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BRIGHTON, MI – Police are investigating the potential theft of an ATM after a stolen truck crashed into the machine outside a Brighton bank.
Officers were called to an active alarm at 3:15 a.m. Tuesday, May 31, at the Chase Bank located at 9858 E. Grand River Ave. indicating someone was tampering with the ATM at the bank, according to the Brighton Police Department.
Police arrived to find a truck had crashed into the guide wires of a power pole at the bank and the ATM had been damaged in an attempt to remove it from the property, police said.
Officers later discovered the crashed truck, which was reported stolen, police said.
The crash caused power to be briefly knocked out in the area.
No arrests have been made and the incident remains under investigation.
The Green Oak Township Police Department, Hamburg Township Police Department and the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.
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RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (AP) — First there was Gone Girl. Now there is Gone Goat.
The search for a rodeo goat that has been missing for more than a week has the residents of a rural South Texas county enthralled as they are using horses, ATVs and even contemplating utilizing a helicopter to find the missing animal.
Local businesses have donated nearly 90 prizes and gifts worth more than $5,000, including brisket, frescoes and salon service, as a reward for the person who finds the goat.
“This has just gotten bigger than we ever dreamed. Our county is a really small county, about 20,000 population and a mostly agriculture, farming and ranching community. And we’re very much one big family … So, we’re excited that everybody wants to find our goat,” said Alison Savage, president of the Willacy County Livestock Show and Fair.
Residents, including families, have been scouring cotton and sugar cane fields since the goat escaped from a pen in the county’s rodeo arena near Raymondville on July 15 following a youth rodeo. On Sunday, possible goat tracks were spotted in a cotton field near Lyford, south of Raymondville.
When the goat first went missing, it didn’t have a name. But after a poll on the livestock show’s Facebook page, the goat was named Willy, short for Willacy County, Savage said. While the goat has a name, Savage said officials are not sure if Willy is a boy or a girl.
The livestock show has been posting regular updates on its Facebook page. The search has also been a boon for the livestock show, as residents and businesses have donated hundreds of dollars to make improvements to the nonprofit’s arena and other facilities.
“He’s hiding from us somewhere. But we’re getting closer. We’re going to find him” Savage said. | 2023-07-24T11:55:33+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-strange-news/ap-avid-search-for-missing-texas-rodeo-goat-bringing-residents-of-a-small-rural-county-together/ |
Main event took place on Sunday, November 13th at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai
Legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. competes in Limitless X and VYBE logo merch
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Limitless X Inc., (OTCQB: VYBE) ("the Company"), a creative and empowering lifestyle agency, announced that legendary boxing champion, Floyd Mayweather Jr. competed in his latest exhibition event in which he defeated Oladeji Daniel "Deji" Olatunji, also known as the "ComedyShortsGamer", a YouTube content creator with more than 10 million subscribers on the platform.
This was Mayweather's fifth boxing exhibition since compiling a 50-0 career record as a professional boxer. He recently defeated Mikuru Asakura in a second-round TKO in the exhibition fight that took place on Sept. 25.
Mayweather Jr., continues to be a long-time supporter and advocate for Limitless X and VYBE given his avid interest in health & wellness and spoke to the press about his partnership with Jas Mathur, CEO of Limitless X.
Jas Mathur, CEO of Limitless X, said, "Our brand ethos is about the individual's journey towards attaining the optimal level of health & wellness and to achieve beyond what we can imagine. Mayweather's journey is one that is both inspirational and aspirational and we are grateful for the visibility that he brings to our brands Limitless X and VYBE."
Jas Mathur is an investor and entrepreneur who has developed multiple brands in the marketing, health, and wellness spaces generating tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue each year. The digital marketing and branding firm he founded, Limitless X, has launched numerous industry-leading products in the dietary and CBD supplement sectors. He is a trendsetter with more than 7 million Instagram followers and frequently collaborates with leaders in the sports and entertainment industries.
Jas' passion is helping accelerate the achievement of people's health, wellness, and business goals, inspired by his personal transformation story of losing over 250lbs in his twenties. Now a sought-after expert in developing fitness and training programs, he's helped many high-profile figures embark on their own health journeys and seeks to do the same for today's youth. Suitably, Jas recently partnered with Dr. Oz's nonprofit, Healthcorps, to jumpstart health and wellness programs targeted at teens and young adults.
As Jas transformed his life and body, he applied his newfound passion for health and wellness towards launching Limitless X. Prospective services he is blueprinting for the company include personality development, life coaching, and educational platforms, in addition to the brand portfolio.
Limitless X is a creative and empowering lifestyle agency specializing in the full spectrum of digital advertising and marketing. The Company has a global eco-system with three verticals and a series of unique product and service-oriented businesses within each, focused on the Health & Wellness, Beauty & Skincare, and CBD Industries.
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ÄNGELHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The correction concerns the second and fifth paragraphs. The shares are issued at a subscription price of SEK 1.425 per share, which represents a discount of 5.6 percent, not a premium of 0.5 percent, to the 30 day average price for the Company's share on Nasdaq First North Growth Market ending on 18 November 2022. The information in the previous release was due to a data error. The full corrected press release is set out below.
The board of directors of OXE Marine AB (publ) ("OXE Marine" or the "Company") has today resolved to raise SEK 70 m by way of a directed issue of 49,122,807 shares to a group of existing and new investors. The funds are raised to build up working capital to accelerate growth and to support strategic initiatives and the cost for the directed issue is SEK 13,000 excluding legal costs.
The Company has collected irrevocable subscription undertakings for the full SEK 70 m and the outcome of the share issue will be announced shortly. The shares are issued at a subscription price of SEK 1.425 per share, which represents a discount of 5.6 percent to the 30 day average price for the Company's share on Nasdaq First North Growth Market ending on 18 November 2022.
"I am extremely grateful for the continued support from our existing shareholders who participated in this directed share issue. At the same time, it is fantastic to also welcome incoming prominent investors such as Håkan Roos and Carl Rosvall as well as a number of other experienced investors. Playing in the arena of "transition technology" we already today probably deliver the world's most environmentally friendly high-performance outboard engine combining speed, durability, innovation and fuel efficiency - and with this support we will continue to execute on our plans to develop OXE Marine as a player in the global marine industry. As Management, we are incredibly pleased to have raised the full, targeted amount of SEK 70 m in a very short time frame. This shows the support and belief in our company." says Anders Berg, CEO of OXE Marine.
Directed share issue
The reason for the resolutions and the deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights is to, in a time and cost-effective way, secure the Company's need for additional funding and to add new strategically important shareholders to the Company. The board of directors has made an overall assessment of the various alternatives at hand and has carefully considered the possibility of raising the required capital by carrying out a share issue with preferential rights for the existing shareholders. After close evaluation together with its advisers, the board of directors has concluded that a preferential rights issue would entail a significant risk that the Company would not be able to raise the required funding, the main reason being that a rights issue would be significantly more time-consuming and therefore subject to higher market risk exposure compared to a directed issue. As a consequence, especially due to the higher than normal market volatility observed in 2022 and which is still ongoing, the board of directors has assessed that a rights issue would require underwriting commitments in amounts close to the full amount sought, which the board assesses that it would not be able to obtain on acceptable terms under current market conditions. In any case, the costs for the necessary underwriting commitments and advisers in a rights issue would have used up a large part of the subscription price, which would have been to the detriment to the Company and its shareholders compared to the directed issue at hand. The board of directors has therefore made the assessment that directed share issue on the terms described in this release is the most favorable alternative for OXE Marine and in the best interest of the Company's shareholders.
The subscription price is SEK 1.425 per share, which represents a discount of 5.6 percent to the 30 day average price for the Company's share on Nasdaq First North Growth Market ending on 18 November 2022. The price has been determined in negotiations with the participating investors and it is the board of director's assessment that this subscription price is the best price that the Company can obtain in a directed share issue at this time.
The Company has collected irrevocable subscription undertakings for the full SEK 70 m sought and the outcome of the share issue will be announced shortly. Subscription and payment for the shares shall be made no later than 22 November 2022 unless the board extends the subscription and/or the payment period(s).
Out of the total amount, SEK 1.425 m is directed to a company owned by board member Christian von Koenigsegg. The board will seek shareholder approval for this part of the total amount at an extraordinary general meeting to be convened in the coming week. The notice to attend the extraordinary general meeting will be press released and published on the Company's website www.oxemarine.com. The other SEK 68.575 m was resolved by the board under the mandate from the annual general meeting.
CONTACT:
Certified Adviser
FNCA Sweden AB is Certified Adviser for OXE Marine AB (publ). Contact details to FNCA Sweden AB: tel. +46 8 528 00 399, e-mail info@fnca.se.
For further information, please contact:
Anders Berg, CEO, anders.berg@oxemarine.com, +46 70 358 91 55
Jonas Wikström, Chairman of the board, jonas.wikstrom@oxemarine.com, +46 70 753 65 66
OXE Marine AB (publ) (NASDAQ STO: OXE) has, after several years of development, constructed the OXE Diesel, the world's first diesel outboard engine in the high-power segment. The Company's unique patented engine-to-propulsion power transmission solutions have led to high demand for the Company's engines worldwide.
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New York (PIX11) Actress and the Garden State’s very own Midori Francis is all over our screens these days. She stars in a new thriller that may leave audiences on the edge of their seats. ‘Unseen’ follows a girl on the run from her ex. She gets lost in the woods and can’t see much after breaking her glasses. Her only hope is a gas station clerk who she randomly calls to help guide her out of the woods.
In the film, Midori portrays ‘Emily’. She says her character goes through many near-death experiences. She even admitted that she would be a mess if she were in this situation in real life.
Midori is also spending time as ‘Alicia’ on HBO Max’s popular series ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls.’ Francis says the show is punchy, of our time, and makes fun of itself. The New Jersey native can also be seen on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ as ‘Dr. Mika Yasuda.’ She expressed that it is awesome being apart of the show.
‘Unseen’ is available on digital and On Demand March 7th. It will stream on MGM+ in May 2023. | 2023-03-08T23:12:46+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/news/morning/midori-francis-stars-in-new-frightening-thriller-unseen/ |
KFC employee announces retirement after 47 years on the job
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) – A longtime KFC employee in Memphis, Tennessee, is being honored for her decades of work with the company before she retires.
Loretta Neely has been on the job for nearly 47 years, working in all types of positions.
Whether she’s taking orders, cooking in the kitchen, or guiding new employees, Neely says it’s all about taking pride in your work.
When her managers learned of Neely’s plans for retirement, they wasted no time honoring her. Corporate leaders said Neely is passionate, with a strong work ethic, and someone who never complains.
KFC created the Loretta Neely Drive and Passion Award in Nelly’s honor. The company is calling it a Living Legend Award.
While Neely said she’s seen a lot of change over the years, her passion for serving others is what’s kept her on the job for so long.
“My people coming in,” she said. “I like working with people ... I like developing people, making sure that they be successful, along with me being successful.”
Neely says she’s in no rush to leave her work family, but she is eager for what’s to come in retirement. She’s looking forward to spending time with her grandchildren, her church family and her husband.
Copyright 2023 WMC via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-08T20:33:11+00:00 | atlantanewsfirst.com | https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/05/08/kfc-employee-announces-retirement-after-47-years-job/ |
After nearly 30 months of working from home, the global fintech company officially launched a new workplace policy that allows its 310+ employees at its 12 offices to work from home or in the office
TORONTO , Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Givex Information Technology Group Ltd. ("Givex") (TSX: GIVX) announced today its global remote work policy. With more than 310 employees in 12 offices across 10 countries, this announcement marks a major move for the Toronto-based company.
"It has been almost 30 months since our teams left our offices and started working from home in March 2020," said Don Gray, CEO of Givex. "During this time, we have proven that Givex can thrive in a remote work environment. The Givex executive management team made the decision to offer a full-time work from home policy to meet the needs of our hard-working, productive employees across the globe, while also providing the option to work in the office for those who desire to do so."
Since March 2020, Givex has met major business milestones while working remotely, including increasing annual revenue by more than 50%, maintaining positive cash flow, completing three acquisitions (Loyalty Lane, Kalex and Pi Cash Systeme), going public on the TSX in Canada and OTC in the U.S and created the Givex Hub in Brazil, which is now enabling millions of consumer transactions. Givex also added GivexPay and Merchant of Record to its services profile, added two data centers, made significant enhancements to its GivexPOS system and is in the process of installing 1,500+ new locations. The number of merchants using at least one Givex service has grown to over 115,000 active global locations.
"We are incredibly proud of our ability to pivot quickly to a remote working environment while increasing the size and scope of our team and not losing any significant client," said Gray. "In addition, we made several quick but thoughtful decisions about our internal systems to improve our communication and stay closely connected across our 12 offices."
Givex employees will be asked to attend two team meetings in the office per month for issue processing, idea sharing and collaboration (with social distancing recommendations followed closely), as well as quarterly events.
"The Givex team has done a fantastic job in the last two and a half years," said Gray. "Moving forward, we will continue to make major strides in our technology while keeping a laser focus on employee recruitment and retention."
For more information about Givex and the current available positions, please visit https://careers.givex.com/.
Givex (TSX: GIVX) (OTCQX: GIVXF) is a global fintech company providing merchants with customer engagement, point of sale and payment solutions, all in a single platform. We are integrated with 1000+ technology partners, creating a fully end-to-end solution that delivers powerful customer insights. Our platform is used by some of the world's largest brands, comprising approximately 100,000+ active locations across more than 100 countries. Learn more at www.givex.com.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rookie Jake Irvin struck out five in 6 1/3 innings and earned his first career victory, leading the Washington Nationals to a 5-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night.
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Making his second career start and first on the road, Irvin didn’t give up a run in a dominant outing for the Nationals, who are in last place in the NL East. The 26-year-old right-hander limited the Giants to four hits and was backed by a defense that turned double plays in three of the first four innings. He walked three and lowered his ERA to 0.84.
The outing was in contrast to Irvin's MLB debut against the Chicago Cubs, when he hit a batter with his first pitch and got a no-decision after walking four in 4 1/3 innings.
Luis García singled twice and had a multi-hit performance in his fourth consecutive game and CJ Abrams drove in two runs. Alex Call, the Nationals' new everyday center fielder after Victor Robles was placed on the injured list earlier Monday, had an RBI double.
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Joc Pederson homered for San Francisco, which lost its second straight after a four-game winning steak.
A day after scoring three runs in the ninth inning in a comeback win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Nationals got going early against Giants starter Anthony DeSclafani.
Washington jumped on DeSclafani with seven sharply hit singles on his first 18 pitches to quiet the crowd at Oracle Park. Joey Meneses and Dominic Smith had RBI singles, Call had a two-out RBI single and Abrams singled in a pair of runs to put Washington up 5-0 in the first.
Nationals manager Dave Martinez said before the game that he plans to use Call as the team’s primary center fielder until Robles returns, although he left the door open to use other players there, too.
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Carl Edwards Jr. retired five batters. Andres Machado allowed Pederson’s home run, but got the final three outs to complete the six-hitter.
DeSclafani (3-2), who has been one of San Francisco’s best pitchers so far this season, allowed 10 hits and five runs in seven innings.
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The Giants didn’t have many highlights, but left fielder Mitch Haniger provided one with a diving catch near the foul line to rob Jeimer Candelario of a hit in the seventh.
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Nationals: Robles was placed on the 10-day IL with back spasms. … INF Jake Alu was called up from Triple-A Rochester in a corresponding move.
Giants: SS Brandon Crawford did some sprinting and took infield as he works his way back from an calf injury. “The main thing we want (is) him to come back when he feels confident,” manager Gabe Kapler said, adding that he doesn’t think the three-time All-Star will need a rehab assignment. … LHP Alex Wood (hamstring) is nearing a return from the IL. … OF Bryce Johnson was reinstated from the IL and optioned to Triple-A Sacramento.
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Nationals LHP Patrick Corbin (1-4, 5.17 ERA) pitches Tuesday. Corbin is 9-9 in his career against San Francisco, but is winless in his last four starts overall. The Giants counter with RHP Logan Webb (2-5, 3.80), who is 2-0 lifetime against Washington.
___ | 2023-05-09T05:04:54+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/irvin-s-first-mlb-win-helps-nationals-beat-giants-18087354.php |
NEW YORK (AP) — The newest meme stock on Wall Street, Bed Bath & Beyond, tumbled even further in after-hours trading Thursday after a high-profile activist investor confirmed that he’s bailed out of the stock.
Ryan Cohen, the co-founder of Chewy who helped ignite a couple of meme stocks to jaw-dropping heights, confirmed in a filing with U.S. regulators that he no longer owns any shares or options related to Bed Bath & Beyond’s stock.
The move disappointed hordes of smaller-pocketed and novice investors, who had piled into the stock amid hopes Cohen could turn around the company’s struggling finances, or at least send its stock on a moonshot like GameStop’s early last year.
Bed Bath & Beyond’s stock dropped 42% in after-hours trading, after it had already sank nearly 20% during the regular session to close at $18.55. The steep drop follows a monstrous run from $5.77 at the start of the month to $23.08 on Tuesday, which Wall Street analysts saw as irrational.
Cohen sold all of the nearly 7.8 million shares he held in Bed Bath & Beyond on Tuesday and Wednesday, at prices between $18.68 and $29.22. He also sold options tied to the stock. In March, he first revealed that he had built a nearly 10% stake in Bed Bath & Beyond, with shares purchased at prices between $13.08 and $17.10.
Investors on Reddit’s WallStreetBets forum, a hub of discussion for the stock, were trying to gauge their next steps in what one commenter called “BLOOD BATH AND BEYOND.”
“How many times are ‘meme traders’ going to keep mindlessly gambling on false prophets instead of actually learning how to invest and trade?” one commenter wrote.
Cohen was a big reason many investors piled into Bed Bath & Beyond, particularly after his earlier investment in GameStop helped that stock soar to heights that stunned all of Wall Street. As Bed Bath & Beyond’s stock kept going higher in recent days, many voices on Reddit and other social media sites urged other investors to keep buying. Along the way, some reveled in facing down the professional investors who had bet Bed Bath & Beyond’s stock would fall.
Despite all the furor, Bed Bath & Beyond continues to lose money as it struggles to navigate the post-pandemic retail landscape.
Bed Bath & Beyond fired CEO Mark Tritton in June after the company based in Union, New Jersey, reported a 25% drop-off in sales in its most recent quarter, which followed a 22% sales decline the previous quarter. Tritton, who as CEO of Target revitalized that retailer by introducing a bevy of new brands, laid out a similar plan for Bed Bath & Beyond in 2021, but with less success. | 2022-08-19T13:56:17+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/business/ap-business/bed-bath-beyond-tumbles-after-influential-investor-exits/ |
(KRON) — With the nation’s birthday approaching, many around the Bay Area plan to watch fireworks shows taking place across the region. However, San Francisco’s famous fog could play spoiler.
KRON4 Chief Meteorologist Lawrence Karnow says fog is expected Tuesday night, and it could impact fireworks shows.
“Just in time for the 4th of July, our California fog will come rolling back in and likely affect some local fireworks displays,” Karnow said. “Fireworks displays in San Francisco and Berkeley and Oakland could see their fireworks shrouded in low clouds and fog.”
Karnow says fog is expected to cloud the area Tuesday morning before clearing up for much of the afternoon. However once the evening rolls around, the fog is expected to roll back in.
Fog is no stranger to 4th of July fireworks shows in San Francisco. According to Pat Dyas, who produces the city’s fireworks show, the 2022 show was significantly impacted, and there will be plans in place this year to mitigate the fog’s effect.
“We really got hammered with the fog last year,” he said. “So what we’ve done is we have filled in the lower level so we have items that will fire from the barge that will work up to 200 feet and fill in that lowest canopy, then we have 3-inch shells that go to 300 feet and then all the way up to well over 1000 feet.”
Karnow says other areas could avoid the fog. South Bay cities and East Bay towns farther inland past Oakland and Berkeley will be in good position to get clear skies.
“Most of the valleys should be clear for the fireworks. East Bay cities like Livermore, Concord, Danville should be warm and clear,” Karnow said. “The Santa Clara Valley should be a great place to see fireworks too without having to worry about fog.”
As for the temperatures, Karnow says to expect cool weather along the coast and a slightly warmer farther inland.
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“Temperatures along the coast will be cool with mid to upper 50s while many inland areas will be warm with upper 60s to low 70s at 9 PM tomorrow night,” he said. | 2023-07-04T03:10:29+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/weather/will-foggy-skies-ruin-4th-of-july-fireworks-show/ |
Grant Morrison's Luda is a wildly entertaining drag show of the highest intellectual order. No, scratch that: It is a blitzkrieg of ideas wrapped in a celebration of language. Wait, that doesn't do it justice. Luda is a narrative concerned with the passage of time and the magic of performance. Ah, I left out the supernatural elements and endless playfulness even in the darkest moments. Okay, we'll go with this: Luda is a magical, multilayered, intoxicating story about identity, stardom, performance, lust, and death that could only have come from the prodigious mind of Grant Morrison.
Luci LaBang is flashy, funny, and sexy. A veteran drag artist who has conquered screen and stage, Luci, now starting to worry about what age is doing to her looks, lands a leading role in a hit musical. The rehearsals are going well, but then Luci's co-star has a mysterious accident and they're left scrambling for a replacement. After many letdowns, a new face who wasn't even on the list waltzes in, steals the show — and a chunk of Luci's heart and mind — and gets the role. Luda is witty, gorgeous, and charming, all of which remind Luci of herself before the ravages of time dimmed her inner light. Luda is also a fan of Luci, and she begs the legend to show her the tricks of the trade and to initiate her in the ways of the Glamour, "the original name for magic," which Luci describes in many ways, including "a method whereby we could put makeup on the dullest moment, transforming it into its own best self."
Unfortunately, as Luci tutors Luda in the magical ways of the Glamour, their fellow actors and crew members begin having strange accidents and meeting untimely demises, which makes Luci wonder if Luda has mastered the Glamour too well and is using it for nefarious purposes. What follows is a bizarre journey that spirals into the dark, monstrous heart of the city of Gasglow as Luci and Luda's relationship grows and shifts, their fellow actors keep dropping like flies, and Luda morphs into a bigger, stranger, deadlier, more mysterious version of everything Luci was.
Morrison does many things well in Luda. In fact, discussing all of them would turn this review into a novella-length rumination on a plethora of subjects. Luckily, there are elements that emerge as the most crucial because of their power, timeliness, or flawless execution.
The first of these elements is identity. Morrison shows just how fluid gender is while obliterating the idea of identity as an established, monolithic thing. Luci and Luda are men, women, men that play women, and women that play men. These leads to a master class in the use of pronouns that delivers lines like this: "She's a boy playing a girl playing a boy" and "He'd done her research." Gender, identity, fluidity, and constant transformation — for performance purposes and for life in general — collide in Luda in beautiful ways, and Morrison presents all of it with heart and unwavering clarity.
The second element here that merits discussion is the storytelling itself and how Morrison makes Gasglow and the Glamour take center stage, which is no easy feat in a narrative with two larger-than-life characters at its core. Gasglow is a magical city that Morrison brings to the page with enough memorable imagery and history to turn it from place into character — and then from just character to unforgettable character. And then there's the Glamour, the magic beating at the heart of this novel, the "dazzling cloak we threw over the ordinary world to make it shine and dance and live up to its potential." Oh, and then there are simple lines about little things that pop off the page. Take, for example, this description of dawn: "Unwilling to stay spiked beneath the tombstone of clouds, the sun had risen from the grave like Dracula, sick ghost of itself in a gray shroud on that pale and rainy vampire dawn in late August."
Lastly, there is an underlying obsession with time and aging that permeates the story. Luci is afraid of what time does to us, and the inevitability of it haunts her:
"Time's tricky. Invisible, never satisfied, time holds us fast as it tracks us through the waving elephant grass of our imagined days, our estimated hours. Time's fangs coming closer, always there, camouflaged in the momentary stalks, its steady approach detected first by the older or the weaker members of the herd, the outliers who need to stay alert to say alive...whom no one listens to any more..."
Luda is about many things, and it shows Morrison at the peak of their powers. This book talks to you, to itself, to being, to flowing identities, and to everything from H.P. Lovecraft, makeup, and Max Ernst to Batman comics, aging, and Freud. Many books you read; Luda is a book you experience.
Gabino Iglesias is an author, book reviewer and professor living in Austin, Texas. Find him on Twitter at @Gabino_Iglesias.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-09-30T12:06:03+00:00 | mainepublic.org | https://www.mainepublic.org/npr-news/2022-09-30/luda-isnt-a-book-you-read-its-a-book-you-experience |
Cowboys Odds to Make Playoffs and Win Super Bowl
The Dallas Cowboys have +1600 odds to win the Super Bowl, sixth-ranked in the league as of December 31.
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Cowboys Super Bowl Odds
- Odds to Win the NFC East: +170
- Odds to Win the Super Bowl: +1600
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Dallas Betting Insights
- Dallas won nine games against the spread last season, failing to cover seven times.
- The Cowboys and their opponents combined to hit the over nine out of 17 times last season.
- Dallas averaged 354.9 yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 11th in the NFL. On the other side of the ball, it ranked 12th, giving up 330.2 yards per contest.
- At home last season, the Cowboys were 8-1. Away, they were 4-4.
- Dallas had an 8-3 record as the favored team, and posted a 3-2 record as underdogs.
- The Cowboys were 8-4 in the NFC, including 4-2 in the NFC East.
Cowboys Impact Players
- Tony Pollard rushed for 1,007 yards (62.9 per game) and nine touchdowns in 16 games last year.
- Pollard also had 39 catches for 371 yards and three TDs.
- In 12 games, Dak Prescott passed for 2,860 yards (238.3 per game), with 23 touchdowns and 15 interceptions, and a completion percentage of 66.2%.
- On the ground, Prescott scored one touchdown and picked up 182 yards.
- In 17 games a season ago, CeeDee Lamb had 107 receptions for 1,359 yards (79.9 per game) and nine touchdowns.
- In the passing game for the Texans, Brandin Cooks scored three TDs, hauling in 57 balls for 699 yards (53.8 per game).
- Micah Parsons compiled 65 tackles, 14.0 TFL, 13.5 sacks, and three passes defended in 17 games last year.
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Doulas: The key to saving infants’, moms’ lives
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - There is a health crisis in mid-Michigan. For the past 30 years, Saginaw County has experienced some of the highest infant mortality rates. Leading to the state of Michigan being among the top 10 states in the country with a high rate of infant deaths.
“We have for years had the highest infant mortality rate in the state,” said Dr. Delicia Pruitt, medical director for the Saginaw County Health Department. “We really didn’t know why we’re having these mortality rate problems. I mean, this has been going on for years.”
Infant mortality is the death of a baby before they reach their first birthday. In 2021, Saginaw County’s rate topped 12.9 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births.
“The reason why babies die is it’s usually like Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. That could be birth defects. It could be because like for instance, low preterm birth injuries or maternal complications. So there can be all these reasons why you could have infant mortality. So we have to figure out why and what the cause of it is,” Pruitt said.
Anesha Stanley, owner of Full Circle Doula Services, said infant mortality rates are an indication of the overall health of a community.
“It also just speaks to the lack of health care and the access to health care for a lot of birthing persons in our region,” Stanley said.
Pruitt and Stanley are working to decrease the number of infant deaths in the county.
“We need to connect our moms with services. We also need to connect our moms with their medical community. Sometimes there could be access problems. Sometimes there can be a disconnect between moms and the doctors,” Pruitt said. “I believe that patients should be told about doulas because I believe right now there’s not enough education about them to even...for them to even know that they could have an advocate.”
“We want mom and baby to be home safely,” Stanley said.
They believe the addition of a doula service to a pregnancy will not only help infant mortality rates but maternal mortality rates as well; which will help bring the county and state’s numbers down for both.
“Maternal complication is one of the causes for infant mortality and so if a mom is in like severe distress and then the baby then could have some distress too,” Pruitt said.
Stanley said a doula is a support person.
“They are a professional resource in the community that provides consistent and continual support for birthing persons,” Stanley said.
Stanley has been a certified doula for three years and is one of two doulas in the mid-Michigan area. She not only provides emotional support, birth planning, and education regarding newborn care, nutrition, and safety. She has also helped families navigate the loss of a pregnancy.
“Statistically, it is shown that doulas do help with the outcomes of birth, also doulas are able to provide that continual support, that social support that is missing,” Stanley said. “A lot of the support that I provide my clients is not only for labor but also during birth, in preconception support. Also, postpartum support as well.”
Seeing the benefits of having a doula, state leaders approved a policy to have Medicaid reimburse doulas for their services. Hoping to not only bring down infant mortality rates but maternal mortality rates as well.
“You should not be dying, having a baby, in this country. And so you need an advocate for you. And sometimes I found that when you’re sick, you just don’t have enough in you to fight for yourself,” Pruitt said.
In Michigan, 80 to 90 maternal deaths occur each year. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, 50 percent of those deaths could have been prevented. Especially for women and babies in the Black community, who are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related issues compared to white women and babies.
“We need a pipeline from Saginaw, people from Saginaw who want to be doctors to come back to Saginaw and be doctors and treat people from their own communities. Not to say that other people can’t but when people look like you and understand you and are from your culture, it may be a little easier conversation to understand and to work with you. Now, that doesn’t mean that people from other cultures can’t work with you, but it may be a little bit easier,” Pruitt said.
Doulas have been shown to reduce the number of C-sections, duration of labor, and infection rates.
“One thing that I do with my clients is we have a debriefing after every doctor’s appointment that they have, we’re going to talk about the benefits and the risks. We’re going to talk about their intuition, any alternatives or is there anything that they can do to better understand what their physician is suggesting for their pregnancies,” Stanley said.
Doulas have also helped improve APGAR scores, which rate how well a baby is doing within the first one to five minutes of life which in turn affects infant mortality rates.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) – State Treasurer Young Boozer is urging Alabamians to check if they have any unclaimed property. From valuable items to old bank accounts, there could be something waiting for you.
Alabama is currently holding more than $1 billion in unclaimed funds, and some of it could be part of a family treasure you didn’t know existed.
A vault in the basement of the Capitol protects Alabama’s unclaimed valuables.
“Where do these come from? They come from unclaimed property that comes from safe deposit boxes in banks. The banks are required to send that to us after three years of nonpayment of the fee,” State Treasurer Young Boozer said.
Boozer says every year they get deliveries from banks, and every year they try to reunite these items with their owners.
“Coin collections, it could be money, it could be guns, it could be knives, it could be a baseball signed by Babe Ruth. It can also be other things like pictures, books and other articles that are of lesser value,” Boozer said.
While the physical items are part of the property, most of it is financial — old bank account balances, uncashed checks or unclaimed tax refunds.
“The average unclaimed property receipt for the individual is about $1,000, so it is worth your while to check,” Boozer said.
You can check by going to the state treasury’s website and filling out some basic identifying information.
When it comes to the physical items, if they aren’t claimed after two to three years, Boozer says they’re sold at an online auction run. Even if the item is sold, Boozer says the original owner can still get paid.
“Aunt Tilly’s jewelry will be gone, but there will be $1,000 in her name in the account forever, so Aunt Tilly can still claim it or a relative can claim it, but that number stays the same and stays with us forever,” Boozer said.
The state does actively try to contact people who have unclaimed property. Boozer says they send out about 150,000 postcards annually, with about 20,000 going out in the next few weeks.
If you do have any unclaimed property, Boozer says it takes about two weeks for the state to get it back to you. | 2023-02-03T01:07:23+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/could-a-babe-ruth-signed-baseball-be-yours-state-treasurer-encourages-alabamians-to-check-for-unclaimed-property/ |
Jack Dorsey has created a new social media app that will rival Twitter, which he co-founded.
Bluesky is now available in Apple's App Store. However, an invite code is needed to use the app. Users can submit their email to join the waitlist to try the beta version before it's publicly available.
Bluesky claims its different from Twitter because it's open source, meaning there is no centralized control.
"We‘re building the AT Protocol, a new foundation for social networking which gives creators independence from platforms, developers the freedom to build, and users a choice in their experience," Bluesky says on its website.
Dorsey stepped down from his role as the chief executive officer of Twitter in Nov. 2021. He left Twitter because he said the company was ready to move on from its founders.
Parag Agrawal took over as Twitter CEO until Elon Musk purchased the company for $44 billion in 2022. Dorsey initially supported Musk's takeover.
"In principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter. It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not a company. Solving for the problem of it being a company however, Elon is the singular solution I trust," Dorsey tweeted. "I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness."
However, Dorsey has recently taken a more confrontational tone. He has since mocked Twitter for abrupt outages.
"Used to be when anything went down, people went to Twitter to talk about it," Dorsey stated.
Whether Blusky will be as successful as Twitter remains to be seen. Twitter reportedly has about 450 million monthly active users. | 2023-03-02T21:57:24+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/jack-dorsey-begins-beta-testing-of-new-social-media-app-to-rival-twitter |
(The Hill) – Monkeys in modern-day Thai forests create stone artifacts uncannily similar to those crafted by early humans — challenging the established narrative of human cultural evolution.
A new study published on Friday in Science Advances suggests the possibility that a critical hallmark of human tool use happened by accident — potentially blurring the line between tool use by early humans and our primate relatives.
The Thai monkeys produced stone artifacts “indistinguishable from what we see at the beginning of the [human] archeological record — what we see as the onset of being human,” said Lydia Luncz of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, a co-author on the study.
The monkeys — long-tailed macaques — seem to have made their artifacts by accident, not by design. But in many ways, that only makes the finding more disruptive.
Tool use in nonhuman primates is nothing new. Long-tailed macaques — the small, mischievous and social primates often seen in Southeast Asian cities and temple complexes — use stones to break through shells and get at the meat inside.
This use can be surprisingly sophisticated. Macaques foraging on beaches choose out long, narrow and heavy stones — what anthropologists call an ‘axe hammer’ — to pop open oyster shells.
Such narrow stones are perfect for breaking open the brittle shells, while wider rocks risk smashing them into sharp fragments — endangering the incautious monkey who tries to stick its face into the jagged hole.
A long-tailed macaque eats a biscuit on the World Wildlife Day at a forest nearby Lhoknga beach in Indonesia’s Aceh province on March 3, 2023. (CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP via Getty Images)
The Planck group found the first evidence of macaques adapting this seafood-foraging use of stone tools to another food: nuts.
In particular, the monkeys targeted the hard, oil-rich nuts of African oil palms — introduced as a cash crop across the region.
In an abandoned oil palm plantation on a national park site, the monkeys would create nut-cracking ‘stations’ beneath the feral trees.
There they break open the palm fruit’s oil-rich pit between hand-wielded hammer rocks and a thick, flat stone that functions as an anvil.
Camera traps showed that when the nut-cracking monkeys miss a strike, the two stones bang together.
That collision sometimes strikes a flake off of one of the rocks — something very similar to the toolmaking process archeologists call “knapping.”
Ancient humans used knapping to break apart rocks to create an incredibly flexible set of tools — the earliest forms of which cannot be distinguished from the ones macaques made by accident.
That points to a possibility that could throw a wrench into the established narrative, Luncz said: that “all the conoidal flakes we find in the archaeological record — deemed to be intentionally made — could be unintentional byproducts.”
In many ways, the Science paper lays the groundwork for a more intuitive story of human evolution than the idea that stone flakes — and the human cultural flowering they enabled — sprung forth by deliberate invention.
That narrative requires a lot of additional steps, Luncz said. It presupposes axe-swinging early humans with brains big enough to plan their “extraction” of the perfect flakes from rocks and hand-object movement sophisticated enough to deliver it.
By contrast, the Planck team’s findings suggest another possibility — that the evolution of human tool use could have been more fitful and staggered.
In one possible scenario, ancient humans — like modern macaques — could have first produced stone flakes as a byproduct as they bashed apart bones, nuts or shellfish with rocks.
Then, far later — perhaps alongside some kill where they had used rocks to hammer open bones to get at the marrow within — early humans may have turned to these razor-sharp flakes, which would once have been discarded as trash, to begin cutting up meat.
Or, as Luncz put it: “An accidental stone breakage could have led us down the evolutionary trajectory of making stone tools.”
That idea remains controversial in the field, however.
“You will not believe the fights we had to fight,” Luncz said.
Even calling the macaque-produced stone flakes “artifacts” was controversial because some scientists felt it implied an overlap between tool use by Homo sapiens and other primates that wasn’t justified.
A long-tailed macaque eats a biscuit on the World Wildlife Day at a forest nearby Lhoknga beach in Indonesia’s Aceh province on March 3, 2023. (CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP via Getty Images)
‘Artifacts,’ after all, shares its root with ‘art’ and ‘artifice’ — words that suggest intention, planning and humanity.
“People were not happy with monkeys being able to create those artifacts,” she added. “And somewhere in the records of macaque and early hominid tools, there must be a difference. But right now, the diagnostic criteria we’re using can’t find one.”
The Planck study was controversial in part because it brushed against broader, entrenched debates over nothing less than what it means to be human.
In particular, there is a long-standing debate over whether animal social learning can be described using a word as loaded, venerable and human-inflected as “culture.”
Luncz was careful about using that word. But she noted that “nut cracking in primates is socially transmitted — a monkey in isolation doesn’t learn it. It’s our material culture that we use to recreate our history.”
The questions that studies like this explore are central to human identity, Luncz said. “Why are we the way we are? How did we evolve to become this crazy successful monkey that occupies the whole planet?”
“Tool use plays an enormous role in this. We’re so successful at it that we’re destroying our planet — and that all started with a stone tool.”
In a bitter irony, macaques’ very social ingenuity and flexibility — a hallmark of primates — endangers attempts to preserve and learn from them.
As their habitats have been cleared in Asia’s rapid urban and agricultural expansion — with forests cleared for suburbs and cash crops like the ubiquitous oil palm — macaque populations have plummeted.
Last year, the species was listed as “endangered” on the canonical IUCN Red List after a population collapse on a scale “we’ve never seen in the primate world,” Luncz said.
That collapse is mainly invisible: as their habitats have vanished, many macaques have taken refuge in cities and public parks, where they are a familiar and often confrontational presence.
“People aren’t aware that they are an endangered species,” Luncz said. Urban macaques are “always in their face, always there and in the way. They break into houses, steal tourists’ sunglasses and bite children.”
In many Asian cities, a push to conserve these primate relatives is greeted with responses similar to an American or European proposing “to conserve pigeons.”
But as the species’ wild, forest-dwelling populations break down — and their social memory with it — our ability to learn about our own deep origins is also slipping away.
“The chance we have now to compare our history and living primates is a very fast-closing window,” Luncz said. She added that without far more aggressive conservation, we will only have the mute record of ancient archeology to rely on. | 2023-03-12T15:57:05+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/new-study-on-monkeys-using-stone-tools-raises-questions-about-evolution/ |
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have acquired star running back Christian McCaffrey from the Carolina Panthers, according to two people familiar with the situation.
The people spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday night on condition of anonymity because the trade has not been made official.
ESPN first reported the trade that brings McCaffrey back to the Bay Area where he starred in college at Stanford in a deal for draft picks.
The Panthers will receive picks in the second, third and fourth rounds of the 2023 draft, as well as a fifth-rounder in 2024, according to one of the people who spoke to the AP. Carolina had been seeking a first-round pick, but San Francisco had already dealt their 2023 first-round pick in a deal to draft Trey Lance last year.
McCaffrey joins a talented group of playmakers in San Francisco with versatile receiver Deebo Samuel, star tight end George Kittle and receiver Brandon Aiyuk.
But the Niners (3-3) were not as strong at running back with starter Elijah Mitchell out with a knee injury. McCaffrey provides coach Kyle Shanahan with one of the best as both a runner and receiver, adding another element to San Francisco’s offense.
McCaffrey has a $990,000 salary this year after Carolina reworked his contract, making him an easy fit under the salary cap. He is owed about $36 million over the next three years, but none of that is guaranteed.
McCaffrey becomes the second skill position player to be traded this week by the Panthers (1-5) since coach Matt Rhule was fired on Oct. 10. Carolina sent wide receiver Robbie Anderson to the Arizona Cardinals on Monday for two future late-round draft picks.
The 26-year-old McCaffrey is considered one of the most versatile running backs in the league when healthy because of his ability as a runner, receiver and blocker.
He missed 23 games over the previous two seasons due to injuries, but has played in all six games this season and is fourth in the NFL in yards from scrimmage (607) despite playing for the league’s 32nd-ranked offense. He and Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb are the only players in the league to have five games this year with at least 100 yards from scrimmage.
McCaffrey has 7,272 yards from scrimmage — 3,980 rushing and 3,292 receiving — and has scored 50 touchdowns since coming into the league as the eighth overall draft pick in 2017.
McCaffrey’s best season came in 2019 when he had 1,387 yards rushing and 1,005 yards receiving, making only the third player in NFL history to eclipse 1,000 yards in both categories. He also had 19 touchdowns that season and was named All-Pro.
McCaffrey’s father, Ed, won a Super Bowl with the 49ers in the 1994 season and won two more titles in Denver with Shanahan’s father, Mike, as his head coach.
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AP Sports Writer Steve Reed contributed to this report
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BEIJING — Asian stocks gained Tuesday after Wall Street gave back some of last week’s huge gains, the American and Chinese presidents met and China’s consumer spending shrank in a sign its economy is weakening.
Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 lost 0.9% on Monday, giving back part of last week’s 5.9% surge after lower U.S. inflation encouraged hopes the Federal Reserve might ease off planned rate hikes to rein in surging prices.
Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping met during a summit of the Group of 20 major economies in Indonesia. That fed hopes for an easing of U.S.-Chinese tension over security, trade, technology and human rights.
Monday’s meeting was “surprisingly positive,” but the “feel-good factor that had been driving markets following the softer-than-expected October CPI release in the U.S. evaporated,” said Robert Carnell and Nicholas Mapa of ING in a report.
The Shanghai Composite Index gained 1.3% to 3,123.26 after Chinese consumer spending contracted by 0.5% in October over a year ago under pressure from increased anti-virus controls. Growth in factory activity also weakened.
The performance was worse than expected by forecaster who say Chinese economic activity will cool as interest rate hikes by global central banks depress demand for exports.
The Hang Seng in Hong Kong advanced 3.2% to 18,179.34 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 0.1% to 28,002.40.
Seoul’s Kospi sank less than 0.1% to 2,472.93 and Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 shed less than 0.1% to 7,141.60.
India’s Sensex opened down 0.2% at 61,497.16. New Zealand, Singapore and Bangkok gained while Indonesia was lower.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 declined to 3,957.25. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.6% to 33,536.70. The Nasdaq composite fell 1.1% to 11,196.22.
Investors worry that this year’s repeated interest rate increases to cool inflation that is near multi-decade highs might tip the global economy into recession.
Traders expected the Fed to raise its benchmark lending rate again at its December but by a smaller margin of one-half percentage point after four hikes of 0.75 percentage points.
Fed officials say rates might have to stay elevated for an extended time to cool prices.
The government is due to report U.S. wholesale inflation on Tuesday. Economists say it likely slowed to 8.3% from September’s 8.5%.
On Wednesday, the U.S. government gives an update on retail spending. Economists say growth likely revived to 0.9% in October from the previous month’s flat performance.
In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude lost 79 cents to $85.08 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $3.09 to $85.87 on Monday. Brent crude, the price basis for international oil trading, shed 54 cents to $92.60 per barrel in London. It fell $2.85 the previous session to $93.14.
The dollar rose to 140.30 yen from Monday’s 139.92 yen. The euro fell to $1.0332 from $1.0353. | 2022-11-15T07:42:34+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/asian-stocks-mixed-after-wall-st-falls-china-retail-slows/2022/11/15/a5736334-64b0-11ed-b08c-3ce222607059_story.html |
NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: BCLI), a leading developer of adult stem cell therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that Chaim Lebovits, President and CEO, and Stacy Lindborg, Co-CEO, will jointly present a corporate and clinical overview at 10:30 a.m. PT on Monday, Jan. 9 at Biotech Showcase™ 2023 (Hilton San Francisco Union Square, Yosemite A, Ballroom Level). Company management will also be available for one-on-one investor meetings at the conference, which can be requested via the Biotech Showcase platform.
Registered attendees may attend the presentation in-person or view it via webcast through the Biotech Showcase platform.
Those interested in registering for Biotech Showcase may do so using the link, here.
About BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc.
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. is a leading developer of innovative autologous adult stem cell therapeutics for debilitating neurodegenerative diseases. The Company holds the rights to clinical development and commercialization of the NurOwn® technology platform used to produce autologous MSC-NTF cells through an exclusive, worldwide licensing agreement. Autologous MSC-NTF cells have received Orphan Drug designation status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). BrainStorm has completed a Phase 3 pivotal trial in ALS (NCT03280056); this trial investigated the safety and efficacy of repeat-administration of autologous MSC-NTF cells and was supported by a grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM CLIN2-0989). BrainStorm completed under an investigational new drug application a Phase 2 open-label multicenter trial (NCT03799718) of autologous MSC-NTF cells in progressive MS and was supported by a grant from the National MS Society (NMSS).
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Many athletes in Kansas put pen to paper on Thursday, committing their athletic skills to colleges to compete at the next level.
Nickerson basketball star Ava Jones, whose family was hit by a car while walking on the sidewalk in Louisville, Kentucky, in July, signed her National Letter of Intent to play college basketball for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.
In Derby, two girls basketball players also signed to play at high-level colleges. Addy Brown will be attending and playing for the Iowa State University Cyclones, while Maryn Archer will be traveling to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to join the University of Arkansas Razorbacks.
Across town at Kapaun Mt. Carmel, two golfers signed letters of intent. Alexa Garrett will be heading to the east coast to play for the Long Island University Sharks, and Conner Geist will be staying home to play for the Wichita State University Shockers.
Bishop Carroll also had a golfer sign a letter of intent Thursday. Noah Holtzman will be staying in state, going up to Lawrence to play for the University of Kansas Jayhawks. | 2022-11-10T05:20:42+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/sports/local-sports/kansas-athletes-sign-letters-of-intent-on-national-signing-day/ |
AWS Ambassador Partner Program recognizes leaders who have made significant contributions to the AWS community
BOSTON, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CloudZero founder and CTO Erik Peterson has been named as a member of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Ambassador Partner Program. This distinction is for AWS Partner Network (APN) members that are technical experts in various domains as evidenced by obtaining AWS certifications and sharing this knowledge via blogs, white papers, presentations, and open-source projects. AWS announced Peterson as one of its recent inductees.
For Peterson, being recognized as an AWS Ambassador adds another notch to an already lettered tech career. A 20-plus year software startup veteran, Peterson is a founding board member of Serverless Boston, speaks regularly on a range of tech topics, and was recently awarded the FinOps Advisory Council's Top Contributor Award at FinOps X 2022. Peterson was an early advocate for AWS and has been building cloud software for more than a decade.
"I've been a passionate cloud practitioner on AWS for years," said Peterson. "Since the beginning, it was clear that the cloud had incredible potential — if deployed efficiently. I've dedicated a good portion of my career to understanding the technology and sharing the solution with my peers. Being an AWS Ambassador will only enhance and accelerate my ability to do so."
Peterson's enthusiasm about the cloud led him to develop CloudZero, an intelligence platform that puts organizations' cloud spend into a business-relevant context. It uses a code-driven approach to allocate organizations' cloud spend without tagging, and leverages telemetry to derive granular unit economics based on actual customer and product utilization.
"CloudZero is an engineer's tool," said Stuart Davidson, platform engineering lead at Skyscanner, a CloudZero customer. "Engineers are the folks who switch things on and off. Engineers know what should and shouldn't be running so it's important to provide them the tools to empower fiscal autonomy when it comes to cloud cost spend. Within two weeks, CloudZero had already found enough savings to pay for a years' worth of license," Davidson said. "It was that good — that intuitive."
"We are happy to welcome Erik Peterson into the AWS Ambassador Partner Program," said Willie Merino, Senior Technical Program Manager, Worldwide Partner Tech Programs at AWS. "Erik, like all other AWS Ambassadors, holds multiple AWS certifications — an Associate AWS Certified Developer, and a Professional AWS Certified DevOps Engineer — and has in-depth AWS knowledge to further evangelize AWS and our partner organization to customers."
To qualify for the AWS Ambassador Partner Program, individuals need to be employed by an AWS Partner, hold multiple advanced AWS certifications, contribute to the AWS community — and then be approved by AWS via application.
CloudZero is the cloud cost intelligence platform that puts spend into the context of your business. By aligning engineering, infrastructure, and finance teams around metrics like cost per product feature, customer, and development team, CloudZero enables better strategic decisions, improved unit economics, and efficient spending. Trusted by top cloud-driven companies like Rapid7, Ping Identity, and Malwarebytes, CloudZero works with organizations of all sizes to take the next steps toward cloud cost maturity. Visit cloudzero.com to get started today.
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The sighting of the Northern Lights in northern Colorado two weeks ago may be a mere glimpse of what’s in store in the coming months, judging by “space weather” predictions generated in Boulder that anticipate increasing solar storm activity through 2024.
The magnetic field of the sun reverses polarity every 11 years, meaning its magnetic north and south poles flip. Sun spots, solar flares, and the Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) that cause the Northern Lights reach peak levels midway through the cycle, which is predicted to occur in late 2024 or early 2025.
That means the likelihood of more opportunities to see the Northern Lights, also known as the aurora borealis, is strong. They occur when the charged particles ejected by the sun are deflected to earth’s north and south magnetic poles, creating colorful lights when they interact with earth’s atmosphere. The Southern Lights, seen in the southern hemisphere, are called the aurora australis.
The aurora borealis is more commonly seen in far northern latitudes, but when there are strong CMEs, it is sometimes observable in northern Colorado, as was the case two weeks ago.
“What we’re observing now is quite a bit higher than predicted, especially in the last couple of months,” said Bill Murtagh, program coordinator for the Space Weather Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder. “It (solar activity) is higher and rising faster than expected. With the increase in sun spots, we are going to see more eruptions. We saw a lot of that in the past couple of months, and it will continue.
“We will see more space weather, more magnetic storms and more aurora sightings with the larger sun spot cycle,” he added.
The Space Weather Prediction Center’s mission is to monitor solar activity and warn sensitive industries that can be impacted by CMEs, which can damage power grids, disrupt communication and navigation systems, interfere with radio transmissions and disturb GPS systems.
The same CME that caused the Northern Lights to appear in Northern Colorado two weeks ago forced SpaceX to postpone a Starlink launch from the Kennedy Space Center that was supposed to deliver satellites into space. In 2022, a Starlink launch during a geomagnetic storm prevented most of the satellites it was carrying to reach orbit, and they burned up on reentry into the earth’s atmosphere.
“They learned a lesson,” Murtagh said. “Now they’re watching things carefully. They’re launching quite frequently, as are other mega constellation (satellite) groups. They all appreciate that we’re seeing more activity, so they have to keep a close eye on it all the time. Just like the aurora, the more activity we see, the more impacts or effects we’re going to feel.”
While sightings of the aurora borealis aren’t the focus of the center’s work, scientists there can get just as excited about it as the public when it occurs.
“Seeing the aurora seems to be on everybody’s bucket list, and that’s certainly the case for all the folks here at the Space Weather Prediction Center,” Murtagh said. “There’s not too many visible manifestations of space weather. The one visible piece happens to be one of the most beautiful spectacles in nature, the Northern Lights and the Southern Lights. We watch the sun, we monitor the sun spots, we predict the flare potential, we see the CME, we talk about what it’s going to hit the earth and the big magnetic disturbance.
“Isn’t it nice to be able to finish that story with a beautiful picture of the aurora? We love the majesty of the lights,” he said. | 2023-03-15T13:26:17+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2023/03/15/coloradans-will-see-northern-lights-aurora-borealis-more-often/ |
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A former Israeli prime minister who served briefly as a mediator at the start of Russia’s war with Ukraine says he drew a promise from the Russian president not to kill his Ukrainian counterpart.
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett emerged as an unlikely intermediary in the war’s first weeks, becoming one of the few Western leaders to meet President Vladimir Putin during the war in a snap trip to Moscow last March.
While Bennett’s mediation efforts appear to have done little to end the bloodshed that continues until today, his remarks, in an interview posted online late Saturday, shed light on the backroom diplomacy and urgent efforts that were underway to try to bring the conflict to a speedy conclusion in its early days.
In the five-hour interview, which touched on numerous other subjects, Bennett says he asked Putin about whether he intended to kill Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“I asked ‘what’s with this? Are you planning to kill Zelenskyy?’ He said ‘I won’t kill Zelenskyy.’ I then said to him ‘I have to understand that you’re giving me your word that you won’t kill Zelenskyy.’ He said ‘I’m not going to kill Zelenskyy.’”
Bennett said he then called Zelenskyy to inform him of Putin’s pledge.
“’Listen, I came out of a meeting, he’s not going to kill you.’ He asks, ‘are you sure?’ I said ’100% he won’t kill you.’”
Bennett said that during his mediation, Putin dropped his vow to seek Ukraine’s disarmament and Zelenskyy promised not to join NATO.
There was no immediate response from the Kremlin, which has previously denied Ukrainian claims that Russia intended to assassinate Zelenskyy.
Reacting to Bennett’s comments in his widely reported interview, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote Sunday on Twitter that Putin was not to be trusted.
“Do not be fooled: He is an expert liar. Every time he has promised not to do something, it has been exactly part of his plan,” Kuleba said about the Russian leader.
Bennett, a largely untested leader who had served as prime minister for just over six months when the war broke out, unexpectedly thrust himself into international diplomacy after he had positioned Israel into an uncomfortable middle ground between Russia and Ukraine. Israel views its good ties with the Kremlin as strategic in the face of threats from Iran but it aligns itself with Western nations and also seeks to show support for Ukraine.
An observant Jew and little known internationally, he flew to Moscow for his meeting with Putin during the Jewish Sabbath, breaking his religious commitments and putting himself at the forefront of global efforts to halt the war.
But his peacemaking efforts did not appear to take off and his time in power was short-lived. Bennett’s government, an ideologically diverse union that sent current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into a brief political exile, collapsed in the summer over infighting. Bennett stepped away from politics and is now a private citizen. | 2023-02-06T01:04:45+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-former-israeli-pm-putin-promised-not-to-kill-zelenskyy/ |
BEIJING, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Finding ourselves surrounded by an ever-growing number of advertisements for designer brands and expensive handbags, we are often asking the question: "What is fashion, anyways?" Ningbo in China has found different answers by redesigning the city neighborhoods and its fashion industry.
Located in southeast China's Zhejiang province, Ningbo has historically been an important hub for international trade for over a millennium. As the starting point of the Maritime silk road, the coast city was the first in China that makes western suits back in the 1800s.
As one of the largest clothing producers in the world, Ningbo is home to multiple fashion companies, hosting an annual international fashion festival.
But Ningbo's fashion industry does not stop at clothing and "style" in the traditional sense. From revamping city architecture to riding waves coast side, Ningbo has made its fashion culture the city's theme. Projects like "urban renewal" are turning city ruins into fresh, bustling communities, restored with new energy and purpose.
Nearly 2,000 kilometers of coast, over 600 islands, and some beautiful blue waters also make Ningbo an incredible location for boating, sailing, kayaking and other water sports. It has become a prime spot for many international sporting events, like the sailing competition for the Asian Games.
American video host Jack Klumpp travels to Ningbo to discover its continually-developing fashion culture. He made a T-shirt on his own at one of Ningbo's largest design companies, visits a community that was transformed from an abandoned factory and hops on a boat with an experienced sailor from the UK. How do unique personalities and diverse lifestyles make Ningbo special? How does Ningbo continue to renew itself and evolve?
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Champaign, Ill. (WCIA)
Where are we?
Our farm stand is open daily in our barn from approximately 7:30am to dusk.
Every Saturday in March & April from 8am to noon we are selling eggs at the C-U Winter Market at Lincoln Square Mall, Urbana (thelandconnection.org/Champaign-Urbana-winter-farmers-market). We would love to see you there!
New feature: Pre-ordering for farmstand pickup is available through a link
Values: We want to provide healthy, delicious, beautiful food to our neighbors. We believe chickens should get to be fully chickens. We are Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World.
We have 180 chickens in 4 flocks. We like a combination of breeds.
Why the name “Wren”?
Our grandma, Margaret Smith, helped raise us. She loved a lot of things, but especially family, gardening, cooking, and birdwatching. She loved songbirds in particular, and had a spot outside her bedroom window where wrens would build a nest almost every year. She would light up and point them out to us whenever she heard their song. We picked the name thinking of her.
Joyful Wren Farm
Veg & Eggs, Champaign, IL | 2022-04-25T22:03:35+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/ciliving-tv/joyful-wren-farm-at-local-farmers-market/ |
FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri school board decided Tuesday to shut down a grade school that sits near a contaminated creek after a study funded by law firms involved in a class-action lawsuit found high levels of radioactive material inside the school.
Contamination was in classrooms, the playground and elsewhere at Jana Elementary School in Florissant, Missouri, according to a report last week by Boston Chemical Data Corp. It follows another study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, made public in the summer, that found contamination stemming from World War II-era nuclear weapons production in a wooded area near Coldwater Creek.
The Hazelwood Board of Education voted in closed session Tuesday to close the school until it can be cleaned up. Virtual learning will start Monday and is planned until the students can be moved to different schools, tentatively scheduled for Nov. 28. It’s unclear when Jana Elementary would reopen.
The school board, in a statement after the closed meeting, said the remediation is necessary but acknowledged “this is causing a disruption to our students’ education and school climate.”
The decision came even as a Corps official raised questions about the Boston Chemical study. Phillip Moser, program manager of the Corps’ Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program in St. Louis, said the agency’s evaluations found no contamination between the wooded site and the school or its playground. He called the Boston Chemical report “incomplete and not consistent with the approved processes required to do an evaluation at one of our sites.”
Still, several politicians urged immediate closure of the school.
The new report worried parents, especially since the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry stated in 2019 that people exposed to Coldwater Creek from the 1960s to the 1990s may have an increased risk of bone cancer, lung cancer and leukemia.
“I do not understand why it’s not closed now,” William Johnson, the father of a current student at the school and three others who went there, told the board.
It wasn’t immediately clear if students will continue at the school through the rest of the week. District spokesperson Jordyn Elston said she didn’t have information on the remainder of the week.
Many speakers at the meeting welcomed the shutdown of the school, but wondered why the school district didn’t communicate about the problem. Some said they heard about it first on the news or on Facebook.
“I’m happy that you have a plan now,” said Patrice Strickland, who has two children at the school. “I’m so happy you’re considering our babies now. But just communicate with us.”
Nuclear waste from World War II weapons production as part of the Manhattan Project contaminated Coldwater Creek. Mallinckrodt Chemical Co. processed uranium ore in St. Louis from 1942 to 1957 and shipped waste to a site near Lambert Airport, where it made its way into the 19-mile-long waterway that flows into the Missouri River.
The Environmental Protection Agency designated the creek as a Superfund site in 1989. Remediation efforts — digging up contaminated dirt and taking it by covered rail car to a waste management facility in Idaho — aren’t expected to be complete until 2038.
Dawn Chapman, co-founder of the environmental group Just Moms STL that has pushed for cleanup of Coldwater Creek, acknowledged the difficulty in connecting illnesses to contamination. But Chapman said the new report — funded by two law firms seeking compensation for illnesses and deaths allegedly caused by the creek contamination — has created worry for current and former parents, teachers and staff.
“Everybody’s just terrified,” Chapman said.
The Boston Chemical study cited levels of radioactive isotope lead-210 that were 22 times the expected level on the kindergarten playground. It also found high levels of polonium, radium and other material in various places throughout the school.
Mahadevappa Mahesh, chief physicist at the teaching hospital at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, called the data “bothersome,” but said he needed more information to reach firm conclusions about the potential health effects.
“The psychological impact is greater than even the actual physical injury,” said Mahesh, also a professor of radiology. “Now that the students and the parents know these things, that can have a lot more psychological impact — worrying about the radiation — more than actual radiation injuries.”
The school — which sits in a subdivision surrounded by homes — opened in the 1970s and has educated thousands of children, said Christen Commuso of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment. While the area along Coldwater Creek is racially mixed, about 80% of Jana Elementary School’s 400 students are Black.
“You’re talking about kids throughout the decades who have been exposed to this.” Commuso said.
Eventually, Ashley Bernaugh wants her son to be back at the school. Bernaugh is president of Jana Elementary School’s parent-teacher association.
“We love Jana Elementary,” Bernaugh said. “I’ll go down fighting for it.”
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AP reporter John Hanna in Topeka, Kansas, contributed to this report. | 2022-10-19T13:26:51+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-missouri-school-to-close-after-radioactive-waste-report/ |
NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Block, Inc. ("Block" or the "Company") (NYSE: SQ) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Block investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between November 4, 2021 and April 4, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
SQ investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) the Company lacked adequate protocols restricting access to customer sensitive information; (2) as a result, a former employee was able to download certain reports of the Company's subsidiary, Cash App Investing, containing full customer names and brokerage account numbers, as well as brokerage portfolio value, brokerage portfolio holdings and/or stock trading activity; (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to suffer significant damage, including reputational harm; (4) and as a result of the foregoing, defendant's positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Block during the relevant time frame, you have until December 12, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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Signature Virtual Event Hits Significant Fundraising Goal, Proceeds Distributed to Local Nonprofits
ATLANTA, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OneDigital, the nation's leading insurance brokerage, financial services, and HR consulting firm, today announced donations to 20 charities across the country, totaling $212,000, raised during the 14th annual OneDigital DASH.
As part of the national event, each OneDigital region identified local charities that are positively impacting our communities, with an added focus on promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. Over the past 14 years, the OneDigital DASH has raised over $1 million for local nonprofits across the US.
"I'm so proud of the OneDigital team for their continued support, commitment to our annual DASH event, and giving back to the places where we do business. By raising funds for organizations helping to create positive change, we are helping to improve more people's lives every day," said Elizabeth Chrane, Chief People Officer for OneDigital.
The charities that received donations for the 2022 event include:
Alexander Youth Network | Greensboro, NC
Bert's Big Adventure | Atlanta, GA
Beverly's Birthdays | Huntingdon, PA
Blessings in a Backpack | Louisville, KY
BlkHlth | Atlanta, GA
Blue Sky Fund | Richmond, VA
CHOA | Atlanta, GA
Clara Martin Center | Randolph, VT
Conservation Corps North Bay | Cotati, CA
EcoSneakers | Smyrna, GA
Family Promise of Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH
Hands on Atlanta | Atlanta, GA
Junior Achievement | Colorado Springs, CO
Lifeline Resources, Inc. | Jacksonville, FL
Oasis Center, Inc. | Nashville, TN
OC Human Relations | Santa Ana, CA
Project Genesis | Willimantic, CT
Rise Against Hunger | Raleigh, NC
Safe Kids GA | Atlanta, GA
Stanley Street Treatment and Resources, Inc. | Fall River, MA
The Link Counseling Center | Atlanta, GA
United Way | Alexandria, VA
Wladis Hats & Gloves Foundation | East Syracuse, NY
This year, over 730 participants logged their activities into the OneDigital DASH platform, including running, walking, yoga, boxing, dance and more.
OneDigital is a steward of business growth and people potential. Our insurance, financial services and HR platform provide personalized, tech-enabled solutions for a contemporary work-life experience. Nationally recognized for our culture of caring, OneDigital's teams enable employers and individuals to do their best work and live their best lives. More than 100,000 employers and millions of individuals rely on our teams for counsel and access to fully integrated worksite products and services and the retirement and wealth management services provided through OneDigital Investment Advisors. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Atlanta, OneDigital maintains offices in most major markets across the nation.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. — Following the closure of the Evans-Blount Community Health Center in Greensboro, the Guilford County Department of Public Health (GDPH) is making sure residents know there are still health care options available.
"The Evans-Blount clinic, they were a staple of the East Greensboro Community," said Kenya Godette with the Guilford County Dept. of Public Health. "They were highly sought after for their quality medical services and with the closure of that, we just want to make people aware of the other options that are in the east Greensboro area."
GCDPH is partnering with Triad Adult and Pediatric Medicine and other area medical advisers to educate residents about available options.
The Evans-Blount Community Health Center closed earlier this year. Dr. Shamsher Ahluwalia, a psychiatrist, bought the health center in 2019. At the time, it offered both primary care and mental health services. A cut in state funding forced the center to close the clinic portion of its services.
Greensboro City Council member Sharon Hightower said the area of town is a "medical desert," and is in need of more options. Former patient Buddy Haith said he was caught off-guard by the closure.
"It helped so many people all around here with no transportation," Haith said. "It helped them out with the cost, they did the Medicaid they did everything they did all of the insurance and it’s hurtful and a lot of people still don’t have a place to go."
GDPH said there are several clinic options within about five miles of the former Evans-Blount location.
"A lot of our clinics are on bus line so if you utilize public transportation, it’s a very good option for you and we just want to relay the message that we do care about the health of Guilford County no matter where you live," said Godette.
Other clinic options
- TAPM - Family Medicine at Arlington: 1.2 mi. from Evans-Blount
- TAPM - Family Medicine at Eugene Street: 1.9 mi. from Evans-Blount
- TAPM - Pediatrics at Wendover (Ages 0-18): 3.5 mi. from Evans-Blount
- GCDPH - Greensboro Clinic: 3.5 mi. from Evans-Blount
- Cone Health - Rice Center for Children: 3.5 mi. from Evans-Blount
- Cone Health - Community Health & Wellness Center: 3.5 mi. from Evans-Blount
- Cone Health - Internal Medicine Center, Moses Cone Hospital: 3.5 mi. from Evans Blount
- Cone Health - Family Medicine Center: 3.6 mi. from Evans-Blount
- Cone Health - Primary Care at Elmsley Square: 4.0 mi. from Evans-Blount
- Cone Health - Patient Care Center: 4.8 mi. from Evans-Blount
- Cone Health - Renaissance Family Medicine: 5.0 mi. from Evans-Blount | 2022-10-11T23:00:54+00:00 | wfmynews2.com | https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/health-care-options-in-east-greensboro-after-clinic-closes/83-b2761f8f-59e0-463e-b2e8-a62c9d6bc849 |
Portable 2-in-1 Wall Charger Recognized for Sustainable Design Form and Function as it Enables Users to Recharge their Electric Vehicle Anywhere
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Juice Americas Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Swiss-based Juice Technology AG – the market leader in portable chargers for electric vehicles (EVs), today announced that its J+ BOOSTER 2 has received a 2022 Green Good Design® award, in the Green Product category, from the European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. The award, in its 14th year, identifies and emphasizes the world's most important examples of sustainable and ecological design.
The J+ BOOSTER 2 portable 2-in-1 wall charger enables EV owners to take their charger on the road to charge their EV from any conventional power socket outlet. As a charging station, the J+ BOOSTER 2 is exposed to a wide variety of environmental influences and charging situations. The design must therefore not only look good, but also be correspondingly functional. Thanks to the cylindrical housing, for example, emerging pressure is evenly distributed, which in turn makes the device safe to drive over with a wheel load of up to three tons. The unique design provides automatic power detection, always adjusting automatically to the optimum charging power, and ruling out any risk of overloading the power socket capacity.
"Architects and designers in the automotive industry put a lot of thought into how objects should look so they are not only practical, but also offer appealing aesthetics," said Michael Boehm, General Manager, Juice Americas. "At Juice Americas, we don't think the aesthetic design should stop there. As a 2-in-1 charging station, J+ BOOSTER 2 combines both form and function for a wall and portable charger that has a pleasing design as well as exceptional capability while enabling sustainable use, anywhere users want to travel. We are honored to have the J+ BOOSTER 2 design recognized by the Green Good Design program."
The original Good Design program, founded in Chicago in 1950, remains the oldest and most important design awards program worldwide. For the 2022 program, the Green Good Design awards program received hundreds of submissions from around the world. Members of the European Center's International Advisory Committee—worldwide leaders in the design industry— served as the jury and selected over 160 new products, programs, people, environmental planning, and architecture as outstanding examples of Green Design from 30 nations.
View the award summary and a complete list of 2022 Green Good Design winners here.
For more information about J+ BOOSTER 2, available now on Amazon, visit: https://www.jplus.world/jplus-booster
J+ is a brand of Juice Americas Inc. headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida and part of the Juice Group, the globally active Swiss producer of charging solutions for electric vehicles (EVs). J+ is actively marketed in North America, including the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It has entered the North American market with a version of the JUICE BOOSTER 2, the most popular portable EV charger in Europe, which has been specially developed for this region as the J+ BOOSTER 2. For more information, visit: https://www.jplus.world/.
Juice has entered the North American market with a version of the in Europe most popular portable wall charger Juice Booster 2 specially developed for this region – the J+ BOOSTER 2.
Juice Technology AG is a globally active producer of charging solutions for electric vehicles. The company's comprehensive product portfolio, featuring AC and DC charging stations ranging from lightweight portable devices to large fast chargers, makes it one of the very few full-range vendors in the industry. Juice has dominated the market for portable 22-kW charging stations since 2014. To find out more about the company, its products and solutions, go to www.juice-world.com. You can also follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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Electricity customers in Maine are in for a big increase in their monthly bills next year.
Most customers served by Central Maine Power and Versant Power could see an increase of $30 a month — and more price spikes might soon be on the way.
Maine Public's Climate Reporter, Murray Carpenter, spoke with Robbie Feinberg to explain why.
This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.
Feinberg: So Murray, these latest increases apply to the electricity supply rate on Mainers' electric bills. In simple terms, can you explain what that actually means?
Carpenter: Yeah, so I've got my CMP bill right here. And right on top, it has an account summary that shows two different charges. The first is for electricity delivery. And that's what they're charging me to send the juice over the power lines and into my house. And the second is electricity supply. And that's the rate that's going up soon for most Mainers.
Feinberg: Okay. Got it. So last week, the Public Utilities Commission approved rate hikes coming out to about 26% for CMP customers and about 20% for Versant customers. Now that sounds like a lot. What is it going to mean for the average customer, and why are we seeing such a big jump?
Carpenter: It sounds like a lot, and it is a lot. According to the PUC, the average residential CMP bill will increase about $32 a month. The average Versant bill about $24 a month. So it's significant. I spoke with Bill Harwood about this. He's Maine's public advocate. So he represents the interests of Maine consumers in utility matters. And he says the phone at his office has been ringing off the hook. People are really concerned about the rate increases. He says the increase is due to the cost of natural gas, which is a big source of electricity for Maine and for the New England grid in general. And he says this increasing cost is a regional, it's even a global issue.
Harwood: That is all driven by the fossil fuel industry, the war in Ukraine, Putin and the congestion in the pipeline between Pennsylvania gas fields and Maine are all out-of-state things over which we can't control, that is driving up the cost.
Feinberg: So that's not great news. Knowing that though, we are expected to see more rate hikes next year, right?
Carpenter: Yeah, that's right. So this is the other bad news. And this comes from that other portion of the bill, the delivery portion. So both CMP and Versant have asked the PUC to allow them to increase those rates by about 30%. And that could start next summer. And that's partly so they can improve their reliability. And there's a climate link here because as climate is bringing a growing number of severe storms that can wreak havoc on power lines, they want to increase the reliability of those. Harwood says another cost to the utilities has to do with a growing number of rooftop solar panels that actually require energy transmission to flow two ways. So it's now going both like into our homes and out of our homes in some cases.
Feinberg: Yeah. Now on that subject of solar. I wanted to touch on that because it seems that the subject of renewables has really turned into a politically divisive subject. Even last week when these hikes were announced the response from House Republicans was that, "state policies favoring solar and wind at the expense of family budgets need to be changed." So is the push to renewables actually playing a big factor here?
Carpenter: Well, the public advocate says that current increase in electricity rates is not being driven by renewable energy projects. In fact, ratepayers benefited modestly because the PUC has encouraged investments in renewables. But in that press release, the Republicans raised concerns about so called net energy billing. And that does involve generous subsidies that the state is paying for small distributed wind and solar projects. Harwood says that's not yet driving up costs, but it could in several years if more of those projects get built, and if the late legislature doesn't further modify this program.
Feinberg: Have leaders of either party said what they plan to do this winter to ease the situation for people who are already struggling with inflation?
Carpenter: The Republicans want to work on that net energy billing and they're promising several other bills to lower energy costs. The Mills administration sent out a press release basically saying it will be working with Legislature to address high electricity costs. So not many specifics from either team yet but in general state policy now, current state policy, is to move toward renewables and away from fossil fuels. Celina Cunningham of the Governor's Energy Office says over time, this will reduce the volatility in electricity rates,
Cunningham: And provide more homegrown renewable energy resources for the state that not only lower electricity costs, but also keep those economic benefits and clean energy jobs here in Maine.
Carpenter: And speaking of homegrown energy, Our Power has also weighed in on the rate increases. This is the group behind the citizen initiative that will be on the ballot next year. They're proposing a consumer-owned utility called Pine Tree power that would replace CMP and Versant. They say the rate increases that we're seeing partly reflect something really basic: corporate greed. So Mainers will be voting on that next fall.
And finally, I should mention that the PUC website has a list of resources for anyone who's having trouble paying their bills. | 2022-11-22T21:13:33+00:00 | mainepublic.org | https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2022-11-22/heres-why-electric-bills-are-soaring-in-maine-and-what-the-states-trying-to-do-about-it |
COLLEGE STATION (KFDX/KJTL) — A former member of the Wichita Falls community who served as a City Councilor for District 4 from 1998 until his third consecutive term expired in 2004 has died.
John Alan “Johnny” Burns, 65, of College Station, died on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, after a long battle with myelofibrosis.
Burns was known as a jokester and prankster during his time on the Wichita Falls City Council, where he served as District 4’s councilor from 1998 until reaching his three-term limit in 2004. According to his family, he continued his jokes and pranks in spite of his illness.
As a Wichita Falls City Councilor, he was a strong advocate for the completion of all three phases of the Multipurpose Event Center, or MPEC.
During his final meeting as a member of the Wichita Falls City Council, Burns joked, “They say councilors are like fish, you keep them around too long, they start to smell.” Accordingly, his parting gift was indeed a ziplock bag containing a fish.
Burns was the general manager of Lamar Advertising. After spending almost two decades in Wichita Falls, he moved to College Station near his hometown of Bryan to be near his beloved Texas A&M Aggies, and to head the Lamar Advertising office there.
Funeral services for Burns are set for Saturday, May 20, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at Saint Thomas Episcopal Church in College Station. | 2023-05-18T23:26:37+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/local-news/johnny-burns-former-wichita-falls-city-councilor-dies/ |
Perhaps no group of people is more alarmed about Elon Musk’s plan to make Twitter a free speech free-for-allthan those most likely to be targeted for harassment: women, racial minorities and other marginalized groups.
They fear that a more hands-off approach to policing the platform will embolden purveyors of hate speech, bullying and disinformation to ratchet up their bad behavior — a possibility Musk has done little to dispel.
Yet even those who have faced extreme harassment on Twitter say they are unlikely to quit the platform. Despite the negative psychological toll, they still place a high value on Twitter as a place to express their views and engage with others.
That could help explain why Musk shows little concern for the underbelly of unfettered free speech, although advertisers – who account for 90% of Twitter’s revenue – may not feel the same way.
Renee Bracey Sherman, a biracial abortion rights advocate, endures a steady stream of predictable criticism on Twitter and, occasionally, an eruption of vile tweets: messages calling for her death, photos of aborted fetuses and, recently, her likeness photoshopped as a Nazi.
“It is a montage of hate and gore and violence,” Bracey Sherman said.
But while some famous people have said they are planning to quit Twitter because of Musk, more typical users like Bracey Sherman say it’s not that simple. They cannot easily get attention wherever they go, cannot leave Twitter and expect their followers to join them.
To mitigate the hate, Bracey Sherman has blocked thousands of people, and she uses filters to hide some of the most extreme messages. She also reports some of the most egregious messages to Twitter, although she says the platform rarely does anything about them.
While Twitter did not immediately respond for comment, the company says on its site that it does not permit targeted harassment or intimidation that could make people afraid to speak up. And it says it does not tolerate violent threats.
Musk has called himself a“free-speech absolutist” and believes Twitter will thrive as a forum for public debate with fewer restrictions. He hasn’t offered many details about his plans and he didn’t immediately respond to questions Wednesday, but in tweets to his 85 million followers since Twitter agreed to his $44 billion offer to buy the company Musk has made clear that he wants to limit the company’s content-moderation efforts.
“The extreme antibody reaction from those who fear free speech says it all,” Musk tweeted Tuesday.
The uproar over Twitter echoes what other social media companies have experienced in the recent past, such as when Facebook was slow to act to remove then-President Donald Trump from the platform for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. And history shows that attempts at boycotts rarely succeed.
Technology experts say leaving social platforms is not easy — your friends or business associates are on it, and there are few alternatives. And even when fed-up users do leave, a steady stream of new users comes in right behind them. It’s not the angriest users who leave, experts say, but those who simply find no use for the platform.
While polls show all types of people are susceptible to online harassment, extensive research has shown that women and people of color are far more likely to be targeted. That’s also true for people with disabilities, people who belong to religious minorities and members of the LGBTQ community.
Michael Kleinman, who has studied online harassment for Amnesty International, said if Twitter allows more hateful and abusive speech, marginalized people who get attacked are likely to express themselves less.
“No one feels safe in a public square where as soon as you speak, a hostile mob screaming obscenities descends upon you. That’s no longer a public square. That’s an arena,” Kleinman said.
Brianna Wu understands that arena as well as anybody.
She has received sexual-assault and death threats on Twitter since 2014, when she created a video game, Revolution 60, that featured women as protagonists. The harassment was part of a larger online campaign targeting female game developers that became known as GamerGate.
Wu has since worked closely with Twitter’s trust and safety team to improve the platform. She said “it terrifies me” to hear Musk talk about rolling back – if not completely wiping away – these efforts.
“We fought very, very hard to improve the platform for women, for LGBTQ people and people of color,” said Wu, who is white and identifies as bisexual.
But Wu has no plans to leave Twitter, which she – a former candidate for Congress in Massachusetts – relies on for personal and professional relationships. “I’ve developed life-long friends on Twitter. I think it’s really sad that to get that human connection I’m going to have to deal with harassment again that damages and deadens your humanity.”
Not everyone is dead set on staying. comic book writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, who has faced harassment as an advocate for gender equity in the entertainment industry, said she’ll wait to see what changes Musk makes before deciding.
“If this just becomes a place where people scream at each other and call each other names and wish one another ill, I’m out,” DeConnick said.
Bridget Todd, a spokeswoman for UltraViolet, an organization that advocates against discrimination in all forms, said that even though Twitter has managed to reduce harassment on its platform in recent years, she doesn’t use it as much as she once did.
Todd said she is deeply worried about Musk guiding the company to eliminate the protections it does have – which she considers inadequate. But she doesn’t intend to leave the platform.
“Our voices are so powerful on platforms like Twitter,” she said. “I don’t necessarily think that this signals the end of that, because I know our voices can really endure.”
Evan Feeney, campaign director for Color of Change, an online racial justice organization that works to improve the lives of Black people in the United States, called Musk’s push to relax content standards on Twitter “an alarming development.” He predicted more coordinated attacks on Black people, particularly Black women.
“It is never good when a single billionaire who purposely conflates freedom to harm with freedom of speech controls one of the (largest) social media platforms in the world,” Feeney said. “We’ve spent years pushing Twitter to implement polices we think have made the platform better. It’s alarming that with a flip of a switch those could be rolled back.”
Harassment on Twitter also spills over into the real world, and it highlights just how much victims sometimes are forced to put up with.
Bracey Sherman says people have placed stickers of racist symbols, including swastikas and monkeys, on her potted plants and the front door of her home. It is why she bristles at those who extol limitless free speech, and who suggest she should just toughen up and ignore it.
“What am I supposed to be able to handle?” she asked. “The fact that you are sending me photos of Nazis and telling me I should be raped over and over and over again?”
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Associated Press writer Todd Richmond contributed to this report from Madison, Wisconsin, and Haleluya Hadero contributed from New York. Funk reported from Omaha, Nebraska. | 2022-04-27T19:11:28+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/business/twitter-abuse-victims-fear-musks-plans-but-may-not-quit/ |
It’s Black History Month, and Nike is making sure it’s at the forefront of pushing for change and equity.
That starts with the swoosh announcing its invested $8.9 million into nonprofit organizations focused on education innovation, economic empowerment, and social justice.
There are three companies getting a chunk of change. The first is BUILD, which helps people of color develop the skills and connections needed to achieve economic power and freedom. Second, the Fearless Foundation, aids in the progression of people of color by reducing racial inequities and providing access to capital. Third, is the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, which focuses on voter empowerment and developing Black leaders.
“As a proud recipient of Nike’s Black Community Commitment grant, we are dedicated to empowering Black communities and advancing our shared goals of equity and justice,” says Melanie Campbell, President & CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation. “Our organization’s mission to promote Black civic engagement and racial, economic, and social justice is anchored in building values-driven coalitions centered on women and youth empowerment, leadership development, health & wellness, education, and global empowerment. When our community has a seat at the table, it benefits everyone in the nation.”
The team at Nike also spoke about getting the chance to work with these grassroots organizations and their philanthropic nature.
“Every day I am inspired by my teammates here at Nike who recognize the importance of the work we are doing. I’m also inspired by the various organizations we partner with who are on the ground, in our communities, committed to creating change and combatting the inequities we all face daily,” says Karol Collymore, Nike Senior Director of Inclusive Community for Social & Community Impact.
In recognition of BHM, Nike also had an event at its NYC headquarters for a Black Community Commitment event that featured a panel and a Yoga Session.
View images of the event below.
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Nation's Largest Cooperative and Supplier Ratings Platform Partner to Measure Supplier Performance
LEXINGTON, Ky. , Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, NASPO ValuePoint, the largest cooperative purchasing organization serving the state and local government and education market announced a pilot project with Procurated. Through this partnership, NASPO ValuePoint becomes the first national cooperative to leverage Procurated's ratings and review platform to develop a precise understanding of how its suppliers are performing.
Sarah Hilderbrand, NASPO ValuePoint's Chief Operations Officer, said, "NASPO is partnering with Procurated to better understand how our suppliers are performing for the public procurement purchasers who utilize our contracts. Through this pilot project, NASPO staff will have access to dashboards providing real-time insights into performance for a select number of portfolios. These insights will empower our team with unprecedented visibility, helping us to maintain the highest level of supplier performance, as well as help inform the development of future ValuePoint solicitations."
Procurated's Founder and Chief Executive Officer, David Yarkin, added, "As a former state chief procurement officer myself, I always saw NASPO as an organization that was determined to solve state government's procurement challenges. Through this partnership, we are excited to give the NASPO ValuePoint team information about how their suppliers are actually performing in trying to meet those challenges, through feedback we collect from the fifty states."
In the first phase of the partnership, Procurated will provide NASPO ValuePoint with data about the performance of suppliers in four portfolios:
- Facilities MRO
- Copiers and Managed Print Services
- Public Safety Communications
- Ground Maintenance Equipment
Modeled after consumer products like Yelp and TripAdvisor, Procurated is a modern technology tool that lets government buyers quickly and easily read candid reviews about suppliers from their peers across North America. Today, more than 40,000 reviews by verified government and educational employees have been written on the platform, helping buyers make more informed decisions.
Jaime Schorr, Chief Procurement Officer of Maine and NASPO's President-Elect, said, "The State of Maine was proud to be one of the first states to partner with Procurated to allow every purchasing organization in the state to learn from one another about the suppliers we select. As I look ahead to my time as NASPO President in January, I am excited about the prospects of being able to connect every purchasing organization in the country, so we all can learn from each other's experiences and pick the right suppliers for our organizations."
The National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) is a non-profit association dedicated to advancing public procurement through leadership, excellence, and integrity. It is made up of the directors of the central purchasing offices in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. NASPO is an organization that helps its members as public procurement leaders by promoting best practices, education, professional development, research, and innovative procurement strategies. Learn more at www.naspo.org.
NASPO ValuePoint is the cooperative purchasing division of the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO), facilitating cooperative public procurement solicitations using a Lead State model. NASPO ValuePoint delivers high value, reliable, and competitively sourced cooperative contracts—offering public entities outstanding prices, favorable terms and conditions, and value-added services. Learn more at www.naspovaluepoint.org.
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Procurated is the largest supplier ratings and reviews platform built for the public sector. It was founded in 2019 by the former Chief Procurement Officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Procurated is a completely free tool for governmental and educational institutions. It allows them to easily find the highest rated suppliers and to read dozens or hundreds of reviews about specific companies. To date, 44,000 reviews have been written by public sector purchasers on the platform.
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CINCINNATI — We saw plenty of upsets in Week 3 as nine underdogs won their game outright. The Eagles and Dolphins are the only 3-0 teams left and the Raiders are the only 0-3 team.
Safe to say, it's been a pretty unpredictable start to the NFL season. But, we're learning more and more about the teams around the league.
Some big matchups in Week 4 include the Thursday night matchup between the undefeated Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals; the 2-1 Jaguars face the 3-0 Eagles; the Chiefs travel to Tampa for a Super Bowl 55 rematch; and the Rams will face the 49ers in an NFC Championship Game rematch.
All year long, Locked On Podcast Network analysts Brian Peacock and Matt Williamson, hosts of the daily Peacock and Williamson NFL Show, will pick five games each week to predict the scores with their "Pick 5" NFL picks of the week.
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Miami Dolphins at Cincinnati Bengals
Time: Thursday, 8:15 p.m. ET
Watch: Amazon Prime Video
Spread: CIN -3.5, O/U 48
Brian Peacock: Dolphins 30, Bengals 27
Matt Williamson: Bengals 27, Dolphins 20
Buffalo Bills at Baltimore Ravens
Time: Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
Watch: CBS
Spread: BAL +3.5, O/U 51
Brian Peacock: Bills 31, Ravens 24
Matt Williamson: Bills 35, Ravens 27
Jacksonville Jaguars at Philadelphia Eagles
Time: Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
Watch: CBS
Spread: PHI -6.5, O/U 46
Brian Peacock: Eagles 24, Jaguars 23
Matt Williamson: Eagles 30, Jaguars 28
Kansas City Chiefs at Tampa Bay Bucs
Time: Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET
Watch: NBC
Spread: TB +1, O/U 45
Brian Peacock: Chiefs 21, Bucs 19
Matt Williamson: Chiefs 20, Bucs 17
Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers
Time: Monday, 8:15 p.m. ET
Watch: ESPN
Spread: SF -1, O/U 42
Brian Peacock: Rams 23, 49ers 17
Matt Williamson: Rams 24, 49ers 20 | 2022-09-29T20:38:44+00:00 | wcnc.com | https://www.wcnc.com/article/sports/nfl/pick-5-nfl-score-predictions-for-week-4-peacock-and-williamson-chiefs-bucs-dolphins-bengals-thursday-amazon-eagles-jaguars-rams-49ers-bills-ravens/535-8af6194e-7650-47d2-bcf9-854b778ed173 |
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PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Rep. Tom O'Halleran, the most vulnerable incumbent in Arizona’s nine-member congressional delegation, has been defeated after a spirited challenge from a Republican.
Businessman and former Navy Seal Eli Crane defeated the three-term incumbent on Thursday as more votes were counted from the election. Crane banked on redistricting making it easy to knock off O'Halleran.
Crane will now represent the sprawling 2nd Congressional District, which covers much of northeastern Arizona and dips south to the northern Tucson suburbs. Redistricting remade the district into one that strongly favors the GOP by drawing in the Prescott area.
O’Halleran leaned on his moderate voting record, name ID and consistent work across the district that includes the Navajo Nation to hold onto the seat.
Crane had former President Donald Trump’s backing and the new Republican advantage in the district in his favor.
Besides O’Halleran’s district, three others among Arizona’s nine congressional seats were in play in the election that concluded on Tuesday, two now held by Democrats and just one by Republicans. All were too early to call. | 2022-11-11T04:21:41+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/3-term-Democratic-Arizona-Rep-Tom-O-Halleran-17576322.php |
Richard (Dick) Jones and Suzette (Morris) Jones recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in Mesa, Ariz., with family and friends.
They married on Oct. 4, 1952, in Salem, at the Salem Methodist Church just prior to Dick reporting for service in the U.S. Army.
After serving his country during the Korean War, he and Susie began their career as dairy farmers in the Twin Lakes area. They retired in 1981.
In retirement, they split their time between homes in Mesa, Ariz., and Twin Lakes. In 2013 they made a permanent move to Mesa to be close to their daughter and son-in-law, Jackie and Gary Wyer. | 2022-10-20T19:06:38+00:00 | kenoshanews.com | https://www.kenoshanews.com/richard-and-suzette-jones-mark-their-70th-wedding-aniversary/article_18e2cbd8-50a8-11ed-9645-978ecc194ecd.html |
BOSTON — (AP) — John Berylson, an American businessman known for his enthusiastic ownership of the English soccer team Millwall, has died. He was 70.
His death, the result of a car crash in Massachusetts on Tuesday, was announced by the second-division London team, which said Berylson presided over some of the greatest moments in Millwall's history since first becoming involved with the club in 2006.
Team captain Shaun Hutchinson described Berylson as “an example on the perfect way to run a football club.”
“He really did love the club. He had so much time for every single person whether it be fans or the players, shook everyone’s hand, came across and individually spoke to every single player before every game,” Hutchinson said in a video posted to Twitter by the team.
Police and rescue workers received a report of a car crash in Falmouth, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of Boston, just before 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Police said the 2019 Range Rover was traveling south when it lost control on a curve and careened off the road, rolling over in a ravine and coming to rest against a tree. Berylson, the only occupant in the car, was trapped and had to be freed using mechanical means, police said,
Berylson was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
“John was, without any doubt whatsoever, the best club owner I have ever worked with, and I would argue strongly that he was the best chairman of any club in this country,” Millwall CEO Steve Kavanagh said. “I feel so desperately sad for John’s family and our thoughts and prayers are with them.”
Millwall has spent nearly all of its 138-year existence outside of England’s top division.
Its only spell in the top flight was over a period of two seasons from 1988-1990, which was before the establishment of the Premier League as one of the most lucrative and popular sports competitions in the world.
Millwall also reached the English FA Cup final in 2004, losing 3-0 against Manchester United.
Arguably its most famous former player is Teddy Sheringham, who went on to play for United and England. England’s all-time leading goal-scorer Harry Kane also had a temporary loan spell there as young player.
Berylson became involved with Millwall in 2006, and by the following year he led a consortium to invest in the club, which was then in the third division of English soccer.
He reportedly provided funds of around 100 million pounds ($127 million) and the club was twice promoted to the second division during his time.
Berylson was CEO of the private equity firm Chestnut Hill Ventures LLC.
He was also a philanthropist. He and his wife supported the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation which invests in organizations providing health, education, economic security and community needs in greater Boston. The foundation declined to comment Thursday.
Berylson never put pressure on players and was quick to join in a celebration, according to Hutchinson, who recalled Berylson’s reaction after one playoff win.
“He was in the dressing room with his cigar in his mouth jumping around, celebrating, spraying Champagne with us,” he said. “He was a madman at times and that’s one memory I’ll never forget.”
As the world emerged from the pandemic, Berylson wrote a letter in February 2022 expressing his faith in both the team and its fans.
"It feels like we’re on a bit of a journey as a club - a transitional one - and we hope you’ll join us in your numbers as your support is absolutely crucial (more so than at any other club in my opinion) to success on the pitch,” he said in a statement posted to Millwall's website.
“Having that extra couple of thousand inside the stadium makes the world of difference on and off the pitch,” he added.
Berylson also fought on Millwall’s behalf in a dispute with the local council over land surrounding the club’s stadium that might have forced it to move.
“John revelled in the club’s underdog status and mentality,” the team said in a statement, praising his “remarkable generosity, warmth, and kindness.”
“John’s sudden and tragic passing will unquestionably impact all those who were fortunate to have known him,” the club added. “He was a truly great man.”
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2023-07-06T22:01:41+00:00 | wsbtv.com | https://www.wsbtv.com/sports/john-berylson-owner/7PF3NYT5MXG7WOLGWTISWRN4MY/ |
As Chicago officials try to crack down on summer crime and increase security at popular downtown spots like Millennium Park, one man is in the hospital after being shot and wounded by another man Tuesday night at North Avenue Beach.
AT 8:56 p.m.. Tuesday in the 1600 block of North Lake Shore Drive, a man was outside when he was shot by another man, Chicago police said.
The victim struck by gunfire was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in officials said. Updates on his condition were not immediately available.
One person was arrested in the incident, and a weapon was recovered, according to police.
The shooting comes as public safety concerns rise around the many festivals, concerts and events Chicago in the summertime sees, including the Chicago Pride Parade planned for Sunday.
"We are expecting large crowds for the Pride Parade as we do every year, and I want to encourage everyone attending to safely enjoy the celebration throughout the day," Chicago's Office of Emergency Management said Tuesday during a press conference.
"Although there are no known threats at this time, each year Chicago public safety departments along with parade organizers adjust the already robust security plan to ensure the safety of personnel participants, spectators residents and all those in the area."
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Wednesday, new security measures are set to go into place for those attending concerts at events at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park, "in order to maintain the friendly, relaxed atmosphere inside the Park," a press release sent ut Saturday from the Grant Park Music Festival read.
Those new procedures include where you can and cannot enter the pavilion and park during events, security bag checks and more.
Additional rules for what you are allowed to bring into events at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion can be found here.
Last month, Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduced a new rule for unaccompanied minors at Millennium Park, saying that guests under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult (21 years and older) after 6pm, Thursday through Sunday.
The rule after a string of chaotic nights and violence in downtown Chicago and Millennium Park, including the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old near "The Bean" May 14.
This past weekend in Chicago, at least 47 people were shot, 13 of them in just five hours late Sunday and early Monday. | 2022-06-22T11:04:38+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/1-arrested-after-man-shot-and-wounded-at-north-avenue-beach/2862900/ |
WATCH: Suspects race car through mall in ‘audacious’ robbery
Published: Feb. 7, 2023 at 3:10 AM EST|Updated: 1 hour ago
TORONTO (CNN) - Police say a pair of suspects took a speeding car on a ride through a closed Canadian shopping mall in order to pull off a heist.
The car was caught on camera around 1:10 a.m. Wednesday smashing through the Toronto mall’s entrance and careening through the shopping center.
Police say at some point, the suspects stopped and robbed an electronics store before continuing on and smashing through an exit on the other end of the mall.
Police are calling this madcap, action movie-style incident “an audacious crime.”
Authorities have since recovered the car, which had reportedly been stolen, but are still looking for the culprits.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. Gray News contributed to this report. | 2023-02-07T09:21:15+00:00 | atlantanewsfirst.com | https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/02/07/watch-suspects-race-car-through-mall-audacious-robbery/ |
COPE -- Jimmie Carrigg Fogle, 90, of the Canaan Community in Cope, S.C., passed away on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, surrounded by her family.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, June 29, 2023, at Canaan Baptist Church, 4977 Cannon Bridge Road, Cope. Rev. Sam Hightower and Rev. Alan Woodward will be officiating.
The family will receive friends from 10:00-11:00 A.M. on Thursday, June 29, 2023, at Canaan Baptist Church prior to the funeral service.
Mrs. Fogle was born on January 18, 1933, in Cope, S.C. She was the daughter of the late W. Frank Carrigg and the late Margie Kittrell Carrigg. She worked as a CNA with hospice until her retirement. Mrs. Fogle was a member of Canaan Baptist Church. She volunteered for over 44 years with the Edisto Precinct as a Pole Manager at the Canaan Fire Department. She was a former member of the WMU of Northside Baptist Church. She was predeceased by her parents; her husband, Melvin Fogle; a son, Tim Fogle; two sisters; and a brother.
Survivors include her son, Robert Fogle (Pam); granddaughter, Marie Fogle; grandsons, Bobby Fogle, Adam Fogle (Tiffany); three great-granddaughters, Erika Hubbard, DaKota Fogle, Selena Fogle; five great-great-grandchildren; sister, Mabryce Myers; brother, Franklin “Buck” Carrigg (Doris); and a number of additional nieces, nephews, family and friends.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Canaan Baptist Church, 4977 Cannon Bridge Road, Cope, SC 29038, or to Edisto Home Care and Hospice, 1180 Boulevard St., Orangeburg, SC 29115. | 2023-06-28T15:04:18+00:00 | thetandd.com | https://thetandd.com/news/local/obituaries/jimmie-carrigg-fogle----cope/article_cac2b1ae-3923-59d3-bcae-a08a5c8d53ae.html |
Police investigate double homicide at home daycare in N. Carolina
Published: Jun. 2, 2022 at 2:30 PM EDT|Updated: 6 minutes ago
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) – Police in North Carolina are investigating a double homicide that happened at a home daycare Thursday morning, WBTV reports.
B&T Learning Center owner Sharon Chambers and her nephew Benny Sloan Jr. were found dead by Chambers’ adult daughter, according to a family member.
Police say they were both shot and killed at the childcare home just after 8 a.m. Thursday.
Authorities do not believe this was a random act of violence.
The learning center serves children up to 12 years old and has a 3-star license from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service’s Division of Child Development and Early Education.
Copyright 2022 WBTV via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-06-02T18:37:16+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/2022/06/02/police-investigate-double-homicide-home-daycare-n-carolina/ |
LONDON (AP) — British climate activists who have blocked roads and splattered artworks with soup said Friday they are suspending a days-long protest that has clogged a major highway around London.
The group Just Stop Oil, which wants the U.K. government to halt new oil and gas projects, has sparked headlines, debate and a government crackdown on disruptive protests since it launched its actions earlier this year.
The group said Friday it was pausing its campaign of “civil resistance” on the M25 highway that encircles London. Over the last four days, its activists have climbed gantries above the highway, forcing it to close in several places.
Police say a motorcycle officer was injured Wednesday in a collision with trucks during a rolling roadblock sparked by the protest.
“We are giving the government another chance to sit down and discuss with us and meet our demand, which is the obvious no-brainer that we all want to see, which is no new oil in the U.K.,” activist Emma Brown told the BBC.
In recent months, Just Stop Oil members have blocked roads and bridges, often gluing themselves to the roadway to make them harder to move. Police say 677 people have been arrested, 111 of whom were charged with offenses. The protesters have been berated and at times physically removed by irate motorists.
Last month, activists from the group dumped two cans of tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers,” which was behind glass, at the National Gallery in London.
Climate activists have staged similar protests in other European cities, gluing themselves to Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring” in The Hague and throwing mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting in a German museum.
Part of a wave of youthful direct-action protest groups around the world, Just Stop Oil is backed by the U.S.-based Climate Emergency Fund, set up to support environmental protests.
University of Maryland social scientist Dana Fisher, who studies activists, has said the protesters are part of a “new radical flank” of the environmental movement that she calls “the disrupters” and whose actions are geared at gaining maximum media attention.
Some environmentalists argue the disruptive protests alienate potential supporters.
Just Stop Oil defended its tactics on Friday, saying that “under British law, people in this country have a right to cause disruption to prevent greater harm — we will not stand by.”
In response to protests by Extinction Rebellion and other direct-action groups, Britain’s Conservative government this year toughened police powers to shut down disruptive protests and increased penalties for obstructing roads, which can now bring a prison sentence.
Even tougher moves were rejected by Parliament, but the government plans to try again to pass a law that would make it a criminal offense to interfere with infrastructure.
Civil liberties groups have decried the moves as restrictions on free speech and the right to protest.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of climate change at https://apnews.com/hub/climate-and-environment | 2022-11-11T13:12:02+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/science/ap-science/ap-just-stop-oil-pauses-uk-highway-protest-that-snarled-traffic/ |
GREEN BAY, Wis., June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IGEN, a leading provider of excise tax compliance software, announced the launch of ComplyIQ, their new compliance platform.
"ComplyIQ solves challenges throughout the entire tax compliance lifecycle, reduces redundancy and risk, and provides visibility into tax implications across the organization," says Ryan Padget, president at IGEN.
Regulatory compliance is a complex and rapidly evolving landscape that carries significant risk.
"We're leveraging our deep expertise of regulatory compliance to expand our platform beyond tax and give our clients complete visibility to their enterprise-wide compliance process and better assess their risk exposure," says Padget.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, August 14, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
807 PM CDT Sun Aug 14 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of south Texas, including the following county,
San Patricio.
* WHEN...Until 900 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 807 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen.
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Chiltipin Creek and Corpus Christi Bay.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expected
over the area. This additional rain will result in minor
flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Portland, Taft, Gregory and Taft Southwest.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
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AT&T users in San Roque and La Cumbre neighborhoods report issues for outgoing calls
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Customers of AT&T in the San Roque and La Cumbre neighborhoods reported having trouble with their outgoing calls this week.
AT&T in La Cumbre Plaza said there is an issue with cell service in these spots due to storm-related damage to cell towers from the recent storms.
While damage to towers has caused similar issues for days at a time, this time, customers have been told it could take up to a week or more to return service to cell phones in those areas.
This issue is currently limited to these areas and cell service has been reported to be available for some customers outside of those neighborhoods.
AT&T recommended either leaving these neighborhoods to find an area with better cell-service or WiFi while they handle the issue. | 2023-02-28T04:31:07+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2023/02/27/att-users-in-san-roque-and-la-cumbre-neighborhoods-report-issues-for-outgoing-calls/ |
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was “progressively improving” and sitting in an armchair working Friday, following surgery to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, the Vatican said.
After a restful night, Francis had breakfast and read the newspapers from his armchair, spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement. He quoted doctors as saying Francis’ condition was “progressively improving and the post-operative course is smooth.”
The 86-year-old pope was admitted to the Gemelli hospital on Wednesday for his second major abdominal operation in two years, following a 2021 procedure to remove part of his colon. During the procedure, doctors removed adhesions, or internal scarring, on the intestine that had caused a partial blockage. They also repaired a hernia that had formed over a previous scar, placing a prosthetic mesh in the abdominal wall.
Francis is expected to remain at Gemelli for several days. | 2023-06-09T17:46:45+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/vatican-pope-doing-well-after-surgery-has-another-good-night/ |
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Title 42 expulsions are no more, but policies such as the Biden administration’s online asylum applications and a so-called “travel ban” are putting LGBTQ migrants in harm’s way, according to U.S. and Latin American advocates.
That’s because online appointments take time and force the migrants to wait in countries where discrimination and violence based on gender orientation are palpable; likewise, forcing LGBTQ migrants to first apply for protection in those countries is wrong, a group of advocates assembled by the Welcome With Dignity campaign said Thursday on a Zoom call.
“Asylum is a lawful pathway to the United States. […] If you are fleeing persecution or torture and make it to American soil, you have a fundamental right to ask for asylum. The new Biden rule is illegal,” said Aaron Morris, executive director of Immigration Equality in New York City.
He was referring to the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule the Department of Homeland Security published in May. It requires asylum-seekers to apply for an appointment through the CBP One app or to apply for protection first, and be denied, in the countries they travel through on the way to the U.S.
At least two civil rights organizations are contemplating suing to overturn the rule, Morris said, and allow anyone to show up at the border and apply for asylum.
A California group called Al Otro Lado has documented high rates of violence and intimidation against LGBTQ migrants. The group has interviewed 420 such migrants and says one in five was a victim of kidnapping and one in four a victim of sexual violence. Half said they feared for their lives in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America because they had received threats.
“We’ve seen a dramatic rise in restrictive policies that limit the rights of asylum-seekers at the southern border. It affects everyone but is disproportionate to the LGBTQ,” said Nicole Ramos, director of Al Otro Lado’s Border Rights Project. And “what we’ve seen over the last eight years is the government’s effort to install more barbwire, more CBP (officers) and Mexican officials acting at the direction (of U.S. authorities) that give them thousands of dollars to patrol the border.”
Guatemalan migrant Estuardo Cifuentes said he experienced insecurity and a lack of shelter and other resources when he and more than 70,000 other asylum-seekers returned to Mexico under the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program. The LGBTQ activist who fled his country because of threats said he experienced harsh conditions during his stay in Mexico, which he says have only gotten worse with time.
“Policies change, but conditions become more difficult every day,” he said, referring to migrants living on the streets in Mexico, being victimized by criminals and lacking the technology – internet access and literacy – to apply for an asylum appointment online.
Welcome With Dignity campaign members said they welcome the administration’s expansion of legal pathways but will continue to advocate for the removal of barriers to asylum, particularly for vulnerable groups such as LGBTQ migrants. | 2023-06-23T02:22:17+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/border-report-tour/biden-asylum-travel-ban-placing-lgbtq-migrants-in-harms-way-advocates-say/ |
Columbia, Kansas, UMass and Oregon just missed playing in the women’s NCAA Tournament as the first four teams out of the field. All four will be part of the 64-team WNIT field that was announced Sunday night.
Other top teams in the field include Bowling Green and Green Bay, which each won 27 games this season. Stephen F. Austin had 26 victories and Ball State 25.
Thirty-five of the teams in the bracket won at least 20 games and 17 of them either won or tied for first in their conference’s regular season.
This season’s field features 32 automatic qualifiers, which are the next-highest finishers in the conference’s regular season that weren’t selected for the NCAA Tournament. The 32 at-large teams were chosen by WNIT officials.
The first round will be played from Wednesday to Friday this week. The championship game is on April 1.
The NCAA is in discussions to host a second women’s basketball tournament of its own in the future to create an equitable situation to men’s basketball. The NCAA owns the rights to the men’s NIT postseason tournament. It does not own the WNIT. | 2023-03-13T09:06:12+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/scoreboard/columbia-kansas-umass-oregon-headline-wnit-field/ |
AKRON, Ohio -- The last of three Akron defendants in the 2009 murder of a Copley Township woman pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and other offenses Monday, just before the start of his trial in Summit County Common Pleas Court.
Brian Smith, 24, of Akron, admitted his part in the contract killing of his girlfriend's mother, Kristie Marks. He will be sentenced April 5 by Common Pleas Judge Tom Parker.
He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Marks, 53, was stabbed to death Oct. 24, 2009, in a parking lot at an apartment building in Akron.
The prosecutor's office said Troy Purdie II, 20, was hired to kill the woman by the victim's daughter, Taylor Marks, 21, in collusion with Smith, after a money dispute.
The woman was lured to her death by her daughter, where she was stabbed 13 times by Purdie, who said the couple offered him $5,000 to kill the woman. He said he was never given the money.
Marks pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and in September was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Purdie pleaded guilty to aggravated murder in August and was sentenced to life in prison with a chance of parole.
By pleading guilty, both Marks and Purdie avoided the possibility of a death sentence.
Police said the three suspects were at the scene of the crime when officers arrived and were taken into the police station for questioning.
Their version of events differed. Taylor Marks eventually admitted what she did and implicated the other two, investigators said. Smith and Purdie also confessed under questioning, police said. | 2022-05-21T12:24:53+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2011/03/akron_1.html |
Emily Matos went 2-for-3 with a triple and four RBI to lead St. Dominic to a 19-1 win over St. Elizabeth in Florham Park.
Ava Farulla went 2-for-4 with a double, triple, and three RBI for St. Dominic, which is now 10-0 and has not scored less than 10 runs in any of its victories this season. Gianna Sinisi went 3-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI. Olivia Weber gave up one run on two hits, struck out 10, and walked one over five innings.
St. Elizabeth fell to 0-5 with the loss.
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WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — As part of the efforts to collect scientific data on hurricanes, and accurately forecast the path and strength of the storms, hurricane hunters from NOAA fly directly into storms.
One of those hunters, Nick Underwood, flew into the strongest part of Hurricane Ian on Wednesday. He said it was the most intense storm he has ever flown into.
“So we were getting the usual up and down motion, but we were also getting a lot of side to side, which is really unsettling when you’re in an aircraft,” Underwood said. “There was a lot of lightning which was something that I’d never really seen before in a storm of that size.”
Born and raised in West Virginia, Underwood is an aerospace engineer and hurricane hunter with NOAA. He has made 76 flights into 22 hurricanes in his career, collecting data that the national hurricane center uses for forecasting.
“We’re launching data collecting instruments all throughout the storm, that are gathering temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed and wind direction data,” he said.
That data is used to forecast the direction and intensity of storms and issue watches and warnings back on the ground. | 2022-09-29T23:21:06+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/washington/washington-dc/storm-hunter-flies-into-hurricane-ian/ |
Santa Fe artist Will Shuster and a group of his friends burned the first incarnation of Zozobra in 1924 in Shuster’s backyard.
The tradition continued and grew, as did Zozobra himself, with Shuster building the marionette larger and larger.
In 1963, the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe officially became involved and the following year, Shuster signed over all rights to the nonprofit organization.
On Friday, Sept. 2, Zozobra will burn for the 98th time in Santa Fe.
The annual event is back in person and KOAT-TV will also broadcast the event beginning at 8 p.m. This year Zozobra will celebrate the 1990s as part of its Decades Project.
According to Ray Sandoval, Zozobra event chair, the event has no COVID restrictions and masks are optional, but encouraged.
“We have increased the number of hand-washing stations and sanitizer will be available.”
The gates open at 4 p.m. and will feature live entertainment from Ana Maria, Karlina Martin Band, S Squared and The Broken G Strings.
After 7 p.m. Mariachi Sonidos Del Monte and MaaTuu Dance Group will perform.
By 9:10, lights will go out and Zozobra will begin to burn.
Thousands of viewers will also get to hear the debut of Bill Parnall, who is taking over Zozobra’s voice this year.
Parnall was named the official voice after two rounds of auditions.
Sandoval says close to 60 individuals – men, women and children – shared their vocal chops in auditions that proved just how much our local community wants to hear our most infamous villain growl his best.
“Kiwanis offers deep gratitude to opera baritone Anthony Michaels-Moore, who generously stepped up to voice Zozobra during the 2020 and 2021 pandemic years, and we wish him all the best on his opera career,” Sandoval says.
Parnall is a New Mexico native and Division I Judge of the New Mexico 2nd Judicial District Court.
He was born and raised in the South Valley, where he participated in Las Posadas at Christmas under the mentorship of Rita Baca.
He attended Atrisco Elementary school as a child. At 16, he began teaching guitar with Hector Garcia and played twelve string guitar and harmonica in coffee shops while earning his bachelors degree from University of New Mexico.
He attended UNM School of Law and became a member of the New Mexico State Bar in 1979.
Sandoval says its full circle for Parnall in a way as his band used to play at the foot of Zozobra in the 1980s. | 2022-08-31T23:44:59+00:00 | abqjournal.com | https://www.abqjournal.com/2528724/zozobra-set-to-go-up-in-flames-for-the-98th-time.html |
SOLON, Ohio -- City Council has authorized Mayor Ed Kraus to enter into an interim bargaining agreement with the city’s newly formed service department union.
Council passed the ordinance Monday (Nov. 21) because labor negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement between the city and the union have not been completed.
This legislation allows service department employees to receive the wage increase of 2.25 percent, effective Jan. 1, that was negotiated with other city bargaining units this year -- even though the city took the position that it was under no obligation to do so.
The interim agreement is effective until a complete and final collective bargaining agreement is executed between the city and the union.
City Law Director Thomas Lobe told council in July that the city’s service department had voted to form a union.
In August, council authorized the Zashin & Rich law firm of Cleveland to represent the city in labor negotiations with the newly formed union.
Under the terms of this interim agreement, for the 2022-23 snow and ice removal season -- which runs from Dec. 3 through April 16 -- bargaining unit employees assigned to mandatory snow and ice removal duties will receive $7 an hour for on-call pay.
In addition, in recognition of the “good faith” discussions that led to the interim agreement, the union will endorse and encourage full participation by all bargaining unit members to work offered overtime for leaf and brush collection for the remainder of this year.
“I’m happy for the service department to negotiate with the union and the city,” Ward 3 Councilman Jeremy Zelwin said. “I just want it noted for the record that this is a good faith effort of the city on our negotiations with the union.
“Until that collective bargaining agreement is in place, I encourage the service department to operate in good faith as well.”
Cameras for police approved
In other action, council authorized the purchase of 15 dash cameras and 33 body cameras from Motorola Solutions Inc. for use by the Solon Police Department through the Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Program, at a cost of $268,385.
At the police department’s request, council waived the competitive bidding requirement so that Motorola can order the requested equipment before the end of this year.
On Nov. 14, council’s Safety and Public Properties Committee recommended that council accept the quote from Motorola for the dash and body cameras.
Police Chief Richard Tonelli told the committee that the police department was approved several years ago to replace its dash and body camera system in 2023.
He noted that the department maintains 15 dash camera video systems in its patrol vehicle fleet and 25 body cameras. These systems are no longer under warranty or being supported by WatchGuard, the company the department used for this equipment in previous years, he said.
“The outdated software in our current system crashed several months ago, resulting in the loss of valuable data, and multiple body cameras are nonfunctional due to end-of-life issues,” he said.
“I’m requesting that in anticipation of the approved budget for these purchases in 2023 that Motorola be given the permission to order these now due to the lengthy shipping delays that they’re experiencing.”
Tonelli said his department did research to determine which camera system would be most beneficial and identified Motorola, which acquired WatchGuard in 2019.
The department sought to increase its number of body cameras from 25 to 33 to accommodate personnel issues, he said.
The bid from Motorola includes a five-year extended warranty, Tonelli said.
More clarity on new position
Also on Monday, council left its ordinances related to the general fund operating budget and the capital budget for next year on first reading, as Finance Director Matt Rubino had requested.
However, Kraus said he wanted to clarify some comments he made at council’s budget hearing Nov. 14 regarding the full-time communications coordinator position that has been proposed for 2023.
“I don’t think I provided the best answers (to council’s questions about the position), and I don’t think I answered all of the questions,” he said.
Council members had expressed some concerns about the new position at the budget hearing about why it was necessary. They also requested more information related to a job description.
Kraus said the new coordinator would report to him in the mayor’s office and that the creation of the new position does not mean the city has had any disagreement with the Impact Group, the consultant the city has contracted with for marketing and communications.
“As a matter of fact, I just want to say that I’ve really enjoyed working with the Impact Group; I think it’s been years now,” he said.
Kraus said Maria Farley, assistant to the mayor, and Angee Shaker, the city’s economic development director, primarily work with the Impact Group, which he added has done “great work.”
“They’ve really helped us out in so many different areas,” he said. “I think back to the work that they did with Angee on the (city) logo, on the branding; a lot of hard work went into that.
“They’ve undertaken multiple surveys that we’ve done out in the community. So it has nothing to do with the quality of the work of the Impact Group. I think we’ve all internally been very pleased with the work.”
But this new position, Kraus said, is an opportunity for the city to hire a full-time staff person, instead of a consultant, to handle its communications on a daily basis.
“It will really be an integrated position with all the departments,” he said. “(Instead of) probably 14 different communications strategies (from the various departments), this person will be responsible for really a coordinated effort internally, obviously working with every department.
“I think the priority for me will be customer service and PR to the community. It’s not that we don’t do it, but (this would be) an integrated strategic planning effort by a person responsible -- their full-time job will be communication.
“I think we have a great story to tell, and obviously it’s going to be that person’s job to tell that story,” Kraus continued.
“I also think, from my perspective, it’s a more disciplined approach to communication. I think we need to be more organized when it comes to our communication strategy, social media policy and all the other things that we do.”
Kraus said the city will retain the Impact Group’s services until the new staff person is hired. He added that it may take some time “to get a qualified person in place.”
The recommended salary of the communications coordinator is $54,000 a year.
The city is paying the Impact Group $48,000 per year for its services.
Plan for park discussed
Zelwin, who chairs council’s Finance Committee, also made some comments Monday regarding the 2023 capital budget discussed by council at another budget hearing Nov. 15.
“There’s lots of things on the budget going on future years, especially some sorely needed investment at the (Solon) Community Park,” he said.
“I’m very motivated to get a comprehensive plan in place to do the park in a coordinated, organized fashion as quickly as possible.”
Rubino had told council’s Finance Committee Nov. 15 that the city has decided to use a “design-build approach” to construction at the park next year.
As a result, the city has revised its 2023 capital improvements plan by reducing its investment in the park from $3.6 million to $500,000 for next year.
The major park projects that had been planned for 2023 will be pushed back a year, Rubino said. No construction at the park is planned for next year.
The $500,000 will be for the design phase of the parks master plan, Rubino said. That design work is expected to begin during the first half of next year.
“I think as we do (the design-build study), as we look at options for financial feasibility, I think it’s also important that we consider what the right monetary investment amount is for the city so that it doesn’t handcuff us long term, but that it gives the best possible solution for our residents and modernizes it so we can compete with other cities locally,” Zelwin said.
With construction at the park being deferred, the revised capital plan now includes $16.3 million in Community Park improvements through 2026, Rubino had said.
The second reading of both budget ordinances is slated for Dec. 5, with a third reading and adoption of both budgets set for Dec. 19.
Permanent appropriations would take effect Jan. 1 if approved by council Dec. 19.
Read more from the Chagrin Solon Sun. | 2022-11-23T19:49:17+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/community/2022/11/solon-council-approves-interim-agreement-with-service-department-union.html |
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. and LOS ANGELES, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ANANDA Scientific Inc., a research focused bio-pharmaceutical company today announced the first patient enrolled in the clinical trial evaluating Nantheia™ ATL5, an investigational drug using cannabidiol (CBD) in ANANDA's proprietary delivery technology as an Adjunctive Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder. (Clinical Trials.gov Identifier: NCT03787628)
This trial is being led by principal investigators Edythe London, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences as well as Molecular and Medicinal Pharmacology at the Semel Institute, Geffen School of Medicine UCLA, and Richard De La Garza II, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the Semel Institute, Geffen School of Medicine UCLA. Funding for this trial is from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
"The first patient enrolled in this study is a key milestone for our ongoing research into therapeutic alternatives for opioid use disorder," said Dr. London. "Bridging psychiatry, pharmacology and neuroscience, we are looking to develop evidence-based treatments for addiction."
"We are excited to be moving this trial forward after completing all the preparatory work." said Dr. De La Garza. "We hope this clinical trial will answer important questions about the potential of cannabidiol in the treatment of opioid addiction."
"We are delighted to have the first patient enrolled in this important trial of our investigational drug Nantheia™ ATL5. This clinical study is an important component of our clinical development efforts focused on opioid addiction, where a non-addictive therapy is a significant unmet need," said Sohail R. Zaidi, ANANDA's Chief Executive Officer (CEO). "We are impressed by the clinical competence and operational diligence of the clinical trial team at UCLA which makes them our partner of choice for future trials as we develop the clinical program"
This will be a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, sequential, dose-ranging study of Cannabidiol (CBD) (600, 1200 mg/day) as an adjunctive therapy to buprenorphine and naloxone in patients who have Opioid Use Disorder and are receiving residential behavioral therapy, including cognitive behavioral therapy. The primary endpoint will be safety and tolerability of CBD in these patients, Secondary measures will include cue-induced craving, reductions in spontaneous craving, opioid withdrawal, negative affective states, and relapse, as well as retention in treatment with buprenorphine and naloxone.
Nantheia™ ATL5 is an investigational drug that uses cannabidiol in ANANDA's propriety Liquid Structure delivery technology. Pre-clinical and initial clinical studies show that ANANDA's Liquid Structure™ delivery technology (licensed from Lyotropic Delivery Systems (LDS) Ltd in Jerusalem, Israel) enhances the effectiveness and stability of cannabidiol. Nantheia™ ATL5 is an oral product with 100mg cannabidiol per softgel capsule.
ANANDA is a leading research-focused biopharmaceutical company pioneering high-caliber clinical studies evaluating therapeutic indications such as PTSD, Radiculopathic Pain, Anxiety and Opioid Use Disorder (Mt. Sinai and UCLA). The company employs patented delivery technology to make cannabinoids and other plant derived compounds highly bioavailable, water soluble, and shelf-life stable and focuses on producing effective, premium quality pharmaceutical products. The company is expanding its research base through multiple sponsored research agreements with universities to diversify its clinical portfolio. Consistent with its strong research-based data, the company has a growing pipeline of nutraceutical over-the-counter products. ANANDA has successfully launched these products in the US, Australia, and the UK, with expansion into additional markets such as the EU, China, Africa, and other countries in Asia.
Contacts
ANANDA Scientific Media Relations | Christopher Moore | 813 326 4265 | media@anandascientific.com
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Marion County Supervisor of Elections Office apologizes for voter information card errors
OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Registered voters in Marion County found multiple errors on their voter information cards sent from the elections office.
The Marion County Supervisor of Elections Wesley Wilcox sent out an apology on Wednesday for the zip code and district errors on voter information cards.
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Officials say they were told about an incorrect zip code on a voter’s card on Saturday. They began investigating and then on Tuesday, more errors were found.
Some cards also had the wrong Marion County Commission district number listed.
Election office officials determined the issue was not in their records but had occurred when the documents were printed.
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After contacting the mail house, the company confirmed that the issue occurred on their end. Company officials say the order was split into multiple batches and the data for the second batch was distorted.
The elections office has now begun the process of issuing corrected voter information cards to impacted voters.
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John Fetterman’s vaguely encouraging politics
John Fetterman — the hulking, tattooed, hoodie-wearing lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania — constitutes Democrats’ best hope to steal a Senate seat from Republicans this fall. And while few politicians can match his style, or could pull it off, Democrats can learn a lot from his approach.
Part of Fetterman’s skill as a politician is that he seems to have successfully transcended some of the factional divides that have hobbled Democrats in recent years. He has many of the same friends and enemies as the party’s progressive faction, having endorsed Bernie Sanders for president in 2016 and stomped moderate favorite Conor Lamb in last week’s primary for U.S. Senate. Yet he has managed to avoid progressives’ demands to make suicidal policy commitments.
He’s favorable to fracking and nuclear power, for example, two major no-no’s for the left. He says he wants President Joe Biden to continue his predecessor’s pandemic-era policy of deporting asylum-seekers at the southern border. Despite past support for "Medicare for All," he’s now evasive and non-committal as to where he stands on that litmus test. And at a time when pro-Israel groups and progressives are at war in Democratic primaries across the country, he’s promised to “lean in” on the U.S.-Israel relationship.
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Despite stiff-arming many of the left’s policy planks, he’s won a lot of praise from the leftists. One even argued that Democrats should emulate Fetterman and “focus less on dry policy issues and more on eliciting an emotional reaction.”
Chill out: It’s good advice — I have been telling Democrats to chill out and be less ambitious for two years now — but it’s dizzying to hear leftists claim it as their own. And they actually understate the case: Fetterman is not merely “focusing less” on policy, he’s practically ignoring it.
The “Issues” section of his campaign website has essentially no text, just a bunch of headings — minimum wage, immigration, health care, “the union way of life” — with links to videos. The health care section, for example, features a 30-second clip of the candidate saying health care “is a basic, fundamental human right no different than food or shelter or education.”
The wonk side of my brain wants to say that could mean anything or nothing at all.
What would it mean if health care in the U.S. were no different than education in the U.S.? It could be something like the U.K.’s National Health Service — except that’s national, whereas education in the U.S. is purely local. What about food? That’s provided almost entirely by the private sector, with means-tested SNAP benefits to take care of the neediest. Shelter? If anything, that’s even less universal than health care in the U.S.
In context, Fetterman is coherent — he’s portraying himself as a guy with broadly progressive instincts who wants to make health care cheaper for more people. But he’s avoiding any specific commitment to any program or proposal. This is the antithesis of the spirit Democrats brought to the 2020 primary, in which everyone was supposed to be prepared to debate the precise details of the various schemes to expand Medicare.
This is largely a question of persona (“vibes,” as the kids are saying these days) rather than ideology. Still, a personality that de-emphasizes details is inherently moderating.
Fetterman’s video on the minimum wage, for example, is full of encomia to the dignity of work and the perils of life at the margins, but it doesn’t mention the usual progressive promise of a $15-per-hour wage. Now that’s not to say Fetterman opposes a $15-per-hour minimum wage. But the lack of specifics conveys an openness to compromise and spirit of pragmatism.
A similar dynamic is at work on the issue of marijuana legalization. Democrats have failed to act on a bill that would do that, not because they oppose it but because they are trying to pass sweeping legislation that would expunge the criminal records of people convicted of marijuana offenses. That’s a bridge too far for moderates in both parties, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and progressives don’t want to settle for less.
Fetterman sidesteps this entire debate. “This idea that we have allowed a plant to be illegal and to be criminalized in this country is absurd,” he says. Formally speaking, he’s not committing himself to either side of the factional divide. But to voters paying a limited amount of attention, the simple message is the same as the moderate one.
Big ideas vs. detailed plans: This approach to campaigning is not only more effective than Democrats’ tendency to present bullet points of specific policy commitments. It’s also more honest.
There was something absurd about candidates releasing detailed “plans” for this and that in the 2020 campaign. Anyone who follows Congress knows the legislative process doesn’t work that way. Whatever any individual member thinks on any given issue is but one factor of many in determining what will actually come to the floor and how he’ll vote on it.
It’s understandable how this vogue for specifics evolved — Hillary Clinton liked the idea of detailed plans as a contrast to Sanders’ big ideas, because her argument was that he wasn’t being realistic. But plans-ism quickly degenerated into activist box-checking and helped propel Democrats leftward.
Fetterman refuses to play this game, and because of his roots in the Sanders camp, the left has given him a pass. This is a courtesy they should extend to candidates who didn’t happen to endorse their standard-bearer. Moderates, meanwhile — many of whom pride themselves on having a plan to get things done — should remember that specificity is an enemy of pragmatism. And both factions of the party should consider that, on the issues they care about, almost any Democrat would be preferable to a Republican.
— Matthew Yglesias is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. A co-founder of and former columnist for Vox, he writes the Slow Boring blog and newsletter. He is author, most recently, of “One Billion Americans.” | 2022-05-24T16:36:59+00:00 | yorkdispatch.com | https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/opinion/contributors/2022/05/24/john-fettermans-vaguely-encouraging-politics/9907910002/ |
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Kennebec County sheriff's deputy accused of assaulting his wife is facing a number of charges, police said Wednesday.
The deputy, 29, who has been suspended without pay, did not enter a plea in his initial court appearance on Wednesday.
He was arrested Monday evening after a report was made to police about ongoing domestic violence at his home.
Bail was set at $100,000 and he remained jailed Wednesday afternoon. It was unclear if he had an attorney.
He's charged with domestic violence assault, aggravated assault, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, terrorizing with a dangerous weapon, and unlawful sexual contact. | 2022-08-17T22:41:21+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Deputy-arrested-on-charges-of-domestic-assault-in-17380336.php |
DANVILLE, Ill. (WAND)- Danville Police responded to a report of a man with a gunshot wound Sunday evening.
According to Police, on June 17, around 7:53 p.m., officers arrived at the 1000 block of Koehn Dr. and located a 46-year old Danville man with a gunshot wound to his abdomen.
The victim told police he was in his residence when two men entered his home and attempted to rob him.
The victim stated during the robbery he was shot and the suspects fled the residence in an unknown direction.
Police say the suspects were described as two black men wearing dark clothing.
Police report the victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment of his injury and is currently listed in stable condition.
The investigation into these incidents continues and no other information is being released at this time.
Anyone who has information regarding these incidents is asked to call Danville Police at (217) 431-2250. Or you can call Vermilion County Crime Stoppers at (217) 446-TIPS
This shooting is one of three that occurred in Danville within 24 hours or so. On Friday, a 25-year old was shot during an attempted robbery in a parking lot and later the same day, an 18-year-old was shot on the street.
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PITTSBURGH, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be an all-natural line of formulas for pain relief," said an inventor, from Hillsborough, Ore., "so I invented the TRUTH. My design would be effective in treating pain, swelling and discomfort from various ailments."
The invention provides a unique line of formulas for treating pain, muscle aches and swelling. It can also be used to heal cuts and scrapes. During use, it would offer a pleasant scent and it could enhance comfort and relaxation. The invention features a versatile and all-natural design that is easy to use so it is ideal for individuals with chronic pain and the general population. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Portland sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-PTA-101, 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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Actress Robyn Griggs has passed away at the age of 49.
The soap star's death was announced by a friend in a statement posted to Griggs' Facebook page.
"With a heavy heart, I am saddened to announce Robyn's passing," the Aug. 13 statement read. "However, she is no longer suffering and would want us to remember that and the good memories."
She continued, "I will never forget how open she was to telling her story and accepting of me helping her tell it. She wanted to help people and spread the word of her story to do it. I was honored to do so."
"RIP my friend, I love you and smile when I think of you," the statement concluded.
Days prior to her death, Griggs' dad shared via her Facebook page that his daughter was going to be placed in hospice care, adding, "She has fought with determination, strength, and grace that is nothing short of inspirational."
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In 2020, Griggs revealed to her Facebook followers that she was battling stage four endocervical adeno cancer. Just last month, she shared a health update, reporting that she had recently found four tumors, writing, "Two new tumors on my liver, one on abdominal muscle and large one on right side lymph node."
Griggs got her start in Hollywood as a child star, appearing on Nickelodeon's "Rated K," which ran from 1986 to 1988. She was perhaps best known for her recurring roles in the daytime dramas "One Life to Live" as Stephanie Hobart and "Another World" as Maggie Cory in the '90s.
Additionally, Griggs appeared in several independent horror films, including "Severe Injuries," "Dead Clowns," "The Absence of Light," "Hellweek" and "Zombiegeddon." | 2022-08-15T09:25:44+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/another-world-star-robyn-griggs-dead-at-49/2914771/ |
STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) — Two men in Northeast Ohio survived a crash that sent a guardrail slicing through the middle of their car — a fortunate turn of events that one of them is calling a “Christmas miracle.”
Jimmy Burchett, 23, was driving to a family celebration on Christmas Eve with his best friend, Anthony Fisher, when Burchett’s Dodge Charger suddenly slid off the ice- and snow-covered road in Stark County. The Charger struck a guardrail, which went through the car and exited out the back window.
“We saw it last-second. We thought it just was going to hit,” Burchett told Nexstar’s WJW. “It was probably one of the loudest sounds I’ve ever heard.”
Troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol and firefighters with the Sandy Creek Joint Fire District were not optimistic when they heard the first reports from the scene.
“Not something we see every day, and everybody knows that’s normally not such a good situation,” said Sandy Creek Fire Chief Aaron Stoller. “It went all the way through the car and probably out the back by 12 to 14 feet.”
Burchett told WJW that after the crash, he was immediately pinned under the guardrail, which was laying on top of his chest.
“It was hugging me and I couldn’t really breathe,” he said.
Burchett struggled to move it slightly, finally catching his breath.
“I immediately closed my eyes and started praying,” Burchett said.
As volunteer firefighters were arriving at the scene, so too were a group of good Samaritans who worked together to try and lift up the guardrail to free Burchett. A witness was able to call Burchett’s mother, a nurse, and his father, a retired police officer. They rushed to the scene, where Burchett’s father helped lift the guardrail off and pull his son from the wreckage.
“I’m just eternally grateful to God and then everyone that helped down there to get him out of there,” said Jeff Burchett.
After being treated for their injuries, Burchett and Fisher are now able to go home and spend the holidays with their families, filled with a sense of gratitude.
“It’s incredible, really a Christmas miracle. So, I’m just blessed that we were able to get out of it,” said Jimmy Burchett. | 2022-12-27T17:14:08+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/driver-passenger-survive-after-car-is-impaled-by-guardrail-on-icy-road-a-christmas-miracle/ |
The Woman King — director Gina Prince-Blythewood's historical epic starring Viola Davis about a mighty army of West African warrior women protecting their kingdom — is only the second film with a Black woman director to open at number one at the box office. The film's renown means that millions have had a chance to hear the song that plays over its closing credits, but what's received considerably less attention is the story of life-altering triumph tied to that undaunted pop anthem, "Keep Rising."
Jessy Wilson wrote and recorded it with producer Jeremy Lutito in the studio behind his East Nashville, Tenn. home during the summer of 2020. She barely touched a microphone after that, soon stepping away from songwriting altogether. What drew her back one day in early October to that same, small studio space — and to music — was the chance to truly embrace the song's role in a powerful piece of filmmaking. Without a label budget behind her, she'd decided to lay down a regally deliberate, acoustic version for a simple, live-looking music video. "After all this time, I hope I'm like a pro, that it's like riding a bike," Wilson shared after arriving on site and stowing her bag.
She certainly seemed in her element that day on the shoot, not only the lead performer who knew her instrument and how to apply it to the supple insistence of the verses and the chorus' more inflamed exhortation, but the one steering the backing vocal trio's arrangement, too. Once she got the vocal takes she was looking for, finished lip syncing for the videographers and took a seat on the same couch where she'd come up with "Keep Rising," she was a compelling narrator.
The decision to briefly give up music was a consequential one for Wilson. She's no dabbler. At age 8, she'd already convinced her mom and an agent that she had the vocal ability, stage presence and drive to begin auditioning for off-Broadway roles. While attending LaGuardia, the Fame-famous Manhattan performing arts high school, she lied about her age to land a regular café gig. "They all thought it was weird," she recalled, "like, 'Why does she come with her mom every weekend?' Eventually I told them the truth, but for a while, I just told them that I was a student at NYU, because I really wanted that experience."
She was hungry to learn the studio side of her craft when John Legend hired her as a backup vocalist right after high school. "I think I had only been singing with him for, like, four weeks. And I said, 'Can I come with you to the studio, please? I'll be a fly on the wall. I won't make a sound. I just wanna come,' " Wilson said. "He was like, 'Yeah, absolutely.' "
That's Wilson supplying some resplendent, cooing echoes on Legend's bossa nova-tinged 2006 track "Maxine." She got into songwriting with his encouragement, eventually supplying cuts to other major R&B stars. Wilson thought she might become one of those herself, but kept coming up against colorism in the industry: "Being a dark-skinned Black woman, you know, being told that that wasn't marketable, being told that that's not worldwide, being told that no one would really be able to relate to me because of my complexion."
"That was a concept that was very new to me, because in my home, my mother and my father taught me to love my complexion, to love my Blackness, to love my features that look like African features," she went on. "It was a rude awakening when I realized that that isn't the worldview and that somehow Black people are true victims of white supremacy when it comes to how we view ourselves, even in the mirror. When you have so much inside of you, that's very painful as well, because you're waiting for someone to give you that [professional] shot, and you're waiting for someone to see you in that way [as an artist]."
After accompanying Legend to Nashville on a songwriting expedition, Wilson decided to give the city a try, relocating in 2013. In writing circles there Wilson was introduced to white musical partner Kallie North, and their soul-steeped, roots rock duo Muddy Magnolias was a revelation to a country-adjacent scene that made more room for Black musical influence than Black music-makers. "Those first two months of living here," said Wilson, "I circled Music Row over and over, and I said, 'God make me a pioneer.' "
With Muddy Magnolias, Wilson finally got the record deal she'd been working for, a success she thinks was twofold. "The [vocal] blend was unmatched. It does something to the heart when you see a Black girl and a white girl up there singing in harmony, what it means to the spirit," Wilson said. "But then also, you've got to think about the business side. It wasn't a gimmick to us, but I think the industry found it easy to latch on to."
Country singer-songwriter Brittney Spencer took note of the mark made by her Black predecessor back when she was a health food store employee who routinely filled Wilson's juice orders, and recently called her to tell her so. "The opportunities that a lot of artists like me are able to get right now, I think, is because little by little people have been sowing seeds," Spencer observed during a separate interview. "And even if this space wasn't necessarily ready five, seven years ago, man, I was there and I watched it and I didn't forget."
When Muddy Magnolias broke up, Wilson started finding her voice as a solo artist on the sensually sophisticated, atmospheric side of rock and soul with the Patrick Carney-produced album Phase. She wanted to complicate the perception of her as "just this big singer." "Phase gave me an opportunity to get quiet," Wilson reflected. "People underestimate the power in getting quiet. I made an intentional decision to never open up my voice past a certain place on my album, because I had been singing full out my whole life and I wanted to hear the subtleties in my voice on record. ... I wanted people to hear what I had to say."
Around that same time, Tyler, the Creator tracked Wilson down on social media, urging her to sing on his album IGOR; he hadn't been able to get her voice out of his head since he heard it billowing through "Maxine." But those professional landmarks gave way to a string of personal losses. Wilson's beloved grandmother died, and her New York healthcare worker dad barely survived COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic. Then she and her husband lost a pregnancy.
"Unfortunately, after four months, we lost our child," said Wilson. "It felt like I was just down in a hole. I kept looking for things to grab on to, but nothing was pulling me out. It's even hard to really communicate or even think about those times, because the despair was just..." She trailed off, unable to find sufficient words.
In her compounded grief, it grew difficult for Wilson to deliver the songs she owed her publisher. One that she did submit was "Keep Rising." "When I wrote the song, I was talking to Black people," she explained. "There's a part of the lyrics that I'm also talking to myself about myself: 'Been marching so long. How far is it to get to where we're going?' Like, how long do we have to wait in America? How long does Jessy have to wait? When will we be seen as enough? When will I be seen as enough?"
At the time, Wilson didn't have much hope that anything would come of that song, or any others she wrote. She lost her publishing deal in early 2021, and turned to making visual art. But on what would've been her baby's 2022 due date she received big news. The director of The Woman King, Prince-Bythewood, had initially envisioned Terence Blanchard's score soundtracking the entire film, but her search for just the right music to carry the audience out of the closing scene had led her to "Keep Rising."
Sent a collection of unreleased tracks to listen to, Prince-Bythewood found in Wilson's "exactly what I wanted the audience to feel. It makes you stand up and move. It was as if it was written for the movie."
"One of the things I'm most excited by," she added, "is I love hearing Jessy's story and who she is as an artist, where she was at the moment that this call came. I love that we have the power to elevate artists who deserve it. And Jessy, her voice, the depth that she brings to her work, absolutely deserves this opportunity."
Prince-Bythewood asked Wilson to adapt two lyrics to the film's time period and agree to a feature from legendary singer Angélique Kidjo, who's from the region where the film takes place, then known as the kingdom of Dahomey. "She is the first lady of Benin, essentially," the director notes, "so important to the empowerment of girls in Africa, an incredible activist. I wanted her voice and I wanted to kind of bridge the two, America and Africa."
Wilson didn't at all mind making those adjustments. "I feel so connected to the intention in their mission for what they want this movie to accomplish in our industries," she said with serene conviction. "I want to see more opportunities for women who have a message, who are dark-skinned. And so if I can somehow open any doors, then I feel like I can hold on to that, the possibility of that, as my newfound purpose."
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Some African leaders arrived in Russia on Wednesday for a summit with President Vladimir Putin while the Kremlin, seeking allies amid the fighting in Ukraine, accused the United States and other Western powers of “outrageous” efforts to pressure many other heads of states from attending.
Putin has billed the two-day summit that opens Thursday in St. Petersburg as a major event that would help bolster ties with a continent of 1.3 billion people that is increasingly assertive on the global stage.
“Today, Africa is asserting itself more and more confidently as one of the poles of the emerging multipolar world,” Putin said in a statement released by the Kremlin. “The forum will provide a further boost to our political and humanitarian partnership for many years to come. It will serve as a crucial event for Russian-African relations, making them even more comprehensive and far-reaching.”
On Wednesday, Putin held one-on-one talks with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and said Russia will more than triple the number of Ethiopian students it hosts and cover their education costs.
Ethiopia’s government has been under pressure from the U.S. and the World Food Program after they made the extraordinary decision to suspend food aid to the country earlier this year following the discovery of massive theft of aid. They seek reforms that involve the government giving up controls over aid distribution. Meanwhile, watchdogs say hunger is rising in areas like the Tigray region that is recovering from two years of conflict.
Later in the day, Putin is set to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi.
“We remain committed to assisting our African partners in every possible way to help them strengthen their national and cultural sovereignty, to play a more active role in resolving regional and global challenges,” Putin said in Wednesday’s statement.
Africa’s 54 nations make up the largest voting bloc at the United Nations and have been more divided than any other region on General Assembly resolutions criticizing Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
It’s the second Russia-Africa summit since 2019. The number of heads of state attending shrank from 43 then to 17 now because of what the Kremlin described as a crude Western pressure to discourage African nations from taking part.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov deplored “unconcealed brazen interference by the U.S., France and other states through their diplomatic missions in African countries, and attempts to put pressure on the leadership of these countries in order to prevent their active participation in the forum.”
“It’s absolutely outrageous, but it will in no way prevent the success of the summit,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.
Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said that while only 17 heads of state will attend the summit, 32 other African countries will be represented by senior government officials or ambassadors.
The summit follows Russia’s withdrawal from a deal that allowed Black Sea exports, vital to many African countries, a move that drew a strong condemnation around the world and raised new threats to global food security.
Russia shrugged off criticism and doubled down by launching a barrage of missile attacks on Ukrainian ports and agriculture facilities.
At the same time, Putin has repeatedly pledged that Russia would offer free grain to low-income African countries now that the Black Sea deal has been terminated.
“I want to give assurances that our country is capable of replacing the Ukrainian grain both on a commercial and free-of-charge basis,” Putin said in a statement Monday, asserting that Russia shipped almost 10 million tons of grain to Africa in the first half of the year.
Along with grain, another issue likely to be on the agenda will be the fate of Russia’s Wagner military company led by Yevgeny Prigozhin following its brief rebellion against the Kremlin last month. Wagner’s future will be an urgent issue for countries like Sudan, Mali and others who contract with the mercenary group in exchange for natural resources like gold. Russian officials and Prigozhin have said the company will continue working in Africa.
A peace proposal for Ukraine that African leaders have tried to pursue is set to be discussed as well.
“The summit background will also offer an opportunity to African heads of state who are part of the African Leaders Peace Mission to continue talks with President Putin on the confidence-building measures that will create conducive conditions for a path to peace between Russia and Ukraine,” a statement from the South African presidency said Wednesday.
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Associated Press writers Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow and Cara Anna in Nairobi, Kenya contributed to this report. | 2023-07-26T18:26:34+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/ap-international/ap-african-leaders-arrive-in-russia-for-summit-with-putin-as-kremlin-seeks-allies-in-ukraine-war/ |
50-Gram Bar Formed Only with Ultrasonic Energy Delivers Great Taste, Texture, and an Astounding 300 Calories to the U.S. Warfighter and American Consumer
LOS ANGELES, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SOUND™ Foods is relaunching its direct-to-consumer business with the introduction of its military-approved Coconut Almond bar formed only with ultrasonic energy which results in a snack bar uniquely suited to help people get through their day whether during military operations or everyday life. SOUND bars are made from a simple combination of quality ingredients and a patented process that uses high-frequency low-amplitude sound waves to develop their signature taste, texture, and "clean burn" experience.
"SOUND's technology and process of quickly and gently forming high-quality ingredients into a snack bar is an entirely new way of producing food and this Coconut Almond bar demonstrates the quality taste and texture that the technology can deliver," said Don Dillon, founder and CEO of SOUND Foods. "SOUND's patented production process is uniquely capable of producing a wide variety of products, flavors, and nutritional profiles with great taste and texture and our previous products simply did not show everything that the technology can do."
SOUND is refocusing its direct-to-consumer business to offer the exact products developed for the U.S. warfighter directly to the American consumer. "As SOUND finalized this Joint Services approved Coconut Almond bar for upcoming MRE, or Meals Ready-to-Eat programs, we asked ourselves, 'Why wouldn't we offer this exact delicious and filling snack bar to consumers?'" said David Cho, co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of SOUND Foods. "This SOUND bar is an entirely new kind of snack bar that both dramatically improves the warfighter's eating experience in the field and also provides an amazing experience for someone snacking at home, at work, or on the go."
In creating a bar for the U.S. military using "sonic agglomeration" technology for a prototype "Close Combat Assault Ration," SOUND sought to deliver more than just a calorically dense bar, but rather a ground-breaking combination of taste, texture, and satiety in a compact and convenient form, which is exactly what the American consumer has also been waiting for. Unlike most snacks, SOUND bars provide a signature post-consumption "clean burn" experience which includes:
- Near-immediate satiation without feeling overly full or lethargic
- A higher level of mental clarity that results from eating gently formed quality ingredients
- Sustained physical energy, conducive to more active lifestyles
SOUND's Joint Services approved Coconut Almond bars are available for purchase now exclusively through www.SoundSnacking.com in a case of 12 priced at $24. SOUND has developed several additional flavors and other products for the U.S. military and will be releasing them in the upcoming weeks and months.
For more information about SOUND Foods and their products, visit www.SOUNDSnacking.com.
About SOUND Foods
Rebranded as SOUND Foods in 2022, SOUND is the food tech startup committed to improving the field eating experience of the U.S. warfighter. SOUND has invented an entirely new way of quickly and gently forming food products using only ultrasonic energy, or sound waves. SOUND relaunched its direct-to-consumer business with a focus on offering the exact products developed for the U.S. warfighter directly to the American consumer. SOUND bars offer a ground-breaking combination of taste, texture, and satiety in a compact and convenient form. Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, the company operates with a commitment to helping people get through their day whether during military operations or everyday life.
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Designed and engineered by the same teams that developed Lucid Air, new accessories serve as practical and stylish complements to the vehicle.
- New accessories include Lucid's first at-home charging station, expanded storage solutions, and all-weather products
- Lucid's Connected Home Charging Station enables industry-leading charging speeds and serves as an entry-point into the company's future energy ecosystem
- Meticulously designed and curated by Lucid, accessories pair perfectly with all Lucid Air configurations
NEWARK, Calif., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucid Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID), setting new standards with the longest-range, fastest-charging electric car on the market with the award-winning Lucid Air, today announced the launch of Lucid Vehicle Accessories, an expanding line of accessories that serve as a stylish complement to the entire Lucid Air vehicle lineup. Included in Lucid Vehicle Accessories is the Lucid Connected Home Charging Station, the first step into the company's future energy ecosystem. The convenient home charging system allows owners to maximize the industry-leading charging capabilities of Lucid Air, adding up to 80 miles of range per hour of charging.
Lucid Connected Home Charging Station
The first at-home charging solution from Lucid can support up to 19.2 kW of electrical power, which enables charging of up to 80 miles per hour to match Lucid Air's industry-leading fast AC charging rate. The home station will effectively double the rate at which the Lucid Air can be charged when installed at full power compared to the included charging cable.
Lucid's in-house Design and Engineering teams set out to package the most amount of charging power into the smallest enclosure possible, resulting in a home charging system that is the size of competitive offerings while delivering 19.2 kW. The compact new system is encapsulated in an elegant black casing built to be wall-mounted either indoors or outdoors. The station connects to the vehicle with a lightweight 24-foot charging cable designed to be thinner than those of competitors to improve the home charging experience.
The charging station is equipped with hardware ready for bi-directional electrical power and is Wi-Fi enabled for future over-the-air updates. This product serves as the first offering to support Lucid customers looking to integrate their vehicle into the company's future energy ecosystem.
Lucid Air Cargo Capsule
Designed in-house, the sleek Lucid Air Cargo Capsule provides the utility of a roof box while optimizing the aerodynamics of Lucid Air to help maximize range. The Cargo Capsule adds 11.47 cu/ft of cargo space to Lucid Air's class-leading 32.5 cu/ft of interior cargo space, a capacity increase of more than 33% without the need to fold the rear seats.
The spacious and streamlined capsule, composed of a sculpted ABS shell, is exclusively available in black and finished in split gloss and matte black finishes with a gloss black Lucid logo. The capsule can be opened from either side of the vehicle for easy access to the additional storage space and offers interior lighting for visibility in low-light environments.
Lucid Air Crossbars
Designed and engineered specifically to complement the aerodynamic slope of the roof, Lucid Air Crossbars are sturdy and sleek aluminum bars load rated for up to 165 lbs. with a minimal impact on aerodynamics. The crossbars are compatible with several Yakima mounts, including those for bikes, surfboards, and kayaks, that seamlessly blend into the lifestyles of the most adventurous Lucid customers.
Lucid Air All-Weather Mats
All-weather floor mats for the Lucid Air, also designed in-house, are composed of a heavy-duty thickness to hold up through any season. All mats are non-slip and waterproof, and feature raised edges for a more rugged alternative to the standard carpeted floor mats.
Lucid All-Weather Mats mirror Lucid Air interior options and are available in four distinct colors: Ceramic, Graphite, Saddle and Black. Floor Mats will be available as a three-piece set.
Pricing and Availability
The full range of Lucid accessories can be ordered now and is expected to be available in Q4 2022, with the Cargo Capsule available in early 2023. The Lucid Connected Home Charging Station will initially be available in limited quantity until 2023.
About Lucid Group
Lucid's mission is to inspire the adoption of sustainable energy by creating advanced technologies and the most captivating luxury electric vehicles centered around the human experience. The company's first car, Lucid Air, is a state-of-the-art luxury sedan with a California-inspired design that features luxurious full-size interior space in a mid-size exterior footprint. Lucid Air Grand Touring features an official EPA estimated 516 miles of range or 1,050 horsepower. Deliveries of Lucid Air, which is produced at Lucid's factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, are currently underway to U.S. customers.
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During the Chicago Cubs’ historic World Series run in 2016, “Fly the W” became an iconic rallying cry on social media and at the ballpark, on front porches, outside downtown buildings and in all manner of other places.
The iconic, century-old flag has an interesting and colorful history likely going back to the Wrigley family’s purchase of an island off the coast of Los Angeles, a shipping company and the constant changes at Wrigley Field.
- Dan Wiederer: he story behind the most meaningful ‘W’ flight in Cubs history
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1919
William Wrigley Jr. buys a California island
The chewing-gum magnate purchases Santa Catalina Island, 26 miles off the coast of Southern California, for $3 million, or more than $41 million in today's dollars. It was sold by the Banning family, who built a shipping empire in California. "Part of the purchased package was a company that the previous owners had founded in 1884, Wilmington Transportation Co. ... all of Wilmington's vessels flew the white W on a dark blue background," said Michele Bestudik, historian and film liaison for the Santa Catalina Island Co. Wilmington is a neighborhood along the harbor in Los Angeles.
1921
Cubs take SS Avalon to spring training
Wrigley moves the team's spring training to Catalina Island in 1921. The team takes the SS Avalon from Wilmington to Catalina Island. With a ballpark built for them, the Cubs would travel to the island for spring training from 1921-41 and then 1946-51.
1929
Wrigley continues to use W flag on Catalina
One of Wrigley's additions to the island was the opening of Catalina Casino, and an invitation to the grand opening featured the W flag. "What's interesting is that the invitation was sent out by the Santa Island Catalina Co., which Wrigley chaired (since) 1919. Wrigley bought the Cubs in 1921 and the ballpark changed its name to Wrigley Field in 1926. This invitation with the W-wearing pirate was sent out in 1929. While there are missing links, I think this is a good piece of evidence to support the theory that the flag design was swiped from the Wilmington Transportation Co. flag," said Stephanie Arias, reference services manager at The Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif., which holds the Banning Co. records.
1937
Wrigley Field renovations includes flags
Philip K. Wrigley — a shy, diminuitive leader who refused to add lights to Wrigley Field — assumed control of the team and ballpark after his father's death in 1932. In 1937, P.K. Wrigley decided to make some adjustments to Wrigley Field to create a better experience for fans — adding new bleachers, the iconic center-field scoreboard, a flagpole and ivy to climb up the outfield walls. He put a young Bill Veeck Jr. in charge of the beautification plan, who detailed this process in his 1962 autobiography: "There was only one promotional gimmick I ever got away with. Mr. Wrigley permitted me to install lights on top of the flagpole to let homeward-bound Elevated passengers know whether we had won or lost that day. The flagpole was on top of the new scoreboard, and at its summit I put a crossbar with a green light on one side and a red light on the other. The green light told the El passengers we had won, the red that we had lost."
1938
W flag appears in center field
The actual date when the W flag flew over Wrigley Field for the first time is not known. "There were a lot of changes to the park between 1937 and 1938 — the building of new bleachers, a new outfield wall, a new scoreboard — the flying of a new flag apparently didn't warrant a mention with so much else going on," said Ed Hartig, the Cubs historian.
1946
Cubs program explains meaning
The won/loss flags were referenced in a 1946 Cubs program, says Todd Radom, a contributor on logos, design and visual history for Sporting News. He picked up the program on ebay, and penned a guide to Wrigley's flags. Cubs historian Hartig adds, "That 1946 program is the only one with the Cubs W flag graphic."
1950s-1960s
Changing colors
Hartig says a conversation with a former Cubs front office staffer revealed the W flag changed colors several time during this time period. No photos were available of these differences, however.
1967
Cubs in 1st place
On July 2, 1967, the Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds, 4-1, to tie with the St. Louis Cardinals to lead the National League. As Hartig recalls, some of the more than 40,000 fans on hand refused to leave until the Cubs' flag was placed atop the league standings on the flagpole atop the center-field scoreboard. Later, the yardarm light signaled a Cubs win and the W flag was raised.
1982
The current design and Ernie Banks
"Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks' No. 14 would be the first number retired by the team on Aug. 22, 1982. A white flag with blue pinstripes bearing his number and last name would be raised on the left-field foul pole. Hartig notes Banks' flag replaced a blue Chicago Cubs flag, and also prompted the team to switch the 'Win' flag to its current design, a white flag with blue "W."
1990
Cubs host All-Star Game
"Today we think of the W flag as being iconic ... but it wasn't always this way," Hartig says. Despite its 1982 design change, he says the Cubs' media guide continued to list this flag as being on a blue background through 1989. "With the Cubs set to host the All-Star Game (in 1990), the guide was revamped and at that time someone in media relations finally noticed that they failed to change the color scheme seven years earlier." Hartig notes the 1990 media guide had the correct flag color.
1997
Frequent flier: The L flag
The Cubs finished last in the National League Central Division with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.
2003
Fans unfurl flag during N.L. Central-clinching game
Hartig says the popularity of the W flag took off during the 2003 season — especially in the National League Central Division race. Video from the WGN-TV broadcast shows fans holding makeshift W flags made of posterboard and golf flags.
2006
Both flags fly on same day
On Aug. 3, 2006, the Cubs split a doubleheader at Wrigley Field against the Arizona Diamondbacks, which meant both the W and the L flags flew on the same day.
2008
Another N.L. Central title to celebrate
W flags sprung up outside Wrigley Field when the Cubs clinched the National League Central Division on Sept. 20, 2008. For the first time since 1906, both the Cubs and the White Sox were in the playoffs.
2015
A memorable run
With a win at Wrigley Field on Oct. 20, 2015, the New York Mets swept the Cubs in the National League Championship Series. Mets fans turned their W flag rally towels upside down to celebrate.
2016
Capture the flag
After 108 years of waiting, the Cubs won the 2016 World Series with a wild 8-7, 10-inning Game 7 victory over the Indians at Progressive Field on Nov. 2, 2016. The next morning, the W flag was raised at Wrigley Field -- the first time it marked a World Series championship.
Sources: Chicago Cubs historian Ed Hartig, Chicago Tribune archives, Santa Catalina Island Co., Los Angeles Maritime Museum, The Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif., Baseball-Reference.com, Chicago Cubs, Todd Radom
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MIAMI – Brooklyn forward Kevin Durant left in the second half of the Nets' game in Miami on Sunday night with a right knee injury.
Durant appeared to be hurt when Heat forward Jimmy Butler fell into the Nets' forward on a drive late in the third quarter.
Durant grabbed at his right knee after Butler, who had just driven to the basket, landed with his back to Durant and fell into him. Durant stayed in the game briefly, then went into the locker room for evaluation. The Nets quickly determined that he would not return to the game.
Durant had 17 points in 30 minutes. Earlier Sunday, he passed Dominique Wilkins for No. 14 on the NBA's career scoring list.
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LEANDER, Texas, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading national multifamily real estate developer Wood Partners today announced the official grand opening of its newest luxury residential development, Alta Leander Station, located just north of Austin in Leander, Texas.
Situated at 348 Main Street, the new community provides a prime North Austin location for residents looking to take advantage of all the eclectic city has to offer, from best-in-class shopping and entertainment to renowned dining and nightlife options. Located just off Highway 183, Alta Leander Station also provides quick access to nearby residential communities like Round Rock and Cedar Park, as well as downtown Austin via the CapMetro station adjacent to the community, which offers a direct route to downtown.
"We are thrilled to welcome residents to Wood Partners' newest community—Alta Leander Station—as we continue to see unprecedented amounts of growth and development taking place in North Austin ," said Bart Barrett, Managing Director. "Alta Leander Station's location provides the perfect balance of work and play opportunities and enables residents to enjoy all that Austin has to offer."
Offering 276 apartment homes consisting of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, Alta Leander Station raises the bar for comfort and sophistication with luxurious finishes and thoughtful interior details. Each home boasts an airy, open concept layout with luxurious kitchens complete with stainless steel Whirlpool appliances, custom 42" cabinets, granite countertops, and designer tile backsplashes. Custom plank flooring is featured throughout, providing an added touch of warmth, while full-size in-home washer and dryer sets further boost the convenience factor.
Just outside their doors, residents of Alta Leander Station will also enjoy the community's outstanding amenities, including a resort-style swimming pool with an expansive sundeck, an outdoor kitchen and grilling areas, and an on-site pet play area. Inside the community clubhouse, residents have access to a 24/7 high-end fitness center complete with Precor equipment and technology, co-working offices, and multiple lively entertainment spaces. In addition, a nature trail adjacent to the community provides the perfect place to take a stroll in the great Texas outdoors.
As growth within the Austin area continues to boom, residents have an ideal location close to several new attractions including Northline, Leander's new 116-acre downtown district. Situated just north of the community, this in-progress development area will soon offer additional shopping, dining, and office options. In addition, Apple is finalizing development of its new 3 million square foot campus, which is set to house more than 5,000 employees when it opens later this year.
Alta Leander Station is managed by Wood Residential. Visit https://altaleanderstation.com for more information.
Wood Partners is a national leader in the development, construction, and management of multifamily communities across the United States. The company has been involved in the acquisition and development of more than 90,000 multifamily homes with a combined capitalization of $17.5 billion. The company currently owns 70 properties across the United States representing more than 20,000 homes. Headquartered in Atlanta, Wood Partners has offices in 22 major markets across 15 states nationwide. The company also operates Wood Residential, an award-winning, full-service property management group that proudly operates both properties developed by Wood Partners and communities owned by third parties. For two years running, Wood Residential has ranked No. 1 nationally for online reputation in the J Turner ORA™ Power Rankings (Division III). For more information, visit woodpartners.com.
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As we head into autumn, is it also the autumn of the American Experiment? Let's hope not; the world needs America.
For most parts of the country, this has been a splendid summer, full of sunshine and sunscreen, the weather a welcome contrast to the political climate. Americans have flocked to the shore and the lakeside, wandered among the hills, lingered well after sunset at the state park or the backyard barbecue grill.
None of us is alive to remember what the late historian David Fromkin called “the hot, sun-drenched, gorgeous summer of 1914, the most beautiful within memory,” which he wrote, in "Europe’s Last Summer," his 2004 masterpiece about the coming of the catastrophe of World War I, “was remembered by many Europeans as a kind of Eden.” The Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig, perhaps the most popular literary figure in all of Europe, said that he could hardly remember a summer “more luxuriant, more beautiful, and, I am tempered to say, more summery.”
It turned out that storm clouds were at the far horizon at August’s end in 1914. Are they visible here, in the hot, sun-drenched, gorgeous summer of 2022?
Even the most skilled meteorologists get their forecasts wrong; they’re more adept at analyzing present conditions. It is the same with columnists, whose predictions are notoriously unreliable. So in the next few minutes of reading you won’t find any prognostications (or prescriptions), just some unscientific political and social climatology, subject to the (considerable) limits of atmospheric analysis.
But first let’s distinguish between the climate, which is a long-term condition, and the weather, which is right outside our doorsteps.
The political weather is stormy. Bruce Reinhart, the judge who signed the warrant leading to the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago earlier this month and is a member of the board of Temple Beth David in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., was targeted with anti-Semitic remarks and threats, with one person writing, “I see a rope around his neck.”
The phrase “civil war” is in the air, or at least on the Internet. These are the two most frightening words in the American lexicon. The real Civil War produced 620,000 deaths, a percentage rate of the population equivalent to the demise of 6 million Americans today.
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, noting the growth of “civil war” references, reported they have observed “an increase in threats to federal law enforcement and, to a lesser extent, other law enforcement and government officials following the FBI's recent execution of a search warrant in Palm Beach."
Now the climate. It’s an understatement to say that it is unsettled. There are many barometers, but the most unsettling may come from a study released three days before the Mar-a-Lago raid. Based on a Pew Research Center poll taken in early summer, it found alarming increases in the rate of Americans who say members of the opposing party are more immoral, dishonest, closed-minded than other Americans.
The poll showed that three-quarters of Republicans believe Democrats are more immoral than other Americans, and that two-thirds of Democrats believe the reverse. It found that 83 percent of Democrats, and 69 percent of Republicans, believe members of the opposite party are more close-minded than other Americans.
One more. The COVID States Project asked 23,000 Americans whether it is "ever justifiable to engage in violent protest against the government." Nearly a quarter said it was sometimes permissible. A tenth of Americans said violence was justified "right now."
To paraphrase what Bob Dylan taught us in 1965, you don’t need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing.
The most troubling book I’ve read recently is "The Next Civil War," by the Canadian writer Stephen Marche. “One way or another, the United States is coming to an end,” he writes. “The divisions have become intractable. The political parties are irreconcilable. The capacity for government to make policy is diminishing. The icons of national unity are losing their power to represent.”
Toward the end of the book he writes, “If the American experiment fails, and it is failing, the world will be poorer, more brutal, lesser. The world needs America, the American faith, even if that idea was only ever a half-truth. The rest of the world needs to imagine a place where you can become yourself, where you can shed your past, where contractions that lead to genocide elsewhere flourish into prosperity.”
I believe that the world needs America, and I believe especially that Americans need the conception of America that he envisions, above the northern border. I also believe every word that Abraham Lincoln spoke in his Annual Message to Congress delivered 160 years ago: “We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.”
Now, one question and two truths.
The question that lingers: Did the Great Recession create fissures in our national passage that set in motion our current crisis, deepening the natural divide between elites and working Americans and creating the tinder on which the fires of contemporary contention spread? The historian Richard Overy, writing in "Blood and Ruins," his magisterial 2021 account of World War II, said that the Great Depression “played the major part in destroying the efforts to reconstruct a global order after 1919” and suggests “the collapse of the world economy was a…decisive turning point.”
Or: Does 2008 explain 2022?
As we march through August and the days grow shorter, two truths are incontestable.
One is that, whatever the truth is about Russia’s interference in American elections and American life — whether or not Vladimir Putin actually tried to disrupt American democracy in 2016 and beyond — there is no question that he can only be delighted by the current state of American democracy.
The other is that, whatever your view of the causes of the current domestic dystopia, the past several decades in American life — despite the ups and downs of the economy, the crimes and misdemeanors of various politicians, the comings and goings of crises — have been, as Fromkin wrote of pre-World War I Europe, a kind of Eden. The United States was admired around the world, its culture embraced across the globe, its people generally pleased with their circumstances, its rough edges becoming smoothed, its rights being expanded, its blind spots on race and class being subject to the liberating light. Sadly, it is clear that summer’s over.
David M. Shribman is the former executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Email dshribman@post-gazette.com. Twitter: @ShribmanPG | 2022-09-02T18:33:47+00:00 | jsonline.com | https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2022/09/02/we-autumn-american-experiment-world-needs-america/7932460001/ |
Trump attempt to derail Georgia election investigation rejected by judge
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Monday rejected an attempt by former President Donald Trump to keep a Georgia district attorney from prosecuting him and from using certain evidence gathered in her investigation into potential illegal meddling in the 2020 election in the state.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney didn’t mince words in his nine-page ruling, which said Trump lacked the legal grounds to bring the challenge before any indictment has been filed in the case. Any harm alleged by Trump and by Cathy Latham, a Republican fake elector from Georgia who had joined his motion, is “either insufficient or else speculative and unrealized,” the judge wrote.
The alleged harms “are insufficient because, while being the subject (or even target) of a highly publicized criminal investigation is likely an unwelcome and unpleasant experience, no court ever has held that that status alone provides a basis for the courts to interfere with or halt the investigation,” McBurney wrote.
In a caustic footnote, seemingly nodding to Trump’s status as the dominant frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination for president despite having been indicted twice already, the judge added: “And for some, being the subject of a criminal investigation can, à la Rumpelstiltskin, be turned into golden political capital, making it seem more providential than problematic.”
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, an elected Democrat, has strongly suggested that she is likely to seek charges in the case in the coming weeks. While she has not directly said she plans to seek charges against the Republican former president, she has repeatedly said no one is above the law.
Monday’s ruling came in response to a motion filed in March by Trump’s Georgia-based legal team that said a special grand jury seated to help Willis investigate “involved a constant lack of clarity as to the law, inconsistent applications of basic constitutional protections for individuals being brought before it, and a prosecutor’s office that was found to have an actual conflict, yet continued to pursue the investigation.”
The special grand jury did not have the power to indict, but it did issue subpoenas and heard from some 75 witnesses while meeting from May to December last year and issued a final report with recommendations for Willis.
Trump attorney Drew Findling did not immediately respond Monday to text and voicemail messages seeking comment.
Latham was one of 16 Georgia Republicans who met at the state Capitol in December 2020 and signed a certificate declaring falsely that Trump had won the presidential election and declaring themselves the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors. Willis last year informed them that they were targets of her investigation, though some have since reached immunity deals with her team.
McBurney said there are no grounds to disqualify Willis from pursuing her investigation and likely prosecution, saying she had not acted improperly.
“The drumbeat from the District Attorney has been neither partisan (in the political sense) nor personal, in marked and refreshing contrast to the stream of personal invective flowing from one of the movants,” he wrote, no doubt referring to Trump.
Trump’s attorneys several weeks ago took another stab at barring Willis from prosecuting him and getting the special grand jury’s report tossed out with twin filings against Willis and McBurney in Fulton County Superior Court and the Georgia Supreme Court. Explaining this extraordinary action, they cited the fact that McBurney had yet to rule on their earlier motion and Willis’ indication that she would soon seek charges in the case.
The state Supreme Court unanimously declined to intervene, dismissing the petition.
A judge from neighboring Cobb County was assigned to consider the other petition after the chief judge of the Fulton County Superior Court recused himself and the other judges on that bench from hearing the matter involving McBurney. He has set a hearing for Aug. 10.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Eureka Clinical AI platform, from ConcertAI's TeraRecon, now provides clinicians with the state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and deep learning technology necessary to bring comprehensive neuroradiology solutions to clinicians, including the addition of cMRI from Combinostics.
MRI brain imaging is a critical tool in assessing patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Using visual assessment alone, it is difficult to identify subtle changes in brain atrophy and to identify patterns of atrophy that may be associated with different types of dementia. This can be overcome by the use of quantitative information. cMRI assists in accurate and consistent quantitative evaluation of MRI brain scans and presents the results in a report designed for referring physicians.
Combinostics offers AI-powered imaging solutions needed for unparalleled decision support to radiology professionals. cMRI is a fully automated solution that facilitates more accurate and consistent evaluations of patients with neurological disorders such as dementia and multiple sclerosis. These AI-based tools will be available in the Eureka Clinical AI platform and will empower radiologists with data-driven decision support and enhanced diagnosis.
"We're excited to make Combinostics innovations available within our Eureka Clinical AI platform and to all the valuable clinicians within those leveraging TeraRecon solutions," said Dan McSweeney, TeraRecon President. "We're enhancing seamless workflow integration with the addition of Combinostics and in such, adding efficient and quantitative assessment imaging analysis for brain MRI providing deep, fast, and reliable insights."
"We are delighted to be integrating Combinostics' cNeuro cMRI onto TeraRecon's Eureka Clinical AI platform," said Richard Hausmann, CEO, Combinostics. "This powerful collaboration will enable TeraRecon's global install base of ~1900 health sites to add our fully automated brain MRI quantification into their comprehensive patient care toolbox and support early detection, differential diagnosis, and patient monitoring for neurological disorders like dementia or multiple sclerosis.
Eureka Clinical AI is the leading AI SaaS imaging interpretation and clinical decision augmentation solution from ConcertAI's TeraRecon. As the industry's most broadly deployed platform, it is unique in that it is open to third-party AI algorithms, allowing consolidated management of all AI interpretation solutions with seamless PACS integrations. Multi-specialty care teams can see results and receive mobile alerts to confirm AI findings, ensuring optimal and timely patient interventions, management, and coordinated care delivery.
Learn more about the Eureka Clinical AI platform capabilities and algorithms that span across neurology, radiology, cardiology, oncology, and more: https://www.terarecon.com/artificial-intelligence
About ConcertAI: ConcertAI is the leader in Real-World Evidence (RWE) and AI technology solutions for life sciences and health care. Our mission is to accelerate insights and outcomes for patients through leading real-world data, AI technologies, and scientific expertise in partnership with the leading biomedical innovators, health care providers, and medical societies. For more information, visit us at www.concertai.com
About TeraRecon: Serving ~1,900 clinical sites globally, TeraRecon, a ConcertAI company, is a Best in KLAS solution provider for AI-empowered radiology, oncology, cardiology, neurology, and vascular surgery. Awarded the KLAS Category Leader for Advanced Visualization, TeraRecon solutions are independent of any one manufacturer's imaging equipment or PACS system, allowing a single, unified, and simplified clinical workflow that can improve efficiencies and deliver actionable physician-guided insights. For more information, visit us at www.terarecon.com
About Combinostics: Combinostics' AI-powered cNeuro suite of products helps clinicians make a difference in the lives of patients with neurological disorders. By quantifying brain images and integrating patient data from multiple sources with insights from previous patients, the company's unique software tools provide radiologists and clinicians the support they need for confident, evidence-based diagnostic and management decisions. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Tampere, Finland. For more information, please visit www.combinostics.com.
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NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alternative credentials. Untapped populations. Flexible work hours and locations. Amid ongoing labor shortages around the world, The Conference Board released a new report to help business leaders rethink strategies for finding the right talent.
The report, Navigating the Global Talent Tsunami, encourages leaders to fundamentally rethink long-held assumptions about who can do the work; where, when, and how the work gets done; and the talent acquisition function itself. The approaches offered can help businesses to identify, revisit, and overcome notions that may implicitly limit candidate searches and talent pools. Rethinking sourcing strategies will yield more candidates in the short term and more agile and diverse talent pools—and organizations—in the long term.
Insights include:
Rethink who can do the work.
- Seek skills instead of experience: Evaluate the skills the work requires and target candidates from other professions who have those skills.
- Hire for potential: Hire for qualities that are not easy to teach, rather than skills that are.
- Consider untapped populations: People with disabilities, retired seniors, college students, migrants, refugees, and the formerly incarcerated have historically been overlooked as hiring candidates. Also consider employees who have voluntarily left the organization and workers who prefer to work as independent contractors rather than full-time employees.
- Revisit traditional hiring credentials: Alternative credentials, like certificates of competency, allow organizations to consider a more diverse range of candidates, especially for hard-to-fill positions.
"Organizations willing to overcome deep-rooted beliefs about how work should be done—and who should be doing it—will have an advantage in this war for talent," said Robin Erickson, PhD, Vice President of Human Capital at The Conference Board. "Hiring from underutilized groups will not only expand the candidate pool—it will expand the diversity of thought and experience within your organization."
Rethink where, when, and how the work gets done.
- Be flexible about where work is performed: Organizations that allow for some flexibility in work location, which employees overwhelmingly want, have a competitive advantage over those that do not.
- Question when the work needs to be performed: Consider abandoning the concept of an eight-hour workday or experimenting with a permanently shortened workweek.
- Redesign job roles in ways that will expand the pool of potential candidates: Try job sharing, in which two or more people perform the work traditionally performed by one; intraorganizational employee sharing, in which one person performs work for more than one part of a single organization; or interorganizational employee sharing, in which one person performs work for more than one organization, coordinated by those organizations.
Rethink talent acquisition itself.
- Make everyone a recruiter: Companies should provide their employees with current and accurate information about job openings and qualifications, along with strong incentives to refer candidates.
- Recruit internally: Employers should dissuade managers from "hoarding" employees, clearly define potential career pathways, and tightly integrate internal and external job postings. Doing so will create highly motivated employees, preserve institutional memory, and increase employee engagement and retention.
- Realign recruiting: AI can increase the efficiency of recruitment processes, improve employment branding, bolster recruitment marketing, improve the hiring experience for both candidates and hiring managers, optimize sourcing, and enhance the quality of the candidate pool, all while driving down costs and streamlining boring and repetitive tasks.
- Reconsider salary increases: Don't rely heavily, or even exclusively, on salary to attract candidates—especially at the cost of your current employees. Instead, offer other incentives like flexible work arrangements.
The Conference Board is the member-driven think tank that delivers trusted insights for what's ahead. Founded in 1916, we are a non-partisan, not-for-profit entity holding 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt status in the United States. www.conference-board.org
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HELENA — Montana’s congressional delegation has provided their initial reactions to the news of the FBI searching and seizing documents from the home of former President Donald Trump.
On Monday, the FBI executed a search warrant at Trump's Florida home at Mar-a-Lago. The search warrant has been sealed and it is unclear at this time what the subject of the FBI’s investigation is.
On Tuesday, Montana’s Republican Senator Steve Daines called for more transparency regarding the situation.
“This is an unprecedented action which gives every appearance that the Biden administration is weaponizing the DOJ and FBI for blatant political gain against President Trump,” Daines said in a statement. “We need answers, we need transparency and we need accountability from Biden’s administration about this unprecedented action.”
A spokesperson for Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., told MTN the senator believes in transparency and accountability in government and noted that the search was approved by both a federal judge and Trump-appointed FBI Director Christopher A. Wray.
“Senator Tester is an outspoken advocate for transparency and accountability in government, and a strong supporter of law enforcement. This search was approved by a federal judge and the Trump-appointed FBI Director, as part of an ongoing investigation into the potential mishandling of classified records. As with all ongoing investigations and allegations, Senator Tester trusts our legal system, which upholds that the accused is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law," wrote Tester's spokesperson in a statement.
The FBI raid was confirmed by Trump on Monday in a press release. "Nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the United States before," he said. A lawyer for Trump has indicated the FBI took documents during the search and the former president said agents opened and searched a safe.
Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., called the FBI’s efforts “horrifying” and believes the raid was politically motivated.
“Last night’s FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago is horrifying. It is also disturbing to learn that the Florida judge who signed off on this warrant also had ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Under what probable cause was the warrant granted? In January 2022, former President Trump turned over 15 boxes of records the National Archives had requested to be returned, so what was the FBI searching for?
“The Department of Justice has been weaponized to go after the Left’s political opponents, and these types of actions are eroding the American people’s trust in our institutions. If this can happen to the former President of the United States, it can happen to you. The unprecedented raid, however, will only strengthen the Republican base, and it will bring a larger red wave in November.”
The warrant for the FBI to search Mar-a-Lago was signed by Federal Magistrate Judge Bruce E. Reinhart. He had previously been a prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida before leaving the position in 2008 to represent individuals that had worked for Jeffrey Epstein, according to reporting from the Miami Herald. Reinhart was sworn in as a magistrate judge for the Southern District of Florida in 2018. Federal magistrate judges are appointed by a majority vote of the active district judges of the court.
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BROWNSBURG, Ind. — A Brownsburg couple was arrested on Wednesday for taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Arthur Reyher, 38, and Jessica Reyher, 38, are each charged with civil disorder, a felony, and related misdemeanor offenses.
According to court documents, the Reyhers were among rioters who breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while the U.S. Congress was convening to count electoral votes for the presidential election.
The U.S. Department of Justice said that the Reyhers could be seen participating in confrontations with law enforcement in the Lower West Terrace and tunnel area of the Capitol. They can be seen entering the tunnel at approximately 2:43 p.m. and making their way into a mob of rioters who were coordinating pushes against officers.
Court documents detail that the Reyhers pushed their way to the front of the pack of rioters in the tunnels. Arthur Reyher can reportedly be seen and heard shouting, “Our house!”
According to the court documents, the Reyhers joined in collective pushes against the officers while one officer can be heard screaming out in pain as the weight of the rioters’ pushed him between a shield and a door.
Arthur Reyher can reportedly be seen at the front of a line of rioters who thrust “pole-like objects and sprayed a fire extinguisher at officers.”
The Reyhers again are accused of joining a group of rioters and pushing against officers in the Capitol tunnel. Arthur can reportedly be seen and heard yelling, “Push!” and “Keep your hands up and push!”
According to court documents, authorities interviewed Arthur Reyher on Jan. 20, 2021, who confirmed he and his wife were at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Arthur told police he believed former President Donald Trump lost the presidential election due to voter fraud — a false claim that has been repeatedly proven to have no supporting evidence.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said that since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 999 individuals have been arrested across all 50 states for crimes related to the U.S. Capitol riot and breach. More than 320 individuals have been charged with assaulting or impending law enforcement. | 2023-03-15T17:25:35+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/indiana-news/brownsburg-couple-arrested-for-taking-part-in-jan-6-u-s-capitol-riot/ |
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Sporting Kansas City (4-9-4, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Seattle Sounders FC (6-6-2, seventh in the Western Conference)
Seattle; Saturday, 3 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Seattle -140, Sporting Kansas City +359, Draw +280; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Sounders host Sporting Kansas City in conference play.
The Sounders are 5-5-2 against Western Conference opponents. The Sounders rank fifth in the MLS allowing 17 goals.
Sporting KC is 4-6-2 against Western Conference opponents. Sporting KC has a -13 goal differential, scoring 16 goals while giving up 29.
The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Raul Ruidiaz has five goals and one assist for the Sounders. Nicolas Lodeiro has three goals and three assists over the past 10 games.
Johnny Russell has scored five goals for Sporting KC. Daniel Salloi has three goals over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Sounders: 5-4-1, averaging 1.6 goals, 4.3 shots on goal and 5.1 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.2 goals per game.
Sporting KC: 2-4-4, averaging 1.1 goals, 2.8 shots on goal and 2.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.8 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Sounders: Stefan Cleveland (injured), Yeimar Gomez Andrade (injured), Joao Paulo (injured).
Sporting KC: Ozzie Cisneros (injured), Jake Davis (injured), Marinos Tzionis (injured), Nikola Vujnovic (injured), Gadi Kinda (injured), Alan Pulido (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. | 2022-06-24T07:00:21+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Seattle-Sounders-take-on-Sporting-Kansas-City-in-17262600.php |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gambling interests positioning for lucrative business as Ohio remakes its betting landscape donated nearly $1 million to a nonprofit group that helped successfully reelect Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a key decision-maker regarding the market's future, an Associated Press review found.
The casino operators, slot machine makers, gaming technology companies, sports interests or their lobbyists that donated to the Republican Governors Association between January 2021 and this past September have stakes in Ohio's state lottery, the $1 billion sports betting industry launching in Ohio on Jan. 1, or both.
During the same period, RGA funneled over $2.2 million through its campaign arm, RGA Right Direction PAC, to benefit DeWine's successful reelection bid against three primary opponents and later Democrat Nan Whaley, records show. Most of that money went to two pro-DeWine committees: Free Ohio PAC and the Delaware-based dark money group Ohioans for Free and Fair Elections, whose public filings so far haven't disclosed its organizers. The RGA did not respond to repeated AP requests for comment.
Those contributing companies that responded to AP requests for comment said their giving wasn't earmarked for DeWine. Two said they pay annual membership dues to RGA and give to Democratic governors, as well.
As governor, DeWine controls appointments to two commissions that hold sway over the swirl of lucrative contracts, complex regulations and coveted licensing agreements in play as Ohio sets up its new sports gaming marketplace and weighs expanded lottery offerings.
Of incumbent Republican governors in the U.S. that the RGA worked to reelect, DeWine was the only one at the time of the giving who was in the thick of considering sports betting.
DeWine spokesperson Dan Tierney said the governor does not promise anything in exchange for political donations, noting that would be illegal.
In one case the AP turned up, one of the gambling companies, IGT Global Solutions, donated to the RGA, which donated to Right Direction PAC, which donated to Free Ohio PAC — all on the same day. The instance raises questions about whether RGA was used as a pass-through to benefit DeWine. All told, Right Direction PAC gave $1.05 million to Free Ohio and another $1.15 million to Ohioans for Free and Fair Elections as of September, records show.
IGT spokesperson Phil O'Shaughnessy said IGT has a long history of participating in the political process through bipartisan contributions to organizations like the RGA and its Democratic counterpart, and that all contributions are properly disclosed. Records show IGT gave the Democratic Governors Association donations totaling $300,000 in 2022.
Sheila Krumholz, executive director of OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan research group specializing in political giving, said the money moving into and out of RGA coffers follows a typical pattern of money in politics.
"To the average Ohio voter, it will be apparent that this is legal laundering of money," she said. "It's the pass-through, it's the shell game, and it goes there and then it goes there. There's no proof, 'Yeah, we did that,' but the circumstances make it pretty likely, if not evident, that this is how it was done."
Funneling corporate dollars through nonprofit organizations and political action committees isn't new. A virtually identical pattern surfaced during the run-up to passage of state House Bill 6, the nuclear energy bailout at the center of an alleged $60 million scheme in which Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. admitted to bribes. FirstEnergy gave more than $1 million in donations to nonprofits and political committees backing DeWine, and some went to the RGA, the Dayton Daily News reported.
Prosecutors have never suggested that DeWine was involved in that scheme. However, FirstEnergy admitted to paying a $4.3 million bribe to Sam Randazzo around the time that Lt. Gov. Jon Husted helped recruit him and DeWine selected him as the state's top utility regulator.
Under federal and state law, corporations are prohibited from giving directly to candidates. However, corporate giving to nonprofits and PACs became virtually unlimited after the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, as long as the groups are independent and the efforts uncoordinated with candidates.
The approach obscures the sway donors have on politicians' decisions, said Catherine Turcer, executive director of Common Cause Ohio, a government watchdog group.
"Ohioans should be able to follow the money so that they're able to identify who is attempting to influence public policy," she said. "Instead, we are left with political ads that have a disclaimer or a 'paid for by' that is from an organization that we actually have to work to figure out where they got their funding."
The gambling-related contributions to RGA came during a period of intense upheaval surrounding legal gaming in Ohio.
DeWine signed a bill last year legalizing sports betting and an operating budget that authorized electronic instant bingo at Ohio veterans and fraternal clubs. Further, state senators passed a bill in June seeking to settle a long-running stalemate over internet-based lottery gaming, or iLottery, in the state — clarifying that the state lottery commission overseen by DeWine has the ability to operate such games. The legislation died in the House last week.
The Ohio Lottery Commission also began the process this year of rebidding its lucrative central gaming system contract, worth more than $90 million every two years, said spokesperson Danielle Frizzi-Babb.
Intralot Inc., which holds the current contract and renewals through 2027, donated $75,000 to the RGA in June, not long after IGT — a would-be competitor for that business — gave a series of donations totaling $185,000, records show. Intralot declined a request for comment. It did not give to the RGA's Democratic counterpart.
IGT subsequently contributed another $135,000 to RGA, for a total of $320,000 over the year. A company that merged with IGT in 2015, GTECH, ran Ohio's lottery for more than 20 years.
Yet those are just two of the companies, lobbyists or interest groups with stakes in Ohio's gaming marketplace that show up as RGA donors.
Both NeoPollard Interactive, the company chosen to receive a state iLottery contract stalled since 2019, and a potential rival in that arena, Scientific Games Corp., donated to the RGA in the weeks before iLottery legislation was introduced in the Ohio House in November 2021. NeoPollard donated $25,450, while Scientific Games donated $75,450.
A representative of Scientific Games said the giving was part of its annual RGA membership, and that it also gives to the Democratic Governors Association. Records show its 2022 total to DGA was $125,000. NeoPollard did not respond to a request for comment.
In another case, Michael Kiggin, a member of DeWine's inner circle and lobbyist for the lottery app JackPocket, contributed $25,000 to RGA in January. He didn't immediately respond to a request seeking comment.
Another DeWine insider, lobbyist Richard Hillis, represents several gaming clients — including Scientific Games and its successor Light & Wonder, Jacobs Entertainment and Caesars Enterprise Services. Caesars gave $250,000 to RGA in April. A message was left with Hillis seeking comment. Caesars, which also gave $100,000 to the DGA this year, did not respond to such a request.
One of NeoPollard's lobbyists is former state legislator and ex-Ohio Republican Chair Kevin DeWine, a long-time friend of Husted's and the governor's second cousin. He also declined comment. The company did not donate to the Democratic governors' group this year, according to its December report.
RGA received additional donations from the Sports Betting Alliance ($120,000) and from the Fair Gaming Coalition of Ohio ($25,000), a consortium of bowling alleys, bars and other businesses that pushed for inclusion in Ohio's sports betting industry. An attorney for the alliance said its donation was unrelated to DeWine or even Ohio. The coalition's director didn't respond to a request for comment. Neither donated to the DGA. | 2022-12-21T13:08:12+00:00 | news5cleveland.com | https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/state/gambling-interests-gave-gop-group-behind-pro-dewine-pacs-1m |
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Good Samaritan pins down drunk driver trying to run away after killing Euless cop
LAKE WORTH, Texas - FOX 4 has obtained video evidence from the scene of a deadly DWI crash that killed an off-duty Euless police officer.
Police also released video evidence from the investigation into the bartender they say served that drunk driver so much vodka that his blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.
The videos were recently released now that the drunk driver has been convicted and sentenced to prison.
Moments after the crash, Molina — 26 years old at the time — ran away from the scene. He did not make it far. Molina face-planted.
And while some neighbors desperately tried to save the family inside the sedan, one neighbor held Molina down and cussed him out.
"You stay right there, mother f**ker! You see what you did?!" the good Samaritan said.
*WARNING: The following video contains foul language.*
The driver of the sedan was off-duty Euless Police Detective Alex Cervantes. He died at the scene. His wife and two boys were injured but survived.
In January, Molina took a plea deal and pleaded guilty to intoxication manslaughter. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Now, bartender Cala Richardson is facing a misdemeanor charge for allegedly overserving Molina before the crash.
Lake Worth Police Chief J.T. Manoushagian is showing FOX 4 surveillance footage of Molina and Richardson at a Fuzzy’s Taco Shop.
"You see Dylan Molina walking from behind the bar area from the inside out to the outer bar area, and you see the bartender waving him around, telling him you can’t be back there. You need to move,’" he explained. "At this point, he stumbles backwards and grabs the bar to try to maintain his balance."
Richardson served Molina eight double vodka Red Bull cocktails that Saturday morning, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
"Eight doubles, 16 single shots, is more than anybody should have in a three-hour period. Maybe even at all," Manoushagian said. "Clearly, not in a good place to be operating a vehicle. Clearly intoxicated. he’s holding another one of those double vodka and Red Bull drinks there, and then he simply walks away."
But as Molina began to leave the parking lot, he was involved in a minor crash and drove away. Minutes later, he killed Cervantes.
Earlier this month, FOX 4 sat down with Priscilla Cervantes as she spoke about raising a family without her husband and Molina’s 15-year sentence.
Widow of Euless detective killed by drunken driver discusses suspect's sentence, bartender's arrest
"It’s not gonna bring Alex back, but at least he’s locked behind bars and not able to hurt another family like he did ours," she said.
Lake Worth police showed Priscilla the video of Molina running away. Now, the department wants everyone to see it because they say it highlights a heartbreaking story that hopefully someone can learn from.
"The offense of driving while intoxicated is something that we’re not going to tolerate," Manoushagian said.
Molina also had a previous DWI arrest in Sansom Park in 2021. But for unknown reasons, he was not charged in that case until after the crash in which he killed Cervantes. That charge was tied into his 15-year sentence. | 2023-02-23T21:18:21+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/good-samaritan-pins-down-drunk-driver-trying-to-run-away-after-killing-euless-cop |
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed the governor of Afghanistan's northern Balkh province and two other people at his office.
The regional affiliate of IS — known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province — is a key rival of the Taliban. The militant group has increased its attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021. Targets have included Taliban patrols and members of Afghanistan’s Shiite minority.
Thursday's attack in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif killed three people, including governor Daud Muzmal, and injured four others, said local police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri.
The Islamic State late Thursday claimed responsibility for the attack, naming the assailant as Abdul Haq al-Khorasani.
It said Khorasani passed through all security measures to enter the official building and carry out the attack.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's chief spokesman, said Muzmal was killed “by the enemies of Islam.” He said an investigation is underway, but provided no further details.
Muzmal is one of the most senior Taliban officials to have been killed since they took power in mid-August 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew from Afghanistan after 20 years of war.
In recent months, the Taliban cracked down on IS. Their security forces killed several regional members, including leaders, in separate operations in February.
Taliban forces have also detained IS members, including foreign nationals planning deadly attacks, during raids, according to Mujahid.
In January, eight IS militants were killed and nine others arrested in raids targeting key figures in Kabul and Nimroz provinces. | 2023-03-10T08:43:41+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/is-claim-attack-on-senior-taliban-governor-in-afghanistan/XIQWKTG4QFDDNHFCE3VEPO2VZI/ |
The Atlantic Council, Embassy of Iceland, and Green by Iceland convened key players in the energy transition and green energy solutions at the US-Iceland Clean Energy Summit
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week, The Atlantic Council, the Embassy of Iceland and Green by Iceland hosted the U.S.-Iceland Clean Energy Summit, Our Climate Future. The Summit convened Icelandic and U.S. government leaders, businesses, and civil society groups to discuss opportunities to strengthen international cooperation to achieve ambitious climate goals. Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir; Iceland's Foreign Minister Thordis Kolbrun Reykfjord Gylfadottir; U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree; Iceland's Ambassador to the U.S. Bergdis Ellertsdóttir; and officials from the U.S. Departments of Defense, Energy, and State; joined top executives from companies including Microsoft, BlackRock, Carbfix, Carbon Recycling International, Landsvirkjun, HS Orka, ON Power, and Running Tide to discuss opportunities and challenges to accelerate public and private partnerships to advance the energy transition and achieve urgent climate goals.
"Politicians and big corporations carry the biggest accountability," said Jakobsdóttir. "We can do a lot as individuals – I can take my bicycle and go to work and all that. And that's very important to make those decisions as an individual. But it's us politicians who need to create a society where it is easy to make those decisions. Where it is actually easier to make climate-friendly decisions than climate-hostile decisions. For the big corporations, who are the biggest emitters, we have to hold them accountable."
The summit aimed to highlight recent advancements in clean energy, including geothermal and carbon capture utilization and storage, and to draw attention to technological solutions to accelerate the energy transition and seek ways to enhance cooperation and sharing of knowledge between Iceland and the United States. The need for greater ambition in decarbonizing the energy system while ensuring energy security stood out as another major theme throughout the day.
"The United States and Iceland recognize an undeniable truth—that energy security and combating climate change go hand-in-hand," said Harry Kamian, principal deputy assistant secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State.
"We are living in times where the lack of energy is an immediate threat to large populations, even in very rich and very prosperous societies," said Gylfadottir. "Without energy, civilization as we know it will not survive. Meanwhile, with the risks posed by climate change, we also know that unless we fundamentally reform our energy production and consumption, we will not find ourselves on a sustainable path. I strongly believe that strengthening energy security and addressing climate change do not have to be regarded as mutually exclusive. With the right policies and investments, a win-win situation can emerge."
"I see fantastic opportunities for the U.S. and Iceland to work together over the next year on energy security," said Michael McEleney, senior advisor, Arctic Energy Office, U.S. Department of Energy. "Going ahead, Iceland's technological advances, such as electric aviation, are very important to the North American Arctic."
Congresswoman Pingree discussed her recent bipartisan visit to Iceland with bipartisan delegation which focused on energy and security in the Arctic.
"To see the impact of the transition that Iceland has made from a carbon-based economy into a geothermal economy is something that all of us had to see firsthand," said Pingree. "Sometimes you're in these debates, you're on cable TV and it all gets so contentious, but in reality, we all know we have to make these changes."
Given Iceland's achievement in being the world's largest green energy producer per capita and a leader in harnessing renewable energy for more than a century, much of the dialogue centered on lessons learned with the potential to help other nations do the same.
"The history of geothermal in Iceland started around a hundred years ago, when individual farmers decided to use the energy next to the farm to heat their houses. Interestingly, they heard about this potential from Icelanders who had moved to the U.S., so there's already a link between Iceland and the U.S. on geothermal," said Berglind Ran Ólafsdóttir, the CEO of ON Power, the largest geothermal energy provider in Iceland. "It didn't make financial sense then, but it took courageous people making a decision and we thank them for that today…it is important to keep in mind that it is a decision, we can decide how we react and not just hope for it."
"As Iceland has shown, no one needs to be scared of this transition," said David Livingston, senior advisor to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. The energy market this century is the largest in world history. Four to five billion users today going to eight to nine billion in the coming decades. This is the largest market and financial opportunity since the Industrial Revolution. Just this month, Secretary Kerry traveled to Greece, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Scotland, Nigeria, and Senegal. Across all of these countries, the message was the same—there is a will but all of us just need to find the way. All of these countries want to invest in one way, shape, or form in today's climate solutions."
"A successful energy transition relies on international cooperation," said Reed Blakemore, acting director of the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center. "The Atlantic Council is delighted to count Iceland as a bold, committed partner in shaping a sustainable future."
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NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Coupang, Inc. ("Coupang" or the "Company") (NYSE: CPNG) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Coupang investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of all purchasers of Coupang Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement issued in connection with Coupang's March 2021 initial public offering. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
CPNG investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (a) Coupang was engaged in improper anti-competitive practices with its suppliers and other third parties in violation of applicable regulations, including: (i) pressuring suppliers to raise prices of products on competing e-commerce platforms to ensure Coupang's prices would be more competitive; (ii) coercing suppliers into purchasing advertisements that would benefit Coupang financially; (iii) forcing suppliers to shoulder all expenses from sales promotions; and (iv) requesting wholesale rebates from suppliers without specifying any terms relating to rebate programs, all of which served to artificially maintain Coupang's lower prices and artificially inflate Coupang's historical revenues and market share; (b) Coupang had improperly adjusted search algorithms and manipulated product reviews on its marketplace platform to prioritize its own private-label branded products over those of other sellers and merchants, to the detriment of consumers, merchants, and suppliers; (c) unbeknownst to its Rocket WOW members, Coupang was selling products to non-member customers at lower prices than those offered to its Rocket WOW members; (d) Coupang subjected its workforce to extreme, unsafe, and unhealthy working conditions; (e) all of the above illicit practices exposed Coupang to a heightened, but undisclosed, risk of reputational and regulatory scrutiny that would harm Coupang's critical relationships with consumers, merchants, suppliers, and the workforce; and (f) Coupang's lower prices, historical revenues, competitive advantages, and growing market share were the result of systemic, improper, unethical, and/or illegal practices, and, thus, unsustainable.
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Donald Trump refused Wednesday to answer questions posed to him by the New York attorney general in her investigation into the former president's business dealings.
Trump invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to New York Attorney General Letitia James, saying in a later statement that "I once asked, 'If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?' Now I know the answer to that question. When your family, your company, and all the people in your orbit have become the targets of an unfounded politically motivated Witch Hunt supported by lawyers, prosecutors and the Fake News Media, you have no choice."
So what is the Fifth Amendment and what rights does it protect?
A person only has to answer to a grand jury
The Fifth Amendment creates a number of individual rights for both civil and criminal legal proceedings. It states that a person only has to answer for their crimes when "on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury."
There are exceptions for cases held in military courts or for those actively serving in the military.
Additionally, a person cannot be called to stand as a witness against themselves in a criminal court case, cannot be prosecuted twice for the same offense and should not "be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."
What is the history of the Fifth Amendment?
The clauses of the amendment have different origins.
According to Congress, the concept of a grand jury comes from England and Athens, Greece. It is thought to first be mentioned in the Charter of Liberties and Privileges of 1683, passed by the New York General Assembly and established 12 counties, rules for elections and colonists' rights.
"Its adoption in our Constitution as the sole method for preferring charges in serious criminal cases shows the high place it held as an instrument of justice," James Madison wrote in a draft of the Bill of Rights.
The origins of the concept of double jeopardy are harder to track down, while the self-incrimination clause stems from the Latin phrase "nemo tenetur seipsum accusare," meaning "no man is bound to accuse himself."
Former Trump advisers have used the Fifth Amendment in their investigations
Trump's former associates previously invoked their Fifth Amendments in investigations that spurred from their time as key players during his presidency.
Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn refused to hand over documents subpoenaed by the Senate Intelligence Committee, which was looking into Flynn's interactions with Russian officials as part of its probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Trump's longtime attorney, Michael Cohen used his Fifth Amendment right in a civil lawsuit filed by adult entertainer Stormy Daniels, which named Cohen as a defendant. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, said she had an affair with Trump over a decade ago, and signed a confidentiality agreement with Cohen days before the 2016 election, in exchange for $130,000.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-08-11T11:01:09+00:00 | kcbx.org | https://www.kcbx.org/npr-top-news/2022-08-11/what-is-the-fifth-amendment-and-how-has-it-been-used |
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mariners right-hander Logan Gilbert has a perfect game through six innings against the Texas Rangers.
Gilbert has been overpowering against one of the top offenses in baseball Monday night. Gilbert matched a franchise record with seven straight strikeouts during one stretch of the second, third and fourth innings.
And he got help from his defense. Josh Jung's long fly ball to center field was tracked down by Julio Rodriguez for the second out of the fifth inning. Jarred Kelenic made a leaping catch against the wall of Jonah Heim's foul ball down the left-field line to end the fifth.
Kolten Wong made a nice backhanded stop to get Ezequiel Duran on a grounder up the middle leading off the sixth inning. Gilbert struck out Leody Taveras looking and got a foul popout from Sandy Leon.
Gilbert has nine strikeouts for the game and has thrown 72 pitches. The 26-year-old entered the game 1-1 with a 4.01 ERA in six starts.
Former Seattle ace Felix Hernandez is the last pitcher in baseball to throw a perfect game. That came on Aug. 15, 2012, against Tampa Bay.
Seattle leads 1-0.
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Holiday TV Shows – Tuesday December 13
Just 12 days until Christmas and 11 days until Christmas Eve! Here are tonight's, Tuesday December 13th, special Christmas TV shows!
CBS
- 9 p.m. - CMA Country Christmas
PBS
- 8 p.m. O Holy Night: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
Lifetime
- 6 p.m. - Sweet Navidad - Sparks fly between two chefs as they prepare a holiday menu
- 8 p.m. - Reindeer Games Homecoming - Sparks fly between a teacher and her homecoming crush
- 10 p.m. - Dear Christmas - A podcast host develops a romance with a firefighter
Freeform
- 6:30 p.m. - The Santa Clause 2 - Santa (Tim Allen) must get married to keep his job
- 9 p.m. - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause - Jack Frost wants to freeze Santa out of the North Pole
Food Network
- 7 p.m. - Chopped - Grandma's Grand Holiday
- 8 p.m. - Chopped - Holiday Sugar and Spice
- 9 p.m. - Beat Bobby Flay - Holiday Throwdown: Holiday Around the World
- 10 p.m. - Beat Bobby Flay - Holidays Ae for Battle
- 10:30 p.m. - Beat Bobby Flay - Wrapping Up Victory
- 11 p.m. - Beat Bobby Flay - Roasting on an Open Fire
A&E
- 10:30 p.m. - Christmas Wars - Claus and Effect
AMC
- 6 p.m. - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
- 8:15 p.m. - Elf
- 10:15 p.m. - Four Christmases - A couple must fit in four holiday visits with family
Great American Family
- 6 p.m.- A Merry Christmas Wish - An NYC advertising executive organizes Winter Wonderland.
- 8 p.m. - Crown Prince of Christmas - Madison tells her family she's dating a prince.
- 10 pm. - A Christmas ... Present - Maggie Larson is determined to lift her family's spirits.
Hallmark Channel
- 6 p.m. - My Southern Family Christmas - A woman gets to know her biological dad for the first time.
- 8 p.m. - Undercover Holiday - A security guard poses as a pop star's new beau
- 10 p.m. - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - A snowbound stranger brightens a family's holidays.
Halmark Movies & Mysteries
- 6 p.m. - Family for Christmas - A wish leaves a woman magically married to her college beau
- 8 p.m. - The Gift of Peace - A once-devout widow tries going to a support group.
- 10 p.m. - A Dream of Christmas - A married woman's wish to be single is magically granted.
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MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (WPIX) – Long Island police officers rescued a group of ducklings that had fallen through a sewer grate in Massapequa on Saturday, officials said.
Officers received a 911 call about an agitated mother duck dangerously walking into traffic on Old Sunrise Highway because her four baby ducklings had fallen into the sewer.
Upon arrival, officers could hear the ducklings in distress below ground, about 8 feet down.
Police were unable to see them and they were unable to remove the sewer grate to retrieve the ducklings, sources said.
It took four patrol officers and two Emergency Service Unit officers working together to retrieve the ducklings. Together they traced the paths of the sewer systems to a nearby reservoir where they could hear the ducklings in distress.
The officers then utilized the YouTube app on their phones to play a series of mother duck calls to lure the ducklings to the opening. All four ducklings responded to the sounds and waddled their way to safety.
Officers cleaned them up and reunited the ducklings with their mother in a nearby creek. | 2023-06-19T13:16:23+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/long-island-officers-use-youtube-app-to-reunite-ducklings-with-mama-duck/ |
CHICAGO, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Jay K Joshi, physician, author, entrepreneur, has released his debut book titled "Burden of Pain." The book presents a unique perspective on the opioid epidemic, arguably the most pressing health issues of our time.
"Burden of Pain" is divided into two parts. The first part provides an account of Dr. Joshi's efforts to treat vulnerable patients in Northwest Indiana only to find himself at the crosshairs of the Drug Enforcement Agency and Department of Justice.
The second part provides an analysis of the opioid epidemic, challenging current health policies and offers a new perspective on this complex issue. He uses principles from behavioral economics to show why most policies and guidelines fail to curtail rising overdoses.
The book combines his personal reflections about the opioid crisis with insights gleaned through his experiences. It provides a nuanced approach to thinking about patients with pain and physicians who treat them. It's a must-read for anyone affected by the opioid epidemic.
"Burden of Pain'' provides an opportunity for those affected by the opioid epidemic to find a voice for their sufferings. His experience reflects the darkest fears of any physician prescribing opioids for patients presenting with pain to the clinic encounter.
Dr. Joshi was indicted in 2018 for prescribing Norco 7.5/325mg BID outside the scope of medicine to an undercover DEA agent presenting with cramp-like leg pain. He has since regained his medical license and resumed his clinical practice. He was an amicus party to the Supreme Court case, Ruan v. United States, which established that convictions for physicians prescribing opioids illegally require criminal intent.
"Burden of Pain" has received praise from notable medical professionals. Dr. John Whyte, Chief Medical Officer of WebMD, called it a "must-read for anyone affected by the opioid epidemic." Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta, Senior Scientist at UNC Injury Prevention and Research Center and advisor to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said the book "demonstrates the power of dedication to bettering the lives of patients."
For more information on "Burden of Pain" or to schedule time with Dr. Joshi, visit: www.burdenofpain.com .
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(AP) – Democrats in Congress released six years’ worth of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns on Friday, the culmination of a yearslong effort to learn about the finances of a onetime business mogul who broke decades of political precedent when he refused to voluntarily release the information as he sought the White House.
The returns, which include redactions of some personal sensitive information such as Social Security and bank account numbers, are from 2015 to 2020. They span nearly 6,000 pages, including more than 2,700 pages of individual returns from Trump and his wife, Melania, and more than 3,000 pages in returns for Trump’s business entities.
Their release follows a party-line vote in the House Ways and Means Committee last week to make the returns public. Committee Democrats argued that transparency and the rule of law were at stake, while Republicans countered that the release would set a dangerous precedent with regard to the loss of privacy protections.
Trump had refused to release his returns when he ran for president and had waged a legal battle to keep them secret while he was in the White House. But the Supreme Court ruled last month that he had to turn them over to the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee.
The release, just days before Trump’s fellow Republicans retake control of the House from the Democrats, raises the potential of new revelations about Trump’s finances, which have been shrouded in mystery and intrigue since his days as an up-and-coming Manhattan real estate developer in the 1980s. The returns could take on added significance now that Trump has launched a campaign for the White House in 2024.
They are likely to offer the clearest picture yet of his finances during his time in office.
Trump, known for building skyscrapers and hosting a reality TV show before winning the White House, did give some limited details about his holdings and income on mandatory disclosure forms. He has promoted his wealth in the annual financial statements he provides to banks to secure loans and to financial magazines to justify his place on rankings of the world’s billionaires.
Trump’s longtime accounting firm has since disavowed the statements, and New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit alleging Trump and his Trump Organization inflated asset values on the statements as part of a yearslong fraud. Trump and his company have denied wrongdoing.
It will not be the first time Trump’s tax returns have been under scrutiny.
In October 2018, The New York Times published a Pulitzer Prize-winning series based on leaked tax records that showed that Trump received a modern-day equivalent of at least $413 million from his father’s real estate holdings, with much of that money coming from what the Times called “tax dodges” in the 1990s.
A second series in 2020 showed that Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2017 and 2018, as well as no income taxes at all in 10 of the past 15 years because he generally lost more money than he made.
In its report last week, the Ways and Means Committee indicated the Trump administration may have disregarded a post-Watergate requirement mandating audits of a president’s tax filings.
The IRS only began to audit Trump’s 2016 tax filings on April 3, 2019 — more than two years into his presidency — when the committee chairman, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., asked the agency for information related to the tax returns.
By comparison, there were audits of President Joe Biden for the 2020 and 2021 tax years, said Andrew Bates, a White House spokesperson. A spokesperson for former President Barack Obama said Obama was audited in each of his eight years in office.
A report from Congress’ nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation raised multiple red flags about aspects of Trump’s tax filings, including his carryover losses, deductions tied to conservation and charitable donations, and loans to his children that could be taxable gifts.
The House passed a bill in response that would require audits of any president’s income tax filings. Republicans strongly opposed the legislation, raising concerns that a law requiring audits would infringe on taxpayer privacy and could lead to audits being weaponized for political gain.
The measure, approved mostly along party lines, has little chance of becoming law anytime soon with a new Republican-led House being sworn in in January. Rather, it is seen as a starting point for future efforts to bolster oversight of the presidency.
Republicans have argued that Democrats will regret the move once Republicans take power next week, and they warn that the committee’s new GOP chair will be under pressure to seek and make public the tax returns of other prominent people.
Every president and major-party candidate since Richard Nixon has voluntarily made at least summaries of their tax information available to the public. Trump bucked that trend as a candidate and as president, repeatedly asserting that his taxes were “under audit” and couldn’t be released.
Trump’s lawyers were repeatedly denied in their quest to keep his tax returns from the House committee. A three-judge federal appeals court panel in August upheld a lower-court ruling granting the committee access.
Trump’s lawyers also tried and failed to block the Manhattan district attorney’s office from getting Trump’s tax records as part of its investigation into his business practices, losing twice in the Supreme Court.
Trump’s longtime accountant, Donald Bender, testified at the Trump Organization’s recent Manhattan criminal trial that Trump reported losses on his tax returns every year for a decade, including nearly $700 million in 2009 and $200 million in 2010.
Bender, a partner at Mazars USA LLP who spent years preparing Trump’s personal tax returns, said Trump’s reported losses from 2009 to 2018 included net operating losses from some of the many businesses he owns through the Trump Organization.
The Trump Organization was convicted earlier this month on tax fraud charges for helping some executives dodge taxes on company-paid perks such as apartments and luxury cars.
Associated Press writer Paul Wiseman in Washington contributed to this report. | 2022-12-30T17:16:54+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/trumps-tax-returns-released-after-long-fight-with-congress/ |
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets wide receiver Elijah Moore, who recently expressed frustration with his suddenly limited role, requested to be traded Thursday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.
Moore was excused from practice by the team, according to coach Robert Saleh, to be with his family to attend to a personal matter.
Moore spent the day away from the facility and has asked to be dealt. But the Jets have no plans to trade him, said the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because details of the conversations were private.
NFL Network first reported the request by Moore to be traded.
Moore wasn’t seen during the early portion of practice that reporters can watch. Saleh, who doesn’t have a news conference on Thursdays, briefly updated reporters standing on the sideline on the reason for Moore’s absence without providing details.
The trade request comes as the surprising 4-2 Jets have won three straight games and are off to their best start since 2015.
Moore becomes the second Jets wide receiver to request a trade after Denzel Mims did so during training camp. But as is the case with Moore, the team has no plans to deal him.
In the first of three posts on Twitter on Thursday, Moore said: “Love my teammates!” That was followed by: “When someone tell u how they feel the first time BELIEVE THEM!” The final tweet read: “God I need direction.” The last two have since been deleted. Earlier Thursday, Moore also tweeted: “God makes no mistakes….I trust u through it Allllllll…”
Moore, a second-round pick last year out of Mississippi, created some buzz Sunday on social media after New York’s 27-10 victory at Green Bay when he quote-tweeted a reporter’s post that pointed out he had no official receiving targets in the game. He actually had one on a deep incompletion in the second quarter, but it was negated by a penalty.
“If I say what I really wanna say…I’ll be the selfish guy…we winning,” Moore said in the since-deleted post. “Grateful! Huge blessing! All I ever wanted. Butter sweet for me em but I’ll be solid. So I’ll just stay quiet.
“Just know I don’t understand either.”
Moore is coming off a promising rookie season during which he caught 43 passes for 538 yards and five touchdowns in 11 games, including six starts.
His production is down this season, though, with just 16 catches for 203 yards and no scores in six games — all starts — while working in an offense that includes wide receivers Corey Davis, rookie Garrett Wilson and Braxton Berrios, tight ends C.J. Uzomah and Tyler Conklin and pass-catching running backs Breece Hall and Michael Carter. The Jets have also focused more on running the ball in recent weeks.
“We’ve had conversations. He’s fine,” Saleh said Monday when asked about Moore’s postgame tweets. “He’s a competitive young man. Like everybody, when you’re a competitor like him, he wants to contribute.”
Saleh added he has no problems with Moore.
“He’s one of our high-character individuals,” the coach said. “I love him to death. Eventually, the production part of it that he’s hoping for will come. He’s just continuing to work.”
On Thursday, offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur echoed Saleh’s comments and added he has had “open dialogue” with the wide receiver, but “we’re going to keep it in-house.”
Quarterback Zach Wilson said the two have spoken and it’s a matter of “just keep encouraging” Moore. Wilson reiterated the Jets haven’t passed the ball much during the past few games.
And that’s true: Wilson was 10 of 18 for 110 yards last Sunday at Green Bay, and 14 of 21 for 210 yards against Miami — with Moore getting one catch for 11 yards on four targets — two weeks ago.
“It’s not a thing where I’m trying to avoid him or whatever it is because he’s a great player,” Wilson said. “It’s about just being patient and trusting the process. I only had 10 completions last week, but we won the game, so it’s awesome. I love him and I hope he understands that he’s special to our team.”
The Jets play at Denver on Sunday. There was no immediate word on when Moore would return to the team or whether he’ll be available to play in the game.
NOTES: DE Jermaine Johnson (ankle) didn’t practice and isn’t expected to play. … LT Duane Brown (shoulder), S Ashtyn Davis (hamstring), WR Braxton Berrios (back), LB Quincy Williams (ankle) were all limited.
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More AP NFL coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | 2022-10-21T14:18:51+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/sports/sports-headlines/ap-ap-source-jets-frustrated-wr-elijah-moore-requests-trade/ |
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese technology giant Huawei says it has emerged from “crisis mode” after years of U.S. restrictions that have stifled its overseas sales, even though its revenue for 2022 failed to grow from a year earlier.
“U.S. restrictions are now our new normal, and we’re back to business as usual,” Eric Xu, Huawei’s current chairman, said in a New Year’s message released Friday.
Huawei Technologies Ltd., China’s first global tech brand, has struggled since then-U.S. President Donald Trump blocked its access to U.S. processor chips and other technology in 2019 on grounds that Huawei could facilitate Chinese spying.
Huawei denies accusations that it could be a security risk.
Huawei’s unaudited revenue for 2022 is forecast to be 636.9 billion yuan ($91.6 billion) — nearly unchanged compared to a year earlier and in line with earlier estimates.
Xu said in the message that the firm’s telecommunications network business maintained “steady growth” and that a decline in its devices sector — mainly phones — had abated.
He also said that the firm achieved “rapid growth” in its cloud business.
Huawei did not release more detailed financial figures for its businesses or the firm’s overall profit.
For the coming year, Xu pledged to maintain Huawei’s heavy investment in research and development and said that its cloud business needs to become the “foundation” in driving growth.
He mentioned the pandemic only in passing, praising the company’s “frontline staff outside of China — those who have held the fort to serve our customers despite the adverse impacts of COVID-19 …”
Xu’s message did not mention the recent abrupt end to stringent virus controls or major outbreaks of coronavirus now sweeping China and other countries. | 2022-12-30T23:50:54+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-huawei-says-its-out-of-crisis-mode-though-revenue-flat/ |
Exhausted fire crews are hoping to catch a weather break soon from relentless wind as they try to contain a massive and growing wildfire in northern New Mexico that is on track to soon become the state's largest in history.
"This is definitely a remarkable wind event fighting this fire and it's not showing like it's going to slow down," says Ryan Berlin, a fire information officer on what's known as the Calf Canyon-Hermits Peak Fire, after two wildfires merged into one giant blaze. "We don't have any predicted moisture coming in over the next seven to ten days," Berlin says. "So we need a little help from Mother Nature to shut the wind down, and a little rain."
The fire, so far, has burned more than 260,000 acres and has already burned more total acreage than all of the acreage lost to wildfire across the state in 2021. The fire is just 29% contained, and has grown by about 90,000 acres in just the last week, officials here say.
The largest wildfire in modern New Mexico history, the lightening sparked Whitewater-Baldy Fire Complex, burned just under 300,000 acres in 2012.
The winds have wreaked havoc on attempts to control the fire
There are worries that this, the largest wildfire currently burning in the U.S., will continue to be almost impossible to contain. Decades of mega-drought in the southwest, combined with a century plus of federal fire suppression policy has left forests full of bone dry fuel. And the impacts of human-caused climate change are fueling more mega-fires like this one burning in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains just south of the Colorado border.
The winds have wreaked havoc on attempts to control it. Firefighters have seen day after day of powerful "red flag" winds – dangerous winds with gusts up to 50 and 70 mph at times since the fire started in early April. In one recent stretch, red flag wind conditions lasted 59 hours nonstop.
"It is pretty extraordinary to have a red flag warning to last for 59 hours," fire meteorologist Bladen Breitreiter says. "It is, as far as my memory goes back, unprecedented."
New crews are on their way. The nearly 1,900 fire personnel and support staff battling this fire hope this weekend brings some measure of relief. Winds are forecast to die down a little Friday and throughout the weekend.
But meteorologist Breitreiter warns that winds will still likely gust 20 to 28 MPH. "Anything feels better when you're not gusting to 55 mph," Breitreiter says. "We still might get into some critical fire weather wind conditions and we are still exceptionally dry so we will still see elevated fire conditions," he says.
In all, Breitreiter says the fire zone area has seen red flag wind conditions in 26 of the 36 days since the fire erupted April 6. Across the state, New Mexico has seen 30 red flag days since April 1.
"Man I tell you that's been a huge challenge for us," says incident commander Dave Bales, a veteran wildland firefighter. "I've been doing this for, oh, about three and a half decades and I have not seen that many red flag events in a row, especially this last event when we had up to five days straight of a red flag – day and night."
Unpredictable "spot" fires, where winds carry embers ahead of the fire front and start new blazes, have been especially difficult in this fire, Bales says. "Trying to go on a direct fire edge with a dozer or a hand crew or retardant line, a two-mile spot (fire) is gonna jump that," he says. "So that has been our biggest challenge so far."
On many days howling winds have grounded fire-fighting aircraft and started spot fires one to two miles away beyond hard-fought fire containment lines.
Crews got a tiny bit of good news Wednesday as fire officials were able to get some helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft dropping water and fire retardant on the southern edge of the stubborn blaze for a short period of time, despite more red flag warnings and winds gusting in some areas above 45 mph. Aircraft were grounded, however, for other sections of the fire on Wednesday and strong More than 4,000 homes in the four counties affected by the fire are under mandatory evacuation orderswinds again grounded aircraft on Thursday.
More than 4,000 homes in the four counties affected by the fire are under mandatory evacuation orders
More than 4,000 homes in the four counties affected by the fire are under mandatory evacuation orders. Thousands more are under voluntary evacuation orders, officials here say.
Getting some citizens to heed evacuation orders has been a challenge. Some ranches and farms have been in the same family for multiple generations. Many Native American residents see the forested and rocky landscape as sacred.
"It's very difficult for these people, for some of them their homes are generational," San Miguel County Sheriff Chris Lopez says. "When we go in there to do evacuations you really have to talk with them. I try to do it very systemic, especially with our 'ready set go' process it helps them to prepare," he says.
Lopez says those who choose not to leave are potentially endangering themselves and first responders. "We want them to get out, as property and homes can be replaced, but lives can't."
A Red Cross assessment shows the fire has destroyed more than 300 structures, including an unknown number of homes. But that figure has stayed static for days. Fire officials believe the real number of homes and buildings destroyed will rise substantially once it's safe to enter and fully assess areas burned by the fire.
Part of this fire that started at Hermits Peak was sparked by an intentional or "prescribed" burn set by the U.S. Forest Service that got out of control. Such fires are set to thin forests of built-up fuel, restore forest health and prevent bigger fires.
New Mexico's governor and Congressional delegation have called for a full investigation.
"It's negligent to consider a prescribed burn in the windy season in a state that is under an extreme drought warning statewide," said New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. Gov. Grisham called on the federal government to accept significant liability for this blaze. While generally supportive of prescribed burns, the Democrat also has previously called on the federal government to change its rules around intentional fires in the southwest especially during the windy season.
Many residents are angry and frustrated wondering why the Forest Service went ahead with an intentional blaze
Santa Fe National Forest ranger Steven Romero apologized at a recent online meeting. "We take full responsibility, and with a heavy heart, we are really sorry for what happened." Romero added that the agency's "burn plan" was well-prepared and favorable weather conditions were forecasted. High winds, he said, had sprung up unexpectedly.
But many residents are angry and frustrated. They want to know why the Forest Service chose to go ahead with an intentional blaze despite wind warnings. There are reports that the Forest Service team that ignited the intentional burn had been warned beforehand of poor weather, including potential wind gusts up to 25 mph and very low humidity.
"I want - we want to know why. Like, what made you decide that was OK?" Sophia Romero told Member Station KUNM's Alice Fordham. Romero fled the fire from her home in Mora County with her children. "They know New Mexico weather, especially northern New Mexico weather. We had a very dry winter."
The fire has, so far, spared population centers and larger towns in the state. It does have the potential to burn towards more populated mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico including Angel Fire ski resort and Taos Canyon. Those areas were told to be ready to go, if evacuations are ordered.
"There is a possibility with the models that we're running, that those areas are going to see fire," says Todd Abel, Southwest Area Incident Management Team operations section chief.
The fire is, as of now, burning away from Taos, a popular tourist area 40 miles south of the Colorado state line.
Abel says crews are doing all they can to protect homes in the blaze's path, including prepping the perimeters of properties via brush clearing and water systems, when they can safely do so.
But Abel also warns residents that there is a limit. This is a fast-moving, unpredictable fire, he says, adding, "We will not put firefighters in front of the fire especially with the way it's moving these days with the amount of wind and fire behavior" for a month straight now.
"They wouldn't survive. We would have fatalities of our firefighters," Abel warns. "They have a family," he says, "and we need to make sure they go home safe at the end of the day."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-05-13T11:11:50+00:00 | nepm.org | https://www.nepm.org/national-world-news/national-world-news/2022-05-13/fire-crews-battling-the-massive-new-mexico-wildfire-want-a-break-from-relentless-wind |
BOSTON (AP) — A collection of touching and sometimes prescient personal letters written by a young Bob Dylan to a high school girlfriend has been sold at auction to a renowned Portuguese bookshop for nearly $670,000.
The Livraria Lello in Porto, Portugal, which bills itself as “the World’s Most Beautiful Bookshop,” plans to keep the archive of 42 handwritten letters totaling 150 pages complete and available for Dylan fans and scholars to study, auctioneer RR Auction said in a statement Friday.
Dylan, a native of Hibbing, Minnesota, wrote the letters to Barbara Ann Hewitt between 1957 and 1959 when he was still known as Bob Zimmerman. They provide an insight into a period of his life of which not much is known.
Remarkably, in some of the letters Dylan writes about changing his name and hoping to sell a million records. Decades later, the now 81-year-old Dylan and 2016 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature has sold about 125 million records.
The young musician also expresses his affection for Hewitt, invites her to a Buddy Holly show, includes little fragments of poetry, and talks about the sorts of things that generations of high school students have been concerned about, such as cars, clothes and music.
Hewitt’s daughter found the letters after her mother died in 2020. The original envelopes addressed in Dylan’s handwriting were sent to the Hewitt family’s new home in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb of New Brighton.
Several other items of Dylan memorabilia were also sold at the auction, including an archive of 24 “Poems Without Titles” written when the singer-songwriter attended the University of Minnesota, which sold for almost $250,000; and one of the earliest known signed photographs of Dylan that went for more than $24,000. | 2022-11-20T14:29:29+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/entertainment-news/ap-collection-of-love-letters-written-by-dylan-sold-for-670k/ |
LAS VEGAS — The NFL Draft is just a couple of days away as team representatives and prospects have made their way to Las Vegas for this year's highly anticipated draft.
We've, of course, spent the last couple of months at the Locked On Podcast Network analyzing and re-analyzing and then re-analyzing again which prospects teams may try to go after in the first round.
One of the big storylines during the first round of the draft every year is the day one trades, as teams try to move up to get their guys.
Last year the big ones were the Eagles trading up with the Cowboys from 12 to 10 to get Devonta Smith and the Bears trading up from 20 to 10 to get quarterback Justin Fields.
On Tuesday's Peacock and Williamson NFL Show, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, hosts Brian Peacock and Matt Williamson speculated where Round 1 trades could happen on day one of the 2022 NFL Draft.
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“I think a lot of teams in the top 10 are going to be looking, but I don’t think they’re going to find those trades," Brian Peacock said. "But, I think we’re going to find some trades right outside the top 10 or starting at 10. Because we think the run on receivers is going to be between 10 and 22 and I think the teams jockeying for those are going to want to trade down.
It always costs more to trade up when you're trying to get a quarterback, but with the lack of high profile quarterback prospects in this draft, co-host Matt Williamson said the cost for moving up could be somewhat lower than normal, meaning there could actually be more movement than we expect.
“I think of who are the players that teams will covet enough to go give up extra picks for," he said. "But I do think the cost of moving up will be a little bit less than usual, so that might entice teams to give it a shot."
Minnesota Vikings - Pick No. 12
The Minnesota Vikings are hoping to get a cornerback, whether that be LSU's Derek Stingley Jr. or Ahmad Gardner if he somehow falls to 12. But in a scenario where the Texans take Gardner at No. 3 and another team takes Stingley before 12, Peacock sees a way for the Vikings to trade back for their next guy, Trent McDuffie, the cornerback out of Washington.
“You’re thinking you could probably trade down 10 picks and still get McDuffie if you’re the Vikings. Or if McDuffie’s gone, it could be Kaiir Elam or Andrew Booth. I just think all of the ideal picks the Vikings would have hoped to get are going to be gone by 12 and I don’t like the value the Vikings are getting at 12. I see the Eagles, Saints and all those teams at the end of the first round all trying to move up.”
Andrew Booth, Kaiir Elam and McDuffie are all cornerbacks expected to be selected in the second half of the first round.
Los Angeles Chargers - Pick No. 17
Peacock said the Chargers’ pick at No. 17 could hold a lot of trade value if multiple receivers go ahead of that, a team could try to trade up ahead of the Eagles or Saints in order to get in front of them to get one of those last elite-level receiving prospects.
The Eagles and Saints are both teams expected to take a receiver in the draft, but they both have two selections. The Eagles pick at Nos. 15 and 18, while the Saints have Nos. 16 and 19. If the Saints and Eagles choose to spend their first selections on other needs, a team gunning for a top receiver could be gunning to get ahead of them. The Chargers may be holding a potentially expensive trade up spot.
Tampa Bay Bucs - Pick No. 27
“Tampa Bay could trade back 10 picks and get a guard," Peacock said. "That could be a good spot for a team to try and move up for a quarterback if Corral or Kenny Pickett haven’t been selected. Or, to move up in front of that second Packers pick and those back to back Kansas City Chiefs picks.”
If there's a receiver like Penn State's Jahan Dotson still on the board, and Tampa is set on not selecting a quarterback, a team may want to get ahead of the Packers and Chiefs selecting at the end of the first round, both of which have needs at receiver.
Desmond Ridder, Matt Corral and Kenny Pickett are all quarterbacks that could be selected in the second half of the first round. If one or more is still on the board here, a team from the second round may want to make a deal.
Ultimate NFL Mock Draft
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This one-of-a-kind mock draft features all 32 selections made by local team experts, with analysis from Audacy Sports insiders, including former Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin.
All six episodes of the Ultimate NFL Mock Draft 2022 can be found wherever you get your podcast, with all the picks and all of the analysis around them. | 2022-04-27T02:31:55+00:00 | 5newsonline.com | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-national/locked-on-nfl/teams-most-likely-to-make-a-trade-during-round-of-1-of-the-nfl-draft-minnesota-vikings-tampa-bay-bucslos-angeles-chargers-nfl-draft-2022/535-c92c277c-c108-431a-aa9f-a02eb35044c4 |
GUIYANG, China, May 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by Huanqiu.com:
The much-awaited Big Data Expo 2023, taking place from May 26th to 28th in Guiyang, presents an array of groundbreaking technological accomplishments that are redefining the nexus of culture and technology. As digital technology such as big data, cloud computing, and AI evolve at a rapid pace, they are propelling the cultural sector into a new era of creativity and distribution, thus sparking a wealth of opportunities for cultural expansion.
Technologies that provide immersive experiences, such as xR and holographic projections, are not only transforming the way cultural products are consumed, but also how they are produced. Shenzhen Absen Optoelectronic, a leading LED display manufacturer, showcases its top-of-the-line products and innovative solutions at the Expo, enabling visitors to experience captivating visuals firsthand.
A major highlight at Absen's booth is the virtual shooting stage, which primarily employs LED display screens from Absen to produce predefined visuals, creating distinctive settings. As visitors step onto the stage, they are transported into the scene through high-tech processing, thus experiencing an immersive sensory spectacle.
Absen's virtual stage utilizes "xR" virtual shooting as the technical support to deliver an immersive experience to the audience. xR refers to extended reality, which encompasses VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality), and MR (mixed reality). This technology is becoming increasingly prevalent in several fields, including advertising, film production, and live commerce. One notable application is the virtual shooting studio, where LED screens and virtual shooting technology merge to digitally replicate specific "scenes". This allows actors to perform directly within an AR virtual environment, leading to significant savings in production time and cost.
Discussing the rationale for venturing into xR virtual shooting, a director of Absen stated, "xR offers a gateway to the metaverse, integrating a wide variety of virtual realities. It represents a groundbreaking technology in the film and television sector, enhancing overall industry shooting efficiency and fostering growth. Given its enormous potential, xR will also link the industry to others, including education, smart manufacturing, and energy supply. Undoubtedly, this signifies a forthcoming trend in the display industry's evolution."
In addition to the innovation generated by its virtual shooting technology, Absen has also been enriching the novel experience of digital culture in culture-themed tourism. For instance, Absen has played a vital role in the construction of themed attractions in the core area of Universal Beijing Resort. It creates a multi-dimensional, all sensory immersive experience with the advanced LED display technology. The Performing Arts Center of Guiyang Grand Theatre benefits from stages adorned with movable LED screens and a four-sided rotating stage, offering viewers a spectacular visual treat. Furthermore, Absen has influenced the exhibition industry, particularly in the Sci-Tech Cultural Center of Wannian County of Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province. Here, Absen's immersive digital sand table (CAVE) and large-scale data visualization smart screen have turned the center into a new science, technology, and culture landmark. The director of Absen said, "We aim to use LED display technology to revolutionize content, models, and business modes, crafting immersive cultural attractions and continually enhancing visitors' audio-visual experience."
In the digital era, technological advancements and content drive the cultural industry's evolution. Consequently, the demand for intellectual property protection is becoming more urgent.
At the Expo, Intellectual Property Publishing House presents the China IPR Big Data and Intelligent Service System (Inspiro). The publishing house director explained, "We have collected 491 pools of data, reaching a capacity of 383T+ and an amount of 1 billion+. Inspiro integrates data resources, including domestic and foreign patents, trademarks, intellectual property cases and standards, scientific journals, geographical indications, new plant varieties, and layout-designs of integrated circuit. Inspiro performs multiple functions, such as information retrieval, analysis, early warnings, and project management in big data."
Using interactive data visualization and data monitoring and analysis, Inspiro communicates complex data relationships and data-driven insights in an easily digestible manner.
The director further noted, "The publishing house is tasked with overseeing intellectual property throughout its lifecycle. From the moment books, paintings, or other works are created, we manage the verification of their originality and intellectual property protection, realization, and infringement."
Cultural digitization is now a national strategy. In Guizhou, digitization enriches public cultural services, meeting diverse needs. Libraries are enhancing the reading experience through technologies such as robot guides, digital resources, and virtual reality. Cultural venues like museums, connected to the "cloud," provide audiences with new and immersive experiences through cloud performances and exhibitions. The "Travel Guizhou with One Code" app, which compiles information on Guizhou's tourist attractions, enables a seamless, smart tourism experience. The data-driven evolution of the cultural industry is yielding benefits for more people.
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SOURCE Huanqiu.com | 2023-05-29T06:09:58+00:00 | kcrg.com | https://www.kcrg.com/prnewswire/2023/05/29/big-data-expo-2023-merging-digital-technology-with-culture/ |
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — A high-profile report on inflation to be released Tuesday morning could show another month of cooling prices and add to evidence that the pressures on American households are gradually easing.
A milder inflation report would also encourage optimism that the Federal Reserve will suspend its interest rate hikes sometime early next year.
Economists have forecast that consumer prices rose 7.3% in November compared with a year ago, according to the data provider FactSet. Though still uncomfortably high, that would fall well below a recent peak of 9.1% in June and would amount to the fifth straight year-over-year slowdown in inflation.
Gas prices have dropped from their mid-summer highs and are lower than they were a year ago. Many supply chains have unsnarled, helping lower the costs of imported goods and parts. Prices for lumber, copper, wheat and other commodities have also fallen.
Fed officials and economists will focus more on Tuesday’s month-to-month inflation figures for a better read on where prices might be headed. Prices are expected to have risen 0.3% from October to November, which would extend a streak of slowdowns. Measured month to month, inflation had soared 1% in May and 1.3% in June but has averaged just 0.2% over the past four months.
To some economists and Fed officials, such figures are a sign of improvement, even though inflation remains far above the central bank’s annual 2% target and might not reach it until 2024.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has said he is tracking price trends in three different categories to best understand the likely path of inflation: Goods, excluding volatile food and energy costs; housing, which includes rents and the cost of homeownership; and services excluding housing, such as auto insurance, pet services and education.
In a speech two weeks ago in Washington, Powell noted that there had been some progress in easing inflation in goods and housing but not so in most services. Physical goods like used cars, furniture, clothing and appliances have become steadily less expensive since the summer.
Used car prices, which had skyrocketed 45% in June 2021 compared with a year earlier, have fallen for most of this year. In October, their year-over-year price increase was just 2%.
Housing costs, which make up nearly a third of the consumer price index, are still rising. But real-time measures of apartment rents and home prices are starting to drop after having posted sizzling price acceleration at the height of the pandemic. Powell said those declines will likely emerge in government data next year and should help reduce overall inflation.
Still, services costs are likely to stay persistently high, Powell suggested. In part, that’s because sharp increases in wages are becoming a key contributor to inflation. Services companies, like hotels and restaurants, are particularly labor-intensive. And with average wages growing at a brisk 5%-6% a year, price pressures keep building in that sector of the economy.
Services businesses tend to pass on some of their higher labor costs to their customers by charging more, thereby perpetuating inflation. Higher pay also fuels more consumer spending, which allows companies to raise prices.
“We want wages to go up strongly,” Powell said, “but they’ve got to go up at a level that is consistent with 2% inflation over time.”
On Wednesday, the Fed will likely raise rates for a seventh time this year, a move that will further increase borrowing costs for consumers and businesses. Still, the central bank is expected to raise its key short-term rate by a smaller half-point, after four straight three-quarter-point increases. That would leave its benchmark rate in a range of 3.75% to 4%, its highest level in 15 years.
Economists expect the Fed to further slow its rate hikes next year, with quarter-point increases in February and March if inflation remains relatively subdued.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2022-12-13T13:05:06+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/national/2022/12/13/us-inflation-report-may-show-further-slowing-of-price-spikes-2/ |
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- Mighty Mint Rodent Repellent
- Bell + Howell Ultrasonic Pest Repellers
- Victor Scent-Away Natural Rodent Repeller Packs, 5-Count
Living in a small space has its advantages, like being relatively affordable and energy-efficient. However, when pests show up in a small place, there’s little room for distance.
An effective pest control product is a must when unwanted crawling visitors arrive in your home. But just like the pests themselves, chemicals can be overwhelming in small, enclosed areas. Because they are made without chemicals, non-toxic pest control methods are excellent alternatives to synthetic pesticides when you need to keep your compact digs pest-free.
Common household pests
Insects, arachnids and rodents are frequently found lurking in homes, apartments and condos. The most common unwelcome visitors include flies, mosquitos, ants, spiders, bed bugs, fleas, mice, rats and roaches.
Reasons pests come inside
Flying and crawling pests often move indoors in search of food, water, or a warm place to stay when the weather turns cold. Clutter and improperly stored food also attract them. Regardless, if you’ve found bugs or rodents in your home, the top priority is getting rid of them.
Chemical vs non-toxic pest control
The major downside of non-toxic pest control options is that they typically aren’t quite as effective as synthetic chemical-based pesticides that kill many pests on contact. However, this trade-off is acceptable for consumers who don’t like to use chemicals in their indoor living space.
Synthetic pesticides can cause headaches, skin rashes, digestive system upset and eye irritation. What’s more, there’s some concern that long-term exposure poses the risk of developing various types of cancer. Although there are some safety concerns associated with non-toxic methods, they are minimal and easy to curtail by closely following instructions.
Most popular non-toxic pest control methods
Cleaning and decluttering
One of the main reasons that bugs and rodents gather indoors is to seek food. If you notice pests at your place, tidying up may help. Using simple soap and water on hard floors and surfaces will deter some bugs. Placing food in storage containers will keep it from tempting pests. Organizing or tossing out clutter will eliminate hiding places where small critters often lurk.
Traps
Insect traps lure pests with lights, scents or a vacuum. Many eliminate bugs by dehydrating them once they enter the unit. Additionally, some traps work with adhesive strips that pests can’t escape once they land on them. Some traps have a simple, disposable design, while others are reusable and powered by electricity.
Natural pesticides
Natural products are popular for controlling all types of common household pests. They are easy to use and rely on natural ingredients like botanicals, essential oils, diatom-based diatomaceous earth, citric acid and herbs to kill or deter pests. Natural pesticides come in powder, liquid and spray forms. Mess-free pouches that can be placed in areas where pests linger are also available.
Ultrasonic repellers
It’s the power of high-frequency sound that’s undetectable to humans that makes ultrasonic pest repellers effective at deterring pests like spiders, rodents and crawling insects. Powered by electricity or batteries, the units emit ultrasonic frequencies that keep pests away. Although ultrasonic repellers aren’t ideal for eliminating most flying insects or ants, they are inexpensive, can be used in any room and don’t produce messes.
Electronic zappers
When it comes to killing flying insects fast and efficiently, an electronic bug zapper is a good choice. This type of pest control attracts insects with light then electrocutes them when they land on an encased electrical component. Dead bugs are caught in a collection tray at the bottom of the zapper, which is simple to empty, clean and replace.
Many zappers are designed for use on a porch or patio or in a yard. However, some models are made for indoor use. When used inside of a home, a bug zapper should not be placed near curtains or fabrics, or used unattended around children. In addition, there are some concerns about germs being released into the air when bugs are zapped, so a zapper should never be used where food is prepared or consumed.
What you need to buy to control pests with non-toxic methods
Bell + Howell Ultrasonic Pest Repellers
These ultrasonic pest repellers plug into outlets and produce ultrasonic waves that deter many types of crawling pests, including mice. The bundle includes three repellers, each with a built-in nightlight.
Sold by Home Depot and Amazon
Victor Scent-Away Natural Rodent Repeller Packs, 5-Count
With mint-infused granules, these small packs can be placed in hidden spaces to deter mice. Each pack lasts as long as 30 days.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Mighty Mint repels rodents with peppermint, a safe and natural oil that mice and rats find offensive. The long-lasting formula is concentrated and makes up to a gallon of repellent.
Sold by Home Depot and Amazon
Eliminating bed bugs naturally is easy with this non-toxic spray that’s made with geranium oil and a coconut-based sulfate. It’s easy to apply, thanks to the handy spray nozzle.
Sold by Amazon
ECOVENGER Natural and Non-Toxic Ant and Crawling Insect Killer
Not only does ECOVENGER kill crawling insects, but its botanical-based formula works on other pests like flies, fleas, spiders and more. It has a nice citrus scent that smells pleasant when spritzed around the house.
Sold by Home Depot
Gardner FlyWeb Plug-In Adhesive Trap
This electric-powered trap lures flying pests with light, then captures them with adhesive strips. It’s quiet, easy to use and suitable for any room.
Sold by Amazon
Harris Diatomaceous Earth Crawling Insect Killer
Sprinkle Harris’s diatomaceous earth in cracks, crevices and other tight spaces, and crawling critters like ants, roaches and fleas will be eliminated within 48 hours of contact. It comes in a puffer bottle with a nozzle for easy application.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
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CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A woman who admitted her role in a scam that raised $400,000 using a fake story about a homeless man received a one-year prison sentence in federal court Thursday.
Katelyn McClure was also ordered to make restitution and serve three years’ supervised release. The 32-year-old Bordentown, New Jersey resident is scheduled to be sentenced on state charges next month and could receive more prison time.
A message was left Thursday with an attorney representing McClure.
McClure and her then-boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, fabricated the story about homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt Jr. giving McClure $20 when she ran out of gas on a Philadelphia highway in 2017.
In truth, state and federal prosecutors said, the group had met near a Philadelphia casino in October 2017 shortly before they told their story.
They publicized the story through local and national media interviews and created a GoFundMe account that more than 14,000 people donated to, thinking the money was to help Bobbitt, according to prosecutors. Law enforcement began investigating after Bobbitt sued the couple, accusing them of not giving him the money.
The federal criminal complaint alleged all of the money raised in the campaign was spent by March 2018, with large chunks spent by McClure and D’Amico on a recreational vehicle, a BMW and trips to casinos in Las Vegas and New Jersey.
D’Amico, described as the group’s ringleader, pleaded guilty to federal charges and was sentenced in April to 27 months in prison. He was also ordered to make restitution and is scheduled for sentencing on separate state charges next month.
Bobbitt was sentenced to five years’ probation on state charges in 2019 and faces sentencing next month on federal charges. | 2022-07-21T22:45:39+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/woman-in-400k-gofundme-scam-gets-1-year-in-federal-case/ |
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