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What to do in Minnesota: 8 things to do this weekend (July 14-16)
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Summer events are in full swing. Grab a bite, catch live music, or see a massive firework show this weekend.
Have an event you want to see featured? Email me at adelaide.vanpelt@fox.com.
Minnehaha Falls Art Fair:
- Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis
- July 14 through July 16
- Free admission
Head to one of the most beautiful park in the Twin Cities for 150 amazing artists, live music, food trucks, activities and more. Each artist will offer select items under $30 at their booths.
Lumberjack Days:
- Lowell Park, Stillwater
- July 14 through July 16
- Free admission
Stillwater welcomes the 89th annual Lumberjack Days to the Birthplace of Minnesota. Catch daily lumberjack demonstrations, live music by the river, kids activities, and more. Watch the parade on July 16 at 11 a.m. Full schedule of events here.
2023 North Loop Food Truck Fair:
- North Loop Pocket Park, Minneapolis
- July 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Free admission
Grab a bite at the giant community picnic in Pocket Park in Minneapolis' North Loop neighborhood. This event offers local food trucks, a beer garden, live music, art, and more!
Bastille Day Block Party:
- Barbette, Minneapolis
- July 16 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Free admission
This free event will occur rain or shine with live music! Acts include Scrunchies, River Sinclaire, and more.
Fire and Ice Festival:
- Firemans Park, Chaska
- July 14 through July 15
- Free admission
Eat, drink, and play the day away at this free public event with live music, a wide variety of food, fireworks, and more.
TCFF 2023 West End Block Party:
- 1633 West End Blvd., St. Louis Park
- July 15 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Free admission
Stop by the West End for a family-friendly afternoon with games by Can-Can Wonderland, a Barbie-themed photo booth, food trucks, local vendors, and more. Music, dancing and entertainment will be provided by the Twin Cities Road Crew.
Spirit of the Lakes Festival:
- Surfside Park, Mound
- July 13 through July 15
- Free admission
Catch a wake surfing competition, buy local crafts, enjoy live music and more at this three-day event. The Grand Parade and fireworks will both take place on July 15. Full schedule here.
Unicorn World:
- Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis
- July 15 through July 16
- $39 per person. Children under 2 are free.
Unicorn World is made up of life-sized, animatronic unicorns and perfect for a day of family-fun. Experience unicorn themed arts and crafts, music, dancing, hula-hoops, a unicorn reading section, and a unicorn gift shop. | 2023-07-10T22:04:03+00:00 | fox9.com | https://www.fox9.com/news/what-to-do-in-minnesota-8-things-to-do-this-weekend-july-14-16 |
A Justice Department task force designed to protect reproductive rights after the Supreme Court overruled a landmark abortion precedent is meeting daily to monitor changes in state law and advise federal agencies.
In its latest action, DOJ this week pledged to defend doctors, nurses and other workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs if they're sued or prosecuted for their role in facilitating abortions for patients whose life or health is in danger.
"The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution bars state officials from penalizing VA employees for performing their federal functions, whether through criminal prosecution, license revocation proceedings, or civil litigation," according to a new memo from the DOJ Office of Legal Counsel.
Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, who's leading the effort, told NPR "we aren't going to hesitate to act when we see violations of federal law."
The Justice Department sued the state of Idaho last month over that state's near total abortion ban. At issue in that case is a federal law called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, which requires hospitals that participate in Medicare to evaluate and stabilize patients with emergency medical conditions.
"It would subject doctors to arrest and criminal prosecution, and it would then place the burden on the doctors to prove that they are not criminally liable," Attorney General Merrick Garland told reporters in August of the Idaho state law.
DOJ is also defending the federal government, which has been sued by the Republican attorney general in Texas over its guidance to E.R. doctors and hospitals that take funding from Medicare.
Federal prosecutors said they've secured recent guilty pleas from people who issued violent threats or destroyed property at clinics that perform abortions. The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994 bars violent, threatening acts that are intended to interfere with peoples' right to seek or provide reproductive health services.
"There is much work to do every day," Gupta said.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-09-23T17:23:04+00:00 | klcc.org | https://www.klcc.org/npr-news/2022-09-23/dojs-reproductive-rights-group-is-watching-for-state-changes-that-violate-federal-law |
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at an international fleet review Sunday that his country urgently needs to strengthen its military capabilities as security risks increase including threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Eighteen warships from 12 countries participated in the review, including the United States, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea, while the U.S. and France also sent warplanes.
South Korea joined for the first time in seven years, in the latest sign of improvement in badly strained ties between Tokyo and Seoul over Japan’s wartime atrocities.
“The security environment in the East and South China seas, especially around Japan, is increasingly becoming more severe,” Kishida said, noting North Korea’s increased missile firings, including one that flew over Japan last month, and growing concern about the impact in Asia of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Avoiding disputes and seeking dialogue is important, Kishida said, but it is also necessary to be prepared for provocations and threats to peace and stability. He repeated his pledge to significantly reinforce Japan’s military capability within five years.
Kishida said Japan urgently needs to build more warships, strengthen anti-missile capability and improve working conditions for troops.
“We have no time to waste,” Kishida said after his review aboard the JS Izumo, where naval officers from the participating countries gathered to review a demonstration of the frigates, submarines, supply ships and warplanes in Sagami Bay southwest of Tokyo.
The 248-meter- (813-foot) long Izumo has been retrofitted so that it can carry F-35Bs, stealth fighters capable of short take-offs and vertical landings, as Japan increasingly works side-by-side with the U.S. military.
Kishida said Japan will further strengthen the deterrence and response capability of the Japan-U.S. alliance.
Later Sunday, Kishida and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel visited the USS Ronald Reagan, the U.S. Navy’s only aircraft career based outside the U.S. mainland, off the U.S. naval base of Yokosuka.
Emanuel stressed the importance of cooperation among U.S. allies. “Every time we do things in either a bilateral capacity, trilateral capacity of any other type of exercises that also brings in others, that puts China on their back heels because they realize that’s the one thing they do not have is the one thing America has in abundance and we work at it extensively.”
The U.S. military, which had just finished a joint exercise with South Korea that prompted missile barrages and other warnings from North Korea, is set to hold major drills with Japan later this month in southwestern Japan. Australia, Canada and Britain will join part of the drills, while France, India, New Zealand, the Philippines and South Korea are expected to take part as observers.
Japan has steadily stepped up its international defense role and military spending over the past decade, and plans to double its military budget in the next five to 10 years to about 2% of its GDP, citing a NATO standard, amid threats from North Korea and China’s growing assertiveness.
China has reinforced its claims to virtually the entire South China Sea by constructing artificial islands equipped with military installations and airfields. Beijing also claims a string of islands that are controlled by Japan in the East China Sea, and has stepped up military harassment of self-ruled Taiwan, which it says is part of China to be annexed by force if necessary.
Kishida’s government is currently working on a revision to its national security strategy and mid- to long-term defense policies, and is considering allowing the use of preemptive strikes in a major shift to Japan’s self-defense-only postwar principle. Critics say preemptive strikes could violate Japan’s pacifist constitution.
Apparently addressing concerns from Asian neighbors, Kishida said Japan will stick to its postwar pledge as a “pacifist nation” and continue to explain its security policy to gain understanding while asking other countries to do the same.
Many of its neighbors, including South Korea, were victims of Japanese aggression in the first half of the 1900s, and an attempt by Japan to increase its military role and spending could be a sensitive issue.
Sunday’s international fleet review marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan’s postwar navy, called the Maritime Self-Defense Force, seven years after Japan was demilitarized after its World War II defeat. The naval ships and warplanes were to participate in joint exercises later on Sunday and Monday.
It was the first time Japan hosted an international fleet review in 20 years. China did not take part but was expected to participate in the two-day Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Yokohama starting Monday with officers from about 30 countries discussing maritime security.
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Associated Press video journalist Jérémie Chanteraud in Yokosuka, Japan, contributed to this report. | 2022-11-07T10:46:49+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-japan-pm-vows-to-strengthen-military-at-intl-naval-review/ |
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jhessyka Williams scored 33 points, 20 in the second half, and top-seeded Gardner-Webb defeated No. 2 seed High Point 74-61 in the Big South Tournament championship game on Sunday night.
Williams, the regular-season Big South most outstanding player, made 12 of 19 shots overall, 2 of 4 3-pointers, and 7 of 10 free throws. She had 11 rebounds and surpassed 2,000 career points when she hit a long two-pointer in the first quarter.
Layken Cox had 16 points and 15 rebounds for Gardner-Webb and Ki’Ari Cain added 14 points.
The Panthers scored the last six points of the third quarter, taking a 49-48 lead when Jenson Edwards beat the buzzer with a mid-range jumper. But the Panthers missed their first eight shots of the fourth quarter and by the time Williams wrapped up a personal 10-0 run with 5:10 remaining, the Runnin’ Bulldogs led 60-49. The Panthers went six minutes without scoring before Skylar Curran hit two free throws and seven minutes without a field goal before Edwards made a layup.
Jenson Edwards scored 18 points, Nakyah Terrell 14, and Curran 11 for High Point (17-14).
Both teams relied heavily on their starters. Not only were there a total of two bench points in the game, but only three players scored in the second half for Gardner-Webb until Lauren Bevis made two free throws in the final minute.
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The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol released an official notice that it will hold the first hearing on what it has found so far about the deadly siege on Thursday, June 9 in prime time at 8 p.m. ET.
In the notice made late on Thursday, the panel also said witnesses for the hearing would be announced next week.
At the hearing, the panel will "present previously unseen material documenting January 6th, receive witness testimony, preview additional hearings, and provide the American people a summary of its findings about the coordinated, multi-step effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and prevent the transfer of power," it said.
This will be the first public hearing held by the committee in nearly a year. During the last hearing, in July, four police officers gave graphic accounts of the physical and verbal assaults they endured while protecting the Capitol and the lawmakers who had gathered on Jan. 6, 2021, to count and certify states' electoral votes from the 2020 election. Over 100 law enforcement officers were injured and several people died after pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol to overturn the election results.
Altogether, the panel is expected to hold about a half dozen public hearings in June and release a report on its findings in September. Committee members say the hearings will provide a narrative for what led up to the attack, who helped organize and fund some of the outside groups promoting false claims that Joe Biden did not rightfully win the election, and what then President Trump was doing behind the scenes around the time of the violent insurrection.
In recent months, the committee has held several business meetings to approve contempt charges against a handful of former Trump administration officials who refused to cooperate with the investigation.
Former White House chief of Staff Mark Meadows initially cooperated with a subpoena and turned over text messages and emails, but then reversed course and declined to appear or provide additional documents. Former aides Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino also defied subpoenas from the panel. The full House approved contempt charges for all four and referred them to the Justice Department. So far, DOJ has indicted Bannon for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena and his trial is set for this summer.
The committee has interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses, publicly subpoenaed about 100 individuals, and received tens of thousands of pages in documents since it was created roughly a year ago.
Initially top leaders from both parties pushed for an outside, independent commission to probe the riot, but Republican members decided to oppose that effort and also voted against setting up the select committee. Once the committee was approved, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., then tapped five members from his party to serve on it. But after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., rejected three of them, McCarthy boycotted the panel. Pelosi tapped Republicans Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois to serve on the committee.
Five House Republicans, including McCarthy, have received committee subpoenas that focused on their communications with Trump and others around the attack, but have so far declined to appear before the committee.
The panel does not have the authority to bring any criminal charges against the former president or any of those involved in the events leading up to or on the day of the attack, but several panel members maintain the Justice Department could take action even without the committee's report.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-06-04T01:02:22+00:00 | wksu.org | https://www.wksu.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-06-02/jan-6-panel-promises-previously-unseen-material-in-prime-time-hearing-on-june-9 |
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Kimberly Sass has traded in her goal crease for a construction hat and a football.
The recently retired goalie, who won a National Women’s Hockey League championship with the Metropolitan Riveters in 2018, has been hired as project manager to represent the Buffalo Bills in the building of the team’s new stadium. The role not only aligns with Sass’ professional career in design and architecture, it’s a job that holds special meaning for someone from Buffalo.
“I’m absolutely thrilled to have this opportunity,” Sass said. “As a Bills fan growing up here and just to be able to work on a project this big, this scale and this magnitude in terms of the future impact it’ll have on this community is awesome.”
Sass is working for Legends, a company co-owned by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. It was hired by the Bills to oversee the construction of a new facility projected to cost $1.4 billion to be built across the street of the team’s current home.
After reaching a conditional agreement a year ago, with the state and county committing $850 million toward the total cost, the Bills and various government partners are in the final stages of formally approving the project. Construction is expected to begin within months, with an eye of having the stadium built in time for the 2027 season.
Legends senior vice president of development Cameron Curtis considered Sass an ideal fit.
“We are incredibly proud to be involved in the new Bills stadium project and have Kimberly join our team,” Curtis said. “Her background in interior architecture and sports will be a great benefit.”
The one difference for Sass in her role as project manager is being on the other side of conversation.
She previous worked for HLW Corporate Interior Workplace Design, where her job was designing workplace projects as large as 400,000 square feet. With the architectural firm Populous handling the schematics of the new stadium, Sass’ job is representing the Bills to make sure their needs are met.
The 32-year-old Sass has spent much of her life in Buffalo and upstate New York. She played collegiately at Colgate, went on to play in the NWHL before eventually joining the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association, with whom she is a board member, and earned her masters degree in architecture at the University at Buffalo.
She’s also an artist who designed a warmup jersey — inspired by Title IX — the Washington Capitals will wear for their Women in Hockey Night on March 23.
With women’s professional sports on the rise, including the PWHPA seeking to launch its own league, Sass envisions one day designing stadiums taking into account female athletes’ needs.
“I get asked this question multiple times, and I think I just never really thought that there was a glass ceiling, I guess,” Sass said. “Maybe that’s naïve of me, but I just keep shooting for what’s next.”
For now, she’ll settle on a project helping secure the long-term future of the Bills in her hometown.
“I’m excited to create something awesome for our city,” Sass said. “It’s definitely going to be something to celebrate here.”
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AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/apf-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-03-11T15:46:59+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/sports/sass-trades-goal-crease-to-oversee-bills-new-stadium-project/ |
Snow flurries are coming to an end here through the early morning hours. Highs near freezing today, but with breezy conditions wind chill values will be in the 20s. Cloudy skies prevail today. Tomorrow we could see some snow in the morning, with minimal accumulations, but could make for some wet roads as a cold front moves through. Cold into the weekend, before a warmup next week as temperatures get back to the 50s on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Today: A high of 34 degrees. Wind Chill values in the 20s. Cloudy skies.
Tonight: A low of 28 degrees. Mostly cloudy skies.
Tomorrow: A high of 32 degrees. Morning snow showers with minimal accumulation. Mostly cloudy. | 2022-11-17T12:02:54+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/weather/daily-forecast/flurries-ending-cold-and-breezy-today/ |
"Reverse-Engineering" of Existing Compound Yields Potential New Therapy
NEW YORK, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- An experimental drug already tested as a potential treatment for cancer, lung, and Alzheimer's disease may slow the progression of atherosclerosis that leads to heart disease, a new study shows.
Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the study explored the mechanisms behind atherosclerosis, in which fatty deposits build up in blood vessels. As this buildup hardens into plaques and causes misplaced immune reactions (inflammation), it can block blood flow to cause heart attack or stroke.
Publishing June 8 in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research, the new study showed that plasma (the liquid part of blood) from patients with atherosclerotic disease triggers an usually high inflammatory signal in blood immune cells. Further experiments then showed that the drug saracatinib reduced this inflammation signaling by more than 90% in human blood samples and diseased tissue samples.
"Our findings provide new insight into the inflammatory mechanisms in atherosclerosis and suggest for the first time that saracatinib may offer an effective therapy in cases where standard therapy, in the form of statins, fails to help," says study co-lead author Letizia Amadori, PhD, a senior research scientist at NYU Langone Health.
Physicians prescribe statins to reduce harmful fats in the blood, but studies show that even with reduced plaque deposits, inflammation persists in many patients, who remain at high risk for heart attack. According to the study authors, the causes of this chronic immune response in patients are not fully understood, and anti-inflammatory treatments are sometimes ineffective in patient studies.
For the study, the team analyzed blood samples from 34 men and women with the condition specifically termed atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), all of whom were on statins, and compared them with samples from 24 healthy donors.
To home in on saracatinib, the study authors explored 4,823 genes including 277 already known to play a role in inflammation and produce cytokines and other proteins that promote a chronic immune response.
According to Amadori, the team reasoned that if a particular medication could stop all these molecules from being made, then it could calm the response.
Rather than trying to create a suitable drug from scratch, the researchers instead turned to a list of pharmaceuticals already approved or being tested for other uses. Specifically, they searched a series of datasets from the National Institutes of Health called the Library of Integrated Network-Based Cellular Signatures, which contains hundreds of thousands of test results mapping the effects of various molecules, signaling proteins, and genetic changes on human cells.
Because saracatinib was shown in this search to reverse the expression of target genes, the process by which genes are turned on to make proteins, the authors tested it in human cells, diseased tissue, and animal models to see if it could actually stop, slow, or reverse inflammation prompted by ASCVD.
Among the findings, the results revealed that saracatinib blocks gene activity responsible for producing inflammatory proteins such as interleukin-1 beta and interluekin-6 that maintain ASCVD's immune reactivity. Notably, an inhibitor of interleukin-1 beta was shown to effectively prevent heart attack in an earlier trial. At the same time, the drug boosted genes known to make proteins that help clean up plaque deposits by transporting fat away from the arteries.
Further experiments in rabbits revealed that saracatinib reduced plaque-based inflammation by about 97% compared with untreated animals. Meanwhile in mice, the same therapy prompted up to an 80% reduction in cells linked to inflammation in plaques and shrunk plaque deposits between 48% and 70%, depending on the dose of the medication, says Amadori.
"Our reverse-engineering method of finding new uses for old drugs can in theory be harnessed to uncover therapies for practically any disease that involves inflammation," said study senior author Chiara Giannarelli, MD, PhD. "Since these chemicals have already been tested for safety, this technique offers a swift and cost-effective approach to pharmaceutical development."
Giannarelli, an associate professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pathology at NYU Langone, says the study team next plans to use their same protocol to explore potential treatments for other inflammatory conditions linked to ASCVD, such as rheumatic arthritis or type 2 diabetes.
That said, Giannarelli cautions that while saracatinib appears promising, it must still be clinically tested to ensure that the treatment actually works in patients.
Funding for the study was provided by National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants UH2TR002067 and UH3TR002067. Additional support was provided by NIH grants R21TR001739, R01HL153712, T32HL007824, R35HL135799, P01HL131481, R01HL143814, R01HL140072, RC2DK131995, R01DK131525, OT2OD030160, and U54HL127624.
Giannarelli is an inventor of a patent pending (Tech 160808G PCT/US2022/017777) for this therapeutic approach to treat ASCVD as well as for the team's drug development pathway. The terms and conditions are being managed in accordance with the policies and practices of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and NYU Langone Health.
In addition to Amadori and Giannarelli, other NYU researchers involved in the study were Ravneet Kaur, MS; Swathy Sajja, MS; Roza Shamailova, MA; Yannick Cyr, PhD; Natalia Eberhardt, PhD; and Kathryn Moore, PhD. Other investigators involved in the study are Dawn Fernandez, PhD; Simon Koplev, MS; Nicolas Fernandez, PhD; Pauline Mury, PhD; Nayaab Kahn, PhD; Minji Jeon, PhD; Christopher Hill, BA; Peik Sean Chong, MS; Sonum Naidu, BSE; Ken Sakurai, PhD; Adam Ghotbi, MD, PhD; Raphael Soler, MD, PhD; Adeeb Rahman, PhD; Peter Faries, MD; Zahi Fayad, PhD; and Avi Ma'ayan, PhD; at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Claudia Calcagno, MD, PhD, also at Mount Sinai, served as study co-lead author.
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Containment continued to grow on a wildfire burning for more than a week in Yosemite National Park and residents of the mountain community of Wawona began returning to their homes on Sunday, officials said.
The Washburn fire was 51% contained after scorching 7.6 square miles (19 square km) of forest land, according to an incident update.
Residents and property owners can return to Wawona, but only with escorts during specific times, officials said. The area remains under a fire advisory.
The blaze began July 7 in Yosemite and is now burning into the Sierra National Forest. How the fire started remains under investigation but officials suspect people were the source.
Yosemite National Park visitors are prohibited from starting campfires or smoking in some areas to reduce the threat of sparking new wildfires, the National Park Service said Friday.
The famed Mariposa Grove, which includes more than 500 mature sequoias, escaped serious damage but the area remained closed to visitors.
Farther north, all evacuation orders and road closures were lifted Saturday for the Peter Fire in Shasta County. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said that blaze destroyed 12 structures after erupting Thursday afternoon. | 2022-07-17T18:58:10+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Residents-17310740.php |
'Mind blowing': Severely injured Philly firefighter performs at NJ festival after fall from ladder
PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia firefighter and his band got the chance of a lifetime this weekend down the shore.
Randy Ballinger and his bandmates of "Jersey Calling" opened the inaugural two-day Adjacent Festival in Atlantic City, performing both Saturday and Sunday.
"They said all right you guys can go, and we just broke right into song and did what we do," said Ballinger. "Music is our passion so if it’s ten people or 10-thousand we’re going to play."
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Organizers said 20-thousand people are attending the festival each day. Geoff Gordon, the Regional President of Live Nation Northeast Corridor was inspired by Ballinger’s story and presented this dream opportunity to perform on the same stage as Blink 182 and Paramore.
"He’s been through a lot. He should get like a prize or something," said daughter Keira Ballinger. "I’m glad he’s still here with us today."
Ballinger was severely injured in February after fighting a rowhome fire in Kingsessing when he fell 25 feet off a roof.
"The most amazing thing is just having Randy here. We were so worried about him when he fell, and the fact we’ve been able to practice, we’ve been able to get on stage just rock out and be here at Adjacent is just mind blowing," said Sean Breslin, lead guitarist of Jersey Calling.
"Beautiful scenery, getting to meet the other bands, seeing their acts and just to be able to share this with Randy, and the rest of the other guys here the salt of the Earth," said Jose Diaz, drummer of Jersey Calling.
Family and friends came from near and far to show their support including fellow firefighter Matt Luzzi from South Carolina.
"I feel like music is a great outlet for first responding and he’s getting to live two dreams at the same time and looking at this big stage, that was really cool to see him up there," said Luzzi. "He put his body and himself on the line and got hurt. He is very lucky to be here to do what he loves which is helping people."
It’s been a long journey for this firefighting hero’s recovery; from the hospital and now back at home. His doctors are hopeful to perform one last final surgery in a few weeks.
"As long as everything goes good again, I get moving on both legs and hopefully get walking and running, and then back to work," said Ballinger. "We hold the word hero in a really high regard. I mean, you have to do something spectacular and I think I was just doing my job."
Tickets are still available for the Adjacent Music Festival if you’d like to show your support for Ballinger and the band Jersey Calling. Their performance is on Sunday at 12 p.m. | 2023-05-27T23:23:09+00:00 | fox29.com | https://www.fox29.com/news/mind-blowing-severely-injured-philly-firefighter-performs-at-nj-festival-after-fall-from-ladder |
BRONX, N.Y., Feb. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- www.badseedbook.com announces the sale of 100,000 NON-FUNGIBLE-TRUMP trading cards for $100 on Upstream, the trading app for digital securities and NFTs powered by Horizon Fintex ("Horizon") and MERJ Exchange Limited ("MERJ").
This exclusive collection of 100,000 NON-FUNGIBLE-TRUMPs is derived from 10 classic illustrations by Catalan Artist Ivan Cuadros, from the Bad Seed Book, a legendary online satire of the Trump administration, which is being prepared for publication as an illustrated novel on Trump's birthday, June 14, 2023. Popular illustrations from the series include, Trump Baby, Trump (statue of) Liberty, Trump Dictator, Trump Godzilla and Trump Slapped (by Stormy Daniels).
According to writer/creator Adam Kidron: "The NON-FUNGIBLE-TRUMPs, like the Bad Seed Book itself, serves as a satirical counterbalance to Trump and his bully-pulpit, which he uses to intimidate, discriminate and sell dangerous untruths. So when Trump announced his sale of 45,000 "comic" NFT's we decided to create a series of greater artistic, social, and economic value. We picked President's Day to launch to remind people that the 45th edition was the worst. Trump's NFT trading cards recently hit a new peak price of $1,000 each, providing purchasers a 1000% return. Given the relative size of the #nevertrump market, we expect that people purchasing the Bad Seed Book series of NON-FUNGIBLE-TRUMPs will do even better!"
There are 100,000 NON-FUNGIBLE-TRUMPs for sale in the Bad Seed Book collection. For more information on the collection please visit www.badseedbook.com
ABOUT THE BAD SEED BOOK
The Bad Seed Book is an illustrated online satire of the Trump Administration, in which we have commissioned and produced an exclusive collection of 1,500 original images, gifs, and animated movie shorts that we share across our social platforms. The book which was originally published as 40-chapter/blogs is currently being prepared for publication as an illustrated novel on Trump's birthday, June 14, 2023.
In the book, Elia Degas, a bold but disillusioned lawyer from the Bronx is searching for a distraction from a career going nowhere and a stack of bills he can't afford to pay. His life turned upside down when Monica Rivera, a dangerously addictive journalist and provocateur, tells Degas a story big enough to change the world --- that he (Degas) is the step-brother of James Alexander Hunt whose unlikely victory in the previous day's Presidential Election had opened the floodgates of bigotry.
Prior to the election, Hunt, a master manipulator of public opinion had been bought and sold by many powerful men including Russian President, Vladimir Putin who is blackmailing him.
When Degas discovers that Hunt had disinherited him through fraud, he vows to bring him down no matter the consequence, no matter the cost, and together, Degas and Monica take on Hunt, the powers that be and the conspiracy that we were never supposed to see.
BORN OF EXTREME VIOLENCE. ROBBED OF HIS BIRTHRIGHT. DEGAS IS THE BASTARD THAT GOING TO TAKE THE PRESIDENT DOWN AND SAVE US FROM OURSELVES
About Adam Kidron
As a record producer, Adam was responsible for many seminal records and soundtracks. As a TV producer, Adam was responsible for innovative series such as CATWALK (the cult show that broke out Neve Campbell). As an entrepreneur, Adam founded UBO.com, which foretold YouTube, recorded the Star-Spangled Banner in Spanish (which trod on the sensitive toes of President George W. Bush), brought iPad and unlimited personalization to (almost) fast food at 4food, and democratized the business of music at Yonder Music. Adam is currently building global, mobile platforms for connected (on and offline) experiences at Yonder Media Mobile.
Adam Plus Company is pop-up investment firm Adam founded to instigate and incubate transformative ideas and organize them to ventures.
The Bad Seed Book, which is one such venture. For a peek at the others visit: www.adamplusco.com
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Barclays PLC ("Barclays" or the "Company") (NYSE: BCS).
Class Period: February 18, 2021 – March 25, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: November 22, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Barclays lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/barclays-plc/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Barclays had a material weakness in its internal control environment due to the fact that the over-issuance had occurred and was not immediately identified; (2) BBPLC had and was selling unregistered securities in excess of the amounts registered by the August 2019 Shelf Registration Statement, (3) BBPLC was required to conduct a recission offer for those unregistered securities, and (4) BBPLC was violating U.S. securities laws and/or SEC regulations, subjecting Barclays to legal liability; and (5) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Charles Linehan, Esquire, of GPM, 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, by email to shareholders@glancylaw.com, or visit our website at www.glancylaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number and number of shares purchased.
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$820 million lottery jackpot is 8th largest in US
(AP) - Lottery players will have a shot at an estimated $820 million Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night, less than a week after someone hit a Powerball prize that topped $1 billion.
The huge Mega Millions jackpot is the eighth-largest U.S. lottery prize and follows a $1.08 billion prize won by a player Wednesday in Los Angeles. California lottery officials haven’t announced a winner of that prize, which was the sixth-largest in U.S. history.
Jackpots in the two lottery games grow so large because the steep odds make winning so unlikely, allowing the grand prize to roll over again and again. The last time someone beat Mega Millions’ odds of 1 in 203.5 million and won a jackpot was April 18 — that’s 27 drawings without a big winner.
The game pays out many more smaller prizes, which start at $2. The overall odds of winning any prize is 1 in 24.
The $820 million prize for Tuesday night’s drawing is for a sole winner who chooses payment through an annuity, with one immediate payment and then 29 annual allotments. Jackpot winners nearly always take the cash option, which for Tuesday night’s drawing would be an estimated $422 million.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-25T13:43:31+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/2023/07/25/820-million-lottery-jackpot-is-8th-largest-us/ |
A giant great white shark blimp flying in the sky could be seen earlier this week.
It's part of a competition that stretches across both the east and west coasts.
Fans can post their blimp sightings with different hashtags to see which coast has the biggest Shark Week fans. | 2022-07-24T21:44:45+00:00 | newson6.com | https://www.newson6.com/story/62dc247dcc8cb101ec9af880/giant-great-white-shark-blimp-flies-to-celebrate-shark-week |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A surge in Cuban and Nicaraguan arrivals at the U.S. border with Mexico in December led to the highest number of illegal border crossings recorded during any month of Joe Biden’s presidency, authorities said Friday.
The extraordinary influx came shortly before Biden introduced measures on Jan. 5 to deter Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans.
U.S. authorities stopped migrants 251,487 times along the Mexican border in December, up 7% from 234,896 times in November and up 40% from 179,253 times in December 2021, Customs and Border Protection said.
Cubans were stopped nearly 43,000 times in December, up 23% from November and more than quintuple the same period a year earlier. Nicaraguans were stopped more than 35,000 times, up 3% from November and more than double from December 2021.
More migrants were also stopped from Ecuador and Peru.
The influx from Cuba and Nicaragua made El Paso, Texas, the busiest of the Border Patrol’s nine sectors on the Mexican border for a third month in a row. The city was overwhelmed with migrants who were released to pursue their immigration cases in the U.S. in the weeks leading up to Biden’s visit on Jan. 8, his first to the border as president.
The number of Venezuelan arrivals remained far below September highs, when the South American country was the second-highest nationality at the border after Mexicans. In October, the U.S. agreed to accept up to 24,000 Venezuelans on humanitarian parole, while Mexico agreed to take back the same number who entered the U.S. illegally and could be expelled under a pandemic-era rule to deny rights to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Biden said this month that the U.S. would admit up to 30,000 people a month under humanitarian parole from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, allowing them to live and work for two years if they apply online, pay airfare and find a financial sponsor. At the same time, Mexico agreed to take back the same number from those four countries who enter the U.S. illegally and can be removed under the pandemic-era rule known as Title 42.
Troy Miller, CBP’s acting commissioner, signaled that the latest measures may be having the desired effect.
“Early data suggests the expanded measures for Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans are having a similar impact, and we look forward to sharing the additional data in the next update,” he said in a news release. | 2023-01-21T13:45:50+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/ap-political/ap-illegal-border-crossings-surge-to-highest-of-bidens-term/ |
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – After leading Louisiana as Secretary of State for just over four years, Kyle Ardoin says he will not be seeking re-election.
Ardoin announced his decision Tuesday, April 11, issuing a statement that said, in part, “I have decided not to seek re-election. For the last five years, I have had the blessing of serving as Louisiana’s 44th Secretary of State. In that time, we have faced unprecedented challenges including major hurricanes, a global pandemic, and lies about our election processes and procedures. Through it all, I have been able to witness the unyielding dedication of election staff across the state who worked countless late nights and weekends, sometimes putting their own needs on hold, to deliver democracy to the people of Louisiana.”
Before he was elected as Secretary of State in 2018, the 55-year-old native of Ville Platte and LSU graduate served as first assistant secretary of state for eight years.
Prior to his role with the secretary of state’s office, Ardoin worked for the Louisiana House of Representatives, became a gubernatorial appointment on the Capital Area Human Services District and served on the Health Care Reform Commission.
Now that he does not plan on seeking re-election, Ardoin says he intends to focus on his health and his family. His communications team confirmed that at this time, he does not intend to seek another role in government.
Ardoin’s full statement is available to read below.
I have decided not to seek re-election.
For the last five years, I have had the blessing of serving as Louisiana’s 44th Secretary of State. In that time, we have faced unprecedented challenges including major hurricanes, a global pandemic, and lies about our election processes and procedures. Through it all, I have been able to witness the unyielding dedication of election staff across the state who worked countless late nights and weekends, sometimes putting their own needs on hold, to deliver democracy to the people of Louisiana. I could not be prouder of their work, and being tasked with leading these individuals has been the honor of a lifetime.
I trust that the next Secretary of State will be able to build off of the accomplishments we have achieved in the last five years, including widespread recognition from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor, the Heritage Foundation, and the Electoral Integrity Project for our election integrity measures.
I hope that Louisianans of all political persuasions will stand against the pervasive lies that have eroded trust in our elections by using conspiracies so far-fetched that they belong in a work of fiction. The vast majority of Louisiana’s voters know that our elections are secure and accurate, and it is shameful and outright dangerous that a small minority of vocal individuals have chosen to denigrate the hard work of our election staff and spread unproven falsehoods.
I am thankful for the tireless work of my staff over these last five years, and for the love and support of my family through the many challenges we have faced. I look forward to continuing to serve the people of Louisiana through the remainder of my term.
Robert Kyle Ardoin, Secretary of State of Louisiana | 2023-04-12T00:08:20+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/news/state-news/louisiana/secretary-of-state-kyle-ardoin-not-seeking-re-election/ |
Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same in the U.S. and Canada amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it caused cancer.
Talc will be replaced by cornstarch, the company said.
The company has faced litigation alleging its talcum powder caused users to develop ovarian cancer, through use for feminine hygiene, or mesothelioma, a cancer that strikes the lungs and other organs.
J&J insists, and the overwhelming majority of medical research on talc indicates, that the talc baby powder is safe and doesn’t cause cancer.
However, demand for the company’s baby powder fell off, and J&J removed the talc-based product in most of North America in 2020.
The company did so after it saw demand drop due to “misleading talc litigation advertising that caused global confusion and unfounded concern,” about product safety a company spokeswoman said.
J&J said the change announced late Thursday will simplify its product selection and meet evolving global trends.
Last October, J&J said a separate subsidiary it created to manage talc litigation claims had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
J&J said then that it funded the subsidiary, named LTL Management, and established a $2 billion trust to pay claims the bankruptcy court determines that it owes.
The health care giant also said last fall that it will turn its consumer health business — which sells the baby powder, Band-Aids and other products — into a separate publicly traded company. The part of the company selling prescription drugs and medical devices will keep the J&J name.
Shares of Johnson & Johnson, based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, rose slightly before the opening bell Friday. The stock has performed better than the Dow Jones Industrial Average, of which J&J is a member, for most of the year. | 2022-08-13T03:19:22+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/jj-to-end-sales-of-baby-powder-with-talc-globally-next-year/ |
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz — not four-time defending champion Novak Djokovic — and Iga Swiatek were seeded No. 1 for Wimbledon on Wednesday, as expected, because the All England Club adhered to the ATP and WTA rankings.
Alcaraz overtook Djokovic atop the men’s standings on Monday. Djokovic has not played since collecting his men’s-record 23rd Grand Slam title at the French Open on June 11 and slid to No. 2, while Alcaraz rose one spot after winning a grass-court tune-up tournament at Queen’s Club on Sunday.
Djokovic has won the championship at Wimbledon each of the past four times it was held — and seven times overall — but he did not benefit from a ranking boost in 2022 because the ATP and WTA withheld all points to protest the All England Club’s decision to ban players from Russia and Belarus because of the invasion of Ukraine.
Those athletes are allowed to compete this year, and Russian player Daniil Medvedev is seeded No. 3 in the men’s field, while Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka is No. 2 in the women’s field.
The draw to set up the singles brackets will be Friday. The tournament begins Monday.
Casper Ruud is No. 4 of the 32 men’s seeds, followed by Stefanos Tsitsipas, Holger Rune, Jannik Sinner, Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe. Nick Kyrgios, the runner-up to Djokovic at Wimbledon a year ago, is seeded 31st.
Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is ranked 39th and is not seeded.
Swiatek has been ranked No. 1 since April 2022 and owns four Grand Slam titles, most recently at the French Open. She has never been past the fourth round at Wimbledon.
Elena Rybakina, the 2022 women’s champion at the All England Club, is No. 3 among the women’s 32 seeds, followed by Jessica Pegula, Caroline Garcia, Ons Jabeur, Coco Gauff, Maria Sakkari, two-time champion Petra Kvitova and Barbora Krejcikova.
From 2002 to 2019, the All England Club based its seedings for the men’s draw on a formula that took into account results on grass at Wimbledon and elsewhere. But after that, the tournament opted to simply follow the rankings to determine all seeds.
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AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-06-28T23:48:08+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/sports/carlos-alcaraz-not-novak-djokovic-and-iga-swiatek-are-the-no-1-seeds-for-wimbledon/ |
Expanded product lines now available for MOOG ball joints, control arms, tie rods and others
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MOOG®, the industry-leading steering and suspension brand from Tenneco Inc.'s (NYSE: TEN) DRiV group, recently announced 79 new part numbers for its ball joints, control arms, tie rods and more during the third quarter 2022, bringing the total number of new parts available this year to 148.
New parts include four control arm and ball joint assemblies: CK620889, front right lower; CK621474, front right upper; RK623739 front right lower; and RK623740, front left lower. Part number CK620889 is now available for the following vehicles: 2019-2015 Cadillac Escalade ESV and Escalade; 2019-2015 Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe, and 2019-2014 Silverado 1500; and 2019-2015 GMC Yukon XL and Yukon, and 2019-2014 Sierra 1500. This offers expanded coverage to nearly 5.5 million vehicles in operation (VIO). Covering over 1.8 million VIO, part number CK621474 is also new for the 2020-2005 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner. Part numbers RK623739 (front right lower) and RK623740 (front right upper) are first-to-market parts for the 2019-2017 Cadillac XT5 and GMC Acadia (covering nearly 550,000 VIO).
Also new for nearly 3.7 million VIO is part number RK643661 (rear upper) for 2020-2016 Honda Civic, 2021-2017 CR-V, and 2019 Insight. Additionally, control arm bushings (part number K202089, rear upper outer) are available for over 2.2 VIO, covering the 2017-2008 Buick Enclave; 2017-2009 Chevrolet Traverse; 2017 GMC Acadia Limited and 2016-2007 Acadia; and 2010-2007 Saturn Outlook.
MOOG has also released first-to-market ball joints (K500433) for the 2021-2020 Jeep Gladiator and 2021-2018 Wrangler; and control arms (RK643672, rear left lower; and RK643673, rear right lower) for the 2018-2013 Nissan Altima and 2020-2016 Maxima.
MOOG continues to raise the bar for control arm excellence by constantly testing and developing new engineering solutions to improve vehicle ride and performance. Application-specific innovations to MOOG premium control arms include induction-hardened studs and carbon fiber-reinforced bearings with PTFE. Induction-hardened studs provide added strength, while the patent-pending carbon fiber-reinforced bearings reduce socket friction compared to typical non-reinforced bearings, providing longer socket life. Premium control arms also feature enhanced structural strength and increased corrosion resistance.
Earlier this year, MOOG introduced its High Utilization hub assemblies. Building upon its long history of Problem Solver methodology, design and technology, these improved MOOG products feature enhancements for reliability, durability, and lasting performance in truck applications, even in challenging, high-usage conditions. New application-specific components include a new heat shield to protect the ABS sensor cable in high-heat conditions; a next generation outboard bearing race design integrated into the spindle for increased strength and durability; and an enhanced inboard seal and Grime Defense outboard seal to provide maximum protection against water, salt, dust, and road dirt.
"As we've shown throughout 2022, MOOG engineers constantly strive to create and enhance our products to exceed our customers' expectations for durability, quality, and availability," said Adam Richardson, Brand and Product Director, MOOG. "We design every part to an exact specification and make sure they are tested to our high standards, so it's easy for us to stand behind the MOOG name as The Problem Solver."
To watch a video and learn more about MOOG control arm assemblies and the full line of MOOG products, please visit www.MOOGparts.com contact your MOOG supplier. Like MOOG on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/MOOGparts, follow MOOG on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/MOOGparts, or connect with the brand on Instagram at www.Instagram.com/MOOGparts.
About Tenneco
Tenneco is one of the world's leading designers, manufacturers and marketers of automotive products for original equipment and aftermarket customers, with full year 2021 revenues of $18 billion and approximately 71,000 team members working at more than 260 sites worldwide. Through our four business groups, Motorparts, Performance Solutions, Clean Air and Powertrain, Tenneco is driving advancements in global mobility by delivering technology solutions for diversified global markets, including light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, industrial, motorsport and the aftermarket.
Visit www.tenneco.com to learn more.
CONTACT:
Karen Shulhan (DRiV) – 313.617.2086
karen.shulhan@driv.com
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Hosts around the world have been sharing their unique spaces on Airbnb for well over a decade, and guests have fallen for their one-of-a-kind stays, from domes and windmills to lighthouses and trains. In the past two years alone, from 2019 to 2021, nights booked at unique properties have increased globally by nearly 50 percent. With more guests booking unique stays, hosts are also earning real income, with unique listings earning nearly $1 billion just in 2021. In fact, globally, earnings by night and by traveler were higher for unique than non-unique listings in 2021.
Take it from tiny home host Ellis Nanney, who purchased a property in the heat of Idaho and spent the next five years building his own tiny house. He finally listed it on Airbnb in 2019, and the property quickly paid for itself. To find a unique place to stay or become a host yourself, please visit airbnb.com | 2022-07-28T17:12:22+00:00 | tmj4.com | https://www.tmj4.com/shows/the-morning-blend/tiny-homes-airbnb-why-it-pays-to-be-unique |
DALLAS, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Lauren Smyth has joined as a partner in the firm's Dallas office as a member of the Real Estate Practice Group.
"We are pleased to welcome Lauren to our team. We look forward to having her commercial real estate experience and work on complex and significant projects add depth to our capabilities as we continue to provide exceptional service to our clients," said Bradley Dallas Office Managing Partner Richard A. Sayles.
Ms. Smyth focuses her practice on commercial real estate and regularly represents buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, borrowers and lenders in the acquisition, development, financing and disposition of commercial properties. Her experience ranges from complex lease negotiations to the creation of large-scale condominium projects and mixed-use developments. Before graduating from the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law with high honors, Ms. Smyth received her B.A. in Political Science and French from Southern Methodist University and worked for the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. She is a member of the American Bar Association, and the Real Estate and Probate & Trust Sections of the State Bar of Texas. Ms. Smyth is also a member of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers and the Dallas Bar Association's Real Property Law and Probate, Trust & Estates Sections.
Bradley's Real Estate Practice Group is deeply embedded in the commercial real estate industry, serving every sector of the market, including office, multi-family, industrial, healthcare and medical, hospitality, and residential tract development, whether through acquisitions, financing, lending, leasing, construction, regulatory, tax, and other legal counsel, guidance or advice. The team handles complex, multimillion-dollar projects for large institutions, as well as routine transactions for clients whose primary interests are in real estate investment or development.
About Bradley
Bradley combines skilled legal counsel with exceptional client service and unwavering integrity to assist a diverse range of corporate and individual clients in achieving their business goals. With offices in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and the District of Columbia, the firm's almost 600 lawyers represent regional, national and international clients in various industries, including banking and financial services, construction, energy, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, and technology, among many others.
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Fluidx Medical's GPX Embolic Material Yields Promising Results for Oncology Uses
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fluidx Medical disclosed study results examining extent of vessel filling using the GPX Embolic Device compared to microspheres, a common treatment for many types of tumors.
Embolization is a procedure in which arterial or venous blood supply to an organ, malformation, aneurysm, bleed, tumor, and/or other abnormal area of issue is blocked. Metal coils, microsphere particles, and/or liquids are common embolics delivered through small 0.5mm – 1.5mm outer diameter 100 – 150cm long catheters.
"GPX is demonstrating deep distal vessel penetration," said Ryan O'Hara, M.D., Interventional Oncologist, University of Utah. "The ability to fill the smallest tumor feeding vessels and reach distal vessel beds is very important in effective treatment of hypervascular tumors and in other therapeutic embolic procedures."
Embolizing blood supply to tumors is a high-growth procedure to block blood supply to certain tumors. Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) includes delivering chemotherapy with embolization. Tumor embolization may also be performed prior to resection.
"GPX exhibited effective and thorough embolization throughout the renal cortical vasculature," according to a pathology assessment conducted by study pathologist James Stanley, DVM, MS, DACVP. "GPX filled the smallest arteries/arterioles of the distal cortex which was not observed with 40-micron microspheres."
GPX and microspheres were studied in selected small branches of renal arteries. The GPX Embolic Device was found to fill vessels more completely and penetrate deeper into smaller vessel beds than the smallest microspheres commonly used for tumor treatments.
"The extent of distal penetration of GPX, combined with its potential as a drug-loadable oncology solution, make this a unique technology with an exciting future in advancing cancer care," said Danny Smith, Vice President of R&D.
The GPX Embolic Device is an innovative embolic designed for simple preparation and controllable material delivery. The device is packaged ready-to-use in a syringe, can be prepped tableside by the clinician in about 30 seconds, and may be delivered through standard microcatheters (no complex mixing systems or special delivery catheters are necessary). GPX technology is a low viscosity, aqueous-based solution in a syringe that solidifies into a durable embolus upon delivery without polymerization or dimethyl-sulfoxide (DMSO) precipitation. GPX is designed to be highly visible and to occlude blood vessels independent of a patient's coagulation situation.*
Fluidx Medical Technology is a Salt Lake City, Utah based company focused on developing the GPX Embolic Device and other embolic technologies with applications across peripheral vascular, interventional oncology, and neurovascular.
The GPX Embolic Device is under development and does not have marketing clearance or approval in any market at this time. For investigational use (in New Zealand) only.
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Mary Thome, 92
Published 2:37 pm Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Mary Magdalen (Toots) Thome, age 92, of Adams, Minnesota, passed away Sunday, October 16, 2022 at Sacred Heart Care Center in Austin.
Mary was born on November 18, 1929 near Stacyville, Iowa to Anton (Tony) and Julia (Goergen) Heimer. She grew up on the family farm on the Iowa-Minnesota border. She attended the Catholic School in Johnsburg, Minnesota and graduated from Visitation Catholic High School in Stacyville, Iowa in 1947. Her mother passed away in 1946, so she stayed home to keep house for her father and five siblings until her marriage.
She was united in marriage to Benedict (Ben) Thome on May 22, 1950 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Johnsburg, Minnesota.
They lived most of their married life in the Johnsburg, Adams area. Farming was a very important part of her life, helping with field work and chores. In later years, she worked as a cook at the Adams Nursing Home for 13 years. She was a member of Sacred Heart Council of Catholic Women, Catholic United Financial, American Legion Auxiliary, the Nursing Home Auxiliary, the ladies quilting group at Sacred Heart, Jolly Dozen Card Club and Bible study.
Mary enjoyed her garden and flowers and her raspberry patch – sharing them with family and friends. She crocheted many afghans for her children and grandchildren. In addition, Ben and Mary took many trips in the US and Hawaii, St. Petersburg, Russia, England, Scotland, Rome, and many European countries. In 2000 Mary took a trip to the Holy Land. She enjoyed her grandchildren and now her great grandchildren, playing cards etc.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ben in 2011; her parents; son, Brian; grandson, Jacob Christianson; brothers, Bob, Bill, Melvin, Herbert and Clem Heimer; sisters, Betty Walsh, Helen Hemann and infant sister Agnes.
Mary is survived by her four daughters and three sons: Gary (Jane) Thome, Adams, MN; Peggy (Marty) King, Blaine, MN; Sharon (Robert) Gieringer, Raymond, ME; Dennis (Kathy) Thome, Rose Hill, KS; Richard (Heather) Thome, Maui, HI; Jean (Jim) Sauer, Austin, MN; and Ann (Ken) Christianson, Austin, MN; 14 grandchildren: Jeff (Heather) King, Mike King, Michelle (Charles) Groff, Matt (Amy) Thome, Pat (Gretchen) Thome, Peter (Whitney) Thome, Sarah (Phil) Limpert, Nicholas (Nikki) Gieringer, BJ Thome, Chris Thome, Zachary Sauer, Kevin (Annie) Sauer, Abby (Garitt) Wytaske, and Isaac Christianson, 21 great grandchildren and awaiting 2 more very soon; 1 great great grandson; one brother: Dennis (Karen) Heimer, Mazeppa, MN; many nieces and nephews.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 25th at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Adams, Minnesota with Father Antony Arokiyam and Father Marty Schaefer co-officiating. Interment will be in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Adams, Minnesota. There will be a rosary at 4:00 pm at the Adams Funeral Home on Monday, October 24th with visitation to follow from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Visitation will also be at the church on Tuesday from 9:00-10:00 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials to the Sacred Heart School. | 2022-10-19T20:08:53+00:00 | austindailyherald.com | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/10/mary-thome-92/ |
City of Tacoma
PUBLIC NOTICE
Seeking “For” and “Against” Committee Members
The City Clerk’s Office is seeking volunteers to serve on committees to prepare statements “for” and “against” the following ballot measure: CITY OF TACOMA
PROPOSITION NO. 1
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROPERTY TAX LEVY INCREASE
The City of Tacoma Council adopted Resolution No. 41180 concerning restoration of the City’s emergency medical services property tax levy. This measure would continue to fund emergency medical services and care (EMS) by restoring the EMS levy to $0.50 per $1,000 of assessed value for collection in 2024; authorizing an annual increase of up to 6 percent annually to not exceed the $0.50 rate for 2025-2029; and authorizing use of the 2029 levy amount as the base for computing levies in future years, per RCW 84.55. Qualifying seniors, veterans, and others would be exempt, per RCW 84.36.381. Should this proposition be: Approved ………….. [ ] Rejected …………… [ ]
The Resolution, including the ballot title, transmitting this measure to the Pierce County Auditor can be viewed at www.cityoftacoma.org/notices. The measure will be on the Primary Election ballot of Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The statements prepared by the committees will appear in the Voters’ Pamphlet, and are due to the Pierce County Auditor on or before Tuesday, May 16, 2023, with rebuttal statements due on or before Thursday, May 18, 2023. To be considered for appointment to a committee, please submit a letter of interest indicating whether you are advocating “for” or “against” the measure, your place of residence, and why you would like to serve on a committee. Letters must be received in the City Clerk’s Office at 747 Market Street, Room 220, Tacoma, WA 98402, or by email to cityclerk@cityoftacoma.org by 5:00 p.m., on Thursday, April 27, 2023. The Government Performance and Finance Committee will consider appointments to the committees on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be conducted in a hybrid format that includes an in-person component and a remote option. To attend in-person, the meeting will be held at the Tacoma Municipal Building in Conference Room 248, located at 747 Market Street. The meeting can also be heard by dialing 253-215-8782 or through Zoom at www.zoom.us/j/84416690206 and entering the meeting ID 844 1669 0206 and passcode 614650 when prompted.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Mark Henderson about how UC Davis' medical school worked around the state's ban on affirmative action to increase diversity in its student body.
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KU is launching a new Bachelor of Professional Studies (BPS) with a concentration in Applied Data Analytics in the School of Professional Studies (SPS). It will be offered online through the KU Edwards Campus beginning in fall 2023, giving students with an associate degree or equivalent hours, who have a strong interest in information technology, an opportunity to enter this growing field.
Stuart Day, dean of the KU Edwards Campus and School of Professional Studies, believes a BPS with a Concentration in Applied Data Analytics program addresses a growing demand for employees with these skill sets across the Kansas City area.
"The Applied Data Analytics concentration offers practical and applied training in data analytics, operational analytics, research analysis, big data, and data management," said Day. "It provides students with highly valued and relevant skills to help them achieve their career goals."
According to Heather McCain, interim director, Information Technology, who helped develop the new program, this concentration will give students a strong foundation in professional management as well the opportunity to develop their data science skills while solving real-world problems.
"Courses will provide students with fundamental concepts of designing and maintaining database projects as well as storytelling concepts to best communicate the information that data is trying to tell," Cain said.
The job market for data analysts is growing rapidly, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with jobs in a variety of sectors and at very competitive salaries.
The new BPS with a Concentration in Applied Data Analytics is supported by the Johnson County Education Research Triangle (JCERT) and aims to graduate professionals ready to fill in-demand jobs in the Kansas City area and beyond.
About The University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a major comprehensive research and teaching university. The KU Edwards Campus in Overland Park, KS, brings the high-quality academic, professional, and continuing education programs as well as research and public-service benefits of KU to the Greater Kansas City community to serve the workforce, economic and community development needs of the region.
For more information contact:
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MSU’s Rogers named SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week October 10, 2022 Jon Sokoloff, Mississippi State QB Will Rogers was named SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week. Mike Leach knew he’d be this good all along. WATCH: https://cdn.field59.com/WCBI/1665441064-8204f6312d3dbbd65fae0ddd00aa16e9b6f44673_fl9-720p.mp4 Categories: College Sports, Local Sports, Sports FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin | 2022-10-11T00:11:57+00:00 | wcbi.com | https://www.wcbi.com/msus-rogers-named-sec-co-offensive-player-of-the-week/ |
Dan Snyder has an agreement in principle to sell the Washington Commanders to a group led by Josh Harris and Mitchell Rales that includes Magic Johnson for a North American professional sports team record $6.05 billion.
It’s the biggest step yet in the process of Snyder selling the storied NFL franchise he has owned since 1999. But it’s far from the last one before the group assumes control.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
Currently, there’s a fully financed, nonexclusive agreement in place, but it has not yet been signed by the buying and selling parties. They’ll work out the fine print with lawyers and execute a binding agreement to complete the sale process at the team level.
The league then gets involved for a thorough vetting process, including background checks and an evaluation by the finance committee. Once everything checks out, it goes to the owners for a vote, with three-quarters (24 of 32) needed to approve the sale and make it official.
That could happen as soon as the next owners meeting in Minnesota in late May, though it would not be alarming in any way if the process took longer than that to unfold.
WHO ARE THE NEW OWNERS?
Harris, 58, is best known in sports for owning the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and NHL’s New Jersey Devils along with partner David Blitzer and also has a stake in the Crystal Palace soccer club in the Premier League. He was born in Chevy Chase, Maryland, grew up in the Washington area and made his money through a private equity firm.
Last year, Harris led a group that tried to buy the Denver Broncos before they were sold to Walmart heir Rob Walton for a then-record $4.65 billion.
Rales, 66, also grew up outside the nation’s capital and with his brother started the Danaher Corporation, a science and technology conglomerate. He and his wife also founded the private Glenstone museum in Potomac, Maryland. Rales joined Harris’ bid in early March.
Johnson, 63, could be the face of ownership after joining the group in late March. The well-known basketball Hall of Famer who has become a successful executive previously owned a piece of the Lakers and currently has stakes in Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles FC and the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks.
WHAT’S THE PRICE?
The $6.05 billion price tag for the Commanders is above the $5.6 billion Forbes values the team at, but it meets the number Snyder was looking for in order to sell.
Beyond being more expensive than the Broncos, it’s higher than the $4 billion Mat Ishbia paid for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Mercury. Steve Cohen bought the New York Mets for an MLB-record $2.42 billion in 2020. When Fenway Sports Group purchased the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins in 2021, a dollar figure was not released, though Forbes valued the team at $845 million.
Harris, Rales and Johnson were not the only group to reach the final stages to get the Commanders. Canadian investor Steve Apostolopoulos also entered a fully financed bid of $6 billion.
Earlier this week, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos decided not to make an offer — perhaps he waits until the Seahawks become available? — and that sped up the process of Snyder choosing to sell to the Harris group.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE TEAM?
It’s not clear if new ownership will have the chance to rebrand the Washington team that only became the Commanders in early 2022, or if there’s any interest in doing so. Team president Jason Wright has said he would like to stay on in the role he was hired for by Snyder in 2020.
Ron Rivera is expected to remain as coach and head of player personnel, along with general manager Martin Mayhew and the rest of the front office. If the Commanders get off to a rough start or miss the playoffs, changes could happen once the new owners get a feel for the organization.
The biggest task for the long-term future of the franchise is reaching an agreement on a new stadium. The team’s lease at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, expires in 2027 and the rushed-to-completion stadium that opened in 1997 has not aged well.
Virginia has long figured to be the front-runner to land the new stadium, but that was with Snyder doing the negotiating, and the legislature there abandoned a bill to fund one last year.
The site of old RFK Stadium — the team’s longtime home in the District of Columbia — is the dream location for many, but it comes with government hurdles. There is land available across the Anacostia River from Nationals Park that could be an option.
Or Harris’ and Rales’ connections to Maryland could keep the team there, perhaps in a location closer to public transit and easier to navigate.
The decision is crucial for a franchise that has not won a championship in over 30 years and is desperate to bring fans back, which already will get a jumpstart with Snyder gone.
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Captain Shreve names Adam Kirby football coach
The Captain Shreve and Caddo Parish administration removed the interim tag off the title of football coach Adam Kirby making the veteran offensive coordinator a head coach for the first time.
“I feel very fortunate and blessed, Rachel (his wife) and I do, to have this opportunity,” Kirby told The Times on Wednesday. “I’m very excited to have the opportunity in my first head coaching job to work with the great administration we have here.”
Kirby, who spent the past season as the offensive coordinator, replaces Bryant Sepulvado, who is now the assistant principal at Shreve.
“It has been a smooth transition for the kids. The kids already felt like it was official,” Kirby said. “There won’t be any coaching changes because we have a great staff here and we all want to keep Shreve as one of the top schools in the area. I’ll still call plays.”
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A former offensive coordinator at Southwestern College, Kirby had been recruiting the Shreveport area for that school prior to taking the Shreve job. He and Sepulvado have a 10-plus-year affiliation.
“I never liked being micro-managed and I know there won’t be that need with Adam,” Sepulvado said. “We all know he will do a good job.”
The Gators were 44-32 in seven seasons under Sepulvado, whose last team was 10-2 and finished 6-1 in District 1-5A. The Kirby offense generated a combined 4,520 yards rushing and passing last season and the Gators averaged more than 32 points per game.
Kirby said Captain Shreve was a dream job for him when he was hired last year by Supulvado after serving two seasons as the coordinator at Sulphur High School.
He and Rachel are from Henderson, Texas, and have twin 3-year-old boys, Everett and Jackson.
Jimmy Watson covers Shreveport-Bossier area sports. Email him at jwatson@shreveporttimes.com and follow him on Twitter @JimmyWatson6. | 2022-08-03T19:49:26+00:00 | shreveporttimes.com | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/08/03/louisiana-football-captain-shreve-gets-permanent-coach-adam-kirby/10226368002/ |
The enhanced website features a refreshed design with exciting new features and a seamless user experience.
WILTON, Conn., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Melissa & Doug, the #1 preschool brand for wooden and sustainable toys, relaunched their website to enhance consumers' online shopping experience. The new website was designed to bring its site to the next level of brand storytelling and consumer experience. It is supported by its new Shopify platform and redesigned in partnership with Tomorrow, a world class implementation agency from New York.
The enhanced look and feel of the website creates a more user-friendly mobile experience, as well as simplified navigation to optimize the shopping experience. New capabilities include optimized site search, smart merchandising, an enhanced gift finder and integrated product recommendations to make it easier to select the perfect toy. Streamlined checkout with accelerated payment options, such as Apple Pay, PayPal and Shop Pay makes it easy to purchase and the site integrates consumers into the browsing experience providing inspiration through user generated content and product reviews. Visitors to the site will also learn more about the brand's story and purpose, including its sustainability ambition to create a more playful planet.
"Melissa & Doug is always transforming its direct-to-consumer capabilities to provide the best for its consumers and we have an ambitious outlook," says Bridgette Miller, Chief Marketing and Sustainability Officer. "This newly designed platform was inspired by the growth in direct-to-consumer post-pandemic and we believe it's a channel worth investing in as it allows us to personalize the shopping experience and create deeper relationships with our consumers."
Explore the new website to learn more about the importance of open-ended, screen-free play and access free resources, like print-and-play activities, blog posts and more at melissaanddoug.com.
From classic wooden toys to crafts and pretend play, Melissa & Doug products provide a launch pad to ignite imagination and a sense of wonder in all children so they can discover their passions and their purpose. Recognized by parents as the #1 preschool brand for wooden toys, Melissa & Doug is committed to its vision of making timeless, sustainable toys for a thriving and inclusive world. Melissa & Doug is proudly partnering with the American Academy of Pediatrics to foster early brain development and to champion the health benefits of open-ended play through their joint Power of Play alliance.
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Chinatown residents, supporters gather on Christmas to protest proposed 76ers arena
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Dozens of Chinatown residents and supporters came out on Christmas to sing carols and protest against the proposed Philadelphia 76ers arena.
Activists say the proposal would negatively impact Chinatown.
“Today we’re seen not just the Chinese community, but the Jewish community came out to support us people, from all different ethnic groups,” said Michael Zhang, an activist and Chinatown supporter.
The “No Arena In Chinatown Solidarity” group is marking December 25 as a day of action, celebrating Chinatown’s history and culture. It’s something activists say will disappear if an arena for the 76ers is built in Center City.
“As you can see Chinatown is history, it’s community, it’s our culture here, and this is our home,” said Zhang.
The proposed $1.3 billion arena would sit along Market Street between 10th and 11th streets, neighboring Chinatown.
Zhang says something very similar happened in Washington, DC. After the arena was built in Chinatown in DC, it hasn’t been the same, activists say.
People of the Jewish community say Sunday’s event is about supporting one another regardless of your background.
“As a Jewish person I support other communities who want to have self-determination. I feel an allegiance to the people I know are here and I think Chinatown has value to the whole city,” explained Sukey Blanc.
At a meeting nearly one week ago, developers spoke out about trying to be good corporate citizens, saying if they don’t buy the lot of land someone else will without consulting with the community. The Sixers argue the arena will help the city.
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Stairwell, a continuous contextual threat analysis company, joins the ranks of OpenAI, Disney, Tiffany & Co., and more
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stairwell, a company that empowers security teams to outsmart any attacker, has been named to Fast Company's prestigious annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies for 2023.
This year's list highlights the businesses at the forefront of their respective industries, paving the way for the innovations of tomorrow. These companies are setting the standard with some of the greatest accomplishments of the modern world. In addition to the World's 50 Most Innovative Companies, 540 organizations are recognized across 54 sectors and regions.
"Today, organizations are facing increasing business risk from cyberattacks because attackers know their defense playbook," said Mike Wiacek, CEO and Founder of Stairwell. "Stairwell is using a novel approach to cybersecurity to get ahead of these bad actors, and we're thrilled Fast Company recognizes these results as one of their Most Innovative Companies."
Stairwell's appointment to Fast Company's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies comes on the heels of their recent $45 million Series B round, with participants including Section 32, Sequoia Capital, Accel and others.
Stairwell's flagship product Inception, the world's first continuous intelligence, detection, and response (CIDR) platform, eliminates blindspots in today's security tooling by building research-grade detections and analyses on a new dataset -- files. Stairwell's unique ability to ingest, store, scan, and derive intelligence from all of an organization's files in a dedicated cloud environment means attackers can't use the same evasion techniques that they use with other security tooling.
With Inception, Stairwell's research team became the first commercial organization to coordinate with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on an advisory against the Maui ransomware reportedly used by North Korean cyber actors. By openly advancing threat research, Stairwell can globally raise the security posture of every organization simultaneously.
Fast Company's editors and writers sought out the companies making the biggest strides around the globe. They also judged nominations received through their application process.
The World's Most Innovative Companies is Fast Company's signature franchise and one of its most highly anticipated editorial efforts of the year. It provides a firsthand look at the inspiring and innovative efforts of companies across all sectors of the economy.
"What a strange and thrilling year it has been to honor this year's Most Innovative Companies. This year's list compiles some of the most cutting-edge groundbreakers who are changing our world every single day, from legacy organizations like McDonald's to upstarts like MrBeast and institutions such as NASA. Everyone on this list does something completely, uniquely different, yet, they all have one thing in common: innovation," said Fast Company editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan.
Fast Company will host its third annual Most Innovative Companies Summit on April 19 and 20. The virtual summit celebrates the Most Innovative Companies in business, and provides an inside look at cutting-edge business trends and what it takes to innovate in 2023. Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies issue (March/April 2023) is available online here, as well as in-app form via iTunes, and on newsstands beginning March 14. The hashtag is #FCMostInnovative.
About Stairwell
Stairwell helps organizations take back the cybersecurity high ground with solutions that attackers can't evade. Its Inception platform empowers security teams to outsmart any attacker by providing continuous contextual threat analysis, detection, and response. The Inception platform is used by a number of Fortune 500 companies. Stairwell is comprised of security industry leaders and engineers from Google and is backed by Sequoia Capital, Accel, and Gradient Ventures. For more information, visit www.stairwell.com or connect with us on Twitter or LinkedIn.
About Fast Company
Fast Company is the only media brand fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, engaging the most influential leaders, companies, and thinkers on the future of business. Headquartered in New York City, Fast Company is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with our sister publication Inc., and can be found online at www.fastcompany.com.
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At long last, retired naval officer Jeff Daudert set to sail Bayview Mackinac Race
Detroit — It was on Jeff Daudert's bucket list ever since he could remember.
Daudert, a retired naval officer, was set to sail the Bayview Port Huron-to-Mackinac Race back in 2000.
"Excited and geared to do the race, and, lo and behold, we had the birth of our firstborn, my daughter," Daudert said. "Eleven months later, my first son was born. We didn't do it that year, either. And I was on active duty Navy, and we got transferred and moved around and I never got to do it.
"Life happened."
Daudert, 52, is finally doing it. He's sailing aboard his boat Relentless, a C&C 121, taking his 13-year-old son Alex, two other first-timers, and one veteran, Rob Harris, a regular sailing partner of Daudert's who has done the race before.
"I've wanted to do this race for years," Daudert said. "Just never got to do it. We watched everybody else have a blast."
Daudert is a rookie to the Mackinac race but not necessarily to sailing, as he's had a passion for years and has done offshore racing.
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Daudert was born and raised in Kalamazoo, and currently lives in Clinton Township. His love for sailing comes from many days as a youth sailing Lake Michigan with his uncle, Charles Daudert.
"He got me into sailing," Daudert said. "We had a fantastic relationship growing up, we were real close. I grew up sailing and racing on Lake Michigan with him. Now it's interesting as we go through life and I find myself in his shoes, looking down at my son, and it's kind of heartwarming all my boys really enjoy it. We're just carrying on his legacy."
Daudert and his uncle sailed the Gulf of Mexico.
"A little more than 500 nautical miles. We weren't racing but it's the same thing because you're out in the elements and relying on your skills and keeping the boat moving and staying safe," Daudert said.
As the actual race on Saturday gets closer, Daudert has had emotions of excitement along with thoughts of "What have I gotten myself into?"
"A little of both," Daudert said. "Two days ago, I realized, 'Holy crap, I'm so nervous, excited.' I've calmed down a bit, but we're going up against some really well-sailed race boats. It's a different kind of nerves, but still excited.
"We got here (Thursday) and it's been a lot of fun. We're ready. The biggest thing is people underestimate the power of the Great Lakes. From a Navy perspective, they're basically fresh body oceans and it can get pretty nasty out there if you're not ready."
98th Bayview Mackinac Race
► When: 11:30 a.m. Saturday
► Where: Lake Huron, just north of the Blue Water Bridge
► Courses: The Shore Course, covering 204 nautical miles (235 statute miles) along the Michigan shore. The Cove Island Course, 259 nautical miles (290 statute miles) which takes boats into Canadian waters. Both courses finish at Mission Point.
► Did you know? More than 180 boats are expected to compete, with more than 2,000 sailors participating. It's the longest consecutively run long-distance freshwater race.
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As Israel winds down West Bank offensive, rockets from Gaza raise risk of fighting on new front
JENIN, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military began withdrawing troops from a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank late Tuesday, security officials said, winding down an intense two-day operation that killed at least 13 Palestinians, drove thousands from their homes and left a wide swath of damage in its wake. One Israeli soldier was killed.
But heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants continued in parts of the Jenin refugee camp, delaying the planned pullout.
Just after midnight, residents in the Jenin refugee camp said the army had left the area. The army said a soldier had ben killed in the fighting, but gave no further details.
Adding to the tensions, the army said militants in the Gaza Strip launched five rockets into Israel. It said all of the rockets were intercepted, but the launches raised the risk of fighting on a second front for Israel.
The developments came hours after a Hamas militant rammed his car into a crowded Tel Aviv bus stop and began stabbing people, wounding eight, including a pregnant woman who reportedly lost her baby. The attacker was killed by an armed bystander. Hamas said the attack was revenge for the Israeli offensive.
Visiting a military post outside Jenin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated the operation, one of the most intense in the territory in nearly two decades, was nearing its end. But he vowed to carry out similar operations in the future.
“At these moments we are completing the mission, and I can say that our extensive operation in Jenin is not a one-off,” he said.
The Israeli military said it carried out an airstrike late Tuesday targeting a militant cell located in a cemetery. It said the gunmen threatened forces moving out of the camp. There was no immediate word on casualties.
Israeli and Palestinian officials also reported fighting near a hospital in Jenin late Tuesday. An Associated Press reporter on the ground could hear explosions and the sound of gunfire. Palestinian hospital officials told the official Wafa news agency that three civilians were hit by Israeli fire.
An Israeli security official confirmed that troops had begun to leave, but said the withdrawal was complicated by the fighting. He spoke on condition of anonymity pending a formal announcement.
Israel struck the camp, known as a bastion of Palestinian militants, early Monday in an operation it said was aimed at destroying and confiscating weapons. Palestinian health officials said 13 Palestinians had been killed and dozens wounded.
Big military bulldozers tore through alleyways, leaving heavy damage to roads and buildings, and thousands of residents fled the camp. People said electricity and water were knocked out. The army says the bulldozers were necessary because roads were booby-trapped with explosives.
The military said it had confiscated thousands of weapons, bomb-making materials and caches of money. Weapons were found in militant hideouts and civilian areas alike, in one case beneath a mosque, the military said.
The large-scale raid comes amid a more than yearlong spike in violence that has created a challenge for Netanyahu’s far-right government, which is dominated by ultranationalists who have called for tougher action against Palestinian militants only to see the fighting worsen.
Over 140 Palestinians have been killed this year in the West Bank, and Palestinian attacks targeting Israelis have killed at least 25 people, including a shooting last month that killed four settlers.
The sustained operation has raised warnings from humanitarian groups of a deteriorating situation.
Doctors Without Borders accused the army of firing tear gas into a hospital, filling the emergency room with smoke and forcing emergency patients to be treated in a main hall.
The office of the U.N.’s human rights chief said the scale of the operation “raises a host of serious issues with respect to international human rights norms and standards, including protecting and respecting the right to life.”
With airstrikes and a large presence of ground troops, the raid bore hallmarks of Israeli military tactics during the second Palestinian uprising in the early 2000s.
But there are also differences. It’s more limited in scope, with Israeli military operations focused on several strongholds of Palestinian militants.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a hard-line settler leader, rushed to the scene of Tuesday’s attack in Tel Aviv.
“We knew that terror would raise its head,” Ben-Gvir said. He praised the person who killed the attacker and called for arming more citizens, as he was heckled by an angry onlooker.
The attacker was identified as a 20-year-old Palestinian man from the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The Islamic militant group Hamas praised him as a “martyr fighter” and called the ramming “heroic and revenge for the military operation in Jenin.” Islamic Jihad, a militant group with a large presence in Jenin, also praised the assault.
It was not immediately clear if the man was dispatched by Hamas or acted on his own.
In Jenin, rubble littered the streets, and columns of black smoke periodically rose above the skyline over the camp, which has been a flashpoint of Israeli-Palestinian violence for years.
Jenin Mayor Nidal Al-Obeidi said around 4,000 Palestinians, nearly one third of the camp, had fled to stay with relatives or in shelters.
Kefah Ja’ayyasah, a camp resident, said soldiers forcibly entered her home and locked the family inside.
“They took the young men of my family to the upper floor, and they left the women and children trapped in the apartment at the first floor,” she said.
She claimed soldiers would not let her take food to the children and blocked an ambulance crew from entering the home when she yelled for help, before eventually allowing the family passage to a hospital.
Across the West Bank, Palestinians observed a general strike to protest the Israeli raid.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said Tuesday that the two-day death toll among Palestinians rose to 13. The Israeli military has claimed at least 10 were militants, but did not provide details. There was no immediate information on the latest deaths.
The Palestinian self-rule government in the West Bank and three Arab countries with normalized ties with Israel — Jordan, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates — have condemned Israel’s incursion, as did Saudi Arabia and the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
Israel has been carrying out near daily raids in the West Bank in response to a series of deadly Palestinian attacks in early 2022. It says the raids are meant to crack down on Palestinians militants and thwart attacks. The Palestinians say such violence is the inevitable result of 56 years of occupation and the absence of any political process with Israel. They also point to increased West Bank settlement construction and violence by extremist settlers.
Israel says most of those killed have been militants, but stone-throwing youths protesting the incursions and people uninvolved in confrontations have also died.
Israel captured the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians seek those territories for their hoped-for independent state.
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DETROIT, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week, two former Lake Michigan Credit Union (LMCU) loan officers accused the bank of violating federal and state labor laws. In a 57-page class action lawsuit filed by public interest powerhouse Clarkson Law Firm, P.C., Brad Cook and Hannah Ritzenhein detailed allegations against LMCU of exploiting current and former loan officers by withholding the loan officers' commissions unless they completed unpaid work outside their job duties. The pair allege that as much as half of their work was completed without pay on completing post-sale administrative tasks reserved for hourly paid loan processors.
According to the lawsuit, "LMCU's unlawful wage scheme works like this: (1) LMCU lures Loan Officers to their company under a compensation structure that is 100% commission-based…; (2) LMCU then piles on additional duties and responsibilities akin to those of a Loan Processor after the fact, which take up nearly 50% of the Loan Officer's time and energy; and (3) LMCU pays the Loan Officers zero dollars for nearly 50% of their work."
The former employees see irony in Michigan's fastest-growing credit union professing family values as its recipe for success: "Defendant falsely portrays company values of support, respect, and community. Ironically, Defendant states, 'Beyond the numbers, figures, and calculations, when you come to work for LMCU, you become part of a family. This is a family that values your efforts and treats you with respect, dignity, and fairness.' Defendant markets a supportive work environment, when in reality, Defendant exploits Loan Officers' time, energy, and ultimately, denies them their rightful compensation."
Cook and Ritzenhein are seeking unpaid wages and structural changes to the credit union's compensation system so that other loan officers receive the money and employment standards they deserve.
The case is pending before the Honorable Denise Page Hood in the United States Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Case Number 2:22-cv-12074-DPH-APP. Visit clarksonlawfirm.com for updates on this case.
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WASHINGTON — (AP) — Former Texas congressman Will Hurd, a onetime CIA officer and fierce critic of Donald Trump, announced Thursday that he's running for president, hoping to build momentum as a more moderate alternative to the Republican front-runner.
Hurd, 45, served three terms in the House through January 2021, becoming the chamber’s only Black Republican during his final two years in office.
“We need common sense,” said Hurd, who made the announcement on “CBS Mornings,” adding, “I believe the Republican Party can be the party of the future, not the past.”
In a campaign video, the former congressman said that the “soul of our country is under attack," reminiscent of Democrat Joe Biden's slogan about the 2020 race being a "battle for the soul of the nation."
“Our enemies plot, create chaos, and threaten the American Dream. At home, illegal immigration and fentanyl stream into our country. Inflation, still out of control. Crime and homelessness growing in our cities,” Hurd says in the video. “President Biden can’t solve these problems — or won’t. And if we nominate a lawless, selfish, failed politician like Donald Trump — who lost the House, the Senate, and the White House — we all know Joe Biden will win again.”
Hurd says he's out to redefine the contours of the 2024 race and told NBC's “Meet the Press” in May that the prospect of another election pitting the current president against the former one would be “the rematch from hell.” On Thursday, he called himself a “dark horse candidate" and said that the only way to win is to “not be afraid of Donald Trump” and that “we also have to articulate a different vision.”
Hurd joins a crowded primary field with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, anti-woke activist Vivek Ramaswamy, radio host Larry Elder and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, in addition to Trump.
The ex-congressman has visited Iowa and New Hampshire in recent months. Trump's recent indictment on federal felony charges for mishandling classified documents could potentially open the way for critics like Hurd to gain traction in the primary.
Hurd said Thursday that he would not pardon Trump if the former president is convicted in the federal documents case, and he called many of the other Republican White House candidates who rushed to say they would “insane” to make that promise so early in the case.
Hurd said the classification of the documents Trump is accused of mishandling meant they included “information that, if it got into the wrong hands, would lead to a loss of life.”
“And the fact that Donald Trump willingly kept that material, and he wants to be leader of the free world, is unacceptable to me,” Hurd told the CBS early morning show. “It spits in the face of the thousands of men and women who, every single day and every single night, put themselves in harm's way in order to keep us safe.”
Most of the Republican candidates in the race are trying to run more against Biden than against Trump, who largely remains popular among GOP voters. But Hurd joins Christie and Hutchinson in his willingness to criticize Trump and the former president's continued hold on the national Republican Party.
Hurd opted not to seek reelection to the House in 2020, saying then that he preferred to “pursue opportunities outside the halls of Congress to solve problems at the nexus between technology and national security.” Last year, he traveled the country on a tour to promote his book, “American Reboot: An Idealist’s Guide to Getting Big Things Done.”
Hurd represented his state’s then-most competitive district, which was more than 70% Hispanic and stretched from the outskirts of San Antonio to El Paso and encompassed more than 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) of the 1,200-mile (1,900-kilometer) Texas-Mexico border.
Before serving in Congress, Hurd was a clandestine officer who worked in Pakistan. He speaks Urdu, that country’s national language.
Although he joins the packed GOP primary with little national profile, Hurd built a reputation in Congress as pro-business and pragmatic, unafraid to seek bipartisan consensus. When a snowstorm canceled flights to Washington in 2017, he rented a car and drove for two days from San Antonio to the nation's capital with Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a progressive Democrat from El Paso who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2020.
Hurd has focused much of his career on cybersecurity issues but was removed from a keynote speaking slot at a 2019 cybersecurity conference because of his past votes in support of Republican positions on abortion restrictions and against a bill that would financially support women in science, technology, engineering and math fields.
He nonetheless has long been critical of many of the hot-button social issues promoted by other Republicans, tweeting back in 2019 that “Our culture wars have grown to every facet of American life.” Hurd is now pledging to overcome political divides that he says are holding the county back.
“America is better together," he said Thursday. "And way more unites us than divides us.”
Hurd's entering the race keeps alive Texas' longest-in-the-nation streak of having at least one presidential major candidate who rose to public prominence in the state or lived there while running for or holding office. The last time Texas didn't have a major presidential hopeful was 1972.
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The Senate GOP campaign arm’s endorsement of Rep. Jim Banks in the Indiana Senate Republican primary on Tuesday marks an official departure from the committee’s policy in the 2022 cycle and makes clear it will play in primary contests in an attempt to win back the upper chamber.
After a midterm cycle that saw candidates backed by former President Trump sail through primaries before suffering stinging general election defeats, Tuesday’s announcement was music to the ears of many Republicans.
“I think we’ve seen what happens when we nominate people who can win a primary but can’t pivot toward a general election and get the broad support you need to win,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who oversaw the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s (NRSC) efforts in the 2010 and 2012 cycles, said. “You don’t get to govern if you can’t win an election. Winning is the first important step.”
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the former chairman, declined to put his finger on the scale for various candidates in primary races in 2022.
But the NRSC’s decision to back Banks came mere minutes after former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) announced that he would not seek the seat being vacated by Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.). In a lengthy statement, Daniels declared that being a senator is “just not the job for me … and not the life I want to live at this point,” giving the committee the opening to supporting Banks.
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), chairman of the committee, said he is “looking forward to working with” Banks, whom he labeled “one of our top recruits this cycle.”
One source with knowledge said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Banks met last week, adding it “went very well.”
Banks also received an instant shot in the arm when Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) endorsed him shortly after.
The NRSC’s quick support for Banks was viewed as an opening salvo of sorts.
Some Republican operatives also believe the endorsement was a warning shot in an attempt to keep whom they consider unelectable candidates from hijacking primaries.
“There is no more welcome sight than the committee activating again and indicating their interest in delivering success for Senate Republicans in 2024 after the cycle we just went through with a committee that seemed more interested with the chairman’s campaign for president than the GOP’s campaign for Senate,” one GOP operative involved in Senate races told The Hill. “It’s just nice to have a team in charge that puts Senate Republicans ahead of themselves.”
While Daniels was considered a formidable candidate by senators and operatives, he hails from a red state that has a deep bench of possible contenders, headlined by Banks.
But Republicans are hoping to pick up seats in 2024 by defeating Democrats running in otherwise red or purple states like Ohio, West Virginia, Montana, Arizona and Pennsylvania — and they’re looking for formidable candidates.
They’re also looking at 2022 as a cautionary tale of sorts.
In New Hampshire and Arizona, two purple states, Gov. Chris Sununu (R) and then-Gov. Doug Ducey (R) decided against running. Don Bolduc and Blake Masters, political newcomers who tied themselves to Trump, advanced to the general election and were handily defeated.
Scott declined to comment directly on the committee’s decision to reinsert itself in primaries, saying, “It’s a choice they get to make.”
The decision reverts the NRSC back to 2014, when it first made the decision to play in primaries after a spate of candidates cost the party in winnable contests.
“We certainly were willing to help anyone who won a primary, but we tried to encourage good people to be in a primary — good people just being good candidates,” said Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), the NRSC chairman during the 2014 cycle that snatched the Senate majority for the GOP.
With the parallels between 2014 and 2024 clear, whether the GOP can replicate the success of its majority-winning year remains an open question — but many Republicans are confident they can avoid the pitfalls.
In Ohio, Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) and state Sen. Matt Dolan (R), who lost the 2022 primary to Vance, are considered strong general election candidates, while David McCormick is the preeminent name mentioned in Pennsylvania against Sen. Bob Casey (D).
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R), who said he is leaning toward running for the Senate, Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) and state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) are angling for a match-up against Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). Finally, in Montana, Reps. Ryan Zinke (R) and Matt Rosendale (R) both may run to potentially face Sen. Jon Tester (D). Tester defeated Rosendale in 2018.
Casey, Manchin and Tester have yet to announce their reelection plans.
“It demonstrates in the clearest possible terms that the NRSC is not a building full of disinterested observers,” the GOP operative said. “That they want to win, and if you as a candidate have a history of losing, you’ll have an uphill climb to win their trust.” | 2023-02-01T11:13:02+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/hill-politics/gop-moves-to-stop-unelectable-senate-candidates/ |
SECOND QUARTER ACHIEVEMENTS
- During a transformative second quarter, Sigma Lithium significantly increased the scale of the Project:
- Sigma Lithium continued to achieve construction milestones, advancing towards production:
- Sigma Lithium reinforced its dedication to supporting local communities:
- Sigma Lithium appointed Brian Talbot to the leadership team as Chief Operating Officer, completing the key appointments in preparation for operational readiness for production and for the final stage of construction prior to commissioning:
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SIGMA Lithium Corporation ("Sigma Lithium" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SGML, TSXV: SGML), dedicated to powering the next generation of electric vehicles with environmentally sustainable and high-purity lithium, is pleased to provide a corporate update from a transformative second quarter of 2022.
Sigma Lithium ended the quarter with C$123.3 million in cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2022, providing sufficient liquidity to advance the Grota do Cirilo Project (the "Project") into production. Phase 1 construction at the Project remains on track with commissioning expected to begin December 2022.
COMMENTS FROM MANAGEMENT
From Ana Cabral-Gardner, Co-CEO of Sigma Lithium. "We are delighted to have further strengthened our operational team by adding industry-leading executives, rounding out a world-class management team at Sigma Lithium. Having achieved all of our execution milestones to date, delivering a transformational quarter demonstrates the ability of this team to drive us in our successful trajectory to become a global protagonist in lithium minerals for electric vehicle batteries"
From Calvyn Gardner, Co-CEO of Sigma Lithium: "We are very enthusiastic to have recruited Brian, an exceptional, high-caliber individual who has already made his mark at Allkem (Galaxy Resources) over the past ~6 years as COO. Brian has significant experience in operating integrated lithium processing and mining companies. He has a remarkable track record in driving production growth and scalability, as Sigma Lithium prepares to deliver in rapid succession Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3".
Ana adds: "We are delighted that Brian Talbot has accepted the Board's offer to become Sigma Lithium's next COO, following a comprehensive international search process that yielded some outstanding candidates. Calvyn and Brian have been working together since October 2021, successfully executing the design and detailed engineering of Sigma's environmentally sustainable lithium processing plant. As COO, Brian will now undertake a critical operational role in the Company, moving permanently to Vale do Jequitinhonha in Brazil to the site of Sigma Lithium operations and construction, physically sitting side-by-side with Calvyn in order to further increase and facilitate seamless interactions and collaboration."
UPCOMING EVENTS
- On September 14, Sigma Lithium will host an Investor Day event at the NASDAQ headquarters in New York City, followed by a Closing Bell Ceremony in celebration of the Company's one year anniversary of NASDAQ listing and 10-year anniversary since the Company was founded by Co-CEO Calvyn Gardner
- Sigma Lithium will also be a sponsor and panelist of the Brazil Climate Summit hosted by Columbia University in New York on September 15-16
- The Company is very honored to have been invited to be a speaker by the Financial Times for the Commodities Mining Summit to be held in person in London on October 20. Sigma Lithium co-CEO will join prominent CEOs in the industry, including Anglo American, BHP, Vale, Antofagasta
PROJECT UPDATE
During the second quarter of 2022, Sigma Lithium made significant strides in advancing the Grota do Cirilo Project, including:
- Filing the National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") Feasibility Study for Phase 1 and Pre-Feasibility Study for Phase 2 of the Project on May 25, 2022, which outlined a combined after-tax NPV of US$5.1 billion.
- Announcing the NI 43-101 Phase 3 mineral resource estimate, which increased the Project's total mineral resource estimate by ~50% to 86 Mt (comprised of 73.6 Mt of measured and indicated resources grading at 1.43% Li2O and 12.1 Mt of inferred resources grading at 1.45% Li2O).
- Receiving the extension of an environmental license on June 27, 2022 to allow for the simultaneous mining of the north and south pit at Phase 1 of the Project:
- Commencing pre-stripping of the Phase 1 north pit on June 20, 2022.
- Establishing a microcredit program targeted for 500 local female entrepreneurs.
- Delivering 6,000 food baskets as part of its "Zero Hunger Action" initiative (7,000 food baskets pledged to be donated during 2022).
- Continuing to deliver on its "Homecoming Employment Program" initiative with ~70% of the >350 person workforce coming from the Vale do Jequitinhonha region where we operate.
- Further developing the "Education Program for Mining Technicians" program with 40 slots being offered.
- Continuing to provide support for two childcare centers in the municipalities where we operate that serve ~560 children, with 217 liters of liquid soap, 543 liters of shampoo, 490 toothbrushes, 29,700 diapers, and 62,600 napkins delivered.
MANAGEMENT UPDATE
Sigma Lithium was delighted to appointed Brian Talbot to the leadership team as Chief Operating Officer, completing the key appointments in preparation for operational readiness for production and for final stage of construction prior to commissioning.
- Mr. Talbot is a proven and experienced operator, who exceled in metallurgical processing, mine operations and development in his previous roles. having held leadership roles at successful lithium pioneer producers for over a decade, including Galaxy Resources (now Allkem) and Bakita (now Sinomine Resource Group).
- He holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering with Honours from University of Witwatersrand.
As the Company rapidly prepares for operational readiness and quickly advances towards the initiation of commissioning of the Phase 1 plant, Brian Talbot joins the team of executives working with the co-CEOs in the management committee at Sigma Lithium, as follows:
- Maria Salum, Chief Sustainability Officer
Remarkable 40-year technical career in prominent public and private ESG-centric roles in Brazil including Director of Sustainable Development in Mining at the Ministry of Mines and Energy and Senior Representative for the Ministry at the National Council for the Environment. In the private sector, Mrs. Salum was a leading consultant, advising some of the largest global mining companies on environmental matters in Brazil.
- Felipe Peres, Chief Financial Officer
An expert in international accounting and financial performance management with over 20 years of experience working in senior corporate positions at globally recognized multinational companies in the oil, steel and mining sectors including Vale, Shell and CSN.
- Jamie Flegg, Chief Development Officer
Experienced mining capital markets executive with a background in private equity and investment banking. Most recently, led deal origination, structuring and execution from investment to exit at Waterton Global, a leading global mining private equity platform with $1.75B in AUM.
- Rodrigo Roso, Chief Legal Officer
A career spanning over 14 years at a prestigious law firm in Brazil, culminating as co-head of the Energy & Infrastructure transactional practice. Most recently, a senior executive of a high-growth venture company, from inception to ultimately reaching unicorn status, a portfolio company of General Atlantic.
- Marina Bernardini, Chief Commercial Officer (Interim)
A manager in the commercial department since 2018, working alongside Ana Cabral-Gardner and instrumental in designing Sigma Lithium's innovative chemical refining commercial tolling structure, which has become the new paradigm for commercial relationships in the lithium supply chain. A lawyer with nearly a decade of hands-on legal and management experience which includes M&A, contracts, regulatory, corporate & government affairs, natural resources, agribusiness, and oil & gas.
- Germano Vieira, Senior Advisor to the Board for Environmental & Sustainability Affairs
A lawyer with over 10 years of technical legal and environmental roles including prominent positions such as Chief Prosecutor of the Minas Gerais Water Management Institute and Chief of Staff of the State Foundation for the Environment. Germano has been leading the environmental department since October 2021, working alongside Maria Jose Salum. On that role, he has been instrumental in designing Sigma Lithium's environmental policies and practices and has been leading the technical execution of the Company environmental licensing.
Sigma Lithium has also conducted key hires of directors and managers in the critical departments of project management, metallurgy, processing and mining operations to support the COO and co-CEO. These experienced executives have stellar track record with professional experience in large companies such as: SNC Lavalin, Nexa Resources and Ausenco
CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
Sigma Lithium continued to advance construction of the Phase 1 production plant and mine during the second quarter of 2022, maintaining its target of initiating commissioning by the end of 2022 and achieving the following significant milestones:
- General progress of project construction is ~32% compared to a baseline of ~40%.
- Critical areas of detailed engineering including project management, platework, process design and mechanical are 94% complete or greater, as per figure 1 below.
- Other key areas of detailed engineering including structural, electrical and concrete, are 76 - 80% complete.
- Commenced activities to prepare for mining of the Phase 1 deposit, opening the pit ("pre stripping"). The lithium ore to be produced from the mine will be the feedstock of the greentech lithium processing production plant.
- Initiated electromechanical assembly and plant pre-fabrication offsite, with parts arriving for assembly on site in August 2022.
In addition, the construction team is currently focused on completing the following key workstreams:
- Civil construction of foundations for the installation of the equipment components of the Production Plant (crushing plant area, dense media separation plant).
- Civil construction of the run of mine ("ROM") pad and ROM wall.
- Construction of the Company's own high voltage substation on site.
- Fabrication of platework and steel structure at vendors sites.
QUALIFIED PERSONS
Mr. Wes Roberts, P.Eng., a member of the technical committee of the Company, is the "qualified person" under NI 43-101 who reviewed and approved the other technical information included in this news release.
ABOUT SIGMA LITHIUM CORPORATION
Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ: SGML, TSXV: SGML) is a Canadian company dedicated to powering the next generation of electric vehicle batteries with environmentally sustainable and high-purity lithium.
Sigma Lithium is currently in construction at its wholly owned Grota do Cirilo Project in Brazil, the largest lithium hard rock project in the Americas and one of the largest and highest purity lithium projects in the world. The lithium will be processed in a state-of-the-art, green-tech processing plant that uses 100% renewable energy, 100% recycled water and 100% dry-stack tailings. Since inception, Sigma Lithium has devoted itself to strong ESG practices, from its ongoing support of local communities to its goal of achieving net zero by 2024. For more information about Sigma Lithium, visit https://www.sigmalithiumresources.com/
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release includes certain "forward-looking information" under applicable Canadian and U.S. securities legislation, including but not limited to statements relating to the timing of commissioning of the Project, the general business and operational outlook of the Company, and other forward-looking information. All statements that address future plans, activities, events, estimates, expectations or developments that the Company believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur is forward-looking information, including statements regarding the potential development of mineral resources and mineral reserves which may or may not occur. Forward-looking information contained herein is based on certain assumptions regarding, among other things: general economic and political conditions; the stable and supportive legislative, regulatory and community environment in the jurisdictions where the Company operates (including that the Company will obtain all licenses and approvals required); anticipated trends and effects in respect of the COVID-19 pandemic and post-pandemic; the military conflict in Ukraine and related sanctions; demand for lithium, including that such demand is supported by growth in the electric vehicle market; the Company's market position and future financial and operating performance; the Company's estimates of mineral resources and mineral reserves, including whether mineral resources will ever be developed into mineral reserves; and the Company's ability to develop and achieve production at its mineral projects. Although management believes that the assumptions and expectations reflected in the forward-looking information are reasonable, there can be no assurance that these assumptions and expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking information inherently involves and is subject to risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to that the Company may not develop its mineral projects into a commercial mining operation; the market prices for lithium may not remain at current levels; and the market for electric vehicles and other large format batteries currently has limited market share and no assurances can be given for the rate at which this market will develop, if at all, which could affect the success of the Company and its ability to develop lithium operations. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. For more information on the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ from current expectations, please refer to the current annual information form of the Company and other public filings available under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will take a small step Wednesday toward returning to football.
Coach Mike McDaniel said Tagovailoa, who has been in the concussion protocol since Sept. 29, will return to practice in a limited capacity, though he will not play Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings.
“We just miss his personality. He's a guy that we rely on," McDaniel said.
The coach said there is a “scenario” that Tagovailoa could be medically cleared this week, but the QB will take things slowly, working out and throwing individually.
“He hasn't done a thing on the football field for literally two weeks,” McDaniel said. “That wouldn't be fair to the player. That wouldn't be fair to the team. I don't feel comfortable putting him in that situation.”
Rookie quarterback Skylar Thompson will start Sunday against the Vikings as Tagovailoa and Teddy Bridgewater advance through the concussion protocol.
Tagovailoa suffered a concussion in the first half of a Thursday night game against the Cincinnati Bengals and had to be stretched off the field and taken to a hospital.
He had not practiced since then and did not travel with the Dolphins for last Sunday's game, a loss to the New York Jets.
Four days before the Cincinnati game, Tagovailoa took a hard hit against the Buffalo Bills and appeared disoriented when he got to his feet. He was taken to the locker room and evaluated for a concussion. After he was examined and no signs of head injury were found under the NFL's protocol, Tagovailoa returned to start the third quarter, prompting an investigation by the NFL Players Association into the handling of his injury.
Last Saturday, the NFL and NFLPA agreed to make changes to the league’s concussion protocol, adding language addressing abnormality of balance and stability to its list of symptoms that would keep a player from returning to a game.
McDaniel said Bridgewater, who exited last week’s game against the Jets because of the league’s new concussion rules, will work individually with trainers Wednesday and could return to limited football activities Thursday.
If Bridgewater is cleared from the protocol this week, he will back up Thompson Sunday.
Thompson entered last week’s game against the Jets after Bridgewater took a hard hit on the Dolphins’ first offensive snap. Thompson completed 19 of 33 passes for 166 yards, no touchdowns and an interception.
McDaniel said he will likely decide whether to activate quarterback Reid Sinnett from the practice squad as a third gameday option later this week.
NOTES: CB Xavien Howard (groin) and LT Terron Armstead (toe) will need the whole week to prepare for Sunday's game, McDaniel said. Howard was expected to practice Wednesday, as was WR Tyreek Hill (foot).
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy said Tuesday its forces had a tense encounter with Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
The Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet said three Guard vessels had an “unsafe and unprofessional” encounter as the USS Sirocco and USNS Choctaw County transited Monday through the strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf.
The Navy said one of three of the Guard fast crafts raced head-on at the Sirocco before changing course. The Navy said the Sirocco fired a warning flare during the encounter as well.
A short video released by the Navy showed the encounter.
Iran did not immediately acknowledge the incident in the strait, through which a fifth of all oil traded passes.
It comes as tensions remain high in the region as Iran's nuclear deal with world powers remains in tatters as negotiations over the accord are stalled. Meanwhile, Tehran's atomic program enriches uranium at its closest levels to weapons-grade yet. | 2022-06-21T05:55:37+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/US-Navy-Iran-have-tense-encounter-in-Strait-of-17254445.php |
Oral Roberts vs. Central Arkansas
7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, Mabee Center
Records: ORU 6-3, UCA 5-4
ORU Sports Network, 99.9 FM ESPN Radio
Three storylines
Milestone Max: At 1,957 career points, ORU senior point guard Max Abmas is 2 points away from surpassing Tim Gill to become ORU’s ninth all-time leading scorer. After that, he will be 120 points shy of jumping to fifth. He averages 17.4 points per game through nine contests.
Block party: With 30 total blocks this year, ORU center Connor Vanover ranks third nationally and second on a per-game basis (3.7).
The series: The Golden Eagles are 4-3 all-time against the Bears and undefeated inside the Mabee Center. The Bears boast four double-figure scorers: Camren Hunter (16.6), Eddy Kayouloud (14.9), Collin Cooper (11.6) and Masai Olowokere (10.1).
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Ohio State opened Big Ten play by thrashing Wisconsin 52-21 on Saturday night at Ohio Stadium.
The third-ranked Buckeyes ran out to a 21-0 first quarter lead and never looked back.
Here are five things to know about the game:
1. C.J. Stroud came out hot again.
The Ohio State quarterback hit nine of his first 10 passes as he found receivers open all over the field and delivered the ball to them with precision. He finished 17 for 27 for 281 yards and five touchdowns but also threw his first interception of the season.
“I think in the first half, we distributed the ball pretty well,” Stroud said. “Had some good momentum coming out quick, that’s something that we definitely want to do. And I think really everybody who touched the ball did a great job. But we built that chemistry offseason.”
2. Cade Stover was a weapon early.
The tight end has been mostly a blocker in the Ohio State offense for many years, but Stover seemed to be a key part of the passing game plan in the first half. He caught four passes, including a pair of touchdowns on play action against a Wisconsin team overplaying against the run. He finished with 51 yards receiving.
3. Ohio State had a balanced attack early before leaning more on the running game.
Nine of the Buckeyes’ first 18 plays were passes, but they ended up with 16 more runs than throws.
TreVeyon Henderson ran for 118 yards on 21 tries while Miyan Williams added 101 on 11 carries. Last time Ohio State had two 100-yard rushers in same game was 2020 at Michigan State (Trey Sermon, Justin Fields), and the last time time it was two running backs was at Indiana in 2019 (J.K. Dobbins, Master Teague).
“That’s what we’re looking for, and that’s easier said than done,” Ohio State head coach Ryan Day said. “You want to be able to do that and when they feel like you maybe are throwing it, then you start running it and when they feel like maybe you’re running and you spread them out a little bit and you try to get that going. Some nights it works and you get into a rhythm. Some nights it doesn’t. Tonight I felt like we did get in a rhythm.”
4. Ohio State played without three starters
Star receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba and starting cornerbacks Cam Brown and Denzel Burke did not play. Injuries for Smith and Burke were not publicized by the school, but Burke had a large wrap on one hand.
Day said he does not believe Brown or Burke have long-term injuries, and he hopes to see Smith-Njigba on the practice field Tuesday.
5. The Buckeyes held Wisconsin under 300 total yards.
The Badgers finished with 296 total yards, including 75 on a late-game jaunt by Braelon Allen when the game had long been decided. Ohio State only held three teams below 300 total yards last season but has already done so three times this season.
“I felt like our guys that did a great job of gang tackling,” Day said. “There was a couple of times that maybe he could have squirted out, but we had extra guys come to the party get them down.”
Stat of the game
Ohio State had more than twice as many points (52/17) and yards (539/253) as Wisconsin had allowed in any of its first three games.
Game ball
Tommy Eichenberg had 14 tackles, including two for loss, as Ohio State mostly kept the talented Allen in check until late against the backups.
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HONG KONG (AP) — Every few generations, Hong Kong transforms itself, evolving from a swampy fishing village to 19th century colonial port, to capitalist outpost and factory after China’s 1949 revolution, to 21st century financial center.
As the former British colony marks the 25th anniversary of its return to China, reeling from pandemic curbs that devastated business and a crackdown on its pro-democracy movement, Hong Kong leaders say it is time to transform again. They say the city should become a leader in technology that relies more on its ties with nearby Chinese factory cities than on global trade.
Chief Executive-elect John Lee’s government is under pressure to generate new sources of economic growth, looking beyond COVID outbreaks and anti-virus controls that have devastated tourism and business and uncertainty about the legal climate after a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement.
In April, during his election campaign, Lee promised to “start a new chapter” for the city better known as one of Asia’s busiest ports and biggest stock markets and “strengthen its competitiveness” in technology and innovation as well as trade and finance.
Lee gave no details but pointed to the Greater Bay Area, a Chinese government initiative to link Hong Kong with neighboring mainland cities including the technology and finance hub of Shenzhen and the manufacturing powerhouses of Dongguan and Foshan.
“There are great opportunities in the Greater Bay Area that haven’t been realized yet,” said David Graham, executive director of the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. “It is a big opportunity for Hong Kong, and it will be very hard to replicate in other cities like Singapore or Dubai.”
Adding to the urgency for Lee to roll out a long-term strategy, executives frustrated with Hong Kong’s travel controls are leaving the city, business groups say. Some companies are moving for good to Singapore, Bangkok, Dubai or other business centers.
“Hong Kong’s strength as a global connector has been greatly reduced,” said Joseph Armas, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. Executives have left for cities where “travel is feasible.”
Armas appealed to Lee for a “concrete roadmap” to revive Hong Kong, which remains, together with mainland China and Taiwan, one of the few places that still requires inbound travelers to serve mandatory quarantines.
For Michael Chan, who manages a fashion goods manufacturing business, the restrictions have extended what used to be one-week trips to factories in Bangladesh or China to a month or two, since it makes no sense to spend weeks in quarantine for a short work trip.
Chan has considered temporarily relocating to Singapore, whose controls are much less strict.
“When I meet government officials, I often have to meet them face to face and talk about things,” said Chan, a veteran of multiple quarantines. “It’s not like in the U.S. where I can just use Zoom for a video call.”
Hong Kong lost nearly 90,000 of its 7.5 million population in 2021, according to government figures. More than 100,000 people left in February and March of this year, during the city’s worst COVID wave.
The angst over Hong Kong’s travel controls “presents an opportunity for others to dip into our talent pool,” said Sally Wong, CEO of the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association.
Activists and foreign governments complain the ruling Communist Party is chipping away at the 50 years of autonomy Beijing promised after 1997. The freedoms afforded to Hong Kong and its leeway for self-governance had helped it keep its status as a center for Asian headquarters of global companies even as rent and other costs soared to record levels and levels of inequality grew ever wider.
Hong Kong still has a skilled workforce, an efficient port and a Western-style legal system considered to be impartial and reliable.
But its status as a global hub for trade and business center is waning.
One in 20 companies surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong plan to move their global or regional headquarters out of Hong Kong, the chamber reported in January. It said half were uncertain about whether to go.
Some businesses are watching to see how law enforcement and the free flow of information and people that are crucial to commerce and finance might change. Two out of five companies surveyed said they worry they will lose free internet access, vital for a trading center that relies on the flow of information.
“There is a perception that foreign businesses are less welcome,” the report said. “More than half our respondents feel the government is ‘unconcerned’ or ‘dismissive’ about business concerns.”
Until now, Hong Kong has been largely free of the censorship on the mainland, where internet barriers known as the “Great Firewall” are used by the ruling party to block China’s public from seeing foreign websites run by news outfits, governments and human rights activists. But the territory’s leading pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, was shut down during the crackdown and its publisher, Jimmy Lai, sentenced to prison.
Kurt Tong, a former U.S. consul general in Hong Kong who is managing partner of The Asia Group, a consulting firm, said that so far the city’s national security law, though used to stifle dissent, has not had much impact on business and finance.
But the effect of the law and Beijing’s overhaul of the territory’s political system bear watching, he said.
“People who care about the Hong Kong financial system need to think about that,” Tong said.
Hong Kong thrived as the trade gateway to China for decades, but it was eclipsed as the world’s busiest container port in 2000 by facilities in the Chinese mainland. Two decades later, with cargo volume barely 10% above its 2000 level, Hong Kong’s port ranks 8th in the world. Shanghai, Shenzhen and three other Chinese ports are bigger.
Hong Kong’s stock market, once Asia’s biggest outside Japan, also has grown steadily but has slipped behind regional rivals.
Companies traded in Hong Kong have a total market value of $5.4 trillion, compared with $8.2 trillion for the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Companies on China’s second exchange in Shenzhen are worth $6.2 trillion, according to the World Federation of Exchanges.
Tong is among those who believe Hong Kong’s recent setbacks are only temporary.
“The current status is that Hong Kong is a very significant global center, one of the most important in the world, and it plays a unique and critical role in linking the Chinese economy with the rest of the global economy and channeling finance in both directions,” said Tong.
The city is meanwhile nurturing its role as a center for innovation, setting up research centers that have helped incubate dozens of start-up companies.
A vice chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Rocky S. Tuan, pointed to medical and biotechnology research as one of the city’s less well-known strengths. Writing in the newspaper South China Morning Post, he said “Hong Kong offers access to capital, expertise, global regulatory recognition of its clinical trial data and a network of world-class universities.”
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NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning jeweler Gabriel & Co. is proud to debut their Fashion Book for 2022-2023 for the Holidays and throughout the year, designed with heartfelt examples of love and gratitude. Since their start three decades ago, the family-owned brand has been dedicated to designing fine jewelry that is exquisitely crafted and meant to be gifted and worn with joy.
First published in 2015, Gabriel's annual Fashion Book was offered to their retail partners throughout the US as a way to share their new releases and best sellers for the Holiday season and customized to promote their retail stores setting them apart from any other retailer selling fine jewelry. Essentially Gabriel & Co. created the first jewelry magazine of its kind offering retailers' customers a resource with year-round fine jewelry expertise.
"We have been a part of Gabriel's Fashion Book every year and have been delighted with the increase in sales and foot traffic to our store. Always well done and on point with fashion ideas on how to wear fine jewelry. The Fashion Book with its customized postcard included within the protective shrink wrapping for mailings to our customers, proved to be highly successful." Andrea Bragg of Forsythe Jewelers, Hilton Head, SC
Each Fashion Book has been filled with beautifully photographed fine jewelry, features on style and interviews with iconic fashion designers on how to complement their runway creations with what Gabriel does best – creating the highest quality fine jewelry that resonates with consumers.
Over the years, Gabriel's annual Fashion Book has evolved into a legendary source for fashion-forward and timeless fine jewelry in addition to providing valuable styling advice on how to wear fine jewelry everyday with individualized flair. This year, Gabriel & Co. 's theme for this new Fashion Book is "Ignite Your Spirit". Due to the noteworthy changes endured over the last two years during the pandemic, the brand's resilient core values, and mission to make sure customers always feel cared for, safe, and cherished, they have amplified the open expression of passion and appreciation, which is why Gabriel & Co. are so committed to helping you hit the ignition and soar.
"People now want to feel more connected to even the most basic actions of everyday life. They don't want to wait for a special occasion to look their best. We now know each day is worthy of attention. Wearing jewelry that not only looks beautiful but feels like a natural expression of your personality, is the smartest way to face the day." - Hal Rubenstein, Global Style Director
Gabriel & Co's 2022 Fashion Book is filled with bright, effervescent sections, including "Look Great at Any Age," "Which Gabriel Woman Are You?" "Men's Fine Jewelry," and "Let them Know You Care – Gifts of Gratitude." It also features striking, appealing photography, highlighting the brand's favorite fine jewelry pieces with the clothing styles of two popular and effortlessly relatable designers, Tommy Hilfiger, and Rebecca Minkoff.
"We are thrilled to share Gabriel & Co.'s reimagined Fashion Book for 2022. After what the world has gone through, we are proud of our evolving line of personal jewelry that continues to uplift and provide everlasting security and love." – Jack Gabriel, Co-founder of Gabriel & Co.
"Giving fine jewelry ignites both the shopper's and receiver's spirits. The 2022 Fashion Book will ignite that spark and is a reminder to love and take care of those closest to us. As a family business, we live this mission daily and look forward to sharing it with the world by "Giving Back" to children in need" - Co-Founder Dominick Gabriel.
Gabriel's Fashion Book not only "Ignites Your Spirit" and captures the sentiment of celebration and togetherness for this Holiday season but has a year-round shelf life that will greatly assist whenever you want to shop for gifts that create meaningful experiences, legacy heirlooms, and lifelong memories.
Gabriel & Co. does not take its good fortune for granted, Since 2016 Gabriel & Co. set up the Gabriel Love Foundation®, as their way to "Give Back" by working with charitable partners that focus on children in need. Their Stronger Together™ Collection created for Jewelers for Children (JFC) focuses on one of JFC's charitable partners each year by creating a specific piece of jewelry where 100% of the proceeds raised goes to JFC. The Gabriel Love Foundation® is proud to have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years for children in need. This year's campaign is no exception with the Stronger Together™ silver unisex bracelet designed to benefit the extraordinary life-affirming deeds of Make-A-Wish America. Gabriel & Co. extends the invitation for everyone to "Ignite Their Gratitude" by "Giving Back".
Gabriel & Co. is a New York City based jewelry design house which was founded in 1989 by brothers Jack and Dominick Gabriel. Family owned and operated, the company began in New York City and has since evolved into one of the most prolific fine jewelry brands in the U.S., sold nationwide. The story of Gabriel & Co. is one of passion, integrity, service and trust. Gabriel creates beautifully unique and distinctive pieces that are designed to reflect the true beauty that is unique in all of us. Each piece is passionately designed and created as a crafted personal experience. By infusing human passion into natural elements, Gabriel creates jewelry that enhances and celebrates beauty and personal achievements. Individually numbered, each piece is as unique as the woman who wears it.
Gabriel & Co. has consistently won awards since 2011 in both JCK & Instore Magazines for being one of the most innovative and best performing brands in the jewelry industry.
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It's been 260+ years of revelry, fun, and togetherness, and Guinness will continue to spread the magic – including over $1 million in cash prizes – to help inspire celebrations with friends, family, and community.
NEW YORK, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Last year, we finally marched again. And this year, it's time to keep surging forward, together. This March, Guinness is taking a bold approach to help accomplish a common goal: having the best St. Patrick's Day of your life.
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In celebration, Guinness is offering $10,000 in cash prizes to 100+ different winners nationally – over $1 million in total – through its Guinness St. Patrick's Day Toast contest. Guinness will go coast to coast, rewarding up to two deserving winners from each state (and Washington, DC) for the top toasts that celebrate friends, and family and embody the spirit and joy of St. Patrick's Day. To enter, all those 21+ can visit Toast.Guinness.com, and upload a 30-second video of their toast until March 24.*
In addition, staying true to the goodness of Guinness, the brand is turning St. Patrick's Day celebrations into giving back. Using energy-harnessing technology we'll collect revelers' steps in Chicago on March 11 (where Guinness is once again the official sponsor of the iconic River dyeing and St. Patrick's Day parade). The power generated will be matched by donation hours in service of the Guinness Gives Back 1M Hours Pledge.
"After the last few years, we're all tired of staying put – of settling. This is our moment to start surging together again, as Guinness has for centuries," said Mark Phillips, Head of Beer & Hard Seltzer at Diageo North America. "It's time to be bold – just like the flavors in our beer. Our communities are counting on us to bring the celebration like never before, while giving back as well. Who says you can't have some fun and do good at the same time?"
With the support of brand partners and football icons Joe Burrow and Joe Montana, the spirit of turning celebratory energy into giving back will continue in New York City. The two "Joe Cools" will work with City Harvest, New York's first and largest food rescue organization, in effort to lift up communities across America through one million service hours over the next year. For more information on the one Million Hours Pledge and to see how Guinness is progressing toward this goal, please visit givesback.guinness.com.
As the brand synonymous with St. Patrick's Day, Guinness will ensure this year's holiday is for everyone as we show up across the country, including:
- Returning as the official sponsor of the Chicago River dyeing and parade, and for some of the country's most storied parades and celebrations, in Boston – and for the first time – in Savannah, Ga.
- Embracing the concept of alcoholic alternatives at celebrations throughout March around the country, headlined by the fast-growing Guinness 0, which Esquire recently dubbed "the king of NA beers."
- Our Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Baltimore will keep the St. Patrick's Day spirit alive, hosting a month-long celebration that will include weekly limited edition beer releases, merchandise for sale, live music and an Irish Village experience on the huge pint-shaped lawn.
- A new TV commercial and digital film encouraging viewers to get ready for the best St. Patrick's Day of their lives. Featuring appearances from Guinness brand partners Joe Montana and Chef Kwame Onwuachi, the spot will air nationally through March.
No matter how you choose to get into the St. Patrick's Day spirit this year – whether you're enjoying a Guinness Draught, Guinness 0 or any other Guinness pint at home or at the pub, always toast responsibly. Sláinte!
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MIAMI — Donald Trump's valet, Walt Nauta, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he helped the former president hide classified documents from federal authorities, appearing with a new Florida-based lawyer to represent him as the case moves forward.
Nauta was charged alongside Trump in June in a 38-count indictment alleging the mishandling of classified documents. His arraignment was to have happened twice before, but he had struggled to retain a lawyer licensed in Florida and one appearance was postponed because of his travel troubles.
Ahead of his arraignment, Nauta hired Sasha Dadan, a criminal defense attorney and former public defender whose main law office is in Fort Pierce, where the judge who would be handling the trial is based. She appeared in court with Nauta, alongside his Washington lawyer, Stanley Woodward, who entered the not guilty plea on his behalf.
Nauta answered, “Yes, Your Honor,” when he was asked whether he had reviewed the indictment during the brief court appearance. He and his lawyers exited the courthouse after the arraignment and entered a Black Mercedes-Benz sedan without answering questions from reporters.
Trump pleaded not guilty during his June 13 arraignment to charges including willful retention of national defense information. But Nauta's arraignment was postponed that day because of the lawyer situation and then was pushed back again last week when a flight from New Jersey he was to have taken was canceled.
The indictment filed by special counsel Jack Smith and his team of prosecutors accuses Nauta of conspiring with Trump to conceal records that the former president had taken with him from the White House after his term ended in January 2021.
Prosecutors allege that Nauta, at the former president’s direction, moved boxes of documents bearing classification markings so they would not be found by a Trump lawyer who was tasked with searching the home for classified records to be returned to the government.
That, prosecutors said, resulted in a false claim to the Justice Department that a “diligent search” for classified documents had been done and that all documents responsive to a subpoena had been returned.
The relocation of the boxes was captured on surveillance camera footage that the Justice Department had subpoenaed, and agents and prosecutors cited those actions as a basis for probable cause that a crime had been committed in their August warrant application to search Mar-a-Lago, according to newly unsealed information from the application.
Prosecutors say Nauta also misled the FBI during an interview with agents last year when he said he was unaware of boxes of documents having been brought to Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago.
Nauta is a Navy veteran who fetched Trump’s Diet Cokes as his valet at the White House before joining him as a personal aide at Mar-a-Lago. He is regularly by Trump’s side, including traveling in Trump’s motorcade to the Miami courthouse for their appearance earlier this month and accompanying him afterward to a stop at the city’s famed Cuban restaurant Versailles, where he helped usher supporters eager to take selfies with the former president.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — One morning during the debt ceiling crisis, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy climbed onto his mountain bike and took a ride along the National Mall, marveling at the monuments.
The next day he arrived for negotiations at the Capitol carting in tortilla chips and queso for the beleaguered reporters waiting outside his office during the 24/7 talks.
McCarthy, with his laid-back California vibe, was never Washington’s bet to become speaker, having almost missed seizing the gavel in a history-making spectacle at the start of this year.
But the 58-year-old is now leading House Republicans in the high-wire act of his career: Having negotiated a deal with Democratic President Joe Biden over the weekend to raise the nation’s debt limit, he now must deliver the votes to pass the spending cuts package into law.
The standoff is being watched the world over as the United States stares down a June 5 deadline when it could run short of cash to pay its bills, potentially hurling the American economy into chaos with an unprecedented default and taking the global economy into a crisis.
McCarthy commands only a slim majority in the House and must reach out to Democrats to support the compromise. But neither side is expected to be happy with the final agreement reached Sunday between the president and speaker.
If McCarthy succeeds in pushing the budget-cutting deal through Congress, it will be an accomplishment like nothing he has achieved before. Or he could lose it all, if the compromise he reached with the Democratic White House becomes so objectionable to the conservative flank that Republicans try to oust him from his job.
“One thing you’ve always learned about me: I don’t give up,” McCarthy told reporters as he arrived at the Capitol on Saturday morning.
“Doesn’t matter how many times it takes,” he went on, “you want to make sure you get an agreement worthy of the American public.”
Throughout the weeks of grueling negotiations McCarthy has remained relentlessly optimistic, breezing through the anxiety-filled hours, seemingly certain of the outcome.
Underestimated from the start, he is nothing if not relentless. To become speaker, McCarthy endured 14 failed votes before finally securing the gavel on the 15th try, only after he had tired his colleagues out and given hard-right conservatives all sorts of promises and concessions.
McCarthy isn’t known as a seasoned legislator, one who has delved deeply into policy details or put his name on many big bills.
Having arrived in Congress in 2007, he rose swiftly to leadership as a political strategist, not a policy wonk.
Younger than the previous generation of congressional leaders, McCarthy is decades younger than Biden. The president has been in elected office since McCarthy was a young man growing up in dusty Bakersfield, running a sandwich shop counter from his uncle’s yogurt shop and becoming immersed in Reagan-era politics.
The White House refused initially to engage with McCarthy over the debt ceiling, insisting Congress must simply do its job, raise the nation’s debt limit and skip the political brinksmanship.
Powered by a hard-right flank, McCarthy was determined to extract federal spending cuts to programs many Americans rely on in exchange for the votes in Congress needed to raise the nation’s debt limit.
McCarthy laid down a marker in his first meeting with Biden back in February. The new Republican speaker refused to raise any taxes to help offset federal deficits, including Biden’s proposals to roll back some of the Trump-era tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans and corporations.
The White House ultimately relented on negotiating with McCarthy after he pushed the GOP’s preferred debt-ceiling plan through the House, uniting his majority for the talks to come.
Democrats argue the showdown over the debt limit should not be the new normal way of doing the nation’s business.
Despite pleas from progressives, Biden has been reluctant to invoke powers under the 14th Amendment to raise the borrowing capacity on his own, unconvinced of its legal soundness.
The debt ceiling fight is not one that Congress needs to take on, and historically it was rarely like this. Often a routine endeavor, the vote to lift the debt limit, now $31 trillion, would allow the Treasury Department to keep paying the bills without any risk of default, ensuring America’s standing as the world economy with the most trusted currency.
Once Republicans seized power in the House during last year’s midterm elections it was almost certain a debt ceiling showdown would land at Biden’s doorstep. It was that way the last time Republicans swept into power, in 2011, on the tea party wave that launched the new era of brinksmanship in Washington, using the debt ceiling as leverage.
But these showdowns have tested GOP leaders as well, bedeviling past Republican speakers unable to fully satisfy the party’s increasingly conservative wing.
The hard-right House Freedom Caucus chased one former speaker, John Boehner, to early retirement. Another speaker, Paul Ryan, left office after a short term.
To become speaker, McCarthy worked hard to appeal to those same forces, agreeing to revive a House rule that allows any single member to call for a vote to oust the speaker. Forcing him from office would require a majority vote.
That threat hangs over McCarthy at every step as he tries to manage a debt ceiling deal.
Conservative Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., warned in a tweet Saturday, before the deal was announced, that if the speaker brought back a “clean” debt ceiling increase, meaning one lacking the party priorities, “it’s war.”
But even if conservatives grow frustrated with McCarthy, he still has one important voice in his corner: former President Donald Trump.
As one of the earliest backers of Trump’s first White House bid, McCarthy has tried to stay close to Trump despite their on-again, off-again relationship. He said they spoke in recent days and Trump told him, “Make sure you get a good agreement.”
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Associated Press writers Stephen Groves, Mary Clare Jalonick, Kevin Freking and Farnoush Amiri contributed to this report. | 2023-05-29T09:42:24+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/politics/ap-politics/ap-debt-ceiling-tests-speaker-mccarthy-as-he-rides-breezily-through-high-wire-act-of-his-career/ |
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports about Tom Brady's upcoming broadcast career. He signed a contract with Fox last year to be their lead NFL analyst.
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that a federal grand jury in Florida has indicted a group, including U.S. citizens and intelligence officers for Russia with attempting to interfere in U.S. elections.
The group was also charged with working to sow discord and spread pro-Russian propaganda.
Three Russian nationals are accused of working on behalf of the Russian government along with the Russian Federal Security Service in a years-long foreign influence campaign,the DOJ said.
Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen said, "Russia's foreign intelligence service allegedly weaponized our First Amendment rights, freedoms Russia denies its own citizens, to divide Americans and interfere in elections in the United States."
Olsen said, "The department will not hesitate to expose and prosecute those who sow discord and corrupt U.S. elections in service of hostile foreign interests, regardless of whether the culprits are U.S. citizens or foreign individuals abroad."
A superseding indictment claims Russian defendants funded, recruited and attempted to direct U.S. political groups to "act as unregistered illegal agents of the Russian government" in their efforts to sow discord.
The DOJ says the operation tried to "covertly" fund and direct candidates for local office in the U.S.
The DOJ said Moscow, Russia resident Aleksandr Viktorovich Ionov was the founder and president of the Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia. Ionov is accused of working to create a malign influence campaign.
Other defendants named in the indictment are Aleksey Borisovich Sukhodolov and Yegor Sergeyevich Popov, who the DOJ says are Russian Federal Security Service officers.
Omali Yeshitela, a U.S. citizen from St. Petersburg, Florida, is named in the indictment along with Penny Joanne Hess, a U.S. citizen from St. Petersburg, Florida.
U.S. citizens Augustus C. Romain Jr. and Jesse Nevel of St. Petersburg, Florida are also named.
SEE MORE: US approves additional $325 million in Ukraine security assistance
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AU10TIX's Identity Verification (IDV) solutions will enable unbanked communities in the Philippines to easily access financial services by using AllEasy's eWallet platform.
MANILA, Philippines and TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AU10TIX, a leading global provider of identity verification (IDV) technology, and AllEasy, Inc. a forerunner in the rapid-growth Filipino e-wallet marketplace, announced a strategic alliance to power safe, fast, and affordable digital transactions to AllEasy's customers.
The introduction of the two companies was facilitated by the Israeli Economic and Commercial Mission to the Philippines, as part of its goals to promote business collaborations between Israeli and Filipino companies and to introduce cutting-edge innovations and technologies from Israel to the Philippines.
AllEasy selected AU10TIX to replace their incumbent IDV solution after conducting an extensive vendor selection process among competitors in the industry. Manette Domingo, General Manager of AllEasy, said "AU10TIX was the obvious choice for us to partner with thanks to their demonstration of unmatched speed and fully automated ability to detect complex fraud attempts that were unexpected by other verification providers. We are excited for them to take our verification capabilities to the next level."
H.E. Ilan Fluss, Ambassador of Israel to the Philippines, sees the partnership as a successful match made by the Israeli initiative. "It is truly my pleasure to witness the new partnership between AllEasy and AU10TIX. I see this event as another step in implementing our vision of creating bridges of innovation and technology between Israel and the Philippines and will contribute to serving the unserved while utilizing the most modern technologies."
"AU10TIX is proud to expand our presence in SEA through our partnership with AllEasy," said Guy Mordoch, Chief Operating Officer at AU10TIX. "Integrating AU10TIX's advanced IDV solution with AllEasy's all-in-one mobile payment service supports AllEasy's growth and provides a fast, fully automated KYC/onboarding process with unlimited scalability that protects businesses and consumers from fraud."
AU10TIX, a global identity intelligence leader headquartered in Israel, is on a mission to obliterate fraud and further a more secure and inclusive world. The company provides critical, modular solutions to verify and link physical and digital identities so businesses and their customers can confidently connect. Over the past decade, AU10TIX has become the preferred partner of major global brands for customer onboarding and customer verification automation – and continues to work on the edge of what's next for identity's role in society. AU10TIX's proprietary technology provides results in less than 8 seconds, enabling businesses to onboard customers faster while preventing fraud, meeting compliance mandates and, importantly, promoting trust and safety. AU10TIX is a subsidiary of ICTS International N.V. (OTCQB: ICTSF). For more information, visit AU10TIX.com.
AllEasy, Inc. is a Financial Technology (FinTech) solutions provider that aims to uplift the lives of all Filipinos by providing an easier way to make payments. Through the AllEasy e-wallet app, Filipinos are able to experience seamless digital payment transactions.
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KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — As the European Union thinks about injecting more subsidies into its industry to counter U.S. efforts to ramp up its green technologies sector, fears only increase that the continent’s giants will profit at the cost of the small member states.
And if the EU’s approval of subsidies to counter the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine are anything to go by, such fears are justified.
Sweden, which holds the EU presidency, warned Thursday about the need to preserve a balance to make sure that Germany and France don’t strong-arm smaller member states and boost their national powerhouses will billions in subsidies that others simply don’t have.
It would fundamentally threaten the EU’s cherished “single market” where all industries from the 27 nations, be they from wealthy Germany or poorer Bulgaria, can compete as much a possible on an equal footing.
The EU’s response to the U.S. subsidies imbedded in the $369 billion Inflation Reduction Act must avoid “a competition on who can provide the most state aid” within the EU, Swedish Industry Minister Ebba Busch said. “We would have a situation where we would distort competition on the internal market, and particularly, disadvantage the smaller states within the union.”
The EU member states are already gearing up for precisely that battle when their leaders will meet for a two-day summit in Brussels on Feb. 9-10. For sure, most of the public debate will center on how to confront Washington without unleashing a trans-Atlantic trade war, but among member states, the urge to protect national interests will be at play as well.
Subsidies that member states can use to counter Washington and keep green industries in Europe are a given and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed the idea of a European sovereignty fund to support the ecological transition of the bloc’s industry.
The point will be to make any effort more balanced than the 540 billion euros in state aid specifically approved up to now to allow member states deal with the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Almost half of the approved state aid, or 49.33 %, was linked to Germany, while almost a third, or 29.92%, was requested by France. In comparison, southern nations like Italy, with 4.73% and Spain, with 1.86%, injected a lot less into their economies. The state aids can amount to grants, loans and financial guarantees.
The EU spent decades seeking to ween member states of excessive subsidies to outdated industries that in the end hampered nations in preparing for the future.
EU authorities made a fundamental change to the system when the economies were hit by the global coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and the fallout of the war in Ukraine came last year.
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Raf Casert reported from Brussels. | 2023-01-13T09:37:54+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-big-vs-small-eu-faces-big-subsidy-rift-before-facing-us/ |
LAS VEGAS, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Resorts World Las Vegas unveiled its Las Vegas Convention Center Loop passenger station, providing direct underground access to the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) in an enjoyable, efficient and environmentally friendly way in minutes in all-electric Teslas. Resorts World Las Vegas is now also poised to connect to the expanded Vegas Loop system when development efforts move forward on the proposed innovative transportation system.
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The LVCC Loop is an innovative, all-electric, zero-emissions, underground public transportation system in which passengers are transported directly to their destination with no stops along the way. The Resorts World Las Vegas passenger station will be the first of over 55 stops anticipated to form the Vegas Loop, which aims to eventually transport thousands of passengers per hour throughout the resort corridor. The Vegas Loop will be constructed in phases that include the Resorts World Las Vegas passenger station, the LVCC Loop and future service extensions along the Strip and Downtown Las Vegas.
"Today marks a monumental moment not only for our resort, but for Las Vegas," said Scott Sibella, president of Resorts World Las Vegas. "Our passenger station will make a visit to our resort from the Las Vegas Convention Center easier than ever, and eventually connect us to key destinations throughout the city. Resorts World Las Vegas strives to transform the way people experience Las Vegas, and this offering does just that. We are proud to partner with The Boring Company on what we believe to be the future of travel."
"In addition to offering our convention customers direct access to Resorts World's world-class hospitality and entertainment, this milestone is an important step in the development of a game-changing transportation solution in Las Vegas," said Steve Hill, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA.)
Resorts World Las Vegas provides some of the city's most advanced technology features, such as cashless gaming, digital check-in, breathtaking LED technology and more. The partnership with The Boring Company further illustrates the resort's intention to integrate innovative technology throughout the entire guest experience.
Hours of operation for the Resorts World Las Vegas Passenger Station will vary based upon the LVCC events and convention calendar.
ABOUT RESORTS WORLD LAS VEGAS
Resorts World Las Vegas was developed by Genting Berhad, a publicly traded Malaysian corporation registered with the Nevada Gaming Commission. The company has affiliated operations in the Americas, Malaysia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the Bahamas. In partnership with Hilton, Resorts World Las Vegas integrates three of Hilton's premium brands into its resort campus, including Las Vegas Hilton, the resort's full-service brand; Conrad Las Vegas, Hilton's lifestyle luxury brand; and LXR, Hilton's network of independent luxury properties, which operates as Crockfords Las Vegas, Genting's internationally renowned ultra-luxury brand. Resorts World Las Vegas features 3,506 guest rooms and suites, an innovative, next-generation gaming floor, world-class food and beverage options, a 5,000-capacity theatre, distinct nightlife venues, a curated retail collection of designer and boutique shops and more. The integrated resort weaves time-honored traditions of the international Resorts World brand into the fabric of Las Vegas, introducing a bold, fresh take on hospitality to the city with stunning design, progressive technology and world-class guest service. Resorts World Las Vegas is Sharecare Health Security VERIFIED™ with Forbes Travel Guide, a verification that ensures the resort has appropriate health safety procedures in place. For more information, visit rwlasvegas.com or find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram.
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Summer depression is a mental health disorder you can manage by preparing ahead and practicing self-care.
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Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a mental condition many people associate with the winter months, but it also happens during the summer. SAD is a type of depression occurring as the seasons change. Longer days, planning vacations and the heat may cause summertime seasonal affective disorder. Symptoms include sleeping difficulties, weight loss, anxiety and loss of appetite. It affects how you navigate your daily life in the summer. You can effectively manage SAD in the summer months with the right tools and resources.
Plan ahead
As summer nears, think about the difficulties you face in the summer. Then, consider which factors to address to prevent summertime SAD. For example, if you have children, sign them up for summer classes or programs to get alone time and relieve stress.
Find professional help
You can seek help from a mental health professional for summertime SAD. Speak with a therapist, psychiatrist or psychologist to discuss your symptoms. They may prescribe medication to help you manage symptoms.
Get enough sleep
Vacations, outdoor activities and time changes can affect your sleep schedule. If you don’t get enough sleep, it can trigger depression. Setting a sleeping schedule can reduce or alleviate summertime SAD symptoms.
Prioritize self-care
Practicing self-care is essential to relieving symptoms. Spend time each day engaging in activities that boost your mental well-being. For example, journaling, reading, walking or taking a warm bath are ways to practice self-care.
Stay physically active
Depression can make exercise challenging, but it’s crucial for physical and mental well-being. Try to work out early in the morning or evening when the weather is cooler. You can also buy gym equipment or join a gym.
Take Vitamin D supplements
Although there’s more sunshine during the summer, you may not get enough vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency can trigger summertime SAD. You can take supplements to boost vitamin D levels and relieve depressive symptoms.
Best products for summertime SAD
This lamp delivers light therapy to manage SAD symptoms. It includes three adjustable brightness levels and a 15-, 30-, 45- and 60-minute timer. It has a thin, compact design, which makes it easy to carry around. The ultraviolet-free lamp emits 10,000 lux or light levels of natural sunlight.
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This adult-sized blanket has weights ranging from 5 to 30 pounds to promote relaxation. It’s available in seven solid colors. The knitted blanket is made of soft and breathable fabric. It’s hypoallergenic to prevent allergic reactions.
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Now Foods High-Potency Vitamin D3 5000 IU Softgels
These vitamin D3 softgels are available in a 120- or 240-count bottle. Each softgel contains 5,000 IU to provide maximum benefits. These absorbable, flavorless vitamins can boost your mood and support your immune system.
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Yikubee Essential Oil Diffuser
This essential oil diffuser holds 500 milliliters of water and comes with six bottles of essential oils. It operates for 12 hours and automatically shuts off when the water runs out. The diffuser doubles as a night light with seven changing colors.
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ProsourceFit Acupressure Mat and Pillow Set
This acupressure mat and pillow set relieves neck and back pain and relaxes muscles. It comes in 11 colors and is made of 100% natural linen. The large size fits your entire back. The mat has 6,210 acupressure points, and the neck pillow has 1,782.
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Philips SmartSleep Wake-Up Light
This light has sunset and sunrise simulations to improve sleep. There are 20 brightness settings and five natural wake-up sounds. It includes smart features, such as an FM radio, a tap snooze button and bedside lamp. The display automatically dims to promote sleep.
Signature Fitness Set of Two Neoprene Dumbbell Hand Weights
You can choose 2-, 3- or 5-pound dumbbells in one, two or three pairs. They have ergonomic handles to provide comfort and prevent calluses. The hexagon-shaped dumbbells are coated with neoprene. The set includes a stand to store your equipment.
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Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Lavender and Vanilla Body Lotion
This lotion has a creamy formula to moisturize your skin and encourage sleep. It includes ingredients like lavender essential oil, vanilla absolute, soybean oil, glycerin, vitamin E, aloe and shea butter. The lotion emits a calming lavender and vanilla scent.
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Starting November 9th, makers of safer baby crib mattress design at a reasonable cost, Lullaby Earth lowers, even more, the price of all their products with a 20%-off and free shipping.
CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lullaby Earth, the safest and healthiest crib mattress created at prices everyone can afford, announced today a 20%-off Black Friday cyber sale on all products. The sitewide offer is available using the code FRIDAY20 and extends free shipping in the continental USA.
Starting November 9th, and for a limited period, consumers can purchase their patented lightweight mattresses of choice and get access to the firm support that babies need for safer sleep at greater discounts. Thanks to Lullaby Earth's patented waterproofing made without vinyl/PVC, mattresses can easily be kept clean and dry, increasing safety and comfort for the little ones.
Those interested in financing can do so with ShopPay. Here are the mattress options provided by Lullaby Earth.
- Healthy Support Waterproof Crib Mattress – Along with their patented waterproofing made without harmful chemicals, this crib mattress delivers a quick and easy-to-wipe-clean solution. From $179
- Breathe Safe Breathable Crib Mattress 2-Stage – With more airflow than traditional non-breathable crib mattresses, this practical approach to breathability is effective without sacrificing hygiene. From $279
- Breathe Safe Breathable Mini Crib Mattress – Its approximate dimensions are 23.5" x 37.5" x 3", and it fits standard-size mini cribs. From $199
As part of their philosophy, the company's crib mattresses are made without polyurethane foam and pass all government flammability standards without any flame retardant chemicals. Lullaby Earth also avoids questionable chemicals such as formaldehyde, perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), pesticides, glues/adhesives, and GMOs.
Every baby needs to sleep on a mattress made without toxic chemicals, yet not all families can afford crib mattresses made from expensive organic materials. Lullaby Earth offers a reasonable alternative at a lower price point.
For more information and media inquiries, please contact Lisa Guay at lisa@adinnyc.com or 917.386.7116.
Lullaby Earth's mission is to create the safest and healthiest crib mattresses on the planet at prices everyone can afford. Their crib mattresses are designed to maximize safety benefits such as Physical, Chemical, Allergenic, and Hygienic, as well as enhanced Breathability. In 2013, Lullaby Earth pioneered enhanced breathability with the introduction of the Airflow Topper, shortly followed by the Breathe Safe crib mattress in 2014. Building on its safer crib mattress design, Lullaby Earth kept all the safety features babies rely on and added a breathable layer for a cool, dry safer sleep. Plus, it's easy to keep clean with its durable machine-washable design. For more information about Lullaby Earth, visit: https://www.lullabyearth.com/
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A bipartisan bill has been introduced to try and put retired government laboratory testing animals into forever homes or animal rescues.
The Animal Freedom from Testing, Experimentation, and Research, or "AFTER" Act was introduced by lawmakers including Sens. Susan Collins and Gary Peters to try and relocate and home these animals to private residences, sanctuaries or animal rescues.
Sen. Peters says the bill would "encourage federal agencies to collaborate with shelters, rescue organizations and sanctuaries to help provide these animals with safe and caring environments.”
The bill is meant to direct "federal agencies to facilitate and encourage the retirement of animals to help ensure they are placed in loving homes or sanctuaries,” Sen. Collins said.
Each government agency involved would be able to create its own policies as it tries to retire animals instead of killing them them.
Federal agencies would be urged to work with non-profit organizations to get animals into shelters and other safe places across the country and not just those closest to the research facility. | 2023-03-10T04:15:24+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/bill-introduced-to-put-retired-laboratory-animals-in-homes |
BOSTON – Jayson Tatum had eight 3-pointers and scored a season-high 49 points, and the Boston Celtics held off the hot-shooting Miami Heat for a 134-121 victory on Wednesday night.
It was the All-Star’s third 40-point game this season as he continues to pace the league’s top-rated offense and make an early case for MVP consideration in his sixth NBA season.
Boston, which shot 55% (46 for 83) has won five straight and 14 of its last 15.
Tatum scored the Celtics’ first six points and had 41 points after three quarters, using his entire offensive repertoire, scoring from the outside and slashing to the basket. He finished 15 of 25 from the field, 8 of 12 from 3-point range and 11 of 12 from the line. He also grabbed 11 rebounds.
Jaylen Brown finished with 26 points following a one-game absence due to neck stiffness. Malcolm Brogdon added 21 points, connecting on five of Boston’s 22 3-pointers in the game.
Max Strus finished with 23 points and five 3-pointers for the Heat. Bam Adebayo also added 23 points before being ejected in the closing seconds following a pair of technical fouls.
Miami, which shot 52% (47 for 90) overall, was 18 of 40 from beyond the arc.
The Heat were again without star Jimmy Butler, sidelined for a seventh straight game with a sore right knee.
After falling into an early hole and trailing 68-60 at the half, Miami kept pace thanks, in part, to five 3-pointers and 19 points in the third quarter from Strus.
Boston took a 102-96 lead into the fourth, but Miami didn’t let up and closed within 118-115 on a layup by Highsmith with just over five minutes to play.
The Celtics got some breathing room with a 13-6 run, capped by Tatum’s eighth 3 of the game that made it 131-121.
The Celtics hit their first five shots of the game, jumping out to 14-2 advantage. It grew as high as 20-6 before Miami responded with a 21-5 run to take their first lead of the night, 27-25.
CLOSE TO DEBUT
Celtics big man Robert Williams in getting close to making his season debut.
Williams is working his way back into playing shape and could be available to play “soon,” interim coach Joe Mazzulla said before the game.
“Progression has been just continuing to get him stronger, which he’s doing a great job at,” Mazzulla said. “Then, mentally, making sure he feels comfortable.”
Williams has yet to play this season after undergoing surgery in late September on the left knee that caused him to miss time during Boston’s NBA Finals run last season.
TIP-INS
Heat: C Dewayne Dedmon sat with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. … Udonis Haslem saw action for just the third time this season. The 42-year-old logged nine-plus minutes going 0 for 2 from the field with one rebound.
Celtics: Have won 10 straight at home. ... It was Tatum’s 14th career regular-season game with at least 40 points.
UP NEXT
The teams play again in Boston on Friday.
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Eleven Brownsville Non-profits Recognized for Their Essential Community Services and Programs
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OmniTRAX, the transportation affiliate of The Broe Group, and its affiliate railroad, Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railway, LLC (BRG), announced the contribution of $100,000 to eleven Brownsville non-profit organizations. As part of OmniTRAX's annual commitment to local communities, OmniTRAX and BRG collaborated with the Port of Brownsville to identify a broad collection of local nonprofit recipients that provide critical resources for the people of Brownsville.
"OmniTRAX is committed to the communities we serve, and we are proud to support the meaningful work happening each day within the Brownsville community," said OmniTRAX President and COO Sergio Sabatini. "Part of being a good neighbor is working together and lending a helping hand. These donations expand the reach and impact of dedicated local organizations that are doing an exceptional job of serving our Brownsville neighbors."
BRG operates 45 miles of rail at the Port of Brownsville, keeping the supply lines moving for steel, agricultural products, food products, and commodities. The BRG commenced operations in 1984 when the Brownsville Navigation District (BND) reclaimed Port railroad operations from the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
"I am thrilled to see businesses at the Port so committed to giving back to Brownsville. Every year, the Brownsville Rio Grande Railway and OmniTRAX generously reinvest in the quality of life for our communities," said Port of Brownsville Commission Chairman Steve Guerra. "The funds for these non-profit organizations will support meaningful programs and enable important services throughout the region."
The BRG donations are part of OmniTRAX's network-wide community outreach that provides one million annual meals and financial support for essential services that reach more than one million people nationwide.
As one of North America's largest and fastest growing private railroad and transportation management companies, OmniTRAX's core capabilities range from providing transportation and supply chain management services to railroad and port companies, to providing intermodal and industrial switching operations to railroads, ports and a diverse group of industrial companies. Through its affiliation with The Broe Group and its portfolio of managed companies, OmniTRAX also has the unique capability of offering specialized industrial development and real estate solutions, both on and off the rail network managed by OmniTRAX. For more information visit omnitrax.com.
Founded in 1972, The Broe Group is a private, multi-billion-dollar investment group with diversified holdings in real estate, rail, infrastructure, energy, agriculture, water, healthcare and technology throughout 37 North American states and provinces. Its deep operational knowledge derived from owning and operating multi-billion-dollar businesses and the global economic insights gleaned from serving its vast Fortune 500 clientele are strategic differentiators. The Broe Group's entrepreneurial focus enables it to find true value wherever it resides. For more information, visit broe.com.
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Anthony Rizzo ‘forever grateful’ for Joe Maddon’s impact originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
NEW YORK — The Angels were at Yankee Stadium last week, which meant Anthony Rizzo got one last chance to see Joe Maddon on a baseball field, in uniform, before the legendary ex-Cubs manager was fired by the Angels a few days later.
“It was great being able to talk to him,” Rizzo said Friday as the Cubs opened a three-game series at Yankee Stadium. “Joe was such a huge part of my career, and my life, and my family’s life. So everything he’s done for me and my family, I’ll be forever grateful for.”
Maddon’s Cubs averaged 94 wins during his five seasons as manager, including four consecutive playoff appearances, three consecutive trips to the National League Championship Series and the one, huge, historic championship in 2016 — during which Rizzo gloved the final throw for the final out of the World Series.
“My reaction [to the Angels firing] is there is no [reaction],” said Rizzo, one of three championship core players dumped by the Cubs in trades at last year’s deadline. “This is baseball. Nothing surprises me at this point. This is a business.”
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Maddon, 68, told The Athletic in the wake of the firing that he hopes to manage again. Whether he does, his 1,382 wins and World Series appearances for the Cubs and Rays puts him in the Hall of Fame conversation, if not the Hall.
“Whatever he decides to do next I’m sure he’s gonna love it,” Rizzo said. | 2022-06-11T02:37:17+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/yankees-anthony-rizzo-forever-grateful-for-joe-maddons-impact/2855048/ |
By Michael J. Pappas
United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said he hadn’t gone earlier to the train derailment and chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio because he had done TV interviews on it, but he finally went because he wanted to demonstrate he is involved.
Residents say it’s not demonstrations of involvement they’re looking for but information and help moving forward.
Despite the billions of dollars worth of upgrades that the state’s airports have recently realized, air travelers in New Jersey are similarly frustrated with the department’s work on air travel and are similarly looking for information and solutions. Prices are high and climbing, and with airports like Newark Liberty ranked among the worst in the nation for on-time flights, service is bad and getting worse. The state’s airports are congested and systems don’t work. And all of what gets proposed seems designed to demonstrate involvement rather than bring improvement.
Regulators don’t want to deal with fare increases, so they turn a blind eye as airlines keep fare increases to a minimum but add to their bottom lines with hidden fees. The average airfare stood at $384 in January, up 13% from the previous year and well on its way to the pre-COVID price of $399 in the third quarter of 2019.
That’s not what you pay for a ticket, of course. It’s more like three-quarters of what you pay for a ticket. Fares accounted for 88.5% of airline revenue in 1990. Now they account for 72.6%. In just the first nine months of 2022, U.S. airlines collected $112.2 billion in passenger fees for baggage, seat upgrades and assigned seating.
Airlines get away with this because we don’t have a lot of choices. Four airlines control more than 80% of the U.S. market. Their equipment is old, their service is indifferent and often understaffed, and they feel no pressure to upgrade.
Their consumers are angry — customer complaints are up 372% from October 2019 to more than 5,000 last year. They are looking for options — car traffic has long since returned to normal; air traffic remains stubbornly below pre-pandemic levels. But they also are captive.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, who represents New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives, is working on the fee problem. He has introduced the Clear and Simple Airline Agenda to require airlines to make clear what fees they are charging and for what reasons they are charging them.
He sent a letter to the Department of Transportation asking for swift implementation of a rule to require airlines and online booking services to show the full price of a plane ticket up front — all baggage fees, change fees, cancellation fees and other hidden charges listed up front.
Yet, it’s unclear if the DOT will be willing to cut back on these predatory business activities when it’s already unwilling to add more competition against these mega airlines for New Jersey’s flyers.
Although Spirit Airlines and JetBlue have been trying to merge since late last year, the DOT joined a lawsuit with the Justice Department a few days ago in an attempt to stop it. This merger among two disruptors would create the nation’s fifth-largest airline — one with a history among both merging firms of lowering fees and prices in an industry dominated by the bigger airlines that seemingly like to price gouge.
The benefits to New Jersey flyers would be incalculable. JetBlue has already shown from experience that it can lower costs in the New Jersey-New York area. The company having more standing would mean more flights, fewer delays, fewer fees and cheaper fares. The bureaucrats just need to get out of the way.
If government wants to help, as opposed to giving the impression of helping, it will promote competition in every way. It will let us see which airlines charge which fees in what amounts. It will allow airlines to form the capital necessary to compete with the Big Four. It will truly clear the way so airlines can address the needs of passengers.
Doing anything less will lead to more power and more money in the hands of the big, monopolistic problem actors that have shown complete and total insensitivity to the needs of New Jersey’s flyers. And that’s in no one’s interest but their own.
Michael J. Pappas is a former member of Congress from New Jersey.
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Introducing Orchestrait: Face recognition at the edge for smart home devices
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Orchestrait is the world's first privacy-safe face recognition solution that uses state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) at the edge to ensure full compliance with biometric data and privacy laws across the world.
By processing data on edge – locally at the smart home device, Orchestrait protects users' personal information, minimizing any transmission of data out of the user's home to the cloud. Xailient has partnered with leading smart home security provider Abode Systems to bring the first Orchestrait integration to market. The new Abode Wireless Video Doorbells will feature face recognition at the edge, providing precise and accurate face recognition with privacy-safe technology.
Unlike edge solutions, cloud-based facial recognition platforms process personal information centrally by sending data from homes and businesses to be analyzed at data centers. The collection of visual data, particularly images depicting people often raises privacy concerns; Orchestrait is designed to minimize data collection and transfers to the cloud, therefore minimizing vulnerability. It relies on a decentralized architecture to ensure that no one party handles a critical mass of personal information at any point in time.
Lars Oleson, CEO and co-founder of Xailient, said, "Privacy is no longer just about protection from hackers – it extends to protection from corporate actors. Fundamentally, it's about respecting consumer expectations and honoring their choices. Companies should now design their products for privacy, particularly where sensitive data is concerned."
Orchestrait addresses privacy concerns by implementing and complying with the latest privacy frameworks, including:
- the EU and UK's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- the Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act (BIPA)
- and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
Herman Yau, Xailient VP of Strategic Partnerships, said, "Orchestrait Face Recognition runs on the edge and only recognizes users that have granted consent. Convenience and privacy are now both possible for our partners."
Omer Tene, Partner at Goodwin and Senior Fellow at The Future of Privacy Forum, said, "Responsible AI is no longer just a differentiator. Policymakers, regulators and, importantly, consumer expectations are requiring companies to design products and services with privacy best practices in mind."
Xailient's Commercial Partnership with Abode
Xailient has partnered with Abode, a leading smart home security company, to bring privacy-safe Face Recognition into Abode's new video doorbells. According to Abode Systems CEO Chris Carney, "Partnering with Xailient has allowed us to deliver advanced facial recognition while still protecting our customers' privacy. The Xailient team's expertise in AI and strong focus on consumer data privacy gives us the ability to focus on our products and the implementation of different technologies to better serve our customers."
By integrating Orchestrait, Abode can:
- Provide more value to customers and further differentiate its product offerings.
- Uphold customers' trust by protecting their data privacy in line with industry best practices.
- Mitigate compliance risks across all jurisdictions.
Features and availability for the Orchestrait integration with the Abode Wireless Video Doorbells will be provided in 2023.
About Xailient
Xailient's software products empower innovators to bring AI computer vision products to market faster and with less investment.
With responsible Face Recognition, companies can now enhance personalization and at the same time ensure the privacy of their customers.
Learn more at https://xailient.com
About Abode Systems
Founded in 2014 by former ADT executive Christopher Carney and part of the Nice group since 2018, Abode was designed to be the most flexible and comprehensive all-in-one DIY smart security solution. With a vision of providing ease, simplicity and choice, Abode combines a no-contract home security platform and security cameras with comprehensive smart home functionality. Learn more about https://goabode.com
Nice group is an Italian multinational smart home and building automation and home security company headquartered in Oderzo, IT, with operations in 24 countries. The company operates as Nice North America in the US and includes Abode and HySecurity brands in its portfolio.
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Anthony Edwards NBA Playoffs Player Prop Bets: Timberwolves vs. Nuggets - April 21
Anthony Edwards and the rest of the Minnesota Timberwolves hit the court versus the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Playoffs on Friday, at 9:30 PM ET.
With prop bets available for Edwards, let's examine some stats and trends to help you find good wagers.
Anthony Edwards Prop Bets vs. the Nuggets
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Anthony Edwards Insights vs. the Nuggets
- This season, he's put up 21.5% of the Timberwolves' attempted field goals, as he's averaging 19.5 per contest.
- This season, he's accounted for 21.4% of his team's three-pointers made, averaging 2.7 per game.
- Edwards' opponents, the Nuggets, have one of the NBA's slowest tempos with 99.5 possessions per game, while his Timberwolves average the seventh-most possessions per game with 104.
- The Nuggets give up 112.5 points per game, eighth-ranked in the league.
- On the glass, the Nuggets are No. 1 in the league, allowing 40.8 rebounds per contest.
- The Nuggets give up 25.7 assists per game, 15th-ranked in the league.
- The Nuggets are the third-ranked team in the league at allowing threes, giving up 11.4 made 3-pointers per game.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS), North America's premier society of eyelid and eye related plastic surgeons, joins Safe Eyes America in strongly opposing California AB 2236. This legislation if enacted would allow non-medical physicians (optometrists) to perform surgery on the eyelid with a scalpel to remove an eyelid growth. With what training? Far less than the years of medical and surgical training required to ensure that Californians continue to get only the safe, quality surgical eye care that they deserve.
Most people don't realize that eyelid "lumps and bumps" are lesions and cysts and can be cancerous. These cancerous lesions can kill patients if not recognized and treated appropriately. AB 2236, which the California Senate is now considering, would allow non-medical physicians (optometrists), who have not completed the necessary years of medical education, clinical and surgical training, to perform surgery on the eyelids of Californians along with other eye surgeries. AB 2236 does not contain the necessary training requirements to address this safety issue. The lowering of the licensing requirements as outlined in AB 2236 to allow a non-medical physician to perform eye surgery is simply dangerous.
As noted by ASOPRS President Jennifer Sivak-Callcott, MD, "ASOPRS mission is to advance education, research, and the quality of clinical practice in the fields of plastic and reconstructive surgery of the eyelids, face, eye socket and tear system. For the past 53 years ASOPRS been overseeing the rigorous training of these eye surgeons. AB 2236, if passed, would put patient safety, general health, and the eyes of Californians at risk by allowing minimally trained non-surgeons to use needles, scalpels, and lasers to perform injections and surgery on eyelids and the eye."
Dr. Sivak-Callcott went on to say, "We Americans enjoy the highest standard of medical care. This is based on years of training including medical school, residency, and very frequently fellowships. The training of a competent eye surgeon is a multi-year, side-by-side with a mentor at the operating table, progression in the development of surgical judgement and skill. California AB 2236 erodes this standard of care. Optometry school and any sort of supplemental training held over a number of days, not years, is simply not adequate or safe. ASOPRS cannot stand by when patient safety and health are put at risk."
The California state Senate could take final action on AB 2236 any day now. It is imperative that Californians contact their state Senator NOW and urge them to Vote NO on AB 2236. To find your state Senator click on the following link (https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/). The California legislature adjourns for the on August 31.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Phoenix retiree Saundra Cole has been watching the news about the debt limit negotiations in Washington with dismay — and limiting her air conditioning use to save money just in case her monthly Social Security check is delayed due to a default.
For her, air conditioning is no small thing in a city where the average daily high hits 94 degrees in May. If the government can’t make good on its obligations, she says, “I would be devastated.”
“What I’m worried about is food banks and electricity here because you know, we’ve had deaths with seniors because of the heat,” says Cole.
Politicians in Washington may be offering assurance that the government will figure out a way to avert default, but around the country, economic anxiety is rising and some people already are adjusting their routines.
Government beneficiaries, social service groups that receive state and federal subsidies and millions more across the country are contemplating the possibility of massive and immediate cuts if the U.S. were to default on its financial obligations.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned last week that a default would destroy jobs and businesses, and leave millions of families who rely on federal government payments to “likely go unpaid,” including Social Security beneficiaries, veterans and military families.
“A default could cause widespread suffering as Americans lose the income that they need to get by,” she said.
The number of people potentially impacted is huge. According to the Census Bureau, in 2020 roughly 35% of U.S. households included someone receiving Social Security benefits, 36% received Medicaid benefits and more than 13% of the total population received food stamps.
A recent poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 66% of Americans said they’re very or extremely concerned about the impact on the U.S. economy if the debt limit is not raised and the government defaults, though only 21% said they’re following the debate closely.
Robert Gault, 63, who depends on a $1,900 monthly Social Security disability payment, says an economic default “would make life so real awfully hard on me.” The former longtime factory worker said he suffers from chronic back pain caused by degenerating disks in his spine.
Gault, who lives in Bradford, Pennsylvania, near that state’s border with New York, said he thinks about the debate — and the stalemate — in Washington a lot.
He hasn’t made any drastic changes to the way he lives, but said, “I’m more conscientious of everything and I think about everything I do now.”
Negotiations between the president and congressional leaders are down to the wire as they try to break an impasse. GOP lawmakers have been pressing for spending cuts in exchange for agreeing to increase the government’s borrowing authority and President Joe Biden wanted a “clean” debt ceiling increase without conditions.
Without a deal, the U.S. could default as soon as June 1, according to Yellen.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was asked Monday if people should start preparing for default, and insisted “no, no, no, no.”
But people on fixed incomes and organizations that serve the poor — already feeling the after-effects of the pandemic and dealing with inflation — are bracing for a potential debt default that would deal an overwhelming blow to their finances.
Clare Higgins, executive director of Community Action Pioneer Valley in Massachusetts, said demand at the organization’s food banks has skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic, and is growing again.
With a possible debt default, she said, she’s seeing more demand for food from the three pantries that the organization either runs or financially supports.
“Yes, demand has gone up — but it was already up before,” she said.
“We’re already behind the eight-ball in what we’re able to pay teachers,” she said of the organization’s head start and early learning programs. “And the inflation that has happened in the economy has already reduced our ability to stretch the dollar.”
Higgins said while she’s hopeful that Biden and McCarthy can reach a compromise, she’s concerned the deal will include Republican-sought budget cuts that would affect the organizations she manages. And if a default does happen, Higgins said, “I hope it’s for a short period.”
William Howell, a political science professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, said the notion of older people and recipients of government benefits doomsday prepping for disruptions every time budget season comes around is symptomatic of a “dysfunctional” democracy.
“It’s not how a healthy democracy handles its business,” he said, adding that the consequences of the brinksmanship will impact the government’s ability to function and plan in coming years.
“In this era of hyper-polarization, the way you get compromise is walking right up to the edge of economic catastrophe and threatening default — on the other side we have a president almost threatening to invoke the 14th Amendment to do away with the debt ceiling,” he said. “This is the stuff of partisan politics.”
Adriene Clifford, 58, knows about balance sheets because she is an accounting professor in New York state. The Delhi resident said she was concerned enough about possible disruptions to the banking system in the event of a default that she withdrew money from the bank “just to tie me over.”
“I’ve been most concerned about the banking system going down and the FDIC not being there,” Clifford said. She was referring to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the independent federal agency that exists to maintain stability and public confidence in the U.S. financial system.
At the Kids’ Stop Learning Center in Rome, Georgia, Lance Elam, owner of the family business that has been in operation since 1984, says he’s not worried that a default will actually occur. But he still has done the calculation on how long operations could last without the subsidies that the organization receives for its three locations in Rome and Cartersville, Georgia.
“We have enough liquid funds to carry on for six to eight months,” he said, adding that state and federal funds helped the Kids’ Stop Learning Center stay in business through the pandemic.
“We have so many kids on our waiting list,” he said, that the center would likely begin dropping kids who couldn’t pay without subsidies and prioritize families that can pay out of pocket. | 2023-05-25T23:07:32+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/what-happens-to-social-security-checks-if-the-government-defaults/ |
HOUSTON, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL), the global leader in innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, today announced it will release its second quarter 2023 financial results after market close on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. In connection with the release, Bristow has scheduled a conference call for Thursday, August 3, 2023, to begin at 10 a.m. ET (9 a.m. CT).
Investors may participate in the call by using the following link, which is now open for early registration: https://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bristow/webcasts/VTOL2Q23.cfm
A replay of the call will be available through August 24, 2023 and can be accessed using the same link. The accompanying investor presentation will be available on August 3, 2023, on the investor section of Bristow's website at www.bristowgroup.com.
About Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. is the leading global provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions. Bristow primarily provides aviation services to a broad base of offshore energy companies and government entities. The Company's aviation services include personnel transportation, search and rescue ("SAR"), medevac, fixed-wing transportation, unmanned systems and ad hoc helicopter services.
Bristow currently has customers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the Dutch Caribbean, the Falkland Islands, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad, the United Kingdom ("U.K.") and the United States ("U.S."). To learn more, visit our website at www.bristowgroup.com.
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Paying a visit to the world’s tallest tree could get you fined
Published: Aug. 1, 2022 at 12:37 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) – Taking a look at an incredible tree in California’s Redwood National Park could get visitors into trouble.
Hyperion is certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s tallest living tree.
If you go in for a closer look in person, however, you could receive a fine.
The massive tree has faced serious environmental issues, including erosion and trash around the tree, since thrill-seekers started visiting it in 2006.
Now, anyone who gets caught near the tree can face up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers left-hander Andrew Heaney tied an AL record by striking out nine consecutive batters on Monday night against the Kansas City Royals.
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Heaney matched a record shared by Detroit reliever Tyler Alexander against Cincinnati on Aug. 2, 2020, and Detroit reliever Doug Fister against Kansas City on Sept. 27, 2012.
The major league record for consecutive strikeouts is 10, set by the New York Mets’ Tom Seaver on April 22, 1970 and matched by the Philadelphia Phillies’ Aaron Nola on June 25, 2021 and the Milwaukee Brewers’ Corbin Burnes on Aug. 11, 2021.
Heaney recorded his first out by fanning Edward Olivares with one runner on in the first. After the Royals scored an unearned run, Heaney whiffed Matt Duffy to begin the streak, then struck out Nicky Lopez to end the inning.
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In the second, Heaney set down Hunter Dozier and Nate Eaton swinging and Jackie Bradley Jr. looking for five straight. In the third, Bobby Witt Jr., Edward Olivares and Vinnie Pasquantino all struck out swinging.
Heaney’s ninth straight came against Salvador Perez, who went down swinging to lead off the fourth. Duffy then became the first Royals batter to record an out on a ball in play — a flyball to right.
Heaney departed after five innings and 10 Ks. He allowed two hits, two walks and one unearned run.
Heaney broke Nolan Ryan's club record for consecutive strikeouts in a game with seven. Ryan fanned seven straight against the California Angels on July 7, 1991.
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Heaney, who signed with Texas as a free agent last December, had a rocky outing in his Rangers debut, recording only eight outs and allowing seven runs in a 7-2 loss to Baltimore last Tuesday.
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Zero-Boundary installation. VISION AI brings sight to Landroid, detecting every area of your lawn!
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Worx, a global leader in autonomous mowing, today announced the introduction of its latest robotic lawn mower, the LANDROID Vision, equipped with the top-level neural network – artificial intelligence that is trained to distinguish between grass and non-grass. Through its on-board HDR camera and VISION AI, Worx's new LANDROID Vision Robotic Lawn Mower sees yards, eliminating the need for cumbersome boundary wires or antennae. As a truly "drop and mow" solution, LANDROID Vision is ready to use right out of the box – no installation, no hassles.
With the same AI technology used in modern autonomous cars, the new LANDROID Vision analyzes frame-by-frame images from its on-board cameras to recognize and distinguish grass from anything else – roads, sidewalks, flowerbeds and even pets and humans! Not only does the new Vision avoid obstacles with zero mapping or wires, it can cross over sidewalks, driveways or other areas to access multiple lawn zones. The LANDROID Vision also adjusts automatically to variations in lawn elements, such as grass density, while affording cutting height adjustment from 1.5 inches to 3.5 inches.
"We call the LANDROID Vision the world's first 'drop and mow' robotic lawn mower because that's all a homeowner has to do," stated Todd Zimmerman, Vice President of Product Development at Worx's parent company, Positec. "With the power of sight and AI, LANDROID Vision truly is changing the robotic lawn mower market, eliminating any headaches associated with installation and use. Homeowners are going to love the immediate – and long-lasting – gratification of this new, smart technology. It's cost effective, safe and really does a beautiful job on the lawn all by itself!"
The LANDROID Vision is available in three models: ¼, ½, and 1 acre models. Landroid Vision is powered by WORX 20v PowerShare lithium-ion battery platform. Vision includes Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, so homeowners have full remote monitoring of the unit. And the Vision's weatherproof housing — with its on-board rain sensor — protects against all weather conditions, even knowing when to return the Vision to its home base.
For more information, visit Landroid-Vision.com.
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Worx is a brand of power and yard tools from Positec USA, one of the fastest growing companies serving the global power equipment market today that has been designing, engineering and manufacturing power tools since 1994. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of a complete range of consumer and professional power tools and accessories, lawn and garden equipment, and related products with worldwide distribution. Positec serves as a leading supplier to the OEM and private brand power equipment market as well as offering its own brands including Worx and Rockwell. on the company's websites: www.worx.com and https://www.positecgroup.com/.
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Dove Metrics' fundraising data will empower Messari to bring increased transparency to the crypto industry
NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Messari, a leading provider of crypto market intelligence products, today announced its acquisition of the assets and business of Dove Metrics of Blackrose Capital. Dove Metrics is a leading provider of fundraising data and intelligence for the crypto fundraising landscape.
"At Messari, we strive to be the leading data and research provider in the crypto space in order to create greater transparency around the industry," said Messari Vice President of Market Intelligence, Eric Turner. "The acquisition of Dove Metrics will enable us to offer new datasets and tools that further allow our users to stay on top of industry trends and monitor, in real-time, the top projects and technologies that investors are backing."
Dove Metrics' database continuously monitors crypto funding rounds and offers insights into the portfolios of over 8,000 investors including VC funds, hedge funds, investment DAOs, corporate funds, and angels. The database additionally offers insight into approximately 3,000 funding rounds, covers over 300 fundraising rounds by funds themselves, and 200 crypto merger & acquisition transactions.
"We started Dove Metrics to bring transparency to crypto fundraising. Messari has been focused on bringing transparency to the overall industry for years, so we're excited to see how Messari will expand and grow the product," said Dove Metrics Co-Founder Pierre Chuzeville.
As a result of this acquisition, Messari has integrated the Dove Metrics dashboard into the Messari platform and will continue to develop the dashboard with additional features in the future. Messari subscribers can access the newly-integrated Dove Metrics data at messari.io/fundraising-data.
Dove Metrics is crypto's leading fundraising database, with more than 3,200 funding rounds and 8,000 investors tracked. It is led by Regan Bozman and Pierre Chuzeville, who also run Lattice, an early-stage crypto VC fund.
Messari is the leading provider of market intelligence products that help professionals navigate crypto with confidence. For individuals and institutions alike, Messari combines deep analysis, data, news and powerful tools to improve industry transparency and drive smarter participation in crypto. Learn more at messari.io.
Media contact: Mary Dawson, mary.dawson@messari.io
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Wheat for Jul. gained 16 cents at $6.2225 a bushel; Jul. corn was up 6.50 cents at $5.7750 a bushel, Jul. oats rose 7 cents at 3.2150 a bushel; while Jul. soybeans declined 18.75 cents at $13.2250 a bushel.
Beef was mixed and pork was lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Jun. live cattle was off .78 cent at $1.6427 a pound; May. feeder cattle rose 1.23 cents at $2.0780 a pound; while Jun. lean hogs fell 1.15 cents at $.8182 a pound.
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DALLAS, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Civitas Capital Group, a Dallas-based alternative investment manager, has completed the sale of the luxury, high-design rental property Mezzo Dallas to Harbor Group International.
Developed in partnership with ZOM Living, the residential community consists of 13 garden-style buildings with 378 units spanning 15 acres in the thriving northern suburbs of the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
"Mezzo Dallas is one more proof point of our firm's multifamily strategy," says Rootvik Patel, Managing Director, Investments, for Civitas Capital Group. "It perfectly illustrates our firm's efforts to invest in development of high-quality properties in high-growth markets where demand for new residential units continues to expand."
Mezzo Dallas broke ground in mid-2020 and was delivered in July 2022. The residential community features market-leading amenities for residents, including coworking office space, a chic lounge, resort-style pool, outdoor kitchen and dining area, game room, membership-quality fitness center with a yoga studio, a dog park and a pet spa, as well as both surface parking and private tuck-under garages.
"We're proud that we were able to navigate the choppy waters of the real estate market during COVID-19," says Chandler Kyser, Vice President, Investments, for Civitas. "We bet on the market and the demand we saw in North Texas, and we got an outcome that outperformed our projections. It was a win-win for everyone involved."
Mezzo Dallas, located in Aubrey, Texas, is near several major employment nodes, which collectively house over 23 million square feet of Class A office space, including Legacy Business Park and the North Frisco Platinum Corridor. Stylish finishes, flooring and appliances occupy each residence, with some units even featuring private yards and green space. Residents are near a selection of dining, unique entertainment options, and major grocery stores. The Mezzo property is located near the 2,544-acre Fields master plan, which is home to the 600-acre PGA headquarters, luxury Omni hotel and golf resort and Universal's future theme park.
About Civitas Capital Group
Civitas Capital Group is a nimble alternative investment manager offering compelling, niche opportunities in U.S. real estate. Civitas exists to create opportunities that enrich our communities, investors, and employees alike. Driven by relentless creativity, Civitas digs deeper to uncover opportunities that others miss. Follow Civitas Capital Group on LinkedIn.
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CARTHAGE, N.C. (AP) — Two power substations in a North Carolina county were damaged by gunfire in what is being investigated as a criminal act, causing damage that could take days to repair and leaving tens of thousands of people without electricity, authorities said Sunday.
In response to ongoing outages, which began just after 7 p.m. Saturday across Moore County, officials announced a state of emergency that included a curfew from 9 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday. Also, county schools will be closed Monday.
“An attack like this on critical infrastructure is a serious, intentional crime and I expect state and federal authorities to thoroughly investigate and bring those responsible to justice,” Gov. Roy Cooper wrote on Twitter.
Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said at a Sunday news conference that authorities have not determined a motivation. He said someone pulled up and “opened fire on the substation, the same thing with the other one.”
“No group has stepped up to acknowledge or accept that they're the ones that done it,” Fields said, adding “we're looking at all avenues.”
The sheriff noted that the FBI was working with state investigators to determine who was responsible. He also said “it was targeted.”
“It wasn't random,” Fields said.
Fields said law enforcement is providing security at the substations and for businesses overnight.
“We will have folks out there tonight around the clock,” Fields said.
Roughly 37,000 electric customers in the county were without power on Sunday evening, according to poweroutage.us.
With cold temperatures forecast for Sunday night, the county also opened a shelter at a sports complex in Carthage.
Duke Energy spokesman Jeff Brooks said multiple pieces of equipment were damaged and will have to be replaced. He said while the company is trying to restore power as quickly as possible, he braced customers for the potential of outages lasting days.
“We are looking at a pretty sophisticated repair with some fairly large equipment and so we do want citizens of the town to be prepared that this will be a multiday restoration for most customers, extending potentially as long as Thursday," Brooks said at the news conference.
Dr. Tim Locklear, the county's school superintendent, announced classes will be canceled Monday.
“As we move forward, we'll be taking it day by day in making those decisions,” Locklear said.
The Pilot newspaper in Southern Pines reported that one of its journalists saw a gate to one of the substations had been damaged and was lying in an access road.
“A pole holding up the gate had clearly been snapped off where it meets the ground. The substation’s infrastructure was heavily damaged,” the newspaper reported.
The county of approximately 100,000 people lies about an hour's drive southwest of Raleigh and is known for golf resorts in Pinehurst and other communities. | 2022-12-05T00:50:45+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/shootings-at-power-substation-cause-north-carolina-outages/EMGO3RLZBJFN3COOGNKVZH3MKY/ |
A look at Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees as he approaches major home run milestones:
Season HR Total: 61
Friday’s Game: Went 1 for 2 with two walks in a 2-1 loss to Baltimore. Judge also is bidding for the first Triple Crown since Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera in 2012. Judge leads the AL with 130 RBIs and trails Minnesota’s Luis Arraez in the batting race by .3147 to .3141.
Saturday’s Matchup: The Yankees face Orioles right-hander Austin Voth (5-3, 4.19 ERA). Rain is in the forecast this weekend at Yankee Stadium.
Current HR Pace: Judge is on pace to hit 63.3 home runs this season.
Next HR: Judge’s next home run would move him one ahead of Maris. The Yankees have six games remaining in the regular season.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-10-02T01:01:18+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/sports/ap-yankees-star-judge-tries-again-for-al-record-62nd-home-run/ |
The Feed: Cafe Patachou, Exotic On The Run, And More
Cafe Patachou will enter the mix at Fishers’s Nickel Plate District next year, with plans to open a standalone location adjacent to the town’s growing arts and entertainment area. It joins two other upcoming Patachou ventures, one in Zionsville’s former Lemon Bar and another inside the Stutz building downtown.
Specializing in seafood boils and platters, Exotic on the Run launched a new location on Friday at 2127 E. 10th St.
Last Wednesday, Pana Donuts Coffee & Boba Tea opened its newest location. Westside fans of raised doughnuts and fancies can now get their fix on Highway 36 in Avon.
Plantastic Indy (1021 N. Pennsylvania St.) opened last week inside Circle City Eats, offering vegan carryout options such as plant-based bang bang shrimp tacos and a Bombay Bhaji Burge with onion bhaji fritter, and mango chutney.
On February 18, Scarlet Late Brewing Company (7724 Depot St., McCordsville, 317-336-0814) will host the Scarelastic Book Fair, “a macabre love letter to the classic Scholastic Book Fair.” Authors such as Daniel Kraus (The Shape of Water) and Michael J. Seidlinger (Anybody Home?) will be among the featured guests. | 2022-11-28T22:18:08+00:00 | indianapolismonthly.com | https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/food-and-drinks/the-feed-cafe-patachou-exotic-on-the-run-and-more |
NAME: Philip A. Snedeker
POLITICAL PARTY: Democratic
OCCUPATION: Retired law enforcement officer and administrator/probation-parole officer and administrator
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Albuquerque
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: 48 year law enforcement officer/administrator; 10 year New Mexico State Police officer; former elected sheriff of Quay County; 32 year officer/administrator for the State of New Mexico Probation-Parole Division-Albuquerque Regional Office
EDUCATION: B.A. social science, M.A. educational administration — Western New Mexico University, Silver City
AGE: 66
CAMPAIGN WEBSITE: snedeker4sheriff.com
1. What is the biggest crime challenge in Bernalillo County, and how would you address it?
Law enforcement has its basis in providing for the safety and protection of the community. We must enact aggressive, constitutionally sound, initiatives, supported by data analysis, to reduce and suppress all crime, coupled with efforts to address underlying causes. Community involvement is the foundation of effective and exceptional policing.
2. What differentiates you from your opponents?
My educational preparation and achievements, and professional experience, as a professional law enforcement officer and administrator, and my extensive and comprehensive background in all areas of the criminal justice system, over a 48 year period.
3. Do you have a law enforcement officer certification? In Bernalillo County, sheriffs are not required to have a law enforcement officer certification.
Yes.
4. What was the most important moment during your law-enforcement career? Or, if you have not previously served in law enforcement, a moment in your career that would speak to the way you would conduct yourself as sheriff?
In 1980, while serving with the New Mexico State Police, myself and 39 other State Police officers were deployed to the Santa Fe Prison riot where 1,300 inmates were rioting. Thirty-three inmates had been killed by rioters. We restored order to the facility, without the loss of life or injury.
5. What changes would you make to the Sheriff’s Office?
I fully endorse and will implement community policing initiatives and programs, involving a strong police presence, designed to address the distinctive needs and problems of each neighborhood/area. These policing practices will result in the sheriff’s department enjoying the trust, confidence and support of the communities it serves.
6. Should the Sheriff’s Office release information about homicides, shootings by deputies, and critical incidents as they occur? Why or why not?
Yes, in the interests of transparency, and for the purpose of providing reassures and information to the public relative to safety concerns. Should we be unable to release information as it would compromise the investigation, or successful prosecution in the matter, and/or compromise apprehension efforts, we will state this.
7. What do you think should be the relationship between the Albuquerque Police Department and the Sheriff’s Office and how would you foster that relationship?
The agencies must have a relationship of cooperation. Our agency will work cooperatively and collaboratively with area law enforcement agencies. I will meet continuously with such agencies to develop a shared vision, aligned in thought and purpose, of a commitment to public safety, and the good of our community.
Personal background
1. Have you or your business, if you are a business owner, ever been the subject of any state or federal tax liens?
No.
2. Have you ever been involved in a personal or business bankruptcy proceeding?
No.
3. Have you ever been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of drunken driving, any misdemeanor or any felony in New Mexico or any other state? If so, explain.
No. | 2022-05-17T03:36:00+00:00 | abqjournal.com | https://www.abqjournal.com/2499864/qa-bernalillo-county-democratic-sheriff-candidate-philip-a-snedeker.html |
Former President Trump will need to adjust his social media style if he wants to keep his newly restored Facebook and Instagram accounts.
A number of the 2024 presidential candidate’s posts on his Truth Social platform would run afoul of Meta, which has stricter content enforcement and set guardrails for his reinstatement.
One opponent of the reinstatement described this situation as a “landmine” for Meta.
Trump was suspended from Twitter and Facebook roughly two years ago in the wake of posts about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol that officials said incited violence. Since then, Trump has been posting a mix of his own commentary and sharing content from supportive accounts on Truth Social, a social media platform he helped create.
But a quick scan of his Truth Social account shows he often dabbles in the kind of content that got him in trouble on other platforms.
In the last week alone, Trump has called for the arrest of a journalist and publisher who reported a leaked Supreme Court opinion draft; levied racist attacks against Elaine Chao, who is married to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and claimed the 2020 election was stolen.
Earlier this month, he repeated a debunked conspiracy implicating Georgia election worker Ruby Freeman, who testified before Congress last year that she’s endured harassment because of such claims.
Trump has in the past also shared photos and posts that directly referenced the QAnon conspiracy theory. In September, he reposted an image of himself wearing a “Q” lapel pin and the words “The Storm is Coming,” both direct nods to QAnon.
“If his behavior [on Truth Social] is any indication, he will … be continually walking up to the line of violating platform rules about disseminating falsehoods on certain very important subjects, like the validity of democracy and the nature of a public health threat,” said Paul Barrett, deputy director of the New York University Stern Center for Business and Human Rights.
“The people in charge of trust and safety at Meta are going to have some very tough choices to make,” Barrett added.
As part of the new Meta guardrails, Trump could get suspended for one month to two years if he violates Facebook’s community standards, Meta’s President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg said in a Wednesday blog post.
Other content that doesn’t explicitly violate Meta’s community standards, like posts delegitimizing an upcoming election or content related to QAnon, could trigger Facebook to make his posts unshareable or restrict advertising tools, Clegg said.
The policy won’t just apply to Trump’s account; it is Meta’s new rule for additional penalties when a public figure is allowed to return to Facebook and Instagram after a suspension.
The case against Trump’s reinstatement
Angela Carusone, president of the left-leaning watchdog group Media Matters for America, said the “fact that [Meta] had to create these guardrails in the first place is the biggest indicator that there’s a problem” with giving Trump access to his accounts.
“It illustrates to me that they kind of know that they’re walking into a landmine,” he added.
Media Matters was part of a coalition of advocacy groups and civil society organizations urging Meta to keep the ban on Trump in place. As part of the push, Media Matters highlighted posts on Truth Social that it said showcase why Trump still posed a threat if returned to Facebook.
A Media Matters analysis found nearly half of Trump’s posts on Truth Social in the week after the 2022 midterm election pushed election misinformation or amplified QAnon-promoting accounts.
Until June, Trump is contractually obligated to post content exclusively on Truth Social first for six hours.
Why Trump may return to Facebook: his campaign
One former Trump White House official told The Hill that while Trump would dictate or type out tweets, he did not have the same hands-on approach to Facebook. As a result, his staff may be able to more successfully moderate his tone on the platform if he rejoins.
It’s unclear when or if he will resume posting on Facebook. Trump told Fox News Digital last week that Facebook “needs us more than we need them,” though it was his team that had reached out about a possible return to the platform.
Facebook is arguably of more value to Trump and his presidential ambitions than Twitter, however. Trump in 2016 redefined how to aggressively use Facebook targeted ads to generate small dollar contributions, and being able to solicit donations on the site again could provide a boon to his 2024 campaign.
Facebook also gives Trump access to a wider user base than on Truth Social. Meta reported 1.9 billion daily active users in its most recent earnings report released in October, while Truth Social had an estimated 8.3 million visitors in November, according to data from SimilarWeb.
One way Trump may use Facebook, and to avoid getting caught by the new guardrails in place, is to post links to Truth Social posts with the violative content, Carusone said. The most valuable opportunity Facebook offers Trump is through fundraising and advertising. In those cases, it may not matter as much if Trump’s posts are first published on Truth Social.
But on Twitter, the main draw from Trump’s account before his 2021 ban was the ability to respond to events in real time and shape a media narrative.
With the Truth Social exclusive deal still in place, Trump has yet to return to Twitter, even after regaining access two months ago. Within a month of closing his deal to buy Twitter, CEO Elon Musk gave Trump and other previously banned users access to their platforms again.
“The president is still in a compromising position with the public, and he may lay low until closer to election,” said Jennifer Grygiel, an associate professor at Syracuse University with a focus on social media.
“If he comes back to these platforms it will be strategic, and he will be angling to be reelected,” Grygiel added. | 2023-01-27T00:01:31+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/hill-politics/trumps-typical-social-posts-could-push-up-against-metas-rules/ |
Former NBA basketball player Amar'e Stoudemire was arrested Sunday for allegedly punching his teenage daughter in the face.
The Associated Press reported that Stoudemire was charged with misdemeanor battery and was later released on a $1,500 bond with a no-contact order issued.
Later Sunday evening, Stoudemire addressed the incident in a statement on his Twitter account.
“Over the last 24 hours, an incident at my family home led to my being charged with assaulting my daughter,” Stoudemire stated in the tweet. “It is an allegation based on a report that does not square with the facts. I am of the Jewish faith, today Jewish people all over the world celebrate Hanukkah and hear the story of how we fought wickedness. I believe that ‘whatever is hateful to you, do not do to others.’"
Citing a police report, The Miami Herald reported that the incident occurred Saturday evening during an argument at his Miami home with one of his two teenage daughters.
In the report, it did not state which one of his two daughters, ages 17 and 14, he allegedly hit, the newspaper reported.
According to the report, Stoudemire allegedly punched the girl in the jaw after she reportedly denied his accusation that she was disrespectful to his mother during a phone call, the newspaper reported.
The girl's mother, who the daughter called to pick her up, contacted the police, the news outlets reported.
When police arrived at Stoudemire's residence, he told officers that the teenager contacted her mother “because she was sad” and that she “was sad because she received a whooping from him for being disrespectful and a liar," according to the report, the news outlets reported.
“As the investigation unfolds, the facts will show the allegations to be groundless as my daughter’s medical condition is not the result of being assaulted by a father who is nearly 7 feet tall and weighs 250 pounds," Stoudemire continued in his statement on Twitter. "I could never see myself assaulting any person, especially my children. I respect, protect, and love my family, particularly my children. As a father, I ask for your grace as we secure our space and privacy.” | 2022-12-19T20:49:09+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/former-nba-player-amare-stoudemire-charged-with-punching-daughter |
A roundup of the week's most newsworthy consumer and retail industry press releases from PR Newswire, including Americans' snack preferences and the top toy picks for summer.
NEW YORK, May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the consumer and retail industries stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
- LeBron James Joins Taco Bell's Effort to Free "Taco Tuesday" for Everyone
"'Taco Tuesday' is a tradition that everyone should be able to celebrate. All restaurants, all families, all businesses – everybody," says LeBron James. "'Taco Tuesdays' create opportunities that bring people together in so many ways, and it's a celebration that nobody should own." - Savoring the Summer: U.S. Snack Index Reveals Key Insights for a Worry-Free and Memorable Season "Americans snack more in the summer, whether they're inside, outdoors, or on the move. From boosting road trip morale to complementing an outdoor potluck, today's data confirms the integral role that snacks will play in many of this season's shared moments and activities."
- Academy Sports + Outdoors Steps Back in Time with 90's Retro Collection: Designed for an Americana Summer
The Americana-inspired collection includes graphic-print tanks, cropped shirts, boat shorts, a bucket hat, duffel bag, and more, all featuring shades of red, white, and blue. The line is sure to bring 90s nostalgia to everyone with vintage-inspired outdoor gear and games. - Stephen Curry Launches Gentleman's Cut Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Years in the making, this highly anticipated, fine-aged bourbon will be released worldwide in May at The Boone County Distilling Co. following the inaugural bottling. - 7-Eleven, Inc.'s Operation Chill® Program Returns for the 28th Consecutive Year
Now in its 28th year, Operation Chill allows law enforcement officers to create positive connections by awarding a coupon to kids they see doing good deeds or exhibiting positive behavior – which can be redeemed for a free small Slurpee® drink at any participating 7-Eleven®, Speedway®, or Stripes® store. - Toy Association & Clamour Unveil Influencers' Top Toy Picks for Spring & Summer '23
"The 'Best of Spring & Summer 2023 Influencer Choice List' offers families a trusted selection of top toys, from active outdoor toys and travel-ready games to creative toys that will keep young minds engaged over summer break," said Kristin Morency Goldman, senior advisor of strategic communications at The Toy Association. - McDonald's Celebrates the Wavemaker in All of Us with "The Little Mermaid" Happy Meal
From recalling their first viewing of the classic film to celebrating the 2023 live-action cast with collectible toys, fans of all ages can find something uniquely special for them in this Happy Meal. - Chipotle Announces Partnership with Capcom's Street Fighter™ 6 and Exclusive Experiences for the Fighting Game Community (FGC)
Players can earn Fighter Coins, in-game premium currency, with digital orders on the Chipotle app and Chipotle.com and through the Chipotle Rewards Exchange for a limited time. - Chef Lorena Garcia, Patti LaBelle, Kelly Rowland and More Join No Kid Hungry to Help Connect Kids to Free Summer Meals
Parents, grandparents and caregivers can simply text "FOOD" or "COMIDA" to 304-304 or visit NoKidHungry.org/WhatsApp to find sites serving free meals in their neighborhood. - The House of Suntory Proudly Celebrates 100 Years of Pioneering Japanese Spirit
In honor of this centennial, the House releases a Suntory Anniversary Tribute as imagined by Academy Award-winning Director Sofia Coppola and starring Actor Keanu Reeves, as well as exclusive 100th anniversary editions of its world-renowned whiskies. - America's Greatest Donuts Have Been Determined Just in Time for National Donut Day
Now in its second year, America's Greatest Donuts Contest had nearly 500 shops nominated, over 200 were put up to vote and over 22,000 votes were cast, an almost 3x increase from 2022. - Ariana Grande's r.e.m. beauty Announces Strategic Investment with Sandbridge Capital
From color cosmetics to treatment and complexion products, the clean, vegan, and cruelty-free brand offers an inclusive range of shades and products accessible to all and is newly PETA certified.
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Finding an apartment was not an easy task in the late '50s for a newly engaged couple. We wanted to live in the great Lovejoy neighborhood where I grew up. My fiance, Joe, agreed to that, but there were none to be found.
Eventually we heard that my great uncle had an available apartment on Timon Street. We drove down the brick street with the towering trees and were impressed by the beautiful house. It was three stories high and well-maintained.
My uncle, who lived in the downstairs apartment, took us to the second floor. We walked into the large kitchen with a few windows. Two bedrooms and the bathroom were off the kitchen as was a pantry with a wall of glass-fronted cupboards.
Then came a dining room with an old-fashioned chandelier and the parlor, both with windows. Off the parlor was another small room with an entrance to the front porch. There was what I called a “door window” because you had to push up the bottom part of the window and it would push up the top part which formed the doorway. The porch was enclosed with wrought iron railings. The rent was only $55 a month.
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We started shopping for our furnishings and found a beige sectional couch and an aqua chair at Jamestown Furniture in downtown Buffalo. I had spotted a kitchen set in a window at Pott’s Furniture on William Street. We purchased the gray table with chrome legs and six chairs. Our bedroom set, solid gray wood, with a huge mirror, was purchased at Victor’s Furniture and was a wedding gift from Joe’s parents.
The dining room set was found through an ad in The News at a house on Fox Street (the street where Joe was born). It was being torn down to make way for the Kensington Expressway. We paid $86 for a beautiful mahogany buffet, china cabinet, six chairs and a table that, when opened, seats 12.
We loved our apartment. Three of our children, Joe, Cindy and Diane, were born while we lived there. They were christened at St. Mary of Sorrows Church where Joe’s parents were married. The Civic Stadium was a block to the west and we could hear the cheers of the crowds at the Bills games and the roar of the cars from the stock car races.
After about six years, my uncle sold his house. We didn’t want to move, but we figured the new owners would not be so generous with the rent. It was again difficult to find an apartment as no one wanted to rent to anyone with children.
We did find a place across from Hennepin Park, where I grew up. The rent was $70 a month. The apartment was laid out the same as the one on Timon Street. The dining room was smaller, but we were glad to be back in Lovejoy. My parents still lived in our family house across the street. We had one more child, Linda, when we lived there and we belonged to St. Agnes Church, which had been my church.
When I was expecting our fifth child, we figured it was time to purchase a house. Joe saw an ad in The News for a house on Longnecker Street. It was perfect. The cost was $10,900 and there was a parlor, dining room, large kitchen, rec room, bathroom and four bedrooms. Our son, Jimmy, was born on the day we took it over. So things seemed to go full circle and we were back in Lovejoy where our children were brought up and where my daughter Linda lives only a few blocks from me. | 2022-04-29T20:53:44+00:00 | buffalonews.com | https://buffalonews.com/opinion/my-view-over-the-years-finding-our-way-back-to-lovejoy/article_11b1363c-c71f-11ec-ac1f-87771ca129bc.html |
U.S. software company grows its European presence via partnership with leading university medical center
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today InsightRX, a precision dosing intelligence company, announced that Amsterdam UMC, a large university medical center in the Netherlands, is using its InsightRX Nova platform to practice model-informed precision dosing at the point of care. The center implemented InsightRX Nova across two hospital locations for inpatient therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) as well as use in outpatient clinics. InsightRX Nova delivers dosing guidance for patients who are prescribed one of four common antibiotics, in addition to patients who are receiving busulfan as part of a conditioning regimen before a bone marrow or stem cell transplant. The medical center is also serving as an InsightRX research partner for tacrolimus, mycophenolate, and cyclosporin, which are used to combat solid organ transplant rejection.
InsightRX Nova provides a preferred pharmacokinetic (PK) model for each drug as well as a selection of alternative models for key subgroups, such as obese patients or those in intensive care. The platform also provides simultaneous analysis of data at the population level as well as at the individual level; errors and outliers are transparent to users. The platform's PK models are improved over time, and can be updated to account for specific characteristics of patients within the institute.
InsightRX Nova also allows for the exploration of new covariates based on clinical hypotheses. The platform has already helped Amsterdam UMC recognize abnormally high predicted renal function levels and underpredicted vancomycin exposure among an immobile patient population, leading the team to adjust its covariate-model to correct for underprediction.
"We selected InsightRX Nova because we wanted to move to a state-of-the-art system which uses more sophisticated pharmacokinetic models, as that leads to better dosing recommendations," said Imke Bartelink, PharmD, PhD, hospital pharmacist at Amsterdam UMC. "Now, we no longer face restrictions on adding covariates or estimating variability within the PK models, which means we are better able to improve predictions for an individual patient."
InsightRX Nova has self-certified CE marking in six European countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The platform's CE mark was a key consideration in Amsterdam UMC's selection process, as it confirms that InsightRX Nova meets applicable health, safety and environmental requirements and has passed European regulatory requirements and conformity procedures.
Since implementing the platform in March 2022, Amsterdam UMC has trained approximately 40 clinical pharmacists on six InsightRX Nova modules, and plans to add three additional modules in the near future. An integration between Epic and InsightRX is also planned to facilitate and reduce copy errors.
"We are pleased to support Amsterdam UMC's pharmacists as they practice model-informed precision dosing in both the inpatient and outpatient setting," said Sirj Goswami, CEO and co-founder of InsightRX. "We look forward to continuing to grow our presence in Europe. We are eager to work with institutions like Amsterdam UMC to expand the benefits of model-informed precision dosing to other therapeutic areas, such as mycophenolate and cyclosporin."
InsightRX is a healthcare technology company that has developed a cloud-based platform for precision medicine and clinical analytics designed to individualize treatment at the point of care. The platform leverages patient-specific data, pharmacology models, and machine learning to understand each patient's unique pharmacological profile, and can be integrated seamlessly within a clinical workflow.
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Voters in the U.S. who go on Twitter, TikTok, Facebook or other platforms to learn about Tuesday’s pivotal U.S. midterm elections are likely to encounter rumors, hearsay and misinformation.
There’s also a lot of useful information on social media, including authoritative results from election officials, the latest news about candidates and races, and the perspectives of the voters casting ballots.
Here are some tips for navigating social media on Election Day — and in the days or weeks that follow.
MISHAPS WILL HAPPEN. IT DOESN’T MEAN THERE IS FRAUD
Elections are run by humans, and mistakes are unavoidable. Yet, stripped of context, stories of irregularities at polling places and election offices can be used as evidence of widespread fraud.
And with so much happening on Election Day, election workers, local officials and even the media can have little time to push back on such claims before they go viral.
In Georgia in 2020, a water leak at a site where ballots were being counted was used to spin a far-fetched tale of ballot rigging. In Arizona, the choice of pens given to voters filling out ballots led to similarly preposterous claims.
Neither incident affected the results, yet both continue to show up in misleading posts as evidence of fraud.
“The internet allows people to create their own evidence from scratch, and then spread it to millions of others,” said John Jackson, dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. “That doesn’t mean their evidence means anything, but it does mean that we all have to be better at evaluating what they’re saying.”
KNOW YOUR BLIND SPOTS
Misinformation thrives when people are looking for information to explain something they don’t understand. That creates a big opportunity for those looking to confuse or mislead voters.
The complicated rules and checks-and-balances governing American elections vary from state to state. They can baffle someone not well versed in election procedures, and that confusion has allowed misinformation to thrive.
Many of the misleading claims spreading ahead of the election focused on issues of voting mechanics: voter registration, mail ballots and vote tallying. Many election officials have tried to educate the public in recent months with social media posts, articles and ads about the system so many people take for granted.
“Anytime people don’t understand something, there’s a vacuum that needs to be filled,” said A.J. Nash, vice president for intelligence at ZeroFox, a cybersecurity firm that has been tracking election misinformation this year. “The question is: What ends up filling that vacuum?”
CHECK YOUR SOURCES
If you’re looking for election results, go to local and state election websites and trusted local and national news outlets.
If you see someone posting about problems at a polling place, for instance, check the social media feed or website of the local election office.
Avoid getting all your information about the election from social media. Rules about content moderation vary widely from platform to platform, and enforcement can be spotty. Even the owners of the platforms themselves are not immune from spreading misinformation, as Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk has done.
A well-rounded media diet heavy on authoritative, trustworthy sources can help people avoid falling for, or spreading, misinformation, according to Bhaskar Chakravorti, who studies technological change and society and is the dean of global business at the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
“Do you consult original sources, or do you just get your news from social media?” Chakravorti said. “If you are only using sources from social media, you are going to be more vulnerable to misinformation.”
PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR EMOTIONS
The most viral misleading claims often rely on tricks to persuade a person to believe something that isn’t true.
Emotionally charged language is one of the most effective: Be suspicious of any claim that seems designed to provoke a strong emotional response like fear or anger. These strong feelings can cause a person to repost a false claim before they’ve had a chance to think it over.
Second-guess any claim that doesn’t provide its sources or makes one-sided assertions. Be equally suspicious of exaggerated claims, misleading comparisons and claims that single out groups of people by race or background.
If something seems too good — or too horrifying — to be true, check it out. Someone may be trying to fool you, said Rebecca Rayburn-Reeves, a senior behavioral researcher at Duke University’s Center for Advanced Hindsight, which develops ways to make people more resilient to misinformation.
“It’s all about using your critical thinking,” Rayburn-Reeves said. “Be open-minded, but also skeptical. I say: Be an amiable skeptic.”
BE PATIENT! IT TAKES TIME FOR RESULTS TO BE COUNTED
The U.S. has a long history of elections that took days, weeks or even months to settle. Recent increases in the use of mail ballots have only increased the certainty that some races won’t be decided Tuesday night.
Election officials in several states have already announced that they expect some results to take longer. In key battleground states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona, election officials cannot begin counting mail ballots until Election Day, guaranteeing delays.
Yet the idea that voting delays equal fraud continues to reverberate online, and is likely to continue spreading long after Election Day thanks to candidates and politicians who have amplified the claim, according to Larry Norden, senior director of the elections and government program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University.
“It leaves room for doubt, and people will take advantage of that,” Norden told the AP. “It’s part of a deliberate effort to undermine confidence in elections.”
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MILAN (AP) — Italian conductor Riccardo Muti plans to visit Syrian musicians living in the vast Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan on the sidelines of his annual Roads of Friendship concert series that aims to use music to build bridges and help those affected by war.
Muti will conduct Italian and Jordanian musicians in concerts set in ancient Roman amphitheaters in Jerash, Jordan, on July 9 and the Pompeii archaeological site on July 11, for the 27th Roads of Friendship concert series.
The concerts will pay homage to the “generosity of the Jordanian people” for taking in millions of Syrian refugees fleeing civil war in the neighboring country, the Ravenna festival announced Thursday.
While in Jordan, Muti plans to visit the Zaatari camp, a symbol of the long-running Syrian refugee situation and home to about 80,000 refugees nearly 11 years after it was set up near the Syrian border.
He and a delegation from the Ravenna Festival will meet with musicians among the Syrian diaspora, bringing with them musical instruments as gifts.
This year’s Roads of Friendship concert series will launch on July 7 in Ravenna, and feature the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra founded by Muti, the Cremona Ancient Choir as well as Jordanian musicians.
The series was launched in 1997 in Sarajevo, just two years after the Bosnian civil war ended. | 2023-05-04T19:46:23+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/entertainment-news/italian-conductor-muti-to-visit-syrian-refugee-camp/ |
CHICAGO (AP) — An Indiana school district did not violate a former music teacher’s rights by pushing him to resign after the man refused to use transgender students’ names and gender pronouns, a federal appeals court said in an order released Friday.
The decision from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a prior ruling in the case by a federal judge.
According to court records, John Kluge was hired in 2014 as the music and orchestra teacher for Brownsburg High School about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of Indianapolis. In 2017, district officials began requiring the high school’s teachers to use the names and pronouns listed in the school’s official student database, where changes were permitted with letters from a student’s parent and a doctor.
Kluge told the school’s principal, Bret Daghe, on the first day of classes for the 2017 school year that he had a religious objection to using transgender students’ names and pronouns. District officials agreed that Kluge could call students by their last name and would not be responsible for handing out orchestra clothing.
But at least two transgender students reported that Kluge’s refusal to use their first names singled them out in front of peers and was hurtful. Other students, teachers and counselors also told officials that the issue made Kluge’s classroom uncomfortable for many.
In January, the district told teachers that everyone would be required to use the names and pronouns listed for students in the database. In response to Kluge questioning whether the rule would also apply to him, officials told him he could abide by it, resign or be fired.
Kluge resigned and then sued the school for religious discrimination.
An Indiana federal judge ruled that Kluge’s refusal to use transgender students’ names and pronouns created an undue hardship on the district, which is responsible for educating all of its students.
The appeals court agreed, writing that district officials tried to accommodate Kluge’s religious objection but realized that letting the music teacher use last names “resulted in students feeling disrespected, targeted, and dehumanized, and in disruptions to the learning environment.”
“Brownsburg has demonstrated as a matter of law that the requested accommodation worked an undue burden on the school’s educational mission by harming transgender students and negatively impacting the learning environment for transgender students, for other students in Kluge’s classes and in the school generally, and for faculty,” the opinion read.
Rory Gray, an attorney with the conservative legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, is representing Kluge and said they are considering next steps.
“Congress passed Title VII to prevent employers from forcing workers to abandon their beliefs to keep their jobs,” Gray said in a statement. “In this case, Mr. Kluge went out of his way to accommodate his students and treat them all with respect. The school district even permitted this accommodation before unlawfully punishing Mr. Kluge for his religious beliefs.” | 2023-04-09T11:13:57+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/court-backs-teacher-firing-over-transgender-students-names/ |
OTAY MESA, California (Storyful/KFOR) – Just after midnight on Friday the 13th, a federal drug investigation led investigators to what they called a “sophisticated” cross-border tunnel from Tijuana, Mexico to Otay Mesa, California – complete with a rail system, electricity, ventilation, reinforced walls, and lots and lots of drugs.
Video from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows federal and state authorities descending into the 61-foot-deep tunnel, that stretched for one-third of a mile. The four-foot-wide tunnel had investigators crawling on their knees at one point.
The 1,744-foot-long tunnel opened to a warehouse in Otay Mesa, approximately 300 feet north of the U.S.-Mexico border. During the investigation, authorities arrested six people, and seized 1,762 pounds of cocaine, 164 pounds of methamphetamine, and nearly four pounds of heroin.
“There is no more light at the end of this narco-tunnel,” said U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman. “We will take down every subterranean smuggling route we find to keep illicit drugs from reaching our streets and destroying our families and communities.”
Since 1993, 90 underground tunnels have been discovered in Southern California. Of those, 27 were considered sophisticated.
All six defendants face ten years to life in prison, plus up to a $1 million fine, if convicted. | 2022-05-18T18:38:13+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/video-sophisticated-tunnel-discovered-from-mexico-to-california/ |
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CHOWCHILLA, California (AP) — Joseph Sena has spent nearly half his 27 years in prison for manslaughter. For almost as long, he’s been striving to make himself a better man than when he first arrived.
He has taken courses in creative writing, addressed his addictions, and attended school in prison, hoping to be judged fit for parole and ready to return home to Los Angeles if he ever becomes free.
But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, tearing through prisons and killing thousands, it severely disrupted or shut down the very programs prisoners most desperately need to prepare them for eventual release.
Trauma counseling, training in carpentry, masonry and barbering, and college courses were slow to adjust to pandemic learning. Isolation and uncertainty replaced creative outlets and mental health therapies, for months on end.
Sena grew depressed and anxious — he began to doubt that he’d be known for anything other than taking a life when he was 15.
He remembered the words of a poem he wrote to the man he was convicted of killing.
“I know you’re not here. I’ll remember your name. For you I will live. For us, I will change.”
He was afraid he’d never get the chance.
In a nation that incarcerates roughly 2 million people, the COVID pandemic was a nightmare for prisons. Overcrowding, subpar medical care, staffing shortages, and the ebb and flow of prison populations left most places unprepared to manage the spread of the highly contagious virus. At least 3,181 prisoners and 311 correctional staff died of virus-related causes through mid-January of this year, according to a COVID tracking project by the law school at the University of California in Los Angeles.
The 10 largest state prison systems suspended or severely curtailed in-person visitation for an average of 490 days before such restrictions were lifted, based on information and records obtained by The Associated Press. That meant no family visits, and no volunteers coming in to lead rehabilitation programs.
At the worst of times, prisoners said they were locked in their cells for weeks on end, their otherwise normal activities like phone calls to loved ones left up to the whims of correctional officers.
It’s hard to overstate the positive impact of educational and skills training on prisoner rehabilitation, said Margaret diZerega, who directs the Vera Institute of Justice’s Unlocking Potential initiative, which is focused on expanding college in prison. Given that 90% of people who are incarcerated in the U.S. will return to their communities, prisoner access to rehabilitative programming should matter to everyone, she said.
“We know from the research that these kinds of programs reduce recidivism rates. They improve safety in the prisons, there are fewer violent incidents, which is positive for the staff who work at the prisons and for the people who live in the prisons,” diZerega said.
A comprehensive review of in-prison education by the RAND Corporation found that prisoners who participate in any kind of courses while behind bars are up to 43% less likely to commit more crime and return to prison.
Education and rehabilitation programs can also have a positive impact on a prisoner’s parole eligibility. Many parole commissioners balance the earning of diplomas and certifications in a trade with prisoners’ record of good behavior, criminal history, and potential input from victims of the crime, among other factors.
Corrections officials told the AP they remain committed to making the rehabilitation programs available.
Some prisons expanded mail correspondence learning for prisoners in GED or college programs and introduced learning via mobile tablets where they could. They required masks and distributed hand sanitizers for prisoners and staff, tested and isolated COVID-positive prisoners, encouraged social distancing where possible.
Sena was recently transferred to a medium security facility closer to his mother and younger sisters in Los Angeles, which he sees as an encouraging sign on his journey.
He said he held onto lessons he learned from InsideOUT Writers, an arts-based healing program that helped him pen the poem to his victim.
He wants to make something of his life, and he credits the prison programs for helping him find a sense of purpose and inner peace.
“My teacher from InsideOUT Writers told me it’s not about becoming a new person — it’s finding the person that you really are,” he said. “I want to find Joseph, the little kid that loves everybody, who was curious and loved to hug people, and loved to see people smile. That’s the Joseph that I want back.”
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Follow Aaron Morrison on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/aaronlmorrison. | 2023-03-02T16:17:55+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/education/article/rehab-on-hold-covid-devastated-prison-learning-17815622.php |
MIAMI, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Cruise Line – proudly known as America's cruise line – is teaming up with Costa Cruises – Italy's favorite cruise line – creating a new concept for Carnival's North American guests when COSTA® by CARNIVAL® debuts in the spring of 2023 and Costa Venezia joins the Carnival fleet sailing from New York. Costa Venezia will be followed by Costa Firenze arriving in the spring of 2024 to sail from Long Beach.
Carnival will operate the ships, which will marry the great service, food and entertainment that Carnival's guests enjoy with Costa's Italian design features. "Costa Venezia and Costa Firenze will bring Carnival's guests the ambiance and beauty of Italy," said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line. "We're going to invite our guests to Choose Fun with Carnival, Italian Style!"
"This is an exciting opportunity for us to operate two additional beautiful Vista class ships in the U.S. and bring a unique experience to those who love the culture, food and vibe of Italy," said Duffy. "There are lots of ways we plan to create an immersive fun experience for our guests who choose to sail on these ships, which have beautiful Italian-design elements, dining and retail that will deliver Carnival fun leveraging the spirit of Italy from our sister line Costa Cruises."
Mario Zanetti, president of Costa Cruises said, "We are excited to see these iconic ships make their debut in the U.S. under the leadership and operation of our sister brand. Costa providing the beautiful ship with its' Italian design and Carnival delivering FUN, Italian Style!" Zanetti said that Costa will be informing clients impacted by this news.
Duffy said that the ships will continue operating their regular Costa itineraries until they are assigned to Carnival for dry dock work and deployment. Deployment and itinerary plans are being finalized, with the Venezia announcement coming soon given the spring 2023 launch date. Costa Venezia and Costa Firenze are sister ships to Carnival Vista, Carnival Horizon and Carnival Panorama, weighing 135,500 gross tons and accommodating up to 5,260 guests.
ABOUT CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE
Carnival Cruise Line, part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is proud to be known as America's Cruise Line. Since its founding in 1972, Carnival has continually revolutionized the cruise sector, making a cruise vacation an affordable and popular option for millions of guests. Carnival operates from 14 U.S. homeports and employs more than 40,000 team members representing 120 nationalities. Carnival's newest ship, Mardi Gras, featuring the first roller coaster at sea, is the first cruise ship in the Americas powered by eco-friendly Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Carnival returns to Australia in October 2022 and will welcome four additional ships over the next two years, including Carnival Celebration, which arrives to Miami in November to close out Carnival's 50th birthday festivities.
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Biden to sign executive order to protect travel for abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday will sign an executive order aimed in part at making it easier for women seeking abortions to travel between states to obtain access to the procedure.
More specifically, one of the directives Biden will issue will allow states that have not outlawed abortion to apply for specific Medicaid waivers that would, in effect, help them treat women who have traveled from out of state.
The order will also call on health care providers to comply with federal nondiscrimination laws and streamline the collection of key data and information on maternal health at the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The details were described by senior administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the executive order ahead of a formal announcement.
Biden, who continues to isolate in the White House residence after a rebound case of COVID-19, will sign the executive order as he helps launch a federal task force on access to reproductive care, led by Vice President Kamala Harris, the officials said.
The new order nonetheless falls short of what many Democratic lawmakers and abortion advocacy groups have demanded of the Biden administration since the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the landmark 1973 ruling Roe vs. Wade. One chief ask has been for Biden to declare a public health emergency on abortion, which White House officials have said would do little to free up federal resources or activate new legal authorities.
Wednesday’s order is the latest in a series of executive actions from the Biden administration since the constitutional right to an abortion was eliminated in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June.
Separately, on Tuesday, the Justice Department sued Idaho over its statute that criminalizes abortions, with Attorney General Merrick Garland arguing that it violates federal law.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-08-03T09:59:56+00:00 | uppermichiganssource.com | https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2022/08/03/biden-sign-executive-order-protect-travel-abortion/ |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were:
8-7-9-7, SB: 5
(eight, seven, nine, seven; SB: five)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were:
8-7-9-7, SB: 5
(eight, seven, nine, seven; SB: five) | 2022-07-26T18:43:47+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Four-Midday-game-17330051.php |
Company to expedite cloud capabilities for media companies
NEW YORK, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Operative announces today the appointment of Michael Grossi as Chief Executive Officer and Ben Tatta as Chief Commercial Officer. These changes will help accelerate market adoption of Operative's next-generation cloud core platform, which enables media companies to unify and modernize their ad sales and content businesses. Founder and former CEO Lorne Brown will move to a strategic board role focused on market development and investment strategy.
Operative continues to make unrivalled investment in new products and technologies for the media industry. This is a pivotal time in the industry, with a torrent of pressures and volatility from the pandemic and current economic climate, coupled with preexisting complexity of viewership fragmentation and new currencies. Operative is uniquely able to provide a single modern architecture SaaS solution designed to serve Network, Local, Digital and MVPD customers.
Michael brings over 30 years of experience leading and growing enterprise software and technology companies, having served numerous times in both CEO and board roles over the last decade.
The continued growth at Operative and market opportunity made it a compelling time for industry veteran Ben Tatta to join to lead that continued charge in the market. Ben Tatta is a seasoned media veteran with deep rooted expertise in media sales, measurement, and technology.
"I am thrilled to join Operative at a time where we can create a significant positive impact for our customers," said Michael Grossi. "Our goal is simple, to help media companies unlock their true value. We want to create the next level of scale at Operative to help accelerate that mission".
Ben Tatta commented, "I've been following Operative as a leading player in this industry for many years, with a renewed focus over the past few years as they continue to bring new transformational capabilities to market with their AOS platform. When Lorne and Michael approached me about leading Operative to the next level of scale and growth, it was not only a very logical fit based on my experience, but also an exciting opportunity to help transform the way media companies do business."
Under Michael's leadership and with Ben's industry knowledge, the executive team is being strengthened to provide customers with exceptional service and solutions to accelerate growth. "Operative has become a staple in the industry synonymous with media modernization and advancement. After leading Operative for years on this journey, I'm delighted to have both Michael and Ben join the team to take the Company to the next level and am excited to work with them," said Lorne Brown.
Lastly Michael commented, "Aside from the tremendous continued organic growth opportunity that Operative has ahead, I am confident that we can complement this with substantial inorganic growth as well. Having Francisco Partners as the majority owner opens access to their experience, influence, and capital, all which I plan to leverage to accelerate new platform capabilities".
Operative is the preferred business management solution for linear, digital media, and converged media, and a software partner for over 300 of the world's top media brands. No other software company brings a comparable depth of experience combined with an open, modular framework to create truly innovative software that performs across all platforms, revenue models, and business categories. Since 2000, Operative has grown to over 1200+ global employees and processes more than $40 billion in linear and digital advertising revenue for the best-known companies in the industry. For more information, visit www.operative.com
Michael Grossi has 30 years of experience in enterprise software and technology working for leading global media companies in mobile, telecom, and IT. He has unique expertise in driving emerging and transformative growth strategies for companies with a focus on operational excellence and customer service. Michael started his career as a Captain in the United States Air Force, where he oversaw several different technology defense programs in the Intelligence Command. He has a BSBA in Finance from Villanova University and an MBA from Bentley University. He currently serves on the Deans Advisory Council at the Villanova School of Business (VSB).
Ben Tatta has more than 25 years of traditional and digital media experience leading media sales, technology, and measurement businesses. Ben has made his mark in media leading innovation over the years, most notably as co-founder and president of advanced TV analytics company 605 and during his tenure at Cablevision as President of Media Sales where he launched the industry's first system-wide deployment of addressable TV advertising. He has held senior leadership roles at companies including USA Networks, IBM, ABC, Lagardere Media and eBay Enterprise Marketing. He received a B.A. in Economics from Villanova University.
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SOURCE Operative | 2022-06-13T17:26:23+00:00 | wagmtv.com | https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2022/06/13/operative-prepares-accelerated-growth-with-new-executive-appointments/ |
MIAMI (WSVN) - Miami-Dade leaders paid a special tribute to a local World War II veteran.
The Miami-Dade County Commission on Tuesday recognized 100-year-old Gerard G. Moss.
The retired British Army sergeant was recognized for his dedicated service in pursuit of peace and freedom during the global conflict.
“I’m just happy to be here. It’s a wonderful experience,” he said.
Moss also spoke out about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the overall unrest in the region.
“Every day I think about these poor people in Russia and Ukraine that are fighting. It’s incredible that they’re doing this,” he said. “I lived through World War II, and I don’t want to see another world war.”
Moss was an engineer who volunteered for the British Army after being released from the Nazis’ Dachau concentration camp. He retired in 1946 and moved to Miami-Dade County, where he spent decades working as a certified public accountant.
Copyright 2022 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | 2022-05-18T04:55:04+00:00 | wsvn.com | https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/miami-dade-commission-honors-100-year-old-wwii-vet/ |
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I was working on a job once that had limited safety access for the workers," said the inventor from Riverdale, Utah. "I thought of this idea to help provide extra stability and safety for individuals that use extension ladders."
He created a prototype of LADDER SAFETY BASE that offers the users a simple and effective safety device to prevent shifting while on an extension ladder. This device would help the user be protected from movement on the ladder through a cradle, nonslip design. It would be easy to use and provide enhanced safety. Additionally, this would eliminate concern over ladder stability and could be used by contractors, construction workers, and more.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SGJ-152, 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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Judge says fire retardant drops are polluting streams but allows use to continue
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that the U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant to fight wildfires, despite finding that the practice pollutes streams in western states in violation of federal law.
The ruling from U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen in Montana came after environmentalists sued the U.S. Forest Service dropping the red slurry material into waterways hundreds of times over the past decade.
Government officials say chemical fire retardant is sometimes crucial to slowing the advance of dangerous blazes. Wildfires across North America have grown bigger and more destructive over the past two decades as climate change warms the planet.
Christensen said halting the use of fire retardant would “conceivably result in greater harm from wildfires — including to human life and property and to the environment.”
More than 200 loads of retardant got into waterways over the past decade. Federal officials say those situations usually occurred by mistake and in less than 1% of the thousands of loads annually.
A coalition that includes Paradise, California — where a 2018 blaze killed 85 people and destroyed the town — had said a court ruling that stopped the use of retardant would have put lives, homes and forests at risk.
“This case was very personal for us,” Paradise Mayor Greg Bolin said. “Our brave firefighters need every tool in the toolbox to protect human lives and property against wildfires, and today’s ruling ensures we have a fighting chance this fire season.”
State and local agencies often depend heavily on the U.S. Forest Service to help fight fires, many of which originate or include federal land.
The Oregon-based group Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics argued in its lawsuit filed last year that the Forest Service was disregarding the Clean Water Act by continuing to use retardant without taking adequate precautions to protect streams and rivers.
The judge said the ruling was limited to 10 western states where the members of the group alleged they had suffered harm due to pollution into waterways that they use.
After the lawsuit was filed the Forest Service applied to the Environmental Protection Agency for a permit that would allow it to continue using retardant without breaking the law. That process could take years. Christensen ordered federal officials to report every six months on their progress.
Experts say climate change, people moving into fire-prone areas, and overgrown forests are creating more catastrophic megafires that are harder to fight.
More than 100 million gallons of fire retardant were used during the past decade, according to the Department of Agriculture. It’s made up of water and other ingredients including fertilizers or salts that can be harmful to fish, frogs, crustaceans and other aquatic animals.
A government study found misapplied retardant could adversely affect dozens of imperiled species, including crawfish, spotted owls and fish such as shiners and suckers.
Health risks to firefighters or other people who come into contact with fire retardant are considered low, according to a 2021 risk assessment.
Forest Service officials said they are trying to come into compliance with the law by getting a pollution permit but that could take years.
As the 2023 fire season gets underway, California Forestry Association President Matt Dias said the prospect of not having fire retardant available to a federal agency that plays a key role on many blazes was “terrifying.”
Many areas of the Western U.S. experienced heavy snowfalls this past winter, and as a result fire dangers are lower than in recent years across much of the region.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-26T17:56:32+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/2023/05/26/judge-says-fire-retardant-drops-are-polluting-streams-allows-use-continue/ |
WASHINGTON — The president of the United States spent four minutes on Tuesday talking to the American public about the possibilities and dangers of artificial intelligence. No, not that president. The one who actually occupies the Oval Office.
Americans could be forgiven if they momentarily forgot the most powerful person in the country. As helicopters and cameras followed every step of the Donald Trump legal drama in New York more than 200 miles to the north with white Ford Bronco-level intensity, President Joe Biden faded into the background, ceding the stage to his defendant-predecessor.
He seemed content to do so, at least for now. The White House made no effort to compete for attention with the arrest of a former president. Biden’s only appearance came during a meeting with his science advisers. Reporters were escorted in at 2:59 p.m., a hoarse Biden, fighting a cold, said a few words and the reporters were ushered out again at 3:03 p.m. Ten minutes later, the White House announced Biden was finished with public events for the day.
The tale of two presidents on this spring afternoon, one quietly focused on technology policy, the other having his fingerprints taken, underscored the unique challenge that has confronted Biden since taking office more than two years ago. No commander in chief in more than a century has been eclipsed in the public eye by the leader he succeeded the way Biden has at times. Now with the first criminal prosecution of a former president in American history, it will be that much harder to command the national conversation.
Yet it is a contrast that Biden’s team hopes will eventually benefit him. To the extent that the remainder of Biden’s term is a split screen between the 45th and 46th presidents, White House officials are willing to live with less airtime if it means their president is seen focusing on manufacturing, health care and climate change while the other one is seen focusing on pretrial motions, hostile witnesses and records of hush money paid to a porn star.
“2023 is going to be about Trump — his legal troubles are going to be a defining story,” said Jennifer Palmieri, who was White House communications director for President Barack Obama and a senior campaign adviser to Hillary Clinton. “What does the White House do about that? On some level, that’s fine. These stories will peak, and then they’ll go away. What Biden has to be is the anti-chaos president.”
The wild gyrations of the Trump show, in this view, only reinforce the reasons voters turned to Biden in the first place — the appeal of a steady hand against the storm.
“All of this could contribute to lack of faith in institutions, a sense of chaos, disorder, and so the Biden team has to work extra hard at showing that government can work,” Palmieri said.
Still, anti-chaos may be appealing to voters exhausted by Trumpian turmoil, but it has not historically been a big ratings draw. “I assume Biden’s team will say the split-screen contrast works in their favor,” said Kevin Madden, a longtime Republican strategist. “The problem, though, is with Trump there could be days or weeks like this one where they never get their half of the screen.”
No other president would want the kind of publicity that Trump is getting now, of course, but the fixation on the former president will extend beyond even this historic prosecution. Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney in Georgia, may decide soon whether to charge Trump in trying to interfere in the 2020 election, while Jack Smith, a federal special counsel, could seek indictments tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and the former president’s refusal to turn over classified documents.
As if those were not enough to keep the spotlight focused squarely on Mar-a-Lago rather than the White House, Trump is already scheduled to go on trial on April 25 in a lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, a writer who has accused him of raping her. And a civil trial on allegations of financial fraud brought by Letitia James, the New York attorney general, is scheduled to follow on Oct. 2.
Against all that, a meeting of the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology may not seem as compelling to cable television producers or for that matter their audiences. When Biden flew to Minnesota on Monday to promote a factory making hydrogen electrolyzers, the news channels showed Trump’s private plane, the so-called “Trump Force One,” taking off for New York.
“I’m flipping stations and shaking my head,” Michael Steele, a former Republican National Committee chairman who broke with Trump, wrote on Twitter. “It’s no wonder we can’t recover from this Trump infection because the media continues to feed Trump’s thirst to be everything everywhere all at once! On the plane, off the plane, in the car. Y’all know the actual @POTUS travelled today?”
The White House was left to make the best of the situation. Jeffrey Zients, the new chief of staff, posted an image of the front page of The Star Tribune of Minneapolis featuring the headline “Biden touts investment in Minn.”
Ben LaBolt, White House communications director, expressed no concern about the ability to connect with the public. “We think being responsive to the concerns of hardworking Americans resonates and is what they expect of a president,” he said.
The nonstop motorcade-to-courthouse-to-plane-to-Florida-to-estate coverage of Trump’s arraignment and travels on Tuesday brought to mind the O.J. Simpson case for many old enough to remember the obsessive interest in the celebrity murder case. There came a moment during that saga when even President Bill Clinton was forced to share a television screen on one of his biggest nights, as he delivered his State of the Union address in 1997 at the same time a jury was handing down its verdict in the civil trial.
But that was a one-off situation. With rare exceptions, Clinton and other presidents in the modern age have enjoyed unrivaled control of the bully pulpit. For the most part, their predecessors made a point of staying out of sight. Even former presidents who outspokenly criticized their successors, like Herbert Hoover and Jimmy Carter, hardly came close to dominating the news the way Trump does.
The closest parallel to Biden’s situation may be that of William Howard Taft, who could hardly compete for attention with his larger-than-life predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt, who ultimately mounted an unsuccessful comeback campaign against his onetime ally in 1912. That, of course, was long before the era of social media and cable television.
“It is a challenge for governing,” said Julian Zelizer, a presidential historian at Princeton. “Part of what presidents do is shift the agenda to issues they want Congress and the public to focus on. That’s hard with Trump in the picture. The advantage is it creates space for low-level policymaking outside the radar on issues that might otherwise create public controversy.”
Indeed, Biden’s brief public appearance on Tuesday did not mean he was not working behind the scenes. He placed calls to President Emmanuel Macron of France and King Charles III of Britain. On his Twitter feed, he (or his tweet writers) maintained a steady patter of earnest posts, promoting his budget, congratulating college basketball tournament winners and wishing those who celebrate a happy Mahavir Jayanti marking the birth of Lord Mahavira, who created the defining rules of Jainism, an Indian religion.
Biden left it to his press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, to deflect the obvious questions about Trump. During her daily briefing, she talked about Finland’s ascension into NATO, Russia’s arrest of an American journalist and the president’s meeting with tech advisers. But the first arrest of a former president and “anything that is touching or relating to the case,” she declared, was off limits.
Not that reporters in the White House briefing room neglected to press her. They asked about security concerns in New York and the rule of law. They inquired whether the president watched the televised proceedings and if he would consider pardoning Trump, even though a president’s pardon power does not extend to state cases like the one in New York.
When one reporter noted that there is “great shock in Japan about the arrest of the opposition candidate,” Jean-Pierre appeared confused for a moment, until she realized that it was just one more effort to get her to discuss Trump.
“I love how you guys are asking me this in different ways,” she said. She then repeated what she had said again and again: “I’m just not going to comment from here” before calling an end to the day’s briefing.
By the evening, her briefing got 12,000 views on the White House’s YouTube channel and the president’s brief science remarks 2,100. Within hours, Trump made a prime-time statement on his arrest that millions were expected to watch. | 2023-04-05T02:56:24+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/biden-has-the-oval-office-but-trump-has-center-stage/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
AUSTIN, Texas, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PraSaga™, a Swiss foundation building the next generation of Layer One blockchain, today officially announced the introduction of SagaPython. SagaPython is a new extension of the popular coding language Python, with an integration into PraSaga's blockchain, the SagaChain™, and its Class Manager Infrastructure (CMI). PraSaga will be presenting SagaPython during Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas, which runs from June 9-12.
SagaPython represents the next step for developers looking to create all varieties of apps using the SagaChain™. SagaPython allows developers ease of programming using PraSaga's first-class object model by leveraging the widely used and familiar Python language. This familiarity will allow developers to instantly get a handle on SagaPython's capabilities to quickly begin building products and solving problems.
SagaPython will be a part of SagaOS™, the upcoming and novel operating system for the global, decentralized blockchain that is the SagaChain. This will ensure that any applications built using SagaPython will be compatible with existing global infrastructures around the world. They will be able to seamlessly integrate between applications and systems, with the highest levels of security and stability.
PraSaga's Chief Product Officer, Rich Phillips, says of the project, "The introduction of SagaPython is a true milestone for the PraSaga Foundation, representing a critical leap forward for the organization's long-term roadmap and vision. I am excited to watch the community grow as enterprises and developers engage with SagaPython."
PraSaga will present SagaPython during Consensus 2022, the first in-person Consensus in three years. Consensus is the premier space for showcasing and celebrating everything crypto has to offer. Prominent speakers at Consensus will include: U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand; President and CEO of PayPal, Dan Schulman; and founder and CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao.
Developers are being invited to be the among the first to explore SagaPython at Web3athon, a "humanity-centered hackathon" launching at Consensus 2022.
PraSaga is a Swiss Foundation building the next generation of Layer One blockchain. PraSaga's technology solution solves many of the limitations that plague first-generation Layer One blockchains. The SagaChain™ successfully addresses lowering transaction fees, extensibility for supply chains, and significantly lowers development costs.
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I started this column right after 9/11 in my local paper, The Ventura County Star. About six months later, the column went national, I was offered a show on the local NPR station, and I was consulting for a hit television show. My career, I was told, was meteoric, but I was truly too busy to notice. My focus was on getting the message out, doing my best work and having a nice time in the process. Yes, I loved it.
These days, instead of doing radio, I’m doing a lot of Zoom interviews, and I see most of my clients on video. I still write my little fingers to the bone, but the meteor is starting to hit the atmosphere and is naturally slowing down. Everything has a life cycle, which means nothing lasts forever, and change is the only constant. Again, that’s normal, but most of us fight change, and lately we’ve had more than usual to deal with.
COVID-19 has changed our lives forever. Young students are still trying to catch up, many older and immunocompromised folks are still isolating to stay healthy, and those of us in the middle are getting squeezed like a tube of toothpaste. No matter where you are in life, or what stage of it you are in, you are likely struggling. The new normal is that life will never be normal again.
If we do what we can to move forward, even if the directions have changed for whatever reason, then we will feel better. It’s a pretty simple process; you won’t avoid feeling the losses or wishing things were different, but forward motion both physically and emotionally allows you to absorb more positivity.
The real truth is that sometimes positivity has to be created, and doing it is up to us. Accepting the new world is also part of the healing process. The question is, “What can you do right now to make your world a better place to be?” My suggestion is for you to make a plan to begin, create and realize something you want to do.
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New projects have that “new car smell,” and that works on your brain and makes you excited as well. Forward motion will propel your creativity to the next level. Because you are thinking on a different level, you will come up with new ideas and ways to implement them. It’s a lot of fun, actually. In fact, if it feels like work, you may be doing it wrong.
You don’t even have to have a solid direction to move forward. Just go with your gut and give it a try. If it doesn’t feel right, try something else. If it does feel right, then go for it.
Dr. Barton Goldsmith, a psychotherapist in Westlake Village, Calif., is the author of "The Happy Couple: How to Make Happiness a Habit One Little Loving Thing at a Time." Follow his daily insights on Twitter at @BartonGoldsmith, or email him at Barton@bartongoldsmith.com.
©2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC | 2023-01-13T16:20:20+00:00 | duluthnewstribune.com | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyle/barton-goldsmith-column-covid-19-has-changed-our-lives-forever-how-to-keep-moving-forward |
Senator Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., stepped up his fight with the Biden administration over its implementation of the president’s signature climate bill in a way Manchin says over-emphasizes clean energy technology, turns away from fossil-fuel production and spends too much.
“They just want to throw caution to the wind and put more money out and throw more money from the Treasury and credits that basically are not going to accelerate how quickly that we can be totally self-reliant,” Manchin, a Democrat of West Virginia, said on “Fox News Sunday.”
In separate comments on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Manchin wouldn’t rule out taking legal action to stop the administration’s interpretation of the legislation.
“I’m looking at every option I possibly have to make sure that that bill is fulfilled and basically implemented the way it was intended to,” he said.
The law in question is the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, passed last year with support from Manchin after he, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Biden hammered out a deal behind closed doors that circumvented the usual legislative process.
The law makes billions of dollar available — through subsidies and tax credits — to promote the production and purchase of electric vehicles.
Manchin says the administration is veering from lawmakers’ intent by not putting enough into domestic production of fossil fuels. It also, he says, has been too permissive in allowing foreign automakers to access some vehicle credits.
Other lawmakers, including Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Washington, have voiced concern over how the Treasury is deciding which countries can supply battery materials for cars that eligible for credits.
“I’m going to fight and fight back hard,” Manchin said on Fox. “And I would hope that my Democrat and Republican friends in the legislature will feel the same way and will work with us to hold the administration’s feet to the fire.”
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©2023 Bloomberg News. Visit at bloomberg.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. | 2023-04-03T09:53:12+00:00 | tylerpaper.com | https://tylerpaper.com/manchin-steps-up-clash-with-biden-over-electric-car-tax-credits/article_570b5694-d192-11ed-aabb-9b64f89db8fd.html |
The issue of abortion and a woman’s right to choose isn’t going away in Wisconsin and many other states with restrictive laws on the books.
The overturning by the U.S. Supreme Court of Roe v. Wade a year ago didn’t settle anything. Anger over the Dobbs decision, which reversed Roe, is one of the reasons Janet Protasiewicz did so well in her run for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court this year. For many Republicans, as the Washington Post reported, this is a “a political headache.” Republican strategist Kellyanne Conway sounded an alarm earlier this year when she alerted party donors that 80% of American voters disagreed with the U.S. Supreme Court when it overturned Roe v. Wade.
I’ve followed public opinion on this issue closely. For more than 25 years, I’ve worked with groups like NARAL and Planned Parenthood on campaigns to secure reproductive rights, as well as with a raft of Democratic candidates for public office. I seldom agree with Conway on anything, but she’s right about the polling data. And in The Badger State, the abortion issue isn’t a mild headache; it’s going to feel like a migraine in 2024.
A majority of American voters, including Wisconsinites, are intensely scared of and frustrated with Republicans’ efforts to snuff out reproductive rights like the now-notorious legislation passed recently in Florida that outlaws abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
Even before the Supreme Court’s ruling in June of last year, a Pew Research Center survey showed that about 62% of Americans expressed support for reproductive rights, the highest level in three decades. In April of this year, Pew found that more Americans said “it should be easier to obtain an abortion” than in 2019. Much of that increase comes from people in states where abortion is now prohibited or severely limited — states like Wisconsin. In other words, fear is growing, especially where the fear is real.
In the world of politics, these findings are significant. My firm, Winning Connections, connects to voters via the telephone. We’ve worked on hundreds of campaigns. But I’m not sure that we ever encountered the level of anger and alarm expressed as when we connected with tens of thousands of people in Kansas and urged them to go the polls in August 2022 to vote against a ballot initiative calling for a total ban on abortion in the state. Kansas voters from many backgrounds told us they were reeling about what they saw as a dangerous overreach of power and underestimation of the public will. So we were not surprised when nearly 60% of them rejected the initiative.
We heard the same sharp sentiment when we worked with reproductive rights groups in Kentucky to turn out what we call “low-propensity” voters (those who vote intermittently) to stop a similar state constitutional ban on all abortions, and in Michigan to support a state constitutional right to abortion. In November 2022, the Kentucky measure failed 52% to 47%, and the Michigan initiative passed 56% to 43% — both solid wins for reproductive rights.
In spite of these losses, some Republicans are apparently deaf to concerns that their overzealousness may create blowback. In many statehouses, they are continuing to ram through unpopular legislation to impose total or near total bans on abortion, to criminalize those who get or provide one, or other acutely regressive actions.
In Wisconsin, Sheboygan County’s Republican prosecutor, Joel Urmanski, joined by a couple of other Republican DAs have turned to the courts in an effort to return the state’s abortion laws to where they were in 1849.
It’s not my job — or in my interest — to advise Republicans on how to win elections. But if I were them, I’d brace for the beating the party is likely to take when its candidates — especially those who advocate the most extreme abortion restrictions — stand for election this year and next. The despair and frustration over what has been lost over the last year is broad and deep.
That’s an opportunity for the campaigns to mobilize voters against candidates who are rolling back reproductive rights that most Americans support. | 2023-07-02T19:34:57+00:00 | captimes.com | https://captimes.com/opinion/guest-columns/opinion-abortion-restrictions-will-haunt-gop-at-the-polls/article_9d2bb43c-3b4c-50b2-ac3b-f6e69b69dc9d.html |
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