his role will transition to being Twitter’s executive chairman and chief technology officer.
In mid-November, just a few weeks after buying the social media platform for $44 billion, he told a Delaware court that he does not want to be the CEO of any company.
While testifying, Musk said “I expect to reduce my time at Twitter and find somebody else to run Twitter over time.”
More than a month later, he tweeted in December: “I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job.” The pledge came after millions of Twitter users asked him to step down in a Twitter poll the billionaire himself created and promised to abide by.
In February, he told a conference he anticipated finding a CEO for San Francisco-based Twitter “probably toward the end of this year.”
Analysts who follow Twitter’s business welcomed the news even without knowing who the replacement will be. Twitter’s advertising business has taken a hit under Musk’s mercurial rule, though the billionaire told BBC last month that the company is now “roughly” breaking even.
“A new CEO is the only way forward for Twitter,” said Insider Intelligence analyst Jasmine Enberg. “The single biggest problem with Twitter’s ad business was Elon Musk. As he steps back, Twitter can begin to unravel Musk’s personal brand from the company’s corporate image and attempt to regain trust among advertisers. The success of those efforts will depend on who takes over, but it’s difficult to imagine that the new CEO could be more controversial or damaging to Twitter’s ad business than Musk has been.”
Shares of Tesla rose about 2% Thursday after Musk made the announcement. Shareholders of the electric car company have been concerned about how much of his attention is being spent on Twitter.
Last November, he was questioned in court about how he splits his time among Tesla and his other companies, including SpaceX and Twitter. Musk had to testify in the trial in Delaware’s Court of Chancery over a shareholder’s challenge to his potentially $55 billion compensation plan as CEO of the electric car company.
Musk said he never intended to be CEO of Tesla, and that he didn’t want to be chief executive of any other companies either, preferring to see himself as an engineer. Musk also said at the time that he expected an organizational restructuring of Twitter to be completed in the next week or so. It’s been nearly six months since he said that.
Musk’s tenure at Twitter’s helm has been chaotic, and he’s made various promises and proclamations he’s backtracked or never followed up on. He began his first day firing the company’s top executives, followed by roughly 80% of its staff. He’s upended the platform’s verification system and has scaled back content moderation and safeguards against the spread of misinformation.
Bantering with Twitter followers late last year, Musk expressed pessimism about the prospects for a new CEO, saying that person “must like pain a lot” to run a company that “has been in the fast lane to bankruptcy.”
“No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive. There is no successor,” Musk tweeted at the time. | 2023-05-12T15:27:27+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/reports-nbc-universal-executive-will-take-over-as-the-new-ceo-of-twitter/ |
- Consolidates Parkland's ownership of Sol to 100 percent, simplifying corporate structure
- Increases the Simpson Group's ownership of Parkland to 19.54 percent, demonstrating its long-term confidence in Parkland, its management team and growth strategy
- On a trailing 12-month basis, adds approximately $110 million of annual Adjusted EBITDA to Parkland's International Segment
CALGARY, AB, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Parkland Corporation ("Parkland", "we", the "Company", or "our") (TSX: PKI) announced it has entered into a share exchange agreement with Simpson Oil Limited ("Simpson Oil"), to exchange Simpson Oil's remaining 25 percent of Sol Investments SEZC ("Sol") for 20 million common shares ("Parkland Shares") in the capital of Parkland (the "Share Exchange"). Following the completion of the Share Exchange, Parkland will hold 100 percent of the securities of Sol, a proven international growth platform which spans 23 countries in the Caribbean region and South America.
"We are excited to have the Simpson family expand their ownership in Parkland," said Bob Espey, President and Chief Executive Officer. "We value the Simpson's confidence in our growth strategy and long-term vision and are grateful for their ongoing support for the Parkland team. We are consolidating our ownership of Sol in a way that is immediately accretive to shareholders."
Simpson Oil has been a Parkland shareholder since 2017 and has grown its shareholding to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, or exercise control or direction over, approximately 14.4 million Parkland Shares, representing 9.24 percent of the issued and outstanding Parkland Shares on a non-diluted basis. Following completion of the Share Exchange, Simpson Oil and, if applicable, its affiliates (collectively, the "Simpson Group") will own approximately 34.4 million Parkland Shares, representing 19.54 percent of the issued and outstanding Parkland Shares on a pro-forma, non-diluted basis.
"We are delighted to expand our ownership in Parkland," said Sir Kyffin Simpson CBE, and founder of Simpson Oil. "We have tremendous confidence in the Company, its management team and its bright future. We look forward to participating in its continued success as a long-term supportive shareholder with an investment horizon through the next decade and beyond."
- Immediately accretive to all Parkland shareholders on a leverage neutral basis
- 20 million Parkland Shares to be issued at the prevailing share price
- Share Exchange valuation consistent with the terms of the put and call options (defined below)
- Supportive shareholder with a long-term investment horizon
- Simplifies Parkland's corporate structure and reporting
The Share Exchange is expected to close in 2022, subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") and receipt of any other required regulatory approvals. Concurrently with completing the Share Exchange, the put and call options available to Simpson Oil and Parkland, respectively, with respect to the remaining 25 percent of shares of Sol ("put and call options") shall be terminated.
Parkland's purpose is to Power Journeys and Energize Communities. We serve essential needs in our communities, providing our customers with the fuels they depend on to get around, quality foods and convenience items, while helping them achieve their goals of lowering their environmental impact. Through our portfolio of trusted and locally relevant brands, we serve well over one million customers per day across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean region and Central and South America.
In addition to leveraging our supply and storage capabilities to provide the fuels our diverse customers depend on; we are leading our customers through the energy transition. From electric vehicle charging, renewable fuels, solar energy and compliance and carbon offset trading, we are leaders in helping our customers lower their environmental impact.
Parkland's proven strategy is centered around organic growth, our supply advantage, acquiring prudently, and integrating successfully. We are focused on developing our existing business in resilient markets, growing, and diversifying our retail business into food, convenience, and renewable energy solutions and helping our commercial customers decarbonize their operations. Our strategy is underpinned by our people, as well as our values of safety, integrity, community, and respect, which are deeply embedded across our organization.
Certain statements contained in this news release constitute forward-looking information and statements (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). When used in this news release the words "expect", "will", "continue", "strategy", "focus" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In particular, this news release contains forward-looking statements with respect to, among other things: the completion of the Share Exchange and the timing thereof; expected benefits of the Share Exchange; Simpson Oil's future expectations for Parkland and its future shareholding position, including its investment horizon of more than a decade; Parkland's business objectives, projects and plans and the execution and impact thereof; leading customers through the energy transition and helping them lower their environmental impact; Parkland's strategy centered around organic growth, supply advantage, acquiring prudently and integrating successfully; and Parkland's focus on developing its existing business, growing and diversifying its retail business and helping commercial customers decarbonize their operations.
These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. No assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements included in this news release should not be unduly relied upon. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this news release. Parkland does not undertake any obligations to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements except as may be required by securities law. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of numerous risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to: failure to complete the Share Exchange; failure to satisfy the conditions to closing of the Share Exchange, including receiving approval from the TSX and other required regulatory approvals; failure to realize all or any of the anticipated benefits of the Share Exchange; general economic, market and business conditions; competitive action by other companies; refining and marketing margins; the ability of suppliers to meet commitments; actions by governmental authorities and other regulators including but not limited to increases in taxes or restricted access to markets; changes and developments in environmental and other regulations; and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of Parkland. See also the risks and uncertainties described in "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information" and "Risk Factors" included in Parkland's Revised Annual Information Form dated March 17, 2022, and "Forward-Looking Information" and "Risk Factors" included in the Q2 2022 MD&A dated August 4, 2022 and the Q4 2021 MD&A dated March 3, 2022, each filed on SEDAR and available on the Parkland website at www.parkland.ca.
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BEIJING (AP) — China on Sunday launched a new three-person mission to complete assembly work on its permanent orbiting space station.
The Shenzhou 14 crew will spend six months on the Tiangong station, during which they will oversee the addition of two laboratory modules to join the main Tianhe living space that was launched in April 2021.
Their spaceship blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert at 10:44 a.m. (0244 GMT) atop the crewed space flight program’s workhorse Long March 2F rocket. Fifteen minutes later, it reached low Earth orbit and opened its solar panels, drawing applause from ground controllers in Jiuquan and Beijing.
The launch was broadcast live on state television, indicating a rising level of confidence in the capabilities of the space program, which has been promoted as a sign of China’s technological progress and global influence.
Commander Chen Dong and fellow astronauts Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe will assemble the three-module structure joining the existing Tianhe with Wentian and Mengtian, due to arrive in July and October. Another cargo craft, the Tianzhou-3, remains docked with the station.
The arrival of the new modules will “provide more stability, more powerful functions, more complete equipment,” said Chen, 43, who was a member of the Shenzhou 11 mission in 2016, at a press conference Saturday.
Liu, 43, is also a space veteran and was China’s first female astronaut to reach space aboard the Shenzhou 9 mission in 2012. Cai, 46, is making his first space trip.
China’s space program launched its first astronaut into orbit in 2003, making it only the third country to do so on its own after the former Soviet Union and the U.S.
It has landed robot rovers on the moon and placed one on Mars last year. China has also returned lunar samples and officials have discussed a possible crewed mission to the moon.
China’s space program is run by the ruling Communist Party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army, prompting the U.S. to exclude it from the International Space Station.
Chen, Liu and Cai will be joined at the end of their mission for three to five days by the crew of the upcoming Shenzhou 15, marking the first time the station will have had six people aboard. | 2022-06-05T17:46:12+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/ap-international/china-launches-mission-to-complete-space-station-assembly/ |
Playing down to the competition isn’t high on the list of worst problems a college basketball team can have.
Millersville has dealt with it from time to time this winter, but not Saturday, when it crushed Bloomsburg 94-56 in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East Division game at Pucillo Gym.
It was MU’s second-biggest win over Bloomsburg ever. They beat the Huskies by 40 in 1957.
The Marauders are 14-8, 10-5 in the conference, and have won seven in a row. If you’re looking for a turning point in there, consider that Bloomsburg’s only win this season (the Huskies are 1-19) came at Kutztown Jan. 25. Two weeks earlier, Kutztown surprised Millersville by a point here.
That game drove the point home better than coach Casey Stitzel could on his own: You have to show up, connected and committed, every single night.
“Not only that game, but we lost five out of six,’’ Stitzel said. “We got some humble pie, and we realized we had to work harder.
“Whether it’s watching film or practice, whether it’s a shootaround or whatever, we’ve got to keep chopping away, and just worry about getting better every day.’’
“That was a turning point for our mindset,’’ said senior forward Justin Nwosu, on the Kutztown game. “We usually have two days of prep before a game. Before, those two days weren’t as serious as they are now. Now we say, the game starts the day of the practices.’’
Stitzel repeated his mantra that, “It’s always going to be about defense and rebounding with us,’’ but this may have been the Marauders’ best performance of the year in terms of offensive efficiency.
Bloomsburg hung around for a while, largely because of some high degree-of-difficulty shotmaking by Louie Wild, a junior guard from Philadelphia Roman Catholic who scored 12 of his 18 in the first half.
The Marauders ultimately out-shot and -numbered Louie, making 19 of 33 first-half field-goal tries, including seven three-pointers, to lead at the half, 47-27.
For the game, they shot 53 percent for the field, with 11 threes by six players. They scored 94 points despite attempting, and making, just five free throws.
That last number seems impossible given the mismatches MU had in the frontcourt. Exhibit A there would be Matt Dade, the junior transfer from West Chester who scored 19, with eight rebounds, in just 23 minutes. Dade is an undersized (6-6) post player who has the rare skill to drive or spin through traffic without getting stripped or bounced off balance.
“Even though Matt is an older kid, all-PSAC, all double-doubles (last year), he didn’t know how to play the way we want to play,’’ Stitzel said. “Now he’s comfortable. He’s playing his best basketball, and it’s coming at the right time.’’
Nwosu scored 16, including four threes, with seven rebounds. Day Waters added 12 points and Drew Stover 10 off the bench.
The Marauders had just seven turnovers, and won the rebound battle 41-24.
It’s all clicking now, and the full-circle rematch with Kutztown, on the road, is at 7:30 Monday.
Asher Kemble, a sophomore from Elco, scored four points and had two rebounds for the Huskies. Kemble, who did a prep-school year at Fork Union Military Academy, is Bloomburg’s third-leading scorer (9.6 per game) and second-leading rebounder (6.1). | 2023-02-05T01:10:42+00:00 | lancasteronline.com | https://lancasteronline.com/sports/nba/millersville/millersville-routs-bloomsburg-for-seventh-straight-win/article_bee290ac-a4e7-11ed-a698-a338a985be8b.html |
The 2022-23 girls basketball season is well underway.
The holiday tournament rush is behind us, and teams are starting to get into the heart of their conference and division schedules. We’ve already seen some standout team and individual performances since the start of the season. It’s time to highlight the individuals who’ve had eye-opening stats.
Below are the season stat leaders in five categories: points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference for games played from Opening Night on Dec. 15 through Tuesday, Jan. 3. | 2023-01-04T20:58:03+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/01/girls-basketball-season-stat-leaders-in-the-njac-through-jan-3.html |
CARTERSVILLE, Ga., May 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Piana Technology, the 441-year-old Italian-made textile company known for innovations within the fiber and nonwovens textiles markets, announced the release of its 2022 sustainability report. The report provides a close look of the company profile and a debut of their sustainability mission, where they dive into their seven environmental and social commitments.
The tech company has announced several of their environmental accomplishments over the last year; now, the report shares the breadth of their sustainability goals and progress, including key performance indicators of climate, energy, water, waste, labor, and safety.
"Piana Technology is a company focused on solutions, so naturally we looked at how we can execute on our purpose," said CEO Andrea Piana. "We are proud of the achievements we have made in our ambitious pivot to turning our 441 years of business into a legacy of sustainability."
Report highlights include:
- A new business unit has arrived: Piana Sleep redefines sleep and comfort with a range of ultra-breathable, technologically advanced sleep products powered by 100% recyclable manufacturing.
- The Piana Nonwovens facility in Georgia went live with their solar array, supplying roughly 30% of their energy needs and saving 460 tons of CO2 per year.
- Tintoria Piana began a water recovery project, where they are poised to recycle their clean wastewater and save approximately 62,500 cubic meters of water per year.
"Our promise is to offer innovative products, invest in our people, and be a steward to the planet," said Piana. "That is why we have vowed to cut our total emissions by 50% over the next 2-3 years and integrate a circular economy for all our products. We've embraced transparency in this report to remain accountable to our commitments – now it's time to deliver."
About Piana Technology
The Piana family first opened business in Biella, Italy in 1582. From the Renaissance to the modern world, Piana has strived to develop solutions to common problems through textile innovations. In 1950, the family evolved to dyeing fiber for the traditional textile business. They opened their first US dye house in Cartersville, Georgia in 1995, inventing SaveDrop® technology. Today, Piana Technology makes the technology embedded in many everyday consumer products—from automotive to home furnishings—replacing conventional materials with socially and environmentally responsible technologies.
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BEIJING (AP) — BGI Group, one of the world’s biggest genetics analysis companies, said Sunday it never would be involved in human rights abuses after the U.S. government said there was a danger some of its units might contribute to Chinese surveillance.
Three BGI units were among Chinese companies added to an “entity list” last week that limits access to U.S. technology on security or human rights grounds. The Commerce Department cited a risk BGI technology might contribute to surveillance. Activists say Beijing is trying to create a database of genetic information from Muslims and other Chinese minorities.
The Chinese government accused Washington on Friday of improperly attacking China’s companies.
BGI, headquartered in the southern city of Shenzhen, said its services are only for civilian and scientific purposes.
The U.S. decision “may have been impacted by misinformation and we are willing and able to clarify,” BGI Group said in an emailed response to questions. It didn’t mention Uyghurs or other Muslim minorities but previously has denied it provided technology to surveil them.
“BGI Group does not condone and would never be involved in any human-rights abuses,” the company said.
The “entity list” designation requires BGI Research, Forensic Genomics International and BGI Tech Solutions (Hongkong) Co., Ltd. to obtain government permission to acquire sensitive U.S. technology.
Other Chinese companies were cited for their role in the ruling Communist Party’s military modernization or weapons development by Iran and Pakistan and suspected human rights abuses in Myanmar.
Washington has accused China of trying to use civilian companies to obtain processor chip, aerospace and other technologies with possible military or security uses.
Beijing retaliated for earlier U.S. restrictions by creating its own “unreliable entity” list of foreign companies that might endanger China’s national sovereignty, security or development interests.
Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Technologies Corp.’s Raytheon Missiles and Defense unit were added to the restricted list last month after they supplied weapons to Taiwan, the island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. They are barred from importing goods into China or making new investments in the country. | 2023-03-06T12:33:42+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/technology/chinese-company-rejects-rights-accusation-after-us-sanctions/ |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s intelligence ministry arrested several members of the Baha’i faith on spying charges, state TV reported Monday.
The ministry said in a statement that the suspects were linked to the Baha’i center in Israel, where the religious group’s international headquarters are located, and had collected and transferred information there.
It is rare for the ministry to report the arrests of members of the Baha’i. The report did not say how many had been detained. State TV footage showed one of the suspects saying he was being monitored by agents of the ministry.
The detentions raised concerns about potential crackdowns on followers of the religion. Members of the faith in Iran complain about occasional mistreatment and prosecutions in Iran.
Iran already bans the Baha’i, a religion founded in the 1860s by a Persian nobleman considered a prophet by his followers. Muslims consider Muhammad the highest prophet. Since the 19th century, many Iranians have converted to the Baha’i sect.
In 2013, Iran’s top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters, urged Iranians in a fatwa — a religious decree — to avoid all dealings with members of the banned Baha’i sect. It supported similar fatwas in the past by other clerics.
Iran allows non-Muslims such as Christians and Jews to worship but has strict laws against seeking conversions to other religions. | 2022-08-02T12:10:16+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/iran-arrests-members-of-bahai-faith-on-spying-charge/ |
FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) — Five Louisiana law enforcement officers pleaded not guilty Tuesday to state crimes in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, a death authorities initially blamed on a car crash before long-suppressed body-camera video showed white officers beating, stunning and dragging the Black motorist as he wailed, “I’m scared!”
The arraignment came nearly five months after a grand jury handed up a list of charges ranging from negligent homicide to obstruction and malfeasance, the first indictments related to Greene’s bloody death on a roadside in rural northeast Louisiana.
Greene’s family and several supporters attended the brief proceedings in Union Parish, calling for justice to be served nearly four years after Greene’s death.
“Bring it,” Greene’s mother, Mona Hardin, told reporters outside the courthouse.
Charged in the case are four current and former Louisiana State Police troopers and one Union Parish sheriff’s deputy who responded to Greene’s arrest. Facing the most serious charges, including negligent homicide, is Master Trooper Kory York, who was seen on the body-camera footage dragging Greene by his ankle shackles, putting his foot on his back to force him down and leaving the heavyset man facedown in the dirt for more than nine minutes.
The others who face various counts of malfeasance and obstruction include a lieutenant who denied the existence of his body-camera footage, another who exaggerated Greene’s resistance on the scene, a regional state police commander who detectives say pressured them not to make an arrest in the case and a Union Parish sheriff’s deputy heard on the video taunting Greene with the words “s—- hurts, doesn’t it?”
The officers have denied wrongdoing. “Plea bargaining in this case is very unlikely,” said York’s attorney, J. Michael Small.
District Attorney John Belton said no trial date has been set but the officers are expected back in court next month. Greene’s family also met Tuesday with Hugo Holland, a special prosecutor Belton hired to try the high-profile case.
Greene’s May 10, 2019, death on a rural roadside near Monroe was initially blamed by the Louisiana State Police on a car crash at the end of a high-speed chase over a traffic violation. After officials from the governor on down refused for more than two years to release the body-camera video, The Associated Press obtained and published the footage showing white troopers converging on Greene and repeatedly stunning and punching him as he wails, “I’m your brother! I’m scared! I’m scared!” A trooper can later be seen dragging the heavyset Greene by his ankle shackles and he is left facedown for more than nine minutes before he eventually goes limp.
The U.S. Justice Department conducted an extensive investigation into Greene’s death and the attempted cover-up but has yet to bring any charges. | 2023-04-12T18:47:30+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/national/officers-plead-not-guilty-in-ronald-greenes-deadly-arrest/ |
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Drinking water from nearly half of U.S. faucets likely contains “forever chemicals” that may cause cancer and other health problems, according to a government study released Wednesday.
The synthetic compounds known collectively as PFAS are contaminating drinking water to varying extents in large cities and small towns — and in private wells and public systems, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Researchers described the study as the first nationwide effort to test for PFAS in tap water from private sources in addition to regulated ones. It builds on previous scientific findings that the chemicals are widespread, showing up in consumer products as diverse as nonstick pans, food packaging and water-resistant clothing and making their way into water supplies.
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Because the USGS is a scientific research agency, the report makes no policy recommendations. But the information “can be used to evaluate risk of exposure and inform decisions about whether or not you want to treat your drinking water, get it tested or get more information from your state" about the situation locally, said lead author Kelly Smalling, a research hydrologist.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in March proposed the first federal drinking water limits on six forms of PFAS, or per- and polyfluorinated substances, which remain in the human body for years and don't degrade in the environment. A final decision is expected later this year or in 2024.
But the government hasn't prohibited companies using the chemicals from dumping them into public wastewater systems, said Scott Faber, a senior vice president of the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization.
“We should be treating this problem where it begins, instead of putting up a stoplight after the accident," he said. “We should be requiring polluters to treat their own wastes.”
Studies of lab animals have found potential links between PFAS chemicals and some cancers, including kidney and testicular, plus issues such as high blood pressure and low birth weight.
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Federal and state programs typically measure exposure to pollutants such as PFAS at water treatment plants or groundwater wells that supply them, Smalling said. In contrast, the USGS report was based on samples from taps in 716 locations, including 447 that rely on public supplies and 269 using private wells.
The samples were taken between 2016 and 2021 in a range of locations — mostly residences but also a few schools and offices. They included protected lands such as national parks; residential and rural areas with no identified PFAS sources; and urban centers with industry or waste sites known to generate PFAS.
Most taps were sampled just once. Three were sampled multiple times over a three-month period, with results changing little, Smalling said.
Scientists tested for 32 PFAS compounds — most of the ones detectable through available methods. Thousands of others are believed to exist but can't be spotted with current technology, Smalling said.
The types found most often were PFBS, PFHxS and PFOA. Also making frequent appearances was PFOS, one of the most common nationwide.
Positive samples contained as many as nine varieties, although most were closer to two. The median concentration was around seven parts per trillion for all 32 PFAS types, although for PFOA and PFOS it was about four parts per trillion — the limit EPA has proposed for those two compounds.
The heaviest exposures were in cities and near potential sources of the compounds, particularly in the Eastern Seaboard; Great Lakes and Great Plains urban centers; and Central and Southern California. Many of the tests, mostly in rural areas, found no PFAS.
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Based on the data, researchers estimated that at least one form of PFAS could be found in about 45% of tap water samples nationwide.
The study underscores that private well users should have their water tested for PFAS and consider installing filters, said Faber of the Environmental Working Group. Filters containing activated carbon or reverse osmosis membranes can remove the compounds.
The USGS study is “further evidence that PFAS is incredibly pervasive and folks who rely on private wells are particularly vulnerable to the harms caused by these chemicals,” Faber said. | 2023-07-06T15:38:28+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/06/science/drinking-water-nearly-half-us-faucets-contains-potentially-harmful-chemicals-study-says/ |
LUXEMBOURG, Feb. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native technology services company, today announced it will release results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31st, 2022 on Thursday February 16th, 2023 after the close of regular market hours.
Following the release, Martin Migoya, Globant's CEO & co-founder, and Juan Urthiague, Globant's CFO, will discuss the results in a video conference call beginning at 4:30pm ET.
Video conference call access information is:
https://more.globant.com/F4Q22EarningsCall
About Globant (NYSE:GLOB)
We are a digitally native company that helps organizations reinvent themselves to create a way forward and unleash their potential. We are the place where innovation, design and engineering meet scale.
We have more than 26,500 employees and we are present in more than 20 countries working for companies like Google, Rockwell Automation, Electronic Arts and Santander, among others.
We were named a Worldwide Leader in CX Improvement Services by IDC MarketScape report. We were also featured as a business case study at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. We are a member of the Cybersecurity Tech Accord.
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Man gets life in prison for murder of woman found buried in his backyard, officials say
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX/Gray News) - A Mississippi man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the murder of a Florida woman found buried in his backyard.
Phillip York, 56, was set to go to trial Monday but at the last minute decided to plead guilty, officials said.
York admitted to killing 29-year-old Sarah Jane Willard, who investigators say he met online. In February 2020, Willard was found buried in the backyard of York’s home in St. Martin. The state medical examiner said she died from a gunshot wound to the head.
York was charged with first-degree murder and possession of weapon by a convicted felon. While he was sentenced to life in prison on the murder charge, he also received a 10-year sentence for the possession charge, which will run concurrent with the life sentence.
Copyright 2022 WLOX via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-19T21:42:52+00:00 | newschannel10.com | https://www.newschannel10.com/2022/09/19/man-gets-life-prison-murder-woman-found-buried-his-backyard-officials-say/ |
Milwaukee affordable housing, some with mortgages under $700/month
MILWAUKEE - Taking ownership of a big inequity in Milwaukee, a new affordable housing initiative’s goal is to get first-time buyers into homes at a price they can manage.
The goal is to help more than 100 people achieve the American dream, and the people behind this say the initiative will have far-reaching impacts beyond the walls of the homes.
Building up a community takes starting with a good foundation.
"The thing is, that’s what’s going to build our community, and a way to get our community back is to get homeowners and some young ones in here," said Cheri Fugua.
Fuqua owns a home in Milwaukee’s 15th District. At an informational meeting at St. Ann Center Thursday, March 30, she said she wants to see others get to that same place.
"Milwaukee has a sad history when it comes to housing," said Teig Whaley-Smith, the chief alliance executive for Community Development Alliance, which helped bring organizations together and fund the housing initiative. "Because of some of the discriminatory things that have happened in the past, we have the second-worst homeownership rate for Black families in the entire country,"
The new housing initiative aims to make up some ground.
"Right now, we estimate in order to achieve racial equity, we need to support about 32,000 new Black and Latino homeowners," said Whaley-Smith. "That’s not going to happen overnight. These problems are centuries in the making, but our goal is to reverse the trend."
"We’re going to try to improve homeownership for the ones who need it the most, and that’s the African Americans and the brown people who have been subsidized in the past," said Milwaukee Alderman Russell Stamper II.
As part of the collaborative project, Habitat for Humanity Milwaukee plans to build 80 three-bedroom, single-family houses in the 15th District, with construction on vacant city-owned lots.
"The number one way you build a community, the number one way you make it safe, is with homeownership," said Stamper.
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Stamper said the mortgage for those homes would stay under $700 a month. Crews will build 20 duplexes, as well, making for a total of 120 new homes for households.
Whaley-Smith said households with an income of less than $50,000 a year will qualify.
"We’re building home ownerships, building wealth and bringing back taxes that is much needed to the city," said Stamper.
It’s not just building houses and wealth but a new future.
"It definitely will make a difference, getting some homeowners," said Fuqua.
More information is available online. You can also visit the Habitat for Humanity web site.
Stamper said people can also reach out to him for information. | 2023-03-31T02:31:15+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-affordable-housing-initiative-120-homes-mortgage-under-700 |
Netflix debuts trailer for new ‘Addams Family’ series ‘Wednesday’
Published: Aug. 18, 2022 at 10:02 AM CDT|Updated: 49 minutes ago
(CNN) - The Addams family is back, thanks to a new Netflix series by director Tim Burton.
The trailer for “Wednesday,” starring the goth-like teenage daughter of Morticia and Gomez Addams, was just released.
It shows Wednesday Addams attending a school called Nevermore Academy, where she uses her psychic abilities to stir up some trouble.
The role of Wednesday is played by “You” star Jenna Ortega. The show also stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia and Luis Guzmán as Gomez.
Christina Ricci, who played Wednesday in the 1990′s “Addams Family” films, is also set to appear in the series.
The series features eight episodes and will be released in the fall.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS DISTRICT COURT SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT U.S. Bank National Association, Plaintiff, vs. The Estate of Joyce Arlene Manney, Solid Properties, a Partnership, Defendants. Case Type: Civil Other Quiet Title /Declaratory Action Court File: __________ AMENDED SUMMONS TO: THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS. 1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiff has started a lawsuit against you. The Plaintiffs Complaint against you is attached to this summons. Do not throw these papers away. They are official papers that affect your rights. You must respond to this lawsuit even though it may not yet be filed with the Court and there may be no court file number on this summons. 2. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 21 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail to the person who signed this summons a written response called an Answer within 21 days of the date on which you received this Summons. You must send a copy of your Answer to the person who signed this summons located at: 7616 Currell Blvd., Suite 200, Woodbury, Minnesota 55125. 3. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiffs Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Plaintiff should not be given everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer. 4. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT SEND A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT TO THE PERSON WHO SIGNED THIS If you do not want to contest the claims stated in the complaint, you do not need to respond. A default judgment can then be entered against you for the relief requested in the complaint. 5. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer. If you do not have a lawyer, the Court Administrator may have information about places where you can get legal assistance. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still provide a written Answer to protect your rights or you may lose the case. 6. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. The parties may agree to or be ordered to participate in an alternative dispute resolution process under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice. You must still send your written response to the Complaint even if you expect to use alternative means of resolving this dispute. 7. THIS LAWSUIT MAY AFFECT OR BRING INTO QUESTION TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY located in St. Louis County, State of Minnesota, legally described as follows: Lot Nine (9) Block Two (2) Aviators Field Addition to the City of Hibbing 8. THE OBJECT OF THIS ACTION IS TO: a. Obtain an order declaring that the Estate of Joyce Arlene Manney is the fee owner of the real property legally described as Lot Nine (9) Block Two (2) Aviators Field Addition to the City of Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minnesota, subject only to the mortgage held by Plaintiff; and b. Obtain an order declaring that the mortgage, dated May 19, 2016, and filed of record in the office of the St. Louis County Recorder on June 24, 2016, as Document No. 01287396 is a perfected, and enforceable lien, against the entire fee interest in the real property legally described as Lot Nine (9) Block Two (2) Aviators Field Addition to the City of Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minnesota; and c. Obtain such other relief as the Court may deem just and equitable. Dated: 8-30-22 WILFORD, GEKSE & COOK, P.A. BY: /s/ Michael R. Sauer, #0387005 Attorneys for Plaintiff 7616 Currell Blvd., Suite 200 Woodbury, Minnesota 55125 (Dec. 10, 17 & 24, 2022) 129871 | 2022-12-22T08:01:19+00:00 | duluthnewstribune.com | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/legal-notices/state-of-minnesota-county-of-st-louis-d-stratica-legals-129871 |
$5 movies are back at AMC Theatres on Discount Tuesdays
Published: Jul. 6, 2022 at 3:53 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - Moviegoers have a new reason to see more feature films over the next few months.
AMC Theatres is bringing back its $5 Discount Tuesdays.
Tickets are available every Tuesday for members of the AMC Stubs loyalty program, which is free to join.
Discount Tuesdays run through the end of October.
AMC is also offering popcorn and drink specials during its discount promotion.
Copyright 2022 via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-06T21:16:18+00:00 | mysuncoast.com | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/07/06/5-movies-are-back-amc-theatres-discount-tuesdays/ |
WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, July 4, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
352 PM CDT Mon Jul 4 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 112 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of South Texas.
* WHEN...Through 8 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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Take your barbecue to the next level
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- Weber Performer Deluxe 22-Inch Charcoal Grill With Touch-N-Go Gas Igniter
- Weber Smokey Joe 14-Inch Black Portable Grill With Porcelain Anti-Rust Coating
- Char-Broil Tru-Infrared Kettleman 22.5-Inch Charcoal Kettle Grill With Hinged Lid
There’s nothing quite like the smoky flavor of cooking on a classic charcoal grill. While cooks of all skill levels can learn how to use them, choosing the right charcoal grill can make it even easier. These can range from simple kettle-style grills to more advanced charcoal grills with added features, and they can also vary significantly in price points.
Whether you’re looking for a cheap charcoal grill or something with a few more bells and whistles, there are a few things to note before you buy.
What to know when buying a charcoal grill
Types of charcoal grills
The most common type is the classic kettle grill. These are usually round grills with metal legs, featuring a simple grate above where the charcoal goes.
Other less common charcoal grills include barrel-style, ceramic charcoal and park-style grills. Barrel-style are large, open barrels often used for slow-cooking, smoking and barbecuing. Ceramic charcoal grills for optimal heat control at a higher price point. Open-box or park-style grills mount to the ground.
Charcoal grill basics
Nearly every charcoal grill will include a few specific features. These include a lidded compartment with a grate to cook on, a vent for controlling airflow and an ash-catching tray beneath the grill.
Cooking surface size
The main feature of a basic charcoal grill is the size of its cooking surface. Most kettle-style charcoal grills have a round design, with diameters ranging from as small as 14 inches to as large as 22 inches. You can also find barrel charcoal grills with larger, rectangular cooking surfaces, while park-style grills usually include smaller rectangular cooking grates.
Added features
If you want to go beyond the basic charcoal grill, you can find some with added features to make cooking even easier. Many high-end charcoal grills include features such as an igniter, precise temperature control, timers, multi-layered cooking grates and more elaborate cleanup tools for minimizing the mess.
Best charcoal grills
Top charcoal grill
Weber Performer Deluxe 22-Inch Charcoal Grill With Touch-N-Go Gas Igniter
What you need to know: This is the ultimate in charcoal grills, featuring a convenient igniter, a huge cooking space and an easy-to-clean ash catcher.
What you’ll love: Buyers love this grill’s luxury features, including its precise temperature controls and easy-to-clean configuration. It also has room to store coals, tools and other grill necessities on the bottom rack and features two different sizes of wheels for easy moving.
What you should consider: This Weber grill is pricey, even with its deluxe features.
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Top charcoal grill for the money
Weber Smokey Joe 14-Inch Black Portable Grill With Porcelain Anti-Rust Coating
What you need to know: This basic charcoal grill is super affordable and perfect for family or company outings with its small, portable size.
What you’ll love: This grill has a useful anti-rust porcelain coating and easy-to-use dampers for controlling the temperature. It includes a dump tray, instructions with cooking tips and an ergonomic, anti-heat handle to make it easy to open and close.
What you should consider: The cooking area is relatively small, and the portable grill sits very low to the ground.
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Best charcoal kettle grills
Top charcoal kettle grill
Char-Broil Tru-Infrared Kettleman 22.5-Inch Charcoal Kettle Grill With Hinged Lid
What you need to know: This Char-Broil grill is known for having a more evenly heated surface than most charcoal grills due to its Tru-Infrared system that uses infrared heat to make the temperature more even across the grill top.
What you’ll love: This offers excellent temperature control compared to most, and it includes a useful “no-fall” porcelain cooking grate to help mitigate flare-ups. Additionally, the hinged lid is easy to prop up on its side, and you can buy this grill in either black or blue.
What you should consider: Some buyers stated they preferred grills with more features at this price point.
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Top charcoal kettle grill for the money
Kingsford 22.5-Inch Outdoor Charcoal Kettle Grill With Tool Rack
What you need to know: This classic kettle grill includes all the basics you need for a barbecue and can grill roughly 21 burgers simultaneously.
What you’ll love: This comes at a fair price point and has convenient features common in a basic grill, such as an ash catcher, a vent for temperature control and a hinged lid that can be propped open. It also includes a useful tool rack as well as a larger storage rack.
What you should consider: Some said the grill top is a bit too low on this grill.
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Best park-style charcoal grill with a post
Top park-style charcoal grill with a post
Titan Great Outdoors Park-Style Charcoal Grill With Single Post And Adjustable Grate
What you need to know: This is a classic park-style grill featuring a single post that you can mount into the ground and an adjustable grate to control how far your food is from the flame.
What you’ll love: This grill includes a 16.5-inch wide grilling surface with a swiveling top, and it has four levels at which you can place the grate. This grill also has the option for a rolling base if you don’t want it in a fixed position.
What you should consider: The open-top design can make it hard to control the grill’s temperature.
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FTX founder could be sent to US after extradition hearing
NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried is back in a Bahamian court Wednesday for an extradition hearing that could clear the way for the one-time billionaire to be sent to the U.S. to face criminal charges related to the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
In a court in Nassau, Bahamas, on Monday, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers said he had agreed to be extradited to the U.S., but the necessary paperwork had not yet been written up. If approved, Bankman-Fried could be on a plane to the U.S. as early as Wednesday afternoon.
Bahamian authorities arrested Bankman-Fried last week at the request of the U.S. government. U.S. prosecutors allege he played a central role in the rapid collapse of FTX and hid its problems from the public and investors. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Bankman-Fried illegally used investors’ money to buy real estate on behalf of himself and his family.
The 30-year-old could potentially spend the rest of his life in jail.
Bankman-Fried was denied bail Friday after a Bahamian judge ruled that he posed a flight risk. The founder and former CEO of FTX, once worth tens of billions of dollars on paper, is being held in the Bahamas’ Fox Hill prison, which has been has been cited by human rights activists as having poor sanitation and as being infested with rats and insects.
Once he’s back in the U.S., Bankman-Fried’s attorney will be able to request that he be released on bail.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Now that the Super Bowl is set and anticipation builds, you may see friends or coworkers passing along Super Bowl squares.
What may seem like a complex grid of numbers is actually a fairly straightforward scoring system and by participating you could stand to win a decent amount of cash. Plus, it’s a lot more random than a March Madness bracket where some knowledge of the sport definitely gives participants an edge.
Although there are a few different ways that people can play Super Bowl squares, the following is the most popular among pools with your friends, families or coworkers.
The Grids
A standard Super Bowl square is a 10×10 grid. Each team playing in the game is assigned to the x and y axis. For this example, we’ll use the teams from Super Bowl LIV a few years ago: The Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. Each corresponding column and row will later be assigned a numerical value of 1-9, selected randomly.
Hold off on assigning the digits just yet, that comes after step two, but this setup gives players 100 chances to win. Just remember to leave a column and a row empty to include the numbers once the square is filled with players (example below).
Filling it out
Once the squares bracket is setup, the next step is to simply invite people to join the pool, or to join one yourself. Using online systems is convenient, because it can be done electronically or over email depending on the software, but you can fill them out by hand if you prefer more traditional methods.
Most squares let players choose their cells, but before the the numbers are assigned. It’s rather random, which keeps an even playing field for folks who many not be following football as closely as others.
Assigning the numbers
Once the players have filled up the squares, the next step is to fill it out with the corresponding numbers. Many online square setups will randomly select the numerical sequence for you, but if you’re doing it offline, just lay out the digits in a way that prevents patterns. Like this …
Again, this setup creates 100 chances for players to win. The winner, or winners, will ultimately be decided by the final score of each quarter and the end result of the game.
Football, traditionally, has scores that end in 7, 3 or 0 because the two predominant scoring methods (touchdowns and field goals) are (usually) worth seven and three points. If you aren’t using an automated method to fill out the numbers, make sure you are selecting them at random (out of a hat always works).
The cells with 7’s, 3’s and 0’s will be at a bit of an advantage. Administering a pool where those numbers end up in conspicuous places is a good way to create unnecessary drama.
Who wins
In most Super Bowl squares, a winner will be determined at the end of the first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, plus the final game score. The winner is decided by looking at the last number in each teams’ score and then matching those digits on the grid to see where the squares intersect.
For example, if the score at the end of the first quarter was Chiefs 7, 49ers 3, the first quarter winner would be:
That process would play out for the second and third quarters as well. If the final score was 49ers 31, Chiefs 24, the final score winner would be:
Although some square formats and payouts vary, the standard scoring is the winners of the first, second, and third quarters would receive 20% of the pot each, and the final score (4th quarter) would receive the remaining 40%. Check with the square organizer for specifics.
Advanced Squares Rules
The basic game is the most common version, but many pools add extra layers of winning. The more chances to cash, the more fun a squares pool can be.
The most often employed addition to the standard game is winning on “touching” squares. This means the cells immediately adjacent to the winning square — both vertically and horizontally –a lso win.
You must have one of the two winning numbers to have a touching square. The prize is usually significantly less than the winning square for that quarter. Sometimes, it’s just getting your entry fee back. Touching squares still can occur if the winning cell is on the edge of the grid.
Many larger dollar pools will change each person’s winning numbers from quarter to quarter. While this does keep things a bit more interesting, it also helps prevent one person from winning multiple times if there is a scoreless quarter. The board would probably look something like this:
Some pools where the numbers are different as the games goes on will also add “Halftime” and “Final” as winning possibilities.
The winning number combination will be the same for both “2nd quarter” and “Halftime”, but the payout will be different. The “Halftime” and “Final” winner will almost always receive a much higher payout than “2nd Quarter” and “4th Quarter”, respectively. For pools like this, “Final” is usually the grand prize.
Another additional prize is hitting the “reverse” score. This can be used for both standard and multi-number pools. It usually only comes into play for the final score, but can be used any time.
The “reverse” score is exactly what it sounds like. Let’s say the final score for this year’s game is San Francisco 24, Kansas City 20. In that case, SF-4 and KC-0 takes the grand prize, but the reverse score of SF-0/KC-4 also is a winner.
Always be sure to check with the pool organizer for rules. The higher the entry fee, the more likely you should also be to make certain the numbers are truly being drawn at random.
Squares pools are moving beyond just football and into the world of college basketball where this game is played with the national championship.
The winners are usually only for the halftime and final score. However, some NCAA championship game pools will pay for the score combination after every MINUTE of the game. (ie. score with 19:00 left in first half, score with 18:00 left in first half, etc.).
Regardless, it’s a great way to make the big game extra fun and, potentially, make you very happy about the final score — even if your team doesn’t come out on top. | 2023-02-10T21:15:43+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/sports/the-big-game/heres-how-super-bowl-squares-work/ |
NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of PayPal Holdings, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of PYPL during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased PayPal common stock between February 3, 2021, and February 1, 2022, inclusive.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants had inflated the Company's vitally important Net New Active Accounts metric guidance through an usually large use of marketing campaigns that were easily susceptible to fraud; i.e. the creation of millions of illegitimate accounts which were created for the sole purpose of taking advantage of cash incentives for account creation; (2) defendants used these marketing campaigns and other incentives to hide the Company's true churn rate and declining levels of engagement with the platform; and (3) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and /or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Drew Barrymore, whose honors include a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award, will be presiding over a more literary ceremony this fall.
Barrymore will be hosting the 74th annual National Book Awards, the National Book Foundation announced Tuesday. And Oprah Winfrey, a previous winner of an honorary National Book Award, will be a guest speaker.
Barrymore and Winfrey both have long histories of championing books and reading. Winfrey’s book club picks have helped dozens of works become bestsellers, while Barrymore has praised books by Tina Fey and David Sedaris, among others.
“Throughout their careers, Drew Barrymore and Oprah Winfrey have each demonstrated their enduring belief that books have the power to change readers’ lives — by opening doors, sparking conversations, and building community,” David Steinberger, chair of the Board of Directors of the National Book Foundation, said in a statement. “This belief echoes the mission of the National Book Foundation to ensure that books have a prominent place in our culture.”
The awards ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 15, in Manhattan, with competitive prizes to be handed out in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, literature in translation and young people’s literature. Barrymore is not the first celebrity host of the National Book Awards, the unofficial “Oscars” of the publishing world. Steve Martin hosted a handful of times in the late 1990s and early 2000s. | 2023-07-26T02:56:14+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/entertainment/ap-entertainment/ap-drew-barrymore-will-host-the-national-book-awards-where-oprah-winfrey-will-be-a-guest-speaker/ |
GENEVA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday stressed the importance of legal challenges against “climate-wrecking corporations” like fossil-fuel producers, ratcheting up his call for the fight against climate change—- this time before the U.N.’s top human rights body.
Guterres opened the latest session of the Human Rights Council, part of an address that decried summary executions, torture and sexual violence in places like Ukraine; antisemitism, anti-Muslim bigotry and the persecution of Christians; inequality and threats to free expression, among other issues.
Guterres also sought to undergird the concept of human rights — which have faced “public disregard and private disdain — and tie them together with environmental concerns.
“Human rights are not a luxury that can be left until we find a solution to the world’s other problems. They are THE solution to many of the world’s other problems,” he said. “From the climate emergency to the misuse of technology, the answers to today’s crises are found in human rights.”
Guterres has previously said that fossil-fuel producers need to be held to account, but pressing the issue before the U.N.’s top human rights body — made up of 47 member countries, plus scores of observer states — raises the stakes.
Nearly half the world’s population — 3.5 billion people — live in “climate hot spots” that are “fast becoming human rights disaster zones where floods, droughts and storms mean people are 15 times more likely to die of climate impacts,” he said.
Then, he emphasized the role of the International Court of Justice, the U.N.’s main judicial body, to improve accountability for the most serious crimes — and said he welcomed moves toward accountability for human rights abuses “including those committed by the private sector.”
“Legal challenges against climate-wrecking corporations are an important step forward,” Guterres said.
“Fossil fuel producers and their financial backers need to understand a crucial truth: pursuing mega-profits when so many people are losing their lives and rights, today and tomorrow, is completely unacceptable,” he added.
The comments came as the council opened its “high-level segment” at the start of its longest-ever session — more than five weeks. The presidents of Congo, Montenegro and Colombia were also speaking Monday, followed by envoys including the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Iran.
The session comes as the world grapples with rights concerns including Russia’s war in Ukraine, repression of dissent in Russia and Belarus, new violence between Palestinians and Israelis, and efforts to solidify a peace deal in Ethiopia that ended two years of conflict between the national government and rebels in the Tigray region.
Proponents say the Geneva-based rights body has grown in importance as a diplomatic venue because the U.N. Security Council in New York has been increasingly divided in recent years because of a major rift between affiliations among its five permanent members: China and Russia on one side, and the U.K., France and the U.S. on the other. | 2023-02-27T16:17:16+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-un-chief-slams-climate-wrecking-firms-at-human-rights-body/ |
Man accused of abusing his mother found competent to stand trial
Published: Jul. 14, 2022 at 3:59 PM EDT|Updated: 54 minutes ago
FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) - A suspect accused of elder abuse in Genesee County has been found competent to stand trial.
Sylvester Ross was arrested for allegedly abusing his 79-year-old mother in February. His girlfriend, Letisha Miller, was also arrested at the time.
They both were charged with vulnerable adult abuse and neglect.
Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson said when the victim was found she was barely alive and taken to Hurley Medical Center with ulcers all over her body.
Ross’ next court date is scheduled for July 26 at 9 a.m.
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DENVER (KDVR) — Gerber announced the winner of its annual Gerber Baby photo search, and the 2023 winner is a 10-month-old from Colorado.
Madison “Maddie” Mendoza is the winner of the 13th annual Gerber photo search. Gerber said Maddie, along with her parents, captured the attention of the judges with a throwback submission that included a photo of Maddie and her mom at that same age.
“The throwback submission of Maddie and her mom brought a smile to the judges’ faces and perfectly captured the spirit of this year’s program. We’re excited to partner with Maddie and her family throughout the next year to highlight the full-circle journey from baby to parent,” said Tarun Malkani, Gerber president and CEO.
According to Maddie’s parents, she is 10 months old and came into the world with a full head of hair. She enjoys baby music classes, swim lessons, hiking with her mom and dad, and exploring new food.
Not only did Maddie capture the heart of the judges at Gerber, but her parents’ love story filled them with joy.
According to Gerber, Maddie’s parents were high school sweethearts, and have been together for 22 years. Maddie’s dad Jun is a U.S. Air Force Academy grad and serves as a lieutenant colonel physician in the Air Force. Maddie’s mom works as a dentist.
The couple say they’re hoping Maddie will embrace their love of worldly cultures.
“Being a rainbow baby, Maddie has brought us immeasurable joy with every milestone, snuggle and moment spent with her enriching our lives and making every day more meaningful and beautiful,” said Crystal Mendoza, Maddie’s mom. “We look forward to witnessing her grow into a kind, compassionate, strong, independent and worldly individual as we hope to be stationed overseas again to teach Maddie about all the different parts of the world.”
Both of Maddie’s parents come from first-generation families from the Philippines.
“Gerber has always believed in the magic of babies, and Maddie’s story, filled with love, resilience, and adventure, embodies the spirit of generations of Gerber babies,” Malkani said. | 2023-07-12T18:25:51+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/national/10-month-old-picked-as-2023-gerber-baby/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Daniil Medvedev had an easy start to his U.S. Open title defense, beating Stefan Kozlov 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 on Monday.
On the same Arthur Ashe Stadium court where that night Serena Williams was set to begin what could be the final tournament of her career, the top-seeded Medvedev looked just as strong as he did in sweeping past Novak Djokovic in last year's final for his first major title.
Medvedev advanced to face Arthur Rinderknech of France. The Russian is trying to become the first repeat champion at the U.S. Open since Roger Federer won five straight from 2004-08.
“I need to be at my best on Wednesday and I’m going to try to make it,” Medvedev said.
Andy Murray was another early winner, 10 years after winning the first of his three Grand Slam titles in Flushing Meadows. He had one of the first upsets of the tournament by beating No. 24 seed Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina 7-5, 6-3, 6-3.
“It seems like a long time ago,” Murray said of his victory over Novak Djokovic in 2012. “A lot’s happened since then in my career.”
Djokovic couldn't travel to the tournament this year because he isn't vaccinated against COVID-19.
Many fans arriving for the day session at the final Grand Slam event of the season were focused on the match that would lead off the action at night. Williams, the 23-time major champion who has said she is preparing to end her tennis career, was scheduled to face Danka Kovinic.
Williams figured to face more comfortable conditions after a hot start under sunny skies in Flushing Meadows. Leading 3-0 in the third set, Medvedev told the chair umpire he wanted a bag of ice so he could put it on his head.
“Pretty hot and humid here,” Medvedev said after the match.
No. 29 seed Tommy Paul overcame the heat to outlast Bernabe Zapata Miralles 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 7-5 in 3 hours, 10 minutes. Fellow American Sebastian Korda also got his first win at his home Slam, beating Facundo Bagnis in four sets.
Another American advanced in an upset, with J.J. Wolf ousting No. 16 seed Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets.
Third-seeded Maria Sakkari and No. 17 Caroline Garcia were among the early winners on the women's side, with Sakkari overcoming Wimbledon semifinalist Tatjana Maria in three sets.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the Senate’s banking committee on Thursday warned former chief executive officers at the failed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank that they expect them to testify before the panel, saying in a letter to each: “you must answer for the bank’s downfall.”
The committee is examining the events leading up to the closures of the banks, starting with the first congressional hearing on Tuesday. Separate letters were sent Thursday to Gregory Becker, the former head of Silicon Valley Bank, and to Joseph DePaolo, the former head of Signature Bank.
Both CEOs had indicated to the committee they would be unable to attend Tuesday’s hearing, according to the letter. But the senators said they believe the CEOs can testify to Congress without disclosing confidential information. Nor would the executives need to hand over bank records and files to provide informative testimony, they said.
Attorneys copied in on the letters sent to the CEOs did not immediately reply to requests from The Associated Press for comment.
Silicon Valley Bank, based in Santa Clara, California, failed on March 10 after depositors rushed to withdraw money amid fears about the bank’s health. It was the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history. Regulators convened over the following weekend and announced that New York-based Signature Bank also had failed. They said that all depositors at both banks, including those holding uninsured funds, those exceeding $250,000, would be protected by federal deposit insurance.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, the Democratic chairman of the banking panel, and Sen. Tim Scott, the ranking Republican, said the committee needs to understand how the banks managed risk during their rapid growth and what led to them both having a large proportion of uninsured depositors.
The senators also asked SVB’s Becker for information on the “payment of bonuses in the hours leading up to the seizure of the bank by regulators.”
Lawmakers also are scrutinizing the actions of regulators who supervised the two banks, and that will be the focus of Tuesday’s hearing with testimony from Martin Gruenberg, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Michael Barr, a vice chairman at the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors; and Nellie Liang, undersecretary for domestic finance at the Treasury Department.
The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission have also launched investigations into the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, and President Joe Biden has called on Congress to strengthen rules on regional banks and to impose tougher penalties on executives of failed banks. | 2023-03-23T18:31:47+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/business/us-world-business/lawmakers-tell-ex-ceos-you-must-answer-for-bank-failures/ |
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After a tragic incident killed a Foyil High School student's show pigs, a Claremore man wanted to help him get a new pig. The two don't know each other, but the donor wants to help because of their shared love for FFA.
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ATLANTA, July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Novelis Inc. will report its earnings for the first quarter fiscal year 2024 on Thursday, August 3, 2023. Following the release, Steve Fisher, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Dev Ahuja, Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the results via a live conference call for investors at 7:00 a.m. EDT the same day. The conference call will also be webcast live via the Novelis website, with presentation materials available online at https://investors.novelis.com/.
The webcast can be accessed live at: https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/501622803
To participate by telephone, participants are encouraged to pre-register at:
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To be connected to the live Novelis earnings call, dial the following number and enter access code 260182.
U.S. toll-free: 1 833 470 1428
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Following the meeting, the webcast will be available for replay at https://investors.novelis.com/.
About Novelis
Novelis Inc. is driven by its purpose of shaping a sustainable world together. We are a global leader in the production of innovative aluminum products and solutions and the world's largest recycler of aluminum. Our ambition is to be the leading provider of low-carbon, sustainable aluminum solutions and to achieve a fully circular economy by partnering with our suppliers, as well as our customers in the aerospace, automotive, beverage can and specialties industries throughout North America, Europe, Asia and South America. Novelis had net sales of $18.5 billion in fiscal year 2023. Novelis is a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited, an industry leader in aluminum and copper, and the metals flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, a multinational conglomerate based in Mumbai. For more information, visit novelis.com.
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Democrats are set to take control of Michigan’s Senate seats for the first time in four decades, winning a “trifecta” of power over both chambers in the state legislature and the governor’s mansion in Tuesday’s midterms.
Michigan Senate Democrats announced early Wednesday morning that they had won enough seats to take the majority in the state’s upper chamber.
“We did it, Michigan. Since 1984, Republicans have used their control of the @MISenate to block things MI families needed. No more,” the group wrote.
And it’s been even longer since Democrats controlled both chambers, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) said in an update Wednesday.
“Democrats have FLIPPED the Michigan House & Senate, giving the party complete control of the state legislature for the first time since 1982!” it said.
Though there are votes still to be counted in the state, The Detroit News and other local outlets reported that Michigan Democrats in the lower chamber are poised to win a slim majority to take control of the state House for the first time since 2008.
And Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) was projected to win reelection on Tuesday, defeating Trump-backed Republican nominee Tudor Dixon.
“Republicans had everything in their favor: record fundraising and a midterm political environment under a Democratic president, and they have little to show for it. This election should have been a landslide for Republicans — instead Democrats fended off the so-called ‘red wave’ in the states and gained critical ground for the decade ahead,” said DLCC Jessica Post in a statement.
Michigan voters in Tuesday’s midterms were also projected to pass a measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, nullifying a strict abortion ban on the books since 1931.
Adding to blue wins in the state, Republican candidate for attorney general Matt DePerno conceded to the Democratic incumbent, Dana Nessel, and Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson was projected to win re-election. | 2022-11-09T20:07:05+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/hill-politics/democrats-poised-to-win-michigan-senate-for-first-time-in-nearly-40-years/ |
Leading Online Community for Automotive Technicians Hits Major Membership Goal, Offers Supportive and Informative Platform for Automotive Technicians
CLAREMONT, Calif., Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Diagnostic Network, the leading online community for automotive and HD technicians, is proud to announce that it has achieved 20,000 members. This milestone reflects the continued growth and success of the community, which has become the go-to resource for professionals looking to enhance their diagnostic skills. Diagnostic Network offers a supportive and informative platform for automotive technicians to connect, share knowledge, and collaborate on challenges they face in their field. The community provides an exclusive space where members can discuss the latest industry advancements, ask questions, and receive expert advice from their peers. "We are thrilled to have reached this significant milestone and to see the continued growth of the community," said Scott Brown, one of the founders of Diagnostic Network. "Our mission is to support technicians in their careers and to provide them with a platform to connect with others in their field. The continued growth of our community is a testament to the value and impact we are having on the industry" added Tom Winzig, the other founder.
Since its inception, thousands of members have utilized Diagnostic Network to better their professional diagnostic skills, making it the leading resource for vehicle service professionals. The community continues to grow every month, providing members with even more opportunities to connect with others in their field and to stay up-to-date with the latest industry advancements. Diagnostic Network is open only to those who work in automotive repair and is dedicated to providing the highest quality resources and support to its members. The community continues to be a valuable resource for technicians and the industry as a whole, and the team at Diagnostic Network looks forward to serving its members for many years to come.
For more information on Diagnostic Network, visit the website at diag.net.
About Diagnostic Network
Diagnostic Network is the leading online community for automotive technicians, offering a supportive and informative platform for professionals to connect, share knowledge, and collaborate on challenges they face in their field. With over 20,000 members, the community has become the go-to resource for technicians looking to enhance their diagnostic skills with an exclusive space for members to discuss the latest industry advancements, ask questions, and receive expert advice from their peers. The continued growth of Diagnostic Network is a testament to the value and impact the community is having on the industry.
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CHICAGO, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marquette National Corporation (OTCQX: MNAT) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.28 per share. The dividend will be payable on October 3, 2022 to shareholders of record on September 16, 2022. As of June 30, 2022, Marquette had 4,363,674 shares issued and outstanding.
Marquette National Corporation is a diversified bank holding company with total assets of approximately $2.084 billion. The Company's banking subsidiary, Marquette Bank, is a full-service, community bank that serves the financial needs of communities in Chicagoland, offering an extensive line of financial solutions, including retail banking, real estate lending, trust, insurance, investments, wealth management and business banking to consumers and commercial customers. Marquette Bank has 21 branches located in: Chicago, Bolingbrook, Bridgeview, Evergreen Park, Hickory Hills, Lemont, New Lenox, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Orland Park, Romeoville, Summit and Tinley Park, Illinois. For more information visit: http://www.emarquettebank.com.
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If you've ever been bitten by a mosquito, you know how frustrating their bites can be. The little red bumps swell up almost immediately, creating an itch that once you start scratching only seems to get worse. The more you scratch, the more they itch -- starting a vicious cycle that can leave you irritated, sore and covered in red bumps.
Some people seem to be mosquito magnets -- the insects flock to them wherever they are, leaving bites in any exposed flesh -- while others are left relatively unscathed and itch free.
How do mosquitoes choose their prey and how can we repel them? We spoke to some experts for their advice.
Why does a mosquito bite itch?
When a mosquito bites you, it pierces the skin using a special mouthpart (proboscis) to suck up blood. As the mosquito is feeding on your blood, it injects saliva into your skin, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Leslie Vosshall, vice president and chief scientific officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, explained that a mosquito's saliva has a quality similar to an anesthetic, so you don't feel the bite until after the insect flies away. It also has anticoagulants so your blood continues to flow without clotting.
"Mosquitoes' saliva has lots of proteins in it; some are allergens," Vosshall said, adding, "Our body recognizes the mosquito protein as foreign, and our immune cells spring into action to try to fight it."
It's not the bite that causes the itch -- it's actually the body's response to the foreign mosquito protein it is trying to fight. That's why some people may only have a mild reaction to bites, while others, more sensitive to the foreign protein, react with large areas of swelling that are more painful.
And there's no need to get mad at male mosquitoes since only female mosquitoes bite. They bite to get a blood meal as most female mosquitoes can't produce eggs without that blood.
How do mosquitoes choose their prey?
Like most other blood-feeding insects, mosquitoes can smell us from a long distance through the carbon dioxide we exhale, and that's what makes them come close in the first place, according to Daniel Markowski, technical adviser for the American Mosquito Control Association.
"Once they actually get close to a host, they use a variety of other cues to finally hone in," he said. "These include visual components like shapes, sizes and colors. That's why dark colors are not recommended out in prime skeeter habitats because they stand out more, particularly in regards to backgrounds and contrasts."
Other chemical cues "including breath odors, microbiota byproducts on our skin, or other general human odors like octenol, ammonia, caproic acid or lactic acid" all combine with our carbon dioxide to make us more or less attractive to different mosquito species, he added.
It's likely a combination of a person's carbon dioxide and other odors that attracts mosquitoes, said VosshalI, who recently wrote a paper on "The unbreakable attraction of mosquitoes to humans." But she said the jury's still out on what exactly makes one person more attractive to a mosquito than another.
"This is something we are working on -- the amount and type of body odor that a person gives off is probably the reason," Vosshall said via email. "There are papers that claim it is blood type, or sweetness in blood, or gender (women are supposedly more attractive to mosquitoes), but nothing is conclusively proven."
What counters the urge to scratch?
"Don't scratch" is the advice that most experts and health professionals give. As hard and sometimes unrealistic as it can sound, scratching inflames the skin, and the inflammation makes the skin itch more.
"Scratching can also cause secondary infections and prolong the irritation," Markowski warned, adding that in extreme cases, people can scar themselves.
Instead, there are dozens of creams and sprays that promise itch relief as well as home remedies and mosquito repellents, so choosing what's right for you can often come down to trial and error.
"In general, all of the various anti-itch creams are very similar," Markowski said. "Generally, I suggest that if you're highly allergic to mosquitoes, you may need a cream with Benadryl or a similar antihistamine."
Vosshall recommended applying hot water to the bite as soon as possible.
"Very hot water -- as hot as you can stand it but not so hot that you burn yourself -- short-circuits the itch reflex," she said.
"If you are hiking and that's not practical, a topical lidocaine local anesthetic gel can be helpful to prevent the feeling of itching as well as an over-the-counter cortisone cream."
While both experts said that many people prefer natural remedies or herbal products, they urged caution. There is no scientific evidence these remedies work, and they can come with their own precautions or side effects.
In fact, the best remedy to fight the itch is to prevent a bite in the first place.
"Chemical repellents including DEET or picaridin are safe and highly effective," Vosshall said. Markowski agreed, describing DEET as the "gold standard," registered with the Environmental Protection Agency and endorsed by the CDC.
However, he acknowledged some people's concerns regarding the ingredient's toxicity, adding, "As with all products, I would suggest treating a small area at first and ensuring you don't have any allergic reactions. Also, make sure you read the label and follow all use guidelines."
For a comprehensive guide of insect repellents, the CDC lists EPA-registered options on its website, and the EPA site features a search tool to help you find the right one.
When to seek medical attention
Some people can have serious allergic reactions to mosquitoes, although in practice it is rare, Vosshall said. If you experience severe symptoms such as hives, breathing trouble or anaphylaxis, you should seek medical attention immediately.
You should also see a doctor if you're planning on traveling to a country where blood-borne pathogens such as the Zika virus and malaria are common. Mosquitoes can spread some diseases from person to person, but a doctor will be able to advise you if there are vaccines or preventive treatments available.
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HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Borr Drilling Limited (the "Company") (NYSE: BORR) (OSE: BORR) announced today the second and final settlement of its previously announced US public offering of 69,444,444 US common shares of the Company, at a price per share of $3.60 per common share and an additional 6,918,627 common shares for which the underwriters have exercised their option to purchase at the public offering price of $3.60 per share, minus underwriting discounts. The total gross proceeds of the offering, including the option shares, is $275 million.
The total number of shares issued in the offering was 76,363,071, divided in 41,666,667 common shares which settled on August 16, 2022, and 34,696,404 shares (including the additional common shares issued pursuant to the underwriters' option) which settled on August 26, 2022.
No securities in the offering were offered or will be listed on Oslo Stock Exchange.
DNB Markets, Clarksons Securities, Pareto Securities, ABG Sundal Collier ASA, Arctic Securities AS, Fearnley Securities and SpareBank 1 Markets are the book-running managers for the offering. Cleaves Securities AS is a co-manager for the offering.
Following the settlement of this offering, the Company's issued share capital increased to $22,926,359.80, divided into 229,263,598 shares, each with a nominal value of $0.10 per share.
The offering referred to herein was made pursuant to an effective automatic shelf registration statement, previously filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on July 26, 2022. The offering of the common shares was made only by means of a prospectus and a related prospectus supplement. A final prospectus supplement relating to the offering was filed with the SEC on August 11, 2022. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus related to the offering may be obtained by contacting DNB Markets, Inc., Attn: Compliance Department, by telephone: 212-681-3800, or by email at: compliance.marketsinc@dnb.no
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor will there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
About Borr Drilling Limited
Borr Drilling Limited is an international drilling contractor incorporated in Bermuda in 2016 and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange on August 30, 2017 and on the New York Stock Exchange on July 31, 2019 under the ticker "BORR". The Company owns and operates jack-up rigs of modern and high specification designs and provides services focused on the shallow water segment to the offshore oil and gas industry worldwide. Please visit the Company's website at: www.borrdrilling.com
August 26, 2022
The Board of Directors
Borr Drilling Limited
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BOSTON, Mar. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Holobiome announces research collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. to develop next-generation probiotics and prebiotics, aimed at supporting infant and maternal immune health. The collaboration is the latest in a string of collaboration deals between the two companies, and marks Holobiome's first foray into the arena of the early-life microbiome.
"Our microbial passengers influence every aspect of our biology, including the development of our immune and nervous systems," said Dr. Phil Strandwitz, CEO of Holobiome. "That makes the first few months an absolutely critical window for ensuring lifelong health."
Recent research has shown bacterial influences on human biology begin even before birth. Although the womb is considered sterile, an expecting mother's gut bacteria influence her immune response, nutritional status, and other factors that can impact the child's development and risk of disease later in life. Shortly after birth, many of the same symbiotic bacteria that shape a mother's health take root in the GI tract of her child, protecting against pathogens and helping them digest complex sugars such as the ones found in milk.
The research collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. will leverage Holobiome's platform to identify, isolate, and develop next-generation probiotic bacteria and the prebiotics that help them flourish. The platform starts with microbiome samples sourced from Holobiome's network of more than 9,000 healthy human donors around the world. Leveraging decades of experience in cultivating microbes, these samples are mined to create Holobiome's Microbiome Vault: a continuously growing strain collection which aims to be a comprehensive library of all human bacteria. Holobiome then deeply profiles these bacteria and turns them into screenable material, which is used in bioassays to map how bacteria impact human biology—in this case, pathways and functions relevant for infant and maternal health. The information this generates enables a "big data" approach to understanding which microbes influence key biology, and, just as importantly, how they do it.
"It's an end-to-end platform to turn the promise of the microbiome into products for multiple industries," said Dr. Strandwitz. "We're thrilled to be working with the team at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.; we align strongly in the belief that the future will be powered by solutions that target the microbiome, and there's no better partner to help translate discoveries like the ones happening here into products that can help people worldwide."
About Holobiome
Holobiome is a biotechnology company harnessing the potential of the human gut microbiome to generate technology and products that can improve health through multiple marketplaces. The Holobiome platform is powered by its Microbiome Vault, a strain collection representing nearly all known members of the gut microbiome, proprietary tools to understand which functions gut bacteria perform that may impact health, and world leaders in microbiome research. Its lead asset is a human-derived bacterium selected to target the gut-brain-axis to combat depression, with discovery programs in constipation and pain. Holobiome was launched in 2018, and has been supported by its investors Corundum Systems Biology, iSelect Fund, and Alexandria Venture Investments, as well as non-dilutive grants from the NIH, and the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) and several corporate partnerships. It is headquartered in Boston, MA, USA.
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NEW YORK, March 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA / OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf" or the "Company"), a leading international provider of consumer cannabis products, today announced that it will delay its fourth quarter and full year earnings release and conference call, which were originally scheduled for March 28, 2023. Due to the complexities of converting three years of financials from IFRS to U.S. GAAP coinciding with year and quarter-end reporting, and the review of the treatment of various accounting matters, the Company requires additional time to complete its financial statements. The Company expects to file its financial statements within the month of April, no later than the prescribed filing deadline provided for under applicable securities laws. The Company will announce the date of the release of its financial statements and an earnings conference call in a subsequent press release.
About Curaleaf Holdings
Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf") is a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis with a mission to improve lives by providing clarity around cannabis and confidence around consumption. As a high-growth cannabis company known for quality, expertise and reliability, the Company and its brands, including Curaleaf, Select, and Grassroots provide industry-leading service, product selection and accessibility across the medical and adult-use markets. In the United States, Curaleaf currently operates in 19 states with 147 dispensaries and employs nearly 5,500 team members. Curaleaf International is the largest vertically integrated cannabis company in Europe with a unique supply and distribution network throughout the European market, bringing together pioneering science and research with cutting-edge cultivation, extraction and production. Curaleaf is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol CURA and trades on the OTCQX market under the symbol CURLF. For more information, please visit https://ir.curaleaf.com.
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Which postpartum recovery kits are best?
Most new parents have bought cribs, car seats and strollers and are prepared for sleepless nights, feedings and diaper changes. Surprisingly few are prepared to take care of themselves in the weeks after giving birth, though. This means they are not always ready to meet the challenges of hormone levels and body size changes as their bodies return to a state of not being pregnant.
You can help new parents with what they will forget if you give them a postpartum recovery kit. If you are looking for a kit that helps with everything from labor to recovery, take a look at the Frida Mom Hospital Bag Labor, Delivery and Postpartum Recovery Kit.
What to know before you buy a postpartum recovery kit
The taking-in phase
This is the first day or two after delivery where it is all the new parent can do to eat and sleep to regain strength. The new parent is dependent on a support person or health care provider to take care of the routine tasks and daily decision-making.
The taking-hold phase
After only a few days, the taking-in phase morphs into the taking-hold phase and lasts into the next week. The new parent starts to make their own decisions. They start to focus on their newborn and begin to assume primary care for the newborn.
The letting-go phase
As the parent gives up their old role and accepts the new one, postpartum depression may set in. Postpartum depression, or perinatal depression, “occurs during or after pregnancy. The symptoms can range from mild to severe. In rare cases, the symptoms are severe enough that the health of the mother and baby may be at risk.”
What to look for in a quality postpartum recovery kit
Disposable underwear
Most new mothers are unprepared for short bouts of incontinence. Avoid accidents and embarrassment by choosing a postpartum recovery kit that includes several sets of disposable underwear. Look for kits with more underwear sets than you think you will need so you won’t have to worry or run out.
Maternity pads
Postpartum bodies will naturally try to get rid of the blood the newborn baby no longer needs for food. Maternity pads are large, absorbent and made to soak up enough liquid that the new parent will feel dry when wearing them under clothing.
Girdles
A new mother’s back has been stressed for months carrying extra weight in front, so they have to bend their back to balance. Postpartum girdles are used after childbirth to support new mothers’ midsections as their bodies shrink down after delivery. Girdles are more rigid than wraps. Some girdles convert to belly support wraps and pelvic supports.
Wraps
Postpartum belly wraps provide lighter support than girdles to the area around the abdomen. Belly wraps are generally lighter in weight, thinner and less visible under a top.
Compression hose
Compression hose keeps blood from pooling in the feet when spending a lot of time in bed and later when on your feet a lot. You need your compression socks properly sized so they’re not too tight or too loose.
How much you can expect to spend on a postpartum recovery kit
Kits start at around $30 and can cost as much as $100, depending on the number and type of included items.
Postpartum recovery kit FAQ
Can I use regular sanitary pads instead of maternity pads?
A. You can, but purpose-made maternity pads are longer, thicker, softer and more absorbent than daily-use products.
Some of these kits seem like they have so much; will I ever use all of the items?
A. The answer is you probably will. The items in the postpartum recovery kit are there to be used, so change them frequently and stay more comfortable.
What’s the best postpartum recovery kit to buy?
Top postpartum recovery kit
Frida Mom Hospital Bag Labor, Delivery and Postpartum Recovery Kit
What you need to know: This kit has everything the new mother needs for a hospital stay that includes labor, delivery and early-stage postpartum recovery.
What you’ll love: This kit includes dozens of items that help mom pack and push, cleanse, cover, cool, absorb, soothe and relieve pain. The pocketed gown with snap closures and the latex-free microfiber underwear fit mothers with waist sizes from 28 to 48 inches. Included are contraction and nonslip labor and delivery socks, instant ice maxi pads, perineal cooling pad liners, an upside-down bottle and perineal healing foam, along with a toilet top storage caddy and toiletry bag.
What you should consider: This postpartum recovery kit contains all the physical essentials a new mother needs, from in-hospital labor to discharge.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top postpartum recovery kit for the money
Frida Baby Postpartum Recovery 11-piece Essentials Kit
What you need to know: This essentials kit is made for recovery after every trip to the bathroom.
What you’ll love: The easy-access caddy keeps everything the new mom needs for bathroom trips in quick reach. This postpartum recovery kit cools, absorbs, soothes and relieves pain in the perineal area with four instant ice maxi pads, 24 perineal cooling pad liners in a sealable case, four pairs of disposable postpartum underwear and a container of perineal healing foam.
What you should consider: This is only the essentials and none of the nice-to-have extras.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Milky Chic Gift Box for New Moms
What you need to know: New mothers get a surprise pampering with a box of goodies that make them feel warm and appreciated.
What you’ll love: Mothers get stress relief and rejuvenation from this sleep mask, bath salt, sugar scrub and healing tea. Also inside the surprise box are matching mommy and baby and socks, a mom planner and a candle.
What you should consider: This postpartum recovery kit is made to help new mothers deal with all the psychological stresses of giving birth.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Plan Emphasizes Commitment to Solving Local Challenges and Growing Future Industry Leaders
Brand Features a Renewed Purpose, Updated Values and New Logo
Company Announces Flagship New York City Office Moves to the Empire State Building in 2024
NEW YORK, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- STV, a professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today announced its new three-year strategic plan and unveiled a new brand. The plan outlines three key priorities for the next three years: growing the business to diversify its market share, reimagining day-to-day operations to enhance efficiency and investing in a world-class employee experience to attract, retain and grow talent. The rebrand embodies the company's bold new direction with updated purpose and values.
Plan Emphasizes Commitment to Solving Local Challenges and Growing Future Industry Leaders
"STV exists to make communities better. We do that by providing innovative solutions to our clients that help connect people and places, and connect the present to the future," said Greg Kelly, P.E., president and CEO of STV. "Our strategic plan emphasizes performance with purpose. We are proud to unveil a strategy that articulates that vision and outlines the path to achieve it."
Performance with Purpose
STV's new strategic plan is the culmination of extensive market research, client feedback and employee survey initiatives launched by Kelly. The plan focuses on three key priorities for the next three years:
- Grow the Business: STV will expand its industry markets, services and geographic footprint to meet the needs of current and future clients. Current high-growth markets include highway, bridge, aviation, water, rail, education, healthcare and justice sectors. The company aims to expand its services by leveraging its locally focused operating model coupled with its national technical experts in the firm's newly launched Centers of Excellence to better support clients.
- Reimagine Operations: As part of the new plan, STV is reimagining all operations to transform its client experience, deepen its capabilities and streamline operations. The company will also renew and expand its focus on corporate citizenship.
- Invest in People: STV will enhance its world-class employee experience by connecting with top talent, mentoring the next generation of industry leaders and creating formative career experiences. To develop its employees and cement its position as the employer-of-choice, the plan includes new programs to broaden the pathways for employees to advance in their careers, while providing challenging and unique professional development opportunities.
These priorities anchor STV's strategic plan, positioning the company to meet generational changes in the workforce and workplace; address increased competition and consolidation across the industry; support the significant growth in infrastructure investment across the public and private sector; and expand the company's footprint.
Reimagining the Brand: Making Communities Better with Integrity, Partnership and Optimism
STV's strategic plan and new brand was a collaborative 12-month effort involving more than 1,600 employees, 55 individual employee focus groups, extensive engagement with STV leadership and more than 40 client interviews, all of whom provided perspectives to help shape STV's brand and vision for the future.
Elements of STV's brand evolution include:
- New Purpose Statement: STV makes communities better through innovative solutions that connect people, places and the present to the future.
- New Logo: As stewards of the communities STV serves, the logo reflects how the company connects people and place.
- Integrity – We do what's right.
- Partnership – We partner to deliver for our clients and communities.
- Optimism – We see opportunity to do good in every situation.
Relocating its Flagship Office
STV also announced today that in 2024, it is moving its flagship New York City office to one of the nation's most iconic landmarks: the Empire State Building. The new offices provide a bright modern workspace and creates an environment where STV employees can do their best work.
About STV
Founded in 1912, STV is a leading national infrastructure-focused professional services firm, providing engineering, architectural, planning, environmental and program management and construction management services for transportation systems, buildings, energy and other facilities. Headquartered in New York City, the company has more than 55 offices across North America. The firm is ranked 34th in Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms survey and is 10th in its transportation category. In 2022, STV signed the Equity in Infrastructure Project (EIP) Pledge, becoming one of the first architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) firms to commit to advancing equity in infrastructure. For more information, visit stvinc.com.
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5-year-old boy dies after being left in hot car in Texas
HOUSTON (KTRK) - It’s a heartbreaking story out of Texas. A five-year-old boy is dead after being left in a hot car for hours.
An unbelievable tragedy unfolded in one of the driveways Monday afternoon in northeast Harris County.
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez confirmed a mother getting ready for her 8-year-old daughter’s birthday party accidentally left her 5-year-old son in the car.
Distracted by party preparations, his mother wasn’t aware her son was missing from inside the house for hours, the sheriff said.
“She’s excited, trying to get things together. Um, and unfortunately this time the child didn’t make it out. And and again, with the busyness of the activities that they were preparing for, uh, just, it took a while for them to notice that that the child wasn’t in the house,” Gonzalez said.
By the time the mom began searching for her son, it was already too late.
Crime-scene tape and investigators’ cars filled the cul-de-sac where birthday balloons and well-wishers were going to be Monday night.
The sheriff said the family’s regular car was being worked on, and the current theory is that the little boy was unfamiliar with the loaner Porsche.
“We believe this is a rental vehicle. So perhaps the child wasn’t as familiar with it,” Gonzalez said. “The door did not have any kind of child safety lock, uh, enacted or anything like that. So obviously immediately they called for EMS to come out here and obviously to no avail. The child was pronounced deceased.”
According to the sheriff, the child may have been in the car for up to three hours.
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When she gave birth to her baby with a fatal condition two months early, Samantha Casiano scrambled to raise funds for the funeral. Anti-abortion advocates say Texas laws are "working as designed."
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What do you need for beach volleyball?
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- Park & Sun Sports Spectrum Portable Outdoor Volleyball Net
- Mikasa VLS300 Beach Champ
- Baden Champions Volleyball Badminton Combo Set
There are many ways to enjoy the beach. If you’d rather something a little more active than working on your tan, volleyball may be just the thing. You can burn off a few extra calories while having fun with friends and relieving stress.
Of course, you can’t show up at the beach empty-handed and expect to get a game going. You’ll need to get yourself a few things first.
What you need to play beach volleyball
There are many nice-to-haves when playing volleyball, but besides willing players there are only two true necessities: a net and a ball.
Best beach volleyball net
Park & Sun Sports Spectrum Portable Outdoor Volleyball Net
This durable volleyball set is both easy to set up and highly portable, two important features when selecting a beach volleyball net. It features telescoping aluminum poles so you can adjust its height to fit the players’ needs, and the net is made from a sturdy nylon that can stand up to constant exposure to the elements.
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Best beach volleyball
This ball was used in the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, which speaks to its quality. It has reinforced panels and a water-resistant exterior to stand up to plenty of use. The bright colors make it easy to keep track of in the air, too, so you’ll have no excuse to miss that spike.
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Best beach volleyball set
Baden Champions Volleyball Badminton Combo Set
If you prefer to buy everything in one purchase, this combo set is for you. In addition to the net and volleyball, it comes with badminton equipment and an air pump. You get all of this for a nice low price that makes it ideal for those on a budget. It’s best for those who only play periodically, though, as some of the components aren’t the highest quality.
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What you need to protect yourself
There are few things better than enjoying a day at the beach playing volleyball. You’ll be spending a lot of time in the sun, though, so you’ll need to protect yourself. This means wearing sunscreen and reapplying it regularly. But your skin isn’t the only thing susceptible to damage from ultraviolet rays, so don’t forget a pair of sporty polarized sunglasses — and something to keep your feet safe will help, too.
Best sunscreen
Hawaiian Tropic Island Sport Sunscreen Lotion
Hawaiian Tropic Island Sport is lightweight, dries quickly and doesn’t leave you feeling greasy. The sunscreen lotion is also water-resistant, so you don’t have to worry about sweating it off, and the 50 SPF rating offers plenty of protection against sunburns.
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Best sunglasses for beach volleyball
Oakley Men’s Oo9188 Flak 2.0 XL Rectangular Sunglasses
You’ll likely be sweating a lot when playing beach volleyball, and you need a pair of sunglasses that can stay put through intense matches. The Flak 2.0 are made with those needs in mind. They feature comfortable high-traction material on the nose pads, and their ear socks produce a better grip the more you perspire.
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Best sand socks for beach volleyball
Sand Socks Vincere Sprite Low-Top
These slip-on neoprene booties are a great way to protect your feet from scorching hot sand when playing volleyball. They are made with a combination of Lycra and neoprene to offer a snug fit that won’t restrict your movement.
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What you need to enjoy the day
Heading to the beach to play volleyball shouldn’t be only about the game. There are several things that can help you enjoy the day, including chairs and an umbrella to lounge under so you can get out of the sun for a bit. Make sure to bring along a cooler, too, with plenty of beverages to keep you hydrated.
Best beach chair
Tommy Bahama 5-Position Folding Beach Chair
When it’s time to kick back and lounge between matches, this beach chair is just the ticket. It sits nice and low to the ground, can recline to a completely flat position and features a cup holder to keep a beverage close. Plus, it has backpack straps for hands-free carrying.
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Best beach umbrella
Aoxun Beach 7.5-Foot UPF 50+ Beach Umbrella
This affordably priced beach umbrella is large enough to provide two people with full shade. You can angle it as needed to track the sun across the sky and it comes at an affordable price.
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Best beach cooler
Arctic Zone Titan Deep Freeze Zipperless Hardbody Cooler
The Arctic Zone Hardbody cooler comes in several sizes, so there is one that should be just right for your needs no matter how many people in your group. It has a patented flip-open lid, so you can access your drinks quickly without having to mess around with a zipper, and features an easy-to-clean, stain-resistant interior and exterior.
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Best way to lug it all
Mac Sports Heavy Duty All-Terrain Utility Wagon
You’ll likely have your hands full trying to lug all your volleyball stuff to the beach. This collapsible wagon can make your job easier. It has large wheels specifically designed to roll through sand and can support up to 150 pounds of gear.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Voters in Kansas rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have said there was no right to an abortion in the state, according to The Associated Press.
Kansas was the first state to vote on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson's Women's Health Organization.
The vote, for now, preserves access to abortion in Kansas and serves as a rebuke to the regional trend of states significantly restricting access. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Kansas has become an abortion destination for people from other states.
Supporters argued the amendment was necessary to correct what they say was the Kansas Supreme Court's overreach in striking down some of the state's previous abortion restrictions in 2019.
Opponents argued that the amendment would set state lawmakers up to pursue a total abortion ban.
Republicans, for the most part, remained quiet before Tuesday and wouldn't say how far they wanted to restrict abortion access if the amendment passed.
Kansas does restrict abortion in the state, including limiting abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy to cases where the pregnant person's life is in danger. The state also requires an ultrasound before a procedure, among others.
Those restrictions would have remained in place whether the amendment passed or failed. The vote in this red state may be a sign of what's to come in other abortion votes around the country later this year.
Dylan Lysen reports on politics for the Kansas News Service.
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Top Player Prop Bets for Brewers vs. Braves on July 30, 2023
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 6:50 AM EDT|Updated: 56 minutes ago
Bookmakers have listed player props for Ronald Acuna Jr., Christian Yelich and others when the Atlanta Braves host the Milwaukee Brewers at Truist Park on Sunday at 1:35 PM ET.
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Brewers vs. Braves Game Info
- When: Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 1:35 PM ET
- Where: Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia
- How to Watch on TV: MLB Network
- Live Stream: Watch the MLB on Fubo!
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MLB Props Today: Milwaukee Brewers
Christian Yelich Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +150)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -196)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +370)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +140)
Yelich Stats
- Yelich has 24 doubles, two triples, 15 home runs, 49 walks and 58 RBI (110 total hits). He's also stolen 22 bases.
- He has a .286/.372/.477 slash line on the season.
Yelich Recent Games
Carlos Santana Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -233)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +100)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +370)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +125)
Santana Stats
- Carlos Santana has 25 doubles, 12 home runs, 46 walks and 53 RBI (81 total hits). He's also stolen six bases.
- He has a slash line of .233/.320/.408 on the year.
Santana Recent Games
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MLB Props Today: Atlanta Braves
Ronald Acuña Jr. Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +120)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -222)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +370)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +130)
Acuna Stats
- Acuna has recorded 136 hits with 26 doubles, a triple, 24 home runs and 54 walks. He has driven in 61 runs with 50 stolen bases.
- He's slashed .333/.416/.578 so far this year.
- Acuna has picked up at least one hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is batting .412 with a home run, five walks and three RBI.
Acuna Recent Games
Matt Olson Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +180)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -169)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +180)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -115)
Olson Stats
- Matt Olson has 19 doubles, two triples, 33 home runs, 61 walks and 83 RBI (100 total hits). He's also stolen one base.
- He's slashing .256/.360/.569 on the season.
- Olson heads into this matchup looking to extend his four-game hit streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .263 with a home run, a walk and three RBI.
Olson Recent Games
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WFO SEATTLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, November 1, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Seattle WA
414 PM PDT Sun Oct 30 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE BOLT CREEK BURN SCAR IN EFFECT THROUGH
LATE MONDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...Flash flooding and debris flows caused by excessive
rainfall are possible over the Bolt Creek burn scar.
* WHERE...A portion of west central Washington, including the
following area, West Slopes North Central Cascades and Passes.
* WHEN...Through late Monday night.
* IMPACTS...Heavy rainfall over the Bolt Creek burn scar is expected
during the period of the watch. Residents near the Bolt Creek burn
scar should prepare for potential flooding impacts. Be sure to
stay up to date with information from local authorities. Heavy
rainfall could trigger flash flooding of low-lying areas,
urbanized street flooding, and debris flows in and near recent
wildfire burn scars.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- National Weather Service Meteorologists are forecasting heavy
rainfall over the burn scar, which may lead to flash flooding
and debris flows.
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PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
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(The Hill) – Georgia Republican candidate Herschel Walker holds a thin, 2-point lead in his race against incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) for a seat in the upper chamber, according to a poll released Tuesday.
An Emerson College poll found Walker in the lead with 46 percent support compared to Warnock’s 44 percent support among “very likely general election voters” in Georgia who responded to the question of which candidate they would pick if the 2022 midterm election was held today.
Walker also bested Warnock’s favorability rating, garnering 50 percent favorability to Warnock’s 47 percent.
But despite Walker’s edge, over half of the Georgia voters (53 percent) surveyed said they expect Warnock to win, while 47 percent think Walker will flip the seat.
In addition, 41 percent surveyed said their opinion of Warnock was “very favorable” compared to 27 percent who said the same about Walker.
Walker was endorsed by former President Trump and easily won Georgia’s GOP primary. But recently, he’s faced tougher polling numbers against Warnock.
Walker is ahead by 34 points among rural voters, while Warnock is ahead by 41 points among urban voters. The suburban vote is closer, with Walker ahead by 9 points.
According to the poll, the top issue among Georgia voters is the economy, including jobs, inflation and taxes, at 36 percent, followed by abortion access (20 percent) and crime (15 percent).
In the Senate hypothetical, another 4 percent of respondents said they’d vote for a candidate other than Walker or Warnock, and 7 percent said they were undecided.
Over half of undecided voters (52 percent) said the economy was the most important issue facing the state.
The poll was conducted Aug. 28-29 and surveyed 600 Georgia voters, weighted by gender, education, race and region. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. | 2022-08-30T21:56:13+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/hill-politics/walker-holds-razor-thin-lead-on-warnock-in-latest-georgia-senate-race-poll/ |
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The former Oklahoma County jail guards accused of torturing inmates with the children’s song, “Baby Shark” have been sentenced to probation and fines after pleading no contest to several of the charges.
In 2020, former detention officers Christian Miles and Gregory Butler, and their supervisor, Christopher Hendershott, were charged with four counts of cruelty to prisoners, four counts of corporal punishment to an inmate, and four counts of conspiracy.
Prosecutors said that in 2019, Miles and Butler pulled at least five inmates out of their cells one at a time late at night to be handcuffed, forced them into a “standing stress position,” and played “Baby Shark” on repeat at a loud volume for hours on end.
Court documents state Miles and Butler used the booth to discipline inmates “and teach them a lesson because they felt that disciplinary action within the Detention Center was not working in correcting the behavior of the inmates.”
The documents also state Miles told investigators that “the inmates often ‘pissed off’ Butler,” and that those inmates were more likely to be mistreated by the jail guards.
Miles and Butler were each fined $200 and must pay $300 in victims’ compensation. They were also placed on probation for two years, banned from working in law enforcement, and must complete 40 hours of community service.
Their supervisor, Hendershott, allegedly learned about the mistreatment but did nothing to help the inmates or discipline the officers.
Court records do not indicate a plea or sentence for Hendershott.
A federal lawsuit was filed in 2021 by some of the impacted inmates against the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office, the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority, the former detention officers, and the Board of County Commissioners.
One of those plaintiffs was re-arrested in 2022 and died in custody. The medical examiner determined he died from an accidental fentanyl overdose. | 2023-04-04T22:35:09+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/ex-oklahoma-jailers-sentenced-to-probation-in-baby-shark-torture-case/ |
Police: Robert Crimo drove to Madison ‘considered another attack’ after alleged shooting in Highland Park July 6, 2022 | 2022-07-11T01:05:14+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/wisconsins-weekend-morning-news/2022/07/10/wisconsins-weekend-morning-news-7-10-22/ |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s office said Friday that a special lawmaking session dedicated to possible changes to the state’s gun laws in the wake of a deadly school shooting last month would likely have to take place after July 4.
The Republican governor’s spokesperson, Jade Byers, said Lee’s office offered lawmakers a list of potential dates for the special session from May through August, and determined that it will likely take place after July 4 after initial feedback from legislative leaders.
The timeline comes after lawmakers sped up to finish their annual session last week without taking action on a gun control plan offered by Lee after the March 27 deadly shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, which killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at the Christian school.
Tennessee Republicans were facing national pressure after they expelled two young Black Democratic lawmakers for a protest over gun control on the state House floor, as protesters filled the galleries above. The lawmakers have since been reinstated. For weeks, students, parents, politicians and others protested for more restrictions to be added to Tennessee’s gun-friendly laws at the Capitol.
Hours after lawmakers wrapped up their session April 21, Lee announced that he would call them back for the special session to work “to protect Tennessee communities and preserve constitutional rights.” Byers said Friday that more details would be announced when they become available.
Lee has proposed the creation of a “temporary mental health order of protection,” which aims to keep guns away from people who could harm themselves or others. Enough Republicans joined gun lobby groups in opposition to keep Lee’s proposal from coming to a vote last week.
Some on the other side of the guns debate argue that Lee’s proposed measure doesn’t go far enough. Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group, said that the three-to-five-day period between when law enforcement would file a petition with a court to seize firearms and when a court hearing would generally occur under the proposal “could be the difference between life and death.”
Some Republican lawmakers have since said they want to review The Covenant School shooter’s writings, which police have not yet released, before deciding how state law needs to be changed. Lee said Thursday on Twitter that Nashville’s police chief has assured him that the documents about the 28-year-old shooter will be “released to the public very soon.”
“The investigation has advanced to the point that writings from the Covenant shooter are now being reviewed for public release. That process is underway and will take a little time,” Metro Nashville Police Department spokesperson Kristin Mumford said in a statement Thursday.
The department has said that during the attack, the shooter fired 152 rounds before being killed by police.
Police say the shooter was under a doctor’s care for an undisclosed “emotional disorder.” However, authorities haven’t publicly stated a link between that care and the shooting. Police say the shooter was not on their radar before the attack.
Rep. John Ray Clemmons, the Democratic House Caucus Chairman from Nashville, called on lawmakers to “focus less on what was in a ‘manifesto’ and more on how we’re going to work together across the aisle to enact a law that will allow for the timely and temporary removal of firearms from individuals who pose a threat to themselves and others.”
Lee said top lawmakers gave input on his proposal and he argued it isn’t a “red flag law.” He called that term a “toxic political label meant to draw lines in the sand so nothing gets done.”
In a cool reception after the proposal’s release, House Republicans didn’t appear to make a distinction on terminology, saying in a caucus statement that “any red flag law is a non-starter.”
After the shooting, lawmakers and Lee joined together on proposals that largely target student behavioral health measures and heightened school security, including funding for a school resource officer in every public school and grants for private school security.
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Associated Press reporter Travis Loller contributed from Nashville. | 2023-04-29T16:08:49+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/govs-office-tennessee-session-on-guns-likely-after-july-4/ |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Armaan Franklin scored 20 points and Ben Vander Plas added 15 points and seven rebounds as No. 13 Virginia controlled from the opening minutes and defeated Florida State 67-58 on Saturday.
The Cavaliers (13-3, 5-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) made 11 of 22 3-pointers, the fifth time in 16 games they have connected on 10 or more from beyond the arc. Florida State (5-13, 3-4) has struggled with its perimeter defense, giving up 14 3s in a loss at Wake Forest on Wednesday.
Matthew Cleveland recorded a double-double for the seventh straight game, a feat no Seminole has achieved since Reggie Royals in the 1971-72 season. He had a basket in the final minute to finish with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Freshman forward Cameron Corhen added 15 points for the Seminoles, who lost at home for the first time in ACC play.
Vander Plas shot 6 of 10 from the floor, including 3 of 6 on 3s.
TAKEAWAYS
Virginia: The Cavaliers shot 6 of 13 from 3-point range in the first half to pull ahead comfortably and weren’t really threatened in the second half. Virginia made a season-best 13 3s early in the year against Monmouth.
Florida State: The Seminoles were short-handed again, playing without freshman forward Baba Miller (tonsillitis).
UP NEXT
Virginia: Hosts Virginia Tech on Wednesday.
Florida State: At Notre Dame on Tuesday.
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VINITA — With the jaw-dropping announcement of a $2 billion Disneyland-like theme park and resort planned for a small town in northeastern Oklahoma, many questions remain.
Plans call for the American Heartland Theme Park and Resort to be built on 125 acres just outside of Vinita. It is to be part of a 1,000-acre development that will also include the largest RV park in the central United States, hundreds of cabins, a hotel and an indoor water park.
The development is to be built in phases starting with the 750-spot RV park and cabins, which are scheduled to open in the spring of 2025.
The theme park and resort are planned to open in 2026, the same year as the Route 66 centennial.
The Tulsa World spoke individually with several of those involved in the project. Here are some questions and answers.
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Why Vinita? Was it because of the availability and/or affordability of the land?
“That was some of it,” said Steve Hedrick, executive producer of the design team for the project.
“The land, … it’s a beautiful area. It’s nice and green most of the year. The weather is temperate. You get winds in Oklahoma, of course, but they’re a little less severe in this part of the state.”
The planned location is about 6 miles east of Vinita and about 10 miles from various locations on the northern and western sides of Grand Lake. It is also near the Will Rogers Turnpike and Oklahoma 66.
“It’s just a beautiful place,” Hedrick said. “They brought me here like a year and a half ago, and they said, ‘We own this property. What do you think?’ And I got up on the knoll overlooking where the theme park is going to be … and said, ‘I can see it rising up out of ground. This is the place.’ It’s gorgeous.”
He did not identify who the landowners were.
Who is financially backing the project?
“Right now we have a financial backer of one,” Hedrick said, “and that’s Gene Bicknell. He’s been our benefactor.”
Bicknell is American Heartland’s founder and chief creative officer. He owns theaters in Branson, Missouri, and founded NPC International, which became the world’s largest Pizza Hut franchise. He is also a former mayor of Pittsburg, Kansas, and an author, actor, broadcaster, pilot, veteran and professor.
Bicknell was awarded $63 million from the state of Kansas in 2022 following a 15-year tax dispute, according to the Joplin Globe.
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that Bicknell was owed the money because he was a Florida resident in 2005 and 2006 when he sold NPC International, which owned more than 800 Pizza Hut locations around the world, the Globe reported.
“It’s from the heart,” Bicknell, 90, told the Tulsa World regarding his support of the theme park.
“We pay for all of this to make a reasonable opportunity for us to entertain people and also that is affordable in price, and we can promote charities,” he said during last week’s news conference announcing the theme park.
“I was born in Picher, Oklahoma. I’m back,” he said.
“Our mission here today is to bring peace and hope and joy and economic growth to this area. It’s also a movement to promote the entire country and perhaps the world,” Bicknell said.
How does a theme park get built? What are the steps? How do you determine “themes” for a theme park?
Typically, Hedrick said, it takes about seven years to build a Disneyland-like theme park and resort from conception to final construction.
“When I told Gene Bicknell that, he said, ‘You’ve got to do better.’ So we put together the best team that could possibly design a theme park. We are committed to do it in about 3½ years, which is about half the time. And we’re on schedule,” Hedrick said.
“To get people enthused about a project like this, you put together … usually a PowerPoint presentation. And I was just spit-balling with my wife” about different ideas for themes, he said.
“We’re in the heartland, we’ve got to celebrate the Great Plains, so let’s write that down,” Hedrick said.
Once the themes are determined, he said, “the first thing you look for is a design company.”
“How do the people enter? What is the first thing they see? And I insisted that there be a large body of water.
“I hate going to a concrete park. … I told them: This needs to be like walking into a botanical garden, and there happens to be rides around.”
Was the planned opening of the theme park in 2026 intentionally timed to coincide with the centennial of Route 66?
No, Hedrick said. “It was a coincidence.”
Is this project really for real?
“They tried to explain to us how big it was going to be, but I’m still having a hard time (with the scale),” said state Rep. Rusty Cornwell, R-Vinita.
“The first meeting or two, I kept thinking: ‘As big as they’re saying that this is, this is not reality. This is not going to happen,’ you know? And then as it started to progress and I got to see how big it was, I’m sitting there thinking, ‘It’s too, too big for me to really try to understand, for me to put my arms around it.’”
Cornwell and several other state elected officials who represent the area said they first met with members of the design team and learned about the project about a year and a half ago.
Last week’s news conference announcing the project drew more than 900 people to the Craig County Community Center at the fairgrounds. Vinita, located 64 miles northeast of downtown Tulsa, has population of about 5,200.
Vinita Mayor Josh Lee, elected to his first term in March, said he had heard “there was something going on” about the project before he ran for the post. Since he was elected, he has been communicating heavily with development officials, he said.
“I hit the ground running as soon as we won the election. … I think I’ve worked with this (development) team literally seven days a week since March,” he said.
“A lot of people suspected there was something going on,” Lee added. “None of them had a clue it was going to be this big. This is not just an amusement park; this is an entire destination. The impact it’s going to have on us is tremendous.”
Vinita is a relatively small town. Why does this community seem to have embraced this concept while other small towns might not?
“There’s always going to be some people that don’t want to change. The trouble is, our community is changing,” Cornwell said.
“All those small towns that didn’t want to change, they’re not there anymore, a lot of them. Most of them, they sat there and they sat there and they didn’t want to change, and then people left. So you’re either on one side or you’re on the other.
“This is the type of project that my kids and my grandkids — we can keep our family unit together and they can have jobs and they can stay here, and they can be here for Christmas and Thanksgiving and all that stuff.”
“I haven’t heard a peep of negativity,” Hedrick said. “You can see by (900) people here how excited this community is. They’re exited. So are we.”
“Our area has been crying for something like this for years,” Lee said. “It’s a great part of the state. … We have great people up here, and we’ve been poised to have something like this for decades.
“To hear something like this come along is sheer excitement and actually a little relief, because finally it’s our time,” the mayor said.
“Of course you see concerns on social media from some people,” Lee said. “It’s been very small — smaller than I expected.
“As a whole, the area has been very supportive,” he said.
“You’re never going to have a 100% buy-in. That’s just not going to happen. Not in today’s world. But the excitement you can see. This place was packed.” | 2023-07-23T05:53:18+00:00 | tulsaworld.com | https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/business/2b-theme-park-planned-off-route-66-questions-and-answers/article_88de885e-25a1-11ee-b527-07b0e77564fe.html |
LONDON (AP) — Asked to sum up 2022 in a word, the public has chosen a phrase.
Oxford Dictionaries said Monday that “goblin mode” has been selected by online vote as its word of the year.
It defines the term as “a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations.”
First seen on Twitter in 2009, “goblin mode” gained popularity in 2022 as people around the world emerged uncertainly from pandemic lockdowns.
“Given the year we’ve just experienced, ‘goblin mode’ resonates with all of us who are feeling a little overwhelmed at this point,” said Oxford Languages President Casper Grathwohl.
The word of the year is intended to reflect “the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the past twelve months.” For the first time this year’s winning phrase was chosen by public vote, from among three finalists selected by Oxford Languages lexicographers: goblin mode, metaverse and the hashtag IStandWith.
Despite being relatively unknown offline, goblin mode was the overwhelming favorite, winning 93% of the more than 340,000 votes cast.
The choice is more evidence of a world unsettled after years of pandemic turmoil, and by the huge changes in behavior and politics brought by social media.
Last week Merriam-Webster announced that its word of the year is “gaslighting” — psychological manipulation intended to make a person question the validity of their own thoughts.
In 2021 the Oxford word of the year was “vax” and Merriam-Webster’s was “vaccine.” | 2022-12-05T21:05:20+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/ap-oxford-dictionaries-names-goblin-mode-its-word-of-the-year/ |
WASHINGTON – If you hopped on Reddit to scroll through your favorite forums this week, you may have encountered “private” or “restricted” messages. That’s because thousands of subreddits chose to go dark in an ongoing protest of some controversial changes announced by the online discussion network.
The blackout, which began Monday, emerged out of outrage over Reddit's upcoming changes to its application programming interface (API) access — notably the company's plan to start charging high usage third-party apps, who have long-used the Reddit data at no cost to build resources for users not available through the official site or app.
Organizers of the protest say that Reddit's new policy threatens to end key ways of historically customizing the platform, which relies heavily on the volunteer labor of subreddit moderators. Many users currently rely on third-party apps to access features that are unavailable in the official Reddit app, particularly for content moderation and accessibility aids.
But Reddit says that supporting these high usage third-party developers is too expensive and that the new policy is necessary to become a self-sustaining business. Despite this week's blackout, the company says it is not changing its course.
“The analogy I like to use for Reddit is, Reddit is a city... and what we’re seeing today is a protest in our city,” Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told The Associated Press. “Protest and dissent is important... The problem with this one is it’s not going to change anything because we made a business decision that we’re not negotiating on.”
But the blackout is not over, organizers say. Nearly 9,000 subreddits went dark this week. Reddit as a whole currently has more than 100,000 active subreddits. While some returned to their public settings after 48 hours, others say they plan to stay private indefinitely until Reddit meets their demands — which include lowering third-party developer charges, set to go into effect July 1, so that popular apps don't shut down.
As of Friday, more than 4,000 subreddits were still participating in the blackout — including communities with tens of millions of subscribers like r/music and r/videos — according to a tracker and live Twitch stream of the boycott.
The vast majority of subreddit communities are still active, Reddit notes. And while Huffman maintains that he respects users' rights to protest, he also says that the subreddits currently participating in the blackout are “not going to stay offline indefinitely” — even if that means finding new moderators.
The company's response to the blackout has fueled further outrage among protest organizers, most recently after the move to replace moderators of protesting subreddits.
“A lot of what’s going on here is... (Reddit) burning goodwill with users. And that’s so much more expensive than trying to collaborate,” Omar, a moderator of a subreddit participating in this week’s blackout, told The Associated Press. Omar asked not to be identified by their full name in this article, due to safety concerns that have come up while moderating their subreddit.
Most people visiting Reddit probably don’t think about API, but access to these third-party resources is critical for moderators to do their jobs, experts note.
Sarah Gilbert, postdoctoral associate at Cornell University and Citizens and Technology Lab research manager, explains that API access helps moderators keep communities safe and “more quickly respond to spam, bigotry, and harassment.” Third-party apps are also important for screen readers, she said, as the official Reddit app is not accessible for people who are visually impaired.
“Reddit is built on volunteer moderation labor, including the creation and maintenance of many tools,” Gilbert said in a statement. “Without Reddit’s volunteer moderators, the site could likely see less helpful content, and more spam, misinformation and hate.”
Gilbert and Omar say the new policy could significantly risk moderator burnout and retention. Those consequences may not be immediately felt, they added, and could have an impact on the content seen on Reddit, which calls itself the “front page of the internet.” Reddit has roughly 430 million active monthly users, making it one of the internet's top sites.
“The quality of the content... is going to start to degrade. And it’s not going to be something that we see overnight,” Omar said. “It’s going to be something that we see day over day ... And we’re not going to notice it — until it’s too late.”
Reddit has pushed back on some of these concerns, saying that 93% of mod actions are currently taken through desktop and native Reddit apps.
Huffman and Reddit management also note that the new fees will only apply to eligible third-party apps that require high usage limits. According to Thursday metrics published by the company, 98% of apps will continue to have free access to the Data API as long as they’re not monetized and remain below Reddit’s data-usage threshold.
The company has also promised that moderator tools and bots will continue to have free access to the Data API and has made agreements with some non-commercial, accessibility-focused apps to exempt them from new fees. Still, some moderators say they rely on popular apps that are shutting down over the new costs.
Apollo and Reddit Is Fun, for example, have already announced plans to shutter at the end of June.
While Reddit argues that the upcoming fees for high usage third-party apps — which stand at a rate of 24 cents for 1,000 API calls — is reasonable, others strongly disagree. Apollo developer Christian Selig estimated fees would total about $20 million a year, for example.
Huffman has pushed back on that estimate, but protest organizers and other developers maintain that fees are unsustainable — calling on Reddit to lower the price so that third-party apps can stay alive.
“We understand that Reddit needs to be profitable on some level to exist... We’re not against paying for the API. The prices need to change,” said Omar, who also pointed to the frustration surrounding the quick time frame of learning about the fees. Reddit first announced that it would be updating its API access in April, but didn’t specify the price until May 31, giving developers and moderators barely a month before the July 1 start date.
It’s hard to anticipate the total amount of money Reddit will save and earn after implementing charges for high-usage, third-party apps. But Huffman says the “pure infrastructure costs” of supporting these apps costs Reddit about $10 million each year.
“We can’t subsidize other people’s businesses,” Huffman said. “We didn’t ban third-party apps — we said, ‘you need to cover your costs' ... We just ask that (these apps) pay the same bills that we need to pay.”
Reddit’s changes to its API also arrives as the San Francisco-based company reportedly seeks to go public later this year. While Huffman couldn't directly address the rumored initial public offering, he underlined the need for Reddit to become self-sustaining.
“I think every business has a duty to become profitable eventually — for our employees shareholders, for our investors shareholders and, one day as a public company, hopefully our user shareholders as well,” said Huffman, who co-founded the site in 2005.
Reddit first filed for an IPO in 2021, but paused its plans amid a plunge in tech stocks. As eyes on a possible, renewed IPO take shift for the second half of 2023, finance experts speculate that the company may be trying to display increased revenue and profitability to investors.
“My guess is that they feel strong pressure in advance of the IPO to show that they can generate revenue from other sources,” Luke Stein, a finance professor at Babson College, told The Associated Press — noting that monetizing API could create another avenue for revenue streams, rather than relying on advertising and new users as Reddit has done in the past.
Experts also pointed to the significance of Reddit showing a way to charge AI companies that have historically used Reddit data at no cost to develop large-scale and for-profit AI models.
Still, the IPO is uncertain and the API changes could have consequences as well.
“If they actually manage to make the changes stick, (they could) increase their revenue. On the other hand, if they alienate their best users, it could cause issues down the road, especially if those users decide to move to other platforms,” said James Angel, an associated professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.
He added a big question is “Are there any other platforms that really fit the role that Reddit has?” — pointing to similarities seen on Twitter following Elon Musk's purchase of the platform last year. Twitter also ended free API access earlier this year, sparking outrage.
Stein believes there will be more clarity over the next two weeks — based on seeing if moderation and administration remains strong on popular subreddits after power users are cut off from impacted third-party tools.
“If some of the large communities have declining engagement, or have an explosion of spam that's less effectively moderated, and if it looks like these communities are able to move towards alternative platforms, I think investors are likely to be highly spooked,” Stein said. | 2023-06-16T20:19:36+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/business/2023/06/16/despite-widespread-protest-reddit-ceo-says-company-is-not-negotiating-on-changes-to-data-access/ |
Stephen and Ayesha Curry are celebrating over a decade of marriage in the best way -- a vacation in the South of France! On July 31, the 34-year-old Golden State Warriors champion and the 33-year-old Food Network star took to Instagram to share a look at their intimate time away and pen sweet tributes to one another.
"My Ish! Loving this journey with you more and more," Stephen wrote alongside a carousel of images from their trip. "Already blessed in so many ways and who knows what’s next. That’s the best part! through it all- we keep growing and loving each other. Next chapter begins… I Love You! > < 1 Corinthians 13:8."
1 Corinthians 13:8 is a Bible verse that reads, "Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away."
Ayesha posted a similar gallery of photos featuring the duo walking around the city and on a boat, writing, "11!!!! Today we celebrated 11 years married! It’s truly flown by. Getting to spend my life with my best friennnnnd, my love, my rock, my everything. Every year just gets better! I am so grateful and feel so blessed. More than half way to 20! That’s crazy!!! Okay… back to celebrating . I love you @stephencurry30 !"
Ayesha and Steph have been married since 2011. The pair, who were high school sweethearts, are parents to Riley, 10, Ryan, 7, and Cannon, 4.
Last year, the duo celebrated reaching a decade of marriage by renewing their vows in a surprise ceremony, officiated by their oldest daughter. The mom of three revealed that her husband planned the entire ceremony, even picking out her dress!
Ahead of that celebration, Ayesha spoke to ET about the teamwork and support that goes into their relationship.
"We're celebrating our 10-year wedding anniversary this summer, so like -- we've grown up together, in every sense of the word," Ayesha said at the time. "My support is his support, vice versa. It's like we hold each other up. We hold each other accountable. And when I have those days where I feel like I want to give up, he is always there to be like, 'Nope! Put on your clothes.'"
Watch the video below for more on the happy family.
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Every time you swipe your credit card for a coffee or a carton of eggs, you take out a tiny loan from your bank.
In many ways, the U.S. runs on borrowed money: a mortgage for a home, financial aid for college, a loan for a car, credit cards for nearly everything else. Over just two years, Americans went from pandemic-fueled, near-record savings to today's highest-ever levels of personal debt.
But what if you were taught to never owe anybody anything?
What may seem like an immigrant cliché actually happens every day: Foreigners arrive in the U.S. with big dreams and a few dollar bills in their wallet. That was true for both of us reporting this story. Tirzah zipped some emergency funds into a hidden compartment of her suitcase; Alina wrapped her college tuition payment into a handkerchief pinned inside her jean pocket.
Cash felt like our proverbial bootstrap, promising the comfort of certainty. But before long, this comfort gave way to a jarring realization:
The U.S. economy counts on you to borrow money and stay in debt.
Almost in a matter of a single generation, America has developed an extensive, even casual reliance on debt. Its epitome is the credit score, which often snares newcomers into a financial Catch-22 — penalizing a lack of debt history and pushing many to take confusing, sometimes costly measures.
When some debt is better than no debt
New data this month showed U.S. household debt now surpasses a record $17 trillion. For comparison, the European Union has more households and less than half that amount of debt.
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Being financially responsible in the U.S. has come to mean "borrow and repay," says Barbara Kiviat, an economic sociologist at Stanford University.
"It sort of crowds out the idea that maybe not borrowing in the first place is also a good idea," she says. "But we're now living in a world where so much hangs on that credit."
That's because the credit score has become shorthand for how financially trustworthy people think you are — landlords, car dealers, insurance companies, even some employers. The three-digit score is produced by a formula that crunches your debt payment track record; by its standards, being on top of your debt is rewarded, while not having debt at all is a flaw.
To square this idea in her head, Yazmin Lopez had to reconsider what she'd been taught at home.
"Like, my dad — he has all his money under the mattress," says Lopez, who moved to the U.S. from Mexico as a teenager. Her father came up distrusting banks. "He did everything in cash," she says. "He never wanted us to have a credit card."
The two of us remember this dilemma well. Alina's parents — in Russia, in the 1990s and 2000s — bought apartments and cars with cash in a plastic bag. Tirzah's relatives — in India and the United Arab Emirates — cautioned against borrowing anything, let alone money.
"It's such a cultural shift," says Adina Appelbaum, who works with immigrants as a financial counselor and lawyer, "because in many countries they don't have this culture of debt ... and there can actually be shame around having debt or a credit card."
Trapped in a loop without a strong credit history
Without a strong credit history, big things start to get more expensive: car insurance policies, home mortgages, even rent. Landlords might demand extra security deposits or, in Yazmin Lopez's case, simply reject the application, costing her money in lost fees.
Lopez first learned about credit scores from a personal finance book she picked up at Goodwill a few years after coming to the United States. The text described parents building children's credit histories by adding them to credit cards at a young age. Lopez remembers thinking, "Well, that's not going to work."
Even to people born in the U.S., how credit scores work can seem mystifying. Now add to that maybe a language barrier or a cultural one — of generations teaching to avoid debt at any cost. Foreign-born residents — almost 14% of the U.S. population — usually arrive as "credit-invisible," however exceptional their financial history might have been back home.
"I don't know how the credit score is like, scoring," says My Nguyen, a neuroscience student at the University of Illinois Chicago who's from Vietnam. At 20, she's the first in her family to have to sort it out. She wants to qualify for a student loan to attend medical school.
Last July, Nguyen says, her credit card application was rejected by Bank of America. In September, by PNC Bank.
"I was like, I have access to money. I will be able to pay you back everything," Nguyen says. "But I guess I didn't have enough history."
Hearing her story, we both nod. Our banks, too, denied us credit cards at first, despite steady paychecks deposited into savings accounts.
Federal law has long banned discrimination based on national origin, with the Justice Department saying "people cannot be denied equal opportunity because they or their family are from another country." What the banks' credit card rejections often cite is a lack of "revolving trades." Translation: no credit history.
And there it is, the Catch-22: Building a history hinges on getting credit, which in turn seems to hinge on having history.
The scale of the problem
Last year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — a federal watchdog agency — turned its lens on immigrants' financial barriers.
Across the country, the team heard stories of frustration: foreign passports getting rejected as a form of ID, long-term residents struggling to fund small businesses, families squirreling away large sums of money to buy homes, not realizing they couldn't secure mortgages.
"Many financial institutions have policies and practices in place that effectively exclude some immigrants from access to banking services and to credit due to immigration status, even among those with prime or near-prime credit scores," the CFPB's Sonia Lin later wrote in a post.
One of the few federal laws that addresses lending to immigrants — the Community Reinvestment Act — encourages banks to meet the credit needs of people from all income brackets. The effect on foreign-born borrowers is hard to track. U.S. financial watchdogs are working on more financial advice in foreign languages; they rely on immigrants themselves to submit complaints.
In an interview, one CFPB official even shared his own past troubles qualifying for a first U.S. credit card as an immigrant. At least now, he added, more banks have begun pursuing people without credit histories.
In immigrant circles, notes pass from old-timers to newcomers: Did you know you don't have to have a Social Security number to apply for a credit card? Try with a taxpayer ID. Did you see that guy on campus, selling credit cards in a package with cheap international phones? Be careful.
The ultimate tip these days is a secured credit card, the most common exit from the lack-of-history trap. You deposit your own money, say $200, which forms your self-created credit line. The bank tracks your payments and levies any fees. Your credit history ticks up. After half a year or longer, you might reclaim your deposit and graduate to a regular credit card.
How to play the game
Out of all the household debt in the U.S., mortgages account for the biggest chunk, but credit card debt is the most common, approaching $1 trillion. Although modern credit cards are just about 50 years old, 84% of U.S. adults had at least one by 2021.
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Stagnating wages contributed to this rapid spread, says Kiviat, the Stanford sociologist. As prices grew and pay languished for decades, credit cards became a common bridge between paychecks.
Another backdrop is ideological: Where other countries might expand government subsidies or benefits, Americans, in a cultural narrative that celebrates self-reliance, tend to tackle social risks with abundant personal borrowing.
"Borrowing money," Princeton University's Andreas Wiedemann writes in his book Indebted Societies, "increasingly determines life chances and full participation as economic citizens."
And credit scores determine just how hard or easy that road will be.
Their history traces back long before credit cards: to retailers in the 1800s, then rampant lending discrimination that remained legal until the 1970s, to becoming a widespread (if criticized) measure of financial responsibility by the 1990s. It wasn't until about 20 years ago that people were able to see their own scores — and soon, getting a good score became such a priority that buying on credit began to feel like it serves a higher purpose.
But this hyperfocus on creating and improving scores, Kiviat writes, "leaves little room for conversations about ... why it is so hard for scoreless (or any other) Americans to get the goods and services they need without resorting to taking on debt."
After her two rejections, My Nguyen eventually got a secured credit card — "a baby credit card," she calls it. She tries to pay off her purchases immediately, just to be safe.
Yazmin Lopez, now 33 and living in Wisconsin, is still dreaming of owning a home, but after years of using a card issued by a credit union, she has started a small business — with its own credit line. And she's now the very parent she once read about: Lopez has added her two children, 8 and 14, to her credit card — building their credit histories and the family's generational wealth.
"I'm glad that I can teach my kids," she says, "that, hey, you can learn how to play the game."
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-05-24T13:37:27+00:00 | wboi.org | https://www.wboi.org/npr-news/2023-05-24/welcome-to-america-now-learn-to-be-in-debt |
NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
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GWM invited 300 medias and distributors from more than 60 countries and regions to appreciate experience of intelligent NEVs and technologies at GWM booth, during the Auto Shanghai 2023.
At the ceremony, Parker Shi, the Vice President and the Head of international market of GWM, introduced to the media that GWM's transformation to new energy is in full swing, relying on the forest ecosystem. The Auto Shanghai 2023 is an excellent stage for GWM to show the achievements of intelligent to the world with more than 15 new energy vehicles unveiled.
GWM HAVAL unveiled its all-new star product lineup, and the new medium new energy SUV (dubbed "Fierce Dragon MAX in Chinese market) made its world premiere. It is the first model equipped with Hi4 (Hybrid Intelligent 4WD), and adopts a fresh design concept to create a younger and more futuristic product image. GWM Pickup's new 6x6 version of GWM POER was launched together and with the large high-performance hybrid pickup POER Shanhai PHEV/HEV, which is committed to providing the best solutions for new energy pickups.
GWM TANK demonstrated two NEVs, TANK400 PHEV, which celebrated its world debut, and TANK500 PHEV, a medium-to-large luxury off-road new energy SUV to be pre-sold worldwide. In addition, GWM TANK also presented the products' highlights, including off-road new energy technology and product reliability, to the audience in the form of "real scene + virtual interaction", which was recognized by the media.
GWM WEY, focusing on "0 anxiety intelligent electric" category, released the first MPV model WEY Gaoshan PHEV to the world. Meanwhile, it also showcased the six-seat electric SUV Lanshan PHEV, leading the brand to forge ahead to the high-end intelligent NEV market. GWM ORA also released two pure electric models.
GWM also displayed many significant technologies, such as the 3.0T V6 engine + 9HAT+P2 platform, Hi4, TANK platform, and 6×6 super off-road platform. These state-of-the-art technologies received positive reviews from media outlets and dealers.
"Electrification products and advanced technologies mirror GWM's competitiveness. We look forward to bringing more GWM NEVs to local consumers in the future," said a distributor from Brazil.
GWM has been upholding the idea of "be user-oriented". Based on technological innovation, it accurately understands consumer needs in the new energy era.
Parker Shi noted, "Based on GWM Intelligent NEV's philosophy 'Greener, Higher, and Safer', GWM will rely on the forest ecosystem to accelerate technology iteration and product upgrading and provide global users with more high-quality and intelligent new-energy products."
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NAPLES, Fla., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Firm is excited to announce that Paul van Lingen, a Senior Managing Director at Bramshill Investments, is assuming manager responsibilities as Head of its Newport Beach, CA office. Paul and his team manage all of the Firm's mortgage and structured product strategies as the Firm continues to grow investor commitments in these asset classes and attract top talent for the Firm's Newport Beach team. We believe Paul's leadership and 30 years' experience in the fixed income markets puts Bramshill Investments in a strong position as a leading fixed income alternative firm. We are eager for Paul and his team to continue to serve our customers with notable investment opportunities as well as expanding their investment offerings.
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About Bramshill Investments
Bramshill Investments, LLC, is a fixed income investment manager with over $4.3 billion in assets under management (as of 7/31/2022). The firm was co-founded in 2012 by former GLG portfolio manager, Arthur DeGaetano. The team's core investment strategy has an established combined track record of over thirteen years with an absolute return objective that can be accessed through various vehicles. Bramshill also offers other alternative investment strategies. Bramshill is an investment adviser registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Registration as an investment advisor with the SEC does not imply a certain level of skill or training of Bramshill or its employees. References to awards should not be construed as testimonials for our advisory services. For more information, please visit: https://bramshillinvestments.com
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Speaker McCarthy supports expunging Trump’s impeachments over Ukraine and Jan. 6
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday he supports the idea of expunging the two impeachments of Donald Trump as hard-right Republican allies of the former president introduce a pair of proposals to declare it as though the historic charges never happened.
McCarthy told reporters that he agrees with Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Elise Stefanik who want to erase the charges against Trump from the former president’s impeachments of 2019 and 2021.
“I think it is appropriate,” said McCarthy, the Republican from California. “Just as I thought before — that you should expunge it, because it never should have gone through.”
Pressed on his views, McCarthy said he agreed with expunging both of Trump’s impeachments — the abuse of power charges in 2019 over pressing Ukraine’s president to dig up dirt on rival Joe Biden and the 2021 charge that Trump incited the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol as Trump supporters tried to overturn Biden’s election.
In both cases, Trump was acquitted by the Senate after his impeachment by the House. But expunging the charges from his record would be an action he could further tout as vindication as he seeks another term in the White House.
The effort is the latest effort by Trump’s allies to rewrite the narrative of the defeated president’s tenure in office. And it underscores the pressure McCarthy is under from his right flank.
Just this week, McCarthy beat back a proposal from Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., to impeach President Biden, sending it instead to committees for review.
In explaining his views, McCarthy said the first Trump impeachment, in 2019, should have never happened, conflating it with a separate investigation by the Justice Department into Russian interference into the 2016 election.
As for the 2021 trial that was conducted swiftly in the week after the riot at the Capitol, he said: “The second impeachment had no due process.”
The speaker gave no indication he would move quickly to bring forward the proposals from Greene, R-Ga., and Stefanik, R-N.Y., who is the fourth-ranking GOP leader, for House votes. Pressed if the proposals were a priority, he shifted to listing other GOP goals.
Asked if he had spoken to Trump about expunging the impeachment record, McCarthy said he had not.
Trump, who is campaigning to return to the White House, is the first president in U.S. history to be twice impeached by the House, though he was acquitted by the Senate of all charges.
Democrats have defended their decision to quickly impeach Trump a second time after the mob attack at the Capitol in 2021. They argue that the evidence played out for the world to see as the defeated president rallied his supporters to Washington and encouraged them to march to the Capitol as Congress was certifying Biden’s election.
Trump was first impeached in 2019 after it was disclosed that he encouraged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to dig up political dirt on then-White House rival Biden ahead of the 2020 presidential campaign — while Trump was withholding U.S. military aid to Ukraine as it faced Russia.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-23T21:39:33+00:00 | kfyrtv.com | https://www.kfyrtv.com/2023/06/23/speaker-mccarthy-supports-expunging-trumps-impeachments-over-ukraine-jan-6/ |
They are part of a small, vanishing group who lived at the epicenter of the struggle for voting rights six decades ago, an era driven by segregation, violence and the yearning for equality that eventually led to laws bringing the U.S. closer to its promise of democracy for all its citizens.
As the country awaits a Supreme Court decision on whether one of those laws, the Voting Rights Act, will be reinforced or further eroded, they reflect on the times and their struggles, and why they are certain it all was worth it. Ten years ago this month, the court halted what many consider the heart of that landmark law — the ability of the Justice Department to enforce it in states and counties with a history of voter suppression. The justices now will decide how strongly to protect minority groups when they challenge political boundaries drawn through states’ redistricting.
The stories from those on the front lines of history recount tragedy, racism, oppression and ultimately hope in seeing a president sign into law a measure designed to ensure equal access to the ballot and fair representation in the halls of political power — from city councils to statehouses to Congress.
Stephen Schwerner lost a brother, murdered in Mississippi trying to register Black people to vote. Nearly 60 years after the Voting Rights Act was signed, he remains immensely proud of his brother, Mickey Schwerner, but with a great sense of loss: “I don’t think anybody in our family has ever gotten over it.”
Andrew Young walked with Martin Luther King Jr., on the long road to equality and was with him when he died in Memphis in 1968. Seeing the continued attempts to chip away at voting rights, he knows there are more battles to be fought: “I never thought that the United States or anybody else would be perfect, but I thought we would be constantly getting better.”
Luci Johnson was a teenager when she witnessed “one of the most historic occasions of the 20th century” — her father, former President Lyndon Johnson, signing the law ensuring access to the ballot for people of color. If she could convey a message to Supreme Court justices as they consider another challenge to the Voting Rights Act, it would be for them to remember “what a privilege they all have with access to the voting booth. I would tell them to do all that they can to make liberty and justice a right for all Americans.”
Joel Finkelstein was a young lawyer helping draft the document that became the Voting Rights Act of 1965, overwhelmed to be an accidental witness at the signing and yet unaware of the measure’s magnitude. He remains hopeful, even as voting rights have been eroded over the past decade: “Somehow this country digs out of these messes with people who you never would expect would be there. Go look at 1860. We got Abraham Lincoln, a country lawyer, self-educated out of Illinois, and he became our greatest president, one of the wisest men we would ever have hold public office.”
Norman Hill moved from the protests over civil rights to the organization and political clout of the labor movement, where he helped build a groundswell for voting rights. Now in his ninth decade, Hill said the fight must continue, “not just today, not just tomorrow but as long as we live and breathe.”
Della Simpson Maynor was a teenager who pushed herself to the front of a protest in the small town of Marion, Alabama, and was terrified when police clubbed a pastor who was kneeling to pray. Police later struck her with a club as she tried to get away, and she would hear the gunshot from a state trooper that fatally wounded a young church deacon, Jimmie Lee Jackson. His death prompted a march starting in Selma, which would lead to one of the most violent days of the Civil Rights Movement, Bloody Sunday, when police beat protesters trying to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge: “Without Bloody Sunday, there would have been no voting rights. But without Jimmie Lee Jackson, there would have been no Bloody Sunday.”
Their voices echo across the past six decades, in searing debates over race, equal treatment and what it means to be an American citizen. The debate will be renewed in the weeks ahead when the Supreme Court issues its ruling in yet another case involving the Voting Rights Act, this time over Black political representation in Alabama.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Theseus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: THRX) (Theseus or the Company), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on improving the lives of cancer patients through the discovery, development and commercialization of transformative targeted therapies, today announced that it will participate virtually in the 2022 Wedbush PacGrow Healthcare Conference, taking place August 9-10, 2022.
Presentation Details:
Event: Wedbush PacGrow Healthcare Conference
Date / Time: Wednesday, August 10th, 2022, at 10:20am ET
Format: Panel Discussion
A live webcast will be available in the Events section of the company's investor relations website at ir.theseusrx.com and archived for 30 days following the presentation.
Management will also be participating in one-on-one investor meetings throughout the conference. Investors interested in scheduling a meeting with the Theseus management team should contact their Wedbush representative.
Theseus is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on improving the lives of cancer patients through the discovery, development and commercialization of transformative targeted therapies. Theseus is working to outsmart cancer resistance by developing pan-variant tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) to target all known classes of cancer-causing and resistance mutations that lead to variants in a particular protein in a given type of cancer. Theseus' lead product candidate, THE-630, is a pan-variant KIT inhibitor for the treatment of patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), whose cancer has developed resistance to earlier lines of kinase inhibitor therapy. Theseus is also developing a fourth-generation, selective epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor for C797S-mediated resistance to first- or later-line osimertinib treatment in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). For more information, visit www.theseusrx.com.
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The 2023 Mexico Open At Vidanta Odds & Preview: Erik Van Rooyen
The Mexico Open at Vidanta is in progress, and after the second round Erik Van Rooyen is in second place at -12.
Looking to wager on Erik Van Rooyen at the Mexico Open at Vidanta this week? Read on for the betting odds and stats you can use before you make your picks.
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Erik Van Rooyen Insights
- Over his last 14 rounds, Van Rooyen has finished below par seven times, while also posting seven rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has recorded a top-five score in two of his last 14 rounds, while ranking among the top 10 scores of the day four times.
- Over his last 14 rounds, Van Rooyen has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round four times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on six occasions.
- In his past five events, Van Rooyen has one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes.
- Looking at the past five tournaments he has entered, he made the cut three times.
- Van Rooyen has finished with a score better than the tournament average in two of his past five events, including one finish within three shots of the leader.
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Mexico Open at Vidanta Insights and Stats
- Van Rooyen last competed at this event in 2023 and finished second.
- Vidanta Vallarta will play at 7,456 yards for this event. In the past year on the Tour, the average tournament has been hosted on a shorter course, with an average distance of 7,295.
- Vidanta Vallarta checks in at 7,456 yards, 177 yards longer than the average course Van Rooyen has played in the past year (7,279 yards).
Van Rooyen's Last Time Out
- Van Rooyen was above average on the eight par-3 holes at the RBC Heritage, averaging 2.88 strokes to finish in the 80th percentile of competitors.
- His 4.09-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at the RBC Heritage ranked in the 22nd percentile of the field (the tournament average was 3.96).
- On the six par-5 holes at the RBC Heritage, Van Rooyen shot better than 44% of the competitors (averaging 4.67 strokes).
- Van Rooyen carded a birdie or better on two of eight par-3s at the RBC Heritage, better than the field average of 1.5.
- On the eight par-3s at the RBC Heritage, Van Rooyen had one bogey or worse (less than the field average of 2.0).
- Van Rooyen's one birdie or better on par-4s at the RBC Heritage were less than the tournament average of 6.2.
- In that last outing, Van Rooyen's performance on the 22 par-4s included a bogey or worse three times (the field's average was worse, at 5.1).
- Van Rooyen ended the RBC Heritage with a birdie or better on two of six par-5s, underperforming the field average, 3.8.
- The field at the RBC Heritage averaged 0.7 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Van Rooyen finished without one.
Mexico Open at Vidanta Time and Date Info
- Date: April 27-30, 2023
- Course: Vidanta Vallarta
- Location: Vallarta, Mexico
- Par: 71 / 7,456 yards
- Van Rooyen Odds to Win: +900 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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MIAMI – Down nine early in the third quarter, down 3-0 in the series, the Boston Celtics knew their season was completely on the brink.
Three minutes later, everything looked different.
Jayson Tatum had 33 points and 11 rebounds, Jaylen Brown added 17 points and the Celtics staved off elimination in the Eastern Conference finals by running away in the second half to beat the Miami Heat 116-99 in Game 4 on Tuesday night.
“We were just trying to save our season,” Tatum said.
They most definitely found a way to do that. The two big differences: a 30-point edge for the Celtics on 3-pointers, and an 18-0 run in that three-minute, third-quarter spurt that changed the game and — they hope — might end up changing the series.
“We can't relax,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said. “We have to keep the same level of intensity, the same mindset, the same focus in the next game."
Derrick White scored 16 points, Grant Williams had 14, Al Horford added 12 and Marcus Smart scored 11 for the Celtics, who still trail the series 3-1 — but sent it back to Boston for a Game 5 on Thursday.
Jimmy Butler scored 29 for Miami, which was outscored 48-22 in a 14-minute stretch that turned the game — and perhaps the series — completely around. Boston would also have Game 7 on its floor as well if it can keep extending this series.
“Tonight we played with pace, purpose,” Tatum said. "We were getting stops. We were getting out in transition. You see layups and free throws go in, the jump shots start to feel a lot easier.”
Gabe Vincent scored 17 for Miami, Caleb Martin had 16 and Bam Adebayo added 10. The Heat shot 8 for 32 on 3-pointers, while Boston was 18 for 45.
No team in NBA history has ever successfully rallied from a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series; 150 have tried, 150 have failed.
But the Celtics gave themselves hope.
“We don't really have a choice,” Mazzulla said. “It's do-or-die. Got to stick together.”
The Heat led by as many as nine points in the opening quarter, kept the lead for the majority of the first half and were up by nine again when Max Strus connected on a 3-pointer early in the third quarter.
That was the moment where Boston’s season was at stake.
And the Celtics responded — most emphatically.
The 18-0 run took Boston from down nine to up nine, a huge turnaround that took 3 minutes, 3 seconds. The Celtics were 6 of 7 from the floor during the run, 4 of 4 from 3-point range, Tatum had nine of the 18 points and just like that the defending East champions — who won three playoff games on Miami’s home floor in last year’s playoffs — were rolling again.
“We always say the last one to get is the hardest one to get," Adebayo said. “I knew they would be desperate.”
Miami got within four late in the third, only to see another lightning-fast spurt by the Celtics — this time, seven unanswered points in 40 seconds. Boston’s edge was 88-79 going into the fourth, after winning the third quarter 38-23, with 21 of those points coming on 3-pointers.
The Celtics kept the lead the rest of the way.
“They got us tonight,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “You have to give them credit for that. There's no doubt about it. There's no questioning it. We're not wondering about that. They deserved to win tonight. We have to regroup and get ready for a great opportunity in Boston.”
TIP-INS
Celtics: Tatum’s second 3-pointer of the night was the 220th of his postseason career, passing Paul Pierce for the most in Celtics playoff history. … Boston’s last four-game losing streak was in May 2021, late in the 2020-21 regular season. … Tatum’s jumper with 9:22 left put Boston up seven, stopped a Heat spurt — and was his first fourth-quarter field goal of the series.
Heat: Vincent left early in the fourth quarter after turning his left ankle. … Miami was bidding for its first five-game winning streak of the season — not the postseason, the whole season. Its longest win streak of the regular season was four games, back in December.
HERRO UPDATE
Heat guard Tyler Herro, who broke his right hand in Game 1 of Round 1 at Milwaukee, has his brace off and is resuming workouts. “He is starting the process,” Spoelstra said. “There’s no timetable. But he does have the brace off and he’s able to do ballhandling and some shooting.”
CELEB WATCH
Among the celebrities in the crowd: PGA champion Brooks Koepka (who also was at the Florida Panthers’ win in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference finals series against Carolina on Tuesday night), NBA superfan Jimmy Goldstein, former New York Yankees teammates Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez, and actor Jeremy Piven.
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AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-05-24T04:36:49+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/sports/2023/05/24/tatum-scores-34-celtics-stave-off-elimination-by-topping-heat-116-99-in-game-4/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden apparently won’t be giving a pregame interview for the Super Bowl, which is being broadcast by Fox on Sunday.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Friday that Biden had been “looking forward” to an interview with the little-known streaming service Fox Soul, but that Fox opted out. Fox did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A presidential interview during the Super Bowl pregame show has become something of a tradition over the past two decades, usually conducted by the news division of the network broadcasting the game.
In 2021, Biden spoke to CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell prior to the game, and last year spoke with NBC News’ Lester Holt.
There was some question what would happen with Fox, whose opinion hosts consistently hammer Biden on the air. Fox News opinion hosts have conducted past presidential interviews: Bill O’Reilly questioned Barack Obama in 2011 and 2014, and Donald Trump in 2017. Sean Hannity interviewed Trump in 2020.
It was not immediately clear who would have been in line to speak to Biden, and how Fox Soul entered the picture. | 2023-02-10T18:59:05+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/white-house-says-no-biden-interview-prior-to-super-bowl/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
Police Warn about Car Thefts during Holiday Season
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BROWNSVILLE – Police are warning about car thefts that occur throughout the holiday season.
Residents in Brownsville could receive a ticket warning them to hide their valuables – but this is not a real citation.
The Brownsville Auto Theft Division has been checking for unlocked vehicles and valuables left in plain sight.
KRGV’s Sierra Pizarro spoke with Detective Melissa Gonzalez, public information officer for the Brownsville Police Department to learn more about how to prevent theft.
“You don't want to make it easy for the criminal to identify you as an easier target,” she says.
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles gives several tips: park in well-lit areas, hide valuables under a blanket and never leave your car running unattended – leaving your key in unattended motor vehicle is a crime in Texas.
Watch the video above for the full story. | 2022-08-10T11:36:54+00:00 | krgv.com | https://www.krgv.com/videos/police-warn-about-car-thefts-during-holiday-season |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s White House has failed to report more than 100 gifts from foreign nations worth more than a quarter-million dollars, and federal officials have been unable to find a life-size painting of Trump given by the president of El Salvador as well as golf clubs from the prime minister of Japan, according to a report Friday from House Democrats.
Among the unreported items are 16 gifts from Saudi Arabia worth more than $45,000 in all, including a dagger valued at up to $24,000, and 17 presents from India that include expensive cufflinks, a vase and a $4,600 model of the Taj Mahal, says the report from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.
Gifts above several hundred dollars that foreign officials give to the president, vice president and their families are required under the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act to be reported to the State Department. The report from House Democrats, citing State Department records, says the number of gifts reported by Trump and his family are lower than the number disclosed by previous presidents.
All told, the report says, though the White House did report some gifts to State between 2017 and 2019, it failed to report more than 100 foreign gifts with a total value of over $250,000.
The report says federal officials have not been able to locate a life-size painting of Trump that, according to internal White House correspondence, was commissioned by the president of El Salvador and delivered to the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador as a gift to Trump just before the 2020 U.S. election. According to the report, the U.S. ambassador to El Salvador alerted U.S. officials to the gift and requested help in shipping it.
The report says that “there are no records of the painting’s disposition” by the National Archives and Records Administration or the General Services Administration but that some records suggest it may have been moved to Florida in July 2021 as property of Trump’s.
Also unaccounted for are thousands of dollars in golf clubs given to Trump in 2017 and 2018 by Shinzo Abe, then the prime minister of Japan. The clubs, which the report says “included a putter valued at $460 and a driver valued at $3,040,” were given by Abe to Trump during visits to the Trump International Golf Club and Kasumigaseki Country Club. The report says NARA does not have records of the clubs, and GSA has no records of the clubs being purchased.
“Today’s preliminary findings suggest again the Trump Administration’s brazen disregard for the rule of law and its systematic mishandling of large gifts from foreign governments, including many lavish personalized gifts that vastly exceed the statutory limit in value but were never reported — some that are still missing today,” Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, said in a statement.
He also said that the committee would “remain committed to following the facts to determine the extent to which former President Trump broke the law or violated the Constitution when he failed to report gifts and took possession of valuable items without paying the fair market price for them.”
A Trump spokesman did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
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More on Donald Trump-related investigations: https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump | 2023-03-18T16:52:21+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/politics/ap-politics/dems-say-many-foreign-gifts-to-trump-remain-unaccounted-for/ |
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs announced plans to run for U.S. Senate next year and challenge first-term Republican Mitt Romney in what could emerge as a competitive primary battle in the deeply conservative state.
Romney, 76, has not yet announced whether he plans to seek reelection, but his transformation from 2012 presidential candidate to a recurring critic of President Donald Trump has led many to believe Trump could be vulnerable in next year’s Republican primary.
“The only thing I’ve seen him fight for are the Establishment, ‘wokeness,’ open borders, impeaching President Trump and putting us even deeper into debt,” Staggs says in an announcement video that highlights Romney’s votes to impeach Trump.
Staggs, 49, is one of several candidates expected to run to the right of Romney and, in the announcement, brands the incumbent as a “Massachusetts millionaire” who moved to Utah.
After a career in securities trading, Staggs was elected mayor of Riverton in 2017. He has focused throughout his tenure on typical municipal issues including policing, budgets, managing growth and spurring development.
“That’s what I want to take to D.C.,” he said in an interview. “As a mayor, I’m on the front lines of pushing back on government overreach.”
In the months leading up to his announcement, he’s grown increasingly vocal on other issues, spearheading resolutions against “ ESG ” investing principles and speaking out against library books he called “pornographic” on Jordan School District shelves last month.
Staggs’ announcement makes him the first Republican to officially enter the race, though Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson set up an exploratory committee in April, allowing him to raise funds toward a candidacy. Former U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz told The Associated Press in February that he was thinking about running. A representative for state Attorney General Sean Reyes has also said many were pressuring him to run as well.
Though Romney has vocal critics in Utah Republican Party activist circles, his challengers will likely face an uphill battle owing to his widespread popularity as one of the most prominent members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and as a person who helped save the 2002 Winter Olympics after a bribery scandal.
Romney defeated a rightwing challenger by more than 40 percentage points in Utah’s June 2018 Republican Senate primary before winning the general election by a margin nearly as large. He raised and spent more than $4 million in campaign contributions that year.
Staggs said he was confident he could overcome Romney’s national name recognition, given his early conversations with Utah voters, particularly Republican primary voters.
“The question is whether or not Utah has a Senator in Romney who’s supporting them. So many have told me they don’t feel he represents them. They feel abandoned,” he said.
Romney did not immediately respond to request for comment. | 2023-05-23T22:15:32+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/politics/ap-mitt-romney-faces-new-challenger-in-gop-primary-for-utah-senate-seat/ |
On St. Paul’s Selby Avenue, the book hasn’t entirely closed on a curbside lending library modeled after the popular “Little Free Library” series.
The St. Paul City Council recently ordered the homeowner to remove the small structure, which was cemented into the boulevard without a permit, but extended the order to July 1, giving all involved more time to explore potential changes to city codes.
Greg Trentman and Rachel Goligoski maintain a “little library” box in front of their home on the 1300 block of Selby Avenue, in the same general style as the lending boxes sold by Little Free Library, a nonprofit that recently relocated to St. Paul. No one has argued that the couple’s overall presentation doesn’t add up to a lovely urban pastoral.
“It’s a well-maintained property. The garden is in great shape. That’s a new retaining wall there,” said Marcia Moermond, the city’s legislative hearing officer, displaying images of the site to the city council on an overhead screen on March 15.
Nevertheless, city code specifically prohibits posts, signs and construction materials on public boulevards.
“This would be considered an obstruction in the city’s right-of-way,” Moermond said. “It’s not just placed into the dirt. There is a cement foundation for that post.”
An appeal
The couple, who were ordered to remove the library in mid-November, appealed the order and met with Moermond in December and February. Trentman and Goligoski questioned at the time how their little library differs from a tree planting, a light post or another welcome installation in the boulevard.
Between December and February, Moermond provided the couple with an opportunity to file an appeal to the St. Paul Department of Public Works for an encroachment into the public right-of-way. The couple declined to pay the $250 fee on principle, Trentman told the council.
Moermond predicted Public Works would ask why the library couldn’t be relocated onto the couple’s private property.
Trentman noted that elevating it onto his retaining wall would likely make it non-accessible for wheelchair users, which he called “a non-starter.”
Trentman told the city council that after multiple nominations, his yard and boulevard garden won an outstanding residential yard award from the city. His little library is the only one on Selby Avenue for about 20 blocks stretching eastward to the Cathedral of St. Paul, he said, and he had no desire to move it elsewhere.
“Constructed and installed during the COVID lockdown, this library served as a food pantry, a place to leave change for the nearby bus stop, as well as a vessel to retrieve or leave some books,” he said. “It’s one of the things that make you feel invested in your block. … Currently, we can not use a 3 1/2-inch by 3 1/2-inch post next to a 30-foot tree?”
He called on the city council to create a free permit process where a citizen could call 311 to verify there are no water or gas lines before installation, in the same vein as a tree planting. Council members agreed it was time to explore that option, though they also expressed concern about underground utility access and snow storage on the boulevard.
Council Member Jane Prince noted that for many years, city code prohibited the planting of perennials in public boulevards, before the practice became commonplace.
Prince said she helped amend city code to allow such plantings, with some height restrictions.
“Can we look at this ordinance and amend it for one reason or another?” Prince asked. “And the answer is yeah, we can. … Boulevards have gotten more beautiful since the city started letting people do things to them.”
Grandfathered in
Council Member Mitra Jalali, who represents the neighborhood where the Little Free Library nonprofit is based on Wycliff Street, said she would reach out to the nonprofit, as misunderstandings over where property owners can install the lending boxes are not uncommon.
“I don’t think anyone with a Little Free Library has anything resembling bad intentions,” Jalali said.
Moermond noted the nonprofit’s website maintains tips and recommendations over where and where not to install the lending libraries.
The council then voted to order the little library removed by July 1, while acknowledging that if they change city code before then, it could be “grandfathered in” under city rules.
“It would be a conversation with Public Works about do we want to allow structures on the public right-of-way, and opening up that Pandora’s Box,” Brendmoen said. | 2023-03-21T20:42:59+00:00 | twincities.com | https://www.twincities.com/2023/03/21/st-paul-city-council-orders-removal-of-curbside-lending-library-with-a-catch/ |
Anne Frank’s friend Hannah Pick-Goslar dies at age 93
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Hannah Pick-Goslar, one of Jewish diarist Anne Frank’s best friends, has died at age 93, the foundation that runs the Anne Frank House museum said.
The Anne Frank Foundation paid tribute to Pick-Goslar, who is mentioned in Anne’s world-famous diary about her life in hiding from the Netherlands’ Nazi occupiers, for helping to keep Anne’s memory alive with stories about their youth.
“Hannah Pick-Goslar meant a lot to the Anne Frank House, and we could always call on her,” the foundation said in a statement. It did not give details or the cause of her death.
Pick-Goslar grew up with Anne in Amsterdam after both their families moved there from Germany as Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party rose to power. The friends were separated as Anne’s family went into hiding in 1942 but met again briefly in February 1945, at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, shortly before Anne died there of typhus.
Before World War II, their families lived next door to one another in Amsterdam, and Anne and Hannah went to school together.
Pick-Goslar recalled attending her friend’s 13th birthday party and seeing a red-and-white checkered diary that Anne’s parents gave their daughter as a gift. Anne went on to fill it with her thoughts and frustrations while hiding from the Nazis in a secret annex in Amsterdam. Anne’s father, Otto, published the diary after the war.
Pick-Goslar recounted their friendship in a book by Alison Leslie Gold called “Memories of Anne Frank; Reflections of a Childhood Friend.” The book was turned into a film, released last year, titled “My Best Friend Anne Frank.”
In a 1998 interview with The Associated Press, she said of Anne: “Today, everyone thinks she was someone holy. but this is not at all the case.”
“She was a girl who wrote beautifully and matured quickly during extraordinary circumstances,” Pick-Goslar said.
Pick-Goslar is mentioned in the diary, referred to by the name Anne called her: Hanneli.
On June 14, 1942, Anne wrote: “Hanneli and Sanne used to be my two best friends. People who saw us together always used to say: ‘There goes Anne, Hanne and Sanne.’”
The Anne Frank Foundation said Pick-Goslar “shared her memories of their friendship and the Holocaust into old age. She believed everyone should know what happened to her and her friend Anne after the last diary entry. No matter how terrible the story.”
Pick-Goslar last saw her friend in early February 1945, about a month before Anne died of typhus in Bergen-Belsen and two months before the Allies liberated the camp.
They were held in different sections, separated by a tall barbed-wire fence. From time to time, they pressed up to the fence to speak to each other.
“I have no one,” Anne once told her friend, weeping.
At the time, the Nazis had shorn Anne’s dark locks. “She always loved to play with her hair,” -Pick-Goslar told the AP. “I remember her curling her hair with her fingers. It must have killed her to lose it.”
Pick-Goslar emigrated in 1947 to what is now Israel, where she became a nurse, married and had three children. Her family grew to include 11 grandchildren, and 31 great-grandchildren.
She used to say of her large family: “This is my answer to Hitler,” the Anne Frank Foundation said.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-10-29T11:29:48+00:00 | wafb.com | https://www.wafb.com/2022/10/29/anne-franks-friend-hannah-pick-goslar-dies-age-93/ |
A pair of orcas killing great white sharks by ripping open their torsos for their livers — and as a result scaring away great whites from a South African region — has raised questions about whether that could happen along Cape Cod.
But it’s “really too early to say” if killer whales will descend upon the Massachusetts coast and drive away the growing great white shark population, a local shark expert tells the Herald.
“When there have been orca sightings here through the years, they’ve never really seemed to impact the white sharks in the area,” said John Chisholm, who is with the New England Aquarium and verifies shark sighting reports on the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app.
“Will we see what happened in South Africa happen here? Time will tell,” he added. “We just have to wait and see.”
The two killer whales that have been terrorizing great whites off the coast of South Africa have driven away sharks from their aggregation site, a new study reveals.
The shark researchers used long-term sightings and tagging data to show that the great whites have been avoiding certain regions of the Gansbaai coast because they’re afraid of being hunted by orcas.
Since 2017, eight great whites have washed up on shore following an orca attack. Seven of them had their livers removed, and some had their hearts taken out, too.
Their wounds were distinctively made by the same pair of orcas, which have likely killed more great whites that haven’t washed up on shore.
Before the orcas arrived, Gansbaai was a world-renowned place for spotting great whites, with tourists across the globe visiting and partaking in cage diving.
“The more the orcas frequent these sites, the longer the great white sharks stay away,” said Alison Towner, a senior white shark biologist at the Dyer Island Conservation Trust.
The South African sea’s ecosystem is changing as a result of the orca attacks.
“It has triggered the emergence of a new mesopredator to the area, the bronze whaler shark — which is known to be eaten by the great white shark — and these bronze whalers are also being attacked by the orcas too,” Towner said.
With no great whites in the area, seals can prey on critically endangered African penguins or compete for the small fish they eat.
In May, an orca was spotted by a fisherman off Cape Cod, which is not a common sighting in the waters off Massachusetts.
The orca was later identified as “Old Thom” by Chisholm. Old Thom has been spotted in the region in past years and has a unique notch in his dorsal fin.
Over the years, there have not been any reports of orcas and sharks interacting around here.
“Of the sharks we tagged, there doesn’t seem to be a change in behavior when the orcas are present,” Chisholm said. “So in terms of the Cape, it’s really too early to say if orcas will come and have an impact here.” | 2022-07-06T21:30:43+00:00 | bostonherald.com | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/07/06/two-orcas-killing-great-white-sharks-are-scaring-away-sharks-in-south-africa-could-that-happen-along-cape-cod/ |
New Jersey Devils players watch from the bench often and marvel at some of the things Jack Hughes can do on the ice.
“Every game, at least a couple times, I’ll be like, ‘Oh my God, that guy’s amazing,'” forward Michael McLeod said. “He just gets it done every night.”
The same goes in Buffalo, where Rasmus Dahlin described Sabres teammate Tage Thompson's development as “a ticking time bomb.” And in Dallas, where coach Peter DeBoer lay awake dreaming of coaching Jason Robertson with the Stars.
While being an All-Star is old hat for the NHL's old guard of Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin and even unquestioned best player in the world Connor McDavid, the festivities this weekend in South Florida are a showcase for the league's next generation of stars, led by Hughes and Robertson now that Thompson is out with injury and replaced by Dahlin. Hughes is an All-Star for the second consecutive season and Robertson for the first time, and their emergence could upend the way the standings — and leaderboards — look for years to come.
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“Once you establish yourself as an NHL player, the next step is how you figure out how to try to win,” said Hall of Famer, two-time MVP and six-time Stanley Cup champion Mark Messier. “It’s been fascinating to me to see these players going through that process of becoming not only NHL players but bona fide superstars, but more importantly how they’re trying to figure out how to win in this league.”
With Thompson, Robertson and Hughes all in the top 10 in goals and points, it's no coincidence each player's respective team is in the playoff race at the break. So are the surprising Seattle Kraken, the only team without an All-Star after rookie Matty Beniers was injured, but they'll need him more down the stretch to make it in their second season of existence.
The Devils are on pace to play playoff hockey for the first time since 2018 and just the second in 11 years thanks in large part to Hughes, who trails only McDavid, Boston's David Pastrnak, Colorado's Mikko Rantanen and Thompson in the goal-scoring race. Mike Rupp, who won the Cup with New Jersey in 2003, expected Hughes to produce at a 100-point pace but did not anticipate his scoring to become so meaningful this season.
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“He’s scoring in big moments,” said Rupp, an NHL Network analyst who will see Hughes up close this weekend in Sunrise. “It’s the way he’s doing it. He’s carrying his team at certain times. He’s pushing his team along, Jack and Tage, (too). And I think that is the incredible part is they’re not just great talents: They’re great talents, and they seem like they’ve got nerves of steel.”
Thompson's nerves and playmaking ability could be on display in the playoffs if Buffalo can finish strong and knock either Crosby's Pittsburgh Penguins or Ovechkin's Washington Capitals out of a wild-card spot. The Sabres have by far the league's longest playoff drought at 11 seasons, and if they snap it, Thompson will be a big part of it, even before starting a $51 million, seven-year contract he was rewarded with last summer.
Messier credited Thompson for getting stronger in the offseason, augmenting the hands that made the now-25-year-old a 38-goal scorer in 2021-22 and putting him on track for more than 50 this season. Norris Trophy-winning defenseman P.K. Subban, who experienced Thompson's growth firsthand from playing against him several times the past five years before retiring and joining Messier as an ESPN analyst, sees him as a taller version of Hughes with the same level of skill.
“What separates him from a lot of players in the league, and is going to separate him from a lot of players in the league going forward, is his ability at that size to do everything at top speed (with) his range, his skill with the puck, his skating ability,” Subban said. “He has all the tools to be a dominant player in this league for a long time.”
So does Dahlin, who probably should have been an All-Star in the first place. The Swede who was the top draft pick in 2018 a year before Hughes went first ranks second among defensemen in goals and points this season.
Like Thompson, Robertson got a lucrative extension before opening night. The 23-year-old from California, who is Filipino American and hopes to be a role model for players of Asian descent, has a big personality that matches his play and could soon be one of the faces of the league.
Coming off a breakout 41-goal season, Robertson has put on a show this season with 66 points in 51 games.
“You kind get used to it, and you almost have to sit and think about it after about how special it is what you’re witnessing,” DeBoer said. “It's unbelievable. He’s making it look easy.”
And, along with Hughes and Thompson, he's making it easier for the NHL not to lean on Crosby and Ovechkin, both of whom broke in more than 15 years ago.
"Obviously they're all-time greats, but it was kind of just them,” Rupp said. “It was a couple guys that had to really carry the league. (Now) there’s a ton of guys carrying it, so I think that puts the league in a very healthy spot with superstars.”
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AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-02-02T17:38:07+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/all-star-festivities-showcase-next-generation-of-nhl-stars/2964166/ |
Lexi O’Flaherty accounted for the game’s lone goal as West Milford edged Ramsey, 1-0, Thursday in West Milford.
Meagan Van Kirk had the assist as Samantha Krautheim made three saves in goal for the shutout for the Highlanders (15-2), winners of two in a row.
Taylor Summers had 10 saves for the Rams (10-6), who have lost three straight.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — On Wednesday Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), the man in charge of getting House Democrats elected across the country, admitted a stunning defeat in his race against Republican Mike Lawler.
“I don’t like to lose, but my opponent won this race and he won it fair and scare,” Maloney said.
The loss is the first time a campaign chair from either party has failed to be re-elected in 42 years.
“We defeated the democratic campaign chairman,” Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said.
It’s an upset that clearly pleased House Republican leader McCarthy.
“And it is clear that we are going to take back the house,” McCarthy said.
Republicans won races all over the Empire State, flipping at least 3 of the state’s congressional districts.
Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) is also celebrating her return to Congress.
“Very excited about being re-elected and the opportunities that we have to actually help this district and be a strong advocate for the district,” Tenney said.
While some races still haven’t been called, Republican progress in New York is expected to help the party reach its goal of a majority in the House. | 2022-11-09T22:39:56+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/washington-dc/rep-sean-patrick-maloney-loses-house-seat-flipped/ |
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