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TX El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM Zone Forecast for Friday, June 24, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for New Mexico
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
428 AM MDT Sat Jun 25 2022
TXZ418-252330-
Western El Paso County-
Including the cities of Downtown El Paso, West El Paso,
and Upper Valley
428 AM MDT Sat Jun 25 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then scattered showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. East
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. East
winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with isolated showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with isolated
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the
upper 90s.
$$
TXZ419-252330-
Eastern/Central El Paso County-
Including the cities of East and Northeast El Paso, Socorro,
and Fort Bliss
428 AM MDT Sat Jun 25 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then scattered showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. East
winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the
upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with isolated
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the
upper 90s.
$$
TXZ420-252330-
Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-
Including the cities of Hueco Tanks and Loma Linda
428 AM MDT Sat Jun 25 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs around 90. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms
in the evening, then partly cloudy with isolated showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the
lower 60s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with isolated showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ423-252330-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-
Including the cities of Fabens, Fort Hancock, and Tornillo
428 AM MDT Sat Jun 25 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Lows around 70. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. East winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs
in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with isolated
showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ421-252330-
Salt Basin-
Including the cities of Cornudas, Dell City, and Salt Flat
428 AM MDT Sat Jun 25 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper
60s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs around 90. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 60. East winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with isolated showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the
lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ422-252330-
Southern Hudspeth Highlands-
Including the city of Sierra Blanca
428 AM MDT Sat Jun 25 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast this afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper
60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southeast after midnight.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Isolated showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with isolated showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the
lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 90.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ424-252330-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County-
Including the city of Indian Hot Springs
428 AM MDT Sat Jun 25 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. West winds around 5 mph,
becoming east this afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower
70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. East winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with isolated showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Lows in the upper 60s. East winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to
5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with isolated showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with isolated showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
Hefner
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 2022-06-25T10:55:31+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/weather/article/TX-El-Paso-Tx-Santa-Teresa-NM-Zone-Forecast-17265195.php |
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines said it expects to return to normal operations Friday after slashing about two-thirds of its schedule in recent days, including canceling more than 2,350 flights Thursday.
Airline executives told employees that crew scheduling this week— a major cause of the meltdown — has been fixed.
Southwest is struggling to recover after being overwhelmed by a winter storm that left hundreds of pilots and flight attendants stranded out of position to operate flights.
It is likely that far more than 1 million passengers have been affected. Southwest has canceled more than 13,000 flights since its meltdown began on Dec. 22. Its planes have 143 to 175 seats and were likely nearly fully booked around the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
Other airlines are back to full strength. Delta, American and United together canceled around 30 flights by late morning, according to tracker FlightAware.
Southwest’s cancellations amounted to 58% of its schedule, slightly better than in previous days. The Dallas carrier accounted for more than 95% of all canceled flights in the United States on Thursday. By Thursday afternoon, however, Southwest was showing only 39 canceled flights on Friday, according to FlightAware.
Southwest has acknowledged that it has inadequate and outdated technology that can leave flight crews out of position when bad weather strikes. But company executives told employees that problems with crew-scheduling have largely been fixed.
“Right now it looks like a pretty smooth operation as we head into this transition (Thursday) to allow us to resume operations on Friday at our normal schedule, which is a big step up,” Chief Operating Officer Andrew Watterson told employees by video Wednesday night.
The airline has declined requests to make executives available for comment and did not provide an update about operations on its website. Its main public outreach has been to post video statements by CEO Robert Jordan and its chief commercial officer.
Jordan faces a crisis just 11 months after he became CEO, replacing longtime leader Gary Kelly. Southwest had 88 planes and 7,000 employees when Jordan joined 35 years ago. Now it has more than 700 planes and more than 60,000 employees.
Speaking to reporters a month ago at Southwest headquarters in Dallas, a relaxed and jocular Jordan spoke in glowing terms about the airline’s culture and customer service. He outlined five priorities, including modernizing the airline’s technology for scheduling pilots and flight attendants.
“I do think the scale and the growth of the airline got ahead of the tools that we have,” he said. “No fault of anybody — takes investment — and we’ll get all this done.”
Jordan didn’t give a timeline or dollar figure for that investment, or explain why the airline had not already done the work. But his comments about the airline’s archaic crew-scheduling system seemed to foreshadow one of the major causes of the current meltdown — the inability to get pilots and flight attendants in position when there is a disruption to the operation.
“We have a lot of crews moving all over the country,” he said then. “If they get reassigned — they need to go to a different city or different flight than they thought, or they get reassigned to a new hotel — somebody needs to call them or basically in the airport chase them down and tell them what their re-route looks like.
“So at our size and scale, that’s just not OK.”
The federal government is investigating what happened at Southwest.
Southwest added a page to its website specifically for stranded travelers, and it invited customers to submit receipts for unexpected expenses. The airline said it would consider reimbursing “reasonable” expenses for meals, hotel rooms and alternate transportation incurred between Dec. 24 and Jan. 2. Consumer advocates criticized the use of the word “reasonable” as too vague.
Thousands of customers have been unable to reach the airline this week, as Southwest’s phone system was overwhelmed. Pilots and flight attendants also reported being put on hold for hours.
Investors appear to think that Southwest might finally be getting a handle on the crisis. The company’s shares rose 4%, but they’re still down nearly 8% for the week.
The airline has not given an estimate for how much revenue it has lost and how much extra cost it will incur – Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and some members of Congress are demanding that Southwest pay stranded travelers for hotel rooms, meals and replacement flights they booked on other airlines.
One indication of the price tag: Southwest said a disruption in October 2021 cost it $75 million. That meltdown was far smaller, resulting in about 2,000 canceled flights over a four-day stretch. Back then, as this week, Southwest’s solution was to cut its schedule to stabilize the operation.
Southwest has been the most profitable U.S. airline so far this year, earning $759 million in net income through September.
Raymond James airline analyst Savanthi Syth said Thursday that she still expects the company to post a small profit in the fourth quarter, but that some consumers are likely to switch from Southwest to other airlines over the next few months when booking travel.
Another airline analyst, Colin Scarola of CFRA, said he too didn’t expect the “Christmas week fiasco” to have a lasting impact because Southwest often has lower fares than its three largest rivals: American, United and Delta.
“History shows customers tend not to permanently ditch an airline even after an awful experience due to the commodity-like nature of the product,” he wrote in a note to clients. | 2022-12-29T20:19:12+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/national-world/ap-southwest-cuts-2300-flights-schedule-in-sustained-chaos/ |
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Mercer International Inc. (MERC) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $20 million.
The Vancouver, British Columbia-based company said it had net income of 30 cents per share.
The pulp company posted revenue of $583.1 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported profit of $247 million, or $3.71 per share. Revenue was reported as $2.28 billion.
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This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on MERC at https://www.zacks.com/ap/MERC | 2023-02-16T23:03:53+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/business/article/mercer-international-q4-earnings-snapshot-17789383.php |
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A Southwest flight was diverted from Raleigh-Durham International Airport, leaving passengers stranded with no information or food in a closed Myrtle Beach airport overnight — along with a full plane of fellow travelers.
The 9-hour ordeal involving Southwest flight 3094 included three passengers vomiting as the plane shook “like crazy,” recounted one North Carolina couple on board. Another person, the couple said, had a panic attack and passed out on the plane amid its wild approach into Raleigh — which was aborted at the last second at 1,350 feet, according to flight data.
“It was quite a horrifying experience. We go to land in Raleigh and the plane starts shaking like crazy. Then they decide to tell us 15 minutes later we are going to Myrtle Beach,” said Nicholas Reed, who was traveling with his girlfriend Krys Spence.
On Friday night, a Southwest official at the Myrtle Beach International Airport said the plane had been diverted because weather issues caused the jet to experience a low-fuel situation.
The passengers from the full Boeing 737 got safely on the ground at Myrtle Beach, but were held on the plane for two hours before they were finally set free inside the closed airport for nearly four hours, the couple said.
But once in the airport, the ordeal was far from over, Spence and Reed said.
“We couldn’t go anywhere because they wouldn’t give us our luggage,” Reed said. “One group of guys found a bar and went behind it and just started pouring themselves drinks — because there was no security.”
The long travel day for Spence and Reed began when they were supposed to leave Baltimore for Raleigh-Durham around 7 p.m. Friday. Instead, the Southwest plane sat idling for 40 minutes with the engines running, burning fuel.
Finally, around 7:40 p.m. the jet took off. Around 9 p.m., the plane was nearing Raleigh.
“Coming into Raleigh they started landing like normal. We had the window open in our seat so we could actually see the ground,” said Reed.
“The wings were flapping. They were shaking,” Spence said.
“Two people were vomiting pretty close to us. But everyone was pretty silent. I guess they were just in suspense like ‘this could be it’,” Reed said.
However, Southwest flight 3094 ended up landing far from Raleigh.
“Fifteen minutes goes by, and the captain comes back on and says ‘Hey, we are going to be in Myrtle Beach in 25 minutes.’ We were like ‘what?’” said Reed.
According to flight tracking site FlightAware, as the plane approached Raleigh-Durham, the jet’s altitude dropped as low as 1,350 feet.
Southwest Airlines said in a statement Saturday:
“We made the decision to safely divert Southwest flight 3094 (BWI – RDU) to MYR due to weather conditions at RDU. We brought in another crew and aircraft to transport the passengers to their final destination as soon as we were able to safely do so.”
Spence said passengers were told another plane was on its way to Myrtle Beach to take them to Raleigh.
“Then that captain and our flight attendants all leave, and we get stuck in the airport. There were no vending machines in the entire terminal. Of course, all of the restaurants were closed down,” Reed said.
Finally, they say sometime after 1 a.m. an empty plane from Baltimore came and eventually flew everyone to Raleigh.
“When we got back here to Raleigh, 4 a.m., so, it was a really terrible experience. They didn’t offer us meal vouchers or anything. I was like, we fly Southwest all the time,” said Reed.
Southwest Airlines also said:
“We apologize for the inconvenience and encourage passengers to reach out to our customer relations team with any concerns.” | 2023-03-05T16:29:41+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/horrifying-flight-diverted-as-some-passengers-vomit-in-9-hour-ordeal-travelers-say/ |
Resources support ongoing efforts to inspire a culture shift towards diversity and inclusion in the construction workforce
SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 6, the Associated General Contractors of California (AGC of California) launched Culture of CARE, a collection of resources designed to aid construction industry companies and organizations' understanding and implementation of belonging and diversity, equity & inclusion's (DE&I) best practices.
"Cultivating an inclusive environment in the construction industry is imperative to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce now and in the future," said AGC of California Chief Executive Officer Peter Tateishi. "Our Culture of CARE initiative allows our industry to work together to address long-standing underrepresentation in the construction workforce and provide an environment where every worker feels welcome and included."
"CARE" stands for "cultivate, attract, retain, and empower." The program offers actionable tools and resources to help contractors gauge current company culture and provides learning resources for both the office and in the field. Specific resources include:
- Facilitator guide: Tips and best practices for delivering training sessions at your office or jobsite.
- Toolbox Talks: Informational discussion guides on topics such as racism, gender identity, sexual orientation, and more.
- Learning resources Assets your organization can adapt for heritage months, research tools, supplier diversity, and more.
- Belonging survey: An anonymous questionnaire that assesses workers' overall sense of belonging and identifies disparities across demographics. AGC of California's DE&I team will assist companies with analysis of results, which are presented in a succinct and informative way.
Creating a culture that supports DE&I is integral to attracting and retaining an engaged workforce. According to Deloitte, 46% of companies who foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization reported an increased competitive advantage. And 69% of Gen Z said they would be "absolutely more likely to apply to a job with a company whose recruiters and values reflect a more racially and ethnically diverse workplace," according to Tallo.
"Since its launch in 2021, the AGC of California Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Steering Committee has been working to adapt AGC of America's Culture of CARE initiative to maximize its impact on the California construction industry," said Erin Volk, AGC of California's senior vice president, workforce & community development, and executive director, AGC Construction Education Foundation. "AGC of California's Culture of CARE website will serve as the hub for companies to access the tools necessary to build, reinforce and strengthen the sense of belonging for our current and future construction workforce. People have always been our greatest asset; Culture of CARE ensures that everyone feels welcomed and valued."
AGC of California, based in Sacramento, California, and the state's largest construction advocacy association that represents over 900 contractors, is dedicated to inspiring a culture shift in the construction industry. Culture of CARE resources are on AGC of California's new branded Culture of CARE website complete with actionable tools and resources.
The initiative continues AGC of California's long-term commitment to advance DE&I across the industry, membership and leadership. These efforts include the AGC of California DE&I Forum which serves as a space for companies to engage in conversations about transforming corporate structure, policies, practices, and jobsites. The forum is led by AGC of California's DE&I Steering Committee – comprised of diverse AGC of California contractor and associate members as well as external experts. The group develops policies, procedures and training to help guide the development of recommendations listed in our DE&I Task Force Report.
"I hope that creating a Culture of CARE will inspire an environment that is more innovative, efficient and mentally safe because all perspectives and ideas are considered," said AGC of California DE&I Steering Committee member and Hensel Phelps General Superintendent Ciara Seger. "The people in our industry are bright, imaginative and out-of-the-box thinkers, and we have an opportunity to tap into everyone's potential by helping to create a Culture of CARE in California."
About the Associated General Contractors of California
Since 1920, the Associated General Contractors of California (AGC of California) has worked alongside members to provide advocacy, education, career development, and networking opportunities to experienced and next generation construction and contracting professionals. AGC of California advocates for contractors with state and local governments, while helping members connect with industry leaders through services, innovative programs, and events. Learn more at www.agc-ca.org.
About Culture of CARE
Launched in June 2023, AGC of California's Culture of CARE is an industry-wide initiative designed to promote belonging in the workplace. The program provides actionable tools and resources for the construction industry which include a company-wide belonging survey, facilitator guide, learning resources, and toolbox talks. Learn more at www.agc-ca.org/sites/culture-of-care/.
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berardie@agc-ca.org | 917.291.1814
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SOURCE AGC of California | 2023-07-06T18:57:07+00:00 | kmvt.com | https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2023/07/06/agc-california-launches-culture-care-program-bolster-inclusion-construction-industry/ |
(The Conversation) – We know what we need to do to reduce our risk of getting cancer, right? Wear SPF, stop smoking, avoid processed foods, keep fit, lose weight and get enough sleep. But what if much of what causes cancer has already happened in our early years, or worse still, before we were born. A recent study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard University says that may be the case, especially in cancers that happen before the age of 50 (early-onset cancers).
The most important finding in this study, published in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, is that people born after 1990 are more likely to develop cancer before the age of 50 than people born, for example, in 1970. Meaning that young people will be more heavily burdened by cancer than generations gone by, with the knock-on effects on healthcare, economics and families.
What we are exposed to in early life can affect our risk of developing cancer later in life, and this review of cancer trends looks at how these factors might be affecting early-onset cancers. What exposures matter in early life are still not fully clear, but front-runners include diet, lifestyle, the environment and the bugs that live in our gut (the microbiome).
When looking at large numbers of people, researchers can see that dietary and lifestyle habits are formed early in life. This is seen in obesity, where obese children are more likely to become obese adults. As obesity is a known risk factor for cancer, it follows that those adults are likely to develop cancer at an earlier age, possibly because they have been exposed to the risk factor for a longer time.
Of course, some of these early-onset cancers are detected through better screening programs and earlier diagnosis, which contributes to increased numbers of new cancers diagnosed annually worldwide. But that is not the whole story.
Early-onset cancers have different genetic signatures compared with late-onset cancers and are more likely to have spread than cancers diagnosed in later life. This means that those cancers may need different types of treatment and a more personalized approach that is tailored to the patient’s age at the time the cancer developed.
Gut bacteria
The Brigham study looked at 14 cancers and found that the genetic makeup of the cancer and the aggression and growth of the cancer was different in patients who developed it before the age of 50 compared with those who developed the same cancer after the age of 50.
This seemed to be more prominent in several types of gut cancers (colorectal, pancreatic, stomach). One possible reason for this relates to our diet and microbiome.
Gut bacteria are altered by high-sugar diets, antibiotics and breastfeeding. And as patterns of these things change in society over time, so do the bacteria in our gut. This might support the implementation of sugar taxes as recommended by the World Health Organization.
If our healthy cells are programmed in the womb, then so might the cells that go on to cause cancer. Maternal diet, obesity and environmental exposures, such as air pollution and pesticides, are known to increase the risk of chronic diseases and cancers.
Conversely, severe restrictions on food intake in pregnancy, as seen in famine, increase the risk of breast cancer in offspring. Both of these findings would have different implications for societal approaches to reducing cancer risk.
As a haematologist, I take care of patients with multiple myeloma, which is an incurable blood cancer that usually affects patients over the age of 70. In recent years, there has been an increased number of younger people diagnosed with this cancer worldwide, which is only partly explained by better screening. This study flags obesity as an important risk factor for early-onset disease, but clearly, there are other risk factors yet to be uncovered.
Understanding what makes early-onset cancers tick, what exposures really matter and what can be done to prevent them are some of the first steps to developing prevention strategies for future generations. | 2022-09-25T18:31:49+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/health/cancer-in-people-under-50-is-rising-around-the-world-why/ |
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff made strong starts to their quests for a first Grand Slam singles title as they reached the second round of the Australian Open on Monday.
Third-seeded Pegula overwhelmed Jaqueline Cristian of Romania 6-0, 6-1 while seventh-seeded Gauff overcame a second-set wobble to beat Katerina Siniakova 6-1, 6-4.
The two Americans could meet in the semifinals.
A quarterfinalist in Melbourne in each of the past two years, Pegula needed just 59 minutes to get past the 161st-ranked Cristian, who was appearing in her third Grand Slam event.
“Today is just one of those days everything was working,” said the American, who will play either Czech qualifier Brenda Fruhvirtova or Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the second round.
Gauff, who reached her first Grand Slam singles final at the French Open last year, was given the honor of opening proceedings on Rod Laver Arena and dominated Siniakova in the first set.
The Czech player led 4-2 in the second set but Gauff rallied and clinched victory on her seventh match point.
“I was not expecting to open the tournament on Rod Laver,” Gauff said. “I’m super-honored that the tournament chose me and Katerina. I’m really pleased with myself. Katerina’s a fighter, I knew she was going to fight for every point. I just stayed strong mentally.”
Gauff will now play former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu after the British player shrugged off a bothersome left ankle issue to beat Tamara Korpatsch of Germany 6-3, 6-2.
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After massive precipitation, the long-dry Tulare Lake is back. That's been hard on crops and homes, but has allowed the Tachi Yokut Tribe to reconnect with the lake they once built their lives around.
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After massive precipitation, the long-dry Tulare Lake is back. That's been hard on crops and homes, but has allowed the Tachi Yokut Tribe to reconnect with the lake they once built their lives around.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Sam Mewis about the U.S. Women's National Team's first win at the 2023 World Cup. Mewis was a member of the U.S. team that won the World Cup in 2019.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Sam Mewis about the U.S. Women's National Team's first win at the 2023 World Cup. Mewis was a member of the U.S. team that won the World Cup in 2019.
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LONDON, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- International Game Technology PLC ("IGT") (NYSE:IGT) will host a conference call and live webcast to discuss third quarter 2022 results for the period ended September 30, 2022 on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.
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DALLAS, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sutherland Furniture, the preeminent provider of luxury outdoor furniture, has announced Eugeni Quitllet as Creative Director. The Catalan designer and 2016 Maison & Objet Best Designer of the Year will oversee product development for Sutherland as of August 15, 2022.
With an exceptional, visionary eye for furniture design, Quitllet is the creative force behind iconic pieces such as the Masters Chair for Kartell, in collaboration with Philippe Starck, and Vondom's Love Series. Philippe Starck's 2009 Robinwood collection for Sutherland was an inspiring effort, and Eugeni was integral to those designs and their success. Eugeni has also collaborated with Roche Bobois, Christofle, Foscarini Lighting, Driade and Dedon – partnerships that are widely applauded and appreciated. Quitllet's industrial design background and keen eye for romantic lines are a great combination. He plays with form and void, resulting in gravity-free designs using thoughtful materials. His first chair (Monaco) for Sutherland, now in production, will be introduced in the summer of 2023. It is made from recycled ocean plastics in combination with Sutherland's acclaimed teakwood, complementing the sophisticated styling so expected from Sutherland. Designing with sustainability in mind will be an overriding approach as Eugeni crafts futuristic pieces for timeless beauty.
"I have known Sutherland since 2006, and they have evolved through time exploring a very personal style that has identified the brand as a unique and iconic signature," says Quitllet. "2022 will be a continuity of this 're-evolution,' and will continue to exalt the exigence and performance of their products and collections. I hope that my vision and magic touch will complete this new dream and share it with the world in the most beautiful way! The great quality and variety of material, and the know-how that has been the signature for so many years, mixed with sparks of technology, will be applied to new territories - underlining Sutherland and Perennials as the outdoor and indoor reference in the world."
"Eugeni Quitllet's design capabilities are across the board and while furniture is a focus, his industrial approach will take Sutherland to new heights of design," says Founder David Sutherland, Perennials and Sutherland, LLC. "His attention to detail and purposeful use of materials align with Sutherland Furniture's focus on unique product development. We look forward to sharing Eugeni's ingenuity with Sutherland clients."
Quitllet's wife and creative partner, Maud Bury, and their daughter Ona, are joining him on this Sutherland adventure, and are looking forward to becoming United States Citizens.
Sutherland Furniture is available to interior designers and architects through David Sutherland Showrooms and representatives throughout the US and abroad. To view collections, visit www.sutherlandfurniture.com.
Eugeni Quitllet is a Catalan designer. Born the 17th April 1972, he uses industrial design and creativity to shape new realities and an optimistic idea of future. He synthetizes form and function with an explosive elegance and sinuosity, to create best sellers.
For Eugeni, future is the optimistic state of imagination from the object to space, he puts his eye on the world to make us rediscover it. His visionary idea of the future aim at bringing to life that which doesn't exist yet. His design practice is exceptionally diverse, making him a multifaceted creator: a renaissance man from the future. Previous awards include 2020 IF Design Award, 2020 Green Good Design Award, 2020 Red Dot Award, 2019 Archiproducts Design Award, and 2016 Maison & Objet Best Designer of the Year.
The Perennials and Sutherland, LLC companies are icons and acknowledged leaders in the international design industry. Founder David Sutherland and CEO Ann Sutherland share an ingenious talent for curating the finest interior and exterior collections of luxury furniture, fabrics, rugs and accessories. Based in Dallas, Texas, the company is comprised of Sutherland Furniture, Perennials Luxury Performance Fabrics and Rugs, and David Sutherland Showrooms.
Perennials Fabrics is recognized by interior designers and high-end retail customers as the leader in luxury performance fabrics. Perennials Fabrics and Perennials Luxury Performance Rugs combine the look and feel of high quality, natural materials with the superior performance properties of their genuine 100% solution-dyed acrylic fiber technology. View the full collections at perennialsfabrics.com.
Sutherland Furniture is a world leader in luxury outdoor furniture for modern lifestyles. The company has created the preeminent furniture brand through partnerships with the world's leading designers, along with utilizing the highest quality materials. View the full collections at sutherlandfurniture.com.
David Sutherland Showrooms are full-service, multi-line showrooms which serve the professional design market in showrooms and studios across the United States.
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THOMASVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — A Dollar General has closed its doors after it was vandalized. Now leaving people living nearby, in what is considered a food desert, without a store for weeks.
The Dollar General on Old Greensboro Road in Thomasville is only closed temporarily, but it has already been closed for more than a week.
According to employees at Dollar General, the store has been closed since May 23, after someone broke into it.
The person allegedly entered the store through the ceiling and later sprayed a fire extinguisher until it was empty, covering more than a dozen aisles in the store.
Store employees said the store is closed until the fire extinguisher powder can be cleaned up, and items covered in it can be disposed of, due to the potential health hazard.
“I hate that they were vandalized, too. I mean, it’s seems to be going on everywhere. It’s a shame they’re losing business and people are disappointed that they can’t do their shopping.” said Linda Foss, a customer.
Many people have continued to come to the Dollar General, not knowing it is closed for an unknown time.
“It’s the only store that I’ve seen coming in this way. I come from Kernersville, come down 109 through Wallburg,” said Foss.
A man who lives within walking distance of the Dollar General on Friendship-Ledford Road has lived there for 39 years and said he remembers when the store was built.
“Very hesitant at first that we were going to have a major store this close in this area, but it has been very handy,” said Larry Talley, Thomasville resident.
He said the closure will be hard for many people who depend on it to shop for their households, saying there aren’t many nearby stores.
“For the community it’s very convenient, because the next closest stores that we could go to for things would be like Food Lion, which is probably three, five miles south of here or up to the Wallburg area, which is another probably six miles that way,” Talley said.
Regarding the incident and the closure, Dollar General did not provide a comment and directed FOX8 to contact law enforcement.
The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a person was arrested for the vandalism.
The incident raises safety concerns for those living near the Dollar General.
It’s very concerning,” said Talley. “We have had a great deal of problems right around this area. It’s not quite as safe and comfortable as it was when we built here in 1984.”
Dollar General employees say the store is expected to remain closed for another 3 weeks until it is cleaned up and considered safe for shoppers. | 2023-06-01T23:25:14+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/piedmont-triad/thomasville-feels-impact-as-dollar-general-closes-for-weeks-after-break-in-vandalism/ |
TORONTO, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - In celebration of the RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR's two-night residency at Toronto's Rogers Centre – Holt Renfrew, Canada's top fashion and lifestyle retailer, will welcome the 'RENAISSANCE FLAGSHIP' to Toronto's iconic Bloor Street. Overlapping with the launch of the North American leg of the acclaimed RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR from global superstar, Beyoncé, the RENAISSANCE FLAGSHIP experience in Toronto will transform the third floor of Holt Renfrew's 50 Bloor Street West store from July 5 to July 11, 2023.
First conceived in London, the RENAISSANCE FLAGSHIP is an immersive installation produced by Parkwood Entertainment that celebrates the fashion of the RENAISSANCE album, era and tour. The mesmeric installation lands in Canada, as Holt Renfrew becomes a fashion and lifestyle retail partner for the RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR Collection. A chromed formation houses a 21-piece memorabilia edit, featuring never-before-seen apparel and accessories, sold for the first time in North America (priced from $25 to $325 CAD).
Available only at the Flagship and exclusive to Holt Renfrew, is the WE SHUT THIS CITY DOWN tee, an homage to the Grammy™ Award-winning artist's forthcoming Toronto takeover, timed with the flagship. Other pieces new to the RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR collection include a white ON AIR tee with artwork inspired by a segment from the tour, GREEN SCREEN HORSE long-sleeved tee, the SUMMER RENAISSANCE HOODIE with oversized "B" detailing, and a silver RENAISSANCE COWBOY hat that imbues the collection with wit. At the centre of this edit is the RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR Art Book, an 80-page self-published work with exclusive imagery.
The RENAISSANCE FLAGSHIP - Toronto also includes an exhibition of RENAISSANCE COUTURE by Beyoncé x Balmain. For the first time in North America, a selection of couture looks from the historic collection, co-designed by Beyoncé and Olivier Rousteing, will be on display in the flagship. Inspired by tracks from the act i: RENAISSANCE album, the exhibition, within Holt Renfrew, will be the first time these exceptional pieces have been seen publicly in North America. The collaboration, unveiled in March by French Vogue, marks the first time a Black woman has overseen the couture offering from a historic Parisian house.
Accompanying the exhibition is a four-piece, limited-edition product extension titled RENAISSANCE Beyoncé with Balmain. The range draws inspiration from the couture pieces that are on display at Holt Renfrew and includes two oversized tees, a dropped-shoulder hoodie and giant tote emblazoned with the collection's moniker. These pieces will debut as first to North America exclusive at Holt Renfrew and will be available only for the duration of the Flagship (priced from $200 - $600 CAD).
Sebastian Picardo, President & CEO, Holt Renfrew commented, "We, at Holt Renfrew are thrilled and honoured to be the home to the RENAISSANCE FLAGSHIP in Toronto. At Holts, we stand behind empowering self-expression and igniting positive change and we truly believe that the RENAISSANCE FLAGSHIP is an incomparable Illustration of this spirit. We can't wait to welcome all to this unforgettable experience in partnership with one of the greatest icons in entertainment."
ABOUT PARKWOOD ENTERTAINMENT Parkwood Entertainment is a film and production company, record label and management firm founded by entertainer and entrepreneur, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter in 2010. With offices in Los Angeles and New York City, the company houses departments in music, film, video, live performances and concert production, management, business development, marketing, technology, creative, philanthropy, and publicity. Under its original name, Parkwood Pictures, the company released the film Cadillac Records (2008), in which Beyoncé starred and co-produced. The company has also released the films Obsessed (2009), with Beyoncé as star and executive producer, the winner of the Peabody Award for Entertainment, Lemonade (2017), the Emmy®-nominated Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé (2019), which documents Beyoncé's history-making performance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in 2018, and the Emmy®-winning Black Is King (2020). Parkwood Entertainment produced The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour (2013-2014), The Formation World Tour (2016), and the aforementioned "Homecoming" performances at Coachella (2018) and co-produced the ON THE RUN Tour (2014) and ON THE RUN II (2018).
ABOUT HOLT RENFREW Holt Renfrew is considered Canada's top fashion and lifestyle retailer. Founded in Quebec City in 1837, Holt Renfrew is renowned for unparalleled retail experiences and is Canada's hub for the world's best fashion and beauty brands. Recognized as a leader in personal service and experiences, the company's mission is to empower self-expression and ignite positive change along with overarching commitments to sustainability and diversity and inclusion. With seven stores across Canada, including four in the Greater Toronto Area, plus Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver, customers can also experience Holt Renfrew's offerings via holtrenfrew.com. Holt Renfrew was acquired by the Weston family in 1986 and continues to be privately and Canadian-owned. Visit us at www.holtrenfrew.com.
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A House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection is turning to former President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on state and local officials to overturn his 2020 election loss.
In its fourth hearing this month, the panel examined how Trump focused on a few swing states, directly urging officials to decertify President Joe Biden’s victory or find additional votes for himself. It was part of a larger scheme that also involved dozens of lawsuits, pressure on Department of Justice officials and, eventually, lobbying Vice President Mike Pence to reject Biden’s win at the congressional electoral count on Jan. 6.
“Pressuring public servants into betraying their oaths was a fundamental part of the playbook,” the committee’s chairman, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, said of Trump and his allies. “And a handful of election officials in several key states stood between Donald Trump and the upending of American democracy.”
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'THEY DID THEIR JOBS'
The panel is keeping to a tight narrative as it makes its case to the American public that Trump’s efforts to overturn his defeat directly led to the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, when hundreds of his supporters broke into the Capitol and interrupted the certification of Biden’s victory.
The witnesses at Tuesday’s hearing were all public officials who were directly lobbied by Trump or who received threats for doing their jobs after Trump persuaded millions of his followers — with no evidence — that he had actually won, not lost, the election.
Arizona’s Republican state House Speaker Rusty Bowers, who testified in person, spoke about phone calls from Trump and his allies asking him to decertify Arizona’s legitimate electors and replace them. Bowers said he repeatedly asked Trump's attorneys to show evidence of widespread fraud, but they never provided any.
“You are asking me to do something against my oath, and I will not break my oath,” Bowers said he told them. He recalled John Eastman, a chief architect of Trump's plan to create slates of fake electors, telling him to “just do it and let the courts sort it out.”
Bowers also responded to Trump's comments, released in a statement before the hearing, claiming he had told the president that the Arizona election was rigged. “I did have a conversation with the president,” Bowers said. “That certainly isn’t it.”
Other state officials told similar stories in videotaped testimony. Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler said he got repeated calls from Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and other Trump aides, but he refused to answer them. The calls continued even after Cutler asked them to stop.
Jan. 6 Riot Probe
FOCUS ON GEORGIA
Trump’s pressure was most intense in Georgia, where Biden narrowly won after years of GOP presidential victories in the state. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his deputy, Gabe Sterling, testified about becoming two of the president’s top targets as he floated conspiracy theories and as they refused to back down to his pressure.
The committee played audio of the call where Trump asked the officials there to “find 11,780” votes that could flip the state to prevent Biden’s election victory.
“There were not votes to find,” Raffensperger said.
Raffensperger said he and his team went through “every single allegation,” and down every “rabbit hole,” that Trump and his allies presented to state election officials. But Trump wouldn’t accept it. He told Raffensperger that it could only be dishonesty or incompetence that they couldn’t find the necessary amount of votes.
Competing against Trump’s false statements was like a “shovel trying to empty the ocean,” said Sterling, who spoke out publicly against Trump's pressure in the weeks after the election. Sterling said he couldn’t convince even some of his own family members that the election outcome was valid.
THREATS TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS
The hearing also examined how Trump’s threats put state officials in danger.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson talked about how her “stomach sunk” when she heard the sounds of protesters outside her home one night after the election when she was putting her child to bed. She wondered if they had guns or were going to attack her house. “That was the scariest moment,” not knowing what’s going to happen, Benson said.
Another Michigan official, Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, told the committee about receiving 4,000 text messages after Trump published his phone number online. Cutler, the Pennsylvania House speaker, said his information was also revealed online, prompting protesters to show up at his house when his 15 year-old son was home alone.
Arizona’s Bowers told stories of people outside his house on loudspeakers and one man with a gun who verbally threatened his neighbor. He teared up as he spoke of his daughter, who he said was “gravely ill,” and his wife becoming upset as people swarmed outside.
‘HATEFUL’ MESSAGES AND LIVES UPENDED
Some of the day’s most emotional testimony came from two former election workers in Georgia who have seen their lives turned upside down after Trump and Giuliani spread false conspiracy theories that they were engaging in ballot fraud.
The Justice Department has debunked claims that Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, introduced suitcases of illegal ballots and committed other acts of election fraud to try to alter the outcome.
Through tears, Moss said she no longer leaves her house after she was targeted by Trump, who mentioned them by name in the call with Raffensperger.
Moss, who is Black, told of receiving “hateful,” racist and violent threats. She recalled that one of them said, “Be glad it’s 2020 and not 1920.” At one point protesters showed up at her grandmother's house.
“It has affected my life in a major way, in every way, all because of lies,” Moss said.
The committee played videotaped testimony with Freeman, who also sat in the hearing room behind her daughter. Freeman told the panel that she used to own shirts in every color with her name on it — Lady Ruby, as she's known in her community — advertising her small business. But she no longer wears them.
“I’ve lost my name, and I’ve lost my reputation. I’ve lost my sense of security,” Freeman said.
INVOLVEMENT OF GOP LAWMAKERS
While the committee has had a hard time getting GOP lawmakers to do interviews — five House Republicans have so far defied the panel’s subpoenas — the committee revealed some additional detail about what Trump’s allies in Congress were doing at the time of the insurrection.
The committee revealed a text from an aide to Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., to an aide for then-Vice President Mike Pence the morning of Jan. 6 saying that the senator wanted to personally hand Pence an “alternate slate of electors for MI and WI.”
“Do not give that to him,” Pence aide Chris Hodgson replied. The vice president released a statement around the same time making it clear that he would do his ceremonial duty and declare Biden the next president.
Johnson’s spokeswoman Alexa Henning responded Tuesday that “The vice president’s office said not to give it to him and we did not. There was no further action taken. End of story.”
Bowers also revealed that Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, one of the lawmakers subpoenaed by the panel, asked him the morning of Jan. 6 to sign on to a letter saying he would support the certification of fake electors.
“I said I would not,” Bowers said.
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Associated Press writers Lisa Mascaro and Farnoush Amiri contributed to this report. | 2022-06-21T22:30:23+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/jan-6-takeaways-trumps-state-playbook-hateful-threats/2789190/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order while visiting Maine on Friday to encourage companies to manufacture new inventions in the United States.
Biden is going to Maine for the first time of his presidency, packaging his signing of the executive order with a speech at a textile factory and a fundraiser later in the town of Freeport.
The Democrat won three out of the state’s four electoral votes in 2020 and is seeking to shore up his support in the state. Maine allocates its electoral votes by congressional district, and Biden lost the vote in the state’s 2nd District, which provided the only electoral vote in New England for then-President Donald Trump, a Republican. By going to that district on Friday, Biden is seeking to show its blue-collar voters that he’s committed to them as a single electoral vote could be critical in a narrow 2024 presidential election.
“We’re talking about bringing manufacturing back to the country and creating jobs — good-paying jobs,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday as she previewed the trip.
Democrats can compete in Maine’s 2nd District as Rep. Jared Golden has been its congressman since 2019. But Golden has also been one of the Democratic lawmakers who has openly criticized Biden over his handling of debt limit talks this year and the administration’s forgiveness of student debt that has since been overturned by the Supreme Court. Despite distancing himself from the White House on some policies, Golden was traveling with Biden on Air Force One on Friday.
Republicans have said that Biden’s policies have led to higher inflation. Consumer prices climbed to a four-decade high last summer, but inflation has eased over the past 12 months to a rate of 3% annually.
“ Bidenomics is hurting working people in my district,” said Maine state Rep. Joshua Morris, a Republican. “The cost of groceries, heating oil, gas, health care and electricity have gone up as a result of Joe Biden’s policies. He should be apologizing to us while he’s here, not bragging.”
The White House outlined the executive order being signed by Biden, which would improve the transparency of federal research and development programs to meet the administration’s goals for domestic manufacturing. The order asks agencies to weigh U.S. national security and economic interests when determining if domestic manufacturing requirements should be broadened.
The order also encourages federal agencies to consider domestic production when investing in research and development and to use their own legal authorities to encourage that new technologies are made in the U.S. But when goods cannot be made in the U.S., the order instructs the Commerce Department to create a clearer and timelier process for receiving a waiver.
Biden will be going to Auburn Manufacturing Inc., a maker of heat- and fire-resistant fabrics for industries that include shipbuilding, oil refining and electricity generation. The company challenged China for its unfair trade practices regarding amorphous silica fabric, or ASF, which is a heat-resistant material.
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AP writer David Sharp contributed to this report from Portland, Maine. | 2023-07-28T15:44:07+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/politics/ap-biden-will-sign-an-executive-order-in-maine-encouraging-new-inventions-to-be-made-in-the-us/ |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini has signed with Los Angeles FC after a 17-year career at Juventus.
The Major League Soccer club announced its deal Monday for the 37-year-old Chiellini, who is committed through the 2023 season.
Chiellini confirmed his long-reported move with two posts on Twitter. He will be formally introduced in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
“I felt very strongly about this new chapter in my career and I’m grateful to (at)LAFC for this opportunity,” Chiellini wrote. “I’m thankful for all my years with Juventus and I’m looking forward to winning many more trophies in Los Angeles.”
Chiellini had been at Juventus since 2005, winning nine Serie A titles and five Coppa Italia crowns. He formally left the Turin club last month, and he also played his final match June 1 for the Italian national team, which failed to qualify for the World Cup.
LAFC has been in contact with Chiellini’s twin brother, Claudio, about a potential move since last year, general manager John Thorrington said. The talks picked up after Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup in March, with LAFC moving aggressively to land the veteran center back with a reputation for sturdy physical play and leadership as Juve's captain.
“When you have the opportunity to get someone who does what he does, and when we have 100% confidence that he’s going to improve every player every day he’s here, it became a no-brainer,” Thorrington told The Associated Press. “His playing record speaks for itself.”
LAFC is on top of the overall MLS standings at 9-3-2 coming out of the international break. Coach Steve Cherundolo's club leads the league in scoring and is also one of the best defensive clubs, with Jesus Murillo and Mamadou Fall playing most of the minutes at center back while Eddie Segura was out with an injury.
Unlike some MLS clubs, LAFC hasn't signed many veteran players deep in the second half of their careers since beginning play as an expansion club in 2018. Instead, LAFC has frequently relied on saleable young players around former MLS MVP striker Carlos Vela, who is expected to announce a contract extension soon.
Thorrington said the opportunity to sign Chiellini was too tantalizing to resist. While LAFC will have to ease Chiellini into a new squad shortly after a full season of Serie A and international play, Thorrington believes his club will reap benefits immediately.
“I don’t want to go so far as to say even if he doesn’t play, it would be worth it, but certainly when he’s playing or when he’s not playing, his impact will go far beyond when he’s playing,” Thorrington said. “And when he’s playing, he will certainly make a good group of defenders even better. He’s a really good communicator. He organizes. He speaks good English. He’ll be able to connect with the guys playing alongside of him and in front of him. My expectations of what he would be like were very high, and he exceeded them.”
LAFC made the move with a deal using targeted allocation money, which means Chiellini won’t occupy one of the three designated player roster spots which don't count against the normal salary cap. LAFC hopes to add a third designated player soon, likely at an attacking position, as the club pursues its first MLS Cup title.
“We are seeing the interest in MLS from players at every stage in their careers," Thorrington said. "We're becoming a much more attractive place to play, and when we look at the growth of the sport in this country and the growth of LAFC, I think Giorgio will play a significant part in that.”
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CHAMPAIGN — Dr. Robert Alan Atkins, M.D., passed away Thursday, Oct. 20, at Clark Lindsey Meadowbrook in Urbana. He was a physician and surgeon practicing in Champaign-Urbana for most of his career.
Robert was born Oct. 2, 1922, in Flat Rock to O.D. and Cleo (Stout) Atkins. His early years were spent in Sumner.
He entered the University of Illinois as a pre-med student. After finishing classes in Urbana, he graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago and interned at Cook County Hospital, Chicago.
Dr. Atkins was stationed at Oliver General Hospital in Augusta, Ga., and later Royston, Ga., with the U.S. Army. His residency in surgery was at Methodist Hospital, Dallas, Texas, then at Hines Veterans Administration Hospital in Hines, Ill.
He was appointed assistant chief of surgery at West Side Veterans Administration Hospital in Chicago, where he became a member of the American Board of Surgery and a fellow in the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Atkins returned to Champaign-Urbana in 1956 and joined Christie Clinic for five years. He then established an independent practice in Champaign-Urbana with Dr. J.M. Christie. He held an appointment as chief of surgery at Cole Hospital and practiced at Burnham, OSF (Mercy), and Gibson City Hospital.
Dr. Atkins was a private pilot and an aviation examiner during his years of practice. Before that, he was a railroad surgeon.
Robert (Bob) married Dorothy Bradley Atkins in 1946. They raised three children. Dorothy died in 1995. In 1996, he married Constance McGill Atkins. He was faithful to his promises caring for each wife until their passing. His kindness at the bedside and generosity to others are enduring examples to his family.
Bob was a longtime (65 year) member of First United Methodist Church in Champaign.
He was a world traveler, having been to all seven continents. He was a UI sports enthusiast cheering for the Orange and Blue year round: football, basketball, volleyball, track and field. A longtime member of Champaign Rotary, he enjoyed giving illustrated travelogs of his many journeys.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents, O.D. and Cleo (Stout) Atkins, his brother Byard Atkins, his wife, Dorothy Bradley Atkins (1995), and wife Constance McGill Atkins (2021).
Bob is survived by his three children and their spouses, Robert Alan Atkins Jr. (Marlene) of Bass Lake, Ind., Margaret Peggy Stuckey (Randy) of Dunlap, and Donald Bradley Atkins (Trudy) of Austin, Texas; seven grandchildren, Christina Atkins Matousek (Michael), Matthew Atkins (Dawn Phalen), Rachel Stuckey, Kara Stuckey, Joshua Stuckey, Michael Atkins, and Benjamin Atkins, as well as four great-grandchildren. Four stepsons, John McGill, Jeff McGill, Kevin McGill and Brian McGill and their families, survive.
Funeral services for Dr. Robert Atkins will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31, at the First United Methodist Church of Champaign, 210 West Church St. A luncheon at the church will follow the service. There will be a visitation from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 30, at Owens Funeral Home, 101 N. Elm St., Champaign. Dr. Atkins' cremains will be interred at Roselawn Cemetery in a private family service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church Memorial Fund or to the Dr. Robert Atkins Memorial Fund at the University of Illinois Foundation. | 2022-10-23T06:40:59+00:00 | news-gazette.com | https://www.news-gazette.com/obituaries/dr-robert-atkins/article_b7b4d960-525e-11ed-8bea-3778eb020bd1.html |
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When the season began, it wasn't clear how much longer Myles Turner would be with the Indiana Pacers.
That's still a reasonable question — but now there's another one alongside it: How much longer can those Pacers stay in the playoff race?
After losing 57 games a season ago, the Pacers are a .500 team at the moment — and that's despite dropping seven of their last 10. Coach Rick Carlisle's group can push the tempo, and the Pacers have a 22-year-old standout in point guard Tyrese Haliburton. Indiana is not a team that should be taken lightly.
"They beat us the last time and they're ahead of us in the standings," Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said Monday when asked about not overlooking opponents. "There is more parity, I think, overall in the league and I think it's good for the league."
The Heat did beat Indiana 87-82 on Monday night in what was easily the Pacers' lowest-scoring game of the season. They've been held under 100 points only one other time.
Indiana is fifth in the NBA in pace after ranking 18th last season.
"I'm not that surprised, seeing Ty ... for two months last year and knowing we'd get (T.J.) McConnell back and he plays pretty fast," Carlisle said. "But it does tell a story of who we are as a team and it tells a story that if we don't come up with rebounds, we're not going to be able to play fast. We love playing fast. It's fun (and) it's gotten interest from the fans in this team."
The Pacers are showing the type of improvement that can easily stay under the radar. They aren't leading their conference like New Orleans, another sub-.500 team from last season. Instead, they're in the middle of the pack in the Eastern Conference. Joining them there are the New York Knicks, who have won four straight to pull a game above .500 — after going 37-45 in 2021-22.
No matter how the rest of this season unfolds for the Pacers, they have some young talent they can get excited about. Haliburton is averaging a career-best 19.4 points per game in his third season. Bennedict Mathurin is averaging 17.6, and fellow rookie Andrew Nembhard had 31 points and 13 assists in a win over Golden State last week. Nembhard also made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to beat the Los Angeles Lakers last month.
That talented trio is one the Pacers can move forward with even if they end up dealing the 26-year-old Turner and 29-year-old Buddy Hield. Although for now, those two are still with Indiana and making their own contributions, averaging about 17 points apiece.
Turner is in the final year of his contract and could bring back a good haul in a trade. Indiana is still less than a year removed from a major makeover. The Pacers traded star forward Domantas Sabonis to Sacramento in February and received Haliburton in return. Hield also went to Indiana in that deal.
The Kings have certainly reaped the benefits. After losing 52 games last season, they're above .500 and positioned in the top six in the West. While it's not clear how long Hield will be with the Pacers, they're off to a decent start, too.
Indiana does have a couple of obvious weaknesses it needs to shore up. The Pacers are allowing opponents to shoot 25.8 free throws a game, the second-most in the NBA. Rebounding is also an issue. The 6-foot-11 Turner is one of the game's top shot blockers, but on the boards, the Pacers are vulnerable.
Indiana ranks 27th in the league in defensive rebounding percentage. The Pacers gave up 29 offensive boards to the Brooklyn Nets in Saturday's loss.
"It's effort really and that's something we talked about in practice," Carlisle said. "That's something we've got to concentrate on. We need it to be a real wake-up call."
Indiana lost that game to a depleted Brooklyn team 136-133 despite 35 points from Haliburton. Then the Pacers dropped a low-scoring game to Miami. In the next couple of weeks, Indiana has a rematch with Golden State, plus games against Cleveland, Boston and New Orleans. That stretch might indicate whether the Pacers will remain an intriguing playoff contender. | 2022-12-15T00:35:46+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/fast-paced-indiana-holding-its-own-in-eastern-conference/article_ceae35d8-7c04-11ed-8048-ab0f719e5600.html |
CHICAGO, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modak will be showcasing at the MIT CDOIQ Symposium on the 19th of July 2022, the premier of Modak Nabu 3.0, an integrated data engineering platform that accelerates data preparation by 4x.
The MIT CDOIQ event will bring together over 4000 of the world's foremost experts in Data Management, Data Analytics, and Data Quality, where Modak is a platinum sponsor.
"The International Chief Data Officer and Information Quality Symposium (CDOIQ), now in its 16th year, is one of the key events for sharing and exchanging of cutting-edge ideas, content, and discussions," said Dr. Richard Wang, Executive Director of the CDOIQ Symposium.
Modak Nabu™ built from the ground up enables a multi-hybrid cloud data strategy for enterprise customers to create a modern data fabric and data mesh. Creating a 'datafied' organization that systematically handles data as a business discipline and as a strategic asset.
At the MIT CDOIQ event, Modak's Chief Analytics Officer and Co-founder, Milind Chitgupakar, will deliver a session on 'Building Blocks of a Modern Data Platform' on July 20, 2022, at 16:30 ET.
For further information about the MIT CDOIQ event and to register, please click here
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Weather Authority: Remnants of Ian move into the Delaware Valley, bringing heavy rain Friday night
PHILADELPHIA - Now that Ian has moved onshore in the Carolinas, the Delaware Valley is seeing remnants of the storm as it makes its move north.
Friday has been cloudy all day, as the storm marched forward and rain from the storm has begun in South Jersey and Delaware.
According to FOX 29's Drew Anderson, most of the rainfall will move through overnight and linger into the morning. The shore could see close to and just a bit over two inches of rain, while further inland, amounts decrease. Philadelphia could see about an inch of rain into Saturday morning.
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Damp and dreary conditions will linger from Saturday morning into the afternoon and Sunday will be cloudy with scattered showers.
Conditions will also be windy with wind gusts of up to 30 miles per hour.
Temperatures Saturday should top out in the lower 60s, while Sunday will be chilly, with highs in the upper 50s. With on and off showers, gusty winds and highs only in the upper 50s, the Eagles game will be a chilly one for fans.
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SEVEN-DAY FORECAST
FRIDAY NIGHT: Rain. Low: 56
SATURDAY: Morning showers. High: 62, Low: 61
SUNDAY: Scattered showers. High: 58, Low: 48
MONDAY: A few showers. High: 56, Low: 48
TUESDAY: A few showers. High: 60, Low: 50
WEDNESDAY: Drying out. High: 72, Low: 52
THURSDAY: Sunny skies. High: 74, Low: 48 | 2022-09-30T23:18:58+00:00 | fox29.com | https://www.fox29.com/news/weather-authority-remnants-of-ian-move-into-the-delaware-valley-bringing-heavy-rain-friday-night |
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Department of Wildlife Director Tony Wasley said Tuesday he plans to retire next month after nearly 10 years as the head of the state agency where he began his career as a habitat biologist a quarter century ago.
Wasley thanked NDOW employees for their commitment to conservation in a statement announcing his departure.
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“The incredible purpose, passion and professionalism of the employees of NDOW has made this job and my entire career here immensely fulfilling,” he said.
Wasley was appointed NDOW director in 2013 by Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval. He was reappointed in 2018 by Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak, who will be leaving office in January after losing his bid for re-election this month to Republican Gov.-elect Joe Lombardo.
The agency said in a statement announcing Wasley's retirement that an acting or interim director likely would be named “to ensure a smooth transition as the agency works with the Governor’s office in developing a longer-term strategy in seeking a permanent replacement.”
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Wasley oversaw post-fire rehabilitation of more than 500,000 acres of wildlife habitat over the past five years helped guide key acquisitions of new habitat.
He began his professional career in 1997 as a habitat biologist in NDOW’s Habitat Division and later served as as president of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and chairman of the North American Wetland Conservation Council.
David McNinch, the longest serving member of the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners, praised Wasley's efforts the past decade to build partnerships to better position the agency to “understand and adapt to the impacts of continuously evolving social norms and expectations.”
“But the thing I appreciate most," McNinch said, “is that conservation is deeply personal to him.” | 2022-11-23T03:17:54+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Nevada-state-wildlife-director-Wasley-retiring-17605327.php |
Advanced process solutions deliver reliability, performance, and sustainability advantages in traditional and emerging applications
WILMINGTON, Del., June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DuPont (NYSE:DD) will showcase its novel process solutions for component finishing at SUR/FIN 2023, a conference and trade show dedicated specifically to the surface technology industry. The show will be held from June 6-8, 2023. The Interconnect Solutions (ICS) business, part of DuPont Electronics & Industrial, will exhibit its novel technologies and products in Booth #455, at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, OH.
"We offer a broad range of green chemistry to advance the UN (United Nations) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and create value for our customers," said Gregory Mitchell, Segment Leader of Electronic & Industrial Finishing, DuPont ICS. "Satisfying the diverse and challenging technology requirements must be delivered in a sustainable way. DuPont continues to invest to deliver simpler, faster and more sustainable processes."
The major global markets that utilize component finishing processes are in a period of exciting change, where substitution of mature process technology is driving innovation and opportunity, as well as the demand for improved performance, and elimination of toxic substances.
DuPont ICS has responded to these dynamics and will showcase novel products during SUR/FIN 2023, designed to satisfy reliability, productivity and sustainability requirements. These include:
- Nikal™ BF-100, a high-performance boric acid-free* nickel electrolyte that produces corrosion resistance improvement, with high throw, higher CD range and reduced deposit stress.
- Silveron™ GT-210, a cyanide-free* silver electrolyte producing deposits exhibiting very low friction and wear characteristics, suited to high power connectors requiring stable low contact resistance connections, as demanded in applications such as EV charging.
- Solderon™ ST-400 high speed matte tin, providing 40% higher plating speed, simplified packaging and analysis, with superior electrolyte stability and deposit performance.
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DuPont Electronics & Industrial is a global supplier of new technologies and performance materials serving the semiconductor, circuit board, display, digital and flexographic printing, healthcare, aerospace, industrial and transportation industries. From advanced technology centers worldwide, teams of talented research scientists and application experts work closely with customers, providing solutions, products and technical service to enable next-generation technologies. For more information on DuPont Electronics & Industrial, please visit www.dupont.com/electronics-industrial.html
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DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – United Rehabilitation Services of Greater Dayton has been serving its community for over 60 years. They work with people of all ages, from babies to adults.
They’ve been working with some clients for decades — one being Armando Barreno.
Armando’s Mom, Millie Mallory, described him as a happy-go-lucky guy.
“He’s one of the biggest flirts I know,” Mallory said. “You just pop that smile, and everybody loves it.”
He’s popular both because of his personality and because of his time spent at URS.
“A lot of people know Armando because he’s been here for a long time,” Mallory said. “He’s been coming here since he’s been about either three or four.”
Dennis Grant, CEO of United Rehabilitation Services said their mission is to create a care plan that can meet their needs from birth all the way up until their senior years.
“Armando has been here over 20 years since he was in preschool. But we have so many individuals who have been here literally all of their lives,” Grant said. “About 25 percent of the adults who attend URS’s daily programs have been here for over 25 years.
URS Occupational Therapist Sarah Rock said Armando loves music and is working for more independence in listening to his favorite tunes.
“So right now, we’ve been working on switch-adapted items,” Rock said. “So essentially, we have a button that allows Armando to turn the music on and off, to let him be more independent with that activity.”
The URS adult services program and the University of Dayton Engineering Department are working together to create more ways for Armando to be independent.
Stephanie French, URS Physical Therapist, said they are working on an appliance to assist with Armando’s independence in listening to music.
“It’ll be something that’ll be a little bit more easily transported with Armando to make it easier for him to make choices about his music and hopefully adapt it to do more social things like playing games – whatever else Armando chooses,” French said. | 2022-11-18T21:07:38+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/local-news/urs-adult-services-serves-residents-from-birth-to-adulthood/ |
Nikki Haley keeping early 2024 fundraising numbers quiet
By MEG KINNARD
Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Since launching her 2024 presidential bid, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley hasn’t revealed how much money her campaign has taken in. Her campaign tells The Associated Press that it has been “enormously pleased with our initial fundraising” but will wait until the April 15 deadline to report a figure for the first quarter of the year. That’s raising some eyebrows. Campaigns typically use their initial launch figures as bragging points to show their strength. But as fundraising starts to build for the potential GOP field, Haley may be running into a potential home state conflict: donors waiting for the possible entrance of popular Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina. | 2023-02-24T22:15:47+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/02/24/nikki-haley-keeping-early-2024-fundraising-numbers-quiet/ |
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Police say they have located the parents of a baby girl found wandering on 19th Avenue in Columbus, Georgia Tuesday.
The baby was found in 1900 block of 19th Avenue between 11:20 a.m. and 11:45 a.m., on Aug. 9, 2022. She is believed to be between a year to 2 years old.
Police kept the girl in custody until her parents were located. | 2022-08-10T00:57:07+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/georgia-news/police-find-baby-wandering-street-in-georgia/ |
FLORENCE — A Lauderdale County grand jury is charging a Florence man with abuse of a corpse after keeping his dead mother in the house for several weeks so he could collect on her public assistance.
Richard Shane Crosslin, 51, was arrested on May 30, 2022, after a welfare check was conducted for his 68-year-old mother, Regina Crosslin.
Police found her deceased, and she appeared to have been so for several weeks.
Crosslin has a previous conviction of third-degree burglary from 2019. He was sentenced to 84 months or hard labor for the county. According to court documents, he was given 36 months probation. His arrest on May 30 was for violating probation.
His two-count indictment on May 10 charged him with abuse of a corpse and public assistance fraud.
The indictment states that he continued to receive his mother’s public assistance following her death.
He was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Lauderdale County Detention Center on a $5,000 bond.
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The firm has filed over 40 sex trafficking lawsuits nationwide
BEAUMONT, Texas, July 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Provost Umphrey represents four survivors who allege they were trafficked at Motel 6 and Studio 6 hotels in Beaumont and Port Arthur. The cases were recently filed in the Eastern District of Texas Federal Court, Beaumont Division. G6 Hospitality, as franchisor, and the local owners of the Motel 6 and Studio 6 hotels, are named among the defendants.
According to the lawsuits, the use of these hotels for sex trafficking is well known to the defendants. "De- fendants have known for years that pimps and traffickers use their hotels to carry out their crimes," it reads. "[I]n 2014, 92% of calls received by the National Human Trafficking Hotline involved reports of sex trafficking taking place at hotels."
"The statistics shine a grim light on the hotel industry being complicit in human trafficking," says Bryan Blevins, Provost Umphrey counsel to the victims. "We've received accounts that hotel staff and employ- ees will completely ignore the conspicuous signs of this crime happening right in front of them, or worse, actively participate."
The lawsuit quotes online reviews left by Studio 6 guests describing the sexual activity and drug use they observed during their stay.
"Our clients were trafficked at these locations for years," says Matthew Matheny of Provost Umphrey, also representing the victims. "If transient hotel guests are seeing it, how could the staff and managers possibly not see what was happening – the fact is, they let it happen and ignored our clients' cries for help," says Matheny.
Provost Umphrey Law Firm, LLP, with co-counsel Annie McAdams of Annie McAdams PC and Fibich, Lebron, Copeland & Briggs in Houston, has filed over 40 human trafficking cases in nine states, including Florida, Georgia, Michigan, and New York. Additional defendants include Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels, and Marriot International, Inc.
To report human trafficking, you can call the National Human Trafficking Hotline 888-373-7888, as well as your local law enforcement.
"We want to stress that this crime can happen anywhere, to anyone," says Matheny. "Recognize the signs and report it if you see it."
The cases are Jane Doe (K.E.C.), an individual Plaintiff v. G6 HOSPITALITY, LLC, et al, Cause No. 1:23-cv-00270-MAC; Jane Doe (D.D.J.), an individual Plaintiff v.G6 HOSPITALITY, LLC, et al, Cause No. 1:23-cv-00269-MJT; Jane Doe (GMF), an individual Plaintiff v.G6 HOSPITALITY, LLC, et al, Cause No. 1:23-cv-00280-MAC; and Jane Doe (DDH), an individual Plaintiff v. G6 HOSPITALITY, LLC, Cause No. 1:23-cv-00283-MJT.
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Which trekking poles are best for hiking?
The perfect companion for a steep uphill climb, dangerous water crossing or slippery patch of snow, a sturdy pair of trekking poles can be a literal lifesaver when out on the trail. Not only do trekking poles assist with balance, but they can also increase your hiking speed while helping to reduce the strain placed on your knees and ankles, especially when wearing a heavy pack.
While many backpackers choose to hike with trekking poles, even casual day hikers can benefit from using them. With plenty of options to choose from, you can explore some of the top picks suitable for every type of budget.
What to look for in quality trekking poles
Material
The best trekking poles materials are aluminum and carbon fiber. Aluminum poles are highly durable and more cost-effective. However, they tend to be heavier. Carbon fiber poles are incredibly lightweight and portable but can sometimes break under intense pressure.
Weight
For most casual hikers, the weight of your trekking pole won’t matter too much. For backpackers or long-distance hikers, you will likely appreciate a lighter trekking pole after hiking several miles for days at a time.
Grip
Trekking pole grips use either rubber, cork or foam. Rubber grips are excellent for shock absorption but can sometimes lead to blisters under certain conditions. Cork grips are moisture-resistant and offer an ergonomic handle that can conform to your hand shape. Foam grips are usually soft and comfortable, but they are also more likely to absorb moisture and sweat.
Adjustability
There are both fixed-length and adjustable trekking poles available. Fixed-length poles can weigh less than adjustable options but are not as easy to pack or transport and are unsuitable for use by hikers of varying heights.
Adjustable poles are also helpful for backpackers who rely on trekking poles as the primary support system when setting up their lightweight tents.
Best trekking poles
Aluminum trekking poles
Black Diamond Trail Ergo Cork Trekking Poles
Rated for four-season use, these trekking poles use durable aluminum for the shaft and 100 percent natural cork for the grip, giving your hands a comfortable hold on all terrain. Thick comfort straps add extra support and stability to your wrists.
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Black Diamond Alpine FLZ Trekking Poles
Adjustable and lightweight, the Alpine FLZ trekking poles are constructed from forged aluminum and utilize a handy FlickLock which allows hikers to adjust the pole length securely as needed.
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LEKI Makalu Lite COR-TEC AntiShock Pole Pair
Equipped with standard wide baskets near the tip, these poles can handle rocky, muddy or wet terrain with ease. The ergonomic COR-TEC grip is beneficial for your wrists, while the anti-shock technology reduces harsh impact.
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Black Diamond Distance Z Trekking Poles
Like the Distance Carbon Z model, these fixed-length trekking poles are made from slightly heavier aluminum but offer long-lasting durability. The breathable ribbed foam grip wicks away sweat and moisture, keeping your hands dry even in hot weather.
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Kelty Upslope 2.0 Trekking Poles
An affordable pair of trekking poles by a trusted brand, these adjustable Kelty Upslope poles come with a sturdy non-slip tip great for trails and a rubber cap designed for harder road surfaces like asphalt or concrete.
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TrailBuddy Lightweight Trekking Poles
Constructed from aircraft-grade aluminum, these lightweight, budget-friendly trekking poles are great for beginners and advanced hikers. With plenty of fun color options to choose from, you can select the look that best suits your style.
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Cascade Mountain Tech Trekking Poles
Having the option to choose between cork and EVA foam grips lets you choose the overall feel and material that will work best for your hiking style. These durable aluminum poles are great for long-distance trails or casual walks around the neighborhood.
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Fans will be able to see the world’s top athletes at stadiums across Paris during the Olympics next summer, but they will need to look elsewhere for French wine.
A Paris 2024 spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY Sports that alcohol will not be served to spectators at competition venues unless they are VIPs.
The spokesperson cited Evin’s law, a 1991 statute that pertains to alcohol and tobacco. French law does not permit the sale of alcohol in “stadiums, physical education rooms, gymnasiums” and other sports venues. There are different rules in place for catered hospitality areas, which VIP suites would qualify under.
“Paris 2024 has not sought an exemption from this law,” the spokesperson told USA TODAY Sports in a statement. “Such an exemption would have required a change in the law for an event the size of the Games.”
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Evin’s law has exceptions for up to 10 events per organizer per year. While the Olympics will have hundreds of competitions, organizers for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France negotiated an exemption for the tournament, which will be held in September and October.
The 2024 Olympics are the second global sporting event to face an alcohol controversy in the last year. FIFA officials announced that the 2022 World Cup would be alcohol-free just 48 hours before competition kicked off in Qatar.
Alcohol was also set to be banned from stadiums at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics before the event was delayed and later held without live spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Beer and wine were available at the prior two Summer Games in London (2012) and Rio de Janeiro (2016). | 2023-06-27T18:58:50+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/alcohol-banned-from-general-public-at-paris-olympic-venues-organizers-say/3061410/ |
KYIV, Ukraine — A regional governor in southern Ukraine says Russian troops are retreating and blowing up bridges to obstruct a possible Ukrainian advance.
Mykolayiv region governor Vitaliy Kim claimed Wednesday on the Telegram messaging app that Russia was on the defensive.
“They are afraid of a breakthrough by the (Ukrainian Armed Forces), but we are not afraid and we support our troops,” he wrote.
Kim didn’t specify exactly where the retreat he described was happening. The parts of the Mykolayiv region which have been held by Russian forces in recent days are close to the large Russia-occupied city of Kherson.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address Tuesday that Ukrainian fighters had seen “some success in the Kherson direction.”
Russia is concentrating most of its military power on trying to capture all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— Report: China bars Russian airlines with foreign planes
— US sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
— Italy imports more Russian oil despite impending embargo
— High prices, Asian markets could blunt EU ban on Russian oil
— Sanctioned Russian oligarch’s megayacht hides in a UAE creek
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s asylum agency says the number of people from former Soviet countries seeking international protection in Europe has skyrocketed since Russia launched its war in Ukraine.
The agency said Wednesday that about 14,000 Ukrainians sought asylum in March, a figure some 30 times higher than before the war that started Feb. 24.
The number is on top of the estimated 3 million Ukrainians who have applied for emergency protection under an EU program that provides shelter, access to jobs, medical treatment and education to war refugees.
The biggest increases in asylum-seekers were recorded among citizens from Belarus, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. But the EU agency says it’s not clear whether these people came from their home countries or were living in Ukraine when the war started.
The number of Russians seeking asylum in the EU also rose to 1,400 in March, the highest level since 2018.
Asylum is usually granted to people in danger of suffering serious harm due to their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership of a social group, and to those fleeing war, torture and degrading treatment.
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BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says his country will supply Ukraine with modern anti-aircraft missiles and radar systems, stepping up arms deliveries amid criticism that Germany isn’t doing enough to help Kyiv.
Scholz told German lawmakers on Wednesday that the government has decided to provide Ukraine with IRIS-T missiles developed by Germany together with other NATO nations.
He said Germany will also supply Ukraine with radar systems to help locate enemy artillery.
The announcements come amid claims at home and abroad that Germany has been slow to provide Ukraine with the weapons it needs to defend itself against Russia.
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KYIV, Ukraine — A regional governor in eastern Ukraine says Russian forces control 70% of Sievierodonetsk, a city that in recent days became the focus of Moscow’s offensive.
Luhansk region governor Serhiy Haidai said in a Telegram post on Wednesday that some Ukrainian troops were fighting with the Russians in the city while others had pulled back.
“The evacuation (of civilians) has been halted. There is no possibility to bring in humanitarian aid,” Haidai said.
He said the only other city in the Luhansk region not taken by Russia or Moscow-backed separatists -- Lysychansk -- is “fully” under Ukrainian control.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president says the country is loosing between 60 and 100 soldiers a day in the fighting with Russian forces.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told American TV channel Newsmax that “the most difficult situation is in the east of Ukraine," including Donetsk and Luhansk provinces.
“The situation is very difficult. We’re losing 60-100 soldiers per day as killed in action and something around 500 people as wounded in action. So we are holding our defensive perimeters,” Zelenskyy said.
Ukraine has largely refrained from disclosing its military losses since the beginning of the Russian invasion, but Zelenskyy previously said the country was losing between 50 and 100 soldiers a day.
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has appealed for an end to the grain shipment standoff in Ukraine, pleading for an all-out effort to prevent an important commodity from “being used as a weapon of war.”
Francis made the appeal on Wednesday at the end of his general audience.
The pope said he was concerned a Russian naval blockade was holding up millions of tons of grain and depriving poor countries of such a basic foodstuff that is necessary to feed millions.
“I appeal for everyone to do everything possible to resolve this question and guarantee the universal human right of being nourished,” Francis said.
He added: “Please don’t use grain, a basic food, as a weapon of war.”
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin pressed the West to lift the sanctions imposed against Moscow over the war in Ukraine, seeking to shift the blame for the growing world food crisis.
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MOSCOW — Russian state gas giant Gazprom confirms that it has cut gas supplies to Shell Energy Europe and Denmark's Ørsted after the two companies refused to pay for the deliveries in rubles.
Gazprom said in a statement on Wednesday morning that it hadn’t received payments from either company for gas supplied in April and therefore was halting deliveries.
Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this year signed a decree saying foreign buyers needed to pay in rubles for Russian gas as of April 1.
Moscow offered customers receiving its natural gas to establish an account in dollars or euros at Russia’s third-largest bank, Gazprombank, then a second account in rubles. The importer would pay the gas bill in euros or dollars and direct the bank to exchange the money for rubles.
Shell Energy Europe, Ørsted and Dutch gas trader GasTerra refused to pay in rubles, and Gazprom halted supplies to the three companies this week.
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BEIJING — China has barred Russia’s airlines from flying foreign-owned jetliners into its airspace, Russian news outlet RBK reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin put the ownership of the jetliners in doubt by allowing planes to be re-registered in Russia to avoid their seizure under sanctions over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The European Union, home to major aircraft-leasing companies, banned the sale or lease of aircraft to Russian carriers in February. Putin responded by approving a law that allowed plans to register in Russia.
China’s air regulator asked all foreign carriers last month to update their ownership information and other details, RBK said, citing two unidentified sources.
Russian airlines that couldn’t provide documents showing their aircraft had been “de-registered abroad” were barred from flying to China, RBK said.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said in a guest essay Tuesday evening in The New York Times that he’s decided to provide the Ukrainians with more advanced rocket systems and munitions that will enable them to more precisely strike key targets on the battlefield.
The expectation is that Ukraine could use the rockets in the eastern Donbas region, where they could both intercept Russian artillery and take out Russian positions in towns where fighting is intense, such as Sievierodonetsk.
That town 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of the Russian border is in an area that is the last pocket under Ukrainian government control in the Luhansk region of the Donbas.
In his New York Times’ essay, Biden said the U.S. is not encouraging or enabling Ukraine to strike beyond its borders and does not want to prolong the war “just to inflict pain on Russia.”
U.S. officials familiar with the decision did not detail how much the aid will cost, but it will be the 11th package approved so far and will be the first to tap the $40 billion in assistance recently passed by Congress.
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that it will send Ukraine a small number of high-tech, medium-range rocket systems.
That’s a critical weapon that Ukrainian leaders have been begging for as they struggle to stall Russian progress in the Donbas region.
The U.S. plan tries to strike a balance between the desire to help Ukraine battle ferocious Russian artillery barrages while not providing arms that could allow Ukraine to hit targets deep inside Russia and trigger an escalation in the war.
U.S. officials say the aid package expected to be unveiled Wednesday would send what the U.S. considers medium-range rockets — they generally can travel about 45 miles (70 kilometers).
The expectation is that Ukraine could use the rockets in the eastern Donbas region, where they could both intercept Russian artillery and take out Russian positions in towns where fighting is intense, such as Sievierodonetsk. | 2022-06-01T09:43:11+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2022/06/01/live-updates-ukraine-reports-battle-gains-and-challenges/ |
Severe weather has forced Abbott Nutrition to pause production at a Michigan baby formula factory that had just restarted after being closed for several months, contributing to a national shortage.
Production for Abbott’s EleCare specialty formula has been suspended, but there is enough supply to meet demand until production is restarted, the company said. Abbott had prioritized ramping up production of the specialty formula for infants with severe food allergies and digestive problems who have few other options for nutrition.
Abbott says it needs to assess damage and re-sanitize the factory after severe thunderstorms and heavy rains swept through southwestern Michigan late Monday. Spokesman Jonathon Hamilton said flooding hit a few areas of the factory, but he declined to provide more specific details about damage.
The storm also brought high winds, hail and power failures to Sturgis, Michigan, where the factory is located. The company expects production and distribution to be delayed for a few weeks as it cleans the plant.
Once it restarts, the factory will begin with the production of EleCare and other specialty formulas. Abbott says it also plans to restart production of its Similac formula as soon as possible.
Abbott had initially restarted the factory on June 4 after it had been closed since February due to contamination.
The factory was closed after the Food and Drug Administration began investigating four bacterial infections among infants who consumed powdered formula from the plant. Two of the babies died. The company continues to state that its products have not been directly linked to the infections, which involved different bacterial strains.
FDA inspectors eventually uncovered a host of violations at the plant, including bacterial contamination, a leaky roof and lax safety protocols.
Abbott recalled several leading brands of formula in February, including Similac. That squeezed supplies that had already been strained by supply chain disruptions and stockpiling during COVID-19 shutdowns.
The ongoing formula shortage has been most dire for children with allergies, digestive problems and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas. Federal officials have said the Abbott factory is the only source of many of those products, providing nutrition to about 5,000 U.S. babies, according to federal officials.
Abbott is one of just four companies that produce about 90% of U.S. formula. Hamilton said Abbott has produced 8.7 million pounds of formula in June, or 95% of what it produced the month before the recall.
He said much of that production was for Similac, and the figure doesn’t include anything from the Sturgis plant.
Federal officials have said it could take several more weeks before formula supplies return to normal levels. President Joe Biden’s administration has eased import rules for foreign manufacturers, airlifted formula from Europe and invoked federal emergency rules to prioritize U.S. production. | 2022-06-17T00:31:30+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/green-living/top-story/ap-top-headlines/production-at-bedeviled-baby-formula-factory-halted-by-storm/ |
Relationship brings time-saving capabilities to farmers for crop insurance reporting requirements.
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zurich North America today announced that its crop insurance business – Rural Community Insurance Services (RCIS) – has added Climate FieldView™ to its list of precision agriculture providers available to RCIS customers. FieldView enables farmers to collect, store and analyze planting and harvest data on one easy-to-use platform, backed by dedicated customer support, data-driven recommendations, and cutting-edge science. FieldView allows farmers to electronically connect field data to RCIS systems for a more seamless, accurate and secure crop insurance reporting experience.
"We continue to focus on our customers, simplify our processes and innovate to create new products and services," said Jason Meador, Head of RCIS for Zurich North America. "We're excited to add FieldView to the suite of precision ag providers we offer our policyholders, and we will continue to invest in new technologies to bring added time-saving steps and insights to farmers to complement their existing digital agriculture services."
The addition of FieldView makes the process of recording and reporting a policyholder's planting and production information much simpler. By leveraging technology already in use on farms, RCIS customers will have an important, new connectivity option and ease of use.
For RCIS crop insurance agents and policyholders, the process of reporting acreage and harvested production is one of the biggest time investments in crop insurance. Information must be provided to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency, which is a requirement of the federal crop insurance program. Having planting and production acres easily accessible through FieldView also can save farmers valuable time leveraging harvest production data during the claims process.
"The addition of FieldView's precision ag connection offers significant value to our policyholders for managing their farm production information and reducing their complexities," said Nick Luett, RCIS Mapping Product Manager.
About RCIS
Rural Community Insurance Services (RCIS) is a registered trade name of Rural Community Insurance Company. It provides insurance and customer-focused services through leading agents to protect America's farmers and ranchers. RCIS has been a leading innovator in crop insurance since 1982, after the crop insurance business was privatized by the federal government. With a national network of approximately 3,600 agents, RCIS conducts business in all 50 U.S. states, providing risk management for more than 160 crops on more than 125 million acres. Further information is available at www.RCIS.com
Zurich understands the importance of farmers and the agriculture industry to the American economy and has been in the U.S. crop insurance business for more than 30 years. When Zurich purchased RCIS crop insurance business in 2016, it shifted its long-standing position from a reinsurer to a 100 percent owner of an Approved Insurance Provider (AIP) through the federal crop insurance program.
Zurich North America is one of the largest providers of insurance solutions and services to businesses and individuals. Our customers represent industries ranging from agriculture to technology. Zurich North America is part of Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich), a leading multi-line insurer serving more than 55 million customers – both people and businesses – in more than 210 countries and territories. Founded 150 years ago, Zurich is transforming insurance. In addition to providing insurance protection, Zurich is increasingly offering prevention services such as those that promote wellbeing and enhance climate resilience. Reflecting its purpose "to create a brighter future together," Zurich aspires to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world. It is targeting net-zero emissions by 2050 and is one of the world's most sustainable insurers, as shown by the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment. In 2020, Zurich launched the Zurich Forest project to support reforestation and biodiversity restoration in Brazil. The Group has about 56,000 employees and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd (ZURN) is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and has a level I American Depositary Receipt (ZURVY) program, which is traded over-the-counter on OTCQX. Further information is available at www.zurich.com.
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NEENAH, Wis. (AP) _ Plexus Corp. (PLXS) on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $50.5 million.
The Neenah, Wisconsin-based company said it had net income of $1.78 per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.28 per share.
The electronic manufacturing services company posted revenue of $1.12 billion in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.01 billion.
For the year, the company reported profit of $138.2 million, or $4.86 per share. Revenue was reported as $3.81 billion.
For the current quarter ending in December, Plexus said it expects revenue in the range of $1.08 billion to $1.13 billion.
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By LEANNE ITALIE
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Hannah Waddingham wore Dolce & Gabbana with bedazzled high top sneakers on her feet Monday while Elle Fanning went Old Hollywood in a gown designed by Sharon Long of her show, “The Great,” as glamour returned to the Emmys in sticky Los Angeles humidity.
Waddingham, from “Ted Lasso,” showed off her comfy white shoes beneath her corseted strapless pink look. Fanning, her hair in a pinned-back bob, said she wanted to honor the creatives on her show that provided her with her first Emmys nod. Fanning’s look was black and pink, embellished at the chest.
“I’ve always been inspired by the Old Hollywood glam of the ’50s,” Fanning said.
Sheryl Lee Ralph of “Abbott Elementary” had a fashion faux pas before arriving at the Emmys.
“A designer gave my co-star and me the same sketch for the same gown,” she said, having discovered it on set when Lisa Ann Walter showed Ralph what she was wearing to the awards.
“Up until five days ago I had no gown so Brandon Blackwood stepped up. He was in Japan and started rendering the gown on his Pacific flight,” Ralph said.
Ralph was resplendent in a black velvet strapless gown with an orange underside and a slit to her upper thigh. She carried a tiny orange purse.
The stars went all out.
Zendaya, working with her stylist Law Roach, was in a classic black strapless corset look with a full skirt and dainty bow at the waist. It was Valentino, and she was dripping in Bulgari jewels, including a fresh, young white diamond choker with a center, 4.45-carat stone at the center. She, too, had pockets.
Connie Britton was in a goddess gown by Monique Lhuillier in a soft pink, a cape like effect at the back. Britt Lower, from “Severance,” donned a Venetian beaded gown in gold with matching elbow-length gloves. There were cut outs up top and thin embellished straps.
“It felt like I wanted to wear outer space. I have an appreciation for fabrics, my mom was a home economics teacher. I feel great in it,” Lower told The Associated Press.
People’s style and beauty director Andrea Lavinthal, said pink carried the night, though lots of other colors brightened up the carpet.
“Pink seems to be continuing its dominance as the red carpet color of choice. There’s just a lot of stars who are gravitating towards different shades of pink,” she said.
Not Rachel Brosnahan. She stood out in a plunging Pamella Roland column gown in beautiful violet. It was adorned with tulle and pearl floral bow appliques from the designer’s fall 2022 collection.
Laverne Cox and Himesh Patel helped kick off the parade of fashion, she in a bold black armor-esque Jean Paul Gaultier Couture mini and he in a white print tuxedo jacket, eschewing the usual evening black. Royal blue on Sarah Thompson (a “Yellowjackets” writer), marigold yellow and more — color took the night.
“I’m quite warm, I’m in a three-piece suit. I love this suit, but I wasn’t expecting the heat,” Patel said.
Natasha Rothwell of “The White Lotus” chose red for a gown with balloon short sleeves and a hot commodity on fashion carpets — pockets! Megan Stalter also went for red in a sheer dress that celebrated her curves. Jen Tullock of “Severance” was in the red zone, a thigh high slit and structured sleeve number by Thierry Mugler, worn with drop pearl earrings.
“I’m such a fan of his line. It’s elegant but still has a sense of humor,” Tullock said.
Stalter, from “Hacks, was in burned out velvet by Norma Kamali. She had a faux red rose pinned between her breasts.
“It took my breath away and my words. It’s kind of a sexy dress. It’s wild like me,” she said.
Jung Ho-yeon, the it girl and Louis Vuitton ambassador from “Squid Game,” wore an all-around, multicolored figure-hugging look from the brand. It was custom in a tweed design with all-around sequins. Her jewels were Vuitton, too.
“I still can’t believe it. It hasn’t sunk in yet, but I’m just going to enjoy the day and cherish the moment,” she said of her nomination.
Reese Witherspoon went for blue and sunglass-worthy bling in blue sequins, while Amanda Seyfried wore a body hugger in pink from Armani Prive, paired with Cartier drop diamond earrings in platinum.
“I’m a mermaid tonight,” Seyfried said.
Another refreshing surprise for Lavinthal? The men who dismissed black for all-white tuxedos, including Nicholas Braun from “Succession” in a double-breasted tux from Christian Dior. Andrew Garfield also went for white, along with Seth Rogan. Speaking of white, Jean Smart decided on it, too, with an elegant collar that fell off one shoulder. Ellie Saab designed Kerry Washington’s short draped dress with a long overskirt and a riot of organza lilies on one shoulder.
Washington’s black tights had some scratching their heads. So did Kaley Cuoco’s high-low Dolce & Gabbana tutu style and Julia Garner’s Gucci bellybutton cutout.
“I thought we’d seen every kind of cutout on the red carpet, but a bellybutton cutout was something new,” Lavinthal said.
Among Lavinthal’s highlights was Lily James in coppery Versace.
“It was very much 2022, but it could have come right off a ’90s runway with the chainmail and the sculpted cups,” she said.
Smart’s gown was made by Christian Siriano, as was the white look of Laura Linney.
Robin Thede also wore Siriano in stunning pastel blue, while Jerrod Carmichael went furry in a long, white fox fur coat. Carmichael laughed at the heat and humidity.
“This was Puff Daddy’s coat. He wore it in a video,” the “Saturday Night Live” comic said.
Carmichael was shirtless under the fur and wore a sunburst platinum necklace. His black satin pants were accented by the top of his white underwear peaking out. He was sockless in his black loafers.
Another Siriano fan? Melanie Lynskey from “Yellowjackets.” Hers was a mint green with sheer overlay that made her feel “half princess and half bad (expletive).” Of the designer, she said: “He’s the sweetest man alive and I adore him. I feel like he made something that was for me, for my body.”
Colman Domingo of “Euphoria” was already a winner as he walked the carpet. He earned an Emmy for guest actor in a drama series at the earlier creative arts awards.
“I’ve been celebrating all week long to the point where I had to wake up and take a couple of ibuprofen,” he said.
Domingo wore a gold brocade open jacket and matching pants.
“I want to feel like a king,” he said.
Domingo carried a platinum-studded battery-operated fan in an attempt to ward off the oppressive humidity, unusual for Los Angeles.
Mark Indelicato was in the red club, sort of. Indelicato’s hair was bright red and his black tux sported long split tails like a train. And more of the men? Phil Dunster of “Ted Lasso” went for burgundy tux with black lapels, though his Lasso co-star Brett Goldstein stayed with black.
Emily Heller, meanwhile, went in a different direction. She had a “Kick Me” sign on the back of her short floral dress, and a bit of toilet paper stuck to one shoe.
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Associated Press writer Beth Harris in Los Angeles contributed to this story.
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BAODING, China, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 2, GWM successfully held the 2022 Overseas Conference in Thailand. More than 200 distributors from over 50 countries and regions around the world discussed the development strategy and planning of GWM's new energy.
GWM has a complete industry chain of new energy in Thailand. This event aims to provide overseas distributors with a one-stop experience of new energy products, technologies, production, sales, and other aspects, and provide a template for new energy transformation in more regions.
At the conference, the representative from GWM Thailand shared the strategic deployment of new energy in the local market. Focusing on new energy products, the company has launched diversified products covering HEV, PHEV, and BEV. Based on the practices of the Rayong new energy plant, GWM has also built a "forest ecosystem" covering vehicle production, intelligent products, charging services, and users' lifestyles.
In just one year, GWM has made remarkable achievements in the ASEAN market. As of November, 2022, the company has delivered more than 13,000 new energy vehicles in Thailand, while the HAVAL H6 HEV has maintained a leading position in terms of sales volumes in the C-class SUV market for 15 months. From its base in Thailand, the company has rolled out its new energy products in other ASEAN countries.
Parker Shi, Vice President of GWM, said that there were many experiences of new energy development path we should draw on in Thailand. As one of GWM's core markets, the development achievements in Thailand would propel GWM to the forefront of clean and sustainable transformation.
GWM is also rolling out its new energy strategy globally at high speed. In the European market, the WEY Coffee 01and the ORA FUNKY CAT (also known as ORA GOOD CAT) have been officially launched. The first batch of WEY Coffee 01 has been shipped and will be delivered to German users. Further, the company has plans to expand the Spain and Sweden markets to promote its new energy layout and brand premiumization. In South America. GWM completed the technical upgrade of its Brazil factory in November this year. These achievements have laid a solid foundation for the global market.
Combined with the rapid implementation of this new energy strategy, it has promoted global business expansion and sales growth. Now, the company has an overseas sales network of 700 dealerships and its products have been exported to more than 170 countries and regions, with a total overseas sales volume exceeding 1 million. Between January to October this year, the sales volume of new energy vehicles exceeded 100,000.
GWM will continue to promote the implementation of the global new energy strategy with the blueprint of the ASEAN market. The company will also constantly explore new energy products that meet the green travel needs of global users, and bring a clean and smart experience for them.
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SINGAPORE, April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Respiree announced today that it has become a resident of Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS @ Shanghai ('JLABS')[1] from February 21, 2023 , in order to expand its footprint with the goal of deepening its relationships and networks within the pharma and life science sector.
Respiree's team at JLABS will focus on utilizing the iRIS One decentralized clinical trials platform with the aim to optimize drug trials and discover newer lung and cardiac digital biomarkers. Respiree's team also aims to extend development of its novel digital therapeutics pipeline to incorporate real-world pharma evidence.
"We are very proud and excited to be joining the JLABS ecosystem. We hope to enhance the iRIS One clinical trials platform. Through our expanded connectivity we also hope to further develop our digital therapeutics pipeline with the ultimate aim of enabling patients to access better treatments faster," said Respiree's CEO and Founder Dr Gurpreet Singh.
Respiree received the 510(k) clearance for its RS001 Cardio-respiratory wearable from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 8 March 2023.
[1] Johnson & Johnson Innovation
About Respiree
Respiree is a digital therapeutics company providing personalized healthcare services for cardio-pulmonary disease management using a combination of proprietary breath-cardio sensors, AI and workflow integrated UIUX. Respiree is deployed internationally. Respiree's iRIS One clinical trials platform is CE marked, approved for use in Australia by the Therapeutics Goods Administration and just received 510(k) clearance for its RS001 Cardio-respiratory wearable from the United States Food and Drug Administration.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — In Oklahoma, incumbent Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt has won the Republican primary for governor and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Joy Hofmeister, has won the Democratic primary for governor, according to race calls from The Associated Press.
Hofmeister flipped her party affiliation from Republican to Democrat last fall claiming Stitt had hijacked her former party. She has criticized Stitt's handling of the pandemic and referred to his leadership as divisive and ineffective.
The governor, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has largely held to familiar party lines on guns, abortion and more.
Even in a ruby red state where more than half of voters are registered Republicans and just a third are registered Democrats, Hofmeister is expected to give Stitt some competition in the general election.
Stitt has also touted that he would sign every bill in opposition to abortion that came to his desk and he's arguably done that. In May, he signed into law a bill that was deemed at the time as the most restrictive abortion bill in the country, which effectively banned all abortions beginning at fertilization.
But Stitt's administration has come under fire over the misspending of pandemic relief funds, accusations of improper pressure put upon the state's pardon and parole board and a scandal involving a local barbecue chain operating restaurants at state parks.
Stitt is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation, but his tense standoff with Oklahoma tribes following the McGirt v. Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling in 2020 has drawn the ire of many, including those inside his own party. During a legislative fight with the governor last month, one lawmaker classified Stitt's behavior toward tribes as "racist and hateful."
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EDGEMONT - Robert "Bob" Wayne Stevens, age 57, of Edgemont, SD, passed away on May 22, 2022, in Edgemont, SD.
Celebration of his life will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 27, 2022, at the Edgemont School Gym in Edgemont, SD.
Arrangements have been placed under the local care of Chamberlain McColley's Funeral Home in Hot Springs, SD. Written condolences can be made at www.chamberlainmccolleys.com. | 2022-05-25T06:11:37+00:00 | rapidcityjournal.com | https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/obituaries/robert-bob-wayne-stevens/article_e5cdf25a-49b2-5b7f-8d77-394674d32c1e.html |
These are the 14 fastest-growing jobs that offer on-the-job training
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These are the 14 fastest-growing jobs that offer on-the-job training
A fitness instructor leads a class
Some jobs require extensive training, preparation, or specialized skills. Surgeons and engineers, for example, must attain years of graduate training and experience because, without it, they could make fatal errors. Lawyers must learn a complicated system of rules and laws before they can practice, and chefs, writers, and visual artists must have finely honed skill sets to succeed.
Still, some employers are happy to train their workers on the job because it allows a worker to gain competency once they are employed. One kind of training, short-term training, consists of on-the-job experience and informal training that lasts no longer than a month. This can also include employer-sponsored training programs. This kind of training will become more common as total employment is projected to increase by 11.9 million jobs from 2020 to 2030, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
For that reason, Tovuti LMS identified occupations that offer short-term on-the-job training and are projected to rapidly increase hiring in the next decade using BLS data. All jobs on this list are forecast to have 50,000 or more new job openings from 2020 to 2030. They are sorted in order of increasing 2021 median pay.
Many of the jobs on the list are in the leisure and hospitality industry, which took the largest hit during the pandemic. Employers are ramping up hiring as people resume traveling and attending in-person events. The health care and social assistance industry is projected to add the most jobs overall—accounting for about 1 in 4 new hires, per the BLS.
Click through for a look at the 14 fastest-growing professions with on-the-job training.
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Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers
A man giving his ticket to a woman in the lobby of a theater
– Projected growth by 2030: 50,400 jobs (to be up 62% from 2020)
– Median pay in 2021: $24,440
– Entry-level education needed: No formal educational credential
All forms of entertainment employment took a hit during the COVID-19 pandemic when many theaters and other entertainment venues were forced to close. Now that these establishments have reopened for business, ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers are once again in demand to assist audiences. What’s more, many offer on-the-job training, as the specifics of every venue and event may be different, requiring managers to train people in real-time.
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Amusement and recreation attendants
An amusement park attendant checking a bumper car for safety
– Projected growth by 2030: 85,400 jobs (up 32% from 2020)
– Median pay in 2021: $24,500
– Entry-level education needed: No formal educational credential
Similar to theaters, most amusement parks were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that restrictions have eased, amusement parks are seeing surges in attendance. This means they have a need for labor to work at the parks, and many also offer on-the-job training so that as many people as possible can help the crowds enjoy their visits.
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Hosting staff, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
A barista grinding coffee beans
– Projected growth by 2030: 84,200 jobs (up 25% from 2020)
– Median pay in 2021: $24,600
– Entry-level education needed: No formal educational credential
Coffee shops were once havens for the self-employed who would come flocking during the day to get work done outside their homes. The pandemic transformed that, shuttering many coffee shops and lounges and forcing people to work from home. People are back in coffee shops typing away, so a steady supply of baristas are needed to serve them. Many coffee shops and lounges are willing to train new employees in everything from hospitality best practices to the art of making espresso.
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Wait staff
A waiter bringing food to a table
– Projected growth by 2030: 407,600 jobs (up 20% from 2020)
– Median pay in 2021: $26,000
– Entry-level education needed: No formal educational credential
Restaurants were largely closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and some were forced to close permanently. Many waiters quit during the pandemic as well, citing safety and other concerns. Since restrictions have eased, diners have been flocking back to restaurants, looking to make up for lost time. Those restaurants need all the help they can get serving patrons with pent-up demand, meaning they are more likely now than ever to offer on-the-job training.
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Bartenders
A bartender mixing a drink
– Projected growth by 2030: 159,900 jobs (up 33% from 2020)
– Median pay in 2021: $26,350
– Entry-level education needed: No formal educational credential
At their best, bartenders have signature drinks they love whipping up for patrons, but this isn’t necessarily required before slipping on a bartender’s apron. Although there are programs that can teach people how to make expert drinks, this isn’t expected or the norm. Behind-the-counter training is still the golden standard in learning a number of skills, from mixing up the perfect mojito to striking up just the right kind of conversation with patrons.
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Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
Cafeteria attendants cleaning tables
– Projected growth by 2030: 103,600 jobs (up 27% from 2020)
– Median pay in 2021: $27,170
– Entry-level education needed: No formal educational credential
When people were working from home during the pandemic, many dining rooms and cafeterias inside office buildings closed down. This meant there was no need for cafeteria or dining room assistants. With people heading back to the office, at least part-time, organizations with cafeterias and dining rooms need to hire people to help keep them running smoothly. They are willing to train people on the job, potentially overlooking the fact that some may have never worked in the industry before. Moreover, formal training isn’t necessarily expected or required for these jobs.
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Dishwashers
A dishwasher arranging dishes to dry
– Projected growth by 2030: 77,800 jobs (up 19% from 2020)
– Median pay in 2021: $28,130
– Entry-level education needed: No formal educational credential
As a diminished number of restaurants deal with a boom in demand post-pandemic, the need for all kinds of support within those restaurants has increased. This includes dishwashers, a shortage of which is spurring high wages. On-the-job training is standard for dishwashers, who are not expected to have any previous degree or experience before lacing up a dishwashing apron and helping keep things clean in between servings for restaurant patrons.
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Animal caretakers
A person walking four dogs
– Projected growth by 2030: 93,600 jobs (up 34% from 2020)
– Median pay in 2021: $28,600
– Entry-level education needed: High school diploma or equivalent
Many people adopted animals during the COVID-19 pandemic to contend with the stress and loneliness of being locked inside. With so many new pet parents returning to their pre-pandemic lives, they may need extra help caring for their animals. This has created a significant demand for animal caretakers and a shortage of suppliers. Many prospective employers may be willing to allow someone without technical experience or training with animals to take care of their pets while they go about their lives.
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Drivers and sales workers
A delivery driver driving a van with packages on the seat next to him
– Projected growth by 2030: 81,900 jobs (up 18% from 2020)
– Median pay in 2021: $29,280
– Entry-level education needed: High school diploma or equivalent
Drivers and sales workers transport cargo across long distances to be sold. There is currently a shortage of drivers, which means many employers will be more likely than ever to offer on-the-job training. Even under normal circumstances, all that is typically required to become a driver or sales worker is a clean driving record and a valid driver’s license.
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Home health and personal care aides
A home health provider supporting a disabled senior with a walking stick
– Projected growth by 2030: 1,129,900 jobs (up 33% from 2020)
– Median pay in 2021: $29,430
– Entry-level education needed: High school diploma or equivalent
An increasing number of Americans are hoping to stay in their homes as they age. This has coincided with a shortage of home health and personal care aides, who are, in many cases, leaving the profession due to low pay. For those willing to enter the profession now, many are being offered on-the-job training even if they haven’t had prior experience in home health and personal care aiding.
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Recreation workers
A dance instructor leading a ballet class of young children
– Projected growth by 2030: 57,800 jobs (up 16% from 2020)
– Median pay in 2021: $29,680
– Entry-level education needed: High school diploma or equivalent
Recreation workers wear many hats, but they generally lead groups of people or individuals in recreational activities. These activities can include everything from sports to the arts. The need for such workers is projected to grow by 16% through 2030, which is much faster than the average for all occupations. This translates to employers being more likely than ever to offer on-the-job training to meet demand.
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Passenger vehicle drivers
Taxis on a busy city street
– Projected growth by 2030: 180,600 jobs (up 26% from 2020)
– Median pay in 2021: $31,340
– Entry-level education needed: No formal educational credential
-Note: Metric excludes bus drivers, transit and intercity
Passenger vehicle drivers operate cars for individuals. This job category includes Uber and Lyft drivers as well as taxi drivers. There has been a severe shortage of drivers since the pandemic, led in part by higher fuel prices that are eating into driver profits. This has led to surging fares for passengers and widespread frustration. As such, platforms are extremely interested in recruiting as many new drivers as possible and are willing to provide on-the-job training as needed. All that is typically needed is a clean driving record and a valid license.
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Social and human service assistants
A psychologist and their patient talking during an appointment
– Projected growth by 2030: 69,500 jobs (up 17% from 2020)
– Median pay in 2021: $37,610
– Entry-level education needed: High school diploma or equivalent
Social and human service assistants provide myriad services. Broadly, they help people in fields including psychology, social work, and rehabilitation. Employment in the arena is projected to grow 17% through 2030, which is much higher than the national average for all occupations. To make sure they can meet the demand, many employers will offer on-the-job training to workers new to the field.
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Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors
A personal trainer helping a client stretch
– Projected growth by 2030: 121,700 jobs (up 39% from 2020)
– Median pay in 2021: $40,700
– Entry-level education needed: High school diploma or equivalent
Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors help people get and stay in shape. They may work as personal trainers with clients individually or lead classes for a larger franchise. Although there are programs and degrees that can give people credentials to become trainers and fitness instructors, the rise of streaming and social media has turned the need for such credentials on its head. Instructors can now become extremely popular and acquire clients simply through the popularity of their online content.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Chevan Cordeiro passed for 250 yards and two touchdowns, Kairee Robinson had 13 carries for 71 yards and two TDs to help San Jose State beat Western Michigan 34-6 Saturday night.
Cordeiro finished 17-of-28 passing with no interceptions and added eight carries for 30 yards. Justin Lockhart had 116 yards receiving on four catches for San Jose State (2-1).
Elijah Cooks caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Cordeiro with 10 seconds left in the second quarter to give the Spartans a 17-0 halftime lead. Western Michigan (1-3) was forced to punt on the opening possession of the second half and, on its next drive, San Jose State took a 24-0 lead when Charles Ross scored on a 39-yard reception that capped a seven-play, 71-yard drive.
Western Michigan’s Sean Tyler returned the ensuing kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown.
Robinson scored on a 5-yard run in the second quarter and, on the first play after the Broncos failed to convert on fourth-and-1 from their own 25, added a 23-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
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BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi police officer shot and killed a woman even as the woman was fatally shooting the officer and his partner in the parking lot of a Gulf Coast motel on Wednesday, authorities now say.
Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell said in a statement and interviews that body camera footage, autopsies and other forensic tests have helped to clarify what happened during the encounter.
Tindell said Amy Anderson, a 43-year-old Ocean Springs veterinarian, had checked into a motel in Bay St. Louis before dawn on Wednesday with her 8-year-old daughter and then asked the motel manager to call police.
“She thought someone was following her,” Tindell told the Sun Herald of Biloxi. “It appears she had a mental break.”
Bay St. Louis officers Branden Estorffe, 23, and Sgt. Steven Robin, 34, arrived and spent 40 minutes talking to Anderson, who officials say told officers that she believed someone was following her in a white pickup truck and was threatening her life.
After the officers decided to call state Child Protection Services, Anderson and the daughter began loading Anderson’s brown Toyota Highlander to leave the motel. Tindell said body camera footage shows that Robin was still interacting with Anderson when she shot Robin once in the head from the driver’s seat of the SUV at 4:19 a.m.
Estorffe approached, exchanging shots with Anderson that ultimately killed both the second officer and the woman. Anderson died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Tindell said an autopsy and other forensic testing showed the round that killed her came from Estorffe’s gun. That contradicts the initial statement from state investigators on Wednesday that they believed Anderson had shot and killed herself.
Robin died in the parking lot. Estorffe, died a short time later at a hospital.
The girl wasn’t injured in the shooting.
The two officers will be buried in a joint funeral on Wednesday in Bay St. Louis, even as tributes to their service continue. Hundreds of people gathered for a candlelight vigil Thursday at a high school in Bay St. Louis, a city of 10,000 people about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Biloxi. They included Robin’s wife, Estorffe’s father and sister, and other relatives.
“They loved coming to work and being officers, putting on the uniform and going out there every day to serve,” Bay St. Louis Police Chief Toby Schwartz said earlier in the day. “Branden and Steven were trusted colleagues and outstanding officers whose passion was to help others and provide public service. That was evident leading up to their final sacrifice during yesterday’s tragedy.”
Robin was a 12-year employee of the department and shift supervisor.
“He took his role in mentoring others quite seriously,” Schwartz recalled. “He knew it was his job to make great cops out of young rookies. And he truly embraced his place as their role model in the profession.”
Estorffe, whose father also has been a law enforcement officer, graduated from high school in the nearby Louisiana town of Slidell and started work in Bay St. Louis in July 2021.
Schwartz called him an “exceptional cadet who was truly going places in law enforcement and in our police department.”
“Branden’s sense of humor always led to a good story. He could lighten anyone’s load with his wit and charm. When we as law enforcement lose our brothers and sisters, it hurts bad,” Schwartz said.
Estorffe’s girlfriend, Madison Bartlett, wrote online that Estorffe loved her daughter as if she were his own, teaching Bartlett “what it’s like to be loved.”
“You brought me so much happiness,” she wrote. “My favorite part of my day was you. You brought me out of such a hard time. You were patient, kind and loving. The most selfless person I know. I don’t want this life without you. I love you forever Branden Estorffe.”
Lily Estorffe said Branden was her “only blood brother” and the best sibling she could have asked for.
“Branden Estorffe, words cannot express how much my heart is shattered,” she wrote. “I miss you so much. it’s not fair to know that you are gone. You have always been the light of my life.” | 2022-12-17T02:24:19+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/ap-mississippi-officials-woman-and-officer-shot-each-other/ |
VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - First Mining Gold Corp. ("First Mining" or the "Company") (TSX: FF) (OTCQX: FFMGF) (FRANKFURT: FMG) is pleased to provide an updated Mineral Resource Estimate (the "MRE") on the Duparquet gold project ("Duparquet" or the "Project") located in Quebec, prepared by InnovExplo Inc. in accordance with the National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101").
The updated MRE is derived from the master database of drill data, which contains 904 holes totalling 270,119m and 173,831 sampled intervals. This MRE includes 57 drill holes totaling 9,548m not included in the previous MRE with drilling occurring after the effective date of February 28, 2013. The drilling was carried out by Clifton Star Resources Inc., Beattie Gold Mines Ltd., and 2588111 Manitoba Ltd. By incorporating these previous drill holes, Duparquet's resource increases to 3.4 Moz in the measured and indicated category, an increase of 327 koz, and to 1.6 Moz in the inferred category, an increase of 193 koz.
"First Mining is very excited to announce an updated mineral resource estimate at the Duparquet Gold Project," stated Dan Wilton, CEO of First Mining Gold. "Duparquet is an advanced stage project that has benefited from 270,000m of historical drilling and was advanced to a PFS level in 2014. This resource growth from incorporating the 2013-2018 drilling is just the beginning of what we see as immense value potential here at Duparquet. Based on the size of its current resource, Duparquet represents one of the top four undeveloped gold projects in the province of Quebec. Its above average M&I open pit grade of 1.52 g/t Au provides excellent mining flexibility and along with its size and location, make it a very versatile deposit amenable to different potential mining scenarios with good future growth potential. The project site is well located and has access to excellent infrastructure and skilled labour. First Mining intends to complete an updated economic study in the near future and to develop an exploration path to support potential resource expansion, resource classification upgrading, and discovery of new deposits in this underexplored district."
Table 1: Duparquet Gold Project Mineral Resource Estimate
Duparquet consists of four (4) contiguous mineral exploration properties: Beattie, Donchester, Central Duparquet, Dumico and the tailings from the former Beattie mine. The Project is located in the Abitibi region of the province of Quebec, approximately 50 km north of the city of Rouyn-Noranda.
The Project site has infrastructure which includes paved, provincial highways from Rouyn-Noranda to the south and LaSarre to the north, both mining communities that can provide mining infrastructure and skilled labour to develop a mine. The Project site is also proximal to Quebec's hydroelectric power grid.
Duparquet, previously comprised of 2 separate Mining Concessions (Beattie and Donchester mines), now comprises of fifty (50) map-designated claims ("CDC") covering an area of 1,079.2 ha covering a strike length of 8 km in an E-W direction.
Duparquet is geologically located in the southern portion of the Abitibi, straddling the SE trending prolific Destor-Porcupine Fault Zone (DPMFZ). Structurally the project includes numerous E-W mineralized splays off of the Destor-Porcupine Fault Zone, as well as several syenite intrusions. Surrounding host rocks include mafic to ultramafic volcanic rocks and younger Temiskaming age conglomerates.
The predominant structures on Duparquet are the E-W splays of the DPMFZ. The Beattie Fault Zone ("BFZ") is located along the north contact of the main syenite body, whereas the Donchester Fault Zone ("DFZ") is located along the south contact. The Central Duparquet Fault Zone ("CDFZ") is located along the south contact of the second smaller syenite intrusive to the east.
Figure 1: Geology of the Duparquet Project. Structural and geometric details are represented by surface projections of the relevant structural elements from the deposit-scale 3D litho-structural model
The main style of gold mineralization in the Duparquet deposit generally occurs within shears or brecciated zones along or within the adjacent intrusive syenitic masses and is associated with finely disseminated pyrite and minor arsenopyrite replacement. Sulphide content is generally low (0.5 to 4%), although it can be up to 10% in some cases. Gold is associated and hosted with the pyrite and lesser arsenopyrite and arsenian pyrite.
Gold was initially discovered in the Duparquet Township in 1910 by John Beattie. The Beattie and adjoining Donchester mines were in production from 1933 to 1956, producing upwards of 1.3 million ounces of gold. In the mid-1930's Beattie Gold Mines was the largest gold producer in Quebec. From the 1980's to 2007, very limited exploration was carried out. Clifton Star had an option on the property between 2009 and 2014. During this time a substantial amount of surface diamond drilling, channel sampling was carried out. The company also completed an environmental baseline study, environmental assessment study and numerous metallurgical studies. Mineral resource estimates were also carried out that were included in the preliminary economic assessment and a prefeasibility study. The Clifton Star option was terminated in 2014 and the property was returned to the previous owners, with Clifton Star retaining a 10% interest in the companies that held the properties.
Since the effective date of the previous mineral resource estimate (InnovExplo, Poirier et al., 2014), the Company (Clifton Star) and the previous owners (Beattie Gold Mines and 2588111 Manitoba Ltd.) had completed an additional 57 surface drill holes totalling 9,548 m, that were not included in the MRE. Significant assay results added to this new MRE include 5.65 g/t Au over 34.0 m (BD13-22) on Beattie and 5.58 g/t Au over 5.0 m (D13-18) on Donchester.
The 2022 MRE contains 904 drillholes and 892 channel samples in outcrops. It contains 173,831 sampled intervals taken from 270,119 m of drilled core and 2,371 analyses from 1,827 m of channels. The 904 DDH cover the 4.5-km strike length of the Project at a reasonably regular drill spacing of 25-50 m.
Bench-scale and pilot plant metallurgical testwork programs have been carried out for the Project. SGS carried out preliminary metallurgical testwork in 2012 to support a PEA at that time. In 2013, SGS carried out further flotation, pressure oxidation, cyanidation, rheology and environmental testwork, including a pilot plant for a PFS. Outotec was also mandated in 2013 to carry out filtration testwork.
The overall gold results from flotation concentrate, pressure oxidation (POX) and CIL circuit as well as flotation tail cyanidation for the ore resulted in an overall recovery of gold ranging from 91.9% to 95.4%.
A preliminary pilot test program investigated pressure oxidation and hot curing processing of a Duparquet flotation concentrate to render precious metals extractable by cyanidation. The recovery of gold from the pilot plant hot cure discharge ranged from 94.7% to 96.5%
Bench-scale test work was also performed on two samples of existing tailings on the Project. The test work for the flotation-POX/CIL flowsheet resulted in overall gold recoveries ranging from 83.5% to 93.3%.
The MRE update for the Project (the "2022 MRE") was prepared by Marina Iund, P.Geo. and Carl Pelletier, P.Geo., using all available information. The main objective was to update the results of InnovExplo's previous mineral resource estimate for the Project, dated June 26, 2013 (Poirier et al., 2014). The updated MRE includes new drill holes on the Beattie, Donchester and Central Duparquet properties.
The resource area has an E-W strike length of 4.5 km, a width of approximately 1 km, and a vertical extent of 1,050 m below surface.
The 2022 MRE was prepared using GEOVIA GEMS 6.8.2.2 ("GEMS") and GEOVIA Surpac 2021 ("Surpac") software. GEMS was used for updating the mineralized domains and the compositing. Surpac was used for the estimation, which consisted of 3D block modelling and the inverse distance square ("ID2") interpolation method. Statistical, capping and variography studies were completed using Snowden Supervisor v8.13 and Microsoft Excel software.
The 60 mineralized domain wireframes were created and updated by digitizing an interpretation onto sections spaced 25 m apart or 12.5 m in areas with higher drill hole density. However, if barren intervals were encountered, the mineralized zones were extended only to the mid-distance between the last known occurrence of mineralization and the barren hole. A 50-m extension around the zones was used for the secondary mineralized domains.
A dilution envelope was defined as the parts of the block model that are not included in any of the mineralized domain solids. The solid for the envelope contains "floating" gold intersects for which continuity has not yet been demonstrated or interpreted.
High-grade capping was set at 25 g/t Au for all zones, including the envelope zone. Twenty-two (22) DDH samples and one (1) channel sample were capped.
Analysis of 3,633 bulk density values and a 12 t composite drill core bulk sample from the mineralized zones, yielded 2.73 g/cm3 (mean density of the syenite) for all 60 mineralized domains and the envelope. A density of 2.00 g/cm3 was assigned to the overburden, and 1.00 g/cm3 was assigned to excavation solids (drifts and stopes) assumed to be filled with water.
The intervals defining each mineralized domain were composited to 1-m equal lengths. A grade of 0.00 g/t was assigned to missing sample intervals as it was assumed that unsampled intervals were considered to be unmineralized by the geologist in charge of the core logging.
A block model was built to enclose a sufficiently large enough volume to host an open pit. The model corresponds to a sub-blocked model in Surpac with no rotation. The user block size was defined as 5m x 5m x 5m with a minimal sub-block size of 1.25m x 1.25m x 1.25m. Block dimensions reflect the sizes of mineralized domains and plausible mining methods. All blocks with more than 50% of their volume falling within a selected solid were assigned the corresponding solid block code.
Individual zones and the envelope were estimated separately using their own search ellipsoid. The available geological and geostatistical information was used to establish the size of each search ellipsoid. Seventy-two (72) distinct mineralized domains were studied. The mean azimuth and dip of each domain were used to define 23 search ellipsoids, grouping zones of similar geometry.
Figure 2: Plan view and isometric view of the categorized mineral resources and the Whittle optimized pit-shells (blocks selection: in pit-shells or in DSO and above the respective COG)
Table 2: Cut-off grade sensitivity for the in-pit and underground portions of the Duparquet Project
InnovExplo, the authors of the MRE report concluded that:
- The database supporting the 2022 MRE is complete, valid and up to date.
- Geological and gold-grade continuity has been demonstrated for all 72 mineralized zones.
- The key parameters of the 2022 MRE (density, capping, compositing, interpolation, search ellipsoid, etc.) are supported by data and statistical and/or geostatistical analysis.
- The 2022 MRE includes measured, indicated and inferred resources for a combination of two mining scenarios: open pit and selective underground. The 2022 MRE complies with CIM Definition Standards and CIM Guidelines.
- Two cut-off grades of 0.40 and 1.50 g/t Au were used, corresponding to potential open pit and selective underground mining scenarios.
- Cut-off grades were calculated at a gold price of US$1,650 per troy ounce and an exchange rate of 1.31 USD/CAD, using reasonable mining, processing and G&A costs.
- In a combined pit and selective underground mining scenario, the Project contains an estimated M+I Resource of 65,081,200 t at 1.58 g/t Au for 3,316,100 oz of gold and an Inferred Resource of 37,371,900 t at 1.36 g/t Au for 1,636,000 oz of gold. The Project also contains the Beattie mine tailings with an estimated M+I Resource of 4,125,100 t at 0.94 g/t Au for 124,500 oz of gold.
- The results of the 2022 MRE represent a 10.5% increase in the M+I Resource and a 13.4% increase in the Inferred Resource compared to the previous 2014 MRE of Poirier et al., 2014. The increase in the M+I Resource is due to a deeper optimized shell and the updated economic parameters. The same reasons combined with the addition of 55 drill holes explain the increase in Inferred resources.
- Based on metallurgical tests, the Duparquet project appears amenable to standard gold recovery processes. A combination of flotation, pressure oxidation and cyanide leach processes has shown a gold recovery ranging from 94.7% to 96.5%.
- Additional diamond drilling on multiple zones would likely upgrade some of the Inferred Resource to the Indicated category and/or add to the Inferred Resource since most of the mineralized zones have not been fully explored at depth or close to surface infrastructures.
The effective date of the updated MRE is September 12, 2022. A NI 43-101 Technical Report prepared by InnovExplo Inc. will be filed on SEDAR within 45 days of this news release and will be available at that time on the Company website.
The independent and qualified persons for the MRE, as defined by National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, are Marina Iund, P.Geo. and Carl Pelletier, P.Geo., both from Innovexplo. The effective date of the estimate is September 12, 2022.
Mr. Louis Martin P.Geo., (OGQ 0364), a consultant of First Mining, is a "Qualified Person" for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, and he has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical disclosure contained in this news release.
First Mining is a gold developer advancing a portfolio of gold projects in Canada, with our most advanced project being the Springpole Gold Project in northwestern Ontario, which is one of the largest undeveloped gold projects in Canada, and where we have commenced a Feasibility Study and permitting activities are on-going with a draft Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") for the project published in June 2022. First Mining also owns the Cameron, Duparquet, Duquesne and Pitt gold projects, all advanced-stage gold projects in Ontario (in the case of Cameron) and Québec. Our portfolio of gold project interests also includes the Pickle Crow gold project (being advanced in partnership with Auteco Minerals Ltd.), the Hope Brook gold project (being advanced in partnership with Big Ridge Gold Corp.), an equity interest in Treasury Metals Inc., and a portfolio of 21 gold royalties.
First Mining was established in 2015 by Mr. Keith Neumeyer, founding President and CEO of First Majestic Silver Corp.
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This news release includes certain "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities legislation including the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release. Forward-looking statements are frequently, but not always, identified by words such as "expects", "anticipates", "believes", "plans", "projects", "intends", "estimates", "envisages", "potential", "possible", "strategy", "goals", "opportunities", "objectives", or variations thereof or stating that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms and similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements in this news release relate to future events or future performance and reflect current estimates, predictions, expectations or beliefs regarding future events. All forward-looking statements are based on First Mining's or its consultants' current beliefs as well as various assumptions made by them and information currently available to them. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Forward-looking statements reflect the beliefs, opinions and projections on the date the statements are made and are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by the respective parties, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Such factors include, without limitation the Company's business, operations and financial condition potentially being materially adversely affected by the outbreak of epidemics, pandemics or other health crises, such as COVID-19, and by reactions by government and private actors to such outbreaks; risks to employee health and safety as a result of the outbreak of epidemics, pandemics or other health crises, such as COVID-19, that may result in a slowdown or temporary suspension of operations at some or all of the Company's mineral properties as well as its head office; fluctuations in the spot and forward price of gold, silver, base metals or certain other commodities; fluctuations in the currency markets (such as the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar); changes in national and local government, legislation, taxation, controls, regulations and political or economic developments; risks and hazards associated with the business of mineral exploration, development and mining (including environmental hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or unexpected formations, pressures, cave-ins and flooding); the presence of laws and regulations that may impose restrictions on mining; employee relations; relationships with and claims by local communities, indigenous populations and other stakeholders; availability and increasing costs associated with mining inputs and labour; the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development; title to properties.; and the additional risks described in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com, and in the Company's Annual Report on Form 40-F filed with the SEC on EDGAR.
First Mining cautions that the foregoing list of factors that may affect future results is not exhaustive. When relying on our forward-looking statements to make decisions with respect to First Mining, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. First Mining does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time by the Company or on our behalf, except as required by law.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation® (IACMI), a leader in advanced composites design, manufacturing, technical innovation, and workforce development, today announced that Chad Duty has been named as the organization's Chief Executive Officer (CEO). An engineering professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT), and joint faculty member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Duty will immediately begin transitioning into his new role as CEO of IACMI and fully assume the role by April 1, 2023.
"We are pleased to welcome Chad as the new CEO of IACMI," said Maha Krishnamurthy, interim president for the University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF). UTRF is the sole corporate member of Collaborative Composite Solutions Corporation, the non-profit organization which operates IACMI. "Chad's strong background in advanced manufacturing research, technical management, strategic planning, industrial collaborations, and working with a variety of stakeholders and funding agencies makes him well positioned to lead this organization in the future."
Duty, who will continue as a professor at UT, said he is excited for the opportunity to build upon IACMI's accomplishments. "We have a great team and outstanding members and partners who are pursuing highly innovative approaches to advanced composites that will help to secure the future of American manufacturing," Duty said.
Dale Brosius, IACMI's Chief Commercialization Officer (CCO) and interim CEO, will continue to lead the full-scale daily operations of the institute until Duty assumes the CEO role. Brosius will also continue in his roles as CCO and executive director of the IACMI Consortium.
Krishnamurthy recognized Brosius for the leadership he has provided as interim CEO, a position he has held since April of this year. "Dale has provided stability to the IACMI leadership role, playing a key part in growing and serving our consortium membership and driving innovation in manufacturing to enable a more sustainable and more competitive U.S. economy," she said.
Duty comes to IACMI with more than 20 years of research experience in advanced manufacturing – spanning technologies in thin film processing, printed electronics, solar energy, and additive manufacturing of polymer composites. Before joining the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering at UT in 2015, Duty served as a research scientist and group leader at ORNL, beginning in 2004, and helped to establish the Department of Energy's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL. Duty began his career as a senior aeronautical engineer at Lockheed Martin. He has a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech and bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech.
Established by the U.S. Department of Energy in 2015, IACMI has managed more than 60 collaborative and industry-led technical projects with greater than $200 million collectively in research and development value, leading to the commercialization of at least 15 new products. In addition, through this initiative, more than $400 million has been invested in a broad system of open-access facilities for demonstration at scale in eight states. Further, IACMI has engaged more than 9,000 individuals in composites training and STEM outreach and has placed more than 100 university interns.
Through collaboration with industry, academia, and national laboratories, IACMI projects have demonstrated faster cycle times and lower costs for composite materials and structures, decreased carbon intensity, and increased the recyclability of composites.
IACMI – The Composites Institute is a 130-plus member community of industry, universities, national laboratories, and federal, state, and local government agencies working together to accelerate advanced composites design, manufacturing, technical innovation, and workforce solutions to enable a cleaner and more sustainable, more secure, and more competitive U.S. economy. IACMI is managed by the Collaborative Composite Solutions Corporation (CCS), a not-for-profit organization established by The University of Tennessee Research Foundation. A Manufacturing USA institute, IACMI is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Manufacturing Office, as well as key state and industry partners. Visit www.iacmi.org and follow IACMI on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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A Rhode Island engineer lured Jassy Correia into his car by promising her a ride home from a Boston nightclub in 2019 before he sexually assaulted and choked her to death, a federal prosecutor told jurors during his closing argument Tuesday.
Evidence presented during Louis D. Coleman III’s kidnapping trial in Boston federal court showed that “he did not share with Jassy what his real interest was early that morning: to have sex,” Assistant US Attorney Robert Richardson told jurors. “She was tricked into going with him and getting into the car. That was not valid consent.”
He urged jurors to find Coleman, 36, of Providence, guilty of a single charge of kidnapping resulting in death, which carries a mandatory life sentence. Jurors deliberated for about four hours after closing arguments and will resume on Wednesday.
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Richardson argued that Coleman killed Correia during a violent attack inside his car on Feb. 24, 2019, and showed “consciousness of guilt” by keeping her body in his apartment for days as he researched how to cover up his crime and plotted to dispose of her body. Four days after Correia disappeared, a massive search ended when police pulled Coleman over on Interstate 95 in Delaware and found her body stuffed in a suitcase in the trunk of his car.
An autopsy showed she died of strangulation and sustained blunt force trauma. Coleman’s DNA was found in her vagina, rectum, and under her fingernails, according to testimony.
Coleman is not charged with murder and prosecutors must prove only that he kidnapped her, resulting in her death, and traveled across state lines.
Coleman’s lawyer, Jane Peachy, said that Correia willingly got into Coleman’s car and “this theory that he tricked or lured her into going with him is pure imagination.”
She asserted that Correia, who was celebrating her upcoming 23rd birthday with friends at Venu in Boston’s Theater District, became aggressive after mixing alcohol and cocaine and suddenly attacked Coleman, biting him in the face, after engaging in consensual sex.
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Coleman “panicked” after Correia was killed and “handled it about as bad as you can,” she said. “That’s because he had no idea that anything like this would happen to him in his life,” she said.
“Part of the reason he didn’t think he could go to the police is he’s a Black man in America who had already been beaten once by police in San Diego,” said Peachy, citing an incident several years earlier in which Coleman was knocked to the ground by an officer after he was arrested for urinating in public.
Coleman, who holds a master’s degree in experimental physics, was working as an engineer at Raytheon at the time of Correia’s alleged kidnapping. He went to Venu alone and didn’t know Correia beforehand but was talking to one of her friends, according to testimony.
Correia, who was born in Cape Verde and immigrated to the United States with her father when she was 3, grew up in Dorchester and was a hostess at Del Frisco’s restaurant in Boston. She and her 2-year-old daughter, Gabriela, had been staying at a shelter in Lynn, but she left the child with her grandmother before meeting friends to celebrate her birthday. Correia had made arrangements to stay at a friend’s house in Dorchester and pick up her daughter the next day, according to testimony.
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Jurors were shown video footage of Correia, who appeared intoxicated and distraught after she climbed into the passenger seat of an Uber that wasn’t hers, was pushed out by the driver, and fell to the ground. She wasn’t wearing a winter coat and had taken off her new high heels when Coleman stepped forward and took her hand.
He led her to his car, giving her a piggyback ride, a move Coleman’s lawyer said indicated Correia left willingly with him.
“His life was pretty normal before he met Jassy Correia,” Peachy told jurors, saying that something sudden and unexpected happened when Correia became volatile. “He offered to help her and it turned into the worst night of his life.”
But Richardson told jurors that Correia sustained extensive injuries to her neck and body. At 119 pounds, she was easily overpowered by Coleman, who weighed 209 pounds. There were two cracks in the windshield on the passenger side.
He said the attack likely occurred just after 2:30 a.m., minutes after Correia got into the car, when Coleman pulled over and parked on Tremont Street in Boston for 12 minutes. Two hours later, video footage shows Coleman dragging her limp, partially naked body onto the elevator at his building and into his sixth-floor apartment.
“It may be that this turned out to be the worst night of his life,” Richardson said. “It turned out to be Jassy’s last night.”
Coleman told the judge Tuesday that he had decided not to testify. Peachy urged jurors to consider Correia’s mental health, citing evidence that she was bipolar, had received treatment at a psychiatric facility, and had a history of drug use.
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“People might think we are victim blaming by bringing these things up, but it’s not our intention,” Peachy said. The purpose was “to get at the truth” of whether Coleman kidnapped Correia.
“You might want to hold Louis accountable for some of the things he did,” Peachy said. “But we are not determining this case just on the fact that he killed her and what he did afterward . . . you do not have to forgive Mr. Coleman for what he did afterwards, but you must look at what he is charged with in this case.”
Shelley Murphy can be reached at shelley.murphy@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @shelleymurph. | 2022-05-31T23:40:29+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/05/31/metro/jury-hears-closing-arguments-fatal-kidnapping-trial/ |
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Spark Math, an award-winning interactive math learning program for Pre-K through elementary students, recently received STEM accreditation from STEM.org, a recognized authority in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This is a testament to the curriculum design and teaching quality of Spark Math, highlighting the program's commitment to preparing students for success in STEM and beyond.
Math is the foundation of STEM learning
Spark Math was founded by parents with successful STEM careers. With technology developing rapidly, as demonstrated by the recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), it has never been as important for students to be prepared for STEM learning. Math is a foundational subject that helps prepare kids for life and the challenges of the future. However, it is a subject that many kids and even adults' dread.
Spark Math focuses on the learning experience demonstrating that outcomes for math can be significantly improved with technology and building a love for math by making it fun and engaging. The online courses connect abstract math concepts to real life, helping students prepare for STEM in a unique and enjoyable way.
"In our math courses, we embed the STEM philosophy into our program by injecting critical thinking and logical reasoning skills into our curriculum," said Tan Boon Leong Jeremy, head of teaching center in Southeast Asia Region.
Spark Math excels with distinct advantages in STEM education helping students to:
- Develop problem solving skills: Spark Math focuses on critical thinking and problem solving, empowering students to apply concepts learned to various scenarios. The goal is to provide young students with the building blocks of STEM education and methodology so they can continue to thrive in the future.
- Learn with the Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract (CPA) method: It connects real life to math, relates abstract math concepts such as equations, fractions, and numbers, to real-life objects that kids can relate to and easily grasp, and subsequently represent those objects with a picture, and eventually mathematical representation.
- Connect Math to real life: Each class has a storyline and adventure for the students to go on together with animations, songs, and games helping kids stay engaged and learn.
- Practice made fun with gamification: By gamifying math concepts and questions, students can learn in a more enjoyable and interactive way. They can play games by clicking, dragging, matching, and interacting which helps to keep them motivated and engaged. With gamification, Spark Math makes learning and even practicing math fun.
About Spark Education Group
Founded in 2017, Spark Education Group is headquartered in Singapore. Its portfolio of education brands aims to combine research-based pedagogy with technology to improve the learning experience and education outcomes for students around the world. It was recently awarded "Best Interactive Learning Experience" at EdTech Asia and recognized as a Parent and Teacher Choice Award Gold Medal Recipient.
For more information, please visit www.sparkeducationgroup.com.
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Wyoming black bear hunter accused of killing protected grizzly near highway into Yellowstone
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming hunter faces up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine if convicted of killing a protected grizzly bear he allegedly claims he mistook for a legal-to-hunt black bear outside Yellowstone National Park.
The male grizzly weighing about 530 pounds (240 kilograms) drew a lot of attention from drivers after its death May 1 near U.S. 14-16-20, the eastern approach into Yellowstone.
Patrick M. Gogerty, of Cody, turned himself in early the next morning, Wyoming Game and Fish Department game warden Travis Crane wrote in an affidavit filed in Park County Circuit Court.
By then, rumors about the dead bear were circulating far and wide.
“Gogerty should have turned himself in immediately,” Crane wrote.
Grizzlies in the Yellowstone region of southern Montana, eastern Idaho and northwestern Wyoming are a federally protected species. Killing one without a good reason, such as self defense, can bring tough penalties under state and federal law.
Gogerty is charged under Wyoming law with killing a grizzly bear without a license, a misdemeanor. Along with the jail time and hefty fine, he would face having to pay as much as $25,000 in restitution if convicted.
Gogerty, who is scheduled for an arraignment Friday in Park County Circuit Court, couldn’t be reached for comment. He had no listed phone number and no attorney in court records who might comment on his behalf.
Black bears are typically smaller and darker than grizzly bears. Large black bears with brownish coloring, and small grizzly bears with darker coloring, sometimes get mistaken for the other species, however.
Gogerty went hunting on the day the regular black bear hunting season opened in areas west of Cody. He first saw the grizzly about 100 yards (90 meters) off the highway, according to the affidavit filed Thursday in Circuit Court.
At first, he was confident that the bear he shot at seven times was a black bear because the animal didn’t have a grizzly’s characteristically humped back, he allegedly told Crane, the game warden.
“When Gogerty went up to the bear and saw the bear’s claws, the pads and the head of the bear, he realized it was a grizzly bear,” Crane wrote in the affidavit.
The bear had been shot at least four times, the affidavit alleges.
Hunters and others on Yellowstone’s outskirts kill grizzlies in self-defense or in cases of mistaken identity fairly often — about six times per year, on average, from 2015 to 2020, according to researchers.
Such encounters typically occur on private land or remote areas, far from the public eye.
As many as 50,000 grizzlies once roamed the western U.S., far more than today. Still, they are considered a conservation success story with rebounding numbers in Yellowstone and other pockets in the lower 48 states.
Grizzly-human encounters have increased as the Yellowstone region’s grizzly population has grown as much as tenfold, to as many as 1,000 animals, since the 1970s.
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to film director Robert Altman, born on this date in 1925, “If you don’t have a leg to stand on, you can’t put your foot down.”
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GRAB A GIFT – The Sewing Group from the Kenmore Mercy Hospital Auxiliary is selling its handcrafted items in the hospital atrium today and every first and third Monday. Hours are 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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PRECIOUS CARGO – Free child car safety seat inspections are available from 4 to 8 p.m. today and next Monday at the Erie County Sheriff’s Office Elma Substation, 1600 Bowen Road, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Crittenden Volunteer Fire Company, 13415 Genesee St., Alden. For more info, call Deputy Trevor Williams at 716-858-2706 or email TrevorWilliams2@erie.gov.
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TALKING POINTS – Historian and educator Eva Doyle is guest speaker in the free online IMAGINE lecture series at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. For the Zoom link, go to us02web.zoom.us/j/89569334364.
Sheila Brown and Lee Pettigrew present WUFO 1080 Radio Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson Ave. Also on Zoom. Register at michiganstreetbuffalo.org.
Kristan McMahon from the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown kicks off the 17th Great Decisions discussion series at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the International Institute of Buffalo, 864 Delaware Ave. The topic is war crimes. All are welcome. For more info, visit iibuffalo.org.
Doug DeCroix, executive director of Western New York Heritage Inc., will talk about the Bell X-1 aircraft that broke the sound barrier in 1947 for the Historical Association of Lewiston at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Lutheran Church of the Messiah Fellowship Hall, 915 Oneida St., Lewiston. It is free and open to the public.
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LUNCHEON DATES – The Northtown Christian Women’s Connection will hold a soup and dessert luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Christ Church, 350 Saratoga Road, Amherst., with Mike Casella speaking on the historical development of Buffalo Harbor and the Erie Canal and Ruth Kowles on “How I Found the Right Direction for Life.” Cost is $12. Reservations needed today. Call 716-775-5002.
The Buffalo Federation of Women’s Clubs holds its monthly luncheon Thursday in Chef’s Restaurant, 291 Seneca St. The program begins at 10:30 a.m., features Tiffany Lewis, founder and CEO of Confident Girl Mentoring Program, Inc. Cost is $30. For more info, email Marcia Sickau at msickau@buffalo.edu.
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ON THE MOVE – Rev. Richard Neal, pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1080 Main St., will offer Ashes on the Run from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Wednesday for anyone walking or driving past the church. There’s also a regular Ash Wednesday service at 7 p.m.
Also offering ashes to go from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday is Calvary Episcopal Church, 20 Milton St. at South Cayuga Road, Williamsville. Donations assist newly-arrived families from Ukraine.
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NEW OUTLET – The Kenmore Village Improvement Society is opening a new shop in Kenmore with gifts and items made by local crafters and is looking for graphic artists, knitters, jewelry makers, potters and other artisans and crafters to consign items to it. For more info, call 716-877-0477 or email mail@villageofkenmore.com.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Paul Woods, Dr. Paul A. Kloc II, Marian Needham, Tom Fenton, John Kiener, Kathy Sauer, Mary Picogna, Mildred Karaszewski, Loretta Sauer, Peggi Ryan, William VanArsdale, Maeve Kennedy McDougall, David J. Hall, Rose Marie Wartinger, Skip Polowy, Melissa Dersam, Dalton Englert, Jacque Bottomley, Andrew Bottomley, David F. Quagliana, Marilyn Besser, Mark Haggerty, Anna Lucas Case, Peter Grisanti, Alexa B. Farner and Kevin Bielmann.
AND TUESDAY – Bette Jane Hipps Campbell, Reggie Witherspoon, Nancy Singh, Joyce Frayer, Chris TinHan, Denny Atkinson, Alyssa Heitman, Cody Sole, Barbara Falcone, Michelle Ann Bouton, Michael Gaughan, Lauren Holstein, Eric Meyer, Kurt Adamchick, Sharon Schmitt, Teri Dowd, Frank Billittier Jr., Bill Squire, Kelly Ruettimann and Karen Holland.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's Lt. Gov. Josh Green on Saturday won the Democratic primary to be the state's next governor after a hard-fought race against U.S. Rep. Kaiali’i Kahele and former Hawaii first lady Vicky Cayetano.
Green has served as second-in-command for the past four years to Hawaii Gov. David Ige, who has already served two terms and isn't eligible to run for reelection.
The winner of the Democratic primary is favored to win the general election in the liberal state.
Former Lt. Gov. James R. “Duke” Aiona won the Republican primary for governor, defeating mixed martial arts championship fighter B.J. Penn and Honolulu City Councilperson Heidi Tsuneyoshi.
Aiona served as lieutenant governor during former Gov. Linda Lingle’s administration from 2002 to 2010. He unsuccessfully ran for governor 12 years ago.
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Many voters said Hawaii’s high housing costs were a top issue for them. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the median price of a single-family home topped $1 million in Honolulu, Maui and Kauai counties.
To address the housing shortage, Green said he would issue an executive order to eliminate red tape and streamline construction approvals and enforce existing laws to shut down illegal vacation rentals.
Aiona said he would eliminate the state Land Use Commission, which he blamed for slowing housing development.
Herbert Rowland, an Oahu construction worker, said he likes Green’s plans for tackling Hawaii’s housing problem and homelessness.
“I’m from this island, been here all my life. I don’t want my children to move off this island because it’s too expensive and they can’t find a house,” Rowland said recently while holding a Green campaign sign and waving at passing cars in Honolulu.
Green was a state senator and representative before serving as lieutenant governor. He was a doctor in rural areas on the Big Island before entering politics. He has continued working part time as a physician while in the state Legislature and as lieutenant governor.
Green developed a following during the COVID-19 pandemic for his explanations of infection rates and trends and hospital treatment capacity.
The state’s largest unions endorsed his candidacy in the primary, including the Hawaii Government Employees Association and the Hawaii State Teachers Association.
The race got heated when Kahele and Cayetano questioned income that Green received while lieutenant governor from a limited liability company called Green Health International LLC. Green, who has continued in his emergency room doctor side job while lieutenant governor, said the money was for work he performed as a physician.
Kahele drew attention this year for his own side job as a Hawaiian Airlines pilot and his heavy use of proxy voting in Congress. Like everyone who has voted by proxy, he submitted a required letter attesting he was “unable to physically” vote at the Capitol. He cited “the ongoing public health emergency.”
Green was born in Kingston, New York, and grew up in Pittsburgh. He moved to Hawaii with the National Health Service Corps in 2000.
Kahele’s decision to run for governor opened up his congressional seat representing rural Oahu and the Neighbor Islands.
Former state Sen. Jill Tokuda beat state Rep. Patrick Pihana Branco for the Democratic nomination for that seat, Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District.
Among Republicans, former U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst and businessman Joe Akana defeated business owner Joseph Webster.
Hawaii is a vote-by-mail state so voters have been mailing their ballots and placing them in drop boxes across the islands since late last month. Election clerks in each county have made a few voter service centers available for people registering to vote at the last minute or voting in person.
In the 1st Congressional District, incumbent U.S. Rep. Ed Case beat attorney and political newcomer Sergio Alcubilla in the Democratic primary. Conrad Kress, Patrick Largey and Arturo Reyes are competing for the Republican endorsement.
In the U.S. Senate race, sitting U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz defeated Democratic primary challenger Steve Tataii, a conflict resolution consultant. Tataii made an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 2016.
In the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, state Rep. Bob McDermott beat five other candidates. | 2022-08-14T08:16:14+00:00 | wcfcourier.com | https://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/josh-green-wins-hawaiis-democratic-primary-for-governor/article_89cc33cc-e9e1-5250-b879-749ad81e2f2c.html |
MILWAUKEE – Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s plan to replace lead lined pipes is a long term project with the potential to provide water equity to Milwaukee. A local plumber says she thinks the city is in a difficult place to achieve the lofty goal, but not an impossible one.
Jessie Cannizzaro is the Master Plumber for Milestone Plumbing in Wauwatosa. She says patience will be a virtue throughout this initiative and that strategic spending will be critical.
“I do not know that it will ever happen fast enough to be ideal. Also recognizing the city does not have an unlimited budget, I can totally see where the city is between a rock and a hard place,” Cannizzaro told WTMJ.
Cannizzaro cautioned against a false sense of protection against lead. Copper lined lateral pipes designed to bring water into a home are attached to most houses in Milwaukee County. Because of these updated pipes, some homeowners may assume they are protected from lead entering their house. Cannizzaro says they still risk consuming water that travelled through lead-lined pipes. She encouraged extra levels of filtration and regularly testing your water.
The push to remove lead is not without its risks, Cannizzaro stressed that laborers working on the pipes need to be careful.
“As that lead is being worked on, people cut it. And if you are not taking great care to making sure to not introduce the lead shavings to the water system, you can introduce extra lead in as you are repairing it.”
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SUMMERFEST 2023: Everything you need to know about the 55th annual Big Gig! | 2023-06-27T02:59:17+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/homepage-showcase/2023/06/26/expert-plumber-cautiously-optimistic-about-plan-to-replace-milwaukees-lead-lined-pipes/ |
3 arrested in child care center abuse probe after child’s leg broken, authorities say
LEXINGTON, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) - Three women have been arrested in connection to a child abuse case at a Lexington child care center, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department.
WIS reported that Shayna Nicole McKnight, 36, is charged with infliction of great bodily harm upon a child. Amy Marie Grice, 38, and Jeannie H. Locklear, 49, are charged with obstructing justice, according to warrants.
Sheriff Jay Koon said the case started a month ago with a call from the child’s mother from Windsor Academy in Lexington. The daycare told the mother of the child that their leg was hurt in the railing of a crib.
Doctors determined that the child’s leg was broken.
Detectives asked to review the video from inside Windsor Academy. Grice and Locklear told deputies that the camera system wasn’t working when the child was injured.
Eventually, detectives determined that the women had taken steps to delete the video after they watched it. However, Koon said that detectives were able to recover the video.
The video allegedly shows McKnight forcefully folding the child’s leg under their body and flipping them into the crib while still holding their left leg.
“Based on detectives’ review of the video, the child was crawling and playing without any visible pain before the incident, then crying and unable to put weight on the left after the incident,” Koon said.
On Friday morning, McKnight, Grice and Locklear were arrested. They are being held in the Lexington County Detention Center.
The South Carolina Department of Social Services is assisting the sheriff’s department in the investigation.
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Arrival of largest commercial satellite heralds the start of a new era in connectivity
GERMANTOWN, Md., June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) company, today announced its JUPITER™ 3 ultra high-density satellite has arrived in Cape Canaveral, FL, for its upcoming launch. JUPITER 3, also known as EchoStar XXIV, was built by Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, CA, and is engineered to deliver gigabytes of connectivity to customers across North and South America. Last night, the satellite was carefully loaded onto an Antonov aircraft, flown across the country, and delivered to the U.S. Space Coast, where it will undergo launch preparations before a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carries it to orbit.
"As the leading provider of satellite internet to rural customers across the Americas, we are proud to begin a new era of connectivity with the launch of JUPITER 3," said Hamid Akhavan, CEO, EchoStar. "Doubling the capacity of our satellite fleet with an additional 500 Gbps, JUPITER 3 will enable us to serve more customers, especially where cable and fiber can't, so they can do everything they want—including work at home, study online, play games, engage in their communities, and stay in touch with family and friends."
When fully deployed, JUPITER 3, the largest commercial communications satellite ever built, approaches the wingspan of a commercial airliner. With JUPITER 3, Hughes will enhance its HughesNet® offerings for customers in the U.S. and Latin America with more broadband capacity and higher speed plans—some with speeds up to 100 Mbps. The company will also offer higher speed HughesNet Fusion® plans, the innovative low-latency home internet that leverages multipath technology to seamlessly blend satellite and wireless technologies for a faster and more responsive service than traditional satellite internet.
"Since inventing satellite internet and bringing broadband connectivity to remote and rural customers, Hughes has continued to advance our service offerings with more capacity, higher speeds and a better online experience," added Akhavan. "JUPITER 3 represents the next leap in our offerings, bringing HughesNet customers what they have been asking for: more data and higher speeds."
With dense, high-throughput capacity across the Americas, JUPITER 3 will also support applications such as in-flight Wi-Fi, enterprise networking and cellular backhaul for mobile network operators (MNOs).
For more information and to follow along on the journey to JUPITER 3, visit the Hughes website.
About Hughes
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) company, provides broadband equipment and services; managed services featuring smart, software-defined networking; and end-to-end network operation for millions of consumers, businesses, governments and communities worldwide. The Hughes flagship internet service, HughesNet®, connects millions of people across the Americas, and the Hughes JUPITER™ System powers internet access for tens of millions more worldwide. Hughes supplies more than half the global satellite terminal market to leading satellite operators, in-flight service providers, mobile network operators and military customers. A managed network services provider, Hughes supports approximately half a million enterprise sites with its HughesON™ portfolio of wired and wireless solutions. To learn more, visit www.hughes.com or follow HughesConnects on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Four students were injured in an apparent drive-by shooting shortly after their Philadelphia high school let out early for the day late Wednesday morning, a city schools spokesperson said.
City police said a 15-year-old girl was shot in the shoulder and thigh, a 15-year-old girl was shot in the shoulder, a 16-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to the face and a gunshot wound to the hand, and a 16-year-old boy was shot in the leg. All four were getting hospital treatment and were in stable condition.
Police said no arrest has been made and no weapon was recovered.
The shooting took place about a block from Overbrook High School in West Philadelphia, where school let out early because of parent-teacher conferences, the district’s deputy chief of communications, Monique Braxton, said in a phone interview.
Braxton said the district’s Office of School Safety told her the students were at a corner store when the shooting occurred.
“We don’t know who was targeted, if any of the four of them were targeted,” Braxton said. Parents were being notified early Wednesday afternoon.
“This is outrageous, that young people would be shot shortly after being dismissed from their high school,” Braxton said.
Officer Miguel Torres, a spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department, said that the shooting occurred around 11:30 a.m. He said victims were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Lankenau Medical Center. | 2022-11-25T21:16:09+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/crime/4-philadelphia-teens-shot-in-drive-by-near-high-school/ |
Dallas police are searching for a teenager for the city’s first homicide of the year. Eighteen-year-old Miguel Sereno is accused of fatally shooting a man on the 45-hundred block of Mar Vista Trail in the early morning of January 1st.
Investigators believe Sereno and the victim were involved in a fight before shots were fired. Anyone with information on Sereno’s whereabouts is asked to contact Dallas P-D. | 2023-01-02T20:29:13+00:00 | kurv.com | https://www.kurv.com/dallas-police-searching-for-homicide-suspect/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dallas-police-searching-for-homicide-suspect |
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Maria Kolesnikova, a prominent member of the Belarusian opposition serving an 11-year prison sentence for helping stage anti-government protests, was taken back to prison after undergoing an operation for a perforated ulcer, her father said Monday.
Alexander Kolesnikov was able to visit his daughter for about 10 minutes and found her weak but “her mood is good and she even tried to smile,” he told The Associated Press.
Kolesnikova, 40, has been in custody since September 2020 when she tore up her passport at the border to prevent her forced expulsion from Belarus amid massive protests challenging the reelection of the country’s authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko.
She was convicted in September 2021 on charges of conspiring to seize power, creating an extremist organization and calling for action that threatened the security of the state.
Belarus was shaken by massive protests after the disputed August 2020 re-election of Lukashenko, which the opposition and the West denounced as a rigged sham. Authorities responded to the demonstrations with a massive crackdown that saw more than 35,000 people arrested and thousands beaten by police.
Kolesnikova helped coordinate opposition protests and resisted authorities’ attempts to force her to leave the country. When officers of the Belarusian security agency drove her to the border with Ukraine in September 2020 to forcibly expel her, she ripped up her passport and walked back into Belarus to face arrest. | 2022-12-05T21:04:27+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/ap-belarus-opposition-figure-returned-to-prison-after-surgery/ |
The Cloud Campus of The Dwight Schools — An Innovator in Global Education — Collaborates with the IB to Share Expertise and Make Education More Accessible
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dwight Global Online School — ranked the #2 best online high school in the U.S. by Newsweek — was selected by the International Baccalaureate (IB) as a partner to pilot the delivery of the two-year Diploma Programme (DP) in an online school environment. The pilot is designed to gain insights into the benefits of this pedagogical model and to make the DP more accessible to more diverse cohorts of students unable to attend a brick-and-mortar school. Dwight Global Online School (Dwight Global), a leader in online education since 2014, is proud to document the benefits of delivering the DP in a collaborative online learning community.
Dwight Global is the cloud campus of The Dwight Schools, a network of leading IB World Schools in New York, London, Shanghai, Seoul, and Dubai, extending a world-class independent school education to students everywhere. In fall 2021, Dwight Global launched the DP online through a hybrid model for students enrolled at Dwight's New York campus. The same opportunity will now be offered to all students who wish to have a robust DP online experience through the two-year pilot beginning this fall.
"We are delighted to partner with the IB to shape and evaluate the latest pedagogical models for delivering the comprehensive Diploma Programme. As a frontier IB World School, Dwight has long collaborated with the IB to develop solutions to global educational challenges, innovate, and share expertise with schools worldwide," said Stephen Spahn, Chancellor of The Dwight Schools, who has spearheaded Dwight since 1967 and is distinguished as the longest-serving head of an independent school in the U.S. "We share the IB's goals of increasing access to education for all through innovative online pedagogy. We also believe that the IB curriculum, culminating with the DP, offers students the finest educational foundation for excelling personally, academically, and professionally in our rapidly changing world."
"The IB aims to increase global access to the Diploma Programme for more diverse cohorts of students. Therefore, we are excited to partner with Dwight Global Online School and provide students with more opportunities to participate in the DP," said Matt Costello, IB Chief Business Development Officer.
The DP: The "Gold Standard" in College Preparation
The Diploma Programme, spanning grades 11-12, is recognized by university admissions directors around the world as the "gold standard" in college preparation based on the breadth and depth of the curriculum. According to the IB, DP graduates are better prepared for university and are more likely than non-IB graduates to remain enrolled and prosper. DP graduates also report that the curriculum prepared them well for college coursework, particularly in the areas of writing, critical thinking, study skills, and time management.
Goals of the Pilot
The pilot is designed to discover the advantages that a fully online DP can offer both students and schools. It will investigate: what the educational model looks like, its feasibility, capability, cost, etc.; and whether students have similar assessment results as those in brick-and-mortar schools. Included among the many students worldwide who could benefit are those who require different ways of accessing education, including students who:
- Are displaced or refugees
- Travel frequently for extended periods
- Have an illness, disability, or social-emotional challenges
- Live in remote areas
- Are pursuing passions outside school and need time for training
- Are homeschooled
The pilot will also explore how the model might impact schools themselves and how the IB can support them. Pilot data will provide the IB with intelligence to make strategic decisions about the future of IB programmes, as well as how they may engage with pilot providers in yet-to-be determined services, such as online examinations.
"We are especially excited to partner with the IB to open the door for more students around the world to reap the enormous benefits of a DP education. Dwight Global has a proven track record of building a vibrant, collaborative community of educators and learners online, including a diverse cohort of students that matches those who the IB is seeking to reach," said Dianne Drew, Global Education Director of The Dwight Schools and former Chair of the IB Global Heads Council. "We created Dwight Global to mirror the Dwight in-person school experience with added accessibility and flexibility, and look forward to sharing our expertise, learning outcomes, and proof of concept with the IB and fellow pilot partners."
Dwight Global's Innovative Roots
In 2013, Dwight Schools in New York and London were selected as two of the original six schools worldwide to pilot the DP online for students in non-IB Schools through the IB's Open World School Programme. That experience led to the founding of Dwight Global the following year. Today, the School offers over 100 IB, AP, honors, and elective classes for students in grades 6-12, who can also customize their own course of study.
Dwight Global extends the long-standing IB expertise of all five brick-and-mortar schools in the Dwight network and especially the New York School's legacy as a true IB pioneer. After authorization to offer the Diploma Programme in 1975, Dwight was the first school in North America authorized to offer the Primary Years Programme (PYP) in 1997, the first K-12 school authorized to offer the Middle Years Programme (MYP) in 2000, and the first in the Americas to provide the comprehensive IB continuum, following authorization to offer the Career-related Programme (CP) in 2014.
More about The Dwight Schools: The Dwight Schools network reaches across the globe and into the cloud igniting the spark of genius in every child. Each IB World School shares the same mission of creating a better world through education. The first Dwight School was founded in New York in 1872, followed by campuses in London in 1972, Seoul in 2012, Shanghai and Dwight Global in 2014, and Dubai in 2018. Graduates of all Dwight Schools attend leading colleges and universities worldwide.
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WFO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, January 17, 2023
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service San Francisco CA
1131 AM PST Mon Jan 16 2023
...FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT...
* WHAT...Urban and small stream flooding caused by runoff from
excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...A portion of Sonoma County including the Mark Creek and
Green Valley Creek.
* WHEN...Until midnight PST Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Rises in small streams. Dangerous flows over low-water crossings.
Water over roadways. Some low-water crossings may become
impassable. River or stream flows are elevated. Ponding of water
in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1124 AM PST, stream gauge reports indicate water levels
remain above minor flood stage. Minor flooding is ongoing
along the Mark West Creek and Green Valley Creek.
- This includes the following streams and drainages...
Mark West Creek and Green Valley Creek.
- Some locations that are near the flooding creeks include...
Forestville.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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With WNBA star Brittney Griner back home after being in Russian custody, Marc Fogel's family hopes they're one step closer to seeing him again. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Dec. 11, 2022.)
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With WNBA star Brittney Griner back home after being in Russian custody, Marc Fogel's family hopes they're one step closer to seeing him again. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Dec. 11, 2022.)
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DECATUR — Jerry Lee Mayfield will be celebrating his 80th birthday with family.
Jerry was born on Dec. 14, 1942 in a farm house in Todd’s Point Township, Shelby County. He married Susanne (Smith Vanderlaan) Mayfield on Oct. 25, 2003 at the Central Christian Church, Decatur, and is retired from ADM as the VP of Operations – Food Oil.
He is the proud father of Troy Mayfield, Post Falls, Idaho; Marshall Dax Mayfield, Grimes, Iowa and Cassandra Mayfield, Decatur; stepchildren Kimberly Giberson, deceased, Jerry Brett Giberson, Shelbyville and Jayne Herzog, Findlay. He also has three grandchildren, four step grandchildren and three great-stepchildren. | 2022-12-10T10:31:23+00:00 | herald-review.com | https://herald-review.com/lifestyles/announcements/birthdays/birthday-mr-jerry-lee-mayfield-80th/article_aec6dc4c-770a-11ed-89a4-f701f7012136.html |
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo left late in the first quarter of the Bucks’ game against the Miami Heat on Friday night after the Bucks said he knocked knees with an opponent.
Antetokounmpo, who withstood a wrist injury to start the game, was on the court late in the first quarter when he passed the ball and immediately started motioning to the bench. The Bucks called a timeout with 1:13 left in the period to allow Antetokounmpo to leave the game and head to the locker room.
Bucks officials announced early in the second quarter that the two-time MVP wouldn’t return to the game because of what they said was a right knee issue. Antetokounmpo had four points, four rebounds and four assists in six minutes.
Antetokounmpo has missed a total of 11 games at various points this season due to a sore left knee. He was in the starting lineup just four days after traveling to New York to have his right wrist examined.
Antetokounmpo sprained the wrist Feb. 16 as the Bucks won 120-100 at Chicago in their last game before the All-Star break. He played only 20 seconds in Sunday’s All-Star Game while having the wrist wrapped.
But the two-time MVP didn’t have the wrist taped as he worked out Friday before the Bucks’ game with the Miami Heat. The wrist also wasn’t taped when he opened the game.
Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer described Antetokounmpo’s rapid progress over the last week as “unbelievable.”
Antetokounmpo ranks third in the NBA in scoring (31.8) and second in rebounding (12.2).
Milwaukee also had Bobby Portis returning from a month-long absence and Jae Crowder making his 2022-23 debut as the Bucks chased their 13th consecutive victory.
Portis, who has been dealing with a sprained medial collateral ligament, was playing for the first time since Jan. 23.
The Bucks acquired Crowder at the trade deadline from the Brooklyn Nets, who had gotten him from Phoenix as part of the trade that sent Kevin Durant to the Suns. Crowder hadn’t been playing for Phoenix all season as the Suns attempted to work out a trade.
Cody Zeller and Kevin Love played for Miami. The Heat signed both veterans on Monday.
The Bucks didn’t have Pat Connaughton (sore left calf) or Wesley Matthews (strained right calf).
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WFO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, January 5, 2023
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in San Francisco has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The Colorado and Dolan burn area in...
Southwestern Monterey County in central California...
* Until 1215 AM PST.
* At 617 PM PST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain over the
Colorado and Dolan Burn Area. Between 0.25 and 0.5 inch of rain
has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1.25 inches in 1
hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Excessive rainfall over the burn area will result in debris flow
moving through the Colorado and Dolan burn areas. The debris flow
can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing
flash flooding in and around the Colorado and Dolan
Burn Area.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around
the Colorado and Dolan Burn Area.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
The Colorado and Dolan burn scars.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This is a life threatening situation. Heavy rainfall will cause
extensive and severe flash flooding of creeks...streams...and
ditches in the Colorado and Dolan Burn Area. Severe debris flows can
also be anticipated across roads. Roads and driveways may be washed
away in places. If you encounter flood waters...climb to safety.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and went into isolation with mild symptoms. White House officials went all-out to show that the 79-year-old U.S. leader could power through the virus and keep working because he was vaccinated and boosted.
In a navy blazer and Oxford shirt, Biden recorded a video on a White House balcony to send the message that he would be fine and the country should stay calm and carry on. He recognizes the pandemic as a national trauma that has killed more than one million Americans and alarmed millions more, and his words in the video posted to Twitter were meant to be reassuring.
“I’m doing well, getting a lot of work done,” Biden said, the faint sound of an ice cream truck jingling in the distance. “And in the meantime, thanks for your concern. And keep the faith. It’s going to be OK.”
Thursday demonstrated one of the inevitable risks awaiting a president who has insisted on trying to reconnect with the world and everyday Americans after a prolonged lockdown. It was a reminder that COVID-19, with its mutations and sub-strains, continues to be a threat; the White House also saw it as a chance to demonstrate progress in combating the disease.
Administration officials reminded people that Biden’s prognosis is strong because he’s received every vaccine dose for which he’s eligible, including two original shots and two boosters. He’s also being treated with Paxlovid, an antiviral drug used to prevent more severe symptoms.
White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha told reporters at a briefing that he spoke with Biden over the phone and the president “sounded great.”
“He had been working all morning,” Jha said. “He hadn’t even been able to finish his breakfast because he had just been busy. I encouraged him to finish his breakfast.”
Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, said in a letter that Biden had a runny nose and “fatigue, with an occasional dry cough, which started yesterday evening.” The president will isolate for five days and can return to his usual activities after a negative test, Jha said.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre described the president’s symptoms as “very mild” and said Biden had been in contact with staff members by phone and was participating in his planned meetings via phone and Zoom from the White House residence.
Asked where Biden might have contracted the virus, Jean-Pierre said, ”I don’t think that matters.” She added that the White House was more focused on how Biden was feeling and would engage in contact tracing.
The White House took steps to show that the president was busy working despite his diagnosis, with Biden tweeting out a picture of himself making calls from the Treaty Room of the White House.
The president spoke by phone to lawmakers in Pennsylvania to apologize for having to cancel his planned trip Thursday to the city of Wilkes-Barre to promote his crime prevention plans. He also called South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn to wish him a happy birthday and congratulate him on receiving an award from the NAACP. A planned fundraiser in Philadelphia for the Democratic National Committee on Thursday was postponed, according to a party official.
Dr. O’Connor wrote in his letter about the president’s treatment plan: “I anticipate that he will respond favorably” to Paxlovid “as most maximally protected patients do.”
White House chief of staff Ron Klain said in a letter to White House staff obtained by The Associated Press that “all close contacts of the president” will be informed of the positive test in keeping with standard protocol.
First lady Jill Biden, speaking to reporters as she arrived for a school visit in Detroit, said she’d just gotten off the phone with her husband.
“He’s doing fine,” she said. “He’s feeling good.”
The first lady, who was wearing a mask, said she had tested negative earlier in the day. She planned to keep her full schedule in Michigan and Georgia on Thursday, while following masking and distancing guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Michael LaRosa, her spokesperson.
The president returned from a trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia overnight Saturday. White House officials had told reporters that Biden planned to minimize contact during the trip, yet as soon as he exited Air Force One on July 13, he was fist-bumping, handshaking and even was seen in an occasional hug. The CDC says symptoms can appear two to 14 days after exposure to the virus.
Biden lad a light schedule after returning from Saudi Arabia, attending church on Sunday and helping to welcome Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska to the White House on Tuesday. The president traveled to Massachusetts on Wednesday to promote efforts to combat climate change.
Up to this point, Biden’s ability to avoid the virus seemed to defy the odds, even with the testing procedures in place for those expected to be in close contact with him. Prior waves of the virus swept through Washington’s political class, infecting Vice President Kamala Harris, Cabinet members, White House staffers and lawmakers. Biden has increasingly stepped up his travel schedule and resumed holding large indoor events where not everyone is tested.
A White House official said Harris tested negative for COVID-19. She was last with the president on Tuesday and spoke with him on the phone Thursday morning. Harris planned to remain masked on the guidance of the White House medical team. The vice president, the first lady and Klain, the chief of staff, were all deemed close contacts of Biden.
Leana Wen, a public health professor at George Washington University, said “we’re in a very different place” than before vaccines and therapeutics were widespread.
“The coronavirus is everywhere, and your chance of getting it, even if you’re vaccinated and boosted, and even if you’ve already had it, are very high,” she said. “At the same time, it’s also true that for nearly everyone, the coronavirus has evolved from being a potential death sentence to something that we can live with.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she hoped that Biden’s positive test for the virus would cause more Americans to get vaccinated and boosted because “none of us is immune from it, including the president of the United States, and we really have to be careful.”
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Twitter wished the president “a speedy recovery.”
Top White House officials in recent months have been matter-of-fact about the likelihood of the president getting COVID, a measure of how ingrained the virus has become in society — and of its diminished threat for those who are up to date on their vaccinations and with access to treatments.
When administered within five days of symptoms appearing, Paxlovid, produced by drugmaker Pfizer, has been proven to bring about a 90% reduction in hospitalizations and deaths among patients most likely to get severe disease.
Biden is far from the first world leader — and not the first U.S. president — to get the coronavirus, which has infected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron and more than a dozen other leaders and high-ranking officials globally.
When Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, contracted the disease in October 2020, vaccines were not available and treatment options were limited and less advanced. After being diagnosed at the White House, Trump was given an experimental antibody treatment and steroids after his blood oxygen levels fell dangerously low. He was hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for three days.
After more than two years and over a million deaths in the U.S., the virus is still killing an average of 353 people a day here, according to the CDC. The unvaccinated are at far greater risk, more than twice as likely to test positive and nine times as likely to die from the virus as those who have received at least a primary dose of the vaccines, according to the health agency.
The highly transmissible omicron variant is the dominant strain in the U.S., but scientists say it poses a lower risk for severe illness to those who are up to date on their vaccinations. Omicron’s BA.5 sub-strain, believed to be even more contagious, now makes up more than 65% of U.S. cases.
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Associated Press audio correspondent Shelley Adler and writers Seung Min Kim, Fatima Hussein and Mike Householder contributed to this report. Householder contributed from Detroit. | 2022-07-22T17:52:06+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/news/ap-general/biden-tests-positive-for-covid-19-has-very-mild-symptoms/ |
Saudi Arabia frees American imprisoned over critical tweets
WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Monday freed a 72-year-old American citizen it had imprisoned for more than a year over old tweets critical of the kingdom’s crown prince, his son said.
Neither Saudi nor U.S. officials immediately confirmed the release of Saad Almadi, a dual U.S.-Saudi citizen and, until his imprisonment in Saudi Arabia, a longtime retiree in Florida. There had been word since last week of progress toward Almadi’s release.
Almadi on Monday night was at home with family members who live in Riyadh, said his son, Ibrahim Almadi, in the United States. Saudi officials dropped all charges against the elder Almadi, Ibrahim Almadi and advocates familiar with the case said. But it was not immediately clear whether the kingdom would lift a travel ban it had imposed to follow the prison sentence to allow the elder Almadi to return to the United States.
The Florida man’s imprisonment over tweets had been one of several alleged human rights abuses that had soured relations between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Joe Biden. That included Saudi officials’ killing of a U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside a Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018, and prison sentences and travel bans that Saudi Arabia under the crown prince’s tenure has given Saudi rights advocates and perceived rivals and critics of the powerful crown prince.
Both Prince Mohammed and the Biden administration recently have taken steps toward restoring better relations. The two countries are partners in a decades-old security arrangement in which the U.S. provides security for Saudi Arabia and the oil-rich kingdom keeps global markets supplied with oil.
Saudi Arabia had sentenced Almadi last year to 16 years in prison, saying his critical tweets about how the kingdom was being governed amounted to terrorist acts against it.
As U.S. officials worked to win his release, and after Biden traveled to Saudi Arabia last summer in an attempt to improve relations with the oil-rich nation, a Saudi appeals court increased Almadi’s prison sentence to 19 years.
A retired project manager in the United States, Almadi was arrested in 2021 when he arrived for what was to have been a two-week visit to see family in the kingdom. Once in custody, he was confronted by Saudi authorities with tweets he had posted over several years from his home in Florida, his son says.
Almadi’s tweets included one noting Prince Salman’s consolidation of power in the kingdom, another that included a caricature of the prince, and a tweet that remarked on Khashoggi’s killing. US intelligence officials earlier concluded the crown prince authorized the hit team that killed Khashoggi inside a Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
“We are relieved that Saad Almadi has been released, but he should have never spent a day behind bars for innocuous tweets,” said Abdullah Alaoudh, Saudi director for the Freedom Initiative, a U.S.-based group that advocates for those it considers unjustly detained in the Middle East.
Alaoudh urged the U.S. to continue to press for the release of all rights advocates and others detained in Saudi Arabia.
Freedom Initiative says least four U.S. citizens and one legal permanent resident already were detained in Saudi Arabia under travel bans, and that at least one other older U.S. citizen remains imprisoned. Many of the travel bans targeted dual citizens advocating for greater rights in the kingdom, such as Saudi women’s right to drive.
Ibrahim Almadi said his father had lost extensive weight in prison and that his health had worsened drastically.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-21T04:35:25+00:00 | witn.com | https://www.witn.com/2023/03/21/saudi-arabia-frees-american-imprisoned-over-critical-tweets/ |
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobvista subsidiary and programmatic advertising platform, Mintegral, announced it has ranked as a top 3 global media source behind Google & Meta in AppsFlyer's Performance Index Edition 15.
AppsFlyer's Performance Index provides mobile marketers with crucial insights into the world's top media sources for traffic volume and quality across Android and iOS, region, and app categories, including gaming, entertainment, utilities, and more. The Index has analyzed over 27 billion app installs across 19,000 mobile apps.
Additionally, Mintegral was also featured in the SKAN Index for the first time, reaching the Top 5.
Mintegral continues to be a top global media source on the Retention Index - rising to 3rd globally in all categories across Android and iOS and the only Chinese platform within the Top 5.
The Retention Index indicates a media source's traffic quality, and we remain particularly strong among gaming categories such as hypercasual, casual, and midcore.
Mintegral is well-known for our hypercasual prowess, and the Index shows 48 placements across all continents with both power and volume rankings in the Top 3 globally.
We took home the top Android spot for mid-core gaming across Latin America, Eastern & Western Europe, China, and the Middle East. Our mid-core offering also remained strong in North America, ranking 2nd on both operating systems.
Introduced after the release of Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework, the SKAN Index is paramount for marketers to analyze which media sources are flourishing under Apple's SKAdNetwork.
Mintegral is happy to announce it has placed on the SKAN Index for the first time, reaching the Top 5 for in-app ads across all gaming categories, the Top 6 for in-app ads on Hypercasual, and the Top 10 for in-app purchases on hypercasual.
"Mintegral has remained committed to our mission of providing sustainable growth to our app partners. Becoming a Top 3 media source on the AppsFlyer Performance Index highlights the significant innovation and value we deliver to the mobile ecosystem." - Erick Fang, Mobvista CPO.
Mintegral aims to boost mobile app business success through full-stack programmatic products and services from supply-side to demand-side. These include an SSP, monetization platform, ad exchange, DSP, self-service advertiser platform, DMP, and a creative automation platform. Mintegral is a subsidiary of Mobvista, a global marketing technology group founded in Guangzhou, China, in 2013 and listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (01860.HK) since December 2018.
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OAKWOOD VILLAGE, Ohio (WJW) — Authorities are on the scene of an explosion at an Oakwood Village, Ohio metal manufacturing factory where more than a dozen people were injured Monday afternoon.
Witnesses reported hearing a big “boom” shortly after 2 p.m. Crews from multiple cities were then sent to the Alexander Road address where I. Schumann & Co., which produces copper alloys, is located.
The Oakwood Village Fire Department confirmed to Nexstar’s WJW that 13 people were taken to the hospital following the explosion and that at least one of them was in critical condition. Another person was reportedly injured but not taken to the hospital.
Fire Captain Brian DiRocco said he saw quite a few burn victims on scene and that at least one person had to be pulled from the rubble before being taken to the hospital.
The official address of the building is in Bedford, but it is considered Oakwood Village.
Flying over the scene, a WJW helicopter camera recorded a fire and a large plume of smoke coming from the building, but firefighters have since brought the blaze under control. From the ground, debris could be seen scattered hundreds of yards away and a large chunk of the building was missing. Some of the nearby cars caught fire as well.
The smoke billowing into the air could be seen for miles around the site and it was even caught on weather radar for a while.
“There has [sic] been reports of a smell of ‘Burning Oil’ in areas,” Broadview Heights Fire Department said on Facebook. “This is likely from the fire scene. We are likely to notice this odor for a while yet.”
Seven Hills Fire Department said they were aware of the haze and smell traveling through their area and told people not to call 911, as it may “tie up resources currently needed for the event in Oakwood.”
This is a developing story. | 2023-02-20T23:47:19+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/13-hospitalized-after-explosion-at-ohio-factory-firefighters/ |
By VICTOR SKINNER
THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR
(The Center Square) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans has reversed a lower court ruling that blocked an executive order from President Joe Biden requiring all federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
A three-judge panel with the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to reverse a federal court ruling in Texas in January that imposed a nationwide injunction against the vaccine requirement for federal employees.
The appeals court found on Thursday that U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown did not have jurisdiction in the case because the federal employees who sued over the requirement could pursue remedies through the Merit Systems Protection Board, created by Congress through the Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) to operate as an internal court system for federal agencies.
The majority also found “the plaintiffs’ claim for preliminary injunction relief fails because they have not shown a substantial likelihood of success on the merits.”
“We do not reach the parties’ arguments regarding the other requirements for a preliminary injunction,” Judge Carl E. Stewart wrote for the majority.
The appeals court ruling came about two months after a different panel on the same appeals court refused to lift the injunction. Judge Brown issued his ruling in January just as federal agencies were preparing disciplinary action against employees who failed to comply with the vaccine mandate.
“The court’s decision is good news,” an Office of Management and Budget spokesperson told The Washington Post on Friday. “Based on the prior implementation of the requirement for the largest and most occupationally diverse workforce in the country, we know vaccination requirements save lives, protect our workforce, and strengthen our ability to serve the American people.”
President Biden issued the executive order on September 9, 2021 and gave employees until November 22, 2021 to comply or apply for an exemption, though the deadline was later extended to early 2022. The Office of Management and Budget said in early December that 97.2% of federal employees had complied with the executive order, with 92.5% having received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and the remainder with pending or approved exemption requests.
Every federal agency reported a compliance rate of over 95% by early February, according to the White House.
Judge Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale dissented from the appeals court ruling because he argued the CSRA offers appeal rights to employees only after an agency has taken disciplinary action against employees, and the case involved about 6,000 federal employees with Feds for Medical Freedom who sought to strike down the mandate before it went into effect.
“The EO’s enactment … does not constitute an adverse action subject to CSRA. The case at hand is instead a pre-enforcement challenge to a government-wide policy, imposed by the President, that would affect the 2.1 million federal civilian workers, including the 6,000 members of Feds for Medical Freedom,” Judge Barksdale wrote.
“Relief plaintiffs seek does not fall within the purpose of CSRA. Enacting the EO and then requiring federal civilian employees who may later receive adverse action to seek relief now through CSRA would result in the very type of lengthy and haphazard results CSRA was enacted to prevent.”
The White House on Thursday ordered federal agencies not to begin enforcing the mandate because “there are still procedural steps that need to take place to lift the injunction,” according to a message sent to agency officials cited by the Post.
“At this time the district court’s preliminary injunction remains in effect,” the message read. | 2022-04-12T19:47:28+00:00 | newspress.com | https://newspress.com/federal-appeals-court-in-louisiana-reverses-texas-decision-on-federal-covid-19-vaccine-mandate/ |
The Weeknd is stepping into the kitchen and whipping up a special treat to celebrate his tour.
In celebration of his weekend stint at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, Billboard reports the Grammy winner teamed with Postmates and Monty’s Good Burger for a tasty collaboration. This one-time-only menu centers around a plant-based burger served on a brioche bun and slathered with chipotle ketchup and pickles.
It also comes with tater tots with a spicy habanero-flavored dipping sauce as well as a limited-edition lemonade with activated charcoal in it.
The special meal will cost you $27.99 on Postmates and will also be wrapped up in limited edition packaging celebrating The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn tour.
In addition, Monty’s Good Burger will be serving up a once-only After Hours shake, retailing at $9.99, that’s flavored with white chocolate and cherries.
Those who want to try the special menu but may not want to cough up the cash can hit up Monty’s located on Los Angeles’ Third Street to possibly snag one of a limited amount of free meals.
Those who pick up the free grub will be entered to win tickets to see The Weeknd perform on September 3.
Sales will benefit the XO Humanitarian Fund, which is run by the United Nations World Food Programme. This charity is focused on ending hunger and provides food to those struggling with famine.
The Weeknd said in a statement, “For the XO Humanitarian Fund we thought it would be amazing to be able to donate money to people suffering from hunger through our work with World Food Program USA and have an After Hours late night meal from one of our favorite places in LA.”
Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-01T23:59:12+00:00 | warm1069.com | https://warm1069.com/save-your-burgs-the-weeknd-launches-after-hours-til-dawn-menu-with-postmates-and-montys-good-burger/ |
Emma Riddle had felt this fear before.
“I’m sorry babe,” her dad, Matt Riddle, wrote back. “Let’s hope it is nothing.”
His daughter called a few minutes later. It wasn’t nothing.
“There’s an active shooter,” she whispered, hiding beneath her desk, the lights off and the windows covered. “I can’t believe this is happening again.”
On a winter afternoon a little more than a year ago, Emma had been 80 miles east, in the band room at Oxford High School, when someone rushed in, panicked. Something bad was happening. Then an emergency alert blared through the intercom. They had drilled on what to do next for years.
Run. Hide. Fight.
Emma, who played clarinet, waited in terror behind barricaded doors until the students decided to try escaping. A door at the back of room led out to a field where the marching band practiced. They peeked out into the daylight, then fled.
Dozens of police cars sped by, and helicopters circled overhead. Sprinting through a neighborhood, Emma called her father.
“Dad, there’s an active shooter,” she said, weeping and out of breath. “I’m scared.”
Emma, then a senior, didn’t know that in the building behind her, in the town she’d spent all her life, a 15-year-old sophomore had opened fire, wounding 11 people. Four of them — all teenagers — died, including Justin Shilling, who was a friend.
The weeks that followed were a haze of funerals and memorials and community gatherings. It was hard to say no to anything, but all the trauma and grief exhausted her, as it did many of her classmates.
The sounds of police sirens and helicopters overwhelmed Emma, yanking her back to that frantic sprint through the neighborhood.
She refused to let any of it derail her senior year, though. Emma attended therapy sessions at school and learned to manage her flashbacks. An excellent student, she decided on Michigan State because of its history program. She liked that it was close to home, too.
As a freshman, Emma thrived. She made good grades and lots of friends. She joined a history club and a book club and a Taylor Swift club, where members discussed lyrics and favorite songs (she was torn between “Willow” and “August”).
Emma, one of about 20 Oxford survivors at the university, decided to minor in women’s studies, hoping to one day get a doctorate, maybe become a professor and teach students like her.
And then came Monday night.
“I’m so scared,” she texted her family.
“I known,” her dad replied, typing too fast to correct the typo. “I love you. He isn’t going in the dorms. They have locked the buildings.”
“Why haven’t they caught him yet,” she continued. “He’s so close dad.”
She and her roommate hid in the darkness for hours, and at 12:31 a.m., in a moment of fury and frustration, Emma composed a tweet: “14 months ago I had to evacuate from Oxford High School when a fifteen year old opened fire and killed four of my classmates and injured seven more. Tonight, I am sitting under my desk at Michigan State University, once again texting everyone ‘I love you.’ When will this end?”
14 months ago I had to evacuate from Oxford High Schol when a fifteen year old opened fire and killed four of my classmates and injured seven more.
— Emma Riddle (@egraceridd) February 14, 2023
Tonight, I am sitting under my desk at Michigan State Univeristy, once again texting everyone “I love you”
When will this end?
Around 1:30 a.m., they learned that the school would allow students to leave campus. The gunman, who killed three students and wounded five others, had taken his own life.
Her dad sped to East Lansing, pulling up outside his daughter’s building at 2:30 a.m. Emma wrapped her arms around him, then she and her roommate got in the car.
Matt Riddle took the week off to support his daughter at home. The memories of Oxford have all rushed back, but her dad also realized that, in her mind, she felt prepared for what’s to come.
She’s been an adult for only nine months, but she is a veteran of school shootings. She won’t overextend herself this time. She’ll know when to say no. She’ll know when to talk about it and when not to.
“It’s heartbreaking,” her dad said, “that she has those tools.”
She’ll need them, especially when she goes back, he said. Many of her classes were in Berkey Hall, where the gunfire started. Emma knows she could have been there Monday night, too.
“For me, as a parent, you’re so focused on supporting and loving and just making sure that she has the means to deal with everything she has to deal with,” Riddle said. “Every now and then, you get a little mad, you get a little angry, and you’re like, ‘Why are we doing this again?’”
“Nothing,” he said, “has changed.”
Emma adores Michigan State and its sprawling campus of 50,000 students. As when she was at Oxford, she is determined not to let an act of gun violence strip her of the future she’s worked so hard to reach. But by Tuesday evening, she and her family had all begun to think about the reality of their drive back to campus on Sunday.
They will make the 80-mile trek west. They will pull up to her dorm. They will hug and force themselves to say goodbye. And they will hope that it doesn’t happen again.
Razzan Nakhlawi contributed to this report. | 2023-02-15T01:57:56+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/02/14/oxford-high-michigan-state-shooting-survivor/ |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KARK) – A federal judge in Missouri has dismissed a case filed by six Republican-led states looking to block the Biden administration’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 of student loan debt for some borrowers.
District Judge Henry Autrey out of the Eastern District of Missouri issued the ruling late Thursday.
Just before 7 p.m., Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said she would immediately file an appeal on behalf of the state and the others tied to the case – Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina.
“I’m disappointed in the court’s decision to dismiss our lawsuit,” Rutledge said in a statement. “The state coalition will immediately appeal this decision.”
The dismissal of the case was the second legal blow against opponents to the Biden plan Thursday. Earlier in the day Supreme Court Just Amy Comey Barrett denied an emergency bid to block the plan that came from a group out of Wisconsin.
The six-state lawsuit was filed in September and claimed the student debt forgiveness plan violated federal law, ignored the separation of powers and violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
If Rutledge files an appeal in the case, it will roll up to the 8th Circuit Court of appeals. | 2022-10-21T03:14:13+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/federal-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-by-6-states-to-halt-biden-student-loan-plan/ |
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Even though the San Francisco 49ers have proclaimed Brock Purdy the leader to start at quarterback if he recovers in time from his elbow injury, they aren’t yet ready to move on from the player they drafted two years ago to be their franchise quarterback.
General manager John Lynch said Monday that the team has gotten some calls inquiring about the availability of Trey Lance, but none of those has reached the level where San Francisco would be willing to change plans of having a quarterback room of Purdy, Lance and free agent acquisition Sam Darnold.
“I think there’s a lot of smoke really,” Lynch said. “It hasn’t been extremely active, and it’s not like we’ve put it out there that, ‘Hey, we’re taking offers for Trey, call 1-800 …’ That’s not been the process. People’s job in this is to ask questions. Has that happened on a couple occasions? Sure. It hasn’t been that substantive and like I said, we’re focused as is Trey on his ability to compete and play an integral role on this team.”
The Niners invested heavily in Lance two years ago when they traded a package that included three first-round picks to move up nine spots to draft him third overall.
After spending most of his rookie season as the backup to Jimmy Garoppolo and then going down with a season-ending broken ankle in the first quarter of his second start last season, Lance has been unable to prove that he was worthy of that investment.
Lance has thrown only 420 passes the past five seasons combined in college and the pros and fell behind Purdy in the QB pecking order in San Francisco after Purdy won his first seven starts to help the 49ers reach the NFC title game last season.
“Trey knows exactly where the situation is,” Lynch said. “His mindset is all about competing and I think that’s exactly where his mindset should be. We’re excited about the position he’s put himself in with the work he’s done this offseason to number one, get healthy, number two, improve upon some things that he really wanted to improve upon.”
While the Niners believe in Purdy, the questions about his health make it difficult for them to want to move on from Lance. Purdy injured his right elbow in the NFC title game and underwent surgery in March.
He isn’t expected to be able to start throwing until June and might not be ready to play in Week 1, making it difficult for San Francisco to trade Lance until they have a better sense of Purdy’s timeline.
“You definitely have to take that into account and we’ve approached it that way as good as we feel about Brock’s rehab,” Lynch said. “I think we have to prepare for every scenario, but more so we’re just excited about having three really quality quarterbacks in our room and letting those guys go out and compete and vie for a job. We’re excited about that.”
The Niners started their offseason program last week and all three quarterbacks have been on hand for meetings and some informal work on the field for Lance and Darnold.
The 49ers expect to have a better sense of Purdy’s status come June when he is able to start throwing, but remain hopeful he will be ready for the season.
“He’s doing really well,” Lynch said. “As I understand it, he’s definitely on schedule hitting all the checkpoints and we’re very encouraged by his rehab.”
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AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | 2023-04-25T17:36:11+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/sports/ap-sports/gm-john-lynch-says-49ers-not-shopping-qb-trey-lance/ |
Ohio, Pennsylvania offer health services following train derailment, but some residents feel skeptical
By Brenda Goodman, CNN
The municipal building in tiny Darlington Township, Pennsylvania, was buzzing with activity on Wednesday afternoon as a stream of locals arrived seeking information on health screenings, chemical exposures and well testing.
Darlington, home to about 1,800 people, sits just over the border from East Palestine, Ohio, the site of a catastrophic train derailment and controlled burn of toxic chemicals that sent black smoke billowing over the area for days in early February. Residents here say the wind blew acrid smoke into their homes and coated their cars with a fine ash. State and federal officials gave East Palestine residents the all-clear to return to their homes days later.
But residents in both places are now wondering whether their water is safe to drink and their air safe to breathe. The characteristic floral, fruity odor of butyl acrylate still permeates some homes and wafts up from some of the impacted streams that run through the town. Some say they’re experiencing symptoms — cough, headaches, rashes, watering eyes and dripping noses — that might be related to a chemical exposure.
Government-run community resource centers and health clinics have opened in East Palestine and Darlington to answer residents’ questions and connect them to any care they might need. More than 140 people have come to the clinic in East Palestine since it first opened on February 21, according to the Ohio Department of Health. The Darlington center opened February 28, and more than 200 people visited in its first two days, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Still, some residents are skeptical of the clinics, and the response overall. While many residents who live near the derailment site are following the testing for chemicals in the air and water, what they really want to know is whether they’ve had chemicals from the accident in their bodies, and whether those chemicals have impacted their health.
They’re swapping information online, and seeking out blood tests they hope will identify potential problems. Some are seeking out medical care so there’s a record of their symptoms.
On the advice of a lawyer, Ron Book and his wife came to the East Palestine Health Assessment Clinic on Wednesday afternoon to have their illnesses documented. Book says since the derailment, his nose has been running constantly. He has a sore throat, and he feels stuffy.
“It’s like I have a cold, but I don’t have a cold,” he said.
Book said he saw a doctor who took his vitals and advised him to keep up with the regular blood work that he needs for his ongoing treatment for prostate cancer. He was inside for about 45 minutes, and said the experience was helpful, and about what he expected.
“They can’t heal you,” Book says, “because nobody knows about this chemical.”
Government clinics open, health study underway
At the Darlington center, tables were staffed with experts to answer questions about the chemicals involved in the train derailment, free well and air testing for residents, and potential impacts to area farms.
There were pamphlets on how to manage stress following a disaster and mental health counselors, as well as Zuko, a 3-year-old Great Dane therapy dog.
Residents are also invited to take a nine-page questionnaire to contribute data to a newly launched Assessment of Chemical Exposure, or ACE, study, which is being conducted by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Health investigators can use their data to inform a study into the health effects associated with the chemical exposures after the derailment.
People could see a doctor, or get referrals for a primary care physician.
“I think approximately 40% of people sought some sort of clinical evaluation,” said Nate Wardle, who is the special response project manager for the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Wardle said when they opened the clinic, they weren’t sure what to expect — whether residents would be angry that it took more than three weeks to get them these services. So far, he said, people have been grateful and eager to get the help.
Jim Denes, who is 71, came to the health clinic in Darlington Township on Wednesday. He said he lives less than 2 miles from the accident site. On Friday of last week, Denes said he felt awful.
“I was just miserable. I was trying to cough up stuff, I couldn’t,” Denes said. “My eyes were all runny and watery.”
He said he took a Covid-19 test, but it was negative.
Denes said he’s extremely tired and had to drag himself to the clinic, but he’s glad he did. The doctor he saw diagnosed him with bronchitis and prescribed an antibiotic. The clinic was a lot closer than his regular doctor in Ellwood City, and he was able to walk in and be seen without a wait.
Denes said the doctor told him he couldn’t say whether it was related to the chemicals that were spilled or not.
Some resident seek out their own testing
Some residents said they have no interest in going to government-run health clinics.
“I honestly, at this point, don’t know who’s working with who and I really just don’t trust anything that has to do with the government right now,” said Giovanni Irizarry, whose family lives within a mile of the train derailment site.
In the evening hours of February 3, his wife Ashley Irizarry was driving to work when she noticed she could see thick black smoke hanging in the air, even though it was dark. Eventually, she saw the raging fire along the railroad tracks.
That night, Ashley had a red rash on her cheeks, her eyes were burning and red and a metallic chemical smell had burned her nose and throat. On Saturday, Giovanni said, his lips burned like he’d had scalding hot soup. Giovanni’s mother, who was living with them, developed a cough so severe she couldn’t catch her breath. The Irizarrys evacuated on Sunday to Boardman, Ohio, about 15 miles away.
They returned home on Saturday, February 11, in anticipation of school restarting on Monday.
As soon as they got close to town, Giovanni said, “I immediately felt my lips like start that burning sensation.”
He and his mom started coughing. His wife and kids developed debilitating and unrelenting headaches. After the kids came home from school on Monday, both started vomiting.
Ashley says she has taken the family to their primary care doctor, an urgent care and the hospital.
“It was not getting better,” she said.
Medical records reviewed by CNN show Ashley was prescribed a steroid and given a chest X-ray due to “toxic effects of gas exposure.” Her son was also diagnosed with chemical exposure.
When the doctors looked into her nose and throat they told her ” ‘Your mucous membranes are all pale. Like they were burned,’ but they didn’t know what to do at this time,” Ashley said in an interview with CNN on Wednesday.
On public Facebook groups, residents are sharing names of providers who will order blood testing for chemical exposures, which isn’t something either of the government-run clinics is doing currently. Some have even tried to do their own research to try to identify the medical codes needed to order tests for specific chemicals in the blood from large labs.
Instead of going to the government health clinic, on Wednesday, Ashley went to see their chiropractor, Richard Tsai, who has been ordering certain blood tests for existing patients who think they have having health problems connected to chemical exposures from the derailment.
Tsai’s practice, Blackhawk Chiropractic, is right next door to the Darlington Township community resource center and clinic that was opened by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and other state agencies this week.
The tests Tsai orders are general and standard in medical care — a test called a complete blood count, which measures levels of red cells, white cells, and clotting factors in the blood; and a test called a basic metabolic panel, which measures blood sugar, electrolytes, and kidney function. If his patients ask for it, he also orders a more specialized test that measure exposure to the chemical benzene. In the past two days, he estimates about 15 patients have asked him for blood testing.
Tsai, who lives in East Palestine, says he’s been frustrated by the government’s response.
“We shouldn’t be having to do this,” Tsai said, in an interview with CNN on Wednesday.
“Why are people having to figure this out on Facebook? These people need to know where to go and what’s available.”
Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, director of the Ohio Department of Health, pushed back against the idea that the government wasn’t giving people enough information. He said that during the course of the medical assessment at the health clinic, the clinic physician might make recommendations for further testing, but that would be done by the person’s regular doctor.
If people don’t have a doctor that they see regularly, Vanderhoff said they are trying to help residents find one.
Vanderhoff said it would be important for the primary care providers to continue to monitor changes in a patient’s overall health.
“Because when we look at the chemicals involved, especially the primary chemical vinyl chloride, there is simply not a blood test that we can do or a urine test that we can do that would say ‘Aha! You had an exposure,’ ” Vanderhoff said. “That would be great, but that’s just not the case.”
Tsai, who lives in East Palestine, said that he’s legally able to order medical tests, so he does, within limits. “Why wouldn’t you do that?” he said.
Why testing is difficult
Dr. Erin Haynes, the chairperson of the department of epidemiology and environmental health at the University of Kentucky, says she thinks it’s sound for residents to seek out common blood tests.
In an email to CNN, Haynes said in addition to a complete blood count and basic metabolic panel she would add a liver function test, since vinyl chloride, one chemical that was on the train, can damage the liver.
But Haynes says trying to test for specific chemicals may be a step too far.
“Testing for chemical exposure at this point is a difficult,” says Haynes, who has helped impacted communities investigate environmental exposures. “The high levels are now gone, and we aren’t exactly sure what to measure in blood or urine since we don’t know what chemicals formed during the fire. There are suspects, but not clear answers yet.”
Haynes said it would be ideal to collect blood and urine samples now, but store them for later testing, but this would be difficult for a local clinic to do.
Overall, Haynes says the government’s response to chemical spills like this one leaves something to be desired.
“The community is in dire need of an organized and coordinated health monitoring study that includes exposure assessment,” said Haynes, who hopes to bring such a study to the area soon.
Down the road, she says, there’s still a lot to learn about the health impacts of environmental exposures to toxins.
“We also need more research on what these chemicals do and methods for rapid testing,” Haynes said. “Communities with railroad must know what is moving through their community, when and how much. They also must receive training on how to safely respond when a disaster occurs.”
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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Stetson Bennett scrambled 64 yards for a touchdown, Daijun Edwards scored three times on the ground and No. 2 Georgia ran over listless Auburn 42-10 Saturday.
Bennett's career-long run on the first play of the fourth quarter was the biggest of the day for a Bulldogs offense that mostly plodded along for the first three.
The Bulldogs (6-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) got two short touchdown runs by Edwards and one from Kenny McIntosh to build a 21-3 in the third quarter.
Then Bennett found a huge swath of empty green grass and managed to beat a chasing pack of Tigers to the goal line to make it 28-3 on the first play of the fourth quarter.
Georgia ran its winning streak to six in the series, has not lost the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry at home since 2005 and leads overall 63-56.
Getting little help from its offense, Auburn's defense seemed to wear down and gave up 292 yards and six touchdowns rushing.
Robby Ashford was 13 for 38 for 168 yards while frequently scrambling to elude pressure for the Tigers (3-3, 1-2).
Coming off consecutive lackluster performances, the national champion Bulldogs were once again sluggish offensively in the first half.
Georgia opened up a 14-0 lead in the second quarter, turning two short-field possessions into touchdowns.
First, a failed Auburn fake punt in Georgia territory, set up the Bulldogs at the Tigers' 36. Kenny McIntosh finished that short drive with a 1-yard TD run.
Ladd McConkey's 38-yard, darting punt return put Georgia at the 31 and Edwards scored from a yard out to put the Bulldogs up two scores.
And that was pretty much all they needed against an Auburn team that has not scored more than 17 points in its last four games under beleaguered coach Bryan Harsin.
Auburn snapped a streak of two straight games without a second-half point, when it got a 29-yard field goal from Anders Carlson after a Georgia fumble deep in its own territory on the first possession of the third quarter.
Any chance the Tigers had to make it a game disappeared quickly. Georgia put together its best offensive drive, marching 81 yards and making it 21-3 on Edwards' 2-yard run.
In fact, the Tigers have been outscored 125-31 in the second half of their last nine games against Power 5 teams.
THE TAKEAWAY
Auburn: There is an if-not-when vibe with the Tigers regarding Harsin. It was clear coming off the university's attempt to push Harsin out in February that his future at Auburn was ify at best. Now, it would seem as if time is running out.
Georgia: The Bulldogs' offense once again lacked the big-play pop it displayed in its first three games, but the defense was just fine without star defensive tackle Jalen Carter (knee). Carter was injured last week against Missouri. Georgia still held Auburn to 93 yards rushing.
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Auburn: No let up next week with a road game at No. 9 Mississippi.
Georgia: The Bulldogs face Vanderbilt before an open date leads to a tough four week stretch of Florida, No. 8 Tennessee, No. 23 Mississippi State and No. 13 Kentucky.
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Nine House Republicans broke from the GOP to support a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill on Friday, ignoring leadership’s recommendation to vote against the measure.
The legislation passed in a 225-201-1 vote and now heads to President Biden’s desk for his final signature. The Senate approved the measure in a bipartisan 68-29 vote on Thursday.
The nine Republicans broke from the GOP and voted for the bill were Reps. John Katko (N.Y.), Chris Jacobs (N.Y.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Liz Cheney (Wyo.), Fred Upton (Mich.), Rodney Davis (Ill.), Jaime Herrera Beutler (Wash.), Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) and Steve Womack (Ark.).
Only two — Fitzpatrick and Womack — are returning to Congress next year. The others either opted against running for another term or lost their reelection races.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) was the only Democrat to vote “no,” and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) was the lone “present” vote.
The spending bill — which funds the government until Sept. 30, the end of fiscal 2023 — includes $772.5 billion in nondefense discretionary spending and $858 billion in defense funding. Other legislative measures were also written into the bill, such as funding for Ukraine and the Electoral Count Reform Act.
The nine Republicans voted for the omnibus despite House GOP leadership whipping against the measure. In a notice sent on Tuesday, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) urged members of the conference to vote “no” on the omnibus, arguing that the incoming House GOP majority should have more say in funding for the rest of the fiscal year.
“This deal is designed to sideline the incoming Republican House Majority by extending many programs for multiple years and providing large funding increases for Democrat priorities on top of the exorbitant spending that has already been appropriated this year,” the notice reads.
Some Republicans had instead called for passing a continuing resolution into the next year, which would give the House GOP majority an increased role in crafting funding. That push, however, ultimately failed.
In a roughly 25-minute floor speech ahead of Friday’s vote, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) called the spending bill “a monstrosity,” adding “that is one of the most shameful acts I’ve ever seen in his body.”
Katko, who is retiring, lauded the passage of the spending bill in a statement following the vote, highlighting funding for projects that impact central New York, as well as other measures included in the legislation.
“These projects will have a transformational effect on our community by improving public transportation, bolstering our local healthcare system, protecting Lake Ontario’s southern shoreline, combating food insecurity, expanding access to clean drinking water, and supporting victims of child abuse,” he said. ”Additionally, I am pleased to have passed bipartisan measures I authored to bolster the new 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and expand mental health treatment for seniors.”
“Throughout my eight years in Congress, I have focused on delivering results for Central New York. As I close out my term, I am proud to once again deliver meaningful results for our community,” he added.
Cheney and Kinzinger — the two Republicans serving on the Jan. 6 select committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, — did not immediately release statements regarding their votes in favor of the spending bill. The legislation does, however, include a measure to reform the 1887 Electoral Count Act, which came about following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
The legislation, titled the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, clarifies that the vice president’s role in the certification of presidential elections is ministerial and increases the threshold for lawmakers to object to a state’s slate of elections, among other tenets.
The House passed its own version of the bill — crafted by two members of the select committee — which was largely similar to the Senate measure, with a few differences. But the Senate went ahead with considering its own version, which ultimately cleared both chambers in the omnibus. | 2022-12-24T00:54:42+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/hill-politics/these-9-house-republicans-broke-from-the-party-to-vote-for-the-1-7t-funding-package/ |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany’s president arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday for his first visit to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion, as Western countries mulled a massive plan for Ukrainian rebuilding when the war eventually ends.
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after arriving that “it was important to me in this phase of air attacks with drones, cruise missiles and rockets to send a signal of solidarity to Ukrainians.”
Eight months of pummeling by the Kremlin’s forces has ruined homes, public buildings and the power grid. The World Bank estimates the damage to Ukraine so far at 350 billion euros ($345 billion).
The German president, whose position is largely ceremonial, made it to Ukraine on his third try.
In April, he was planning to visit the country with his Polish and Baltic counterparts, but said his presence “apparently … wasn’t wanted in Kyiv.” Steinmeier has been criticized in Ukraine for allegedly cozying up to Russia during his time as Germany's foreign minister.
Last week, a planned trip was put off because of security concerns.
Steinmeier's visit came as Ukrainians are bracing for less electric power this winter following a sustained Russian barrage on their infrastructure in recent weeks.
Citizens in the southern city of Mykolaiv lined up for water and essential supplies Tuesday as Ukrainian forces advanced on the nearby Russian-occupied city of Kherson.
In Berlin, meanwhile, European Union leaders brought together experts to start work on a “new Marshall Plan” for the future rebuilding of Ukraine — a reference to the U.S.-sponsored plan that helped revive Western European economies after World War II.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the meeting aims to discuss “how to ensure and how to sustain the financing of the recovery, reconstruction and modernization of Ukraine for years and decades to come.”
Scholz, who co-hosted the meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, said he’s looking for “nothing less than creating a new Marshall Plan for the 21st century — a generational task that must begin now.”
Even so, one of Moscow's allies on Tuesday urged Russia to step up the pace and scale of Ukraine’s destruction.
Ramzan Kadyrov, the regional leader of Chechnya who has sent troops from the region to fight in Ukraine, urged Moscow to wipe off the map entire cities in retaliation for Ukrainian shelling of Russia’s territory. Authorities in Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod regions that border Ukraine have repeatedly reported Ukrainian shelling that damaged infrastructure and residential buildings.
“Our response has been too weak,” Kadyrov said in a statement posted on his messaging app channel. “If a shell flies into our region, entire cities must be wiped off the face of the Earth so that they don’t ever think that they can fire in our direction.”
Ukrainian authorities, meanwhile, sought to ease public fears over Russia’s use of Iranian drones to strike the country's infrastructure, claiming increasing success in shooting them down.
Ukraine’s forces have shot down more than two-thirds of the approximately 330 Shahed drones that Russia has fired through Saturday, the head of Ukraine’s intelligence service, Kyrylo Budanov, said Monday. Budanov said Russia’s military had ordered about 1,700 drones of different types and is rolling out a second batch of about 300 Shaheds.
Although Russia and Iran deny that the Iranian-built drones have been used, the distinctive triangle-shaped Shahed-136s have rained down on civilians in Kyiv and elsewhere.
Britain’s Ministry of Defense said Russia was likely to use a large number of drones to try to penetrate the “increasingly effective Ukrainian air defenses” — to substitute for Russian-made long-range precision weapons “which are becoming increasingly scarce.”
Russia's “artillery ammunition is running low,” the British report said Tuesday.
The Institute for the Study of War, in Washington, added that “the slower tempo of Russian air, missile, and drone strikes possibly reflects decreasing missile and drone stockpiles and the strikes’ limited effectiveness of accomplishing Russian strategic military goals.”
Kyiv also says it needs more war materiel.
“We need more weaponry, we need more ammunition to win this war,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told reporters in Berlin. He added: “We need tanks from our partners, from all of our partners; we need heavy armored vehicles, we need additional artillery units, howitzers.”
Despite the reduced attacks, at least seven civilians were killed and another three wounded in the latest Russian shelling of the eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine’s presidential office said Tuesday.
The attacks came as the Russians pressed their offensive on the strategically placed towns of Bakhmut and Avdiivka and also shelled other areas in the Donetsk region, which is part of Ukraine’s industrial heartland of Donbas.
Ukrainian guerrillas reportedly staged several explosions in a Russian-held southern city.
A car bomb exploded Tuesday near an office building that houses the headquarters of the Federal Security Service, Russia’s top security agency, and a local television company, according to Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of the city of Melitopol.
The city’s Moscow-appointed administration in Melitopol said five people were injured by the explosion.
Melitopol is in the Zaporizhzhia region, part of which was captured by the Russian military early in the invasion. It was illegally annexed by Russia last month along with three other regions of Ukraine.
Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2022-10-25T12:43:51+00:00 | hjnews.com | https://www.hjnews.com/world/german-president-visits-kyiv-as-west-mulls-rebuilding-plan/article_c1419de2-4d48-5712-aa24-7195baa0ac70.html |
DILI, East Timor (AP) — Vote counting was underway in East Timor’s parliamentary election Sunday with two former independence fighters considered for the post of prime minister.
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Two main political parties — the incumbent Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, or Fretilin, and opposition National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction, or CNRT — are believed to be in a close race for the 65-seat National Parliament. A total of 17 parties were running.
No parties have formed any pre-election coalitions, but analysts said CNRT, a party led by former prime minister and independence leader Xanana Gusmao, is favored to win following a successful presidential campaign in 2022 that saw its candidate, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta, back in office.
“I believe the CNRT will win a majority of seats in Parliament this time and I’m ready to be the prime minister for the sake of people’s prosperity and justice,” Gusmao said after casting his vote in Dili, the capital.
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Polls closed at 3 p.m. and vote-counting began at 1,500 polling centers across the small country. Preliminary results may not be known until Wednesday.
“If we win, it is the victory of the people of Timor Leste,” said the leader of Fretilin, former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri. “I call on people to accept whatever the results of this election.”
Parties were required to have a woman in at least every third position in their list and seats are allocated using the method with an electoral threshold of 4%.
Fretilin and CNRT have blamed each other for years of political paralysis.
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In 2018, then-President Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres from Fretilin refused to swear in nine Cabinet nominees from CNRT. The impasse led to the resignation of Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak in February 2020, but he agreed to stay on until a new government is formed.
His governing coalition is currently made up of Fretilin, the People’s Liberation Party that he heads, and the rural-based Khunto party.
The former Portuguese colony was occupied by Indonesia for a quarter century and gained independence after a U.N.-sponsored referendum in 1999. Indonesia’s military responded with scorched-earth attacks that devastated the East Timorese half of the island of Timor.
The transition to a democracy has been rocky, with leaders battling massive poverty, unemployment and corruption. East Timor's economy is reliant on dwindling offshore oil revenues.
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations this year granted an observer status to East Timor ahead of it becoming the regional bloc’s 11th member.
The U.N. estimates that nearly half of East Timor’s population lives below the extreme poverty line of $1.90 a day, and that 42 of every 1,000 babies die before their fifth birthday because of malnutrition.
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Associated Press writer Niniek Karmini in Jakarta, Indonesia, contributed to this report. | 2023-05-21T13:19:34+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/east-timor-votes-in-parliamentary-election-aiming-18110946.php |
SULIMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Anti-government demonstrations erupted Saturday in several locations across Iran as the most sustained protests in years against a deeply entrenched theocracy entered their fourth week. At least two people were killed.
Marchers chanted anti-government slogans and twirled headscarves in repudiation of coercive religious dress codes. In some areas, merchants shuttered shops in response to a call by activists for a commercial strike or to protect their wares from damage.
Later Saturday, hackers broke into the evening news on Iran’s state TV for 15 seconds, just as footage of the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was being broadcast. The hackers flashed an image of Khamenei surrounded by flames. A caption read “Join us and stand up!” and “The blood of our youth is dripping from your claws,” a reference to Khamenei.
A song with the lyrics “Woman. Life. Freedom” — a common chant of the protesters — played in the background.
The protests erupted Sept. 17, after the burial of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman who had died in the custody of Iran’s feared morality police. Amini had been detained for an alleged violation of strict Islamic dress codes for women. Since then, protests spread across the country and were met by a fierce crackdown, in which dozens are estimated to have been killed and hundreds arrested.
In the city of Sanandaj in the Kurdish-majority northern region, one man was shot dead Saturday while driving a car in a major thoroughfare, rights monitors said. The France-based Kurdistan Human Rights Network and the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, said the man was shot after honking at security forces stationed on the street. Honking has become one of the ways activists have been expressing civil disobedience. Video circulating online showed the slain man slumped over the steering wheel, as distraught witnesses shouted for help.
The semi-official Fars news agency, believed to be close to the elite paramilitary force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, said Kurdistan’s police chief denied reports of using live rounds against protesters.
Fars claimed that people in Sanandaj’s Pasdaran Street said the victim was shot from inside the car without elaborating. But photos of the dead man indicate that he was shot from his left side, meaning he likely was not shot from inside the car. The blood can be seen running down the inside of the door on the driver’s side.
A second protester was killed after security forces fired gunshots to disperse crowds in the city and 10 protesters were wounded, the rights monitors said.
A general strike was observed in the city’s main streets amid a heavy security presence and protesters burned tires in some areas. Patrols have deterred mass gatherings in Sanandaj but isolated protests have continued in the city’s densely populated neighborhoods.
Demonstrations were also reported in the capital Tehran on Saturday, including small ones near the Sharif University of Technology, one of Iran’s premier centers of learning and the scene of a violent government crackdown last weekend. Authorities have closed the campus until further notice.
Images on social media showed protests also took place in the northeastern city of Mashhad.
Other protests erupted at Azad University in northern Tehran, in other neighborhoods of the capital and in the city’s bazaar. Many shops were closed in central Tehran and near the University of Tehran.
President Ebrahim Raisi in a meeting with students from the all-female Al-Zahra University in Tehran alleged again that foreign enemies were responsible for fomenting the protests. He has made the claim without giving specifics or providing any evidence.
“The enemy thought that it can pursue its desires in universities while unaware that our students and teachers are aware and they will not allow the enemies’ vain plans to be realized,” he said.
Meanwhile, thousands of people in The Hague, Netherlands chanted and sang in a solidarity demonstration in support of the protesters in Iran. | 2022-10-09T12:09:36+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/international/ap-2-killed-as-demonstrations-around-iran-enter-4th-week/ |
Which Grinch outdoor Christmas decoration is best?
Some might argue that one of the best aspects of the holiday season is getting to decorate, and one of the best places for displaying favorite decorations is in the front yard. The design options are endless, allowing you to really get creative and display all your favorite characters — and what better character of Christmas is there than the Grinch?
If you’re looking to feature some Grinch Christmas decorations in your yard this year, consider the Gemmy Pre-Lit Grinch and Max on Sled Inflatable, which stands 6 feet tall to welcome Christmas in your yard.
What to know before you buy a Grinch outdoor Christmas decoration
Type of decoration
- Inflatable: Christmas inflatables are some of the most popular outdoor Christmas decorations, and for good reason. They come in a variety of heights and often light up, making any backyard shine with Christmas magic. Most inflatables have self-inflatable features, but their cords aren’t always very long, so an extension cord may be needed.
- Plastic or wood: Other outdoor Christmas decorations can be made of thick, corrugated plastic or wood. These decorations typically require you to separately purchase some kind of stake or pole to secure it into the ground, so check what the decoration comes with before you purchase it.
Size
Grinch outdoor Christmas decorations can vary in size, running from less than a foot tall to a towering height of 6 feet or more. It’s important to read the product description carefully and make sure the size is what you’re looking for.
Additional parts
Most Grinch outdoor Christmas decorations require stakes or tethers to help keep them firmly on the ground, especially through harsh winds, rain or snow. These additional accessories are typically included with the decoration, but not always. Read the product description to ensure you don’t need to purchase them separately.
What to look for in a quality Grinch outdoor Christmas decoration
Powerful pump
For Grinch outdoor Christmas decorations that inflate, a powerful pump can be very important. Most pumps can inflate an inflatable within 10 seconds, while others may take a bit longer. Some pumps are also louder than others, which could become an issue if you’re using the inflatable inside.
Durability
Because your Grinch outdoor Christmas decorations are outside in the elements, it’s important to find durable ones that will last so you can use them for years. Most inflatables are made of a waterproof nylon or other synthetic materials that help resist rain and snow.
Plastic or cardboard decorations are rain-resistant by nature but may need an extra-durable stake made of wood or metal to keep them firmly in the ground.
Lights
Arguably one of the best features on any Grinch outdoor decoration is the addition of LED lights, giving the decoration a truly dazzling appearance. Some are brighter than others, so it might be a good idea to look through reviews to get a sense of just how bright the lights really are.
How much you can expect to spend on a Grinch outdoor Christmas decoration
Grinch outdoor Christmas decorations come in a wide range of prices. The cheapest ones tend to be rather small and are usually made of plastic, running from around $30-$80. More expensive ones are usually inflatables that are 6 to 8 feet in height, running as high as $115-$200.
Grinch outdoor Christmas decoration FAQ
What if the lights in my Grinch decoration go out?
A. Some Grinch outdoor decorations come with a couple extra lights in case they go out. If not, you can purchase new bulbs separately. There are many videos that can show you how to replace them if necessary.
What if the power cord can’t reach my nearest outlet?
A. Most Grinch outdoor decorations, if they require power, detail how long the power cord is in the product description. This helps you determine what the best placement in your yard would be for it to receive power. Extension cords are a great way to make that power cord longer.
What’s the best Grinch outdoor Christmas decoration to buy?
Top Grinch outdoor Christmas decoration
Gemmy Pre-Lit Grinch and Max on Sled Inflatable
What you need to know: Depicting the Grinch and his lovable dog Max, this inflatable stands approximately 6 feet tall and has lights to make it shine at night.
What you’ll love: Once plugged in, it self-inflates in seconds, making setup a breeze. Deflating it is as simple as unplugging it, and it’s easy to store and use for years to come. Stakes and tethers are included to help with outdoor setup.
What you should consider: Some customers complained that the lights went out quickly, with no easy way to replace them.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Wayfair
Top Grinch outdoor Christmas decoration for the money
Dr. Seuss 4-Foot Pre-Lit LED Grinch with Polka Dot Sweater and Santa Hat Christmas Inflatable
What you need to know: For around $30, this 4-foot inflatable Grinch will add a sense of wonder to your front yard.
What you’ll love: Its self-inflating design and included stakes and tethers make installation incredibly simple — all you have to do is plug it in. It deflates just as quickly for easy storage. It features LED lights that give it a bright twinkle at night.
What you should consider: Some buyers claim the head is disproportionate to the body, making balance somewhat of an issue.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Worth checking out
Gemmy Airblown Grinch with Present Inflatable
What you need to know: Standing at 4 feet tall, this inflatable just needs to be plugged in and staked down before it’s ready to go.
What you’ll love: LED lights are located inside the present and the Grinch’s head, making it really shine at nighttime. It comes with four stakes to help make setup easy. The quiet motor will have it inflated in about 10 seconds.
What you should consider: Some reviews claim that the motor is too weak to inflate it properly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a system to reduce the time and effort normally involved with connecting and disconnecting trailers from tractors," said an inventor, from Moreno Valley, Calif., "so I invented the AIR DRIVEN LIFT MOTOR. My design would also reduce stress and strain upon back, arm and shoulder muscles."
The invention provides an improved way to adjust the landing gear legs of truck trailers. In doing so, it eliminates the need to manually adjust the landing gear with a crank handle. As a result, it enhances safety and it reduces physical strain. The invention features a practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for trucking companies and semi-truck drivers. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-RSM-111, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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- Shareholders have spoken - a complete replacement of the Board of Directors of Nickel 28 is desperately needed and has been demanded by an overwhelming majority of non-management shareholders
- Shareholders who have not yet voted to WITHHOLD on management nominees on the YELLOW proxy should still do so, and send their proxy to Laurel Hill, as these votes could still be counted at the Meeting if the Chair waives the proxy voting deadline
- Shareholders who have voted on the Blue proxy still have time to revoke their proxy
- Questions or need voting assistance? Contact Laurel Hill Advisory Group at 1–877–452–7184 (416-304-0211 outside North America) or by email at assistance@laurelhill.com
NEW YORK, June 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Pelham Investment Partners LP ("Pelham", "we", "our" and similar pronouns), the single largest shareholder of Nickel 28 Capital Corp. (formerly Conic Metals Corp.) (TSXV: NKL) (FSE: 3JC0) ("Nickel 28" or the "Company"), today announced that it has received and deposited YELLOW proxies representing more than 39% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company to Nickel 28, ahead of its annual meeting of shareholders scheduled for June 12, 2023 (the "Meeting").
The support for the YELLOW Proxy speaks volumes, especially considering that, based on publicly available information, only 14.5% of the issued and outstanding shares (excluding shares owned or controlled by management), voted on the election of the management director nominees at the Company's 2022 annual meeting held last August. Pelham believes that there are likely more "withhold" votes for management's director nominees on its Blue proxy, and expects that at least 80% of non-management shares have been voted against the current board of directors of the Company (the "Board").
Pelham would like to thank all of the Company's shareholders who stood with us to support needed change at Nickel 28. The vast majority of Nickel 28's largest shareholders known to Pelham, including the Company's four largest non-management shareholders, have voted their shares on the YELLOW Proxy to withhold support from ALL of Nickel 28's Board nominees.
A voter turnout of nearly 40% of the Company's issued and outstanding shares (50% excluding management shares) on an opposition proxy is a testament to the clear will of shareholders to remove the incumbent directors. Given this strong voter turnout as well as our discussions with shareholders and the number of votes cast on our form of proxy, it is a virtual certainty that every single management nominee will receive substantially less than 50% of the votes cast in favour of their election. In that case, there can be no doubt that the Board will have lost their mandate to lead the Company and the confidence of the Company's shareholders. We believe and expect that all directors should tender their resignations and proceed to reconstitute the board with directors who have the support and confidence of the Company's shareholders.
A failure to heed shareholders' clear wishes would represent yet another in a series of decisions which call into question each director's willingness to fulfill his fiduciary duty to the Company and its shareholders. The outcome of this vote is a clear sign to the current Board that it is time for them to go. Nickel 28 shareholders have made their desires clear and, as the owners of the Company, their voices should be heeded.
Despite the obvious mandate for change arising from this result, Pelham believes that the Board and management may resort to further maneuvers in an attempt to entrench themselves and avoid accountability, while further enriching themselves at shareholder expense. Such tactics will prove unavailing and will only deepen the hole into which the Board has already dug itself. Shareholders do not want the current Board leading their Company. It is incumbent on each individual member of the Board, as a fiduciary of the Company, to accept that fact.
Independent proxy advisors Institutional Shareholder Services and Egan-Jones Proxy Services have issued reports recommending that their subscribers vote using only the YELLOW proxy – and in the case of Egan Jones, to vote WITHHOLD on the entire management director slate.
While the proxy cut-off set by management for the Meeting has passed, shareholders who have not yet voted WITHHOLD on the YELLOW proxy in respect of management's nominees to the Board should still do so, and send their proxy to Pelham's strategic shareholder communications advisor and proxy solicitation agent, Laurel Hill Advisory Group ("Laurel Hill"). Such late proxies may yet be accepted in the event that the Chair of the Meeting waives the proxy deadline.
Alternatively, shareholders who have voted on the Blue management proxy still have time to revoke their proxy in advance of the Meeting. Shareholders may contact Laurel Hill at the coordinates below for assistance on revoking a Blue management proxy.
For any questions or voting assistance, shareholders should contact Pelham LP's strategic shareholder communications advisor and proxy solicitation agent, Laurel Hill at 1–877–452-7184 (416-304-0211 outside North America) or by email at assistance@laurelhill.com. Shareholders can also visit savenickel28.com for more information, and sign-up to stay up to date.
Pelham Investment Partners LP is private investment firm located in New York, managed and founded by Edward (Ned) Collery in 2021. We are long-term and value-oriented investors. Pelham, the single largest shareholder of the Company, has held an investment in Nickel 28 since the firm's founding in 2021.
This news release is issued in connection with a solicitation of proxies by or on behalf of Pelham and not on behalf of management of Nickel 28. Pelham filed an information circular dated May 21, 2023 (the "Pelham Circular"), which contains certain important prescribed information concerning Pelham and its nominees, as well as information about the background and reasons for the solicitation. The Pelham Circular and YELLOW form of proxy is available on the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
Pelham has retained Laurel Hill as its strategic shareholder communications advisor and proxy solicitation agent. All costs incurred for any solicitation will be borne directly by Pelham. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and to the extent legally permissible, Pelham may seek reimbursement from Nickel 28 for the expenses it incurs in connection with this solicitation, including proxy solicitation expenses and legal fees, in connection with a successful reconstitution of the Board. Pelham does not intend to submit the question of such reimbursement to a vote of shareholders of the Company. Pelham notes that it expects that any such expenses will be substantially less than the expenses that Management has forced the Company to incur to defend Management from an otherwise avoidable proxy contest.
Proxies may be solicited by mail, facsimile, telephone, telegraph, internet, in person, by advertisements and by any other manner permitted by law.
No person is authorized to give information or to make any representations by or on behalf of Pelham other than those contained in this Circular and, if given or made, such information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorized by Pelham to be given or made.
Except as otherwise disclosed in the Pelham Circular, neither Pelham nor, to its knowledge, any of its nominees, nor any of their respective associates or affiliates, has any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction since the commencement of Nickel 28's most recently completed financial year, or in any proposed transaction which has materially affected or will materially affect Nickel 28 or any of its subsidiaries. Neither Pelham nor, to its knowledge, any of its nominees, nor any of their respective associates or affiliates, has any material interest, direct or indirect, by way of beneficial ownership of securities or otherwise, in any matter to be acted upon at the Meeting, other than as set out herein or in the Pelham Circular.
To the knowledge of Pelham LP, Nickel 28's head office is located at 155 University Avenue, Suite 1240, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3B7 and its registered address is located at Suite 2500, Park Place, 666 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 2X8. A copy of this news release may be obtained under Nickel 28's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
Information disclosed in this news release may contain forward-looking information. All statements and information, other than statements of historical fact, included in this news release contain forward-looking information. Statements containing forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward–looking words such as "will", "expect", "intend", "plan", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe" or "continue" or similar words and expressions or negative variations thereof. Statements containing forward–looking information in this news release include statements regarding activities, events or developments that Pelham expects or anticipates may occur in the future, expectations regarding the Meeting, and what Pelham expects the Company may do following the Meeting. Although Pelham believes that the expectations reflected in statements containing forward-looking information made by Pelham in this news release to be reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Material factors or assumptions that were applied in formulating the forward-looking information contained herein include the assumption that the business and economic conditions affecting the Company's operations will continue substantially in the current state, including without limitation with respect to industry conditions, general levels of economic activity, continuity and availability of personnel, local and international laws and regulations, foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates, inflation, taxes that there will be no unplanned material changes to the Company's operations, and that the Company's public disclosure record is accurate in all material respects and is not misleading (including by omission). Pelham cautions that the foregoing list of material facts and assumptions is not exhaustive. Many of these assumptions are based on factors and events that are not within the control of Pelham and there is no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which statements containing forward-looking information are based will occur or, even if they do occur, will result in the plans, results or performance expected. We caution readers of this news release not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information contained in this news release, which are not a guarantee of performance, events or results and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. These factors include, among other things, actions taken by the Company in connection with the Meeting, risks under material contracts of the Company, the outcome of any proceedings that may be commenced in connection with the Meeting, the content of subsequent public disclosures by the Company, general economic conditions, legislative or regulatory changes, changes in capital or securities markets, and those risks and uncertainties detailed in the continuous disclosure and other filings of Nickel 28 with applicable Canadian securities regulators. These are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any of Pelham's forward-looking information. Other unknown and unpredictable factors could also impact outcomes. Statements containing forward-looking information in this news release are based on Pelham's beliefs and opinions at the time the statements are made, and there should be no expectation that such forward-looking information will be updated or supplemented as a result of new information, estimates or opinions, future events or results or otherwise, and Pelham disclaims any obligation to do so, except as required by applicable law.
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Republican Party has received backlash from political leaders on both sides of the aisle for posts on social media Wednesday that compared the Holocaust to gun safety measures being considered in the state.
The posts, shared on the state party’s official Facebook and Twitter accounts, inaccurately claim that Democrats leading the Legislature are trying to disarm Michigan gun owners. A photo accompanying the message appears to match an image stored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, showing rings confiscated from Jewish prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp.
“Comparing gun safety measures to the mass extermination of 6 million people is hateful and ignorant, and it comes from party leaders who are out of ideas and catering to the fringe of the fringe,” Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, who is Jewish, wrote on Twitter in response.
The gun safety package was introduced by Democrats in response to two school mass shootings in a 15-month span, including last month’s Michigan State University shooting that took place less than 4 miles (6 kilometers) from the state Capitol. It would add universal background checks, requirements for safe storage and extreme risk protection orders, also known as red flag laws.
Red flag laws are intended to temporarily remove guns from people with potentially violent behavior through a judge's order and at the request of law enforcement or family members in hopes of preventing them from hurting themselves or others.
The 11-bill package was passed by the state Senate last week and still needs to be approved by the Democratic-led House before heading to Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk — who has said she will sign the legislation.
Democrats and Republicans swiftly condemned the posts and called for them to be taken down. Matt Brooks, chief executive of the Republican Jewish Coalition, responded to the Twitter post, saying it “is absolutely inappropriate and offensive and should be taken down immediately.”
The Anti-Defamation League separately tweeted that “using the Holocaust as a way to score cheap political points in the debate over gun control is unacceptable and trivializes the memory of millions murdered by the Nazis."
Recently-elected Michigan GOP chairwoman Kristina Karamo wrote on Twitter that the state party “stands by our statement" and added that the Democratic party “currently fights to murder unborn children” and is attempting to “disarm us.”
A former community college professor, Karamo lost her secretary of state race in the 2022 midterms by 14 percentage points after mounting a campaign filled with election conspiracies. After winning the GOP chairwoman seat, she inherited a state party torn by infighting and millions in debt.
The social media posts follow a recent wave of comparisons to the Holocaust and Nazis that scholars and organizations have said are concerning.
Pope Francis compared Nicaragua’s repression of Catholics to Adolf Hitler’s rule in Germany earlier this month, while in Britain, a BBC sportscaster likened the nation’s asylum policy to 1930s Germany, resulting in his brief suspension and a national uproar.
Earlier this month, a man was charged with threatening the lives of Jewish Michigan public officials, after tweeting that he would "carry out the punishment of death to anyone” who is Jewish in the state's government.
Michigan had the fourth most reported white supremacist propaganda of any state in 2022, according to the Anti-Defamation League. | 2023-03-22T21:52:48+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/michigan-gop-slammed-for-comparing-gun-reform-to-17854747.php |
Beaufort 52, Orangeburg-Wilkinson 0
Beaufort quarterback Samari Bonds threw for two touchdowns and rushed for another to help lead the Eagles to a 52-0 win over Orangeburg-Wilkinson Friday. Kacy Fields added two rushing touchdowns for Beaufort who eliminate the Bruins from the SCHSL Class 3A playoffs. Orangeburg-Wilkinson finishes the year with a record of 3-8.
Calhoun County 33, Dixie 21
Dixie opened the second half with an interception return for a touchdown to grab a 21-20 lead over Calhoun County, but the Saints outscored the Hornets 13-0 over the final period to eliminate Dixie from the SCHSL Class A playoffs. Tykest Davenport threw for two touchdowns and rushed for two touchdowns to help lead the Saints to the second round. Christian Zachary caught two touchdown passes for Calhoun County while Justen Brunson added a touchdown run. The Saints will travel to face Christ Church next week.
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Lewisville 51, Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 8
Lewisville quarterback Ian Grissom threw for six touchdowns to help lead the Lions to a 51-8 victory over Hunter-Kinard-Tyler in the first round of the SCHSL Class A playoffs. H-K-T’s JayShawn Smalls scored on a one-yard run late in the fourth quarter to avoid the shutout and completed a pass to Nykavien Peeples for a two-point conversion. The Trojans finish the season with a 5-6 record.
Denmark-Olar 40, McCormick 8
Keithan Washington rushed for four touchdowns and completed a touchdown pass to Chris Sanders to help lead Denmark-Olar to a 40-8 win over McCormick Friday night. The Vikings advance to the second round of the SCHSL Class A playoffs are scheduled to play Lewisville on the road Friday.
Southside Christian 42, Blackville-Hilda 0
Defending Class A state champion Southside Christian jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter as the Sabres defeated Blackville-Hilda in the first round of the SCHSL Class A state playoffs. Blackville-Hilda finishes the season with a 2-8 record.
Bamberg-Ehrhardt 42, Latta 12
Omarion Buckmon had three rushing touchdowns to lead Bamberg-Ehrhardt to a 42-12 win over Latta Friday night in Bamberg. Nick Folk and Eric Lee each added a rushing touchdown. Defensively, Lee returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown and Jamie Downing added an interception. Latta was led by Jamar Jones who had two rushing touchdowns in the fourth quarter. The Red Raiders advance to the second round of the SCHSL Class A playoffs and will travel to face Johnsonville next week. The Flashes defeated Military Magnet 57-14 Friday.
Beaufort Academy 36, Orangeburg Prep 23
Luis Fernandez threw for two touchdowns and rushed for another, but Orangeburg Prep fell short at Beaufort Academy in the first round of the SCISA Class 2A playoffs. Fernandez threw for 194 yards for the Indians. T. Riley was the leading receiver for OPS with 80 yards and two touchdowns. Defensively, Jay Plummer led the Indians with seven tackles and a fumble recovery. Latron Moorer added six tackles and a fumble recovery while Preston Welles and JC Strickland each finished with five tackles. Orangeburg Prep finishes the year with a record of 3-8.
Calhoun Academy 29, Clarendon Hall 6
Andrew Tucker rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns to help lead Calhoun Academy to a 29-6 win over Clarendon Hall in the first round of the SCISA Class A playoffs. Elliott Brown added a touchdown run and Connor Hayes threw a touchdown to Will Andrews in the Cavs victory. Defensively, Cade Carson had 10 tackles, a sack and an interception to lead Calhoun Academy. Cooper Canaday had nine tackles; Chase Cooper had seven tackles and fumble recovery; Jackson Bronson had five tackles; Mason Polin had four tackles and an interception and Cameron Crosby had four tackles. Calhoun Academy advances to the Class A semifinals and will travel to face Thomas Heyward next week.
Holly Hill Academy 72, Laurens Academy 28
Tyler Wright rushed for 162 yards and a touchdown while Tyree James rushed for 96 yards and three touchdowns to help lead Holly Hill Academy to 72-28 victory over Laurens Academy Friday. James completed 3-of-7 passes for 182 yards and a touchdown while Ashton Soles completed 2-of-6 passes for a touchdown. Wright, Soles Kanyon Hitzler and Ashby Rickenbacker each had touchdown receptions for the Raiders. Ax Wolpert added a rushing touchdown. Defensively, Wright led Holly Hill with seven tackles and recovered a fumble for a touchdown. Mason Rudd added seven tackles; Soles had nine tackles, Camden Harmon had five tackles and an interception; Dylan Rivera had an interception; Wolpert had six tackles and James had an interception he returned 100 yards for a touchdown. The Raiders advance in the SCISA 8-Man playoffs and will play host to the winner of Richard Winn and Jefferson Davis Academy | 2022-11-05T04:23:04+00:00 | thetandd.com | https://thetandd.com/sports/high-school-football-bruins-eliminated-red-raiders-and-saints-advance/article_dad3f334-ebec-5eec-8fbd-f301997077bf.html |
BERLIN (AP) — Clean energy now provides more employment than the fossil fuel industry, reflecting the shift that efforts to tackle climate change are having on the global jobs market, according to a report Thursday.
The International Energy Agency said a post-pandemic jobs rebound in the sector has been driven by emissions-cutting technologies such as electric vehicle production, building insulation, solar projects and wind farms.
Clean energy, which under IEA’s definition also includes nuclear power, is now estimated to account for more than half the 65 million energy sector jobs across all regions except Russia and the Middle East.
However, the Paris-based agency said high energy prices including for fossil fuels have seen an upswing in employment, notably for liquefied natural gas infrastructure. Many countries in Europe are scrambling to find alternatives to Russian gas supplies due to t he war in Ukraine.
It also noted that wages in clean energy jobs lag behind those in the fossil fuel industry, where unionization rates are higher and risky work has been compensated with higher pay. The exception is nuclear, due to the highly skilled labor needed, the agency said.
“Countries around the world are responding to the current crisis by seeking to accelerate the growth of homegrown clean energy industries,” said IEA’s executive director, Fatih Birol. “The regions that make this move will see huge growth in jobs.”
He urged companies, labor representatives and governments to ensure that clean energy projects provide high quality employment and attract a diverse workforce. Women are significantly underrepresented in the energy sector, which as a whole accounts for about 2% of the global workforce, IEA said.
Where possible, fossil fuel workers should be given the option to retrain for clean energy jobs, the agency said. It predicted could up to 14 million new clean energy jobs could be created by 2030, with an additional 16 million workers switching to new roles related to clean energy.
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IEA report: https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-employment
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NEW YORK (AP)Giannis Antetokounmpo, fellow two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, Devin Booker and Jayson Tatum were voted first-team All-NBA on Tuesday, the first time in 67 years all five players were age 27 or younger.
Milwaukee’s Antetokounmpo was the only player to receive all 100 possible first-team votes and finished with 500 points in his fourth consecutive first-team selection. Denver’s Jokic and Dallas’ Doncic each received 88 first-team votes and 476 points.
Doncic joined Tim Duncan, Kevin Durant and Max Zaslofsky as the only players to make the first team three or more times before turning 24, while Phoenix’s Booker (460 points) and Boston’s Tatum (390) both were first-time selections to the first team.
Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid, the NBA’s leading scorer and runner-up to Jokic for MVP, led the second team. He was joined by Ja Morant, winner of the Most Improved Player award, Durant, Stephen Curry and DeMar DeRozan.
The third team was Karl-Anthony Towns, LeBron James – who earned his 18th All-NBA selection – Chris Paul, Trae Young and Pascal Siakam.
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More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports | 2022-05-25T14:03:14+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/sports/nba-basketball/giannis-jokic-doncic-booker-tatum-on-all-nba-first-team/ |
NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CommutAir leadership and ALPA are excited to announce sweeping increases to our shared pilot compensation program. Incoming first officers will now start at $72.00/hr and Captains will start at $100.00/hr. Additionally, new sign-on & retention bonuses are now available up to a total of $25,000 for First Officers and $50,000 for Captain qualified pilots. The opportunities offered by these updates will enable sustained growth for all of our employees. CommutAir pilots will now receive enhanced levels of scheduling, commuting expenses, health insurance, vacation, sick leave and 401k benefits that are among the best in the industry:
Compensation benefits of the agreement include:
- Increase in starting First Officer wages - $72/hr
- Increase in starting Captain wages - $100/hr
- Pilot sign-on bonuses and incentives - $25,000 for First Officers and $50,000 for Captain Qualified pilots
- Significant increase to pay override for instructors (Ground, SIM, Line Check Pilots, and Designated Examiners)
- Annual retention bonuses totaling $25,000 for First Officers and $50,000 for Captains for full contract duration
- New Minimum Monthly duty period Guarantee - 76 hours
- Full Compensation for Experience - Longevity credit of 1:1 up to 20 yrs for new hires with prior FAR 121 industry experience
- Increased Commuter hotel allotment for reserve pilots
- Industry leading Commuter travel program including flights from home to base
- Direct flow to United Airlines through the Aviate Program
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CEO Rick Hoefling commented, "We are excited about the opportunities this will provide CommutAir and is one more step towards securing our long-term success in the regional airline industry"
CommutAir is a regional airline operating flights on behalf of United Airlines as a United Express partner. With a fleet of over 70 active Embraer 145 aircraft, CommutAir operates up to 1,500 weekly flights - connecting people and communities to the world via United's global network. Headquartered in Cleveland: CommutAir has major hubs in Denver, Houston, and Washington Dulles, with maintenance bases in Houston, Albany, New York and Lincoln, Nebraska. Founded in 1989, CommutAir is 40% owned by United Airlines, Inc. www.flycommutair.com
Contact:
Laura Prince
VP Human Resources
laura.prince@commutair.com
440-652-2180
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Webinars follow well-received launch of re-imagined VUE platform at NADA Show 2023
BOCA RATON, Fla., March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Franchised automotive dealerships throughout the U.S. are embracing the move by Dominion DMS to offer its VUE Core DMS platform for a $0 initial and monthly fee. The game-changing pricing model representing an average monthly savings of $6,500 per location was the highlight of several announcements by Dominion DMS at NADA Show 2023, where the re-imagined platform was well received.
To continue to educate dealers about the new vision, Dominion DMS President Sharon Kitzman will host three webinars sharing details of the unique offering and providing a live demonstration of VUE Core DMS.
Dealers may register at https://www.dominiondms.com/webinar2303/ to attend one of three sessions:
- 4:00 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 28, 2023
- 1:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, March 29, 2023
- 11:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, March 30, 2023
The re-imagined VUE Core DMS is the most customizable DMS on the market. Dealers have infinite flexibility to choose the vendors they prefer to securely integrate into the robust sales, service, parts, accounting, and OEM communications features included in VUE Core DMS.
VUE Core DMS provides:
- Ease and simplicity: Easy to learn and accessible from any web connection without a VPN.
- Next-level security: Encrypted integration to any application and continuous rollout of security and software enhancements
- Cloud-native architecture: VUE is the first dealer management system built in the cloud and leverages the reliable and secure Microsoft Azure architecture.
To learn more about the new VUE Core DMS, dealers, and other interested parties may visit: https://www.dominiondms.com.
About Dominion DMS:
Dominion DMS partners with franchised automotive dealers to offer modern solutions in an ever-evolving landscape. VUE by Dominion DMS is a cloud-native dealer management system that gives dealers the digital security, flexibility, and efficiency to meet today's rapidly changing market. VUE enables dealers to deliver seamless customer interactions, reduce costs and protect their business. Through its robust suite of certified SecureVUE APIs, VUE provides technology partners with the access and workflows they need to satisfy our common customers, the dealers. Consider Dominion DMS today. For more information, visit our website, and like us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
Media Contact:
Scott Smith
E-Mail: scott.smith2@dominiondms.com
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The government in the Central American country of Honduras is set to authorize use of the emergency contraceptive pill, or morning after pill, after more than a decade of a total ban on the piece of healthcare.
The country will authorize its use for victims of rape, according to an announcement from the country's health minister on Monday.
A complete ban on abortion will still stand in the country, Reuters reported.
In 2012, Amnesty International released a report urging action as Honduras was preparing to enact the (what became) over a decade total ban on the drug. The Supreme Court, at that time, ruled that a ban didn't go against the country's constitution.
In February of that year, the report said, "The Supreme Court in Honduras upheld a decree imposing an absolute ban on emergency contraception. This decree has been vetoed in May 2009 by the then President of the Republic of Honduras on grounds that it conflicted with the Constitution. The Supreme Court has now concluded that the decree is constitutional and that Congress could proceed to develop laws to enforce a ban of the emergency contraceptive pill (also sometimes referred to as the 'morning after pill') on the basis that the judges viewed it as 'abortive.'"
Honduras is currently the only Latin American nation with an all-out ban on the emergency contraceptive.
Honduras punishes women who have abortions with up to six years in prison, including in rape or incest cases. | 2022-11-04T03:01:45+00:00 | kivitv.com | https://www.kivitv.com/news/national/honduras-will-legalize-morning-after-pill-for-victims-of-rape |
NEW YORK, April 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues its investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Techtronic Industries Company Limited (OTC: TTNDY) resulting from allegations that Techtronic may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Techtronic securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=12551 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On February 22, 2023, Jehoshaphat Research published a report alleging that the Company has been "inflating its profits dramatically for over a decade with manipulative accounting." Specifically, Jehoshaphat Research accuses the Company of deceptively managing costs "[b]y stuffing billions of dollars' worth of routine expenses into various asset accounts, year after year;" an accounting trick referred to as "snowballing." Jehoshaphat Research observes that every year, Techtronic disposes of large amounts of tangible assets, such as Property, Plant & Equipment, at near-total losses on sale, signifying that the Company is capitalizing routine business expenses into assets. The report also accused Techtronic of ignoring its own accounting policy on bad debt provisions in order to delay expenses.
On this news, Techtronic's stock price fell $3.55 per share, or 5.7%, to close at $58.70 per share on February 22, 2023.
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Boy dies in hot car parked outside Miami-area preschool
Published: Jul. 12, 2022 at 7:37 AM CDT|Updated: 8 hours ago
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a 3-year-old boy died after being left inside a car outside a South Florida preschool as temperatures reached the mid-90s.
Rabbi Benzion Korf said late Monday that the child’s parents are staff members at the Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami Gardens, and his siblings attend the preschool as well.
The rabbi said “no words can capture the heartbreak and sadness we feel.”
The Miami Herald reported that Miami Gardens police were interviewing the child’s father late Monday, and authorities said they believe the child spent as many as six hours inside the vehicle.
Grief counselors will be at the education center on Tuesday.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-12T20:36:10+00:00 | kttc.com | https://www.kttc.com/2022/07/12/boy-dies-hot-car-parked-outside-miami-area-preschool/ |
HONG KONG (AP) — Huawei on Friday reported a nearly 70% decline in profit last year amid sanctions and pandemic challenges, but its enterprise sales rose as the Chinese technology giant sought to pivot into digital industries and reduce its vulnerabilities to U.S. sanctions.
“While it’s true that we have considerable pressures ahead of us, we still see opportunities to grow a resilient business portfolio, a unique competitive edge, the trust of our customers and partners and have the courage to invest heavily in R&D," Eric Xu, the outgoing rotating chairman of Huawei, said during a news conference Friday.
Huawei said Friday that its annual revenue for 2022 reached 642.3 billion yuan ($93.5 billion), a 0.9% gain from the year before.
The net profit for the year was 35.6 billion yuan ($5.18 billion), down 68.7% from 2021 amid pressures from the pandemic, U.S. sanctions, an increase in commodity prices and a decline in the company’s consumer business, which mostly sells smartphones. Huawei reported a higher-than-usual 113.7 billion yuan ($16.55 billion) in profit in 2021 due to the sale of Honor, its budget smartphone business.
“The year 2022 is a year where Huawei pulled ourselves out of a crisis mode. U.S. restrictions are now our new normal and we’re back to business as usual,” said Sabrina Meng, Huawei’s chief financial officer, who will become the firm’s rotating chairwoman from April 1.
Also known as Meng Wanzhou, she is the daughter of Huawei’s founder. She was detained for nearly three years in Canada after her arrest on U.S. charges over lying to Hong Kong banks about dealings with Iran in violation of trade sanctions.
Meng was released under a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will dismiss the charges in exchange for her accepting responsibility for misrepresenting Huawei’s dealings with Iran.
Huawei, one of China’s first global tech brands, has been caught up between China-U.S. tensions over technology and security. American officials say the company is a security risk and might enable Chinese spying, an accusation Huawei denies.
The U.S. has banned U.S. firms from doing business with Huawei, cutting off the Chinese firm’s access to chips and software such as Google services for its smartphones.
The Shenzhen-headquartered telecommunications firm has since shifted its focus in 2022 to growing its corporate business by selling network gear and services to industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, transportation and mining to help them become more digital.
Huawei’s enterprise business revenues in 2022 grew 30% from a year earlier to 133.2 billion yuan ($19.38 billion). Its growth in 2021 was just 2.1%.
Revenue from its company’s consumer business, which sells smartphones, tablets and other devices, continued to decline, falling 11.9%. Huawei was the world’s largest smartphone maker in 2020 but has since seen its global market share plunge after it lost its Android license and Google services.
Huawei is one of the world's biggest spenders in research and development, devoting a record 161.5 billion yuan ($23.51 billion) in R&D spending in 2022, representing 25% of its total revenue.
Just over half of Huawei's workforce of 207,000 employees work in R&D. | 2023-03-31T10:29:56+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/huawei-profit-sinks-in-2022-amid-sanctions-but-17870715.php |
Greece: Grim train search moves ‘centimeter by centimeter’
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Emergency crews cut through the mangled remains of a passenger train on Thursday, progressing “centimeter by centimeter” in their search for the dead from a head-on collision in northern Greece that killed at least 46 people. Rail workers went on strike to protest years of underfunding they say has left the country’s train system in a dangerous state.
The passenger train and a freight train slammed into each other late Tuesday, crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots and forcing people to smash windows to escape. It was the country’s deadliest crash ever, and more than 50 people remained hospitalized, most in the central Greek city of Larissa. Six of them were in intensive care.
Fire Service spokesman Yiannis Artopios said the grim recovery effort was proceeding “centimeter by centimeter.”
“We can see that there are more (bodies) people there. Unfortunately, they are in a very bad condition because of the collision,” Artopios told state television.
WORKERS SAY TRAIN SYSTEM IS UNSAFE
The cause of the crash is still not clear. A station manager arrested after the collision was charged Wednesday with multiple counts of manslaughter and causing serious physical harm through negligence, as a judicial inquiry tries to establish why the two trains were traveling in opposite directions on the same track.
Railway workers’ associations, meanwhile, called strikes, halting national rail services and the subway in Athens. They are protesting working conditions and what they described as a dangerous failure to modernize the Greek rail system due to a lack of public investment during the deep financial crisis that spanned most of the previous decade and brought Greece to the brink of bankruptcy.
Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis resigned following the crash, his replacement tasked with setting up an independent inquiry looking into the causes of the accident.
“Responsibility will be assigned,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a televised address late Wednesday after visiting the scene of the collision.
“We will work so that the words ‘never again’ ... will not remain an empty pledge. That I promise you.”
Supporters of the strike plan to protest in central Athens later Thursday.
CRASH SURVIVOR DESCRIBES FIERY ESCAPE
More than 300 people were on board the passenger train, many of them were students returning from a holiday weekend and annual Carnival celebrations around Greece.
Andreas Alikaniotis, a 20-year-old survivor of the crash, described how he and fellow students, escaped from a jack-knifed train car as fire approached, smashing windows and throwing luggage onto the ground outside to use as a makeshift landing pad.
“It was a steep drop, into a ditch,” Alikaniotis, who suffered a knee injury, told reporters from his hospital bed in Larissa.
“The lights went out. And light had came from the approaching fire and the sparks that were flying. The smoke was suffocating inside the rail car but also outside,” Alikaniotis said.
“I managed to remain calm and I was one of the few around who had not been seriously injured,” he said. “Me and my friends helped people get out.”
ZELENSKYY AND TURKEY SEND CONDOLENCES
Residents in Larissa lined up to give blood, many waiting in heavy rain for more than an hour, while the city’s hotel association provided free accommodation to relatives of the crash victims and to those who traveled to the city to provide DNA samples to help police forensics experts identify bodies. Nine bodies have been identified through genetic matches so far, authorities said.
Pope Francis and European leaders sent messages of sympathy in the wake of the crash. Among them were the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, whose country is recovering from devastating earthquakes last month. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent a message in Greek, writing “The people of Ukraine share the pain of the families of the victims. We wish a speedy recovery to all the injured.”
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Gatopoulos reported from Athens, Greece.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-02T14:27:35+00:00 | waff.com | https://www.waff.com/2023/03/02/greece-grim-train-search-moves-centimeter-by-centimeter/ |
When Jessi Looney arrives at Emory & Henry College in the fall, don’t expect a lack of confidence to be the problem it was when she first walked the halls four years ago at Grundy High School.
“I am starting over, but I know now I don’t need to be shy,” said Looney, a Grundy senior, who will graduate fifth in her class of 87. “I was really shy coming into high school my freshman year at Grundy, but at Emory I know we are all going to be in the same boat. We are going to be starting college all together. I will just try to go in with a little more confidence. I have always had a lack of confidence, that has been a struggle of mine throughout high school, middle school, anywhere. I have just not been a confident person, but I am working on it.”
She has done it well, having overcome self-doubt, health issues and family tragedies to thrive in athletics, academics and community involvement, developing a legacy that will long be remembered by all in Grundy, Buchanan County and beyond.
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“If you were to say her name and I was to close my eyes I would see her playing a sport or practicing, and it may not necessarily be here at Grundy High School,” Grundy cross country coach Christina Bane said. “If I close my eyes, Jessi is either running or she is getting the ball. I have seen her in her backyard and she is out there practicing something on her own. That is what you know about her, you just say her name and immediately you are going to think of her working hard at something. That is also true in academics because I have been her teacher in the hard classes.”
Bane was there when Looney began playing travel basketball in fifth grade. Even then she exhibited the competitive spirit and intense work ethic that led to success in so many sports.
“I have been in three different schools and I can tell you that Jessi is probably the top athlete, boy or girl, that I have been able to watch play,” Bane said. “I have never seen anybody play all the things that she plays at the level that she plays at. Usually you excel in one thing and you are OK in some other things, but no, she is tops in everything.”
Those words can be used to describe Looney in other areas as well. She has compiled a 102.23 GPA, has already earned her associate’s degree in general studies from Southwest Virginia Community College and has been chosen as the Grundy Student of the Year for a second time in four years. She is active in the Key Club, Future Business Leaders of America, Beta Club, is part of the youth group at Vanzant Baptist Church and has volunteered for everything from assisting Buchanan County residents hit by devastating floods to simply providing a gentle word to those in need.
“She is just genuine, through and through to everyone,” Bane said. “She has been there for my daughter, who has struggled through things. Anything that Alexis needs I know that she can call on Jessi and she will speak to her kindly and give her good advice and just love on her if she needs to be.”
Looney’s ultra-successful tenure in so many areas at Grundy has led to her being selected as the 42nd recipient of the Gene “Pappy” Thompson Award for Excellence, the fourth winner from Grundy, following Maverick Coleman (2016), Elizabeth Lindsay (2006) and Brent Osborne (1996).
“It is awesome. It is still unbelievable,” Looney said. “I am just really shocked, it hasn’t really registered that I actually won.”
A native of Grundy, Looney worked on her athletic skills as a child while dreaming of playing for the Golden Wave.
“I have always looked forward to getting involved in sports,” said Looney, whose sister, Stacey, was also a talented athlete for Grundy. “That was the most exciting part about high school, in my opinion, was the sports. I just looked forward to that all the time as a young girl because I played travel basketball. I was always like I can’t wait to play for the high school team.”
Looney overcame her lack of confidence by throwing herself into athletics where her talents showed no fear.
“I started focusing on the sport and not being shy so much and not being intimidated by the older people or other competition,” she said. “I started really focusing, I love this sport, this is why I play, it doesn’t matter who I played against or who I compete against, I am doing this sport because I love it.”
That went for every sport. She played volleyball and ran cross country in the fall, played basketball and did indoor track in the winter and ran outdoor track, softball and even tennis as a senior in the spring. A busy schedule was never a problem. She played in the FCA All-Star volleyball and basketball games on the same day. She competed in the state indoor track meet in Lynchburg as a junior, drove to Virginia Tech for basketball practice later that evening and then led Grundy into the Class 1 state quarterfinals the following day, falling to Parry McCluer in overtime.
“That was fun,” she said. “I loved doing that.”
She was the Black Diamond District player of the year in volleyball and Student of the Year as a freshman at Grundy. She did the same as a senior. In between, Looney did a little bit of everything in just about every sport. She was never shy about work. She is seemingly constantly in motion, running through town no matter the weather conditions or working out at the local YMCA, where she is also a lifeguard and helps with volleyball clinics or simply works on getting better at any of her many sports.
“Jessi, I am talking male and female, is probably one of the rarest athletes that Mrs. Bane and I have seen,” Grundy athletic director Craig Plymal said. “You don’t see girls that can play volleyball like she can play volleyball. She uses the whole court, her heart’s a motor. This is an individual that is practicing when nobody is watching. No one on the bleachers, no one on the mountain, it is the morning, in town, there is no one else in town. There is no one at the ‘Y’ at 6 in the morning. You take an athlete like that and it makes our job easy. She requires very little coaching.”
Perhaps her crowning achievement was winning the Class 1 state cross country meet last fall in Salem. She had finished ninth as a junior and entered ranked third in the state.
“I tried not to stress myself out about it, but I was just kind of like I am going to give it to God and I am going to let what happens happen because whatever happens it is going to be OK either way,” Looney said. “It was crazy. I am honestly very competitive. I tried to stay back during that race and I was like ‘I wonder if I can just beat her at the end, maybe I can push at the end’ and that is what I did.”
“She had a perfect game plan,” Bane said. “She ran the best race I have seen her run, very smart.”
Looney was also a presence on the basketball court, scoring the 1,000th point of her career on a free throw on her senior night, the first game her half-brothers Jarod and Tyler Looney saw her play. Her parents, Teddy and Annette were also in the crowd. She posed for photos with her family, including her father, who Plymal recalled beaming with pride. Her father recently died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
“I think he would be proud,” said Looney, who recently also lost a cousin and neighbor, Nick Vanover, in a fatal car crash that occurred in nearly the same location as her father’s accident. “He was a great athlete in school as well and he just loved sports. He loved watching sports, he loved anything to do with sports. I am glad that I could really make him happy, I feel like he would have been happy no matter how I performed, just even getting out there and doing a sport and performing.”
None of it has been without struggles. When the coronavirus pandemic cancelled sports during her sophomore season, Looney began worrying about staying in shape and developed an eating disorder from an obsession with losing weight. She still gets inspiration from her father, who played football, basketball and baseball at Grundy.
“Just like anybody that struggles with that you are going to have bad days,” Looney said. “It is something you have to work on and it is hard work, but you need to be healthy and do what is best for you and just practicing healthy behaviors that aren’t always supported by society. It is a hard thing to go through, but I am still continuing to recover. It is hard for me to share sometimes, but I am glad I was able to go through it though because now it has also opened my eyes that how real these issues are in people and how many people actually struggle with stuff like this. I am glad I can help others in that way because I have had people come to me for advice...
“Some people have said I don’t know how you do it. I am like ‘you just keep on living, just keep on keeping on.’ That is what my dad would always say, ‘just keep on keeping on’.”
There’s more. She was diagnosed with Scoliosis in 2016 and then developed a Degenerative Disc Disease known as Spondylolisthesis that was discovered in the spring. The doctors told her to live life like it doesn’t even exist, but she did give up softball, long jump and triple jump, but she is still competing in the 1600, 3200 and high jump in outdoor track and decided to take up tennis for the first time. She was tempted to play soccer, but was talked out of it. Sports will continue to be a vital part of her life.
“I could never give up sports,” she said. “I don’t think I could ever do that. I would do anything honestly to play sports.”
Looney will continue to run track and cross country at Emory & Henry, while majoring in Exercise Science, with a minor in Psychology. She hopes to follow her mother’s path and become an occupational therapist. Once she gets settled into the college lifestyle, Looney wants to leave a similar legacy at Emory & Henry to what she did at Grundy.
“I do. I want to be a person that someone can look to for anything,” she said. “I might not always be able to give the best advice, but I just want people to know that I care about them and I will be there for them. I just want to do good for other people. I just want to be a good person to other people.” | 2023-05-21T18:54:32+00:00 | heraldcourier.com | https://heraldcourier.com/sports/2023-pappy-thomspon-award-winner-jessi-looney-grundy/article_53d03044-f393-11ed-8de7-7bb0f7da8e1a.html |
The House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that focuses on boosting the production of semiconductors in the United States.
The bill, which passed in the Senate on Wednesday, is a long-awaited $280 billion legislative package with broad bipartisan support overall, but with some lawmakers coming out against the bill this week.
The legislative package passed the House with a vote of 243-187, which was closer than had been anticipated by leadership in Congress.
It now heads to the desk of President Joe Biden to be signed into law. It is expected to inject nearly $300 billion into the American manufacturing industry and boost scientific research.
As Axios points out, the hope is that the bill can pump enough support into manufacturing essential computer chips in the U.S. to try and prevent another supply chain crisis, while making the U.S. more competitive with China.
Florida Sen. Rick Scott expressed opposition to the bill on Wednesday, telling CNN if the bill "really did what they talked about if it really did say oh, we're going to make sure we build chips here, the chips we need, it was, I would be all in. That's not what this bill did."
Sen. Scott said, "First off, It's $280 billion, a massive giveaway to multi-billion dollar corporations. Let me give you an example. Intel corporation, let me tell you how it impacts them. They are going to get, I think $4 billion, all right. On top of $4 billion to build a plant, they get a $4 billion tax write-off and they get a 25% tax credit. They get all that. What do they have to do? There's no obligation that they build a specific chip that we need. There's no quotas. There's no standards. You know, they're a big investor in china. They can continue to invest in China. They can continue to expand in china. When China invades Taiwan, which I hope they don't, they can continue to do business in china, which they said they would." | 2022-07-28T20:35:38+00:00 | kivitv.com | https://www.kivitv.com/news/national/congress-passes-bill-that-promises-to-boost-semiconductor-production-in-the-us |
How to watch Jan. 6 insurrection hearings and what to know
By FARNOUSH AMIRI
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is going public with its findings. Lawmakers hope to show the American public how democracy came to the brink of disaster. The series of hearings that will take place over the next several weeks began with a prime-time opener Thursday night. The second hearing is scheduled for Monday. More than 1,000 people have been interviewed by the panel, and only snippets of that testimony have been revealed to the public, mostly through court filings. | 2022-06-13T04:49:11+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/national-world/ap-national-news/2022/06/12/how-to-watch-jan-6-insurrection-hearings-and-what-to-know/ |
KYTHIRA, Greece (AP) — Many had embarked on the stomach-churning sea journey before; many will follow.
Survivors of one of the latest fatal shipwrecks involving Europe-bound migrants say the omens were bad even as the sailboat they traveled on slipped off from Turkey on Monday under cover of night, ultimately bound for Italy.
Strong winds swept the Aegean Sea, and the pleasure yacht turned human freighter was criminally overloaded – with about 95 migrants so tightly crammed below deck that there was only space to stand.
“From the first minute … we thought that maybe we will face some problems,” Ahmad Shoaib Noorzaei, a survivor of the wreck off Greece’s Kythira island, said. “Because the weather was not normal for such a ship – a 16-meter (52-foot) ship. … It was a small ship … just for 20 or 30 (people).”
Instead, the native of Afghanistan said, there were about 95 on board, including 10 or 11 families.
By late Wednesday, the third night at sea, the captain had lost his bearings, according to survivors, and the wind was gusting at up to 100 kilometers per hour (60 mph). Instead of safely rounding Kythira, with a clear passage to Italy ahead after the Aegean island obstacle course, the vessel was swept into a rocky inlet surrounded by forbidding cliffs.
It struck and disintegrated — just a few hundred meters from the gentle beach of Diakofti, on the island’s eastern coast.
“The waves was too much high, about 6 meters (20 feet),” Abdul Ghafar Amur, another survivor from Afghanistan, said. “We tried to save our lives, but most of our friends, they have died.”
The survivors managed to cling to the rocks. Nearby villagers who poured out to help eventually pulled them to safety with ropes.
At first light, at least four bodies were seen bobbing under the cliffs among the flotsam from the shipwreck. By late Thursday, there were 80 survivors, from Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran, including 17 boys and a girl.
Speaking to The Associated Press Thursday from a schoolhouse where the survivors — many bearing bruises and scratches from getting battered on the rocks — were temporarily housed, clothed and fed, Amur said the Greek coast guard arrived “three or two hours too late.”
“During these three or two hours, most of women died. Young guys and old men, we couldn’t do anything for them. We saw just how they died,” he said.
Amur said he paid smugglers $9,000 to be shipped from Turkey to Italy, a sum which matched accounts by other survivors. The fate of the yacht’s captain was unknown, though some of the survivors said he was lost in the wreck.
Gangs smuggling asylum-seekers to Europe from Turkey favor the long haul south of Kythira, because it avoids the strongly patrolled eastern Aegean Sea islands that used to be the main sea route for people fleeing conflict and poverty to reach Greece.
Nevertheless, that route is still in use. Also late Wednesday, hundreds of miles away from Kythera, 18 migrants drowned when their small boat sunk off the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos.
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Follow AP’s global migration coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/migration | 2022-10-07T12:30:51+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/ap-survivors-tell-grim-tale-of-southern-greek-migrant-shipwreck/ |
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that he’s open to a call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss a possible prisoner swap involving American basketball star Brittney Griner.
Blinken said Wednesday that Washington had offered Russia a deal that would bring home Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan. A person familiar with the matter said the U.S. government proposed trading convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for Whelan and Griner.
Speaking on a visit to Uzbekistan, Lavrov said his ministry had received an official U.S. request for a call after Blinken made the statement. Russia’s top diplomat said he would be ready once he returns to Moscow and that the timing of the call was being worked out.
Lavrov said he was open to discussing the prisoner exchange, even though the Foreign Ministry hasn’t been involved in previous discussions on the issue.
“I will listen to what he has to say,” Lavrov added.
Asked Thursday about the U.S. offer, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov replied that prisoner swaps were typically negotiated discreetly behind the scenes.
“We know that such issues are discussed without any such release of information,” Peskov told reporters during a conference call. “Normally, the public learns about it when the agreements are already implemented.”
Blinken’s comments marked the first time the U.S. government publicly revealed any concrete action it has taken to secure Griner’s release. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and player for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury was arrested at a Moscow airport in mid-February when inspectors found vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage.
Griner’s arrest came at a time of heightened tensions between Moscow and Washington ahead of Russia sending troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24. Griner’s five months of detention have raised strong criticism among teammates and supporters in the United States.
Her trial on drug charges started in a court outside Moscow this month, and she testified Wednesday that she didn’t know how the cartridges ended up in her bag but that she had a doctor’s recommendation to use cannabis to treat career-related pain.
The 31-year-old has pleaded guilty but said she had no criminal intent in bringing the cartridges to Russia and packed in haste for her return to play in a Russian basketball league during the WNBA’s offseason. She faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of transporting drugs.
The Biden administration has faced political pressure to free Griner and other Americans whom the U.S. has declared to be “wrongfully detained” — a designation sharply rejected by Russian officials.
Whelan, a corporate security executive from Michigan, was sentenced to 16 years in prison on espionage charges in 2020. He and his family have vigorously asserted his innocence. The U.S. government has denounced the charges as false.
Russia has for years expressed interest in the release of Bout, a Russian arms dealer once labeled the “Merchant of Death.” He was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2012 on charges that he schemed to illegally sell millions of dollars in weapons.
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Matthew Lee and Eric Tucker in Washington contributed to this report.
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Follow AP’s coverage of Griner’s case at https://apnews.com/hub/brittney-griner | 2022-07-29T17:00:49+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/politics/ap-politics/russias-lavrov-says-he-will-discuss-us-prisoner-swap-offer/ |
ATLANTA -- Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez was held out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Braves after being taken to a hospital the previous night because of shortness of breath.
Manager Dusty Baker said doctors weren't able to find any cause of the breathing issues. Alvarez was at the ballpark but under a concussion-like protocol in which the team was monitoring his every move.
Baker said Alvarez could return to the lineup for the finale of the three-game series Sunday.
"He's better," Baker said. "We've still got to watch him. He's under what's similar to a concussion protocol, where you've got to watch him. You don't want him to maybe fall out. They couldn't find anything, but that doesn't mean nothing's wrong."
Baker called it a frightening situation but added he was somewhat relieved that one of the game's most feared hitters was apparently not stricken with a serious medical problem.
"We're just going to wait today," the manager added. "We'll see how he is tomorrow. He'll probably DH if he's feeling all right."
Alvarez is batting .295 with 31 homers and 77 RBIs for the AL West-leading Astros, who are seeking their fourth World Series appearance in six years.
They are in Atlanta for a rematch of last year's Series, won by the Braves.
Alvarez departed Friday night's 6-2 loss to Atlanta under his own power with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning. There was a pause in the action when Braves rookie Vaughn Grissom fouled a ball off his foot and was being tended to by a trainer.
Baker said Alvarez started having some breathing issues while running the bases, and the condition was exacerbated by in-game fireworks.
Alvarez had hoped to make it through the inning but decided to come off when Grissom was shaken up.
Alvarez was transported to an Atlanta hospital to undergo testing, but doctors weren't able to pinpoint a cause.
"It's better to know if there's nothing wrong," Baker said. "Those doctors are great, but sometimes it's a guess." | 2022-08-20T22:48:02+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34431361/houston-astros-star-yordan-alvarez-back-ballpark-breathing-scare-required-hospital-trip |
By TOM KRISHER (AP Auto Writer)
DETROIT (AP) — More than 33 million people in the United States are driving vehicles that contain a potentially deadly threat: Airbag inflators that in rare cases can explode in a collision and spew shrapnel.
Few of them know it.
And because of a dispute between federal safety regulators and an airbag parts manufacturer, they aren’t likely to find out anytime soon.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding that the manufacturer, ARC Automotive of Knoxville, Tennessee, recall 67 million inflators that could explode with such force as to blow apart a metal canister and expel shrapnel. But ARC is refusing to do so, setting up a possible court fight with the agency.
NHTSA argues that the recall is justified because two people have been killed in the United States and Canada and at least seven others have been injured by ARC’s inflators. The explosions, which first occurred in 2009, have continued as recently as this year.
NHTSA tentatively concluded, after an investigation that has lasted for eight years, that the inflators are defective. The agency’s documents show that the inflators date from at least the 2002 model year to January 2018, when ARC installed equipment on its manufacturing lines that could detect potential safety problems.
One of those who died was Marlene Beaudoin, a 40-year-old mother of 10 from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula who was struck by metal fragments when her 2015 Chevrolet Traverse SUV was involved in a minor crash in 2021. She and four of her sons had been on their way to get ice cream. The sons were not hurt.
ARC maintains that no safety defect exists, that NHTSA’s demand is based on a hypothesis rather than technical conclusions and that the agency has no authority to order a parts manufacturer to carry out recalls, which ARC contends are the responsibility of automakers.
In a letter to NHTSA, ARC said no automaker has found a defect common to all 67 million inflators, and no root cause has been identified in the inflator ruptures.
“ARC believes they resulted from random ‘one-off’ manufacturing anomalies that were properly addressed by vehicle manufacturers through lot-specific recalls,” the letter said.
In a statement, NHTSA indicated that both ARC and automakers are responsible for recalls and that it can seek a recall from a parts maker that supplies multiple automakers.
The next step is for NHTSA to issue a final ruling on whether the inflators are defective, then hold a public hearing. It potentially could take ARC to court to seek a recall order. NHTSA would not say when or whether any of this will happen.
In the meantime, owners of vehicles made by at least a dozen automakers — Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Ford, Toyota, Stellantis, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Porsche, Hyundai and Kia — are left to wonder anxiously whether their vehicles contain driver or front passenger inflators made by ARC. (Some vehicles have ARC inflators on both sides.)
Because ARC supplies inflators that are included in other manufacturers’ airbags, there’s no easy way for vehicle owners to determine whether their inflators are made by ARC. Neither NHTSA nor ARC nor the automakers have released a full list of affected models.
The standoff with ARC has sent automakers struggling to find out just how many of their vehicles contain the inflators. The auto manufacturers are also asking NHTSA whether they must start doing recalls. Automakers know many of the models affected. But many say they’re still gathering information from later model years to determine which vehicles contain the affected inflators.
“We are still investigating,” said Maria Buczkowski, a spokeswoman for Ford. “We have not had any ARC airbag inflators rupture in the field.”
James Bell, a Kia spokesman, said, “We do not have a final count on vehicles that were built with ARC inflators, but the team is collecting the data.”
Toyota confirmed that some of its vehicles have ARC inflators but wouldn’t comment further.
Other automakers said they were trying to find a cause and were working with the government or didn’t respond to requests from The Associated Press for information.
NHTSA contends that byproducts from welding during manufacturing can clog a vent inside the inflator canister that’s designed to let gas escape to fill air bags quickly in a crash. Pressure can build to the point where the canister is blown apart.
Michael Brooks, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, called on NHTSA and the automakers to release a list of affected models.
“Customers, I think, have a right to know if there’s a potential defect in their car, particularly if it’s sitting a few inches from their chest and can explode,” Brooks said.
The situation, he said, is reminiscent of the early stages of the Takata air bag inflator recalls in 2001. It took years for all the affected vehicle models to be announced.
Both ARC and Takata used ammonium nitrate to inflate air bags. Takata’s situation was more dangerous, Brooks said, because in its inflators, the chemical could deteriorate over time when exposed to high heat and humidity. Unlike Takata, ARC uses ammonium nitrate only as a secondary chemical to inflate air bags. ARC’s problem appears to derive instead from a manufacturing defect.
From 2017 to 2022, the ARC problems triggered seven small recalls from automakers. On Friday, the same day NHTSA announced its action against ARC, General Motors announced the recall of nearly 1 million more.
The company said it’s recalling certain 2014 through 2017 GMC Acadia, Chevy Traverse and Buick Enclave SUVs because the ARC inflators can explode. The recall came after GM was told this year that the driver’s air bag ruptured in a 2017 Traverse. GM, which says it doesn’t know what caused the inflator to explode, has hired an engineering firm to help investigate.
“We disagree with NHTSA’s new sweeping request when extensive field testing has found no inherent defect,” ARC said in a statement.
While the recall demand is being sorted out, Brooks of the Center for Auto Safety recommends that owners of vehicles from the 12 affected brands insist that dealers disclose whether their particular vehicle contains an ARC inflator.
“The more customers who complain, the more pressure that puts on the manufacturers,” he said. | 2023-05-18T23:31:56+00:00 | bostonherald.com | https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/05/18/more-than-30-million-us-drivers-dont-know-if-theyre-at-risk-from-a-rare-but-dangerous-airbag-blast/ |
Some less-than-ideal weather didn't prevent Logan's boys tennis program from picking up arguably its biggest win of the season.
The Grizzlies went 2-1 in matches that went to a decisive third set and that was enough to secure a 3-2 victory over Green Canyon in a Region 11 dual that started Thursday at the Logan Recreation Center and concluded in North Logan.
Green Canyon's second doubles team of Carson Shakespear and Jack Robison rolled to a 6-0, 6-1 triumph in a match that took place entirely on Logan's home courts. Play was initially suspended in the second sets of the other four varsity matches as the weather took a turn for the worse, but Green Canyon's courts were dry enough to allow action to continue following a break.
In the end, the Grizzlies were able to avenge a 4-1 setback to the Wolves from earlier this season. Green Canyon was missing three-year first singles player Carter Thorpe and second doubles player Zach Crane in the rematch.
"The other four matches were into the second set around 4:30 when the never-ending winter decided to return with some heavy snow," LHS head coach Trent Shorter said. "We decided to call the match and try again on Friday. Twenty minutes later, the GC coach called and said their courts were clear and we could finish at GC. We loaded up the team and headed over. ... GC was missing their first singles, which we know played a part in our win, but we will take the win and the confidence boost."
With Thorpe out, the Wolves bumped their other two singles players up a position, and the Grizzlies ended up prevailing in all three singles matches — two of them in three sets. Kort Larsen won in straight sets at the No. 1 spot, while Dahoon Kwag edged Jack Huish by a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 scoreline at second singles and Caleb Xu came storming back for a 3-6, 6-0, 6-1 victory at third singles.
The first doubles showdown also went to three sets, with Green Canyon's Chad Jeppson and Luke Westwood outlasting the tandem of Jungsung Lee and Phillip Xu, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
In other Region 11 action later in the week, Ridgeline kept its undefeated dual record this season intact as it swept Bear River on the road, while Mountain Crest and Sky View squared off on back-to-back days and each prevailed by a 3-2 scoreline on their home court, ironically enough. The Mustangs hosted the Bobcats on Wednesday, with the rematch taking place the following day in Smithfield.
All of the Ridgeline-Bear River matches were decided in straight sets. Singles players Thatcher Ellis (No. 2) and Davis Low (No. 3) didn't lose any games, while the No. 2 doubles duo of Preston Brenchley and Austin Christensen only dropped one in each set. Ellis and Low have yet to lose during the 2023 campaign. Also reigning supreme for the Riverhawks were Dillon Johnson at first singles and the No. 1 doubles squad of Kayson Reeder and Tag McCullough.
Both Sky View-Mountain Crest duals came down to the third singles position. Mountain Crest's Hayden Francis was triumphant Wednesday and Sky View's Gavin Krambule a day later. Both programs used the same varsity lineup in the first and second duals.
Sky View singles players Brock Hougaard (No. 1) and Tyler Funk (No. 2) won in convincing fashion both times. Funk didn't drop a single game in each match, while Hougaard only lost two in four sets. Likewise, Mountain Crest's doubles tandems of Matt Parker/Kohler Summers (No. 1) and Luke Freeman/Spence Harris (No. 2) each won both of their matches in straight sets. The Bobcats were more competitive in both doubles matches the second time around.
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New in-app features help parents easily monitor and filter inappropriate content, manage screen time and keep track of internet use on kids' devices
BOSTON, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aura, the leader in intelligent safety for consumers, today announced that parental controls capabilities have officially been integrated into its platform following the acquisition of Circle Parental Controls in December 2021. Aura Parental Controls help parents monitor content and manage screen time on their kids' devices, furthering Aura's efforts to protect American families from increasing digital threats.
The announcement comes as kids are spending more time online and are facing more online threats than ever before. In a 2021 study, researchers from Jama Pediatrics found that children aged 10-14 spent an average of 7.7 hours a day in front of a screen, up from estimates of 3.8 hours per day pre-pandemic. According to the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), 40% of parents with kids aged 2-11 have experienced a specific online safety issue that sparked online safety concerns - from predators, to hackers and bullies. Aura Parental Controls give parents peace of mind that their children will be shielded from inappropriate content and can help balance screen time with other activities.
"As a parent myself, I've seen directly how kids are spending more of their time online, both for school and entertainment. It's hard to know how to help your kids steer clear of inappropriate content and predators without totally invading their privacy," said Hari Ravichandran, founder and CEO of Aura. "Aura Parental Controls give parents an easy way to set customized device and internet limits and boundaries for each of their children, providing parents with an online safety tool for kids of all ages."
Aura Parental Controls is comprised of multiple online safety features to make protecting children online easier, including:
- Content Blocking and Filtering: Customize what your kids can view online. Easily select apps, genres, and websites to limit or restrict altogether.
- Screen Time Limits: Set time limits for any apps and websites and customize to each family member.
- Browsing History and Internet Usage Tracking: See a complete picture of your kids' internet use across all devices so you can make informed decisions about the amount of screen time that's right for your family.
- Parent & Child Notifications: Get notified when your child has reached their online time limits or when their time limit has run out.
- Child's Dashboard: Children can view which time limits have been set for them and that content filtering has been enabled.
- Mobile Device Management: Add parental controls across an unlimited number of mobile devices.
The new capabilities announced today are currently available to all Aura new & existing customers enrolled in Aura's Family plan. Aura Parental Controls is compatible with Apple iPhones and iPads (iOS 13 or later) as well as Android mobile devices (Android 9.0 or later).
For more information on Aura's intelligent safety platform, visit www.aura.com.
Aura, the leader in intelligent safety solutions, provides all-in-one digital protection for consumers. We understand that the online safety needs of each individual are unique and require a personalized solution. By bringing together security, privacy and parental controls on an intelligent platform, Aura makes adaptive and proactive digital safety accessible to everyone. Visit www.aura.com.
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